Continuing his tour of British Forces Gibraltar, His Excellency the Governor and his wife, Lady Dutton paid a visit to the HMS Tireless this morning. They were met by the Captain of HMS Tireless, Commander Hywel Griffiths, who escorted them around the vessel.
As another Pageant rolls around once more, the Ministry for Culture is looking for young ladies who wish to participate as participants in the Miss Gibraltar 2014 pageant. Candidates must be aged between 17 (as at 6th June 2014) and not more than 24 years old (as at 31st December 2014). The first 10 candidates to sign up for the Pageant will each receive £400. The winner of the Pageant will represent Gibraltar at the Miss World Pageant, to be held in London, in November 2014.
Last night at around 10pm, Customs officers gave chase to a suspect who had been sighted carrying three large bags north from Eastern Beach towards the frontier fence. Customs chased the man on foot and forced him to drop the bags. The man evaded capture by returning, empty-handed, to the public beach where he was collected by a second man driving a Spanish registered car.
The tender for the organisation, production and staging of the next four Miss Gibraltar Pageants has been jointly awarded to Stage One Productions and Santos Productions.
During a debate in the UK Parliament’s House of Lords yesterday afternoon, Conservative Minister baroness Warsi stated that Gibraltar has seen ‘a welcome reduction’ in incursions from Spanish vessels, since December 2013. The discussion saw questions on Gibraltar posed to the Senior Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, by a selection of life peers with a vested interest in Gibraltar’s on-going dispute with Spain.
From 0630hrs the 20/01/2014 to 0630hrs the 21/01/2014
Crime Reports
1 Report of Burglary
Following the success of the Rock Crafter’s inaugural craft fair in November, the group has announced that a second street fair is announced for Saturday 1st February on the Terrace of the King’s Bastion Leisure Centre. The first event was a raving success, with popular local cook, Binky’s Kitchen manning stall jam packed with her homemade preserves and cheese, along with a selection of other creative crafters offering homemade soaps, jewellery, cupcakes, fabric, wood and paper crafts, knitted items and more.
In response to questions regarding the Royal Navy’s presence in Gibraltar, Andrew Murrison (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence) has revealed that the last time there was a large warship permanently based in the Rock was in 1984 when the Tribal class destroyer HMS Gurkha left.
