Gibraltar Today

Clean up the World is this weekend! The Environmental Safety Group is preparing to clean up over 30 areas around Gibraltar. The ESG's Janet Howitt will join us to look ahead to Clean Up the World.The lighthouse is officially opening to the public following an extensive refurbishment programme. Did you make the soft launch of the lighthouse opening or is it still on your bucket list? Warren Clarke of Trinity House will be here to tell us what to expect.A brand new cooking show starts tonight on GBC television - Gastro Rob is ready to whet your appetites. Host Rob Lomax is going to be sharing his love of food and creative recipes ahead of this evening's premiere on GBC TV.And we'll also hear from one of the creative minds behind the Jump Around Gib project. We spoke to artist Gill Wellend, who worked on the "Jubilee Jackson" statue in Casemates Square, as well as Ben Bagu of Victory Suites, who sponsored her macaque.

A campaign for Suicide Awareness Month is asking the public to think twice before posting on social media following a sudden death. The Suicide Prevention Alliance and Public Health Gibraltar want people to consider the impact their posts might have.After 12 years of laughs, tears and open conversation, the curtain has closed on the Powder Room for the final time. Justine Cartwright will be here to look back on more than a decade at the helm.Geography graduate Joe Cortes has received an Award from the University of Exeter for his study on the Gibraltar border. We’ll hear more about his award-winning research.And Inter Gibraltar get their futsal season underway by winning the Luisito Bonavia Cup. Jose Marie Ruiz will bring us up to date with all the latest sporting news.

Special Olympics Gibraltar is back from the Sweden Invitational Games with gold, silver and bronze medals. Special Olympics Coach Francis Mauro and four of the athletes will be telling us about their success.September is Suicide Awareness Month and today you’re encouraged to wear green in support. We’ll be joined by GibSams’ Brenda Cuby and Bev Owen.How did you spend National Day? We’ll be hearing some of your stories from the celebrations.Opera singer Nathan Payas will be here alongside DJ Crome as the dynamic duo look ahead to the Sound Festival.  And we’ll have all the latest sporting news with Jose Mari Ruiz.

National Day has grown into one of the biggest events on Gibraltar's calendar, but how did it all begin? Founder member of the Self-Determination for Gibraltar Group, Dennis Matthews, will take us back to the early days of the event, more than 30 years ago. The group's Chair Richard Buttigieg will also join alongside GBC News Editor Christine Vasquez.You may have also spotted a new feature on GBC News's social media - Por Donde Ando? The online feature has been a hit - we'll be finding out more soon. 

Action for Housing has welcomed the allocation of 44 pensioners flats at the newly opened Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Mews but also expressed some concerns. Henry Pinna, Zohra El Gharbaoui, and Alfred Porro will be in the studio explaining their concerns over the recent allocation of pensioner flats. It's National Week, and we asked what the youngest in the community think about National Day. An international conference of the Association of Latin American and Caribbean Historians is taking place this week. Local historian Richard Garcia told us more about the event. We also speak to one of the young artists involved in Jump Around Gib. Christian Chipolina is part of the group of students from Bayside School who came together to paint a macaque sculpture as part of the colourful trail of monkeys dotted around Gibraltar.

Jose Mari Ruiz gets us up to date with all the weekend sport, which also saw a very special moment for local rowing.It's National week, and with activities going on around the Rock, GBC and Radio Gibraltar have got you covered. GBC CEO Paula Latin will be in the studio telling us what's in store.We'll also hear from Bosom Buddies Models for a Day. The annual event raises money for the charity, as well as supporting and encouraging cancer survivorsGibraltar Backgammon gets further than ever in the World Championships, we speak to Nadine Chipolina, Natalie Passano and Anastasia Antoniadi.And Jack Fisher is back in the studio talking to us about representing Gibraltar at the World Blind Tennis Championships in Lithuania.

The Gibraltar Music Festival is back on the Rock, with James Morrison headlining last night’s opening show of Summer Sessions. We’ll be looking ahead to this evening’s acts as we head into day two of the three-day festival. We'll even be treated to some live music by Savannah Lauryn who forms part of the local lineup. Day Three of the Calpe Conference is underway at the University of Gibraltar. We’ll be going live to Neanderthal: The Conference to hear from some of the world’s leading experts on human evolution.With plenty of entertainment planned in the run-up to National Day, we’ll look ahead to Gibraltar’s National Week celebrations with Giovi Viñales.And Robin Sheppard Capurro will join me with a roundup of all the latest sport ahead of this weekend’s action.

It’s Day Two of the Calpe Conference, bringing together leading experts on human evolution and Neanderthals. The Newsroom's Ros Astengo joined us live from the University of Gibraltar with the latest.A new GBC television programme follows the journeys of the first two people to receive cochlear implants here in Gibraltar. We’ll be joined by GBC director and producer Colin Pons, and ENT surgeon Mr Julian Danino, to hear more about Return to Sound: A Medical Milestone.Life coach Jo Ferbrache has been working with GBC staff on practical ways to manage pressure and perform more effectively. Jo is now on the Rock for the GMF Summer Sessions. And, the Nautilus Project has launched a new range of T-shirts featuring local marine life, including a whale shark sighted in nearby waters earlier this year. Eva Guillem and George Burns will tell us more.

The Health Authority has announced the £38 million purchase of the Rooke Elderly Care Home, with plans to operate the 218-bed facility with GHA staff. Ros Astengo will take us through the latest developments and the complicated history of the home over the past six years.We’ll be live at the University of Gibraltar for the 30th Calpe Conference, marking 100 years since the discovery of the Gibraltar 2 Neanderthal skull, and a decade since the Gorham’s Cave Complex became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.And September is Heart Awareness Month, with the Gibraltar Cardiac Association also celebrating its tenth anniversary. We speak to Gibraltar Cardiac Association representatives Sueyenne Catania and Nati Fortuna, cardiac patient Tony Loddo, and retired Cardiac Specialist Nurse Gerry Fortuna, who was instrumental in establishing Gibraltar’s Cardiac Rehabilitation Centre.