Gibraltar Today

It's matchday tomorrow as Gibraltar continue their Nations League campaign away from home in Malta - against the group favourites. We spoke to our sports reporter Jose Mari Ruiz live from Malta who told us how are preparations were going.Tomorrow also marks International Day of Older Persons: it's an opportunity to celebrate their contributions and to examine what can be done to help improve the quality of life of our older generations. We had a discussion with Principal Secretary at the Ministry for Equality, April Smart Devincenzi, Chair of GADS, Jeanette Ochello, Gibsams Trustee, Dr Aaron Dehghan and Gibsilver volunteer Bev Owen.

With the war between Russia and Ukraine now in its fifth year, we’ll be hearing from political analyst, Peter Zalmayev. Peter is travelling internationally as he offers his perspective on the war and the wider implications of the conflict for rest of the world.We’ll find out about this year’s Miss Gibraltar pageant following last week's announcement of the seven contestants who will be taking part. Organiser, Kelvin Hewitt, will be here alongside Andria Olivares who will be hosting the show.Court reporter, Melanie Guilliano Chipolina, gave us the latest updates from the Supreme Court.And we also spoke to Jose Mari Ruiz from Malta. Jose Mari has traveled with the Gibraltar squad ahead of their Thursday evening clash with Malta in the Nations League.

We'll begin today's episode by catching up with the weekend's sport with Robin Sheppard-Capurro.A local delegation represented Gibraltar at the 69th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Cape Town. The conference is made up of meetings and workshops on subjects including human rights, climate adaptation and disability inclusion. We'll speak to our representatives at the conference, Minister Leslie Bruzon; Gibraltar Parliament Clerk, Phillip Borge McCarthy; and MP Craig Sacarello And we're also looking at health, talking to functional nutrition and eating psychology coach Karen Jacobson. She's recently returned from a Health Optimisation Summit, and we'll be finding out more about the event, as well as touching on biohacking and how it optimises brain and body functions.

Jose Mari Ruiz looks ahead to a busy weekend of sports.We'll be taking a closer look at recent reports of locals being incorrectly registered in the Schengen Entry Exit System. News Editor, Christine Vasquez, will be here to discuss why this is something anyone who's travelling should be keeping an eye on.A passing of the torch is underway in GBC's international football coverage, Paul Breen Turner calls time after more than a decade as lead commentator. He'll be here with his successor, Stefan Borge, who will be leading Sunday's broadcast against Andorra.Local Band Cedar are preparing for their final gig on Sunday in La Linea ahead of their move up to Manchester We speak to some of the band members as they prepare to say goodbye to the RockAnd we'll hear from the creators of a short film, A Conversation between Friends. Johan Wickolm and Jarod Vassallo will be here to discuss their latest work, which is available on YoutubeThat's all coming up before 2pm.Get in touch, you can call or whatsapp on 200 66 200

Next week's International Day of Older Persons is an opportunity for us to take stock of what's on offer in Gibraltar and what can be improved. Marlene Dalli of the Ministry of Equality will be here to look ahead to an event being hosted next Thursday.We'll have the latest on last night's fire at One Bayside Road - no injuries were reported in the blaze which started around 8pm and was put out by the Fire and Rescue Service a little after 10'oclock. Kevin Ruiz was at the scene last night.Over 500 volunteers collected tonnes of rubbish from Gibraltar's streets and shores in this year's Clean Up the World. Janet Howitt of the ESG was here with Head of Bayside, Gaynor Lester, and Head of Bishop Fitzgerald, Liane Parral. Members of the Youth service who also took part in the weekend's clean up will be here, looking back at the clean up and ahead to an upcoming trip to Spain.

In today's episode we're discussing chronic pain and pain management.Complex regional pain syndrome, known as CRPS, is a condition that can cause severe, debilitating symptoms, and has a big impact on sufferers' daily lives. It's a rare and poorly understood condition that can affect people of any age, for which there is no cure. We were joined by people affected by CRPS, who told us about their experiences with the condition.

Opposition Leader Keith Azopardi has unveiled a first set of commitments aimed at changing standards and conflict-of-interest rules at the top of Government. He joined us in the studio following a GSD press conference this morning.Alzheimer’s Awareness Month continues, with a series of community events highlighting the importance of early diagnosis. Jeanette Ochello and Karen Truman will be here, alongside the GFA’s Steven Gonzalez and local playwright Alex Louise, whose new play Slipping Through My Fingers is about to make its debut.And GBC has confirmed its Autumn TV schedule for the coming months. Head of TV James Murphy will join me to look ahead to what’s in store.

It's 20 years to the day since the Cordoba Agreement was finalised, a trilateral agreement between the governments of Spain, the UK and Gibraltar. We'll be joined by former Chief Minister, Sir Peter Caruana, whose government oversaw the negotiations leading to the agreement in 2006.The Special Olympics swimming team is back from competing at the inaugural European Swimming Open. We'll be hearing from the team of swimmers after a successful trip to Malta.We'll also have a roundup of the latest sports news with Robin Sheppard Capurro.And Cultural Services has published its Autumn programme of events. Celine Azopardi will be here to talk us through what we can look forward to in the lead up to Christmas.