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‘Bittersweet’ start to Rowing Marine’s epic trans-Atlantic voyage 0
- Features page, HOME Local news, Local news, Side Main
- January 8, 2019
Lee Spencer, The Rowing Marine, will today row out from Gibraltar marking the start of his epic unsupported solo row 3,500 miles across the Atlantic Ocean. Mr Spencer has been waiting for this weather window for several weeks, having had to postpone his planned departure twice last month due to adverse meteorological conditions. He hopes
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Friends film show about disability on the Rock 0
- Features page
- November 18, 2018
Intro Freddie Stabb and Natalie Amber are two best friends who both have a disability and filmed a short show in Gibraltar. The show that the duo are pitching to production companies aims to change perceptions of disability. The pair told the Chronicle about their aspirations for the show as well as what they found
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Disability society reacts to taxi incident 0
- HOME Local news, Local news
- October 31, 2018
The Gibraltar Disability Society has expressed disappointment that there are only two adapted taxis in Gibraltar and these are only designed to take manual wheelchairs. In a statement the Society said: “Unfortunately there is only one wheelchair space on each of our local buses it is therefore important that the lack of wheelchair friendly taxis
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Taxi association responds to wheelchair incident 0
- HOME Local news, Local news
- October 26, 2018
The Gibraltar Taxi Association said yesterday it had suspended two drivers and apologised to a family following an incident last Sunday, which saw a wheelchair user left waiting for transport for over 90 minutes. The treasurer of the Association, Christian Agius, said the driver involved in the incident, which was posted on social media, is
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Frontline staff training on disability awareness for all staff at the Housing Department 0
- HOME Local news, Local news
- July 11, 2018
The Ministry of Equality delivered disability awareness training to all Housing Department staff last week. This training was a continuation of the training already delivered by the Ministry of Equality to Government Departments, Agencies and Authorities. A number of departments have already benefitted from this training including the Gibraltar Tourist Board, Cultural Services, the Ministry
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Document R regulations commence 0
- Local news, Side Main
- June 22, 2018
All new building works, future building applications and any modifications that require building or planning approval will have to be fully assessable, as Document R of the Building Rules came into effect yesterday. Document R addresses all aspects of building and is aimed at improving accessibility to buildings and structures. It has been adhered to
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