With the recent upgrade to the cemetery entrance, we look at your comments and discussed the story with Shelina Assomull.

Football for Change is a special tournament, more than just a game, it's about healing, inclusion and hope. Tom Cawthorn told us more.

We looked ahead to next week's Literary Festival with local author Mark Montovio.

And there’s something for teens happening this weekend: Michelle Ullger was in the studio to talk about a teen disco happening on Friday.

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Jonathan Sacramento has been delving into the National Archives; he was in the studio to share his findings.

Senior Youth Worker Rebecca Figueras expands on what's going on this Youth Work Week.

Vanda and Elizabeth from the Alameda Wildlife Conservation Park bring us some information on enrichment.

We had a full sports update with Jose Mari Ruiz.

And a new series of City Pulse begins, we look ahead to tonight's episode with Robin Sheppard-Capurro. 

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On today’s episode, more on the residency criteria bill, where changing the qualifying period has changed 10 to 20 years under the Gibraltarian Status act, and from 5 to 10 years under the Immigration Act. Shelina Assomull has been following the story.

Christian Hook reveals more about an exciting artistic experience, he's holding an open house event next week.

Robin Sheppard-Capurro brought us the latest sports news.

The Special Olympics futsal team returns after a big win at a tournament in Andorra. We caught up with team mates Giovanni Yeo and Francis Avellano and head coach Brian Fernandez.

And, are you ready for Hallowqueen? The LGBTQ+ committee does it again with an inclusive Halloween event this weekend. Raygan Martinez-Gaiviso brought us the spooky details!

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We heard from Ros Astengo who brought us more information from Gibraltar Day in London.

We got some behind the scenes info from Janelle and Mia, two of the make up artists taking part in Gibraltar's first reality make up show, Face Off

Kaelan Joyce joined us to talk about how a well man check changed his life.

And we had a discussion about the second Gibraltar Card Show, with founders and organisers Zyl Sheriff, Casey Francis and Callum Culross.

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The UK House of Commons Treasury Select Committee has been considering arguments for and against the proposed tax increase on the gambling industry, expected to be announced in the UK Budget on 26 November. UK Gaming companies have threatened wide-spread closures if the Chancellor goes ahead with increased taxes. We discussed how this could affect Gibraltar.

But most of today’s episode will focus on menopause. What is it, how does it affect us, and why do we need to talk about it? We took a deep dive into this topic with Dr Reena Verdi, GP and part of the team at the Well Woman clinic; Daniella Payas and Gabriella Agius from the Department of personnel and development; and Petra Boddington, a fully qualified and licensed menopause champion.

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The Chief Justice has discharged a jury in a rape trial due to possible jury tampering. Our court reporter Katy Docker brought us the latest on this extraordinary development in the case of 33 year old Elliott Brooke. 

In football news - last night Manchester 62 staged a planned 2-minute sit-down protest reportedly over several months of unpaid wages for players and staff. We heard from team captain Joseph Chipolina. 

Journalist and broadcaster Alice Mascarenhas has launched a new book, Palabras Al Viento, celebrating the writings and radio broadcasts of her father, Manolo Mascarenhas.

We caught up with Gibraltarian Pili Rodriguez, who has been unanimously reappointed as Chair of Citizens Advice International.

The Gibraltar National Museum has signed a landmark scientific cooperation agreement with a University in Marrakech, on bat conservation. Dr Stewart Finlayson explained the significance of this partnership.

And, a fashion show to celebrate 20 years of the Bosom Buddies charitable trust is happening on Thursday. We spoke to the show’s presenters Henry Sacramento and William Gomez.

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There was another power cut over the weekend, this time on the east side, after AMCO workers drilled through a live power cable on Devil's Tower Road.

We'll have all the latest sports with our reporter Jose Mari Ruiz with a particular focus on  football, as Gibraltar Women's double header of international friendlies against Andorra has come to an end; we heard from the team's Shania Robba and Naomi Victor. 

Gibraltar artist Ambrose Avellano is marking six decades of creativity with the launch of a new book El Niño Tiene Algo! The Making of an Artist.

As Halloween approaches, Gibraltar’s own Llanito History Doctor, Ryan Asquez is hosting a series of ghostly walking tours.

And Miss Gibraltar Julia Horne is teaming up with photographer Joelle Ferrar for Snapshots of Strength - a heartfelt photoshoot event honouring cancer warriors and their loved ones.

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A historic night for Gibraltarian football saw Lincoln Red Imps win their first ever match in the UEFA Conference League - we hear more about the team's success as well as all the sporting news with Jose Mari Ruiz.

It's World Polio Day - The Rotary Club is marking the occasion. We'll hear from Jane Hart and Paul Church from the charity, as well as polio survivor Eric Rowbottom. 

Two of the biggest names in the online gaming industry, with offices in Gibraltar, are caught up in an extraordinary legal confrontation in the United States.

Evolution is suing Playtech for defamation - The Newsroom's Jonathan Sacramento tells us more on that complex story. 

And we speak to new leaders of the DSA Sequence Dance Club Salvador and Bernie Sivers, as well as world-class talent, UK dance duo Mark Chilcote and Maddie Ingoldsby.

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The second cycle of the Skills for Care Apprenticeship has just been launched - Minister for Employment, Christian Santos, says it’s about creating meaningful career pathways.

As autumn turns to the darker season, author and poet Jackie Anderson is encouraging readers and writers alike to embrace the eerie. 

Face Off: the Next Generation: Gibraltar's very first Reality TV Make Up competition continues on GBC Television. We're getting to know two more of the contestants, Yousra and Stella. 

Gibraltar’s gaming community has a brand-new hub - Dice Bastion! Founded by Nick Calamaro and Jen Lüttig, the new brand builds on years of local board game, card game, and RPG events.

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Gibraltar Day in London continues. The Chief Minister told a packed Business Conference at London's Oxo Tower - that the combination of the tax treaty with Spain, and the UK/EU Treaty on Gibraltar, will unleash unprecedented business and investment opportunities, beyond membership of the EU. We listen to part of that fireside chat, which featured the Attorney General Michael Llamas and Fabian Picardo, and was moderated by Peter Montegriffo KC.

Dr Meenal Viz, a Gibraltarian doctor who stood up to the UK government during the Covid-19 pandemic, is now sharing her powerful story of courage, justice, and hope. Her new book traces her journey from Gibraltar to the heart of Westminster, charting how one woman’s protest changed national PPE policy.

The Gibraltar Disability Society has celebrated a £31,000 grant used to enhance equipment and therapies at St Bernadette’s Resource Centre. The funding, secured through the Playtech Recovery and Resilience Fund, has provided vital support for the mental health and wellbeing of people with disabilities. We spoke to Debbie Borastero from the disability society, specialist occupational therapist Rachel Tobelem and drama therapist Nyree Robinson. 

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Today’s episode of Gibraltar Today was recorded live from London, as the Gibraltar Day in London events continued with an insurance breakfast this morning. Leaders from the insurance sector discussed the challenges and cases for AI, how rapidly the technology is evolving, how it can save time and improve the customer experience.

We spoke to leaders of the insurance sector and who attended the insurance event: Chaiman Ian Clark from Aviva Insurance; Will Moulder, CFO of Gibraltar Admiral Insurance; Peter Allchorne and Andrew Thomson of DAC Beachcroft; Targ Patience, Founding Partner of Dolya Consulting; Jay Gomez from Triay Lawyers; Sam Buxton, founder and chairman of Damex; CEO of Bitso Dan Vogel, and Anthony Provasoli from Hassans.

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On today’s episode we discussed the 68th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Barbados with Minister Leslie Bruzon who will be in the studio, as well as CPA Honorary Secretary of the Branch, Philip Borge McCarthy.

There’s growing concern among parents of Gibraltar’s youth rugby players over a sharp reduction in training time. Tom Tunbridge and Chris Lugnani, representing the parents of Gibraltar’s youth rugby community, spoke to us in the studio.

A charity five-a-side football tournament was taking place from the stadium, raising money for the GBC Open Day, organised by the Peter J. Isola Foundation. We heard from Albert Isola from the Foundation, as well as our sports reporter Jose Mari Ruiz, who was there playing football himself!

And, Journalist and writer Priya Gulraj reflects on “the millennial ache” - reminiscing about cassette tapes, beach days, and long phone calls on landlines. She joined us in the studio with fellow Millennials and GBC journalists Christina Cortes and Michael Beltran. 

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Coming up on today's show...

The Queen’s Gate project was granted full planning permission at the latest meeting of the Development and Planning commission.

Our reporter Katy Docker has been covering DPC this morning and will bring us the latest. 

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A delegation from the Gibraltar Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) has represented the Rock at the 68th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Barbados.

The Gibraltar team included Opposition MP Damon Bossino.

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Sixteen-year-old student Havannah Salcedo is using her voice to challenge how neurodiversity is represented online.

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Music with a purpose - that’s the idea behind a series of sold-out recitals organised by GAMPA at The Kasbah.

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The Chief Minister has defended the decision to pause residency applications in Parliament. Our reporter Shelina Assomul has been covering the story and has the latest.

Do you have any photos from relatives who were evacuated during the war? We find out more about a project which is inviting the public to help identify evacuees captured in historic World War II photographs with Joe Gingell. 

Gibraltar’s only known patient living with Multifocal Motor Neuropathy - a rare neurological condition that causes progressive muscle weakness - John Navarro has just returned from Berlin where he visited a plasma donation centre. 

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Works have started to deploy the EU's Entry/Exit system across Schengen Borders. In Spain. The Government says it is reported the Spanish authorities will not apply the EES at the Gibraltar Spain border. It adds the intention – in line with treaty negotiations – is to not have EES applied at the border now or at any point in the future. However, it suggests the public makes itself familiar with those countries using it when travelling, as the Deputy Chief Minister Joseph Garcia explained.

With over 10% of Gibraltar’s population living with diabetes, Diabetes Gibraltar says local awareness and prevention have never been more important. Diet & Nutrition Advisor and Eating Psychology Coach Karen Jacobson will host a Food & Mindset Talk tomorrow, focusing on how nutrition and mental wellbeing can transform overall health. Karen was in the studio along with Susan Edwards from Diabetes Gibraltar.

The Fine Arts Association is hosting a temporary art exhibition. ‘Cadiz 360’ by Cecilio Chaves is on loan from Cadiz University, from today until the 29th of October. It’s an exhibition of some 30 paintings, offering a panoramic view of rooftops in the city of Cadiz. We spoke to Cecilio as well as Patrick Sacarello of the Fine Arts Association.

The Arts Society Gibraltar is preparing to launch its 2025/26 season with the first lecture set for tomorrow at the Garrison Library. The society's Jane Hart talked us through this year’s programme, which is now available online.

Week two of Gibraltar’s first-ever reality TV makeup competition, Face Off: The Next Generation, continues tonight. The competition will feature six challenges, culminating in an exciting final to claim the title of Gibraltar's Next Top Makeup Artist! We're going to be getting to know the contestants better over the coming weeks, starting today with Melaine Garcia and Mathew Moreno.

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A midterm poll, conducted by GBC with Mediatel, suggests a significant swing - in voting intentions - to the GSD, but it’s still all to play for ahead of the next election due to the many who don’t know how they’d vote. At the midway point in the electoral cycle, we asked over 1,000 respondents about their voting intentions in face-to-face interviews over nine days earlier this month. News editor Christine Vasquez went over the findings. 

Kelly-Anne Borge is hosting today’s episode because the Gibraltar Today presenter and Senior Broadcast journalist Jonathan Scott is leaving GBC to take up the post of UK representative and head of Gibraltar House in London, previously held by Dominique Searle. We spoke to Jonathan in the studio from a different mic than what he’s used to.

Local researcher and advocate for wildlife and conservation, Professor Julia Fa, will deliver her inaugural Beacon Professor Lecture tomorrow at the University of Gibraltar. Her talk, titled “Edge of Two Continents: Enabling People and Nature Across the Western Mediterranean”, will explore how people and nature can coexist sustainably across the region.

Our Sports recap with Robin Sheppard-Capurro is dominated by the international football fixtures this weekend, as the GFA took on Croatia which ultimately ended with a loss 3-0. This weekend also saw the end of the paddle tournament, and the third event hosted by the Gibraltar Shore Gigging and Spinning Fishing club.

The Nautilus Project, the marine conservation charity, is teaming up with podcaster Michelle Rugeroni to create a new Nautilus Podcast, bringing you marine science from all around the world. The charity's marine biologist Lewis Stagnetto and presenter of the podcast Michelle Rugeroni told us more.

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The Chief Minister says work on the treaty text is happening on a daily basis, with the Attorney General in Brussels yesterday. Fabian Picardo told GBC that following the negotiations and the agreement, he now has more time to focus on other things. He spoke to our News Editor Christine Vasquez.

A milestone moment for the EV Foundation - one of its bursary students has officially graduated, marking the first-ever graduate from the charity’s education support programme. Founder of the charity, Nicole Jones, told us they aim to break generational cycles through opportunity and empowerment rather than simple financial aid.

‘Let's Talk about It’: There’s a new element in Gibraltar's 5 year Mental Health Strategy. Gibraltar is now part of an Anti-Stigma Capacity Building Programme, which focuses on building capacity and providing support to people with lived experiences to tackle mental health stigma. We spoke to Kayron Pozzo of Public Health Gibraltar. 

Robin Sheppard-Capurro brought us the latest in sport including reactions from the recent international football game against New Caledonia, and looked ahead to the GFA’s world cup qualifier this weekend. He also spoke about what’s coming up in motorbike racing and darts.

And, live music lovers are in for a treat over the coming weeks. Tomorrow night Bandslam 2025 kicks off with the first of three events, featuring 12 talented bands from Gibraltar and Andalucia going head-to-head in a competition. Steven 'Noni' Belilo from the Musicians Association told us more.

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To mark World Mental Health Day tomorrow, Childline Gibraltar, in collaboration with GHA’s Young Minds, will open its helplines for 12 hours; the first time doing so in its 19-year history. Childline’s CEO Caroline Carter was in the studio together with GHA Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Ashim Bettadapura.

Dyslexia Awareness Week is in full flow - with events across Gibraltar highlighting understanding, inclusion, and support for those with dyslexia. Sabrina Mauro and Mandy Gaggero told us about what's happening and how the community can get involved.

The MBS Centre is hosting a free workshop for those living with Parkinson's disease this Saturday. It will be led by Lori Tillman, who will focus on a holistic approach to managing symptoms. Lori shared what inspired her to create this workshop for people with Parkinson’s.

And at the Gibraltar Photographic Society’s second Special Exhibition to commemorate its 60th Anniversary, Prem Mahtani won the prestigious accolade: photographer of the year. It follows success at the National day competition also. We asked Prem what these wins mean to him.

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We begin today’s podcast with the Chief Minister’s address to the UN General Assembly in New York, where he accused them of failing to fulfil its mandate, with Gibraltar remaining on its list of non-self-governing territories. Fabian Picardo stressed he was not there to ask for favours but to demand the right to self-determination. Ros Astengo was following the address late last night.

But the majority of this episode focuses on well-being, and how it we can encourage young people to reflect on well-being in today’s connected world. As part of this week’s Gibraltar Schools Mental Health Festival, renowned parenting expert Sue Atkins will lead sessions on navigating the digital age. She was in the studio together with campaigner, lawyer and parent Selwyn Figueras; Havannah Salcedo, a 16-year-old student with clear ideas on the topic; and Secondary school teacher and parent Natalie Massetti. Together, they explored the challenges of raising happy, resilient children in an online world.

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