Veterans of the Falklands War have been honoured with the Freedom of the Borough of Gosport, the town on the western side of Portsmouth harbour where so many of the 1982 Falklands Task Force ships were based.
The Falkland Islands are truly a special place, where nature is still in charge.
A team from the UK who had come to prepare and initiate procedures for the Infrastructure Services Provider left Gibraltar last week.
The longliner Elqui is being investigated by South Georgia Fisheries officials on suspicion of toothfish poaching.
Headlines:
Commandos lead the way; Standard Wool's Punta plant destroyed by fire; Argentine president reiterates sovereignty claims;
News in brief:
Patrol cuts ?on hold'; ?Aggressive' jiggers; Champion Maurice ? again.
Britain's BBC will be forced to scrap a 77-year tradition of self-regulation under a new government proposal prompted by criticism of its journalism in the run-up to the Iraq war.
CRUISE ships visiting the Falkland Islands are to be asked to produce a certificate of health before putting passengers ashore, in a bid to protect the local population from infectious diseases.
Headlines:
A New Director at Falklands Conservation; Henry Robinson Chairman; Best Year Ever for Falklands Penguins; New book on Falklands Rocks and Fossils.
AFTER attending a travel show in London, the Director of Tourism says it was surprising to find so many people who are still so mis-informed about the Islands and, ...we clearly have a long way to go to communicate effectively to consumers that we are accessible and that it doesn't snow all year round.
Following on from the announcement that the EU has ruled that the present Gibraltar exempt company system must end by 2010, the otherwise rock solid economy has been given a further blow by the by the MoD, with some 600 civilian jobs scheduled to go.