Stories for October 2nd 2017

Monday, October 2nd 2017 - 19:56 UTC
Falklands' budget estimated deficit, turns into a strong surplus at the end of the financial year

The Falkland Islands budget performance at the end of the financial year in June will show a considerable surplus, far from the £2 million deficit estimate, according to the government's Head of Finance, Andrew Francis.
Monday, October 2nd 2017 - 18:28 UTC
Catalonia wants “a new understanding with the Spanish state”; EC supports Rajoy, an “internal matter”

Catalan President Carles Puigdemont has said he is not planning a “traumatic” split with Spain, after a disputed independence referendum on Sunday. He said he wanted a new understanding with the central government in Madrid.
Monday, October 2nd 2017 - 17:38 UTC
Paddock's family “completely dumbfounded”. Nevada does not require firearms owners to have licenses or register them

The suspected gunman behind the Las Vegas massacre made several large gambling transactions in recent weeks, according to law enforcement officials. The transactions by Stephen Paddock were in the tens of thousands in Las Vegas, the officials said. It was not immediately clear if those transactions were losses or wins.
Monday, October 2nd 2017 - 17:33 UTC
Madness in Las Vegas: “Lone wolf” kills and injures 580; Trump calls it “an act of pure evil”

At least 58 people have been killed and more than five hundreds injured in a mass shooting at a Las Vegas concert. A gunman, named as 64-year-old Nevada resident Stephen Paddock, opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel towards an open-air music festival attended by 22,000.
Monday, October 2nd 2017 - 14:44 UTC
Flower festival for centenary of Pangbourne College and Falklands' War 35 years

Pangbourne College is to celebrate its 100th anniversary with a flower festival on the weekend of October 14 and 15, which will also mark 35 years since the end of the Falklands War. More than 40 flower arrangers from 12 clubs across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire are preparing to take part alongside the school’s art department.
Monday, October 2nd 2017 - 14:12 UTC
Supplies in Falklands ready for shipping to Antarctica's Port Lockroy, the most remote post office

Brooms to clean bird droppings, along with thousands of toy penguins, are among tons of items being shipped out to the UK's most remote post office. Each year, four scientists become postmasters, manning the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust's post office at Port Lockroy in Antarctica for four months.
Monday, October 2nd 2017 - 11:53 UTC
Uruguay foreign minister will meet UK's Boris Johnson next Monday in London

Uruguay's foreign minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa announced he will be meeting foreign secretary Boris Johnson next Monday, in London to address Brexit consequences and Uruguay's interest is reaching a trade agreement with the UK. Although both sides are interested in such an understanding, this will be an initial contact, “the strong intention which will have to be followed up by detailed negotiations”, points out the Uruguayan government ministry.
Monday, October 2nd 2017 - 10:25 UTC
Monarch Airlines bankrupt; Gibraltar prepares “prudent” contingency plans

Monarch Airlines has ceased trading and all of its future bookings have been cancelled, the UK's Civil Aviation Authority has said. Around 110,000 Monarch customers are currently overseas and the UK government has asked the CAA to charter aircraft to bring them back to the UK.
Monday, October 2nd 2017 - 10:21 UTC
UK reaffirms commitment to Gibraltar at the Rock's reception in Manchester

Britain’s commitment to upholding Gibraltar’s British sovereignty and its right to self determination is as “immoveable as the Pillars of Hercules themselves”, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Sunday night at the Gibraltar reception on the sidelines of the Conservative party conference in Manchester.
Monday, October 2nd 2017 - 10:18 UTC
Theresa May apologizes for June election as she tries to motivate Conservatives

Apologizing for losing her Conservative Party's majority at a June election, Prime Minister Theresa May responded to her critics on Sunday by saying she had the right strategy to lead Britain and win a Brexit deal.