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Vol. 5 Issue 159
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October 20th - November 2nd 2021
EXCLUSIVE: The stunning Costa home where The Crown is setting Lady Diana during her 1990s escapes from her divorce back home...
BLACK IN TIME! Alarming two-hour power cut takes the Rock back to the days of the Neanderthals
DARK DAY: Gibraltar was plunged into darkness when the lights went out GIBRALTAR got a true taste of the dark ages this weekend. An incredible two-hour blackout saw the Rock plunged into darkness on Friday night. Revellers out for their regular early weekend snifter were left necking pints in pitch blackness. While candlelit restaurants really came into their own. Those at home were left without the latest episode of Coronation Street, while fans of darts were furious to be missing the European final. In the ‘most serious and significant’ outage for years, at least 75% of Gibraltar was left without power. Beginning at 8.40pm, the problem
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was not remedied until 10.36pm, leaving red faces, particularly after a significant investment in a new power station recently. Chief Minister Fabian Picardo was this week demanding swift answers as to why taxpayers should have to suffer such a situation. “People were drinking pints by candlelight outside the bars,” local policeman Ashley Maer told the Olive Press. “Much of the city centre was left completely pitch black, while people were even walking around with torches." Luckily, he added, there was no noticeable increase in crime. The Gibraltar Electricity See page 9 - 13 Authority explained that the outage was caused by a
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fault in the ‘11KV High Voltage Distribution Switch’. A spokesman said it was not caused by a failure in the power generation at the North Mole Power Station. “The fault in the switch correctly isolated the damage to ensure that no further damage occurred and that work on restoring power to affected areas could commence,” he insisted. There was a good deal of criticism on social media with one angry local insisting there were ‘less power cuts in the 1980s’.
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Another woman claims to have fallen due to the blackout. On the other hand, one local Bonnie McKevitt insisted humorously that her children have finally discovered ‘what paper and pencils are for’. A GEA spokesman apologised and said the damage has been fully repaired and the power station is now operating normally again’.
...WHILE,, also inside, ...WHILE the REAL home that the princess stayed at, which last week was the holiday escape of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his paintbrushes