Colonial links Pram probe

A COURT banned an elderly pensioner from driving for one month and fined her £200 after she mowed down a pram with a baby in it at a zebra crossing.

Christine Trico, 73, of Europort Avenue, drove her moped into the pram carrying the 10-month-old baby when she failed to stop at the crossing. The moped snagged the pram and dragged it down the road with the baby inside. The baby was unhurt.

CHIEF Minister Fabian Picardo sent his ‘best wishes’ to Nicola Sturgeon after she stepped down as First Minister of Scotland.

Sturgeon said she was quitting after eight years leading Scotland because of the ‘brutality’ of being on the front-line.

“The top flight of politics is tough in all jurisdictions and it takes a personal toll that is too often ignored,” the Chief Minister added.

In June 2016, Picardo met Sturgeon to discuss ways of keeping areas of the UK inside the EU when they voted overwhelmingly to remain.

Grief as Gib mourns local surgeon killed while visiting Turkey

GIBRALTAR flew its flags at half mast on Monday to mourn the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, including a locally-based surgeon who died in the tragedy. Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and his staff at No.6 Convent Place joined the governor Sir David Steel at midday to hold a minute’s silence for those who died in the quake. Authorities in southern Turkey and northern Syria reported that over 33,000 people died in the natural disaster, equivalent to the total population of Gibraltar.

THE police and fire service will move their headquarters to a new development at the old Rooke site, which will include residential buildings and parks.

Developer Carlton Properties will build the government project at the vacant plot of the former military headquarters on Queensway.

Three residential towers will overshadow a green area open for public use.

One of the dead was a surgeon who worked on the Rock, Dr George Chami (pictured). Picardo announced his death on Sunday ‘with great sadness’ after fears for his safety arose earlier in the week.

Dr Chami was in his native Turkey on holiday when the

The project will also include a new police and fire station, built by Carlton Properties as part of the government deal with the developer.

The development will have expanded shopping areas, with the possibility of a new supermarket within easy reach of the town centre.