On today's edition of Gibraltar Today...

The GHA says there’s a rise in salmonella food poisoning cases in the community.

Separately, there has also been a Norovirus outbreak at Elderly Residential Services.

The Director of Public Health Dr Helen Carter joins us.

Together with a representative of the Environmental Agency.

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Short term lets have been growing across Europe. They’re shaking up the market. Legislation is now in effect. We speak to property owner Esteban Bravo.

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12 year old, Arya Arun, has published his first comic book. It's called "Potato Man, The Living Potato Superhero - Part I" and is available in local shops and in all Amazon marketplaces across the globe. Arya joins us with his dad Arun.

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Eastern Beach is the place to be this Thursday evening, Stay Late Order Pizza.

Jonathan Collado of Fresh Entertainment and Cultural Service’s Giovi Viñales join us...

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And, the Island Games start on Sunday! Jose Marie joins us with the latest.

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Earlier this week, Education Minister John Cortes announced a significant boost to Gibraltar’s education workforce, with 49 new permanent teaching posts set to be created this year. Dr Cortes also confirmed the introduction of a signal-proof pouch system to restrict mobile phone use during the school day. The Minister was in the studio to give more details.

The Mount held its first event in years this evening, to celebrate the 21st anniversary of Parasol International. The events hall has been refurbished with a million pound donation from the Parasol Foundation. The renovation forms part of wider works to restore the Mount and its grounds, and open these up to the community once again. News Editor Christine Vasquez was there.

Jose Mari Ruiz filled us in on what’s happening in local sport, including rowing, basketball, futsal, as well as plans to get children playing cricket this summer, as we get closer to the start of the school holidays.

The countdown is on! 78 days to go until the 2025 Netball World Youth Cup here in Gibraltar!Earlier this week, World Netball revealed the official mascot: The Barbary Partridge. But, as Dylan Trenado and Moira Gomez told us, the mascot needs a name.

And, happy 4th of July! What is the state of Gibraltar-American relations? And more importantly today: how will Independence Day be celebrated? What does it symbolise? We talk to James Lasry of AM Cham Gibraltar.

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The Speaker of Parliament has moved to set the record straight on the latest Principal Auditor’s Report. Karen Rammage told there’s no question of her team not doing it’s job properly. It comes after the Opposition accused the Government of delaying the presentation of the latest Principal Auditor's report, at precisely the time that Parliament is debating Gibraltar's finances and the state of the nation. Jonathan Sacramento told us more.

How will Europe’s continuing heat wave impact Gibraltar? On Wednesday it helped fuel a deadly wildfire in Spain - two farmers were killed in Catalonia while apparently trying to flee in a vehicle, local authorities said on Wednesday. We asked Meteorologist Clément Hutin whether we can expect another worrying weather event in the near future.

Just over a week to go until the Island Games! Gibraltar one of 24 island groups from across the world set to compete in Orkney. Ivan De Haro has been chosen as Gibraltar’s flag bearer in the opening ceremony... and Christian Navas Jnr has been chosen as water carrier: two significant roles in an opening ceremony steeped in tradition.

A decade and countless hangovers later, the Gibraltar Wine Festival is back for a tenth year! It’s an evening filled with wine, food and live music... and it all kicks off in just over 24 hours! Organisers Glenn and Michelle Sanders have been busy preparing for the event, but were keen to tell us why people should head down to Chatham Counterguard tomorrow.

Next week, dance meets history in a powerful tribute to Gibraltar's military past. Mediterranean Dance School's production of “Letters to Lilly" tells the story of a young nurse and soldier who fall in love during the turmoil of WW2 in Gibraltar. We spoke to director Genyka Celecia in the studio alongside both lead dancers in the production Jayce Caetano and Juliana Martin.

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Public sector workers across Gibraltar are to receive a consolidated, pensionable pay increase this year, with lower earners seeing the largest rise. This has been announced in the Chief Minister’s budget address. Fabian Picardo revealed what he described as the highest revenue in Gibraltar’s history, three times the projected surplus, and a new rise in minimum wage. The Chief Minister was in the studio after delivering his address to discuss it further.

We also heard reactions of the Budget address from the Chairman of the Gibraltar General and Clerical Association Darren Cerisola, Donovan Correia of Unite the Union and Mike Nicholls of Chestertons.

And Louis Parrall brought us the latest results from a busy weekend of local sports, including the Gibraltar 7s and the round the rock swim.

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The UK, EU, Spain and Gibraltar believe the Treaty Agreement reached earlier this month will bring confidence and legal certainty to the lives and well-being of the people of the whole region. Though, when asked about the possible impact on retail and wholesale sectors, Sir Joe Bossano warned that changes to the Gibraltar economy are likely to see winners and losers. How are Main Street traders feeling about all this? We spoke to Raju Alwani of Carlos Electronics, Kapil Radhakishen of Sports City, and Chris Walker of Marks & Spencer, Next and Early Learning Centre.

A Pride conference at the Sunborn tackled issues like Pride at work and understanding gender diversity. Organised by the Ministry of Equality, it covered the history of Pride in Gibraltar, creating safe spaces for LGBTQ+ young people, and more. It comes ahead of the more celebratory Pride event tomorrow. Our reporter Michael Beltran was at the conference and will be part of the celebrations tomorrow.

It's Armed Forces Day this weekend! SSAFA Gibraltar, the local arm of the UK’s Armed Forces charity, is marking it by sharing stories of how it supports serving personnel and their families stationed on the Rock. This year also marks SSAFA’s 140th anniversary - a huge milestone! Joining us in the studio were charity chairman Alan Jones, Command Warrant Officer Sean Mead, and Warrant Officer Kayron Fortunato.

Beauty was the topic of discussion on last night's episode of ViewPoint. Taking a deep, unfiltered look at body image, diet culture and evolving beauty standards. It was hosted by Katy Docker, who told us how did the discussion came about and what questions she was trying to address.

And, Louis Parral has a busy weekend ahead of him as many local sports are planning to host their big events: he spoke to us about how a local boxer is flying the flag for Gibraltar internationally, a charity round the rock swim, and the rugby 7s.

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Robin hosts the show today, with the following topics and guests:

1. Unite has reached a pay agreement for 2025 with Mitie Defence Gibraltar - speaking to Unite's Christian Duo
2. "Memories of a Gibraltar from times gone by..." Rebecca Fa talks about her new book
3. Therapeutic counselling introduced at the prison - Maitre Carreras from the Care Agency and Kevin Galliano from the prison explain more about the initiative
4. The Institute of Risk Management launches a Gibraltar branch - Kevin Borrett is in the studio
5. Looking ahead to Pride this weekend, with organiser Raygan Martinez Gaivizo from the local LGBTQ+ Committee

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