Since early January, 250,000 Covid vaccines doses have been administered in British Overseas Territories.
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Gibraltar
By Gavin Lee
BBC Europe correspondent, Gibraltar
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Video caption: Gibraltar UK deal with Spain 'a boost for economy' Gibraltar's chief minister says the free-movement deal with Spain will be good for the entire region.
Deal for Gibraltar not yet done
Copyright: ReutersImage caption: The Rock relies on close economic ties with Spain Away from all the drama of the Brexit trade deal the UK has also been negotiating future arrangements for Gibraltar, a UK territory, with Spain.
About 15,000 workers come and go daily across the Spain-Gibraltar border. The Rock’s population is about 34,000 and 96% of Gibraltarians voted Remain in the EU referendum.
Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo has told the BBC he’s aiming to get Schengen terms for Gibraltar, to safeguard free movement of people to and from Spain.
Most EU states are in the passport-free Schengen zone, but the UK has never been in it.
If Gibraltar also joined it, EU citizens arriving from Spain or another Schengen country would avoid passport checks, while arrivals from the UK would have to go through passport control, as is already the case.
“The terms for mobility between us and UK would remain exactly the same as they are now,” said Mr Picardo. Anyone arriving from outside Schengen would have to show their passports, he added. “The arrangement is NOT about the nationality of the person arriving, but their point of departure.”
“If we can, we want to finalise this before the end of the year,” he said, but added: “It’s not easy”.
The blockade of Gibraltar
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Video caption: How a Spanish blockade of the disputed British territory ended in December 1982. How a Spanish blockade of the disputed British territory ended in December 1982.
Island Games 2021 postponed 'because of Covid uncertainty'
Organisers of the Island Games have postponed the 2021 event and said they were uncertain when the next competition would be held because of the effects of the coronavirus outbreak.
The next games were due to be in Guernsey in July 2021.
But, at its annual general meeting held by video conference over the weekend, the International Island Games Association (IIGA) agreed they should be put off.
Jorgen Pettersson, chair of the IIGA, said the decision "was not made lightly and was based on the responses received from the recent survey undertaken with member islands, coupled with the best medical advice that could be obtained".
He added: "The pandemic is not over, the quarantine regulations will continue to make planning forward very very difficult and even impossible."
Eric Legg, from the association, told the BBC said there was no choice but to call it off for next year because of a "mixture of various things", including training and team selections being affected by Covid lockdowns, adding: "Obliviously coronavirus was at the bottom of it."
Brian Allen, chairman of Guernsey Island Games, said it was "so disappointing for everybody, including those who were looking forward to coming to Guernsey".
The games after that are due to be held in Orkney in 2023, but nothing was certain, the IIGA said.
Copyright: Island Games 2021Gibraltar’s infamous ‘stay behind’ cave
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Video caption: Work inside Gibraltar’s Rock is revealing thousands of years of history Couple’s ‘claustrophobic’ Lockdown in a van abroad
Jasmine Ketibuah-Foley
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Copyright: Andrew PilkingtonImage caption: Mr Pilkington has been making music to pass the time whilst in lockdown in his van Bristol musician, Andrew Pilkington said the whole experience has been “strange and hard” especially after breaking down so many times looking for a place to stay and being short on gas and water.
He also described the journey to find a place to stay as “panicky” and “anxiety-inducing”.
They had previously driven the length of the Algarve in Portugal to find a place to park up and had travelled from Gibraltar to Portugal by land when they heard Morroco had closed its borders.
The couple has parked up in an undisclosed location and have a toilet they can use with access to running water.
The couple intend to drive back home when the lockdown rules are lifted across Europe
The Foreign Office is advising people stuck abroad in motorhomes and vehicles on their options for getting home if they wish to return.
Copyright: Andrew PilkingtonImage caption: Mr Pilkington intended to travel to Morocco by land but had to turn back from Gibraltar when Morocco closed its borders
