Today was the first episode of our “At The Beach” series for 2025, recorded live from the shores of Western Beach. This year we decided to reverse the order, starting with the beach which rounded up the series last year.
It’s been a busy week in Parliament, with yesterday focusing on changes to the Communications Act, namely changes in satellite television and the use of mobile phones in schools. Our News Editor Christine Vasquez explained the impact of these changes.
Audrey Hanglin chose to celebrate her birthday today on Western Beach and has been going there for over 30 years – even in the days when the only way to get to the beach was through a hole in the fence!
Kevin Salmon enjoys wing foiling at Western – he told us more about this relatively new sport and how it’s the best beach on the Rock for it. He comes out all year round to practice, with good weather conditions for the sport year-round.
Naiala has been coming to Western Beach since childhood, and highlighted some of the advantages of this beach including how much sun it gets as well as being disability friendly.
And Daphne Alecio invited everyone to come down to Western, especially when there’s a strong levante like today. She did say though that she’s concerned about the safety of the beach when the frontier fence comes down as outlined in the Treaty agreement.
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