Planning & Environment: Malta’s Planning Authority is set to recommend sanctioning Gianpula owner Roger De Giorgio’s sprawling illegal entertainment complex in Żebbuġ, with decades of structures and alterations on ODZ land potentially regularised for a €50,000 fine. Heritage & Daily Life: Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA) is objecting to plans to turn a traditional townhouse in Attard’s Urban Conservation Area into a medical clinic, warning the proposal would intensify commercial activity in a sensitive historic village core with traffic and parking concerns. Culture & Arts: Malta Pavilion at the Venice Art Biennale 2026, “No Need to Sparkle; Experiments in Love and Revolution,” is framed as a space for doubt and creative resistance, running until 22 November. Local Education: The Nationalist Party says most Maltese state schools still lack air-conditioning, leaving students and educators struggling during summer programmes. Faith & Community: 180 Maltese pilgrims travelled to Lourdes for the annual UMTAL pilgrimage, with a medical team supporting patients throughout the four days. Travel & Lifestyle: Malta Air’s CEO warns Europe’s new biometric Entry/Exit System could trigger six-hour queues at major airports, adding friction to summer travel. Sports & Integrity: Malta’s water polo betting scandal ends with sanctions for 10 players and a coach, plus education initiatives aimed at protecting integrity in aquatics. Entertainment Picks: SIGGRAPH 2026 spotlights Brad Bird’s “Ray Gunn,” while Nat Geo’s “Pompeii: Out of Time” brings the final hours of Pompeii to life with Tom Hiddleston.