‘Dragons Den’ star Theo Paphitis refuses calls to save HMV
Businessman Theo Paphitis, star of BBC’s Dragons Den yesterday refused calls to put his hand in his pocket and buy the HMV chain, which went into administration this week. Paphitis was one of a number...
View Article15 firefighters at Palmers Green North Circular crash
Fifteen firefighters were called to Palmers Green last night after a driver collided with parked cars. The firefighters from Edmonton Fire Station were called to North Circular Road between Green Lanes...
View ArticleLimassol: 67 year old man beaten and robbed
A 67-YEAR OLD man was beaten and robbed in his grocery on Georgiou Fasoulioti Street in Limassol on Tuesday afternoon by two strangers. According to police, at around 5.30pm on Tuesday, two people...
View ArticleGrandad steals from HMV after voucher row
Eric Nolan, from TyrellstownDublin, told the Irish Independent that he took three computer games from the Dublin store in fury, after staff refused to take his grandson’s €40 gift voucher. He was...
View ArticleGreek and Turkish Cypriots to cooperate on fire fighting
Τhe bicommunal Technical Committee on the Environment has announced a new environmental initiative – a confidence building measure on “Partnership for the prevention of forest fires within the buffer...
View ArticleNicolas Papadopoulos resigns as VP of DIKO
Nicolas Papadopoulos submitted today his resignation from his position as Vice-president of the centre-right Democratic Party (DIKO). Papadopoulos said in a written statement that his resignation...
View ArticleDragons’ Den star Theo Paphitis: The EU is “ridiculous”
Dragons’ Den star Theo Paphitis has labelled the European Union “ridiculous”. The Ryman stationery tycoon said Britain should remain in Europe, but called for major reforms. “Leaving the EU is an...
View ArticleMajor snow disruption all over the UK
Hundreds of schools have been closed and transport disrupted as a band of heavy snow affects most of the UK. Cardiff, Bristol and Southampton airports are closed and part of the M4 was shut in Wales....
View ArticleRival Cyprus FAs closer to reunification deal
Officials from both sides of ethnically split Cyprus say they are closer to a deal that would reunify rival football organizations and allow breakaway Turkish Cypriots to play internationally. “There’s...
View ArticleBritain to drift out of EU without reforms – Cameron
Britain will drift out of the European Union and the European project will fail unless the bloc tackles three serious problems it faces, Prime Minister David Cameron had planned to say in a postponed...
View ArticleAppeal to trace woman in need of medical assistance, N19
Police in Haringey are appealing for assistance to trace a woman who walked out of a north London hospital last night and is in urgent need of medical assistance. Rachel More, 47 and an American...
View ArticleGreece Cup Round Up
Olympiakos beat Kavala 2-0 in the first leg of their fourth-round tie for the Greek Cup on Wednesday, but its poor performance had its fans and its president fuming. Two second-half goals by Thanasis...
View ArticleGoogle to develop new headquarters at London’s Kings Cross
Google Inc. is developing a new UK headquarters which could be worth as much as 1 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) when finished, the latest overseas property deal for the cash-rich U.S. Internet group....
View ArticleWest Brom’s Reid played against Arsenal with broken leg
West Bromwich Albion right back Steven Reid played the second half of their 2-0 defeat at Arsenal in early December with a fractured fibula, manager Steve Clarke said on Thursday. Reid is unlikely to...
View ArticleCypriot farmer dies after being stung by bee
A 71-year-old man died of an allergic reaction after being stung by a bee. Elias Papantoniou, a farmer from Xylophagou, was stung as he worked in his field. He drove himself to the local community...
View ArticleAngela Merkel’s Cypriot Headache
German Chancellor Merkel will want a quick resolution of the Cypriot economic and financial crisis so that a bailout does not become a domestic political issue ahead of her reelection bid. One has to...
View ArticleChris Evangelou rematch is on
From left to right Martin Ward, Danny Connor, Larry Ekundayo, Darren Barker, Eddie Hearn, Lee Purdy, Chris Evangelou, Erick Ochieng, Wadi Camacho. The long awaited rematch between Chris “The Flash”...
View ArticleMarcos loses to fourth seed in Australian Open
Marcos Baghdatis has played some of his best tennis at the Australian Open over the years, but he could not find a way through the brick wall that is Spaniard David Ferrer in a 6-4 6-2 6-3 defeat in...
View ArticleWeekend line and station closures 19/20 January
District line There is no service this weekend between West Kensington and Acton Town/Richmond while we carry out bridge replacement work. Jubilee line There is no service this weekend between West...
View ArticleTURKEY VETOES ISRAEL AND GREEK CYPRIOT SECTOR
At a meeting held in Abu Dhabi, Turkish Energy and National Resources Minister Taner Yıldız said Turkey has blocked memberships of Israel and Greek Cypriot Sector to the Renewable Energy Agency Council...
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