Archive for 2014
North Korea’s Internet links restored amid U.S. hacking dispute
North Korea, at the centre of a confrontation with the United States over the hacking of Sony Pictures, experienced a complete Internet outage for hours before links were restored on Tuesday, but U.S. officials said Washington was not involved.
U.S.-based …
Chelsea go three clear after easing to win at Stoke
John Terry’s early header and Cesc Fabregas’s second-half strike restored Chelsea’s three-point Premier League lead heading into a busy Christmas programme after a 2-0 win at Stoke City on Monday.
Chelsea were ahead inside two minutes at the Britannia Stadium …
Joe Cocker, raspy-voiced singer, dies at 70
(Reuters) – Joe Cocker, whose distinctive raspy voice and soulful musical renditions made him a favourite of his peers with hits like Beatles’ cover “With a Little Help from My Friends” and “You Are So Beautiful,” died on Monday. He …
Appeal for boy missing from Haringey
Police in Haringey Borough are appealing for the public’s help in locating a missing schoolboy from Tottenham.
Dennis Pearce, 12, was last seen at around 14:30hrs today, Monday, 22 December, and has not been seen since.
He is described as …
Appeal to trace missing woman from Wood Green
Police in Haringey Borough are appealing for the public’s help in locating a missing woman from Wood Green.
Alison Williams, 39, was last seen on Tuesday, 9 December when she left her home address.
She is described as black, approximately …
Elderly man imprisoned for dangerous driving
An elderly man who lost control of his car and killed a woman in front of her husband and toddler has today, Monday, 22 December, been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for causing death by dangerous driving. He has also …
Premier first as Arsenal chalk up five million followers on twitter
Arsenal have become the first Premier League club to reach five million followers on Twitter.
The north London club said in a news release on Monday that they had consolidated their position as the third most followed team on the …
Greek and Turkish Cypriots unite forces in remembrance of Christmas Truce football match
Under the slogan “Football Remembers” the British High Commission in Nicosia organised, on Monday, a friendly football match marking a Christmas Day spontaneous ceasefire and a historic football match in 1914, during World War I.
Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots …
Russian-Cypriot company buys Parma Serie A football team
A Russian-Cypriot company has weighed in on Italian football following the sale of Parma football club to Limassol-based Dastraso Holding Ltd.
The company’s first act is to install Fabio Giordano as the temporary president.
The troubled Serie A side has …
Seventeen thousand foreigners purchased houses in the occupied area of Cyprus the last three years
Turkish Cypriot daily Star Kibris newspaper (22.12.14) reports that 17,000 foreigners have purchased immovable property in the occupied area of the Republic of Cyprus during the last three years.The majority of these foreigners are Russians and Germans. According to …
