Ex-Deputy PM Nick Clegg and War Horse novelist Michael Morpurgo also receive knighthoods, and
Archive for 2017
Voting centers abroad for Cyprus 2018 presidential elections announced
A total of 38 voting centers will operate abroad, for the 2018 Presidential Elections in Cyprus.
These are as follows:
CITY
NUMBER OF CENTERS
1
ΑTHENS
5
2
VOLOS
1
3
HERAKLION
1
4
THESSALONIKI
3
5
IOANNINA
1
6
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West End – basement flat fire
Three fire engines and 14 fire fighters and officers were called to a fire at a basement flat on New Cavendish Street in Fitzrovia in the early hours of this morning.
Part of a room in the basement flat of
Operation Winter Nights nets over 900 arrests and takes 278 knives off the streets
Since the launch of Operation Winter Nights the Met has made over 900 arrests and taken over 350 weapons off the streets.
These arrests are the culmination of a two-month operation to crack-down on crime and anti-social behaviour (ASB) throughout …
New Year honours
Bee Gees singer Barry Gibb and Beatles drummer Ringo Starr have been knighted, and Strictly judge Darcey Bussell made a dame, in the New Year Honours.
One of our own UK Cypriot Demis Hassabis awarded CBE in 2018 new years honours list.
UK Cypriot British artificial intelligence researcher Demis Hassabis has been recognised on the New Year Honours list.
Mr Hassabis is chief executive of DeepMind, which has developed software that can beat human experts at the complex board game Go.
He …
UK Cypriot Lord Adonis quits government role with Brexit attack
The government’s infrastructure adviser has announced he is quitting his role, describing Brexit as a “populist and nationalist spasm”.
UK Cypriot Lord Adonis whose father is from Yialoussa in Cyprus said Prime Minister Theresa May was “pursuing a course fraught …
Girl murdered in Finsbury Park has Cypriot connection
The girl Iuliana Tudos. murdered in Finsbury Park has a Cypriot connection her facebook gives information that her mother lives in Larnaca.
Iulianas profile says that she is from Moscow and that she went to school in Larnaca.
It also …
Candle safety warning after Christmas tree catches alight in South Kensington
Firefighters have issued a warning to keep candles away from Christmas trees and other flammable items after a fire at a flat in Onslow Gardens in South Kensington.
Part of a living room in a first floor flat was damaged
Another record for Arsene Wenger
Arsene Wenger celebrated another landmark night in his garlanded Premier League career as an Alexis Sanchez double inspired his Arsenal charges to a pulsating 3-2 win at Crystal Palace on Thursday.
On the night he equalled former Manchester United manager …
Fire in New York City apartment block kills 12 including four children
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investigators in New York City searched early on Friday for the cause of a blaze that ripped through an apartment building in the Bronx and killed 12 people including four children, in the city’s deadliest fire …
