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Cyprus President says there should be immediate humanitarian aid to Gaza

There should be an immediate humanitarian aid to Gaza, Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday.

Replying to press questions about a meeting he had earlier in Nicosia with the UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza, Sigrid Kaag,

Mother, 33, facing court after taking her son, six, on ‘holiday of a lifetime’ to Cyprus during term time

A mother who is facing court after she took her kids out of school for a two week holiday in term time has insisted that the holiday was ‘educational in a way that school can’t offer’.

Leah Hilton, 33, and …

Barnet maintained schools and nurseries to benefit from windfall funding

Barnet primary, secondary and special schools and maintained nurseries are due to receive net windfalls of around £17,000 each for the next two years following a decision at Barnet Council.

The money has become available because Barnet Council Pension Fund, …

Whittington Health NHS Trust to deliver Barnet’s Healthy Child Programme

Barnet Council has announced today (29 January) that the borough’s Healthy Child Programme is to be delivered by new provider Whittington Health NHS Trust. The programme includes health visiting, school nursing, oral health promotion, healthy weight nurses and infant feeding …

Broxbourne Kidz Klub

Only two weeks left until Kidz Klub is back 📣
🌟 Keep the kids happy and entertained this half term 😃
📆 Monday 19 – Friday 23 February
📍 John Warner Sports Centre, Hoddesdon
💷 £23.65 per day
Learn more …

No measures have been announced by the Cyprus government to support bicommunal relations

Statements by the Head of the Rapprochement Bureau of AKEL Elias Demetriou:
No measures have been announced by the government to support bicommunal relations
Sunday 4 February 2024, “Haravgi” newspaper
The fact that the government, in a period characterised by …

Cyprus: Time is running out…

Time is running out…
Article by Stefanos Stefanou, General Secretary of the Central Committee of AKEL
Sunday 4 February 2024, “Haravgi” newspaper
The personal envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar, arrived in Cyprus …

Transport for London completes work on two major new sections of Cycleway in Hackney and Islington

Construction work to extend Cycleway 50 and Cycleway 23 is now complete, making cycling even more accessible 
“The Mayor and I want to build on the boom in cycling we’ve seen in recent years, as our rapidly expanding cycle network …

Police disrupt horse and cart race on A414

Welwyn Hatfield officers attended the A414 in Essendon on Sunday 28 January to disrupt a horse and cart race.

Police had received a number of calls from the public at around 8am, reporting concerns that a race was about to …

Man charged with attempted murder – Oxford Circus

Brwa Shorsh, 24, 22/12/1999, of no fixed abode has been charged with attempted murder following an incident at Oxford Circus underground station at 3pm on Saturday 3 February.

He is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates Court today (5 February).…