TWO MEN have been arrested and have reportedly confessed to the murder of British tourist Graham Mills in Limassol, police told The Sunday Mail yesterday.

FORMER state pathologist and Diko deputy Marios Matsakis is earning a worldwide reputation which has him travelling far and wide to conduct post mortems.

Matsakis has just returned from Australia where he conducted an exhumation and post mortem on a 15-year-old Australian boy whose family believed he need not have died.

AN IRANIAN man was yesterday remanded for eight days after a police sting operation allegedly caught him trying to sell heroin to an undercover policeman.

The man’s 15-year-old daughter, meanwhile, has been put in the care of the Welfare Services. Both were in Cyprus illegally.

TWO OF Nicosia’s most popular shopping streets, Ledra and Onasagorou, will undergo a major facelift if French experts enlisted to investigate the issue have their way.

Nicosia Municipality, under mayor Lellos Demetriades, has in recent years shown great interest in restoring the old town, where the streets are situated.

NICOSIA could have a more European touch over the next two weeks as people are encouraged to forget their cars and ride around town on bikes instead.

A service will provide bus travellers with bicycles from Solomou Square, which they will be able to borrow just by showing their bus ticket.

IMPROVING the environment must start at home, Agriculture Minister Costas Themistocleous said on the occasion of ‘World Earth Day’ yesterday.

The first Earth Day took place in the US in 1970, with the aim of motivating people to take action to prevent damage to the environment. It is now celebrated all over the world.

YESTERDAY MORNING the 79 Miss Universe delegates were dressing up and strutting up in Nicosia as they were fitted for their official pageant outfits, before the Welcome Dinner in Paphos tonight.