MAKING a rigid egg custard with all the fluidity of Vaseline or a dismal batch of fruit scones only an ancient Egyptian brickie would relish are the abiding memories of school cookery classes.

(We’re talking wine, not the future of the planet)

By George Kassianos

I HAVE seen the potential saviour of the cork industry, and at first sight, well, let’s just say I think it needs a little time yet.

DIRECTED BY Christos Georgiou

STARRING Akis Sakellariou, Myrto Alikaki, Andros Kritikos

Cyprus / UK / Greece 2001 87 mins.

CHICAGO ***

DIRECTED BY Rob Marshall

STARRING Renée Zellweger, Richard Gere, Catherine Zeta-Jones

US 2002 113 mins.

By Preston Wilder

By Jill Campbell Mackay

IT’S COMMON knowledge that the Cyprus Ambulance service is in a pretty poor state, with ambulance crews woefully inept when it comes to providing an early effective intervention service.

By Alex Mita

CYPRUS’ reputation on animal care leaves much to be desired. Reports of animal abuse are depressingly regular, but although ample coverage is given to the issue, calls for action appear to fall on deaf ears, with the responsible authorities taking cover behind a bureaucratic barricade.

By Jean Christou

E.U. ACCESSION will not necessarily be a bed of roses for Cyprus tourism, and other issues will have a far greater impact on the future course of the industry, a leading British travel expert has warned.

By Rosie Ogden

VAUXHALL’S sensational new VX220 Turbo will promote the company to the supercar performance league when it goes on sale tomorrow.

That may be a bold claim from the Luton marque, however one glance at the performance figures, viewed against a price of under £26,000 puts the new VX220 Turbo in a league of one.

By Rosie Ogden

FEARS that last week’s hot, dry spell would spoil the fun proved unfounded, as scores of ‘Jeepers’ assembled last Saturday in Paphos for the 2003 Jeep Jamboree.

By a Staff Reporter

POLICE are investigating an incident involving a 13-year-old girl from Limassol, who was allegedly kidnapped, stripped naked and sexually abused by nine teenage boys on Thursday.