Man jailed for 18 months over Bases assault
A 36-year-old Egyptian man was sentenced to 18 months and one week imprisonment in Dhekelia on January 29 after being found guilty of grievous bodily harm, it was announced on Monday.
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Boy pleads guilty to child porn offences
The 15-year-old boy who was arrested after having edited into existence explicit images of teachers and pupils at the school he attends pleaded guilty to child pornography-related offences in court ...
Man jailed for 41 weeks after GBH
A 46-year-old man was sentenced to 41 weeks imprisonment in Dhekelia after being found guilty of Grievous Bodily Harm (GBH), the British Bases announced on Friday morning.
He was arrested on ...
Student accused of generating explicit images of teachers, classmates has court date postponed
The 15-year-old boy accused of having edited into existence explicit images of teachers and pupils at the school he attends had his latest court hearing postponed on Friday until November 12.
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Student due in court for editing explicit images of teachers, classmates
A 15-year-old boy was arrested on Thursday night after having allegedly edited into existence explicit images of teachers and pupils at the senior school he attends, British bases police confirmed ...
Two arrests after drugs raid in SBA
Two people were arrested after a drugs raid carried out by police in the Ayios Nikolaos Sovereign Base Area (SBA), British forces announced on Tuesday.
The two, a 46-year-old man ...
British bases record 382 turtles on beaches
The British bases’ environmental experts recorded a total of 382 sea turtles on their beaches this year.
They said the high number of turtles on the beaches is a result of ...
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British Forces Cyprus welcomed Ed Sheeran in Dhekelia
The weekend’s Ed Sheeran concerts were the biggest in terms of audience to ever have been staged in Cyprus, with 45,000 guests attending from 42 different countries.
Speaking to the Cyprus ...
Police presence stepped up on Lady’s Mile beach
Police presence will be stepped up at Lady’s Mile beach until September, Sovereign Base Areas police announced on Tuesday.
The Limassol beach is expected to receive 20,000 visitors during the ...
Man fined for bird trapping in bases
A man was fined €2,000 last week after confessing to bird trapping offences dating back to January in the Achna forest area, the Sovereign Base Area (SBA) police said on Monday.
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Refugees living in SBAs to get title deeds
A total of 970 plots of Crown land, totalling more than 170,000m2 across both the eastern and western SBAs are to be granted to refugees living there, the Sovereign Base Areas ...
Bases fine three for illegal bird trapping
In the last ten days, police in the British Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) have arrested and fined three individuals a total of €4,500 for bird trapping violations.
The arrests in the ...
Protest to decry ‘use of Bases to support Israeli operations in Gaza’ (Updated)
A protest is being organised against the Sovereign British Bases in Cyprus and their use in running what organisers call military operations out of the island to Gaza, it was ...
Cyprus ‘kept in the dark’ on use of British bases for Israel-Gaza war
The government stayed mum on Saturday amid increasing demands for answers from both the UK and Cyprus on how the British bases on the island are reportedly being used to ...
UK remains tight-lipped over Cyprus role in Gaza missions (updated)
The British government was being tight lipped about any operations, humanitarian or military, in Gaza that may involve Cyprus on Tuesday after reports surfaced that the UK could provide ships ...
New SBA police chief sworn in
Stephen Jupp, the new Chief Constable of the British Sovereign Base Areas’ police force was sworn in on Monday at the Episkopi Officer’s Messm the bases announced on Thursday.
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SBA, police negotiators joint training
Negotiators from the Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) police and the Cyprus police underwent refresher training alongside the Cyprus police,s emergency response unit (MMAD), the British Bases said on Tuesday.
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High number of turtle nests found this year on British bases
Cyprus’ coasts of the British bases are teeming with turtles with the highest number of nests recorded within the areas since 2009, it was announced on Tuesday.
Bases environmental experts confirmed 282 ...
Cyprus court to examine death of RAF colour sergeant
An inquest into the death of Colour Sergeant Anthony Oxley, a British Army officer who died in a road collision in June 2016 at the RAF Akrotiri base, is set to ...
Bases take part in RoC multi-national firefighting exercise
Bases firefighters participated in multi-national exercise ‘Pyrsos’, lead by the Republic’s fire service on Wednesday, as part of the annual joint fire safety training.
The exercise, which took place ...
SBA cracks down on illegal dog hunters
The Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) police are set to begin a campaign cracking down on illegal dog hunters in the Akrotiri, Episkopi and Paramali protected areas.
An SBA statement on ...
Bases police raise €30,000 for local charities
Sovereign Base Area (SBA) police officers raised a total of €30,000 during the annual Cycle Challenge, they announced on Tuesday.
The money raised from the event on Saturday will be donated ...
Bases commander pays tribute to those who helped evacuate Sudan
The commander of the British Forces in Cyprus and Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) administrator Peter Squires on Friday paid tribute to all those involved in the successful evacuation of people ...
British forces, national guard in joint explosives exercise
British forces officials on Wednesday said they were looking forward to more opportunities to train alongside the National Guard, following a successful joint exercise the previous day.
On Tuesday, explosive ...