Rain and cold. What passes in Cyprus for winter. The newspaper reports that police on Sunday wrote up 136 businesses for continuing to trade on Sundays while forbidden to do so. There's a continuing dispute over whether Sunday trading should be determined by executive decision or parliamentary legislation. Pending a supreme court decision stores should remain closed, with the exception of small corner shop types. One reader is enraged, writing:
"So the police have lots of time to issue notices to shops staying open on a Sunday. Why don't the police stop all those driving whilst using a mobile phone, going over red lights, parking and blocking pedestrians on pavements, parking on zebra crossings, double parking outside schools, driving with children in their cars who have no seat belts, stopping motorcyclists who have no number plates or helmets on, stopping the many, many vehicles belching smoke out of their exhausts,..." Fair point as all of the above are huge problems, with people using wheelchairs or pushing prams forced out onto the road as the sidewalks are blocked by parked cars.