There's nothing worse than waking up at 3 a.m. sweating, and desperately searching for the cool side of the pillow. If that's you, the solution might just be a mattress from Nectar. All of Nectar's mattresses have cooling fibers woven into the surface fabric, designed to cool down your body temperature and keep you sleeping through the night, regardless of the season. 

Nectar Classic Memory Foam Mattress: $699 (55% off)

Original price: $1,567

Cool to the touch all night long

Nectar memory foam mattresses are ideal for hot sleepers, with a cool-to-the-touch sleeping surface. The foam relieves pressure on your joints, conforms to your body and responds to your movement through the night, helping support your body while cooling you (and minimizing movement for a partner sleeping in the same bed). 

You can choose from Classic, Premier and Luxe memory foam mattresses. As you move up the line, the cooling and pressure-relieving properties double and triple.

If you're an especially hot sleeper, consider the Ultra memory foam mattress, which has four times the cooling properties of the Classic model. It contains a separate sheet of phase change materials layered on top of the memory foam to help regulate temperature.⁠ Phase change materials in the Nectar Ultra can absorb or release heat as they change phase. That means it pulls heat away from your body when you're too warm and releases heat back out towards your body when you're too cold, so you always stay at the perfect temperature throughout the night.

There are more than 200 5-star reviews, many of which praise the cooling properties. "Absolutely the best mattress I have ever laid my head on," said one reviewer. "First night was the best night's sleep I have had in years. The comfort of the mattress helped me fall asleep quickly and the cooling effect helped me sleep all night."

All of Nectar's foam used is CertiPUR-US certified, which means it's free from ozone-depleting substances and harmful pollutants.

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What about hybrid mattresses?

Hybrid mattresses combine the pressure-relieving support of memory foam with innerspring coils. These help with reducing motion transfer, which is perfect for those sleeping with partners. Nectar's Hybrid Luxe mattress would be ideal for extremely hot sleepers who toss and turn or have partners that move in their sleep. 

The coils allow for more airflow in your mattress, rather than air getting trapped in the dense memory foam. There are Premier and Luxe versions of the hybrid mattress, which get more and more cooling as you move up the line.

NectarCool technology: The optional upgrade

For an additional cost, NectarCool is an optional cover upgrade on eligible Nectar Classic, Premier, and Luxe memory foam and hybrid models. It adds cooling polyethylene fibers to the cover for a cooler-to-the-touch feel, designed to bring down your temperature as you sleep.

How the NectarCool upgrade fits each tier

• Classic: The standard cover has a cool-to-the-touch feel; NectarCool adds more cooling fibers.
• Premier: The standard cover has about 60% more cooling fibers than Classic; NectarCool adds more to that cover.⁠
• Luxe: The standard cover has about twice as many cooling fibers as Classic; NectarCool adds more to the Luxe cover.⁠
• Ultra: The separate NectarCool cover upgrade isn’t offered since Ultra already includes top-tier cooling with four times more cooling fibers and phase-change material as the standard.⁠

Try it first

Nectar has a generous trial period and warranty, so you can be absolutely sure you love your mattress. 

You can sleep on the mattress for up to a year and return it for a refund if you don’t like it. Call or email Nectar, and the company will help you find a charity to donate it to.

If a mattress develops a problem within 10 years, Nectar will replace it. After 10 years, the company will repair it.

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Nectar Serenity Sleep Bundle: $179 (66% off)

Original price: $599

On top of the mattress deal, you can snag Nectar's Serenity Sleep Bundle for 66% off when you bundle it with your mattress purchase. It comes with a mattress protector, a sheet set and two cooling pillows for $179. 

The waterproof mattress cover protects it from spills and stains, without taking away from the breathability of your sleeping surface. Plus, it's machine-washable for easy cleanup. 

The two included pillows have cooling fibers woven into the foam, similar to the brand's foam mattresses, to keep you even cooler through the night. With a classic sheet set, you have everything you need to completely make your bed for one budget-friendly price. 

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The Audit Office plans to introduce artificial intelligence to accelerate its work, identify potential irregularities and free up auditors to conduct more on-site inspections, auditor-general Andreas Papaconstantinou said on Friday.

Presenting the office’s 2027 budget to the House finance committee, Papaconstantinou said a major co-funded project, known as AuditAI, was being planned to allow AI to carry out preliminary assessments and identify potential warning signs, or “red flags”, requiring further investigation.

He said the technology would help speed up audits and the preparation of reports, allowing staff to devote more time to inspections and other substantive work.

The Audit Office has so far submitted 31 reports and five memoranda in 2026, with another 23 reports in progress. Papaconstantinou said the target was to publish between 45 and 50 reports by the end of the year, potentially releasing two reports a week.

The office’s proposed budget for 2027 stands at €12.06 million, an increase of approximately €810,000, or 7.2 per cent, compared with €11.26 million in 2026.

Personnel costs account for 82 per cent of the budget, while 7.5 per cent is allocated to consultancy services and five per cent to software purchases.

Funding has also been allocated for staff training in Cyprus and abroad to improve the early identification of risks, strengthen accountability and ensure more efficient management of public resources.

Papaconstantinou said the office’s budget focused on improving internal operations, strengthening cooperation, making better use of staff expertise and completing audits more quickly and to a higher standard.

Addressing staffing arrangements and salary scales, he said consideration had been given to practices elsewhere in the public sector, particularly the qualifications required of auditors.

He explained that auditors were required to obtain professional qualifications, including chartered accountant certification, and that the time needed to secure these qualifications had been considered when determining salary progression.

“We considered that there should be no unfair treatment, so we equalised the time component,” he said, adding that a similar approach was followed by the Transmission System Operator.

“Let us not exaggerate. They are auditors, and that is the reasoning,” he added.

On consultancy services, Papaconstantinou said the Audit Office preferred to retain expertise internally but that certain highly specialised areas required external assistance.

He cited the information systems of the national health scheme, Gesy, and the Ippodamos planning system as examples of areas requiring specialist technical knowledge.

Papaconstantinou also emphasised the importance of increasing on-site inspections, saying that the more inspections carried out, the better.

He explained that direct inspections allowed auditors to gain firsthand knowledge of the services they were examining, improving both the effectiveness of audits and staff performance.

On audits of municipalities and district local government organisations established under the local government reform, Papaconstantinou acknowledged concerns about the new administrative structures.

He said considerable time had been devoted to examining issues involving Paphos municipality and its suspended mayor.

The auditor-general also addressed the responsibilities of the assistant auditor-general, explaining that he participated in the management team and that efforts were being made to utilise his position effectively.

“I will not say anything more. He certainly needs to work, but let us leave it at that,” Papaconstantinou said.

He rejected suggestions by Alma MP and former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides that the assistant auditor-general could assume the duties of a director, stressing that the two positions served different functions.

He said he did not accept the claims being made about the assistant auditor-general, explaining that the proposed director’s position was intended to fulfil separate management responsibilities.

“The position we are requesting is for a director’s work, and the assistant auditor-general has a different role,” he said.

In addition regarding a comment on the secondment of former civil defence commander Maria Papa to the Audit Office, Papaconstantinou said her role had been discussed with her and that, if she could not be effectively utilised, the possibility of returning her to her previous service would be considered. “If she cannot be utilised, we will look into having her return,” he said.

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Cyprus is increasingly being chosen by Israelis as a destination for live music, with tourism firms reporting on Friday that the lack of international artists performing in Israel is driving demand for festivals and club nights on the island.

Speaking to Israeli news outlet Mako, Prof Alon Gelbman, head of the master’s programme in tourism at Kinneret Academic, said the security situation and the absence of many international artists from Israeli stages were pushing young people towards “alternative destinations”.

He said Cyprus had a clear advantage for Israeli tourists due to its “proximity and short flight time”.

Vice president of marketing and sales at Israeli travel agency The Flying Carpet, Oren Cohen-Maguri, said Limassol had become “a sought-after entertainment destination among young people”, with its nightlife and clubs frequently playing host to international and Israeli DJs.

Cohen-Maguri said the scarcity of international performances in Israel meant concerts in Cyprus this summer could draw strong interest, “if they do take place”.

Official figures show the shift, for Cystat confirmed 135,628 Israelis arrivals last month, up from 105,597 a year earlier, a rise of more than 28 per cent.

Israel accounted for 23.3 per cent of all arrivals, making it the second largest market behind the United Kingdom on 30.5 per cent.

Limassol has become a particular draw, with Israeli travel and entertainment listings featuring the City of Dreams Mediterranean resort, beach clubs and music festivals.

Other venues featuring on Israeli nightlife listings include The Warehouse, Shaka, Columbia Sun, SODAP Beach and Guaba.

The trend has extended beyond Limassol, with Israeli rock band Kadachat having performed at Paradise Place in Pomos on October 17, according to Tel Aviv Times, which described Israeli flags inside the venue and a Hebrew welcome sign.

The growing demand comes as international performances in Israel have become increasingly scarce, with The Israel Festival having taken place this summer without an international act, while the Music Showcase Festival expected half as many overseas gests as last year.

Security restrictions have also affected domestic concerts, with stadium performances by Omer Adam and Eyal Golan postponed following Home Front Command restrictions on large gatherings in June.

Al Jazeera reported this week that Israeli visits reached nearly 600,000 last year, more than double the 2022 figure, while Israeli investment was estimated at €5.1 billion.

The Israeli embassy estimates that between 15,000 and 20,000 Israelis consider Cyprus home, compared with around 1,000 recorded in the 2021 census.

The Court of Appeal on Friday unanimously ordered a man who killed his neighbour’s cat by repeatedly striking it on the head with a broomstick to serve a two-month prison sentence.

The court overturned an earlier decision by the Nicosia district court to suspend the sentence for three years, ruling that there had been insufficient justification for doing so.

However, it rejected the attorney-general’s argument that the two-month sentence was excessively lenient and should be increased.

In its decision, the Court of Appeal stressed the need for strict punishment of animal cruelty offences, both to deter potential offenders and to protect animals from abuse.

The man had been convicted by the Nicosia district court following his admission that he killed his neighbour’s cat in August 2021.

He repeatedly struck the animal on the head with a broomstick before placing it in a basket, where it briefly writhed before dying.

The appeal court noted that it was unclear whether the trial court had adequately considered the brutality of the repeated blows, which caused a fatal head injury, or the fact that the injured animal had subsequently been placed in a basket.

In determining the original sentence, the district court had taken into account the defendant’s admission, clean criminal record and personal circumstances as mitigating factors.

The Court of Appeal acknowledged that the two-month prison sentence could be considered lenient but found that it was not so inadequate as to warrant intervention.

However, it ruled that the mitigating factors considered when determining the length of a sentence did not automatically justify suspending it.

The appeal court found that the district court had failed to provide sufficient reasons for suspending the sentence.

It also rejected the defence’s argument that the time elapsed since the offence should be treated as a mitigating factor.

The court noted that delays in the original proceedings had resulted from difficulties serving the indictment, postponements involving the defence and the welfare office’s failure to prepare a report on time because the defendant had not responded.

The Court of Appeal therefore rejected the attorney-general’s challenge to the length of the sentence but upheld the appeal against its suspension, ordering the man to begin serving his two-month prison term immediately.

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Cold toes in the morning, even when the thermometer reads above freezing, usually point to a specific mechanical issue rather than a lack of insulation. In active footwear like sneakers, the primary enemy of warmth is not the ambient air but moisture trapped inside the shoe. When feet sweat during movement, the resulting dampness creates a conductive layer that rapidly drains body heat the moment you stop moving, such as while waiting for a bus or standing at a crosswalk. In these conditions, dryness is more critical to maintaining temperature than the thickness of the sock material. Managing Moisture with Starch One method to address excess internal moisture is the use of potato starch as an absorbent. Starch has natural hygroscopic properties, meaning it can draw in and hold water vapor. However, this technique relies on specific handling to avoid damaging the footwear or creating hygiene issues. To apply this method, a tablespoon of starch should be placed inside a dense paper towel and rolled into a flat, sealed package. This packet is then placed under a removable insole, positioned near the center of the footbed. The setup must be smooth enough that it does not create pressure points or alter the fit of the shoe. For individuals wearing narrow or tight-fitting footwear, this addition may compromise comfort or circulation, rendering the method unsuitable.