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Queen for a year!

SO FAR, Carnival 2011 has been a huge hit and from the youngest to the oldest, the streets of the capital have been thronged with happy revelers, many decked out in fabulous costumes, filling the air with sound and colour.

But it’s not over yet. There is plenty more to come in this world renowned annual event that ranks second only to Carnival in Rio de Janeiro.

So here’s what’s still to come in the Island’s biggest street party of the year.

Today (Friday 4th March) 7pm Parade following the Avenida Asuncionistas, Ramón y Cajal, Galcerán, Plaza Weyler, Méndez Núñez, Pilar, Villalba Hervás, La Marina and Avenida de Francisco La Roche. The decorated floats and cars will be judged during the parade and a firework display will follow at the end.

At 10pm The Official Opening party from Club Vertigo. Supermartxé World Tour. At the plaza de Europa and at 11pm Dancing to live bands at the Plaza de La Candelaria and Plaza del Príncipe Tomorrow (Saturday 5th) 12.30 to 6.60pm The Children’s Carnival in the Plaza del Principe At 8pm Comparsa Rhythm and Harmony Contest on the Avenida de Francisco La Roche Also at 8pm Mini Parade starting at the plaza de Weyler and continuing along las calles Castillo, San Francisco, Villalba Hervás, La Marina and ending at la Alameda del Duque de Santa Elena At 10pm Club Vértigo: Ministry Of Sound at the

Plaza de Europa and at 11pm Dancing salsa style to live bands at the Plaza de La Candelaria and Plaza del Príncipe Sunday, 11am and 12 noon Performances by Carnival groups Afilarmónica Ni fú – Ni fa and Los Fregolinos in the Plaza del Príncipe 5pm Rondalla performance at the Auditorium 8pm Mini Parade starting at the plaza de Weyler and

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continuing along las calles Castillo, San Francisco, Villalba Hervás, La Marina and ending at la Alameda del Duque de Santa Elena 10pm Club Vértigo: Delirio at the Plaza de Europa 10pm Live bands in the Plaza de La Candelaria Monday, 5.30 Various enactments in the Plazas del Príncipe, de Europa and de La Candelaria 8pm Mini Parade starting

at the plaza de Weyler and continuing along las calles Castillo, San Francisco, Villalba Hervás, La Marina and ending at la Alameda del Duque de Santa Elena 10pm Club Vértigo: Máxima Congregación DJ’s Plaza de Europa 10.30pm Live bands at the Plaza de La Candelaria and Plaza del Príncipe Tuesday, Various events leading up to the big Parade

at 4pm along the Avenidas de Francisco La Roche and Marítima 9pm Dancing in the Plaza de la Candelaria, Fireworks exhibition, and Club Vértigo: Fama the Official Party in the Plaza de Europa Wednesday, 8pm Club Vértigo: Oh My God Live at the Plaza de Europa 9pm The Burial of the Sardine, marking the end of Carnival and the beginning of Lent. Follow the parade from calle Juan Pablo II, along Méndez Núñez, Pilar, Villalba Hervás, La Marina and finishing on the Avenida Francisco La Roche. Followed by fireworks.

10.30pm Dancing in the Plaza de La Candelaria Friday (11th) 10pm Club Vértigo: Matinée World Tour Plaza de Europa 10.30 Live bands at the Plaza de La Candelaria and Plaza del Príncipe Saturday (12th) 1pm Colour Carnaval with various activities, especially for children, located at the Plaza de la Candelaria, Plaza del Príncipe, Calle del Castillo where it joins the Calle Robayna. And in the Plaza de Europa more children’s carnaval events.

6pm The Children’s parade along Francisco La Roche, Avenida Marítima and finishing at la Alameda del Duque de Santa Elena 9pm Club Vértigo: Oficial Closing Fiesta with Internacional DJ’s. Plaza de Europa 9.30pm Dancing in the Plaza de La Candelaria and Plaza del Príncipe Sunday (13th) 10am Classic Car Exhibition at Parque García Sanabria. At noon the cars will set off along Calle Costa y Grijalba, Plaza de los Patos, 25 de julio, Méndez Núñez, Calle del Pilar, Villalba Hervás, Avenida de Anaga and ending at the Rambla de Santa Cruz.

Queen for a Year At last the moment that everybody was waiting for arrived. The election of this year’s Carnival Queen has finally taken place and the winner, chosen from 17 worthy entries, is the stunning Naomi Cabrera, wearing her spectacular costume ‘One Hundred Years of History’.

Choosing the winner is no easy task, with each of the entrants sporting fantastic costumes, often weighing 150 kilos, which are moved on a set of wheels. Naomi wins a host of prizes and will spend the coming year making appearances around the Island until she hands over her crown to next year’s winner.

Of the 16 remaining contestants, four Ladies-inWaiting were chosen to accompany the Queen on her special day and to follow her float during the coming Parade on Bank Holiday Tuesday, (Shrove Tuesday).

The lucky ladies are Fabiana Vera, Sonia Hernández, Idaira González and fourth runner up Naomi Cordobes.

The election Gala is always seen as one of the highlights of the festivities, showcasing not only the contestants for Queen but also many of the dancing and musical groups that perform throughout the more than two weeks of revelry. And this year it was an historic event, running over four hours, the longest Gala in the history of Carnival here in Tenerife.

Dedicated to Enrique Gonzalez Bethencourt, a wellknown entertainer and founder of one of the best known Carnival bands, the night was a fitting tribute to the man who died in 2010 and is considered by many as one of the most dedicated Carnival performers of all time.

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is Mummies at Carnival here again! home again THANKS to an agreement between the Autonomous Agency for Museums and Exhibitions (OAMC), the Tenerife Cabildo and the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), three guanche mummies have been returned to Tenerife to be studied.

The three mummified bodies left Tenerife in the nineteenth century and returned to the island in the middle of last month, for study and exhibition at the Museum of Nature and Man. The mummified remains belong to three adults, none of which have ever undergone screening on the bones or any other kind of forensic anthropology. It is hoped that with the advent of so much technology, a thorough and first time study will reveal much about the lives of these long dead individuals.

The three mummies were held at the National Anthropology Museum in Madrid, despite demands by the Cabildo to return the remains. In fact it was the Ministry of Culture that refused to return them to the archipelago, despite being approved by Congress and the Senate. The project for the relocation of the mummies was coordinated

and executed by the Institute Canario de Bioanthropology, the Archaeological Museum of Tenerife and the Conservation Organisation of Museums and Centres. To move them, a special container had to be designed in three levels, with the bottom two containing the anthropological remains and above these, a third level where the skins and the wrappings of the mummies were placed. The specimens were cushioned with inert

materials such as Ethafoam (expanded polyethylene foam); coroplast (corrugated polyethylene) and Tyvek pads (100% polyethylene).

They were monitored for temperature and relative humidity and were vibration controlled to avoid any damage in transit.Once in Tenerife they remained quarantined for 48 hours before unpacking.

The actual contents of the box were an adult female, 25-30 years of age at a height of 1.54 to 1.55m. The

second individual is male, 3035 years of age, and 1.76m tall. This mummy has the remains of hair on the chin and right side of the head The third individual is another woman of 25-30 years of age and 1.55 to 1.56m tall.

The specially designed three tier trunk also contained the remains of internal organs, five animal skins that were used to wrap the mummies when they were originally prepared.

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Carnival lands the big Sound of the Ministry TENERIFE’S Carnival officials have teamed up with another world-famous brand, the Ministry of Sound, for a fantastic, onenight fiesta.

The Ministry of Sound, an international icon for dance music, will perform an outdoor session at the Santa Cruz Carnival tomorrow (Saturday).

The Ministry was born in London in 1991 as an electronic music dance club. It is now acknowledged as the most important dance brand in the world.

The event, which dovetails nicely into the Carnival, will be shown throughout the UK and the rest of Europe, giving millions of viewers a flavour of our colourful spectacle in Santa Cruz, which draws thousands of visitors annually from all over the world.

Ministry of Sound Carnival Tenerife will be available to all the different communication channels of the brand, beaming the fun side of Tenerife all around the world tomorrow.

Pepetravel, who are sponsoring their appearance, will also be promoting the Island throughout mainland Spain.

The event will feature three of the most popular DJs from the Ministry of Sound World Tour: Paul Deighton, Shane Kehoe and Dipesh Parmar.

Paul Deighton, a worldwide performer, is already known to Tenerife clubbers

through his appearance in Playa de Las Americas in December.

Shane Kehoe, an Irishman, has been a Dj since the midNineties, specialising in house music. He has performed alongside such big names as Erick Morillo, Moby, Pete Tong and Deep Dish.

Dipesh Parmar is responsible for mixing all the Ministry of Sound’s house and trance albums, and his mixes are especially known for being fun and animated.

The trio, plus support Dj Sergio WoS, will be appearing at tomorrow’s all-nighter at the Plaza de Europa, from 11pm until 6am.

To add spice to the occasion, Ministry of Sound Carnival Tenerife will be staging a draw in which the top prize is a trip to London for two people.

It includes flights, accommodation and VIP entries to the Ministry of Sound in London.

Getting There As always public transport is an issue during Carnival and once again TITSA is laying on extra buses to accommodate fiesta goers both day and night.

Particular attention will be paid to March 8th, Bank Holiday Tuesday, the day of the parade and the following day for the hilarious Burial of the Sardine. Regular routes will see extra buses and trams arriving more frequently.

To check your local service for times, simply go to the TITSA web site on www.titsa.com

Resident foreigners stabilise ACCORDING to the Spanish Government the number of foreign residents has remained very similar to that of the previous year 4, 926,608.This follows the publishing of a report entitled, ‘Foreign Residents in Spain’ last Tuesday by the State Secretariat of Immigration and Emigration.

Last year saw an increase in the number of European Union citizens residing in

Spain, while the number of foreign residents from other countries dropped.

Hence, the proportion of foreigners residing in Spain to whom the right to freedom of movement and residence is applicable under the European Regime (48.75%) has almost reached parity with those foreigners subject to the General Regime (51.25%).

Over the course of 2010, the number of citizens subject to the European Regime residing in Spain grew by 172,432, while the number of other foreigners fell by 37,056 people.

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valid register certificate or residency card stands at 2,401,632. This figure represents growth of 7.74% in 2010 and of 1.82% in the fourth quarter of 2010 compared with the third quarter.

Rumania, the United Kingdom and Italy are the countries with the largest number of citizens residing in Spain and subject to the European Regime. With 840,682 residents, Rumania is the leading nationality (35.01% of all residents under the European Regime).

The second largest group consists of those residents from the United Kingdom with 228,829 people (9.53%), followed by the Italians with 170,051 (7.08%).

In four autonomous regions (the Canary Islands, Castile and Leon, the Region of Valencia and Andalusia), the proportion of foreigners subject to the European Regime exceeds 58% of the total number of foreign residents. This is a young population, but with few children, and a significant number of elderly people over the age of 64. The average age (36.6) is five years higher than the average age in the General Regime.

This trend confirms the stability in terms of how long foreign citizens reside in Spain, the majority of which have been living in the country for more than five years.

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Virtually Nao

REGULAR READERS will know that I have mentioned previously that I receive quite a lot of electronic mail. This week one was titled ‘virtually nao’ I was inquisitive, so I didn’t immediately banish it to the recycle bin.

It transpired that a contemporary art project known as ‘Virtually Nao’ were looking for a volunteer from Tenerife to register with them, so I raised my head above the parapet.

The project was started by artist and art historian Rosamund Garrett, and IT engineer and entrepreneur Jon Bennell who are attempting to recreate in our electronic age the journey of a ship called the Nao Victoria.

The Nao Victoria was the first ship to successfully circumnavigate the globe.

It left the port of Sanlúcar de Barrameda in southern Spain in 1519, only to return, significantly more worse for wear and with drastically fewer crew, in 1522.

Captained firstly by Ferdinand Magellan, and latterly by Juan Sebastián Elcano at the behest of the Spanish Crown, this maritime expedition was the first docu-

mented to have crossed all meridians and as such was a remarkable achievement in terms of navigation and human endurance.

Today we live in a different world, where one can acquire information or goods, or even visit cities and museums via Google Street View and Art Project, without leaving our own homes.

The ‘Virtually Nao’ project aims to examine globalisation by creating juxtapositions of data from the route of the Nao Victoria from the journey it began in 1519, to the same route today.

The Nao Victoria took three years to complete its journey, whilst electronic data, though taking by far the longest and most complex route, may take less than 3 minutes. It is these routes and their timings that they would like to discover, in order to create visualisations that may challenge the concepts of globalisation, world geography and perspectives relative to the world around us.

To see how the project is going log on to www.virtuallynao.wordpress.com or through Twitter (@VirtuallyNao)

Sowing the seeds for a visit to La Laguna

It has been compiled by the Colectivo de Almonedas de Tenerife, an international group of collectors and dealers of vintage and antique items.

This exhibition will be staged at the Centro Cultural Antiguo Convento de Santo Domingo from 21st March to 1st April. Opening hours are 10am-2pm and 5-8pm, Monday to Friday, and entrance is free.

If this isn’t for you, then you can still enjoy a trip to the world heritage city of San Cristobal de La Laguna.

The convent building is just one of the beautiful monuments to be visited, and you can’t miss it because the use of local red stone in the building makes it a stand-out feature.

The church alongside is also

Fuel prices are soaring MOTORISTS will need little reminding that in the past week fuel prices at the pumps have risen by an average 1.79% per litre.

This means that the price of fuel has reached a new peak in Spain, topping 1.30 a litre, thanks largely to the escalating oil crisis sparked by the unrest in Libya At these prices, filling the

fuel tank of an average car, that is 50 litres, will cost roughly 65 Euros, a full 10 Euros more than this time last year.

For diesel vehicles the increase was 1.6% in a week, reaching an average of 1.26 Euros per litre, and to fill the 50 litre tank is about 13 Euros more expensive than a year ago.

Analysts comment that only in the summer of 2008, when oil hit record prices,

did the average price of a litre of gasoline surpass 1.3 Euros.

The conflicts in northern Africa, especially Libya, have boosted the price of Brent, the benchmark crude in Europe in recent weeks to touch the $120 barrier.

Today, a barrel of Brent for April delivery opened lower and traded at $ 114.87.

Since the beginning of 2011, the average price of a litre of petrol and diesel has

increased by 4% and 6.74%, respectively. And compared to the same period in 2010 the hikes are some 18.05% on petrol and 26.07% on diesel.

In light of these increases, the government proposed last week a series of measures to be adopted, among which is the reduction of the maximum speed on motorways to 110 km per hour as reported in an additional story in this issue.

Improvements for Barranco de Troya THINGS are definitely looking up for the La Troya area in Playa de Las Americas as an impressive budget has been allocated for a series of improvements.

The Canarian Government, under their Tourism Infrastructure Plan has allocated over 660,000 Euros to renovate the walkway along-

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worth a visit, with its silver altar and the frescos, painted in 1948 by local artist Mariano de Cossio.

This university city is dotted with cafes, bars and restaurants, and there is plenty of choice when it’s time for a snack or lunch.

Try a Rosquete Lagunero, which is one of the local specialities available at the Dulceria La Catedral, on the corner by the Cathedral.

Freshly baked-bread from a wood-fired oven is also for sale here. Delicious!

Be warned, though, because you might have to get your sewing machine out when you get back home to adjust your clothes!

To help you keep trim, though, you could take advantage of the one-hour walking tours of the city, available from the Oficina de Informacion Turistica, in Calle La Carrera Number 7.

For those who speak English, German or French (or all three languages), the walk starts at 11.30am, from Monday to Friday. Phone Tourist Office Information on 922 631 194. For group bookings, email coordinador@visitlalaguna.es

THE sewing machine revolutionised life for women all over the world, and its fascinating history is brought life at a curious exhibition in La Laguna later this month.

side of the Barranco and the Hotel Gala. This has always been a popular area and used to house a thriving night market that proved a hit with visitors.

Also in for a new look is the areas around the Las Americas Golf Club, where the work will centre on the garden areas and providing a bicycle lane.

The Director General for the Tourism Infrastructure department of the Canarian Government, Miguel Cabrera,

has presented the projects to Arona Mayor José Alberto González Reverón as part of the overall larger plan to upgrade all tourist related infrastructure that has suffered deterioration over the years.

Cabrera commented that this is an important investment that the Canarian Government is making and the ultimate aim is to clean up old, worn out areas ands thus, “Stimulate tourist activity in the zone, bringing

additional revenue into local businesses and significantly raising the public image of Tenerife as an ideal holiday destination”, he said.

In particular, work will focus on the pathway from the roundabout at the intersection with the Avenida Barranco del Rey and the calle Bolivia, where both sides of the barranco will be worked on, up to the Avenida Puig Lluvina where it meets with the Troya beach.

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Gerry’s hitting Spain can’t the right notes! put stop to

jobless slide SPAIN, acknowledged as having the highest number of unemployed in the industrialised world, suffered another blow last month.

Nearly 4.3 million people were registered as unemployed, which was an increase of 68,260 (1.6%) from January, according to the Labour Ministry.

Compared with the total 12 months ago, the figure was up 4%, representing 168,638 jobless people.

Mari Luz Rodriguez, Secretary of State for Employment, said: “It is a bad number,” and added that the unemployment rise in February was actually smaller than during the same

PINNING Gerry down for an interview at the Claddagh Bar was no easy task. During the day, he’s darting about stocking up the bar with Sandra.

He’s also taking deliveries and sorting out the day-today duties of a bar owner.

The home-made food will be mentioned later but firstly, the interview didn’t go well.

After the initial comment about his mother-in-law standing on the pub table to give a speech after a few sherbets, the best plan of attack was to actually return at 9pm and see him perform on stage. And what a treat it was!

Gerry’s banter with the audience, his vocal talents and, wait for it, he’s a multiinstrumentalist supreme.

After some mandolin and banjo plucking, the guitars come out followed by penny whistles, the flute and other traditional Irish implements that sound like you’re in a bar in Ireland itself.

Gerry encourages all sorts of singers and players on to

the stage with him and often has surprise guests from his motherland turning up - some of them famous!

Sandra and Gerry have recently celebrated their third anniversary at the Claddagh Bar in San Telmo, Los Cristianos, and are proud to be one of the busiest livemusic venues in the area.

The bar was designed to be a traditional and authentic Irish bar which could be put anywhere in the world and still make you imagine you could actually be in the Ould Country!

The atmosphere and guest appearances make it a venue well worth checking out and, what with the light evenings in Tenerife, watching the sunset over the beach view from the first floor level is stunning.

Gerry has a musical past that took him to Germany, Scandinavia, Majorca and the US, where he amassed a selection of musicians who have become frequent visitors to the bar, sometimes by surprise.

He also admitted enjoying numerous gigs in England before settling in Tenerife Our entertainer, who hails

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from Galway in the West of Ireland, is getting rather excited about St Patrick’s Day (17th March) approaching.

That’s because there will be various musicians on stage non-stop throughout the day and night (from midday), including the Riverdance spectacular at 7.15pm.

Free, exclusive T-shirts are being given away - 200 in all - and there’ll be children’s face-painting, an extra outside bar, green beer and, of course, the traditional Irish menu.

When he’s not on stage or delivering speeches from table tops, Gerry is in the kitchen making home-made traditional Irish stew, Irish sausages and mash, cabbage and bacon He also serves an excellent own-cured ham, which is available to satisfy your taste buds in between supping your favourite pint to wash down the terrific Irish ambience.

It is truly a venue to experience, and it’s no wonder the place is full of regulars and - year after year - happy, smiling visitors.

month in 2010 and 2009.

The Government does not provide a jobless rate, but the national statistics institute, which uses a different calculation method from the Labour Ministry, said in January that the rate came to 20.33% at the end of 2010.

That is the highest level in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and exceeds the Government target of 19.4% for the year.

Last October, the Spanish Government raised its 2011 forecast for the jobless rate to 19.3% from a previous 18.9% because of the effects of its spending cuts.

These were aimed at reining in a huge public deficit and reassuring nervous markets that the country would not require an Irish-

style bail-out.

Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero’s Government predicts the jobless rate will dip to 17.5% next year, and 16.2% in 2013.

The Spanish economy, the European Union’s fifth biggest, slumped into recession during the second half of 2008 as the global financial meltdown compounded the collapse of a labourintensive construction boom.

Last year, Zapatero introduced a hotly-contested labour-market reforms bill, which cut the country’s high cost of firing workers and gave companies more flexibility to reduce working hours and staff levels in economic downturns, arguing that the changes would boost job creation.

Car sales are still tumbling in Spain THE sales of new cars in Spain in February fell for the eighth month running, the 66,120 the total down by a shocking 27.6% from the corresponding period last year.

But the explanation was straightforward because the Government’s Scrappage Scheme was in place in February 2010. , Auto manufacturers’ association Anfac said that during the first two months of the year, overall sales totalled 119,752,

which was a drop of 25.8% on last year.

Anfac Director General Luis Valero said: “Sales registered during the first two months of the year show that the sector and the Spanish economy have not yet emerged from the economic crisis.”

Car sales in Spain were up by 3.1% in 2010 to 982,015 following two years of decline, but the rise was exaggerated by strong sales during the first half, when the Government incentive pro-

gramme was still active. With sales up 39.5% in the first half of the year, they dropped by over 20% on a monthly basis since the Scrappage Scheme ended in July, on top of the 2% rise in sales tax that month.

Under the trade-in scheme introduced in May 2009, the Government offered subsidies of up to 2,000 euros to help boost car sales.

Drivers cashed in, but the programme expired when the money set aside for it ran out.

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NEWS IN BRIEF Volunteers wanted IT SEEMS that governments the world over are leaning more heavily on the voluntary sector to pick up the slack caused by the many cuts being made to services and Tenerife is no exception.

The Cabildo, in collaboration with the Institute of Social

and Health Services, has come to an agreement with a further education college, the IES Las Indias, to provide volunteers to do hairdressing and beauty treatments, and to make or alter clothing for groups deemed to be disadvantaged.

The Ministry for Industry THE MINISTRY for Industry, are thought to be going to offer financial incentives to drivers to encourage them to change their tyres, the incentive is being debated on Friday 4th March.

Well known Spanish bank – BBVA has announced it is to get rid of the ground and ceiling clauses in its mortgage contracts. The decision comes after a ruling against the bank from a court in Sevilla which ordered the clause be removed.

Cava sales were up 11% in 2010 as the sector sold a total of 244.8 million bottles.

22.5% of national consumption of cava comes from the Barcelona metropolitan area, and exports were up last year 13.68% with Germany now

the main market with 41 million bottles. The U.K. was the second export market with 32.2 million bottles, down just over 2% on 2009.

Large Department store El Corte Inglés which has a branch here in the island’s capital Santa Cruz, has announced they are to join Levi’s, Inditex and H&M in Spain and ban the sale of sandblasted jeans. They say that they will look for another way to produce the worn jeans look, following the revelation that people have been killed by the sandblasting method and some 5,000 employees of the textile industry are affected by silicosis in countries such as Turkey, Bangladesh, China and India.

New exhibits featured at the Museum of Nature and Man THERE’S something new to see at the Hall of Archaeology collections area at the Museum of Nature and Man, and it will certainly cause a stir among lovers of antiquities.

To celebrate the reopening of the area, which closed down for renovations during the month of February, there is now a fabulous collection of Berber pottery and Egyptian vessels on display.

The collections are located on the second floor of the Museum of Nature and Man and came to Tenerife thanks to an exchange made in 1908 between the Old Town Museum of Santa Cruz and the Liverpool Public Museum, which received in return several Dutch tiles belonging to the dome of the Church of San Francisco. They now have a permanent location to be

exhibited to the public after so many years.

The thirteen objects that form the Egyptian collection come from archaeological excavations in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, in Diospolis Parva, Esna Hierakonpolis and Abydos. Twelve of them are ceramic vessels and one is calcite and they were all found in different tombs. The oldest piece has been assigned to the Pre-dynastic Period.

On the other hand, the Berber pottery collection is made up of thirty-six ceramic objects from a number of different areas in North Africa including Rif, Rissani, Beni Mellal, Tazarini, Azrou, Kabylia, Atlas, Marrakech.

The pieces are in a variety of shapes and their decorations range from the most lavish, to the simplest.

Missing British Tourist Found A 71-year-old British woman tourist reported missing from Puerto de Santiago by her husband on February 25th has thankfully been found.

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kilometres from Puerto de Santiago, saying that they had found a woman inside one of the plantation areas.

When authorities arrived at the scene they found the missing woman, who showed signs of dehydration and disorientation consistent with, they claimed, with signs of Alzheimer’s disease.

We all love Oasis Fm’s Karaoke competition! not an empty seat in the house.

We have said it before but the Oasis Fm-sponsored Tenerife Loves Karaoke is taking Tenerife South by storm. This was one of the noisiest crowds that we have had so far, with every singer getting a great reception, which they all deserved.

It was another tight call for the judges, but Yasmin Diaz Khan won their vote after stunning the audience with her vocal ability to claim the fifth final spot. (bottom) All the heat winners will compete in the final on 14th May at Showtime, Las Americas, where they will compete for the 500-euro cash prize, a 12-track recording session at Villa Studios, a contract with Paul James Associates, and an opportunity to perform at this year’s Tenerife Entertainment Awards.

There are still nine confirmed heats left (see oasisfm.com for details), so if you are interested in competing in the BIGGEST AND MOST POPULAR talent contest this year, call Oasis Fm on 902 232 102, or register at the venues or via facebook.

SINCE last week, we have had two more heats of Tenerife Loves Karaoke - and the standard is getting better and better as we carry on around the south of the island.

Curiously, all five heat winners have been female, so what on earth has happened to our talented male singers?

The fourth heat, at the Harbour Lounge, was the largest venue for the event so far, and, just like the previous heats, the place was crammed with singers and people cheering on.

Our judges had one of the hardest jobs so far, coming up with the final three for the sing-off, because there was little to choose between the top seven.

The final three were selected to sing another second song, with 16-year-old Xenna Kristian getting through to the finals as heat winner. (top) The fifth heat took place at the Premier Bar, Amarilla Golf where, surprise, surprise, there was

LÍNEA DIRECTA LAUNCHES AN ON LINE SERVICE OFFERING LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN ENGLISH LÍNEA DIRECTA, market leader in the sale of direct insurance in Spain, has launched an online service offering legal assistance to its customers, which will advise those policyholders purchasing this cover on areas such as housing, consumption, family law, labour law and penal law.

Línea Directa’s new cover, the price of which will be up to 40% more economical than the market average, will answer queries on buying and selling, renting and house renovations; complaints against suppliers regarding consumer issues, divorce and the division of matrimonial property,

labour issues or vehicle registration and deregistration, among many other areas.

In addition, the service – the first of its kind in the insurance sector – will provide legal assistance in the case of road safety offences committed by the insured vehicle.

If, however, assistance is given by a lawyer of the customer’s own choice, · The service, offered by practising registered lawyers, will advise the company’s customers on Spanish legislation

in areas such as housing, consumption, family law, labour law, motoring queries and penal law. · The service will provide 24 hour assistance in the case of urgent enquiries, the checking and editing of documents and discounts of up to 50% on lawyers’ fees if further action is required.

Línea Directa will offer 110 euros in legal aid, unless the lawyer is provided free of charge by the state. If in and out-of court actions are sub-

sequently required Línea Directa can put the client in contact with its network of lawyers throughout Spain, which will save the customer between 10 and 50% on legal fees.

24-hour assistance for urgent enquiries The service of Legal Assistance for Motorists operates from Monday to Friday from 8am to 10pm. In the case of urgent enquiries, such as emergencies in the home, incidents occurring at night affecting families – including spouses or children – such as theft, credit cards being blocked or unreturned, or damage caused by pets, Línea Directa will offer a service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

In both cases, the customer must call 902 123 161 or email atencionjuridica@lineadirecta.es.

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Arab crisis brings bonus to Tenerife THE NUMBERS are just beginning to emerge regarding the effects of the current unrest among Arab nations and, as expected, Tenerife has seen an increase in visitors as a result.

According to First Vice President and Tourism chief at the Tenerife Cabildo, José Manuel Bermúdez, “The instability in these countries has seen numbers rise this winter season by 2.2%, which amounts to 51,500 more passengers so far.”

In a recent press conference, Bermúdez said that the tourist situation is, “favourable” given that 2010 also saw a 2.6% increase up to 3.8 million visitors and 3,414 million euros, or 9.4 million spent every day.

“We expect to experience a further increase by as much as 0.8% more. The outlook for summer and the coming winter season suggest a constant recuperation.” He added that these forecasts are in line with those of airlines and tour operators.

The situation in Egypt and Tunisia is likely to mean almost 138,000 more places,

between arrivals and departures, with almost 69,000 extra reservations. This falls in line with Tourism Tenerife’s strategy for the coming year and the hope of capturing a larger market share.

Aimed principally at those countries that provide some 80% of all visitors to the Island, that is Spain, the UK, Germany, France, Italia and Belgium, the goal is to improve on the 3,800,000 tourists that came to spend their holidays here in Tenerife in 2010. Already the outlook

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for reaching that goal is positive, according to analysts.

As reported in a recent issue of Canarian Weekly, José Manuel Bermúdez, remarked that the plan for 2011 is to consolidate Tenerife’s position in those markets where it is traditionally the most successful.

“Of course we will not exclude other areas, but these will be second or third in our list of priorities, although we do want to increase the numbers from wherever we can,” he said.

“In concrete terms, our aim

is to bring figures up to at least 4,800,000, which really represents the tendency we are seeing in the recuperation of the numbers of tourists we receive.”

The next opportunity that Tenerife will have to put itself on the favourite destinations map will be at the Travel Fair ITB in Berlin, although plans are in hand to appear in as many other fairs and trade shows as possible as well as work closely with airline companies and tour operators.

Cabildo President Ricardo

Melchior, commented that the sector is keeping a close eye on developments abroad in terms of the unrest and consequent benefit to the Island. He said that tourism is affected by many factors, such as the price of fuel, political situations world-wide and competition from other destinations.

He added, however, that while the rising cost of oil is worrying, the most important aspect of the crisis is that the Arab oil-producing nations find a solution that favours

democracy and that then these countries will be able to return to normal.

Yet it isn’t just the unstable situation abroad that has resulted in the recent upswing. January tourism figures just released show a positive tendency, with a significant rise of 0.8%, a total of 385,472 tourists for the month in comparison with last year.

However, says Bermúdez, 2011 will see what he calls only moderate improvement.

He believes that the economic growth in some of the key countries such as the UK and Spain, “Will not be sufficiently high to cause that great an increase in bookings, so we will definitely will have to focus on alternative countries for our visitors, like Germany, France, the Nordic nations and Russia.”

In fact the number of Brits arriving on our shores has decreased in January, by 4.6%, and the greatest fall has come from the peninsular, with a whopping 8.6% less visitors in the same time period.

The growth markets are trending towards Germany, at 2.8% more, France at an impressive 27.1%, Belgium 9.9%, Italy 31.7%, Russia at 27% and Nordic countries at 9.1%.

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Drivers have to slow down By now most motorists will know that the maximum speed limit on the motorways of Tenerife will be reduced on March 7th from 120km per hour to 110km per hour, but teams are going to have to work around the clock to make sure that all the signs are modified along the roadside in time for the changeover.

In all, some 300 signs here on the Island will have to be replaced with the new speed limits, and the Tenerife Cabildo will be looking to Madrid for some financial assistance to meet the substantial cost.

The new law was passed last week by the central government and covers approximately 200km of motorway here in Tenerife. However, despite the fact that the law has been made in Madrid, so

far the financial burden is expected to be covered by the regional authorities.

The Island Cabildo has said that due to the speed with which the work has to be done it will pay the cost initially, but that it will certainly be seeking contributions from both the Canarian Government and Madrid.

Cabildo Director of Roads Ofelia Manjón-Head said, “By passing the law last Friday they have made it inevitable that local authorities will have to carry the cost of this signalling change on what are, essentially, national roads.

“Therefore, we believe that the central government should also contribute something to the councils, and that is what we will be asking for, “said the director.

The work will have to be carried out overnight, beginning on Sunday March 6th at 10pm and it is expected that it will take all night to complete. Signs will not be totally replaced, but rather stickers have been made to paste over the former 120 limit.

Seeing the sights of Santa Cruz on a double decker HOW ABOUT a trip around the sights of Santa Cruz on an open top, double decker bus? Well plans are in hand that by the end of March just such a fleet of bright red buses will be operating in the capital city.

A presentation was held recently by the Development Society at the Santa Cruz Town Council with the definitive decisions on the project presented to the assembled dignitaries, including city Mayor Miguel Zerolo; local Development chief Ángel Isidro Guimerá; head of TITSA bus company, Juan Carlos Pérez Frías, and the President of City Sightseeing, Enrique Ybarra Valdenebro.

The esteemed attendees were entertained by one of Carnival’s comparsa groups, Los Tabajaras, with a display of formation dancing that all agreed was absolutely first rate.

Following the festivities the group got down to business, with Mayor Zerolo expressing his great satisfaction with the plans and commenting, “We are seeing a very necessary service coming into being, that of a tourist bus to see the sights.”

He added that the service should be up and running at the end of March.

“For the first two days we will have an open door policy in force where anyone who wants to take a trip on the bus can do so for free.”

Development Society Councillor Guimerá added, “To start with, we are putting five of these open top, double decker buses into service every day of the year, from 10am until 6pm.”

Each of the buses has seating for 72 passengers and they are also equipped to carry disabled people and even those with sight problems, thanks to a sound system that will provide information in seven languages relating to the history and the sights of Tenerife’s capital. This information has been carefully prepared by local historian Luis Cola Benítez.

The Councillor added, “We have held a number of meetings with the tour bus company and have agreed the

most comprehensive route around Santa Cruz that will include some 14 specific stops, including the Town Hall, the Plaza de España, the Mercado Nuestra Señora de África, (African Market) and the Ramblas.

“The trip will take roughly 45 minutes and the prices will be between six euros for children and residents up to 9.99 euros for non-resident adults.

“We also hope to offer this service to disadvantaged groups from around the Island so they too can better get to know their capital city” Tickets for the buses will be on sale at the various information booths in the city, hotels, the Development Society and, of course, at the bus stop.

TITSA head Juan Carlos Pérez Frías concluded, “This service will directly impact on the local economy, providing 20 jobs, work for printers for publicity and the like and also indirectly will impact on local businesses as more tourist move about the city.”

City Sightseeing has invested a significant 1.5 million euros in the project.

Fuel prices up, and fares But it’s not all good news for Tenerife tourist figures, perhaps. Airlines will see their profits almost halve this year because of the recent jump in oil prices, the International Air Transport Association (Iata) says, and that will mean higher costs for Tenerife’s visitors too.

Net profit for the industry will be £5.3bn in 2011, down almost half from 2010, Iata said. And inevitably, these losses will be passed on to the consumer, the traveller.

According to a recent report in the British press, the chaos in Libya and consequent higher costs to airlines in terms of aviation fuel costs will see families having to pay fuel surcharges when booking their annual holidays.

Thomas Cook and Thomson have both been quoted as saying that passengers booking short-haul flights will have to pay an additional £15 per

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person per trip, £25 per person for so-called “mid-haul” trips to destinations like the Canary Islands and £40 each for long-haul flights of more than seven hours.

Thomas Cook, which operates flights from Glasgow and Edinburgh airports to Tenerife, said it had been forced to introduce the surcharges in response to rising oil prices, which had inflated the cost of jet fuel by 40% in the past year.

The flight price rises, which are now in force, will affect around 600,000 passengers who fly from Scotland with Thomas Cook annually. They apply equally for adults and children and will be applied for customers regardless of whether they book flights only or packages.

Ian Ailles, chief executive for Thomas Cook UK and Ireland, said, “We’ve worked hard to keep the impact of the rising

fuel costs on our holidaymakers to a minimum but the fuel levy is an unavoidable result of the rising price of oil.”

A spokeswoman for Thomson and First Choice, which operate flights from Glasgow and Edinburgh as Thomson Airways, said it too would be introducing identical surcharges on all bookings.

British Airways also warned that instability in the Middle East and Libya would have a knock-on effect on fares.

Chief executive Willie Walsh said ticket prices and fuel levies were being kept “under review” after oil breached $110 a barrel.

“Everybody needs to understand that a high input price for oil does ultimately find its way through to the consumer,” he said.

Budget airline Ryanair said the no-frills carrier was still committed to not levying fuel charges.

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Cristianos is hosting II New-look bus station Los international music festival seems just the ticket

THE bus station in Playa de Las Americas now has a brand-new look, following months of renovations.

The two-storey project, instigated by the Cabildo, includes new paving outside and inside, and better facilities for passengers, and cost 511,433 euros.

The toilets have also been remodelled, and there is a shop for last-minute buys before getting on board.

Better waiting areas and lighting are now in place to while away the time until the bus appears. And that’s just the ground floor.

Upstairs is mainly occupied by necessary office space, as well as additional public loos and all in all, the work has rectified much of the building’s

wear and tear experienced over the years..

The bus station, which opened in 1981, occupies 1,000sqm. It deals with nearly 544,000 passengers every year, and some 103 different buses pass through 364,570 times annually, servicing 17 inter-urban TITSA routes.

As the first port of call for so many tourists, the work has been of immeasurable importance in providing the

best “first impression” possible to visitors.

All the work was completed while the station continued to function, causing as little nuisance as possible to travellers.

MUSIC is in the air thanks to Arona’s 2011 International Music Festival, currently underway in Los Cristianos.

The Cultural department’s own Municipal School of Music and Dance at the Arona Town Hall and various banks, hotels and local business are all patrons of this successful event that continues through until March 12th.

The festival will showcase some impressive talent, both on the national and international scene, including Spanish flautist Antonio Nuez Cebollada and clarinet player Vicente Alberola Ferrando, from Sweden trombonist Jonas Byulind and from Hungary tuba player Roland Szentpàli.

Cultural department head Miguel Ángel Méndez Fernández said, “The Municipal School of Music and Dance has for many years been endeavouring to bring its work to residents and visitors to Arona. This festival and others, such as our Christmas concerts, are an integral part of that work.

“This is a cultural and educational event that will greatly enrich what we have to offer culturally in the Municipality. After the great

success of last year’s festival the experience has shown us that these kinds of initiatives are welcomed, as clearly seen by the impressive public turn out to the concerts as well as the high participation of the students in arranging and participating in the shows.”

For those readers interested in attending, here are the upcoming concerts.

Friday 4th 8pm Banda de Música of Arona. Plaza de la Pescadora in Los Cristianos.

Tuesday 8th 9pm A recital

by Jonas Bylund (trombone) and Krisztina Fejes (piano).

Cultural Centre Los Cristianos.

Wednesday 9th 9pm A recital by flute quartet Anentus at the Los Cristianos Cultural Centre.

Thursday 10th 9pm A recital by Vicente Alberola (clarinet) and Krisztina Fejes (piano).

At the Los Cristianos Cultural Centre.

Saturday 12th 8 p m Roland Szentpali (tuba) and Krisztina Fejes (piano).

Followed by the grand finale concert by students and teachers of the Arona Municipal School of Music and dance. At the Los Cristianos Cultural Centre.

Colour your life with paintball

IF you live in the Santiago del Teide Municipality, you might want to take part in one of the Youth Department’s latest schemes for young people.

It’s a day of paintball on 19th March and the brainchild of Ibrahim Forte, the department’s chief.

For those not in the know, paintball consists of teams who are assigned with specially-designed guns that shoot tiny pellets filled with paint. If you get splattered, you are out!

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The price of the excursion is 10 euros and, while places are limited, you can sign up at the Youth Information centres in Arguayo and Santiago del Teide town, or at the youth centres in Puerto de Santiago and Tamaimo.

For more information, call 922 86 80 13 or 922 86 30 88.

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Quad treat for motocross fans AS the call goes out to “Start your engines, please”, spectators at the San Miguel Motocross Circuit will be rubbing their hands with glee as motor sport returns to the track on Sunday, (6th March).

However, this event offers something quite different because, for the first time, it includes quads, those fourwheel, all-terrain machines that can perform some astonishing feats on the circuit.

It has been organised by the Moto Club Abona, in collaboration with the Cabildo, San Miguel Town Council and the Tenerife Federation of

Motor Sports.

The Celestino Hernández track is situated just up from the Aldea Blanca turnoff on the main San Miguel road.

Fans of the sport are looking forward to seeing what these drivers can do as they test the circuit’s conditions.

Visitors will also be treated to a moto-cross training session, when licensed drivers

will be using the tracks not occupied by the quads to ply their skills and brush up on their technique.

This will be one of the last

opportunities for riders to train at the track before the MX Elite and MX2 Spanish Championships on 27th March at the same venue.

Entries cost 15 euros and those who wish to take part can do so via the Federation’s web site at www.fecanmotos.com

Almonds are flowering Lovers of nature photography can indulge their passion this month with a visit to the Santiago del Teide Town Hall.

An exhibition of the entries in the XIV Photography Contest, ‘Almonds in Flower’ is currently being held in the Town Hall’s central patio, where almost 90 photos are

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on show. Each photo must show the specified subject, the glorious almond blossom that so beautifully adorns much of the south of the Island at this time of the year.

In fact there have been a number of bus excursions that travel the almond route through the hillsides and villages from San Miguel to

Santiago del Teide. The winners will be chosen by en elected jury on March 14th and the first prize is 300 euros; second prize 210 euros and third prize is 150 euros. Visitors are welcome until March 18th from Monday to Friday from 8am until 3pm or Saturdays from 9am until 1pm.

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Dame Helen stars in Shakespeare DAME Helen Mirren leads the cast in a new big screen adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

The play is believed to be one of the last the famous Bard wrote - a story of banishment, sorcery and shipwreck, based around the exiled Duke Prospero.

In this new film version the gender of the main character has been changed.

Dame Helen plays a female Prospera, the Duchess of Milan.

Dispossessed by her brother she is banished to a remote island with her daughter Miranda.

“Its sits so well in film,” says Mirren. “If Shakespeare had known about digital effects he would have written this play for film.”

The film is packed with British talent. Tom Conti, Alan Cumming, Alfred Molina and Russell Brand all star alongside the Oscar winning actress.

It is the first of two movies in which Mirren plays opposite Brand. They both star in the

forthcoming remake of Arthur.

“There’s something so Shakespearean about Russell.

He’s got that feeling of one of the Shakespearean fools.

He loves language and uses it comedically, but there’s also that thread of seriousness,” said Mirren.

The Tempest is directed by Julie Taymor, who brought us films Titus and Frida and the theatre production The Lion King.

Her latest Broadway show Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark’ has been slammed by the critics. It is the most expensive show in US history and cost more than £40m to make.

Helen Mirren won her Best Actress Oscar in 2007 for her role in The Queen.

Just back from this years’ Academy Awards she said that she was thrilled at the success of The King’s Speech.

“I’m very happy my ‘father’ did so well. You get so caught up in that moment when you’re wandering around with that Oscar. It’s fantastic.”

The Tempest is released in cinemas on March 4.

NZ earthquake rescue effort declared over OFFICIALS in New Zealand say there is no chance of finding any more survivors following the earthquake.

The rescue effort in Christchurch has been declared over after authorities said those still missing were now presumed dead.

John Hamilton of the Civil Defence Emergency Management said: “We now face the reality that there is no chance that anyone could have survived this long.

“Efforts have to shift to the recovery of loved ones and their return to their families.”

Rescuers found 70 people alive in the rubble the day

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after the earthquake on February 22. But no survivors have been found since.

Officially, 161 people are confirmed dead, although it is thought the final number could rise above 200.

Most died in two multi-storey office blocks in the city.

New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key said an inquiry would establish whether the buildings were properly checked following an earthquake there last September.

It is thought as many as 22 more bodies could be found now teams have been given the go ahead to access the collapsed Christchurch cathedral bell tower, which had to be stabilised before they could enter.

Gaddafi’s warplanes ‘bomb key rebel town’

LIBYAN leader Muammar Gaddafi’s forces have reportedly launched a fresh air assault against rebels who control the country’s key eastern oil town of Brega.

Air force warplanes bombed the town’s airport, as the area was targeted for a second day, according to rebel Captain Bashir Abdul Gadr.

There were also air strikes on a rebel position in the nearby town of Ajdabiyah, it was claimed.

No-one was thought to have been hurt in the Brega attack.

But a few rebel fighters were taken to hospital after a

mortar they were handling exploded.

The latest assaults come after opposition groups repelled a ground and air attack on the town by troops loyal to Colonel Gaddafi on Wednesday.

Opposition soldiers also said pro-regime forces had been pushed back to Ras Lanuf, home to another major oil terminal and 375 miles east of capital Tripoli.

Brega is the site of Libya’s second-largest petroleum facility and has been held by the opposition since last week.

The rebels, armed with rocket launchers, anti-aircraft guns and tanks, control the east of the country.

They have called for UN-

backed air strikes against foreign mercenaries allegedly fighting for the Libyan leader.

But Western officials expressed caution about any sort of military involvement, including imposing a no-fly zone.

The Arab League said it was against direct outside military intervention, but could enforce a no-fly zone in cooperation with the African Union.

But, realistically, only the United States could carry out such an operation.

For the past week, proGaddafi forces have been focusing on Libya’s west, securing capital Tripoli and trying to take back nearby rebel-held cities.

But its forces have seemed

to have struggled in cities largely defended by local residents using weapons looted from storehouses and backed by allied army units.

Meanwhile, Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said a peace plan for Libya from Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez was under consideration.

But Mr Moussa denied he and Col Gaddafi had already agreed to Mr Chavez’s plan to send representatives from several countries to Libya.

The chairman of the rebel National Libyan Council, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, has reportedly said he rejected the concept of talks with the Libyan dictator entirely.

Electricity-key scam nets criminals millions Criminals are defrauding the UK energy industry out of electricity worth millions of pounds, a Sky News investigation can reveal.

An estimated 125,000 people have purchased illegal ‘top-ups’ for their meters from gangs offering electricity at half the price. Prepay electricity meters work like pay-as-you-go phones. You purchase energy at newsagents and garages by topping-up a plastic ‘key’.

The key is then plugged into your meter and the amount is added to your account.

But last year hackers cracked the technology used to create engineer’s keys that come with £50 credit.

Cloned keys have been sold-

on to gangs who are using them to top-up meters for £25 cash.

We were tipped-off about ‘David’, an Albanian operating the fraud in Tottenham. After inviting him to a flat in South London, we secretly filmed him topping-up our meter.

The operation took less than a minute and cost David nothing. We arranged a subsequent meeting with him to purchase the key for £2,000, but he became suspicious and did not keep the appointment.

Consumers purchasing electricity in this way could be caught the next time they top up lawfully.

This is because energy suppliers can spot unusual patterns

when the correct key isn’t used. Anyone caught could end-up being charged twice for their electricity.

Energy UK, the trade association for gas and electricity compaines, estimates the fraud has cost them £10m in sales and that overall losses could rise to £30m after the impact of contacting customers and replacing meters is taken into account.

Director Christine McGourty warned anyone buying an illegal top-up to think again.

“These people are criminals,” she said.

“To commit this crime they have to come into your home and you really don’t want to be getting involved with people

like that.

“We would urge people not to get involved. You’re simply putting money in the pockets of criminals.”

There are also concerns the cost of the fraud will hit consumers through higher energy bills.

Audrey Gallacher from Consumer Focus said: “All prepay meter customers are likely to feel the effects of this.

“Action to address the problem, whether through technological fixes or changing meters, will ultimately be borne by consumers.”

Despite the fraud being operated in major UK towns and cities, there have been only 16 arrests so far.

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Women drivers hit by a ruling in Euro Court WOMEN DRIVERS are facing a big hike in costs after the European court ruled insurance companies should not take gender into account when arranging cover.

The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg decided that it was discriminatory for insurers to base premiums on the differences between the sexes.

The new rules will come in to force on December 21 this year.

Currently insurance companies across Europe base cover charges for drivers on the differences in life expectancy and accident statistics, which benefit women.

The judges based their ruling on the Lisbon Treaty, which includes the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and aims “in all its activities, to eliminate inequalities and promote equality between men and women”.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) believe the courts equality ruling will see women drivers under 26 facing a 25% rise in premiums while men can expect a 10% drop.

MEP Sajjad Karim said the Euro ruling was “utter madness” and a “setback for common sense”.

He continued: “It is a statistical reality that young men have more accidents than women so it should be reflected in their premiums.

“This is a victory for boy racers and a major blow for both democracy and careful women drivers.”

Simon Douglas from AA Insurance said: “The use of gender in calculating insurance risk has been a fundamental principle of the UK’s risk-based motor insurance structure for decades, although it has been a thorn in the EC’s side since 2002.

“The calculation of car insurance premiums based on risk is by definition fair, but is incompatible with gender equality.”

It is not just drivers that will feel the changes as the ruling applies to other forms of insurance too.

The ABI forecasts that for annuities, men approaching retirement could face an 8% cut in rates, while women in a similar position could face a 6% rise.

Similarly for life insurance, men could see a 10% fall in costs, while women’s rates could rise by as much as 20%.

Posh seats add up to £15k in League One A FOOTBALL club in England’s third tier is offering fans the chance to pay £15,000 for a season ticket - making the seats the most expensive in the country.

Peterborough United supporters willing to fork out the cash get a padded seat in the directors’ box, a three-course carvery before each game and the title of Honorary Director. But even the League One club’s director of football, Barry Fry, is not convinced it will sell.

“The chairman is full of bright ideas. I think this is doomed to fail to be honest, but he has a go. You can’t knock him,” he said, laughing.

“I did have a word with him when he came up with this, and I said: ‘I think you have to make it more attractive and say if we are doing well we ask the gaffer to put them on the pitch for five minutes as (a) substitute!’”

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the wealthiest supporters something different while boosting the club’s coffers.

Ten of the tickets will go on sale next week.

For most fans, season tickets have been frozen at £450 maximum for the next two years. The Chairman’s Choice ticket is the most expensive in the country by a long way.

Arsenal’s season ticket is next priciest is at £1,825, while Chelsea fans pay £1,210 and Manchester United supporters £931.

The question is whether anyone will actually pay £15,000.

“If I had the money and could afford it, I would probably do it,” said one man in the city. But there were those who disagreed. One shop worker was horrified.

“It’s disgusting if people have that sort of money to waste,” he said.

The club is also offering 75year season tickets for a oneoff payment of £12,000.

Unwell Apple boss launches all-new iPad 2

AILING APPLE CEO Steve Jobs has appeared in person to unveil the company’s long-awaited iPad 2 which features a faster processor and two video cameras.

Steve Jobs returned to work from medical leave to launch a new version of its iPad touch screen computer.

Jobs, who is fighting pancreatic cancer, joked to an audience in San Francisco: “I just didn’t want to miss today.”

The fact that he did the launch and not stand-in boss Tim Cook, underlines how important the next generation machine is to Apple’s reputation and its bottom line.

Jobs was more than usually combative in ridiculing potential iPad rivals and their versions of the mightily successful App Store.

No-one can yet come near the 350,000 apps on offer from Apple, but it is interesting to note that ‘post PC products’ - devices like iPods, iPhones and now iPads to you and me - now provide a majority of the San Francisco-based company’s revenues.

Nevertheless, the tablet computer now has many forms and many of them offer a user experience at least comparable to the iPad.

More than this, many if not most, have one if not two cameras, they can play everything you can find on all websites, and you can connect other software you already own to the machine through a USB port. Of these, just the cameras make it on board the iPad2.

This remains a device very much within the walled orchard. But a new faster, dual core chip and graphics said to be nine times faster are significant improvements on version one. There is a new OS to go with the iPad and tablet and touch friendly versions of Mac software like Photo Booth, Facetime video calling and Garage Band music making will be available.

Cosmetic changes allow you to choose a white bezel, or add a neat magnetically held cover in plastic or leather.

But the iPad 2’s weight is similar to the older model, weighing 590g (1.3lb) compared with the 680g (1.5lb) of

the original.

Mr Jobs said the iPad 2 was an all-new design rather than just being a tweaked version of the iPad. It will also be available in both black and white from the launch date.

The device is due to go on sale in the US on March 11, then on March 25 in other countries including the UK. The tablet is expected to be priced similarly to the original device, with the most expensive model offering 64GB and Wi-Fi plus 3G. Research analyst Daniel Ernst said of the iPad 2: “Like the iPhone 4 versus iPhone 3, this is more evolution than revolution, but there is a lot to love.

“The dual core CPU will mean a lot to those that multi-task and of course the video cameras were what people were asking for.

“Bottom line, the competition is so far behind.”

Mr Jobs, who had been on indefinite medical leave,

unveiled the device on stage to a standing ovation.

Appearing gaunt and thin in his trademark black turtleneck and jeans, he said the new product would be much faster than the first-generation iPad released last year.

He announced in January he would take a third leave of absence to focus on his health.

In the last decade, the 56year-old has survived a rare but curable form of pancreatic cancer and undergone a liver transplant.

For anyone yet to buy a tablet device this machine is an attractive proposition and one that certainly could maintain Apple’s established lead... for the time being.

But other manufacturers are catching up fast and are already offering or hinting at devices that can already match iPad2. All of which makes the next big web rumour, that iPad 3 could be here before Christmas, entirely plausible.

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La Cana charity chest is well worth the wait

THE staff at Bar La Cana in Los Abrigos have this week said a belated thank-you to all those who supported their Help for Heroes charity event back in November.

Through circumstances beyond their control, La

Cana have only just been able to finalise a total - and what a magnificent total!

The sum of 2,415 euros has been forwarded to the charity.

Despite the atrocious weather on the night, the

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event went ahead and all the entertainers who came along delivered a super show.

There was one more Help for Heroes event, on Christmas Eve, when a grand raffle, featuring two top prizes

of a 32in TV and a Blackberry Bold phone, bolstered the charity fund.

Eric and Joy Clubley say many, many thanks for all the support on behalf of La Cana’s Jo and Stuart, plus all the patrons there.

Billy’s boost for K9 and a loyal fan club AN appreciative audience at The Rumpot, San Eugenio, enjoyed an afternoon of fun and games, organised

by K9 and hosted by Billy Porter.

There was a photo quiz, Toss the Euro and a raffle with 18 first-class prizes.

Vocal entertainment was provided by Kevin Dean, Suzie Diamond, Bob Redpath, Avril Taylor, Shakin’ Stevens, while Taff Billy was his usual outrageous self.

Billy, who had the crowd in stitches throughout the afternoon, was ably supported by his groupies Take This, aka Paul, Ali and Bruce!

A sum of 404 euros was raised for the care of the four-legged guys at the kennels, and thanks go to the artistes for giving so freely of their time.

Thanks also to those who provided raffle prizes, Taff & the staff of the Rumpot for a delightful venue, and reasonably-priced food and drink.

Finally, thanks go to Billy and Hazel from K9, who

arranged the event jointly.

Next up for K9 is a Song and Dance afternoon at Vivo (formerly Pleasure Island) on Sunday, 27th March, from 2pm. Hollie Bourne, Michelle Almgill and the Ritmania Dance School have been confirmed so far.

Entrance is three euros, payable on the door.

There will be another Tea and Cake afternoon at James Brasserie, Island Village, on Sunday, 10th April, from 2pm.

The following day sees the Sponsored Walk from Alcala to Playa San Juan and return, starting at 10am, followed from 1pm by an afternoon of light entertainment provided by Stevie B and friends at the Bar Veril, Alcala Plaza.

Sponsor forms are available from the kennels and the K9 stalls at Alcala (Monday) and Playa San Juan (Wed) markets.

Easter Sunday, 24th April, is Open Day at the kennels from 2pm. More information to follow.

The K9 Shop, situated in The Dip, Costa del Silencio, is open each day except Sunday,from 10am to 5pm.

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Alex Barr, a true Scot through and through!

MORE than 100 of friends and members of the Los Cristianos Petanque club crowded into the South Tenerife Fellowship hall at the Apolo Centre to honour the memory of Alex Barr.

It was while serving in the 29 Squadron Royal Engineers in Germany that he met and married Erika in 1968 in Bad Pyrmont.

They have two children, Stephen and Angela, and four grandchildren, Cedric, William, Sally Ann and Jack.

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Alex, who died on 20th February after a long illness, had spent his winters in Tenerife for the past 20 years with his wife, Erika.

He given a rousing send-off during a service conducted

by Pastor Tom Reston and his son, Stephen.

The 64-year-old was a Scot through and through - born in Glasgow and a Rangers supporter!

Orobal students have a whale of a time with Aktionier’s dogs DOG sanctuary Accion del Sol enjoyed another busy week, entertaining people from the Orobal Association in Los Cristianos.

Orobal were formed in 1989 by a group of families of physically and mentally disabled children and adults, and their day out at Aktiontier’s Granadilla-based refuge proved to be a huge success, especially the linkup between the dogs and students.

The dogs loved all the extra attention, which was supplied in abundance by their new “fan club”.

Accion’s next big event, their Spring Day, on 10th April from 2pm, will feature a fashion show and auction, and a few more models of all shapes and sizes are still needed.

Please contact the refuge on 922 778 630 if you would like to volunteer. The fashion show will also include beachwear.

Away from the fashion models, there will be a bouncy castle, a clown to keep the children amused, plus lots of small animals for them to play with.

The dog agility course will be open for those who would like to practise with their pets, and there will also be lots of side-stalls, entertainment, food and drink (beverages).

More info to follow shortly, but definitely a date for your diary.

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Marion, who runs Accion del Sol, always welcomes people who would like to walk the dogs. The refuge is open Mon-Fri, 3-6 pm, so if you have a little spare time, please drop in and make a dog or two very happy.

The area surrounding the refuge is great for walking, and the dogs love a dip in the sea.

Marion is also looking for people to escort a dog with them when they travel to Germany and again, if you can help, please contact the above number.

She has been working flatout on the re homing programme and last weekend, another eight dogs flew off to Germany to start their new lives.

If you are thinking of rehoming a dog, please visit Accion del Sol and say hello to the many dogs in care there.

Every dog has received full veterinary care, and is passported and micro-chipped, wormed, deflead and, most importantly, sterilised or castrated and is ready to be welcomed at a loving home.

Accion Del Sol, sponsored by German charity Aktiontier, can be found off Exit 52 on the TF1, directly next to ITER the Eolica windmill park at Poligono Industrial De Granadilla.

Please come along and view this first-class refuge for yourself. You will quickly notice that the dog care is second to none and that the animals live in comparative luxury.

Our thanks to …

All involved in our fundraiser at The Palms Restaurant, Golf del Sur, where we raised 1,000 euros last week on Eugene’s birthday. The night was fantastic, if a little fraught early on as we struggled to fit everyone in.

A million thanks to Babs and all at The Palms, as well as entertainers Colin Stevens, Jan Monroe, Suzy Q, Tanya Tevaro, Nick Page, Kenny G, Phil Gibson and Andy Phillips.

We are always humbled by the amount of support we have at these events, and would like to thank each and every person who attends, and gives so generously. We need you so much.

We need a van Large, transit type, rent to buy. Anything considered.

Please call Chris on 672 917 193 with information.

Refuge opening hours We open Wednesday to Saturday from 1pm to 5pm, and Sundays only, with prior

arrangement with Eugene.

We need raffle prizes!!

If you have any unwanted gifts, bottles of wines and spirits, toiletries, books, etc, please call Suzy Q on the number below and she will happily arrange collection.

Hand-painted pet portraits Local artist Alison Sturgess will paint portraits of your pets and will donate 25% of her fee to Live Arico. Her work really is first-class and can be viewed at http://www.alisonsturgessartist-illustrator.com/ Our Carnaval capers Celebrate Carnaval with us on Sunday, 6th March, at Coral Mar Square, Costa del Silencio. Come in your fancy dress and enjoy the bbq and entertainment, Line-up to be confirmed asp.

Refuge opening hours We are open Wednesday to Saturday, from 1-5pm, and Sundays by prior arrangement only with Eugene.

Our Live Arico shop chain All three shops are now

open for business, so come and bag a bargain from all the second-hand books, toys, clothes and bric-a-brac on sale.

Also, pop in to leave donations of dog food, to ask for information about Live Arico, or just for a friendly chat. We need volunteers, so please call Trisha on 638 407 344, or Debbie on the number below, if you can spare a few hours a week.

Shops’ opening hours Coral Mar, Silencio (in association with Tenerife Nursing and Care) - Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm. Saturday, 11am2pm.

San Eugenio (opposite La Niña Hotel, near Amandas Bar) - same hours.Los Cristianos (Churchill’s Square, near the play park and Chicagos Bar) same hours, plus Thursday and Friday evenings until 8pm.

Revised adoption procedures A minimum 50-euro donation for an adopted male dog, and 75 euros for a female, is

now required by Live Arico.

This is paid direct to Hospivet Sur on collection of your new pet, which will be chipped, vaccinated and wormed. We are negotiating special rates for neutering and spaying.

South Tenerife Rescue Centre We have now sold 567sqm of land up to now, making a total of 2,835 euros. The plan to buy our own plot of land remains, possibly even where we are now renting, so are you prepared to buy a square metre of land for Live Arico?

At just five euros, you will receive a certificate from Live Arico for now, and your name, address and number of square metres purchased will be on a Roll of Honour at the new refuge.

Dog-grooming Claire is now offering 10% of her fee to Live Arico. She has 18 years of experience, so call her on 660 862 910 for an appointment, and quote Live Arico so we can receive our donation.

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F R I D A Y 6:00am ............................Breakfast

6:00am ....................Children’s TV

6:00am ............................Daybreak

9:15am ......................Heir Hunters

7:40am ................................Eliot Kid

8:30am ................................Lorraine

10:00am ....BBC News; Weather

8:00am ....................Paradise Cafe

10:00am ................Homes Under the Hammer

8:30am ............................LazyTown

9:25am........................ The Jeremy Kyle Show

8:55am ..........................Octonauts: Creature Reports

10:30am ..................This Morning

11:00am ..........Wreck or Ready?

11:30am ....BBC News; Weather

8:55am ....................Numberjacks

11:30am ............Cash in the Attic

9:10am ................................Dip Dap

1:30pm ............................ITV News and Weather

12:15pm ..................Bargain Hunt

9:10am ........The Koala Brothers

1:00pm ......BBC News; Weather

9:25am ..................Big Barn Farm

1:30pm ..................Regional News and Weather

9:40am ......Little Human Planet

1:45pm ................................Doctors

9:55am ............................3rd & Bird

2:15pm ............................Escape to the Country

10:05am ..........Postman Pat: SDS

3:00pm ....BBC News; Weather; Regional News 3:05pm ............................Deadly 60

10:20am ..................................Pingu 10:25am ..................Chuggington: Badge Quest

1:55pm ....................London News and Weather 2:00pm ..........................House Gift 3:00pm ....Dickinson’s Real Deal 3:59pm ............London Weather 4:00pm ........Midsomer Murders 5:00pm ..........................The Chase 6:00pm ..............................Weather 6:00pm ..............London Tonight

10:25am ....................64 Zoo Lane

6:30pm ..............................ITV News

10:45am ..........................Waybuloo

7:00pm ........................Emmerdale

11:05am ....In the Night Garden

7:30pm ..........Coronation Street

11:35am ..............Meerkat Manor

8:00pm ..........Children’s Hospital

12:00pm ....................Daily Politics

8:30pm ..........Coronation Street 9:00pm ............................Benidorm

5:00pm ........................Newsround

12:30pm ..........................GMT with George Alagiah

5:15pm ......................Weakest Link

1:00pm ..........................Due South

6:00pm ..............................Weather

1:45pm ..............................Athletics

6:00pm ............................BBC News

3:00pm ..................Wanted Down Under Revisited

3:35pm ........Deadly 60 Bite Size 3:40pm ..........................Deadly Art 4:00pm ......................Dani’s House 4:30pm ..........Diddy Dick & Dom 4:30pm ..Tracy Beaker Returns

6:30pm ..............................Weather 6:30pm ..........BBC London News 7:00pm ..................The One Show

3:45pm ..................Flog It! Ten of the Best

7:30pm ..........................BBC News; Regional News

4:30pm ........................Cash in the Celebrity Attic

7:30pm ..................Rip Off Britain

5:15pm ..............Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

8:00pm ........................EastEnders 8:30pm ............................................QI 9:00pm ..........................New Tricks 10:00pm ........................BBC News 10:25pm ..............Regional News and Weather 10:35pm ....................The Graham Norton Show 11:20pm ..................The National Lottery Friday Night Draws

10:00pm ....................ITV News at Ten and Weather 10:30pm ................London News and Weather 10:35pm ..........................The Cube 11:35pm ..................Take Me Out

6:00pm ............................Eggheads 6:30pm ..............My Life in Books 7:00pm ..............................Athletics 7:30pm ................An Island Parish 8:00pm ......................Mastermind 8:30pm ........Britain from Above 9:00pm ..........Hidden Treasures of African Art 10:00pm .............. Fast and Loose 10:30pm ......................Newsnight

11:35pm ................Weatherview

11:00pm ..........................Weather

11:35pm ..................A Time to Kill

11:00pm ........The Review Show

2:00am ......................South Riding

12:35am ......ITV News Headlines

11:50pm ........ ICC Cricket World Cup Highlights

12:35am ..........................The Zone

12:50am ......................The Mighty Boosh Live

3:25am ..............ITV Nightscreen

3:00am ..............Horizon: How to Survive a Car Crash 4:00am ............................BBC News 4:30am ....................Talking Books

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9:45am ..........................Big & Small

12:30pm ................Loose Women

2:40am ...................... In Plain Sight 5:30am ..........ITV Morning News

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Friday 04 March 6:00am ................Live ICC Cricket World Cup

6:00am ..Brainiac: Science Abuse

6:00am ........Nothing to Declare

7:00pm ......................Doctor Who

7:00am ..................My Pet Shame

6:20am ..............The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky

11:30am ..............Live ICC Cricket World Cup

8:00am ..........................Top Design

7:00am ............................The Jerry Springer Show

8:05pm ......................Great Movie Mistakes 2: The Sequel

9:00am ....................The Real A&E

8:00am ....................................Maury

8:30pm ......................The Lock Up

5:30pm ..............Football League Weekend

10:00am ............................Lie to Me

8:50am ......................Celebs 24/7

9:00pm ......................Little Britain

6:30pm ..............Premier League Preview

1:00am ....................The Filth Files

9:00am ................America’s Next Top Model

9:30pm ................Lunch Monkeys

6:35am ......................Elmo’s World

10:00am .............. Four Weddings

10:30pm ....................How to Live with Women

6:20am ................................Sali Mali

6:00am ..........Thomas & Friends

6:25am ..........................The Hoobs

6:10am ....Roary the Racing Car

6:50am ..........................The Hoobs 7:15am ............Freshly Squeezed 7:40am ..........................Everybody Loves Raymond 8:05am .................................. Frasier 8:35am ............According to Jim 9:05am ..............Supernanny USA 10:00am ..............The Good Wife 10:55am ..................Gok’s Clothes Roadshow 12:00pm ........................Channel 4 News Summary

6:50am ............................Peppa Pig 6:55am ..................Little Princess 7:10am ........................Funky Town 7:15am ............The Mr Men Show 7:30am ..........Thomas & Friends 7:45am ....Make Way for Noddy

7:00pm ..........................Sky Sports News at Seven

1:00pm ....................The Real A&E

7:30pm ..........Live Super League

4:00pm ..............................Oops TV

3:00pm ..................Criminal Minds

12:30am ........................ Family Guy

4:00pm.............................. Charmed

1:15am........................ The Lock Up

5:00pm ..............................Charmed

1:45am ................Coming of Age 2:15am ................Lunch Monkeys

7:30pm ..........................The Middle

6:00pm ................America’s Next Top Model

8:00pm ..................The Simpsons

7:00pm ............Ghost Whisperer

5:00pm ..................The Simpsons

12:00am ..................Super League

2:10pm ................Cookery School

8:25am ............................Peppa Pig

1:30am ..............Take It Like a Fan

3:10pm ........................Countdown

8:30am ....Roary the Racing Car

3:55pm ................Deal or No Deal

8:40am ................Hana’s Helpline

2:00am ..............Premier League Preview

5:00pm ........Come Dine with Me

8:50am ....................The WotWots

5:30pm ..........................Coach Trip 6:00pm ..................The Simpsons

9:00am ................Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

6:30pm ............................Hollyoaks

9:15am ............The Wright Stuff

7:00pm ..............Channel 4 News

11:00am ......The Vanessa Show

7:25pm ......................4thought.tv

11:45am ..................................House

7:30pm .............. Asian Gracefully

12:40pm ..............................5 News

8:00pm ................Relocation: Phil Down Under

12:45pm ............Build a New Life in the Country

9:00pm ....Embarrassing Bodies

1:45pm ........................Neighbours

5:30pm ............................Futurama 6:00pm ..............................Oops TV 6:30pm ..................The Simpsons

11:55am ....................Celebs 24/7

2:45am ........................How to Live with Women 3:45am ...................... Great Movie Mistakes 2: The Sequel

8:30pm ................Modern Family

8:00pm ....................................Bones

9:00pm ......................Raising Hope

9:00pm ..................Criminal Minds

3:30am ..............Take It Like a Fan

9:30pm ......................A League of Their Own

10:00pm ........................CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

4:00am .......................... ICC Cricket World Cup

10:30pm................Louie Spence’s Showbusiness

11:00pm ..............Criminal Minds

6:00am ..................Good Morning Sports Fans

7:10am ....................Whose Line Is It Anyway?

6:00am ..........................The X Files

6:00am ..........Coronation Street

7:00am ..........Star Trek: Voyager

6:25am ........................Emmerdale

7:00am ..................Good Morning Sports Fans

7:35am ....................Whose Line Is It Anyway?

8:00am ............................................24

6:50am ........................Emmerdale

9:00am ............................................ER

7:15am ..........Sally Jessy Raphael

8:00am ..................Good Morning Sports Fans

8:00am ....................The Challenge

3:05pm ..........The Family Recipe

10:00am............ thirtysomething

8:05am ........................Judge Judy

3:15pm ............Family Gathering

9:00am ......................Table Tennis

11:00am ........................The X Files

10:00am ............................Ringside

12:00pm ......Star Trek: Voyager

9:25am ....The Real Housewives of Orange County

5:00pm ........................5 News at 5

11:00am ..................Dragons’ Den

11:00am ..............The Rugby Club

1:00pm ............................................24

10:30am ......................Judge Judy

5:30pm ........................Neighbours

12:00pm............................ Top Gear

2:00pm ............................................ER

12:00pm ......Coronation Street

3:00pm ..............thirtysomething

12:30pm ......................Emmerdale

4:00pm ..........................The X Files

1:30pm ......................The Jeremy Kyle Show

2:15pm ..............Home and Away 2:50pm ....Animal Rescue Squad

10:30pm ..Rude Tube: Epic Fails

11:30pm ..................Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps

4:30pm ............................Futurama

8:15am ............................Peppa Pig

11:00am ................................Maury

10:00pm ......................EastEnders

12:00pm ........................CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

10:00pm ..........Take It Like a Fan

11:00pm ............Football League Weekend

10:00pm ....................Friday Night Dinner

2:00pm ..................Stargate SG-1

10:30pm ............Premier League Preview

8:00am ........................Fifi and the Flowertots

12:05pm ....................Breakfast at Tiffany’s

12:00pm ............................Oops TV

2:30am ..............Football League Weekend

6:00pm ..............Home and Away

12:00pm ........Trans World Sport

6:25pm ..................................OK! TV

1:00pm ..............Premier League Darts

7:00pm ........................5 News at 7

11:30pm ..............10 O’Clock Live

7:30pm ................5 News Update

12:35am ............................Mercury Prize Sessions

7:30pm ..................Vets in Action

12:50am ............................CTRL MX

8:00pm ..........Ice Road Truckers

1:20am ................My Name Is Earl

9:00pm ....................The Mentalist

1:45am ................My Name Is Earl

10:00pm ....................Law & Order

2:05am ......................Modern Toss

9:00am ..............................Top Gear 10:00am ............................Top Gear

1:00pm ..............................Top Gear 2:00pm ............................Fifth Gear 2:30pm ..........The Gadget Show

4:30pm ..............Premier League World

3:00pm ................................Airport

5:00pm ............Live Super Rugby

3:30pm ................................Airport

7:00pm ............Live Elite League Ice Hockey

5:00pm ..........Star Trek: Voyager

4:10am ......Snog, Marry, Avoid?

4:40am ......................Hotter Than My Daughter 5:10am ......................................Close

6:00pm ............................................ER

2:35pm ......................The Jeremy Kyle Show

4:00pm ..............................Top Gear

7:00pm ............................Inside the Actors Studio

6:00pm ....................Dragons’ Den

3:40pm ....The Real Housewives of Orange County

8:00pm ...................... Prison Break

7:00pm ............................................QI

4:40pm ..................Loose Women

10:00pm ......................Tight Lines

9:00pm ..............................Big Love

11:00pm ......................ICC Cricket World Cup

7:45pm ......................James May’s Toy Stories

5:40pm ........................Judge Judy

10:55pm ....................................NCIS

10:15pm ................................Treme

6:35pm...... Kesha: The Hot Desk

2:30am ........Teenage Paparazzo

11:55pm ..................Cops in Crisis

1:00am ............NFL: Total Access

9:00pm ................Mock the Week

11:30pm.......................... The Chris Rock Show

6:50pm ......................Take Me Out

4:10am ..................................Reaper

12:15am ....................SuperCasino

2:00am ..........Trans World Sport

3:55am ...... Motorsport Mundial

8:00pm ......................New You’ve Been Framed!

3:00am ....................Super League

10:20pm ..............Ruddy Hell! It’s Harry and Paul

12:05am ................................Weeds

4:55am ............Wogan’s Perfect Recall

12:40am ............................ Big Love

4:20am ..........................Royal Navy Caribbean Patrol

8:30pm ........ Harry Hill’s TV Burp

4:30am ..............Premier League Preview

1:55am ....................................Treme

9:00pm ....................American Idol

5:20am ........................Countdown

8:00pm ........................5 News at 9

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S A T U R D A Y 6:00am ............................Breakfast

6:00am ............................Finley the Fire Engine

6:00am ..............................Mini CITV

6:10am ......................................Zigby

9:25am ..........Coronation Street

6:20am ....Octonauts: Creature Reports

11:45am ..................This Morning: Saturday

6:20am ......................Dirtgirlworld

12:45pm ..................................Monk

12:15pm ................Football Focus

6:30am ......................Postman Pat

1:00pm .................... Live Athletics

7:00am ..........Basil and Barney’s Game Show

1:40pm I ............................TV News and Weather

10:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 11:30am ..........Raymond Blanc’s Kitchen Secrets 12:00pm ....BBC News; Regional News and Weather

4:30pm ..........................Final Score

7:30am........................................ Leon

1:50pm ..........Kindergarten Cop

7:30am .................................. Arthur

5:40pm ....................All New Total Wipeout: International Special

8:00am ......Richard Hammond’s Blast Lab

4:00pm ..................Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

8:30am ..................Project Parent

5:40pm ..............London Tonight

6:40pm ................Let’s Dance for Comic Relief

9:00am ....................Dick & Dom’s Funny Business

5:55pm ............................ ITV News and Weather

8:00pm ..The National Lottery: Secret Fortune

10:00am ....Trapped Ever After 10:25am ........Diddy Dick & Dom

6:10pm ......................New You’ve Been Framed!

10:25am ..............................OOglies

6:40pm ........Harry Hill’s TV Burp

10:45am ..........................Copycats 11:15am ......My Life: Boy Racers

7:10pm ........................Ant & Dec’s Push the Button

11:45am ............MOTD Kickabout

8:25pm ......................Take Me Out

12:00pm ........................Escape to the Country

9:40pm ......................The World Is Not Enough

1:00pm ............Bicentennial Man

10:50pm ..........................ITV News and Weather

4:30pm .................... Live Athletics 5:00pm ................Churches: How to Read Them 5:30pm ..................................Flog It!

BBC2 from 6pm AS PART of the BBC’s year-long celebration of books and in partnership with World Book Night, on Saturday 5 March BBC Two will dedicate an evening of programmes to books.

The schedule includes three Culture Show Specials and a premiere of BBC Films adaptation of Brideshead Revisited.

Kicking off the night is A Million Books For Free: A Culture Show Special.

Following the announcement of the World Book Night initiative on The Culture Show last year, presenter Andrew GrahamDixon sets the scene for the massive giveaway of a million books by 20,000 givers.

Each of the givers, have volunteered to hand out 48 copies of their favourite book that features on World Book Night’s selected list of 25 titles.

Mark Bell, Arts Commissioning Editor of the BBC, says: “World Book Night is an excellent opportunity for the BBC to follow this great giveaway and celebrate the brilliance of the book, from bestsellers

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8:50pm ..............................Casualty 9:40pm ............Live at the Apollo

to the brightest literary stars of tomorrow.”

Jamie Byng, Chair of World Book Night, says: “We are thrilled to have the BBC as partners on World Book Night and are grateful for all the support they have given us to launch this ground-breaking celebration of writing and reading.

We hope that BBC audiences have been inspired to join as givers, and we also welcome those viewers who decide to be a part of the celebrations, be it in person at one of the many events taking place across the country on 5 March or through tuning into their televisions on the big night.”

In the second of the night’s Culture Show Specials, Sue Perkins investigates crime and experiences “new romance” in an attempt to discover the essential ingredients of a best-selling novel in The Books We Really Read.

The final documentary, New Novelists: 12 Of The Best from The Culture Show, reveals Britain’s brightest new literary fiction talent as selected by a Culture Show panel of judges who include the chair and presenter of the programme, Professor of English John Mullan, for-

mer literary editor of the Telegraph Sam Leith, novelist Helen Oyeyemi, critic and broadcaster Alex Clark and Culture Show editor Janet Lee. Adding to the sense of occasion, between each of the Culture Show documentaries their will be three live broadcasts from World Book Night events around the country. At 7.57pm Will Gompertz will broadcast from the Aye Write Festival in Glasgow.

At 8.57pm Stuart Maconie will broadcast from Manchester Central Library.

And at 9.57pm James Naughtie will broadcast from Southbank Centre’s Clore Ballroom on the Royal Festival Hall.

Janice Hadlow, Controller of BBC Two, commented: “BBC Two is absolutely committed to literature in the heart of the schedule and as part of Books on the BBC 2011 we are really thrilled to be hosting a night of books programming. BBC Two will be leading the way with exciting live event coverage of World Book Night, and our flagship arts strand The Culture Show brings new talent in New Novelists, and the wonderful Sue Perkins in Books People Really Read.”

1:49pm ............London Weather

5:20pm ......BBC News; Regional News and Weather

3:00pm ....................Into the West

World Book Night

7:25am ........................................CITV

10:10pm ....BBC News; Weather 10:30pm ..........National Lottery Update 10:30pm ........Match of the Day 11:50pm ................Weatherview 11:50pm ..................The Football League Show 1:15am ............................BBC News 1:30am ............The Bottom Line 2:00am ............................BBC News 2:30am .................... Working Lives 3:00am ............................BBC News 3:30am ............The Guantanamo Prisoner 4:00am ............................BBC News 4:30am ........................................Click 5:00am ............................BBC News 5:30am ........ The Record Europe

5:40pm ..............................Weather

11:04pm .......... London Weather 11:05pm ..................The World Is Not Enough 12:20am ........................The Cube: Celebrity Special

6:00pm ..The Story of Slapstick 7:00pm ........................Dad’s Army 7:30pm ................A Million Books for Free: A Culture Show Special 7:55pm ..........World Book Night Live from Glasgow’s Aye Write! Festival 8:00pm ..................The Books We Really Read: A Culture Show Special 8:55pm ..........World Book Night Live from Bath Literature Festival 9:00pm ..........New Novelists: 12 of the Best from the Culture Show 9:55pm ..........World Book Night Live from Royal Festival Hall

1:15am ........ITV News Headlines 1:15am ..............................The Zone

10:00pm.. Brideshead Revisited

3:15am .......................... Swingtown

12:05am ..........ICC Cricket World Cup Highlights

4:00am .............. ITV Nightscreen 5:30am ..........ITV Morning News

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Saturday 05 March 6:05am ................................Sali Mali

6:00am ............................Peppa Pig

6:00am ............Aerobics Oz Style

6:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse

6:00am ........Nothing to Declare

7:00pm ..............................Top Gear

6:10am ..........................The Hoobs

6:05am ....Roary the Racing Car

6:30am ................................Ringside

6:30am ........Nothing to Declare

8:00pm .......... Great TV Mistakes

6:35am .......................... The Hoobs

6:15am Fifi and the Flowertots

7:30am ....The Sky Sports Years

7:00am ..........................Bill Bailey’s Birdwatching Bonanza

7:00am ..............Superbike World Championship 2011

6:25am ......................Fireman Sam

8:30am ................Live ICC Cricket World Cup

8:00am ................Guinness World Records Smashed!

7:00am ............................The Jerry Springer Show

9:00pm ............Russell Howard’s Good News Extra

9:00am ............WWE Superstars

7:30am ............................The Jerry Springer Show

9:45pm ..........................Severance

5:30pm ..........Live Super League 8:00pm ..................Live Saturday Fight Night

10:00am ........................Soccer AM

8:00am ....................................Maury

11:35pm ......................Family Guy

12:00pm ..........Wayne Rooney’s Street Striker

9:00am ................Four Weddings

12:00am ................American Dad!

10:00am .............. Four Weddings

1:00pm ..A Town Called Eureka

11:00am ..............America’s Next Top Model

12:45am ..........Russell Howard’s Good News Extra

2:00pm ..............................Oops TV 3:00pm ......................50 Greatest TV Endings

12:00pm ........The Biggest Loser

5:00pm ........................Emergency Animal Rescue

4:00pm ............................Loch Ness

7:25am ................................The Grid

6:40am ......Miss Spider’s Sunny Patch Friends

7:55am ............The Morning Line

6:50am ..........................The Beeps

8:50am ..................................Friends

7:00am ................................Mio Mao

9:25am ........4Music Favourites: Avril Lavigne

7:05am ......................................Chiro

9:40am ..................................Friends 10:15am ......4Music Favourites: Jessie J 10:50am ......................................Glee

7:15am ....................Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs 7:25am ....................The Milky and Shake Show

11:45am ....................Great British Hairdresser

7:30am ....Make Way for Noddy

12:45pm ............ Jennifer Lopez: Video Exclusive

7:55am ....................Little Princess

12:50pm ..............................The Big Bang Theory

10:00pm ......................ICC Cricket World Cup

5:30pm ........................Emergency Animal Rescue

7:40am ..........................Igam Ogam 8:05am ..............Bert and Ernie’s Great Adventures

6:00pm ..................The Simpsons 12:00am ..................Super League

7:30pm ............................Futurama

6:00pm ............................CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 7:00pm ............................CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

1:30am ......................The Lock Up 2:00am ..........Great TV Mistakes

1:30am ..............Spanish Football

8:00pm................................ Oops TV

3:00am ....Saturday Fight Night

8:30pm ............................ Futurama

9:00pm ..................Criminal Minds

3:00am ................Young, Jobless and Living at Home

5:00am ..............Take It Like a Fan

9:00pm ..............Nutty Professor 2: the Klumps

12:00am ........................CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

4:00am ........A Dangerous Place to Meet My Family

11:05pm ......................Road Wars

2:40am ....................................Maury

5:00am ........................Special 1 TV

6:00am ............................Inside the Actors Studio

6:00am ........................Emmerdale

1:20pm ................................The Big Bang Theory 1:50pm ............Channel 4 Racing

8:25am ........................................Play!

3:50pm ........................The Secret Supper Club

8:40am ......................Rupert Bear

4:20pm ..............Come Dine with Me Extra Portions

9:10am ..........The Mr Men Show

4:55pm ..............Come Dine with Me Extra Portions

9:55am ........................Castle Farm

6:00am ......FIFA Futbol Mundial

7:10am ....................The Challenge

10:00am ..........................Zoo Days

6:30am ..........................Tight Lines

8:00am...................... High Altitude

10:10am .... How Do They Do It?

7:30am ................................Football League Weekend

9:00am ........Licence to Le Mans

8:30am ..........................Champions League Weekly

12:00pm ........................Hardliners

5:55pm ..............Come Dine with Me Extra Portions

2:00pm ........Nothing to Declare

8:00pm ............................CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

8:10am ..............The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky

5:25pm ................Come Dine with Me Extra Portions

11:15pm ......................Family Guy

5:30am ..........................Champions League Weekly

8:55am ......................................Olivia 9:25am ......The Milkshake! Show

10:45am ........The Gadget Show 11:50am.......... Ice Road Truckers

10:00am ............................Top Gear

7:00am ............................Inside the Actors Studio

8:35am ..............The Movie Show on ITV2 9:00am ............................Gossip Girl

8:00am ............................Inside the Actors Studio

10:00am ......................New You’ve Been Framed!

6:25pm ..............The Political Slot

12:50pm ....Ride Clear of Diablo

6:30pm ..............Channel 4 News

2:25pm ............................Firecreek

9:00am ................................Premier League Preview

1:00pm............................ Fifth Gear

9:00am ............................Inside the Actors Studio

10:30am ....................Ant & Dec’s Push the Button

6:55pm ...................... 4thought.tv

4:25pm ........................Superman II

9:30am ..............Take It Like a Fan

1:30pm .......... The Gadget Show

10:00am............ thirtysomething

11:45am ....................Take Me Out

7:00pm ..................River Cottage Every Day

6:55pm ..................................5 News

10:00am ........................Soccer AM

2:00pm ............................................QI

11:00am ............thirtysomething

1:00pm ........Harry Hill’s TV Burp

2:45pm ......................James May’s Toy Stories

12:00pm ..........thirtysomething 1:00pm ..............thirtysomething

1:25pm ........................New You’ve Been Framed!

2:00pm ..............thirtysomething

1:55pm ....................American Idol

3:00pm ............................................ER

3:25pm ....................American Idol

4:00pm ............................................ER

4:55pm .................... American Idol

6:00pm ............................................ER

6:50pm ................Wild Wild West

7:00pm ............................................ER

12:30pm ........................Hardliners

7:00pm........................................ NCIS

8:00pm ........................Seven Ages of Britain

12:00pm ..........Take It Like a Fan

7:45pm ....................CSI: Grissom’s Greatest

12:30pm ....Live Football Special

9:00pm ....................................Taken

8:40pm ............................CSI: Miami

3:05pm ............Live Premiership Rugby Union

6:00pm ..........................Hardliners

9:40pm ..................................CSI: NY

5:15pm ......Live Football League

10:40pm ..........CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

7:00pm ............Mitch and Matt’s Big Fish

7:30pm ..You’re on Sky Sports!

10:50pm ............................Flight of the Phoenix 12:55am ............Lady Vengeance 3:00am ............................Shin Gi Tai

11:35pm ................Forensic Files

8:25pm ....................Football First 10:15pm .................. Football First

3:10am ..............Without a Trace

12:05am .................... SuperCasino

3:55am ............................Privileged 4:35am ............................Privileged

4:05am ....................Brian Sewell’s Grand Tour

1:15am ....................Football First

5:15am ............Wogan’s Perfect Recall

4:50am ....Animal Rescue Squad

2:45am ........Sky Sports Classics

5:00am ................Hana’s Helpline

3:00am ..............Take It Like a Fan

5:10am ......The Milkshake! Show

3:30am ................ Live ICC Cricket World Cup

5:45am ........................Countdown

04 March 2011 - 10 March 2011

11:45pm ..................Football First

4:00pm .............................. Top Gear

7:30pm ............Mitch and Matt’s Big Fish

8:00pm ......................Prison Break

9:00pm............ I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

8:00pm ................Full Circle with Michael Palin

9:00pm ..........Boardwalk Empire

11:10pm ..............Celebrity Juice

9:00pm ............Have I Got News for You

10:10pm ......................Blue Bloods

11:55pm ......Leaving Las Vegas

11:10pm ........................ Curb Your Enthusiasm

2:10am ........Harry Hill’s TV Burp

11:45pm ........................Curb Your Enthusiasm

3:40am ....................American Idol

9:40pm ............Have I Got News for You 10:20pm ..........Have I Got News for You

2:35am ....................American Idol 4:50am ....................Teleshopping

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S U N D A Y 6:00am ............................Breakfast

6:00am.... Finley the Fire Engine

6:00am ..............................Mini CITV

7:35am ............Match of the Day

6:10am ......................................Zigby

7:25am ........................................CITV

9:00am ......................The Andrew Marr Show

6:20am ....Octonauts: Creature Reports

9:25am ....................May the Best House Win

10:00am ........The Big Questions

6:20am ......................Dirtgirlworld

10:25am ........The Biggest Loser

11:00am ..............Country Tracks

6:30am ..................................Jakers!

11:30am This Morning: Sunday

12:00pm ........The Politics Show

12:30pm ....................Dinner Date

1:00pm ....................Bargain Hunt

7:00am ..........Basil and Barney’s Game Show

1:30pm ........................ EastEnders

7:30am ......................................Leon

1:30pm ............................ITV News and Weather

3:25pm ....................Weakest Link

7:30am ..................................Arthur

1:34pm ............ London Weather

4:10pm ............................Escape to the Country

8:00am ...... Richard Hammond’s Blast Lab

1:35pm ........Columbo: Negative Reaction

4:55pm ................Songs of Praise

8:30am ................Gimme a Break

3:35pm ........Midsomer Murders

5:30pm ......BBC News; Regional News and Weather

9:00am ........Dick & Dom Go Wild

5:35pm ..............................Weather

9:30am ..........................Cop School

5:35pm ..............London Tonight

6:00pm ....................Nigel Slater’s Simple Suppers

10:00am ..............Something for the Weekend

5:50pm ............................ITV News and Weather

11:30am ..............Film 2011 with Claudia Winkleman

6:05pm ........Harry Hill’s TV Burp 6:35pm ..................Dancing on Ice

12:00pm ............In a Lonely Place 1:30pm ....................Live Athletics 5:00pm ....................................Coast 5:20pm ..................Attenborough and the Giant Egg

6:30pm ................The Boat That Guy Built 7:00pm ........................Countryfile

The Sky at Night 11:25pm, BBC1 The Sky At Night celebrates its 700th episode with a very special programme.

At his home in Selsey, Sir Patrick Moore is joined by special guests including: Professor Brian Cox; impressionist and amateur astronomer Jon Culshaw; and Lord Martin Rees, the Astronomer Royal.

Their task is to answer some of the many questions which The Sky At Night’s audience have submitted over the past six months.

The Sky At Night was first broadcast on 24 April 1957

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8:00pm ......Antiques Roadshow

6:20pm ..........Finding Neverland

9:00pm ......................South Riding

8:00pm ..............................Top Gear

10:00pm ....BBC News; Regional News and Weather

9:00pm ......................Wonders of the Universe

10:25pm ..........................Outcasts

10:00pm ....Match of the Day 2

11:25pm ..........The Sky at Night

11:00pm ........ICC Cricket World Cup Highlights

12:05am ..................Reggie Perrin 12:35am ..................Weatherview

and has been on the air ever since, with Sir Patrick Moore as its presenter. It has an unbeaten record as the world’s longest-running series. Over the years, viewers have often written to Patrick with questions about astronomy. On a couple of occasions Patrick has apologised for not being able to write back to everyone, but now the viewers get to put Patrick and his team on the spot.

More than one thousand questions have been submitted by viewers online under the categories listed: Observing, The Solar System, Space Missions, Manned Space Flight, Cosmology, The Bizarre, The Unexplained and The Sky At Night Programme. The questions range from asking about life elsewhere to when man will reach Mars and what it’s like to be in space. The most popular section has been Cosmology, with questions

that are certain to tantalise the experts, such as: “If space is expanding, what is it expanding into?” and “Why is the expansion of the Universe getting faster?”

Patrick also has a close encounter with his younger self from 1982 when The Sky At Night celebrated its 25th anniversary, and the year when he found a piece of the Barwell meteorite in an Oxfordshire field.

The Sky at Night is a monthly documentary television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC. The show has had the same permanent presenter, Sir Patrick Moore, from its first airing on 24 April 1957, making it the longest-running programme with the same presenter in television history.

The programme’s opening and closing theme music is “At the Castle Gate”, from the incidental music to Pelléas et Mélisande by Jean Sibelius.

12:35am ....................Lead Balloon 1:10am ..............Faulks on Fiction 2:10am ............................Holby City 3:10am ................................Imagine 4:10am ............................BBC News 4:30am ..............................HARDtalk 5:00am ............The World Today 5:30am ................World Business Report

8:30pm ....................Wild at Heart 9:30pm ................Dancing on Ice: The Skate Off

12:00am ..............Fast and Loose

10:05pm ..........................ITV News and Weather

12:30am ................Zidane: a 21st Century Portrait

10:19pm ..........London Weather

2:00am ............................BBC News

10:20pm ..............My Dad’s Army

2:30am ..............Dateline London

11:20pm ....................Premiership Rugby Union

3:00am ............................BBC News

12:20am ......ITV News Headlines

3:30am ........The Record Europe

12:20am ..........................The Zone

4:00am ............................BBC News

2:00am ................The Calcium Kid

4:10am ..........The Super League Show

3:30am .............. ITV Nightscreen

4:40am........................................Close

5:30am .......... ITV Morning News

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Sunday 06 March 6:30am ................................Sali Mali

6:00am ............................Peppa Pig

6:00am ............Aerobics Oz Style

6:00am ..................Hour of Power

6:00am ........Nothing to Declare

6:35am ..........................The Hoobs

6:05am ............................Roary the Racing Car

6:30am ....................Football First

7:00am ..............Best of Oops TV

8:00am ....................Football First

8:00am ..............................Lion Man

7:00am ............................The Jerry Springer Show

6:15am Fifi and the Flowertots

9:30am ........................The Sunday Supplement

9:00am ......Football’s Next Star

11:00am ............Goals on Sunday

12:00pm ..................The Real A&E

7:00am ........FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 7:30am ..That Paralympic Show

6:25am ......................Fireman Sam

7:55am ............................The Crush 8:20am ..................................Friends

6:40am ......................Miss Spider’s Sunny Patch Friends

8:50am ..................................Friends

6:50am ..........................The Beeps

9:25am ..............................Hollyoaks

7:00am ................................Mio Mao

11:55am ...................................... Glee

7:10am ......................................Chiro

3:30pm ..........................Live Super Sunday

12:55pm ................The Simpsons

7:15am ....Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs

6:30pm ......................Live Spanish Football

7:30am ....Make Way for Noddy

8:00pm ...................... Live Spanish Football

1:25pm.................... The Simpsons 1:55pm ..........................Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals

7:45am.......................... Igam Ogam

1:00pm ..........................Live Super Sunday

10:00pm ............ Football Special

10:00am ..........WWE Superstars 1:00pm ..A Town Called Eureka 2:00pm ............................Futurama

7:30am ............................The Jerry Springer Show

8:00pm ................Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands

8:00am ....................................Maury

9:00pm .................... Being Human

9:00am ................Four Weddings

10:00pm ......................Family Guy

10:00am ..............Four Weddings

10:20pm ......................Family Guy

12:00pm ........................Loch Ness

10:45pm ..............American Dad!

2:00pm ........Nothing to Declare

11:05pm ..............American Dad!

3:30pm ........................Emergency Animal Rescue

2:30pm ........Nothing to Declare

11:30pm ..................Being Human

3:00pm ................Passport Patrol

4:00pm ..............UK Border Force

4:00pm ..RSPCA Animal Rescue

12:25am ..............Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands

5:00pm ..................The Simpsons

4:30pm .. RSPCA Animal Rescue

5:30pm ..................The Simpsons

3:00pm ........................Emergency Animal Rescue

2:25pm ..........................Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals

7:55am ....................Little Princess 8:10am ..................Hana’s Helpline

11:30pm ..........Scottish Premier League Football

6:00pm .................... Live to Dance

5:00pm ................America’s Next Top Model

2:55pm ..........................Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals

8:20am ..............The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky

12:30am ......................Champions League Weekly

7:00pm ..........................The Middle

6:00pm ........................Fat Families

7:30pm ................Modern Family

7:00pm ..........Four Weddings US

1:00am ..............Spanish Football

8:00pm ......................Raising Hope

8:00pm ....................Cougar Town

2:30am ................Football Special

8:30pm ..................The Simpsons

8:30pm ..............Hot in Cleveland

3:30pm ..........................Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals

8:30am ..................................Family!

7:00pm ......................The World’s Strictest Parents

1:25am ........................The World’s Strictest Parents 2:25am.................. Coming of Age 2:55am ........................The Big Fat Truth About Low Fat Foods 3:55am ........................The World’s Worst Place to Be Gay

3:55pm ..........................Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals

8:40am ..........Milkshake Monkey 8:45am ......................Rupert Bear

9:00pm ....................Hawaii Five-0

9:00pm ................................Bedlam

4:25pm ................Deal or No Deal

4:00am ..........................Champions League Weekly

8:55am ........................Castle Farm

10:00pm ........NCIS: Los Angeles

10:00pm ..........Strictly Ballroom

4:30am .............. Spanish Football

11:00pm ................................House

11:50pm ............Grey’s Anatomy

6:00am ................Live ICC Cricket World Cup

7:10am ....................The Challenge

6:00am ..........................The X Files

6:00am ..........Coronation Street

10:15am ..Street Market Chefs

8:00am...................... High Altitude

7:00am ..........................The X Files

8:10am ........................Emmerdale

10:45am ................Stansted: The Inside Story

12:00pm ............Live ICC Cricket World Cup

9:00am ....................Dragons’ Den

8:00am ..........................The X Files

11:00am ........Coronation Street

10:00am ............................Top Gear

9:00am ..........................The X Files

1:25pm ....................American Idol

11:00am ..................................Speed

10:00am........ Star Trek: Voyager

2:55pm ....................American Idol

11:30am ..................................Speed

11:00am ........Star Trek: Voyager

4:25pm ......................Take Me Out

12:00pm ............................Top Gear

12:00pm ......Star Trek: Voyager

5:35pm ....................Jurassic Park

2:00pm ....................................Speed

1:00pm .......... Star Trek: Voyager

2:30pm .................................... Speed

2:00pm .......... Star Trek: Voyager

8:00pm ..........................OMG! With Peaches Geldof

8:00pm.......................... ICC Cricket World Cup

3:00pm............................ Fifth Gear

3:00pm ............................................24

10:00pm ..........................School of Hard Knocks

3:30pm ..........The Gadget Show

4:00pm ............................................24

4:00pm .............................. Top Gear

5:00pm ............................................24

11:00pm ......................ICC Cricket World Cup

5:00pm ..............................Top Gear

6:00pm ............................................24

6:00pm ...................... Traffic Cops

7:00pm ............................................24

6:30pm ......................Traffic Cops

5:30pm ..........................Time Team

9:00am ......................................Olivia

4:55am ................Coming of Age 5:25am ......................................Close

9:15am ..........The Mr Men Show 9:30am ......The Milkshake! Show 10:00am ..........................Zoo Days

11:45am ..........Cowboy Builders

5:30pm ........................Wild Spirits

6:30pm ..............Channel 4 News

12:45pm ..........Cowboy Builders

6:00pm ..................Canter Banter

6:55pm ......................4thought.tv

1:50pm .................... Freaky Friday

7:00pm ........Come Dine with Me

3:35pm .................................. 5 News

8:00pm ............Civilization: Is the West History?

3:45pm ................................SPYkids

9:00pm ................Country House Rescue

8:00pm ........................Royal Navy Caribbean Patrol

10:00pm ............Mr & Mrs Smith

9:00pm ........................Bulletproof

12:15am ....Elbow: Album Chart Show Special

10:45pm ........................Stir Crazy

12:45am ......Album Chart Show Introduces: The Pierces

1:10am ......................SuperCasino

1:00am ......................4Play: British Sea Power 1:15am ..........................Going Back 2:05am ....The Fairy Jobmother 3:00am ..........................The Family 3:55am ..............Without a Trace 4:40am ..................................Reaper

5:35pm ......................Superman III

12:55am ..................Cops in Crisis

6:30pm ..........This Week In WWE 7:00pm ............Scottish Premier League Football

1:00am ........Watersports World

4:05am ....................Brian Sewell’s Grand Tour

7:00pm Bang Goes the Theory

8:00pm ............................Inside the Actors Studio

7:40pm ........Would I Lie to You?

9:00pm ..........Iron Jawed Angels

4:50am ....Animal Rescue Squad

8:20pm ............................................QI

11:20pm ......................Entourage

10:00pm ..................Secret Diary of a Call Girl

5:00am ................Hana’s Helpline

9:00pm ......................Little Britain

5:10am ......The Milkshake! Show

9:40pm ......................Little Britain

11:55pm ..................How to Make It in America

10:30pm ....................The Bourne Identity

12:40am ........Iron Jawed Angels

12:50am ................Dancing on Ice

3:00am ..........Boardwalk Empire

2:35am ................Dancing on Ice: The Skate Off

5:35am ..........Thomas & Friends 5:45am ....Roary the Racing Car

5:25am ........................Countdown

04 March 2011 - 10 March 2011

10:20pm .................... Little Britain 2:00am ............................School of Hard Knocks

11:00pm ....................Little Britain 11:40pm ....................Little Britain

4:10am ....................How to Make It in America

9:00pm ............................Benidorm

3:05am ....................American Idol

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6:00am ............................Breakfast

6:00am ....................Children’s TV

6:00am ............................Daybreak

9:15am ......................Heir Hunters

7:45am ................................Eliot Kid

8:30am ................................Lorraine

10:00am .... BBC News; Weather

8:00am ....................Paradise Cafe

9:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show

10:00am ................Homes Under the Hammer

8:30am ............................LazyTown

10:30am ..................This Morning 12:30pm ................ Loose Women

11:00am ..........Wreck or Ready?

8:55am ....Octonauts: Creature Reports

11:30am .... BBC News; Weather

8:55am ....................Numberjacks

11:30am ............Cash in the Attic

9:10am ................................Dip Dap

12:15pm ..................Bargain Hunt

9:10am ........The Koala Brothers

1:55pm ....................London News and Weather

1:00pm ...... BBC News; Weather

9:25am ..................Big Barn Farm

2:00pm ..........................House Gift

1:30pm ..................Regional News and Weather

9:40am ......Little Human Planet

3:00pm ..............................The Alan Titchmarsh Show

1:45pm ................................Doctors

9:55am ............................3rd & Bird

2:15pm Escape to the Country

10:05am ........Postman Pat: SDS

3:00pm ..........................BBC News; Weather; Regional News

10:20am ..................................Pingu

3:05pm ............The Smokehouse

10:25am ..................Chuggington: Badge Quest

3:35pm ........Deadly 60 Bite Size

10:25am ....................64 Zoo Lane

3:40pm ......Richard Hammond’s Blast Lab: The Experiments

10:45am ..........................Waybuloo

3:40pm ..........................Deadly Art 4:00pm .. The Big Performance 4:30pm ......................Helen’s High Wire Bootcamp: Blue Peter Special

11:05am .... In the Night Garden 11:35am ..............Meerkat Manor 12:00pm ....................Daily Politics 12:30pm ..........................GMT with George Alagiah 1:45pm ....To Buy or Not to Buy

5:00pm ........................Newsround

2:30pm ..............Nature’s Top 40

5:15pm ......................Weakest Link

3:00pm ..................................Flog It!

6:00pm ..............................Weather

3:45pm ..........Helicopter Heroes

6:00pm ............................ BBC News

4:30pm ........................Cash in the Celebrity Attic

6:30pm ..........BBC London News 7:00pm ..................The One Show 7:30pm ..........................BBC News; Regional News 7:30pm ............................Inside Out

3:59pm ............London Weather 4:00pm ........Midsomer Murders 5:00pm ..........................The Chase 6:00pm ..............................Weather 6:00pm .............. London Tonight 6:30pm ............................ ITV News and Weather 7:00pm ........................Emmerdale 7:30pm ..........Coronation Street 8:00pm ............................The Lakes 8:30pm ..........Coronation Street 9:00pm ..............Law & Order: UK

1:00pm ............Diagnosis Murder

4:55pm ............ Shaun the Sheep

6:30pm ..............................Weather

5:15pm .............. Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 6:00pm ............................Eggheads 6:30pm ..................Royal Upstairs Downstairs

8:00pm ........................EastEnders

7:00pm ..................Parents Under Pressure

10:00pm ....................ITV News at Ten and Weather

8:30pm ....................Smoking and the Bandits: Panorama

8:00pm ....University Challenge

10:30pm ................London News and Weather

9:00pm ..............Motorway Cops 10:00pm ........................BBC News 10:25pm ..............Regional News and Weather

8:30pm ............Raymond Blanc’s Kitchen Secrets 9:00pm ................When Teenage Meets Old Age

10:35pm ........Mrs Brown’s Boys

10:00pm ....................Never Mind the Buzzcocks

11:05pm ..................Late Kick Off

10:30pm ......................Newsnight

11:35pm ....................The Graham Norton Show

11:20pm ........ICC Cricket World Cup Highlights

12:25am ..The Apprentice USA

12:20am ..............An Island Parish

1:05am ....................Weatherview

12:50am ........................BBC World News America

1:05am ......The Apprentice USA

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9:45am ..........................Big & Small

1:30pm ............................ITV News and Weather

10:35pm ........New Homes from Hell 2009 11:35pm ..............River Monsters 12:30am ......ITV News Headlines 12:30am ..........................The Zone 2:35am ............UEFA Champions League Weekly 3:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show 3:55am .............. ITV Nightscreen 5:30am .......... ITV Morning News

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Monday 07 March 6:10am ........The Treacle People

6:00am ..........Thomas & Friends

6:20am ..........................The Hoobs

6:10am ....Roary the Racing Car

6:45am ..........................The Hoobs

6:20am ..............The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky

7:15am ............ Freshly Squeezed 7:40am ............Everybody Loves Raymond

6:35am ......................Elmo’s World

8:05am ..................................Frasier

6:50am ............................Peppa Pig

8:35am ............According to Jim

6:55am.................... Little Princess

9:05am ..............Supernanny USA

7:15am ............The Mr Men Show

10:00am .............. The Good Wife

7:30am .......... Thomas & Friends

10:55am ..............Relocation: Phil Down Under 12:00pm ........................Channel 4 News Summary

6:00am ..................Good Morning Sports Fans

6:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse

6:00am ........Nothing to Declare

7:00pm ....................Working Girls

7:00am ..................My Pet Shame

6:30am ........Nothing to Declare

7:00am ..................Good Morning Sports Fans

8:00am ..........................Top Design

7:00am ............................The Jerry Springer Show

8:00pm ......................Hotter Than My Daughter

8:00am ..........................Champions League Weekly

10:00am............................ Lie to Me

8:30am ................Live ICC Cricket World Cup

9:00am ....................The Real A&E 11:00am ..................The Filth Files 12:00pm ............................Oops TV

9:00pm ......................How to Live with Women

8:00am ....................................Maury

10:00pm ......................EastEnders

9:00am ................America’s Next Top Model

10:30pm ..................Being Human

5:30pm ........................Netbusters

1:00pm ....................The Real A&E

6:00pm ..The Sky Sports Years

2:00pm ..................Stargate SG-1

7:00pm ..........................Sky Sports News at Seven

3:00pm ..................Stargate SG-1

7:45am ....Make Way for Noddy 8:00am ........................Fifi and the Flowertots

7:30pm ......................Live Monday Night Football

4:30pm ............................Futurama

12:00pm ........................CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

5:00pm ..................The Simpsons

3:00pm ..................Criminal Minds

5:30pm ............................Futurama

4:00pm ..............................Charmed

6:00pm ..............................Oops TV

5:00pm ..............................Charmed

6:30pm ..................The Simpsons

6:00pm ................America’s Next Top Model

8:15am ............................Peppa Pig

12:05pm ........ The TV Book Club

8:20am ............................Peppa Pig

10:30pm ............................The Sky Sports Years

12:30pm ..................Death Drums along the River

8:25am ..........Milkshake Monkey

11:30pm ......................Netbusters

8:30am ....Roary the Racing Car

12:00am ................ SPL Round-Up

2:05pm ................Cookery School

8:40am ................Hana’s Helpline

3:10pm ........................Countdown

8:50am ....................The WotWots

12:30am ..............................Monday Night Football

5:00pm ........Come Dine with Me

9:00am ................Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

1:30am ........................Soccer AM: The Best Bits

5:30pm ..........................Coach Trip

9:15am ............The Wright Stuff

2:30am ............Sports Unlimited

4:00pm ..............................Oops TV

8:00pm ..........................Road Wars

8:30pm ......................The Lock Up

7:30am ............................The Jerry Springer Show

10:00am ..............Four Weddings 11:00am ................................Maury

11:30pm ......................Family Guy 12:15am ......................How to Live with Women 1:15am ......................Hotter Than My Daughter

9:00pm ........................Ross Kemp: Extreme World

7:00pm ............Ghost Whisperer

10:00pm ....................A League of Their Own

9:00pm ................America’s Next Top Model

11:00pm ..................Inside: Gangs Behind Bars

10:00pm .............................. Bedlam

7:10am ........................Whose Line Is It Anyway?

6:00am ..........................The X Files

6:00am ..........Coronation Street

6:30am ..........Kings of the Snow

7:00am ..........Star Trek: Voyager

6:50am ........................Emmerdale

7:00am ..........WWE: Bottom Line

8:00am .................... Dragons’ Den

8:00am ............................................ 24

7:15am ....................Loose Women

8:00am ................Football Special

9:00am .............................. Top Gear

9:00am ............................................ ER

8:05am ........................ Judge Judy

9:30am ............Scottish Premier League Football

11:00am ..................Dragons’ Den

10:00am............ thirtysomething

12:00pm ............................Top Gear

11:00am ........................The X Files

9:25am ....The Real Housewives of Orange County

10:30am ......Champions League Weekly

2:00pm............................ Fifth Gear

12:00pm ......Star Trek: Voyager

10:30am ......................Judge Judy

5:00pm ........................5 News at 5

2:30pm ..........The Gadget Show

12:00pm ......Coronation Street

9:00pm ............................One Born Every Minute

5:30pm ........................Neighbours

1:00pm ............................................24

11:00am ............Spanish Football

3:00pm ................Seaside Rescue

1:00pm ........................ Emmerdale

6:00pm ..............Home and Away

2:00pm ............................................ER

4:00pm ..............................Top Gear

6:25pm ..................................OK! TV

3:00pm ..............thirtysomething

10:00pm ..............Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazak

12:30pm ......Champions League Weekly

6:00pm ..........................Fifth Gear

7:00pm ........................5 News at 7

4:00pm ..........................The X Files

1:30pm ........................The Jeremy Kyle Show

1:00pm ................Football Special

6:30pm ..........The Gadget Show

7:30pm ................5 News Update

2:30pm ............Scottish Premier League Football

5:00pm ..........Star Trek: Voyager

7:00pm ................Seaside Rescue

3:40pm ....The Real Housewives of Orange County

6:00pm ............................................ER

7:30pm ................Seaside Rescue

4:40pm .................. Loose Women

8:00pm ........................5 News at 9

3:30pm................Spanish Football

11:40pm ....................Nacho Libre

7:00pm ............................Inside the Actors Studio

5:40pm ........................ Judge Judy

1:20am ..........Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day

8:00pm ..........The Gadget Show

5:00pm ..............Soccer AM: The Best Bits

8:00pm ....................Dragons’ Den

9:00pm ........................Royal Navy Caribbean Patrol

6:00pm ................Thinking Tackle

3:55pm ................Deal or No Deal

6:00pm ..................The Simpsons 6:30pm ............................Hollyoaks

11:05am ............Build a New Life in the Country

3:30am ........Watersports World 4:30am ..........................Max Power

8:00pm ....................................Nikita

11:00pm ..............Criminal Minds

1:45am ......................The Lock Up 2:15am ..............Is Oral Sex Safe?

3:15am ......................Working Girls 4:10am...................... Being Human

12:05pm ........Meals in Moments 12:10pm ..............................5 News 12:15pm.................................. House 1:15pm .............. Home and Away 1:45pm ........................Neighbours 2:15pm ..........The Vanessa Show 7:00pm ..............Channel 4 News 7:55pm ......................4thought.tv 8:00pm ........Dispatches: Selling Off Britain

2:15am ......................Royal Deaths and Diseases 3:10am ....................................Codex

3:05pm ....Animal Rescue Squad 3:25pm ..............Avenging Angel 5:00pm ..............................Weather

7:30pm ......How Do They Do It?

10:00pm ........................Kill Switch

4:05am ........The Bible: A History

12:00am ........Ultimate Fighting Championship

5:00am .................................. Reaper

12:55am ....................SuperCasino

5:45am ............Wogan’s Perfect Recall

3:55am ..........................Your Sport

6.30pm, BBC2 that would have hosted the visit, as well as recounting extracts from Queen Victoria’s own diaries. Meanwhile, “downstairs”, Rosemary tells the story of the household staff and, alongside food historian and chef Ivan Day, each day recreates one of the ornate dishes that would have been served to the invited monarch.

They start their journey at Chatsworth House, deep in the Derbyshire countryside. The future Queen visited Chatsworth in October of 1832 when she was just 13 years old, with her mother, the Duchess

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9:00pm ..........................Have I Got News for You

8:00pm ..........................The X Files 9:00pm ..........................Curb Your Enthusiasm

7:00pm ............................The Cube 8:00pm ...................... New You’ve Been Framed!

7:00pm ......................Bass Fishing

9:40pm ............Have I Got News for You

8:00pm ..........................ICC Cricket World Cup

10:20pm ......................Peep Show

10:15pm ..The Chris Rock Show

10:00pm ..............Celebrity Juice

10:00pm ....................Bass Fishing

10:55pm ....................Never Mind the Buzzcocks

11:00pm ................................Weeds

11:35pm ........................Have I Got News for You

11:35pm .............. Six Feet Under

10:45pm ..................Secret Diary of a Call Girl

reigning monarch, going to the houses, castles and stately homes she visited throughout her life.

Using Queen Victoria’s own diaries and other first-hand accounts of her visits, they discover the extraordinary preparations that were undertaken and exactly what happened during the visits and also explore the legacy of each visit – upstairs and downstairs.

In each programme, food historian and chef Ivan Day joins Rosemary to recreate some of the amazing dishes that would have been cooked for the Queen, in some of the most amazing Victorian kitchens in the country. From elaborately

dressed spit-roast meat and elaborately decorated fish to sumptuous puddings, Ivan and Rosemary reveal just how skilled the chefs who attended to Queen Victoria’s needs were.

In each house, Tim explores upstairs telling the story of what happened when Her Majesty came calling, from grand house makeovers to hastily refurbished beds, and from stories of the Queen bursting in on unexpecting servants to secretly using the servant’s stairs to get to her room...

Royal Upstairs Downstairs facts and trivia · Queen Victoria’s favourite drink was a mixture of claret

11:00pm ....................Boots ‘n’ All 12:00am ........................ICC Cricket World Cup

Royal Upstairs Downstairs Tim Wonnacott and Rosemary Shrager follow in the footsteps of Queen VictoriaJust what goes on behind the scenes in a stately home when a monarch pays a visit? In this new series, antiques expert Tim Wonnacott and food connoisseur Rosemary Shrager revisit a number of the castles, palaces and stately homes that Queen Victoria visited throughout her lifetime, looking into the flurry of activity that surrounded each visit.

Tim is “upstairs”, exploring the décor of the building and the lords, ladies and dignitaries

6:00am ............Aerobics Oz Style

of Kent – a year after the young princess found out she was to inherit the Crown. The four-day visit was hosted by the sixth Duke of Devonshire and was a PR exercise by Princess Victoria’s mother to introduce her to her future subjects.

Rosemary and Ivan prepare an ice cream dessert that would have been served at a Royal banquet, using an original pewter ice cream mould in the shape of a pineapple – a fruit grown in the grounds of Chatsworth.

Antiques expert Tim Wonnacott and chef Rosemary Shrager travel in the footsteps of Queen Victoria, our longest

9:35pm ..........................Curb Your Enthusiasm

8:30pm ........Harry Hill’s TV Burp 9:00pm .......... Hell’s Kitchen USA

11:15pm ......Leaving Las Vegas

and a single malt whiskey · One of the puddings served to the Queen at Stoneleigh Abbey contained Sturgeon’s bladder (the same fish that produces caviar). It was used as a gelling agent. · When she was 19, Queen Victoria was reading Oliver Twist – she was fascinated and amazed by the descriptions of the poor. · Although Queen Victoria had a personal doctor, he didn’t examine her physically during the 20 years he was employed. · Dinner was frequently a nine-course affair and could have up to 30 separate dishes!

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T U E S D A Y 6:00am ............................Breakfast

6:00am ....................Children’s TV

6:00am ............................Daybreak

9:15am ......................Heir Hunters

7:30am ................................ Bernard

8:30am ................................Lorraine

10:00am .... BBC News; Weather

7:30am ....................Muddle Earth

10:00am ................Homes Under the Hammer

7:45am ..........................Dennis and Gnasher Shorts

9:25am ........................The Jeremy Kyle Show

11:00am ..........Wreck or Ready?

7:45am ................................ Eliot Kid

12:30pm ................Loose Women

11:30am ....BBC News; Weather

8:00am ....................Paradise Cafe

11:30am ............Cash in the Attic

8:30am ............................LazyTown

1:30pm ............................ITV News and Weather

12:15pm ..................Bargain Hunt

8:55am ..........................Octonauts: Creature Reports

1:55pm ....................London News and Weather

1:30pm ..................Regional News and Weather

8:55am ....................Numberjacks

2:00pm ..........................House Gift

9:10am ................................Dip Dap

1:45pm ................................ Doctors

9:10am ........The Koala Brothers

3:00pm ....The Alan Titchmarsh Show

2:15pm Escape to the Country

9:25am ..................Big Barn Farm

3:00pm ....BBC News; Weather; Regional News

9:40am ......Little Human Planet

3:05pm ............The Smokehouse

9:55am ............................3rd & Bird

3:35pm ........Deadly 60 Bite Size

10:05am ..........Postman Pat: SDS

3:40pm ......Richard Hammond’s Blast Lab: The Experiments

10:20am .................................. Pingu

6:30pm ............................ITV News and Weather

10:25am ..................Chuggington: Badge Quest

7:00pm ........................Emmerdale

1:00pm ......BBC News; Weather

3:40pm .......................... Deadly Art 4:00pm............ Diddy Dick & Dom 4:00pm ................ Dead Gorgeous 4:30pm ......................Helen’s High Wire Walk: Blue Peter Special 4:55pm ............Shaun the Sheep 5:00pm ........................Newsround 5:15pm ......................Weakest Link 6:00pm ..............................Weather 6:00pm ............................BBC News 6:30pm ..............................Weather 6:30pm ..........BBC London News 7:00pm .................. The One Show 7:30pm ..........................BBC News; Regional News 7:30pm ........................EastEnders 8:00pm ..........................Holby City 9:00pm ..........................................Silk 10:00pm ........................BBC News

10:25am ....................64 Zoo Lane 10:45am ..........................Waybuloo 11:05am ....In the Night Garden 11:35am ..............Meerkat Manor

3:59pm ............London Weather 4:00pm ........Midsomer Murders 5:00pm ..........................The Chase 6:00pm ..............................Weather 6:00pm ..............London Tonight

7:30pm ..................Grimefighters 8:00pm ....................Lion Country 9:00pm ............Caroline Quentin: A Passage Through India

12:00pm ....................Daily Politics 12:30pm ..........................GMT with George Alagiah 1:00pm ............Diagnosis Murder 1:45pm ....To Buy or Not to Buy 2:30pm .............. Nature’s Top 40 3:00pm .................................. Flog It! 3:45pm ..........Helicopter Heroes 4:30pm ........................Cash in the Celebrity Attic 5:15pm ..............Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 6:00pm ............................Eggheads 6:30pm ..................Royal Upstairs Downstairs 7:00pm ......................Wonders of the Universe

10:00pm ....................ITV News at Ten and Weather

8:00pm ............The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best

10:30pm ................London News and Weather

9:00pm ........Horizon: Predators in your Backyard

10:35pm ................ The Big Tease 12:10am ..........................The Zone

12:25am ............................See Hear

10:00pm ............How TV Ruined Your Life

12:55am ................Human Planet

10:30pm ......................Newsnight

1:55am ................When Teenage Meets Old Age

11:20pm ......................ICC Cricket World Cup Highlights

10:25pm ..............Regional News and Weather 10:35pm ............Neighbourhood Watched 11:20pm ................Weatherview 11:20pm ..........Girls Behind Bars

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9:45am .......................... Big & Small

10:30am .................. This Morning

12:10am ......ITV News Headlines 2:15am ..............Crossing Jordan 3:00am ..............ITV Nightscreen 5:30am ..........ITV Morning News

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Tuesday 08 March 6:10am ........The Treacle People

6:00am ..........Thomas & Friends

6:20am ..........................The Hoobs

6:10am ....Roary the Racing Car

6:45am ..........................The Hoobs

6:20am ..............The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky

7:15am ............Freshly Squeezed 7:40am ............Everybody Loves Raymond 8:05am ..................................Frasier 8:35am ............According to Jim

6:00am ..................Good Morning Sports Fans

6:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse

6:00am ........Nothing to Declare

7:00pm ..................Total Wipeout

7:00am ..............................Lion Man

8:00pm ...... Snog, Marry, Avoid?

7:00am ..................Good Morning Sports Fans

8:00am ..........................Top Design

7:00am ............................The Jerry Springer Show

8:00am ........................Netbusters

6:35am ......................Elmo’s World

8:30am ................Live ICC Cricket World Cup

6:50am ............................Peppa Pig

5:30pm ......................Football Asia

9:00am ....................The Real A&E 10:00am ..........................Lie to Me 11:00am ..................The Filth Files 12:00pm ............................Oops TV 12:30pm ............................Oops TV

11:00pm ......................Family Guy

12:00pm ........................CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

11:20pm ......................Family Guy

4:30pm ............................ Futurama

1:00pm ............................CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

12:15am ....................Hotter Than My Daughter

11:00pm ....................A League of Their Own

5:00pm ..................The Simpsons

3:00pm ..................Criminal Minds

5:30pm ............................Futurama

4:00pm ..............................Charmed

12:45am ..............Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands

12:00am ..........UEFA Champions League Highlights

6:00pm ..............................Oops TV

6:00pm ................America’s Next Top Model

1:45am ................Coming of Age

6:30pm ..................The Simpsons 7:00pm.................... The Simpsons

7:00pm ............Ghost Whisperer

8:00pm .................... Live to Dance

8:00pm ....................Cougar Town

3:15am ........................How to Live with Women

9:00pm ..............Victoria Wood’s Angina Monologues

8:30pm ..............Hot in Cleveland

4:15am ......................Working Girls

9:00pm ........My Husband Is Gay

5:15am ......................................Close

10:00pm ..........Nutty Professor : the Klumps

10:00pm ....................Bridalplasty

7:10am ........................Whose Line Is It Anyway?

6:00am ..........................The X Files

6:00am ..........Coronation Street

7:00am ..........Star Trek: Voyager

6:50am ........................ Emmerdale

7:35am ........................Whose Line Is It Anyway?

8:00am ............................Inside the Actors Studio

7:15am ....................Loose Women

9:00am ............................................ER 10:00am............ thirtysomething

9:25am ....The Real Housewives of Orange County

11:00am ........................The X Files

10:30am ......................Judge Judy

12:00pm ......Star Trek: Voyager

12:00pm ......Coronation Street 1:00pm ........................Emmerdale

11:00am ..................Dragons’ Den

1:00pm ............................Inside the Actors Studio

12:00pm ............................Top Gear

2:00pm ............................................ER

1:30pm Monday Night Football

2:00pm ............................Fifth Gear

3:00pm.............. thirtysomething

3:40pm ....The Real Housewives of Orange County

7:30am ..........Thomas & Friends

7:00pm ..........................Sky Sports News at Seven

7:45am ....Make Way for Noddy

7:30pm ..................Soccer Special

3:00pm ..................Stargate SG-1

8:00am ........................ Fifi and the Flowertots

10:30pm ..........................School of Hard Knocks

4:00pm ................................Oops TV

12:05pm ....River Cottage Bites

8:10am Milkshake! Show Songs

12:15pm ........The Long Memory

8:15am ............................Peppa Pig

2:05pm ................Cookery School

8:20am ............................Peppa Pig

3:10pm ........................Countdown

8:25am............ Milkshake Monkey

3:55pm ................Deal or No Deal

8:30am ....Roary the Racing Car

5:00pm ........Come Dine with Me

8:40am ................Hana’s Helpline

2:00am ..........Revista De La Liga

5:30pm .......................... Coach Trip

8:50am ....................The WotWots

6:00pm ..................The Simpsons

9:00am ................Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

3:00am ............UEFA Champions League Highlights

12:00pm ........................Channel 4 News Summary

6:30pm ............................Hollyoaks 7:00pm ..............Channel 4 News

9:15am ............The Wright Stuff

7:55pm ......................4thought.tv

11:05am...................... Build a New Life in the Country

8:00pm ....................Gok’s Clothes Roadshow

12:05pm ........Meals in Moments

1:00am School of Hard Knocks 1:30am ..........A League Football

4:00am ..........................Revista De La Liga

1:00pm .................... The Real A&E 2:00pm ..................Stargate SG-1

12:10pm ..............................5 News

6:00am ............Aerobics Oz Style

12:15pm ..................................House

6:30am ..........Kings of the Snow

10:00pm ........................Shameless

1:15pm ..............Home and Away

7:00am ..............WWE: Afterburn

11:05pm ..........................The Big C

1:45pm ........................ Neighbours

8:00am ....The Sky Sports Years

11:45pm ...................... Facejacker

2:15pm ..........The Vanessa Show

9:00am Monday Night Football

8:00am ................Oz and James’s Big Wine Adventure

12:15am UK & Ireland Poker Tour

3:05pm ..........The Family Recipe

10:00am ......................Soccer AM: The Best Bits

8:30am............ The Gadget Show

9:00pm ............Heston’s Mission Impossible

1:15am ......................FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships

3:15pm ............Sherlock Holmes: the Royal Scandal

10:00pm ......................EastEnders 10:30pm ..............Coming of Age

7:15am ............The Mr Men Show

10:55am ................A Place in the Sun: Home or Away

9:00am ................America’s Next Top Model

9:00pm ................Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands

11:00am ................................Maury

6:00pm ..........Revista De La Liga

10:00am ..............The Good Wife

8:00am ....................................Maury

8:30pm ......................Hotter Than My Daughter

10:00am .............. Four Weddings

6:55am ..................Little Princess

9:05am ..............Supernanny USA

7:30am ............................The Jerry Springer Show

11:00am ................SPL Round-Up

5:00pm ........................5 News at 5

11:30am ..The Sky Sports Years

5:30pm ........................Neighbours

12:30pm ...................... Soccer AM: The Best Bits

9:00am ..............................Top Gear 10:00am ............................Top Gear

11:45pm ..Snog, Marry, Avoid?

2:15am ....................Total Wipeout

11:00pm ..............Criminal Minds

8:05am ........................Judge Judy

1:30pm The Jeremy Kyle Show

1:40am ..............Freesports on 4

6:00pm ..............Home and Away

2:10am ................................The Grid

6:25pm ..................................OK! TV

2:35am ......KOTV Boxing Weekly

2:30pm ........................Soccer AM: The Best Bits

2:30pm ..........The Gadget Show

4:00pm ..........................The X Files

4:40pm ..................Loose Women

7:00pm ........................5 News at 7

3:00pm ......................................Tribe

5:40pm ........................Judge Judy

7:30pm ................ 5 News Update

5:00pm ..........Star Trek: Voyager

3:30pm ........................Netbusters

4:00pm ..............................Top Gear

7:30pm ......Extraordinary Dogs

6:00pm ............................................ER

4:00pm ....The Sky Sports Years

5:00pm .............................. Top Gear

5:00pm ............Sports Unlimited

6:00pm .................... Dragons’ Den

7:00pm ............................Inside the Actors Studio

7:00pm ..................................All Star Family Fortunes

8:00pm ..................Stansted: The Inside Story

6:00pm ........................Boots ‘n’ All

7:00pm ..........................Ray Mears’ Extreme Survival

8:00pm ......Battlestar Galactica

8:00pm ......................................Tribe

10:00pm ......................Blue Bloods

10:15pm ........Revista De La Liga

9:00pm ...................................... QI XL

11:00pm ................................Treme

11:15pm ...................... ICC Cricket World Cup

10:00pm .................................... QI XL

12:15am ....Battlestar Galactica

11:00pm ....Would I Lie to You?

1:15am ........Battlestar Galactica

11:40pm ....................................QI XL

2:15am ....................................Treme

3:05am.................... Powerboating 3:35am ..........Britain’s Favourite Yacht Race 4:00am ......................Triathlon ITU World Championship Series Magazine 4:50am ............Wogan’s Perfect Recall 5:15am ..........................Bear Grylls: Born Survivor

9:00pm ............CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 10:00pm ........................CSI: Miami 10:55pm ................................CSI: NY 11:55pm ..........CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

04 March 2011 - 10 March 2011

7:00pm ..........................Live UEFA Champions League

9:00pm ......Battlestar Galactica

7:45pm ..................Diana Vickers: The Hot Desk 8:00pm ..........................OMG! With Peaches Geldof 9:00pm ............................Benidorm 9:55pm .................. The Only Way Is Essex Music Video 10:00pm ............Secret Diary of a Call Girl

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W E D N E S D A Y 6:00am ............................Breakfast

6:00am ....................Children’s TV

6:00am ............................Daybreak

9:15am ......................Heir Hunters

7:45am ................................Eliot Kid

8:30am ................................Lorraine

10:00am ....BBC News; Weather

8:00am ....................Paradise Cafe

10:00am ................Homes Under the Hammer

8:30am ............................LazyTown

9:25am ........................The Jeremy Kyle Show

8:55am ..........................Octonauts: Creature Reports

10:30am ..................This Morning

11:00am ..........Wreck or Ready?

11:30am ....BBC News; Weather

8:55am...................... Numberjacks

11:30am ............Cash in the Attic

9:10am.................................. Dip Dap

1:30pm ............................ITV News and Weather

12:15pm ..................Bargain Hunt

9:10am ........The Koala Brothers

1:00pm ......BBC News; Weather

9:25am.................... Big Barn Farm

1:30pm ..................Regional News and Weather

9:40am ...... Little Human Planet

1:45pm ................................Doctors

9:55am ............................3rd & Bird

2:15pm Escape to the Country

10:05am ........Postman Pat: SDS

3:00pm ..........................BBC News; Weather; Regional News

10:20am ..................................Pingu

3:05pm ............The Smokehouse 3:35pm ........Deadly 60 Bite Size 3:40pm ......Richard Hammond’s Blast Lab: The Experiments 3:40pm ..........................Deadly Art 4:00pm ..............Trade Your Way to the USA

Waterloo Road 8.00pm, BBC1 Bex (Tina O’Brien) confronts Karen (Amanda Burton) with the truth about her disappearance.

The truth surrounding Bex’s disappearance is finally revealed when a fellow pupil discovers a shocking secret, as the series set in a Rochdale comprehensive school continues. It sends shockwaves throughout Waterloo Road and tests Tom’s recovery when he’s forced to deal with the aftermath. Elsewhere, Sam and Finn’s mutual antagonism develops in an unexpected way, and Jonah gives Cesca a dramatic ultimatum.

Bex finally confronts Karen

Emmerdale 7:00pm, ITV1 Jimmy tells a devastated Nicola he does not feel the same way about her, and Cain seethes when Charity humiliates him in the pub.

Andy's good intentions backfire after he tries to get Alicia a job at the vet's, and Chas lets Diane know she is interested in buying the Woolpack.

UEFA Champions League Live 7:30pm, ITV1 Tottenham Hotspur v AC Milan Tottenham Hotspur v AC

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Milan (Kick-off 7.45pm).

Adrian Chiles is joined by Marcel Desailly and Gareth Southgate to present coverage of the last-16 secondleg encounter at White Hart Lane, which Spurs go into with a 1-0 lead following a fiery first leg at the San Siro, capped by a Peter Crouch goal at the end of a brilliant counter-attacking move.

Harry Redknapp's men produced a resolute defensive display against the Italian league leaders, and were able to rely on the inspired Heurelho Gomes in goal, who made two stunning saves from Mario Yepes headers, on the rare occasions their rearguard was breached.

Commentary by Clive

being a good mentor to Denzil, despite Sam assuming the worst, leading to the beginnings of an unexpected relationship when she finally realises that he is being genuine.

And Jonah is becoming increasingly frustrated with Cesca’s secrecy and issues an ultimatum – either they start acting like a real couple or it’s over.

Bex is played by Tina O’Brien, Tom by Jason Done, Sam by Holly Kenny, Finn by Jack McMullen, Jonah by Lucien Laviscount, Cesca by Karen David, Karen

by Amanda Burton, Wayne

by Qasim Akhtar and Jess

by Linzey Cocker.

Tyldesley and Andy Townsend. Subsequent programmes subject to change.

3:59pm ............ London Weather 4:00pm ........ Midsomer Murders

11:30am ....................Daily Politics 1:00pm ..............................See Hear 1:30pm ............The Hairy Bakers 1:45pm ....To Buy or Not to Buy 3:00pm ....................................Flog It!

5:00pm ........................Newsround

3:45pm ..........Helicopter Heroes

5:15pm ......................Weakest Link

4:30pm ........................Cash in the Celebrity Attic

7:30pm ..........................BBC News; Regional News

3:00pm ....The Alan Titchmarsh Show

11:00am .................................. In the Night Garden

2:30pm ..............Nature’s Top 40

7:00pm ..................The One Show

2:00pm ..........................House Gift

10:40am ..........................Waybuloo

4:30pm ..................................MI High

6:30pm ..........BBC London News

1:55pm ....................London News and Weather

10:25am .................... 64 Zoo Lane

4:30pm ..........Diddy Dick & Dom

6:00pm ............................BBC News

with the truth surrounding her disappearance when Wayne Bodley, a Year 11 pupil, stumbles across a compromising video of her and spreads the footage around the school. It couldn’t be a worse time for Bex, as she prepares her speech on the day of the head pupil elections, and it’s left to a still-fragile Tom to get to the bottom of Wayne’s behaviour.

Matters become even more complicated when Bex discovers the true identity of Jess’s new boyfriend, prompting a reluctant decision to run away from home yet again.

Meanwhile, Finn is intent on

9:45am ......................Timmy Time

12:30pm ................Loose Women

5:15pm ..............Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

5:00pm .......................... The Chase

6:00pm ............................Eggheads

6:00pm .............................. Weather

6:30pm ..................Royal Upstairs Downstairs

6:00pm .............. London Tonight

7:30pm ................The Boat That Guy Built

7:00pm Escape to the Country

6:30pm ............................ ITV News and Weather

8:00pm ................ Waterloo Road

8:00pm ......................Great British Food Revival

7:00pm ........................ Emmerdale

9:00pm ........................MasterChef 10:00pm ........................BBC News

9:00pm ..............23 Week Babies: The Price of Life

10:25pm ..............Regional News and Weather

10:00pm ..............Have I Got Old News for You

10:35pm ..................The National Lottery Wednesday Night Draws

10:30pm ..........................Weather

10:45pm ..........National Lottery Update 10:45pm ..............Film 2011 with Claudia Winkleman 11:25pm ..........The Killing Fields 1:45am ................Country Tracks 2:40am ................Toughest Place to Be a Paramedic

10:30pm ......................Newsnight 11:20pm ........ICC Cricket World Cup Highlights 12:20am ..............Timeshift: The Modern Age of Coach Travel 1:20am ............................BBC News 1:30am ............ABC World News with Diane Sawyer 2:00am ............................BBC News

7:30pm ............UEFA Champions League Live 10:00pm .................... ITV News at Ten and Weather 10:30pm ................London News and Weather 10:35pm ........UEFA Champions League: Extra Time 11:35pm ............Police, Camera, Action!

12:30am ......ITV News Headlines 12:30am ..........................The Zone 2:30am ....................Timecop: the Berlin Decision 3:55am .............. ITV Nightscreen 5:30am ..........ITV Morning News

Jamie's Dream School 9:00pm, Channel 4 Jamie Oliver tackles the issue of discipline with the youngsters, while Alastair Campbell tries to get them excited about politics. Simon Callow prepares a trip to the theatre for a contemporary take on Romeo and Juliet, photographer Rankin shoots portraits of the students, and Jazzie B's tough but fair style seems to be winning over converts among the previously unengaged teenagers.

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Wednesday 09 March 6:00am ..................Good Morning Sports Fans

6:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse

6:00am ........Nothing to Declare

7:00am .............................. Lion Man

6:30am ........Nothing to Declare

7:00pm ............................Don’t Tell the Bride

6:20am ..............The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky

7:00am ..................Good Morning Sports Fans

7:30am ..............................Lion Man

7:00am ............................The Jerry Springer Show

8:00pm ......................How to Live with Women

6:35am ......................Elmo’s World

7:30am ............................The Jerry Springer Show

9:00pm ........................How Drugs Work

8:00am ....................................Maury

10:00pm........................ Severance

9:00am ................America’s Next Top Model

11:30pm ........................Family Guy

10:00am ..............Four Weddings 11:00am ................................Maury

12:15am ..............Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands

12:00pm ........................CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

1:15am ....................Being Human

6:10am ........The Treacle People

6:00am ..........Thomas & Friends

6:20am ..........................The Hoobs

6:10am ....Roary the Racing Car

6:45am ..........................The Hoobs 7:15am ............Freshly Squeezed 7:40am ..........................Everybody Loves Raymond

8:00am ......................Football Asia

8:05am ..................................Frasier

6:50am ............................Peppa Pig

8:30am ................ Live ICC Cricket World Cup

8:35am ............................According to Jim

6:55am ..................Little Princess

5:30pm ......FIFA Futbol Mundial

7:15am ............The Mr Men Show

6:00pm ........................Boots ‘n’ All

9:05am .............. Supernanny USA

7:30am ..........Thomas & Friends

10:00am .............. The Good Wife

7:45am ....Make Way for Noddy

7:00pm ............Sky Sports News at Seven

10:55am ..............Country House Rescue

8:00am ...................... Fifi and the Flowertots

12:00pm ........................Channel 4 News Summary 12:05pm ..................Drums along the Mohawk 2:05pm ................Cookery School 3:10pm ........................Countdown

8:10am Milkshake! Show Songs 8:15am ............................Peppa Pig 8:20am ............................Peppa Pig 8:25am............ Milkshake Monkey 8:30am ....Roary the Racing Car

8:00am ..........................Top Design 9:00am ....................The Real A&E 10:00am ..........................Lie to Me 11:00am ..................The Filth Files 12:00pm ............................Oops TV 1:00pm ....................The Real A&E 2:00pm ..................Stargate SG-1

7:30pm ......................Total Rugby

4:00pm ..............................Oops TV

8:00pm ..........................ICC Cricket World Cup

4:30pm ............................ Futurama

10:00pm You’re on Sky Sports!

11:50pm ......................Family Guy

2:15am ..................American Dad!

5:30pm ............................Futurama

1:00pm ............................CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

11:30pm ....Football’s Greatest

6:00pm................................ Oops TV

3:00pm ..................Criminal Minds

2:55am ..................American Dad!

12:00am ..........UEFA Champions League Highlights

6:30pm ..................The Simpsons

4:00pm ..............................Charmed

3:20am ..................American Dad!

7:00pm ..................The Simpsons

3:40am .................. American Dad!

1:00am ......FIFA Futbol Mundial

6:00pm ................America’s Next Top Model 7:00pm ............Ghost Whisperer

5:00pm ..................The Simpsons

2:35am ..................American Dad!

4:05am ..................American Dad!

8:40am ................Hana’s Helpline

1:30am ....You’re on Sky Sports!

8:00pm ................Louie Spence’s Showbusiness

8:50am ....................The WotWots

3:00am ............UEFA Champions League Highlights

9:00pm ..............An Idiot Abroad

8:00pm ..........Four Weddings US

10:00pm ........................Mad Dogs

9:00pm ....................................Bones

4:30am ................Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands

4:00am ..........................ICC Cricket World Cup

11:00pm ......................Ross Kemp: Extreme World

10:00pm ............Grey’s Anatomy

5:30am ......................................Close

6:00am ............Aerobics Oz Style

7:10am ........................Whose Line Is It Anyway?

6:00am ..........................The X Files

6:00am ........................Emmerdale

6:30am ..........Kings of the Snow

7:00am ..........Star Trek: Voyager

6:25am ..........................Nanny 911

7:00am ....................WWE Vintage Collection

7:35am ........................Whose Line Is It Anyway?

8:00am ............................Inside the Actors Studio

7:15am ....................Loose Women

8:00am ............UEFA Champions League Highlights

8:00am ............................Fifth Gear

3:05pm ..Rough Guide to Cities

8:30am ..........The Gadget Show

9:00am ............................Inside the Actors Studio

9:25am ....The Real Housewives of Orange County

3:20pm ..............Circle of Friends

9:00am ..........Revista De La Liga

9:00am ..............................Top Gear

10:00am............ thirtysomething

10:30am ......................Judge Judy

5:00pm ........................5 News at 5

10:00am ........A League Football

10:00am ............................Top Gear

11:00am ........................The X Files

12:00pm ......................Emmerdale

12:40am ........The Album Chart Show Spotlight

5:30pm ........................Neighbours

10:30am ..................Football Asia

11:00am ..................Dragons’ Den

12:00pm ......Star Trek: Voyager

12:30pm ........................Nanny 911

6:00pm ..............Home and Away 6:25pm ..................................OK! TV

11:00am ..........UEFA Champions League Highlights

12:00pm ............................Top Gear

12:55am ................Mercury Prize Sessions

1:00pm ............................Inside the Actors Studio

1:30pm ......................The Jeremy Kyle Show

7:00pm ........................5 News at 7

12:00pm ..........British Basketball

2:00pm ....................................Speed

1:10am ................Life, Death and Suffer Story

7:30pm ................5 News Update

2:00pm ............UEFA Champions League Highlights

2:40pm ........Would I Lie to You?

2:00pm ............................Inside the Actors Studio 3:00pm.............. thirtysomething

3:40pm ..............................The Real Housewives of Orange County

4:00pm ..........................The X Files

4:40pm ..................Loose Women

5:00pm ..........Star Trek: Voyager

5:40pm ........................Judge Judy

6:00pm ............................................ER

7:00pm ........Harry Hill’s TV Burp

7:00pm ............................Inside the Actors Studio

7:30pm ......................New You’ve Been Framed!

8:00pm ............................................24

8:00pm ..........................Gossip Girl

9:00pm ..................The Sopranos

9:00pm ..........................OMG! With Peaches Geldof

3:55pm ................Deal or No Deal 5:00pm ........Come Dine with Me 5:30pm ..........................Coach Trip

9:00am ................Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

6:00pm ..................The Simpsons

9:15am ............The Wright Stuff

6:30pm ............................Hollyoaks 7:00pm ..............Channel 4 News

11:05am ............Build a New Life in the Country

7:55pm ......................4thought.tv

12:05pm ........Meals in Moments

8:00pm ..............Beauty and the Beast: Ugly Face of Prejudice

12:10pm ..............................5 News

9:00pm ..................Jamie’s Dream School 10:00pm ......The Model Agency 11:05pm ........................ Shameless 12:10am ......4Music Favourites: Jessie J

12:15pm ..................................House 1:15pm.............. Home and Away 1:45pm ........................Neighbours 2:15pm ..........The Vanessa Show

1:20am .......................... One Under

7:30pm ....................Starlight: For the Children

1:45am ............................This Is Me

8:00pm ............Cowboy Builders

1:50am ................Frontier House

9:00pm ........................................NCIS

2:45am ..............Without a Trace

10:00pm ..................Law & Order: Criminal Intent

3:30am ............................Hill Street Blues 4:20am ..................................Reaper

10:55pm ..................Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

3:00pm ..........Revista De La Liga 4:00pm ............UEFA Champions League Highlights 5:00pm ............NFL: Total Access 6:00pm ..........Junior Pro Surfing 6:30pm ......................Total Rugby

1:00pm ..............................Top Gear

3:20pm ............................................QI 4:00pm ..............................Top Gear 5:00pm ..............................Top Gear 6:00pm ....................Dragons’ Den 7:00pm ........Would I Lie to You? 7:40pm ............................................QI 8:20pm ..........I’m Alan Partridge

5:10am ............Wogan’s Perfect Recall

11:55pm ..................................Poker

7:00pm ..........................Live UEFA Champions League

12:55am ....................SuperCasino

10:15pm ............Football Special

9:40pm ......Men Behaving Badly

5:35am ........................Countdown

3:55am ..........................Your Sport

11:15pm ......................ICC Cricket World Cup

10:20pm ............Mock the Week

04 March 2011 - 10 March 2011

9:00pm ......Men Behaving Badly

11:00pm ..............Criminal Minds

10:10pm ......Boardwalk Empire 11:20pm ............................Big Love

8:05am ........................Judge Judy

10:00pm ........I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

12:35am.................. The Sopranos

11:40pm ..Men Behaving Badly

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Low cost, but at what cost?

T H U R S D A Y 6:00am ............................Breakfast

6:00am ......................Children’s TV

6:00am ............................Daybreak

9:15am ......................Heir Hunters

7:45am..................................Eliot Kid

8:30am ................................Lorraine

10:00am ........................BBC News; Weather

8:00am......................Paradise Cafe

9:25am ........................The Jeremy Kyle Show

10:00am ................Homes Under the Hammer

8:55am ..........................Octonauts: Creature Reports

10:30am ..................This Morning

11:00am ..........Wreck or Ready?

8:55am...................... Numberjacks

11:30am ....BBC News; Weather

9:10am ................................Dip Dap

1:30pm ............................ITV News and Weather

11:30am ............Cash in the Attic

9:10am ........The Koala Brothers

12:15pm ..................Bargain Hunt

9:25am.................... Big Barn Farm

8:30am ............................LazyTown

1:00pm ......BBC News; Weather

9:40am ......Little Human Planet

I HAVE had a lovely week with my family.

My big sister Lorraine, and niece Emma, were in Tenerife for the second time in a month.

1:30pm ..................Regional News and Weather

9:45am ......................Timmy Time

And, like everyone who visits the Island, they have fallen in love with the place. While waiting at the airport last Saturday for their arrival, I was expecting smiles as they made their way out of baggage reclaim.

But as soon as I set eyes on the pair, I knew instantly something was wrong. After a 4½hour journey from Dublin, they were as mad as hell. They simply wanted to get into the apartment to chill.

When we finally got back and sorted out the rooms and luggage, they breathed a sigh of relief and started to tell me the story of what happened at Dublin airport, after they had travelled down from Belfast.

They booked their flights four weeks ago at a cost of 32 euros, which was obviously a bargain. They are frequent fliers around the world and always go through the airlines internet sites when booking with a fine tooth comb.

One checked in a bag which is allowed to weigh 15 kilos, at a price of 15 euros, and there was a bag each for hand luggage. All done and dusted, they made their way to Dublin overnight as the flight was at 6-10am.

My sister is a little older than me, so I know her well and nothing really annoys her. But I could see the blood starting to boil as she carried on with the story.

The flight was full, so the check-in line was long and, after a long wait, they got to the desk. Like all of us, they find something to weigh the baggage going into the hold before leaving home, and the bathroom scales are usually a godsend for most people.

The weight of the bag was 13 kilos at their home, and they checked it a number of times.

But for some reason at Dublin airport, the bag weighed in at 17 kilos!

3:35pm ............................Deadly 60 Bite Size

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1:45pm ................................Doctors 2:15pm ............................Escape to the Country 3:00pm ....BBC News; Weather; Regional News 3:05pm ............ The Smokehouse

The duration of the trip from Belfast to Dublin is one hour, so what was it that opened the case by knowing the number on the safety lock, and then crawled into the case without my sister or niece seeing?

When told now they were over by two kilos, they were hit with another bill of 40 euros for being overweight.

My niece has told me that Lorraine’s face was a picture when told of this stupid further cost. So they used their brains and opened their case.

They took out two dresses and a pair of pyjamas and put the items in their hand luggage.

Remember, at this time, the check-in desk people also had a look at their hand luggage and were happy with what they were carrying onboard. The case was weighed again and it came in at 15.2 kilos. The staff said that was fine and no charge was put on. I have seen the dresses and pyjamas for myself and they weigh nothing!

So I am questioning the set-up of the airlines scales.

Happy with having no further cost to their trip, they made their way to the departure gate ready for a week’s holiday.

The upset was still on their minds, however, and they told me that they were looking at others carry on luggage and could not believe what some were getting away with.

How they got through checkin with these obviously outsized luggage carriers was beyond belief. But, like all us, they just thought: “Good luck to them.”

As the flight was called to board, everyone lined up in the usual disorderly queue like cattle. At this point, my sister noticed the lady from check-in eye-balling her and saying something to the other member of staff collecting boarding cards.

As they got to her, there was a long silence as both staff

looked at their carry-on luggage. The lady who had weighed the hold bag stood there with a smile on her face as the other staff member asked my sister and niece to put their bags in the cabin baggage checker.

Now, let’s face facts. The only bag that will fit into these things is a crisp bag! And even then, it would have to be empty. It was only my sister’s bag they checked because they let everyone else with what looked like wheelbarrows through to the airplane to take a seat.

With a smile on her face, the staff member said: “You will have to check the bag in again and put it in hold.”

After it was checked in, they were then told: “That will be 70 euros please.” You can imagine what was on the minds of my family. The bag was already down the belt before being told about the extra cost.

To me, this is an obvious example of singling someone out, just because they took two dresses and a pair of pyjamas out when not wanting to pay extra at check in.

It makes me sick that tactics like this are used by people who are there to help. But when knocked in the face by someone with the brains to work out legally how not to incur an extra cost, they turn into jobsworths!

I am not going to name and shame the airline in question, but the girls are thankful their return journey is with Aer Lingus this weekend as they use the same bags with this lovely carrier all the time.

Low-cost airlines no longer exist, in my opinion!

Apart from that, we have all had a lovely week and we will miss Lorraine and Emma. See you soon and I love you both very much. From your brother and uncle … always.

Joe

10:25am ..................Chuggington: Badge Quest 10:25am ....................64 Zoo Lane 10:45am.......................... Waybuloo 11:05am ....In the Night Garden 12:00pm ....................Daily Politics

4:00pm ......................Prank Patrol

12:30pm ..........................GMT with George Alagiah 1:00pm ............ Diagnosis Murder 1:45pm .... To Buy or Not to Buy

4:30pm ..........Serious Explorers: Livingstone

2:30pm ..............Nature’s Top 40

5:00pm ........................Newsround

3:45pm ..........Helicopter Heroes

5:15pm ......................Weakest Link

4:30pm ........................Cash in the Celebrity Attic

6:30pm ..............................Weather

3:00pm ....The Alan Titchmarsh Show

10:20am .................................. Pingu

11:35am ..............Meerkat Manor

6:00pm ............................BBC News

2:00pm .......................... House Gift

10:05am ........Postman Pat: SDS

3:40pm .......................... Deadly Art

6:00pm ..............................Weather

1:55pm ....................London News and Weather

9:55am ............................ 3rd & Bird

3:40pm............ Diddy Dick & Dom

4:30pm ......Richard Hammond’s Blast Lab: The Experiments

12:30pm ................Loose Women

3:00pm ..................................Flog It!

5:15pm ..............Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

3:59pm ............ London Weather 4:00pm ........Midsomer Murders

6:30pm ..........BBC London News

5:00pm ..........................The Chase

7:00pm ..................The One Show

6:00pm ..............................Weather

7:30pm ..........................BBC News; Regional News

6:00pm ..............London Tonight 6:30pm ............................ ITV News and Weather

7:30pm ........................EastEnders 8:00pm ................Bang Goes the Winter Weather Special

6:00pm ............................ Eggheads

9:00pm ....................Comic Relief: Famous, Rich and in the Slums

6:30pm ..................Royal Upstairs Downstairs

10:00pm ........................BBC News

8:00pm ........................ A Farmer’s Life for Me

7:00pm ..........The Culture Show

7:00pm ........................Emmerdale 7:30pm ..............Make Your Own School: Tonight 8:00pm ........................Emmerdale 8:30pm ..........Coronation Street 9:00pm ................................Monroe

10:25pm ..............Regional News and Weather

9:00pm ........The British at Work

10:35pm ..............Question Time

10:00pm ............Mock the Week

11:35pm ..................................Skiing Weatherview

10:30pm ..........................Weather

10:30pm ................London News and Weather

10:30pm ......................Newsnight

11:35pm ........................This Week

10:35pm ........................Benidorm

11:20pm ......................ICC Cricket World Cup Highlights

11:35pm ..........Send in the Dogs

10:00pm .................... ITV News at Ten and Weather

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Thursday 10 March 6:00am ..................Good Morning Sports Fans

6:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse

6:00am ........Nothing to Declare

7:00am ..............................Lion Man

6:30am ........Nothing to Declare

6:20am ..............The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky

7:00am ..................Good Morning Sports Fans

8:00am ..........................Top Design

7:00am ............................The Jerry Springer Show

8:05am .................................. Frasier

6:35am ......................Elmo’s World

8:35am ............ According to Jim

6:50am ............................Peppa Pig

8:30am ................Live ICC Cricket World Cup

9:05am .............. Supernanny USA

6:55am ..................Little Princess

5:30pm ........ Football’s Greatest

10:00am .............. The Good Wife

7:15am ............The Mr Men Show

6:00pm ..............................Ringside

10:55am ..The Restoration Man

7:30am ..........Thomas & Friends 7:45am ....Make Way for Noddy

7:00pm ......................Live Premier League Darts

12:00pm ........................Channel 4 News Summary 12:05pm ....River Cottage Bites

the Flowertots

12:15pm ......................Sea of Sand

8:15am ............................Peppa Pig

2:05pm ................Cookery School

8:20am ............................Peppa Pig

3:10pm ........................Countdown 3:55pm ................ Deal or No Deal

8:30am ............................ Roary the Racing Car

5:00pm ........Come Dine with Me

8:40am ................Hana’s Helpline

5:30pm .......................... Coach Trip

8:50am ....................The WotWots

6:00pm ..................The Simpsons

9:00am ................Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

6:20am ..........................The Hoobs

6:00am ..........Thomas & Friends

6:45am ..........................The Hoobs

6:10am ....Roary the Racing Car

7:15am ............Freshly Squeezed 7:40am ............Everybody Loves Raymond

8:00am .................................. Fifi and

8:00am ........Football’s Greatest

9:00am .................... The Real A&E 10:00am ..........................Lie to Me 11:00am ..................The Filth Files 12:00pm ............................Oops TV 12:30pm ............................Oops TV 1:00pm ....................The Real A&E 2:00pm ..................Stargate SG-1

10:30pm ............................Ringside

3:00pm ..................Stargate SG-1

11:30pm ............The Rugby Club

4:00pm ..............................Oops TV 4:30pm ............................Futurama

7:00pm ..............................Top Gear

7:30am ............................The Jerry Springer Show 8:00am ....................................Maury 9:00am ................America’s Next Top Model 10:00am ..............Four Weddings 11:00am ................................Maury 12:00pm ........................CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

5:00pm ..................The Simpsons

1:00pm ............................CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

5:30pm ............................Futurama

3:00pm ..................Criminal Minds

6:00pm ..............................Oops TV

4:00pm.............................. Charmed

6:30pm ..................The Simpsons

5:00pm ..............................Charmed

7:00pm ..................The Simpsons

6:00pm ................America’s Next Top Model

9:00pm ....................Working Girls

8:00pm ....................Hawaii Five-0 9:00pm ......Thorne: Sleepyhead

7:00pm ............Ghost Whisperer

10:30pm ............Lunch Monkeys

9:15am ............The Wright Stuff

10:00pm ................................House

8:00pm ..................Criminal Minds

11:00pm ......................Family Guy

11:05am ..........Cowboy Builders

11:00pm ........NCIS: Los Angeles

9:00pm ....................................Ghost

11:20pm ......................Family Guy

11:25pm ..............................Bedlam

11:45pm ..................Working Girls

7:10am ........................Whose Line Is It Anyway?

6:00am .......................... The X Files

6:00am ........................Emmerdale

7:00am ..........Star Trek: Voyager

6:25am .......................... Nanny 911

8:00am ............................Fifth Gear

7:15am ....................Loose Women

12:05pm ........Meals in Moments

8:00pm ................Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands 10:00pm ......................EastEnders

12:10pm ..............................5 News 12:15pm ..................................House 1:15pm ..............Home and Away

6:00am ............Aerobics Oz Style 6:30am ................................Kings of the Snow

1:45pm ........................Neighbours 2:15pm .......... The Vanessa Show 3:05pm ......................Rough Guide to Beaches 6:30pm ............................Hollyoaks

3:20pm ........Lies and Deception

7:00pm ................Channel 4 News

5:00pm ..............................Weather

7:55pm ......................4thought.tv

5:00pm ........................5 News at 5

8:00pm ........................Relocation, Relocation

5:15pm ........................Neighbours

9:00pm ....Love Thy Neighbour 10:00pm ..............10 O’Clock Live 11:05pm .... Friday Night Dinner 11:35pm ........................The Ricky Gervais Show

5:45pm ..........Live UEFA Europa League Football 8:05pm ..........Emergency Bikers

7:00am ............WWE: Experience

8:30am ..........The Gadget Show

8:00am ............................Inside the Actors Studio

8:00am ............UEFA Champions League Highlights

9:00am ..............................Top Gear

9:00am ............................................ER

10:00am ............................Top Gear

10:00am ..........thirtysomething

9:25am ....The Real Housewives of Orange County

9:00am ................Football Special

11:00am ..................Dragons’ Den

11:00am ........................The X Files

10:30am ......................Judge Judy

10:00am ..........................Football’s Greatest

12:00pm............................ Top Gear

12:00pm ......Star Trek: Voyager

12:00pm ...................... Emmerdale

1:00pm ..............................Top Gear

12:30pm ........................Nanny 911

10:30am ..........................Inside the PGA Tour

2:00pm ............................Fifth Gear

1:00pm ............................Inside the Actors Studio

2:30pm ..........The Gadget Show

2:00pm ............................................ER

3:00pm ............Ray Mears’ World of Survival

3:00pm.............. thirtysomething 4:00pm ..........................The X Files

3:40pm ....The Real Housewives of Orange County

12:00pm ............Football Special

4:00pm ..............................Top Gear

5:00pm ..........Star Trek: Voyager

4:40pm ..................Loose Women

1:00pm ......FIFA Futbol Mundial

6:00pm ............................................ER

5:40pm ........................Judge Judy

1:30pm ............UEFA Champions League Highlights

5:00pm .............................. Top Gear 6:00pm ....................Dragons’ Den 7:00pm ......................Trawlermen

6:15pm ............The Movie Show on ITV2

2:30pm ..........................Live Dubai International Racing Carnival

7:00pm ............................Inside the Actors Studio

8:00pm ..........................Hardliners

8:00pm ............................................ER 9:00pm ..................Six Feet Under

6:45pm ............Ant & Dec’s Push the Button

9:00pm ............Al Murray: Giving It Both Barrels

10:15pm........................ Entourage

10:40pm ..........Have I Got News You

10:50pm ..................How to Make It in America

11:20pm ....Al Murray: Giving It Both Barrels

11:35pm ......................Iron Jawed Angels

11:00am ..........UEFA Champions League Highlights

6:30pm ................................Premier League World

9:00pm ..........The Longest Yard

7:00pm ..........................Live World Golf Championship

11:05pm ......................Soho Blues

11:00pm ......Time of Our Lives

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8:05am ........................Judge Judy

1:30pm ......................The Jeremy Kyle Show

8:00pm ....................American Idol 10:00pm ..............Celebrity Juice 10:45pm ................The Only Way Is Essex Music Video 10:50pm ..........The Pelican Brief

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Turning the tables!

SOMETIMES, space - or rather, the lack of it can be a big issue in Tenerife homes, and that’s mainly for two reasons.

Either the property has been built as a holiday home with few cooking and dining facilities, or because, with space at a premium, the kitchen and living areas are combined.

For those of us who live in these properties, or spend more than a few days at a time living here, you may need to consider dining arrangements, without ruining the whole lay-out of your lounge.

Because of our lovely climate, it is often possible to eat outside on the terrace or in the garden, but that doesn’t mean that you always

want to do so. Certainly, for more formal occasions, or on cooler nights, you might wish to eat indoors.

I have already mentioned this particular type of table in one of my articles on space-saving, but it is so clever, that I believe it merits a second mention.

If you don’t have room to put a dining table always on show, or maybe you just don’t want to, this table can be stored in a small space, and looks like any other desk or hall unit.

In this state it is still useful, giving you a work surface of one metre by 40cm, which is perfect for using a laptop computer, for example.

It also looks like an attractive piece of furniture, and not as though it is a compromise.

So, instead of having a dining table permanently block-

ing up your lounge area, you have an attractive and useful desk.

When you want to use the table, the mechanism pulls apart to form a strong base, and the panels at the back become the surface of the dining table.

The one I have in the shop measures 1.40m by 1m when extended, which is ample for four or even six people.

But it is also possible to order models that extend to more than 2½m, which provides you with a massive table.

Imagine being able to stow the table away once you have had your exciting dinner party - if only the dirty dishes could disappear as quickly!

All items mentioned are available at Deco Nuevo, next to Ofipapel, in Los Cristianos

Cheers! Mine’s a screwdriver please!

SOME 14% of Brits believe a spirit level is a device for measuring the volume of alcohol. And many people in the UK would rather have a drink than tackle a DIY task.

In fact, a survey from TV channel ‘Home’ reveals that almost one-third of homeowners feel intimidated by DIY shops.

For all that, however, sales of DIY equipment are likely to increase over the next few months, says Marie DeSouza, editor of the magazine ‘Build It’.

She believes individuals will be using Spring to prepare their homes and gardens for the longer days and better weather to come.

Maybe she should watch the ‘Home’ channel because its findings state that though 80% of Brits own a toolbox, most of them have no idea what to do with the contents.

They prefer, collectively, to spend a whopping £5.6bn annually on experts called in to solve the easiest of DIY

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tasks, such as putting up a shelf or fixing a leaky tap.

The TV survey was commissioned to help launch the TV channel’s Seize the DIY campaign, which aims to encourage people across the UK not to be scared of tackling simple, in-house jobs themselves.

The findings show that the average toolbox has £340 of tools and equipment, yet a mammoth 70% of British homeowners rely on a handyman for basic jobs.

Only one-third of respondents felt confident using shop-bought tools, but - and it is hard to believe -14% believed a spirit level measured alcohol volumes.

Of the 4,000 homeowners questioned, 25% had not attempted a single DIY task in the last year. However, 70% of over-54s older people said they were willing to get stuck into household repairs.

They are confident of completing simple tasks around the home, but, by comparison, only 12% of under-35s share that confidence.

Home channel chief Clare

Laycock said: “It’s staggering how much cash we spend on simple household tasks that could be spent elsewhere.

“Our Seize the DIY campaign on TV and online will show Brits how straightforward it is to do it themselves. We want to build a nation of DIY heroes throughout 2011!”

But Ms DeSouza, of ‘Build It’, does not share her views. She envisages a whole army of DIYers ready to march into March, fully armed with the right DIY equipment.

She also feels that people planning a major property renovation may have already started to outline their project, and are considering their designs and what materials they will need.

“If they are thinking of a kitchen, bedroom or bathroom overhaul in the next few months, then this is when they will be researching various products,” she said.

Last week, Idealo.co.uk related the slump in property prices directly to the surge in demand for homeimprovement products.

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DAVID HUDGELL Getting to the root of your gardening problems!

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Watercress really is the trendy, healthy addition to your diet THE once-popular lettuce is now making way for watercress, which offers many health benefits, as well as adding a peppery flavour to salads.

Watercress, which can be grown easily at home, is naturally rich in Vitamin C and is also a source of Vitamin A. Darren Lightburn, a salad expert at M&S, said: “It’s interesting to see how our customers’ tastes have changed over the last few years. When we introduced the first Iceberg lettuce in the early Eighties, it fitted the needs of our customers.

“It was a cool, crisp and sweet leaf, well-suited to our palates as well as the thenfashionable prawn cocktail.

“However, people are travelling further afield, eating in international restaurants and developing tastes for more exotic produce, they are wanting to replicate this at home so are picking up more interesting style leaves in stores.

Watercress is found in areas of running water adjacent to springs and riverbanks or on wet soil. The plant thrives in full sunlight and cool water.

Although susceptible to frost in the autumn and spring (not here, of course, at sea level) the submerged portion of the plant will survive if the water remains unfrozen, although it’s best in running water. It can also be grown in a bowl or small pond.

Watercress flowers from May to October and the seeds ripen from July to October. The flowers are pollinated by bees and the plant is well known for attracting wildlife. It has shiny green, edible leaves and small white flowers.”

Here’s how you can grow your own watercress at home: What’s needed Watercress seeds

Expendable high-sided trays 4in diameter pots Organic compost Limestone grit or powder Gardening soil Water Begin planting your seeds in late autumn. Mix equal measures of limestone grit, gardening soil and organic compost into your pots. The limestone is present because watercress grows better in slightly alkaline conditions.

Push a few seeds an inch deep into each pot. Fill a high-sided pan with water and place the pots into the pan. Use a hammer and screwdriver to punch holes into the sides of each pot, well below the waterline.

Place the tray with the pots in an area with partial sunlight or even on a windowsill. Watercress is not bothered by extremes of heat or cold, so place them somewhere outside if you prefer.

The most important thing is to ensure that the soil stays soaked at all times.

Avoid fungal and mould infestations by replacing the water in the tray daily.

Begin transplanting the watercress to a permanent spot and make sure it is particularly marshy, always wet or muddy. You should be able to plant them directly in the soil, provided it’s in a low part of the garden, or in a

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container.

Break the pots free of the watercress. The roots of this species are very tenacious, so you may have to use a hammer to break the pots apart.

Place each watercress plant in a separate hole, making sure to seat the roots well and keep them level with the surface of the ground. When planted, the leaves of your watercress should be above the water, floating atop it.

Harvest watercress leaves as they are needed from this point onward, but don’t leave it too late because the leaves become inedible once the flowers have bloomed.

Watercress soup recipe Ingredients 500gm watercress 2-2.5 litres water 3-5 dried red dates, seeded 2 garlic, halved 1/4 chicken (or for nonhalal, 4-5 pcs of chopped pork ribs/pai kut) Salt to taste Instructions Season the pork/chicken with the salt Heat up a pot with a drop of cooking oil Add in the garlic and pork and sear it over medium fire till fragrant but not fully cooked.

Add in the water (preferably hot).

Bring to a boil and add in

the watercress and dates.

Let it simmer over medium-to-low fire for about an hour, or until the watercress has softened Add in about a tsp of salt, or according to your taste Bring to a boil. Ready to serve with rice Alternatively, you can put all the ingredients in a slow cooker and cook it on low overnight.

Facts and benefits of watercress It contains vitamins A , B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B17, C, D, E and K It also has the following minerals: calcium, phosphorus, potassium, iron, sodium, magnesium, copper, manganese, florine, sulphur, chlorine, iodine, germanium, silica and zinc It is often used as an antibiotic, antibacterial, diuretic, expectorant, stimulant, digestive aid, antiseptic, antioxidant and tonic It was also popular as a therapeutic herb to treat/ease such conditions as coughs, head colds, bronchial ailments, tuberculosis, asthma, emphysema, stress, pain, arthritis, stiff back and joints, diabetes, anaemia, constipation, cataracts, failing eyesight, night blindness, leukaemia, cancer, haemorrhaging, heart conditions, eczema, scabies, body deodoriser, edema, bleeding gums, indigestion, alcoholism, intestinal parasites, circulation, ailments of the spleen, thyroid and liver, cholesterol and blood pressure It contains more sulphur than any other vegetables, except horse radish. Sulphur helps protein absorption, purifies blood, aids in cell building and gives us healthy hair and skin It also aids weight loss as it contains potassium which has diuretic properties to rid the body of excess fluids It was used as a traditional remedy for allergies, watering eyes, sneezing and stuffy head

Budget branches

I’ve put together a list of money-saving tips that I’ve heard of in the past few weeks.

I’ve wittered on about paper pots before, now there is a mould that helps you make them it’s an easy way to recycle old newspapers and make your own pots. When seedlings are ready to plant out, transplant them straight into the garden or into their containers in their biodegradable paper pots.

Recent research shows that the sales of bagged lettuce is soaring, so we’re becoming lazy is what we’re really saying. But just think how much money you spend on those convenience bag. Even if you buy the cheapest version and purchase one bag a week (half of which you throw away unused) that’s 52 euro a year. Did you know you can grow salad leaves such as Baby Leaf Salad right through the winter? You need never buy expensive bags of supermarket salad again!

You can easily turn any old plastic bottle into a neat watering can with a neat little

device called a ‘Bottle Top Rose.’ Simply screw onto the bottle and use to water your seed pots or trays. Ideal if you want to conserve water, find a watering can too heavy to use or in my case the watering can ends up as a dog toy!

Now is a good time to collect bare branches to use as garden supports for your pots, containers or peas and beans.

Don’t throw away old egg boxes - they are great for chitting potatoes. You can also start your seedlings off in them.

Lots of media articles this week are trying to encourage people to grow their own vegetables, obviously space is limited so what’s being advised is to think differently.

When planning you pot or container or plot concentrate on the varieties which give the best value, either because they are expensive to buy in the shops, such as peppers or ‘gourmet’ potatoes like Charlotte and Pink Fir Apple or because they give a high yield - runner beans and Perpetual Spinach for example.

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CARL PATTISON from Robot, answers your hair questions

DANNI BYRNE Keeping you fit Email: danni.byrne@canarianweekly.com

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Time to be a shade bolder FOLLOWING along from my last article, on the return of the precision cut, this week we are going to take a look at the hottest hair colours.

Last week I touched on the new colour tones coming to a salon near you soon, and to complement the new cuts, block colouring works really well.

This means colouring your hair one total colour and, should you really like it, complementing tones can be used. But only in big, bold statement sections.

No slight shimmers of colour or subtle tones - you need to shout out with your new colour. We see black mixed with reds, purples, violets, deep burgundies and intense oranges.

Blondes also need to be ice white, or baby blonde, but forget beiges or golds if you’re going to stand out from the crowd.

Don’t be afraid to experiment and clash colours, too.

Red looks great with copper, the same as works in the fashion industry, and it’s time to make a strike for individuality.

When mixing colours together normally, the darker shade works best “underneath“ the hair, so let’s say you’re going for a mix of a claret red and a deep plum.

Choose the plum shade for

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the underneath section to make the brighter claret red stand out even more.

Using these types of colours covers up a multitude of sins - anything dry or brittle-looking will be transformed into glossy, shiny hair because, with the addition of these colours, we are “putting back” colour and not removing it.

Using these colours will complement your new cut and enhance the shape as well. Follow the line of the cut and accentuate key areas, such as one side of an asymmetrical cut, or underneath the fringe section, to really bring out your eyes.

Don’t forget, too, that if you’re going for these new colours, those with paler skins and fair eye colours should go towards the coppery sections

of the colour palette. Those with warmer skin tones should aim for deeper shades of red, and even purples work well with this type of skin colour.

And don’t forget that when you’ve achieved your desired colour, you’re really going to have to look after it, because we’ve to consider sun, wind and even hairdryer damage.

Your shampoos should say: “Nourishing, Moisturising, Colourcare”, as should your conditioning treatments. A weekly, deep-penetrating masque is essential to keep your colour locked in and resistant to fade.

Ask your stylist to guide you through his/her shade chart to find the tone most suited to you, and don’t forget: Be a shade bolder!

Mad cow or what? I’m running the Marathon AS some of you are aware, I am currently in training for the Virgin London marathon.

“Wow”, some may say, while most will say, “Mad cow” along with a number of other expressions!

I decided to run this event many years ago after watching it one sunny morning when I wasn’t working.

The atmosphere was amazing. Children climbed upon fire engines, people mingled and danced and traffic couldn’t be heard in the London streets; only the pounding of trainers upon the tarmac.

These people were achieving something immense. I didn’t apply until three years ago and this year is the first year I have been accepted, to cover a distance of 26 miles and 385 yards in total.

The first London Marathon, held on 29th March 1981, finished on Constitution Hill, between Green Park and Buckingham Palace.

From 1982 until 1993, the event finished on Westminster Bridge, with the Houses of Parliament in the background.

But the following year, repair work to the bridge meant the finish line was moved to The Mall, where it has remained ever since.

Apart from the finish, the London Marathon course hasn’t changed much in its 30-

year history. In 2005 it was altered slightly at 22 miles to avoid the cobbled area near the Tower of London.

And that same year the route around the Isle of Dogs, between 14 and 21 miles, was switched from a clockwise to an anti-clockwise direction.

Several records have been broken, personal bests smashed and just getting round the course achieved.

And it is an achievement - a tick in the box of “50 things to do before I’m 50”, or simply people giving back something to charity. Their own personal one.

Charities offer “golden bond” places to runners who pay for a spot and pledge to raise a four-figure sum for that charity. On average, a total of just under £50 million is raised each year for various charities.

The London Marathon attracts around one million spectators along the route,

plus several street entertainers. There are 81 on-course pubs, all packed, and some 6,000 volunteers and 60 ambulances are also involved.

They go through 200 bottles of baby oil, 100lbs of Vaseline, 2,000 plasters, 40,000 foil blankets and 750,000 bottles of water. And a startling 3,500 bags of rubbish are filled after the race.

Some 160,000 people apply for the marathon and, roughly, 35,000 people are accepted, so just getting a place is awesome. For me, winning that place sent an array of emotions through my body.

The charities I applied to all meant something directly to me, and the one which accepted me was Farleigh Hospice, in Chelmsford, Essex.

I am running for a dear friend who is undergoing aggressive chemotherapy and relies on the hospice for respite.

Training is hard going. There are days when I cannot bear to hit the tarmac at 6.30am.

But saying that, there are more days when I do enjoy it and relish the thought of crossing the finishing line and wrapping the foil blanket around me.

That vision drives me on, and I know when I cross the line that a number of emotions will fill me. That day, I will be joined by family and friends, one of whom is flying in from Australia, and I would like to thank them all now for putting up with me!

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VAL SAINSBURY Keeping her finger on the pulse Email: val.sainsbury@canarianweekly.com

Sweaty symptoms may be a health boost for women HOT flushes and night sweats may be a blessing in disguise for millions of women beginning the menopause.

New research shows women plagued by the nuisance symptoms at the start of “the change” have a reduced risk of heart attacks and strokes.

Scientists cannot yet explain the trend, identified from an analysis of data on 60,000 women taking part in a major US study.

But they say it is good news for women who are known to become more vulnerable to heart disease after the menopause.

Hot flushes - known as hot flashes in the US - are one of the most common menopausal symptoms. They occur suddenly, lasting about four minutes on average, and produce an uncomfortable feeling of intense heat.

Sufferers may break out in sweats, and frequent hot flushes at night can disrupt sleep severely.

The symptoms, caused by the dilation of blood vessels in the skin, are linked to hormone imbalances, but are still not fully understood.

Researchers discovered the positive news about hot flushes

after studying women taking part in the Women’s Health Initiative - a 10-year investigation of menopausal symptoms and heart and artery problems.

Participants were grouped according to whether they experienced hot flushes and night sweats at the start of the menopause, later during the menopause, at both time periods or not at all.

“We found that women who experienced symptoms when they began menopause had fewer cardiovascular events than those who experienced hot flashes late in menopause or not at all,” said study leader Dr Emily Szmuilowicz, from Chicago’s North-western Memorial Hospital.

Earlier research associated menopausal symptoms with heart-disease risk factors, such as high blood pressure and cholesterol.

Dr Szmuilowicz added: “It is reassuring that these symptoms, which are experienced by so many women, do not seem to correlate with increased risk of cardiovascular disease.

“Hot flashes will never be enjoyable, but perhaps these findings will make them more tolerable.”

Experts sound a red alert for meat-eaters GOVERNMENT advisers in the UK will publish a report today (Friday) recommending that people limit their consumption of red meat.

Experts from the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition are expected to tell consumers to eat no more than 500g of red or processed meat every week, or 70g a day.

That is the equivalent of three rashers of bacon a day. An average slice of ham is about 23g, a large sausage is 40g and a medium steak is about 145g.

Red meat contains substances linked to bowel cancer. One compound in particular, haem, which gives red meat its colour, is capable of causing damage to the lining of the colon in some studies.

The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) recommends limiting red meat consumption to 500g a week and says people should avoid processed meats altogether because of the even higher risk of bowel cancer.

EXPERTS are calling for boys to be vaccinated against a sexually-transmitted virus after figures showed half of men are carrying the infection.

Certain strains of the human papilloma virus (HPV) are known to cause cervical cancer in women, and have also been linked to big increases in rates of oral cancer.

A study, published in The Lancet, found that 50% of men are infected with the virus. It also discovered that every year, 6% of men in the general population will acquire the cancer-causing HPV type 16.

The research, conducted by scientists at the Cancer Centre and Research Institute in Florida, has prompted British experts to call for boys being vaccinated.

This, they hope, will to stem the spread of the virus and prevent genital warts and anal cancers, which are also thought to be caused by HPV. The well-known link between HPV and cervical cancer has led to the routine vaccination of girls aged 1213 in the UK since 2008.

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“But it confirms something we have suspected for some time: that men are a reservoir of HPV infection, and transmit this virus to women.

“Thus, HPV vaccination of men would not only contribute to preventing cervical cancer in women but also impact on the rising incidence of HPV-associated oral cancer.

“This is a tumour which has risen by 50% in men in the UK since 1989 and accounts for almost 2,000 deaths per year.”

Clinical consultant Dr Anne Szarewski, honorary senior lecturer at the Londonbased Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, added: “It must surely strengthen the argument for vaccination of men, both for their own protection, and that of their partners.”

The study analysed 1,159 men aged 18-70 years from the US, Brazil, and Mexico. It found that men who had 50

or more female sexual partners were 2.4 times more likely to have the cancercausing HPV infection, compared with those with one partner or no partners.

A Department of Health spokeswoman said: “The aim of the programme is to prevent cervical cancer in women, and the best way to do this is to vaccinate girls and young women.

“Vaccination of boys was not recommended by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation because once 80% coverage among girls has been achieved, it is not necessary to vaccinate boys.

And 80% coverage was achieved in the first year of the HPV vaccination programme.”

The charity believes 3,800 cases of bowel cancer could be prevented every year if everyone ate less than 70g of processed meat a week.

Some 1,900 cases of bowel cancer could also be prevented through cutting red-meat consumption to under 70g per week.

Processed meat is generally defined as any meat preserved by smoking, curing or salting, or with chemical preservatives added to it.

It is thought that this process causes the formation of carcinogens, which can damage cells in the body and allow cancer to develop.

The average person has a 5% risk of bowel cancer but this rises to 6% if he/she eats 50g of processed meat a day.

Last year, experts from the Harvard School of Public Health in the US found that eating processed meats could increase the risk of heart disease and diabetes.

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Food News

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Pancake Day - a final binge before Lent!

PANCAKE DAY, also known as Shrove Tuesday, is the last day before the period which Christians call Lent, and it is traditional on this day to eat pancakes.

As most of us know, Lent is a time of abstinence, of giving things up. So Shrove Tuesday is the last chance to indulge yourself and to use up the foods that are not allowed during this period of fasting.

That’s why pancakes are eaten on this day because they contain fat, butter and eggs, which always used to be banned during Lent.

In fact, Roman Catholics always used to be forbidden to eat meat on Fridays throughout the year, and so fish and chips were usually the order of the day – which was a big treat for the kids.

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is confined to the Lenten period.

Shrove Tuesday is celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday - the start of Lent - which always falls 47 days before Easter Sunday, so the date varies from year to year and falls between 3rd February and 9th March.

That means you will be scoffing pancakes this Tuesday (8th March), and the custom is not just confined to children. Adults love them, too, and some are even known to pour alcohol into the mix to spice them up!

Traditional pancake Ingredients 4 large eggs 1 cup milk (do not use low-fat or non-fat) 1 tablespoon butter, melted 1 tbsp sugar 1 tsp vanilla, extract ½ teaspoon salt 1 cup all-purpose flour Additional melted butter Powdered sugar Fresh lemon juice

Preparation Pre-heat oven to 350°F. Mix first six ingredients in a blender. Gradually add flour; blend until smooth. Let stand 15 minutes.

Heat medium non-stick skillet over medium-high heat.

Brush with butter. Add two generous tablespoons batter, tilting pan to coat bottom.

Cook until golden on bottom, about 45 seconds. Turn pancake over. Cook until bottom is speckled with brown, about 30 seconds.

Turn out on to paper towel.

Cover with another paper towel. Repeat with remaining batter, brushing skillet with butter as needed.

Butter oven-proof dish. Sift powdered sugar over speckled side of each pancake, then sprinkle lightly with lemon juice.

Fold pancakes into quarters.

Overlap pancakes in prepared dish. Cover; bake until heated through, about 10 minutes.

Serve with more powdered sugar and lemon juice.

American-style pancakes Nigella Lawson, food writer, broadcaster and darling of the BBC, has her own recipe for pancakes, which may take your fancy instead.

Her American-style pancakes, topped with blueberries and maple syrup, are perfect for brunch and can be made in minutes.

Ingredients For the dry pancake mix 600g/1lb 5oz plain flour 3 tbsp baking powder 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda 1 tsp salt 40g/2½oz caster sugar To make the pancakes (amounts per 150g/5¼oz dry mixture) 1 free-range egg, lightly beaten 250ml/9fl oz milk 1 tbsp melted butter For the blueberry syrup 125ml/4½fl oz maple syrup

200g/7oz blueberries Preparation For the dry pancake mix, place all the dry ingredients into a bowl and mix well.

Transfer to an airtight container, seal and store until needed.

To make the pancakes, add the appropriate quantity of egg, milk and melted butter per 150g/5¼oz of the dry mixture (a filled American cup measure will give you the requisite amount per batch, so you may like to use one and dispense with any weighing).

Mix well to form a smooth batter.

Heat a flat griddle or nonstick frying pan without adding oil.

Spoon drops of 1½-2 tablespoons of the batter on to the hot griddle and, when bubbles appear on the surface of the little pancakes, flip them over and cook until golden-brown on both sides.

It should take about a minute per side.

Meanwhile, for the blueberry syrup, place the maple syrup and blueberries into a pan and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 2-3 minutes, until the blueberries have broken down slightly.

To serve, pour the blueberry syrup into a jug and take to the table with the pancakes. If you have any of the syrup left over, you will notice that it sets into a kind of glossy jam.

This will keep for a few days decanted into a jar and put in the fridge, and is glorious dolloped into yoghurt or spread on bread.

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Horoscopes of the week Pisces (February 20th-March 20th) The first step is the hardest, but you already know that though, don’t you? Try to give yourself some time to prepare mentally, if not physically, for all that you know is coming up. Life can and will be better than you had imagined, especially if you go for what you have really wanted all along. Hold on, and you will reach your full potential.

ARIES (March 21stApril 20th) Cash deals may not be all they seem, so keep all dealings on the straight and narrow so that all parties can know exactly where they stand.

Opportunity seldom knocks twice in love, so make those all-important apologies where they’re due. By the way, it’s worth laying your hear and fears on the line at this time.

TAURUS (April 21stMay 21st) Spread the table and contention will cease.

You have had a lot on your plate lately, but you can and will come out of this month’s drama a much richer person, both morally and financially. Aries holds the key to you solving legal or professional issues but remember, it’s worth speaking your mind and keeping honesty to the fore.

GEMINI (May 22ndJune 21st) If you want to see success, get up on time.

The lazy nature you have adopted of late has left you with little time to impress the people who are waiting to help you. Romance takes a turn for the interesting as a close one offers you a commitment you never dared dream of holding out for. There are many benefits or you to enjoy in the days ahead.

CANCER (June 22ndJuly 23rd) Both Pisces and Virgos are lucky for you over the coming

days and link to purchases you are set to make for a major celebration. Life is starting to feel good again and, slowly but surely, you are starting to believe that you really can turn your dreams into a reality. But beware, because someone s blabbing about you behind your back.

LEO (July 24thAugust 23rd) Your sign of the lion always wants to do the right thing, but it is often caught in the crossfire of having to make decisions based on what’s right in the long term and not just now.

Shock news may upset you but will, ultimately, please you when you’re forced with a change, which will place your life on a better path.

VIRGO (August 24thSeptember 23rd) Don’t be upset if a loved one is no longer in your life in the way they once were. You of all signs should know how it feels to need space. Time spent with family members help you get back on track and also helps you to understand where you’ve been going wrong in love too.

Call me now to make your life a more enjoyable place to be.

LIBRA (September 24th-October 23rd) People you once trusted have let you down, and you no longer seem to know who is friend and who is foe. Have faith in a Gemini who wants to help you unburden your wor-

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And remember, it’s worth giving up free time for extra work this week.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23rdDecember 21st) Your dreams are getting bigger by the day and your confidence is also soaring. New ways to understand your close ones can be found if you listen instead of speaking on Tuesday and Wednesday. Solutions to financial pressures require you making that phone call you’ve been putting off.

C A P R I C O R N (December 22ndJanuary 20th) Some things have been said which both you and the person concerned now obviously regret. Try to have faith in yourself and do the right thing. It’s been a while since you’ve been able to do what you want, and new-found freedom now offers you the chance to excel in areas you were previously restrained in.

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Your new flights of fancy… with Thomson Airways Thailand is simply spa-tastic OUR weekly feature on places to visit in 2011 has come to an end. There are just three destinations remaining which were tipped as to being trendy for this year: Sierra Leone, Tunisia and Thailand.

Sierra Leone has gorgeous deserted beaches but, according to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, it’s not somewhere you would walk alone at night, and it’s not wise to walk along the beaches on your own.

Yet Sierra Leone is slowly emerging from a protracted civil war and is showing signs of a successful transition.

Investor and consumer confidence continues to rise, adding impetus to the country’s economic recovery.

There is greater freedom of movement and the successful rehabitation and resettlement of residential areas. But perhaps not a holiday destination you’d rush to.

As for Tunisia, what a difference a few months can make.

While it is possible to have a trouble-free visit there, travellers should be aware of the current political and security situation.

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later date.

So, finally, that leaves us with Thailand, which lies in the heart of South-east Asia.

It is popular among Westerners for its cuisine and its seediness and was once the destination of any backpacker taking a gap year.

Now, Thailand is attempting to reinvent itself, re-emerging as a spa destination. So whether you want to detox, be pampered, contort your body with the help of yoga or simply relax, this place seems to be topping the spa stakes.

Anantara Spa, at the Bophut Resort, is a favourite, as is the spa at The Four Seasons Resort, both of which are located in Koh Samui.

This island, Thailand’s second-largest, belongs to Surat Thani Province, off the east coast of the Kra Isthmus and close to the town of Surat Thani on the mainland.

Evason Hua Hin & Six Senses Spa can be found at Pranburi, a 20-minute drive south of Hua Hin town, which is 230kilometres south-west of Bangkok.

This scenic resort is a threehour drive south-west from Bangkok. Also, in the country’s capital city, there are many spa choices to choose from.

If you’re looking for a Thai Spa, then research well and book through a reputable company. Then sit back and relax.

THE new generation 737-800s are now available, and one has now taken to the skies for Thomson Airways, featuring the latest comforts in air travel.

Kitted out with 787 interiors, Zulu Tango marks the start of what is being hailed as one of the most significant fleet upgrades ever undertaken by a UK charter airline.

In the next 2½ years, 22 737-800s are scheduled to join the Thomson Airways fleet, replacing more than a third of their existing aircraft.

Ultimately, these planes will become the short and midhaul standard, while the 787 will be used for their longhaul programme when it arrives.

Complete with the new Boeing Sky interior and a wealth of features these aircraft really do offer the latest in travel for customers, crew and pilots alike.

Captain Phil Parry, Thomson Airways B737 Technical Manager says: “The delivery process went very smoothly. These new aircraft are built in Seattle and will replace older B737-300s and B737-800s, Airbus A320 and A321s, and some of our earlier B757s.

“All the new aircraft will be delivered with the new Boeing Sky Interior, which

offers customer enhancements such as improved lighting, increased hand-luggage space and reduced cabin noise.

The aircraft also come with the latest GPS-based navigation technology and carbon brakes - saving both weight and fuel. Within the airline, we are very excited to be operating these new, hightechnology aircraft.”

And, it seems, Thomson Airways’ pilots are not alone.

There was plenty of appreciation for the bright, airy look and feel of the cabin from those customers joining the first revenue flight from East Midlands Airport last week.

Mike Goodhall flies regularly with Thomson to and from Lanzarote, where he lives, and is already a fan. “It’s a very nice interior and there seems to be a big improvement in the window height and shape,” he said.

“You can see further, and the light seems to reflect better, making it much brighter in the cabin. The seats are really comfy, too.”

Graham Roxby, from Nantwich, added: “You can tell it’s brand-new as it’s so clean and smells of leather. I feel privileged to be one of the first on board, and the seats are great in terms of the material and comfort.”

Customers were not alone in appreciating all that Zulu Tango has to offer.

Thomson Airways’ cabin crew also appreciated the

benefits. “The interior is lovely,” said Cabin Manager Kelvin Fletcher.

“Because of the change in the design of the overhead bins, the aircraft feels more spacious and looks great.”

Zulu Tango, now part of the fleet, has already clocked up 153 flying hours in just two weeks. In its anticipated 30-year lifetime, Zulu Tango could fly more than 100,000 hours and carry more than 7.5 million passengers.

The delivery of Zulu Tango Though a coup for Thomson customers to be the first to board a brandnew aircraft, the pilots who took delivery of Zulu Tango from Boeing’s Seattle base were actually the first at the controls.

Captain Howard Hornby and First Officer Darrell Jones were the lucky ones chosen to operate the delivery flight from Seattle to East Midlands.

“My visit to Seattle was the highlight of my career so far,” said Captain Hornby.

“The opportunity to perform a 2½-hour, customer test flight was an important part of the delivery process, ensuring that the aircraft had been built correctly and performed to specification.

“The aircraft itself flew beautifully and I was able to explore some of the new state-of-the-art cockpit systems never before seen on a Thomson Airways aircraft.

“This was invaluable experience for me, and I will be able to pass it on to our pilots.

The 11-hour ferry flight home took First Officer Darrell Jones and me through Northern Canada, Greenland and onwards towards Iceland.

“The Northern Lights put on an impressive display for us, and we experienced a temperature of minus 31 degrees for our fuel stop in Iqaluit (on Baffin Island).

“Our landing at East Midlands marked the end of an invaluable and memorable 10-day trip.”

First Officer Jones said: “The few days I spent in Seattle were some of the most enjoyable, but challenging, days of my flying career. I was given an early preview of the amazing new cabin interior, which includes many of the advanced features of the 787 cabin.

“During my time in Seattle, I managed to fit in a tour of the very impressive Boeing Renton factory, which is the final assembly line of the 737.”

If this new aeroplane has you licking your lips in anticipation, flights can be booked with Thomson Airways here in Tenerife.

Contact the flights team on 922 761 202, or visit Vicky and Jamie in the Tui Flights office, at C/C El Duque, Fanabe (opposite Torviscas Market).

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This new Jag is offering drivers height of luxury JAGUAR officials, with anticipation running sky-high, launched their spectacular XKRS at the Geneva Motor Show this week.

With a higher-output, supercharged V8 engine, revised suspension, and a new aerodynamically-driven design, this magnificent motor expresses the company’s long-held duality of purpose: GT luxury with incredible performance.

Adrian Hallmark, Jaguar’s new Global Brand Director, said: “The XKR-S is a bold

and exciting new model for Jaguar.

“We expect to attract both loyal and new Jaguar driving enthusiasts, who still want the comfort, opulence and class only a Jaguar can offer, combined with inspirational performance.”

The Jaguar XKR-S, an upgraded version of the legendary XKR, produces 550 hp with 502 lb/ft of torque, offers a top speed of 186mph (300km/h), and can accelerate from 060mph in 4.2 seconds.

And that’s fast in anyone’s language!

Windscreen company is wiped out!

AUTO Windscreens, the second-largest company of their type in the UK, have folded, leaving more than 1,000 workers out of work.

The Chesterfield-based group, who operated a countrywide network of 68 fitting centres, 550 mobile units, a distribution centre in Birmingham, and a central call-centre, failed to attract a buyer for the complete business.

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Simply plug in and race off in Volvo’s diesel hybrid star THE world’s first diesel plug-in hybrid has been unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, in the form of a “virtually” productionready Volvo V60.

The Swedish car-makers say it features carbon-dioxide emissions below 50g/km and will go on sale next year, giving the driver the “very best of what an electric and diesel car can offer”.

That translates as low fuel consumption and low CO2 emissions, combined with long-range and high performance.

By pressing a button, say Volvo, drivers will be given options on how they want to drive. They can choose an all-electric mode, with a range of up to 32 miles, or a “high-efficiency hybrid with carbon dioxide emissions, averaging just 49g/km.

Alternatively, drivers can choose a “dynamic and engaging car with a combined output of 215-plus-70 horsepower, 324-plus-147lb ft of torque and acceleration from 0-62mph in just 6.9 seconds”.

The front wheels of the V60 Plug-in Hybrid will be driven by a five-cylinder 2.4litre D5 turbo-diesel, which

develops 215bhp and maximum torque of 324lb ft.

The rear axle features ERAD (Electric Rear Axle Drive) in the form of an electric motor producing 70bhp, which receives its power from a 12kWh lithium-ion battery pack.

This amazing machine has a six-speed automatic transmission, and drivers choose their preferred driving mode via three buttons on the instrument panel: Pure, Hybrid and Power.

The interaction between diesel and electric power is handled via an electronic control system.

Stefan Jacoby, president and CEO of Volvo Cars, said: “The second-generation hybrid is the perfect choice for the uncompromising buyer who wants a superb, carbon dioxide-lean car packed with driving pleasure.

“And to get drivers to think green, we have offered both, in one traditional genuine sports wagon.”

He added: “The technology is still undergoing development and testing. However, the car already points very clearly to what our customers can expect when the plug-in hybrid enters showrooms next year.

“What we’ve done is to spice it up with spearhead technology, which allows drivers to choose: zero emissions, high-efficiency hybrid or full-on performance. They just select the mode that suits them best.”

uidator and partner at Deloitte, said: “While the intensive marketing process resulted in over 90 expressions of interest, no party made an offer for the business as a whole.”

The company, founded in 1971, had an annual turnover of around £63 million and served major motor insurers, fleet businesses and private individuals.

They ran into trouble after being hit by delays in bringing in IT systems, coupled with lower-than-expected revenues in the final quarter of 2010, which led to cash-flow pressures.

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CDT’s steady progress … Or so we thought!

CD Tenerife 2 Xerez 1 Cartagena 1 CD Tenerife 0 AFTER more than 400 days of being stuck in the relegation places, Tenerife managed to spend just five days out of the dreaded dropzone before being drawn back in late on Wednesday night.

Despite this, it has been a decent week for Tenerife fans, which began with a bang last Friday night with Tenerife bagging a deserved win at home against Xerez.

The visitors arrived on a poor run and without their top goalscorer, Jose Mari, whose absence was a massive blow to Xerez’s game plan, and they struggled with just the one striker.

Mario Bermejo cut a disconsolate figure as he tried to get something going, but Tenerife’s defence is meaner since Antonio Tapia arrived in the dug-out.

It was all Tenerife in the first half. Kitoko was pulling the strings in midfield and the Congoese is an excellent addition to the squad. He has swiftly struck up a fine understanding with Hidalgo and, between them, they snuffed out all the Xerez attacks, despite veteran winger Capi showing his full array of tricks and treats.

Nino has looked out of sorts for a while, and again he squandered the best of the Tenerife chances. For some reason, he has lost his killer instinct. In seasons gone by he would shoot

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Tolf with Pablo Sicilia

at every opportunity, but lately he is always looking for a team-mate, or trying one last turn. It's not like him.

Halfway into the first period, Tenerife were unlucky not to take the lead. A well-worked move led to Nino’s chest-down falling sweetly for Julio Alvarez, whose snap-shot cannoned back off the post.

Tenerife were dominant.

Xerez filled their defence and tried to block the well. But just before the break, Tenerife had their reward.

Another decent corner from Alvarez arrowed towards Pablo Sicilia at the far post, and his sweet volley flew past Chema and into the net.

It was Pablo’s fifth goal in two months, and he celebrated in front of the Armada Sur fans as though he had won the World Cup! He is a very popular player and is in the form of his life.

Xerez went in at half-time with heads in their chests after

failing to record a single shot on target. And Tenerife went for the throat at the restart.

They tore forward, safe in the knowledge that Kitoko was guarding the back door.

They forced a plethora of corners and got their second goal from one of them. How, I still don't know. Tenerife have had a bit of luck recently with the officials. Don't get me wrong because it’s long overdue.

Alvarez’s corner flew over everyone’s head and went out for what looked like a throw-in.

The linesman raised his flag and indicated as such. But Sicilia was down on the ground clutching his head and, as he blew his whistle, the ref pointed at the spot and booked Bermejo.

Even a few days later, as I type, this I don’t know what it was for. It was similar to the one Tenerife conceded against Rayo a few weeks back. As Wayne Rooney will testify, it’s amazing how quickly these

things level themselves out!

On the TV replays, it seems the ref gave it after the linesman, sorry linesperson, had flagged.

But the flag was not raised to the chest, as is the signal.

Secondly, Bermejo may have given Sicilia's jersey a slight tug, but there was no connection with his face.

It was, and still is, very bizarre.

Obviously, the Xerez players went bananas and it took ages before Antonio Hidalgo blasted the spot-kick past Chema.

That should have been game over, but wise old owls knew differently. Seconds later, a sweeping move was wonderfully finished off by Cordero to give Xerez hope and start off a nervy halfhour for home fans.

Xerez were suddenly a differently side. Sensing blood, they throw on three attackers.

Tenerife defended like lions and when Nino had a perfectly good goal ruled out for offside - he was two yards onside - the fans feared the worst.

But new manager Tapia has been around the track more times than Jodie Marsh. He didn't panic and late on, his introduction of Dani Kome would prove inspired. He held the ball up, worked the angles and found every defender’s leg to trip over.

The full-time whistle moved Tenerife out of the drop-zone, above Las Palmas and gave the league something to think about. Tenerife were back …

Canarian Weekly ratings: CD Tenerife: Sergio Aragoneses 7, Marc Bertrán 7, Ezequiel Luna 6, Pablo Sicilia 7, Beranger 7, Kitoko 9, Antonio Hidalgo 7 (Mikel Alonso 75min 6), Julio Álvarez 6 (Kome 83min 7), Natalio 6 (Omar 60min 6), Dubarbier 8, Nino 6.

Xerez: Chema 7, Juan Luis Redondo 7, Leandro 6, Vicente Moreno 6, Raúl Llorente 7, Pablo Redondo 6 (Nieto 60min 6), Cordero 7 (Antoñito 75min 6), Bruno Herrero 5 (Barber 46min 7), Capi 7, Óscar Díaz 6, Bermejo 6.

ON Tuesday, Tenerife travelled to face a Cartagena side who were without three of their first-choice defenders, including former CDT player Clavero and exArsenal clumper Pascal Cygan.

Again, Tenerife had the better of the first half and, again, Nino wasted the chances. The second half was a scrappy and affair and one goal was always going to be enough.

Midway through the half, Touche stole it for Cartagena and Tenerife never looked like getting it back.

The defeat, coupled with Nastic’s fine win at Xerez, put Tenerife back in the bottom four. But, hopefully, for another few days only. This weekend sees a rare Monday-night match at the Heliodoro, and it's a 6pm kick-off against Barcelona B. The visitors are the reserve and youth team of the Nou Camp crew and chock-full of potential stars. Luis Enrique has taken to management like a duck to water, and he has his side flying at the moment.

They have scored 14 goals in their last six matches, including six at normally-solid Numancia.

Jonathan Soriano is the man of the moment. The 25-yearold has resembled a journeyman until the last 18 months.

He was top scorer in their promotion season and has kept the ball rolling back in the Second Division.

He has hit five goals in the last week and must be stopped at all costs on Monday.

Don’t forget, the match is exclusively live on Oasis Fm, and it will be great to hear Tolf back on the second mic. He’s mates with Pablo Sicilia, so let’s hope he has a story or three to tell us.

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Trap Door fall out of Cup...

THERE have been plenty of giantkilling acts in this season’s Cup and Plate competitions and last Tuesday saw more upsets.

In the Liberty Seguros Cup quarter-finals, Division Two side Inn The Pink produced another massive shock as they triumphed at Trap Door.

The hosts have a rocksolid home record, but they struggled all night.

John was in magnificent form for the Pink boys and he hit back-to-back seven-ballers as they stormed into a 5-3 lead.

But Mickey and Marcus held their nerve to force a tie-break. Mickey looked favourite to steal it for the Trap Door, but he missed an easy black and James made him pay to seal a famous win.

There were no such dramas in the other ties.

Toscales were always in control against an out-ofsorts Terrace A, despite Alex losing all three of his matches. Hoops never looked in trouble against Summerland Allstars, while Palms A made short work of Bar 180 A, despite Bungalow being 7-balled

by Martin.

Liberty Seguros Cup ¼-final results Toscales Old Boys 6-4 Terrace Bar A Trap Door 5-6 Inn The Pink Hoops 7-3 Summerland Allstars Palms A 7-3 Bar 180 A The semi-final draw has seen the two highestranking sides paired together. Palms A and Hoops have played two tight league matches this season, and the winners will meet Toscales or Inn

The Pink in the final. It was a night to savour for Division Two in the Liberty Seguros Plate, as the three remaining Division One sides were all dumped out!

Last year’s Cup winners, Nauta A, were dumped out by high-flying Legends B, while Bar Tasca needed an 11th frame to edge out Rat Pack. But the big hat-tip goes to Barracuda Bandits.

They roared into a 3-0 lead against Atlantis Sharks and looked set for an early finish when they led 5-3. However, the Adeje boys showed some steel to force the extra frame.

Paul Dwyer would have been a strong favourite for the Sharks, but the Bandits were not to be denied as their Paul sunk the winning black.

They will now face Summerland Elite in the semi-finals following Elite’s 9-1 thrashing of Lupain. The other tie, on 29th March, like all matches on a neutral table, sees Tasca taking on Legends B. Liberty Seguros Plate ¼-final results Lupain 1-9 Summerland Elite Bar Tasca 6-5 Rat Pack Barracuda Bandits 6-5 Atlantis Sharks Legends B 6-4 Nauta A There were two catchup matches in the league, and Gaffers stretched their lead at the top of Division Two to seven points after a tight 6-4 win over Tenerife Hammers C. Star Trekkin’ James lost both his matches for Gaffers, but Neil and Ben did the biz to secure the points. Target Rangers leaped into the top 10 following a 8-2 win at home against Toscales Tangos.

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by Phoenix boys Division 1 Bar 180 A 2-6 Phoenix Bar Bar Nauta A 8-0 Sundowners Rood A 6-2 Woody´s A Silver Surfers 6-2 Target Bar B Target Bar A 6-2 Heroes Sports Bar Tenerife Sons 5-3 Exiles Toscales Allsorts 6-2 Our Place Flukers X-Men 5-3 Toscales Ensecan

Division 2 Barracudarts Boys 6-2 Our Place Naturals Gaffers 0-8 Nautas Nutters C La Caña Lancers 3-5 The Knights B Marilyns 3-5 Tenerife Sun Our Place Playgirls 5-3 Barracuda Hunters Phoenix Flames 1-7 Bar 180 B The Tavern 7-1 Amigos Bad Girls Woodys B 3-5 Rood B Yelas Bar 4-4 Naughty Nautas B Division 2

Division 1 POS 1 Bar Nauta A 2 Bar 180 3 Phoenix Bar 4 Tenerife Sons 5 Exiles Bar 6 Target Bar A 7 Toscales Allsorts 8 Rood A 9 Silver Surfers 10 X-Men 11 Woody´s A 12 Toscales Ensecan 13 Heroes Sports Bar 14 Target Bar B 15 Sundowners 16 Ourplace Flukers 17 Strikers Bar

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Sing 123 105 101 103 95 90 83 66 64 70 57 53 54 52 53 34 37

Dbles 44 48 43 40 39 39 28 34 33 19 21 22 23 20 17 15 10

Treb 24 21 23 18 25 20 12 15 14 8 13 12 9 11 10 7 7

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PTS 191 174 167 161 159 149 123 115 111 97 91 87 86 83 80 56 54

POS 1 Barracudarts Boys 2 Nautas Nutters C 3 Gaffers 4 Bar 180 B 5 Tenerife Sun 6 The Tavern 7 Rood B 8 Yelas Bar 9 The Knights B 10 Naughty Nautas B 11 Ourplace Naturals 12 La Caña Lancers 13 Woody´s B 14 Barracuda Hunters 15 Marilyns 16 Ourplace Playgirls 17 Phoenix Flames 18 Amigos Bad Girls

Pld 248 248 248 248 248 248 248 224 248 248 248 240 240 248 232 248 248 248

Sing 126 123 93 94 89 84 83 77 80 86 77 65 60 59 49 44 53 42

Dbles 52 51 48 33 38 42 31 32 31 27 33 24 23 20 21 19 9 17

Treb 22 22 20 16 16 17 21 22 18 12 11 9 14 10 7 13 11 12

180’s 7 7 3 3 2 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

PTS 200 196 161 143 143 143 135 131 129 125 121 98 97 89 77 76 73 71

THE countdown to Presentation Night is well and truly on and, with many teams still in with a shout of glory, the pressure is building nicely!

It was that pressure which swept the Phoenix back into third place as they overcame Target A 6-2 in an early kickoff, after which they sauntered over to San Blas Square and produced a cracking 6-2 win at secondplaced Bar 180 A. Steve ‘Jagermaster’ Jones and Ashley deserve a special mention, and that result means Nauta A will almost certainly claim their first league title.

Indeed, they played their part with an 8-0 victory over Sundowners, with Mitch hitting 16 and 12-dart legs, and Big Al shooting a 17-darter.

Exiles’ old hand Del Boy hit his sixth maximum of the season during his side’s 5-3 loss at Tenerife Sons, who had Tam responding with his own 180.

Ensecan captain Carmelo left it until late in the season to get his first maximum in a 5-3 defeat against the X-Men, while Toscales’ Duncan checked out with a 136 as his team put Flukers to the sword.

The upshot of these results is that Ourplace Flukers and Strikers Bar are relegated, while Sundowners

and Target B are hanging on for dear life!

Just four points separate the top two in Division 2, although Nutters’ star Dale is doing his best to close the gap. He demonstrated this by hitting a superb 156 finish during an 8-0 whitewash over Gaffers.

Barracudarts Boys enjoyed a 6-2 win against the Naturals, while Betty got her first 180 of the campaign in a 5-3 success at Woodys B.

La Caña Lancers entertained local rivals Knights B, but although the home side’s Steve hit a maximum, it was not enough to stop the Golf del Sur outfit claiming a 5-3 victory.

Those Naughty Nautas travelled to Yelas Bar and had a great night, but they had to settle for a 4-4 draw.

There were some mixed fortunes for the four teams trying desperately to avoid the wooden spoon. Los

Abrigos teams Amigos Bad Girls and Phoenix Flames both fell to 7-1 defeats.

And Marilyns kept themselves away from the bottom by taking three legs during a home defeat at the hands of Tenerife Sun. The Playgirls snapped an eight-match run without a win, and did their hopes of avoiding the dreaded spoon a power of good, by beating Barracuda Hunters 5-3.

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Marilyn Monroe style dress in cream, size 12, suitable for wedding, 20 euros.

Principles red dress, size 14, suitable for wedding, 20 euros. Pink dress 10 euros.

Cut offs, tops, blouses, trousers, shorts, pink jacket, grey knee length winter coat, all under 10 euros. Deep fat fryer, 15 euros. Foot spa 15 euros. Other household goods, dishes plates etc, all under 5 euros. Tel 686 920 993.

Haier Air con unit HSCR40IC split type room outdoor unit complete with 3 matching indoor units with remote controls, cools and heats, 295 euros ono. Tel 637 112 846 Candy chest freezer 56x120, 125 euros. Fridge freezer 55 x 142, 80 euros. Siemens condensing tumble dryer, 100 euros. Brown patio doors 2mtr wide, 100 euros. White aluminum bi-fold Doors 3mtr wide, 150 euros. Tel 662 032 038 New Pressure Washer still in the box, 1400watts - 105 bar with attachments including soap bottle, ideal for washing patio furniture or car, never used 45 euros. 80cm, satellite dish with LMB 35 euros. Tel 922 797 888

How to submit your free adverts: PHONE 902 232 102 FAX 902 232 102 Email: info@canarianweekly.com Just pop in the office in Las Chafiras (next to the Golf Shop). Deadline for Free ads has changed to Tuesdays at 5pm

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Diamond Resorts International require sales and marketing professionals for their Tenerife Operations. Competitive compensation plans and incredible career growth opportunities. No experience required as full training will be provided. Email HRSpain@diamondresorts.com or call 951 108 602

PROPERTY

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY 18 hole mini golf, Dutch, professionally made in good condition. Cost new 45,000 euros offers invited around 7,000 can relocate to any Canary Island 628 651 691 To advertise here please call 902 232 102 or email us at info@canarianweekly.com

Local for rent in Golf Del Sur, nice position, 20 square metres with toilet, 350 euros per month with option to buy freehold at 30,000 euros.

A part time cleaner/maintenance person is required. Training will be provided on the Job. Working hours may include some evenings and weekends. The ideal candidate will have some experience in this field of work. Please call Michael on 606 133 925

Tel 609 587 155

Dynamic and motivated telemarketing staff required for a new company opening in the South of Tenerife. Excellent client database, no cold calling, with top rates of pay, which include a basic wage, commissions & daily and weekly spiffs.

NIE number essential as contract given. Also experienced French and Dutch Telemarketers are required.

Call Lee for an immediate interview on 608 698 719

PROPERTY FOR RENT Underground garage parking spaces and storage locker rooms at Winter Gardens, Golf Del Sur. Tel 637 819 680.

Long term rents, Studios, 1 & 2 beds. Tel 616 251 271 Apartment for rent 1 bed Aguamarina overlooking pool and sea view, 425 euros plus water and electric. Tel 922 738 615

A Marketing Company in the South of Tenerife urgently require the follow speaking staff; Czech, Slovakian, Croatian and Slovenian with some spoken English. Basic wage paid, plus excellent commission. Working hours 9.30 to 5pm Monday to Friday. Call Sue between these hours on 922 713 070 or 686 154 066 anytime or send your CV to suecampbell@regencyresorts.com

PROPERTY FOR SALE Winter Home. Residential Caravan for sale on Camping site. Full length awning, one double bedroom, can sleep up to 5 adults. Full size bath, small private sit out area at rear. Tel 670 786 475

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SPORTS WEAR, GOODS SALE

CARS/BIKES Piagio Fly 125 cc moped less than 2 years old, excellent condition, 950 euros. Tel 610 285 953 Renault Clio 2.0 Exception, Limited Edition 150HD, fully loaded, silver, 35,000 kms, 4 door, full Renault service history, excellent condition. Cost new 19,700€, only 8,900€. Tel 610 285 953

MG ZR 1.8 ITV until April 2012, 16 valve twin cam, 160 bhp, 2004, 86,000km, 17” alloys, all extras, air con, elec sun roof, etc. Full service history. 1 owner from new, 5,500 euros.

Tel 669 626 840

CARS BOUGHT FOR CASH – Anything considered. Offer made once seen. WANTED small cars to medium cars, 4 x 4´s, small vans, people carriers, e.t.c. Call us now on 629 128 667.

Suzuki Z 400, 2003

Scorpion exhaust plus standard exhaust, full set of off road tyres and wheels, 2 brand new front off road tyres. Road legal, clothing and boots, 2050 euros ono plus change of papers.

Call 659 365 494 04 March 2011 - 10 March 2011

Advertise your property or classified advert here.

Over 1200 items inc women’s/children’s trainers, sandals, tracksuit bottoms, roller skates with boots, tennis rackets etc. Sale due to ill health.

Suit market traders.

3,000 euros the lot.

16 euros per week

Tel: 650 830 540

(30 words maximum)

JOBS

Trader Canary Islands Excellent opportunity are looking for British to work on a self Telemarketers to work in employed basis in a their office in Golf del busy Los Cristianos Sur. Experience in hair salon. Good locasales is essential as the tion with convenient parking for clients. successful applicants will be selling computer For more information call Carl on 922 789 058 programs and software together with virtual office space. This is not timeshare related. Call 922 738 568 for an interview.

Club la Costa Resorts and hotels re-opening a bigger and better British cold-line and are looking for professional reps to join their new marketing programme liaising with Tenerife tourist theme parks. Full training given and superb career prospects offered. To arrange an interview call Mr Kinder Singh on 659 067 438 Sunday to Thursday or email kinder.singh@clublacosta.com

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La Pinta Beach Club are looking for experienced self motivated In-House sales reps. Points knowledge an advantage. All candidates must have an NIE number as contract will be given. If interested please contact Andy Maleski on 669 100 253 or John Borrows on 678 756 082, or alternatively email your CV to reservations@tsrm.es Male waiting staff are required for a restaurant to work 4 nights a week. Call 669 622 622

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CLEANING

CONSTRUCTION

SAFECLEAN For all professional cleaning of carpets & upholstery

Tel: 609 066 973 info@safecleantenerife.com

ELECTRICIAN

www.safecleantenerife.com

BLINDS GARDEN FURNITURE CONSTRUCTION

HEALTH & BEAUTY www.tenerifehairandbeauty.com

CASH REGISTER / EPOS Tills, Touchscreens – sales, repairs. www.ofimart.net Tel: 922 721 320 (Est. 1994)

CHIROPODIST Ann Malpass M.A.F.H.P. M.C.F.H.P. Qualified Chiropodist. All your foot care needs solved in the comfort of your own home/hotel. Tel 625 799 570 Elaine Watson Jones MSSCh MBCHA, serving the community from El Medano to Los Gigantes for 13 years. Telephone 608 029 790

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KITCHENS & BATHROOMS

LIGHTING / FLOORING

MECHANICS & VALETS

PATIO DOORS & WINDOWS

MARKETS

ALCALA EVERY MONDAY VISIT THE PRETTIEST & FRIENDLIEST MARKET IN THE SOUTH

9am - 2pm - Fancy a stall?

Special new secondhand furniture section.

Have you got any furniture for sale?

Tel: 922 796 414 or mob 610 464 841

ALUMINIUM & PVC

VISIT OUR SHOWROOM in Granadilla!

Call for directions

Colin Taylor – Renovations & Maintenance, Bathrooms, Kitchens, Tiling, Plumbing etc. (e.g. complete bathroom & kitchen refurbishments, including all materials & labour from under €2000) Tel 661 081 843 for quotation.

LAWYERS

Tel: 922 778 050 Fax 922 778 051 Mobile 696 889 048

Specialists in security shutters and blinds, locks security glass and grills.

QUALIFIED FITTERS AND FULL GUARANTEES

MECHANICS & VALETS

Free no obligation survey & quotation. We speak English & German!

PERSONAL SERVICES Polish very beautiful blonde girl, slim Barbie body, blue eyes, all services, lesbian too. Private apartment, hotel visits, 24hrs, good English spoken. Tel: 672 845 107

PC’S/PRINTERS Sales, repairs www.ofimart.net 922 721 320 (Est. 1994)

PETS

PETSWORLD D O G H O T E L Short or long holidays - Spacious kennels - Enclosed play area - 3 walks a day

No car, no problem we can pick them up.

TEL: 679 16 16 82

PLUMBING All plumbing works undertaken including boiler replacements, drain clearance, swimming pool pump repair & maintenance. Tel: 680 278 579 Need a Plumber? For all jobs big or small. Repairs & Maintenance, Plumbing, Bathrooms. Call Jo Man on 686 602 871 or 922 711 445

RE-UPHOLSTERY

the English Upholsterer Sofas, bar seating dining chairs Free quotations & home visits Call Mike at ReStyle 04 March 2011 - 10 March 2011

677 806 800

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REMOVALS

SECURITY

TEETH WHITENING

UNIVERSAL EXPORTS. Let us take the hassle out of moving. Door to door removals to & from UK. 922 720 711.

THE WHITE VAN MAN TV & SATELLITE

House removals/apt removals. Quick cheap and cheerful service

No job too big or too small

Menny Fix, Satellite TV Tel 922 792 116 Avnd; Antonio Dominguez 18, Edif: MarOLa Local 2, Los Cristianos. EST 1994, Repairs, Maintenance & Sales.

Tel: 630 145 444 or 693 817 743 SECOND-HAND SHOPS

BARGAIN BASEMENT LIQUIDATION SHOP

EVERYTHING NEEDED TO START, ADD, FRESHEN OR JUST REPLACE ANYTHING IN YOUR HOME!

Bar/Restaurant items bought for CASH! WE BUY AND SELL 2ND HAND FURNITURE Open Mon-Fri. Los Cristianos, Edf.Rosy, Calle Valle Mendez, opp Police Station near Pet Shop

Tel: 618 381 488

ALADDINS CAVE. House clearance & removals.

Call us on Tel: 922 720 493

SPANISH LESSONS Conversational basic Spanish, “one to one” or small groups, home or workplace visits. Experienced language teacher at all levels. Excellent rates. Why not give it a try!

Call 649 227 833 or 922 163 270

Red Tomato, TV/Computer repairs inc. Plasma & LCD TV repairs, satellite installations, English Tele package, Xbox, Playstations, Wii, Satellite boxes & mobile phones, WiFi Hotspots in Golf del Sur & Amarilla. Call Alan 649 200 774

WARDROBES

TAROT READING / ASTROLOGY Mark the Island Astrologer. Financial / business, relationship, health. One hour reading. Specific, accurate, guaranteed. Tel 922 772 422 / 610 089 157.

Professional Psychic, Tarot and Rune reader. Advice about past, present and future financial and personal guidance..

Tel Amy on 666 083 494.

TILING

Colin Peel Tiling Specialist CASH waiting for all your SECOND HAND FURNITURE & HOUSEHOLD ITEMS

For All Your Tiling Needs: Bathrooms, Kitchens & Floors Most Aspects of Building Work Undertaken

Tel: 679 736 409 TRANSLATION

House clearances etc undertaken Tel: 922 735 664 or 674 615 855

WATER FILTERS

SECURITY

TENERIFE TRANSLATION SERVICES Over 20 years experience.

Official Translations, Medical, Conveyancing, Notary, Wills, Utilities, Insurances, Building licences Etc.. Transport available if required.

Professionalism & Confidentiality guaranteed.

For these and many more call Tracey on 666 857 991

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www.canarianweekly.com British Consulate Address: Plaza Weyler, 8, 1º, 38003 Santa Cruz de Tenerife Tel: 922 28 68 63 Opening Hours: Mon - Fri, 8.30am 1.30pm British Consul: Matthew Vickers British Vice-Consul: Helen Keating Cosumer Office Tel: 922 76 16 00 Town Hall Tel: 922 76 16 00 Emergencies Emergency Services (All) Tel: 112 National Police Tel: 091 Local Police Tel: 092 Ambulance Tel: 061 Fire Brigade Tel: 080 Guardia Civil Tel: 062 Multi-lingual police central office Tel: 902 102 112 Call this number and ask to speak to an English operator to make a report or official complaint.

Local Police Tel: 922 75 70 06 Red Cross Emergencies and Ambulances Tel: 922 28 18 00 Information and Blood Bank Tel: 922 28 29 24 International MEDSERVICE Tel: 922 79 05 63 Medical Benefits Agency

Tel: (00 44) 191 218 7547 For if you find yourself in medical difficulties whilst on holiday and without the proper holiday insurance.

Pharmacy Information and Locator (24 hours) Tel: 922 28 24 24 Citizen Information Tel: 010 Lost Property Tel: 092 Postal Services Tel: 902 19 71 97 International Operator Tel: 11825 Local Operator Tel: 11818 Tourist Information Tel: 922 60 55 90 Hospitals & Medical Centres (Answering Machine) Tel: 094 Hospital Las Americas, Playa de las Americas Tel: 922 75 00 22 Playa de Las Americas Centro Medicos Del Sur Tel: 922 79 10 00 Candelaria Hospital Tel: 922 60 20 00 Beach Safety Obey the beach warning flags and always supervise children when near water.

Red - Strong currents do not swim Yellow - Strong winds and turbulent sea conditions. Take care.

Green - Safe to swim Shopping Most shops open from Mon - Sat 09:00 13:00 then 16:00 20:00 Some shops may open for just Saturday

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Tourist Offices Tenerife Sur Tourist Office (Main Tourist Office) Tel: 902 00 31 21 Santa Cruz de Tenerife Tel: 922 28 93 94 Santiago de Teide Tel: 922 86 03 48 Costa Adeje Tel: 922 75 06 33 Puerto de la Cruz Tel: 922 38 60 00 El Medano Tel: 922 17 60 02 La Laguna Tel: 922 63 11 94 La Orotava Tel: 922 32 30 41 Las Galletas Tel: 922 73 01 33 Los Cristianos Tel: 922 75 71 37 Los Llanos de Aridane Tel: 922 40 18 99 Playa de las Américas Tel: 922 79 76 68 Playa de las Vistas Tel: 922 78 70 11

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Telephone numbers: Flight Information Tel: 902 404 704 (lines open 24 hours) General Information Tel: 922 635 800 Buses TITSA is Tenerife´s public bus company.

Tel: 922 53 13 00 The ´Bono-Bus´ discount card can be purchased from all TITSA stations and terminals of TITSA and reduces

the cost of transport by up to 30%.

Radio Taxis Tel: 922 64 11 12 N.B. Taxi cabs display a special SP (Servico Público) licence plate.

Arona Taxis Tel: 922 74 75 11 National Ferry Services Fred Olsen Tel: 922 62 82 52

Weather Outlook Friday Sunny skies. 16 °C. Wind NNE 16km/h.

Friday Night Clear skies. 16 °C. Wind N 13km/h.

Saturday Sunny skies. 18 °C. Wind NW 13km/h.

Saturday Night Patchy rain possible. 17 °C. Wind NNW 13km/h.

Sunday Sunny skies. 16 °C. Wind N 3km/h.

Sunday Night Clear skies. 17 °C. Wind N 3km/h.

Monday Patchy rain possible. 19 °C. Wind SW 16km/h.

Monday Night Clear skies. 18 °C. Wind W 14km/h.

Tuesday Sunny skies. 19 °C. Wind WSW 14km/h.

Tuesday Night Clear skies. 18 °C. Wind WSW 16km/h.

Wednesday Sunny skies. 20 °C. Wind WNW 8km/h.

Wednesday Night Partly cloudy skies. 20 °C. Wind NW 10km/h.

Transport TFS - Tenerife Sur Airport (Reina Sofia) For flights from the Spanish mainland and nearly all scheduled international

Managing Editor & Director: Chris Elkington

Contributors:

TFN - Tenerife Norte airport (Los Rodeos) For all domestic flights and some scheduled international and mainland services.

Tour Operators Thomson Tel: 922 79 86 07 TUI Tel: 922 77 77 20 Thomas Cook Tel: 922 757 409 Cosmos Tel: 922 793 802

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Telephone numbers: Flight Information 902 404 704 (lines open 24 hours) Airport Information Tel: 922 75 90 00 Tourist Information Tel: 922 392 037

Thursday Patchy rain possible. 18 °C. Wind NNE 27km/h.

Thursday Night Clear skies. 17 °C. Wind NNE 26km/h.

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