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Spanish capital in three-way bid for 2020 Games
Madrid’s Olympic race! THE Olympics could be on their way back to Spain, just 20 years after the successful Barcelona Games. Madrid has made it into the final three candidate cities to host the 2020 Olympiad. The Spanish capital is now in a straight race with Tokyo and Istanbul following the elimination of Doha and Baku, in Azerbaijan. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced the shortlist at their executive board meeting in Quebec. The three cities will now go through a vigorous, final bidding process before the winner is elected, on 7th September 2013, in Buenos Aires. They face 15 months of lobbying for votes and impressing the evaluation commission, who will compile a detailed technical assessment and full compliance report on each bid for IOC members to review in July next year. A place in the last three is being seen as a massive boost to the morale of the country, and Alejandro Blanco, President of the Spanish Olympic Committee, said yesterday (Thursday): “It’s great news! Madrid is committed to the Olympic Games as a factor for economic regeneration.” While there is no doubt the news will give some rare cheer, the IOC have warned that Spain’s dire financial situation could, ultimately, cost them the Games. “Careful attention will need to be paid to Spain’s economic outlook,” said
the IOC report. At this early stage, there seems little to choose between the candidate cities. It was revealed yesterday that Madrid had received an average score of 8.08, the highest of the three, but this is often a misleading advantage. Tokyo is the slight bookies’ favourite. It is the only candidate to have hosted an Olympics - in 1964 - and there is a feeling that Japan will win the sympathy vote after its
recent natural disasters. It will, however, struggle to impress with the modern populous of leaving an Olympic legacy. Tokyo must also find a way to be commercially attractive, because the time difference causes a major problem in the all-important American TV commercial market. Istanbul is seen as the outsider after four recent failed attempts. Turkey is an attractive option as it would see the first Olympiad to take place in two continents.
But there are many downsides, including security issues and separate political factors, such as human rights. Meanwhile, the country is also trying to win the battle to host the Euro 2020 football championship, which will not go down well with the IOC. Turkey is also going through a massive match-fixing scandal, which has affected its top division. This leaves Madrid as the most solid-looking option, but again, there
are question marks. Spain seems to nominate a city for every Olympiad, and they have only been awarded to the country once. The 1992 games in Barcelona were a huge success, but recent bids have struggled to really make a mark. Seville tried and failed twice, while this is Madrid’s fourth attempt, and the third in as many tenders. “There are some weak points we need to improve on,” said Blanco. “We are now into the second half,
which will be decisive. There is a lot of hard work to do, but we are very hopeful. Third time lucky!” On the plus side, Madrid already has the infrastructure in place, and 27 of the 35 venues which are required have already been built. Also, the city only just lost out last time, narrowly denied by Rio de Janeiro in a decision based largely on the idea of a first-ever South American Games, rather than one based on the core Olympic principles. And the Olympic voting process can be highly political. “I think Istanbul is our biggest rival as it stakes its case as becoming the first Islamic country to host the Olympics,” said Tomiaki Fukuda, vice-president of the Japanese Olympic Committee. “Istanbul has another strong appeal as a connecting point between Asia and Europe. I think the fact that we are bidding against two European countries will leave us in a better position.” He added: “I feel it has become easier for us to muster support from Asia,” knowing that Asia accounts for nearly one-fifth of the near-100 IOC members. The world, of course, has changed a lot in four years, and the Spanish government has set aside just 35 million euros to finance this bid, which is 40% lower than the failed attempt to bag the 2016 games. While this makes political sense, it remains to be seen if a “cheap” bid will be enough to bring the games back to Spain.
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A word from our editor Uncaring Ryanair abandons Email: editor@canarianweekly.com Thankyou Did you know there are nearly 180,000 registered charities in the UK? And it’s believed that there could be as many as 10,000,000 charities around the world. That’s a lot of fund-raising. But why do we need charities? Surely we all pay enough taxes to cover everything we need to get by in life. Unfortunately we don’t. Not even close. Everyone has their beliefs and their causes. For some raising money for Albino children in Tanzania is their number one priority. Others channel their efforts into saving the ‘endangered San Francisco Frog’ or helping injured building site workers. All of those are real. So who is to play God and decide which charity gets more money than another? Like justice they should all be viewed blind. I’m pretty certain you wouldn’t want to pay an extra 30% tax on your earnings and products if it meant the end to charities and fund raising. You might say differently in public, but privately you probably don’t want to donate your hard earned to retired prostitutes. Or Ferret Welfare. Again all real! Life is as hard in Tenerife as it is everywhere else, but for me, it seems our community is just a little more caring and generous. Every week there are stories in the Canarian Weekly about various fund raising events. All of them are well supported and everyone digs deep. I’m sure at some stage we have all attended or helped fund raising for someone we know who has hit upon hard times. And that amazing spirit was on hand again this week as the Soccer Saturday boys flew in for another couple of days of charity work. Last year over 20,000 pounds was raised for Marie Curie as a result of the
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travellers at Seville airport IT appears that the Ryanair check-in desks at Seville Airport are confused about what documents are required for ‘foreigners’ travelling between the Spanish mainland and the Canary Islands, specifically Tenerife.
Golf day and ‘Sportsman’s Dinner’. Why Marie Curie? Why not? All of us at some stage in our lives have been affected by cancer, or felt the heartache of seeing someone we know and love suffer from the ravages of cancer. The Marie Curie Cancer Care charity provides nursing care, free of charge, to terminally ill people, giving them the chance to choose to be cared for at home. Sky Sports Chris Kamara was their patron for 2011 and it was his idea to organise the events in Tenerife – where he calls his second home- as part of the years fund raising. All his colleagues gave up their holidays, participated, played, spoke and posed for hundreds of pictures and signed the same number of autographs. It was their small way of helping. They also donated to the fund. Chris explained: “It’s an amazing charity. They do so much good work. I have seen first hand the comfort
and help they provide. We are all affected by the legacy of cancer and Marie Curie Cancer Care is there to help but they need OUR help. It’s great that the SKY lads were happy to come over. They really enjoyed their time in Tenerife and the fact that we raised so much money was unbelievable” The local Tenerife businesses got behind the event. The Venture Restaurant Group helped with the funding, Club La Costa helped with the accommodation. Others sold the tickets or gave up their time to ensure the event ran smoothly. As I’ve mentioned we raised a lot of money, which is why we did it again this year, and hopefully will do it again in twelve months time. For those who attended, played, purchased raffle tickets, bought auction prizes, donated their time or simply put money in the bucket – Thank You. For more details go to www. mariecurie.org.uk
One avid reader and his partner left Tenerife and travelled to Seville on Friday, 11th May, with low-cost airline Ryanair. They departed Tenerife South Reina Sofia with no problem at all. On arriving in Seville they met a friend, by sheer coincidence, who alerted them to problems that travellers had encountered the previous week at Seville Airport, booked on Ryanair. So, to ensure smooth passage, they faxed Ryanair asking them if all would be okay, but did not receive a reply. Skip forward one week and, intrepidly, the Tenerife couple headed off to Seville airport in plenty of time, just in case. They had previously checked in on-line, but had luggage to check into the hold. at this point, their documentation was checked and they were referred to the office as it wasn’t correct, according to airline staff. In the office area they were told that they did not have the correct documentation to fly; they needed a ‘disc’. Needless to say, they had no idea what ‘disc’ was! The travellers had in their possession residencia (green original), which includes their personal details and address, plus their British passports. There was even another individual refused boarding who had, in addition his padron certificate, yet he
also had to make alternative arrangements. Canarian Weekly spoke with the municipality of Arona, who confirmed all that was needed to fly to and from to the mainland. Basically, it was original proof of residencia, detailing the address and photo id. However, the Tenerife residents were refused to board their pre-booked Ryanair flight. Thus, they were abandoned in Seville airport. So much for Seville’s motto “NO8DO”, the official motto and the subject of one of the many legends of Seville. The legend has left its very tangible mark throughout the city because NO8DO can be seen on landmarks ranging from the common bike rack, the caps of the municipal sewer and water system, ordinary sidewalks, buses, taxis, monuments and even the Christopher Columbus tomb. The motto of Seville is a visible presence, of which any visitor is sure to take note. Its literal translation means “It (Seville) has not abandoned me.” Canarian Weekly also confirmed with AENA, operators of the Seville airport, the correct documentation required for flying, and officials there also stated the same as Arona municipality. The abandoned travellers told Canarian Weekly: “We were treated terribly at Seville, but we kept our dignity. We also approached a policeman based in the airport and he said we had legal document and that they shouldn’t refuse us.
“But he also said he had encountered the same problems last week and could not talk sense to Ryanair staff. We were advised to file a denuncia in Tenerife.” The outcome was a further overnight stay in Seville, and a further flight booked the following day with Air Europa, who accepted their travel documents without batting an eyelid! So what’s going on? Ryanair surely owed the travellers a “duty of care” because they departed from Tenerife South, where their paperwork was deemed to be in order? What changed? Even Ryanair’s own website states the documentation necessary. What benefit is it to Ryanair to refuse passengers for no valid reason? Overbooking perhaps? Fittingly, Development Minister Ana Pastor has this week confirmed that in order for Canarian residents to continue to receive their 50% discount on flights within Spanish territory, they will soon no longer have to present their residencia, because the information will be computerised. The new process should be up and running in September, but residents will still have to present their empadronamiento certificate from their local Town Hall – proof of address. Perhaps someone needs to tell Ryanair. If you, too, have suffered a similar experience, please let me know at editor@Canarian Weekly
What is a Spanish Resident Discount? In order to be eligible for the 50% discount for residents, passengers must be either Spanish citizens, citizens of other member states of the European Union or citizens of other States that are members of the European Economic Area who can prove that they are resident in the Balearic or Canary Islands and who are travelling between their place of residence to any other part of Spain, or Ceuta residents travelling between Sevilla, Malaga or Jerez to any other part of Spain. Please note that if any of the passengers is not a resident they should book separately... Source: http://www.ryanair.com/en/questions/what-is-a-spanishresident-discount
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WHAT'S ON! Canarian Conference of Folklore and traditions Arona is hosting the 1st Conference of Folklore and traditions Canary 2012, until 28th May 2012. A whole host of activities are taking place in and around Los Cristianos including on a performance by the school of Folklore of Arona on Sunday 27th May at 8.30pm in the Auditorium Infanta Leonor de Los Cristianos.
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Minister visits Granadilla Port SOCIALIST Mayor of Granadilla, Jaime González Cejas, took advantage of last week’s visit to the port project by Ana Pastor, Spain’s Minister for Development, to highlight a few of his remaining concerns regarding the initiative.
He called her visit, “The ultimate accolade,” generating confidence and credibility and confirming the unity between Canarian institutions and the national Government regarding Granadilla’s port.
“We consider this a historic visit,” the Mayor said, “We are looking at the future optimistically, as a source of new employment for our citizens.” He also referred to a few concerns and called on the Minister to act
as intermediary and collaborate in resolving some of the issues regarding air traffic. He said, “This is one of the last legal and technical hurdles to totally develop the six million metres of this industrial estate.”
THE TENERIFE Cabildo’s Education department has introduced a new programme for teachers designed to help immigrant children integrate and cope better in both the classroom and
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are new to school and have just arrived in Tenerife. The project will last 10 months and is initially underway at Los Cardones, Los Cristianos I, Los Cristianos II, Las Galletas, Adeje I and Guaza schools.
The Department of economic promotion and employment of the municipality of Arona, is organising “ARONA, flavor and tradition” with the aim of revitalising the catering industry, promoting the culinary excellence of the municipality and thus bringing offers to both residents and visitors. More information is available from www.arona.org
La Camella
The fiesta in honour of the Divine Pastora takes place this weekend in a Camella. Friday sees the election of the youth Fiesta Queen at 8.30pm in the Plaza. Saturday from 11.00pm the Wamampy de la Gomera entertain the crowds. Saturday and Sunday religious acts takes place. On Sunday there are many children’s events taking place and the finale is a large firework display.
Canarian Day
29 de Mayo Baile de Magos – Adeje - it takes place in the Plaza de Espana in Adeje from 9pm. Don’t forget that Wednesday 30th May is Canarian Day and there will events throughout all the municipalities on Tuesday evening and Wednesday. To see the whole range of events log on to your local municipality’s website.
the local community. The local government initiative aims to improve the support material available to teachers helping
them deal with new arrivals, and thus providing them with the tools necessary to resolve common problems faced by youngsters who
Eruption on Teide unlikely Scientists from the Institute of Technology and Renewable Energy, (ITER), have confirmed that the period of high seismic, volcanic activity back in 2004 was preceded by an injection of magma fluids into Teide’s crater. Page 4
According to a statement from Tenerife’s Cabildo, the study by the ITER investigators also showed that in 2001 a carbon dioxide, (CO2), emission in the crater was detected. In 2003 the research found a higher concentration of carbon monoxide, (CO) and hydrochloric acid, (HCI) as well as detecting quantifiable amounts of sulphur dioxide, (SO2). These chemical changes in the vents were accompanied by a decrease
in the concentration of both hydrogen sulphide, (H2S), and methane, (CH4) and in the gas and water vapour ratio. A few months after the decrease in seismic activity in the interior of Tenerife, however, the concentrations of SO2, CO and HCI experienced a sharp decline, while the CH4 and the gas to vapour ratio went up, according to the report. In addition to these studies, researchers have also been analysing the chemical and
isotopic composition of fluids emitted from Teide’s vents between 1991 and 2010. All of this data is the product of some 15 scientific campaigns dedicated to the observation of the diffuse emission of carbon dioxide in the El Teide crater. This scientific research work indicates, in accordance with seismic activity in recent years, that the probability that the El Teide volcano could reactivate is extremely low.
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Tenerife Carnival Queen conquers Paris and Milan TENERIFE’S pursuit of new tourism promotions took a delegation, including the new Carnival Queen, Carmen Gil González, to Milan and Paris in the past week . It proved a successful mission, with Tourism Minister Carlos Alonso, saying: “We had a double-action objective and it paid off. “We have associated the image of our Carnival with the symbols of these two major European cities, as well as achieving further promotion of the Island as a tourist destination
in a few landmarks, including the Eiffel Tower, which, daily, attracts thousands of locals
and visitors.” The programme, organised by Tenerife Tourism, began last Thursday
in Milan, where they saw the “Spagna di Milano”, with the Carnival Queen in all her splendour. The party moved on to Paris on Monday for the Festival of Cultural Diversity, in the Palais Royal Square,, next to the Louvre Museum. Queen Carmen accompanied the City’s Mayor and the Spanish Ambassador in France, to the opening of the event in her full regalia, and the overall effect was again sensational. The next day, the action took place at Trocadero Plaza, highlighted by a photo shoot capturing Carmen with the Eiffel Tower just behind her, which entranced the many visitors there.
Movistar make internet accessible
A report from website ADSL Zone, states that Movistar, will deploy a fibre optic network across the Canary Islands. Overall investments in the project are estimated to reach 30 million euros. When finished, the FTTH network will cover nearly
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90% of Canary Islands households. The network will connect around 130,000 households and 15,000 businesses, providing speeds of up to 100 Mbps for download and 10 Mbps for upload. The project will create around 1,000 direct jobs.
Rivero meets Rajoy
THE PRESIDENT of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, met at Moncloa Palace with the President of the Regional Government of the Canary Islands, Paulino Rivero. The meeting forms part of a series of meetings being held by the President of the Government with the presidents of the regional governments of Spain. The two leaders assessed the economic situation and agreed on the need to maintain the efforts aimed at meeting the deficit targets. They also spoke about the regional financing system, ways to
enhance tourism on the islands, clean energies and the Canary Islands’ position in Europe. Paulino Rivero insisted that the Canary Islands will meet the deficit target and will maintain public services but called on Mariano Rajoy to provide State support to generate economic activity. Paulino Rivero and Mariano Rajoy agreed to arrange a meeting between representatives of the Regional Government of the Canary Islands and the Vice-President of the Government, Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, at the end of June or in July. The meeting will be used to further analyse specific issues affecting the Canary Islands. Source:Lamoncloa
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NEWS IN BRIEF Baby rescued from locked car A BABY girl of five months was rescued by Adeje police and firefighters from a locked car during last week’s heatwave. Her distressed Lithuanian mother, who lives in Adeje, contacted the emergency services last Thursday afternoon, via a friend who translated for her. She said she left her handbag containing the keys locked in the car. With the temperature in excess of 100 degrees outside, police smashed the rear window to reach the child who, thankfully, was sitting unharmed in her car seat.
Spain wins German support SPANISH Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says Germany’s Angela Merkel is in complete agreement with the reforms here in Spain, including making Spanish banks more transparent in their operations. The two leaders met this week at the NATO summit in Chicago, where Rajoy confirmed there will be no changes in the austerity drive the Popular Party government has undertaken. The removal of Spanish troops from Afghanistan in 2014 was also discussed.
Calima brings birds galore TWITCHERS take note! More than 320 species of migrating birds have been identified here in the Canaries, and spring is one of the best times to spot one of these passing visitors. According to the Canarian branch of the Spanish Ornithological Society, many often come following a calima, so now might be a good time for a little bird-watching. Some birds travel 1,000s of kilometres to reach Tenerife, and experts have observed numerous cases of the same birds returning every year. For more information, go to www.migraciondeaves.org
Tenerife’s solar ‘detective’ THE biggest solar telescope in Europe, ‘Gregor’, was inaugurated this week at the Tenerife Observatory. Promoted by a German consortium, and at a cost of almost 13 million euros, it will serve to better understand solar processes, as well as those produced by the majority of stars in the universe. It will also answer questions about how solar activity affects the Earth.
TV’s food appeal for needy LOCAL TV station Mirame Televisión will be holding its second appeal for non-perishable food donations to distribute among more than 40,000 needy people in Tenerife. The event will take place on Tuesday at the Plaza de La Concepcion, in La Laguna, in collaboration with the Food Bank and the Red Cross, who will deliver the food around the Island. Some 30 artists will perform in the square throughout the day, and organisers hope to at least equal December’s appeal, which saw 40 tons of donated food and drink to aid those suffering the worst effects of the crisis.
Two million kids in poverty FOR the first time, children are the poorest collective in Spain, where more than two million children are living under the poverty line. Childhood poverty is now over 26%. Unicef, which produced the report, says that being poor in Spain does not mean not being attended to in hospital, but not having access or the means to treatment not included under Social Security.
Gay penguins’ love child TWO gay penguins in Madrid are about to become parents. Six months ago Inca and Rayas fell in love, according to the zoo-keepers, and those responsible in the park have overseen the penguin’s adoption of an egg, which they are incubating like any penguin mum. The egg is set to hatch in a few weeks.
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Yeremi lead? THE family of Yeremi Vargas, in Gran Canaria, have renewed hope that there son is still alive, upon hearing the testimony of a witness. The protected witness is said to have seen the child in the road to the cemetery in the municipality of Santa Lucía de Tirajana, at 02.00 in the morning, with a hooded person, about a month ago. The information given by the witness said the child had long hair with a stripe in the middle. Interestingly, Santa Lucía de Tirajana is where Yeremi was playing, his home neighbourhood, when he was abducted. Also, work continues with the possibility that Yeremi was a victim of a case of paedophilia. There are currently 15 prisoners accused on the island of this type of crime. It touched the hearts of everyone in the Canaries when Yeremi Vargas vanished, apparently without
trace, on 10th March 2007. He had been playing in a field with his cousins near his home in Vecindario, on the south-east coast and simply vanished, just moments after they had been called in for their dinner. Thousands of posters were
put up around all the islands of the bespectacled little boy, and his disappearance was the subject of much debate for months. His family and police have never given up hope of finding him and, at a press conference in March marking
the fifth anniversary of his disappearance, the Guardia Civil reactivated the case, offering fresh hope to his parents by releasing details they are working on in relation to three cars which were all seen in the area at the time.
Rajoy offers food for thought SPANISH Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy insists he will not seek EU rescue funds for the Spanish Banks - for now, at least.
Rajoy, who had a working lunch with French President François Hollande at the Élysée Palace in Paris on Wednesday, said he would be ask his EU colleagues for “an effort” to sustain the debt in those countries meeting their obligations at a later, informal
summit meeting in Brussels. He also said doubts over the Euro had to be dissipated in order to reduce the costs of financing, adding: “I think Greece should stay in the Euro, as that is better for them and for the Eurozone.” Meanwhile, Brussels
reports that the 17 Eurozone members are preparing a document which will detail some of the measures being considered should Greece leave the Euro. The Eurogroup wants each country to have its own “Plan B” should that happen.
No sneaky puffs on the beach, or at Barcelona’s Nou Camp DON’T light up on the beach, or if you’re watching Barcelona’s brilliant football team, or you will in big trouble. Even though, legally, you are not breaking the law, there’s always a spoilsport for drag-addicts, and some local councils throughout Spain have given into pressure from the anti-smoking groups. They have posted No Smoking signs on some beaches in Gran Canaria, Barcelona’s Nou Camp Stadium, and the Avila Wall, a World Heritage site 115km west of Madrid. Yet Spanish legislation,
introduced in 2010, decrees that smoking is not permitted in enclosed spaces, such as cafes, bars, restaurants, etc. That is why people can often be found outside bars and offices, puffing away to their heart’s content. The councils’ declaration of smoke free open-air spaces comes in response to public cleanliness demands and for environmental reasons. Raising social awareness about the general health risk also comes into the equation. But although it has been proved that smoking indoors does cause health problems, it is believed that scientific studies have yet to determine that passive smoking out in
the open endangers health. Dr Francisco Camarelles, Secretary General of the National Committee for the Prevention of Nicotine Poisoning (NPTC), admits it is difficult for the concentration of toxic particles in cigarette smoke to reach dangerous levels outside. However, the outdoor smoking ban, enforced by local councils, is being adopted as a way of drawing the public’s attention to the dangers of tobacco. “Here at the NPTC, we support any measures designed to raise awareness and social monitoring of tobacco use,” adds Dr Camarelles. Although there are smoke-
free football stadiums throughout Europe, the Nou Camp is the only Spanish stadium to support the nosmoking ban. However, sunbathers on Gran Canaria’s beaches in Mogan, a popular tourist spot in the south, will discover this summer, that 75% of them have been reserved for nonsmokers, following legislation brought in by the local council in March. There is also pressure to make non-smoking areas available on all Spanish beaches for two reasons: to educate children about the health risks, and as a way of keeping the sand clean by getting rid of all the cigarette butts.
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YOUR EMAILS Dear Editor, WE were so excited when we heard about the Rock Coast Festival taking place in Tenerife. Although not completely convinced that Canarian organisation would be able to organise the event equally as well as similar events in the North of Europe, my partner and I managed to purchase tickets. That alone was a Russian Roulette, or so it seemed. First, we ventured to the selling point in Adeje. The incompetent sales person of Viajes Halcon made us wait for about 15 minutes (although we were the only customers in the tiny office) before attending us. Then, when we explained we were there to purchase tickets for the festival, she claimed that, unfortunately, she was not able to print of the ticket as she had RUN OUT OF PAPER! Having taken a 40-minute bus ride to the office, after phoning up front no one bothered to pick up the phone and we were not best pleased. According to the sales person, she had been “very busy, having to sell tickets for a lot of other concerts such as Pitbull and Sting”. She said she was also on her own and, therefore, could not pick up the phone. Although extremely irritated, we decided to give it another try the next day in the Viajes Halcones Shop in Los Cristianos. We waited for nearly 50 minutes (with only two couples in the queue ahead of us) before we finally managed to buy the tickets. Having decided, because of contradicting information regarding prices by then, to buy for one day only and, additionally, buy tickets for the Sting concert, we were charged more than 200 euros. Nowhere was it advertised that we needed to pay in cash, although the sales person who had kept us waiting informed us that it was impossible to pay by VISA. And so we had to leave the office, withdraw the requested amount of cash and queue again. All in all, we estimate the number of hours trying to obtain tickets for the Rock Coast Festival, including buses, queuing, bank withdrawal and about 50km of driving to and from, etc, to be about two days and four hours. Luckily (sarcastically speaking), I had taken two days off work. I spent those two precious days trying to get the entrance tickets, and it will take another day, at least, to obtain my money back. And then wonder why such a lovely initiative as the Rock Coast festival has been cancelled. HELLO! I strongly advise readers to ask for the Hoja de Reclamacion in the office where they purchased the ticket. I am convinced that the whole thing was not cancelled because people were not interested, but the fact that local people are not capable, professionally speaking, of organising big events such as these. We can do big events like the second-largest Carnaval in the world, and big concerts, so why such incompetence regarding this event? After all, they had about a year to programme the festival! Had I taken a fortnight off work because of the event, it would have been a holiday ruined completely. I’m sorry to say that Canarian incompetence rules yet again. It’s such a shame because it could have been so nice. Let professional people organise it next time. KG Tenerife
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Tenerife fits the bill for Europe’s sporting stars IT is hardly surprising that hundreds of athletes from all over Europe flock to Tenerife for warmweather training every year. More and more top sportsmen and women are discovering that our exceptional climate and excellent infrastructure gives them a perfect base to decamp during the unforgiving winters and hone their fitness in readiness their major showdowns each summer. And it’s not only athletes who avail themselves of the facilities over here. England’s Premier League teams, such as Newcastle, Swansea and Everton, have flown over to recharge their batteries during opportune breaks in the season, as they did this winter. Carlos Alonso, the Cabildo’s Tourism Minister said: “Few places in the world offer professional and amateur athletes the climatic and natural conditions they find in Tenerife. “Our virtues have traditionally been valued by teams and individual competitors, who come to the Island to improve their development.” There are two main arenas which attract sportsmen and women: the Antonio Dominguez Athletics Stadium in Las Americas, and the T3 (Tenerife Top Training) high-performance
centre in La Caleta, Costa Adeje. The latter, which has a top-class football pitch, tennis courts and other facilities, is where the top footballers congregate, and where several Italian tennis players have been preparing for the French Open, which begins on Sunday (27th May) until 10th June at the Roland Garras in Paris. British boxers, such as former world champion Nigel Benn and, more recently, ex-WBO superfeatherweight champion Nicky Cook have always used Tenerife for highaltitude training at more than 2,000 metres in Teide National Park, and that’s after all the uphill running! And these are perfect training conditions for tennis players, who are forced to run around for five hours or more at times in five-setters. Tenerife Tourism chief Miguel Angel Santos said: “The conditions at Teide
allow them to accustom their bodies to cope with the great efforts they have to put for these Grand Slam events. And now, Tenerife Tourism Corporation has reached agreements with some of them to return to the Island to prepare for their 2012 season. “It means that they can improve their physical fitness and help us to promote Tenerife as a training ground,” added Santos. Others to take advantage of out climate this year have been swimmers from France, Holland, Italy Italian, Switzerland and mainland Spain, as well as leading German star Britta Steffen. Spain’s beach volleyball team have made their training base here, as did the Finnish international athletics team, who signed an agreement with Racing Club Las Americas (RCLA) to use the Antonio Dominguez
Stadium throughout the winter in preparation for their indoor and outdoor seasons, culminating in the London Olympics for some of their competitors. The Racing Club have played host to various European Olympic legends and future stars throughout the winter. And in the past two weeks, the German jumpers (long, high and triple) have been toning up at the stadium for next month’s European Championships in Helsinki. The Island has many other facilities that attract toplevel athletes, including the VIT Centre, at the Bahia del Duque & Spa, under the direction of Michael Novotny, so-called “therapist to the stars”. International tennis players who have used the facilities there include Serbia’s Ana Ivanovich and Czech Tomas Berdych. And the Abama Sanchez Casal tennis school, under the Hotel Abama, is another top-class centre.. The list of prominent athletes who have chosen the Island for training in recent years goes on and on: cyclists like Tour de France legend Lance Armstrong, and Russian Alexander Vinokourov; Germany’s former world 200m freestyle swimming champion Paul Biedermann and Olympic laser sailor Paul Goodison, who will defend his Beijing gold medal at the London Games this summer.
Clampdown on the ‘faceless’ rioters SPAIN’S Public Safety Law is being updated for the first time in 20 years, and it comes down heavily on illegal drinking and drug-taking. It also includes people covering their faces with masks, scarves or hoods during clashes with the police,
or improper use of uniforms or insignias. All these offences will be considered “serious” crimes. Public Order offences will be divided into three categories: “very serious”, which entails 30,000-300,000-euro fines, “serious” offenders will be fined 3,000-30,000 euros, while “minor” infractions will cost fines between 300 and 3,000 euros. It means that civil
disobedience and lack of respect for authority will be considered “serious” or “very serious”, but only if an incident is not classified as a crime. Otherwise, the Penal Code will be applied. Jorge Fernández Díaz, the Government’s Interior Minister, said the main objective of the changes was to “dissuade” and prevent violent behaviour against the police during demonstrations
and protests. The minister added: “Twenty years have gone by and it is evident that a thorough overhaul is required. “The changes are designed to guarantee the right to demonstrate peacefully, and to ensure that those who resort to violence cannot contaminate this right. The reform is in favour of freedom and rights, and against violence.”
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Excellent bathing water GOOD news if you’re planning a beach holiday in Europe this summer, 92.1% of bathing waters in the European Union now meet the minimum water quality standards set by the Bathing Water Directive. This includes the Serpentine Lake in London, which will host several Olympics events, including the Open Water Marathon Swim and the swimming section of the triathlon. The quality of water at beaches and other bathing spots is one of the most important environmental concerns of European citizens. But in several countries there is still a problem with pollution from agriculture and sewage, so more efforts to ensure safe and clean water for the public are needed. The results are from the latest annual Bathing Water Report of European Environment Agency (EEA) and the European Commission, which describes
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water quality in more than 22,000 bathing sites at beaches, rivers and lakes across Europe. Cyprus, Croatia, Malta and Greece had excellent reports on their bathing water sites, all with more than 90% of bathing water sites meeting the most stringent guide values (excellent quality), and the remainder complying with the mandatory values. At the opposite end of the scale, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Latvia, Luxemburg and Belgium had relatively low proportions of sites meeting the strict guide values, especially as regards inland waters. Water quality at Europe’s most popular summer destinations was generally good – with more than 90% of
bathing water sites meeting the mandatory values. Spain, Italy and Portugal had more than 80 % of sites with excellent water quality. Environment Commissioner Janez Poto nik said: “I am pleased to note that the quality of Europe’s bathing waters generally remains high, and has improved since last year. A clear majority of Europeans are concerned about water quality issues, and want more information on this. We must therefore continue our work to ensure our waters are appropriate for all legitimate uses – from bathing to drinking - and that the overall aquatic ecosystem is in good health.” Professor Jacqueline McGlade, EEA Executive Director, said: “The quality of water at beaches and
other bathing spots is one of the most important environmental concerns of European citizens. But in several countries there is still a problem with pollution from agriculture and sewage, so we need to see more efforts to ensure safe and clean water for the public.” The report said that 77.1% of sites had excellent quality, i.e. complying with the most stringent guide values, an improvement of 3.5 percentage points on last year’s data. Some 93.1% of coastal bathing waters were classified as ‘sufficient’, or complying with the less stringent mandatory values – a 1% increase. Less than 2% of bathing waters were noncompliant. The overall quality of bathing waters in the EU has markedly improved since 1990. The number of coastal bathing waters not complying with the Bathing Water Directive’s provisions fell from 9.2% of sites in 1990 to 1.5% in 2011. The number of inland bathing areas not complying with mandatory values decreased from 11.9% in 1990 to 2.4% in 2011, which is among the lowest percentages to date.
Another point for safe driving SPAIN’S traffic authority (DGT ) is to credit an extra point to those drivers who have not forfeited any in the past six years. The scheme starts on 1st July, and an estimated 16
million drivers, who hold the maximum 15 points, should benefit. This new point comes on top of two other bonus points, which were offered for the same reasons in 2009, when the total was 12. Of the 26 million drivers in Spain, only five million have been fined since 1st July 2006
Tenerife doctor dies on Everest JUAN José Polo Carbayo, a resident physician at Candelaria Hospital in Santa Cruz, died on Saturday as he was descending Everest after conquering the world’s highest mountain. The 43-year-old, said to have “good technique but not professional”, was one of five mountaineers to die at the weekend.
He was left behind at over 8,000 metres after becoming detached from his group of four, who were each accompanied by a Sherpa. Hari Parjauli, of expedition company Himalayan Guides, said: “Extreme exhaustion was the most likely cause of death. The sherpa assured us that he left him only when he was already dead.”
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Healthcare changes are baffling our older Brits THE National Casework Service of Age Concern España (ACASA) has been flooded with calls from anxious British pensioners, both here and on mainland Spain, over the Government’s healthcare reforms. There is a new clampdown on immigrants from any country living here without the correct paperwork to enable them to get into the health “system”. Old folk are worried about how the changes will affect them, but as long as they are resident in Spain, they can still use their Health Card (tarjeta sanitaria) to gain access to full health care at Social Security hospitals. If they are not eligible for a Social Security Health Card, they must have adequate private insurance. Some pensioners appear to be unaware that they can transfer their British health entitlements to Tenerife or Spain. Age Concern, which can supply all the information needed regarding health, says: “No announcements
PLAYA Ajabo the long-awaited beach in Callao Salvaje finally opened last Friday to a rapturous reception. Hundreds of residents and visitors alike lined the beach road to see Adeje Mayor Jose Miguel Rodriguez Fraga officially open the new tourist attraction. Fraga highlighted in his opening address the effort, work and hope of residents and businessmen in making Playa Ajabo a reality. The beach further enhances Callao Salvaje as a quality tourist destination, regenerating the neighbourhood. Fraga concluded his speech by expressing his thanks to the huge volume of people involved in the project, especially the Ministry of the environment who funded the work. Government sub-delegado, Guillermo Díaz Guerra spoke
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have yet been made on how these reforms will be implemented, nor when they will come into effect. We will keep you updated as soon as we know.” ACASA has two client bases: people over the age of 50, and those of any age who serve, or used to serve, in the British Armed Forces, and their families. Contact INFOLINE on 902 003 838 or info@ageconcernespana.org for further information, or go to www. acespana.org. ACASA is the official partner of the British Embassy in Spain, AGE UK, and SSAFA Forces Help. Among the new healthcare reforms for pensioners are
10% charges for any drugs or medicines - they used to be free when they collect them from the pharmacy. The new legislation imposes a monthly limit on what they pay, from 8-60 euros, depending on whether they have other income. The 10% charge applies if they earn less than 22,000 euros. But whatever the income, all pensioners will pay 10%, and the administration will then calculate any refund. Old folk on non-contributory or minimum pensions will continue not having to pay. The co-payment scheme also includes orthopaedics, splints, wheelchair hire, dietetic products and non-
emergency ambulance transport. The British Consulate in Santa Cruz clarifies the issue further, saying on its website: “Healthcare is provided to UK state pensioners resident in Spain and registered with an S1 form on the same basis as healthcare given to Spanish pensioners. “Therefore, healthcare changes that are applicable to Spanish state pensioners are equally applied to all UK state pensioners. “If you are applying for your residence certificate, you may be asked to show proof that you are covered for healthcare in Spain when making your application. If you are a UK state pensioner for example, you may be able to use your S1 form to meet this requirement. “A full list of requirements should be obtained from your local Oficina de Extranjeros or designated police station. More details can be found on the Spanish Ministry of the Interior website (information is in Spanish), and follow the links for extranjería. For more British Consulate information, go to http:// uk inspain.fco.gov.uk/en/ help-for-british-nationals/ living-in-spain/healthcare/ healthcare-updates
Momentum is gathering for Pitbull concert MORE than 2,000 tickets have already been sold for Pitbull’s concert at Golf Costa Adeje’s 20,000-capacity venue on 23rd June. And his first visit to Tenerife is eagerly awaited by his legion of supporters over here and on the other Canary Islands. The 31-year-old American rapper has built up an astonishing fan base worldwide, with 20 million Facebook followers and as many again visiting his official website. Such is his popularity that well over 200 million fans have visited the YouTube video clip of his smash 2009 hit I Know You Want Me. Pitbull is also in demand with other superstars, and Jennifer Lopez, Enrique Iglesias, Shakira and Mark Anthony are among those who have dueted with him on various single and LP tracks. During his 10 years in the music business, Pitball has proved to be an excellent rapper, and mixes Latin with hip hop. He is also a renowned pop singer-songwriter and
record producer. He was born to Cuban parents in Miami, and Spanish is his second language, which is presumably why he also has his own Spanish-speaking TV show. Pitbull has also ventured into the realms of film soundtracks and his recent offering was to provide the musical backdrop to Men in Black 111, which is expected to break all box-office records. His varied career has earned him many awards. He was voted 2012 Best Male Artist in the Premiere’s Billboard of Latin Music, and last year he won seven accolades at the same event. General tickets cost 25 euros, with Front of Stage area at 40 euros. All information regarding the concert and where to buy tickets are on www.pitbullontour.com - or you can go on www. elcorteingles.es or www. ticketmaster.es or call into Base Salud sports shops and Daily Price shops. The concert is being organised by Tenerife’s Airbag Events, in collaboration with MyEvents, and sponsorship is provided by Heineken, in collaboration with Adeje Town Hall.
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of how the remodelling of the beach was an example to everyone, “That is to make good use of all the money to rescue a public space as unique as this that belongs to everyone.”
Residents may recall that the area previously was rocky, full of rubbish and inaccessible. Now, existing features have been enhanced, rebuilt, and additional land reclaimed to increase the
size of the bathing area. There are changing and shower areas, a wharf from which to bathe, viewpoints and rest area, together with a 106 square metre plaza and soon the opening of
the beach cafe bar, which is currently out for tender, it is thought that sun beds will also be controlled from there. The ceremony continued with the cutting of a ribbon and sand from the first beach of the municipality – Troya, being spread by a couple dressed in traditional 19th century fishing attire.
After a thirty year wait, and nearly two million euros later the project is complete; the initial project commenced way back in March 2006, finally receiving approval by the Ministry of the Environment, who funded the project, in April 2009. It is now hoped that Playa Ajabo will now be enjoyed by everyone.
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www.canarianweekly.com THE Social Services Department at the Granadilla Town Hall, under Councillor Ana Esther Flores Ventura, has begun a new therapy project for the disabled that uses pets, specifically dogs. While not unfamiliar with British readers, this is the first time that dogs have been used to improve the life experience of those with limited capacity.
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Puppy Love The initiative was launched this week at the Centre for Diversity (CADI), in the town of Granadilla and according to the Socialist Councillor it will take place once a week. Using the specially trained and naturally affectionate canine friends provided by the company Tenerife Dog Therapy, or T-Can Tenerife, the process is part of an educational programme
to encourage individual development. T-Can dogs can help stimulate sensitivity, increase social interaction between the pets and peers, encourage voluntary movement and provide humour and joy. Studies confirm that dogs improve the therapeutic environment, quality of life and welfare of users
participating in these activities. Ana Esther Flores Ventura is pleased by the positive reception of this programme and the results of this first contact with a new kind of therapy, which, she says, “Without doubt, improves the quality of life for users of CADI, in addition to aiding development both personal and intellectual.”
Smoking ban is given the okay THE 2010 “No Smoking” law, which affected bars, restaurants and all other enclosed public spaces, met with fierce opposition at the time. Now, 17 months on, 82% of Spaniards consider the ban to be correct, according to a new survey. But only 37% believe that the plain cigarette packets, stripped of colours or logos, might make smoking less attractive for adolescents.
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Curiously, though, 26% are convinced that rolling tobacco is less harmful than regular cigarettes. These are some of the findings from a survey carried out by SEMFYC, the Spanish Family and Community Medicine Society. Researchers questioned 4,000 smokers, no-smokers and former smokers. The results were released on Tuesday during the 13th “Smoke-free Week” which finishes on Thursday (31st June) under the “You give it up, You win” slogan.
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A double-dip recession fear The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revised its first estimate of the fall in gross domestic product (GDP) of 0.2% during the first three months of the year to 0.3%. So the UK’s double-dip recession is deeper than originally thought with a greater decline in the first three months of the year. The cause has been put down to weaker construction output for the poorer economic situation. After a 0.2% decline in the final quarter of 2011, the new estimate confirms that the UK has entered a technical
recession - two consecutive quarters of negative growth. The downward revision will put more pressure on the Government and fuel criticism that Chancellor George Osborne’s austerity measures are blocking recovery. It will also dash hopes that the figures could be revised upwards, possibly into positive territory, when a third estimate is released next month. Household spending declined for three quarters in a row last year and has been hit by high inflation, sluggish wage growth and soaring unemployment. Unions and the Labour party used the revised figures to attack the Mr Osborne’s economic policy.
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I just had to let it out THE sister of murdered teenager Shafelia Ahmed finally told police she witnessed what happened because she “just had to let it out”, a court has heard. Speaking from behind a curtain at the trial of her parents, Alesha Ahmed told the jury “it had haunted me for a long time about what happened to my sister”. This week she told the Crown Court in Chester that she saw them suffocate 17-year-old Shafilea at the family home in Warrington in 2003 following years of rows over her sister’s “Westernised” lifestyle. Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed both deny murdering their daughter. Andrew Edis QC asked why she kept silent about what she had seen until two years ago, Ms Ahmed replied: “I think it wasn’t until I went to university that I saw how wrong the family life is, because when you get used to something it becomes normal. “That’s when I saw it wasn’t normal and I knew what happened to my sister was
wrong. Because it’s your own parents you don’t see how bad it is because you still love them.” Ms Ahmed, who is now 23, continued: “I think at university I did really feel like my sister in a way that you want to fit in with everyone else, but you’re being forced to live in a different way. That’s what made me crack.” She added:“I felt I was going down the same path as my sister Shafilea had gone down, in terms of the pressure of going to Pakistan, in terms of being 21 at the time and supposed to be married.” Ms Ahmed described how her relationship with her parents “completely broke
down” when they found out she had refused a proposal of marriage. The court heard she paid for university with loans, but later asked her parents for money, which they refused, and told her to go to Pakistan instead. Ms Ahmed then told the jury she was responsible for a robbery at her parents’ home in August 2010. Asked why, she said: “I think I just absolutely snapped. It was just hard, either living how they wanted me to live or living on my own. Both were a struggle.” She was asked what she hoped to get out of the robbery. “I don’t really know,” she
replied. “I wasn’t thinking properly.” The court heard that days after her arrest, she told police her parents had killed her sister. Mr Edis asked: “Before you made that disclosure had any police officer told you it might help you in terms of the trouble you’re in, in terms of the robbery?” She replied, “No”. Mr Edis went on: “What was it that made you tell?” She answered that she had “just had enough”. “My mental state wasn’t very good, being between the two cultures and trying to please everyone. It just wasn’t me anymore. I just had to let it out,” she said. The trial continues.
Kidman and Kylie in Cannes The 65th annual film festival in Cannes is playing host to Australian’s Kylie Minogue and Nicole Kidman Pop star Kylie Minogue is starring in French director Leos Carax’s new surreal
BUD is the first eastern Pacific hurricane of the 2012 season; it’s forming off the south-western coast of Mexico. The US National Hurricane Centre said the storm contains sustained winds of 75mph (120kph) and is located in the Pacific Ocean about 385 miles (620km) southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. At a speed of six miles (9km) per hour it is gusting north,
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offering Holy Motors and said she wanted to be as open as possible for the role, stripping herself of “being Kylie”. The singer told a press conference in Cannes: “It felt good to be back on set. I took it very seriously; I basically banned my entire entourage of coming with me. “I kind of stripped myself
of being Kylie and wanted to go back to being as basic as possible and pretty much be a blank canvas for Leos.” In the film, she stars alongside Eva Mendes, and is in the running for the top Palme d’Or prize, something Minogue said “feels like a dream”. Meanwhile Nicole Kidman arrived in the south
of France for the world premiere of her new thriller The Paperboy. Based on the novel of the same name by Pete Dexter, The Paperboy is set in Miami in the 1960s, and tells the story of two brothers who try to uncover the truth about a man on death row.
expected to reach the coast of Mexico by the weekend. The hurricane centre, based in Miami, predict “life-threatening surf and rip current conditions” to form along southern and southwestern coastal areas. Mexico’s government have issued a tropical storm warning along the coast from Punta San Telmo westward to La Fortuna. It’s currently only a category one hurricane and it’s predicted that when it hits land it will weaken.
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Bee Gee Robin is now the third Gibb brother to die ROBIN GIBB, who founded the Bee Gees, along with his brothers Barry and Maurice, died on Sunday night at the age of 62.
The singer, songwriter and disco icon had waged a brave battle against colon and liver cancer for some time. In 2010 he had surgery to treat a twisted bowel - a congenital condition that killed his twin brother, Maurice, in 2003. A third brother, Andy, the youngest at 30 and a former teen idol, died of heart failure at 30 after struggling with alcohol, drugs and relationships. In January,Robin’s spokesman announced that doctors had found a growth in his colon and said the singer was responding well to treatment, despite his shockingly thin appearance. In an interview with BBC radio in early February, Gibb said he had made a “spectacular recovery” from cancer. But he was back in the hospital in late
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March for intestinal surgery and forced to cancel all of his plans. Robin had been working on his first classical concert, The Titanic Requiem, with his son Robin-John to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the disaster. Preparing for the concert distracted him from his illness “to such a degree that I truly believed it might have saved my life”, he told The Sun. But when the Titanic concert was held in London on 12th April, the Bee Gee was too ill to attend. His wife Dwina, daughter Melissa, 37, and sons Spencer, 39 (from his first marriage), and brother Barry, 65, the last surviving member of the Bee Gees, kept a vigil by his bedside at a private hospital in London. He is also survived by two other children, Robin-John with Dwina, and a two-yearold girl, Snow Robin, with his former housekeeper, Claire Yang. His mother, 91-year-old Barbara Gibb, who has lost three of her four sons is alive.
Robin said earlier this year: “I sometimes wonder if all the tragedies my family has suffered, like Andy and Maurice dying so young, and everything that’s happened to me recently, is kind of a karmic price we are paying for all the fame and fortune we’ve had.” The Bee Gees, British-born, Australia-raised brothers, have been hailed as one of most successful pop groups of all time, selling more than 200 million albums. Their soundtrack to the film Saturday Night Fever won a Grammy in 1979 and reigned as the top-selling album in history until Michael Jackson’s Thriller topped it in the Eighties. It was the all-time No1 soundtrack album until Whitney Houston’s The Bodyguard surpassed it in 1992. The Bee Gees were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and won seven Grammy Awards. The group had exceptional success in the late Sixties and early Seventies, and became disco sensations with
blockbuster hits Stayin’ Alive and Night Fever. The Brothers Gibb, as they were sometimes called, began to sing in harmony and write songs together as young boys in England. Over their 50-year career, they had their share of solo adventures, career slumps,
suffered through the disco backlash and endured personal loss. Yet they continued to write classics for other singers, including Diane Ross, Dionne Warwick, Yvonne Elliman, Frankie Valli, Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion and a duet for Dolly Parton and Kenny
Rogers. Veteran Dj Paul Gambaccini described Robin as having “talent beyond even his own understanding,” and added: “The Bee Gees are second only to Lennon and McCartney in British popular music. Their accomplishments have been monumental.”
Rabies case in Britain THE Hospital for Tropical Diseases in London has confirmed they are caring for a patient who is critically ill with Rabies. The female patient was reportedly bitten by a dog while on holiday in India. The identity of the woman, thought to be in her 50s from Greater London, has not been disclosed. Rabies begins with fever, chills, fatigue and vomiting, common flu-like symptoms. Rabies is potentially fatal but officials have stressed there is no risk to the general public. It is thought that the lady was bitten nine weeks
ago by a puppy in India, whilst on holiday with her husband. Rabies experts at the Health Protection Agency say the disease is “extremely rare” in the UK. Only four cases of human rabies acquired from dogs have been identified since 2000, all from animals abroad, the agency says. Dr Brian McCloskey, director of the HPA for London, said: “Despite there being tens of thousands of rabies cases each year worldwide, there have been no documented laboratory confirmed cases of human-to-human spread.
“Therefore the risk to other humans or animals from a patient with rabies is considered negligible. “However, to take every possible precaution, family members and healthcare staff who had close contact with the patient since they became unwell - which is when they are infectious - have been assessed and offered vaccination if appropriate.” The HPA says it is “essential to get health advice if you are travelling to countries where rabies is common or if you know you will be working with animals”.
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They’re boxing clever in Clones by bringing back the Irish punts BOXER Barry McGuigan, who once won the British featherweight champion, was not born in Northern Ireland, as many people believed. He was born in a small town called Clones, in the Republic of Ireland, close to the Ulster border. And to help make his name as he progressed, his manager persuaded him to take out British citizenship. That allowed him to fight for and win the British title, and he went on to claim world honours. He bridged the gap between the Republic and Northern Ireland and was a great peace ambassador because both sides claimed him as their own, especially as many of his fights were held in Belfast, So the “Clones Cyclone”, as he was known, will surely
AN official website has been relaunched to help find missing and abducted children from the UK. Police forces will use the site - www.missingkids.co.uk – (operated by the police’s specialist child protection agency) to circulate up-todate photographs of and information about young people who have been
as though they’re spending nothing. “We give change in vouchers that can be used in any of the 42 shops attached to the scheme in our town.” He added: “It’s going to be running for us for five years I’d say - I reckon it’s definitely a long-term prospect.” As in Mugardos, the publicity generated by the idea has increased trade as visitors come from far and wide and an additional bonus for shoppers is that Clones traders are also accepting British pounds. It means that villagers can actually spend their onceworthless punts - and there are plenty of them lying around. It is estimated that in Spain and Ireland, which both entered the EU in 2002, there are eight-figure sums of money in pesetas and punts in households across the countries. In 2010, the Irish Central
Bank (ICB) changed a total of 1.8 million punts for euros at a rate of 0.90 to the euro. And the following year, a further 313,577 euros’ worth of punts were exchanged. Even so, the ICB estimated that there were still around 238 million punts in notes and 125.5 million in coins stuffed into drawers and down the back of sofas in homes throughout the country. Finbarr Dunwoody, President of the Clones Chamber of Commerce, said half the shops on the main street had been forced to close. “Our town has been starved of business, and we will do anything we can to get people shopping here - the crazier the better,” he said. McGuigan settled in England several years ago and now lives with his family in Kent. But it’s enough to send him racing back to his old home to check out the settees and drawers!
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major breakthrough in Pact’s decade-long campaign to reform the way we tackle this tragic issue. “With the re-launch of the Missingkids website, and Ceop’s taking responsibility for missing and abducted children, we finally have the tools to bring hope to those whose children have gone missing or been abducted. The launch coincides with International Missing Children’s Day.
be tickled to learn that the place where he was born and bred has taken its lead from a Spanish town, whose shops allow customers to pay in pre-euro pesetas. Now, shops and restaurants in the County Monaghan town display signs stating that they will take Irish pounds (punts) as payment. The Irish campaign, “Embrace the Punt”, began when Ciaran Morgan, a university student and son of shop-owner Tony, read about Murgardos, in Galicia, accepting pesetas as well as euros, and that it was thriving as a result. And in the two months since Tony adopted the idea, and Clones as a whole also announced it was happy to take in punts as well as euros, he has already taken in1,000 punts (about 1,269 euros). A delighted Mr Morgan said: “We’re making money that we wouldn’t otherwise make because people feel
missing for days, months or even years. The website, run by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection centre (Ceop), allows the public to download posters, and in some cases includes age-progression images showing how missing children may have changed as they grow older. The charity Parents and
Abducted Children Together (Pact) hailed the new redesigned website as a longoverdue national approach to the problem. Lady Catherine Meyer, founder and chief executive of Pact, said: “With over 130,000 children going missing in the UK each year - more than one every five minutes - I am delighted to announce this
Funeral of outstanding individual in Bradford PRIVATE Christopher Kershaw, 19, who died in Afghanistan along with five of his comrades has been described “as an outstanding young individual” at his funeral. The six soldiers were killed when their Warrior armoured vehicle was blown up by a massive improvised explosive
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device about 25 miles north of the capital of Helmand province in Lashkar Gah. Pte Kershaw was killed on March 6 alongside Private Anthony Frampton, 20, Private Daniel Wade, 20, Corporal Jake Hartley, 20, Private Daniel Wilford, 21, all also of 3 Yorks, and Sergeant Nigel Coupe, 33, of 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment. Hundreds of people turned out in baking sunshine in Bradford, West Yorkshire, to
pay their last respects to Private Christopher Kershaw, of 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Many attending the funeral service at Holy Trinity Parish Church, in the Idle area of the city, said they were thinking in particular about the young soldier’s father, Brian Kershaw, whose mother Joan Kershaw, aged 87, had died on Wednesday. Outside church, Major Malcolm Birkett, of 3 Yorks, said: “Private Christopher
Kershaw was an outstanding young individual who epitomised everything that is right about the modern infantryman. He loved his job - a thorough professional. For somebody so young, he set the benchmark for how to be a good soldier.” The officer said: “We remember not only Pte Chris Kershaw but the other five fallen alongside. Today is the final journey for Chris and our thoughts and prayers are with all the families.”
The generation of non-spellers ACCORDING to a recent survey, increased access to technology has created an ‘auto-correct generation’ who are unable to spell basic everyday words correctly. From a sample of 2,000 people only one in five who participated in a short spelling test was able to spell five words such as ‘separate,’ ‘definitely’ and ‘necessary’ correctly. Predictive text, autocorrection and spell-check facilities are said to be the
reason for our ineptness. The figures were part of a survey commissioned by learning disability charity MENCAP, launching their Spellathon Competition. Spelling is vital in our everyday lives; Mencap CEO, Mark Goldring stressed the importance of correct spelling on a CV especially in the current economic climate. The survey found that students were the worst spellers and females over 65 coming out on top. “With over two thirds of Britons now having to rely on spell check, we are heading towards an autocorrect generation,” said Goldring.
Europa’s birthday ADSL bonanza COMMUNICATIONS expert Europa Network is celebrating its 10th birthday with a big giveaway to mark the anniversary: three months ADSL, absolutely free! Customers signing up for an internet deal - packages start at just 24.95 euros will enjoy this unbeatable offer and introduction to the friendly service with a decade of experience here on the Canary Islands. Europa is keen that existing customer do not miss out, either. Just refer a new customer to the company and receive a free month’s ADSL. The company has already been at the centre of the community during the last 10 years sponsoring local events and sports, charities and fund-raisers such, as last year’s successful Afghan Heroes Ball. Europa Director Alan Dobinson said he wanted a “compelling” offer to mark 10 years as an established company in Spain and the Islands. “This is a simple painless offer and you enjoy the benefits straight away,” he said. “Everyone is looking for value for money - and this is it. “It is a front-loaded offer,
too. Normally, customers only get the deals when they have been tied in. “It is our 10th birthday celebration, and everyone is being hit by the current economic climate. This is giving something back to the community and comes from a strong financial way of thinking rather than a ‘prize’ giveaway.” As well as the three-month ADSL deal, everyone signing up will enjoy 120 minutes of free European calls; a free, quality, wireless router; free technical support in English six days a week; and Europa customers can talk to each other every day and all day for nothing. And anyone taking a 3mb ADSL service, or higher speed, will also be able to enjoy Europa’s free television service. Alan said Europa would also ease the transition of changing providers when customers with another provider are charged a penalty (known in the industry as an early termination fee). He said this was normally 50 euros and, therefore, Europa will add an additional month of free ADSL to those hit by the charge “to help compensate them”. Alan added: “We have tried to make this a perfectly simple and easy offer, and at a price everyone will find attractive.”
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Summerland boys dazzle as Paddy is right up to scratch THE Soccer Saturday & Friends week started in style on Tuesday with the now-traditional Golf curtain-raiser. Amarilla Golf hosted another fun day as 26 sides battled it out for the honour of lifting the charity trophy. Once again the format was Texas Scramble and the competition was fierce. Last year, former Liverpool captain Phil Thompson and his bunch of bookies won - by a nose -but this time Thommo had swapped camps. He lined up with the lads from the Terrace Bar and, though they played well, they never troubled the top sides. Paul Merson again played with the Club La Costa crew, with Fat Shane Warne as the caddy. Merse is well known for losing lots of balls, and this round was no exception. Chris Kamara called in the ringers from Hole In The Wall and they had a solid round. Fergal in particular played well but they also came up a little short. Boxing’s former World Champion Nicky Cook had a shocker. He played with Roscoe and his Wanderers and the only thing he sunk all day was an 8-litre bottle of cider. Tenerife newbie Dean Windass spent a fair bit of time in the ruff, sorry, rough! He played on the Oasis Fm team, but they were dogged with bad luck. Alan Kennedy broke a bone in his ankle playing five-a-side football last week, but that was not going to stopping him teeing up. He hobbled around and played okay, aided, almost certainly, by a couple of well-timed trips to the Clubhouse. While the Soccer Saturday boys were thrashing
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around, the bandits were getting the job done. In tricky conditions, there were some cracking scores. The Summerland Team took the main honours, thanks mainly to some unbelievable play from Paddy, who is a scratch golfer. This reduced the Bar’s owner, Fat Mark, to the role of little more than a glorified ball-washer. Not that he cared as he lifted the trophy.
Afterwards there was a splendid BBQ, and Chris Kamara thanked everyone for a fantastic day, saying: “It’s been unbelievable! The turn-out was great, the competition was so much fun and everyone did an amazing job.” Special thanks go to Greg, from Hole In The Wall,for all the effort he put into organising the event, and to Bill, for taking some amazing pictures. Photos: Sir Old Golfer.
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Deano’s master stroke! Sky’s Soccer Saturday team are a riot of fun and laughter THE legendary Jimmy Greaves once proclaimed: “Football’s a funny old game.” And the 200 people who crammed into Showtime, Las Americas, on Wednesday to watch a live version of Sky’s Soccer Saturday team in action were left in no doubt. They regaled their audience with hilarious, behind-thescenes tales of their time at the top, and, in between revelations by Alan Kennedy and Phil Thompson from Liverpool’s renowned Boot Room, Dean Windass stole the show. Thompson, a seasoned after-dinner speaker, led the way with a mickey-take of his big nose - a huge target for opposition fans, and even a little lad seated at the side of the pitch with other wheelchair-bound youngsters. “The crowd had been giving me real stick and singing about Pinocchio,” said Thompson, then an assistant coach at Liverpool. “I’d been shouting the team on and, as I walked back to the dug-out, I said jokingly to this kid:“I only popped in to deliver some bread. “He shocked me by shouting back, ‘F*** off, big nose’. I could hardly start having a go at the poor kid - so I let his tyres down instead!” That set the tone, and when fellow-jokers like Kennedy, Windass, Paul Merson and “head prefect” Chris Kamara were left in tears of laughter, you just knew it was going to be a riotous night. Even the presence of former world boxing champion Nicky Cook, drafted in to keep law and disorder, could not prevent the hilarity. In fact, he laughed as loud as anyone. But it really was the Windass show. Soccer Saturday’s latest recruit, set to take the microphone after Thompson, mumbled to compere Roscoe: “How do I follow that?” He soon found a way. And how! Dean opened his heart from the moment he opened his mouth, recounting how he’d lost his father, had turned to booze and finally ended up in rehab, as had Sky teammate Merson. “If we can admit it, then so can those of you out there with a problem,” he said. It earned him a stunning reception from the sell-out crowd. From that moment on, his
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“speaking” debut with the team on foreign soil proved to be magnificent and it is fair to say he licked the lot! His X-rated stories were totally unfit to be related in a family newspaper, but that didn’t stop him once he got into his stride. And it didn’t stop the crowd - men and women alike - from cheering his every word. Even when he was begged
by the stars not to recall the episode of him and his Rottweiler, Oasis Fm Dj Roscoe persuaded a member of the audience to pay 200 euros to the Marie Curie Cancer care charity, for which the event was held, for him to open up. The story was, as Kamara would have said, “Unbelievable”, and he was left creased up, as was
Thompson, as Windass unfolded his incredible tale, stroke by stroke. By the end, the chants of “Deano, Deano” said it all: he had gained a new fan club in Tenerife, and the former Hull and Bradford striker must surely be invited to come again for next year’s show. Merson, a notorious boozercum-gambler in his heyday, yet still much-loved as an
Arsenal legend, was the final speaker, and he began with a serious account of how he went off the rails. “I was an apprentice at Arsenal at 16, on £100 a month,” he said. I went to the bank with a mate, who was also at the club, to collect our first month’s wages. “I’d never seen so much money, and was counting it, note by note like a schoolboy. I asked my pal what he was going to do with his money and he pointed across the road to William Hill’s and said, ‘That’s where I’m going’. “And that,” stressed Merson with a big grin, “was the start of my downfall!” The evening took weeks of planning by Roscoe, Oasis Fm and Canarian Weekly chief Chris Elkington, plus Kamara and Greg, his partner at the Hole in the Wall bar. Kamara has been a
magnificent ambassador and chief fund-raiser for the Marie Curie Cancer Care charity for years, and he loves Tenerife with a passion, so much so that he has a holiday home here. “The best thing I’ve done is to bring the Marie Curie charity to Tenerife,” he said. “We’ve always had a terrific response here, and tonight has been no different.” Last year’s Soccer Saturday activities, at Showtime and the golf tournament at Amarilla Golf, raised 20,000 pounds Both events were supported by Club La Costa World, Hole in the Wall, Oasis Fm and Venture restaurants. Fingers are crossed tightly for a repeat this time, and, judging by cash that flowed on Wednesday night for the raffle and auction, the fund seems to be heading that way again. Photos: Maggie Lennard.
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Accion del Sol News
Community News
Who wants a cuddly puppy?
LOTS of puppies, all gorgeous and looking for loving homes, have been brought in to the refuge from various Town Halls connected to Accion del Sol.
Tony, who was born in Molesey, Surrey, passed away at Candelaria Hospital last Thursday (17th May). He had been living with his second wife, Sally, on Pebble Beach, Amarilla Golf, and was a much-loved character. As a young man, he followed his father and grandfather into the bakery trade and bought his first bakery in his early 20s. The business grew until he had five shops and bakeries. Tony played a major role in The Master Bakers Association and spent a term as President in the early Eighties. He was a member of the Worshipful Company of Bakers and was awarded the Freedom of the City of London. He married and had two daughters, Teresa and Helen, before selling his businesses at the age of 47 and retiring. The Surrey man bought his
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first property on the Island in 1987 and, following a divorce from his first wife, he moved to Tenerife permanently. Tony then began baking again and became known locally as Tony Pie, or Tony the Pieman. After meeting Sally who came here on holiday, he remarried in 2005 and continued baking until a year ago. He was extremely well known, and he frequented his local bars on Amarilla Golf, especially the Premier Bar, where he loved to get up and sing on the karaoke. And he was noted for his distinctive, deep voice and loud laugh. The funeral was held on Monday at Tanatorio Santa Listenia, Santa Cruz, and became a well-attended celebration of a man who loved life to the full. Sally said: “Ray Wilde, an old friend of Tony’s, did a brilliant job in keeping everything flowing as family and friends got up to speak of Tony’s life and achievements. “I know he was watching proudly from above with a smile on his face. He will be missed sorely.”
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FAMILY and friends of Anthony William Taylor, better known as Tony the Pieman, have been mourning his death at the age of 72 last week.
The Educational Programme there is in full swing again, with more and more children learning about animal welfare in Tenerife. The adult Germanspeaking classes continue at the refuge. It is an excellent way for the students to learn - and the dogs are enjoying all the extra attention and walks. Last week saw the first students arrive from Germany for a week’s work experience, and one of the youngsters will be writing an account of their experiences at the dog sanctuary next week. They have enjoyed getting close-up, hands-on experience in all aspects of animal welfare and care. For those who have yet to visit the 10,000sqm site, the facilities at the magnificent refuge, sponsored by Germany’s Aktiontier charity, include some 200 dogs kennels and a large outdoor play area for the animals. There is also a fullyequipped veterinary clinic, staffed by a full time vet. All dogs are castrated and receive full veterinary care, including inoculations,
micro-chipping, plus flea and heartworm treatment to try to minimise their suffering, and to exert some control of the breeding here in the South Please call 922 778 630
for more information, or if you would like to help out in any way. Dog-walkers are especially welcome, as are your spare towels and blankets, which are always needed for the dogs.
The Accion refuge is situated at the Poligono Industrial Estate, Granadilla, TF-1 exit 51, beside the ITER windmills. It is open to the public from Monday-Friday (3-6pm).
Happy to link with K9 Proceeds from tomorrow’s fundraiser (Saturday, 26th May) in the Top Square, Golf del Sur, will be shared between Live Arico and K9.
Several artistes are providing their services
free, and the big raffle prizes contain no fewer than 30 bottles of wine. A chest-andback wax on a couple of the staff and bar-owners should make for an interesting diversion - but painful for the recipients! Our best-bargain shops We have some fantastic bargains in our three shops, and some designer labels have already been snatched up for less than 10 euros. We are in Los Cristianos, Churchill Square, opposite
the play park by the harbour, where manager Kel opens from 10am to 4pm daily, including Sundays. Our San Eugenio premises, opposite Hotel La Niña, by Amandas Bar, is run by Siobhan, who always has some special bits and bobs in stock. The shop opens Monday to Saturday, from 10am-4pm. And our original shop in Costa del Silencio, where Claudia and Aziz will assist you, opens Monday to Saturday, 11am-5pm.
Refuge opening hours Monday-Friday: 1-5pm; Saturdays: 11am-1pm; other times by prior arrangement with Eugene on 648 918 943. Important telephone numbers Suzy Q 629 388 102 (fundraising, press releases, prize donations, etc.) Mark & Alice 661 099 365 (Poochies Pet Hotel, for boarding dogs) Claire 660 862 910 (Doggrooming and behaviour/ agility training)
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JOHN ASHFORD
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Entertainment in Tenerife Email: john.ashford@canarianweekly.com
Round and about our changing scene FOR a usually responsible newspaper, the Canarian Weekly has decided to let me loose on the entertainment scene, as it were. After 14 years as Tenerife’s Buddy Holly tribute act, I’ve seen a great deal of changes. Most notable of these is the introduction of roundabouts and the subsequent increase in traffic accidents. The entertainment scene has also adjusted and adapted itself to suit the times. Read on, and you will see what I mean. Going down well Tenerife’s newest threepiece band, Freefall, are looking to expand into more venues. One, two or threehour shows are available, covering all genres of music for every taste (except Morris Dancing, Jazz Rap and Surinamese Folk Music). They guarantee a short 15-minute set-up time. Oh, and importantly for sound levels, an electric drum kit. Bette your life If you were wondering where the divine Miss Vanessa
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V has been, it’s the old country working with 10-piece band The Reflections in the theatre show Let The Good Times Roll, She is also performing The Best Bette - a tribute to Bette Midler. Busy girl Vanessa tours this year with Jason Lee, ex-lead singer from Tenerife’s Sound of Musicals, in another new show called Can’t Smile Without You The Bette Midler and Barry Manilow Experience. She has enjoyed the change from working nearly every night on the Tenerife scene, and, although she misses the sunshine and her good friends. she is over here at the moment until Monday (28th May). An audience with… The highly-funny Anthony Scott is to resurrect his famous Billy Connolly tribute. He says he just needs to iron out a few things, like his wig and beard. Sounds painful! Anthony has over 10 years of comedy experience as cruise-ship entertainer, afterdinner speaker and social club/comedy circuit favourite. He has also performed at many corporate gigs for wellknown companies. It’ll be great to have the Big Yin all to ourselves again. Barefaced cheek Doc MB James’s Most
Extreme Freak Show in the World is heading to Tenerife later this summer and will be available for bookings, The show contains some of the most extreme circus acts plus full nudity (venue and, presumably, weather permitting). I may well do an exposé on them, unless they beat me to it. Promised Land I compered Michaela “Tina Turner” Bridges at Coconut Joe’s in Parque de la Paz last Friday. For a good half of her show, both of us thought that the ghost of The King was trying to muscle in on the act, but we then realised her radio mic was on the same frequency as next door’s Elvis tribute. Phew! For a while we were All Shook Up. A Massive Bruise Talking of Elvis, many years ago and pre-Buddy, I worked the Social Club circuit. During the bingo break one night, after I’d sung a diverse range of songs which included Love Me Tender and A Mess Of Blues, a sweet old biddy asked me whether I knew any more Elvis songs. I questioned her as to which one she’d like to hear and, in all seriousness, she asked me for In The Gateau. Not wishing to “Be Cruel”, it was a real strain not to laugh in her innocent, wizened face. Fortunately for me, I didn’t have the backing track or I might have been tempted to change the lyrics - and risk upsetting a few more serious Presley aficionados. And finally … Never on a Friday! For the last few months, tireless entertainer Aidy Evans has suddenly become available for Friday bookings. Someone call him. Please! Contact numbers Freefall: 678 343 505 Anthony Scott: 630 593 292 Aidy Evans: 609 147 344 That’s it for my first week. If you have any snippets for the next issue which are entertaining, educational or informative, and want your contact number in, please email me on johnashfordshowtime@ hotmail.com Thank you lots.
06:00 ..............................Breakfast
06:00 ................ The Pingu Show
06:00 ..................................Daybreak
09:15 ......................... Fake Britain
06:10 .................Charlie and Lola
08:30 ..................................... Lorraine
10:00 ......................Homes Under the Hammer
06:25........................ Timmy Time 06:35...................... Chuggington
09:25 ...............................The Jeremy Kyle Show
11:00 ................Cash in the Attic
06:50................ Pinky Dinky Doo
10:30 .......................... This Morning
11:45 ......................Bargain Hunt
07:00 ........................................Roar
11:25 ...................................ITV News
12:30 ........................ RHS Chelsea Flower Show
07:30 .......................... The League of Super Evil
11:30 .......................... This Morning
13:00 ..............BBC News at One
07:45 .............Frankenstein's Cat
13:30 .......ITV News and Weather
13:30 ............BBC London News
07:55 ..........................Newsround
14:00 ...........60 Minute Makeover
13:45 .................................Doctors
08:00 .................. Ed and Oucho's Excellent Inventions
15:00 ..........Dickinson's Real Deal
15:00 ............................ BBC News
08:30 ........................Nina and the Neurons Go Eco!
15:05 ......Dick 'N' Dom Go Wild
08:45 ........................Big City Park
15:35 ......................... Prank Patrol Down Under
08:55 ...............Tinga Tinga Tales
16:00 ..............................Copycats
09:20 ..........................Raa Raa the Noisy Lion
When Susan Bartlett's body is discovered in a wood, villagers assume she killed herself because she could not have children. However, when it comes to light that her emailed suicide note could not have come from her, Barnaby finds himself in the midst of witchcraft, ancient potions, infidelity and land feuds.
14:15 .............................. Escape to the Country
16:30 ............................ Blue Peter 17:00 ......................... Newsround
09:10 .............Little Charley Bear
12:30 ........................Loose Women
16:00 ..............Midsomer Murders
09:30 ..................Bob the Builder: Ready, Steady, Build!
17:00 ................................. The Chase
17:15 ...............................Pointless 18:00 .......... BBC News at Six
09:40 ........... The Koala Brothers
18:30 ...... BBC London News
09:50 ............................. ZingZillas
18:30 ......................... ITV News and Weather
19:00 .............The One Show
10:05 ................................Iconicles
19:00 .....................Emmerdale
20:00 .................. EastEnders
10:30 ......................... Driver Dan's Story Train
19:30 ..........Coronation Street
10:40 .............................Waybuloo
20:30 ..........Coronation Street
As the day of Ian and Mandy's wedding dawns, a desperate Lucy issues her father with an ultimatum: he must choose her or Mandy. As Ian begins to lose his grip on reality, who will he choose, and will the wedding go ahead?
11:00 ......................................In the Night Garden 11:30 ................BBC World News 12:00 ............... The Daily Politics
18:00.............. London Tonight
20:00 ........... Poms in Paradise Karl and Sunita are caught out. Leanne snaps when a desperate Carla offers her a bribe. Maria is left red-faced as Marcus gets the wrong idea.
21:00 ................Piers Morgan's Life Stories
20:30 ..... Would I Lie to You?
13:00 ............... Hands on Nature
21:00 .................... Have I Got News for You
13:30............ Instant Restaurant
21:30 ......Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow
14:15 .............. The Weakest Link
22:00 ..................... ITV News at Ten and Weather
15:00 ........................Heir Hunters
22:35 .......................Soccer Aid
22:00 ......... BBC News at Ten 22:25 ...... BBC London News 22:35 .................The Graham Norton Show The award-winning host continues his anarchic talk show. Expect the unexpected as top celebrity guests join in the fun with Graham and his irrepressible audience. Among the guests on Graham's sofa are Hollywood star Cameron Diaz, starring in new movie What to Expect When You're Expecting; Brit actress and director Kathy Burke; and there is music from The Scissor Sisters
23:20 ................The National Lottery Friday Night Draws 23:30 .......................The Matt Lucas Awards
15:45 .........................Hairy Bikers' Best of British 16:30 ................................... Flog It! 17:15 ..................Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:00.................Eggheads
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18:30 ..........................TOTP 2 19:30 ..... Great British Menu 20:00 .................RHS Chelsea Flower Show 21:00 ......... The Great British Story: A People's History 22:00 ...................... Episodes 22:30 ................... Newsnight 23:05 .............................. Golf
Cat Deeley presents the last of three shows in the build-up to Soccer Aid 2012. Robbie Williams is in the studio weighing up his England players' chances of winning the title back from Michael Sheen's Rest of the World team. Plus the best bits from training and Cat chats with this year's stars.
23:05 ........................ Barb Wire Futuristic action-adventure tale of a sexy female freedom fighter. Barb Wire runs the Hammerhead Bar and Grille in Steel Harbour, and is also a part-time bounty hunter. When she is approached to help smuggle an underground resistance leader over the border, she initially refuses, but after her brother is murdered at the hands of congressional forces she embarks on an adventure which could prove deadly.
American Idol Final 2012 Friday, 25 May, 9pm, ITV1 Ryan Seacrest presents the finale of the 2012 competition. America has voted and now one performer will be crowned champion and claim that lifechanging prize. With judges Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler and Randy Jackson.
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Friday Friday Friday Friday 25 May 06:10 ...................... Children's TV
06:00 ...................... Children's TV
08:30 ................................... Frasier
08:00 ....Fifi and the Flowertots
09:00 ................Undercover Boss Australia
08:15 ............................ Peppa Pig
10:00 ............Location, Location, Location
08:45 .........Bananas in Pyjamas
11:00 ....The Renovation Game 12:00 ................ Channel 4 News 12:05 .... Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not 12:35 .....The Devil at 4 O'Clock 15:10 .........................Countdown 16:00 .................Deal or No Deal 17:00 .........Come Dine with Me 18:00 ............. The Simpsons 18:30 .................... Hollyoaks 19:00 ..........Channel 4 News 19:30 ...... Unreported World 19:55 ...... London Dreaming 20:00 ....Come Dine with Me 21:00 .......... 8 Out of 10 Cats 21:30..Very Important People 22:00..Alan Carr: Chatty Man 23:05...Stand Up for the Week
08:30 .......Roary the Racing Car 09:00 .....................................Olivia 09:15 ................The Wright Stuff 11:10 ............................Live with... 12:10 ........... 5 News Lunchtime 12:15 ...... Highland Emergency
06:00 .................... Good Morning Sports Fans
06:00................................ Oops TV
06:00 .....Nothing to Declare
07:00 ......................Luton Airport
06:30 .....Nothing to Declare
07:30 ......................Luton Airport
07:00 .............Jerry Springer
08:00 ......................Stargate SG-1
08:00 ..........................Maury
09:00 ......................Stargate SG-1 10:00 ................... Law and Order
09:00 ............ America's Next Top Model
08:00 .................... Good Morning Sports Fans
11:00 ................... Law and Order
10:00 .....Nothing to Declare
12:00 ............................Road Wars
09:00 .................Barclays Premier League World
13:00 ......... Medical Emergency
11:00 ..........CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Round-up of the sports news with live analysis and comment plus extended interviews with the headline makers.
07:00 .................... Good Morning Sports Fans
13:45 .........................Neighbours
A round-up of all the latest headlines from the Barclays Premier League. With interviews from players and managers, vital team news and insider knowledge.
14:15................... Law and Order
09:30 ................................Ringside
15:15 ..................................... Thirst
10:30 ...................................Cricket
17:00 ......................... 5 News at 5
19:00 ......................... Boxing
17:30 .........................Neighbours
12:45 Chinese Food in Minutes 13:15 ............... Home and Away
18:00 ......... Home and Away 18:30 .........................5 News 19:00 .................Cricket on 5 20:00 ............ Mega Builders 21:00 .............. The Mentalist 22:00 ...........................Castle
13:30 ......... Medical Emergency 14:00 ...............................The 4400
12:00 .......... CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
15:00 ......................Stargate SG-1
13:00 .......................... RSPCA Animal Rescue
16:00...................... Stargate SG-1
14:00 ........... Criminal Minds
17:00 ..............................Futurama
15:00 ........... Criminal Minds
17:30 ..............................Futurama
16:00 ............ America's Next Top Model
19:30 ................ Boxing-Road to Dreams
18:00 ......................Inside the Actors Studio
17:00 .....Nothing to Declare
20:00 ...... Football's Greatest Managers
19:00 .............. The Simpsons 19:30 .................. The Middle
18:30 ..........CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
20:30 ...... Copa Del Rey Final
20:00 ............Modern Family
19:30 .... Battle of the Brides
20:30 .............. The Simpsons
20:30 ...............Cougar Town
21:00 ......................A League of Their Own
21:00 ........... Criminal Minds
Athletic Bilbao face Barcelona at the Vicente Calderon Stadium to decide the final of the Copa del Rey. The game is a repeat of the 2009 final when the Catalans ran out 4-1 winners.
18:00 .....Nothing to Declare
22:00 ..............................Glee
22:00 ..........CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
23:15 ......................... Cricket
23:00 .......... An Idiot Abroad
23:00 .......................... Bones
06:00 .............Aerobics: Oz Style
06:00 ................Home Shopping
06:00.............................The X Files
06:00 ..........................Emmerdale
Join Australia's fit and healthy instructors as they put even the most devout armchair gymnasts through their paces with this workout.
07:00 ......................Dragons' Den 08:00 ................................. Carpool
07:00 .............Star Trek: The Next Generation
06:50 ............. Coronation Street
09:00 ...............................Top Gear
08:00 ..............Star Trek: Voyager
07:15 ...........................The Jeremy Kyle Show US
06:30 ....................... Thrillseekers
10:00 ......................Dragons' Den
09:00 ............................................ER
08:10 .......................... Judge Judy
11:00............................. Fifth Gear
10:00 .................................... House
Extended edition of the topical comedy show in which Russell Howard offers up his unique perspective on the news stories that have dominated the media over the past seven days. In search of the weird, the wonderful and the just plain odd, Russell and his crack team plough through over 60 news channels from across the world, read over 140 newspapers and watch over 1,000 clips all for the viewers' pleasure. While there is no way of knowing what tangent the world of news will take, Russell will, as always, be joined by special mystery guests and sign off the show with an often under-reported feelgood tale of triumph, courage or kindness.
07:00 ............................ WWE Raw
11:00 ............................The X Files
09:25 ....... The Real Housewives of Orange County
09:00 .......................NRL Fulltime
11:30............. The Gadget Show 12:00 ...............................Top Gear
12:00 .............Star Trek: The Next Generation
10:30.......................... Judge Judy
09:30 ..................................... Super League Supermen 10:30 ..........European Tour Golf
15:00 ............................. Fifth Gear
13:00 ..............Star Trek: Voyager
13:00 ............. Coronation Street
13:30 ................ Barclays Premier League World
15:30 ............. The Gadget Show
14:00 ............................................ER
13:30 .... The Jeremy Kyle Show
15:00 .................................... House
14:00................................Ringside
15:40 ....... The Real Housewives of Orange County
18:00 ..........Storage Hunters
15:00 ..........European Tour Golf
18:30 ..........Storage Hunters
23:20 .................. Family Guy
23:00 ..................... European Tour Golf
23:50 .................Rhod Gilbert and the Award-Winning Mince Pie
19:00 .................Doctor Who 20:30 ....Snog, Marry, Avoid? 21:00 .................. Lip Service 22:00 .................. EastEnders 22:30 ......... Russell Howard's Good News Extra
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22:55 ............Law and Order: Criminal Intent 23:50 ....... Inside Hollywood
14:00 ................ Storage Hunters
16:00 ...............................Top Gear
18:00 .................. Senior PGA Championship
19:00 .................. Man v Food
Day two of the Senior PGA Championship from The Golf Club at Harbor Shores, Michigan.
21:00 ....................Red Dwarf
20:00 .............. Crowne Plaza Invitational
20:00 ...................... Top Gear 22:20 .................... Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask 23:00 ..................................QI 23:40 .............Not Going Out
16:00 .............Star Trek: The Next Generation 17:00 ..............Star Trek: Voyager 18:00 .................................. ER 19:00 ...........................House 20:00 ................. Blue Bloods 21:00 ................. Blue Bloods 22:00 .......................... Awake 23:00 ................ Hit and Miss
12:00 ..........................Emmerdale
16:40 .......................... Judge Judy 18:00 .................. The Jeremy Kyle Show US 19:00 ............. All Star Family Fortunes 20:00 .. You've Been Framed! 21:00...........American Idol
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Quiz show hosted by Dermot Murnaghan. A new team of challengers takes on probably the greatest quiz team in Britain. The Eggheads are made up of some of the country's top quiz champions, including Mastermind and Millionaire winner Pat Gibson; Are You an Egghead? winner Barry Simmons; Millionaire winner Judith Keppel; Mastermind winner Chris Hughes; World Quiz champion Kevin Ashman; Weakest Link winner CJ de Mooi; 15-1 winner Daphne Fowler. Can the challengers triumph over the general knowledge Goliaths and walk off with the cash prize, or will it roll over to the next show?
The Great British Story: A People's History BBC2, 21:00 Historian Michael Wood presents a series exploring the United Kingdom's remarkable past from the perspective of ordinary people. Travelling across Britain, Michael works with local communities, tapping into their extraordinary energy and knowledge, and exploring our unrivalled local and national archives. The first episode spans the period from the end of the Romans to the eighth century. It explores the crystallization of our regional identities in the Dark Ages, the legacy of Rome and the coming of the Anglo Saxons, the ancestors of the English.
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Saturday Saturday 06:00 ..............................Breakfast
06:00 ................ The Pingu Show
06:00 .................... Signed Stories
10:00 .............. Saturday Kitchen
06:10 .................Charlie and Lola
06:10 ......................... Engie Benjy
11:30 ............... Raymond Blanc's Kitchen Secrets
06:25........................ Timmy Time
06:20 .......................Olly the Little White Van
Legendary chef Raymond Blanc welcomes the cameras into his kitchen to share his cooking secrets. Filmed in the lively surroundings of his Oxfordshire restaurant kitchen, this programme features a range of achievable and inspirational recipes for cooks of all abilities. Raymond dives into the world of fish. Underused and affordable mackerel is used in his first recipe to create a light lunch or supper of grilled mackerel with a soy lime dressing.
06:45 ................Pinky Dinky Doo 07:00 ........Barney's Barrier Reef 07:30 ........ Dennis and Gnasher 07:40 ... The Scooby-Doo Show 08:05 .................... Alesha's Street Dance Stars
06:30 .......................Olly the Little White Van 06:35 ....................Fluffy Gardens 06:40 ............................... The Hive 06:50 ............................... The Hive 07:00 ............................ Poppy Cat
08:35....................... The Slammer
07:10 ..................................... Sooty
09:00.......................... Blue Peter's Big Olympic Tour
07:25 ....................................X-Men 08:00 .......Sonny with a Chance
12:00 ............................. BBC News
09:30 ................... The Ministry of Curious Stuff
12:05 ............BBC London News
10:00 .................Animals at Work
09:25.............................. ITV News
12:10 .............................. F1: Grand Prix Qualifying
10:35 ............................... Splatalot
09:30 ..........................The Jeremy
11:00 ...............................Copycats
Kyle Show US
14:15 ........................................Golf
11:30 ..................................Ooglies
10:25 ...........................The Jeremy Kyle Show US
Hazel Irvine introduces live action from the third round at Wentworth, as the players compete for the most prestigious trophy on the European Tour.
11:45 ...............MOTD Kickabout 12:05 ......................A Double Life
16:50 ........ Pointless Celebrities 17:40 ............................ BBC News 17:50 ............BBC London News 18:00 ....................My Family 18:30 ............... The Voice UK 19:50 ................The National Lottery Saturday Night Draws
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20:00 .......... Eurovision Song Contest 2012 23:15 .................... BBC News 23:35..The Girl Next Door
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06:35 ......................Chuggington
13:45 ......................The Merchant of Venice
07:45 ....... Fleabag Monkeyface 08:25 ......... Saturday Cookbook
11:20 ....... The Real Housewives of New York City 12:15 ............ Murder, She Wrote
15:50 .............................. Escape to the Country
13:15 ................Planet's Funniest Animals
16:50 .........................................Golf
13:40 ...............................ITV News and Weather
18:00 .......................... Flog It! 18:45 .................. Dad's Army 19:15 ..................RHS Chelsea Flower Show 20:15 ... Arts Troubleshooter Arts Troubleshooter is a two part series following the work of world renowned arts expert Michael Lynch at two unique arts organisations whose futures are under threat. This is the first programme in the series and follows Michael's work with Northern Ballet: the first major English ballet company to be based outside London. The company has just moved into a new state of the art home, but when they receive an unprecedented cut to their government grant in March 2011 they can no longer afford to keep all of their dancers. Michael's determined to help Northern Ballet save the jobs of the dancers who've devoted their careers to the company.
21:15 ....A Picture of London 22:15 ............... Dara O Briain This is the Show 23:15 .................. TOTP2 Goes Eurovision!
13:45 ................Agatha Christie's Dead Man's Folly Detective drama. Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot investigates when a murder mystery weekend organised by his old friend and whodunnit writer Ariadne Oliver provides a real-life killing at her country estate.
15:30 ........................... Goldfinger 17:35 .................London Tonight 17:45 ...............................ITV News and Weather 18:00 ........................... You've Been Framed! 19:00 ............... International Football 22:00 ....................... ITV News and Weather 22:15 ................ International Football Highlights 22:40 ................... The Matrix Keanu Reeves plays Neo, a computer hacker who discovers that the world around him is a computer simulation called the Matrix. He learns this from Morpheus, who also tells him that the Matrix uses humans as fuel for it's quest of total world domination.
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Saturday Saturday Saturday 26 May 05:25.......................... Countdown
06:00 .......................Children's TV
06:10 ................................ Sali Mali
08:05 ............ The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky
06:15 ........................... The Hoobs 07:05 ..............................British GT 07:30 ................Mobil 1 The Grid 07:55 ..............The Morning Line 08:55 ....................................... Intro 09:10 ............... T4 Movie Special 09:45 ................Made in Chelsea 10:50 ........The Big Bang Theory Leonard is depressed when he discovers that Penny is dating someone. As a result, and encouraged by his friends and fellow scientists, Leonard actually summons up the courage to ask a woman out on a date.
11:30 .....................The Simpsons 12:00............................ Paralympic World Cup Live 13:55 .............. Channel 4 Racing 15:55 ......... Come Dine with Me 16:25 ......... Come Dine with Me
08:20 .............Angelina Ballerina 08:35 ......................... Rupert Bear 08:55 .................. Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom
06:00 .................Barclays Premier League World A round-up of all the latest headlines from the Barclays Premier League. With interviews from players and managers, vital team news and insider knowledge.
06:30 ....................................Boxing
06:00 ............................ Gladiators
06:00 ...............Ghost Whisperer
07:00 .............. Sun, Sea and A&E
07:00.................. Criminal Minds
08:00 ........................... Bill Bailey's Birdwatching Bonanza
08:00 .................. Criminal Minds
09:00 ................. World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars
10:00 .................. Criminal Minds
10:00 ...............................A League of Their Own
10:30 .............The Gadget Show: World Tour
Froch v Bute - Fight Night Preview. A look ahead to Carl Froch's championship fight against Lucian Bute for the IBF Super Middleweight title at Nottingham's Capital FM Arena. Defending champion Bute remains undefeated.
07:00 ....................................Cricket
12:00 .....Men in Black 3 Special
11:30 ............Police Interceptors
09:00 ............................Cricket AM
12:30 ............. Emergency Bikers 13:30 .................. Tall Man Riding
09:10 .............The Mr Men Show 09:25....... Roary the Racing Car 09:35....... The Milkshake! Show 10:00 .................. Meerkat Manor
15:10 ................ Man From God's Country 16:40 .......................... Unforgiven 18:55 .........5 News Weekend
09:00 .................. Criminal Minds 11:00 .................. Criminal Minds 12:00 .................. Criminal Minds 13:00 .................. Criminal Minds
10:30 ...............................A League of Their Own
14:00 .................. Criminal Minds
11:00 ...............................A League of Their Own 12:30 ..............................Futurama
Drama about the FBI's Behavioural Analysis Unit. A killer on the run changes his appearance like a chameleon to elude authorities and continue his killing spree.
10:30 ....................................Cricket
13:00 ...........WWE SmackDown!
16:00.................. Criminal Minds
19:00 ................International Football
15:00.................. Best of Oops TV
17:00 .................. Criminal Minds
16:00 ..............................Inside the Actors Studio
18:00 ...................... Steps: On the Road Again
17:00 .......................... The Middle
19:00 ... Four Weddings USA
17:30 .......................... The Middle
19:00 ...............Hawaii Five-0
Four American brides attend and rate each other's weddings based on their venue, dress, food and overall experience, in a bid to win a dream honeymoon.
20:00 ....... NCIS: Los Angeles
20:00 .......................... Bones
21:00 ...... Planet of the Apes
21:00 ........... Criminal Minds
Republic of Ireland v Bosnia Highlights. Republic Of Ireland take on Bosnia-Herzegovina at Dublin's Aviva Stadium in their penultimate game before Euro 2012.
15:00 .................. Criminal Minds
20:00 ..........................Cricket 19:00 ................. Cricket on 5 20:00 .........................NCIS CW 22:00 ...................Fight Night 18:30..............The Lord of CHOICE Carl Froch v Lucian Bute (Ibf CW the Rings: The CHO Super-Middleweight Title). Carl ICE 21:00 ......................... CSI: NY Froch's championship fight Two Towers 22:00 ............Law and Order: against Lucian Bute for the IBF Special Victims Unit 22:00 ...................X-Men: The Super Middleweight title at NotLast Stand tingham's Capital FM Arena. 22:55 ............ Law and Order
18:00 ................... The Middle
23:20 ....................Road Wars
22:00 ........................28 Days
06:00 .............Star Trek: The Next Generation
06:00 ..............Coronation Street Omnibus
07:00 .............Star Trek: The Next Generation
08:10 ...... Emmerdale Omnibus
08:00 .............Star Trek: The Next Generation
Reality series. His brother Andrew's battle with cancer has made Peter re-evaluate his life, and he decides to tackle his fears once and for all with his fear of heights being first on the list. Then he goes to Paris, where his attempts at flirting in French leave a waitress cold. While in Paris, Peter receives the news that his coffee shop has been given only one star by hygiene inspectors.
18:00 .......... Channel 4 News
19:00 ................. Doctor Who
06:00 .......................... Max Power
06:00 ................Home Shopping
19:45 ................. Doctor Who Confidential
07:00 ..............Transworld Sport
07:00 ............................ Everest ER
08:00 .................Sporting Greats
07:25 ...............................Top Gear
08:30 .................................. Boxing
08:20........ Hell Bent for Leather
09:00 .......................... Max Power
10:00 ................ Storage Hunters
10:00 ...................... British Sports Book Awards
10:30 ................ Storage Hunters
10:30 ....................... Boxing-Road to Dreams
11:30 ......................... Man v Food
Behind-the-scenes series about the making of Doctor Who. The TARDIS trio are thrown into two competing worlds that are not what they seem. The Dream Lord has created a dilemma to be solved and Arthur Darvill, who plays Rory, is on hand to explain how the three companions set about finding out which world is really real. Confidential is on set to see Rory and Amy's future in Leadworth, complete with pregnancy, ponytails and predatory pensioners, as Arthur turns stunt supremo.
20:00 ....................... Top Gear 21:00 ......... Russell Howard's Good News Extra 21:50 .................. Euros' Most Shocking Moments 23:20 .................. Family Guy 23:40 .................. Family Guy
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11:00 ......................... Man v Food
18:30 .................. The Middle
09:00 .............Star Trek: The Next Generation
12:00 ...............................Top Gear
11:00 ............Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
13:00 ................. Motorway Cops
12:00 .................................Seinfeld
13:50 ........Hell Bent for Leather
13:00 ............................................ER
15:30 ......................... Man v Food
14:00 ............................................ER
16:30 .............................Have I Got News for You
15:00 .................................... House
17:10 ...............................Top Gear 18:10 ............Motorway Cops
18:00 David Attenborough's Kingdom of Plants
18:00 ..... WWE SmackDown!
19:00 ..................Man v Food
19:00 .......... Flying Monsters
20:00 .............. Crowne Plaza Invitational
19:30 ..................Man v Food
20:30 ....................... Seinfeld
20:00 ........ Gavin and Stacey
21:00 .......................... Awake
23:00 .................. Senior PGA Championship
22:00 ........ Gavin and Stacey
22:00 .......................... Smash
23:20 ........ Gavin and Stacey
23:00 ................ Hit and Miss
11:00 .................Sporting Greats 11:30 .................................. Boxing 12:00 .........................Women's FA Cup Final 14:30 .................Football League Play-Off Final 17:30 .........................Women's FA Cup Final
17:00 .................................... House
11:00 ......... Peter Andre: My Life
12:00 .................... The Exclusives 13:00 .....................American Idol 15:45................................... All Star Family Fortunes 16:45 ..............................Free Willy 19:00 .................. Happy Feet 21:00 ........American Pie: The Wedding 23:00 .................Britain's Got More Talent
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The Girl Next Door BBC1, 23:35 High school nerd Matthew Kidman falls for girl next door Danielle, only to discover she's a porn star. Her sleazy manager shows up to take her back to Vegas. Can Matt dupe the producer and get the girl? Entertaining high school romantic comedy.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Channel 4, 18:30 Frodo and Sam take Gollum prisoner and continue on to Mordor on the mission to destroy The One Ring. Whilst their former companions Merry and Pippin make new allies in the Ents; Strider, Legolas and Gimli, befriend the people of Rohan. Together they must launch an assault on Isengard, all the while a growing Shadow falls upon Middle-earth as the Dark Lord's Army marches on to Gondor. Director: Peter Jackson Starring: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, Cate Blanchett, Ian McKellen, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm, Sean Bean
NCIS Channel 5, 20:00 US crime drama series. When a marine dies saving the life of a Belgravian prime minister from an assassination attempt, the NCIS team is given the job of protecting the minister's daughter while she studies in the USA - while also investigating the death of the marine.
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Sunday Sunday Sunday 06:00............................... Breakfast
06:00 ................ The Pingu Show
06:00 .................................. Boblins
09:00.......................... The Andrew Marr Show
06:10 .................Charlie and Lola
06:10 .......................Fireman Sam
06:25 ........................ Timmy Time
10:00 ........ Live Pentecost Praise From Brighton
06:35 ......................Chuggington
06:20....................... Olly the Little White Van
11:00 ................... Sunday Politics 12:05 ................F1: Grand Prix
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15:30 .........The Queen's Palaces Documentary series taking a look at HM the Queen's three official residences. Britain's least well-known royal palace and yet probably the most romantic, Edinburgh's Palace of Holyroodhouse sits in the shadow of the dormant volcano Arthur's Seat. It is also one of Britain's smallest palaces and yet events at Holyrood have determined the fate of three countries - England, France and Scotland. It was also the last place where a royal prince challenged the right of an English king to sit on the throne. Fiona Bruce discovers remarkable objects from the Royal Collection that are intimately bound to the Palace's turbulent history - from the spectacular Darnley Jewel with its many hidden messages to the cat-and-mouse needlework of a doomed queen.
16:30 ..................... Points of View 16:45 ................... Songs of Praise
The French Open Tennis 2012 ITV1, 2:45pm Host John Inverdale is joined by US tennis legend Jim Courier and a wealth of on-screen talent to bring the tournament to ITV from Paris. It’s the first time ITV has screened a Grand Slam tournament - with more than 150 hours of tennis from Roland Garros being shown during the 15-day tournament. Key matches including the mens’ and ladies’ singles finals will be shown on ITV1 with daily extended live coverage on ITV4. ITV has constructed a special studio at Roland Garros from where the team will be based when the tournament begins on 27 May. Joining the commentating, reporting and punditry team are former tennis professionals Amelie Mauresmo, Mark Petchey, Fabrice Santoro and Sam Smith, along with reporter Celina Hinchcliffe and commentator Nick Mullins. Niall Sloane, ITV Director of Sport said: “I’m hugely excited that we are bringing the French Open to ITV. It’s the first time a grand slam has been shown live on ITV and we’ll be offering viewers more free-to-air coverage of the French Open than ever before. “We have a fantastic experienced line-up of presenters, commentators and pundits who will be able to bring the drama of the clay court to life, live on ITV.” ITV’s coverage is part of a new landmark three-year deal with the Fédération Française de Tennis (FFT) to will broadcast extensive live coverage from the Roland Garros tennis Grand Slam throughout the 15-day tournament. Angela Jain, ITV’s Director of Digital Channels and Acquisitions, said: “I am personally thrilled ITV4 will now be extending its offering to tennis fans by broadcasting the French Open. “It is a truly world class event that sits perfectly alongside our varied sports coverage which includes the Indian Premier League and Tour de France. This promises to be another treat for ITV4 viewers.” Alongside terrestrial television coverage, ITV.com will feature all the action from ITV1 and ITV4 during the tournament. This time, the key question for tennis fans is whether Rafael Nadal can become the first player in history to win seven men’s singles titles at Roland Garros. The 82nd French Open – which finishes on 10 June – will see his closest rival Novak Djokovic attempt to beat him and secure his first French Open title. Scotland’s Andy Murray will be hoping to go one better this year after his defeat by Nadal in last year’s semi-finals. Can he become the first British men’s player to win a major since Fred Perry? If he wins, Nadal would leave a permanent imprint in the history of the tournament, erasing the marks already made by Björn Borg, six-time winner of the French Open. Winning forty-five matches and losing only one at the stadium at the Porte d’Auteuil, topped with an unmatchable record on this surface, some suggest Nadal is the greatest clay court player of all time. ITV Sport’s production partner for the French Open at Roland Garros from 2012 to 2014 is Input Media, who will provide the technical infrastructure and support for ITV’s extensive HD production. Input Media already has a long association with Roland Garros, as the French Tennis Federation’s official production partner since 2008.
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17:20 ......................... RHS Chelsea Flower Show 17:50 ............................. BBC News 18:05 ....... BBC London News In this special edition of Countryfile, Ellie Harrison tells the story of one of our greatest rivers - the Humber. She explains how it has shaped the landscape, nourished all kinds of wildlife and been an aide to human endeavour. She follows its course from one of its key tributaries to where it flows out beyond the world famous Humber Bridge to the North Sea. It is a tale of the Derwent, the Ouse and ends with an epic voyage down the Humber itself onboard a sloop - a traditional working boat.
06:45 ................Pinky Dinky Doo 07:00 ........Barney's Barrier Reef
06:30 ........................ Jake and the Neverland Pirates
07:30 ........ Dennis and Gnasher
06:45 ........................ Jake and the Neverland Pirates
07:40 .........................The ScoobyDoo Show
07:00 ............................ Poppy Cat
08:05 .................................... Scoop 08:30 ..............................Wingin' It 08:50 ...............Shaun the Sheep 09:00 ...............Friday Download Entertainment show. Join Tyger, Dionne, Ceallach, Richard, Georgia and Aidan for your instant download for the week ahead as Alexandra Burke takes to the stage to perform her new track, Let it Go. We find out how the Friday Download team did at the Soccer 6 football tournament. We've got the viewers' Music Tribute versions of Labrinth's video for Last Time.
10:00 ............... Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:30 ............Great British Menu 12:00 .......................As You Like It 14:00 ................................... Flog It! 14:30 .........................................Golf
07:10 ...........................Tati's Hotel 07:25 ....Matt Hatter Chronicles 07:45 ....... Fleabag Monkeyface 08:00 .....................Big Time Rush 08:25 .........................Dinner Date 09:25 .............................. ITV News 09:30 ......................Ade in Britain 10:30 ........................May the Best House Win 11:30 ............... Long Lost Family 12:30 ...............................ITV News and Weather 12:40 .......Dickinson's Real Deal 13:40 ............ Murder, She Wrote 14:45 .................French Open
17:45 ...............................ITV News and Weather 18:00 ................Soccer Aid
19:00 .......... Singapore 1942: End of Empire 20:00 ............... Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve
18:15 ...................Countryfile 19:15 ................The Voice UK 20:00 ...........British Academy Television Awards 22:00 ..................... BBC News 22:15 ........ BBC London News
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18:00 ..............Rowing World Cup - Lucerne
This stage of Simon Reeve's journey around the spectacular Indian Ocean takes him from Sri Lanka to Bangladesh. On the island of Sri Lanka, the Chinese are building a huge new port in the south, and their money has helped the Sri Lankan government bring a 30-year war to a brutal end. Simon also visits the north of the island - the scene of vicious battles between fighters from the Tamil minority and the Sri Lankan army. Heading north Simon investigates one of the Indian Ocean's fastest growing industries - providing prawns for the west. In Bangladesh huge prawn farms flood the fertile land with salt water, which also causes concern for the environment.
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17:30 .................London Tonight
22:25 ............ Have I Got a Bit More News for You
21:00 ............................Coast
22:00 ...................... ITV News and Weather
23:10 .....................Room 101
22:00 ...................... The Road
22:20 ................... Smugglers
23:50 ................. The Football League Show
23:40 ...................... Episodes
23:15 ........Rugby Highlights
Formula 1: The Monaco Grand Prix BBC1, 12.05pm Jake Humphrey presents live coverage of the race around the iconic street circuit in Monte Carlo. Sebastian Vettel converted pole position into first place last season, ahead of Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso. Britain’s Jenson Button also made the podium, but he will be hoping to repeat his success of three years ago when he was first to take the chequered flag. Expert analysis comes from Eddie Jordan and David Coulthard.
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Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday 27 May 05:35 .........................Countdown
06:00 ...................... Children's TV
06:20 ...........................The Hoobs
08:25 ............Angelina Ballerina
07:10 .............. Paralympic World Cup Highlights
08:40 .......................Rupert Bears
08:05 ............... Everybody Loves Raymond 08:30 ............... Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00 ................................... Frasier 10:00.................. Sunday Brunch 12:30 ....... The Big Bang Theory
08:55 .................. Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:10............ The Mr. Men Show 09:20 .......Roary the Racing Car 09:35 ...... The Milkshake! Show 10:00 ..................Meerkat Manor 10:25 .................Grey's Anatomy
13:30..................... The Simpsons
11:20 ...................The Restaurant Inspector
14:00 .................... The Simpsons
12:20 ...................... Patch Adams
14:35 ................................ Volcano
14:35 ...................... Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
16:35 .................Deal or No Deal Noel Edmonds asks the all-important question as contestants do battle with the Banker in their quest to leave the Dream Factory with £250,000.
17:35 .......................... St. Trinian's 19:25 ..........Channel 4 News 19:55 ....... Nathan Stephens: Warrior 20:00 ....Come Dine with Me 21:00 ....... The Lovely Bones
16:05.................. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
06:00 ..............Aerobics: Oz Style Join Australia's fit and healthy instructors as they put even the most devout armchair gymnasts through their paces with this workout.
06:30 .....Women's FA Cup Final
06:00 ........... The Hour of Power
06:00.................... Jerry Springer
07:00 ..............Sun, Sea and A&E
07:00 ................................... Maury
08:00 .............It's Me or the Dog
08:00 ...............Ghost Whisperer
09:00 ................................Oops TV
09:00 ..........................The Biggest Loser USA
10:00 ................. World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 11:00 ...............WWE Experience
10:00 .......................Steps: On the Road Again
Paul Allott is on hand to discuss all the major cricket stories of the day. Joining him in the studio each week will be members of the press to analyse the latest headlines.
12:00 ................. Obese: A Year to Save My Life UK
11:00 ................ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
10:30 ...................................Cricket
14:30 ........................... Dog Patrol
19:00 .......... Ashes Memories
15:00 ........................... Dog Patrol
19:30 ......... Ashes Memories
15:30 ........................... Dog Patrol
20:00 ......................... Cricket
16:30 ..........Emergency Abroad
22:00 ...........Football League Play-Off Final
17:30 ......................... A League of Their Own
07:00 ...................................Cricket 09:00 ....... Cricket Writers on TV
13:00 ................. Obese: A Year to Save My Life USA 14:00 ........................... Dog Patrol
18:55 ........ 5 News Weekend
The npower League Two playoff final from Wembley Stadium. Last year's match proved to be a historic one as Stevenage sealed back-to-back promotions with a 1-0 win over Torquay.
19:00 ..................Cricket on 5
23:00 .......... Sporting Greats
20:00 ...... Once Upon a Time
20:00 ......................Starlings
23:30 ......................... Cricket
21:00 ........Britain's Funniest Comedy Characters
2nd Investec Test - England v West Indies (Day 3) Highlights. Day three of the second Test between England and the West Indies at Trent Bridge.
21:00 .............. Hawaii Five-0
17:55 .......................Elizabeth II: A Diamond Jubilee Celebration
18:00 ...................A League of Their Own
Drama series about a team of forensic investigators in Las Vegas. Ray and Nick discover the corpse of a young boy alongside body parts in an illegal waste dump. Is Dr Jekyll back? Elsewhere, Greg and Catherine investigate the murder of a woman found dumped in a hotel corridor.
12:00 .................................... Bones 13:00.................................... Bones 14:00.................................... Bones 19:00 .....Nothing to Declare
19:00 .............. The Simpsons
19:30 ...............Cougar Town
19:30 ............. The Simpsons
20:00 .... Battle of the Brides 21:00 ............... Steps: On the Road Again
22:00 .......NCIS: Los Angeles
22:00 .......... Grey's Anatomy
23:00 .......................... House
23:00 ..........CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
23:35 ......................A History of Violence
23:50 .............Comedy Kings
19:00 ............. F1: Grand Prix
06:00 .............International Polo
06:00 ................Home Shopping
06:00 ............................. Love/Lust
19:50 ............... Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
The Gaucho International Polo tournament returns to The O2. The smaller indoor pitch means matches will be slicker and more fast-paced than in the traditional format.
07:00 ............................ Everest ER
07:00 .................................Seinfeld
06:00 ................Planet's Funniest Animals
08:00 ............................. Fifth Gear
08:00 ............................................ER
06:20 ........................... Gossip Girl
08:30 ............. The Gadget Show
09:00 ............................................ER
07:10 ...... Emmerdale Omnibus
09:00............................... Top Gear
10:00 ............................................ER
07:00 .....International Football
10:00 ......... World's Most Stupid Criminals
11:00 .................................... House
10:05 ..............Coronation Street Omnibus
11:00......................... Man v Food
13:00.............. Star Trek: Voyager
09:00 ..........................Fight Night
12:00 ............................. Fifth Gear
14:00 ..............Star Trek: Voyager
11:00 ...........Premiership Rugby Union
12:30 ............. The Gadget Show
15:00 ..............Star Trek: Voyager
13:00 ...............................Top Gear
16:00 ..............Star Trek: Voyager
14:00 ......................... Man v Food
17:00 ..............Star Trek: Voyager
Eccentric Captain Sparrow is on a mission to rescue the Governer's beautiful daughter, Elizabeth, and his ship, the Black Pearl, both of which have been captured by curse-ridden pirate, Captain Barbossa. They brave the deadly seas and head towards the mysterious Isla de Muerta in an attempt to stop the skeleton pirates from spilling Elizabeth's blood to lift the curse that keeps them in limbo.
22:00 .................. Family Guy 22:45 ............American Dad! Animated series about family man Stan Smith, who works for the CIA. Stan goes to great lengths to compete against his rival, Chuck White, and become the new deacon of their church. Steve is falling in love with Chuck's daughter, Betsy.
23:05 ............American Dad!
08:00 .................Football League Play-Off Final
Aviva Premiership Final Highlights. The Aviva Premiership final from Twickenham Stadium. Last year, Saracens held on to claim their first ever title in a hard-fought contest against Leicester Tigers.
12:00 .................................... House
16:00............................... Top Gear
12:30 ..........Winners and Losers 13:25 ................................... All Star Family Fortunes 14:30 ................................The Only Way is Essex 15:15 ................................The Only Way is Essex 16:00 ......................... Britain's Got More Talent
17:00 ...............................Top Gear
18:00 ..... Friday Night Lights
12:30...........................Fight Night
18:00 .. Dara O'Briain: School of Hard Sums
14:30................. Football League Play-Off Final
18:40 ..................................QI
19:00 ............................David Attenborough's Kingdom of Plants
19:20 ............ Shooting Stars
20:00 ....................Petrol Age
21:00 .................... Benidorm
20:00 ..................Man v Food
21:00 .......................... Smash
22:00...The Only Way is Essex
21:00 ......Would I Lie to You?
22:00 .........Game of Thrones
22:45 .............The Exclusives
22:20 ......Would I Lie to You?
23:10 ..................... Mad Men
23:45 ......... Die Another Day
17:30 ..........................Fight Night 19:30 .......... Sporting Greats 20:00 .............. Crowne Plaza Invitational
17:00 ..................Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home 19:00 .................About a Boy
W C CHOICE Soccer Aid 2012 ITV1, 6pm
On Sunday 27 May ITV1 and Old Trafford will once again play host to Soccer Aid, the starstudded charity football match in aid of UNICEF. Soccer Aid, transmitting live on ITV1, has raised over £7.5 million pounds for UNICEF, the world’s leading children’s organisation, since its inception in 2006. The match brings together some of the biggest names in sport and showbiz to compete in two teams, England and Rest Of The World, for the chance to walk away with the coveted title of Soccer Aid Champion, 2012. The brainchild of Robbie Williams, Jonathan Wilkes and UNICEF UK, this year’s main event will be hosted, live from Old Trafford, by Dermot O’Leary with Kirsty Gallacher reporting pitch side. Dave Berry will capture the reaction from the game on Soccer Aid: Extra Time on ITV4 after the match. Once again, Robbie Williams will captain the England team with Welsh movie star Michael Sheen leading the Rest of the World. Players for the star studded Rest of the World squad include Will Ferrell, Gerard Butler, Mike Myers, James McAvoy, Sergio Pizzarno, Patrick Kielty and Gordon Ramsay alongside professional players Hernan Crespo, Edwin van der Sar, Roy Keane, Ruud Van Nistelrooy and Jaap Stam. The team will be managed by legendary Scot, Kenny Dalglish. The formidable England
team will be captained by Robbie Williams, with Jason Isaacs, Mark Owen, Marvin Humes, Aston Merrygold, Olly Murs, John Bishop, Jonathan Wilkes, Ben Shephard, Jamie Theakston and Paddy McGuinness. Football heroes Teddy Sheringham, David Seaman and Martin Keown will complete the squad. For the first time Bradley Walsh takes on the role as Coach. Soccer Aid 2012 is gearing up to be another fantastic night of high drama. Michael Sheen’s Rest of the World squad took away the trophy in 2010, winning a nerve jangling penalty shootout, but Robbie and the England team will definitely be looking to set the record straight and get their revenge. Money raised through profits from ticket sales and donations made by viewers during the match will go to UNICEF’s invaluable work helping children around the world. This will be the fourth Soccer Aid event, with the previous matches, held at Wembley in 2008 and at Old Trafford in 2006 and 2010, raising £7.5 million in total for UNICEF’s work. UNICEF Ambassadors, Robbie Williams and Ewan McGregor, and UNICEF supporters, Lewis Hamilton, Keira Knightley, Eddie Izzard and Keeley Hawes have each made a short appeal film which will be shown during Soccer Aid, showing viewers how money raised could help some of the world’s most vulnerable children to survive.
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Monday Monday 06:00 ..............................Breakfast
06:00....................... Children's TV
06:00 ..............................Daybreak
09:15 ......................... Fake Britain
06:35 ......................Chuggington
08:30 ................................ Lorraine
10:00 ..................... Homes Under the Hammer
06:50................ Pinky Dinky Doo
09:25 ...........................The Jeremy Kyle Show
11:00 ...................... Cowboy Trap
07:30 .......................... The League of Super Evil
10:30 ...................... This Morning
11:45 ................Cash in the Attic 12:15 ......................Bargain Hunt
07:45............ Frankenstein's Cat
11:30 ...................... This Morning
13:00 ..............BBC News at One
07:55.......................... Newsround
12:30 .....................Loose Women
13:30 ............BBC London News 13:45 .................................Doctors
08:00................... Ed and Oucho's Excellent Inventions
13:30 ...............................ITV News and Weather
14:15 ..............................Escape to the Country
08:30 ........................Nina and the Neurons: In the Lab
14:00 ........................May the Best House Win
15:00 ............................ BBC News
08:45 ........................Big City Park
15:00 .......Dickinson's Real Deal
15:05 ......Dick 'N' Dom Go Wild
09:00 ...............Tinga Tinga Tales
16:00 ...........Midsomer Murders
15:35 .........................Prank Patrol Down Under
09:10 .............Little Charley Bear
17:00 ............................ The Chase 18:00 .......... London Tonight
16:00 ..............................Copycats
09:20 ..........................Raa Raa the Noisy Lion
16:30 ................ Help! My Supply Teacher is Magic
09:30 ..................Bob the Builder: Project Build It
Iain Stirling presents the show in which four of the UK's hottest magicians visit primary schools posing as supply teachers to deliver some surprising magical lessons to the unsuspecting pupils. In a unique science lesson, James makes a magic kettle produce five different drinks for the class's regular teacher to enjoy; while John takes a maths lesson about fractions, where he's only half telling the truth. He demonstrates by magically moving knots on a rope. For the Interactive Illusion, kids will need a piece of paper to play along at home. And for Trick of the Trade, they will need two paperback books to learn a trick to amaze their mates.
09:40 ........... The Koala Brothers
19:30 ....... Coronation Street
09:50 ............................. ZingZillas
20:00 ..........The Queen and I
10:05 ................................Iconicles
17:00 ......................... Newsround
16:30 ................................... Flog It!
As Britain prepares to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee, this twopart documentary focuses on home movie footage of the Queen and the public celebrations of her reign recorded by members of the public. Featuring previously unseen archive footage, the films provide a fascinating snapshot of British life over the past six decades. This episode looks at royal visits and those who have been caught on film meeting Her Majesty. They include John and Frances Canning, who were stunned when the Queen called in on their wedding earlier this year at Manchester Town Hall.
17:15 ...............................Pointless
17:15 ..................Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
20:30 ....... Coronation Street
18:00 .....................Eggheads
Final instalment of the threepart documentary continuing the acclaimed Seven Up! series. It is nearly 50 years since the programme first began following a group of seven-year-old children, checking back on their lives every seven years. In this edition, remaining participants Andrew, John, Suzy, Jackie, Lynn, Sue, Tony, Paul, Symon, Nick, Peter, Neil and Bruce are now 56 years old. How are they facing up to getting older and the changes in their lives? Last seen in 28 Up, Liverpudlian Peter Davies features again.
18:00 .......... BBC News at Six 18:30 ...... BBC London News 19:00 .............The One Show 19:30.....How to Beat Pain
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20:00 ................... EastEnders 20:30 ....................Euro 2012 21:00 .............Chatsworth
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22:00 ......... BBC News at Ten 22:25 ...... BBC London News 22:35 .................. A Question of Sport 23:05 ...............The One Griff Rhys Jones 23:35 .................The Graham Norton Show
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07:00 ........................................Roar
10:30 ................... Woolly and Tig 10:35 ......................... Driver Dan's Story Train 10:45 .............................Waybuloo 11:05 ......... In the Night Garden 11:35 .............. A Walk in the Sun 13:30............. Instant Restaurant 14:15 .............. The Weakest Link 15:00 ........................Heir Hunters 15:45 ............... Hairy Bikers' Best of British
18:30 ..........................TOTP 2 19:30 ..... Great British Menu 20:00 ................Springwatch 21:00 ................ Afghanistan 22:00 ....... Sounds of the 70s Imported American soul was big news in the UK in the 1970s. Before the Brits developed their own brand of soul, the Americans were over here showing us how it was done and being appreciated by all and sundry.
22:30 ................... Newsnight 23:20 ........ Dam Busters: The Race to Smash the German Dams
11:25 .............................. ITV News
18:30 ...................... ITV News and Weather 19:00 ..................Emmerdale
21:00 ........................... 56 Up
22:00 ........... ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:35 ................... Born in the USSR: 28 Up
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Monday Monday Monday 28 May 06:15 .......................Children's TV
06:00....................... Children's TV
08:30 ....................................Frasier
08:00 .................................. Fifi and the Flowertots
09:00 ................Undercover Boss Australia
08:10 ............................ Peppa Pig
06:00 .................... Good Morning Sports Fans Round-up of the sports news with live analysis and comment plus extended interviews with the headline makers.
06:00 ................................ Oops TV
06:00 .......... Nothing to Declare
07:00 ......................Luton Airport
06:30 .......... Nothing to Declare
07:30 ......................Luton Airport
07:00 .................... Jerry Springer
08:00 ......................Stargate SG-1
08:00 ................................... Maury
09:00 ......................Stargate SG-1 10:00 ................... Law and Order
09:00 ................... America's Next Top Model
10:00 ............Location, Location, Location
08:30 .......Roary the Racing Car
11:00 .....The Renovation Game
09:00 .....................................Olivia
11:00 ................... Law and Order
09:15 ................The Wright Stuff
08:00 .................... Good Morning Sports Fans
10:00 .......... Nothing to Declare
12:00 .................Channel 4 News
10:30 .......... Nothing to Declare
12:05 .......................Four in a Bed
12:00 ................................ Oops TV
11:10 ............................Live with...
09:00 ..... Women's FA Cup Final
12:30 .... Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not
13:00 ......... Medical Emergency
12:10 ........... 5 News Lunchtime
11:00 ................ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
13:00 ...................... The One That Got Away
13:15................ Home and Away
Highlights. Birmingham City take on Chelsea in the FA Women's Cup final at Ashton Gate. Both sides are making their first-ever appearances at this stage of the competition.
15:10 ......................... Countdown 16:00 ..................Deal or No Deal 17:00 ......... Come Dine with Me 18:00 ..............The Simpsons
08:45 .........Bananas in Pyjamas
12:15 ...... Highland Emergency 13:45 .........................Neighbours 14:15 ..................... The Mentalist 15:05................... Winter Solstice
07:00 .................... Good Morning Sports Fans
09:30 ..................Football League Play-Off Final
13:30 ......... Medical Emergency 14:00 ...............................The 4400 15:00 ......................Stargate SG-1 16:00 ......................Stargate SG-1 17:00 ...................Modern Family
League 2 Play-Off Final Highlights. The npower League Two play-off final from Wembley Stadium. Last year's match proved to be a historic one as Stevenage sealed back-to-back promotions with a 1-0 win over Torquay.
17:30 ...................Modern Family
19:00 .................Cricket on 5
17:00 ......................... 5 News at 5
18:00 .................. The Middle
12:00 ................ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 13:00 .....RSPCA Animal Rescue 13:30 .....RSPCA Animal Rescue 14:00 .................. Criminal Minds 15:00 .................. Criminal Minds
18:30 .....................Futurama
16:00 ................... America's Next Top Model
19:00 ..............The Simpsons
17:00 .......... Nothing to Declare
19:30 ..............The Simpsons
17:30 .......... Nothing to Declare
10:30 ....................................Cricket
20:00 ....................Road Wars
20:00 ........The Gadget Show: World Tour
19:00 .......... Sky Sports News at Seven
21:00 ......................A League of Their Own
18:00 ..........CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
22:00 ...........8 Out of 10 Cats
21:00 ....... Robson's Extreme Fishing Challenge
22:50 ................ The Hoarder Next Door
19:30 ................. Elite League Speedway
22:00 ....................Spartacus: Blood and Sand
20:00 ............... Steps: On the Road Again
22:00 ...... The Walking Dead
21:30 ............ NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
21:00 ............................Steps
23:00 .......... The Wicker Man
23:15 ................... Ross Kemp: Extreme World
19:00 ............... The Voice UK
06:00 .............Aerobics: Oz Style
06:00 ................Home Shopping
06:00 ............................The X Files
06:00 ..........................Emmerdale
The Semi-Final. It is The Voice UK semi-final. Superstar coaches Sir Tom Jones, will.i.am, Jessie J and Danny O'Donoghue have only two singers left on their teams - all fighting it out for one place in the final. For the first time this series all four teams perform live on the same night as the competition reaches fever pitch. Who will get one step closer to being crowned The Voice UK?
Join Australia's fit and healthy instructors as they put even the most devout armchair gymnasts through their paces with this workout.
07:00 ......................Dragons' Den 08:00 ...............................Top Gear
07:00 .............Star Trek: The Next Generation
06:25 ............. Coronation Street
10:00 ......................Dragons' Den
08:00 ..............Star Trek: Voyager
07:15 .......................... The Jeremy Kyle Show US
06:30 ....................... Thrillseekers
11:00............................. Fifth Gear
09:00 ............................................ER
08:10.......................... Judge Judy
07:00 .....................PGA Tour Golf
11:30 ............. The Gadget Show
10:00.................................... House 11:00 ............................The X Files
09:25 ....... The Real Housewives of Orange County
10:00 ...........................Senior PGA Championship
12:00 ...............................Top Gear 14:00 ......................Dragons' Den
10:30........................... Judge Judy
12:00 ..........European Tour Golf
15:00 ............................. Fifth Gear
12:00 .............Star Trek: The Next Generation
14:00 ....Super League Fulltime
15:30.............. The Gadget Show
13:00 ..............Star Trek: Voyager
11:30.......................... Judge Judy
15:00.......................... Fight Night
16:00 ...............................Top Gear
14:00 ............................................ER
12:00 ..........................Emmerdale
15:00 .................................... House
12:30 ............. Coronation Street
16:00 .............Star Trek: The Next Generation
13:30 .... The Jeremy Kyle Show
18:30 .................... Hollyoaks 19:00 ........... Channel 4 News 19:55 .................4thought.tv 20:00 ...................Dispatches 20:30 ..... Gok Cooks Chinese 21:00...The Secret Millionaire
23:55 ...............Random Acts
20:30 ............... The Voice UK The Semi-Final Results. It is the eliminations again and this time there is more at stake than ever... a place in The Voice UK live final. Eight artists remain, but only one artist from each team will make it through.
21:00 .......... Britain's Hidden Homeless 22:00 .................. EastEnders 22:30 .... Snog, Marry, Avoid? 23:00 .................. Family Guy 23:45 ............ American Dad!
25 May - 31 May 2012
17:30 .........................Neighbours 18:00 ......... Home and Away 18:30 .........................5 News
17:00................ Indianapolis 500 Highlights
18:00 .............. Dragons' Den
19:00 ............NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
20:00 .. Dara O'Briain: School of Hard Sums
20:00 ......................... Cricket 22:00 ............... Thrillseekers
20:40 ............ Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Earth. A look at some of the best BMX and mountain bikers from around the world.
21:40 .................... Have I Got News for You
22:30 .................Elite League Speedway
22:20 ............Mock the Week
19:00 ............................ QI XL
23:00 ............................ QI XL
19:00 ........... Criminal Minds
22:00 .....................Ladyboys
11:00.......................... Judge Judy
17:00 ..............Star Trek: Voyager
15:40 ....... The Real Housewives of Orange County
18:00 ................................. ER
16:40 .......................... Judge Judy
19:00 ...........................House 20:00 ....................... Seinfeld
18:00 .......... The Jeremy Kyle Show US
21:00 .........Game of Thrones
19:00 ...................Gossip Girl
22:10 ......Morgan Spurlock's New Britannia
21:00 ......... Die Another Day
23:10 ................. Hit and Miss
23:40 ........... Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records
W C CHOICE How to Beat Pain BBC1, 19:30
Dr Jack Kreindler and Professor Greg Whyte tackle pain - one of the most common complaints in Britain. To reveal key facts about chronic back pain, osteoarthritis and acute pain, and give insight into how these debilitating conditions can be treated, these medical mavericks use each other as human guinea pigs in fun and often painful experiments. Greg dons a pain-inducing 'osteoarthritis suit' and reveals the horrors of performing everyday tasks in it, while Jack enters the cage, going head-on with a man who is intent on inflicting acute pain. So, when the doctors say it is going to hurt them more than it hurts you, this time they really mean it. And along the way Jack and Greg reveal useful facts and helpful approaches to treatment.
Chatsworth BBC1, 21:00 Three-part documentary series detailing life over Chatsworth's entire 2011 season. Summer arrives, bringing with it wedding season at Chatsworth, but there is a veil hanging over proceedings and it does not belong to the bride. For the entire 2011 season, the famous south and west wings have been covered in scaffolding as part of a massive renovation; but it could spell disaster for their burgeoning wedding business and the all-important wedding photographs. However, ever-resourceful events manager Kay Rotchford has some Photoshop magic up her sleeve.
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Tuesday Tuesday 06:00 ..............................Breakfast
06:00 ................ The Pingu Show
06:00 ..................................Daybreak
09:15 ......................... Fake Britain
06:10 .................Charlie and Lola
08:30 .....................................Lorraine
10:00 ......................Homes Under the Hammer
06:25 ........................ Timmy Time
09:25 ....... The Jeremy Kyle Show
06:35 ......................Chuggington
10:30 .......................... This Morning
11:00 ...................... Cowboy Trap
06:50 ................Pinky Dinky Doo
11:25 ...................................ITV News
11:45 ................Cash in the Attic
07:00 ........................................Roar
11:30 ........................... This Morning
12:15 ......................Bargain Hunt
12:30 ........................Loose Women
13:00 ..............BBC News at One
07:30 .....................The League of Super Evil
13:45 .................................Doctors
07:45 .............Frankenstein's Cat
14:15 .............................. Escape to the Country
07:55 ..........................Newsround
13:30 ................................... ITV News and Weather 14:00 ............................May the Best House Win
15:00 ............................ BBC News
08:00 .................. Ed and Oucho's Excellent Inventions
15:05 ........................Dick 'N' Dom Go Wild
08:30 .....Nina and the Neurons: In the Lab
16:00 ...............Midsomer Murders
15:35 ......................... Prank Patrol Down Under
08:45 ........................Big City Park
18:00 ............. London Tonight
Prince Charles: The Royal Restoration
09:00 ...............Tinga Tinga Tales
16:00 ..............................Copycats
09:10 .............Little Charley Bear
18:30 ......................... ITV News and Weather
ITV1, 9pm
16:30 .........................Who Let the Dogs Out?
09:20 ..........................Raa Raa the Noisy Lion
19:00 .....................Emmerdale
17:00 ......................... Newsround 17:15 ...............................Pointless
09:30 ..................Bob the Builder: Project Build It
18:00 .......... BBC News at Six
09:40 ........... The Koala Brothers
18:30 ...... BBC London News
09:50 ............................. ZingZillas
19:00 .............The One Show
10:05 ................................Iconicles
19:30 .................. EastEnders
10:30 ......................................Louie
“You’ve got to get stuck in and try to make a difference. And if it doesn’t work it doesn’t work. It can be slightly more exposed in my position. Live dangerously. It’s worth trying rather than not trying at all, isn’t it?” HRH Prince Charles In 2007 HRH The Prince of Wales helped to purchase Dumfries House and its priceless contents for £45m, with a loan for £20m taken out by his Charitable Foundation, in order to save one of Scotland’s most important stately homes in one of the most economically deprived areas. The fear was that the collection, including a Chippendale bookcase expected to fetch £15m, would be lost for the nation at auction. As he explains: “There are so few houses left that still have their original furniture. They were already in packing cases in lorries. The lorries were stopped at 1 o’clock in the morning on the motorway in Cumbria, on the way to Christies. They were turned around and came back.” In this one-hour documentary presented by Alan Titchmarsh, we have exclusive and unprecedented access to follow HRH The Prince of Wales and his team, as he tries to confound his critics and achieve his vision. Explaining why he took the massive project on himself he says:“I remember trying to find a way of solving this problem without my having to get involved, because I didn’t particularly want to. When I heard all the negotiations had come to nothing, I’d seen too many other houses go down this route.” Within 12 months of the purchase, the banking crisis struck and HRH The Prince of Wales admits to waking up in the middle of the night with worry. He now has to raise the money to pay back the loan himself from private donors and must do so as soon as possible, by turning Dumfries House into a viable business. HRH The Prince of Wales and his team come up with a master plan to pay back the loan, make the estate generate revenue, and kick-start the regeneration of the entire area of East Ayrshire. No modern royal has ever attempted anything quite so ambitious. We see derelict buildings on the estate being restored, an old farm building transformed in to a guesthouse for weddings and events and a huge walled garden transformed by volunteers. Then there is the most ambitious project of all, an eco village of 600 homes to be built on the edge of the estate. Throughout the renovation HRH The Prince of Wales maintains a very hands-on role and credits his Grandmother’s influence for his attention to every detail. As explained by Annabel Elliot, the interior designer in charge of the guesthouse, who is also the Duchess of Cornwall’s sister: “He always likes to be completely involved. He’s looking at every little piece of material. It’s very important to him. We’ll argue. He doesn’t just either agree or disagree! His eye for detail is quite extraordinary. I don’t think I’ve ever worked with anybody who is so interested in the detail.” There is a large amount relying on the project, but will it succeed?
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15:00 ..........Dickinson's Real Deal 17:00 ................................. The Chase
19:30 ........... Trash to Treasure
20:00 ................... Holby City
14:15 .............. The Weakest Link
21:00...........................Silk
Documentary series following two reclamation yards. At Beeston Reclamation, Lee is on the lookout for new stock for the yard. He spends 1000 pounds of big brother Trev's money on the contents of a disused barn but Trev is less than impressed with Lee's purchases - which include a double-seated toilet lid and some old milk churns. At Ribble Reclamation, Dale takes a muchneeded holiday in Spain, and new boss Paul takes advantage of his absence by having a complete reorganisation of the yard. Paul also secures a big sale of flagstones. With Paul on the warpath, Dale returns from his holiday to a rude awakening.
15:00 ........................Heir Hunters
20:00 ..... Countrywise Jubilee
22:25 ...... BBC London News
15:45 .........................Hairy Bikers' Best of British
21:00.....Prince Charles: The CW Royal Restoration CHO ICE
22:35 ...........The Apprentice
16:30 ................................... Flog It!
22:00 ..................... ITV News at Ten and Weather
With Lucy worried for her dad, Phil steps in and helps her pay off some of the debt Ian owed. Knowing what Phil is capable of, Ben and Jay worry that he may have had something to with Ian's disappearance. Tanya is infuriated when Cora ropes Lauren into her plan to build bridges between Alice and Derek.
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22:00 ......... BBC News at Ten
Sixteen ambitious candidates embarked on the challenge of becoming Lord Sugar's next business partner. Ten weeks of gruelling tasks has whittled that number down to just five. What makes them all tick? What qualities have made them survivors? What are their chances of winning the investment of 250,000 pounds? The candidates give their assessment of their personal triumphs and failures and the lessons they have learned during the process. Not to mention the bitching, backstabbing and the blame games they have had to overcome to get this far.
23:35 ...........................Prime
10:35 ......................... Driver Dan's Story Train 10:45............................. Waybuloo 11:10 ......................................In the Night Garden 11:40 .............................. The Story of G.I. Joe 13:30............ Instant Restaurant
17:15 ..................Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:00 .....................Eggheads 18:30 ..........................TOTP 2 19:30 ..... Great British Menu 20:00 ................Springwatch 21:00 ............................ Great Ormond Street 22:00 .................................. QI 22:30 ................... Newsnight 23:20 ................. She-Wolves: England's Early Queens
22:35 .................Grimefighters Series following the daily lives of Britain's clean-up teams, including pest controllers, restaurant inspectors and litterpickers. In this edition, Newcastle Council Enforcement Officer Tracey is accompanied by the police to challenge some residents on the condition of their houses, Dagenham pest controller Pete deals with an infestation of rats, and Suicide Sid and his crushing crew clear a revolting 17th floor flat. Narrated by John Sergeant.
23:05 ..................Nature's Fury
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Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday 29 May 06:10 ....................... Children's TV
06:00 ...................... Children's TV
08:30 ................................... Frasier
08:10 ............................ Peppa Pig
09:00 ................Undercover Boss Australia
08:30 .......Roary the Racing Car
10:00 ............Location, Location, Location
09:00 .....................................Olivia
11:00 ....The Renovation Game 12:00 ................ Channel 4 News 12:05 ...................... Four in a Bed 12:35 .... Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not 13:05 ......................Hills of Home 15:05 ............London Dreaming 15:10 .........................Countdown 16:00 .................Deal or No Deal 17:00 .........Come Dine with Me 18:00 ............. The Simpsons 18:30 .................... Hollyoaks 19:00 ..........Channel 4 News 19:55 ................ 4thought.tv 20:00 .. Embarrassing Bodies 21:00.........Jimmy and the Giant Supermarket 22:00 ..........Hidden Talent
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23:05 ............... Random Acts 23:10 .Alan Carr: Chatty Man
19:00 ..............Total Wipeout The biggest and brashest game show on television is back. Hosted by Richard Hammond and Amanda Byram, the show welcomes a set of contestants to Argentina to take on the wrath of some seriously hard obstacles in the hope of bagging 10,000 pounds and the magnificent trophy. The Qualifier sees the welcome return of the Big Red Balls and the Motivator to provide a little help for those feeling reluctant to throw themselves of the edge. Crash Mountain will cut the numbers down a bit and Dizzy Dummies cuts it down further, whilst introducing the contestants to the Hose Man and the Ball Boys just to make it even harder.
20:00 ..... Don't Tell the Bride 21:00 ......... Britain Unzipped
06:00.................... Good Morning Sports Fans
06:00 ................................ Oops TV
06:00........... Nothing to Declare
07:00 ......................Luton Airport
06:30 ...........Nothing to Declare
08:00..................... Good Morning Sports Fans
07:30 ......................Luton Airport
07:00 .....................Jerry Springer
Round-up of the sports news with live analysis and comment plus extended interviews with the headline makers.
08:00 ......................Stargate SG-1
08:00 .................................... Maury
09:00 ......................Stargate SG-1 10:00 ................... Law and Order
09:00 ................... America's Next Top Model
09:00 ....................NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
11:00 ................... Law and Order
10:00 ...........Nothing to Declare
12:10 ........... 5 News Lunchtime
12:00 ................................ Oops TV
10:30 ...........Nothing to Declare
12:15 ...... Highland Emergency
10:00 ................. Sporting Greats
13:00 ......... Medical Emergency
12:45 ...... Highland Emergency
10:30 ...................................Cricket
13:30 ......... Medical Emergency
11:00................. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
08:45 .........Bananas in Pyjamas 09:15 ................The Wright Stuff 11:10 ............................Live with...
13:15 ............... Home and Away 13:45 .........................Neighbours 14:15 ...................Law and Order 15:05 ...................Winter Solstice 17:00 ......................... 5 News at 5 17:30 .........................Neighbours 18:00 .......... Home and Away 18:30 .........................5 News 19:00 .................Cricket on 5 20:00 ..................War Hero in My Family
13:00 ..... RSPCA Animal Rescue 13:30 ..... RSPCA Animal Rescue 14:00 ...................Criminal Minds 15:00 ...................Criminal Minds
18:30 ......... Great Run Series
16:00 ......................Stargate SG-1
19:00 ....................Sky Sports News at Seven
16:00 ................... America's Next Top Model
17:00 ..............................Futurama
17:00 ...........Nothing to Declare
19:30 ......... Great Matches of Euro Football
17:30 ...................Modern Family
17:30 ...........Nothing to Declare
18:00 .................. The Middle
18:00 ..........CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
22:00 ......... Great Matches of Euro Football
19:00 ..............The Simpsons
19:00 ............Criminal Minds
19:30 ..............The Simpsons
22:30 .......... Sporting Greats
20:00 ........................... Touch
20:00 ................. The Biggest Loser USA
23:00 .................. A League of Their Own
21:00 ...................... Starlings
21:00 ............. Unforgettable
23:55 ................... CSI: Miami
22:30 ....... Planet of the Apes
23:00 ..................... Ladyboys
06:00 .............Aerobics: Oz Style
07:00 .....Bang Goes the Theory
06:00 ............................The X Files
06:00 ..........................Emmerdale
06:30 ....................... Thrillseekers
08:00 ............................. Fifth Gear
06:25............. Coronation Street
07:00 ................. WWE Afterburn
08:30 ............. The Gadget Show
07:00........................ Star Trek: The Next Generation
08:00 ..........European Tour Golf
09:00 ...............................Top Gear
08:00 ..............Star Trek: Voyager
09:00 .....................PGA Tour Golf
10:00 ......................Dragons' Den
09:00 ............................................ER
07:15 ...........................The Jeremy Kyle Show US
10:00 .....................Golfing World
11:00 ............................. Fifth Gear
10:00 .................................... House
08:10.......................... Judge Judy
10:30 .............. Shell's Wonderful World of Golf
11:30 ............. The Gadget Show
11:00 ............................The X Files
12:00 ...............................Top Gear
09:25 ....... The Real Housewives of Orange County
12:00 ................PGA Tour Classic
14:00 ......................Dragons' Den
12:00 ....................... Star Trek: The Next Generation
13:00 .....................Golfing World
15:00 ............................. Fifth Gear
13:30 ............... Great Run Series
15:30 ............. The Gadget Show
21:00 ......... CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 22:00 .........................CSI: NY 22:55 ................... CSI: Miami
14:00 ...Elite League Speedway
16:00 ...............................Top Gear
16:00 ...................NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
18:00 .............. Dragons' Den
17:00 ................Ladies European Tour Golf
20:00 ...................... Top Gear
22:30 ......... Russell Howard's Good News
18:30 ..........Sporting Greats
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15:00 ......................Stargate SG-1
12:00 ................ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
18:30 .....................Futurama
18:00 ........... Golf - European Tour Dinner
23:45 ............ American Dad!
The official television programme of the Asian Football Confederation is a definitive weekly round-up of highlights, news and exclusive features from the continent.
Tom and Diana search for someone with the ability to make people's worst fears come true, while Cassie leads Kyle to a book that contains a prophecy about Jordan Collier.
20:00 ......................... Cricket
22:00 ................... EastEnders
23:00 .................. Family Guy
14:00 ...............................The 4400 18:00 ............... Football Asia
19:00 ....... The Winning Post 21:00 ..........Sporting Greats
19:20 ..................................QI 21:00 ............................ QI XL 22:00 ..................Have I Got a Bit More News for You 23:00 .............. Dara O'Briain: School of Hard Sums 23:40 ..............Not Going Out
22:00 .........Golden Five Golf
06:50 ............. Coronation Street
10:30 .......................... Judge Judy
13:00 ..............Star Trek: Voyager
12:00 ..........................Emmerdale
14:00 ............................................ER
12:30 ............. Coronation Street
15:00 .................................... House
13:30 .... The Jeremy Kyle Show
16:00 ....................... Star Trek: The Next Generation
15:40 ....... The Real Housewives of Orange County
17:00 ..............Star Trek: Voyager
16:40 .......................... Judge Judy
18:00 ................................. ER 19:00 ...........................House
18:00 .................. The Jeremy Kyle Show US
20:00 ..... Friday Night Lights
19:00 ... Peter Andre: My Life
21:00 ..................... Mad Men
20:00 ...America's Got Talent
22:00 ................ Hit and Miss
22:00 ...............Passenger 57
23:00 ...... Morgan Spurlock's New Britannia
23:50 ................... The Matrix
W C CHOICE Jimmy and the Giant Supermarket Channel 4, 21:00
Animal welfare standards might have come a long way in the UK, but most of the country's chickens are still reared intensively, 60% of pigs still spend their whole lives in sheds, and tens of thousands of dairy calves are needlessly slaughtered each year because it's too expensive to rear them. But in these cash-strapped times, a lot of customers can't afford to care about free range food. Rare breed pig farmer Jimmy Doherty has a dream to make free range food affordable for everyone. So he's challenged Britain's biggest supermarket, Tesco, to let him prove he can do it, and they've agreed. He's taking on three of Tesco's best-selling own brand products and will work with the company to try and make higher-welfare versions for the same affordable price.
Hidden Talent Channel 4, 22:00 The series finale catches up with some of the amazing individuals who found their hidden talents to discover how the experience has changed their lives, and includes unseen footage of their extraordinary journeys. Nineteenyear-old James Whinnery showed he had a remarkable hidden talent for learning languages: a surprise for James, who didn't have a GCSE in French, had dropped out of his Alevels and was living in a homeless hostel after falling out with his mother.
Silk 9pm, BBC1
Clive is in Oxford to prosecute three male students accused of sexually assaulting a young waitress. He is up against three silks who employ playground tactics. Clive begins to lose his nerve, but a chance encounter with his old friend Ed Marmor bolsters his confidence and he discovers a passion for prosecuting which he didn’t know he had. When his client’s honesty is called into question and with the case in danger of collapsing around him, Clive is faced with one of the biggest decisions of his professional career. In a case that echoes Clive’s, Martha is defending Ricky Armitage, who has trashed his local mini-mart and attacked the shopkeeper. His violence and lack of remorse are astounding, yet Martha can see that he was fated to walk on a self-destructive path and decides that she will try to divert him. Cast: Maxine Peake is Martha; Rupert Penry-Jones is Clive; Neil Stuke is Billy; Morgan Watkins is Ricky Armitage; Rhashan Stone is Ed Marmor; Kaye Wragg is Jamie Slotover; Alex Jennings is Alan Cowdrey; Stephanie Street is Tavishi Gupta; Frances Barber is Caroline Warwick ‘CW’ and Indira Varma is George Duggan.
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Wednesday Wednesday 06:00 ..............................Breakfast
06:00 .......................Children's TV
06:00 ............................. Daybreak
09:15 ......................... Fake Britain
07:00 ........................................Roar
08:30................................ Lorraine
10:00 ..................... Homes Under the Hammer
07:30 .......................... The League of Super Evil
09:25 ...........................The Jeremy Kyle Show
11:00 ...................... Cowboy Trap
07:45 .............Frankenstein's Cat
10:30 ......................This Morning
11:45 ................Cash in the Attic
07:55 ..........................Newsround
11:25 ..............................ITV News
12:15 ......................Bargain Hunt
08:00 .................. Ed and Oucho's Excellent Inventions
11:30 ......................This Morning
08:30 ........................Nina and the Neurons: In the Lab
13:30 ...............................ITV News and Weather
08:45 ........................Big City Park
13:00 ..............BBC News at One 13:45................................. Doctors 14:15 ..............................Escape to the Country 15:00 ............................ BBC News
09:00 ...............Tinga Tinga Tales
14:00 ........................May the Best House Win
15:05 ......Dick 'N' Dom Go Wild
09:10 .............Little Charley Bear
15:00 ......Dickinson's Real Deal
15:35 .........................Prank Patrol Down Under
09:20 ....Raa Raa the Noisy Lion
16:00 .......... Midsomer Murders
09:30 ..................Bob the Builder: Project Build It
17:00 ............................The Chase
16:30 ............. Horrible Histories: Gory Games
09:40 ........... The Koala Brothers 09:50 ............................. ZingZillas
18:30 ...................... ITV News and Weather
17:00 ......................... Newsround
10:05 ................................Iconicles
19:00 ................. Emmerdale
17:15 ...............................Pointless
19:30 ......The Unforgettable
18:00 .......... BBC News at Six
10:30 ......................... Driver Dan's Story Train
18:30 ...... BBC London News
10:40 .............................Waybuloo
19:00 .............The One Show
11:00 ......... In the Night Garden
If it has Britain talking then it will be talked about on The One Show. Matt Baker and Alex Jones present the stories that matter from across the country.
11:30 ................Beyond the Reef
16:00 ..............................Copycats
19:30 ..............Rip Off Britain 20:00 .................DIY SOS The Big Build 21:00 ........... The Apprentice 22:00 ......... BBC News at Ten 22:25 ...... BBC London News 22:35 ................The National Lottery Wednesday Night Draws
13:00 ............................... See Hear 13:30 ...............................To Buy or Not to Buy 14:15............... The Weakest Link 15:00 ........................Heir Hunters 15:45 .........................Hairy Bikers' Best of British 16:30 ................................... Flog It! 17:15 ..................Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:00 .....................Eggheads 18:30 ..........................TOTP 2 19:30 ..... Great British Menu 20:00 ................Springwatch 21:00 ................ Afghanistan 22:00 ...........The Apprentice: You're Fired!
ednesday Numbers for W e: ar ay M th 30 Bonus Ball
Dara O Briain and guests comment on the latest series of The Apprentice. Creating and branding an affordable luxury product leads to one candidate reaching the end of the line. Pouring over what went wrong are retail entrepreneur Angus Thirlwell, columnist Kelvin Mackenzie and comedian Ruby Wax.
22:30 ................... Newsnight 22:45 ........................DĂŠjĂ Vu
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12:30 ....................Loose Women
23:20.............She-Wolves: CW England's Early CHOICE Queens
18:00 .......... London Tonight
Gordon Jackson. A tribute to the well-loved actor best known for his roles as Hudson in Upstairs, Downstairs and Cowley in The Professionals. Long before becoming a household name, Gordon Jackson starred in famous films including Mutiny on the Bounty, The Great Escape and The Ipcress File. Close friends and family paint a picture of a quiet, unassuming, decent man and a wonderful father who never took fame too seriously and loved nothing more than relaxing at home with friends like Kenneth Williams. With contributions from John Alderton, Pauline Collins, Tom Conti and Stanley Baxter.
20:00 ........................... Lewis When babysitter Jessica Lake is discovered dead, Lewis and Hathaway are drawn into diverse new worlds beyond the usual Oxford colleges, including squats, swinging suburbia, primate labs and fetish photography. Which of these new realms holds the key to Jessica's murder?
22:00 ..................ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:35 ..................Unforgiven Uncompromising western. Long after he has settled into a peaceful life as a farmer with his two children, reformed gunslinger William Munny is coaxed out of retirement by a young gun who wants his help in bringing the men responsible for attacking a prostitute to justice.
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Wednesday
06:15....................... Children's TV
06:00 ...................... Children's TV
08:00 ............... Everybody Loves Raymond
07:45 .......Make Way for Noddy
08:30 ....................................Frasier
08:10 ............................ Peppa Pig
09:00 ................Undercover Boss Australia
08:30 .......Roary the Racing Car
10:00 ............Location, Location, Location 11:00 .....The Renovation Game 12:00 .................Channel 4 News 12:05....................... Four in a Bed 12:35 .... Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not
08:00 ....Fifi and the Flowertots
08:45 .........Bananas in Pyjamas 09:00 .....................................Olivia 09:15 ................The Wright Stuff 11:10............................ Live with... 12:10 ........... 5 News Lunchtime 12:15 ...... Highland Emergency 13:15 ............... Home and Away
13:05 ..............Nathan Stephens: Warrior
13:45 .........................Neighbours
13:10 ............... The Last Frontier
15:15 .......Miles From Nowhere
15:10 ......................... Countdown
17:00 ......................... 5 News at 5
16:00 ..................Deal or No Deal
17:30 .........................Neighbours
17:00 ......... Come Dine with Me
18:00 ......... Home and Away
18:00 ..............The Simpsons
18:30 .........................5 News
18:30 .................Hollyoaks
19:00 .......... Channel 4 News
19:00 ..................The Gadget Show: World Tour
19:55 .................4thought.tv
20:00 ...... Emergency Bikers
20:00 ............... Secret Eaters
21:00 .............................NCIS
21:00 .....24 Hours in A and E
22:00 ............Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
CW
CHOICE
22:00 ................... The Killing 22:55 ...............Random Acts
19:00 .................Great Movie Mistakes Robert Webb is back with more silver screen slip-ups from recent hit movies. Robert exposes shocking gaffes from the Hollywood blockbusters, box office number ones, Oscar-nominated masterpieces and the biggest flops. He reveals continuity blunders, terrible anachronisms, physical mishaps, members of crew sneaking into shot, factual errors, visual effects goofs and even moments when an entire film's plot falls apart.
14:15 ...................Law and Order
May
06:00 .................... Good Morning Sports Fans
06:00 ................................Oops TV
06:00 ...........Nothing to Declare
07:00 ..................... Luton Airport
06:30 ...........Nothing to Declare
07:00 .................... Good Morning Sports Fans
07:30 ..................... Luton Airport
07:00 .....................Jerry Springer
08:00 .................... Good Morning Sports Fans
08:00 ..................... Stargate SG-1
08:00 .................................... Maury
09:00 ..................... Stargate SG-1 10:00 ...................Law and Order
09:00 ................... America's Next Top Model
11:00 ............. NCIS: Los Angeles
10:00 ...........Nothing to Declare
12:00 ................................Oops TV
10:30 ...........Nothing to Declare
13:00 .........Medical Emergency
11:00 ................ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
09:00 ....................................Cricket 11:00 ..................Sporting Greats 11:30 ........................Football Asia 12:00 .................Great Run Series
15:00 ....................................Cricket
Australia's busiest emergency wards where, for staff, horrific scenes, tragedy and life-ordeath decisions are all in a day's work.
17:00 ..........................Total Rugby
13:30 .........Medical Emergency
14:00 ...................Criminal Minds
17:30 ......... FIFA Futbol Mundial
14:00 ..............................The 4400
15:00 ...................Criminal Minds
18:00 .................. Boots 'n' All
15:00 ..................... Stargate SG-1
19:00 ....................Sky Sports News at Seven
17:00 .............................Futurama
16:00................... America's Next Top Model
17:30 .................. Modern Family
17:00 ...........Nothing to Declare
18:00 ..................The Middle
17:30 ...........Nothing to Declare
18:30 .................... Futurama
18:00 ...........CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
12:30 ....................................Cricket 14:30 ..................Sporting Greats
Round-up of the sports news with live analysis and comment plus extended interviews with the headline makers.
19:30 ............. Championship Rugby Union
19:00 ............. The Simpsons 19:30 ............. The Simpsons
12:00 ................ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 13:00 ..... RSPCA Animal Rescue
19:00 ............... Steps: On the Road Again
22:00 ......... Great Matches of Euro Football
20:00 .... Emergency Abroad
22:30 .................. Boots 'n' All
22:00 ..........An Idiot Abroad
23:50 ...................Pokerstars
23:30 ....FIFA Futbol Mundial
23:00 ..................... Brit Cops: Frontline Crime
06:30 ....................... Thrillseekers
06:00 ................Home Shopping
06:00 ............................The X Files
06:00 ..........................Emmerdale
07:00 WWE Vintage Collection
07:00 ......................Dragons' Den
06:25 ........................... Nanny 911
08:00 ........................ Bass Fishing
08:00 ............................. Fifth Gear
07:00 .............Star Trek: The Next Generation
09:00 ............... Great Run Series
08:30............. The Gadget Show
08:00 ..............Star Trek: Voyager
07:15........................... The Jeremy Kyle Show US
09:30 ..................Golf - European Tour Dinner
09:00 ...............................Top Gear
09:00 ............................................ER
08:10........................... Judge Judy
10:00 ......................Dragons' Den
10:00 .................................... House
10:00................ Ladies European Tour Golf
11:00 ............................ Hardliners
11:00 ............................The X Files
09:25 ....... The Real Housewives of Orange County
12:00 ...............................Top Gear
12:00 .............Star Trek: The Next Generation
10:30 .......................... Judge Judy
13:00 ..............Star Trek: Voyager
12:30 ........................... Nanny 911
14:00 ............................................ER
13:30 .... The Jeremy Kyle Show
15:00 .................................... House
15:40 ....... The Real Housewives of Orange County
11:00 ............... Golden Five Golf 12:00 ....................Showjumping 13:00 .......... Australian Ironman 14:00 ................Ladies European Tour Golf
19:10 .... Snog, Marry, Avoid?
15:00 ............... Golden Five Golf
19:40 ............... Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
16:00 .......... Australian Ironman
22:00 .................... How to be England Manager
17:30 .....FIBA World Basketball
23:00 .................. Family Guy
18:30 ........Euro Tour Weekly
23:20 .................. Family Guy
19:00 .................Total Rugby
23:45 ............ American Dad!
19:30 .........Great Matches of Euro Football
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17:00 ............... Great Run Series 18:00 ....Inside the PGA Tour
13:00 ...............................Top Gear 14:00 ......................Dragons' Den 15:00 ............................ Hardliners 15:30............................ Hardliners 16:00 ...............................Top Gear 18:00 ....................Red Dwarf 19:20 ......Would I Lie to You? 20:00 ...................... Top Gear 21:00 ............Mock the Week 22:20 .............. Dara O'Briain: School of Hard Sums 23:00 ....................Red Dwarf 23:40 ....................Red Dwarf
21:00 ...........................Touch
16:00 .............Star Trek: The Next Generation 17:00 ..............Star Trek: Voyager 18:00 ................................. ER 19:00 ...........................House 20:00 ......................The Pitch 21:00 .............. The Sopranos 22:15 .........Game of Thrones 23:25 ................ Hit and Miss
20:00 .....Battle of the Brides 21:00 ...........................Bones 22:00 ...........Grey's Anatomy 23:00 ...........................Bones
W C CHOICE She-Wolves: England's Early Queens BBC2, 23:20
In the medieval and Tudor world there was no question in people's minds about the order of God's creation - men ruled and women didn't. Yet despite everything that stood in their way, a handful of women did attempt to rule medieval and Tudor England. Historian Dr Helen Castor explores seven queens who challenged male power, the fierce reactions they provoked and whether the term 'she wolves' was deserved. In 1308 a 12-yearold girl, Isabella of France, became queen of England when she married the English king. A century later another young French girl, Margaret of Anjou, followed in her footsteps. Both these women were thrust into a violent and dysfunctional England and both felt driven to take control of the kingdom themselves. Isabella would be accused of murder and Margaret of destructive ambition. But as historian Helen Castor reveals, their self-assertion that would have seemed natural in a man was deemed unnatural, even monstrous in a woman.
12:00...........................Emmerdale
16:40.......................... Judge Judy 18:00 .................. The Jeremy Kyle Show US 19:00 ............. All Star Family Fortunes 20:00 ...America's Got Talent 21:00 ... Peter Andre: My Life 22:00 ...............American Pie: The Wedding
Hollyoaks Channel 4, 18:30 Lynsey tries to help Mercedes move on from Silas. How far will she go to rid him from her mind? Texas takes matters into her own hands in her efforts to unite Doug and Ste, but things don't go according to plan. Will finds himself caught between family and friends when the Savages make themselves at home in Halls.
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Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones
Thursday Thursday
BBC1, 8pm
Griff Rhys Jones goes on a tudor adventure as he retraces the route that Queen Elizabeth I took through the Cotswolds and into the West Country on what was one of her regular 'progesses' through her realm. Winding through the heart of some of England's most stunning countryside he tracks her journey from Windsor to Bristol. Griff reconstructs the enormous baggage train the queen took with her; he tries out some Elizabethan forms of transport, and visits some of the stunning castles and stately homes she visited. He discovers what the queen ate, how she slept and what amused her in a trip that was as much about politics as it was about leisure. Unearthing gems of tudor architecture that she would have seen, recreating a sense of the landscape she would have enjoyed, and digging up actual accounts of her visits to the towns, Griff gets a sense of the nation's love and adulation for the great queen, and the excitement, expense and logistics that lay behind this early royal walkabout.
06:00 ...............................Breakfast
06:00 ....................... Children's TV
06:00.............................. Daybreak
09:15 ..........................Fake Britain
07:30 .......................... The League of Super Evil
08:30 ...... Lorraine's High Street Fashion Awards
10:00 ......................Homes Under the Hammer
07:45 .............Frankenstein's Cat
09:25..... The Jeremy Kyle Show
11:00 .......................Cowboy Trap
07:55 ..........................Newsround
10:30 ...................... This Morning
11:45 ................ Cash in the Attic
08:00 .................. Ed and Oucho's Excellent Inventions
11:25 .............................. ITV News
08:30 ........................Nina and the Neurons: In the Lab
12:30..................... Loose Women
12:15 .......................Bargain Hunt 13:00 .............. BBC News at One 13:30............ BBC London News 13:45 ................................. Doctors 14:15 .....Escape to the Country 15:00 .............................BBC News 15:05...... Dick 'N' Dom Go Wild 15:35.......................... Prank Patrol Down Under
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19:00 ............. The One Show 19:30 .................. EastEnders Kim arranges for a reporter to pen an article promoting the B&B's grand opening, but her plan backfires when the reporter shows more interest in talking to Andrew about Heather. When Lucy discovers a promising lead on Ian's whereabouts, she heads off in search of him with Phil and Ben in tow - but they are all stunned by what they discover. Derek tries his best to impress Alice, but it does not take long for her to realise her father is still as dodgy as ever.
08:45 ........................Big City Park
13:30............................... ITV News and Weather
09:00 ...............Tinga Tinga Tales
14:00 ....................... May the Best
09:10 .............Little Charley Bear
House Win
09:20 ....Raa Raa the Noisy Lion
15:00 .......Dickinson's Real Deal
09:30 ..................Bob the Builder: Project Build It
16:00 ...........Midsomer Murders
09:40 ........... The Koala Brothers 09:50 ............................. ZingZillas
22:25 .......BBC London News 22:35 ....Crimewatch Update 22:45 .............Question Time 23:45 ... A Fish Called Wanda Offbeat black comedy in which a con artist uses her female charms to steal a stash of jewels from her gangster boyfriend, taking advantage of his henchman and a lawyer - with whom she later falls in love - to realise her cunning plan. The group's various criminal escapades are often complicated by the presence of a hapless mobster.
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17:00 ............................ The Chase 18:00 ........... London Tonight
10:05 ................................Iconicles
18:30 ....................... ITV News and Weather
10:30 ................... Woolly and Tig
19:00 ..................Emmerdale
10:35 ......................... Driver Dan's Story Train
19:30 ........................ Tonight
10:45 .............................Waybuloo 11:05 ......... In the Night Garden 11:35 ..........The First of the Few 13:30 ........ To Buy or Not to Buy 14:15............... The Weakest Link 15:00 ........................Heir Hunters 15:45 .........................Hairy Bikers' Best of British 16:30 ................................... Flog It! 17:15 ..................Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:00 .....................Eggheads 18:30 ..........................TOTP 2
19:30 ..... Great British Menu 20:00 ...........Britain's Lost CW Routes with CHOICE 20:00 ................Springwatch Chris Packham and Michaela Griff Rhys Jones Strachan report live from midWales on the latest news from 21:00 ................. Crimewatch 22:00 ..........BBC News at Ten
11:30 ...................... This Morning
the nest cameras, and there is a live update on the fate of the Springwatch kingfisher family. Martin Hughes-Games reveals what happened when he headed to Scotland for his first glimpse of secretive pine martens. And Springwatch launches a massive garden survey in time for the jubilee weekend.
21:00 ................Springwatch 21:30 ........ The Meat Market: Inside Smithfield 22:30 ................... Newsnight 23:20 ................. She-Wolves: England's Early Queens
20:00 ..................Emmerdale 20:30 ....... Coronation Street 21:00 .........Long Lost Family Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell help people who are desperate to find longlost relatives. Since finding out at the age of six that the man he called 'dad' was not his biological father, James Kynoch has been looking for his biological dad. They have been apart for 35 years and James is desperate to make contact. 48-year-old grandmother Lisa Nortcliff learned at the age of 10 that the woman she believed to be her older sister was in fact her mother, and that her father was a young fashion photography student who was forbidden from seeing her mother again when the pregnancy was discovered. Ever since, Lisa has wondered about this mysterious man, but she has never managed to find him.
22:00 ........... ITV News at Ten 22:35 ......Prince Charles: The Royal Restoration 23:35 .............Piers Morgan's Life Stories Piers Morgan talks to comedian Jimmy Tarbuck about his life and 50-year career. The comic legend opens up about how he coped on the saddest night of his showbiz career: while Jimmy was hosting a TV show live from the London Palladium, one of the country's best-loved comedians, Tommy Cooper, collapsed on stage and later died.
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Thursday Thursday Thursday 31 May 06:10 .......................Children's TV
06:00 .......................Children's TV
07:35 ............... According to Jim
08:00 .... Fifi and the Flowertots
08:00 ............... Everybody Loves Raymond
08:15............................. Peppa Pig
08:30 ....................................Frasier
08:45 ..........Bananas in Pyjamas
08:30........ Roary the Racing Car
06:00 .................... Good Morning Sports Fans
06:00 ................................Oops TV
06:00............Nothing to Declare
07:00 ..................... Luton Airport
06:30........... Nothing to Declare
08:00 .................... Good Morning Sports Fans
07:30 ..................... Luton Airport
07:00......................Jerry Springer
08:00 ..................... Stargate SG-1
08:00 .................................... Maury
09:00 ...............Stargate SG-1
09:00 ................Undercover Boss Australia
09:00 ......................................Olivia
Round-up of the sports news with live analysis and comment plus extended interviews with the headline makers.
10:00 ............. NCIS: Los Angeles
09:00................... America's Next Top Model
09:00 .......................... Boots 'n' All
11:00 ............. NCIS: Los Angeles
10:00 ...........Nothing to Declare
10:00 ............Location, Location, Location
09:15 ................ The Wright Stuff 11:10 ............................ Live with...
10:00 ............... Euro Tour Weekly
12:00 ................................Oops TV
10:30 ...........Nothing to Declare
12:10 ............5 News Lunchtime
10:30 ...........European Tour Golf
13:00 .........Medical Emergency
12:15 ...................The Restaurant Inspector
13:30.......... Inside the PGA Tour
13:30 .........Medical Emergency
11:00 ................ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
14:00.......................... Boots 'n' All
14:00 ..............................The 4400
15:00 ......... FIFA Futbol Mundial
15:00 ..................... Stargate SG-1
15:30 ...........European Tour Golf
16:00 ..................... Stargate SG-1
11:00 .....The Renovation Game 12:00 .................Channel 4 News 12:05 .......................Four in a Bed 12:35 ......................... The Kitchen Pharmacy 12:50..........................Logan's Run 15:10 ......................... Countdown 16:00 ..................Deal or No Deal 17:00 ......... Come Dine with Me 18:00 ..............The Simpsons 18:30 .................... Hollyoaks 19:00 .......... Channel 4 News 19:55 .................4thought.tv 20:00 ................ Phil Spencer Secret Agent 21:00 ...............Married to the Moonies
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13:15 ................Home and Away 13:45 ......................... Neighbours 14:15 ................... Law and Order 15:20 ...........McBride: Semper Fi 17:00 ..........................5 News at 5 17:30 ......................... Neighbours 18:00 ..........Home and Away 18:30 ......................... 5 News 19:00 ..... Police Interceptors 20:00 ...........World's Scariest Animal Attacks 21:00 ............The Restaurant Inspector 22:00 .......................... Hostel
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17:00 .............................Futurama
12:00 ................ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 13:00 ..... RSPCA Animal Rescue 13:30 ..... RSPCA Animal Rescue 14:00 ...................Criminal Minds
18:30 ..........Barclays Premier League World
17:30 .................. Modern Family
19:00 ....................Sky Sports News at Seven
18:00 ..................The Middle
16:00 ................... America's Next Top Model
18:30 ............. The Simpsons
19:30 ......... Great Matches of Euro Football
17:00 ...........Nothing to Declare
19:00 ..................The Middle
17:30 ...........Nothing to Declare
19:30 ........... Modern Family 20:00 ............. The Simpsons
18:00 ..........CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
20:30 ............. The Simpsons
19:00 ............Criminal Minds
21:00 ....... Glee: The Concert
20:00 ....Four Weddings USA
22:30 .......NCIS: Los Angeles
21:00 .....Battle of the Brides
23:30...The Avengers Special
22:00 The Biggest Loser USA
Including a landmark occasion in Portugal, an all-English thriller, a goal fest in Monaco, a classic comeback and one of the great UEFA Cup finals.
20:00 ...............The Memorial Tournament
15:00 ...................Criminal Minds
22:00 .....24 Hours in A and E
23:50 ................ The World of Stupid Criminals
23:00 ..... European Tour Golf
19:00 ......................Athletics
06:00 .............Aerobics: Oz Style
06:00 ................Home Shopping
06:00 ............................The X Files
06:00 ..........................Emmerdale
06:30 ....................... Thrillseekers
07:10 ............................ Hardliners
06:25 ........................... Nanny 911
07:00 ...............WWE Experience
08:00 ............................. Fifth Gear
07:00 .............Star Trek: The Next Generation
08:00 .........................Total Rugby
08:30 ............. The Gadget Show
08:00 ..............Star Trek: Voyager
07:15 ...........................The Jeremy Kyle Show US
08:30 ....................Championship Rugby Union
09:00 ...............................Top Gear
09:00 ............................................ER
08:10.......................... Judge Judy
10:00 ......................Dragons' Den
10:00 .................................... House
10:00 ............ World Cup of Pool
11:00 ............................. Fifth Gear
11:00 ............................The X Files
09:25 ....... The Real Housewives of Orange County
11:00 ............. Professional 8 Ball Pool Masters
11:30 ............. The Gadget Show
12:00 .............Star Trek: The Next Generation
10:30 .......................... Judge Judy
13:00 ..............Star Trek: Voyager
12:30 ........................... Nanny 911
14:00 ............................................ER 15:00 .................................... House
13:30 ...........................The Jeremy Kyle Show
16:00 .............Star Trek: The Next Generation
15:40 ....... The Real Housewives of Orange County
17:00 ..............Star Trek: Voyager
16:40.......................... Judge Judy
18:00 .................................. ER
18:00 .................. The Jeremy Kyle Show US
Diamond League - Rome. Live coverage from Rome's Stadio Olimpico of the third Diamond League meeting of the season. All eyes will be on the men's 100 metres, with Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt scheduled to take on Asafa Powell and France's European champion, Christian Lemaitre. Bolt cruised to victory in Rome last year in a time of 9.91 seconds, but will be looking to go even quicker as he steps up his preparations for the Olympics. Britain's 400 metre hurdles world champion Dai Greene should also be looking to lay down a marker for London 2012.
12:00 ....................Showjumping 13:00 ............ World Cup of Pool 14:00 ............. Professional 8 Ball Pool Masters 15:00 ....................Showjumping
22:00 .................. EastEnders
The Jumping International of France from the famous Francois Andre Stadium in La Baule. The very best riders and horses compete in one of the world's most prestigious equestrian events.
22:30 ........ Britain Unzipped
16:00 .........................Total Rugby
23:30 .................. Family Guy
16:30 .......................CB40 Cricket
21:00 ......... Russell Howard's Good News 21:30 ......Live at the Electric
23:50 .................. Family Guy
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22:00 .....WW Entertainment Late Night Raw
12:00 ...............................Top Gear 13:00 ...............................Top Gear 14:00 ......................Dragons' Den 15:00 ......................... Man v Food 16:00 ...............................Top Gear 17:00 ...............................Top Gear 18:00 ..................Man v Food 19:00 ........... Ray Mears Goes Walkabout 20:00 ...................... Top Gear 21:00 ............................ QI XL 22:00 ..............Frank Skinner
23:00 ............. Unforgettable
19:00..David Attenborough's Kingdom of Plants 20:00 .. God Save the Queens 21:00 ............. Moulin Rouge! 23:25 ...... Morgan Spurlock's New Britannia
12:00.......................... Emmerdale
19:00 ............. All Star Family Fortunes 20:00 .. You've Been Framed! 21:00 .............The Exclusives 22:00 ................... The Matrix
W C CHOICE Married to the Moonies Channel 4, 21:00
With unprecedented access this revealing film takes viewers inside the little known world of the Unification Church, commonly known to outsiders as the Moonies, and follows three British youngsters as they travel to Korea to be blessed by their messiah, Reverend Moon, at one of the movement's controversial mass weddings. The three undertake a condensed courtship - meeting and making plans for the future with a person they hardly know. Twenty-two-year-old psychology student Elisa has decided to make her own wedding dress for the big day. Twenty-one-yearold Reamonn has been matched with a girl from Argentina he hasn't even met. The cameras follow him to the airport as he meets his future bride for the first time. And 20-yearold Naomi from south London is matched with her future husband just days before the ceremony.
Stargate SG-1 Sky 1, 09:00 An elite hand-picked team of soldiers and scientists travel through a portal to discover strange and alien worlds beyond. SG1 visit P3R 636 where they discover a troop of Jaffa warriors and ceremonial priests delivering Naquadah, a treasured Goa'uld element, through the Stargate. While here Daniel becomes involved with the daughter of the planets leader Pyrus, while the rest of the team are forced to work in the planet's mines.
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Yasmin is new Karaoke Queen By Jamie Drew (Show Compere) THE red carpet was out at Showtime again on Saturday, ready to receive guests for The Grand Final of Tenerife Loves Karaoke. And, as usual, it proved to be a resounding success, with all 12 finalists excelling themselves. The Oasis Fm production team pulled out all the stops to ensure that expectations were exceeded, which meant the singers and the full house who had come along to support them all enjoyed a great show. It was obvious to me that some had not seen each other since last year’s final, while others had been to quite a few of the heats and had supported the competition from the start. Saturday’s show was tightly produced so 15 minutes before the show started, both the judges and finalists were called backstage for an informal briefing - and to be introduced to one another. This was important for the 12 singers as they were
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told exactly what was going to happen, when, how and where. After just 10 minutes, they were all a little more relaxed and felt more a part of the show rather than an individual. Now it’s time for me to do my mental run-through and check the running order for the 100th time. Ready or not,
the background music fades to silence as the lights dim in the front of house. The audience go mental and, after the initial introduction, it is time to bring on the finalists. They all came on from backstage and as their names were called out they gave a wave to the audience
and left the stage to take their seats with family and friends until it was time for them to sing. Next up were the TLK judges. They were all introduced individually before taking their places on the panel. A brief Q & A with judges revealed what they were looking for from the
contestants. Aaron Cormack, of Villa Studios, who has produced music for projects all over the world, was looking for a voice he could record. Paula Leeming, last year’s winner and invited back to judge this year’s final has had a full diary of work ever since. She told the audience she was looking for someone she believed could cut it on the entertainment circuit here. Finally, Chris Elkington, who has written and directed The Sound Of Musicals, now in its fourth successful year, was looking for somebody who could fulfil in a stage show like TSOM. Each singer would sing one song and then one of the judges would comment on the performance before the performer was seated again in the audience. The top three singers were then put through to round two, and it was edge-ofyour-seat stuff. It was then time to bring back all of the contestants to the stage. To reignite the atmosphere, Judge Aaron Cormack opened the next section with a Michael Buble song, Hold On, and he showed his credentials in this business by doing the business. Then, just as on the TV talent
shows, each singer’s name was announced - and with a short pause for effect, they were told: You’re going home” or “you’re in the final three.” The losers all took the bad news in the spirit of competition, and we were left with the final three: Chris Hodgkinson, who had returned from the UK, Lee England, also back from the UK with at least 10 family members, and finally, Yasmin Khan, who appeared in last year’s final and has been keen to try to break into the entertainment industry here in Tenerife ever since. Again this round was preceded by a song from Paula Leeming, who belted out Journey’s Don’t Stop Believing. Then, cue music, and no sending home this time - just 1st 2nd, 3rd. With Chris second and Lee third, the spoils went to Yasmin, who walked away with all the prizes, including 500 euros in cash, an agency contract with Paul James Associates, an opportunity to record a CD with Villa Studios, and a singing spot at the sixth annual Tenerife Entertainment Awards. Most of all, though, she will hold the coveted title of Tenerife Loves Karaoke 2012..
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Savvy shoppers Chelsea – Best in Show are haggling A Which? online survey of over 11,000 people between February and March, revealed that 43% of consumers have tried to negotiate a better deal when buying a product from a high street shop in the last 12 months. Including more than a quarter who asked for a lower price due to a cosmetic fault or because an item was exdisplay, and 30% who asked a retailer to match another retailer’s or online prices. Overall, 75% of those who tried to get a lower price/ better value were successful. Eight in ten (79%) of those who tried to negotiate when there was a cosmetic
fault with the item were successful in getting a better price. Six in ten (62%) of those who tried to persuade a retailer to match an online price were successful - saving on average around £52. Large electrical home appliances and TV/audio appliances and accessories were the products that people were most likely to ask the retailer to match an online price. Those who don’t haggle are put off because they don’t think the price will be lowered (38%) or are too embarrassed to do so (37%). Which? hit the high street to test this out... Their researcher visited 27 shops, (22 independents and 4 high street chains), to purchase Canon EOS 1100D camera with 18-55mm lens kit, priced at Amazon for £350.
Out of the independent shops that stocked the camera, apart from one shop that was already selling it for less than £350, every one was willing to bring the price down once they were shown the Amazon price. The lowest price offered was £369. All five large retail shops said they did not match prices with online retailers but one high street retailer said they may be willing to negotiate a discount if the camera was bought that day Richard Lloyd, executive director at Which?, said: “At a time when so many people are feeling the pinch, everyone should remember that it’s often well worth haggling to get a better deal. There’s nothing to lose in asking for a lower price, even if the product you want has already been discounted.”
Supermarket – dodgy deals A Which? investigation into more than 700,000 supermarket prices has uncovered dodgy pricing tactics that could lead shoppers to believe they’re getting a better deal than they are. Consumers say that special offers encourage them to buy products that they don’t really need. Which? identified four tactics that they believe were misleading, affecting products from fresh fruit to toiletries to pet food: Products becoming more expensive than the original price per item when they go into a multibuy offer. A recent study by Spanish retailers has revealed that families in Spain and the islands are spending 40% less on clothes since the start of the economic crisis. Figures show that the average Spanish home spent 1,130 euros on clothes in the year 2011. The clothing industry has urged the Government that it be excluded from any IVA/ VAT increases as they say it would have a further negative impact on the sector. In five years, clothing sales have gone down by 25% and 29,677 jobs have been lost.
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Products being sold on ‘offer’ when in fact they have been on sale at the reduced price for longer than the original price. Prices being increased immediately before going on ‘offer’ making the discount appear more significant. Products not being sold at the higher price immediately before going on offer. A quarter of people even try to avoid end-of-aisle displays so that they don’t get sucked into buying special offers. Richard Lloyd, Which? executive director says: “At a time when household budgets are squeezed and food bills are going up, many people are on the look out for a bargain.
It’s unacceptable that shoppers are confused into thinking they’re getting a good deal when that might not be the case. “Consumers shouldn’t have to worry about whether a special offer is really ‘special’, so we want the supermarkets to play fair and the Government to tighten up pricing guidelines so that people can shop with confidence.” Which? wants government guidelines on pricing to be tightened. While the existing rules are supposed to make sure that supermarket special offers don’t mislead shoppers, we feel they leave too many loopholes. More information is available at www.which. co.uk
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THE BREWIN Dolphin Garden, designed by Cleve West has won gold at RHS Chelsea Flower Show and ‘Best in Show.’ The garden celebrates the 250th anniversary of Brewin Dolphin and the continuing popularity of topiary. Jamie Matheson, Executive Chairman at Brewin Dolphin says, ‘We’re absolutely delighted with Cleve’s success – we’re so pleased that all his great work has received the recognition it deserves. The Brewin Dolphin Garden is everything we’d hoped it to be and more, plus it survived both flood and drought thanks to the hard work of the team.’ This year’s design is a real departure from Cleve’s usual style – partly due to the unusual use of topiary, symbolic of the sponsor’s
history, stability and creativity and it certainly made an impression on the judges yesterday. Cleve said, “I’m delighted to be part of this project to help celebrate Brewin Dolphin’s amazing anniversary. 250 years ago, some of the big names in landscaping were ripping out topiary to make way for a more rural idyll. Fortunately it made a comeback in the 19th Century and this garden will show that everyone can try their hand at in gardens of all sizes.” ‘The topiary figures have roughly the same form but each is subtly different, which throws the symmetry,’ says Cleve. ‘Topiary never really features strongly at Chelsea and yet it plays such a big part in our gardening heritage. It’s something that anybody can have a go at in a garden of any size.’ Around each yew sentinel
sits a loose tapestry of planting in delicate whites, yellows and lime greens, dotted with jewel-like reds. ‘The plants are threaded together in seemingly random ways to keep the garden looking alive and not too static’, says Cleve. The garden design can be described ‘formal and timeless, contemporary yet traditional’ – which are appropriate descriptions of Brewin Dolphin, an investment management company that has stood the test of time. The use of a dramatic, over 250 year old well-head and reclaimed limestone creates an impressive grounding for the plants and can be reused again after the show and most of the herbaceous plants have been sourced and grown in the UK. Further information about the Chelsea medal winners is available from www.rhs. org.uk
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Renting your property to tourists - a solution? By John Hatrick MOST readers will have seen various articles and reports on the above issue over the past few months. Everyone seems to be in agreement that something should be done about the “unfair” law restricting the rental of properties to tourists, but to date, it seems that nobody can agree on a solution. Fines are being issued by the tourist authorities in two distinct situations. The first is where a property on a residential-designated complex is rented to tourists on a short let. The second is where a property on a tourist-designated complex is being let to tourists other than via the sole-approved, rental agent. It should be said that under the first scenario, there is essentially no defence. Tourists should not be staying in residentialdesignated complexes in the first place. The community of owners will have originally decided not to allow tourists on the complex, and that is the fixed legal position. Any owners who purchased a property on a residentialdesignated complex should have checked the legal status before they bought. It is, however, appreciated that a substantial percentage of tourists on the island do end up staying in a residential-designated complex and that if it suddenly stopped, then Tenerife tourist numbers would plummet overnight. Many owners would argue that their own complex should be re-designated as touristic. However, that is a different argument beyond the scope of this article. Let us now look at the second scenario, namely renting out a property on a tourist-designated complex, but failing to do so through the established, soleapproved, rental agent. Law 7/1995 states that in order for a touristdesignated complex to rent to tourists, a vote must be carried out by all the
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owners who wish to rent to tourists. Obviously, that vote might not involve all of the owners, because even on a tourist complex, there will be a percentage who are permanent residents, or who simply do not rent out their properties at all. So, under the law, out of those voting owners wishing to rent to tourists, a majority (50% plus one property) are supposed to approve a single rental agent to handle all tourist rentals. The law says that if a majority is reached, then that single agent gains a monopoly and all tourist rentals must be conducted through that sole agent. Interestingly however, the law goes on to state that if no majority can be reached for one agent, then NOBODY is allowed to rent to tourists whatsoever. The appointment of the sole agent originally had to be notarised and filed at the tourist office. Most of the original appointments took place in the late 1990s, when the law came into force. However, to the writer’s knowledge, few if any tourist complexes in the south of the Island have ever officially reviewed their sole-agent’s position and demanded a re-vote to establish whether that agent still complies with the majority requirement. When challenged directly, most sole-agents have dodged the issue by claiming they have a valid licence and, hence, don’t need to prove anything unless requested by the tourist board. Essentially, most behave as if they have been granted a licence for life. Research suggests that a large number of the sole agents have abused their monopoly and alienated owners to such an extent that very few would be likely to retain a majority if there were another vote. So why has nobody ever demanded a revote at their next AGM? No doubt some owners will be scared to do that, because if the sole-agent was removed, then nobody would officially be allowed to rent to tourists. However, perhaps that is exactly what should happen! Let’s look at the likely outcome. On larger, touristdesignated complexes, it is estimated that up to 50% of owners renting to tourists do so through an independent agent, or privately via their
own marketing and web advertising. Technically, those 50% are already breaking the law. The Tourist Inspectors are now attempting to catch those owners, but given the relatively small number of fines issued in relation to the thousands and thousands of owners renting illegally, the inspectors obviously aren’t doing a very efficient job! So what would happen if the sole agent was removed? Let’s face it, those tourist complexes would not simply close their doors to business. Where 50% already rent illegally, the other 50% would have no choice but to join them out of sheer economic necessity. The alternative would be to leave their properties sitting empty while the other 50% continue renting and earning money under their noses. In fact, the newly-deposed sole agents would probably be the first to cry for a change in the law while continuing to trade in the interim so as to ‘protect the livelihoods of their staff and clients’. In the writer’s view, the best way to force the government to the table is to force the law through to its natural, ridiculous conclusion, namely that the appointment of a sole agent simply doesn’t work. This will force the issue into the limelight in such a humiliating way for the government that they will have no choice but to review it. It will also come at a time when the government are supposedly doing all they can to promote the island. I suspect they would not enjoy
the endless newspaper and television stories around the globe that Tenerife is now the only tourist destination in the world where renting to tourists is illegal on all self-
catering complexes. It should also be borne in mind that very few illegal renters declare their rental income to the tax authorities. If the sole agents lose
their appointments, that number is going to increase exponentially, as the vast majority of renters will decline to declare their rentals in order to avoid a fine for illegal renting. Governments love tax revenue and they don’t like when it drops. The writer has no objection to forming pressure-groups and attempting to persuade the government to review the law, and those efforts should continue. History shows that such official political pressure is invariably ineffective and slow, particularly in Spain. While that process crawls forward, owners would be left stuck with a monopolistic, sole-agency system. Whereas, if the sole agent is removed from each complex, this unfair system would essentially be scrapped without even needing an official change in the law. John Hatrick of Tenerife Solicitors can be contacted on 922 717845 or by email at info@tenerifesolicitors.com
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from Robot, Los Cristianos answers your hair questions
How to stop spider veins from making you crawl!
Let it shine on... I DON’T normally write this type of column until later in the year but, because of the unseasonal warm weather, it’s time I read out my yearly hair-in-thesun warning. Many of you, especially those with light or bleachcoloured hair, need to take special care in the scorching heat we have been having. There’s nothing worse than frying your hair all summer, and then having to spend the winter attempting to put it right. NOW is the time to protect your hair, and to pay especial attention to keeping it in good condition. Don’t think you can skip this haircare caution, even if you don’t lie in the sun. Just walking around in it can cause untold damage, especially here in Tenerife where the sun is so intense and the rays so damaging. Haircare all starts with your shampoo, and the best by far contains ARGAN OIL This substance in any product will protect your hair from the elements and create a barrier to block out the intense sun. Your conditioner should also contain the oil. Also, always wash and condition your hair after every day at the beach and NEVER leave it full of sand or sea salt as this will, literally, rot your hair, even if it’s a darker shade. A conditioning masque should be applied every
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IT is a recognised fact that exercise and a healthy, balanced diet is the best solution for getting rid extra fat from the body.
week during the summer months to replenish the lost moisture. Best still, use a scarf or sun hat to protect your hair and brush out any knots after swimming with a large tooth comb - and NOT a thin, plastic one that will rip and tear at your hair, breaking it off. I cannot stress enough how much care you should take when in the sun. Imagine how it can burn your skin, yet few of us consider the damage it can do to the hair. If your hair is coloured a red or copper shade, then all exposure to the sun will fade your colour drastically. Even if you’re in it for only an hour, you will see a difference. Should you continue to
let the sun fade your colour, then it will be more and more difficult to replace that lost colour at your next salon visit. That’s because the sunexposed hairs follicles are raised and will not accept the colour as before, so the best solution is prevention. If your beach towel is faded and looks tired, then consider what this is doing to your hair. Of course, its goes without saying that you may need a few more cuts over the summer if your hair is to look its best. Don’t leave it all summer long without a good cut, and then be shocked to be told you need a few more inches off. Take care of your hair now - and give it some loving care before it’s too late!
But for cosmetic imperfections, like spider veins, skin discoloration and stretch marks, the solution is less obvious. Creams that claim to have a quick fix aren’t always effective, and often just cover up those appearances. That’s the view of Dr Shasa Hu, an assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Miami in Florida. She explains why we get these common imperfections, and the best ways to be rid of them, or at least disguise them. Spider veins These are most common in the legs and near the ankles, and are caused by bad blood-flow through the veins. Instead of blood in the veins flowing back to your heart as it normally does, the blood actually stays static in spider veins. The blood
doesn’t go back. Instead, it accumulates and stretches the capillaries, and that causes them to dilate, so you have these spider veins. Doctor Hu says: “They are generally to be found in people who stand for long periods, since their blood flow is often static from the force of gravity.” Laser treatment has proved effective in “disappearing” spider veins, and an injection of a solution into the veins, known as sclerotherapy, does cause them to fade. Otherwise girls, it’s all down to having a fake or spray-on tan to mask the colour of the veins. Skin discoloration Blotchiness and skin discoloration are most common on the chest and the back, and make the skin look uneven. The condition is most evident in skin that is hyper-pigmented (too much skin pigment) or hypo-pigmented (too little). Skin discoloration is caused by tinea versicolour, a common chronic yeast infection of the skin, which is especially common in warm climates and during the summertime. It’s a problem which obviously relates to the
Tenerife climate, and Dr Hu says: “The best advice for people with this condition is to wear sunscreen.” That means the normal skin doesn’t get so dark, and the discoloured skin doesn’t tan. If you get too much of a tan, then you actually make the problem worse. Otherwise, wearing concealing make-up can help disguise the blotchy skin and make it blend in with the other skin areas. Stretch marks These are caused by rapid, excessive stretching of the skin that comes with weight gain or growth. “Your collagen gets distorted and doesn’t go back to its original form,” says Dr Hu. Stretch marks are most common in teens (who go through growth spurts), pregnant women (whose stomachs expand) and overweight or obese people. They first appear as red streaks that fade to white near the buttocks, hips, stomach and breasts. And, like cellulite, there are no treatments to vanquish stretch marks, but there are certain creams which can at least reduce the appearance of the marks.
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VAL SAINSBURY Keeping her finger on the pulse Email: val.sainsbury@canarianweekly.com
Circus tricks by computer prove to be master stroke! More distractions add to less pain
A COMPUTER game in which players perform circus tricks has been launched as an innovative way of helping people overcome a stroke. Experts from Newcastle University have teamed up with a professional-game studio to create the first in a set of titles to train patients to regain hand or arm movement. This usually takes months of intensive and expensive therapy, but the designers hope the Circus Challenge game could prove a fun, cheaper alternative. Players use wireless controllers to try their hand at virtual circus acts, such as lion-taming, juggling, plate-spinning or even flying through the air on the trapeze. Former ship-builder Danny Mann, from Dudley in Northumberland, tried the game and was impressed. The 68-year-old grandfather, who had a stroke in February, said: “This is the first time I've ever played a video game - I don’t even own a computer.
“It was good fun, though it did feel like I was doing exercise, and I worked up a sweat. The therapy exercises I normally have to do are dull but necessary. “But this game is something different, which encourages me to keep going with my therapy. “When I got the controllers, I tried being a trapeze artist something I never expected to try at my time of life. Now, I would really like to play it with my grandchildren. “I can’t think of a better motivation than sharing a game with them to help me on my
road to recovery.” Janet Eyre, Professor of Paediatric Neuroscience at Newcastle University, said: “The brain can re-learn control of the weak arm, but this needs frequent therapy over many months, and there are not enough therapists to provide this on a one-to-one basis. “Some 80% of patients never regain full recovery of arm and hand function, and this really limits their independence and ability to return to work.” She added: “Patients need to be able to use both their arms and hands for most eve-
ryday activities, such as doing up a zip, making a bed, tying shoelaces and unscrewing a jar. “With our video game, people get engrossed in the competition and the action of the circus characters, and forget that the purpose of the game is for therapy.” Circus Challenge gets more difficult as players’ recovery and strength improve. The company now hopes to develop games to assist in therapies for other conditions, such as cerebral palsy, chronic lung disease, Type 2 diabetes and dementia.
MENTAL distraction really can reduce pain, and the effect is not just in the mind. Scientists at a university carried out scanning studies which showed how a distracting memory test blocked incoming pain signals. Volunteers were asked to complete either a hard or easy letter memory task, while having a painful level of heat applied to their arms. While distracted by the harder task, they perceived less pain. This was reflected by lower activity in the spinal cord, which could be seen in the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans. Research leader Dr Christian Sprenger, from the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, said:“The results demonstrate that this phenomenon is not just a psychological phenomenon, but an active
neuronal mechanism, reducing the amount of pain signals ascending from the spinal cord to higher-order brain regions.” Giving the volunteers the opioid-blocking drug naloxone, which lowers the consumption of sweet, high-fat foods, reduced the pain-relieving effect of distraction by 40%. This was evidence that endogenous opioids - the brain’s natural equivalent of morphine - played an essential role. The researchers wrote: “Our findings strengthen the role of cognitive-behavioural therapeutic approaches in the treatment of pain diseases. “It could be evaluated that these approaches might also have the potential to alter the underlying neuro-biological mechanisms (relating to the nervous system) as early as in the spinal cord.”
Feeling unwell? Just tap out an email to see your doctor A NEW initiative by the UK Government will come as a relief to many sufferers who get tired of waiting for doctors’ receptionists to answer the phone. Not just yet, because although patients will be able to go online to book their appointments, and check test results, the service will take up to three years to be effective. In that time, it is hoped that Smartphone apps will be developed to help peo-
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ple choose between local services - and enable one’s medical records to be accessed online. Health Secretary Andrew Lansley says the intention, part of a new NHS Information Strategy, will give more “power” to individuals. “The internet has revolutionised how people shop, bank and travel, and for too long the NHS has not been part of that,” he said. “These proposals will ensure that the NHS will become easier to understand, easier to access and will drive up standards of care. “If people are going to be
able to choose, with their doctor, which hospital will provide them with the best care, they will need all the latest information.” A new website to help patients choose the best care will cover NHS hospitals, community services and social care. It will also provide information on charities and voluntary groups. The shift to online booking for GP appointments should end surgeries being swamped with early-morning calls from people seeking appointments. Repeat prescriptions and test results will also be available online.
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Sign of the times IN the UK, food shopping is illustrating the economic crisis, with shoppers purchasing more own-label food and drink products than branded ones.
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The latest research from Mintel shows that in 2011 consumers were opting for high-quality own-label ranges over historic branded goods. Today, 57% of consumers think that own label products have improved in taste and quality, while 52% actually prefer them. But the big selling point is value for money, 82% think that is the case. This
has culminated in 80% purchasing own-label food and drink, which looks set for further growth this year. Chris Wisson, Senior Food Analyst at Mintel said, “While there are signs that pressure on consumer budgets is slightly easing, 2012 looks set to see the majority of adults remaining watchful and discerning
when shopping. Our research suggests that, on balance, consumers expect to buy more standard and value own-label foods while cutting back on brands.” As you would expect, the value of the market as matched the increase now being worth £37 billion in 2011 a 24% increase compared to 2006.
IS IT an apple? Is it a pear? No it’s a Papple and it’s on sell in the UK this week. The hybrid fruit is so new it has not yet been named, but colloquially being called a ‘Papple.’ Until it’s officially named it’s being referred to
as T109 a spokeswoman said. Marks and Spencer says the fruit looks and tastes like an apple but has the skin and texture of a pear, and is a member of the pear family. The hybrid fruit idea is not new, with the most recent in 2010 being a Pineberry - a white-looking strawberry with flesh tasting of pineapple, which went on sale in Waitrose stores. M&S fruit expert Shazad Rehman said: "This is one of the most exciting new varieties of fruit we have seen for several years. "We know our customers like to try new and interesting fruit and we hope this will be something they will really enjoy." T109 is a product of New Zealand and is a mix between European and Asian pear varieties, which resulted in a fruit similar to an apple. Mr Rehman said: "It's got a lovely refreshing taste, perfect for snacking on, and a fun alternative to an apple a day."
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Young Brits set sail for cruise holidays WITH the summer season nearly upon us, it’s time for many consumers to start thinking about their summer holidays. And while cruises are often associated with older travellers, new research from Mintel reveals that cruise holidays are now appealing to younger consumers too - with almost half (40%) of young Brits between the age of 15 and 24 considering taking a cruise in the future. The ‘18-30 group’ have moved into a new travel genre it seems – cruising. As you perhaps would expect of
that age group only a minority (4%) of 15-24s have ever been on a cruise (compared to 32% of their older counterparts aged 65-74), up to 40% of 15-24s see cruises as a good way of visiting and exploring different destinations, while over a quarter (28%) think they are a good place to meet new people. Tom Rees, Senior Travel and Tourism Analyst at Mintel, said: “Young adults like the idea of an adventure at sea and the house party atmosphere of an onboard holiday can appeal to many young package holidaymakers as a change from resort-based trips. The key is getting the product right. Given the market trend towards shorter
cruises departing from UK ports, short themed breaks or even floating music festivals, promoted through social media, can be a way to attract a younger clientele.” While consumers have cut down on spending in the current economic climate, it looks like the luxury cruise market has been immune to recession. Indeed, it seems Brits have pushed the boat out with ultra-luxury cruises, with the market showing a volume growth of 8% year on year to 2011 and 40% over the past five years (2006/2011). The sea cruise market as a whole, also gave a positive performance, growing 41% in volume in the past five years (2006/2011) from 1,2 million
to 1,7 million trips. In terms of value, it increased by 57% between 2006 and 2011, in a context that saw the overall overseas holidays spend declining by 9%. The cruise market was valued at £2.4 billion in 2011, up from £1.6 billion in 2006. The current trend are river cruises, European river cruises grew by 7% in 2011, following a 9% rise in 2010, and the total market’s worldwide value was £179 million in 2011. However, the market has potential to grow further. While only one in twelve (8%) Brits, in fact, have ever been on a river cruise, up to a third (31%) of consumers are potentially interested in taking one in the future.
A new era for Thomas Cook THAT’S how chairman Frank Meysman has described the appointment of Harriet Green who will succeed Sam Weihagen as Group chief executive of Thomas Cook.
Green will join the Group and the board on 20th July, and outgoing Weihagen will step down but will remain with the group until September 30th “to ensure a seamless transition.” Green is currently the CEO of Premier Farnell plc an electrical components company, a different industry, but brings with her a wealth of experience. Her appointment ends
an extended search for a replacement for Manny Fontenla-Novoa, who left Thomas Cook in 2011 as the group’s financial problems started to emerge. “At Premier Farnell, she has overseen a period of significant strategic change, driving industry leading returns and creating a costeffective multi-channel operation where the majority of business is now transacted through ecommerce channels. “Having lived and worked internationally throughout her career, Harriet believes in building strong, high performance teams and has sustained a focus on execution, operational excellence, employee engagement and innovation,” Thomas Cook said.
No to ‘Dial high club’
Winter season increase in Tenerife TENERIFE’S winter season from October to April saw a total of nearly three million tourists, which represented a slight decline of 1% compared to the previous season, which experienced additional flows of international tourism to the island caused by the Arab spring that fueled unusual growths of around 12-13%. However, although the effect of the revolts in North Africa influences the data from the winter season, the tourist activity has begun to show signs of slowdown since the end of last year, with a moderation in the
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pace of growth Hotels have increased their clientele by 2.5% during the season, which helps to offset the decline of 6.6% in the other accommodation sectors. The British market saw an increase of 0.9%, with nearly one million visitors and the German market rose by the same percentage with 374.191 tourists. It is particularly noted that Russian visitors increased by 32% in winter. Tourism remains a positive contributor to the economy, with an increase in revenues from tourism of 1.8 per
cent, an increase of 0.1% of tourism GDP in nominal terms and also continues to contribute to employment generation. The climate of the island is the most important reason for visitors to choose Tenerife as your holiday destination, followed by the prices, the beaches and the sea; the natural landscape and the desire to know the island. With less weight than previously, although important, aspects such as the characteristics of the accommodation, the conditions for relaxation
offered by the island, cultural and sports offers, infrastructure of the destination and hospitality are also contributing factors. Another significant aspect is the use of social networks as a way of gaining information about the destination, which becomes increasingly more important. In fact, 38.7% of tourists use them both for advice to share photos, experiences and find deals. 32.2% use them prior to the trip, a 10.3% during the holidays and a 19.7 once back.
A NEW survey from flight comparison site Skyscanner has revealed that 86% of people do not want mobile phone use to be permitted on planes, as it’s ‘annoying to have to listen to other people’s conversations.’ The overwhelming result comes just after Virgin Atlantic announced it would be the first British airline to allow mobile phone calls during flights, on its London to New York route. The calls will cost a 1 pound a minute and sending a text will be 20 pence, significantly more than when on the ground, meaning that business users
are likely to be the primary market for the new facility, at least to begin with. Even though many people welcome improvements in general internet connectivity allowing them to jump online in more and more places around the world, there appears to be a markedly different attitude when it comes to mobile phone conversations in confined spaces. If mobile use was available onboard, 48% said they would send texts, 35% said they would surf the web, 10% would send email, whilst only 6% would actually make and take calls. Furthermore only 1% of those polled said they would pay more to fly with an airline that offered mobile calls. Source: www.skyscanner.net
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Lexus even more luxurious THE Lexus GS hybrid represents a new beginning for Toyota’s luxury division, and is the start of a fresh range of exciting products.
It reaches the Spanish market in June with a range consisting of three finishes: Hybrid Drive, Hybrid Plus and F SPORT. With the arrival of this luxury vehicle, Lexus are launching a new era in Europe and in Spain, as it is a dynamic and technologically-advanced machine. The new GS 450h Lexus Hybrid Drive technology incorporates secondgeneration, and it is a genuine alternative to conventional diesel vehicles for their special-breed clients. Lexus want to build on the reputation of their last GS for refinement and generous equipment, as well as the maker’s dealer service, with cars that are genuinely good-looking and fun to drive.
It is now a much better allrounder, and well worth a look because it is so efficient. While its main rivals offer diesel power as the path to low-running costs, the GS comes with an efficient, petrol-electric hybrid drivetrain which, in topspec guise, delivers a meaty performance. The old Lexus GS never really stood out, but the new 450h F Sport certainly does. At the front is a distinctive grille which gives the car much more presence, while the car’s lines are sportier and more aggressive. Those in F Sport trim get
a stylish bodykit and larger alloy wheels, which looks so smart. Inside, Lexus have taken a big leap forward with a huge 12.3in central display as an option, while there’s a neat, Maserati-style clock on the dash and extras such as bamboo trim. It all feels individual and thoroughly modern. There are two engines to choose from: an entry-level 206bhp 2.5-litre V6 for the GS 250 and a 338bhp 3.5-litre hybrid V6 for the GS 450h, and a lower-powered hybrid is also on the cards. The GS 450h is really gutsy,
with an excellent 0-62mph time of 5.9secs, and it feels every bit as fast. Around town, you can run in electric-only mode at low speed, and on the motorway, the GS churns up the miles with ease, and cruises in near silence. Thanks to adaptive dampers, the ride is also comfortable. The flagship F Sport model gets Adaptive Variable Steering, which includes an optional rear-wheel steering system for extra agility. You can put the car in Eco, Normal, Sport or Sport+ driving modes, which tweak throttle, suspension and
steering response, but the GS is at its happiest when cruising at high speed on the motorway. Lexus do not build a diesel GS, but the petrol-electric hybrid is a decent alternative. The GS 450h has made some huge improvements, claiming 47.8mpg (up from 36.7mpg in the old car) while CO2 emissions have been slashed, from 179g/km to only 137g/ km. The GS 250 isn’t quite as impressive, though, posting only 31.7mph and 207g/ km. A new lower-powered hybrid will fill the gap in the range, which will allow the GS to mix it with rivals
like the Audi A6 2.0 TDI and BMW 520d. Thanks to better packaging, there is much more front and rear-seat space. The new GS 450h has a 482-litre boot, which is a 60% improvement over the old car, thanks to a more compact rear suspension set-up and some repositioning of the hybrid batteries. There’s lots of room for two tall passengers in the rear, but three would be a squeeze because of the transmission tunnel. Up front, seats that adjust every which way, and a taller roofline, mean almost any size driver will be comfortable. The GS has always been a well-made and safe, and this new model packs in equipment galore, such as a stunning 835W, 17-speaker Mark Levinson stereo, Bluetooth, three-zone climate control and a wide-angle parking camera. Finally, reliability has always been a Lexus byword, which is why the asking prices - 69,000 to 86,000 euros (£55,605-£69,304) make the three models something really special for Lexus aficionados.
VW’s open-and-shut case for GTI soft-top! SOME Volkswagen traditionalists might have winced at the idea of a GTI Cabriolet, but the company have stayed true to their legendary badge. The VW Golf GTI Cabriolet, available in July, is the first soft-top to wear the GTI badge since the legendary MkI, so it has some big shoes to fill. It brings together the GTI hatchback’s mechanicals with the Golf Cabriolet body to create a rival for the MINI JCW Cabriolet. From the outside, it instantly recognisable as a GTI, with the standard, polished, 18-inch alloys, lowered suspension and a black honeycomb grille and red, horizontal highlights. And the chrome strip around the waistline is an excellent touch. The fabric, electro-hydraulic roof feels sturdy but doesn’t quite follow the hatch’s roofline when it’s
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raised. Drop it, and it looks far sportier. A permanent compartment for the roof to fold into means there’s no fiddly boot separator.
There’s the traditional GTI cabin and the same quality interior, with classic tartan cloth trim (leather is an option) and a sporty, flat-bot-
tom steering wheel. The 207bhp 2.0-litre turbocharged engine remains unchanged from the hatch, so it has the same docile, easy-
to-drive nature around town and eagerness to rev when the road opens up. But with a price tag approaching £30,000 (37,170
euros), this high-speed fourseater is only for cash-happy buyers; others may want to stay faithful to the hatchback.
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Everything you need to know about golf
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A scientific swing keeps lower back pains at bay WHAT’S the most common injury among amateur golfers? No contest: it is lower back pain. Amateurs suffer more with lower back pain than professionals because the pros have much better swing biomechanics, which decrease the amount of stress placed on the spine. Amateurs also suffer greatly from a lack of flexibility and stability in the body, which increases the chances of developing pain in the lower back. That is why a biomechanically-sound golf swing will generate a compressive load of 6-8 times body weight, so you can imagine the lack of forces produced when poor mechanics are used! Biomechanics is the sport science field that applies the laws of mechanics and physics to human performance. When applied to a golf swing, the sequence in which the body moves during the swing is the key to an efficient and safe transfer of energy to the ball. Have you wondered how players such as Raymond Floyd, John Daly or Jim Furyk, for instance, have had such successful careers with such unorthodox golf swings? This may surprise you but, although they have unorthodox golf swings, they actually hit the ball in exactly the same sequence as Ernie Els and Tiger Woods. All great ball-strikers begin by generating speed from their lower body and transferring this speed through their torso, into their arms, and then into the club. What style they use to complete this signature is completely unique to each player. Lower back pain is a multifaceted problem, with many treatment options available. In my opinion, the best way to treat this complaint is to prevent it happening in the first place! In this week’s article, I am discussing the most common swing-fault that contributes to the pain, its physical causes, and how to use exercise to reduce this fault and limit injury. The “reverse spine angle” swing fault refers to a listing of the spine to the left (for a righthanded golfer) at the top of the back swing.
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This creates a bio-mechanical problem for the body. In this position, it is hard for the abdominals to fire effectively to stabilise the torso and lower back. In order to get back to the ball, most amateurs will compensate by excessively bending to the right, which not only prevents a proper weight shift but also causes compression of the joints in the back. When a golfer rotates his/ her upper body forcefully, it creates a recipe for a bad back. The combined forces of rotation, flexion (bending action of a joint) and lateral flexion have been demonstrated to place the greatest amount of compression and shear forces through the discs of the lower back. To ensure that reverse spine angle doesn’t occur in your swing, research by the Titleist Performance Institute proved that certain physical characteristics must be developed, First and foremost, the ability to separate your upper body from your lower body allows your shoulders to rotate around your spine without going into backward bend, or excessive left-lateral bend. Normally, when golfers have poor separation, it because of poor spinal mobility and shortened lat-muscle flexibility. Secondly, good right-hip internal rotation for a righthanded golfer is paramount to allow a full rotation movement into the right hip without any lateral movement. (sway). Any lateral sway during the backswing will force the spine to tilt into a backward bend and create the reverse spine angle. Poor hip rotation is normally the result of a joint or muscular restriction. Finally, the ability to stabilise your spine angle during the backswing is directly proportional to the strength and stability of your core musculature, in particular your abdominals and glutes (backside). As I’ve already said, there are many causes of lower back pain and you should consult a doctor if you are currently experiencing any significant pain.
Creaky start to new season RUSTY! That’s the word to describe some of the players involved in the first
week’s matches to launch Oasis Fm 2012-13 League season.
PREMIER LEAGUE RESULTS JOHN LOWE TROPHY La Central Phoenix Bar Target Army The Pub
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setters after thrashing Vikings Ensecan 8-0, courtesy of a 137 finish by Mark. Elsewhere, there were two more drawn matches at Bar 180 B and Marilyns, and Rood’s Marnix fired in a 180 to help beat Naughty Nautas. Bar 180 C sit proudly on top of Division 2 after thumping the Playgirls, while another new team, Rah Rahs, also recorded the same winning margin at Bar Amistad. There were mixed fortunes for the other five new sides in this division. Sundowners 2 got the better of Dragons, Gaffers B beat Red Rock Rebels 6-2 and Palms B lost at home to La Caña.
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Xtreme Sports Bar kicked off the new Premier League at Phoenix and came away with a 6-2 win. The Abrigos team could have done better, but missed doubles cost them dearly. A brilliant 125 check-out by Bubbles was answered with 180s from Mitch and Mike Telf. The Pub’s Pete scored a maximum during a 6-2 victory over Team Valle, while Cozy Wanderers hit Target Army for five. In Division 1, the top two from last season’s Division 2 clashed again in their opening match, which saw Sundowners take the trebles leg to earn a draw. Palms A are the initial pace-
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Table 1 Bar 180 C 2 Rahrahs 3 Gaffers B 4 La Caña Lancers 5 Trap Door 6 Sundowners 2 7 La Central Chicas 8 Phoenix Flames 9 Tavern 10 Dragons 11 Barracuda Hunters 12 Palms Sports Bar B 13 Red Rock Rebels 14 Bar Amistad 15 Ourplace Playgirls
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It’s time to finish the job Badalona 1 CD Tenerife 1 BADALONA are a tiny football team on the northern outskirts of Barcelona. They have a tight ground, with no cover, and one of those horrific plastic pitches. The wind was blustery, the referee dodgy and the hosts carefree. It had GIANT-KILLING baked all through it. So full credit to CDT as they grabbed an unlikely draw and, as importantly, an away goal. Quique Medina made five changes from the side who finished the last league match, and his gamble on experience paid off. Cristobal and Zazo have been overlooked recently, but both played a massive part in securing a draw. Badalona took the game to Tenerife and, inspired by their biggest crowd in years, gave Tenerife’s defence a thorough examination. It was surprising that it took them as long as the 46th minute to open the scoring, when Goikoetxea notched at the worst posCD MARINO, always in the shadows of their illustrious rivals CD Tenerife, are just 90 minutes away from a long awaited return to the third tier of Spanish football. While CDT are striving to win the play-offs to regain their Segunda Division status, little Marino, who have won their Fourth Division series title, face the biggest challenge in a generation this Sunday at their attractive Antonio Dominguez Stadium in Las Americas. Marino have not played in the third tier since they got relegated in 1993 after five seasons in 2B. They have since scrapped away in the lower local leagues, but have improved recently. They play attractive football and their easy on the eye young side have been head and shoulders above their rivals this season. Marino, having won their
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sible moment for CDT. The half-time team talk went out the window as Badalona tried to put the tie to bed. But some fine defending from Cristobal, smart saves from Aragoneses, and luck with the woodwork, kept Tenerife in it. Just when it seemed that CDT would escape with a 1-0 loss, the tie was turned on its head, thanks to a wonder goal from Zazo.
He is a frustrating player. There is no doubt that he has the talent and, when in the mood, he is unplayable. But often, he seems a million miles away. All three Tenerife managers (don’t ask) have had issues with him this season. But all that was forgotten as he scored the goal of the season in the last minute. A cross from the right seemed to catch the Badalona defence off guard.
Zazo sensed the space and through himself at the ball. It was the greatest Barcelona dive since Greg Louganis turned up in his Speedos. He flew through the air, on the edged of the area, sweetly timing his connection as the ball bounced off his swede. It sailed past Marcos’s outstretched left hand, spun into the top corner and nestled in the back of the onion bag. It was a stunning season
changing effort that had the Badalona players sinking to their knees. With the exception of Xavi Munoz. He just stared as the Tenerife players bundled on top of Zazo. Seconds later, as Badalona pressed for another lead goal, he lunged in two-footed, knee-high on Zazo, who was a sitting duck. Quick as a flash the red card was out and a 21-man melee ensued.
Shamefully most of the home players were targeting Kitoko, who is from Congo, and the Tenerife lads weren’t having that. The fiery ending has set up the second leg beautifully. Away goals count double and Tenerife hold all the aces. But an early goal from Badalona on Sunday could lead to a nervy afternoon. The match kicks off at 5.30pm and is exclusively live on Oasis Fm.
CD Marino on the verge
away game 2-1 against Madrid rivals Fuenlabrada last Sunday, need only to avoid defeat in the return-leg playoff to reach Segunda División B. Should they triumph, and Tenerife fail to be promoted from that division, the two clubs will clash next season. It sounds a perfect situation
for the so-called minnows, but there is great friendship between the clubs. Their respective presidents are close friends, and CD Tenerife always play a preseason friendly at Marino’s ground, generously allowing them to keep all the gate receipts.
A Marino club member said: “Tenerife have loaned us players in the past and we genuinely wish them every success in their quest to get back to the higher divisions. “A local derby against them would be brilliant for us and our fans, but they belong elsewhere, so we are cheering them on.” He added:“We are obviously anxious to reach Division 2B because it means we will play in the Copa del Rey (King’s Cup) and could even draw Real Madrid or Barcelona.” Last week’s clash attracted a huge crowd of 3,700 to Fuenlabrada’s ground, including 150 loyal Marino supporters. And the club expect to equal that number at least on Sunday at their
ground, next to the Green Hospital. They have already completed a double by adding the league title to the previous won Copa Heliodoro cup against Tenisca. Officials are hoping to transform the day into a huge celebration, with a promotion bash to follow should they achieve their goal. The game kicks off at midday and the stadium ticket office opens two hours earlier. Tickets cost just 10 euros (under-12s get in free) and they can be purchased now from the stadium. Fans are advised to retain their ticket stubs because they are numbered, and there are some quality raffle prizes to be won from the Halcon Viajes company, which organises
trips to the mainland. In addition, the entrance tickets will be asked for after the game to access Marino’s other pitch, across the road at the back of the stadium, to enjoy the live music - and free beer! Fuenlabrada will be bringing an extra-special person with them in the shape of Real Madrid legend Fernando Hierro, who played more than 500 games for the club, winning nearly 100 international caps for Spain, and competing in four World Cups. The former defender-cum midfielder, who played a season with Bolton Wanderers in his twilight years, is now on the Fuenlabrada committee and takes a keen interest in their affairs.
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Horoscopes of the week Gemini
(May 22nd - June 21st) Love and lust are getting confused, and it wouldn’t do you any harm for you to take some time out to review who you are and what you want out of life. Meetings in work need preparation, so put some extra time in now. It’s sure to put you ahead of your game, and don’t forget that important date which is looming large. CANCER (June 22ndJuly 23rd) Work seems to be taking over your life in the week ahead as you try to complete something which will have a direct affect on your reputation. Beware of allowing others to do any of your work for you, as you are likely to end up regretting it. T may be better for you to sacrifice some of your personal time, even though you’ve done so already. LEO (July 24thAugust 23rd) You are offered fresh hope about a relationship which has been going through a rather difficult phase. Don’t rule out looking at new career paths. It should turn out to be just what the doctor ordered, once you’ve made the initial plunge. It’s also a good week to ask for promotion. Anything is possible, with confidence. VIRGO (August 24th-September 23rd) Make sure you’ve read all documents, emails and texts this week because you may have missed some important points, which can make all the difference to the decisions you make in your life. You’ve been neglecting a family member, who needs your advice, time and guidance. Try to put some time aside one night this week to see him/her. LIBRA (September 24th-October 23rd) Happy times are predicted for you, especially as you’ve been through a lot recently, but you’re now coming through the other side. You’ve made a new friend in the process
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and this is proved by plans you make together for the month ahead. Don’t push family for secrets, or you may regret what you are told. SCORPIO (October 24th-November 22nd) Your psychic side comes to the fore, and you start to realise who your friends and enemies are. You won’t let them know of your knowledge, of course, but you will use it to your full advantage. Watch out for friends telling tales on you about last week. Don’t tell lies, even white ones, as others could already know more than you think. S AG I T TA R I U S (November 23rdDecember 21st) Bad news is really good news, as you’ll find out for yourself by the time Thursday comes around. You’ve been looking at life as if the glass is half-empty, when it is actually half-full. Look on the positive side and you’ll start to see just how many possibilities there are in your life. New additions to the family make for a really happy time. C A P R I C O R N (December 22ndJanuary 20th) Younger people need your time and advice. Normally, you’d give it, but you seem to be busier than usual. Try to make time, as you can make a bigger difference than you think to the decisions they make at this time. AQUARIUS (January 21st-February 19th) Your career comes under the spotlight, and you finally get
Word Ladder 30-Second Brain Training Substitute one letter at a time on each rung of the ladder to move from the start word to the end word.
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the chance to have a say about how you do your job. Those of you who are not, or have not been, working, will find this is a really lucky time to apply for a job. You may want to re-think your dress sense, which has been lacking of late, and do make sure you are not kitted out in T-shirt and shorts for interviews.
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ARIES (March 21stApril 20th) Health matters slowly but surely seem to be improving, and the way you view your life seems to be from a much more positive angle. Visitors from far away may be a nuisance, but they will actually turn out to be a blessing in disguise when you hear all the news they have to bring with them. TAURUS (April 21stMay 21st) Family don’t seem to understand all that you’ve been through lately, but have you stopped to ask yourself why this may be so. Why don’t you try talking to them about how you feel, and all that you’ve been through? It should just give you the support you thought was unavailable. Things are going wrong with personal devices, and they cost money to repair or replace, so be prepared to save.
What better way to train your brain. Starting at the left with the number provided, work across each of these lines applying the mathematical instructions to your running total. Don´t reach for the calculator - that´s cheating! Write your final answer in the last box of the line. Aim to complete each round in about 30 seconds. Good Luck!
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