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Show your support EU infrastructure funding will make or break the Island
THE entire future of Tenerife hangs in the balance - and a crucial European Union decision next month will make or break the Island. At stake is a slice of the 550 billion euros in funding, set aside to be used to upgrade transport-related infrastructure - roads, ports, airports, etc - throughout EU countries, which will be available until 2020. The Island’s D-Day is Friday, 28th September, when the EU will decide whether Tenerife is part of the Trans-European Transport Network. Inclusion will guarantee the Island a share of the enormous fund which has been set aside for this purpose. Thankfully, a growing movement called #TFseMueve, which is using social networking to raise public awareness about the situation, is fighting tooth and nail to persuade the EU to vote in our favour.
# TFseMueve literally means get Tenerife moving, but it needs everyone’s support. The latest to come on board the movement are football clubs CD Tenerife and CD Marino, who are showing their support in a unique way. Tenerife’s two Second Division B teams will wear specially-made T-shirts referring to the campaign before Sunday’s noon kickoff between the sides at the Estadio Antonio Dominguez (Olympic Stadium) in Los Cristianos. Ángeles Palmero, Antolín Goya and Santiago Sese, spokesmen for the #TFseMueve platform, are truly appreciative of the clubs’ support, presided over by Miguel Concepción and Pepe Barrios, respectively. Santiago said: “We have to pass this message on to society and believe that sport in general, and football in particular, is a good vehicle to reach as many people as possible in Tenerife. “We thank both teams
for their willingness to collaborate with the campaign, because if the European Union decides to exclude Tenerife from the Network, it will mean job losses, company relocations and, above all, simply living in Tenerife will cost more.” Antolin added: “We need to maintain services, not to lose more jobs, and we need competitive ports and airports. We cannot continue with a second-rate infrastructure network. “It would have a negative impact on tourism, and it would really affect the standard of living of the people of Tenerife.” Ángeles Palmero is also deeply concerned, saying: “We need our whole society to be responsible and join with the movement in defence of jobs and the Island. “We can’t wait for others to come along and help us; it has to be us, the people of Tenerife, who raise our voices to be heard in Brussels. “Tenerife is a strategic point
with the rest of the world, and the European Union must listen to our claim. “So come on, join the campaign by signing, via the Internet, through the website www.tfsemueve.org or at your respective Town Halls. We should all join together to put Tenerife where it deserves to be.” But apart from the growing,
popular support by the people of Tenerife, what about our politicians? The truth is that they have been working on the need to convince the EU of their sole responsibility. And as the deadline approaches, the politicians are getting busy. Carlos Alonso, Tenerife Cabildo Vice-President and Minister
What, specifically, is on offer? “If Europe is to fulfil its economic and social potential, it is essential to build the missing links and remove the bottlenecks in our transport infrastructure, as well as to ensure the future sustainability of our transport networks by taking into account the energy-efficiency needs and the climate-change challenges. “In view of the growth in traffic between Member States, expected to double by 2020, the investment required to complete and modernise a well-performing trans-European network is substantial. “The cost of EU infrastructure development to match the demand for transport has been estimated at over 1.5 trillion euros for 2010-2030. The completion of the TEN-T network requires about 550 billion euros until 2020, out of which some 215bn euros can be referred to the removal of the main bottlenecks. “Given the scale of the investment required, it is necessary to strengthen the co-ordination dimension of network planning and development at European level, in close collaboration with national governments.”
of Tourism, Economics and Competitiveness, recently visited Brussels to present the Island’s need to be included in the main transportation network. Alonso presented, among other documents, the last motion for inclusion, passed unanimously by the Cabildo, as well as population data and passenger-traffic figures. As far as statistics are concerned, Tenerife is the most populated of the Canary Islands, with more than one million people, and features the most air and maritime traffic and passengers in the entire archipelago. Alonso said: “We are working to tell everyone of the need for Tenerife to be included in the Trans-European Transport Network. It is a vital decision for the Island. “We’re talking about creating jobs and avoiding an increase in the cost of living. The Port of Santa Cruz and the airports in the North and Continued on page 3.
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Heatwave! THE SIXTH heatwave this summer is well and truly underway here in Tenerife. High temperatures are accompanied by a very strong concentration of haze that will not disappear in the archipelago until the heat subsides.
According to Victor Quintero, the director of the State Meteorological Agency, AEMET, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, “This suspended air mass will decrease, with the decline of temperatures. This episode is very similar to the previous ones and will last for five to six days, as did the other heat waves.” According to AEMET,
Tenerife can now expect maximum temperatures of 35 degrees Celsius. A yellow alert is enabled for the entire island. At one point this week it increased to orange. This phenomenon, once again, “Is a warm air mass coming from Africa to the east of the archipelago,” said Victor Quintero. He noted that “on Saturday
and Sunday the Canaries should enjoy normal temperatures and it will be much nicer than in previous days.” Due to the heat wave Canary Islands authorities maintain the series of measures to prevent the risk of fire, which include the prohibition of firerelated activities in the mountains and forest areas.
Continued from front page. South must be within the Trans-European Transport Network. “They are our principal tools for growth - a fact that is even more relevant in view of the global crisis. “Otherwise, we are doomed to an increase in the price of the products we consume every day, the price of airline tickets, and, ultimately, life. “Losing connectivity means a drop in tourism, with the consequent damage to our economy.” In a message to Tenerife citizens, he stressed: “In early September, we will have a round of visits to the European Parliament and we need to get our voice out there. You can help by signing a petition, either in person or online. “It is so important to support the platform #TFseMueve because we need to get our claim to Brussels to give us the treatment we deserve. Tenerife is staking its future on this.” What exactly is the TransEuropean Transport Network, and why do we need to be part of it? We’ll let the EU speak for itself on this. “Transport infrastructure is fundamental for the smooth operation of the internal market, for the mobility of persons and goods and for the economic, social and territorial cohesion of the European Union. “The EU 27 comprises 5.000.000km of paved roads, out of which 65.100km are motorways, 212,80km of rail-
lines, out of which 110,458km are electrified, and 42,709 km of navigable inland waterways. “Most of these transport infrastructures have been developed under national policy. In order to establish a single, multi-modal network that integrates land, sea and air transport networks throughout the Union, the European policy-makers decided to establish the transEuropean transport network, allowing goods and people to circulate quickly and easily between Member States and assuring international connections. “Establishing an efficient trans-European transport network (TEN-T) has constituted a key element in the re-launched Lisbon Strategy for competitiveness and employment in Europe, and it will play an equally central role in the attainment of the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy.” With so much at stake, Tenerife is taking a stand and making sure that the EU sits up and listens to the claims from such a strategicallyplaced Island which, literally, can provide a link between three continents: Europe, Africa and the Americas. To add your voice to Tenerife’s growing, grassroots movement, go to www.tfsemueve.org or visit #TFseMueve or your local Town Hall. Every name registered will, hopefully, contribute towards the brightest of futures for Tenerife. The alternative does not bear thinking about!
Will Marsh on the Fringe WILL Marsh, Tenerife’s Comedy Club MC, has delivered the third funniest joke at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, according to the judges. Canadian stand-up comedian Stewart Francis won the award for his line: “You know who really gives kids a bad name? Posh and Becks.” Marsh was pipped for second spot by TV funnyman Tim Vine, who specialises in one-liners. The ever-funny Vine scored with: “Last night, me and my girlfriend watched three DVDs back to back. Luckily, I was the one facing the telly.” Will, a big hit with The Tenerife Comedy Club audiences at Showtime,
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Playa de Las Americas, was a worthy bronze medallist with: “I was raised as an only child, which really annoyed my sister.” In his previous life Will spent a decade working with the public in a wide range of areas, including a stint as a holiday rep. He has accompanied the rich and famous on 1st-class flights around the world and given marine life lectures on board catamarans in the Atlantic, plus played matchmaker to hundreds of singles in European. He was also once the lead in ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ in Spain. This wealth of travel and his diverse social lives have led to Will becoming two things: opinionated and inventive. The competition, which has been running for five years, is organised by TV channel
Dave, with 10 comedy critics, whose shortlist of gags is put to the vote by 3,000 comedy fans. Top-10 best jokes 1. Stewart Francis: You know who really gives kids a bad name? Posh and Becks 2. Tim Vine: Last night, me and my girlfriend watched three DVDs back to back Luckily, I was the one facing the telly. 3. Will Marsh: I was raised as an only child, which really annoyed my sister 4. Rob Beckett: You know you’re working class when your TV is bigger than your bookcase 5. Chris Turner: I’m good friends with 25 letters of the alphabet ... I don’t know why 6. Tim Vine: I took part in the sun-tanning Olympics - I just got Bronze 7. George Ryegold: Pornography is often frowned upon, but that’s only because
I’m concentrating 8. Stewart Francis: I saw a documentary on how ships are kept together. Riveting 9. Lou Sanders: I waited an hour for my starter so I complained, “It’s not rocket salad” 10. Nish Kumar: My mum’s so pessimistic that if there was an Olympics for pessimism ... she wouldn’t fancy her chances The Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award shortlist for Best Newcomer has just been announced, and it includes Joe Lycett and David Trent. Joe performed for us here in Tenerife last November and was a hit with the audience then. Awards producer Nica Burns said: “The performers are all immensely charismatic and often thought-provoking whilst being extremely funny. [These are] two excellent nomination lists.” WWW.WILLMARSH.COM
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WHAT'S ON! Las Galletas Las Galletas will be celebrating its annual fiesta in honour of San Casiano between August 23rd and 27th with a full calendar of events organised by the Arona Council’s Fiestas Commission. Over the weekend their will be dances featuring Son Sin Límite, DJ Nato, Proyecto Joven and la Orquesta Acapulco. On Sunday, the traditional procession down to the sea is followed by a fabulous firework display. For full details of each day’s programme of events, visit h t t p : / / w w w. arona.org/ portal/fact_d4_ v1.jsp?contenid o=46178&nivel =1400&tipo=2
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Reduced hours for 17 Spanish Airports AS we go to print, 17 airports and two heliports in Spain were expected to begin working on reduced operating hours as the new Airport Efficiency Plan comes into effect. The plan was approved by the Spanish Ministry for Development last June.
However, at the very last minute AENA reduced the number of airports who would have a shorter operating day to 8. AENA said that number ‘could’ increase following the end of the summer season. Under the original plan, the 17 AENA operated airports that had less than 500,000 passengers (including two heliports) would see their operating hours reduced. The original airports
affected - Valladolid, Melilla, San Sebastián, Pamplona, León, Badajoz, Ceuta, Salamanca, Burgos, Vitoria, Algeciras, Torrejón, Logroño, Córdoba, Albacete, HuescaPirineos, Cuatro Vientos, Sabadell and Son Bonet and their new hours will start once printed in the ‘Normativa Aeronáuntica’. The airports won’t be closed but they will be left in what has been described as ‘a lethargic state’. It’s not year
clear which eight airports will be affected first. With these measures the Ministry for Development will reduce the operative services which amounts to 185 hours a day. The objective is to cut their losses by 50% next year. AENA has accumulated a debt of 15 billion. Some 300 of their 13,000 employees will lose their jobs. AENA and the unions are to restart talks at the start of September.
Long-term unemployed to get rise?
Santa Cruz Sunday 2nd September On the first Sunday of every month, the capital’s Town Hall has been organising an exhibition of radio controlled and electric model boats in the Plaza de Espana’s reflecting pond. Acclaimed a great success so far, the plan is to hold the event every month throughout the year and model boat and ship enthusiasts are delighted. It is hoped that, as time goes on, various contests will be introduced. Starting at 4pm and lasting until 8.30pm on the last edition, the event drew over 100 spectators.
Adeje September 2012 A series of food related events take place in the municipality of Adeje, throughout the month of September. See www.adeje.es for more information.
We Love Nooctua The final show will now take place on September 15th in the capital, Santa Cruz (The Mayorazgo,) a date which replaces the Saturday August 18th show, which has been changed for organisational reasons.
TEN-DIEZ Magma, Centro de Arte & Congress, located in Playa de Las Americas, will be hosting TENDIEZ, an exhibition by ten photographers, from the 21st to the 29th September, 2012. Doors will open at 17:00hrs on Friday 21st and the Inauguration will be at 20:00hrs on the same day, with live music commencing at 21:00hrs.
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THE Spanish Cabinet is to approve an increase in the social security payment for people who are out of work and are no longer entitled to unemployment benefits, government sources revealed. If they have at least two members of their family, apart from their spouse, who are financially dependent on them, they will now receive 450 euros, up from 399 monthly. The increase is included in
a reform of the so-called Plan Prepara programme, which was introduced by former Socialist Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. The scheme will also step up efforts to get the longterm unemployed back to work through retraining, and will be implemented using increased collaboration with the regions. “The government wants to make it clear that nobody who is really in need should find themselves destitute,” Labour Minister Fátima Báñez said after a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría,
Finance Minister Cristóbal Montoro and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s economic advisor Álvaro Nadal. Nadal said: “The plan will improve the employability of its beneficiaries with a view to getting them back into the labour market.” The Spanish economy has slipped back into recession for the second time in three years, leaving a quarter of the country’s workforce out of a job. According to Labour Ministry figures, official jobless claims in July amounted to 4,507 million, although only two-thirds of those out of work are
entitled to unemployment benefits, which are paid out for a maximum of two years. The National Statistics Institute has estimated that the number of households where all members are out of work stood at 1,737 million at the end of June. It was not clear whether the government would take on board suggestions from top-ranking Popular Party members on whether those who receive the social security benefit of 400 euros and who live with their parents, regardless of the latter’s financial means, should continue to do so.
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La Gomera fire was work of arsonists, insist officials A SENIOR park official in La Gomera says he and his colleagues are certain the fire which has been burning since 4th August is the work of arsonists. They are convinced it was yet another attempt to destroy the Garajonay National Park - a Unesco World Heritage site believed to be millions of years old and one of the greatest natural wonders in Europe. Officials have recorded 30 attempts to set fire to the forest in the past year alone, and this blaze has so far
destroyed 800 hectares of the Park. They believe it will take at least 30 years to restore the damaged areas, and Park Director Ángel Fernández said: “We cannot forget that this was the work of environmental terrorists, and these criminals have been trying to do this since May. “We have been able to stamp out various blazes since then, but this time they accomplished what they set out to do.” The fire, which has forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents in different areas of La Gomera, has destroyed some 4,200 hectares of the island - 800 inside the Park itself.
“It is just an estimate, but this is a barbarity, seeing that Garajonay is one of the smallest natural parks,” said Fernández. “That figure represents 20% of the park’s 4,000 hectares.” But La Gomera officials are keen to stress that the blaze has not harmed the island’s tourist areas because the lowest part of the valley has been unaffected. Meanwhile, Canary Islands President Paulino Rivero has accused Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of ignoring the La Gomera emergency. “This is the first time I have encountered a Spanish government that has no interest in asking me what is happening,” he said, after
attending an emergency regional cabinet meeting. The damage caused by fire to homes in Valle Gran Rey, which was among the areas first hit, amounts to some 5.5m euros. But most of it occurred when the blaze reignited after being quelled initially. The Council is working on evaluating the cost of damage to other municipalities and, and how it will affect economic, social and environmental issues. A Recovery Plan is being worked on and will be put into operation once the fire is completely under control, and the full extent of the harm it has caused is known.
We’ll have to cough up soon THE Government has published a list of medicines for which the Spanish Social Security will no longer pay from 1st September. It details 417 drugs of the established 425, but 100 of those will continue to be financed by the state if the doctor thinks it necessary. Most of the drugs on the list are to treat minor conditions, but patients must now pay the full price for drugs used for skin irritation, cough, diarrhoea and constipation. Ana Mato, Minister for
Health, estimates savings of 458 million euros from September to June. Some 425 drugs will be excluded from the public health system, but the list just published gives only 417. It will be revised periodically. Patients with chronic conditions, such as cancer, those with intestinal problems and inflammations, irritable bowel syndrome, paraplegia and diverticulitis, will not have to pay the charges. The list of the drugs affected can be found on this link: .http://www. boe.es/diario_boe/txt. php?id=BOE-A-2012-10952
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Help clean-up after beach birds CONSERVATION group SEO/BirdLife is calling on volunteers to take part in a number of projects, such as beach and exotic bird habitat clean-ups, (particularly waterfowl), in the El Medano region.
IF you go into a Vodafone shop here in Tenerife beware! One Expat resident who has lived here in Tenerife for a good long while is now 55 euros worse off; that’s not including the wasted time and energy and lack of internet solution. The resident I will refer to as ‘Billy blue shirt’ wanted a dongle for his new PC, simple you think. He visited the Vodafone shop in Las Galletas where the staff, speaking English to him, were more than helpful; obviously, it’s a sale in these current tough times. He got the dongle home only to find that it didn’t work, he took the dongle back to the shop and was told he must be doing something wrong; tried again, no it doesn’t work. He was referred to their ‘expert’ in San Isidro, who also couldn’t get the dongle working on his PC. He was then told that it must be a problem with his PC, no, there’s nothing wrong with his PC. Ok, so now he’s resigned to the fact that a Vodafone dongle for whatever reason, none of which could be given, will not work on his PC. No, problem, get a refund. NO. He was then categorically told by the shop staff in Las Galletas that items can not
be returned. Where’s the aftersales service there? He left the shop with a dongle that doesn’t work, a copy of a customer complaints form that he filled in, a telephone number for Vodafone customer services which he was told he could ring but, “We are in Spain, they don’t speak English” and a very bad taste in his mouth. Now unless I’m mistaken Vodafone Group PLC is a British multinational company, the second largest mobile telecommunications in the world, listed on global stock markets and as at the end of last year had 439 million subscribers. But if this incident, which I know from other comments is not isolated then no wonder they are losing customers. Back in May, Vodafone in Spain said that they had experienced a 10% fall in income, which they blamed on the economic crisis but they should look a little closer to home at their customer service. It’s estimated that Vodafone currently has a 28.57% share of the market. The moral of the story is perhaps go to a telecommunications provider where the customer comes first as opposed to the sale. Until next week…
These activities, will take place on 26th August and 21st October from 9am until 1pm. Anyone interested can participate - just contact 922 252 129, canarias@seo.org before the event.
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NEWS IN BRIEF No ticket to ride here RESIDENTS of Tijoco Bajo, Las Rosas, Armeñime, Los Olivos, Fañabé, Los Menores and Miraverde are furious at Adeje Town Council’s decision to remove their bus service. It was cancelled last week because, the Town Hall says, an average of just two people were using the service on each run. The Council ran the service itself for six months, picking up 90% of the cost, to determine if the routes were viable.
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Spain’s ‘major risk factor’ SPAIN’S autonomous communities are “the major risk factor” undermining the country’s efforts to reduce the deficit to 6.3% of GDP this year. That’s the result of a study by the Foundation for Applied Economics Studies (FADEA) into regional 2012-2014 budgets. If the autonomous provinces adhere strictly to the central government’s austerity measures and withhold year-end, public-employee bonuses, they will at best reduce their deficit to 1.92% of GDP. And that amounts to 40% above the central government’s 1.5% target, according to the study.
El Teide Park is highlight A NEW study by Eroski Consumer shows that the most-visited national park in Spain last year was here in Tenerife. El Teide National Park received 2.7 million visitors, which was one million more than second-placed Picos de Europa - a network of parks in northern Spain.
Cabinet back to bailout woes AFTER the briefest of holidays, the Spanish Cabinet reconvenes today (Friday) with one subject on its mind: the economy, which is heading towards needing a full bailout, Statements by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and his ministers have evolved from denying that there will be a full rescue for Spain, to “let’s see first what the European Central Bank does and then we’ll take a decision”. Some kind of bailout, whether granted with soft or tough conditions, appears to be inevitable now. Tax rises may be in the pipeline as Rajoy’s administration battles to bring the deficit down to 6.3% of GDP by the end of the year.
Canaries’ royal gesture THE Canary Islands government has joined the initiative of hoteliers in the south and the Cabildo to invite the Prince of Asturias to spend some of his holiday in Tenerife. Ricardo Fernandez de la Puente, Deputy Minister of Tourism, said: “It would be fantastic to have such important personalities as members of the Royal Family visit and enjoy the hotels here on the Island.” He added that invitations like this, on both national and international levels, was one of the lines the regional government wants to develop to promote the Canaries.
Bad bank loans disaster THE number of bad loans listed at Spanish banks jumped to a record-high level in June, according to the latest figure released by the Bank of Spain. It was registered during the same month that the Spanish government asked the European Union for a bailout for its financial institutions. The value of dubious credit jumped to 164.36 billion euros in June - equal to an unprecedented 9.42% of the banks’ total loan portfolio. It was up sharply from the 8.96% share of total loans recorded in May, and was the largest bad-loan ratio on record since the central bank began compiling data in 1962.
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A PROBE on the NASA “Curiosity” rover, which was made in Spain, failed after being damaged while landing on Mars. It is sensor,
a meteorological measuring wind
speed, but, fortunately for scientists, a second identical probe is reported to be working fine. The Curiosity was sent to Mars to determine whether there has ever been life on the planet. The damaged sensor was made at Madrid’s Centro de Astrobiología, which is a mixed institute of the CSIC
and the National Institute for Aerospatiale Techniques in Spain. Javier Gómez Elvira, a Spanish scientist who is working on the project, told a press conference at the Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California: “What we have lost is the capacity to measure the winds from the south of the explorer.”
He added: “The other sensor, the ‘Rover Environmental Monitoring Station’, has all its original capacity.” Elvira said they could receive weather information on a sunny day with weak winds, and stressed that the atmospheric pressure on Mars was 100 times than on the Earth.
Adeje rubbish dispute settled THE long-running rubbish collection dispute in Adeje appears to have come to a close, following the agreement in principle, just reached between workers and the service concessionaire. “We decided on the best of a bad lot in terms of the labour agreement for workers
this week in our general meeting, and further strike action is cancelled,” says the company’s committee chief, Federico Linares. The new collective agreement is the basis for the workers decision to call off the strikes, and it states, “That none of the 137 people who make up the service
will be dismissed during the length of the agreement, which runs until 2016,” says the union. To meet this commitment, “It has been necessary to stop one of the annual extra payments and distribute the remaining three in four instalments,” said Linares. He stresses that the new
agreement also includes workers having more days off for tending to personal matters, “Going from two to four days next year, and up to five in 2014”. “In addition, the 10 workers who are working Sundays can choose a day off when they need it,” stresses the union.
There’s a kinda hush - all over the country SPAIN is said to be one of the noisiest countries in the world, but Town Halls are now employing new technologies to turn down the volume! The introduction of soundmeasuring equipment, audio-absorbent pavements and more control over night
clubs are among the ideas to usher in a huge hush to the streets. Yet it is hardly surprising that busy main roads contribute mainly to the din all over the country. In Barcelona, for the first time, four environmental promoters are carrying sound meters with them so they can take noise readings wherever they go – in public spaces and parks especially. The City Hall is calling the
initiative “Plan Silencio” and they hope to visit at least 700 establishments to try to enlist them. In Valencia, the new audio-absorbing pavement is now in operation in various streets – and it has already reduced the impact of passing traffic by 75%. The campaign particularly wants to encourage awareness among youngsters, and four universities in Valencia have agreed to get involved.
Madrid’s City Hall will ask the noisiest businesses to close earlier, while in Bilbao, the City Hall receives an average of 77 noise denuncias annually. Earlier this year, mime group “Brigades Against Noise” handed out more than 4,000 cards on the subject and 500 hearing protectors, in Valladolid, to mark International Noise Awareness Day, which is held annually on 25th April.
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The Canarian Spanish Government Minister proposes new taxes TWO Spanish government ministers traded public barbs recently, clashing over implementation of tough austerity measures demanded by the European Union as Spain’s borrowing costs soar, pushing it toward needing an international bailout. Treasury Minister Cristobal Montoro said in an interview that he would veto new taxes on energy firms proposed by Canarian born Industry Minister Jose Manuel Soria, saying that addressing the budget deficit was a bigger priority than energy sector reform. “Nothing is going before the cabinet on tax policy that isn’t born in the budget ministry,” Montoro said in an interview
published by Bloomberg. “Until I decide, this isn’t going forward, whoever announces it.” Press officers at the budget ministry were not immediately available for comment. Soria responded soon after Montoro’s comments were made public, telling reporters in the Canary Islands that it was up to him to shape policies to attack an enormous deficit built up by subsidising renewable energy companies for years. “Any type of proposal or measure in terms of energy reforms corresponds to the Industry Ministry, though there are other departments that deal mostly with the economy that logically have
to comment,” Soria told a news conference held here in the Archipelago. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy recently announced a 65 billion euro cost-cutting package to try to reduce Spain’s budget deficit to 3 per cent of GDP by 2014. The plan put forward by Soria included raising taxes on electricity generation, whether nuclear, hydroelectric or renewable, and on consumption of natural gas. His disagreement with Montoro has been discussed in government circles for two months. Spanish utilities have for years been subsidised by the central government, creating a 24 billion euro tariff deficit that it now has to eliminate
by the end of 2013. A new regulatory framework for the energy sector was planned for the first half of the year but has been postponed until after the summer. Powerful lobbying against the proposed reforms by both conventional and renewable electricity generating firms has contributed to the delay. The reforms are expected to account for more than eight billion euros of the 65 billion euro austerity package Rajoy announced in July. A credible plan to bring the budget deficit under control will be crucial if Spain is to gain access to a European Central Bank bond buying programme outlined by ECB head Mario Draghi at the beginning of August.
Bank bail out ‘being worked on’ BOTH Reuters and AFP have quoted an Economy Ministry official as saying that the Spanish government will soon ask the EU for the first payment of a bank recapitalisation plan to help prop up Bankia and other banks now under state control; Catalunya Caixa, NovaGalicia Banco and Banco de Valencia. In June, Spain received a pledge from Brussels to receive up to 100 billion euros of European money to boost the capital of lenders which are unable to attract investors, sell assets or generate enough earnings to offset losses. “The request will be sent shortly,” a spokeswoman for the Economy Ministry told both news agencies. “It is being worked on,” she added
while declining to put a date or exact figure of the amount that will be requested. The spokeswoman, who was not identified, explained that the Bank of Spain was currently performing its analysis of the situation and would then request the amount it believes that is needed. “The Bank of Spain is doing
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its analysis and that report is for the nationalized banks, so depending on that analysis they will see what request they need to make,” she said. Bankia reportedly needs up to 19 billion euros. At the same time AFP quoted a spokeswoman for the euro zone’s bailout fund, the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), as
saying that some 30 billion euros has already been set aside in case of Spain’s urgent request.
New ferry links Tenerife and Fuerteventura AFTER more than 16 years of trying, Fred Olsen Express has finally managed to connect Santa Cruz de Tenerife to Fuerteventura. Juan Ignacio Liaño, Fred Olsen Fleet manager, notes that the journey from the capital to Fuerteventura can be made in less than three hours, with departures on Fridays and Sundays and prices from 17.91 euros per person each way. He also says that it provides a daily connection with Lanzarote (Playa Blanca Corralejo) from only two euros more. “We have been trying to offer this high-speed connection to the public since 1996, but for various reasons we could not. Now the important thing is that this Friday we will start. “So those wanting to make a weekend getaway to enjoy the beaches Fuerteventura,
or who are travelling on business or those not wanting to get on the plane, now have this possibility by sea, quick and cheap, and you can also take your car, “says Liano. Specifically, the new line created goes to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Morro Jable, then Puerto del Rosario, to be covered by the Bonanza Express Fast Ferry, 16 times a week. The estimated duration of the voyage will be 90 minutes to Morro Jable and 70 minutes from there to Puerto del Rosario. Schedules will now also allow a connection from Santa Cruz de Tenerife via Gran Canaria (Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas-Agaete Morro Jable). The Fleet Director said that the aim of this initiative is to establish an interisland sea bridge to facilitate the transport of goods and passengers, as many as 300,000 annually.
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New cuts for pensions are to be next?
SPAIN’S Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is considering pension cuts worth 115 billion euros in order to meet the demands for future aid and intervention by the European Central Bank (ECB). It comes on the back of a damning report by leading Spanish economists in the Financial Times, criticising Rajoy as being too hesitant and unable to enact effective reforms. At a Ministers meeting today (Friday), a reform of unemployment benefits will also be discussed. Cutting pensions is the ultimate taboo in this country that is already crippled by the debt crisis. Other options being considered by the Spanish government are to cut deductions on the purchase of property and insurance plans. Finance Minister Luis De Guindos recently asked for intervention from the ECB ‘without limits or duration’, in light of a surge in interest on debt which could bring Spain below the deficit levels agreed with Brussels of 6.3 and 4.5 next year and spark a new freeze. Contrary to rumours in the German press about the design of a cap on interest, the ECB has urged governments not ‘to speculate on the nature of a future European Central Bank intervention’ in Spain. The warning was
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enough to cancel declines and send the Madrid Stock Exchange into negative by more than one point. According to Spanish newspaper El Pais, Mr Rajoy’s best weapon may well be to cut pensions, or better still to ‘freeze’ them. Further tax rises may also be in the pipeline in Rajoy’s administration’s battle to bring the deficit down by the end of the year. As Luis de Guindos stated, the Spanish government believes, “the Eurogroup will define the procedures for a bailout in the second week of September.” And before that happens, the government wants to ensure that it is able to meet its deficit targets, given that a rescue would be conditioned by a request for continuous information about public spending and revenue. “With the cuts that we’ve made, we more or less know where we are in terms of spending,” says one government source. “But we don’t know how revenues are going to go.” Meanwhile, some of the cuts that have already been introduced will begin to take effect on September 1st, when around 150,000 immigrants who are in Spain but do not have their residency status in order will no longer qualify for free healthcare. Five regions, the Canary Islands, Andalusia, Asturias, the Basque Country, and Catalonia have said that they will ignore the new rules from the central government and will continue to treat all patients.
Orca born at Loro Parque LORO Parque announced a unique event with the birth of the second orca in its OrcaOcean facility. This is a major milestone for the breeding programme, of which Loro Parque is extremely proud because reproduction is the most important factor, confirming the well-being of the animals at the site, which was specially created for these marine mammals. Kohana, the new mother, is 10 years old and was born in San Antonio in Sea World in the USA. She gave birth last Thursday night to her second calf, weighing in at 152 kilos, and after 2 hours of labour. She was attended and assisted constantly by a team of veterinarians, biologists and her trainers.
Just moments after the birth, the baby, who measures 2.40 metres, instinctively swam to the surface to take his first breath. “It is a very important day for all of us at Loro Parque as this birth is clear evidence of the well-being that all our animals enjoy,”’ said Miguel Díaz, chief Orca trainer. “The little calf is strong, swims with energy and we are very happy to have the privilege to see how it grows up” remarked Diaz. “The experience with assisted-rearing of this species at Loro Parque is very important, proven by the appropriate growth and development of Adan, the first calf born in the park, who is now almost two years old” explained Dr. Javier Almunia, Deputy Director of the Loro Parque Foundation. However, the veterinarians and trainers prudently await
the progress of the calf, as the first few weeks are crucial for the development of the baby, which begins life with its basic immune system only, and it therefore takes time to strengthen it. This is the second birth of a killer whale in the OrcaOcean facility which was inaugurated in 2006 and where there are seven orcas living together including Adan (born at Loro Parque), the female Morgan from Holland and four others born in second and third generation captivity at Sea World in the United States, where already a total of 30 orcas have been born in the breeding programme, (including this birth,) which is the most successful in the world, with more than 40 years of experience. This exceptional case will provide scientific information and knowledge about breeding
and the care of the baby, which will benefit future offspring of this and other cetacean species. Loro Parque, inaugurated in 1972 and with more than 43 million visitors since its start, has been accredited with diverse and numerous International Certificates for environmental quality such as the EMAS and 14.001, and also has the stamp and recognition ‘Animal Embassy – Biosphere Park’ awarded by the Institute of Responsible Tourism (linked to UNESCO). In addition to other awards, one of the most important is the Prince Felipe Award for entrepreneurial excellence. Also, it has received Gold and Silver Awards for tourism merit and recently the Gold Medal from the Government of the Canaries, amongst other numerous awards. More information on www. loroparque.com.
Plans for new Health Centre in Las Galletas THE conversion of part of the Cultural Centre in Las Galletas, so it can be used as a health centre, now has approval from the Ministry of Health. The project was presented by the Arona Council.
The authorisation unlocks the solution to a longrunning problem, especially considering that the current Health Centre does not meet sanitary conditions for patients, doctors or nurses. The project includes creating,
initially, space for three doctors and the same number for nursing. It will also provide an area for emergencies, which will have its own separate entrance. Another aspect will be installing adequate ventilation. The aim
is to ensure that both medical professionals and users are in a comfortable, professional environment. The Arona Town Hall is confident that the change of location will occur either later this year or early next.
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New look for Los Abrigos THE DEPARTMENT of Services, directed by Juan Rodriguez Bello, has announced the beginning of a major overhaul in the coastal village of Los Abrigos, consisting of expanding the number of parking spaces, as well a major tidy up of the area near the beach, the fisheries site and refreshment area. Also under way is work that will unify and extend the sidewalks along
the front, in order to improve accessibility and safety for pedestrians and visitors. With the collaboration of the Environment Department, under the leadership of Councillor Jacob Donate, and the Security Department, headed up by Guacimara Gonzalez, work is planned to improve the aesthetics of the Los Abrigos waterfront, using various artistic
designs that will reinforce the town’s maritime identity. There have also been improvements in urban signage to help residents and visitors locate parking zones. These works have been carried out by Municipal workers and paid for from the municipal coffers, in an effort to respond to requests from local neighbourhood associations and businesses.
Drugs disguised as Red Cross aid ACCORDING to sources in Malta, some eighteen people are being held in preventive custody in Venezuela for their suspected involvement in the very mysterious circumstances in which a Maltese jet touched down here in the Canary Islands last week, with a suspected cargo of close to a tonne of cocaine, according to Venezuelan media reports. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said that members of the Venezuelan National Guard were among those being detained. A Maltese private jet owned and operated by a Maltese-registered company operating out of Malta International Airport is being held in the Canary Islands on suspicion of drug smuggling in what Spanish officials believe to be the islands’ largest cocaine haul in recent memory. The stash was discovered in dozens of boxes inside the aircraft, which were disguised as humanitarian supplies and which bore the logo of the Red Cross, when Spanish police swooped down on the aircraft following an Interpol alert that the plane had been stolen and used for drug trafficking. The plane’s three crew members, reportedly two German pilots and an Austrian flight attendant
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have been arrested for drug smuggling, according to Spanish media reports. But the sequence of events leading to the discovery and the arrest of the three crew members of the Maltese-registered and operated Bombardier BD-700-1A10 luxury private jet, belonging to Hyperion Aviation, are still far from clear, and are very strange indeed. Hyperion Aviation director Eric Weisskopf, refused to give any information pertaining to the case, but stated that the company would be issuing a press statement once it was given the all clear to do so by Interpol. According to reports, the plane had suddenly left a Venezuelan airport in the city of Valencia in the dead of night while the airport was still closed, without seeking clearance and with the lights of the runway and the plane’s navigation lights switched off, which prompted Venezuelan officials to raise the alert with Interpol. There are varying accounts of what exactly led to the hasty takeoff from Valencia’s Arturo Michelena airport under cover of darkness, and the details of what exactly transpired are still very sketchy. In a tale with a twist at virtually every turn, the Maltese jet is reported to have landed in Valencia, Venezuela at 11pm inbound from Trinidad and Tobago. But the plane’s official flight plan, according to reports, showed it was meant to have arrived from Granada, and that it was due to depart for Brazil the next day.
According to the Venezuelan authorities, during the stopover in Valencia, an Australian woman had disembarked from the plane and left the airport. She is believed to have left Venezuela later on another aircraft and from another airport, for Madrid, where Spanish authorities are currently seeking her whereabouts. After that, and with the airport still closed, the plane is reported to have suddenly started its engines and taken off at 2.26am local time. Several European countries, including Spain, were then put on the alert for the aircraft by Interpol. The plane eventually touched down in the Canary Islands with Spanish police waiting for it. The case is rife with conspiracy theories and for lack of any official statements from the Spanish authorities or Interpol, the details of the case and how the plane allegedly came to be loaded with cocaine are unclear. Accounts in the Venezuelan press indicate the plane’s crew had been staying at a Valencia hotel and in the early morning hours an unknown armed gang allegedly kidnapped the pilots from the hotel, brought them to the airport, which they broke into since it was closed at the time, and forced the crew to take off to an unknown destination. It has been reported that, at the airport, approximately 10 armed men had forced the crew to load the plane with about 40 boxes, which authorities suspected to have been filled with cocaine.
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Strokes of bad luck for th a 19 century painting glory. But when her efforts were revealed, the original depiction of Jesus was unrecognisable. To make matters worse, only weeks earlier the church had secured a sizeable donation from the artist’s grand-daughter to restore the fresco professionally. A church spokesman said: “The value of the original work was not very high - it was more of a sentimental value. “The lady
AN elderly Spanish woman has horrified her church congregation after her attempt to restore a painting of Jesus went terribly wrong. The 19th century fresco, by artist Elijah Garcia Martinez, had been sitting in the Sanctuary of Mercy church, in Zaragoza, for 120 years. But after noticing the fresco had succumbed to dampness, and that much of the paint had peeled from the plaster, the pensioner, in her 80s, embarked on a secret mission to restore “Ecce Homo” (Behold the Man) to its former
Two more balcony falls, after Embassy warning AN Austrian tourist died on Saturday after falling from a Mallorca hotel window, in the same week the British Embassy warned of such dangers. The 20-year-old toppled over the balcony at around 6.30am in the Hotel Obelisco on Palma beach, where he had been staying with his brother.
He was killed instantly. Hours earlier, on the Friday night, there was a similar incident on the same island when another 20-year-old foreign tourist fell from a third-floor balcony at the Sotavento Club Apartments in Magalluf. He suffered multiple body injuries and his condition was said to be “critical”.
Lottery-ticket scam leads to prison for shop worker THE dodgy shop assistant who tried to claim a winning £1m lottery ticket bought by a pensioner has been jailed for 30 months. Farrakh Nizzar told Maureen Holt her EuroMillions ticket was a loser, and asked if she wanted the ticket back. But Mrs Holt, 78, and her husband Fred, 80, told him to scrap it. But when 30-year-old Nizzar scanned the ticket at his cousin’s Best One shop in Oldham, Greater Manchester, where he worked, the terminal told him the holder should contact Camelot. Nizzar, whose visa had expired and who is set to be deported to Pakistan, kept the ticket and later called the lottery company to try to get the prize. But the firm was alerted when he was unable to answer questions about the
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ticket, and Camelot checked CCTV and traced the couple. Nizzar pleaded guilty last month to one charge of fraud by false representation. committed on 31st May. At Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester, Recorder Philip Cattan told the defendant: “This goes to the heart of public confidence in the National Lottery. “The courts must demonstrate to you and to others that this type of fraud will be met by significant custody.” The couple issued a statement saying: “We can now look forward to enjoying our lottery win, and spending some time with our family and friends.” Detective Constable Kate Carnally said: “To cheat an elderly woman and try to claim the money for himself was both callous and underhand. Thankfully, he did not get away with his scam.”
apparently considers herself to be an artist, but she acted without authorisation from anyone. “The church is always open because many people visit and, although there is a guard, no one realised what she was doing until she had finished.” The original painting showed Martinez’s intricate brush strokes around the face of Jesus. But the old lady’s efforts showed broad and thick layers of paint covering important details in the work, such as the crown of thorns on the head of Jesus. Art experts are examining the mess she has to see if the painting can be saved.
UK organ donors are queuing up, but even more are still needed ORGAN transplants in the UK last year hit record figures for the seventh year running, with almost one million additional people signing up to be donors. That means that almost one-third of the population - 18,600,000 people -have pledged organ donations, according to the latest report from health officials. Yet Sally Johnson, the NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) director of organ donation and transplantation, has issued a note of caution. “This report shows that things are moving in the right direction,” she said. “But three people on the waiting list are dying every day without receiving a transplant. “We need to carry on making people aware of the difference they can make by signing up to the organdonor register, and discussing their wishes with their family and friends. “The family refusal rate for organ donation in the UK is one of the highest in Europe
at 45%, and we know a large part of that is down to people not discussing their wishes with their families.” However, the news is still optimistic because the NHSBT said that between 2011 and 2012, 3,960 transplants have been carried out in the UK. There has been a 2% increase in organ donation
from brain-dead patients and, in the last three years, the rate of cornea donation has increased by 42%. Health Minister Simon Burns said: “I’m pleased to see that organ donation is increasing, but we always need more donors. “A greater number of lives can be saved if more people
sign up to the register. There are more ways than ever before to enrol, and it is important that people tell their family if they want to be a donor.” To sign the organ-donor register, go to the website at www.organdonation. nhs.uk or register through Facebook.
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Those dreaded exam marks can’t match up to the last year YOUNGSTERS can’t have swotted up enough this year because the GCSE pass rate has fallen for the first time in its history. English, maths and science results are all down on last year’s figures, which show that 69.4% of all GCSE exams were given at least a grade C - down 0.4% on last summer and the first drop since the exam was introduced in the 80s. There was also a fall in the proportion of top grades issued across the 600,000 teenagers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Some 7.3% of entries were given an A*, down by half a percentage point on 2011, while 22.4% were handed at least an A grade, down 0.8% of a point. The results have sparked a
row over the introduction of tougher exam standards as teachers complain that grade boundaries have been hiked too dramatically. Even the numbers of pupils awarded at least a C grade in the core subjects of English, maths and science were down. In English, 63.9% of entries secured at least a C, compared with 65.4% last summer, while 15% were awarded an A or A*,
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which was down from 16.8%. In English literature, 76.3% of exams were awarded A*-C against 2011’s 78.4%, while 23.2% got at least an A, against 25%. In maths, 58.4% of entries got at least a C grade, down from 58.8%, and 15.4% got A*-A, compared with 16.5%. In science, 60.7% got A*-C grades, down from 62.9%, and 9.8% got A*-A, down from 11.6%.
Concerns have been raised that English exams have been marked too harshly, with schools reporting an unprecedented number of fails among their pupils. The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) said there seemed to be a particular problem with C/D borderline grades in English, with pupils who were expecting Cs ending up with Ds.
Bank holiday Brit trippers to cashing in on our sunshine NEARLY two million Brits are going abroad over the bank holiday this weekend, according to the travel industry. But while they are jetting off in search of sun, those left behind can look forward to a wet weekend, according to weather forecasters. In stark contrast to last weekend’s highs of 32 degrees (90F), they predict: “Possibly heavy and thundery rain across Wales, south-west England and Northern Ireland on Friday, followed by a very unsettled day across the UK on Saturday with plenty of cloud and heavy, sometimes thundery, downpours.” But it’s a bonus for travel agents, especially this year, as ABTA chief executive Mark Tanzer pointed out. “As always at the end of a major sporting event (London Olympics), many people are looking to head off for a break, either at home or overseas,” he said.
“Spain and Greece continue to be popular, with many holiday-makers taking advantage of the strong pound, which is at a fouryear high against the euro, as well as the fact that prices in bars and restaurants have come down.” For those people staying in Britain but planning on travelling by car, the Highways Agency says about 194 miles of roadworks will be finished before the weekend, and 59 miles of further works will be suspended over the holiday period. On the railways, where around six million passengers are expected to travel over the long weekend, 94% of services are scheduled to run as normal, although some engineering work is planned.
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Paralysed victim dies at home after losing High Court battle TONY NICKLINSON, the “locked-in” sufferer who last week lost a legal fight to end his life with medical help, died on Wednesday. Mr Nicklinson, 58, who suffered a catastrophic stroke on a business trip to Athens in 2005 which paralysed him, passed away at his home in Melksham, Wiltshire. Bindmans LLP, his lawyers, said in a short statement: “This is to notify you of the sad death of Tony Nicklinson at approximately 10am.” His family said he died peacefully following a rapid deterioration in health after contracting pneumonia. A tweet posted on his Twitter page read: “You may already know, my Dad died peacefully this morning of natural causes. He was 58.” A second post added: “Before he died, he asked us to tweet ‘Goodbye world the time has come, I had some fun’.” And a third post, attributed to his wife, Jane ,and grownup children Lauren and Beth, said: “Thank you for
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your support over the years. We would appreciate some privacy at this difficult time.” Beth Nicklinson, wrote on her personal Twitter profile: “RIP @TonyNicklinson. Couldn’t have asked for a better dad, so strong. You are now at peace, we will be fine. I
love you xxx.” The High Court rejected Mr Nicklinson’s legal battle for the right to die, but his wife described the decision as “one-sided”, and said they would appeal. A Wiltshire Police spokesman said the Force would not be investigating
his death, adding: “Police are not involved at all. We can confirm he passed away and it is not a matter for Wiltshire Police. “His death certificate has been signed by a doctor, so it is not a matter for Wiltshire Police or the coroner.”
On-line retailers demanding serious approach to e-crime E-CRIME in the UK, the biggest emerging threat to on-line retailers, is costing companies £205.4m a year. Now, however, a new survey has persuaded concerned traders to tell the Government and police to take e-crime more seriously. The overall deficit includes £77.3m in losses in 2011-12 from fraud itself, £111.6m through legitimate business being rejected because of crime-prevention measures, and £16.5m spent providing better security. The UK is viewed as a world leader in online retailing, with the biggest internet spend per-capita of any country - and 11% of global internet retail sales. But many retailers lack confidence in the official response to e-crime, which is fast becoming a huge threat to the retail sector, says to the British Retail Consortium (BRC). Of those questioned in the BRC’s first e-crime survey, 60% of firms said it was unlikely they would report any more than 10% of e-crimes to police. Set against the total value of sales, e-crime is twice as
costly as overall retail crime. At £205.4m, e-crime represents threequarters of the £28bn of online retail sales in 2011.. The retailers’ most expensive type of e-crime was personal identificationrelated frauds, which added up to £20m of losses in 201112. Card fraud came second, with £15m losses to retailers during the same period, while refund frauds were responsible for £1.2m losses. After the US, UK brands and companies are the second most targeted in the world. The BRC is calling for consistency on reporting, recording and investigating e-crime across the country, and it wants more police resourcing to be directed to e-crime. Stephen Robertson, BRC Director-General, said: “The rapid growth of e-commerce in the UK shows it offers great benefits for customers, but also new opportunities for criminals. “Online retailing has the potential for huge future commercial expansion, but Government and police need to take e-crime more seriously if the sector is to maximise its contribution to national economic growth.”
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Fit-again Duke is back Footballers in Royal holiday home earn a huge THE Duke of Edinburgh has rejoined The Queen on holiday at Balmoral after a five-day hospital stay in Aberdeen. He was given the all-clear on Monday morning after treatment for the recurrence of a bladder infection. Prince Philip, 91, who spent five nights at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, fell ill last Wednesday during the royal couple’s traditional annual summer break in Scotland. The Duke, looking relaxed as he emerged from the hospital, shook hands with senior members of staff lining his route to a nearby car, and had a few words with some of them. Senior staff nurse Denise Webster said; “The Duke was a very good patient and, as he left the hospital, he told staff to behave themselves and he said he was going back to enjoy the rest of his holiday. Neither The Queen, nor his family visited him after doctors advised him to rest,
but he was in regular contact with them by telephone. A Royal spokesman said: “Prince Philip has returned to Balmoral, where he will continue his recovery. He will remain there with the Queen until early October.” The sprightly-looking Duke’s latest health scare came less than three months
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after he spent five nights in hospital with a bladder infection. It followed the Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the River Thames, when he braved wet and windy weather, standing on a special barge for several hours. And he was forced to miss some of the ensuing
celebrations which marked The Queen’s 60-year reign. Last December, he was in hospital for four nights over Christmas after a successful operation to clear a blocked coronary artery. But he was all smiles on Monday as he was driven back to Balmoral in a black Range Rover.
whack… just for kicks WAGES for the leading footballers in Britain risen by a staggering 1,500% over the past 50 years. During the same period, average UK wages increased by just 186%, according to a survey by the High Pay Centre. Players’ wages now account for up to 70% of a club’s turnover, compared with 48% in 1997. And it’s the fans who are paying the price, because the cheapest tickets for top games have increased by more than 1,000% since 1989. Back then, you could have watched Liverpool for £4 and now it costs £40 more, while, at Arsenal, prices have risen from £5 to £51. Report author Dave Boyle said:“Over the last 30 years, we have seen massive increases in players’ salaries. “Accompanying this, we have witnessed many fans priced out of the market, levels of debt that would be unsustainable in any other
business - and a national team who are continually outperformed by sides from much poorer football countries.” English clubs accounted for 56% of all debt in top-flight outfits across Europe, while over half of English league clubs have been insolvent in the past 20 years, according to the study. Nick Isles, chairman of the High Pay Centre, said: “Bankers and company executives frequently make the comparison between their own pay and that of professional footballers. “In football, as in business, the money could be better invested in training and infrastructure, rather than unsustainable salary increases. “It may now be time to put the brakes on this dramatic escalation in pay at the top. “We are calling for a national debate on what is fair pay for those at the top of our companies, banks and football leagues.”
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Jetskis, Siam Park, jousting knights… and all that Jazz! By Yasmin (10) and Daniella (8)
WHEN Canarian Weekly Editor Ruth asked us to write about different activities for kids of our age in Tenerife, we thought: “What an awesome idea there’s plenty to do!” And there is. The first place we visited was Siam Park, in Costa Adeje, and the first thing to hit us was how busy it was, because we were lucky to get a sunbed. At this time of year, with the heat and the amount of people, it can be difficult to do everything in one day, but we managed to: have fun in the wave pool, go on the lazy river, play in the Lost City and, best of all, go on some of the best water-slides ever! Siam Park has a strict policy for height and age restriction for safety but, fortunately, we are both tall enough for the best rides available, whether by ourselves in rings or as a double in the big inflatables. We decided to check out the new rides Siam Park has built for kids, but were told we were too tall - wicked! But they do look brilliant for smaller children, with loads of slides and a massive fountain. Rating Yasmin: 7 out of 10 Daniella: 8 out of 10 Comments: Have to wait too long for rides when busy. Still, we are either too tall or too small for everything. Next on our tour of activities, was the Medieval Night at Castillo San Miguel. The castle is amazing - a real
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castle built in Tenerife - and we met the king when we got there - OMG! We were shown through to the main arena, which had lots of people sat either side at different coloured tables, wearing different coloured tops, and ours was yellow. That meant that we had to support the yellow knight in the main show, with the jousting and sword-fighting! When the show started the horses were amazing, doing loads of tricks, and then the knights fought to the death! We spent the evening cheering our knight and booing the black knight until, eventually, there was a winner - our yellow knight! We loved this part of the evening and almost lost our voices. After the horses and knights had finished, we went through to another room,
which had a flamenco show on, which was ok, but more for adults. Rating Yasmin: 8 out of 10 Daniella: 7 out of 10 Comments: Score would be higher, but food is disappointing and have to eat with hands! The main show is quite short, and you have to pay for drinks when you go for the flamenco show, which can make it quite an expensive night out. After a wicked day at Siam Park, and an amazing night at Medieval, we didn’t think things could get any better, but then Dad took us on Jetskis and Oxoons! First of all, we put on our life-jackets and went on the Jetskis - Daniella with Dad, Yasmin with Mum - and headed out of Puerto Colon to the sea. The first thing to greet us were the most awesome and biggest waves we’d ever seen! Mum and Dad were driving and we were holding on as tight as we could as we flew across the waves, heading out to sea in the direction of La Gomera. As Dad was driving, a dolphin swam next to the jetski, making it even better than we thought possible! For the next half-hour, we had one of the best times of our life, zooming off waves, making massive splashes everywhere, and getting soaked in the process. It was sad as we headed back to Puerto Colon because we’d had such a great time.
Rating Yasmin: 9 out of 10 Daniella: 9 out of 10 Comments: Would have been a 10 each if we could have driven the jetskis ourselves and been able to see better. Our water experience did not finish there because, straight after the jetskis, we went on the Oxoons, which are brand-new to Tenerife, These little jet buggies are for two people. They are great fun and are more leisurely than other boats/bikes. Firstly, we were towed out of the port to the main sea, where we were released to go where we wanted. We decided to head out towards the fish farms to find any dolphins. Once again, there were massive waves, and the Oxoons were more fun and more stable than the jetskis.
The Oxoons don’t go very fast, but are very easy and great fun to drive, with just a joystick like an Xbox with which you can do donuts in the sea by spinning around on the spot - mint! Whereas the jetskis can be a bit scary, the Oxoons are more fun, and you still get wet from some of the big waves - and because you are sat side-byside, you can see better! Rating Yasmin: 9 out of 10 Daniella: 10 out of 10 Comments: Yasmin thought they could be a bit faster, while Daniella loved the Oxoons, which were her favourite activity from everything. Lastly, to complete our week of activities, we had another night out, this time to see The Sound Of Musicals. When we arrived at Showtime, in Playa de Las
Americas, we had our photo taken, and then the cast led us to our seats. The venue is quite small, so wherever you sit, you have a great view. Next we had dinner, which was really nice, actually, Daniella had two Tiramisu puddings, and I had a chocolate-and-vanilla icecream, and a lemon sorbet lush. As soon as the show started, we were mesmerised by the amazing singing, dancing, costumes and acting, and it’s all live! There were some really funny bits with the nuns from the Sound Of Music, Riverdance, and the dancing grannies from The Producers, some really awesome bits with the Pharoah from Joseph, the Vegas Showgirls, and Chicago, and some spectacular bits with the Guacho Bolas, Nessun Dorma and Dirty Dancing. All in all this was a brill night, although Mum and Dad did get a bit drunk with all the free drinks! And during the finale, the cast came down into the audience and Daniella was dancing with Roxie. We also bought our photo and a programme of the show, which the cast all autographed for us to take home to England. Rating Yasmin: 9 out of 10 Daniella: 9 out of 10 Comments: Food was fine, show was great for kids, but venue was a bit warm, even though it’s Tenerife in August!
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Ace Euan holes a luxury hotel Photo: Sir Old Golfer
THE Golf Shop, based at Las Chafiras, has landed another winner with its Going Golfing Holidays’ Hole in One competition. Scotsman Euan Mclntosh secured his ace on golf Costa Adeje on 13th August and will be taking his prize holiday at
a 5-star hotel in Adeje next May. The Hole in One contest, a Monday-Friday event on the Amarilla and Adeje courses, offers a set of clubs or a week’s luxurious holiday in Tenerife for the elusive hole in one. And if you manage to hit the green with your first shot, you will receive quality prizes such as a TaylorMade hat, balls, socks or pitch-mark
repairer. It is an ongoing commitment by the Smith family - Bill and Muriel, and their son Paul. They own the popular Golf Shop and have donated huge sums to charities of their choice, thanks to all the golfers taking part in the competition. It costs each entrant just 10 euros, of which 20% goes to charity.
The Wild Dog group planning to denounce Cabildo President THE protest group set up in response to the pack of wild dogs roaming around an area of Los Cristianos plan to denounce the Mayor of Arona and the President of Tenerife Cabildo. Sharon Edens, joint-leader of Action Against Wild Dogs in the popular Oasis del Sol area, believes this is the only choice left open to them. She told Monday’s group meeting at Restaurante Margarita, which attracted 26 concerned residents: “There is no other way to go because no one is listening.
“We sent a plea to the Cabildo, Arona Town Hall, the local police and the Tourist Board and didn’t even get the courtesy of a reply from any of them. “The authorities don’t seem to grasp that we’re talking about a deadly pack of dogs who are starving, and it’s a frightening sight. “These dogs get more and more feral every day, and the risk to residents and tourists is getting greater by the day.” She added: “I know of three people who have holidayed here for the past 20 years. But they have moved further round the coast this time because they have been scared off.
“Whatever the authorities believe, this is a very touristy area and it will definitely harm local trade, which will rebound on our restaurants and bars.” Many of the group know of horrific incidents involving the pack, or have been hurt or terrified themselves. And the night after this latest meeting, a man was attacked near Bar 39, just above the El Mirador Strip, and needed hospital treatment for dog bites. “This can’t go on,” said Sharon. “Someone, somewhere must do something about the position here because a person will almost certainly get hurt badly.”
Lowe’s annual golfing highlight FORMER Amarilla Golf Club captains Ian Pilling and Mike Baker are organising this year’s John Lowe Charity Golf Classic on their own course, as usual. The Texas Scramble team event takes place on 15th September, with all proceeds going to AMATE,
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the Tenerife Breast Cancer Care Charity. John Lowe, a legendary darts figure, will be joined by another former world darts champion, Bob Anderson, on what is always regarded as a day of serious golf, combined with lots of fun. Last year’s event raised over 8,000 euros and Ian and Mike are aiming even higher this time. And they are also hoping
that Oasis Dj Roscoe and his team will defend the trophy they walked off with last year. The shotgun start is at 9am prompt, with a deluxe barbecue and prize presentation to follow at the clubhouse. Tickets cost 50 euros each, including the BBQ and buggy, and non-golfers are welcome to attend the barbecue for just 10 euros.
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Who has got a home for these little ones? HERE are two of the many Accion del Sol inmates looking for loving homes - and there are dogs of all shapes & sizes, ages and breeds, on offer.
All the dogs wait patiently to be re-homed with a loving family, so please visit the refuge if you are looking to adopt one. Accion’s next fund-raising event will be on 6th October with a fun competition based on animals called Design a T-Shirt. Please submit your entry, which can be painted, drawn or even a photograph, to Accion del Sol. The top three will each receive a prize. Please call 922 778 630 for more information. It promises to be a funfilled day with a dog agility competition, the 2012 election of Mr and Mrs Dog, horse-riding, music, food, drink, a children’s workshop, a theatre for the kids and lots more. Please call 922 778 630 if you would like to adopt a dog, or want to learn more about the refuge, or if you can help out in any way, like dog-walking, for example. It’s a sure way of getting those tails wagging like mad! By the way, towels and blankets are always needed
Refugio Fasnia
THE Refugio Fasnia has been created to provide a shelter for the 400-plus dogs that were recently moved from Live Arico.
for the animals, if you have any to spare. The refuge is situated
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at the Poligono Industrial Estate, Granadilla, Exit 51 on the TF-1, beside the ITER
windmills, and is open to the public Monday-Friday from 3-6pm.
The Tenerife Cabildo has designated the Canarian Federation of Animal and Plant Protection Associations, FECAPAP, to manage the centre, which needs all the help it can get right now, either with monetary donations or in kind, as the current circumstances do not leave much room to cover all the costs. The dogs moved up in droves to the refuge, where they will develop their social skills under the supervision of experienced workers, as well as receive food, veterinary care, exercise, hygienic conditions and above all, love. In Refugio Fasnia all the animals have secure lives and futures, but their primary objective is to
find adoptive parents, responsible people who can give them a second chance under strict monitoring by us. A Fasnia spokesperson said: "We want to raise awareness against abuse and neglect ... Our hope is that someday the Fasnia Shelter, like many others, will have no reason to exist. " In the meantime, FECAPAP will handle these dogs, feeding, vaccinating and sterilizing them, and then they will try to home them. They have no help from any administration, and ask all those who want to contribute financially to enter their most welcome donations exclusively in the following account: CUENTA CAJACANARIASCAIXABANK: 2065 0107 62 1400050373 CUENTA PARA INGRESOS DESDE EL EXTRANJERO: CÓDIGO INTERNACIONAL DE CUENTA BANCARIA (I.B.A.N.) ES80 2065 0107 6214 0005 0373. IDENTF.ENTIDAD FINANCIERA(BIC/SWIFT) CECAESMM065
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Friday Friday Friday 06:00 ...........................Breakfast
06:00 ................... Children's TV
06:00 .......................... Daybreak
09:15 ....................Heir Hunters
07:30 ..................The League of Super Evil
08:30 .............................Lorraine
07:40 ......... Frankenstein's Cat
09:25 ....................... The Jeremy Kyle Show
11:00.......................... Saints and Scroungers
07:50 ................................ Arthur
10:30................... This Morning
08:15 .............................. Ooglies
11:25........................... ITV News
11:30 ..................... Animal 24:7
11:30................... This Morning
12:15 ...................Bargain Hunt
08:30 .................... Nina and the Neurons Go Eco!
13:00 .......... BBC News at One
08:45 ..........................Baby Jake
13:30 ........ BBC London News
09:00............ Tinga Tinga Tales
13:45 ............................. Doctors
09:10......... Little Charley Bear
14:15 ...........................Escape to the Country
09:20.............................. Raa Raa the Noisy Lion
14:00 .........Murder, She Wrote
15:00 .........................BBC News
09:30............... Bob the Builder: Project Build It
16:00....... Midsomer Murders
10:00 .................. Homes Under the Hammer
13:30 ........................... ITV News and Weather 15:00 .................Secret Dealers
09:40 ........The Koala Brothers
17:00 ........................Don't Blow the Inheritance
15:35 ........................... Splatalot
09:50 .......................... Lunar Jim
18:00 ........London Tonight
16:00 ...........Shaun the Sheep
10:00 .........................Octonauts
16:10 ..........................Wingin' It
10:05 ........................... Kerwhizz
18:30 ................... ITV News and Weather
16:30 .........................Blue Peter
19:00 ............... Emmerdale
17:00 ......................Newsround
10:30 ......................Driver Dan's Story Train
17:15........................... Pointless
10:40 ......................... Waybuloo
18:00 ........ BBC News at Six
11:00 ......In the Night Garden
20:00 .............. Tonight: The Food We Eat
18:30 ... BBC London News
11:30............. BBC World News
19:00 ..........The One Show
12:00.................................. Coast
19:30 ............A Question of Sport: Extra Time
12:10............ Hands on Nature
20:00 ............... EastEnders
14:15........... The Weakest Link
20:30 ....................Miranda
15:00 ....................Real Rescues
21:00 .... In with the Flynns
15:45 .............The Hairy Bikers' Food Tour of Britain
15:05 .......................... I Want My Own Room
21:30 .....Mrs. Brown's Boys Comedy series about a loudmouthed Irish matriarch and her family. Agnes is upset that her son Trevor has been called back to the missions in Africa, but is determined to give him a massive send-off to remind him what a loving family he has back home in Ireland. Meanwhile, daughter Cathy's family counselling session descends into chaos, and Buster and Dermot run into trouble with a circus lion.
22:00 ....... BBC News at Ten 22:25 ... BBC London News 22:35 ... Would I Lie to You? 23:05 .... Come Fly with Me 23:35 .............. The National Lottery Friday Night Draws 23:45 ................ EastEnders Omnibus
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12:30 ..............Let's Do Lunch... With Gino and Mel
12:40.. Dangerous Moonlight
16:30 ................................Flog It! 17:15 ............................. Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
19:30 .... Coronation Street
In the final part of a special threepart series in examining our relationship with food, Julie Etchingham looks at how our growing demand for food at affordable prices is leading to changes in the way it is produced. The programme visits a zero-grazing dairy farm where milk yields are well above average - but where cows are kept on concrete and indoors.
20:30 .... Coronation Street 21:00 ............... Corrie Goes to Kenya
22:30 ................ Newsnight
Conclusion of the two-part programme which sees four Coronation Street stars take a break from the cobbles of Weatherfield to spread a lifesaving message in Africa. Actors Sue Cleaver (Eileen Grimshaw), Ryan Thomas (Jason Grimshaw), Brooke Vincent (Sophie Webster) and Ben Price (Nick Tilsley) travel to Kenya on a mission to put on a play with the aim of educating people about the dangers of HIV. The foursome continue rehearsals on their groundbreaking new play, but days before the premiere, the Corrie stars have to face the realities of life in Kenya head on.
23:00 ................... The Book Review Show
22:00 ............... ITV News at Ten and Weather
23:50 .......... 2 Days in Paris
22:35 ....We Own the Night
18:00 ..................Eggheads 18:30.................Celebrity W C MasterChef CHOICE 19:00 ...................Escape to the Country 20:00 .............. Mastermind 20:30 ..... Gardeners' World 21:00 .............Parade's End 22:00 ............. The World of Parade's End
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Friday Friday Friday Friday 24 August 06:25....................Children's TV
06:00....................Children's TV
07:30 ........... According to Jim
08:45.......Bananas in Pyjamas
07:55 ................ Will and Grace
09:00 ...................Abby's Flying Fairy School
08:25 ............Everybody Loves Raymond 08:55 ................................Frasier 09:55 ..... Come Dine with Me 12:30 .............Channel 4 News 12:35................. Three in a Bed 13:35....................... Sainsbury's London 2012
09:15 .............The Wright Stuff 11:10.........................Reza, Spice Prince of India 11:40 ...................... Andy Bates' Street Feasts
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 ...........................Lion Man
06:00....... Nothing to Declare
07:00 .............Brainiac: Science Abuse
06:30 .......Nothing to Declare
08:00 .....................Don't Forget the Lyrics
07:30 ...............Passport Patrol
07:00............... Passport Patrol 08:00 ................................ Maury
07:00 .................Good Morning Sports Fans
09:00 .............................Oops TV
08:00 .................Good Morning Sports Fans
10:00................... Got to Dance
09:00................ America's Next Top Model
11:50................... Got to Dance
10:00...........................Sing Date 10:30 ..........................Sing Date
14:00 ................... Got to Dance
11:00................................ Maury
12:10 ........5 News Lunchtime
09:00 .......................... Ringside Ones to Watch
12:30 .................................... Glee
12:15 ... Celebrity Big Brother
10:00 ................................Cricket
14:30 .............Raising Hope
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12:00............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
13:40 .......... Channel 4 Racing
13:15....................... Pawn Stars
16:00 ..............Deal or No Deal
13:45 ..................... Neighbours 14:15 ................................... NCIS
19:00 .......Barclays Premier League Preview
15:30 ............... Modern Family
17:00..... Come Dine with Me
16:00........................The Middle
13:00 .............CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
18:00 ...........The Simpsons
15:15 ...................Hard Ground
19:30 .................... Football
14:00 ...............Criminal Minds
18:30 ................. Hollyoaks
17:00........................The Middle
15:00............... Criminal Minds
19:00 ....... Channel 4 News
17:30 ..................... Neighbours
17:30.......................... Futurama
16:00 ...............Passport Patrol
19:25 ..............4thought.tv
18:00 .............. Monkey Life
18:00 .................. Futurama
17:00 .......Nothing to Declare
19:30 ................. Jon Snow's Paralympic Show
18:30 ...................... 5 News
18:30 ........... The Simpsons
18:00 .......CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
20:00 .. Come Dine with Me
20:00 ..... Ice Road Truckers: Deadliest Roads
Championship Bolton Wanderers v Nottingham Forest. Bolton host Nottingham Forest at the Reebok Stadium in the npower Championship. The Trotters were 1-0 winners in the third round of the 2001/02 League Cup when the sides last met.
16:30 ............... Modern Family
17:00 ......................5 News at 5
21:00 ........ 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
19:00 .............. Cricket on 5
21:00 .Celebrity Big Brother
22:00 ........ Idris Elba's How Clubbing Changed the World
22:30 ..............Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side
19:00 .. Don't Tell the Bride
15:00 ...................Raising Hope
22:00 ............... The Fantasy Football Club 23:00 .......Barclays Premier League Preview
19:30 ............. Raising Hope 20:00 ........... The Simpsons 21:00 ......................... Stella 22:00 ........An Idiot Abroad
19:00 ..................Sing Date 20:00 ..Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model 21:00 ........................ Nikita
23:30 .................... Football
23:00 ..................... Dog the Bounty Hunter
22:00 ........ Criminal Minds
06:00 ..........Aerobics: Oz Style
07:00 .................. Dragons' Den
06:00 ........................ The X Files
06:00 .......................Emmerdale
06:30 ....................Thrillseekers
08:00 ..........................Fifth Gear
06:50 ..........Coronation Street
07:00 .........................WWE Raw
09:00 ............................Top Gear
07:00 ......... Star Trek: The Next Generation
09:00 .................IAAF Athletics
10:00 ..............Man v Food: The Carnivore Chronicles
08:00 .......... Star Trek: Voyager
07:15 ....................... The Jeremy Kyle Show US
09:00 .........................................ER
08:10....................... Judge Judy
10:00 .............Barclays Premier League World
11:00 .................. Dragons' Den
10:00 .................................House
08:40 .. The Only Way is Essex
12:00 ............................Top Gear
11:00 ........................ The X Files
10:30 ...... European Tour Golf
12:00 ......... Star Trek: The Next Generation
09:25.... The Real Housewives of Orange County
13:30.................... NRL Fulltime
14:00 ...............Ray Mears Goes Walkabout
11:10....................... Judge Judy
14:00 .................. Super League Supermen
15:00 ..............Man v Food: The Carnivore Chronicles
13:00 .......... Star Trek: Voyager
12:00 .......................Emmerdale
14:00 .........................................ER
13:00.......... Coronation Street
15:00 .............Barclays Premier League World
16:00 ............................Top Gear
15:00 .................................House
13:30 .The Jeremy Kyle Show
15:30 ...... European Tour Golf
19:00 ........ Ray Mears Goes Walkabout
16:00 ......... Star Trek: The Next Generation
15:40.... The Real Housewives of Orange County
22:00 ................... Celebrity Bitchslap News
18:30 ................ FIFA Futbol Mundial
20:00 ........Man v Food: The Carnivore Chronicles
17:00 .......... Star Trek: Voyager
17:35....................... Judge Judy
22:30 ............... EastEnders
19:00 ...................... Cricket
21:00 ..........................QI XL
18:00 ............................... ER
18:00 ........The Jeremy Kyle Show US
23:00 ..........Bad Education
20:00 ...................... Cricket
23:30 .............The Cure and the Maccabees @ Reading
22:00 ....... World Wrestling Entertainment Late Night Smackdown
22:00 ...... Russell Howard's Good News
Another brave bride leaves the most important day of her life in the hands of the man she loves. Blackpool boy Mike plans a wedding for his glamorous bride-to-be Katie in just three weeks. The seaside sweethearts met seven years ago under the bright lights of Blackpool, and Katie has been looking after Mike ever since. While Katie dreams of a wedding fit for a Hollywood superstar, local lad Mike prefers things a little closer to home.
20:00 ........... The Hives and Bombay Bicycle Club @ Reading 21:00 .................... The Cure Live @ Reading
23:15 ............. The Bachelor
09:30 .....ATP Tour Uncovered
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23:00 ......... Frank Skinner's Opinionated
19:00 ........................ House 20:00 ............... Blue Bloods 22:00 .... Boardwalk Empire 23:10 .....................The Wire
23:00 ........ Mount Pleasant
19:00 .....Peter Andre's Bad Boyfriend Club 20:00 .........Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records
W C CHOICE Celebrity MasterChef BBC2, 18:30
The pressure intensifies as the battle for a place in the final eight reaches its climax. At the end of this episode the contestants will learn who has been deemed worthy of a place in the next round, and who will have to hang up their kitchen whites for the last time. The task is simple; the remaining celebrities must cook a faultless two-course meal of their choice to wow the judges. But it's not just John and Gregg they need to impress but also three guest judges who know exactly what standards they expect - Celebrity MasterChef champion Lisa Faulkner and previous finalists, Nick Pickard (Actor, 2011 finalist) and Danny Goffey (former Supergrass drummer, 2011 semi-finalist). In the face of their harshest critics yet, the celebrities must remain in control to deliver a winning performance. Only the best can go through to the final eight and become a step closer to winning the title of Celebrity MasterChef 2012. For those who don't make the grade, the journey ends here.
Raising Hope Sky 1, 14:30 Proving that you're never too old to realise a dream, Jimmy persuades Burt to rock out... Featuring a memorable appearance from My Name Is Earl's Jason Lee. Director: Jace Alexander Starring: Lucas Neff, Michael Cassidy, Garret Dillahunt, Martha Plimpton, Kelly Heyer, Jason Lee.
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Saturday Saturday 06:00 ...........................Breakfast
06:00 .............. Guess with Jess
06:00..................Signed Stories
10:00 ............Saturday Kitchen Best Bites
06:10.................................. Louie
06:10...................... Engie Benjy
06:20........................ Wibbly Pig
11:30................. Lorraine's Fast, Fresh and Easy Food
06:30 ...............................Dipdap
06:25 ................... Olly the Little White Van
06:35 ...................Chuggington
06:30 .................Fluffy Gardens
06:45 .....................Rastamouse
06:40 ............................ The Hive
07:00.................................... Roar
06:55......................... Poppy Cat
07:30 ................. Project Parent
07:05 .............. Curious George
07:55 ..................... The ScoobyDoo Show
07:20 ...............The Super Hero Squad Show
08:20 .....Dennis and Gnasher
07:40 .... Fleabag Monkeyface
08:30................... The Slammer
08:00 ................... Horrid Henry
09:00...................... Who Let the Dogs Out?
08:10 ................... Horrid Henry
12:00 .........................BBC News 12:10 ........ BBC London News 12:15 ................Football Focus 13:00 ....................Jessica Ennis: Golden Girl 13:30 ............... British Olympic Dreams 14:00 ................ Rugby League 17:00 .........................BBC News 17:10 ........ BBC London News 17:20 .................Total Wipeout 18:20 ............. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 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
20:30 ............. The National Lottery: Secret Fortune
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09:30.......... Incredible Edibles 10:00 .......................Cop School 10:30 ............................Splatalot 11:00........................... Copycats 11:30.............................. Ooglies 11:45 ............MOTD Kickabout 12:00 ........................Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco 13:25 ............................Gymnast 14:55 ..........................Tara Road 16:30........................ Final Score 17:15 .................................. Coast
08:25 ......Saturday Cookbook Nadia Sawalha and Mark Sargeant are joined in the kitchen by dancing legend Arlene Phillips and Caribbean chef Levi Roots. Mark makes a summery spinach and goat's cheese tart with an apple and walnut salad, and Nadia takes a look inside Arlene's shopping trolley.
09:25 ...........................ITV News 09:30 ....................... The Jeremy Kyle Show US 10:25 ....................... The Jeremy Kyle Show US 11:20 ....The Real Housewives of New York City
Alice Roberts explores Jersey's remarkable post-war transformation from Nazioccupied stronghold into 'honeymoon island'. To discover the island's unique appeal to 1950s newlyweds, Alice meets a couple returning 50 years after their honeymoon night on Jersey. Mark Horton reveals how the forts on Guernsey explain why the islanders remain loyal to the Queen, even though they remain proudly outside the United Kingdom.
12:20 ....The Real Housewives of New York City
17:45............. The Hairy Bikers' Food Tour of Britain
17:45 ........................... ITV News and Weather
18:30 .......................Flog It!
18:00 ...............You've Been Framed Extreme!
Kilmarnock plays host to the Flog It! team, with experts James Lewis and David Fletcher doing the valuation rounds at the Palace Theatre. James spots something shiny and is drawn to dish out some fashion advice with a 1901 silver handbag.
13:20 ........................... ITV News and Weather 13:25 .......The Hit Factory: The Stock Aitken and Waterman Story 14:25 .................... Countrywise 15:00 ................ A View to a Kill 17:30 ..............London Tonight
19:00.........Red or Black?
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19:45 .............. The X Factor 21:00 ............Red or Black? 21:45 ............ The Jonathan Ross Show
21:20 ....................Casualty
19:30 ............... Dad's Army
22:10 ................. BBC News
20:00 ................ BBC Proms
22:30 .................... Match of the Day
22:45 .................... ITV News and Weather
22:30 .......................TOTP 2
23:00 ................... Duplicity
23:30 ..........Before Sunrise
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Saturday Saturday Saturday 25 August 06:00 ........................The Hoobs
06:00 ................... Children's TV
06:25 ..... British Formula Ford
08:25 ......... Angelina Ballerina
06:55 ....Bg Energy Challenge
08:40...................... Rupert Bear
07:25............. Mobil 1 The Grid
08:55...... Bananas in Pyjamas
07:55.......... The Morning Line
09:10......... The Mr. Men Show
08:55................ V Festival 2012
09:25.... Roary the Racing Car
I t m Cup - Otago v Northland. Otago take on Northland at the Forsyth Barr Stadium in the ITM Cup. Centre Rene Ranger guided Northland to a hard-fought 2017 victory when the sides met during the 2011 campaign.
09:45 ............................ New Girl
09:40 ........................Jelly Jamm
08:00 ....................Rugby Union
10:15............................ Revenge
10:30 ................. T20 Finals Day
11:15 .................... Suburgatory
10:00 ............... Power Rangers: Samurai
11:50 ........Summer Daze with Blackberry
10:35 ..................... Batman: The Brave and the Bold
12:25 .... The Big Bang Theory
11:10 ..................Looney Tunes
06:00 ....................New Zealand Rugby Live
06:00 .......................... Futurama
06:00 ...............Passport Patrol
06:10......... Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder
06:30 ...............Passport Patrol
08:00 ...................Raising Hope
08:00 ............. Grey's Anatomy
08:30 ...................Raising Hope
09:00 ..........The Biggest Loser
09:00.............. World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars
11:00................ Steps Reunion
10:00....................... Soccer A.M. 12:00 ...................Raising Hope
13:20...................The Simpsons
11:55 ....Celebrity Big Brother
Friends Life T20 - Semi-Final- Sussex v Yorkshire. Sussex take on Yorkshire at Cardiff's SWALEC Stadium in the first semi-final of the Friends Life T20 competition. Both sides finished top of their groups during the regular season.
13:55 ...........Channel 4 Racing
12:55..................... Monkey Life
07:00................................. Maury
12:00 ..... Four Weddings USA 13:00 ................ Styled to Rock
W C CHOICE Red or Black? ITV1, 19:00
Ant and Dec host the high octane, supersized game show in which contestants must decide who will succeed in the amazing stunts and nerve-wracking challenges that play out in front of them. Eight contestants battle it out for a place in the final four, but standing in their way are footballers Darren Bent and Bobby Zamora tackling an extreme game of target practice, two champion gymnasts going head to head in a hand-walking contest, and Dancing with the Stars sensations Derek Hough and Peta Murgatroyd in a unique collaboration with classical guitarist Milos. Getting it right puts the contestants closer to the opportunity to win millions of pounds.
12:30................... Raising Hope
14:00 ...... Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model
13:00 ...................Raising Hope
15:00 ..........................Sing Date
13:30 ...................Raising Hope
15:30.......................... Sing Date
14:00 ..............Best of Oops TV
16:00 ..........................Sing Date
14:00.................. T20 Finals Day
15:00 ............... Modern Family
16:30.......................... Sing Date
15:55 ..................The Simpsons
13:30 ...................Blue Thunder
17:30 ............. Ashes Memories
15:30....................... The Middle
17:00 ..........................Sing Date
16:25.......Come Dine with Me
15:30 ............We'll Meet Again
18:00 ....................... Cricket
16:00 ............... Modern Family
17:30 .......Nothing to Declare
18:55 ........Channel 4 News
17:20 ....................Jesse Stone No Remorse
16:30....................... The Middle
18:00 .. Nothing to Declare
17:00 .......................... Futurama
18:30 .. Nothing to Declare
18:00 ................. Terra Nova
19:00 ..........Styled to Rock
19:00 .................. Futurama
20:00 ....... Drop Dead Diva
19:30 .................. Futurama 20:00 .................Road Wars
21:00 ........................Mount Pleasant
21:00 ................... Airplane!
22:00 ......................... Gates
22:45 ......................... Stella
22:30 ........................ Nikita
23:45 .................Road Wars
23:30 ........ Criminal Minds
Whatever Happened to Harry Hill? Channel 4, 19:30
06:00.......................... Inside the Actors Studio
06:00 ............ Planet's Funniest Animals 06:15 .......... Coronation Street Omnibus 08:15 ....................... Emmerdale Omnibus
Shown as part of Channel 4's Funny Fortnight season. In 1999 Channel 4's Harry Hill show - loved by thousands - was cancelled amid public outcry and rancour. Star and writer of the show Harry Hill has not spoken to the Badgers, his Big Brother Alan, Son Alan, Burt Kwouk or any of the original cast since. As Channel 4 celebrates its 30th birthday the Harry Hill gang look back at the series, work out where it all went wrong and see if they can put their differences behind them to reunite for one last Reunion Special. This specially commissioned documentary investigates the rise and fall of The Harry Hill Show, which originally ran for three series on Channel 4.
19:25 .............. 4thought.tv
19:05 ...... 5 News Weekend
19:30................Whatever CW Happened to Harry Hill? CHOICE 19:10 ...........................NCIS 21:00 ................... Celebrity 20:30 .................. Harry Hill Big Brother 21:00 ........C4's 30 Greatest 22:00 ..................CSI: Miami Comedy Shows
India v New Zealand 1st Test (Day 3). Day three of the first test between India and New Zealand from the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad.
18:30 ...........T20 Finals Day Friends Life T20 - Final - Sussex or Yorkshire v Hampshire or Somerset. Cardiff's SWALEC Stadium hosts the final of the Friends Life T20 tournament. Sussex take on Yorkshire in the semi-finals, while Hampshire face Somerset.
23:05 .............C4's Greatest Comedy
23:10 .......CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
19:00 ................Fearne and Greg @ Reading
06:00 ..........Aerobics: Oz Style
06:00 .............Home Shopping
06:30 ............. Sporting Greats
07:05 ........................ Shark Tank
07:00 .............Football League
07:50 ................................TOTP 2
08:30 .............Barclays Premier League Preview
08:20 ................................TOTP 2
07:00 .........Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
08:50 ............................Top Gear
08:00 ..................Urban Secrets
09:00 .......................Champions League Weekly
09:50 ............................Top Gear
09:00 ....................Star Trek: The Next Generation
Day two sees presenters Fearne Cotton and Greg James continue with live coverage of highlights from the Reading Festival including the likes of the Shins and Mystery Jets, plus special acoustic performances direct from the BBC Three tree house and a look ahead to the evening's headline acts Kasabian and At the Drive In.
20:00 ......The Vaccines and Florence and the Machine @ Reading Continuing with coverage from the Reading Festival, Fearne Cotton and Greg James bring you highlights from the set of press darlings The Vaccines as they make a welcome return to the festival stage, plus highlights from Florence and the Machine, who will undoubtedly bring some glitz, glamour and pomp to the occasion.
22:00 ........... Kasabian Live @ Reading
10:50 ........................Bush Pilots
11:15..................... Take Me Out 12:30 .................................. Twins
11:50 ......................Man v Food
10:00 ....................Star Trek: The Next Generation
12:20 ......................Man v Food
14:00 ............................. Seinfeld
12:50 ............................Top Gear
14:30 .........Mortified Sessions
13:50 ............................Top Gear
15:00 .........................................ER 17:00 .................................House
16:15 ........Sky Sports Classics
14:50 ........................ The Bridge on the River Kwai
16:30 ........Football Freestyler
18:00 .................... Top Gear
19:00 ........................House
17:00 ............................Saturday Night Football
19:00 ................ Bush Pilots
20:00 ...........Urban Secrets 21:00 ...............The Borgias
19:55 ..................... Scottish Premier League
20:00 ...............Man v Food 20:30 ...............Man v Food
22:05 .. Adam Buxton's Bug
21:00 .........Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records
21:00 ............................. xXx
22:35 ...............This is Jinsy
20:25 ............Football First
21:15 ................Xtra Factor
23:30 .........Mock the Week
23:05 ........... The Sopranos
23:45 ............Football First
22:15 .............Mamma Mia!
09:30........ Football Freestyler 10:00 ...................... Soccer A.M. 12:00 ........Football Freestyler 12:30 .............................Football 15:15 ..........................Ringside Ones to Watch
24 August - 30 August 2012
18:00 ........................House
14:40 ...........................America's Got Talent 16:30 ...........................America's Got Talent 17:25 ...................... Garfield 2: A Tail of Two Kitties 19:00 ..............About a Boy
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Sunday Sunday Sunday 06:00 ...........................Breakfast
06:00 .............. Guess with Jess
06:00 ...............................Boblins
07:30........... Match of the Day
06:10 .................................. Louie
06:10................... Fireman Sam
09:00......................... BBC News
06:20 ........................Wibbly Pig
10:00 ...............................Sunday Morning Live
06:30............................... Dipdap
06:20 ................... Olly the Little White Van
06:35 ...................Chuggington
06:30 ..............Jungle Junction
11:00 ............... Country Tracks
06:45 .....................Rastamouse
06:40 ..............Jungle Junction
12:00 .........................BBC News
07:00 .................................... Roar
06:55 .........................Poppy Cat
12:05 .................. Homes Under the Hammer
07:30 ...................Paradise Cafe
07:05 .............. Curious George
07:55 ................................ Arthur
07:20 ................ Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil
13:05 ...................Bargain Hunt 14:05 ............ Cash in the Attic 14:45 ...........................Escape to the Country 15:45 .................. Ocean Giants
Chief Inspector George Gently BBC1, 20.30 It’s 1968 and the racial unrest sweeping the United States has reached British shores, with the National Front launching a tirade against immigration and “multiculturalists’ policies”. But racial harmony can be found at the all-nighters, where disillusioned young people, black and white, escape the boredom of factory life to dance the night away to obscure soul music. In Newcastle, the haven of equality found at the Carlton all-nighter is destroyed when a young black girl Dolores Kenny (Pippa Bennett-Warner) is murdered. Chief Inspector George Gently (Martin Shaw) soon uncovers a disturbing and malevolent racist undercurrent lurking both within the local community and his own police force. Set against the backdrop of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Gently and Bacchus (Lee Ingleby) have their eyes opened to the shocking consequences of casual racism, as racial tension spirals out of control, leaving a path of destroyed friendships, love affairs and families in its wake. Refusing to let deep-seated prejudices cloud their vision, Gently and Bacchus work tirelessly to unmask how Dolores died.
Britain's Hidden Heritage
Documentary focusing on the intelligence of whales and dolphins. Like humans, they have large brains, are quick to learn new behaviours and use a wide range of sounds to communicate with others. But how similar are their minds to ours? In the Bahamas, Professor Denise Herzing believes she is close to an answer, theorising that she will be able to hold a conversation with wild dolphins in their own language within five years. In Western Australia, dolphins rely on their versatile and inventive brains to survive in a marine desert, and in Alaska, humpback whales gather into alliances to increase their hunting success. The programme discovers how young spotted dolphins learn their individual names and the social etiquette of their pod, and how being curious about new objects leads Caribbean bottlenose dolphins to self-awareness and even selfobsession. Finally, the film shows a group of Mexican grey whales, who seem able to empathize with humans and may even have a concept of forgiveness.
16:45............... Songs of Praise 17:20 .........The Indian Doctor 18:05 .................. BBC News 18:20 .... BBC London News 18:30 ....Britain's Hidden CW Heritage CHOICE 19:30 ............... Countryfile 20:30...............Inspector CW George Gently CHOICE 22:00 .................. BBC News 22:15 ... BBC London News
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22:25 ...Match of the Day 2
Documentary series returns. Paul Martin travels to Northern Ireland and to Mount Stewart - a country house recently bequeathed to the nation, that is still in the process of revealing its heritage treasures. Clare Balding drops in on the restoration of the medieval Flemish stained glass of Lichfield Cathedral. Charlie Luxton is on the shores of Lake Windermere, getting to grips with 19th century machinery and the lost industry that once littered the Lakes. Nick Hewer dons flying goggles and takes to the sky in celebration of Britain's first aerial photographic collection, and the two pioneers who started it.
23:25 .... In with the Flynns 23:55 ................ Flashbacks of a Fool
08:08 ................................ Arthur 08:20 .....Dennis and Gnasher 08:30 .......................... Wingin' It 08:55 ........... Shaun the Sheep 09:00 ............................. Who Let the Dogs Out? 09:30 ............... Junior Bake Off 10:00............ Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:30........................... The Great British Bake Off 12:30............................. MotoGP 14:00 ............................Athletics 17:00............................... Oceans An exploration of the profound effect that man is having on the Mediterranean Sea. Western civilisation developed around its shores, but now human activity is threatening to destroy it. The team investigate how the Mediterranean gave rise to one of Europe's first super-powers by diving the remains of a Roman shipwreck. They brave the treacherous waters of the Straits of Messina to search for one of the largest predatory sharks in the world, the prehistoric six gill shark.
18:00 ...... Top of the Pops 2 19:00 .................... Top Gear 20:00 .... Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure Cookery series in which Ken Hom and Ching-He Huang travel across China, taking in her food, people, history and culture. In the final leg of their culinary adventure across China, Ken and Ching make an emotional return to their ancestral homes, the climax of their entire journey, before reuniting for their final meal in Hong Kong.
21:00......Toughest Place to be a...
07:30 ................ Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil 07:40 .... Fleabag Monkeyface 08:00 ................. Big Time Rush 08:25 ..................... Dinner Date 09:25 ...........................ITV News 09:30........................ House Gift 10:25 .........................There's No Taste Like Home 11:25........ The Hungry Sailors 12:30 ........................... ITV News and Weather 12:40 .....................The X Factor 13:55 .........The Unforgettable 14:25 ...........................Columbo 16:25 ....................... Doc Martin 17:25.......................... The Talent Show Story 18:30 ........ London Tonight 18:45 ................... ITV News and Weather 19:00 ................. The Chase Celebrity Special. Bradley Walsh hosts a celebrity edition of the hit quiz show where four well known celebrities have to work together to try and win thousands of pounds for charity. But can they outwit the quiz genius known as The Chaser?
20:00 ........... Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? 21:00 .... The Last Weekend 22:00 ................... ITV News and Weather 22:15 ..................Tomorrow Never Dies
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22:00 ...................... Murder 23:00 ................. A Guide to Recognising Your Saints
James Bond 007 action thriller in which a media baron sets about triggering World War III so that his 24-hour news network can profit from exclusive coverage of the conflict.
Peter Kay Live at The Manchester Arena Channel 4, 21:00 Channel 4's Funny Fortnight continues, a two-week extravaganza of top notch comedy telly including brand new shows, excellent stand-up and some marvellous archive treats. The multi award-winning Peter Kay's live national stand-up show at Manchester's Nimex. Playing to a packed house, tickets for the venue, which holds 9,000, sold out within minutes. The national tour received mass critical acclaim and smashed box office records around the country with over a quarter of a million tickets sold. This 60-minute special spotlights Peter's painfully funny and acutely observed humour and highlights why he has become one of the most universally popular comedians in recent times. This final gig of his 180 tour was significant for Peter as it was on the eve of his 30th birthday and it was at the Nimex where he once worked as a steward.
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Sunday Sunday Sunday 26 August 06:00 ........The Treacle People
06:00....................Children's TV
06:10 ....................... The Hoobs
08:30 .........Angelina Ballerina
06:35................. Ironman 2012
08:45 ..................... Rupert Bear
07:00........... BT and Channel 4 Present...
08:55 ......Bananas in Pyjamas
07:05.......... Paralympics Extra
09:30... Roary the Racing Car
07:35............... Surfing Special
09:45 ....................... Jelly Jamm
09:30 ...................... The Sunday Supplement
08:00................ Will and Grace
10:00 ............... Power Rangers: Samurai
11:00 ............Goals on Sunday
12:25 ................... Jamie Does...
10:35 .........Batman: The Brave and the Bold
13:25.... The Big Bang Theory
11:10 ................. Looney Tunes
14:20................. The Simpsons
11:20 ... Celebrity Big Brother
15:20 .................Three in a Bed
12:30 .............. World's Scariest Near Misses
Stoke City v Arsenal. Stoke City take on Arsenal at the Britannia Stadium in the Barclays Premier League. The Gunners have found it difficult here in recent seasons, winning just once in their past four visits.
08:55................................ Frasier 10:00................Sunday Brunch
16:20 ..... Come Dine with Me 17:25 ..............Deal or No Deal 18:20 ....... Channel 4 News 18:50 .............. 4thought.tv 18:55 ..........X-Men Origins: Wolverine 21:00 .......Peter Kay Live at The Manchester Arena 22:00 .................Bad Sugar 22:50 ..............Black Books 23:20 .... Dylan Moran Live
19:00 ............. Kaiser Chiefs and Django Django @ Reading 20:00 ...The Black Keys and Two Door Cinema Club @ Reading 21:00 ..............Foo Fighters Live @ Reading 22:00 ............... Family Guy 22:45 ..........Bad Education School-based sitcom. Abbey Grove School parents are worried about the impending arrival of the French exchange students, after Jean Claude and his French classmates ran riot leaving a wake of lovestruck teenagers behind them the previous year. This year, Fraser is determined to prove to the angry parents that he has got everything under control, especially with his righthand man Alfie by his side. But is Alfie really the right man to entrust with a sex education class?
23:15 ..............Foo Fighters @ Reading
09:15......... The Mr. Men Show
06:00 .......................U19 Cricket World Cup
06:00........ The Hour of Power
06:00 ...............Passport Patrol
07:00......... It's Me or the Dog
06:30............... Passport Patrol
08:30 .......................Champions League Weekly
08:00.................. Raising Hope
07:00 ................................ Maury
10:00.............. World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars
08:00 ............. Drop Dead Diva
11:00 ........... WWE Experience
11:00 .............CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
09:00 ..............................Scottish Premier League
12:00 ................. Chris and Wes: Let's Do This
09:00 ..........The Biggest Loser
12:00 ...............Criminal Minds
13:00 ...............Modern Family
13:00 .......Nothing to Declare
13:30....................... The Middle
13:30....... Nothing to Declare
14:00 ...............Modern Family
14:00 ...............Passport Patrol
14:30 ...................... The Middle
14:30 .......Nothing to Declare
15:00 ..........................Futurama
15:00 ...................Cougar Town
15:30 ..........................Futurama
15:30 ..........................Sing Date
15:30 ............................. Football
16:00 ................. The Simpsons
13:20 ..........What About Bob?
16:00.......................... Sing Date
19:00 ..................... Football
18:30 ............Raising Hope
15:10 ..............................The Kid
16:30 ..........................Sing Date
19:00 ...................... Sinbad
17:00.......................... Sing Date
20:00 ...........The Simpsons
17:30 ..........................Sing Date
18:20 ............... Beauty and the Beast
Spanish Football Match Tba. Osasuna face Barcelona at the Estadio El Sadar in La Liga. Thrashed 8-0 by the Catalans last September, the home side rallied in the return fixture and sealed a memorable 3-2 victory.
20:30 ................... A League of Their Own
18:00 ..Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model
20:00 .... Once Upon a Time
20:00 ..................... Football
21:00 .......A Touch of Cloth
19:00 ..................Teen Wolf
20:55 ......5 News Weekend
22:00 ............ Ford Football Special
22:00 ............... Strike Back
20:00 .......... Styled to Rock
22:30 ................Strike Back Project Dawn
21:00 ....................... Smash
17:20 ......... Mutt Ugly: World's Ugliest Dog
21:00 .Celebrity Big Brother
13:00 ............................. Football
23:30 ................Champions League Weekly
23:30 ............... Strike Back
06:00.............. Sporting Greats
06:00 .............Home Shopping
06:00 ............................. Seinfeld
06:00 ...................The Hot Desk
Sugar Ray Robinson. A look back on the career of boxing legend Sugar Ray Robinson. The American fought 200 times, winning 128 of his first 131 bouts. He won world titles at welterweight and middleweight level.
07:00........................ Bush Pilots
06:30 .........Mortified Sessions
07:50 ................................TOTP 2
07:00 ..................Urban Secrets
06:10 ............ Planet's Funniest Animals
08:20 ................................TOTP 2
08:00 .........................................ER
06:30 ...Emmerdale Omnibus
08:50 ......................Man v Food
09:00 .........................................ER
09:20 ......................Man v Food
10:00 .........................................ER
09:10 .......... Coronation Street Omnibus
09:50.............................Top Gear
11:00 .................................House
10:50 .................. The Bridge on the River Kwai
12:00 .................................House
14:00 ...................................QI XL
14:00 .......... Star Trek: Voyager
15:00................................... QI XL
15:00 .......... Star Trek: Voyager
16:00 ...................................QI XL
16:00.......... Star Trek: Voyager
17:00................................... QI XL
19:00 ........... Urban Secrets
18:00 ..........................QI XL 19:00 ..........................QI XL
20:00 ..... Alan Partridge on Open Books with Martin Bryce
20:00 ..........................QI XL
21:00 .......... The Newsroom
20:00 ................Xtra Factor
21:00 ..........................QI XL
22:15 .............Superheroes
21:00 ..................Benidorm
22:00 ..........................QI XL
23:20 .................Boardwalk Empire
22:00 .. Lemon La Vida Loca
22:00 ....Two Weeks Notice 23:55 ........Frontline Police
06:30 ................... Football First 08:00 ................... Football First 09:30 ............ T20 Cricket Final Friends Life T20 - Final - Sussex or Yorkshire v Hampshire or Somerset Highlights. The final of the 2012 Friends Life Twenty20 at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. The winner of Sussex's semi-final against Yorkshire will face either Hampshire or Somerset.
11:30 ............. Sporting Greats 12:00 ...... European Tour Golf Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles (Day 4). Day four of the Johnnie Walker Championship from Gleneagles in Scotland
17:00 .................... The Barclays 23:00 .................. European Tour Golf
24 August - 30 August 2012
23:00 ..........................QI XL
13:00 ..................Urban Secrets
22:00 ............Supernatural 23:00 ....... Grey's Anatomy
11:40 .......Winners and Losers 12:40 ...........Peter Andre's Bad Boyfriend Club 13:40 ............................ The Only Way is Essex 14:25............................ The Only Way is Essex 15:10....................... Free Willy 3: The Rescue 17:00 ........................Beethoven 18:45 ..............The X Factor
22:45 ..............The Fugitive
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Series in which British workers are challenged to do their job under some of the toughest conditions in the world. 57-year-old Colin Window, the bridge officer of the Woolwich Ferry, travels to Dhaka, Bangladesh to train and work as a ferryman on the Buriganga River. Hosted by 70-year-old Muhammed Loteef in one of the city's slums, Colin is introduced to his new vessel, a small wooden rowboat known as a Sampan. In temperatures of up to 40 degrees, Sampan operators row passengers and goods across the quarter mile stretch of river every days, dodging the huge barges and passenger ships that dominate the Buriganga. As Mr Loteef shows Colin how to master the sampan, he meets the other people who live and work on the river - and who have seen it transformed by sewage, rubbish and industrial waste.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Channel 4, 18:55 Tsotsi and Rendition director Gavin Hood's fantasy adventure explores the backstory of the most hirsute and mercurial of the X-Men; Wolverine. The tale kicks off in 1845 with the incident that sparked the young James Howlett's initial mutation and his alliance with Victor Creed. Over the course of the next century the two immerse themselves in a series of major conflicts, right up to the Vietnam War, where they are recruited by Major Stryker to join Team X: a killing machine staffed by other mutants.
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Monday Monday 06:00........................... Breakfast
06:00 ................... Children's TV
06:00 .......................... Daybreak
09:00.................... Heir Hunters
07:00 ............................. Barney's Latin America
08:30 .............................Lorraine
09:45.................. Homes Under the Hammer 10:45 ......................... Saints and Scroungers
Harry’s Mountain Heroes ITV1, 21.00 “I think to give yourself a challenge on such a magnitude as climbing Everest is remarkable, it really is, but it just proves that and hopefully what these guys are proving is no matter what your injury, no matter whether you’re military or civilian, you can overcome injuries.” – Prince Harry at the launch of the Everest expedition In this new documentary five soldiers wounded on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan take on one of the world’s toughest challenges, Mount Everest, supported by Prince Harry. Narrated by John Simm, this 90-minute observational programme follows the quintet from training in the UK with Harry to their attempt to climb the 8,848-metre peak. In a year that saw 11 deaths on the world’s highest mountain, the team struggles with altitude, night climbs in extreme temperatures, deadly avalanches and terrifying crossings over seemingly bottomless crevasses. It is a journey almost as fraught and as tough as the one these wounded soldiers have taken since being blown up, shot and set on fire. This film also tells the human story of the journey the soldiers have been on since being wounded - Private Jaco van Gass lost his left arm in a rocket-propelled grenade attack in 2009; Private Karl Hinett suffered 37 per cent burns in a petrol bomb attack on his tank in Basra; Captain Martin Hewitt and Captain David Wiseman were both shot through the chest in Afghanistan; and Doctor Francis Atkinson was ambushed and shot in 2011, ending his chances of becoming a surgeon. Working with the Walking With The Wounded charity and with the close support of Prince Harry, they prepare to take on Everest and to overcome their physical disabilities as a team Set against the stunning backdrop of the world’s highest mountain range we follow them as they trek, train and acclimatise for their summit attempt. We stay with them as they climb up the deadliest part of the mountain, tackle the infamous Khumbu icefall and we are with them when the expedition is eventually cancelled due to a combination of bad weather and extreme danger on the slopes above. And although their 2012 attempt failed, they have gained strength and learnt valuable lessons that will help them all as they face life back in the UK. In the programme, Prince Harry pays tribute to their spirit, and though other commitments prevent him from taking part in the climb, wishes them the best of luck. Speaking at the press launch of the expedition, he says: “I feel as though I’m just one of the guys regardless of whether I work for my grandmother. I feel as though I have a bit of a connection with these guys, whether it’s because of the fact that I’m in the military as well or the fact that I know their stories and I’ve spent time with them. “What these guys are proving is things don’t stop there because this, actually, weirdly has opened doors for them that they never thought would be opened to them.” When the Prince meets up with them at their final training session at Sizewell beach in Norfolk, he says: “I’d say that getting fit again has been a physical challenge in itself, but mentally each one of them has had to overcome serious injuries. Martin’s got plenty of challenges in life and he always seems to overcome them. He is mentally, unbelievably strong, it’s that paramentality but him and Jaco climbing with one arm, one working arm, I mean that takes a lot of strength. “But you know it’s going to be a struggle for every single one of them. For someone like Karl, to have to get over the experience that you’ve had and the place that you’ve been, the horrible place that you’ve been. You have to have a very strong head to carry on with life.” Private Jaco Van Gass, who was hit by a Rocket propelled grenade that severed his left arm, says he can’t wait to get going. Talking candidly about the moment he was hit, he says: “It was actually a thought that,“Is this gonna be it? Is this actually where I’m gonna die? I said ‘No, this is not where I wanna die. If I do, it’s not gonna be on this desert floor, it’s gonna be in a hospital somewhere. Or, or long after, some day when I’m old. But not here today.’” Meanwhile Private Karl Hinett, who suffered extensive burns in a petrol bomb attack, admits he is apprehensive about the challenge facing him. After being burnt in a petrol bomb attack on his armoured vehicle in Iraq, he has undergone more than 100 hours on the operating table. “When I first saw the extent of the damage and I saw my left hand, which was my worst hand, it was just slimy really. It disgusted me a little bit - I didn’t look at my face for over a month, and I wasn’t much of a looker then, so I thought ‘I’m screwed now!’ Now it’s hard to think of life any other way, I’ve come to love my scars.”
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07:30........................The League of Super Evil 07:40 ......... Frankenstein's Cat
11:15..................... Animal 24:7
07:50................................ Arthur
12:00................... Bargain Hunt
08:03................................ Arthur
13:00.......... BBC News at One
08:15 .............................. Ooglies
13:15 ........ BBC London News 13:20 .................................Paulie
08:30 .................... Nina and the Neurons: In the Lab
14:45....................... BBC Proms
08:45.......................... Baby Jake
15:30 .......Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit
09:00 ........... Tinga Tinga Tales
16:45 ........................... Pointless 17:30 .........................BBC News 17:50 ........ BBC London News 18:00 ................Countryfile Summer Special Countryfile heads to the north Norfolk coast to restore a much-loved quintessentially British sea shelter. It has stood proudly overlooking the coast for more than 70 years but has fallen into disrepair so Matt Baker and Julia Bradbury join the local council in an attempt to spruce it up. Matt is sent to find local timber in an historic saw mill to replace some of the shelter's seating whilst Julia meets a local artist who helps her add an artistic touch to the shelter. John Craven helps the National Trust celebrate the 100th anniversary of Blakeney Point and meets up with school children to clean the beach. Ellie Harrison goes fishing for Cromer crabs and tries to find out why young people are so reluctant to take up fishing for these tasty crustaceans. Adam Henson meets a local chilli grower and visits the Holkham estate to see how they manage their beef cattle who they graze on the salt marshes.
19:00 ................... The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
09:10......... Little Charley Bear 09:20 .......................Raa Raa the Noisy Lion 09:30 .............. Bob the Builder: Project Build It 09:40 ........The Koala Brothers 09:50.......................... Lunar Jim 10:00......................... Octonauts 10:05 ........................... Kerwhizz 10:30...................... Driver Dan's Story Train 10:40 ......................... Waybuloo 11:00.......In the Night Garden 11:30............. BBC World News 12:00 .................................. Coast 12:10 .....To Buy or Not to Buy 12:40................ Out of the Past 14:15........... The Weakest Link
09:25........................ The Jeremy Kyle Show 10:30 ....................... The Jeremy Kyle Show US 11:25 ....................... Dickinson's Real Deal 12:25 .... 60 Minute Makeover 13:30 ........................... ITV News and Weather 13:45 .................... Countrywise 14:05 .........Murder, She Wrote 15:00 .................Secret Dealers The show where antiques dealers make secret bids against each other for homeowners most valued possessions. Alison Chapman, Karen Dalmeny, Tim Hogarth, Simon Schneider and David Ford are today' s dealers. In the first house Alison, Karen and Tim are stunned by Ann's treasures - but she proves a very shrewd operator and Alison's bids take a battering. In Peter and Shirley's home, Tim is joined by Simon and David as they all tussle for a gold sovereign ring of great sentimental value.
16:00 .......... An Audience with Barry Manilow 17:00 ........................Don't Blow the Inheritance 18:00 ........London Tonight 18:15 ................... ITV News and Weather
15:00 ....................Real Rescues
18:30 ........................ You've Been Framed!
15:45 .............The Hairy Bikers' Food Tour of Britain
19:00 ............... Emmerdale
16:30 ................................Flog It! 17:15............... Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:00 ..................Eggheads 18:30 ..Celebrity Masterchef
19:30 .... Coronation Street 20:00 ............. Countrywise The team are in Scotland with Paul Heiney arriving at Scotland's most northern tip John O'Groats before travelling to the Orkney Isles that were once part of Scandanavia. Historian Bettany Hughes tells the story of Scapa Flow harbour and discovers why the entire German fleet was sunk there in WWI.
20:00 ................ EastEnders
19:00 ........... Dig WW2 with Dan Snow
20:30 .......... The One Show
20:00 ..University Challenge
21:00 ................ New Tricks 22:00 ...... BBC News at Ten
20:30 ..........Lorraine's Fast, Fresh and Easy Food
20:30 .... Coronation Street
22:10 ... BBC London News
21:00 .................Horizon
21:00...Harry's Mountain W C Heroes CHOICE
22:20..........Citizen Khan
22:00 ...........James May's CW Things You CHOICE 22:30 ................... ITV News and Weather Need to Know... 22:45 .................... Serenity 22:30 .................... Precious
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08:00 .................Will and Grace
09:00................... Abby's Flying Fairy School
08:30 ............Everybody Loves Raymond 09:35 ................................ Frasier 10:35 ......Come Dine with Me 13:20 ... Sense and Sensibility 16:00 .............. Deal or No Deal 17:00 ......Come Dine with Me 18:00 ........... The Simpsons 18:30 .................. Hollyoaks 19:00 ........Channel 4 News 19:25 ....... Sainsbury's Ellie Simmonds 2012 19:30 ................ Jon Snow's Paralympic Show 20:00 ....... Restoration Man 21:00 .......... Alan Carr Live: Spexy Beast 22:00 ..... The Boyle Variety Performance
06:00 ....................Good Morning Sports Fans
06:00 ...........................Lion Man
06:00 .......Nothing to Declare
06:30........................... Wild Vets
06:30 .......Nothing to Declare
07:00 .................... Good Morning Sports Fans
07:00 .............................Oops TV
07:00 ...............Passport Patrol
09:15 .............The Wright Stuff
08:00 ....................Good Morning Sports Fans
08:00 .....................Don't Forget the Lyrics
07:30 ...............Passport Patrol
11:10 ............... Ultimate Police Interceptors 12:10 ........5 News Lunchtime
09:00 .........................Soccer A.M. The Best Bits
09:00 .............................Oops TV 10:00 ...... Don't Stop Me Now
09:00 ................America's Next Top Model
10:00 .......................Soccer Extra Bank Holiday Special
11:00 ................... Got to Dance
10:00 ..........................Sing Date
14:30 ...................Raising Hope
11:00 ................................ Maury
12:00 .............. Golden Moments of Euro Football
15:00............... Modern Family
12:00 .............CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
12:15.... Celebrity Big Brother 13:15....................... Pawn Stars 13:45 ..................... Neighbours 14:15 .....................Monkey Life 14:45 ................. Looney Tunes 14:55 ........... The Wizard of Oz 17:00 ......................5 News at 5 17:30 ..................... Neighbours 18:00 ...............Andy Bates' Street Feasts
Golden Moments of European Football. A chance to relive some of the most significant and spectacular moments in the history of European football. Includes Paul Gascoigne's stunning strike against Scotland in Euro '96.
18:30 ............Looney Tunes
13:00 ..............................Masters of Euro Football
18:35 ........... Alone Among Grizzlies
13:30 ........................ CB40 Cricket
20:00 ........Frontline Police
19:30 ................... Netbusters
15:30....................... The Middle 16:00............... Modern Family 16:30....................... The Middle 17:00 .......................... Futurama 17:30 .......................... Futurama 18:00 .................. Futurama 18:30 ........... The Simpsons 19:30 .................. Futurama 20:00 ........... The Simpsons 20:30 ...............A League of Their Own
08:00 ................................ Maury
13:00 .............CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 14:00 ...............Criminal Minds 16:00 ...............Passport Patrol 17:00 .......Nothing to Declare 18:00 ....... CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 19:00 ..................Sing Date 20:00 .......... Styled to Rock 21:00 ..Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model
23:10 .... The Inbetweeners
21:00 .Celebrity Big Brother
20:00 ..........Barclays Premier League Review
23:40 ............ Harry Enfield Presents...
22:00 .... Celebrity Wedding Planner
20:55........................ Football
23:45 ...........Norbert Smith, a Life
23:00 .............Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side
23:30 ............. SPL Round-Up
19:00 .............. Great Movie Mistakes 2: The Sequel
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 half-hour workout.
07:10.......................... Fifth Gear
07:00 ............................Star Trek:
06:25.......... Coronation Street
07:35 ..........................Fifth Gear
08:00 ............................ Star Trek
06:50.......... Coronation Street
08:00 ................................TOTP 2
10:00................................. House
06:30.................... Thrillseekers
08:30 ................................TOTP 2
11:00 ........................ The X Files
07:15 .......................The Jeremy Kyle Show US
07:00 .........WWE Bottom Line
09:00.......................... Fifth Gear
12:00............................ Star Trek
08:10....................... Judge Judy
08:00 ................. PGA Tour Golf
09:40............................ Top Gear
13:00 ............................ Star Trek
08:40 .. The Only Way is Essex
11:00 ...... European Tour Golf
10:40............................ Top Gear
14:00 .........................................ER
13:00 ........................ The Rugby Championship
12:20.............................Top Gear
15:00 .................................House
10:10 ...................... Free Willy 3: The Rescue
18:00 ................... Top Gear
16:00 ....................Star Trek: The Next Generation
19:10 ........Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life Globe-trotting action sequel in which intrepid archaeologist Lara Croft is recruited by British intelligence to track down mad bioweapons genius Dr Reiss, who holds the orb showing the whereabouts of the mythical Pandora's Box. When he threatens to unleash a deadly plague contained within it, Lara and her marine-turnedmercenary partner face a race against time to scupper his evil plan.
21:00 .....................Our War 22:00 .......... The Revolution Will be Televised 22:30 ................ EastEnders 23:00 ................ Family Guy 23:45 ..........American Dad!
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Rugby Championship 2012 - Argentina/South Africa and New Zealand/Australia. The second round of the Rugby Championship. Argentina take on South Africa at the Estadio Mundialista Malvinas Argentinas, while New Zealand and Australia meet at Eden Park.
15:00 .................... Soccer A.M. The Best Bits All the best bits from last Saturday's show, presented by Andy Goldstein and Helen Chamberlain.
16:00 ............U.S. Open Tennis
23:00.................... Netbusters
20:00 ........Man v Food: The Carnivore Chronicles
21:00 ....... A Touch of Cloth 22:00 ................... Airplane! 23:45 ........Top Ten Show
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22:00 ....................... Smash 23:00 ......................... Gates 23:30 ........................Bones
23:55 .................Road Wars
12:00 .......................Emmerdale 12:30.......... Coronation Street
18:00 .............................. ER
13:30..The Jeremy Kyle Show
20:30 ........Man v Food: The Carnivore Chronicles
19:00 ........................House
14:35..The Jeremy Kyle Show
20:00 .....................Seinfeld
21:00 ..........................QI XL
20:30 ...................... Walking and Talking
15:40 ............ Planet's Funniest Animals
22:00 ...... Russell Howard's Good News
15:50..Batteries Not Included
21:30 .. Adam Buxton's Bug
17:55................................... Babe
23:00 ......... Frank Skinner's Opinionated
22:00 .................. Hunderby
19:45 ..............The X Factor
23:00 ............... This is Jinsy
21:00 .. The Incredible Hulk
23:40 ..........The Armstrong and Miller Show
23:30 . Walking and Talking
23:15 .. Lemon La Vida Loca
W C CHOICE Horizon BBC2, 21:00
How Big is the Universe? Series exploring topical scientific issues. It is one of the most baffling questions that scientists can ask: how big is the universe that we live in? Horizon follows the cosmologists who are creating the most ambitious map in history - a map of everything in existence. And it is stranger than anyone had imagined - a universe without end that stretches far beyond what the eye can ever see. And, if the latest research proves true, our universe may just be the start of something even bigger. Much bigger.
James May's Things You Need to Know... BBC2, 22:00 You might relish cabbage about as much as a two month bout of chickenpox, but would you consider it as a leafy long lost relative? James May does, thanks to the genius of a man who changed the world, Charles Darwin. But exactly how does Darwin's famous theory of natural selection explain why we are all mutants and what war is actually good for? James treks off into the wilderness with the natural advantage of fantastic motion graphics and vivid animation, to show us just how.
Top Ten Show Sky 1, 23:45 Which movies are doing the best business at home and across the pond? Clips from the UK and US Top Ten show you the best of what's on offer on the big screen.
Citizen Khan BBC 1, 22.20
The first in this new family-based sitcom set in the capital of British Pakistan - Sparkhill, Birmingham. Citizen Khan follows the trials and tribulations of loud-mouthed, tight-fisted, selfappointed community leader Mr Khan (Adil Ray) and his long suffering family, wife Mrs Khan (Shobu Kapoor) and daughters Shazia (Maya Sondhi) and Alia (Bhavna Limbachia). Mr Khan is a larger than life character, with strong opinions and big dreams. The challenges he faces are those of many fathers - how to make ends meet, keep his wife and daughters happy and impress his daughter’s future in-laws. Things would be so much easier if everyone just listened to him and followed his lead, but his obsessively house-proud wife and two feisty daughters usually have other ideas. This week, plans are being made for Shazia’s forthcoming wedding to her handsome but dim fiancé Amjad (Abdullah Afzal). Mrs Khan’s on the warpath because Mr Khan’s forgotten to book the wedding venue, but it shouldn’t be a problem as long as he can persuade mosque manager Dave (Kris Marshall) to do him a favour…
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JOHN ASHFORD
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Entertainment in Tenerife Email: john.ashford@canarianweekly.com
Their Destiny is to rock on YORKSHIRE lasses Hayley and Becky became close friends when the awardwinning trio We Will Rock You needed a replacement member, and lucky Becky applied. When the wheel of fortune rolled Matt back to England, it was on the cards that the girls would form a duo, singing a wide variety of songs from the 60s to the present day. The result could only be Destiny. Although their show is barely two years old, the girls are extremely proud to have been nominated already for best newcomer in last year’s Tenerife Entertainment Awards. And Lady Luck had nothing to do with it! You are destined to see their show here: Mondays: 10pm - Manhattan Bar, Los Cristianos; 11pm Brewer’s Droop, The Patch Wednesdays: 11pm Dreamers, Los Cristianos Fridays: 10pm - Leonardo’s, Las Americas Saturdays: alternately at 10pm - Parque de la Paz Hotel; Pearly Grey, Callao Salvaje Sundays: 8.45pm - San Blas Square, Golf del Sur; 10.30pm Live Sports Bar Material girl BLANKA SLANINOVA has two shows for you. Her main act is Celebration, a tribute to Madonna, with songs from the 80s to the present, including costume changes and Madonna’s notorious choreography routines. For the larger venues, Blanka also adds professional dancers, video projection and a sound-
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and-light system, complete with technician. Blanka’s second show highlights famous songs, mostly in a pop vein. Don’t blank her! She’s at these hotels: Saturdays: 9.45pm Gran Tacande, Costa Adeje Sundays: 9.45pm Paradise Park, Los Cristianos Dance floor daze SCOTT Whitley has come to Tenerife to “enjoy life and, hopefully, spread some fun” with Funkacise, his own brand, created and trademarked like Zumba. The aim is to help people lose weight while having a good time. His working week comprises five-nightly compère duties at the 3 Horseshoes Inn, Callao Salvaje; Aerobics on the dance floor, 8pm Thursdays at Ryan’s Bar, Pueblo Canario; and Funkacise and Zumba on Wednesdays and Fridays, 10.30am at Lady’s Fitness Club, Apartmentos Revron, Los Cristianos. Check out his website www. funkacisefitness.com and get Funkacising! Dear Uncle John, TENERIFE entertainers, are you having problems with money, work, relationships, or merely life in general? If so, receive first-class advice from Agony Uncle John.
Dear Uncle John, I am in a pickle! I am an entertainer who left the old country six months ago owing the government, the bank and anyone I ever met, a considerable amount of money. Because work has been slack for me, I have been forced to borrow, from everyone I have met, considerable amounts of money. I must now leave the Island for reasons of the heart; my debtors have threatened to rip it out if they catch me. What should I do? CH You are in a pickle! The answer, though, is simple. My advice is to return home, but not until you have obtained the necessary forged documents - and undergone extensive, cosmetic surgery. To achieve these ends, you will need to borrow, from anyone you have not yet met, a considerable amount of money. If you have an entertainmentbased problem, write to Agony Uncle John. Nearly all of you will not receive a reply. Contact Numbers Destiny Duo 658 471 556 Blanka Slaninova 617 960 712 Scott Whitley 655 036 434 Email johnashfordshowtime@ hotmail.com
06:00........................... Breakfast
06:00 ................... Children's TV
06:00.......................... Daybreak
09:15.................... Heir Hunters
07:30 .......................The League of Super Evil
08:30 .............................Lorraine
10:00 .................. Homes Under the Hammer
07:40 ......... Frankenstein's Cat
09:25 ....................... The Jeremy Kyle Show
11:00 ......................... Saints and Scroungers
07:50 ................................ Arthur
10:30................... This Morning
08:03 ................................ Arthur
11:25........................... ITV News
11:30 ..................... Animal 24:7
08:15 .............................. Ooglies
11:30................... This Morning
12:15 ...................Bargain Hunt 13:00 .......... BBC News at One
08:30 .................... Nina and the Neurons: In the Lab
12:30.....Let's Do Lunch... With Gino and Mel
13:30 ........ BBC London News
08:45.......................... Baby Jake
13:45 ............................. Doctors
09:00............ Tinga Tinga Tales
14:15 ...........................Escape to the Country
09:10......... Little Charley Bear
Loose Woman Jane Macdonald joins Mel and Gino today for some food and chat. On the menu today are Boston baked beans, and viewers can pick what Gino cooks at the end of the show - prawn stir-fry with sesame prawn toast or creamy sausage and broccoli pasta.
15:00 .........................BBC News
09:20 .......................Raa Raa the Noisy Lion
15:05 .......................... I Want My Own Room
09:30 .............. Bob the Builder: Project Build It
15:35 ........................... Splatalot
09:40 ........The Koala Brothers
13:30........................... ITV News and Weather
16:00 ...........Shaun the Sheep
09:50.......................... Lunar Jim
14:00 .........Murder, She Wrote
16:10 ..........................Wingin' It
10:00 .........................Octonauts
15:00 .................Secret Dealers
16:30 ............... Trade Your Way to the USA
10:05 ........................... Kerwhizz
16:00 ....... Midsomer Murders
17:00 ......................Newsround
10:30 ......................Driver Dan's Story Train
17:00 ................ Don't Blow the Inheritance
17:15 ........................... Pointless
10:40......................... Waybuloo
18:00 ....... BBC News at Six
11:00 ......In the Night Garden
18:30 .... BBC London News
11:30 .............BBC World News
19:00 ..........The One Show
12:00.................................. Coast
19:30 ................ EastEnders
12:05 .....To Buy or Not to Buy
20:00 .................Holby City
12:50 ...................Days of Glory
21:00 .................... Accused
14:15 ...........The Weakest Link
Drama series created by Jimmy McGovern. Seventeen-yearold Stephen Cartwright stands charged with a serious offence as his anxious father Peter looks on. We see the family months earlier as Peter tries his best to help his sons, Stephen and Dom, face the imminent death of their beloved mother. When palliative care nurse Charlotte arrives, Peter is grateful of her help at this most painful and stressful time for them. Stephen is less sure of this efficient nurse assigned to see his mother through her final days. When his mum passes on, Stephen becomes more suspicious of Charlotte's motivations.
22:00 ....... BBC News at Ten 22:25 .... BBC London News 22:32 ............ BBC Weather 22:35 ............. The Lock Up 23:15 .............Citizen Khan 23:45 ............ Greenfingers
15:00 ....................Real Rescues 15:45 .............The Hairy Bikers' Food Tour of Britain 16:30 ................................Flog It! 17:15 .............. Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:00 ..................Eggheads 18:30 ..Celebrity Masterchef 19:00 ........... Dig WW2 with Dan Snow
Quiz show, hosted by Tim Vine, in which teams made up of two generations from the same family answer general knowledge questions to build up their Inheritance Prize Fund and make it through to the final. Parents first compete against each other to add thousands of pounds to their son or daughter's prize fund, but only one pair makes it to the final - where it is the turn of the children to answer the questions correctly and keep the cash rather than undoing all of mum or dad's hard work.
18:00 ........London Tonight 18:30 ................... ITV News and Weather 19:00 ............... Emmerdale Rhona's stirring makes Marlon doubt Laurel's commitment. Carl resolves to put Jimmy's rent up to fund Charity's business proposal. David breaks his promise to Nikhil to stay away from Priya.
20:00....The Great British CW 19:30 .................. Live UEFA Bake Off CHOICE Champions League 21:00 ...........The Midwives: 22:00 ........ ITV News at Ten Delivering Under Pressure 22:35 ................ Corrie Goes 22:00 ..................... The Rob to Kenya Brydon Show 23:35 ...... UEFA Champions 22:30 ................. Newsnight League Adrian Chiles presents highlights 23:20 .. James May's Things of the day's Champions League You Need to Know... 23:50 ............. The World of Parade's End
play-off second-leg matches as five teams celebrate reaching the group stage of the competition.
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Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday 28 August 06:10....................Children's TV
06:00 ...................Children's TV
07:55................ Will and Grace
08:55 ......................Castle Farm
06:00 .................Good Morning Sports Fans
08:25 ............Everybody Loves Raymond
09:00................... Abby's Flying Fairy School
07:00 .................Good Morning Sports Fans
08:55 ................................Frasier
09:15 .............The Wright Stuff
09:55 ..... Come Dine with Me
11:10............... Ultimate Police Interceptors
09:00 ............. Barclays Premier League Review
12:30............. Channel 4 News 12:35 ...........BT and Channel 4 Present...
12:10 ........5 News Lunchtime
12:40 ......... A Place in the Sun
13:15 ....................... Pawn Stars
13:40 ....... River Cottage Bites
13:45...................... Neighbours
13:50 ......... Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
14:15 ................................... NCIS
12:15 ... Celebrity Big Brother
10:00 ............................. Football Atletico Madrid v Athletic Bilbao. Atletico Madrid take on Athletic Bilbao at the Vicente Calderon Stadium in La Liga. The home side ran out 3-0 winners when they met Bilbao in the final of this year's UEFA Europa League.
12:00 ........................Netbusters
16:00 ..............Deal or No Deal
15:15 .....................Incident in a Small Town
17:00 ..... Come Dine with Me
17:00 ......................5 News at 5
18:00 ...........The Simpsons
17:30 ..................... Neighbours
18:30 .................. Hollyoaks
18:00 ...............Andy Bates' Street Feasts
12:30 ................................Cricket
18:30 ...................... 5 News
22:00 ........Sporting Greats
19:00 ..... Ice Road Truckers: Deadliest Roads
22:30 ..... Revista de la Liga
19:00 ....... Channel 4 News 19:25 ...... BT and Channel 4 Present... 19:30 ................ Jon Snow's Paralympic Show
20:00 ........... Myra Hindley
20:00....Superscrimpers: CW 21:00 ..... Person of Interest Waste Not, Want Not CHOICE 22:00 Celebrity Big Brother 21:00 ...... Islam: The Untold 23:00 ..............Celebrity Big Story Brother's Bit on the Side
19:00 ...........Total Wipeout
06:00 ..........Aerobics: Oz Style
20:00 .. Snog, Marry, Avoid?
06:30 ....................Thrillseekers
Adrienne and Lottie Lou. Britain's fakest fashion fiascos now have nowhere to hide as a new, upgraded POD and host Ellie Taylor tour Britain on their natural beauty makeunder mission. In Manchester, Ellie tries out the WAG look and POD goes into makeunder overdrive. First up is Adrienne, who is a tanned WAG wannabe - but the trouble is that her boyfriend is a plumber. Then it's Lottie Lou, who has taught her kids how to apply her spray tan, but they hate her Oompa Loompa look. Can POD turn them both back into natural beauties?
20:30 .. Snog, Marry, Avoid?
07:00 ..............WWE Afterburn 08:00 .................... Soccer A.M. The Best Bits 09:00 .....................................Golf 13:00............. Barclays Premier League Review 14:00 ................ SPL Round-Up 14:30........................Netbusters 15:00 ................NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 16:00 ................ SPL Round-Up 16:30 .......................Netbusters
21:00 ... Don't Tell the Bride
17:00 .............Barclays Premier League Review
22:00 .......... Bad Education
18:00 ......Revista de la Liga
22:30 ................ EastEnders
19:00 ...... UEFA Champions League
23:00 ................Family Guy 23:45 ..........American Dad!
22:00 ............... Champions League Goals
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A chance to catch up with the news from the weekend's football with all the goals from the games in the npower Championship, npower League One and npower League Two.
Scott Minto is joined by Guillem Balague for a round-up of all the matches from La Liga. With features and interviews from some of the top names in Spanish football
23:30 .......Barclays Premier League Review
07:10 ............................Top Gear 10:00 ..............Man v Food: The Carnivore Chronicles 11:00 .........................Ray Mears' Northern Wilderness 12:00...James May's Big Ideas 13:00 ............................Top Gear 14:00 ..............Man v Food: The Carnivore Chronicles 16:00...James May's Big Ideas 17:00 ............................Top Gear 19:00 ................. Ray Mears' Northern Wilderness 20:00 ........Man v Food: The Carnivore Chronicles 21:00 .......................... QI XL 22:00 ....... Russell Howard's Good News 23:00 ......... Frank Skinner's Opinionated 23:40 ..........The Armstrong and Miller Show
06:00 ........................... Wild Vets 07:00............................. Oops TV 08:00 .....................Don't Forget the Lyrics 09:00 .............................Oops TV 10:00 ...........................Lion Man 11:00 .......................... Futurama 13:00 ................. Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 14:00 ...................Raising Hope 15:00 ............... Modern Family 15:30....................... The Middle 16:00 ............... Modern Family 16:30....................... The Middle 17:00 .......................... Futurama 18:00 ............... A League of Their Own 19:00 ........... The Simpsons 20:00 ..........Which Doctor? 21:00 ...................... Trollied 21:30 ...............A League of Their Own 22:00 ................ Strike Back 22:30 ................ Cop Squad 23:30 ................Ross Kemp: Extreme World
06:00 ....... Nothing to Declare
06:00 ........................ The X Files
06:00 .......................Emmerdale
07:00 ......... Star Trek: The Next Generation
06:25 ..........Coronation Street
08:00.......... Star Trek: Voyager
08:10 .......................Judge Judy
09:00 .........................................ER
08:40 .. The Only Way is Essex
10:00 .................................House
09:25 ....The Real Housewives of Orange County
11:00 ........................ The X Files
07:00............... Passport Patrol 08:00 .................................Maury 09:00 ................America's Next Top Model 10:00 .......................... Sing Date 10:30 .......................... Sing Date 11:00..................................Maury 12:00 .............CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 13:00 .............CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 14:00 ............... Criminal Minds 15:00 ............... Criminal Minds 16:00 ................Passport Patrol 17:00....... Nothing to Declare 18:00 .......CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 19:00 .................. Sing Date 19:30 .................. Sing Date 20:00 ............ Cougar Town 20:30 ......................... Gates 21:00 .......... Styled to Rock 22:00 .........Criminal Minds 23:00 ........................ Bones
07:15 ........................Nanny 911
12:00 ......... Star Trek: The Next Generation
11:10 .......................Judge Judy
13:00 .......... Star Trek: Voyager
12:30 ..........Coronation Street
14:00 .........................................ER
13:30..The Jeremy Kyle Show
15:00 .................................House
15:40 ....The Real Housewives of Orange County
16:00 .............................Star Trek
12:00 .......................Emmerdale
18:00 .............................. ER
16:40 ....The Real Housewives of New York City
19:00 ........................ House
17:35 .......................Judge Judy
20:00 ... Friday Night Lights
18:00 ........ The Jeremy Kyle Show US
17:00.......... Star Trek: Voyager
21:00 ................. Hunderby 22:00 ......... The Newsroom 23:15 ...................Mad Men
19:00 ...................The Cube 20:00 .America's Got Talent
W C CHOICE The Great British Bake Off BBC2, 20:00
Cookery series in which some of the country's best amateur bakers test their skills. All the challenges are devised by cookery writer and baker Mary Berry and master baker Paul Hollywood, who are also on hand to judge and taste the contestants' efforts. Things are hotting up in the Bake Off tent as the remaining ten bakers do their best to wow Paul and Mary with some unusual flavour combinations for their tartes tatin. Baking know-how is the all important ingredient for coming through the technical challenge unscathed. Mary's treacle tart seems simple enough, but its lattice top proves to be the undoing of some of the bakers. Presented by Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins.
Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not Channel 4, 20:00 In this edition Mrs Moneypenny has her sights set on matrimony, revealing how one of life's most important events needn't end up leaving newlyweds deep in debt. On average couples blow more than ÂŁ20,000 on their big day, and spendthrift fiancĂŠs Craig and Shanice are no different. With debts mounting up it looks like their wedding's going to be called off - until Mrs M and her team step in and challenge the couple to get married on a shoestring.
21:00 ....Hell's Kitchen USA
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Britain Then and Now ITV1, 21.00
“I can remember being there, now again, looking at the pictures… it is like yesterday.” – Photographer John Chillingworth This new 60-minute documentary for ITV1 follows the residents of one East London street as they attempt to turn back the clock and re-enact a street party held for the Coronation to the last detail. From tracking down the original party-goers, piecing together peoples’ memories of the day Morpeth Street held its party in 1953, to recreating the original Spam sandwiches and photographs, what unfolds is a fascinating look into the lives of people in post-war Britain. One of the main obstacles facing the 2012 party’s organisers is that the street has changed beyond all recognition – where there were once Victorian terraced houses now stand 1960s tower blocks. Narrated by Sarah Lancashire, the factual documentary charts how Morpeth Street resident Ruth Scola teams up with other locals to bring the street party together and shows the parallels between life in 1953 and 2012. Ruth’s fellow organiser Elaine Embery says: “We are trying to recreate exactly what happened 60 years ago, so I would really love you all to get involved. Sandwiches, yes. Bunting, yes. I want you all to get on your telephones, try and get people who were involved at that time. If not try to get involved yourself because getting together and doing something like this would be wonderful.” Many of the people in the photos taken by Picture Post photographer John Chilllingworth no longer live in the area. But then-teenage waitress Ruth Scola’s father put the original event together. “Well, he started it up and we didn’t think it would be anything like this. When the Picture Post came down, we thought ‘Hello, what’s going on here then?’ It worked out wonderfully really, it was really lovely.” June Rose was six at the time and still lives in the area. “I remember excitement that we were going to have a street party, all the neighbours coming together to organise it. The tables being laid in the street, and all the children sitting down. And sandwiches, and jelly and custard, and later on there was lots of entertainment. We had Punch and Judy, and a magician – that was just a brilliant day.” Brenda and mother Hettie Lynch now live in Dorset, but recall the Victorian terraces as being somewhat less chic than the fashionable East London homes they would be these days. Brenda says: “We had none of the wonderful luxuries we have today, such as central heating, and hot running water, and in the winter the windows used to freeze up on the inside.” When the houses were demolished to make way for 1960s flats, courtesy of the council’s town planners, residents were overjoyed. But what they gained in amenities, they lost in community spirit, says June. “At the time you don’t appreciate that you lose that community that you had, because you had a flat, you just went inside and you never see it at the time. But then as life goes on you miss the community side of it.” These days, the street has become a more multicultural place – as Georgie Simsek from the Starlight Café says. “Morpeth Street is like an international community in one street – I reckon there are more ethnic people here than British people. I hope that people will come to the party but you might find that many of the people who come have not lived here for many years.” Ruth enlists the help of new resident Louise Thomas, and they put up posters and go door-to-door to enlist help and guests. Also hired is designer Danielle Proud, to help with decorating the street just as it was – including bunting, flower displays, flags – and even an Austin Seven car like one pictured in one of the 1953 shots. One particularly notable shot is of four young girls posing on stage. One of them, retired hairdresser Sylvie Heaney, reconciles with another, Betty Pyne, at Heathrow, before the four get together one more time and it is time to strike that pose once again. Back in 1953, residents often worked in London’s Docklands, the biggest port in the World. Now, it’s the home of Britain’s banks. Young Morpeth Street residents Louise, Lauren and Lucy, who work in Canary Wharf, are helping out with catering for the party – despite admitting that their cooking skills are limited to the basics. They’re happy to muck in, in the spirit of the old East End. Louise says: “The whole of East London I think has dramatically changed from what it was. Canary Wharf is one of those places that is just the polar opposite of what it was then.”
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Wednesday Wednesday 06:00........................... Breakfast
06:00 ................... Children's TV
06:00 ...................... Daybreak
09:15.................... Heir Hunters
06:30..................... 64 Zoo Lane
08:30 ........................ Lorraine
10:00 .......... Homes Under the Hammer
06:40 ...................Chuggington 06:50 .....................Rastamouse
09:25 ................... The Jeremy Kyle Show
11:00. Saints and Scroungers
07:00. Barney's Latin America
10:30 ............... This Morning
11:30...................... Animal 24:7
11:25 ...................... ITV News
12:15....................Bargain Hunt
07:30 .......................The League of Super Evil
13:00 .......... BBC News at One
07:40......... Frankenstein's Cat
13:30 ........ BBC London News
07:50................................ Arthur
12:30 .......... Let's Do Lunch... With Gino and Mel
13:45 ............................. Doctors
08:15 .............................. Ooglies
14:15..Escape to the Country 15:00..........................BBC News
08:30 .................... Nina and the Neurons: In the Lab
15:05...I Want My Own Room
08:45.......................... Baby Jake
15:35 ........................... Splatalot
09:00............ Tinga Tinga Tales
16:00 ...........Shaun the Sheep
09:10 ......... Little Charley Bear
16:10 ..........................Wingin' It
09:20 .......................Raa Raa the Noisy Lion
16:30 ..........................Jedward's Big Adventure 17:00 ......................Newsround 17:15 ........................... Pointless 18:00 ....... BBC News at Six 19:00 ..........The One Show 20:00 ..The Flowerpot Gan 21:00 .............. Who Do You Think You Are? 22:00 ....... BBC News at Ten 22:25 .... BBC London News 22:32 ............ BBC Weather 22:35 .............. The National Lottery Wednesday Night Draws
16:00 .... Midsomer Murders
10:30...................... Driver Dan's Story Train
17:00 .................... Don't Blow the Inheritance
10:40 ......................... Waybuloo
18:00 ..... London Tonight
11:00 ......In the Night Garden
18:30 ..................ITV News and Weather
09:50.......................... Lunar Jim
11:30 .............BBC World News 12:00 .................................. Coast 12:20 ........................Gunga Din 14:15 ...........The Weakest Link
17:15.............. Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:00 ..................Eggheads 18:30 ..Celebrity Masterchef 19:00 ........... Dig WW2 with Dan Snow 20:00 ....Restoration Home 21:00 ....................Vexed
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23:15 ................ The League Cup Show
15:00 ............. Secret Dealers
10:05 ........................... Kerwhizz
09:40........ The Koala Brothers
16:30 ................................Flog It!
22:45 ................. Have I Got Old News for You
14:00 ..... Murder, She Wrote
10:00 .........................Octonauts
09:30 .............. Bob the Builder: Project Build It
15:45 .............The Hairy Bikers' Food Tour of Britain
Bonus Ball
13:30 ............... ITV News and Weather
Today's dealers are Mark Stevens, Karen Dalmeny, Simon Schneider, David Ford, Tim Hogarth and Mike Melody. Sisters Catherine and Nicola want the right price for their elegant inherited pieces. The girls are experts at giving nothing away as Simon, David and Mike get drawn into a bidding war for an extremely rare silver ear trumpet. In the second house Karen, Mark and Tim fall for a gold jewellery casket. But who will be taking it home - if the owners agree to part with it?
15:00 ....................Real Rescues
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11:30 ...............This Morning
22:30 ................ Newsnight 23:20 ........... The Midwives: Delivering Under Pressure
19:00 ............ Emmerdale 19:30 ..... The Corrie Years 20:00 ............... Super Tiny Animals Documentary series celebrating miniature creatures. In the USA, Einstein the little horse shares his super-sized secret about his super tiny life, and meet Lucy the Yorkshire terrierwho is officially the world's smallest working dog. In the UK, Louie is quite possibly the capital's most stylish tiny animal. This dedicated follower of doggy fashion is the inspiration behind an exclusive pet boutique and cafe. Then there is the heart-warming tale of Errol the Chihuahua. Abandoned by his owner this tot was on the critical list but now lives with two of the world's largest cats.
21:00 ........Britain Then and Now
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Wednesday Wednesday 29 August 06:10 ........................The Hoobs 06:35 ........................The Hoobs 07:00 ...........Freshly Squeezed 07:30 ............According to Jim 07:55 .................Will and Grace 08:25 ............Everybody Loves Raymond 08:55 ................................ Frasier 09:25 ......Come Dine with Me 12:00 ............. Channel 4 News 12:05 .................... The Odyssey 12:40 .......................... A Place in the Sun Home 13:45 .............. BT and Channel 4 Present... 13:50 .............................. Sabrina 16:00 .............. Deal or No Deal 17:00 ......Come Dine with Me 18:00 ........... The Simpsons W 18:30 ..............Hollyoaks COI CH CE 19:00 ........Channel 4 News 20:00 ............ London 2012 Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony 23:20 .................8 Out of W C 10 Cats Does CHOICE Countdown
19:00 ................... Top Gear Motoring show. Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May attempt to make train travel cheaper, faster and more interesting by replacing the conventional carriages and locomotive with a series of caravans attached to a specially modified car. Also in this show, Jeremy is out on the track comparing the ripsnorting Jaguar XKR-S to the recently updated Nissan GT-R, while British comedy legend Rowan Atkinson is the star in the Reasonably Priced Car.
06:00 ...................Children's TV 09:15............. The Wright Stuff
06:00 .................Good Morning Sports Fans
11:10............... Ultimate Police Interceptors
07:00 .................Good Morning Sports Fans
12:10.........5 News Lunchtime
08:00 .................Good Morning Sports Fans
12:15 ... Celebrity Big Brother 13:15 ....................... Pawn Stars 13:45 ..................... Neighbours 14:15............ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 15:15 .. Thicker than Water 17:00 ............... 5 News at 5 17:30 .............. Neighbours 18:00 ...............Andy Bates' Street Feasts 18:30 ...................... 5 News
10:00............ Revista de la Liga 11:00............. Barclays Premier League Review 12:00 .................... Football Asia 12:30 ....................... Champions League Goals 13:00 .............U.S. Open Tennis 19:30 ........ Capital One Cup Football
20:00 ...... Secret Interview
22:00 ............... Boots 'n' All
21:00 .............Celebrity Big Brother
23:00 ................ FIFA Futbol Mundial
22:00 ... John Barrowman's Dallas
From Serie A to the Bundesliga, from Major League Soccer to the J-League, Futbol Mundial reviews all the football from the world game.Complete with features and analysis.
23:10 ................... Celebrity Big Brother 23:35 ..............Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side
23:30 ...............Total Rugby
06:00.......... Aerobics: Oz Style
07:10 ..........................Fifth Gear
06:30 ....................Thrillseekers
08:00............................ Top Gear
07:00 ...................WWE Vintage Collection
09:00.................... Driving Wars
08:00 ...............................Cricket 10:00 ....... DTM Motor Racing 11:00....................... All England Championship Bowls 2012
10:00.............. Man v Food: The Carnivore Chronicles 11:00 .........................Ray Mears' Northern Wilderness 12:00 ............................Top Gear
12:00 ...............................Cricket
14:00 .................... Driving Wars
14:00 ............. Sporting Greats
15:00.............. Man v Food: The Carnivore Chronicles
14:30 ................... Football Asia 15:00....................... Champions League Goals
20:10 .... Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
15:30 ...............................Cricket
22:00 .......... The Revolution Will be Televised
18:00 .............. Boots 'n' All
17:30 .....FIFA Futbol Mundial 19:00 ......UEFA Champions League
23:15 ..........American Dad!
22:00 ............... Champions League Goals
23:35 ........... American Dad
22:30 Champions Tour Golf
22:50 ................Family Guy
09:30 .................... Football Asia
19:00 ..The Hotel Inspector
20:00 .............. Great Movie Mistakes 2: The Sequel
22:30 ................Family Guy
09:00....................... Champions League Goals
24 August - 30 August 2012
16:00 ............................Top Gear 19:00 ................. Ray Mears' Northern Wilderness 20:00 ........Man v Food: The Carnivore Chronicles 21:00 ..........................QI XL 22:00 ...... Russell Howard's Good News 23:00 ......... Frank Skinner's Opinionated
06:00........................... Wild Vets 07:00 ............................ Oops TV 08:00 .....................Don't Forget the Lyrics 09:00 ............................ Oops TV 10:00 .......................... Lion Man 11:00 ......Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs 12:50 ..........................Futurama 13:00 ................. Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 14:00 .................. Raising Hope 15:00 ...............Modern Family 15:30....................... The Middle 16:00 ...............Modern Family 16:30 ...................... The Middle 17:00.......................... Futurama 18:00 ............... A League of Their Own 18:30 ........... The Simpsons 20:00 ....... Emergency with Angela Griffin 21:00 ...............A League of Their Own 22:00 ....... An Idiot Abroad 23:00 ................Cop Squad
06:00....... Nothing to Declare
06:00......................... The X Files 07:00......... Star Trek: The Next Generation 08:00 .......... Star Trek: Voyager 09:00 .........................................ER 10:00 .................................House 11:00 ........................ The X Files 12:00 ......... Star Trek: The Next Generation 13:00.......... Star Trek: Voyager 14:00 .........................................ER 15:00 .................................House 16:00 ......... Star Trek: The Next Generation 17:00 .......... Star Trek: Voyager 18:00 .............................. ER 19:00 ........................House 20:00 ...Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations 21:00 ............ The Sopranos 22:15 ................The Borgias
06:00 .......................Emmerdale
06:30....... Nothing to Declare 07:00 ................Passport Patrol 07:30 ................Passport Patrol 08:00................................. Maury 09:00................ America's Next Top Model 10:00.......................... Sing Date 10:30.......................... Sing Date 11:00................................. Maury 12:00............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 13:00 .............CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 14:00 ............... Criminal Minds 16:00 ................Passport Patrol 17:00 ....... Nothing to Declare 18:00 .......CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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Comedy police procedural about a mismatched pair of detectives. Jack and Georgina solve the murder of the headmaster of a hugely popular local primary school in record speed. But when Jack helps Georgina prep for when the case gets to the Old Bailey, they realise the facts don't quite add up. Georgina freaks out at Jack, already unsettled by the news her parents are getting divorced. Meanwhile, Jack finds himself mesmerised by a gorgeous single parent. Starring: Toby Stephens, Miranda Raison, Roger Griffiths, Ronny Jhutti, Nick Dunning, Jemma Walker.
19:00 .................. Sing Date 19:30 .................. Sing Date 20:00 .........Criminal Minds 21:00 ........Mount Pleasant 22:00 ............ Supernatural 23:00 .......... Styled to Rock
06:25 ........................Nanny 911 07:15....................... The Jeremy Kyle Show US 08:10....................... Judge Judy 08:40... The Only Way is Essex 09:25.....The Real Housewives of Orange County 11:10....................... Judge Judy 12:00...................... Emmerdale 12:30 ........................Nanny 911 13:30 .The Jeremy Kyle Show 15:40.....The Real Housewives of Orange County 17:35....................... Judge Judy 18:00 ........ The Jeremy Kyle Show US 19:00 .America's Got Talent 21:00 .....Peter Andre's Bad Boyfriend Club 22:00 ................ Total Recall
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Channel 4, 23:20 Following the success of Cats Do Countdown earlier in the year, Jimmy Carr, Sean Lock and Jon Richardson take on the famous words and numbers quiz again. Jimmy Carr hosts proceedings, and Sean Lock faces Jon Richardson in a rematch of the original encounter. David O'Doherty is in along with Countdown regular Susie Dent. Meanwhile the country's favourite boffin Rachel Riley provides the letters and numbers with a little help from comedian Joe Wilkinson. Jon returns victorious from his win early this year. Can Sean level the score or will it be a total whitewash?
Hollyoaks Channel 4, 18:30 Dodger finds a clue to the identity of his real father, but will it be enough to track him down? Ash confronts Martha about her behaviour, and a jealous Joel isn't happy with Theresa's new job.
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Thursday Thursday 06:00 ........................... Breakfast
06:00 ................... Children's TV
06:00.......................... Daybreak
09:15 .................... Heir Hunters
06:40 ...................Chuggington
08:30............................. Lorraine
10:00 .......... Homes Under the Hammer
06:50 .....................Rastamouse
09:25 ....................... The Jeremy Kyle Show
11:00.......................... Saints and Scroungers
Good Cop BBC 1, 21.00 Warren Brown (Luther, Occupation) stars in the lead role of Stephen Butchard’s (Five Daughters, House of Saddam), Good Cop, a new four-part drama series made by BBC Drama Production North. It starts as an ordinary day, but while out running on Crosby beach, beat cop PC John Paul Rocksavage (Sav) bumps into his ex-girlfriend Cassandra and their daughter Libby. Sav catches a glimpse of the family he could have had, but Cassie isn’t interested in a reunion. Later that day Sav is having lunch with his best friend and colleague Andy Stockwell when he witnesses a gang of men mistreating a waitress. Sav intervenes and finds himself face to face with a very unpleasant Finch, who threatens to attack the next copper he sees. Their shift starts and Sav and Andy attend what seems like another regular call out: neighbours have complained about the noise at a house party. But when they arrive at the house, Finch and the gang from the diner are waiting. As Sav tries to get in from the back, Andy manages to get in through the front where the gang launch a brutal assault on him. They escape, leaving Sav tending to a badly beaten Andy. That night, haunted by images of Finch, Sav returns to the scene of Andy’s beating hoping to make sense of it all and finds a loaded gun concealed under a loose floorboard. At that moment Finch returns, but Sav stands his ground and makes a split second decision that changes the course of his life and career.
10:30................... This Morning 11:25........................... ITV News
11:30 ......................Animal 24:7
07:30 ..................The League of Super Evil
12:15................... Bargain Hunt
07:40 ......... Frankenstein's Cat
13:00........... BBC News at One
07:50 ................................ Arthur
12:30 ..............Let's Do Lunch... With Gino and Mel
13:30 .........BBC London News
08:15 .............................. Ooglies
13:45.............................. Doctors
08:30 .................... Nina and the Neurons: In the Lab
14:15 ...........................Escape to the Country
11:30................... This Morning
13:30........................... ITV News and Weather 14:00......... Murder, She Wrote
08:45...........................Baby Jake
15:00 .................Secret Dealers
15:00 ......................... BBC News
09:00 ........... Tinga Tinga Tales
16:00 ....... Midsomer Murders
15:05 .......................... I Want My Own Room
09:10 ......... Little Charley Bear
15:35 ............................Splatalot 16:10 .......................... Wingin' It 16:30 ......................................Roy Roy and Me. The O'Brien family are new in town. An ordinary family - well, almost. Roy O' Brien is a little different - he's a cartoon! Roy and Becky have been arguing a lot lately. Maura decides she needs some peace and quiet so Gran and Grandad come to the rescue, offering to take the kids away on a camping weekend. Maura and Bill will have two days of blissful tranquillity while Roy and Becky will experience all the joys of nature. Things couldn't have worked out better - or could they?
09:20....................... Raa Raa the Noisy Lion 09:30............... Bob the Builder: Project Build It 09:40........ The Koala Brothers 09:50 .......................... Lunar Jim 10:00..........................Octonauts 10:05 ........................... Kerwhizz 10:30 ......................Driver Dan's Story Train
Midsomer Barton is celebrating Oak Apple Week when a grieving mother is found drowned, in an apparent suicide. Barnaby investigates and is shaken when he meets two villagers who look like past murder victims. Then another body is discovered and it appears that the festivities have stirred up a cocktail of adultery, contempt, unrequited love and revenge in the village.
17:00 ........................Don't Blow the Inheritance 18:00 .........London Tonight
10:40 ......................... Waybuloo
18:30 ................... ITV News
11:00...... In the Night Garden
19:00 ............... Emmerdale
11:30 .............BBC World News
19:30 ...................... Tonight
12:00 .................................. Coast
20:00 ............... Emmerdale
17:00 ...................... Newsround
12:20 .....To Buy or Not to Buy
20:30 .... Coronation Street
17:15 ............................Pointless
12:50 ..................Hotel Reserve
21:00 ........Britain by Night
18:00 ........ BBC News at Six
14:15........... The Weakest Link
18:30 .... BBC London News
15:00 ....................Real Rescues
19:00 ........... The One Show
15:45 .............The Hairy Bikers' Food Tour of Britain
19:30 ................ EastEnders Anthony faces a dilemma when Derek and Joey propse a game of poker on the night that he has romantic plans with Alice. Ian is devastated when Lucy tells him that she is planning to let the stall out, but can Sharon change her mind?
21:00 ..............Good Cop
16:30 ................................Flog It! 17:15............... Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:00 .................. Eggheads 18:30 Celebrity MasterChef 19:00 ................Athletics
20:00 .......... Waterloo Road
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21:00 ....... Iceland Erupts: A Volcano Live Special
22:00 .......BBC News at Ten
22:00 ....... The Boss is Back
22:25 ....BBC London News
22:30 ................ Newsnight
22:32 .............BBC Weather
23:20 ........The Rob Brydon Show
22:35 ........Neighbourhood Watched 23:20 ...................... Duplex
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07:00............................. Barney's Latin America
23:50 ...James May's Things You Need to Know...
Helen Mirren narrates a documentary following a group of characters as they live through a dramatic night. Tony has been cleaning the streets of London for 17 years. But this night he is broken-hearted as his wife has run off with another man. Meanwhile, on a warship off the southern coast of England, pilots must learn how to land their helicopters on a rolling flight deck in darkness. Nisha, a beautiful Indian bride, finally gets the opportunity to realise her dream. Szymek, a seven-year-old choirboy, struggles to cope with life away from home as he tries to absorb the history and splendour of one of Britain's finest medieval cathedrals.
22:00 ............... ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:35 ............ The Jonathan Ross Show 23:35 ......Poms in Paradise
24 August - 30 August 2012
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Thursday Thursday Thursday 30 August 06:10........................ The Hoobs
06:00 ................... Children's TV
06:35 ...........Freshly Squeezed
09:00 ...................Abby's Flying Fairy School
06:00 .................Good Morning Sports Fans
06:00 ....... Nothing to Declare
23:30 .......Barclays Premier League World
06:00 ...........................Wild Vets 07:00 ............................ Oops TV 08:00......................Don't Forget the Lyrics 09:00 ............................ Oops TV 10:00 .......................... Lion Man 11:00 ..........................Futurama 11:10 ..........................Futurama: Bender's Game 13:00 ....Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 14:00 .................. Raising Hope 15:00 ...............Modern Family 15:30....................... The Middle 16:00............... Modern Family 16:30 ...................... The Middle 17:00 ........................... A League of Their Own 17:30 ..........................Futurama 18:00 ........... The Simpsons 18:30 ..................Futurama 19:00 ...........The Simpsons 20:00 ...................... Sinbad 21:00 ....... An Idiot Abroad 22:00 ................ Road Wars 23:00 ...................Brit Cops: Frontline Crime
09:15 ............. The Wright Stuff
07:00 .................Good Morning Sports Fans
09:15 ........................Paralympic Games 2012
11:10............... Ultimate Police Interceptors
09:00 ....................... Champions League Goals
12:00 ............. Channel 4 News
12:10 ........ 5 News Lunchtime
09:30....... Inside the PGA Tour
12:05 ........................Paralympic Games 2012
12:15 ....Celebrity Big Brother
10:00 ............Euro Tour Weekly
13:15 ................ Pawn Stars
10:30 ....... European Tour Golf
13:00 ........................Paralympic Games 2012
13:45 ...............Neighbours
12:30 ....................... Champions League Goals
07:00 .........Paralympic Games Breakfast Show
15:25 .............. Deal or No Deal 16:25 ......Come Dine with Me 16:55 ..................The Simpsons
14:15 ....... CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 15:15 .............. McBride: It's Murder, Madam
17:25 ........................Paralympic Games 2012
17:00 ............... 5 News at 5
18:30 ..................Hollyoaks
18:00 ...............Andy Bates' Street Feasts
19:00 ........Channel 4 News 19:30 ... Paralympic Games 2012 Tonight: Swimming, Wheelchair Basketball and Table Tennis 22:30 ...............The Last Leg with Adam Hills 23:15 ............. The Odyssey 23:50 .......A Running Jump
17:30 ...............Neighbours
13:00.............. Capital One Cup Football 14:30 ...... FIFA Futbol Mundial 15:00 ....................... Champions League Goals 15:30 ....... European Tour Golf
18:30 .......................5 News
17:30.............. Barclays Premier League World
19:00 ............Stansted: The Inside Story
18:00 ...........Ringside - Carl Froch Special
20:00 ................... Revealed
19:00 ............... Capital One Cup Football
21:00 .. The Hotel Inspector 22:00 . Celebrity Big Brother 23:00 .............Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side
22:00 ........ The Footballer's Football Show
06:30 ....... Nothing to Declare 07:00 ................Passport Patrol 08:00 .................................Maury 09:00 ................America's Next Top Model 10:00.......................... Sing Date 10:30.......................... Sing Date 11:00 .................................Maury 12:00 .............CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 13:00 .............CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 14:00 ............... Criminal Minds 15:00................ Criminal Minds 16:00............... Passport Patrol 17:00....... Nothing to Declare
Athletics BBC2, 19:00
19:00 .................. Sing Date
Diamond League - Zurich. Jonathan Edwards presents live coverage of the penultimate Diamond League meeting of the season - a meeting dubbed the 'one-day Olympics' due to the programme of events and high-class assembled field. Double 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay Olympic champion Usain Bolt will be appearing at the Letzigrund Stadium for a fifth time. The Jamaican has won both previous 100m races on the iconic Swiss track. However he is yet to taste victory over 200m, finishing second over the distance in both 2006 and 2007. David Rudisha smashed his own 800m world record in spectacular style on his way to gold in London. The Kenyan is unbeaten in his two appearances at this meeting and will be looking for another special victory to help round off another dominant season. Colin Jackson offers expert analysis of the action.
20:00 ................... Teen Wolf 21:00 .. Four Weddings USA 22:00 .......... Styled to Rock 23:00 ........Grey's Anatomy
07:10 ..........................Fifth Gear
06:00......................... The X Files
06:00 .......................Emmerdale
07:00 ........... WWE Experience
08:00 ............................Top Gear
06:25 .......................Judge Judy
07:30 ................Bad Education
Jack Korpela brings you all the latest from Raw and Smackdown, including the best matches and interviews with all the biggest superstars.
09:00 .................... Driving Wars
07:00 ......... Star Trek: The Next Generation
19:00 ................ The World's Strictest Parents Wayward British teenagers experience strict parenting on the other side of the world. Two despairing single dads agree to send their out-of-control teenagers to Argentina for a dose of good old-fashioned South American parenting. 17-year-old Remzi Tomlin from Romford in Essex is constantly sponging off his dad, who bankrolls him to the tune of £250 a month.
20:00 ....Don't Tell the Bride 21:00 ............. Russell Kane 22:00 ......................Wilfred 22:20 .............. Great Movie Mistakes 2: The Sequel 22:30 ............... EastEnders
08:00............................. Football Super Copa 2nd Leg - Real Madrid v Barcelona. Real Madrid welcome Barcelona to the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium for the second and decisive leg of the 2012 Spanish Supercup. The Catalans claimed a 5-4 aggregate win against Madrid in 2011.
10:00.............. Man v Food: The Carnivore Chronicles
08:00 .......... Star Trek: Voyager
06:55....................... The Jeremy Kyle Show US
09:00 .........................................ER
07:50 .. The Only Way is Essex
11:00 .........................Ray Mears' Northern Wilderness
10:00 .................................House
09:25 ....The Real Housewives of Orange County
12:00 ............................Top Gear
12:00 ......... Star Trek: The Next Generation
11:10....................... Judge Judy
14:00 .................... Driving Wars 15:00 ..............Man v Food: The Carnivore Chronicles
14:00 .........................................ER
12:30........................ Nanny 911
15:00..................................House
13:30..The Jeremy Kyle Show
16:00 ............................Top Gear
16:00 ......... Star Trek: The Next Generation
15:40 ....The Real Housewives of Orange County
18:00 .............................. ER
17:35....................... Judge Judy
19:00 ........................House
18:00 ........The Jeremy Kyle Show US
11:00 ........................ The X Files
12:00...................... Emmerdale
10:00............. Capital One Cup Football
19:00 .................Ray Mears' Northern Wilderness
11:30 ....................... FIFA Futbol Mundial
20:00 ........Man v Food: The Carnivore Chronicles
12:00 ......................Boots 'n' All
21:00 ..........................QI XL
13:00............ U.S. Open Tennis
20:00 ..........British Cycling: Road to Glory
22:00 ...... Russell Howard's Good News Extra
21:00 ........... Freakonomics
21:00 ..................Benidorm
22:50 ................. Hunderby
22:00 ......Celebrity Juice
23:50 .. Adam Buxton's Bug
22:45 .. Lemon La Vida Loca
U.S Open Tennis (Day 3). Day three of the 2012 US Open from Flushing Meadows, New York.
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SUE MCDONALD Common Sense Furnishings Email: sue.mcdonald@canarianweekly.com
Blank canvas is transformed THIS week we finished a large apartment in La Caleta, which we had furnished from scratch. And, as you can see from the two photos, there was quite a transformation! In this instance, because this was a newly-built property, our service included not only all the furniture and fittings, but also all the small items you don’t always think about when you buy a property. For example, included in the inventory was a full kitchen pack, right down to kettle, toaster, tea-towels etc - and, of course, a corkscrew! The linen pack includes towels, sheets, pillows, bath mats etc, so with both of these packages, the property is ready for immediate occupation. Slightly more unusual in this case is that I had never actually met the clients in question! They had bought the property during their last visit, and since the wife was pregnant, they were not able to come back over to furnish. So everything had been done over the internet, from choosing the style of the furniture etc, right down to the light fittings. They left it up to me to choose an accent colour, and use a couple of decorative items to dress the rooms, but, basically, the whole place was designed and fitted according to their instructions. The advantage of this, of course, is that the clients did not have the expense of
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travelling over, but were still able to choose all the items; neither did they need to be here while everything was installed. They simply arrived to their new purchase, and everything they needed to make up the beds, use the showers, cook a meal, and, more importantly, open a bottle of wine, was already installed. Obviously, there may be a few bits and pieces they may want to buy to personalise their house, but this was not a package, and is not repeated anywhere else: it is individual to them. This is one type of service Deco Nuevo has always offered, but in today’s climate, it has become more normal to be part-furnishing, or maybe refurbishing, rather than doing the whole property. All those apartments we furnished five or six years ago in El Mirador, Dinastia and El Rincon, among others, now require minor refurbs. For example, if the sofa is in good condition but looking a bit tired, there may be no need to renew it because we can just
reupholster in another fabric at a fraction of the cost of new. Likewise, some new curtains or blinds, or perhaps replacing a bedspread, can freshen up a property at relatively low cost. Likewise for people who have bought a pre-owned property, the furnishings may not be to their taste. Most people like to replace the mattresses at least, and put their individual stamp on the place in the way of pictures etc. We can go along and offer design advice to see what existing furniture we can work with, and which needs to be changed. All of these services are part and parcel of the Deco Nuevo range, so although we now have a showroom (next to Rimini and Margarita restaurants), rather than a shop, this has not limited what we can offer. So, whether it’s a new pair of curtains or a complete houseful of furniture, Deco Nuevo can help!
UK buildings are on the up again THE British building industry appears to be picking up, if Persimmon’s half-year profit to the end of June is anything to go by. The house-building company, with 27 regional offices throughout the UK, has reported a pre-tax profit rise of 65% to £98.7m, compared with £59.7m for the same period last year. And revenue was up by 13% to £806.7m. The news follows Bovis Homes’ announcement that its profits doubled in the first half of the year. These strong results came as Halifax reported that the average house price had fallen by 0.6% over the last year. Persimmon Chairman Nicholas Wrigley said the strong performance meant the company was on track to deliver £6.20 per share to
stakeholders over the next nine years. “These results reflect the early success of Persimmon’s new strategy to grow into a stronger, larger business, while returning £1.9bn of surplus cash to shareholders.” The housing firm completed 2,838 new homes in the six months illustrated, which represented a 4% rise on the previous year. The strongest growth came from the company’s north division, which saw the number of new homes climb by 21% to 1,080. Persimmon’s houses sold for an average £171,703 - a 3% increase on 2011 - and the firm said pricing had remained stable, despite tough economic conditions. A company statement read: “Although the UK housing market remains constrained by the reduced availability of mortgage credit, we have continued to see strong demand from first-time buyers for the Government-
backed FirstBuy, shared equity scheme. “We expect conditions in the UK housing market to remain challenging, reflecting the wider issues within the economy. “However, we anticipate continued firm underlying demand for new homes, but this will remain constrained by the low level of mortgage availability.” The company said it was working with mortgage lenders to develop opportunities which help buyers get on to the housing market. It added: “Government initiatives such as NewBuy are an important feature towards helping the industry deliver the new homes, and associated infrastructure, which will support UK economic growth over the next few years. “We are pleased to see recent rate reductions by the lenders, which should help affordability.”
Old light bulbs on their way out IT’S ‘Adios’ to the incandescent light bulb both in Spain and across the European Union as production stops on September 1st. Yes, in just a matter of days, the final stage of the EU phase-out of incandescent light bulbs will start. The EU campaign began in December 2008 with the EU Commission’s Ecodesign Directive stating that the manufacturing and sale of “light bulbs with low energy efficiency” would be forbidden in member states after a gradual phase-out. The directive has led many people to do what most only do in dire emergencies, – hoard – because they don’t want to use the EU-approved energy saving bulbs. It doesn’t appear to bother even the environmentallyconscious Germans that the old light bulbs, which some are apparently hoarding in fork-lift pallet quantities, only turn 5% of the energy into light and the rest into heat,
thus giving them a significant carbon footprint. So, as of September 1st, light bulbs with clear glass that do not meet certain minimum energy efficiency requirements, as is the case with the old style light bulbs, are forbidden and must be replaced by energy saving bulbs. The new bulbs, filled with toxic mercury, produce a cold, blue light for about two minutes before they reach full efficiency and the color of light featured on their packaging. They cost several times more than the regular bulbs. If outlets selling light bulbs have been doing overtime meeting the demand of hoarders, manufacturers
have been busy too; in fact, they’ve found a loophole in the EU directive that they are presently turning into a hefty profit. The EU directive concerns “household” bulbs but does not address “specialpurpose” bulbs. Household bulbs, as their name implies, are meant for home use, whereas special-purpose bulbs, which are more sturdily made, can also be used in farm outbuildings, gardens, saunas, and more. By law, special-purpose bulbs have to state on the packaging that they are not intended for household use. But they are perfectly fine for such use, as every manufacturer and savvy consumer knows.
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Getting to the root of your gardening problems! Email: David.hudgell@canarianweekly.com
How heavy Too hot for veggies is yours? WITH the current heat wave give a thought for your veggies.
WHEN I read this story it brought memories flooding bak from my youth, when locals would enter gardening competition to see who had the tallest, biggest, heaviest etc. The Royal Horticultural Society has launched the RHS Heaviest Pumpkin Competition. Professional and amateur growers alike are invited to enter by 24 September for the chance to win £1,000. This new competition is part of the RHS London
Harvest Festival Show (9-10 October 2012) at Lindley Hall, Westminster. Entrants will present their prized pumpkin to be weighed and judged on Tuesday 9 October. Georgina Barter, Competitions Manager, said: ‘We’re expecting some really huge pumpkins at the show, making Halloween 2012 spookier than ever.’ The owner of the winning pumpkin will receive first prize of £1,000, with runner up prizes ranging from £500 to £200. To enter the competition please email the RHS Competitions Manager, Georgina Barter (georginabarter@rhs.org.uk) for an application form.
Garden jobs for this week · Check roses for suckers and cut off any you find, just below ground · Trim conifer hedges to neaten their appearance and control height · Empty pots of faded early summer bedding, adding old plants to the compost heap · Buy tulip bulbs as soon as you find them but hold back from planting until late October-November · Dig up gladioli corms after flowering to store until next spring · Collect seeds, lay them out to dry, then store them in labelled envelopes · Take lavender cuttings by pulling off new shoots and
inserting them in gritty compost · Plant daffodil bulbs in pots and borders · Cut back perennials past their best · Keep picking summer-sown salads to prevent the plants running to seed · Plant garlic cloves outside or in modular seed trays ready to plant out later this autumn Cover herbs like basil and parsley with cloches, or bring potted ones under cover · Harvest globe artichokes · Stake tall Brussels sprouts to stop them from blowing over " Dig up chicory roots, cut off their tops and re-pot for forcing, to grow on in a dark shed
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Our dry conditions mean that herbs produce more aromatics, this makes them even tastier. French beans enjoy dry conditions more so than traditional runner beans. Vegetables with a deep root system, also cope ok, carrots, leeks, artichokes, ‘nips’ (parsnips and turnips) and beetroot. But they need some water! Not as much as what we call thirsty plants – celery, tomatoes, leaves and courgettes. If you’re wondering what to buy whilst wandering around the garden centre that will stand up to the heat and you want something that’s going to last and not turn limp and lifeless by the time you get it home try plants with silver or grey green leaves, that reflect the sun; succulents are also an ideal buy. An ideal buy:Cotton Lavender Cotton Lavender or Santolina as it’s known, is a flowering plant native to the western and central Mediterranean region. Cotton Lavender has many potential uses, including branches being hung up in wardrobes to repel insect, and leaves are also suitable for use in pot pourri. Agave Agave is at home in subtropical climes. They are succulents with a large rosette of thick, fleshy leaves, each
NOW in its 5th year, Morrisons in the UK have launched their Let’s Grow programme aims to help schools capture the imagination of the nation’s children by showing them where food comes from and inspiring them to grow their own fruit and veg in the school grounds. Since our campaign began, over 24,500 schools have
having a sharp point; the stem is usually short, the leaves look as if they spring from the root. Along with plants from the related genus Yucca, various Agave species are popular ornamental plants. Each rosette grows slowly to flower only once. During flowering, a tall stem or “mast” grows from the center of the leaf rosette and bears a large number of short, tubular flowers. After development
of fruit, the original plant dies, but suckers are frequently produced from the base of the stem, which become new plants. They are not related to cacti, nor are they closely related to Aloe whose leaves are similar in appearance. Euphorbia Euphorbia is a genus of plants belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae, with 2008 species; it’s one of the
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taken part and 5 million children up and down the UK now have access to Let’s Grow gardening equipment. Incredibly, that means half of the UK’s children can get stuck into gardening and learn about where real food comes from. “It’s great to be involved with Let’s Grow again this year as I believe it’s really important that children understand where their food comes from, but more importantly that gardening is fun! Let’s help even more children across
the UK discover a love for gardening with Let’s Grow”. Diarmuid Gavin, Let’s Grow brand ambassador Taking part in Let’s Grow 2012 is easy. Whether you’ve
largest and most diverse genera in the plant kingdom. It is also one of my favourites, colourful, easy to grow and so many varieties. Members of the family and genus are sometimes referred to as Spurges. There exists a wide range of insular species: on the Hawaiian Islands where spurges are collectively known as “akoko” and here on the Canary Islands as “tabaibas”. got a large school field, or no field at all, you can get involved and get children of all ages growing! Once your school is registered, make sure you ask pupils, parents and friends to collect Let’s Grow vouchers at their local Morrisons from Monday 20th August (England, Scotland and Wales) until Sunday 28th October 2012. For every £10 spent, customers receive one voucher – redeemable against any of the great equipment in our Let’s Grow catalogue. More information is available from: www. morrisons.co.uk
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from Robot, Los Cristianos answers your hair questions
It’s ice, ice baby! ICE-BLONDE, Is not for the faint-hearted, but it always looks so cool and I love this colour. It is so clean looking, it really makes a statement - and it probably my favourite blonde shade. I love transforming clients with this colour, although it’s not the sort of blonde I’d use on anyone because you have to be the right sort of person to pull this colour off. First of all, you must have the right skin tone, so forget it if you’re an olive-skin shade which tans well. This blonde works only on paler skin tones and lighter, natural hair tones as well. But if you are trying for this shade and you’re any darker than a light-brown, then there’s no way it’s going to lift up to this shade without it looking yellowy. You also need the right haircut because there’s no point using it on any old basic haircut - the cut has to want this shade. Anything dramatic or sharpedged suits this colour, as does “rock chic”. This shade turns dull into “wow”. First of all, your natural colour is stripped from your hair until it’s a pale-yellow shade. This is removed and a “toner” is applied to take out the yellow and turn it to platinum. The toner I use (which is my biggest hair secret) is applied to the hair quickly as it takes only minutes to grab the shade, depending on how platinum the client wants to be.
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The result: clean, icy-white hair which everyone just loves. It is so hard, once you’ve experienced this shade, to be any other blonde as the rest can seem dull and yellow compared with it. Okay, here’s the bad part, and there’s always is one. I don’t recommend this procedure on longer hair as it can be quite damaging. It is high maintenance and roots need touching up every 4-5 weeks. And you need to condition and really look after this colour as here in Tenerife, the sun can damage it so easily. So that’s the negatives out
the way. If done properly and you look after it, this shade is so eye-catching. When it is used on the right cut, it brings the hair to life. Look at my three examples and now imagine them with a brown shade - not so stunning, eh? If you feel like a change and don’t mind a few more looks in the street, think about this blonde shade for you. But first, consult your stylist to see if you are suitable - and please, please don’t try this at home. I have never seen it well done with a home-hair colour kit - unless, of course, you want to look like a canary!
Slim hope of good health with these fat cereal bars SPECIAL “good health” cereal bars are anything but in most cases because they feature high levels of fat, sugar and calories. New research by watchdog publication Which? Reveals that all but one of the 30 cereal bars compared from best-selling brands were high in sugar, with 16 of them containing over 30% sugar. One bar (Nutrigrain Elevensies) had nearly four teaspoons of sugar (18g), which is more than in a 150ml can of cola (15.9g) - and 20% of the recommended daily allowance. Nearly one-third of a Tracker Roasted Nut bar was found to be fat and, while some of this comes from the peanuts and hazelnuts providing some nutritional benefit, the ingredients also contained vegetable fat. Monster Puffs, a cereal bar marketed to children and described as “great for your lunchbox”, alarmingly had 43.5% sugar - the equivalent of more than two teaspoons. Six of the seven cereal bars targeted at children were high in saturated fat which, if eaten in large quantities,
raises cholesterol levels. Which? wants to see manufacturers reduce levels of sugar and fat in food products marketed to children, and tighter controls over the way these are promoted. Executive director Richard Lloyd said: “People often choose cereal bars in the belief that they’re healthier than chocolate or biscuits. “But our research shows this can be a myth. With high levels of sugar and saturated fat in some of these products, they should be on the sweet counter and not marketed as health foods. “Manufacturers need to be much clearer about how much sugar, fat and calories are loaded into each bar, so that people can make an informed choice.”
He added: “We want all foods to have a traffic-light, colour-coding system so people can see easily what they’re eating and giving to their children.” Some cereal bars, however, did live up to their healthy reputation. The Naked Apple Pie was the only bar we looked at that didn’t contain any added sugar. Alpen Light Apple and Sultana was the only bar checked by Which? to have three green traffic lights for fat, saturated fat and salt, indicating that the levels were low -and it also had the lowest calories overall. And Weetabix Oaty Strawberry Crusher bar was found to be the healthiest choice for children, with its low-salt content and medium levels of fat and saturated fat.
Boozy, woozy video nasties may straighten patients out A NEW city-centre health clinic in Cardiff plans to produce videos of patients who call in after a night on the tiles. The centre will be kitted out with filming equipment, and staff hope that using video footage to embarrass
drunken revellers will reduce binge drinking in the city. The clinic is intended to take the pressure off accident and emergency departments on busy party nights. It will video revellers on entry and show them the footage when they have “achieved a level of sobriety”. The move is part of an £85,000 scheme, supported
by the Government, which aims to reduce pressure on A&E departments and tackle Cardiff’s binge-drinking culture. Conrad Edymann, head of substance-misuse strategy and development for Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, said: “Our intention is that the vast majority of people will be surprised and, hopefully, concerned about the state of their behaviour.” He added that drunkards would not be forced to watch footage of themselves, and that the tape would be destroyed when the individual left the clinic partly to prevent it becoming “a trophy item to put up on social networking sites”. Alcohol-related cases make up 60% of ambulances and A&E beds at weekends in Cardiff. The video pilot will be trialled on Wednesdays and Fridays for 12 weeks from next month, coinciding with the start Cardiff University’s new term!
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Cancer treatment ‘fantastic’ TREATMENT for UK cancer sufferers has undergone a “fantastic” improvement over the past year, with patients being attended to quicker and being given wider treatment options. Health Secretary Andrew Lansley, announcing the results of a national cancerpatient experience survey, said that 88% of patients rated their care as “very good” or “excellent”. The research also found that 98 of 158 English NHS trusts improved their score compared with last year’s results. During a visit to Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust - the most improved trust in the country - Mr Lansley said the survey recognised the improvements made, and also highlighted how changes could still be made.
“The survey is fantastic news and I would like to thank those doctors and nurses who have worked tirelessly to improve standards of care,” he said. “Where trusts are doing less well, I would urge them to look at what patients are telling them and take action, so that cancer-care best practice is adopted across the whole of the NHS.” After meeting patients at the breast-cancer unit at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth, Mr Lansley said the greatest improvements had been in communication, providing dignity and respect and involving patients in choosing the most appropriate treatment for them. The survey found that 94% of patients said they were treated with dignity in 2011, a rise from 93% in 2010. And 83% of cancer patients said they were seen by a hospital doctor quickly, compared with 81% in the previous year. The study also found that more than nine in 10 patients believed they were
given clear answers by healthcare specialists, while 83% said they were treated with respect. National cancer director Professor Sir Mike Richards, said: “The information from this survey is vital to driving improvements on the ground for patients. “By seeing what areas they can improve upon, the local NHS can focus on the areas that matter most to patients.” Juliet Bouverie, Macmillan Cancer Support director of services, said: “It is marvellous that so many trusts have improved in the experience they provide cancer patients in one year. “However, it is essential that this is the case across all cancer types. People who have rarer cancers should not be treated any worse than those with a common cancer.” The Department of Health has sent each of the trusts involved their individual reports so they can identify areas for improvement.
PIP implant scandal leads to overhaul of cosmetic surgery THE British Government is reviewing the cosmetic surgery industry, in the wake of the PIP breast implant scandal. It exposed deficiencies in the cosmetic surgery sector, with more than 40,000 British women receiving sub-standard silicone breast implants made by French firm Poly Implant Prothese (PIP), among hundreds of thousands worldwide. Bruce Keogh, medical director of the National Health Service, will lead a team to gather evidence and make recommendations to the Government by March. The review will also consider wider cosmetic procedures such as facelifts, liposuction and injections
using Botox, the popular anti-wrinkle treatment made by Allergan. Keogh said: “The recent problems with PIP breast implants have shone a light on the cosmetic surgery industry. “Many questions have been raised, particularly around the regulation of clinics, whether all practitioners are
adequately qualified, how well people are advised when money is changing hands, aggressive marketing techniques - and what protection is available when things go wrong.” Keogh is concerned that people do not realise the seriousness of cosmetic surgery, and often fail to consider potential complications.
Fatties risk dementia if they don’t get in shape MILLIONS of overweight Britons have warned to slim down or risk being diagnosed with dementia. The fatter you are, the faster your mental ability erodes, according to a 10year study into the lifestyles of thousands of middle-aged workers. Researchers believe they finally proved that what is good for the heart is good for the head. That is why they warn those approaching midlife to cut out foods with high fat and salt contents. The study, which used British civil servants working in Whitehall, shatters the myth that people can be socalled “metabolically healthy obese” and suffer no sideeffects, such as cognitive problems. It found that obese people with underlying health problems, such as high blood pressure, scored nearly onequarter worse in mental tests
compared with the fit and healthy. Obesity expert Dr Ian Campbell, a family GP in London, said: “The research shows clearly that being overweight brings an increased risk of dementia. And that’s particularly concerning because it is clearly avoidable.” Nearly 6,500 Britons with an average age of 50 were given mental tests three times over the course of a decade. Some were classed as obese or overweight and 31% were found to be suffering from metabolic abnormalities such as high blood pressure, diabetes or high cholesterol. The results found that those who were both obese
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and metabolically abnormal experienced a 22.5% decline in their mental test scores, compared with those who were fit and healthy. Medical experts have always suspected a link between poor diet and mental health, but they could never find any proof. Now, however, they hope the study will jolt millions into taking simple lifestyle choices, like giving up smoking, drinking less and taking regular exercise to prevent the onset of dementia. Dr Campbell added: “Dementia can in many cases be considered a vascular disease, and high blood pressure, raised blood glucose and raised
cholesterol are associated with obesity. “This research shows clearly that if you are overweight, you are at increased risk of dementia. Yet it is clearly avoidable. “The same healthy, active lifestyle that reduces your risk of heart disease will also reduce your risk of dementia. There are no ideal treatments
for dementia yet, so the main focus has to be on prevention.” Around 800,000 people in the UK have dementia including more than half with Alzheimer’s - and the figure is set to rise to one million in the next 10 years. Experts say the best way of reducing the risk of dementia is to eat a balanced
diet, maintain a healthy weight, exercise regularly and get blood pressure and cholesterol checked regularly. They recommend a Mediterranean diet, of fresh fruit, vegetables, fish, nuts and olive oil, which contains high levels of mono-unsaturated fats associated with a reduction in coronary heart disease risk.
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Food News THERE are currently two ingredients that are being talked about on avery foodie programme, and they’re not new, obviously just ‘fashionable’ – Samphire and Wasabi? Well yes, but what are they? What’s Wasabi? Even Hellmans have now added mayonnaise with Wasabi to their range; but what is it? It comes from the Brassica family – cabbages, horseradish and mustard, indeed sometimes it’s called Japanese Horseradish. It’s a plant and its root is used in cooking, it has an extremely strong flavour similar to that of hot mustard. Ginger-marinated salmon with wasabi mayonnaise Ingredients For the marinade 1 tbsp caster sugar pinch salt 4 lemons, juice only 2 tbsp white wine vinegar 1 red onion, very thinly sliced 2 carrots, very thinly sliced 5cm/2in piece fresh ginger
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Ingredients 1 red chilli, finely chopped 4 x 100g/3½ oz squareshaped salmon fillets, skin on For the wasabi mayonnaise 1 tbsp ready-made mayonnaise 1 tsp ready-made wasabi paste baby watercress leaves, to serve Preparation method For the marinade, in a large bowl, whisk together the sugar, salt, lemon juice and white wine vinegar until well combined. Add the remaining
marinade ingredients and stir well to coat them in the liquid. Add the salmon fillets to the marinade, making sure they are completely covered by the liquid. Cover and chill in the fridge, ideally overnight, or for at least two hours. For the wasabi mayonnaise, in a separate bowl, mix together the mayonnaise and wasabi paste until well combined. When the salmon fillets have marinated, preheat the grill to its highest setting. Remove the salmon fillets
from the marinade and place under the grill, skin-side up, for 30-45 seconds, or until the skin starts to crisp. (NB: The acid in the marinade will have ‘cooked’ the salmon.) To serve, divide the baby watercress leaves equally among four serving plates. Spoon some of the marinated vegetables on top along with some of the marinating liquid. Sit one of the salmon fillets on top of each portion and dot a
pea-sized dollop of wasabi mayonnaise on top. Come dine with me… The TV programme where a group of strangers hold a dinner party every single day of the week to win one thousand poiunds – the wannabee celeb chefs keep using samphire – what is it a precious stone? No, Samphire is infact a wild, coastal plant it’s nothing new, infact it dates back to Shakespeare. It’s
not seaweed, you could call it a sea vegetable, growing in marshy shallows and salty mud flats. Salt and pepper buttered samphire Veg Ingredients 200g/7oz samphire 30g/1oz butter, at room temperature salt and freshly ground black pepper Preparation method Cook the samphire in a pan of boiling salted water for 1-2 minutes, or until tender. Drain well. Transfer the samphire to a bowl and toss with the butter, season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Pile the samphire onto a plate and serve.
Canary plantain looks towards Germany GROWERS from the Canary Islands expect to avoid the recession with an expansion of their exports towards the German market. The challenge is to improve the fruit’s poor image. They are not looking for financial support from Europe’s largest economy, but rather to promote the fruit and turn it into a favourite with the population, just like they did in Spain. The Association of Canary Plantain Producer Organizations (Asprocan) explained that the German market is still mostly a client of Latin American bananas. “The most popular company barely sells 40 per cent of
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the total,” confirm sources from Asprocan, adding, “In Spain, and not necessarily in the Canary Islands, three out of four plantains purchased come from the Archipelago.” The objective of the Islanders is not to reach this outstanding market share, but at the very least to “make a place for themselves” in the market. This has already sparked several promotion campaigns, like last winter, when the fruit’s image was displayed on ‘guagua’ buses, or when they took part in
Germany’s Fruit Logistica Fair. The biggest hurdle that Canary plantains must overcome to sneak into households is something as simple, and yet so important, as the product’s image. “People do not buy a product if it does not look right, and in the case of Canary plantains, Europeans still associate the characteristic black spots of the fruit with a sign of low quality,” assure sources from the association of producers.
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Ryanair fly into another fuel problem in Valencia IRISH budget airline Ryanair has been involved in another incident at Valencia Airport concerning fuel, following its planes’ three emergency landings there last month within an hour or so. On Tuesday, its FR1919 flight was scheduled to leave Valencia for Brussels South Charleroi at 8,30pm, but the company had to order passengers to disembark They ran from the plane after a passenger spotted that it was “losing fuel in squirts from one of the wings” as it prepared for take-off. The passengers were forced to wait in the airport before taking off, finally, some 2½ hours later. Ryanair blamed the delay on faulty valve, which had to be repaired before take-off. A company statement,
issued on Wednesday apologised for the bother caused to passengers by this “minor technical breakdown”. Last week, Ryanair chief said his company was not the only airline to have fuel problems at Valencia last month, citing easyJet and Chilean airline LAN. But airports’ authority AENA refuted his claims, stressing that those aircraft had “other technical problems”. Meanwhile, Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has denied claims that authorities in Spain could suspend his airline’s operating licence over the ongoing fuel row. But Mr O’Leary said: “I have absolutely no fears that the Spanish government will withdraw our operating licence. It’s issued by the Irish Aviation Authority and not its Spanish equivalent. “Therefore, neither the Spanish government, nor its transport ministry, has the power to do this.”
Binter leaves out Tenerife? THE Tenerife Cabildo has criticised the decision of Binter airlines to exclude the Island in its international expansion strategy. From the Cabildo’s point of view, this means that passengers in Tenerife flying with Binter will have to pay a surcharge on their fares.
Vice President and Minister of Tourism, Economics and Competitiveness, Carlos Alonso, states,“All new Binter routes from Gran Canaria, some with a twice weekly rotation, as for example with Lisbon, have been planned without contemplating any direct connection with Tenerife. “We do not share this decision because tourism data shows that the number of trips from Tenerife to Lisbon is superior to those from Gran Canaria. In the
first six months of the year, passenger traffic from Tenerife to Portugal was 24,000 people, while Gran Canaria had just over 23,200. “We have contacted the company several times, but it does not want to change its international strategy, in effect leaving out the island of Tenerife,” added Alonso. Carlos Alonso will be filing a motion in the Cabildo in September, requesting modification of the strategy and the inclusion of Tenerife in the inter-
national expansion of Binter. Alonso said, “Cases like Binter are what will happen if Tenerife is not included in the Trans-European Transport Network. If the European Union does not include us, all forms of travel in Tenerife will be more expensive, if we can’t get directly to our destinations. It is therefore important to support the platform # TFseMueve because we need to get our claim to Brussels to give us the treatment we deserve.”
The Magic of Disney Stansted Airport must be sold now STANSTED Airport, owned by a consortium led by Spanish construction firm Ferrovial, is up for sale. The consortium, which owns operators BAA, has decided not to challenge a ruling by the Competition Commission’s (CC) forcing it to sell the Essex airport, The CC’s 2009 report into
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BAA’s ownership of seven airports said it had an unfair market advantage over rival operators. The company has since sold Gatwick and Edinburgh airports. But the sale of Stansted - the UK’s fourth-busiest airport - means BAA will still have four others under its wing: Heathrow, Southampton, Aberdeen, and Glasgow. BAA protested in vain that CC’s ruling “fails to recognise that Stansted and Heathrow serve different markets”.
THE Disney Magic was the first ship in the Disney cruise line fleet, making her maiden voyage way back in 1998. So, it’s no surprise that the 2,713 passenger vessel is to be revamped after her 2013 season. It’s unknown as to what changes will be made to the 83,000 ton ship but a Disney cruise spokesperson said; "we are known for creating firsts.” The popular 11-deck cruise liner already includes Walt Disney Theatre, numerous water areas and eight restaurants, amongst many other attractions. The cruise line have not stated how long the ship’s refurbishment will take.
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Skoda’s sheer Elegance is such a sight to behold SKODA have built a little treasure with their five-door Skoda Citigo, and there won’t be many new cars on sale for less than £10,000 which will have as much appeal! The Citigo even tops the SEAT Mii and VW up! - especially with the Elegance spec. The Citgo three-door range was launched on 1st June, with prices starting at £7,630. And if the VW up! didn’t do it for you, this five-door version of Skoda’s most promising model in years, now available, is a cheaper and equally talented alternative. It’s obvious that the Citigo isn’t meant to be a family’s main car, but it is relatively practical, especially this fivedoor hatch. And as long as the front passengers don’t have particularly lengthy legs, there’s plenty of room behind for two adults. The boot is deep and has a 251-litre capacity, or 959 with the seats down, as on the up! For just under £10,000, you can get this top-spec Elegance model (pictured), and it’s definitely the one to have, despite costing nearly £1,000 more than the Citigo SE. It adds alloys, fog lights and electrically-adjustable, heated door mirrors, plus heated front seats and a leather steering wheel.
However, the biggest selling point for tech-savvy customers will be Skoda’s nifty Portable Entertainment Device (PID), which is standard. A removable, five-inch, touchscreen interface accesses extra trip computer data and features sat-nav, Bluetooth and a micro SD input for music files. Skoda offer the Elegance with 59bhp or 74bhp versions of the three-cylinder 1.0-litre petrol engine, but you’ll need
the latter only if you venture out of town regularly. The 74bhp car is also the only one in the range to have stop-start as part of the GreenTech package - yet the lower-powered car returns better economy, at 68.9mpg. It also emits less than 100g/ km of CO2 to give exemption from road tax in the UK. Whatever power output you choose, the Citigo impresses with its “big-car” manners. It nips in and out of small gaps
eagerly, yet still soaks up broken urban roads with aplomb. It also keeps up on the motorway, but what really stands out, though, is the car’s composure and stability. Pop-out rear windows are reminders that this car is made to a price, but it’s still desirable - especially at under £10,000 - because it genuinely does have that mature feel, both in terms of interior quality and the way it drives.
The steering is light and responsive, while the gearshift is slick yet precise. The best bit is the ride, which, despite its short wheelbase, does a great job of smoothing bumps, ruts and ridges for driver and passengers alike. Over the years, Skoda’s cars have always landed top marks for reliability, and they rarely disappoint their owners, who love the nononsense quality and safety on offer.
The Citigo three and fivedoor machines can only enhance that reputation. They are well constructed with quality materials and, as city cars go, this should be as safe as you can get. Apart from the European market, Skoda have been looking to spread its wings in India for some time, and the introduction and initial launch of the Citigo there will have done their prospects no harm at all.
Ford’s Dagenham plant has rolled out 40 million engines FORD have, incredibly, produced their 40 millionth engine at their Dagenham plant in Essex. They made their first engine 81 years ago, and this is now Ford’s worldwide centre for diesel engines.
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It produces more than 50% of all Ford’s diesel engines globally, and UK-built engines now power more than one-third of all the company’s motors around the world. The plant has contributed to the success of the Escort, Cortina, Granada and Capri, and has built engines for
Jaguar, Mazda and Volvo, among others. In 2003, an additional plant was opened at Dagenham - the windpowered Diesel Centre. Following an investment of £325m, the low-CO2 facility accounts for over half of the site’s annual production, with more than 2,500 engines made every day.
Dagenham and the company’s Bridgend factory in Wales - where EcoBoost petrol engines are produced - build two million engines a year. Ford just keep getting better and better, so roll on the next million engines in Dagenham. And at this rate, it won’t take them long!
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Email: roscoe@canarianweekly.com THE new season gets underway this Sunday as third-tier football returns to Las Americas for the first time in a generation. And what a way for it to return as CD Marino host CD Tenerife in a High Noon derby showdown. It’s the dream scenario for Marino and a nightmare for Tenerife. The fans from the south will get the unique enjoyment of travelling about five minutes for an away match! The stadium will be rocking, and Marino will coin it in. Last season, they averaged 300 for home matches, yet if the local media are to believed, there could be as
Let battle commence! many as 4,000 squeezed inside on Sunday. The clubs have a great relationship and respect for each other. Well, they did until a few weeks ago. CDT poached Marino’s star player Cristo Martin, just hours after he had told Marino that he was staying and not travelling to the North of the island. There were accusations on both sides and, even though a truce has been agreed, it seems a fragile one. Tenerife have loaned a few players South, including hot prospect Sandro, but they cannot play this weekend. CDT are also unhappy at the ticket pricing, which has been
Match Report By Geoff Huxtable PREMIER League wins again for Xtreme and Bar180 saw them push further away from the pack - and this is now looking like a twohorse race again. Target secured a second win at Phoenix to keep them
well placed, but again, only three matches took place this week. So come on guys, we need to keep these matches moving along In Division 1, The Naturals and Target Titans took advantage of Palms A’s night off by both recording 7-1 wins. Cafe Rood are now making it a three-way chase for Palms, and this season could
JOHN LOWE TROPHY PREMIER LEAGUE RESULTS 5-3 3-5 1-7 7-1 4-4 5-3 6-2 3-5
La Central Target Army Xtreme Sports Bar The Pub La Central The Pub Team Valle Target Army
PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE DIVISION 1 TABLE
Table 1 Xtreme Sports Bar 2 Bar 180 A 3 Cozy Wanderers 4 Phoenix Bar 5 Target Army 6The Pub 7 La Central 8 Team Valle
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director or full-time talent scouts. He was seriously considered on more than one occasion for the Tenerife job over the last few seasons, and may well get it one day. For the moment, though, Alvaro Cervera, who I’m sure will be nicknamed Cerveza, has the reins. Results have been patchy in pre-season, and he even admitted in the press conference this week that he is still learning about the players and is not certain of his best XI. Last year’s boss, Quique Medina, is now Director of Football, and most of his signings are re-signings! Chechu, Medina, Tarantino and Victor
Bravo have been inked up when their departures were more likely. He is still looking for another defender and is desperate for a striker. The quest for a front man has almost been a farce. Tenerife have spoken with dozens, yet have bagged nada. At the time of writing, an Austrian forward, Guillem Martin, was being mooted. Tenerife have strengthened, and I reckon there could be five debutants on Sunday. Well, three new boys and the “second coming” for two local lads. We’ve covered Cristo Martin, and he should start alongside Suso, who is back after a
few successful seasons with Hearts. It’s funny he could have been facing Liverpool this week rather than Marino! It’s tough on a Thursday to predict a line-up for Sunday, but I’ve a feeling Tenerife will play 4-2-3-1 and line up like this: Aragoneses; Moyano, Tarantino, Bruno, Raul Llorente; David Medina, Inigo Ros; Chechu, Martin, Suso; Aridane. Victor Bravo is not fully fit, and Josmar will be in his customary substitute role. The system is favoured by Cervera, and it’s the one Jose Luis Oltra played four years ago as Tenerife hit La Liga. It’s a smart system away and adds depth to midfield, but it
We have another two-horse race!
Darts League Tables Bar 180 A Phoenix Bar The Pub Cozy Wanderers Target Army Bar 180 A La Central Phoenix Bar
set at a hefty 20 euros. Throw in a spicy pre-season match between the two sides a fortnight ago, which Marino won 2-1 against a mainly reserve CDT, and we have all the ingredients for a cracker. It will be a proud day for Marino, and lots of people behind the scenes deserve much of credit. None more than manager Willy Barraso. He has worked a miracle in moulding a hungry, passionate young team which is easy on the eye. What they lack in skill, they compensate with effort, and they will be fired up for this. Barraso works as a one-man band. He doesn’t get the luxury of a sporting
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be the closest in Division 1 for many years, with Gaffers, Scruffys and Sundowners just behind. Phoenix Flames’ Jo recorded her second singles win on the trot in Division 2, but that was not enough
to prevent the Hunters of Barracuda gaining a good 6-2 win. With three of the top four drawing this week, the league has closed up again and, with only nine points separating the top six, this
JOHN LOWE TROPHY DIVISION 1 RESULTS Cozy Warriors Naughty Nautas Ourplace Naturals Ourplace Playboys Scruffy Macs DIVISION 1 TABLE Target Titans Bar 180 B Barracuda Bytes Gaffers A Rood Scruffy Macs Cozy Warriors Gaffers A Marilyns Palms Sports Bar A
8pm to register your team. The draw will be held at the venues at 8.05pm sharp, with games starting 10 minutes later. There is no trebles competition for Premier Division teams.
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could be a close one as well. Don’t forget that the Trebles competition is taking place tonight (Friday) at the following venues: Division 1 - Cafe Rood; Division 2 Marilyns; Ladies - Phoenix. You must be there before
Bar 180 C Bar Amistad Barracuda Hunters Chipeque Pool Bar Trap Door Bar 180 C Bar Plaza Rebels La Central Chicas Ourplace Playgirls Tavern Bar 180 C Barracuda Hunters Chipeque Pool Bar Ourplace Playgirls Sundowners 2
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Hammers slay old rivals TENERIFE Hammers A lead the way at the top of Division One of the Oasis Fm Pool League after two wins against familiar foes.
will want an extra forward for home games. On the whole, 4-4-2 worked for Tenerife last season and Aridane is not a striker. He needs balls to feet or flicks to a runner and partner. Cristo Martin is not the sort of player to work beyond the front man. Josmar, on the other hand, is. It’s the dawning of a new era and nobody can say with any degree of certainty how this side will do. For me, on paper, it looks weaker than last season. Jorge Perona is a massive loss. Even though his form tailed off, he was still the main goal threat. There is no Pablo Sicilia to organise
the defence. Tarantino is a red card waiting to happen and, from what I've seen Bruno is not my kind of defender. I’m a little surprised that David Medina is not at centreback. He is a decent midfield player, but is much better when he can direct traffic with everything in front of him. I honestly thought last season’s squad was more than good enough to go up, and I don’t think this section is any weaker than last year. Yes, there is no Castilla or the excellent Lugo. But Salamanca are a big fish and Albacete and Real Oviedo will get stronger for last year’s
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efforts. In fact, Oviedo have just grabbed former Tenerife man Oscar Perez from Cadiz. He has just had the season of his life. And don’t forget the B teams. We know about Barca and Castilla. Well, Villarreal’s finished halfway up the second division last time and they should be the dominant side in this tier. Atletico Madrid’s kids finished like a train last year and Real Madrid’s C team - yes C team - are chock-full of great hungry pups. *All CD Tenerife and CD Marino matches will be live on Oasis Fm this season. Our coverage starts at 11.45am!
The bubble-blowers are the only top-flight side with a 100% record, after victories over Hammers C and Palms A. On Tuesday, they brushed aside Hammers C 10-2 in impressive style, but they were pushed all the way 24 hours later by Palms A. The Hammers were 3-0 up early on but they were close frames and Palms soon fought back. They pegged it back to 4-2 and, with Fritzel in poor form, they were soon eyeing a famous win as they levelled it up at 5-5. The final two frames mirrored the night’s action. They were tight, nervy affairs which could have gone either way. As it was, Penguin rode his luck to edge out JT, and then Jambo produced a superb clearance to deny Graham and Palms A a point. Earlier in the week, Palms were involved in another ding-dong match, as they drew at Dreamers. La Cana have had a tough start and they tasted defeat again, this time at home to Gaffers A. Neil was the man of the match, but hat-tip to La Cana’s Gwen, who beat Ashley! We all would have loved to have seen his face. Phoenix Knights scrambled home by the smallest margin against Inn The Pink A in a nipand-tuck battle. Terrace A had a night to forget as they hosted Phoenix Potters. They started poorly and were fighting a losing battle at 3-1 down. Mal, who keeps losing (and not paying) bets to this writer, won all his matches, but he found little support as Potters eased home 7-5. Alex returned to league action for Toscales A, but he couldn’t stop them losing at The Peacocks A. Peacocks were 4-0 up for the second straight home match, and again saw the visitors rally. Toscales took three of the four middle frames, but the hosts learned the lessons from two weeks ago and finished the job off with frames to spare. There are just sides with perfect records in Division Two, and Next Door are setting a hot pace. Exiles B were their latest victims. The whole team chipped in with frames and Craig went through the card as the Torviscans put down another marker. The Treehouse earned three points and bragging rights over their B team, but they were pushed all the way. Patrick and
Stewart gave the B team a 2-0 lead before Mark and Warren squared it up. Harry and Jay quickly restored the two-frame lead and, when John beat Greg, they were 5-3 up and odds-on to get their first win. However, the A team found another gear and took control of the contest as they won the last four rubbers. Exiles A are starting to find last season’s form. They were too strong for Picasso’s, while Toscales B got off the mark in style. The inflicted defeat No 3 on the Full Monty 9-3. Palms B are also in the win
column. Eeyore’s lads were kept honest by Gaffers B, despite an early 3-0 lead. A mid-match rally gave Gaffers B hope before the captain and Richie got Palms over the winning line 7-5. Inn The Pink B and James Bar had a right old tear up in The Patch. There was nothing to choose between the sides all night, Gary won all his matches for the hosts and Pink should have won. However, a rookie mistake from Dean cost them a crucial frame. Pool rule No1: DO NOT PICK A BALL UP. Leave it to the ref!
DIVISION 1 RESULTS Palms Bar A Bar La Cana Dreamers Bar Phoenix Knights Tenerife Hammers A Terrace Bar A The Peacocks A LEAGUE TABLE
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The rules of sudoku X are simple - just enter the numbers 1 - 9 once in each row, column and 3 x 3 square within the sudoku X puzzle grid. In addition to standard sudoku, the numbers must only occur once in each side of the ‘X’ that is marked on the grid.
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Horoscopes of the week Leo
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(July 24th - August 23rd) It’s is a lucky time for new relationships. For once, you are not feeling the need to play games. But you’re willing to lay your cards on the table and leave the acts for others to perform. Venus, the planet of love, rewards you for your patience, and you start to see you life take shape in ways you had previously not thought possible. VIRGO (August 24th-September 23rd) Teaching and all forms of learning are well starred now. You no longer worry how things look but you’re thinking more about how you feel. However, you could think a little more about how you take care of yourself and the bad habit you need to get rid of. It would be the icing on the cake to do so. LIBRA (September 24th-October 23rd) Unusual opposition to your plans may have left a bad taste in your mouth, but aspects suggest that those involved may have had reasons you don’t know about for their resistance. Let others tell their side of the story before you shut them out completely. SCORPIO (October 24th-November 22nd) This week offers you the chance to further a secret wish or hope you had. Steps you take to improve your health over the coming days also pay off. Telling lies to those you work with is not an option, and could undo the hard work you’ve done earlier in the year, so make sure you resist telling any porkies. S AG I T TA R I U S (November 23rdDecember 21st) Although favours you do for your close ones may seem as if they’re not appreciated right now, they will be in the long run. Your chart shows that recent events have really taken the wind out of your sails, and so you need to think about taking some time out to recharge your batteries.
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Money you save now can help you to make money next month. C A P R I C O R N (December 22ndJanuary 20th) This begins a time when you will be more involved with close family members, and what is going on in their lives. Get involved and help them out, but just know how far is too far to go. They could be playing you for a fool if you show a naive attitude to some of the problems they have decided to escalate for their own needs. AQUARIUS (January 21st-February 19th) This is a really productive time for moving home, selling homes or just doing up your own place. You don’t seem to feel comfortable with the way your finances are going, so it would be better for you to sit down and do some honest sums, rather than to fumble your way along with your eyes shut. Professional help you seek this week promises to be productive. PISCES (February 20th-March 20th) Business affairs look busier and more energetic than usual. You’ve grabbed the attention of some really powerful people, who seem to know how to help you get what you want on a permanent level. Look out for someone from your past who’s back, with a very interesting story to share with you ARIES (March 21stApril 20th) Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also
what it takes to sit down and listen. This week can be really life changing for you. After all, you’re never too old to learn, and this is a lesson you should learn sooner rather than later as it can help you to make life so much better for yourself. TAURUS (April 21stMay 21st) Circumstances are making it hard for you to adapt to the sudden changes that close friends want you to bring about. What you’re about to find out, though, is that they’ve been thinking about this for longer than you realise. But you also have a right to your opinion, and if you can control that tongue of yours and talk instead of shouting, then you should reach a happy medium. GEMINI (May 22ndJune 21st) Don’t be so hard on yourself. Sometimes you really are your own worst taskmaster. We all need some “me” time - and if you don’t give yourself some, then you are going to see a negative knock-on effect on all other areas of your life. After all, if you don’t think you’re worth it, then why should anyone else? CANCER (June 22nd-July 23rd) This is a favourable time for work in close association with others. Don’t be afraid to use your imagination and intuition in relationships. Your psychic abilities are also strong, and you should get some clear signals on what your future holds, and with whom your destiny lies. Don’t be late for midweek meetings because your reputation is on the line.
1. What is the full title of the Captain America superhero movie starring Chris Evans & Tommy Lee Jones, released in 2011. ___________________________ 2. What was the nickname of Captain Pierce in the TV series MASH ___________________________ 3. Where did Captain James Cook die ___________________________
30-Second Brain Training 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! BEGINNER Starter Number
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Over 20 years experience. Official Translations, Medical, Conveyancing, Notary, Wills, Utilities, Insurances, Building licences Etc.. Transport available if required. Professionalism & Confidentiality guaranteed.
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Friday Sunny skies 31 °C. Wind 9mph. Friday Night Clear skies 23 °C. Wind 9mph. Saturday Cloudy skies 28°C. Wind 14mph. Saturday Night Clear skies 23°C. Wind 14mph. Sunday Sunny Skies 28 °C. Wind 14mph. Sunday Night Clear skies. 23°C. Wind 14mph. Monday Sunny skies. 30 °C. Wind 14mph. Monday Night Clear skies. 23°C. Wind 14mph. Tuesday Sunny skies. 31°C. Wind 13mph. Tuesday Night Clear skies. 24°C. Wind 13mph. Wednesday Sunny skies 31°C. Wind 13mph. Wednesday Night Clear skies. 24 °C. Wind 13mph.
Transport TFS - Tenerife Sur Airport (Reina Sofia) For flights from the Spanish mainland and nearly all scheduled international flights.
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