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Licence lies: Locals livid!

Issue 787

18th January - 24th January

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riving licences issued in the UK are still acceptable in Spain.

They will not, we repeat, WILL NOT, need changing for a Spanish licence from tomorrow (Saturday).

You have again been misinformed by unresearched articles in print and online by other publications.

Urban myth, jungle drums, or bad reporting, call it what you will but the information circulating for a week has caused panic among the expatriate community. And it is wrong.

Worried residents have been contacting Canarian Weekly asking us the real situation, as they have been concerned that they will not be able to drive their cars legally after 19th January.

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Direccion General de Trafico told Canarian Weekly: “There is no imminent action needed by those holding a UK driving licence and living in Spain.”

They went on tell us that the irresponsible reporting of the new EU directive by another publication has forced them to issue a press release clarifying the new rules and regulations. The European directive,

which is being bandied about, dates back over six years ago to 2006.

The directive’s objective is for all European member states, of which there are currently 27, to issue a single model: one driving licence throughout Europe.

Ultimately, the aim is to replace the 110 types of licence currently in circulation.

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Veronicas spoof evokes mass fury 'Fools' story widely condemned by tourist board, town halls, tour operators, business owners and tourists.

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Spanish April Fools story about the demolition of the Veronicas strip has left business owners, workers and tourists furious.

The Town Hall and tourist board were aghast at the report.

It began as a simple joke, understood mainly by the Spanish speaking community; to others, it caused horror and fury on reading.

The story has potentially damaged the livelihood of over 30 businesses in the Veronicas area, with hundreds of workers fearing for their jobs,

and put into jeopardy the numbers of tourists visiting the area as some are changing their holiday destination as a result of unfounded reports spreading to online forums and social networking sites on the internet.

Canarian Weekly have been in discussion with the authorities and the message confirmed by Arona Ayuntamiento is that Veronicas is NOT being demolished and that there are currently NO immediate plans to make any changes.

Veronicas originally was constructed in the mid 1970’s and was originally designated to be shops and restaurants. Now it’s a mecca for the younger tourist looking for

outstanding nightlife.

As the years have rolled on the Veronicas image has received a lot of bad press, and has been the topic of much rumour and speculation. Even now television production

companies contact Canarian Weekly asking for help to recreate the ‘Tenerife Uncovered’ experience, to which they receive short shrift.

But, this time the bad press which the iconic Veronicas areas

received was unjustified.

The four separate buildings which make up Veronicas known as ‘the strip’ now play host to a number of businesses which target the 18-35 year old tourist. The area is cleaner and tidier than many UK city centres at the weekend, not to mention the investment in new venues, cleaning up the strip, and pedestrianising the surrounding area.

Niel Hayhoe, Area Manager, Holiday Experience, TUI told Canarian Weekly, “Veronicas is very popular with our younger clientele staying within the area.”

Thomas Cook informed us that, “Club 18-30, one of the UK’s most famous

youth brands is moving back to Tenerife this summer. The summer season begins on the 25th May and goes through to the 20th September.”

Obviously, Veronicas is the ideal place for that market to visit during the evening. One business owner who wished not to be named said, “We all love a good joke but front page headline news in a Tenerife based English language newspaper aimed at British tourists and residents about our bars being demolished in three months, is not a joke” Worry not, Veronicas is not being turned into an ecological banana plantation – it’s still the place for a great night out!

Licence lies: Locals livid!

From front page. have freedom to drive throughout the European Union.

Tomorrow (19th Jan), the European Union Third Directive on driving licences comes into force. All new driving licences from this date will have to meet the terms of the Directive.

If you are a British expatriate living for more than 185 days in Spain, in our case, Tenerife, you need to carry with you your UK photocard licence, plus originals of your personal identification documents.

This point is debatable because many of us prefer to carry photocopies.

That’s okay, but, if stopped by the Police you will be asked to present your originals at the Police station.

There is no need for your driving licence to be stamped or inscripted as is the term any longer, Trafico have confirmed this to

the Canarian Weekly. If you are a British expat and hold a photocard licence (DVLA have been issuing them since 1998) the expiry date on the front of your licence refers to the photograph, and they last 10 years.

So, when this is due for renewal, you will have to renew your licence in the country in which you reside, in our case Tenerife. But only when it’s due for renewal.

The expiry dates on the reverse of your licence refer to your driving entitlements, and most UK licences need renewing when you attain 70 years of age.

Again, if this applies to you, then you would apply for a licence in the country in which you currently reside and not where your licence was originally issued.

This means that from 19/01/2015, if you are an expatriate resident in another EU state from which your licence was issued, you must apply

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for a licence that has an expiry date.

However, if for any reason you are an expatriate and, for whatever reason, you have no expiry date on your licence, e.g.

a Belgian licence, then you must renew your licence IN THE COUNTRY IN WHICH YOU RESIDE within two years of being resident.

The changes are being

introduced wholesale across the EU. They will mainly affect new licences and drivers of other vehicles such as motorcyclists, lorry, bus and minibus drivers, and those who tow trailers.

The new rules affecting drivers are a bid to harmonise licences.

They include changes to what you can drive, the minimum age from which some vehicles can be driven, and driving licence card validity periods for some driver groups. At the same time a newstyle driving licence will be introduced.

The benefit of the unified licence is that it will create transparency for citizens, police forces and administration services.

For existing drivers, the new rules will not take away your entitlement to drive if it was granted before 19th January 2013. However, some of the new rules will affect you, especially if you drive

lorries or buses. As for new drivers from 19th January 2013 - if they apply for provisional entitlement to drive, or pass a driving test from that date, the new rules will apply to them.

The new-style licence will look different from the current licence. All vehicle categories will be listed on the back of your licence, with dates against those you are entitled to drive or ride.

You won’t be entitled to drive any category of vehicle that has lines instead of dates.

Your photocard licence is accompanied by a paper counterpart.

The counterpart will contain your provisional driving entitlements, driving offences and other relevant information.

In conclusion, the situation with driving licences is very similar to that of health and tax; you cannot have a foot in both camps; you need to decide in which country you are resident: here in Tenerife or the UK?

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Iceland quick to withdraw News In Brief beefburgers

CW Santa Cruz in 3D

NEARLY 50,000 maps of Santa Cruz, the Island’s capital, are now available in 3D at tourist information points across the city.

Published in Castilian, with explanations in English, the tourist information points aim to cater for visitors in their own language. Last year alone, 1,416 people enjoyed 72 tours of the historical capital.

Cruising to a record SANTA CRUZ last year played host to 398,000 cruisers, on 152 ships, which was a record high according to stats published by the Development Society. In December alone, 22 ships arrived with a total of 52,500 passengers on board.

Biker dies in Granadilla A 30-year-old man died after a collision with a car in Granadilla on Tuesday morning. The accident happened at 7.49, which sparked several calls to the emergency services, who found the rider in cardiac arrest.

Despite their efforts, they were unable to resuscitate him, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the car also had to be treated there after suffering acute shock.

Cold, wet and snowy SOME 23 provinces in Spain have been issued with weather warnings for high winds, snow, rain and tidal waves as temperatures plummet across the country.

Torrential rain is expected in some areas and, as a result, the Canary Islands may experience tidal waves and high tides.

On the mainland, the border region of Navarra has been the worst-hit by snow and floods over a three-day period this week, with numerous B-roads blocked and rescue services working around the clock.

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E N E R IFE’S Iceland stores have reacted sharply to the news that horsemeat has been found in beefburgers in some leading UK supermarkets.

It has also been discovered in meat processing plants

in both the UK and Ireland. But officials stress that there is no threat to public health.

As a precaution, Iceland branches on the Island have withdrawn the following items from their shelves, although it is not proven that these products include traces of horsemeat.

Iceland Quarter Pounder (frozen): bestbefore date 06/08/2013 PLU code 21244 (the

bold numbers in barcode).

Iceland 100% Beef Quarter Pounder, 4-pack (frozen): bestbefore date 07/09/2013 PLU code 49170 (the bold numbers in barcode).

Meanwhile, Ireland’s Food Safety Authority (FSAI) has tested for the presence of horse and pig DNA, while the Tesco Everyday Value Beef Burger analysed was found to contain 29.1% horsemeat.

Tests on products containing beef sold in Aldi, Iceland, Lidl and Dunnes Stores have also uncovered low levels of horse DNA. And in our Iceland stores, there are posters explaining the product recall to customers.

If you have purchased these products and wish to return them to the store, you will be given a full refund. However, you may wish to eat them anyway!

Mariinsky ends in Tenerife The St Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, currently on tour in Spain, will make its last stop in Tenerife.

The Mariinsky Company will perform at the Auditorio in Santa Cruz tomorrow (Saturday), presenting Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto and Shostakovich’s Tenth Symphony. The orchestra will also present the world premiere of Clarinet Concerto No.2 by Nino Diaz The concert begins at 8.30pm and tickets can be purchased from the box office, or at http:// entradas.auditoriodetenerife.com

Capital car eye-opener LOCAL police monitor the vehicles entering Santa Cruz on a daily basis. And last Thursday, which was not a particularly busy day, saw nearly 30,000 motors enter the city via its main roads.

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Carnival Queen candidates

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A licence to please

FOURTEEN aspiring Santa Cruz Carnival Queen candidates met this week. Santa Cruz Mayor José Manuel Bermúdez thanked both their sponsors and designers. The Carnival Queen contest will be

held at the Recinto Ferial in the capital on the 6th February, from 21:30.

José Manuel Bermúdez gave a boquet of flowers to each candidate and congratulated them for taking part in the most

important festival of the people of Santa Cruz.

“Enjoy every moment and seize this unique experience, because it is a big responsibility but you will remember for a lifetime,” said the mayor.

All of the councilors

appreciated the effort expended by the sponsors and designers, “whose enthusiasm and desire to work spreads throughout the city.” In turn, they also wished good luck to the applicants.

Russians get the bug!

AT this time of year, Tenerife attracts all the cold-country tourists, so we need to make them smile.

And who says the Russians can’t have fun? Well they proved they can when a group of them visited Puerto Colon, in Las Americas, for a spin on the waterbuggys.

The business, run by Brummie Jay

and Northern Nigel, is proving to be of huge appeal to all nations, from Chinese, Americans, Germans and French, to the good old Brits.

Their company, floated only last summer, just keeps on attracting everyone from everywhere, especially after the recent success of the waterbuggys on ITV’s

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Take Me Out dating programme. Jay says we live in an international, multi-cultural-minded world, so why not go waterbugging!

If you fancy having a go

on these family-friendly crafts, and joining the many waterbuggy fans, get on down to Puerto Colon, Pontoon 4, or call 610 373 245 for more details.

SOMETIMES, life can get quite awkward producing a newspaper, especially when we’re trying to separate the wheat from the chaff, along the way we are fed a lot of misinformation ‘disturbance’ from various quarters.

When this happens - not too often, thank goodness - we do our utmost to research the subject and events again and again if necessary for the sake of accuracy, and to bring you the reader the true facts.

Sometimes, it is impossible to ascertain these facts in time, and we generally drop the story. We were aware of the Spanish Driving Licence story last week, but it didn’t make sense, we made initial enquiries, but couldn’t get to the bottom of it. Especially when at the time Trafico advised us that they didn’t have the full information. So as our print deadline loomed

we decided to put it on hold. As it transpired, we were correct to set it aside and continue working on it for this week’s paper. It took several hours of phoning various sources, including Trafico, who were by then indeed aware of the controversy it was causing. So, as with all stories it’s quite a relief when the truth emerges.

One member of my staff told me: “It frightened me to death. I had visions of not driving again until I had learned sufficient Spanish even to pass the written driving test over here.”

I’m sure that sentiment was echoed throughout the bars and cafes in the South.

That’s why I am delighted to convey the news to all of you on our front page that you needn’t worry about tomorrow’s 19th January so-called deadline for securing a Spanish licence.

As always we aim to bring you information on what we think will be informative and newsworthy.

Until next week…

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CW What's On San Antonio Abad Traditional Pilgrimage When: 27/01/13 Where: Buenavista del Norte San Sebastian Traditional Pilgrimage When: 20/01/13 Where: La Enramada (Adeje) www.costa-adeje.es La Florida Traditional Pilgrimage When: 26 Enero (Great Puchero) When: 27 Enero Where: La Orotava www.villadelaorotava.es Cirque Du Soleil When: 13-20/01/13 Where: Santiago Martín Pavilion (La Laguna) Arguayo Saturday 26th January The day of celebration on the route of Almond Blossom visitors to the town of Arguayo will be greeted by a market for products made from almonds.

Santiago del Teide Sunday 27th January There will be a craft market in the public square of Santiago del Teide with artisans, bakers, vegetable stand, etc.

Arona Arona International Music Festival (FIMA) 2013 A whole host of concerts are taking place as part of the festival from the 2nd until the 16th February. More information www.arona.org

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IVE million tickets will promote the Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2013.

The mayor of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, José Manuel Bermúdez, the councilman Festival, Fernando Ballesteros, and the managing director of the National Organization of the Blind (ONCE), Andres Guillen, presented the agreement to promote the up and coming

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The tickets will be available on Saturday 19th, with the official poster image of the Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 2013, by Tenerife artist Lemanczyk Valdemar, representing the theme of this year, Bollywood, India which was selected from 27 entires.

The head of the

Santa Cruz washdown IN Santa Cruz they’re pressure washing the pavements that are affected by the resin of the jacaranda plants.

Hot water is being powerfully sprayed to clean up the areas,

Santa Cruz Carnival Carnival for this year has now got underway and runs until the 17th February, a number of the major events take place in the final week.

ONCE

Tenerife Carnival edition.

This is the second year running that ONCE have promoted carnival.

José Manuel Bermúdez said that “this is a partnership that allows the image of our carnival and the city to be scrolled across Spain, making an impact and a valuable promotional tool”

ONCE, Andres Guillen, emphasised that “it is an honour that this Saturday the carnival of Santa Cruz will be seen throughout Spain and that it’s associated with the enthusiasm and commitment of ONCE. ONCE tickets are sold by the 21,000 sales agents of the entity. As always, at the Point of Sale (POS), the client can choose the number.

In addition, you can buy from the official website of the game ONCE www.juegosonce.com

and thus improving the situation for pedestrians.

The work began on the 10th January. High pressure hoses as well as good old fashioned elbow grease is moving the stubborn resin.

Councillor Arteaga indicated that due to

the characteristics of the trees, “this action must be repeated quite frequently, since it has been found that the resin adheres to the pavement and is very complicated for the operator to remove if

too much time passes”.

Numerous areas are being treated including the ramps on Las Teresitas, and Tres de Mayo to name just two.

Many areas are being treated at night to avoid disruption.

Cigs increase 15 cents a packet BRITISH American Tobacco (BAT) has increased the price of two of its cigarette brands by 15 cents per pack.

Pall Mall and Lucky Strike will increase from 3.95 euros and 4.10 euros respectively to 4.10 euros and 4.25 euros.

BAT has said that prices have increased to stay in line with the competition after Altadis increased the

cost per packet of cigarettes by 20 cents, although then lowered it by five cents to match the price rises applied

by Philip Morris and JTI. Sources from BAT say: “We believe that by putting our prices up, we have done our bit to help the State with its tax collection objectives – even though it is damaging to us in business terms.”

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Consulate cancels ex-pat open days LACK of interest has forced the British Consulate to cancel various Canarian Open Days for residents, including the one at Puerto de la Cruz.

Other days in Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria have also been written off, but the Los Cristianos and Lanzarote dates, which

have attracted plenty of interest, will still go ahead.

All those who have already registered for the cancelled events are being contacted personally.

The original Canary Island dates last month were postponed, presumably for the same reason.

Special contracts for young workers SPAIN’S government and employers are said to be designing a contract for young people to help combat their high unemployment rate, according to vice-president of the Spanish employers’ organisation CEOE, Jesus Terciado.

Arona International Music Festival 2013

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HE Arona International Music Festival 2013 takes place from the 2nd February until the 16th February.It promises to be quite a busy two weeks period with not only performances but the chance to play an instrument.

If you would like to learn to play the flute, clarinet or trombone even the tuba then there will be lessons from 10:00 to 14:00 hours and from 16:00 to 18:00 hours. You’ll need to enroll so go to the website www.arona.org.

Event organisers said, “In times like these it is not easy to organise an event like the Arona International Music Festival 2013.

Widespread difficulties

being experienced by society require a rethinking of many things, but culture should not be affected by outside circumstances. This is the main reason why the School of Music and Dance of Arona, the Culture Patronage of the Municipality of Arona, the Tourism Patronage and the Cultural Association “Arona Concert Band” after last years success have once again set this challenge.

To bring the brightest performers and teachers in the musical world to our island.

On this occasion we will have the presence of: Philippe Lergourgues (flute) from “L´Ecole Normale de Musique de París” and “Conservatoire National de Région de Saint Maur des Fossés” - France , Javier Llopis (clarinet) from “Conservatorio

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Profesional de Música de S/C de Tenerife” Spain, Jacques Mauger (trombone) from “Conservatoire á Rayonnement Régional de París” and “H.E.M. de Genéve” Switzerland, Roland Szentpáli (solo tuba “Hungarian National Philarmonic Orchestra” - Budapest), Krisztina Fejes (piano) from

Hungary and Eglantina Grapshi (piano) from Switzerland, not only to enjoy their music, but also to use their knowledge within the courses in the festival.

It is for this reason that we invite you to the Arona Music Festival, to ensure that we all succeed in this musical adventure.”

Terciado confirmed that the government and his organisation are discussing a “new contract for young people in order to make this sector of the population more dynamic.”

Terciado noted that the minimum wage, 645 euros would be considered

a reference although as time goes by the salary could improve as workers gain more experience.

He added that employers would seek “further development of wage moderation and internal flexibility of companies.”

Data released by Eurostat, the statistics office of the European Union (EU) showed that Spain recorded the highest unemployment rate in November both in general terms and youth, among member states, which stood at 26.6 percent and 56.5 percent respectively.

According to latest data published by the government, there were 4.85 million jobless in Spain in December 2012, although Eurostat said the unemployment topped 6.1 million in the country in November.

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Arona still backing sports clubs

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R O N A Council has been forced to cut its grants budget by 28% as the recession bites even deeper, but grass-roots sport has been unaffected.

A total of 381,601 euros has been set aside to subsidise 36 sports clubs in the municipality, and this year it embraces 20 sports - athletics, motorsport, basketball, handball, baseball, boxing, adapted sports, rugby, football, roller hockey, judo, Canarian wrestling, swimming, skating, taekwondo,

tennis, diving, sailing, volleyball and even pigeon-racing.

Sierra Monica, who chairs Arona Sports Board, said: ”Despite the enforced reductions, we have prioritised grassroots sport and have kept the same subsidies as in previous years.

“The government’s intention is to continue to contribute to the maintenance of sports associations in Arona.”

The sum approved will be aimed at developing youth football teams and federated seniors, and supporting all the council’s federated sports bodies.

Elite athletes in particular will benefit, as will the sport of Canarian wrestling.

Accion’s class for pupils ACCION del Sol are planning to visit schools and colleges interested in educating children about the protection and welfare of animals.

The presentation lasts about two hours and is a free service provided

by Accion’s sponsors Aktiontier, the huge German charity organisation.

The children will learn many important issues concerning animal welfare, including maintenance, care, feeding, basic veterinary, handling dogs - and the true story of one lucky stray dog, which has a happy ending. Accion director Marion Gonzaalez and one of the refuge’s vets will be there to answer the children’s questions. The dates available are between 14-23rd March and 6-24th May, and schools and colleges should contact the refuge on 922 778 630 for more information if they are interested in this educational programme.

Accion also offers lectures and presentations at the refuge and if you have any queries about the activities or registration, contact Marion on the same number, or email teneriffa@aktiontier.org or acciondelsol@gmail.com

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The next fund-raiser for the refuge takes place on 3rd February at 2pm.

This will be a coffee-andcake afternoon in which animal lovers will get

a chance to meet likeminded people for an afternoon of fun.

Activities will include a guided tour of the refuge, a theatre animation show, lots of yummy cakes and much more so another date for your diary.

The refuge has seen a large increase of dogs in extremely poor condition brought into the refuge by Protection Civil.

Visit our Facebook page Aktion Tier Accion for more information on dogs available for adoption, and for more details on some of the many dogs coming into the refuge. The Dalmatian pictured was brought into the refuge a few weeks ago. It is micro-chipped

but the phone number is obsolete. This example serves as a reminder to all dog owners that if you do change phone numbers or addresses, please contact Zoocan.

It means that if your pet is lost, it can be traced and returned to you.

The refuge has also seen a large influx of unwanted puppies following the Christmas season. The situation here in Tenerife is reaching serious proportions, with all the refuges full to overflowing, so if you can help in any way, or you are looking to adopt a dog, then please visit Accion del Sol. The opening hours are Monday- Friday (3-6pm) or call 922 778 630 for more information.

People’s Party not so popular IN a recent survey

by Metroscopia, only 29.8 per cent said they would vote for Spain’s ruling People’s Party (PP), the lowest level of support since the November 2011 election when it won an absolute majority and over half of the vote.

Spain’s economy is expected to continue to contract through 2013 and protests at austerity measures are on the rise, with over one in four workers unemployed.

The economy has shrunk for three of the last four years after the bursting of a property bubble destroyed consumer and business sentiment and left the government applying budget cuts to control one of the euro zone’s highest public deficits.

While the poll showed growing disillusionment with Spain’s leaders - 84 per cent said they had little or no confidence in Prime Minister Mariano

Rajoy the main Socialist opposition also saw shrinking support.

Just 23.3 per cent said they would vote for the Socialists, in power from 2004 to 2011, down from 28.7 per cent during the 2011 election.

Meanwhile, support jumped for the smaller left-wing IU party, up to 15.6 per cent in January from 7.7 per cent a year ago, and the centrist UPyD, rising to 10.2 per cent from 4.6 per cent in January 2012.

The poll also showed that 74 per cent of those surveyed did not believe the government knew how to resolve the economic crisis, while 96 per cent said there was a great deal of corruption amongst Spanish politicians.

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Heyerdahl sets sail again towards another Oscar?

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HOR HEYERDAHL, the renowned adventurer with major connections to Tenerife, won an Oscar in 1951 - and he is on course to win another next month.

The Norwegian, who will forever be linked to the Guimar Pyramids over here, set out in 1947 on an epic voyage to prove a theory he held after a trip to Polynesia, which convinced him that the culture there bore traces of South American cultures.

His journey entailed travelling on a balsawood raft, some 8,000 kilometres across the Pacific Ocean from Peru to Raroia, and manned by a six-man team.

His voyage became known as the Kon Tiki Expedition, and his purpose was to prove that Polynesia could be populated from South America.

He told author Per Lillieström, who wrote the 1999 book No Boundaries: “I travelled on the reed boat with a crew of all races, partly to show my contempt for racism.”

Despite encountering a lot of opposition, his theory turned out to be right. And wrong!

Heyerdahl documented his epic journey in a book - one of 20 he

wrote, which were all published in 50 languages - and he won his Oscar in 1951 for his film Kon Tiki, made the previous year about his voyage.

Incredibly, 61 years later, in 2012, another film, also called Kon Tiki, was made about the same expedition.

Now, it has been nominated for an Oscar at next month’s Academy Awards, for Best Foreign Language film, and

has already been sold to 50 countries.

Heyerdahl, an ethnologist (the branch of anthropology which deals with the origin, distribution, and characteristics of human racial groups), was born on 6th October 1914 in Larvik.

He died at the age of 87 in 2002 in Italy, where he was on holiday with family friends, having spent his last years in Tenerife.

Hadia Tajik Norway’s

Minister of Culture, said: “It will be exciting to follow the Oscar ceremony on 24th February.”

The film, released in Norwegian cinemas last August, sold 164,191 tickets the first weekend, having previously beaten all records for a film premiere in that country.

It is the most expensive documentary ever made in Norway, and it faces stiff competition from Amour, No and A

Internet dependent ACCORDING to the just released “Information Society in Spain” report for 2012, Spain is one of the European countries with the biggest internet dependence.

More than six million people, one quarter of all users, are permanently connected to the

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internet in one way or another.

Smartphone penetration in Spain is 63.2 per cent, the highest figure in the European Union and one of the highest in the world, the report revealed, while 43 per cent of Spanish users now use their cell phones to access the internet, triple the amount of 2011.

In less than a year, the number of people with online access at home and on the move has

increased 300 per cent.

In terms of frequency, 89 percent of Spanish smartphone owners say they connect to the net daily. Meanwhile, 72.6 per cent of Spaniards say they connect each day, a modest 1.2 per cent rise.

And it is not just cellphones and PCs. Users employ an average of 2.4 devices to go online, from their TVs, which have increased as access points by 800 per

cent, to tablet computers (up 500 per cent) and eBooks (a 300 per cent rise).

The downside of this growing digital world is that personal communication is suffering.

The report found that users communicate with a greater number of people via microblogging sites such as Twitter and social networks (28.6 and 18.6 people, respectively) than in person (16.15 people).

Royal Affair, the other nominations in the Best Foreign Language Film class

Tenerife residents in the northern town of Guïmar will almost certainly be familiar with Heyerdahl because he lived there from 1994 and actually developed the Pyramid Park, which is regarded as one of the major landmarks on the Island.

It was, and still is, a fascinating exhibition, showing how he took advantage of several disciplines across the divide between science and social science.

Thor used to take daily trips to the Pyramid Park from the orange orchard, where he settled with his third wife.

Thor, also known as an archaeologist, biologist, anthropologist, ethnographer and zoologist, studied biology at the University of Oslo, doing his fieldwork in anthropology.

Curiously, he did not like to be called an adventurer, since he maintained his sole purpose was research.

But for the story of his epic expedition to gain another Oscar, 20 years after his death, would surely be the adventure to end all adventures!

Vodafone cut jobs VODAFONE has announced that it is to launch a labour force adjustment plan across Spain. The move would reduce Vodafone’s workforce by 25 per cent, cutting nearly 1,000 jobs, newspaper ABC reports, citing unnamed union sources.

According to the same sources, the plan is expected to be presented to the Spanish Ministry of Labour towards the

end of this month. The workforce reduction measure seeks to counteract the decline in revenues affecting the Vodafone group’s Spanish unit. Vodafone Spain reported service revenue down 12 per cent year-on-year on an organic base and 20.8 per cent on a reported base in the fiscal first half to the 30th September, to 1.9 billion euros from 2.5 billion in September 2011.

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HE Tenerife Cabildo has announced the II Contest of Tenerife Moda, called Fashion, Photography and Heritage.

In this second edition, the departments of Employment and External Economic Development, headed up by Efraín Medina and with the collaboration of the City of Garachico are aiming to develop an activity to encourage work and creativity for photographers specialising in fashion, whether professional or amateur.

The period for submission of entries begins January 10th and ends on April 2nd.

Efraín Medina said, “We want to promote fashion photography and its relationship to everyday life in the historic and artistic centre of Garachico. I think this is a good opportunity for professional and amateur photographers to capture their work in a unique setting such as the town

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and port of Garachico, which has some spectacular places”.

The jury will select the best 20 photographs with quality criteria in technical and

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artistic presentation.

The winning photo will receive a prize of 2,000 euros and a figure by the sculptor Pascual González Regalado.

The 20 finalists will

have their photographs shown in an exhibition at the tram stops and other advertising media.

Last year the Cabildo showcased the group of photographers dedicated to fashion in the Tenerife Moda programme, to enhance the activity of these professionals and to facilitate their participation in the development of fashion reporting, such as those made through the Tenerife Film Commission, which promotes the island as a natural film set.

For complete information on how to enter, go to http://www.tenerifemoda.com/wp - content/uploads/2013/01/ Bases-II-Concurso-deFotografia.pdf

pay into pot in Spain THE Spanish tax authorities have opened a nationwide probe to scrutinise the tax affairs of successful poker players, who are required to report and pay income tax on their winnings.

Tax investigators are said to be looking back as far as 2010, crossreferencing publiclyavailable tournament results databases, both for live and online tournaments, against Spanish players’ tax returns, to identify irregularities.

Spain recently liberalised its gambling market, but this seems to have coincided with a much more aggressive stance by the tax authorities in policing the sector.

In 2012, retroactive tax settlements were negotiated with prospective gambling licensees, in a bid to apply tax laws dating back to 1966 and 1977, which previously only impacted offline gambling activities.

Bwin agreed to pay back taxes worth 33.6 million euros in exchange for a license last June. It appears that next on the tax man’s agenda is the Spanish player base.

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Cowell says no to X Factor S

IMON COWELL, mastermind behind The X Factor, will not be returning to the UK show’s judging panel.

At this week’s launch of the Britain’s Got Talent auditions in Cardiff, the music mogul told fans that he would carry on overseeing and judging the American version.

Since Cowell, Cheryl Cole and Dannii Minogue left the show’s panel in 2010, ratings have dwindled and fans have besieged ITV for his return.

There was even talk of a “dream” judging panel for the 10th anniversary of the show this year,

consisting of the viewers’ favourite four judges since the start of The X Factor in 2004.

Cowell felt that if he did make a comeback, the US version would suffer as he split his time between the two continents.

After careful consideration, however, it seems that he has decided to stand by his two-year-old US show instead.

Despite his decision, there are believed to be other new twists to keep viewers happy. The judging panel currently comprises Gary Barlow, Louis Walsh, Tulisa Contostavlos and Nicole Scherzinger.

But in a bid to shake up the show, it is said that Tulisa will

be axed in favour of show stalwart Sharon Osbourne making a dramatic return.

Richard Holloway, The X Factor’s executive producer, has previously spoken of his desire to get a Cowell comeback.

“I’d love Cowell to come back because he’s the best judge in the world, he said. “If we can find a way to reintroduce him, we will. But it is impossible for him to be in two places.

“There is not one element we will not be looking at carefully.

From judges and start times to auditions and glitzy productions.

“After all, it’s our 10th anniversary coming up and we want it to be amazing.”

Celebrities boost the beach breaks BRITISH Airways has seen a boost in bookings to celebrity-favourite destinations in its January sale, thanks to stars uploading pictures of their holidays to popular social media sites over the Christmas and New Year period.

The Caribbean was overflowing with celebrities, which may account for the recent increase in holiday bookings to Barbados and St Lucia – both up by at least 130 per cent compared to last year. A favourite with the rich and famous, Barbados welcomed Simon Cowell, Coleen Rooney, Olly Murs and native Rihanna to its crystal clear waters,

while St Lucia, already a favourite with Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, was the choice for Gwyneth Paltrow who posted pictures of her family enjoying a blissful beach break. Meanwhile the draw of the ‘Spanish Caribbean’ attracted Alexa Chung, Pixie Geldof and Nick Grimshaw who partied in Puerto Rico together, while couples Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux , Emily Blunt and John Krasinski, and Jessica Alba and Cash Warren enjoyed romantic breaks to Mexico.

Claire Bentley, British Airways Holidays managing director, said: “The start of the year is always the busiest time

for bookings – people are back at work and need something to look forward to. The wet weather over Christmas, combined with lots of enticing pictures of celebrities on holiday has clearly influenced the rise we’re seeing in beach holidays.”

The airline has also seen a rise in bookings to Hawaii, up by 100 per cent in the past year. Blessed with beautiful beaches and natural beauty, it’s no surprise that it’s popular with the jet-set, including Katy Perry and John Mayer, Steven Tyler , Jude Law and even the President of the United States, who all vacationed on the islands during the recent holidays.

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Tragedy for pilot, and the luckiest men alive

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HE horrific helicopter crash, in which the pilot and a passerby were killed on Wednesday, could have been far worse.

It occurred at the height of the morning rush-hour near the busy Vauxhall Station, in central London.

The tragedy could have been magnified because the two men detailed to man the newly-built tower crane, which was clipped by the helicopter, both overslept.

Experienced pilot Pete Barnes, killed instantly, was on his way to pick up a customer in the helicopter, which crashed to the ground amid freezing fog and poor visibility.

Matthew Wood, 39, from Sutton, Surrey, who was walking to work, also died.

Twelve other people were injured in the incident.

Five were taken to hospital for treatment, and one was detained overnight with a suspected broken leg.

But two men were left counting their blessings.

Crane workers Richard Moule and Nicki Biagioni, both from Essex, were hurrying to work after

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over-sleeping when the disaster struck. They should have been in the crane’s cabin at 7am, ready for a day’s work.

Mr Moule, a father of two from Harlow told the Daily Mail: “It was the first time I’ve been late since starting this job three years ago. I just woke up late. Call it divine intervention if you like.

“The first thing I did was call my wife, Stephanie, and tell her, ‘You’ll be hearing about

this but I’m okay’. She gave me a big hug when I got back home.”

It is understood that Mr Biagioni, from Ongar, was late because his four-year-old son, who normally wakes him up, slept in.

His wife, Leanna, told the Sun: “Nicki gets a lift to a certain level and then climbs a ladder the rest of the way. If he’d been climbing, he would have died from the fall for certain. It’s too horrible to think about.”

Commander Neil Basu, of the Metropolitan Police, said: “It was something of a miracle that this was not many, many times worse.”

Dozens of trains, packed with hundreds of commuters, were passing through the area via the busy station throughout the rushhour. But train drivers were forced to stop their engines because

of the plumes of smoke drifting across the tracks and hampering their vision.

Mr Barnes, who flew a helicopter in Saving Private Ryan and the James Bond film Die Another Day, had also been an air-ambulance pilot.

He had requested to divert via Heathrow air traffic control and land at Battersea Heliport because of the dreadful weather when tragedy struck at 8am.

It was the first-ever fatal helicopter crash in central London since records began in 1976.

The aircraft was following the River Thames route, which runs by Vauxhall, and Mr Barnes was heading from Redhill, Surrey, to Elstree in Hertfordshire, to collect an executive client.

Witnesses reported extremely low cloud at

the time, suggesting the pilot may not have seen the crane, which was barely visible from street level.

At least two cars were hit by debris, and one man had a lucky escape, diving out of his car just before it burst into flames after being struck by the fierce flames.

The area was evacuated immediately because of the precarious position of the crane at the top of the tower.

Prime Minister David Cameron said in the Commons that he was “saddened” by the deaths of Mr Barnes and Mr Wood.

“The whole House will wish to join with me in sending their thanks to the emergency services for their rapid and professional response to this situation,” he added.

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Mobiles ready to get cash-friendly!

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OST people in the UK will be able to pay for items using their mobile phone from next year.

Banks and financial institutions representing 90% of current accounts will launch the country’s first industry-wide mobile payment service in the spring.

Using a process similar to texting, people will be able to sign up to send and receive payments using their own number.

And the good news is that it will be done without the need to disclose their bank account details.

The Payments Council, which is the industry body leading the project, believes that using mobiles to buy goods and services, and also send money to friends and family, will become the norm because of the scheme’s popularity among banks.

It is a bonus for shopaholics because it means

they will be able to leave their cash and cards at home.

Eight financial insti-

tutions have already committed themselves to offering the service, while discussions are

underway for others to join.

Although there are current ways to pay us-

ing a mobile, the Council stress that the project is the first featuring the potential to link

every bank account in the country with a mobile number.

Chief executive Adrian Kamellard said: “This new service will offer a simple, secure way to split a bill for dinner, receive money from a friend or pay a tradesman without needing to remember, or share, account details.”

Before the launch, customers will be invited to register via their online banking service, mobile app or other approved method.

Details of the industry-wide registration process and the precise launch date will be announced later.

More than 5,000 consumers took part in Payments Council research, which revealed that the service is likely to prove most popular with smartphone users, who accounted for 67% of those surveyed.

One in three smartphone users said he or she was either “definitely” or “extremely likely” to sign up to the service.

Britain bracing itself for the big white-out FORECASTERS in the UK are predicting the heaviest snowfall of the winter will land today (Friday).

The Met Office has issued severe weather warnings for the East Midlands, NorthWest and South-West England, Wales, the West Midlands and Yorkshire & Humber.

Much of the UK has experienced bitterly cold nights this week, for

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with temperatures over East Anglia dropping to numbing -11C. Snow fell in parts of Wales and the North East in midweek and was expected to hit the South-West before pushing across the rest of the UK. Up to 10 inches of snow could fall on higher ground, and between 3-5 inches on lower ground.

Temperatures will remain below zero in most parts, while blizzards and strong winds are set to make conditions treacherous

on the roads. Motorists have been warned that heavy snow will arrive before today’s morning rush-hour, some train services will almost certainly be cancelled, while some airports will be forced to close, as will schools not already shut down.

Further snow showers are expected tomorrow (Saturday), particularly along Eastern coastal areas, with lighter snow showers on Sunday in the Midlands and northwards.

Sky News weather presenter Jo Wheeler,

said: “Temperatures will drop, fog will thicken in the East, and there’ll be a widespread frost.

“As the rain spreads across Wales and the South-West, it will pave the way for significant snowfall, potentially up to 25cm over exposed uplands.

“There’ll also be strong winds, with gusts of between 5060mph. which will lead to blizzard conditions for a while.”

The freezing weather has already caused havoc on the roads, with the AA reporting about

1,000 breakdowns an hour. And in Norfolk, 93 schools remain closed.

The London Fire Brigade has also urged caution during the “Arctic blast”.

Firefighters rescued an elderly man from a serious blaze in Wembley, North London, on Wednesday.

It was thought to have been caused by a halogen heater being placed too close to flammable items.

Last week, fire-fighters battled flames in Fulham, West London, after an electric blanket

was left on for the weekend.

And police said pensioner Graham Clark, found dead in the street near his home in the village of Buxhall in Suffolk on Tuesday afternoon, may have collapsed while clearing snow from his driveway.

British Gas is expecting a “huge spike of activity” for its home service engineers this weekend, predicting around 20,000 call-outs.

And we’re complaining that it’s pretty chilly over here right now!

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Shock as Dreamliners grounded

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OEING’S 787 Dreamliners have been grounded by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for safety reasons following an emergency landing by one plane in Japan.

The flight ban was imposed by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and two Japanese airlines after a sixth problem with the aircraft in under two weeks.

The decision comes just days after Federal Aviation administrator Michael Huerta and Transport Secretary Ray LaHood declared the plane safe.

An American official said the planes would remain on the ground until the risk of possible battery fires was sorted out. But the Federal Agency says it will work with Boeing on a plan to allow the Dreamliners to “resume operations as quickly and safely as possible”.

The EASA implements safety directives when they are issued by the country where the aircraft was originally designed - in America in this instance.

A burnt-out power unit battery from a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 was

said to be responsible for the latest setback.

Qatar Airways chief Akbar al Baker has also decided to ground the company’s five aircraft, saying: “In light of recent events surrounding the Boeing 787 Dreamliner worldwide, we are actively working with Boeing and the regulators to restore full customer confidence.

“Qatar Airways will resume 787 operations when we are clear that the aircraft meets the full requirements of the Airworthiness Directive and our standards, which assure the safety of our passengers and crew at all times.”

All Nippon Airlines (ANA) announced it was grounding all 17 of its 787s after one was forced to make an emergency landing in west Japan on Wednesday.

And Japan Air Lines Co Ltd (JAL) is also suspending all Dreamliner flights over safety concerns.

Public broadcaster NHK said the ANA aircraft, heading for Tokyo, landed in Takamatsu and all passengers on board were evacuated after smoke was seen in the cabin.

Naoko Yamamoto, ANA spokeswoman, said: “It made an emergency landing at Takamatsu because there was an error message during the flight. The aircraft has

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recently seen a series of troubles, but we cannot say if this has something in common with previous problems.”

Television footage showed emergency chutes deployed from the plane at the airport, on Shikoku, Japan’s fourth-largest island.

There were 129 passengers and eight crew on board, and some passengers were reported to have suffered minor injuries as the plane was evacuated.

The emergency followed a chapter of Dreamliner incidents lately. Last Friday, oil was discovered leaking from another ANAoperated Dreamliner at Miyazaki airport in southern Japan.

On the same day, a cracked cockpit window was also discovered on another of its 787s. In addition, a domestic flight was halted by ANA last Wednesday because brake parts to the rear left-undercarriage needed replacing.

A JAL jet was also grounded at Boston Logan International airport in the US following an engine fuel leak. And Another JAL 787 filled with smoke shortly after passengers and crew had disembarked last Monday.

Japan is the biggest market so far for the Dreamliner, with ANA and Japan Airlines Co flying 24 of the 50

Dreamliners delivered to date. United Airlines, the only American carrier to have 787s, has six in its fleet.

The Dreamliner was launched in October 2011 amid a flurry of publicity, and was touted as the most

eagerly-anticipated aircraft in commercial aviation history.

It was also said to be a daring and controversial new plane, promises cutting edge features, comfort and industryleading fuel economy.

The plane, which

can carry up to 290 passengers, had the resources to revolutionise the airline industry, said aviation experts, and was capable of earning legendary manufacturer Boeing billions of dollars in the process.

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MATISSE painting w o r t h £600,000 has been returned to a Swedish museum this week, having disappeared for 25 years after being stolen.

Chris Marinello, an art detective who has recovered stolen art work worth £160m in the past two decades, unearthed The Garden in Essex painting earlier this month.

It will now be returned to the Museum Of Modern Art in Stockholm.

In the last year alone, there has been a 10% rise in thefts of paintings and antiques, and art’s worldwide

black market is worth more than £4bn.

There are 51,000 lost or missing art pieces in the UK, according to the Lost Arts Register (ALR), an evolving, computerised, international database which captures information about lost and stolen art, antiques and collectables.

Mr Marinello told Sky News that waiting the

thieves out was the best strategy for recovering stolen art. “Eventually, they are going to try to sell them, but there is nothing you can do with stolen art.

“It is essentially worthless, but these pieces do find their way on to the marketplace - and that’s when we pounce.”

Major art galleries are stepping up their

Cubans free to travel now NEW travel laws will enable Cuban citizens to travel abroad without an exit permit, or a letter of invitation from someone in the country they wish to visit.

It means they can leave the country and stay away for two years without losing their residency, instead of 11 months as before.

But the new legislation, which carries a clause to safeguard national security and prevent any “brain drain”, does not permit travel abroad for government opponents, skilled workers and those privy to sensitive information.

Geoff Thale, a Cuba analyst in Washington, said: “People see this as a symbolic step. It symbolises the end of the state intruding in the same way it used to in people’s regular lives.”

Previously, Cubans had to have an exit visa to travel abroad, but its £187 price tag was beyond the reach

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of most people, earning the average monthly wage of £12. Now, they need only make a oneoff payment of around £62 for a two-year passport before they are free to leave.

Ted Henken, a professor of Latin American studies at Baruch College, New York, says: “By making it easier for people to work or study abroad longer, while maintaining ties

to the island, the new laws will create more of a revolving door instead of an escape hatch.”

But many Cubans, like Guillermo Farinas, remain sceptical about the new travel laws.

Farinas, a past winner of the EU’s Sakharov human rights prize, has been denied an exit visa three times.

“I think the migratory law is a way of creating the illusion of an opening in the eyes of the international community so that Cuba is not criticised so much,” she said.

Another government critic described the new laws as “hypocritical” because they allow Cubans to go to the US, while other legislation bans most Americans from entering Cuba.

But experts point out Cubans must still get entry visas to enter the US and Europe, which is a big ask for people from any developing country.

security in a bid to thwart the villains. Only last year, thieves raided a Rotterdam museum and made off with works from Picasso, Monet, Gauguin and Matisse, worth hundreds of millions of pounds potentially.

Robert Read, from Hiscox Insurance, says

art galleries have to strike a fine balance, adding: “It is their primary business to be open to the public and make their works accessible.

“At the same time, they have a duty to protect them, and they have to walk a knifeedge.”

The ALR database has become potentially useful for collectors, the art trade, insurers and worldwide lawenforcement agencies.

It is a London-based, independent off-spring of New York’s nonprofit International Foundation for Art Research (IFAR)

Lottery cost goes up, but so does the prize money!

THE cost of tickets for the UK’s main National Lottery draw is doubling to £2, but more winners will get a share of the prizes.

Camelot, which operates the draw, said the increase, which takes effect in the autumn, means players who have three correct numbers will win £25 instead of the current £10.

But the reward for matching five numbers will drop by £500 to £1,000, and the prize for getting five numbers and the bonus number will halve to £50,000.

The winnings for matching four numbers will increase from £60 to £100.

It’s the price rise

since the Lotto draw launched in 1994 and follows research which found that consumers “want more ways to win more money” from the game.

Around 800,000 players win prizes for matching three or four numbers each week, while some 800 players match five numbers, or five plus the bonus.

The average Saturday jackpot will increase from around £4.1m to £5m, and the Wednesday jackpot will increase from an estimated £2.2m to around £2.5m.

In addition, a new Lotto raffle will guarantee at least 50 winners £20,000 in each draw, Camelot managing director Andy Duncan said: “Our players still love Lotto, but after 18 years they say they want

more from it. We’ve spoken extensively with them to develop a reenergised game.

“The changes to rejuvenate Lotto will give them what they have asked for: £25 for matching three numbers, bigger jackpots and a brand-new way to play and win one of 50 prizes of a guaranteed £20,000 on every draw.”

Lotto rollover draws will also change, with the number of raffle prizes on offer increasing significantly with each roll of the jackpot.

Total National Lottery sales have increased by 35% since 2002, and the number of players has grown by more than 12% in the last five years.

Players have also helped to raise more than £29bn for National Lottery “Good Causes”.

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Cue to volunteer for Games force PPLICAT I O N S have opened to find 15,000 volunteers for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

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Station, along with Scottish badminton player Susan Egelstaff and the “Games Maker choir” on Monday to open the selection proceedings.

Lord Smith of Kelvin, chairman of Glasgow 2014, said: “Being a

Olympic boxing gold medallist Anthony Joshua helped launch the drive on Monday to find them in a process, say organisers, signifying the biggest peace-time deployment of volunteers in Scottish history.

Prospects have until 28th February to apply for a role, and most them will need no experience.

They must be aged 16 or over, be eligible to work in the UK and be available for at least eight days during the Games, which run from between 23rd July to 3rd August next year.

Among the volunteers, organisers are looking for some with specific skills, such as medical training and specific sports knowledge.

Joshua was at Glasgow’s Central

McIlroy holes multi-million deal RORY McILROY, the magical young Northern Ireland golfer, has signed a huge sponsorship deal with Nike, said to be worth up to £156m over 10 years.

With two Major title wins under his belt, and countless others, he has become the face of the sportswear giant, taking over the mantle from Tiger Woods.

In fact, the deal, dwarfs Tiger’s original 10-year, £124m deal with Nike, and it is apt that

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Glasgow 2014 volunteer is an opportunity to have the time of your life - and be part of something very special for Glasgow and Scotland.

“Our volunteers will be crucial to the success of the Games. They

will be our front-line charm force, promoting Glasgow and Scotland to the world and creating a fantastic experience, not just for the million spectators who will be here in person but also the billion-plus people around the world who

will watch the Games on television.”

He added: “Glasgow 2014 is a global showreel for the city and for Scotland, and our volunteers have a starring role to play.

“I would encourage everyone - regardless of

age or life experience - to think about being part of creating a Games success story here and apply now as a Glasgow 2014 volunteer.”

A total of 25,000 applicants will be selected to attend interviews from April.

McIlroy is currently ranked world No1, ahead of the American superstar.

It is also significantly bigger than the estimated £100m lifetime deal David Beckham has with Nike’s rival, adidas.

McIlroy, whose girlfriend is Danish tennis player Caroline Wozniacki, is hot property after winning two golf majors in as many years - the US Open and the US PGA. He earned more than £8m prize-money last season alone, with a further £7.4m-£9.3m in endorsements and appearance payments.

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Fun Golfers’ cash bonanza for Lions

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HE Fun Golfers, based at Los Palos, signed off the old year with donations of 900 euros each

to the Lions Club of Arona, Las Galletas and Costa Del Silencio, and their San Miguel fellow Lions.

The money, raised by the society during the year, via their monthly exploits at the Los Cristianos course, will be put towards the respective Lions groups’ holiday projects for needy children. And

the Fun Golfers got the ball rolling for their new year on Sunday in perfect conditions.

John McCabe & Jenny Messham emerged triumphant, with Darren Kemp & Ron Dixey second, followed by Sean Bible & Don Bennett.

Jenny Messham also secured the Nearest the Pin prize for the ladies, with Darren Kemp following suit for the men. The first Booby Prize of the year went to Mike Cannon & Fluff Booze. The next competition is on 10th February, and anyone wishing to play should call Clive on 922 797 640.

Afternoon of fun for dogs Live Arico (PAWS) news AS part of an educational campaign in conjunction with the Ayuntamiento of San Miguel de Abona, we will be holding a Fun Dog Show on the parking area of Xtreme Gym, Las Chafiras, on Saturday 16th February, from 2pm.

Registration is only five euros per dog and we already have some great prizes on offer.

The categories are as follows: Puppy ( 3-12 months) sponsored by the Harbour Club Los Gigantes Adult (1-6yrs) sponsored by Poochies Pet Hotel Senior (6-12yrs) sponsored by Star Agility Super Senior (over-12yrs) sponsored

by Tenerife Property Guide

Disabled Category Best Fancy Dress There are also bonus prizes for Best in Show (sponsored by Restaurant Margarita, Los Cristianos), Best Trick and Waggiest Tail.

The show starts at 2pm with registration from 1pm.

Forms can be filled in on the day or downloaded from our Facebook page and filled in beforehand.

We included the Fancy Dress category as it is taking place during the Carnival, so dress up your pooch and come along.

The outside bar will be open for drinks and light snacks, and we are expecting to have a great afternoon.

For more information, call Sue on 629 388 102.

A bucketful of fun at Showtime for charity SHOWTIME welcomes Bernie ‘Bucket’ Singleton back on Friday, 1st March, for another night of entertainment and fun.

The charity evening, like last year, will be raising money for popular charity Cancer Research UK and starts at 7.30pm.

Last year’s event proved to be a huge success, raising more than 3,000 euros, and this year’s will provide

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even more fun by the bucketload, with plenty of surprises.

It will be hosted by Oasis Fm Dj Jamie Drew, accompanied by live performances from some regular acts such as Jed Bolton and Keith Singleton, who will be keeping the audiences entertained throughout the night.

Their superb acts will have you on your feet and singing along to all the well-known songs within minutes.

The bargain 20-euro tickets also include a twocourse meal and a raffle

with over 40 fabulous prizes. Last year prizes ranged from tablecloths to boating excursions, and from VIP tickets to meal vouchers, and this year’s offerings should prove to be just as interesting.

For tickets, contact Showtime on 669 622 622, call Bernie Bucket on 634 094 629, or email her at berniefs@live. co.uk.

Coach transfer is available for just three euros each way, so don’t miss out on a superb night not to be missed.

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Friday Friday Friday 06:00 .......... Homes Under the Hammer

06:00 .......................... Daybreak

09:15 ...Wanted Down Under 10:00 .................. Homes Under the Hammer

07:00 .......................The Sheriffs are Coming

09:25....................... The Jeremy Kyle Show

06:00 ...........................Breakfast

11:00 .......................The Sheriffs are Coming 11:45 ...................Cowboy Trap 12:15 ...................Bargain Hunt 13:00 .......... BBC News at One 13:30 ........ BBC London News 13:45 ............................. Doctors 14:10 ..............Father Brown

CW CHO ICE

15:00 ...........................Escape to the Country 15:45......................... Perfection 16:30 ....... Antiques Road Trip

07:45 ................... Cowboy Trap

17:15 ........................... Pointless

08:15 ..............Don't Get Done, Get Dom

18:00 ....... BBC News at Six 18:30 ... BBC London News 19:00 ..........The One Show

09:00 ............................Antiques Roadshow

19:30 ................ A Question of Sport

10:00 ................ Question Time

20:00 ............... EastEnders

11:30 .............BBC World News

20:30 ................. Room 101

12:00 ............The Daily Politics

21:00 .......Silent Witness

11:00 ......................... BBC News

CW 13:00............ Masters Snooker CHO ICE

Drama series about a team of forensic pathologists. As the basement women case highlights two cooperating killers, Nikki, Jack and DI Reed realise one victim was killed by a controlled sedative, stolen from a high-tech vaccine research lab.

And suspicion falls on Lucas Ballinger, a scientist who works there.

Meanwhile, Leo draws a blank with his theory that Shona's baby died of natural causes, but when he discovers Mark's violent past, Leo fears Shona may have taken the rap for her partner's child abuse. Jack makes a chilling forensic breakthrough which exposes a dangerous plot to breach national security, leaving the Lyell Centre paralysed by a government-imposed lockdown.

With Nikki, Jack and DI Reed locked in a race against time to find Ballinger and prevent mass casualties, Leo has one last shot at proving that Shona's baby died from natural causes in a desperate bid to reunite her and Mark with their other son before he is adopted.

22:00 ...... BBC News at Ten 22:35 .............. The Graham Norton Show 23:20 ........ Tropic Thunder

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A look at the work of high court enforcement officers, also known as sheriffs, as they strive to retrieve cash for members of the public who are owed money.

An elderly woman has paid thousands for a new driveway but was left with a pile of bricks.

Can sheriffs Darryl and Mark get her money back for her? An internet whiz carried out work for a leafleting company but never received the 3,500 pounds of wages he was due. The sheriffs go in search of his money, and Lawrence and Kev get more than they bargained for at a north London car dealer.

18:00 ..................Eggheads 18:30 ............. Great British Railway Journeys

08:30............................. Lorraine

10:30 ................... This Morning 11:25........................... ITV News 11:30 ................... This Morning 12:30 ................. Loose Women 13:30 ........................... ITV News and Weather 14:00........... Storage Hoarders 15:00 ....................... Dickinson's Real Deal 16:00................... Tipping Point 17:00 .........................The Chase 18:00 ........London Tonight 18:30 ............ ITV News and Weather 19:00 ............... Emmerdale 19:30 ..... Coronation Street 20:00 ............... Wild Britain with Ray Mears Ray Mears is in the Yorkshire Dales today exploring the dramatic limestone geology, its cliffs and caves, and the wildlife dependant on it. Ray meets Colin Newlands from the Ingleborough Nature Reserve who is an expert on the plant life that thrive on the limestone of Scar Close. They squeeze down a gully to see one of Britain's largest spiders - the cave spider who spins the most stretchable webs in the spider world.

He also joins a team of researchers from Leeds University to study bats, and observes the dipper - a river bird that can actually walk underwater. Ray also learns the devastating truth behind the spread of the crayfish which is decimating native fish stocks.

Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with his copy of Bradshaw's Victorian railway guidebook, travelling the length and breadth of the British Isles to see what of Bradshaw's World remains. Michael is travelling port to port, from the centuries old naval hub of Portsmouth to the historic Grimsby docks.

Michael sees how Lincolnshire farmers utilised rails to improve their harvests, visits Lincoln's most impressive cathedral and looks to the future of rail freight.

20:30 .... Coronation Street

19:00 ...... Masters Snooker

21:00 ........Great Night Out

20:00 .............. Mastermind 20:30 ....... Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein 21:00 ......... Italy Unpacked 22:00 ...............................QI 22:30 ................ Newsnight 23:00 ..... The Review Show 23:50 ...... Masters Snooker Highlights

The lads try to cheer up Daz after yet another row with his girlfriend Colleen, but it spells bad news for Glyn in his first day at a new job, working for local psycho gangster Mad Tony. Hodge's strange fashion sense lands the boys in a spot of bother, and they soon learn that a friend in need is a friend indeed.

22:00 ............... ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:35 ...................Raw Deal

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y Friday Friday Friday 18 January 06:05 ...................Children's TV 07:55 ............Everybody Loves Raymond 08:55 ................................Frasier 10:00...Undercover Boss USA 11:00 ......... A Place in the Sun 12:00............. Channel 4 News 12:05 ......................... Jamie's 15 Minute Meals 12:35 ...................River Cottage Veg Heroes 13:05 ...............The Gunfighter 14:40 ..................... Countdown 15:30 ................ Face the Clock 16:00 ..............Deal or No Deal 17:00 ...................Four in a Bed 17:30 ..... Come Dine with Me 18:00 ...........The Simpsons 18:30 .................. Hollyoaks 19:00 ....... Channel 4 News 19:55 .............. 4thought.tv 20:00 ... First Time Farmers 21:00 ....... 8 Out of 10 Cats 21:30 ............. The Last Leg 22:00 ..... Paddy's TV Guide 22:50 ........Alan Carr: Tooth Fairy Live 23:55 ...... The New Normal

06:00....................Children's TV

06:00 ................................Cricket

06:00 .......................Airline USA

08:45...... Bananas in Pyjamas

11:30 ............................ Ringside

06:30....................... Airline USA

08:50........ Milkshake Monkey

12:30 ...............The Footballer's Football Show

07:00 .............Brainiac: Science Abuse

07:00 ................................ Maury

14:00............. Barclays Premier League World

08:00.............. UK Border Force

09:00 .................Jerry Springer

09:00 ..............Dog the Bounty Hunter

10:00 .......Nothing to Declare

15:30 ...............The Footballer's Football Show

10:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles

11:00 ............Motorway Patrol

11:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles

11:30 ............Motorway Patrol

17:00......International Cricket

12:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles

19:00 ....... Barclays Premier League

13:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles

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

22:55 .............Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side

19:00 .......... Pop's Greatest Dance Crazes 19:10 .............. Doctor Who

09:00 .......................Tickety Toc 09:15 .............The Wright Stuff 11:10 ................................. Trisha 12:00 ................. Looney Tunes 12:10........ 5 News Lunchtime 12:15 ... Celebrity Big Brother 13:15 ............Home and Away 13:45 ..................... Neighbours 14:15 ........................ CSI: Miami 15:10 ..................... The Boy She Met Online 17:00 ......................5 News at 5

14:30 ............................ Ringside

Premier League Preview. A look ahead to the weekend's Barclays Premier League games, with footage from the key press conferences, interviews with players and managers and crucial team news.

17:30 ..................... Neighbours

19:30 .................... Football

18:00 .......Home and Away

Championship - Leicester City v Middlesbrough. Leicester City lock horns with Middlesbrough at the King Power Stadium in the npower Championship.

18:30 ...................... 5 News 19:00 .................. The Great Falklands Gamble 20:00 ..... Ice Road Truckers

22:00 ............... The Fantasy Football Club

06:00 ................America's Next Top Model 08:00............ Hot in Cleveland

10:30 .......Nothing to Declare

15:00 .................. Stargate SG-1

13:00 .............CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

16:00 .................. Stargate SG-1

14:00 ...............Criminal Minds

17:00 .......................... Futurama

15:00 ...............Criminal Minds

17:30 .......................... Futurama

16:00 ................................ RSPCA Animal Rescue

14:00 ............. UK Border Force

18:00 ............. Got to Dance 18:30 ........... The Simpsons 19:00 ........... The Simpsons 20:30 ............John Bishop's Only Joking

17:00............ Motorway Patrol 17:30 ............Motorway Patrol 18:00 ... Nothing to Declare 18:30 ... Nothing to Declare

21:00 ......................... Stella

19:00 ....The Love Machine

22:00 ........An Idiot Abroad

21:00 ........ Criminal Minds

23:30 .................. Masters of Euro Football

23:00 ................. Spartacus: Vengeance

22:00 ........................ Chase

06:00...... European Tour Golf

07:00 .................. Dragons' Den

09:00..... FIFA Futbol Mundial

08:00.......................... Fifth Gear

06:00 .........Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations

09:30 .............Barclays Premier League World

08:30 ..........................Fifth Gear

07:00........................... Lie to Me

09:00 ..........The Gadget Show

08:00 ......................Blue Bloods

21:00 ...................... World's Craziest Fools

10:00 ...... European Tour Golf

10:00 .................. Dragons' Den

09:00 .........................................ER 10:00........................... Lie to Me

21:30 .................. Pramface

11:00 ............................Top Gear

15:30........... IRB Sevens World Series Rugby

13:00.................. Dragons' Den

11:00........................... Lie to Me

06:00 .......................Emmerdale 06:55 ..................Life's Funniest Moments 07:25 ....................... The Jeremy Kyle Show US 08:15.... You've Been Framed!

08:45....................... Judge Judy 09:40 ......Peter Andre: My Life 10:40 ....The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills 12:30........................Emmerdale 13:30............ Emmerdale at 40 14:00..The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:10 ....The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills 17:05 ....The Real Housewives of Orange County 18:00 ........The Jeremy Kyle Show US 19:00 ..You've Been Framed!

20:00 .... I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now!

20:00 ..... Gavin and Stacey

Comedy series about two teenagers trying, and often failing, to come to terms with parenthood.

Laura is attempting to widen her circle of friends, but she finds it hard to find a peer group - the pramface mums in the park are more interested in nicking her phone and the competitive yummy mummies just want to patronise and score points off her. Beth is confused when she finds herself attracted to a posh boy with views politically opposed to her own.

22:00 ...... Russell Howard's Good News 22:30 ............... EastEnders 23:00 ............. Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents

21:00 .Celebrity Big Brother 22:00 .......... American Idol

13:00............ European Rugby

17:30 .............Barclays Premier League World

23:00 .......Barclays Premier League

14:00............................ Top Gear 16:00.................................... Suits

18:00 ............... FIFA Futbol Mundial

17:00 ............................Top Gear

18:30 ................. Masters of European Football

20:00 .......................... Suits

19:00 ...............NBA Action 19:30 .................. European Rugby Union 22:00 ....... World Wrestling Entertainment Late Night Smackdown

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19:00 .......................... QI XL 21:00 ......... Have I Got a Bit More News for You

12:00 ......................Blue Bloods 13:00 .........................................ER 14:00................................. House 15:00 .................................House 16:00 ......................Blue Bloods 17:00 .........................................ER 18:00 ........................House

22:00 ..................... Angelos Epithemiou's One Night Stand

19:00 ........................House

23:00 .........Mock the Week

22:05 .................... The Wire

23:40 ...... Russell Howard's Good News Extra

23:20 .............. In Treatment

20:00 .............. Blue Bloods 21:00 .................. Carnivàle

23:55 .............. In Treatment

23:00 ....The Love Machine

W C C H O IC E Father Brown BBC1, 14.10 Thunder rumbles as a truck arrives at a gothic manor in Kembleford. People get out and unpack stacks of bibles emblazoned ‘Church of Apollo’.

Meanwhile, Susie (Kasia Koleczek) screams as howling wind knocks over a candle in her hut which sets some photographs of her late parents alight.

In the morning Father Brown, (Mark Williams) Mrs McCarthy (Sorcha Cusack) and some other villagers attend a welcome ceremony in the gardens of the manor. Dominique (Camilla Power) introduces their founder Kalon (Michael Maloney) who regales the crowd about the astral spirits. He pulls a vulnerable Susie from the crowd and later asks her to greet the sun with them in the morning. The next day Father Brown and Sid (Alex Price) are alarmed to discover that Susie has left to be with the group.

Silent Witness: Trust BBC1, 20.00 In the second twopart episode, entitled Trust, when two women are shot in a house basement, Nikki and Jack are baffled by the conflicting possible motives, while Leo faces a difficult case – proving his pathologist mentor made a mistake in evidence that imprisoned a mother for smothering her baby to death.

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Saturday Saturday 06:00........................... Breakfast

06:00 ..............................Preview

06:00 .................................... CITV

10:00........... Saturday Kitchen

06:05 ........... Flight of Freedon

09:25 ...........................ITV News

11:30 ..............The Good Cook

08:05 .....................Sister Kenny

12:00 .........................BBC News

10:00 ........A History of Britain

09:30 ....................... The Jeremy Kyle Show

12:05 ............... Regional News

11:00 ......Meet the Ancestors!

12:10 ............................ Weather

11:30 ...........................Map Man

12:15................ Football Focus 13:00 ............................ Snooker 16:30 ....................... Final Score 17:15 .........................BBC News 17:25 ............... Regional News 17:28 ............................ Weather 17:30 ................. Animal Antics 18:00 .......................Richard Hammond's Secret Service 18:45 ....Britain's Brightest 20:00 .............. The National Lottery: In It to Win It

Modern explorer Nicholas Crane travels across eight maps that changed the face of Britain in a series of geographical challenges through some of today's wildest landscapes, telling the story of British mapmaking from the time of Chaucer through to the current generation of cyber-mappers.

Inspired by a circuit board diagram, Harry Beck designed the London Underground Map, which has become an icon of London.

12:00 ......................Indian Food Made Easy 12:30 ..............Talking Pictures 13:20........... The Moon is Blue

10:25....................... The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:20 ......Saturday Cookbook 12:20 ITV News and Weather 12:35 .........Murder, She Wrote 13:35 .... My Tasty Travels with Lynda Bellingham 14:35 ..................... Dinner Date 15:35 ................River Monsters 16:05 ..............................Garfield 17:30 ...............Local News and Weather 17:45........................... ITV News and Weather

15:00.................................. Coast

18:00 ............... You've Been Framed!

15:30 ................................Flog It!

19:00 ....................... Splash!

20:30 .............. Take Me Out 21:45 ............ The Jonathan Ross Show

turday Numbers for Sa e: 19 January ar Bonus Ball

20:50.................Casualty

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Agnes is desperate for a holiday but can't find anyone to look after Grandad. It seems her only option is to convince a Health Inspector that Grandad is losing his marbles. Sparks fly when Rory and Dino move into Mrs Brown's house. And Agnes' late husband Redser gets in touch from beyond the grave with some very ominous news...

22:10 ................. BBC News 22:25 ....................Weather 22:30 ..... Match of the Day 23:50 ..............The Football League Show

W C C H O IC E

16:30 .............................Snooker

22:45 ............... ITV News at Ten and Weather

17:30 ......The Big Freeze 1963

23:00 ..................The Game

CHO ICE

21:40 ....Mrs. Brown's Boys

18:30 ............... Dad's Army 19:00 .................... Snooker 22:30 ........................Doubt Drama. In 1960s New York, a stern nun clashes with the charismatic parish priest over his interest in a new student, who happens to be the Catholic school's first ever African-American pupil.

Reinforced by her unshakeable moral certainty and the wavering suspicions of a naive new teacher, the nun embarks on a personal crusade to force her nemesis from the parish.

Nicholas Van Orton, a selfish, selfobsessed investment banker, is presented him with an unusual present from his younger brother - a gift certificate from a specialised company claiming to devise devilish games for its wealthy clients. Before too long, Nicholas' life begins to fall apart: the world seems to be conspiring against him as dirty dealings, drugs, hidden cameras and even dying people make an unwelcome appearance in his previously successful routine. Is this all part of the game or has it gone terribly wrong!

Casualty BBC1, 20.50

Jordan desperately fights to keep Yvonne’s life support machine switched on but when a young woman arrives in the ED he’s forced to reconsider his motives in Casualty: No Other Medicine.

With Yvonne’s condition deteriorating Jordan is determined not to give up hope. But when he meets a young woman, Lauren, and sees her father’s desperation as she refuses treatment, will he realise that his battle to save Yvonne is futile?

Meanwhile Jeff and Dixie find a young guy, Wayne, being set upon by local bullies. Sam and Fletch are concerned

by Wayne’s symptoms - however, when Aoife finds him stealing supplies, she’s convinced he’s just a thief. But when he runs away will she be proved right?

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Saturday Saturday 19 January 05:50 ......................Quick Bakes with Eric Lanlard

06:00....................Children's TV

06:00 ..............Dog the Bounty Hunter

06:00 .......Nothing to Declare

08:45..................... Rupert Bear

06:10 ....................... The Hoobs

09:00 ...............Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom

08:00 ..............Dog the Bounty Hunter

08:00 ............Motorway Patrol

08:00 ..........The Morning Line

09:15 ................................ Toby's

08:30 .........................Road Wars

09:00 ............Everybody Loves Raymond

Travelling Circus

09:00 ..............World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars

07:00 ............ Beach Volleyball

09:30 ............Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 ................................Frasier 11:00 ............ Undercover Boss Australia

06:00 ................................Cricket

09:30 .......................... Roary the Racing Car 09:45 ....................... Jelly Jamm 10:00 ................Power Rangers Super Samurai

12:00.... The Big Bang Theory

10:35 ....... Batman - The Brave and the Bold

12:55 ................. The Simpsons

11:10 ... Celebrity Big Brother

10:00 .......................Soccer A.M. 15:00 ..................... T20 Cricket The Big Bash

12:00 ................... Got to Dance

15:30 ............ Sporting HeroesCarl Lewis

13:00 ................... Got to Dance

Sporting Heroes - Gary Newbon Interviews Carl Lewis. Television presenter Gary Newbon interviews nine-time Olympic gold medallist Carl Lewis about the most memorable moments of his glittering career.

12:30 ................... Got to Dance 13:30 ................... Got to Dance 14:00 ................... Got to Dance 14:30.. Les Miserables Special

07:00................................ Maury 08:30 ............Motorway Patrol 09:00 . RSPCA Animal Rescue 09:30 . RSPCA Animal Rescue 10:00 . RSPCA Animal Rescue 10:30 . RSPCA Animal Rescue 11:00 ...................... The Biggest Loser USA 13:00 .......................Fat Familes 14:00 .......Nothing to Declare 14:30 .......Nothing to Declare

15:00 ........ Diversity in Dublin

15:00...................... The Biggest Loser USA

16:00............................ Diversity

17:00 .......Nothing to Declare

17:00 ..............Best of Oops TV

17:30 .......Nothing to Declare

17:30 ..................... T20 Cricket The Big Bash

18:00 ........... The Simpsons

18:00 .. Nothing to Declare

19:50 ...................... 5 News

18:30 ........... The Simpsons

18:00 .......................Cricket

18:30 .. Nothing to Declare

19:10 .....................4thought.tv

19:55 .......................... NCIS

19:00 ............ The Simpsons

20:00 ....... Fight Night-Live

19:00 ....The Love Machine

19:15 ............ The Simpsons Movie

21:45 .Celebrity Big Brother

19:30 ............John Bishop's Only Joking

20:00 ....The Love Machine

12:10...................... The All New Gadget Show 16:10 ..........Celebrity Come CW Dine with Me CHOICE 13:10 ................Mister Roberts 15:30 ....Operation Crossbow 16:40............... Celebrity Come Dine with Me 17:40 .... Operation Daybreak

16:30 ............................ Ringside

18:40 .............Channel 4 News

13:30 .......... Channel 4 Racing

21:00 ... World Without End

22:45 .............Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side

22:00 ....................... Saving Private Ryan

23:45 ......... Comedy Kings Best of Just for Laughs

Prizefighter - The Welterweights Betfair Prizefighter Welterweights III from Wolverhampton's Civic Hall. This eight-man tournament features unbeaten trio Glenn Foot, Dale Evans and Chad Gaynor.

19:00 ....................... Merlin

06:00 ..........Aerobics: Oz Style 06:30 .............Barclays Premier League 07:00 .............Football League 08:30 .............Barclays Premier League

10:00............................ Top Gear

09:00 ......................The Fantasy Football Club

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

The fantasy-drama based on the King Arthur legend continues, as a deadly plague spreads through Camelot. When it seems that sorcery can be the only possible explanation, Merlin and Gaius race to find a cure, while Gwen is arrested and sentenced to death for practising witchcraft. Venturing deep beneath Camelot to unmask the true culprit, Merlin, Morgana and Arthur are faced with a terrifying beast, conjured by the evil sorceress Nimueh.

Can they expose the truth before Gwen is executed?

19:45 .............. Doctor Who 20:40 ................... Top Gear Motoring magazine programme that tests and reviews the latest models of cars on the market, as well as covering older 'classic' models and news in the motoring world.

10:00 ...................... Soccer A.M. 12:00 .............Barclays Premier League 12:30 .............................Football 15:00 ................................... WWE SmackDown!

17:00 .............................Football 19:55 .......Scottish Premier League

20:00 ........An Idiot Abroad

21:00 .......CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

21:00 ......................... Stella

22:00 ........................Bones

22:00 ............... Switchback

23:00 ........................Bones

07:00 .............. Gears and Tears

06:00 ..............The Guest Wing

07:30 .............. Gears and Tears

08:00............................. Seinfeld

08:00 ..........................Fifth Gear

09:00 ........................... Iron Men

09:00 ............................Top Gear

10:00 .........Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations

06:00 ............ Planet's Funniest Animals 06:20 ........All Star Mr and Mrs 07:10 .......... Coronation Street Omnibus 09:35 ...Emmerdale Omnibus 12:35 ........................Richie Rich 13:30 ............................ FYI Daily 13:35 ........................Richie Rich 14:30 ............... Girls Aloud: Ten Years at the Top 15:45.... You've Been Framed!

17:45................................... Babe 18:40 .................... FYI Daily 18:45 .......................... Babe 19:35 ................... Gremlins 20:30 ....................FYI Daily 20:35 ................... Gremlins 21:45 ............. Take Me Out: The Gossip 22:30 ...........Fake Reaction 23:15 ...................Gladiator

11:00 ......................Man v Food 13:00 ............................Top Gear 14:00 .............................Santa Fe 15:45.............................. Carpool 16:00............................ Top Gear 18:00 ... Total Wipeout USA 19:00 ......... Have I Got a Bit More News for You

12:00 .........................................ER 13:00 .........................................ER 14:00 ........................ The British 15:00 ......................Blue Bloods 16:00 ......................Blue Bloods 17:00 ........................... Lie to Me 18:00 ................... Lie to Me

20:00 ...............Man v Food

19:00 ................... Lie to Me

21:00 ......... Have I Got a Bit More News for You

20:00 ................... Iron Men 22:00 ...........................Girls 23:20 ............ The Sopranos

21:45 ......................Con Air

20:25 ............Football First

23:30 ............... Family Guy

22:15 .............Football First

22:00 ......... Have I Got a Bit More News for You

23:55 ............... Family Guy

23:45 ............Football First

23:00 .......... The Cable Guy

18th January - 24th January 2013

11:00..........Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations

21:00 ................. Hunderby 22:35 ...Silencing the Song

W C C H O IC E Celebrity Come Dine with Me Channel 4, 16:10 Ireland.

Five strangers compete over a week, taking turns to throw a dinner party in their own style. In this celebrity special from Dublin, the first host is modelling boss Celia HolmanLee. She'll be wining and dining reality TV star Geraldine O'Callaghan, actor and comedian Joe Rooney, former Miss World Rosanna Davison and showbiz photographer Brian McEvoy. Celia's tactic to win the 5000 euro prize for charity is to use her sense of style to paper over the fact that she's not a good cook.

She decides to hold her Arabian-themed dinner party in the Moroccan suite of a swanky hotel. Unfortunately, this means she has to do her preparation and cooking in the hotel's busy working kitchen. The guests arrive in full costume but Joe is the odd one out. Rosanna and Brian seem to enjoy the meal, but Joe and Geraldine notice it doesn't live up to the ambiance of the evening.

Does Celia have the class to win high scores, or will her guests see through her 'emperor's new clothes' approach to hosting?

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Sunday Sunday Sund 06:00........................... Breakfast

06:00 ..............................Preview

06:00.................................... CITV

07:40 ...........Match of the Day

06:55 ................... None but the Lonely Heart

09:25........................... ITV News

09:00 ......................The Andrew Marr Show 10:00 .........The Big Questions 11:00 ...............Sunday Politics 12:20....................... Countryfile 13:20 ...................Bargain Hunt 14:20 ...........................Escape to the Country 15:20 ......................Chatsworth 16:20 .............................. Lifeline 16:30 ...............Songs of Praise 17:05 ................................. Africa

Ripper Street BBC1, 21.00 The brutal clearing of a local slum for the underground railway reveals an almost indecipherable murder scene and an unreliable slum girl witness.

Lucy Eames (Emma Rigby), beautiful and disturbed, is the unlikely key to a byzantine web of conspiracy that appears to entangle progressive London councillor Stanley Bone (Paul McGann), Long Susan and the benevolent Dr Karl Crabbe (Anton Lesser) of the Lark Rise asylum. As Reid closes in on the killer, it becomes clear that the condemned slum is home to dark secrets that someone is desperate to protect

David Attenborough takes a breathtaking journey through the vast and diverse continent of Africa. The very heart of Africa is covered in dense tropical rainforest. The animals that live here find the most ingenious ways to carve out their space in a claustrophobic landscape. Danger lurks in every shadow, but some animals thrive here, from honeystealing chimps to birds with a lineage as old as the dinosaurs, thundering elephants and kickboxing frogs. Here in the Congo, no matter how tough the competition, you must stand up and fight for yourself and your patch.

Downbeat drama about a cockney drifter who is tempted into crime to fund his infatuation with a gangster's moll. Family tragedy and impending war finally offer him the chance to redeem himself in this transatlantic view of poverty in London's East End on the eve of World War II.

08:45 ............. Life in a Cottage Garden 09:15 .............................A to Z of TV Gardening 10:00 ............Saturday Kitchen Best Bites

18:25 ....................Weather 18:30 .............Blandings

CW CHO ICE

19:00 ............... Countryfile

22:20 ....................Weather 22:25 ...Match of the Day 2 23:25 ................. Room 101

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Why let your antiques collect dust in the attic when you can sell them? Take money on the spot from a dealer - or if you think the item's worth more, turn the dealer down and choose to sell at auction instead. Host David Dickinson keeps an eye on the deals and give advice when needed: should you take the dealers' cash or gamble at auction?

17:45................Local News and Weather

13:55 .............................Snooker

18:15 ..........Dancing on Ice

16:45 ........................Ski Sunday

19:45 ...........All Star Family Fortunes

23:00 ..There Will be Blood

22:15 ......... Regional News

12:55 ....................... Dickinson's Real Deal

18:00 .................... ITV News and Weather

20:00 .................... Snooker

22:00 ................. BBC News

12:40 .................... Countrywise

12:00 .... EastEnders Omnibus

19:30 ...........Fawlty Towers

21:00 ........Ripper Street

12:30............................ ITV News and Weather

15:55 ............... Nanny McPhee 11:30 .................The Little Paris Kitchen: Cooking with Rachel Khoo

18:30 .............Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey

CW CHO ICE CW CHO ICE

11:30 .................... May the Best House Win

14:55 .........Murder, She Wrote

17:30 ................................Flog It!

20:00....Call the Midwife

10:30 .... 60 Minute Makeover

13:55 .......................... Rosemary and Thyme

18:05 .................. BBC News 18:20 ......... Regional News

09:30 .........................There's No Taste Like Home

Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview moves to oil-rich California.

Using his adopted son HW to project a trustworthy, familyman image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.

20:30 ...........Dancing on Ice 21:00 ..............Mr Selfridge New drama series telling the story of Harry Selfridge who arrived in London from Chicago in 1908 with a grand plan to open the finest department store in the world in just one year.

22:00 ............... ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:15 ............... The Bourne Ultimatum A former CIA hitman with amnesia joins forces with a London reporter to uncover the truth about his past. But when the reporter is killed, the assassin must find out who is responsible while dodging the bullets of those who wiped his memory in the first place.

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nday Sunday Sunday 20 January 06:10 ....................... The Hoobs

06:00....................Children's TV

06:35........................ The Hoobs

08:30 .........Angelina Ballerina

07:00 ................ Will and Grace

08:45..................... Rupert Bear

07:30 ............Everybody Loves Raymond

09:00............... Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom

07:55 ............Everybody Loves Raymond

09:15............. Toby's Travelling Circus

08:25 ................................Frasier 09:30................Sunday Brunch 12:10.... The Big Bang Theory 12:40 ...............................The Big Bang Theory 13:10 ................. The Simpsons 13:40 ................. The Simpsons 14:10 .............................Speed 2: Cruise Control 16:25 ........Deal or No Deal

CW CHO ICE

17:25 ....................... Time Team 18:25 ....... Channel 4 News 18:55 .............. 4thought.tv

19:00 ................ Come Dine with Me 20:00 ..................The Hotel

06:00........ The Hour of Power

06:00 .......Nothing to Declare

07:00 ..............Dog the Bounty Hunter

06:30 .......Nothing to Declare

08:00 .........................Road Wars

08:00 ............. Drop Dead Diva

09:00 .........................Road Wars

09:00 ............Ghost Whisperer 10:00.................. RSPCA Animal Rescue

09:30 ... Roary the Racing Car

06:30 ..............................Football First

10:00.............. World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars

09:45 ....................... Jelly Jamm

08:00.................... Football First

11:00 ............WWE Experience

10:00 ................Power Rangers Samurai

09:30 .......................The Sunday Supplement

12:00 ......................A League of Their Own

10:35........ Batman - The Brave and the Bold

11:00 .............................Goals on Sunday

13:00 ........ Diversity in Dublin

11:10 ... Celebrity Big Brother

13:00 ............................. Football

15:00 ..............Best of Oops TV

12:10 ........Once Upon a Time

15:30 ............................. Football

16:00 . Les Miserables Special

17:45................. Pearl Harbour 20:55 ...................... 5 News

18:30 ..................... Football

21:00 ................... Celebrity Big Brother

20:00 .................... Football

13:10 ........Charley Boorman's South African Adventure 14:05 .........................Loch Ness 15:55 .............Daddy Day Care

22:00 .............Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side

23:20 ....................... Utopia

23:00 .....The House Bunny

19:00 .......... Pop's Greatest Dance Crazes

06:00 ...............................Cricket

19:05 .............. Great Movie Mistakes IV: May the Fourth be with You

12:00 ......................NBA Action

19:35 .. Superman Returns

14:45 ............ European Rugby Union

Series in which teenagers take their first summer holiday abroad without their parents.

It is sun, sex and excess on the Greek island of Zante for beauty student Alex from Newcastle and Brighton ladette Sophie.

What they do not know is that their parents are also heading over to spy on their every move. Alex has found it difficult to deal with her stepfather and things are tense at home.

He is hoping that this experience will bring them closer as a family.

11:30 ............Ashes Memories 12:30 ............ European Rugby Union

17:30 .... International Cricket 19:00 ................ Tour Down Under Cycling

23:00 ............... Family Guy

19:30 ............................NFL

23:45 ......... American Dad!

23:00 ............................NFL

W C C H O IC E

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.

Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United. Tottenham Hotspur host Manchester United at White Hart Lane in the Barclays Premier League. Spurs ended their 23-year wait for a win at Old Trafford when the teams met in September.

21:00 ....... It's Complicated

22:00 ............. Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents

06:00.........................FIFA Futbol Mundial

14:00 ............................Diversity

16:30 ..................The Simpsons 17:00...................The Simpsons 17:30 ..................The Simpsons

07:00 ................................ Maury

10:30.. RSPCA Animal Rescue 11:00...................... The Biggest Loser USA 13:00 .......................Fat Familes 14:00 .......Nothing to Declare 14:30 .......Nothing to Declare 15:00 .......Nothing to Declare 15:30 .......Nothing to Declare 16:00 .........The Love Machine 17:00 .........The Love Machine

18:00 .............Got to Dance

18:00 ......... America's Next Top Model

19:00 .............Got to Dance

19:00 .. Nothing to Declare

20:00 ........................... Glee

19:30 .. Nothing to Declare

21:00 ............Hawaii Five-0

22:00 ............ Ford Football Special

20:00 ........................ Chase

22:00 .....NCIS: Los Angeles

21:00 ........................Bones

23:30 ................ FIFA Futbol Mundial

23:00 ........Street Crime UK

22:00 ........................Bones

23:30 ........ Street Crime UK

23:00 ........................Bones

06:00 ............................. Seinfeld

06:00 ...Emmerdale Omnibus 08:45 .......... Coronation Street Omnibus 11:10 ...Dinner Date Australia 12:05 ............................... Robots 13:00............................ FYI Daily 13:05 ............................... Robots 13:55 ...........................Curly Sue 14:50 ............................ FYI Daily 14:55 ...........................Curly Sue 15:50 .................... Take Me Out 17:00 .................... Take Me Out: The Gossip 17:45 ......... Back to the Future 18:40 ....................FYI Daily 18:45 ....Back to the Future 20:00 ..You've Been Framed!

21:00 ..............The Magaluf Weekender 22:00 ........... Hellboy II: The Golden Army

07:10 ............................Top Gear 09:00 .............Storage Hunters 10:00 .............................Santa Fe 11:45 ..............................Carpool 12:00 ............................Top Gear 13:00 ......................................... QI 13:40 .... Have I Got a Bit More News for You 14:20....................... Never Mind the Buzzcocks 15:00 .............Storage Hunters 15:30 ...... Red Bull Cliff Diving 16:00 ........ Total Wipeout USA 17:00 ......................................... QI 17:40 ................Have I Got a Bit More News for You 18:20 ......... Never Mind the Buzzcocks 19:00 .......Storage Hunters 20:00 ..........................QI XL 23:00 ..........................QI XL

06:30 ............................. Seinfeld 07:00 ........................ The British 08:00 ..............The Guest Wing 09:00 ..............The Guest Wing 10:00 .........Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations 11:00 .........................................ER 12:00 .........................................ER 13:00......................................... ER 14:00........................... Lie to Me 15:00 ........................... Lie to Me 16:00 ......................Blue Bloods 17:00 ......................Blue Bloods 18:00 .............. Blue Bloods 19:00 ....................... Smash 20:00 ................ The British 21:00 ..........................Ethel 22:55 ........................... Girls 23:30 ............. In Treatment

W C C H O IC E Blandings BBC1, 18.30 An all-star cast heads up BBC One’s brand new period comedy series Blandings, based on PG Wodehouse’s celebrated stories and adapted by Guy Andrews (Lost in Austen).

Connie is anxious to make a good impression on her visiting childhood friend Veronica, and Veronica’s rich American husband, Jimmy Schoonmaker. She enlists the services of the pathologically fastidious secretary Rupert Baxter to purge Blandings - and in particular Clarence - who is liberally anointing his roses with stinking manure. Meanwhile, Freddie has fallen madly in love with dog lover Pandora and attempts to impress her by becoming a dog food salesman, much to his Aunt Connie’s exasperation.

Deal or No Deal Channel 4, 16:25 Noel Edmonds asks the all-important question as contestants do battle with the Banker in their quest to leave the Dream Factory with £250,000.

Call The Midwife BBC1, 20.00

Written by Heidi Thomas and based on the best-selling memoirs of the late Jennifer Worth, Call the Midwife returns for a second series in early 2013.

Extended to eight episodes, BBC One’s most successful new drama since ratings began sees the return of all its well-loved characters as well as some new faces. Nonnatus House opens its doors to warmly welcome the audience back into 1950s East End London, and continues to follow Poplar’s community of exceptional midwives and nursing nuns.

This new series stays true to its roots and viewers can expect to see more births, babies, and bicycling, plus blossoming romance from an unexpected quarter…

It’s 1958 and, returning from a long day of duties, Nurse Jenny Lee finds the Nonnatus House community gathered to wish her a happy birthday, before she, Chummy, Trixie and Cynthia head off to the cinema - it’s a joyous celebration. However the midwife’s good cheer is short lived when the next day she is assigned a new patient, Molly Brignall. Involved in an abusive marriage, Molly’s due date is imminent and Jenny worries about the harm that could come to Molly and her children. Meanwhile, Trixie and Sister Evangelina find themselves in highly unusual circumstances, aboard a Swedish cargo ship looking after the captain’s daughter, who is about to have her first baby.

Jenny is played by Jessica Raine, Chummy by Miranda Hart, Trixie by Helen George, Cynthia by Bryony Hannah, Molly by Scarlett Archer and Sister Evangelina by Pam Ferris

18th January - 24th January 2013

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Monday Monday Mon 06:00 ...........................Breakfast

06:00 ..............................Preview

06:00 .......................... Daybreak

09:15 ...Wanted Down Under

06:05 .................. Homes Under the Hammer

08:30 .............................Lorraine

10:00 .................. Homes Under the Hammer 10:58 .................BBC News and Weather

07:05 .......................The Sheriffs are Coming

11:25........................... ITV News

11:00 .......................The Sheriffs are Coming

08:20 ..............Don't Get Done, Get Dom

11:30................... This Morning

11:45 ...................Cowboy Trap

09:05 .......................MasterChef

12:13 .................BBC News and Weather

09:35 ........................... Return to Forgotten Britain

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

10:35 .................................... Click

13:00 .........................BBC News

11:00 ......................... BBC News

13:30 ............... Regional News

11:30............. BBC World News

13:45 ............................. Doctors

12:00............ The Daily Politics

14:15 .................. Father Brown

13:00 ..................................Bowls

15:00........................... Escape to the Country

17:15 ..... Antiques Roadshow 18:00 ..................Eggheads

16:30 ....... Antiques Road Trip Antiques experts David Harper and James Lewis drive from Belfast to Kendal in their search for antiques. On the way, they stumple upon the most remote antiques dealers they can find.

After making some good profits at their first auction, they're keen to trade up. James makes some risky big purchases, while David plays it cautious, spending little.

Which strategy will pay off at auction?

The Great Comic Relief Bake Off

17:15 ........................... Pointless

BBC2, 20.30

18:00 .................. BBC News

The Bake Off is back, and this time 16 celebrity Comic Relief supporters will be slugging it out in an effort to raise some serious dough for charity in The Great Comic Relief Bake Off. Mel Giedroyc presents this four-part Comic Relief special which sees four celebrity bakers, of varying baking experience, compete against each other in four mini Bake Offs. All the challenges are devised by legendary cookery writer Mary Berry and acclaimed Master Baker Paul Hollywood, who will also judge and taste their efforts. The baker who rises above the rest is crowned Comic Relief Star Baker at the end of each the episodes. Lorraine Pascal will also be in Ghana, showing one of the projects that Comic Relief supports and how the money raised really makes a difference.

Show one features comedians Jo Brand, Stephen K Amos, Lorna Watson and Ingrid Oliver and a big dollop of laughter is added into the Bake Off mix. The contestants are pushed to their baking limits as they try to create their Signature Bakes (shortbread), Technical Bakes (custard slice), and Showstopper Bakes (chocolate cake). Jo creates a black forest cake featuring an iconic hero, Stephen makes an experimental flourless chocolate and stem ginger cake, Lorna goes for a white chocolate and raspberry cake with surprising results, and Ingrid attempts lady grey tea and lavender shortbread. But who will make an impression on Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood and whose showstopper will leave the judges gasping for water?

19:00 ..........The One Show

BBC1, 19.30 As the National Health Service heads towards a radical overhaul, BBC Inside Out takes a look at what these Government reforms mean for patients, with regional films exploring the health issues where you live.

As the Government suggests that we will have more say and choice, and that doctors at a local level will have more control, Dr Phil Hammond explains how these changes will affect patients all across the country, in a special edition of the regional current affairs programme.

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

07:50 ................... Cowboy Trap

15:45......................... Perfection

BBC Inside Out: NHS Special

09:25 ....................... The Jeremy Kyle Show

19:30 ............Inside Out

CW CHO ICE

20:00 ............... EastEnders 20:30 .................Panorama 21:00................Miranda

CW CHO ICE

21:30 ....Mrs. Brown's Boys 22:00 ................. BBC News

22:30 ....................Weather 22:35 ................. Have I Got Old News for You

13:30........................... ITV News and Weather 14:00 ....................... Dickinson's Real Deal Why let your antiques collect dust in the attic when you can sell them? Take money on the spot from a dealer - or if you think the item's worth more, turn the dealer down and choose to sell at auction instead. Host David Dickinson keeps an eye on the deals and give advice when needed: should you take the dealers' cash or gamble at auction?

15:00 ............................ The Alan Titchmarsh Show 16:00................... Tipping Point 17:00 .........................The Chase 18:00 .........Local News and Weather 18:30 ............ ITV News and Weather 18:30 .............. Great British Railway Journeys Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with his copy of Bradshaw's Victorian railway guidebook, travelling the length and breadth of the British Isles to see what of Bradshaw's World remains. Michael is travelling port to port, from the centuries old naval hub of Portsmouth to the historic Grimsby docks. Michael gets close to some precious Victorian botany at Kew Gardens, tries his hand at croquet and discovers a very surprising 19th century place of worship.

19:00 ............... Emmerdale 19:30 .... Coronation Street 20:00 ............Cornwall with Caroline Quentin 20:30 .... Coronation Street

19:00 ............. Heir Hunters

23:05 ................. Blandings

20:00 .................. University Challenge

23:35 .............. The Graham Norton Show

20:30.....The Great Comic CW Relief Bake Off CHOICE

Graham Norton presents a show focusing on people, trends, stories and the aspects of celebrity culture that interest him most, featuring trademark Norton comedy monologues, celebrity chat, eccentric stories and characters, and homegrown weirdness from the great British viewing public.

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

21:30 ............ Natural World Special 22:30 ................ Newsnight 23:20 ......Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways

21:00 ......................... Lewis 22:00 ............... ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:35 ..................My Child's Not Perfect 23:35 .........................Monk

Mrs Brown’s Boys BBC1, 21.30 As Valentine’s Day approaches, love is in the air for all the Brown family – even Grandad. In fact, the only Brown without a date is Agnes. Under pressure from daughter Cathy to find a man, Agnes considers giving internet dating a bash. But son Dermot is not happy about the idea of his Mammy going on a date… Betty, Cathy and Maria decide to forget about men for the night and go on a girls’ night out – but not before having a good blether about their boys in Foleys. After overhearing their conversation, Dermot realises that he needs to make a grand gesture to remind Maria how romantic he can be. Buster has a great idea to impress Maria, but will it turn out to be a disaster, like Buster’s other great ideas? Betty’s son Bono has started asking about the birds and the bees, so Betty has bought the ABC of Sex to help her explain things. But when Agnes and Winnie get hold of the book, they have even more questions than Bono. Meanwhile, Grandad gets hold of some Viagra…

Will Dermot prove himself to be an old romantic? Will Grandad ever put the Viagra bottle down? And most importantly, will Agnes find a date for Valentine’s Day?

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onday Monday Monday 21 January 06:10....................Children's TV 09:30 ................................Frasier 10:00 ..Undercover Boss USA 11:00 ......... A Place in the Sun 12:00 .............Channel 4 News 12:05 ......................... Jamie's 15 Minute Meals 12:35 ...................River Cottage Veg Heroes 13:05 ...........................Gun Fury 14:40 ..................... Countdown 15:30 ................ Face the Clock 16:00 ..............Deal or No Deal 17:00 ...................Four in a Bed 17:30..... Come Dine with Me 18:00 ........... The Simpsons 18:30 ................. Hollyoaks 19:00 ....... Channel 4 News 19:55 ..............4thought.tv 20:00 ............... Dispatches 20:30 ....... The Wild Things 21:00.........Embarrassing CW Fat Bodies CHOICE 22:00 .......... What Happens in Kavos...

23:05 ...................One Born Every Minute

06:00....................Children's TV 08:15 .........................Peppa Pig 08:35 ... Roary the Racing Car 08:50 ......Bananas in Pyjamas 09:00 .......................Tickety Toc

06:00 .................Good Morning Sports Fans

06:00 .......................Airline USA

06:00 .......Nothing to Declare

06:30 .......................Airline USA

06:30....... Nothing to Declare

07:00 .................Good Morning Sports Fans

07:00 .............Brainiac: Science Abuse

07:00................................. Maury

08:00 .................Good Morning Sports Fans

08:00 ............. UK Border Force

08:00................ America's Next Top Model

09:00 ..............Dog the Bounty Hunter

09:00 .................Jerry Springer

09:00 ....Ford Football Special 10:30 ............................... La Liga

10:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles

11:00 ............Motorway Patrol

12:10 .............................. 5 News

12:00 ..............Scottish Premier League

11:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles

11:30 ............Motorway Patrol

12:15.... Celebrity Big Brother

12:30 ....Ford Football Special

14:00............. UK Border Force

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

09:15 .............The Wright Stuff 11:10 ................................. Trisha 12:00 ................. Looney Tunes

13:15 ............Home and Away

15:00 .................. Stargate SG-1

13:45 ..................... Neighbours

16:00 .................. Stargate SG-1

14:15 ........................ CSI: Miami

17:00 .......................... Futurama

15:15 ............ Finding a Family

17:30 .......................... Futurama

17:00 .............................. 5 News

14:00 ............................... La Liga

18:00 ..............Got to Dance

17:30...................... Neighbours

15:30 ..............Scottish Premier League

18:00 .......Home and Away

18:30 ........... The Simpsons 19:00 ........... The Simpsons

10:00 .......Nothing to Declare

13:00 .............CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 14:00 ...............Criminal Minds 16:00.. RSPCA Animal Rescue 17:00 ............Motorway Patrol 17:30 ............Motorway Patrol 18:00 .. Nothing to Declare

19:30 ........... The Simpsons

19:00 ......Cowboy Builders

16:00 ....................Ford Football Special

20:00 ........................ Arrow

19:00 ...............The Biggest Loser USA

20:00 ............... The All New Gadget Show

17:30..................... Soccer A.M. The Best Bits

21:00 ...............A League of Their Own

20:00 ...............The Biggest Loser USA

21:00 .Celebrity Big Brother

18:30 ................Netbusters

22:00 ..Botched Up Bodies

19:00 .................... Football

22:00 ................. Spartacus: Vengeance

21:00 ......... America's Next Top Model

23:00 .............Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side

23:00 ................Netbusters

23:15 ................. Spartacus: Vengeance

22:00 ........ Criminal Minds

19:00 ................... Top Gear

06:00 ..........Aerobics: Oz Style

07:05 .................. Dragons' Den

06:30 ....... Thrillseekers-Snow

08:05 ..........................Fifth Gear

06:00 .........Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations

06:00...................... Emmerdale

20:00 ......... Junior Doctors 21:00 ....................Crazy for Party Drugs

07:00 .........WWE Bottom Line

09:05 ..........The Gadget Show

07:00........................... Lie to Me

08:00 ................. PGA Tour Golf

09:35 ..........The Gadget Show

08:00 ......................Blue Bloods

07:25 ....................... The Jeremy Kyle Show US

22:00 ...................... World's Craziest Fools

11:30 ...... European Tour Golf

10:05 .................. Dragons' Den

09:00 .........................................ER

08:15.... You've Been Framed!

11:05 ............................Top Gear

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

08:45 .......................Judge Judy

12:05 ............................Top Gear

12:00 ......................Blue Bloods

09:40 ......Peter Andre: My Life

13:00 .................. Dragons' Den

13:00 .........................................ER

14:00 ............................Top Gear

14:00 .................................House

10:40 ....The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

15:00 ............................Top Gear

15:00 .................................House

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

16:00 ....................................Suits

16:00 ......................Blue Bloods

13:00 ..........Coronation Street

17:00 ............................Top Gear

17:00 .........................................ER

14:00..The Jeremy Kyle Show

18:00 .................... Top Gear

18:00 ........................ House

19:00 ..........................QI XL

20:00 ..................... Seinfeld

16:10 ....The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

20:00 .......................... Suits

21:00 .. Adam Buxton's Bug

18:30 ...................... 5 News

22:30 ............... EastEnders 23:00 ............... Family Guy 23:20 ............... Family Guy 23:45 ......... American Dad! Animated series from the creator of Family Guy about Stan Smith, who works for the CIA and is constantly on the alert for terrorist activity. In order to be taken more seriously, Stan becomes a meter maid, and is intoxicated by power. He gets the best tables at restaurants, pockets quarters from meters, and impresses Francine with his prowess - until Turlington from Parking Internal Affairs pays him a visit. Meanwhile, Hayley poses nude for a college art class and is surprised to see Roger there.

13:30 .............................. Netball 16:00 ..................................... NFL 18:00 ..Thrillseekers-Snow 18:30 ................ Tour Down Under Cycling

23:30 .......... SPL Round-Up

23:00 ........................Bones

06:25 ..........Coronation Street

18:00 ........The Jeremy Kyle Show US

21:00 .......... Not Going Out

21:30 ................. Hunderby

20:00 ............................NFL

22:20 ..... Gavin and Stacey

22:00 ...........................Girls

22:00 ..................Lanzarote Ironman 70.3

23:00 ...........Men Behaving Badly

22:35 ............. How to Make it in America

21:00 ............ Ben and Kate

23:00 ............................NFL

23:40 ..........................QI XL

23:10 ......Game of Thrones

22:00 ...............Notting Hill

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19:00 ........................ You've Been Framed!

21:30 .............. Up All Night

W C C H O IC E Embarrassing Fat Bodies Channel 4, 21:00 In this episode, Toilet Troubles, the Embarrassing Bodies team unlock the nation's toilet troubles to discover the secret strain on our plus size population. From guts that won't stop gushing, to being caught short, the doctors find out how being overweight can impact on toilet habits. Dr Dawn helps a type 2 diabetic whose diarrhoea disasters are putting strain on every organ in his body.

Dr Christian refers a man with sky high blood pressure for a pioneering treatment to reduce his waistline and help with his mortifying toilet malfunctions, and Dr Pixie meets a lady in her 40s whose weighty plumbing problem is so bad she's installed a portable toilet in her bedroom. Dr Dawn gathers some poo samples from a team of tubby truckers so she can investigate other digestive disorders caused by overeating, such as heartburn, constipation and gallstones.

And the doctors set up their very own pee stop in Glasgow to check urine samples for the warning signs of type 2 diabetes.

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W C C H O IC E 06:00 ...........................Breakfast

06:00 ..............................Preview

06:00 .......................... Daybreak

09:15 ................. Wanted Down Under

06:05 .......... Homes Under the Hammer

08:30 .............................Lorraine

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

07:05 .......................The Sheriffs are Coming

10:58 ..........................BBC News and Weather

07:50 ................... Cowboy Trap

11:25........................... ITV News

08:20 ..............Don't Get Done, Get Dom

11:30................... This Morning

11:00 .......................The Sheriffs are Coming 11:45 ...................Cowboy Trap 12:13 .................BBC News and Weather 12:15 ...................Bargain Hunt

Great houses

13:00 .........................BBC News

ITV1, 21.00

13:30 ............... Regional News

Julian Fellowes takes us on a journey to discover the real people behind two of Britain’s most incredible houses, Burghley House and Goodwood House. In this compelling two-part factual series Julian plays detective and unearths the houses’ amazing history, both through the lives of those that owned them and those that served in them. They are the stories of the real Lady Marys and Lord Granthams, the real Bates and Anna.

Julian says: “The families who built and lived in these houses were governing the country. Their servants were making the whole thing work.

Pretty well all of us have got ancestors who were either giving orders, or taking them, or probably both.”

From the most significant moments in our history, the execution of Mary Queen of Scots and the Battle of Waterloo, to the uncovering of untold stories of scandalous marriage, a lusty painter, a cruelly slain cook, a groom murdered and a tragic story of a disgraced dairy maid. Julian’s discoveries and powerful storytelling bring history to a human level. He shows us that these houses are part of all our history: “These are not just houses for posh people to live in, their history belongs to all of us.”

13:45 ............................. Doctors 14:15 .................. Father Brown 15:00 ...........................Escape to the Country 15:45 ........................ Perfection 16:30 ....... Antiques Road Trip Antiques experts David Harper and James Lewis drive from Belfast to Kendal in their search for antiques. On the way, they stumple upon the most remote antiques dealers they can find.

After making some good profits at their first auction, they're keen to trade up. James makes some risky big purchases, while David plays it cautious, spending little.

Which strategy will pay off at auction?

17:15 ........................... Pointless 18:00 ................. BBC News

10:05 ......................You've Been Scammed Matt Allwright meets people whose lives have been devastated by scams and hears how they were deceived into handing over their cash. The series also looks at how the authorities are fighting back and bringing conmen to justice, and there is information about the latest scams out there and how to avoid them. Matt hears how grieving dog owner Jane was targeted in a shocking pet cremation scam. Plus, the eight million pounds investment scam that was exposed by the Serious Fraud Office.

12:00 ............The Daily Politics 13:00 ..................................Bowls 17:15 ..... Antiques Roadshow 18:00 ..................Eggheads 18:30 ............. Great British Railway Journeys

19:00 ............. Heir Hunters 20:00 ....... The Great Comic Relief Bake Off

22:30 ....................Weather 22:35 ........ Allotment Wars 23:25 ............ Greenfingers Heart-warming comedy of redemption and rehabilitation.

When a greenfingered ex-convict is sent to an open prison, he encourages other prisons to help him create a prison garden.

The project is such a success that the inmates are given the opportunity to take their skills to a National Garden competition.

14:00....................... Dickinson's Real Deal Why let your antiques collect dust in the attic when you can sell them? Take money on the spot from a dealer - or if you think the item's worth more, turn the dealer down and choose to sell at auction instead. Host David Dickinson keeps an eye on the deals and give advice when needed: should you take the dealers' cash or gamble at auction?

15:00 ............................ The Alan Titchmarsh Show 16:00 .................. Tipping Point Quiz show in which four contestants must pit their wits against The Chaser, a ruthless quiz genius determined to stop them winning at all costs. A thrilling battle of brainpower and quick-thinking ensues, with each contestant trying to outrun the Chaser and bank their prize money before the final round, when the surviving team members join forces to try and win thousands of pounds.

11:00 ......... BBC WORLD News

22:25 ......... Regional News

20:00 .................Holby City

13:30 ........................... ITV News and Weather

17:00 .........................The Chase

22:00 ................. BBC News

19:30 ............... EastEnders

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

11:00 ......................... BBC News

21:00 .....................Death in Paradise

19:00 ..........The One Show

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

10:35 .......................... HARDtalk

Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with his copy of Bradshaw's Victorian railway guidebook, travelling the length and breadth of the British Isles to see what of Bradshaw's World remains. Michael is travelling port to port, from the centuries old naval hub of Portsmouth to the historic Grimsby docks.

18:30 ......... Regional News

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09:05 .......................MasterChef

09:25 ....................... The Jeremy Kyle Show

21:00 ......Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways 22:00 ....The Sarah Millican Television Programme 22:30 ................ Newsnight 23:20 ....Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here

18:00 ................ Local News and Weather 18:30 .................... ITV News and Weather 19:00 ............... Emmerdale

20:00 ............Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

21:00..Great Houses with CW Julian Fellowes CHO ICE 22:00 ............... ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:35 ......... River Monsters 23:05 ................... The Cube

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Tuesday Tuesday 22 January 06:10....................Children's TV

06:00....................Children's TV

06:00 .......Nothing to Declare

08:15 .........................Peppa Pig

06:00 .................Good Morning Sports Fans

06:00 .......................Airline USA

09:00.................................Frasier

06:30 .......................Airline USA

07:00 ................................ Maury

10:00...Undercover Boss USA 11:00 ......... A Place in the Sun

08:35.......................... Roary the Racing Car

07:00 .................Good Morning Sports Fans

07:00 .............Brainiac: Science Abuse

08:00 ................America's Next Top Model

12:00 .............Channel 4 News

08:50 ......Bananas in Pyjamas

09:00................. Jerry Springer

09:00....................... Tickety Toc

09:00 ....................Ford Monday Night Football

08:00 ............. UK Border Force

12:05 ......................... Jamie's 15 Minute Meals

10:00 .......Nothing to Declare

11:30 ........................Netbusters

09:00 ..............Dog the Bounty Hunter

12:30 ...................River Cottage Veg Heroes

11:10 ................................. Trisha

12:00 ................. SPL Round Up

10:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles

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

13:00 .........Carry on Sergeant

12:10 .............................. 5 News

12:30 .....................Soccer A.M. The Best Bits

14:40 ..................... Countdown 15:30 ................ Face the Clock

12:15 ............................Celebrity Big Brother

16:00 ..............Deal or No Deal

13:15 ............Home and Away

17:00 ...................Four in a Bed

13:45 ..................... Neighbours

17:30 ..... Come Dine with Me

14:15 ................................... NCIS

18:00 ........... The Simpsons 18:30 ................. Hollyoaks

15:15 .........................Moonlight Becomes You

19:00 ....... Channel 4 News

17:00 .............................. 5 News

19:55 .............. 4thought.tv

17:30 ..................... Neighbours

20:00 ................ Supersize v Superskinny

18:00 .......Home and Away

21:00 ...... The Undateables 22:00 .......................Utopia

19:00 .........Great Northern Cookbook

23:10 ............Random Acts

20:00 ............ Benidorm ER

23:15 ....... 8 Out of 10 Cats

21:00 ...........Body of Proof

19:00 .......... Total Wipeout

06:00........................... Aerobics: Oz Style

07:00 .................. Dragons' Den

06:30 .....................Thrillseekers 21:00...........Sun, Sex and CW -Snow Suspicious Parents CHOICE 07:00 ..............WWE Afterburn 22:00 .................. Pramface

20:00 ..... Growing Up Poor

22:30 ............... EastEnders 23:00 ............... Family Guy

09:15 .............The Wright Stuff 12:00 ................. Looney Tunes

12:00 ....................................NCIS: Los Angeles

14:00 ...............Criminal Minds

13:00 ....................................NCIS: Los Angeles

16:00 ................................ RSPCA Animal Rescue

14:00 ............. UK Border Force 15:00 .................. Stargate SG-1

16:30 ................................ RSPCA Animal Rescue

16:00 .................. Stargate SG-1

17:00 ............Motorway Patrol

17:00 .......................... Futurama

17:30 ............Motorway Patrol

16:30 ................. SPL Round Up

17:30........................... Futurama

18:00 .. Nothing to Declare

17:00............. Barclays Premier League Review

18:00 ............. Got to Dance

18:30 .. Nothing to Declare

18:30 ........... The Simpsons

19:00 ........ Criminal Minds

19:00 ........... The Simpsons

20:00 ........................Bones

19:30 ........... The Simpsons

21:00 ........ Criminal Minds

20:00 ................Last Resort 21:00 ......................... Stella

22:00 .......CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

22:00 ............... Switchback

23:00 ........................ Chase

08:00 ..........................Fifth Gear

06:00 .........Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations

08:30 ..........................Fifth Gear

07:00........................... Lie to Me

09:00 ..........The Gadget Show

08:00 ......................Blue Bloods

09:30.......... The Gadget Show

09:00 .........................................ER

10:00 .................. Dragons' Den

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

11:00.............................Top Gear

11:00 ........................... Lie to Me

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

12:00 ......................Blue Bloods

11:00 ...........Shell's Wonderful World of Golf

13:00 .................. Dragons' Den

13:00 .........................................ER

14:00............................ Top Gear

14:00 .................................House

12:30 ...............................Cricket

15:00............................ Top Gear

15:00 .................................House

21:00 ..........European Tour Weekly

16:00 ....................................Suits

16:00...................... Blue Bloods

17:00 ............................Top Gear

17:00 .........................................ER

06:00 .......................Emmerdale 06:25 ..........Coronation Street 07:25 ....................... The Jeremy Kyle Show US 08:15 ....You've Been Framed!

08:45....................... Judge Judy 09:40 ......Peter Andre: My Life 10:40 ....The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills 12:30...................... Emmerdale 13:00.......... Coronation Street 14:00..The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:10 ....The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills 18:00 ........ The Jeremy Kyle Show US 19:00 ..You've Been Framed!

20:00 .........The Xtra Factor 21:00 .............Unbreakable 21:55 ....................FYI Daily 22:00 .............Unbreakable

18:30 ...................... 5 News

08:00 .................... Soccer A.M. The Best Bits 09:00 .......................... European Tour Golf

21:30 ....... Sporting Greats

23:20 ............... Family Guy 23:45 ......... American Dad!

11:00 ............Motorway Patrol

13:30 ....................Ford Monday Night Football 16:00 ........................Netbusters

18:00 ............ Football Asia 18:30 ...... Revista de la Liga 19:30 ..................... Football 22:00 ..... Revista de la Liga 23:00 .......Barclays Premier League Review

19:00 ...........................QI XL

22:00 ............. World Match Racing Tour 2012

18:00 ........................House

20:00 .......................... Suits

19:00 ........................House

23:00 ................ Tour Down Under Cycling

21:00 ..........................QI XL

20:00 ... Friday Night Lights

22:00 .........Mock the Week

21:00 ................ The British

22:40 .........Mock the Week

22:00 ...........The Following

23:20 ..........................QI XL

23:00 ................. True Blood

23:30 ........................... BWF Badminton Super

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15:00 ...............Criminal Minds

W C C H O IC E Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents BBC3, 21:00 Series in which teenagers take their first summer holiday abroad without their parents, who, unbeknown to the kids, secretly watch everything that u folds.

Ollie from Portsmouth and Shannon from Preston head to the party capital of Ibiza. On the first night, Ollie's group leave the comfort of a British-themed pub to hit the strip.

By 3am they are already carrying one of the group back.

Meanwhile, Shannon is heading out for a big night out in a tiny outfit. Shannon's parents are not fans of her skimpy outfits at home, and as dad watches on in secret he becomes increasingly angry at his daughter's drunken behaviour.

Later in the week it's Ollie's birthday and the Portsmouth boys are hitting the alcohol hard. Despite throwing up after the first bar, Ollie is determined to continue and he ends up kissing several girls.

The next night, with his increased confidence, Ollie brings a blonde beauty back to his hotel room, but how will mum feel when she watches her 'munchkin' acting like a man?

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Wednesday Wednesday 06:00 ...........................Breakfast 09:15 .............................. Wanted Down Under 10:00 .................. Homes Under the Hammer

10:30 ................... This Morning 11:25 ...........................ITV News

11:00 .......................The Sheriffs are Coming

09:00 .......................MasterChef

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

10:00 ......................You've Been Scammed

13:30........................... ITV News and Weather

13:00 .........................BBC News 13:30 ............... Regional News 13:45 ............................. Doctors 14:15 .................. Father Brown Drama series based on the novels of GK Chesterton. When Lady Felicia finds a stripped and injured man stuck up a tree, Sid is implicated as the perpetrator.

Can Father Brown prove his innocence, or has Sid gone too far this time?

15:00 ...........................Escape to the Country 15:45 ........................ Perfection 16:30........ Antiques Road Trip

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09:25 ....................... The Jeremy Kyle Show

08:30............................. Lorraine

08:15 ..............Don't Get Done, Get Dom

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

Hosted by Dermot O’Leary, the night honours some of the biggest stars of the small screen in the only TV awards ceremony voted for by the public. He’s planning a show-stopping entrance which is sure to be one to remember and viewers are also minded to look out for Dermot’s most challenging routine to date, accompanied by a very special dancing guest.

This year sees the Great British Bake Off make its National Television Awards shortlist debut in the Factual Entertainment category. It will need to fight off the likes of The Apprentice, Top Gear and Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs to be in with a chance of scooping the prize.

Talent shows rivalry continues and hotting up the competition is first time shortlist nominee, The Voice UK, going up against triple NTA winner The X Factor and fellow contenders Strictly Come Dancing, Dancing On Ice and Britain’s Got Talent.

After making a return to our screens this year, the classic Absolutely Fabulous finds itself facing Benidorm, Mrs Browns Boys and The Big Bang Theory in the Situation Comedy category. Can the old favourites beat the new and take home the silverware?

This year’s awards see the addition of the Documentary Series category, featuring the hugely popular nominees including Big Fat Gypsy Weddings, One Born Every Minute and fascinating natural history shows, Frozen Planet and Planet Earth Live.

The ever popular Serial Drama category is set to be one of the most highly contentious gongs of the evening as the battle of the soaps heats up yet again. Last year’s winner Coronation Street faces stiff competition from EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks to be in with a chance of taking home the coveted prize.

The NTAs very own Dermot O’Leary will once again be trying his luck as he finds himself nominated for the Entertainment Presenter gong. Can Geordie duo Ant and Dec make it twelve years at the top or will fellow nominees Alan Carr and Keith Lemon take their crown?

After a summer of sport, one of the highlights at this year’s ceremony is certain to be the presentation of the Landmark Award in recognition of all involved in the London 2012 Olympic Games. To accompany the presentation will be a video montage of the greatest Olympic moments, hand-picked by the Great British public.

Now in its eighteenth year, the National Television Awards is firmly established as Britain’s premier award ceremony whose distinctive feature is that all the winners are chosen by the public in a huge nationwide poll.

07:00 .......................The Sheriffs are Coming 07:45 ................... Cowboy Trap

12:13 .................BBC News and Weather

ITV1, 19.30

06:00 .......................... Daybreak

10:58 ..........................BBC News and Weather

11:45 ...................Cowboy Trap

The 18th National Television Awards

06:00 .................. Homes Under the Hammer

Antiques experts David Harper and James Lewis drive from Belfast to Kendal in their search for antiques. On the way, they stumple upon the most remote antiques dealers they can find.

After making some good profits at their first auction, they're keen to trade up. James makes some risky big purchases, while David plays it cautious, spending little.

Which strategy will pay off at auction?

Matt Allwright meets people whose lives have been devastated by scams and hears how they were deceived into handing over their cash. In this episode Matt meets June, who was plagued by scam mail for over a decade and ended up losing an estimated 100,000 pounds. Plus the story of the real-life 'catch me if you can' conman who posed as an airline pilot, neurosurgeon and playboy to carry out his scams.

10:30 ............................See Hear 11:00 ......................... BBC News 11:30 ............The Daily Politics

11:30 ................... This Morning

14:00 ....................... Dickinson's Real Deal Why let your antiques collect dust in the attic when you can sell them? Take money on the spot from a dealer - or if you think the item's worth more, turn the dealer down and choose to sell at auction instead. Host David Dickinson keeps an eye on the deals and give advice when needed: should you take the dealers' cash or gamble at auction?

15:00 ............................ The Alan Titchmarsh Show 16:00 .................. Tipping Point

13:00 ...............................Lifeline 13:10 ..................................Bowls 17:10 ..... Antiques Roadshow Blackpool. Housewives' favourite Michael Aspel pulls up in Blackpool where the team of experts cast a discerning eye over the public's prized antiques.

The curios include a programme for the 1936 cup tie between Blackpool and Bolton which was signed by players including Stanley Matthews; a rare saltglazed mug made for a supporter of Bonnie Prince Charlie; and an unusual medal awarded for selling Hoovers in the 1930s.

17:00 .........................The Chase

18:00 ................. BBC News

17:55 ...................Party Political Broadcast Conservative Party

18:30 ......... Regional News

18:00 ..................Eggheads

19:00 ..........The One Show

18:30 .................... ITV News and Weather

20:00 .......Food Inspectors

18:30 ............. Great British Railway Journeys

21:00 ........................ Africa

19:00 ............. Heir Hunters

22:00 ................. BBC News 22:25 ......... Regional News

20:00 ....... The Great Comic Relief Bake Off

22:30 ....................Weather

21:00 ........ Funny Business

22:35 ................ A Question of Sport

22:00 .....The Culture Show

23:05 ............... The League Cup Show

23:20 ............ Tankies: Tank Heroes of World War II

17:15 ........................... Pointless

23:50 .................. Film 2013

22:30 ................ Newsnight

18:00 ................ Local News and Weather

19:00 .... Coronation Street More drama and turmoil from the residents of Coronation Street in the longest running TV Soap.

19:30.............National TV CW Awards 2013 CHOICE 22:00 ............... ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:35 ...... Trevor Mcdonald: Inside Death Row 23:35 ...... Safari Vet School

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ay Wednesday Wednesday 23 January 06:10 ...................Children's TV 10:00.. Undercover Boss USA 11:00 ......... A Place in the Sun 12:00..............Channel 4 News 12:05 ......................... Jamie's 15 Minute Meals 12:35................... River Cottage Veg Heroes 13:05 ... Murder at the Gallop 14:40 ..................... Countdown 15:30 ................ Face the Clock 16:00 ..............Deal or No Deal 17:00 ..............Four in a Bed CW CHO ICE 17:30 ..... Come Dine with Me 18:00 ...........The Simpsons 18:30 ................. Hollyoaks 19:00 ....... Channel 4 News 19:55 ..............4thought.tv 20:00 .. Gok's Style Secrets 21:00 ...................One Born Every Minute 22:00 ............... 16 Kids and Counting 23:05 ............Random Acts 23:10 ........... Embarrassing Fat Bodies

06:00....................Children's TV

06:00 ................................Cricket

06:00 .......................Airline USA

06:00 .......Nothing to Declare

08:35 .......................... Roary the Racing Car

15:00..... International Cricket

06:30 .......................Airline USA

06:30 .......Nothing to Declare

07:00 ............................. Brainiac: Science Abuse

07:00 ................................ Maury

08:50 ......Bananas in Pyjamas 09:00 .......................Tickety Toc

08:00 ............. UK Border Force

09:15............. The Wright Stuff

09:00 ............................. Dog the Bounty Hunter

09:00................. Jerry Springer

10:00 ....................................NCIS: Los Angeles

10:30....... Nothing to Declare

11:00 ....................................NCIS: Los Angeles

11:30 ............Motorway Patrol

11:10 ................................. Trisha 12:00 ................. Looney Tunes 12:10.............................. 5 News 12:15... Celebrity Big Brother 13:15 ............Home and Away

12:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles

13:45..................... Neighbours

13:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles

14:00 ...............Criminal Minds

16:00 .................. Stargate SG-1

18:00 ....Hyundai A League

15:00 ...............Criminal Minds

17:00 .......................... Futurama

16:00.. RSPCA Animal Rescue

18:30 . FIFA Futbol Mundial

17:30 .......................... Futurama

17:00 ............Motorway Patrol

19:00 .................... Football

18:00 ............. Got to Dance

18:00 .. Nothing to Declare

22:30 .................... Football

18:30 ........... The Simpsons

19:00 ........ Criminal Minds

23:30 .......Sporting Heroes

19:00 .............Got to Dance

Graham Taylor Interviews Denis Law. Former Watford and England manager Graham Taylor talks to legendary Scotland and Manchester United striker Denis Law about his glittering career.

20:00 ............. Got to Dance

20:00 .......CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

21:00 ........................... Glee

21:00 ........................Bones

22:00 ................Last Resort

22:00 ........ Criminal Minds

23:00 ........................ Fringe

23:00 ........................Bones

17:00 .............................. 5 News

16:30 ............................. Football

17:30 ..................... Neighbours 18:00 .......Home and Away

21:00 .Celebrity Big Brother 22:30 .............Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side 23:30 ..............Alien Hunter

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

15:00 .................. Stargate SG-1

16:00 ....................Football Asia

20:00 ...Charley Boorman's South African Adventure

11:00.............Motorway Patrol

13:00 .............CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

15:15 ....... Heart of a Stranger

19:00 ......Ice Road Truckers

10:00 .......Nothing to Declare

14:00 ............. UK Border Force

14:15 ........................ CSI: Miami

18:30 ...................... 5 News

08:00 ................America's Next Top Model

W C C H O IC E Four in a Bed Channel 4, 17:00 Third host is Gill Borg Fenech, who runs the Amber Guest House in Cleethorpes. Gill's love of bleach means her communal bathrooms are spotless, but the lack of ensuites is not to everyone's liking. An afternoon of fairground fun takes a surprising turn as a gentle game of hook-a-duck turns into a ruck about the ducks. Over dinner Gill reveals a secret which leaves some of her guests sympathetic, but others unimpressed. At breakfast Tomasin proves hard to please, and behind the scenes Gill thinks certain guests are on a mission to catch her out.

House, Sky Atlantic, 18:00 19:00 ............... The World's Strictest Parents Wayward British teenagers experience strict parenting on the other side of the world. Two families at the end of their tether send their disobedient children to South Africa to stay with a lesbian couple, the du Toit de Vos family. Hamzah is caught between two worlds. His traditional Pakistani family expect him to pray, attend mosque and read the Koran, but he wants to smoke, drink and date girls. Charlie's parents spent a fortune on her education, but she still flunked out of private school.

06:00 ................. Golfing World

07:00 .................. Dragons' Den

06:30 .......................... European Tour Golf

08:00 ..........................Fifth Gear

06:00......... Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations

08:30 ..........................Fifth Gear

07:00 ........................... Lie to Me

09:30 ................. Golfing World

09:00 ..........The Gadget Show

08:00 ......................Blue Bloods

10:00 .............Barclays Premier League Review

09:30.......... The Gadget Show

09:00 .........................................ER

10:00.................. Dragons' Den

11:00 .......................... European Tour Golf

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

11:00.............................Top Gear

11:00 ........................... Lie to Me

13:00 .................. Dragons' Den

12:00 ......................Blue Bloods

14:00 ............................Top Gear

13:00 .........................................ER

14:00 ................... Football Asia 14:30............. Barclays Premier League Review

15:00 ............................Top Gear

14:00 .................................House

15:30 ...........Revista de la Liga

16:00.................................... Suits

16:30 ....................World Match Racing Tour 2012

17:00............................ Top Gear

20:00 ...Don't Tell the Bride 21:00 ............... Haunted by Helmand

17:30...... Inside the PGA Tour

20:00 .......................... Suits

18:00 ............. International Cricket

21:00 ....... Russell Howard's Good News

19:00 ...................... Cricket

22:00 ......... Frank Skinner's Opinionated

20:00 ........................ Smash

22:40 .........Mock the Week

22:00 ..........................Ethel

23:20 ..........................QI XL

23:55 ........... The Sopranos

22:00 ...... Russell Howard's Good News 22:30 ................. Way to Go 23:00 ............... Family Guy

21:00 ................... Copa Del Rey Football

23:45 ......... American Dad!

23:00 ...................... Cricket

18th January - 24th January 2013

19:00 ..........................QI XL

15:00 .................................House 16:00 ......................Blue Bloods 17:00 .........................................ER 18:00.....................House

CW CHO ICE

19:00 ........................ House 21:00 .............. Blue Bloods

06:00 .......................Emmerdale 07:00............ Planet's Funniest Animals 07:25 ....................... The Jeremy Kyle Show US 08:15 ....You've Been Framed!

08:45........................Judge Judy 09:40...... Peter Andre: My Life 10:40 ....The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills 12:30...................... Emmerdale 13:30.............. The Corrie Years 14:00..The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:10 ....The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills 18:00 ........The Jeremy Kyle Show US 19:00 ..You've Been Framed!

21:00 ..................Benidorm 22:00 ..............The Magaluf Weekender 23:00 ...............Three Kings

House and the team take on the case of Morgan (guest star Judy Greer) who works in a nursing home with a pet cat who only sleeps next to people if they are about to die - and does so with alarmingly accuracy. When it seems the cat has predicted her own death, Morgan, convinced she is about to die, fakes a seizure in order to get to House to have him diagnose her before it's too late. House dismisses her as a nut job, but is intrigued with the claim about the cat and sets out to disprove Morgan's theory.

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Thursday Thursday 06:00 .................. Homes Under the Hammer

06:00.......................... Daybreak

09:15 ...Wanted Down Under 10:00 .................. Homes Under the Hammer

07:00 .......................The Sheriffs are Coming

09:25....................... The Jeremy Kyle Show

10:58...........................BBC News and Weather

07:45 ................... Cowboy Trap

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

08:15................................. Tennis

11:25 ...........................ITV News

11:00 .......................The Sheriffs are Coming

12:00 ............The Daily Politics

11:30 ................... This Morning

13:00.................................. Bowls

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

11:45 ...................Cowboy Trap

17:15..... Antiques Roadshow

12:13 .................BBC News and Weather

18:00 .................. Eggheads

13:30 ........................... ITV News and Weather

18:30 ............. Great British Railway Journeys

14:00 ....................... Dickinson's Real Deal

Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with his copy of Bradshaw's Victorian railway guidebook, travelling the length and breadth of the British Isles to see what of Bradshaw's World remains. Michael is travelling port to port, from the centuries old naval hub of Portsmouth to the historic Grimsby docks.

Michael sees how Lincolnshire farmers utilised rails to improve their harvests, visits Lincoln's most impressive cathedral and looks to the future of rail freight.

Why let your antiques collect dust in the attic when you can sell them? Take money on the spot from a dealer - or if you think the item's worth more, turn the dealer down and choose to sell at auction instead. Host David Dickinson keeps an eye on the deals and give advice when needed: should you take the dealers' cash or gamble at auction?

06:00 ...........................Breakfast

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

Trevor McDonald

13:00......................... BBC News

ITV1, 21.00

13:30............... Regional News

08:30............................. Lorraine

13:45 ............................. Doctors Second of the two-part series which sees veteran presenter Sir Trevor 14:15 .................. Father Brown McDonald come face to face with some of the world’s most dangerous 15:00............................Escape to criminals as he gets exclusive access to one of America’s oldest and most the Country notorious prisons.

The second week at Indiana State Prison sees Trevor step into a cell 15:45........................ Perfection with a killer who talks openly about killing a woman and her four-year16:30 ....... Antiques Road Trip 15:00 ............................ The Alan old daughter.

Antiques experts David Harper Titchmarsh Show Fredrick Baer has been on death row for seven years after being and James Lewis drive from Belfast to Kendal in their search 16:00 .................. Tipping Point convicted of the two murders. He had always maintained his innocence. for antiques. On the way, they 19:00 ............. Heir Hunters Trevor visits Baer with Superintendent Wilson, the man who will one day 17:00 .........................The Chase stumple upon the most remote Quiz show in which four contestoversee his execution. antiques dealers they can find. ants must pit their wits against After making some good profits Trevor asks Baer what he thinks of Superintendent Wilson. Baer says: The Chaser, a ruthless quiz genius at their first auction, they're keen “It’s not actually Mr Wilson that’s taking my life, it’s the State of Indiana. determined to stop them winto trade up. James makes some He’s a good guy. He’s a fair person. He’ll listen, he’ll understand and he’ll ning at all costs. A thrilling battle risky big purchases, while David of brainpower and quick-thinkexercise judgement on what he has to do fairly. He’s not discriminatory plays it cautious, spending little. ing ensues, with each contestant Which strategy will pay off at towards anybody and I’ve got to respect that.” trying to outrun the Chaser and auction?

Trevor also asks Superintendent Wilson how he comes to terms with bank their prize money before 17:15 ........................... Pointless the final round, when the survivexecutions. He replies: “I’ve come to grips with it by virtue of meeting ing team members join forces to with my religious leaders, my particular church and how the church feels 18:00 ................. BBC News try and win thousands of pounds about it. I’ve also asked God for forgiveness for my feebleness in that I 18:30 ......... Regional News 18:00 ................ Local News may not always understand what his intentions are for us.”

20:00 ............. Great British 19:00 ..........The One Show and Weather Trevor then steps inside Baer’s cell, which is adorned with pictures of Comic Relief Diana, Princess of Wales. Baer tells Trevor that he spends his days with Bake Off 18:30 .................... ITV News his pet cat and writing to his pen pal girlfriend in Germany. and Weather 21:00 .........Great British CW But Trevor knows that Baer, who slit the throat of a woman and her Inventions CHOICE 19:00 ............... Emmerdale four-year-old daughter, provokes outrage and disgust amongst the other 22:00 ................... Mock the 19:30 .................Tonight CW killers on death row.

CHO ICE Week...Again The programme features footage of Baer denying the murders at the 20:00 ............... Emmerdale time of his arrest and he explains to Trevor that an abusive childhood 20:30 ............... Nursing the and the death of his sister lead him into a life of crime.

Nation As Trevor and Baer sit on Baer’s tiny bed in his cell, he tells Trevor: “I’ve 21:00...Trevor Mcdonald: been a thief all my life. That’s all I’ve ever been. I’m not proud of it, but I’m CW Inside CHOICE 19:30 ............... EastEnders not going to sugar-coat it. I’m a thief, I’ve always been a thief. I started Death Row stealing matchbox cars at kindergarten. I’ve been stealing all my life.”

20:00 ......... Waterloo Road Baer says his sister was in an abusive relationship and was murdered, 22:00 ............... ITV News at 21:00 .......... Silent Witness and that was the final straw for him.

Ten and 22:00 .................

BBC News Talking about his crime and the afternoon he murdered the young mother Weather 22:25 ......... Regional News and her daughter, he says: “I walked up to the home and under the ruse 22:35 ............ The Jonathan 22:30 ................ Newsnight of being lost I knocked on the door and asked to use the phone. A little 22:30 ....................Weather Ross Show kid answered the door, so my first thought was, ‘Can I use the phone.’ Her 23:20 ............ Tankies: Tank 22:35 ..........Question Time 23:45 .............Golden Rules mum came to the door and I asked to use the phone.

Heroes of 23:35 ................. This Week of TV “I was withdrawing from meth and…I just wasn’t there. My intention was World War II to rape her (the mother) and I couldn’t go through with it. I’d gone too far to back out now. I knew I was headed back to prison. And I guess I thought if I killed them, nobody would ever know, and so I cut their throats.

“I cut both their throats. I was a cold-hearted son of a bitch.”

Baer tells Trevor that he always remembers the names and the birthdays of his victims, because he feels as though he is a part of their lives.

Trevor says: “You’re not a part of their lives because they have gone on. They have died. They have been killed.”

Baer replies: “I’m a part of their family’s lives. I’ve killed a little kid in the worst possible way that can be imagined. You can’t even imagine how I feel.”

Trevor says that meeting Baer has made him revise his thoughts on the death penalty. He adds: “I’ve never believed in the death penalty myself. I’ve always been against it, and I probably still am. But when I think about what you’ve done, I begin to understand why people feel it should be the appropriate sentence for crimes like yours. Do you understand that?”

And Baer admits: “I do deserve to be executed. There’s no way around it. If a person does what I’ve done, they should be executed.”

Also in this episode, Trevor goes inside the death chamber. Superintendent Wilson shows Trevor the route that the prisoners take as they leave death row and make their way to the building where they will meet their end.

He sees the sparse holding room where the condemned man will spend his last few hours. Superintendent Wilson explains that some pass the time watching television, while others just sit quietly, meditating.

Trevor sees the gurney where the prisoners are strapped down and injected with a lethal cocktail of chemicals. He sees the room where people can watch through a window as the death sentence is carried out.

Superintendent Wilson explains that most of the prisoners accept their fate and get on the gurney, but one inmate was completely passive and had to be carried from his cell.

Superintendent Wilson says: “We do everything we can to make sure the offender’s comfortable. We talk to him to make sure he understands the process… we try to be there for him. Once he’s placed on the gurney he’s allowed a final statement. An actual death warrant is read to him, so that he understands why he’s in this position, and, at that point, then we start the execution process.”

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TV Guide

y Thursday Thursday 24 January 06:10 ...................Children's TV

06:00....................Children's TV

08:55................................ Frasier

09:00 .......................Tickety Toc

10:00 ..Undercover Boss USA

09:15 .............The Wright Stuff

11:00......... A Place in the Sun

11:10................................. Trisha

12:00 ............. Channel 4 News Summary

12:00................. Looney Tunes 12:10 .............................. 5 News

06:00........................... Inside the PGA Tour A look behind the scenes of the USPGA Tour. Follow the world's best players, including Luke Donald, Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy, as they prepare for the big events in 2013.

06:30........................... European Tour Golf

06:00 .......................Airline USA

06:00 .......Nothing to Declare

06:30 .......................Airline USA

06:30 .......Nothing to Declare

07:00 .............Brainiac: Science Abuse

07:00 ................................ Maury

08:00 ............. UK Border Force

08:00 ................America's Next Top Model

09:00 ..............Dog the Bounty Hunter

09:00................. Jerry Springer

10:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles

10:30 .......Nothing to Declare

11:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles

11:00 ............Motorway Patrol

12:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles

11:30 ............Motorway Patrol 12:00 .............CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

12:05.......................... Jamie's 15 Minute Meals

12:15 ... Celebrity Big Brother

12:35 ...................River Cottage Veg Heroes

13:45 ..................... Neighbours

09:30........................ FIFA Futbol Mundial

14:15 ..................The Mentalist

10:00 ............................. Football

15:15 ................. Her Fatal Flaw

Arsenal v West Ham United.

Arsenal entertain West Ham United at the Emirates Stadium in the Barclays Premier League.

13:00.......... NCIS: Los Angeles

11:00 .......European Tour Golf

16:00 .................. Stargate SG-1

13:00 .............CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

14:00............................Inside the PGA Tour

17:00 .......................... Futurama

14:00 ...............Criminal Minds

17:30 .......................... Futurama

16:00.. RSPCA Animal Rescue

14:30 ....................Dubai Racing Carnival

18:00 .............Got to Dance

17:00 ............Motorway Patrol

18:30 ........... The Simpsons

17:30............ Motorway Patrol

18:00 ....................Ringside

19:00 ........... The Simpsons

18:00 .. Nothing to Declare

21:00 .................... Celebrity Big Brother

19:00 .......Barclays Premier League World

19:30 ........... The Simpsons

19:00 ........ Criminal Minds

22:00 ........ Fighters' Wives: The World of MMA

19:30 ..................... Football

20:00 ............... A League of Their Own

20:00 ......... America's Next Top Model

22:00 ........ The Footballer's Football Show

21:00 ........................ Arrow

21:00 . Women Behind Bars

22:00 ............Hawaii Five-0

22:00 ........ Criminal Minds

23:30 ....................Ringside

23:00 .....NCIS: Los Angeles

23:00 ........................Bones

13:05.. Guns of Fort Petticoat 14:40..................... Countdown 15:30 ................ Face the Clock 16:00 ..............Deal or No Deal 17:00 ...................Four in a Bed 17:30 ..... Come Dine with Me 18:00 ........... The Simpsons 18:30 ................. Hollyoaks 19:00 ....... Channel 4 News 19:55 ..............4thought.tv 20:00 ...Location, Location, Location 21:00 . The Restoration Man 22:00 ................ Rude Tube 23:05 ..... The Undateables

19:00 ................... Top Gear 20:00 ................... Don't Tell the Bride 21:00 ........................ Junior Doctors 22:00 ................. Way to Go 22:30 ............... EastEnders 23:00 ............... Family Guy 23:20 ............... Family Guy Internal Affairs. Series 10, episode 23. Subversive animated comedy about American family life. Peter encourages Joe to have a one-night stand with his attractive new partner in order to even the score with Bonnie for her own indiscretions. But when Bonnie finds out and threatens divorce, Lois insists that Peter get them back together.Peter has another run-in with the angry chicken which makes for yet another epic fight.

23:45 ......... American Dad!

13:15 ............Home and Away

17:00 .............................. 5 News 17:30 ..................... Neighbours 18:00 .......Home and Away 18:30 ...................... 5 News 19:00 .........Great Northern Cookbook 20:00 ................ Dangerous Drivers' School

23:00 .............Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side

14:00 ............. UK Border Force 15:00 .................. Stargate SG-1

06:00 ................ Good Morning Sports Fans

07:00 .................. Dragons' Den 08:00 ..........................Fifth Gear

06:00 .........Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations

07:00 ................ Good Morning Sports Fans

08:30.......................... Fifth Gear

07:00............................ Lie to Me

09:00 ..........The Gadget Show

08:00 ......................Blue Bloods

09:30 ..........The Gadget Show

09:00......................................... ER

10:00 .................. Dragons' Den

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

11:00.............................Top Gear

11:00 ........................... Lie to Me

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

12:00 ......................Blue Bloods

13:00 .................. Dragons' Den

13:00 .........................................ER

14:00 ............................Top Gear

14:00 .................................House

15:00 ............................Top Gear

15:00................................. House

16:00 .................. Dragons' Den

16:00...................... Blue Bloods

17:00 ............................Top Gear

17:00 .........................................ER

09:00............................. Football 10:00..Copa Del Rey Football 11:30 ........ Hyundai A League 12:00............................... Netball 14:30............ Sporting Heroes 15:30 .............................Football 17:30 ........ Hyundai A League 18:00 ............... FIFA Futbol Mundial 18:30 ...... Sporting Heroes 19:30 ............America's Cup Discovered 20:00 ....... The Rugby Club 21:00 ................... Ringside 22:00 ........ World Wrestling Entertainment Late Night Raw

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19:00 ..........................QI XL 21:00 .......................... Suits 22:00 ......... Have I Got a Bit More News for You 22:55 ............... Never Mind the Buzzcocks 23:35 ..........................QI XL

18:00 ........................ House 20:00 .................... Tour War 21:00 .............. Blue Bloods 22:00 ................ The British 23:00 ................. Hunderby 23:30 .. Adam Buxton's Bug

10:00....... Nothing to Declare

06:00.......... Coronation Street 06:25 ...... Holiday Showdown 07:25 ....................... The Jeremy Kyle Show US 08:15.... You've Been Framed!

08:45 .......................Judge Judy 09:40 ......Peter Andre: My Life 10:40 ....The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills 12:30...........Coronation Street 13:00 ...... Holiday Showdown 14:00..The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:10.... The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills 18:00 ........The Jeremy Kyle Show US 19:00 ..You've Been Framed!

21:00 ........30 Years of CITV 22:00 ...........Fake Reaction 22:45 ..............The Magaluf Weekender 23:50 ............ Ben and Kate

W C C H O IC E Tonight: How Much Could You Save?

ITV1, 19.30 Loyalty may be regarded as a desirable quality - but not, it seems, when it comes to your finances.

Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis finds out just how much is being wasted by families who stick with the same service providers - and end up paying over the odds for anything from broadband contracts, to gas and electric bills, to home insurance premiums...and even bank charges.

The Genius Of Invention Confirmed BBC2, 21.00 Every time we switch on a light or boil a kettle we rely on power – but most people don’t stop to think about the inventions and discoveries that allow us to live the way we do. In an exciting new fourpart series for BBC Two, The Genius Of Invention reveals the fascinating chain of events behind inventions that make everyday life possible.

This first episode tells the story of the handful of extraordinary British inventors and inventions who helped build the modern world by understanding, harnessing, and using power.

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The future’s looking bright M ANY people visit t h e s e lovely shores for lots of reasons.

Apart from the wonderful weather, the entertainment scene is renowned for being the best of all the Canary Islands.

With a saturation of venues offering enterOn my travels this week I bumped into a number of people; some I expected to and others?

Well, it was a shock to hear that Lizzie Brown, a female vocalist from Barnsley is leaving for the UK.

tainment in many forms, from the phenomenon of Karaoke to tribute artistes, comedians, dance troupes, solo musicians and speciality acts, there is a wide choice.

But when it comes to what’s happening on stage, does entertainment start and finish there?

Of course not. The dictionary definition of “entertainment� quite simply means to entertain – to hold a person or persons’ attention

for a set period of time, Whether that be in the form of a quiz, a song, a show or even the bar staff, just chatting to customers about where they are from, and the usual small talk that follows it’s all entertainment - even down to what is showing on the TV screens.

And however it is delivered, it starts from the moment people enter a venue.

These days, audiences are wiser and are able to

tell the difference when something is not quite up to scratch.

Also, they are not so forgiving when an “artiste� sings out of tune because their expectations are higher. This, I believe, is because of shows like BGT, The Voice and the X Factor, where live acts are given criticism on their performance.

This serves not only to wind viewers up, but it also educates them on the standard expected

at the business end of the music industry.

Having said that, the dynamics which have changed the way an audience views an artist have also affected the acts on stage.

They are being forced to re-invent and get creative, put new shows together and try things out of their comfort zone. Some succeed while others try and fail - and, in some cases, badly.

It’s great news for the

professionals on the circuit but bad news for those just trying to become an entertainer those who talk the talk (Facebook) but can’t walk the walk.

This year, I believe, the bar has been raised and those who can, will ‌ and those who can’t?

Well, they’ll be serving pints again this summer.

This is why I believe the future is bright, and why 2013 is going to be a very entertaining year in Tenerife.

Out & about Lizzie has spent the last two years in Tenerife working on the circuit and wowing audiences with her flawless voice.

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has decided to return to the UK to try her hand at the UK circuit, and I’m sure she’ll succeed. Good luck Lizzie Brown!

All Arms and apples SO it’s early evening in Tenerife and I’m off out and about - and the first person I bump into in the Starco area is Adam, assistant manager at The Wigan Arms.

And even before our customary Tenerife handshake is over, he has invited me in to sample a pint of apple juice. Before I can even say, “Don’t mind if I do�, I’m at the bar, holding a nice cold apple juice.

The rest is history. I ended up staying until around midnight and had a great time.

There are some bars you can just walk past on the way to somewhere else and give a wave to the staff inside.

Then there are others you feel compelled to go into and see everyone.

The Wigan Arms, at Starco in Las Americas, is one such venue. I love it there for a number of reasons, but mainly because it looks like a traditional British pub - lots of polished wood and nice, solid furniture.

The food is great, too,

served all day from an extensive menu.

The staff get completely involved with whatever is happening on stage, and this makes the audience feel more comfortable about joining in.

Also, the staff are all long-term and have been there for more than just one summer.

Resident Cabaret Artiste Crystal Starr is one of the longest-standing residents working on the Island, with a huge following and 20 years of service at The Wigan Arms.

She still packs them in and, because the dynamics are right in the bar and everyone works as a team, it provides the best formula for entertainment.

That begins from 9pm every night until the

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early hours. It all starts with compere Dean Matlock, who warms up until 10pm, and then introduces Chrystal to the stage.

Until I arrived in Tenerife, I had never seen “Drag� done in such a matter-of-fact way.

The best thing about watching someone on stage like Crystal is the unpredictability of what’s going to happen.

All entertainers have polished sections of an act which they do all the time. But the ability to ad-lib and be spontaneous is an invaluable skill to an entertainer, and one Chrystal knows how to exploit - natural and very funny, Crystal Starr is a mustsee act. She (he) has a ton of experience and works six nights at The Wigan Arms while resting on Fridays.

With some fine cabaret shows throughout the week from 11pm, this is definitely a venue you can visit, no matter what age you are, and be thoroughly entertained from every angle.

In the Irish Rover, I found these three reprobates comparing size. There’s Craig, Compère @ Pheasant Plucker, with a big one, Tony, who owns the Pheasant, with a big one, and Titch in the middle, with a titchy one. That ended up being a late night and size didn’t matter at the death because it was all about who had enough credit to call a cab.

I HAVE to tip my hat to Billy Porter, who has a heart of gold. You may have heard the story about John Loggie, a young Scotsman who came on holiday with his pals.

Within hours of arriving, he had a bad accident which left him with spinal injuries. Basically he broke his back. He has been stranded here in Candelaria hospital with no family or friends and some huge medical bills.

When Billy heard me relating this story during The Linekers Lunchtime Show on Oasis Fm, he visited John in hospital and has continued to do so regularly.

Billy has also been raising awareness of this young man’s plight at the venues where he works and raising money, simply by telling the story and asking people for a small donation.

The support has been outstanding and Billy has helped to raise over 2,000 euros, half of that coming from his regular gigs.

So hats off to Billy Porter and the support of the people in his audiences.

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Home and Lifestyle

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S with anything this year there will be home improvement trends what’s in fashion and what’s not.

Across Europe the Germans are the most capable, the Turkish are the least confident and the French are the champions at spending…on DIY. What about the UK and Ireland? We are the keenest gardeners.

Our Continental neighbours are discovering the joys of “do it yourself” and, at home or in the garden, are going at it hammer and nail, thus feeding changes across the Eurozone in home improvement, according to a recent European Home Report

by Kingfisher, owner of B&Q, the UK’s largest home improvement retailer.

Modern Europeans are, at last, following in the footsteps of the UK, where tinkering with home and garden has become a leisure activity. But as with every market, each country has its strengths and styles when it comes to home improvement.

81% of people in the UK and Ireland say they would be happy to take on gardening jobs, while the Polish are confident DIY plumbers (21%).

Apart from painting and decorating (53%) and small ad-hoc repairs (49%), the Spanish are very confident at electrical tasks (23%).

Not being content with building the best cars and producing some of the best football players in the world, Germany tops the home improvement confidence table with assured skill levels in every category, including complex

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Keeping up appearances

jobs such as electrical projects (29%) and structural work (21%).

‘Improve don’t move’ seems to be the mantra across Europe though, with 60% of the UK respondents expressing an interest in making improvements simply to refresh the home and 37% of Russian consumers favouring more opulent “Heritage” styles of décor over the contemporary looks.

Europe is also embracing energy efficiency and ecofriendly homes, with more than half (54%) of consumers in Turkey placing the

highest interest in living in an eco-friendly home. While Poland 37%, Russia 36% and Germany 28%, find ecofriendliness in the home very important too.

Ebru Sayilan Commercial Director at B&Q says: “Today’s economy has contributed its part to the expansion of the doit-yourself movement, as more people turn to it as a way to save money.

However, this research shows that we like our houses to work harder and smarter, and that’s why we spend time and money maintaining and improving their value.”

To help us ‘keep up with the joneses’, here’s a sneak peak at some more differences across Europe, which are shaping the way we live in our homes and the year ahead in home improvement UK & Ireland - People in the UK and Ireland have made changes to cater for more home based entertaining (31%) and leisure activities (34%).

- 26% of those surveyed say they have started growing vegetables.

- More home improvers in the UK and Ireland plan to tackle internal (56%) and external (15%) painting and decorating than in any other country. In fact, we are the kings and queens of painting and decorating without any expert help (82%).

- DIYers in the UK and Ireland are the most likely to do their own tiling (38%), and insulation (22%) projects.

- The UK and Ireland use ‘click and collect’ more than any other country with 29% saying they use the internet to

reserve items online to pick up in store.

France - The French are the home improvement champions of Europe, spending 1.2 times the European average in the past 12 months - The ‘grow your own’ trend is also evident in France with 21% growing their own vegetables and 30% of respondents saying water butts would be their preferred ecoinvestment.

- People in France are less likely than other consumers to use the internet for inspiration, 57% prefer browsing in DIY stores.

Poland - Leisure time at home is the focus of home improvements in Poland (54%) - Polish people tend to be proudest of their less public rooms – the kitchen (21%), bathroom (18%) and spare bedroom (13%).

- Polish gain inspiration for their homes from design and style magazines (43%) and are the most likely to be inspired by places they have visited (27%).

- In Poland, people are also very keen to make changes so they can work from home (27%).

Russia - Home improvement is set to remain one of the top leisure activities in Russia next year as people plan to do more (88%) and spend more (47%).

- Russians are twice as likely to want to impress their visitors (14%) with inspiration particularly taken from television shows (60%) and the internet (53%) Energy saving measures, such as new heating controls (25%) and cavity wall insulation (21%), are more popular in Russia than elsewhere.

Spain - ‘Improve don’t move’ is the Spanish home improvement mindset,

with 60% planning on staying in their current house for over a decade.

Kitchens (16%), bedrooms (16%) and dining rooms (10%) all figure on their lists of projects of which they are proud.

- The Spanish are not keen gardeners but their interest in generating renewable electricity (54%) and hot water (43%) via solar/solar PV panels is high.

- Spanish take their inspiration from design and style magazines the most - Spanish are planning on focusing on bathrooms (20%) after internal painting and decorating (48%) and home furnishings (30%), in the next 12 months Turkey - Turkish women (43%) are more likely than men (36%) to make changes simply to refresh the home environment, rather than to increase its value.

- Women (56%) are also more likely than men (46%) to be influenced in their style decisions by television shows and far more influenced by blogs (11%).

- Men are more receptive to what they see firsthand in friends’ homes - Generally, Turkish people are more likely to call in professional help Germany - Germans show a greater tendency to adapt the home for BBQs and other forms of outdoor entertaining (25%).

- Germans are second only to those in the UK and Ireland for their keenness on making improvements to their gardens and outside spaces - The Germans are the biggest online buyers of home improvement and DIY products with 48% buying online - Two thirds of Germans like the way their homes keep changing and improving.

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Europe’s largest community gardening campaign begins S TREETS across the UK will be lined with herbs and vegetables for local people to harvest for years to come, as a result of the launch activity for the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Britain in Bloom 2013 programme. ‘Edible Britain’ will result in community gardening groups creating 2,000 herb and vegetable patches in public spaces around Britain from 8 to 14 April. RHS community gardening groups, of which there are more than 3,000, can apply for free Mr Fothergills edible-plant seed packets, provided by the RHS. Some 30,000 packets of seed, including chives, dill, parsley, carrots, coriander, spring onions and red frills mustard, as well as edible flowers such as nasturtiums and marigolds, will be distributed to 2,000 gardening groups.

Stephanie Eynon, RHS Community Horticulture Manager, said: “Britain in Bloom isn’t just about pretty hanging baskets brightening up gloomy streets, it’s about improving the environment, enhancing lives and bringing communities together through gardening.

Thanks to ‘Edible Britain’, new public herb and vegetable gardens will be planted across the UK, bringing access to tasty produce to thousands.�

More than 200,000 people devote almost 4.4 million hours each

year to enhancing their community, saving the country millions of pounds through RHS Britain in Bloom. On average, groups plant 115,000 trees, 352,000 shrubs and 21.6 million THE Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has announced its ‘Top Ten’ pests for 2012 based on enquiries received by the charity’s Entomology department.

As in 2011 slugs and snails topped the list but this time they generated also most twice as many enquiries as cushion scale, the number two pest. The previous year both pests had almost a similar number of enquiries. “The dominant feature of 2012 was the weather and this had a big impact on garden pest problems,� says Andrew Halstead, RHS Principal Scientist Plant Health. “As we all know this was the second wettest year in the last hundred years. Pests that like damp conditions therefore did well. Last summer the demand for slug controls, especially nematodes used

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plants and bulbs throughout Britain each year.

The social impacts of participating in Britain in Bloom are as significant as the environmental and

visual benefits. An RHS survey* found that 90% of groups claim that the biggest benefit of participating in the campaign is community development, and more than 50% of groups have

seen a clear decline in crime and antisocial behavior.

Britain in Bloom promotes a healthy lifestyle across all generations. ‘Edible Britain’ will engage children in growing fresh produce, which is a well-established way to increase interest in healthy eating because it encourages a more knowledgeable relationship with their food.

Community growing also allows older people, who form approximately a third of all Britain in Bloom volunteers, to stay active, feel less isolated and gain a greater sense of purpose.

Britain in Bloom was set up in 1964 as a tourist initiative but since the RHS took over in 2002 has grown into one of Europe’s largest community gardening

TOP PESTS as a biological control, sometimes exceeded supplies.�

Mosquitoes and biting midges were other beneficiaries because of the plentiful supply of temporary pools and wet soil. These provided ideal breeding sites where the larvae could develop.

However, the belowaverage temperatures and wet weather may have also had some positive effects. These conditions can reduce the mating success and rate of development of pests, as well as restricting their mobility. Some pests, such as horse chestnut leaf-mining moth, euonymus scale and viburnum beetle, were noticeably less troublesome last summer.

Other pests, particu-

larly aphids and scale insects, are susceptible to fungal infections that can spread rapidly in wet conditions, and this may have resulted in reduced populations. “It will be interesting to see what effect the wet winter has on pest populations in 2013,� says Andrew. “Insects that overwinter underground or spend part of their life cycle there can drown when the soil becomes waterlogged. This affects

not just pests but also some beneficial insects, such as ground-nesting solitary bees.� “Slugs and snails are often so abundant in gardens that some damage has to be tolerated.

Gardeners need to accept that they cannot be totally eradicated,� says Andrew. “Seedlings and other vulnerable plants can be protected with slug pellets containing metaldehyde or ferric phosphate but there are also some useful non-chemical controls.

For example a biological control specific to slugs is available in the form of a microscopic nematode or eelworm (Nemaslug).�

Gardeners, if they have a particularly bad slug problem, should consider transplanting

and environmental campaigns involving villages, towns, cities, urban communities and neighbourhood groups across the country. It is also the UK’s biggest voluntary campaign.

Anybody can set up or join their nearest group by typing in their postcode into an online map found www.rhs.org. uk/getinvolved Hot on the heels of ‘Edible Britain’ is the UK’s second National Gardening Week (15-21 April). To celebrate the week and continue its charitable work to get people gardening and growing a diversity of plants, the RHS will give away 10,000 packets of wildflower seeds for people to create mini wildflower meadows across Britain www. nationalgardeningweek. org.uk

sturdy plantlets grown on in pots, rather than young vulnerable seedlings. They can also place slug traps, such as scooped out skins of half oranges or grapefruits laid cut side down or jam jars partfilled with beer and sunk into the soil, near vulnerable plants.

Barriers can be used to keep slugs and snails away from plants.

These include copper tapes around pots or standing them on matting impregnated with copper salts. Moistureabsorbent minerals placed around plants may be useful and, of course, predators that eat slugs and snails, such as some birds, frogs, toads, hedgehogs, slow-worms and ground beetles should be encouraged in gardens. Further information on controlling garden pests is available on the charity’s website www.rhs.org.uk

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H I L E speaking to someone I don’t really know recently, it occurred to me that some of you out there don’t know the damage you are doing to your hair.

This particular person had long hair, coloured black and all one length - with no shape at all.

And it was long simply for the sake of being long!

She was trying to get as much info from me without actually coming to the salon. Her hair looked okay, but after I had felt it (it was like shredded wheat), she then went on to tell me that her stylist put the colour over it every two weeks to hide her white hair.

Worse was still to come when she said she used supermarket products

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and never used a protection spray when she ironed her hair daily.

Her last haircut? Over six months ago!

She then asked for suggestions for her problems. “Scissors”, was my reply, but she was having none of it - not even to cut away half the damage, I left quickly, making excuses, so as not to waste more of my time.

The moral of my story is this: BEFORE your hair gets to this stage, when the only solution is a really drastic cut, think about what you are doing to it as you colour it, style it, and what you wash it in.

We, as stylists, can only give you our free advice.

We can guide you in the right direction, but if it’s falling on deaf ears, then what can we do?

A walk-in client just before Christmas asked us if we could just take off the ends of her hair, which had not been cut for over three years.

You can guess our response. It was in need of 12 inches taking off as it was so broken and split. But would she listen to reason? No! She left without the haircut, telling us it needed the ends off only.

But we are certainly not into taking off hair if it’s not needed. We want to save what you have, and do something about it way before the falling-off stage.

Your hair is a living thing and you cannot torture it until only a hair masque will sort it out. Use decent products recommended by your stylist, and always use heat defence if using styling equipment.

Never pass colours through your hair unless it’s really needed - and please don’t rub your hair with a towel!

The best way to think about what you are doing to your hair is to think: “Would I do this to my face?”

Probably not!

A weight-loss scare for would-be mums WOMEN who have had weightloss surgery have been warned to wait at least a year before trying for a baby.

Doctors say that giving birth after surgery is safer and associated with fewer complications than becoming pregnant when morbidly obese.

But patients should still be treated as highrisk, and are “strongly advised” not to get pregnant for 12 to 18 months afterwards because there is also a risk of miscarriage.

Of particular concern is that obesity among women of child-bearing age is expected to rise to 28% within two years.

National guidelines recommend weightloss surgery - usually featuring a gastric band or gastric bypass - as an option for anyone with a body-mass index of more than 40kg/sq m.

A new review of the latest evidence, published in The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist journal, says that it will become more and more common for doctors to be asked for advice about the safety of becoming pregnant after bariatric (weight-loss) surgery.

Yet there is a lack of guidance on how to manage such patients, and researchers found that most women who get pregnant after bariatric surgery would have no complications.

One study even suggests that 79% would have a straightforward

pregnancy.

But there can be surgical complications, with the potential for a gastric band to slip or move during pregnancy, leading to severe vomiting.

Another survey found that band leakage was reported in 24% of pregnancies.

The advice is that those who become pregnant after weight-loss surgery should be managed by a team of experts, which includes an obstetrician, surgeon, fertility specialist and nutritionist.

The researchers suggested that female patients, before getting pregnant, should receive advice and information on contraception, nutrition and weight gain, and vitamin supplements.

And yet another study found that 31% of pregnancies occurring within 18 months of having weight-loss surgery ended in spontaneous miscarriage, compared with 18% in women who got pregnant after 18 months.

Rahat Khan, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust in Harlow, Essex, and co-author of the review, said: “In light of current evidence available, pregnancy after bariatric surgery is safer, with fewer complications, than pregnancy in morbidlyobese women."

But she added that this group of women should still be considered to be in the high-risk category.

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Fast-food danger for kids

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HILDREN who eat fast food three times a week may be prone to asthma and eczema.

Data from more than 500,000 children in more than 50 countries suggests poor diet may be to blame for rising levels of these allergyrelated conditions.

Researchers studying global disease and dietary patterns discovered that those who ate fast food, such as takeaway burgers, risked severe asthma, eczema and itchy, watery eyes.

But eating plenty of fruit appeared to be protective Fast food often contains high levels of saturated and transfatty acids, which are known to affect immunity, while fruit is rich in antioxidants and other beneficial compounds.

In the study, for the Thorax journal (an

international paper for health professionals concerning respiratory medicine), children in their early teens who ate three or more weekly servings of fast food had a 39% increased risk of severe

asthma. The increased risk is reduced to 27% for those aged six and seven.

Eating three or more portions of fruit a week cut the risk of severe asthma, eczema and rhinoconjunctivitis by

between 11% and 14%.

The study authors, Prof Innes Asher, from the University of Auckland in New Zealand, and Prof Hywel Williams, from the University of Nottingham in the UK,

said: “If the associations between fast foods and the symptom prevalence of asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis and eczema is causal, then the findings have major public health significance because of

the rising consumption of fast foods globally.”

People with asthma do not generally have to follow a special diet.

But certain foods, in some cases, such as cow’s milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, yeast products, nuts, and some food colourings and preservatives, can make symptoms worse.

Malayka Rahman of Asthma UK, said research suggested that diet may contribute to the risk of developing asthma, and that eating healthily may have a beneficial effect.

“Evidence suggests that the vitamins and antioxidants found in fresh fruit and vegetables have a beneficial effect on asthma,” she said.

“Therefore Asthma UK advises people with asthma to eat a healthy, balanced diet, including five portions of fruit or vegetables every day, fish more than twice a week, and pulses more than once a week.”

Mums who breast-feed are safest B R E A S T FEEDING babies can reduce the risk of ovarian cancer in mothers by nearly twothirds.

And the longer they continue to do it, the greater the protection against the illness.

New research adds to evidence of the benefits of natural feeding because, as numerous studies have already shown, it cuts the chances of breast cancer.

More than 6,000 patients a year in the UK are diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and the illness accounts for about 5% of cancer deaths in women.

It is known as the “silent killer” because

symptoms for many sufferers, such as feeling bloated, are non-specific. And the illness may not be diagnosed until it is fairly advanced.

For the latest study, Australian scientists studied 493 women diagnosed with ovarian cancer, comparing them with 472 healthy volunteers of similar age.

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Each was asked how many children she had and for how long she breastfed each one.

The results showed that those who breastfed a child for at least 13 months were 63% less likely to develop a tumour than those who did so for less than seven months.

The more children they had, the greater the effect, said the

findings, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Mothers who had three children and breastfed for a total of 31 months or more were found to cut their chances of ovarian tumours by 91%.

This was compared with those feeding naturally for under 10 months.

The UK has one of the lowest breast-feeding rates in Europe. Nearly eight in 10 mothers start when their baby is born, but this is down to half after six weeks. Breastfeeding is thought to help as it delays ovulation, when eggs are released and the ovaries are exposed to high levels of oestrogenrich fluid.

Some researchers believe a higher number of ovulations raises the risk of mutant cells

forming, which can trigger the disease.

The main risk-factors for ovarian cancer include a family history of the disease, having already had breast cancer, starting periods

at a young age and being overweight.

Gilda Witte, chief executive of Ovarian Cancer Action, said: "It is proven that breastfeeding can reduce the risk of ovarian cancer.”

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Gastronomy route Santiago del Teide

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N the UK one of the biggest hospitality events in the UK takes place this coming week, The Hospitality Show 2013 (January 21st -23rd), at the NEC Birmingham.

The three day event, organised by multiaward winning Fresh Montgomery, returns bigger, better and more business-focused than ever before, bringing together over 350 exhibitors from the UK and abroad to create a unique trading platform showcasing

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the cutting edge in food & drink, catering equipment, interiors, exteriors & tableware, and technology, alongside world class culinary competition Salon Culinaire.

The Hospitality Show 2013 will also launch a host of new initiatives whilst welcoming back familiar favourites.

Delivering workable, real world solutions for every operation, the show will be offering money- can’t-buy advice from a team of specially selected, high profile Business Mentors, who will share their knowledge in a series of panel sessions on the new

Business Briefing Stage, and visitors will get the chance to book free 30 minute one-toone sessions with the Business Mentor of their choice.

Toby Wand, Managing Director at Fresh Montgomery comments, “The Hospitality Show focuses on the business of hospitality. Each element of the show will give visitors at least one good idea to take back to their business, whether it’s finding a new product to solve a problem, meeting a valuable new contact, or learning some valuable insight direct from a Business Mentor. With a new look, new halls, and a renewed focus The Hospitality Show will be the place to do business, source new product innovations and network with likeminded business professionals in 2013.”

TO coincide with Santiago del Teide’s Almond Blossom time the municipality has launched their third gastronomy trail. 15 catering establishments are participating in the event which runs from the 19th January until 24th February.

As you would expect the main constituent of most of the dishes is Almond, however all of the restaurants

involved have different menus.

So if you’re hiking that way take advantage of the offers and refuel.

The participating restaurants are:- Restaurante Santiago del Teide, el Restaurante El Patio, Bar Restaurante Tropic II y Bar Restaurante Chinyero, Bar Restaurante Tamara, Bar Restaurante Juan Lanas y Restaurante La

Paella Rústica. Bar Café Los Hermanos, Bar Parada, Bar Soto y Bar Restaurante Santiago del Teide en el casco del municipio, la Cafetería Mela en Tamaimo, Tasca Juanito y Pastelería Bamboo.

More information with the restaurant, cafes and bar menus in English and German is available from www. santiagodelteide.org

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Alhambra Palace is the place to be

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UROPE’S top tourist spot last year was Granada’s Alhambra Palace, which attracted a mammoth 2.26 million visitors.

The spectacular, historical, Arab complex, dating back to Spain’s

Mediaeval era, enjoyed an increase of 800,000 on the 2011 total.

Overall, the number of Europeans visiting the Alhambra went up by 8.08%, accounting for nearly half the total.

And tourists don’t just make a beeline for Palace, because the Generalife gardens are just as popular, while more than1.05 million people visited the

Alhambra museum, the Fine Arts Museum and temporary exhibitions within the complex.

In addition, another 73,100 travellers saw concerts at the Alhambra and enjoyed the Granada International Music and Dance Festival, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Palace being awarded World Heritage status.

Many of the 2.26 million

visitors to the Alhambra complex, helped boost the local economy, nearly 79% staying at least one night in Granada’s hotels.

The most popular day for visitors to the Palace and its surroundings was 12th October - a Spanish bank holiday - when staff sold all 9,258 available tickets.

And even on the least popular day, 16th

January, they still got rid of 1,784 tickets.

April drew the highest number of tourists - just under 250,000 and January proved the least welcoming, with fewer than 11,000.

Guided tours accounted for about a quarter of the entire total, having increased by 50% last year.

The complex management says the

typical visitor to the Alhambra is aged 3044, with degree-level education, and comes away impressed with the complex and its excellent conservation.

The management also points out that the profile of the average person who buys tickets to the Palace on its website is mainly female a graduate aged between 35-54.

Monday blues - on a Sunday night!

THE Monday Blues clearly arrive early for many, because 9pm on a Sunday is the busiest time of the week for flight searches.

Leading flight search site Skyscanner says that’s when people want to get away from it all, and there’s a regular surge on its app at that time every weekend.

The “everywhere” option is the most popular search at this time, indicating that users are looking for ideas for their next holiday.

However, the peak time for flight bookings is lunchtime, between 12pm and 2pm on a

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Monday, on a desktop computer. It suggests that workers are busy booking an escape route at their desk over a lunchtime sandwich.

The majority of travellers use mobile devices to research their travel plans, and share ideas with friends, before completing their bookings on a desktop computer.

Skyscanner claims that 36% of overall sessions in the UK come via mobile, with that figure growing rapidly.

Australia and Singapore, who lead the way in mobile use, are the only two countries in which the inhabitants

are more likely to plan their travel on a mobile device than at their desktop. Cluedup travellers from technology hubs such as Taiwan, Japan and South Korea are most comfortable booking flights on their phones.

But Europeans prefer to use the desktop to book flights, using their mobiles for travel inspiration and sharing ideas with friends.

Smartphones and tablets were one of the most popular Christmas gifts this year, and Skyscanner’s data shows that there is also a significant difference among mobile users

in how and when they book their travel.

Android users usually like to use their phone for inspirational travel ideas, with the “everywhere” search feature proving most popular of all. But Windows Phone users appear to be the most decisive travellers, knowing exactly where they are heading and completing their travel plans by mobile.

Skyscanner’s Victoria Bailie said: “It is interesting to see that, globally, there is a clear trend for people to search for flight inspiration on a Sunday evening.

“Perhaps they’re doing

so while settling down to an evening’s TV, or planning ahead for the working week and looking for the next chance to get away to the sun.

“At the same time, though, there is a clear trend to book flights during the workday lunch-break.

“We also found some interesting differences in the way travellers from particular countries, and even owners of different mobile devices, plan and book their travel.” She added: “The countries more used to paying for big-ticket items on their phones are most likely to book online. And with

super -fast 4G set to become more widely available in UK next year, this should further increase the rate at which people plan and book their travel on the go.”

Skyscanner’s highlyrated flight search app has received over 12 million downloads worldwide, and it is downloaded every five seconds as travellers increasingly look for inspiration and plan their trip on the move.

The free app is available on iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry and devices running Windows 8.

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MAGINE, if you will, a deathly-silent Formula 1 race. I know, it’s an impossible thought because all you petrol-heads out there would miss the racket.

Whisper it not, however, but a brand-new Formula E global series will take place in various cities from next year to provide a competition between electric racing cars. The innovative ‘hush’ championship will be launched in the streets of downtown Rome in 2014 - the first European event of the inaugural season featuring cars powered by electricity alone.

Also nailed on is Rio de Janeiro, while other cities such as Madrid and Barcelona are considering hosting a leg of the Formula E Championship. In all, 40 cars and 20 drivers are envisaged for the opening season. Pirelli test driver Lucas di Grassi was commissioned to put one of the electric cars through its paces in the streets of Rome, around the Colloseum and the Circus Maximus – and did so with great aplomb.

Meanwhile, progress continues apace in the development of the machines - the first-ever to be powered solely by electricity.

So far, they are producing around 300hp with a top speed of 260km/h, and a range of 25 minutes.

That’s the obvious drawback for a racing car, which is why there are two drivers per team and no fewer than 40 cars as well, which will achieve a one-hour race.

The championship will

be governed by Formula E Holdings (FEH), led

by Spanish businessman Alejandro Agag.

And, under the umbrella of FIA’s technical regulations, the event is viewed as a championship to encourage designers and vehicle manufacturers “to create and develop Formula E” machines.

Formula E Holdings acquired the prototype electric vehicle built by the founders of Formulec, Eric and Pierre Gosselini Barbaroux.

Since 2008, they have been developing the prototype electric racing car, and have also joined Agag’s team to form FEH. The FEH have already requested of 42 vehicles made by Spark Racing Technology (SRT), a new company led by Frédéric Vasseur, and part of the consortium responsible for the design and assembly of electric cars.

The idea is that four

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cars will be allocated to each of the 10 teams, and the remaining two will be used for crash tests and as spare parts. However, any team can build and develop their own car.

Interestingly, top F1

team McLaren, through their subsidiary company McLaren Electronic Systems Limited, will be responsible for providing the engine, transmission and electronics of the Spark Racing Technology cars.

FORMULA E CAR SPECIFICATIONS Maximum speed: 260km/h Acceleration: (0-100 km/h) in 3secs Maximum power: (300hp) Weight: 780kg Voltage: 800 volts Gearbox: 2-speed Range: 25 mins Batteries: Lithium ion Charging time: 90mins

Renault Captur’s the mood!

THE Captur SUV model makes its public debut at this year’s Geneva show in March.

Renault’s Captur, built on the same platform underpinning the latest Renault Clio and the Nissan Juke, was designed under the supervision of Renault styling boss Laurens Van den Acker.

The striking-looking Captur is described by the firm’s small-car product boss, Benoit Bochard, as a “compact,

unaggressive crossover, which is particularly user-friendly”.

The French company’s new machine, featuring a two-tone exterior as standard, follows the design themes established by the new Clio, with swept-back headlights, a huge Renault badge on the car’s nose and sculpted sides.

At the rear, its stubby tail and upswept C-pillar helps make the Captur look more dynamic than a Juke - and, arguably, more attractive - while the

flared wheel-arches add to its sporty stance even more so.

Renault claim the Captur is designed to feel like an MPV inside, featuring lots of space, a high driving position and a big boot.

And all models will come well-equipped, with keyless entry, hill-start assist and parking sensors fitted as standard.

Buyers will also be able to opt for the Renault R-Link system, which adds a touchscreen media tablet to control infotainment functions,

Bluetooth and a sixspeaker stereo.

The petrol and diesel engine range will be carried over from the Clio, with the headline figure being a diesel model, returning CO2 emissions figures of just 96g/km - 2g/km more than the cleanest Clio but far less than the Juke 1.5 dCi, which emits 129g/km.

The Renault Captur will be built at Renault’s Valladolid plant in Spain, and goes on sale in the UK in June, priced from around £13,000.

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Tenerife’s derby delight CD Tenerife 1 CD Marino 0

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HE scoreline is more misleading than a political party manifesto. Those who watched the match on teletext will believe this was a close game with a tight finish.

But with all due respect to CD Marino, this was the easiest game of the season for Tenerife.

Marino worked hard, defending like beavers, as Chris Kamara would say, and were deflated at the end. They did the shirt proud, but it was never enough.

Some teams park the bus. Marino parked the whole Titsa garage.

Tenerife wasted chance after chance after chance. Marino never got the ball out of their own half, and Sergio Aragoneses emailed his performance in. In fact, the only thing he had to do with toss

last week happened again, as did my point about Guillem Marti.

It’s lovely to be right.

The back-up striker came off the bench early in the second half and, inside a few minutes,

the captain’s coin. Aridane was the chief culprit in the first half as goals went begging. He was not alone in being wasteful, but again he was lazy! Everything I wrote about him here

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CF Fuenlabrada

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CD Leganés

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Real Avilés CF

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Coruxo FC

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UD Salamanca

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Club Marino de Luanco

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11 Real Sporting B

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12 Club Atlético de Madrid B

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worked and chased more than Aridane did all day.

He needed just a few seconds to break the deadlock sweetly with a fine finish and put the game to bed.

After that, Marino were happy to keep the score down, while Tenerife continued the trainingground exercise. For the hosts, it was their first double of the season, another three points and a pointer to the future. For Marino, it was a sharp reminder of life in the higher league.

Oh, and hat-tip to their keeper Alberto. He was top drawer.

Canarian Weekly ratings: CD Tenerife: Aragoneses 6, Javi Moyano 7, Tarantino 7, Bruno 6, Jesus Alvaro 7, Ros 6, Medina 6 (Marti 58min 7), Chechu 7, Suso 7, Cristo 7 (Luismi 77min 5), Aridane 5 (Yeray 77min 6).

CD Marino: Alberto 9, Aaron 5, Noda 6, Acai 4, Rayco 7, David Dorta 6, Raul Barcos 5, Maykel 7, Noah 5, Balduino 5, Javi Marchena 6. After-

wards, Marino’s director must have had a few sherries because the club decided to release their captain, Maykel. It can only be in an effort to cut costs as he is one of the few who can play at this level.

Despite making a raft of signings, five months too late, it smacks of acceptance: Marino are going down - and the board are letting it happen.

Tenerife will also be saying goodbye to this league in June. Well, hopefully. As reported here last week, they have completed the exciting signing of Fran Ochoa.

The creative left-footed midfielder joins from Guijuelo, with Abel and Germain going the other way on loan.

Ochoa makes his debut on Sunday against Rayo Vallecano B, a side he played against last weekend! He enjoyed a 3-2 win then, so let’s hope lightning strikes twice!

He was unveiled to the press this week and said: “I’m very pleased

to be here. Tenerife is a big club and I hope to help in the promotion.

Tenerife play good football and I hope to help that.”

Director of football Quique Medina has been busy during the transfer window, despite promising not to be. The former Cadiz defender centre-back Paco Borrego who is a hard lump could join.

Medina said: “It’s great to have Ochoa here in Santa Cruz, and there could be a couple more joining as well. We will always look to make the best squad we can with the money available. We will look to move some out so we can maybe bring in new faces.”

Medina was talking about Victor Bravo. The unwanted midfielder has offers to leave and should be on his way.

This would leave the money to sign Borrego and also Leandro Zapato.

The Argentine youngster is earning rave reviews at lower league UD Ibarra, who are based in El Fraile. Like the capture of British lad Jordan McCourt from CD Marino, he would be joining the B team with an eye to moving him upwards.

But Zapato is considered quite a talent and who knows!

Meanwhile, it seems as though it’s not just this column which has been voicing concerns over top scorer Aridane.

Local media have expressed similar views and Medina was strong on his views this week, saying: “Aridane is our first-choice striker. I know he can exasperate some people, but he has got 11 goals, which is an excellent return.

“It’s important that he feels comfortable in what he does, so I ask the fans to patient.”

Okay Quique, I’m sure Guillem Marti feels the same way!

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Terrace Bar B get the blues DIVISION ONE leaders Gaffers A completed the first whitewash of the season in Amarilla Golf on Tuesday.

Terrace Bar B were the luckless prey as Gaffers went through the gears ruthlessly.

It was a message of intent, which didn’t go unnoticed in Torviscas as second-place Tenerife Hammers A were also doing a demolition job on Bar La Caña.

They came through 10-2 to keep up the chase.

Palms A welcomed new boy Pete into the fray, and he won twice as they sneaked past Tenerife Hammers C 7-5 despite being 4-2 down at one stage.

It was honours even in the Phoenix Bar as Knights and Potters settled on a draw. All the lads enjoyed the contest - and the fillet steaks!

Toscales A continue to rack up the points.

They were too strong for an out-of-sorts Inn The Pink A and were good value for the 8-4 win.

Terrace Bar A were

back in the win column, finishing strongly to account for Dreamers in a match which saw Gavin, crucially, lose all three frames.

Bluebell B, making their league bow, were delighted to start their Second Division campaign with a draw at Gaffers B. Fellow newbies Hoppys Bar won again, blowing away Treehouse B, and they are starting to climb the table.

There were no problems for the top sides this week. Leaders Next Door were too good for Bluebell A, while Exiles A will be delighted with their win at improving Palms B. Treehouse A huffed and puffed before securing a 7-5 win against Bar 13 to stay second.

Exiles B and Ryans Bar also tasted the sweet fruit of victory on Tuesday. night.

It’s the first round of the Tenerife Pool Tables knockout cup this week, and there could be a few giant-killings.

Terrace Bar A will

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DIVISION 1 RESULTS Dreamers Bar Inn The Pink A Palms Bar A Phoenix Knights Tenerife Hammers A Terrace Bar B

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LEAGUE TABLE

Table 1 Gaffers A 2 Tenerife Hammers A 3 Phoenix Potters 4 Palms Bar A 5 Tenerife Hammers C 6 Phoenix Knights 7 Toscales A 8 Dreamers Bar 9 Terrace Bar A 10 The Peacocks A 11 Inn The Pink A 12 Terrace Bar B 13 Bar La Cana

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not be looking forward to their trip to Bar 13, while Terrace B will start as outsiders at Second Division highfliers Exiles A. Palms B will be confident of toppling Dreamers, who usually struggle in Torviscas, and Toscales A will need to be bang on form as they travel to Picassos.

And good luck to Bluebell A, who host Gaffers A. Will they be the first team to beat them this season?

Finally the provisional squad has been named for the international match with Scotland next month. It is, in re-

verse alphabetical order: Wez (Hammers A), Tony (Hammers C), Tommy (Dreamers), Terry (Inn The Pink A), Tel (Exiles A), Teflon (Toscales A), Steve H (Next Door), Steve (Picassos), Sean (Toscales A), Roscoe (Palms A), Penguin (Hammers A), Paul (Gaffers A), Paul (Ryans Bar), Neil (Gaffers A), Michael (Palms B), Mark P (Terrace A), Mark (Exiles A), Mark (Treehouse A), Malcolm (Terrace A), Les (Phoenix Potters), Kevin (Gaffers A), James (Gaffers A), James (James Place),

Bluebell A Exiles B Gaffers B Hoppys Bar The Treehouse A Toscales B Palms Bar B

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LEAGUE TABLE

Table P 1 Next Door 23 2 The Treehouse A 22 3 Exiles A 19 4 Inn The Pink B 20 5 Ryan's Bar 22 6 Palms Bar B 21 7 Bluebell A 20 8 James Place 19 9 Picasso's 20 10 Exiles B 20 11 Gaffers B 21 12 Tenerife Pool Tables 21 13 Mountain Rangers 20 14 Hoppys Bar 9 15 Bar 13 21 16 Treehouse B 21 17 Toscales B 21 18 Bluebell B 19 19 Free Team 21

W D L F A +- PTS 20 2 1 198 78 120 62 16 2 4 173 91 82 50 14 4 1 154 74 80 46 12 3 5 140 100 40 39 11 5 6 158 106 52 38 12 2 7 146 106 40 38 11 3 6 141 99 42 36 11 3 5 132 96 36 36 10 4 6 125 115 10 34 9 6 5 137 103 34 33 8 2 11 133 119 14 26 7 4 10 121 131 -10 25 6 0 14 95 145 -50 18 5 2 2 65 43 22 17 5 2 14 108 144 -36 17 4 3 14 116 136 -20 15 4 0 17 95 157 -62 12 1 1 17 18 210 -192 4 0 0 21 25 227 -202 0

Jambo (Hammers A), Ian (Next Door), Harry (Phoenix Knights), Greg (Treehouse A), Graham (Phoenix Potters), Graham (Palms A), Geoff (Phoenix Potters), Gav (Dreamers), Gary (Gaffers A), Gareth (Inn The Pink A), Fritzel (Hammers A), Del (Exiles A), Dean (Inn The Pink B), Conrad (Terrace A), Carl H (Peacocks), Bubbles (Phoenix Knights), Ashley (Gaffers A), Adi (Palms A).

Tenerife Pool Tables Cup 1st round Treehouse A v Ryans Bar

Peacocks v Inn The Pink B Bar La Cana v Treehouse B Next Door v Hoppys Bar Palms Bar B v Dreamers Tenerife Hammers A v Palms Bar A Picasso’s v Toscales A Phoenix Knights v Tenerife Pool Tables Bar 13 v Terrace A Bluebell A v Gaffers A Toscales B v Phoenix Potters Exiles A v Terrace B Inn The Pink A v Tenerife Hammers C James Place v Bluebell B Bye: Exiles B, Gaffers B

Kay slays the Wolf Man

By Geoff Huxtable THE cynical among us might say that the only way the footballing Wolves get any news coverage is in this column.

That is mostly down to Gaffers B captain Neil.

But being well known as a top pool player and a Wolves supporter comes at a cost.

His team did beat Palms sports Bar 6-2 and Neil did hit a 180.

But he then lost his singles to a delighted Kay!

One eye on the television maybe?

But away from the bright lights of Torvicas Alto, the place to be was Los Abrigos for some tense darts rivalry. That’s because a quirk in the fixture list pitched all six local teams in derby matches.

Phoenix Flames entertained La Central B, and a close match saw them take the trebles to earn a draw, while The Rebels came from

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4-1 down to sneak a point at La Cana.

Well done to emerging young Rebels starlet Carl, who checked out on 99 during the match.

The only Abrigos side to taste victory was Phoenix bar, and even that was down to a lastgasp trebles leg win at La Central. A solid per-

formance and a maximum from Bubbles maybe just gave the visitors the edge.

The other Premier League match saw Target Army’s Brian hit two 180s, but The Pub proved no pushover and held on to take the last game for a share of the points.

In Division 1, it was a special night for Summerland Hopefuls’ lass Kaz. Although her team lost to the Playboys, she will be more than happy with her first maximum. Well done girl!

Palms Sports Bar A were pushed all the way to the final game, which they duly won to beat Gaffers A, while Ourplace Naturals made short work of bottom team Marilyns and thumped them 7-1.

A 96 finish by Alan, of Bar 180 B, was the only highlight for the San Blas outfit as they lost at Sundowners 1.

Despite some great early-season form, Target Titans are now well off the pace. They found the Vikings too hot to handle and were soundly beaten 6-2.

Cozy Warriors put in a fine performance to end all-square with Scruffy Macs, while the Barracuda Bytes team went back up the TF1 with a smile on their faces after a late, late win at Naughty Nautas.

Bar 180C stole a march on the inactive Emerald Lounge with a close 5-3 success at Amistad 2, and Chipeque are still clinging on to Division 2 title hopes after thrashing Sundowners 2.

Elsewhere, Amistad 1 made light work of Trap Door, inflicting a 7-1 crushing on them.

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Prize Sudoku 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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TDT digital box with remote control for Spanish channels can change audio to English, 1 year old, 20 euros. Tel 608 653 260 Silencio ROMO Headboard half moon shape, pale peach and grey floral very pretty 168cm X 100cm 40 euros. 2 x wall lights, fan shape, crystal, 25 euros for the pair. 3 seater and two seater Ikea fitted covers, beige linen, 40 euros for the pair.

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Public opening hours from 1st July 2012: Tuesdays & Fridays: 08.30hrs – 13.30hrs Notarial services: Please consult our webpage or call 902 109 356 or alternatively +34 913 342 194 for further information on how to make an appointment. Please note, we are no longer able to provide notarial services without prior appointment.

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Local Police Tel: 922 75 70 06 Red Cross Emergencies and Ambulances Tel: 922 28 18 00 Information and Blood Bank Tel: 922 28 29 24 International MEDSERVICE Tel: 922 79 05 63 Medical Benefits Agency Tel: (00 44) 191 218 7547 For if you find yourself in medical difficulties whilst on holiday and without the proper holiday insurance.

Pharmacy Information and Locator (24 hours) Tel: 922 28 24 24 Citizen Information Tel: 010 Postal Services Tel: 902 19 71 97 International Operator Tel: 11825 Local Operator Tel: 11818 Tourist Information Tel: 922 60 55 90 Hospitals & Medical Centres (Answering Machine) Tel: 094 Hospital Las Americas, Playa de las Americas Tel: 922 75 00 22 Playa de Las Americas Centro Medicos Del Sur Tel: 922 79 10 00 Candelaria Hospital Tel: 922 60 20 00 Beach Safety Obey the beach warning flags and always supervise children when near water.

Red - Strong currents do not swim Yellow - Strong winds and turbulent sea conditions.

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Information Page Green - Safe to swim Shopping Most shops open from Mon - Sat 09:00 - 13:00 then 16:00 - 20:00 Some shops may open for just Saturday Morning, and many shops are closed on Sundays and Tourist Offices, Bank Holidays, with the exception of souvenir shops which tend to open 7 days a week.

Tourist Offices Tenerife Sur Tourist Office (Main Tourist Office) Tel: 902 00 31 21 Santa Cruz de Tenerife Tel: 922 28 93 94 Santiago de Teide Tel: 922 86 03 48 Costa Adeje Tel: 922 75 06 33 Puerto de la Cruz Tel: 922 38 60 00 El Medano Tel: 922 17 60 02 La Laguna Tel: 922 63 11 94 La Orotava Tel: 922 32 30 41 Las Galletas Tel: 922 73 01 33 Los Cristianos Tel: 922 75 71 37 Los Llanos de Aridane Tel: 922 40 18 99 Playa de las Américas Tel: 922 79 76 68 Playa de las Vistas Tel: 922 78 70 11

Telephone numbers: Flight Information 902 404 704 (lines open 24 hours) Airport Information Tel: 922 75 90 00 Tourist Information Tel: 922 392 037 TFN - Tenerife Norte airport (Los Rodeos) For all domestic flights and some scheduled international and mainland ser-

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Telephone numbers: Flight Information Tel: 902 404 704 (lines open 24 hours) General Information Tel: 922 635 800 Buses TITSA is Tenerife´s public bus company.

Tel: 922 53 13 00 The ´Bono-Bus´ discount card can be purchased from all TITSA

stations and terminals of TITSA and reduces the cost of transport by up to 30%.

Radio Taxis Tel: 922 64 11 12 N.B. Taxi cabs display a special SP (Servico Público) licence plate.

Arona Taxis Tel: 922 74 75 11 National Ferry Services Fred Olsen Tel: 922 62 82 52

WEATHER OUTLOOK

Tour Operators Thomson Tel: 922 79 86 07 TUI Tel: 922 77 77 20 Thomas Cook Tel: 922 757 409 Cosmos Tel: 922 793 802 Transport TFS - Tenerife Sur Airport (Reina Sofia) For flights from the Spanish mainland and nearly all scheduled international flights.

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