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Issue 794 8th March - 14th March 2013

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The best of the Tenerife Comedy Club Read our interview with Milo McCabe on page 16

Spirit of the Samba see story on page 3.

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Bernie’s bucket overflows magnificently at Showtime

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Holiday firm’s mighty jobs axe will hit 2,500 See page 14

Perfect excuse to have sex!

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Get into that Samba Spirit Continued from page 1.

BRAZIL is the theme of the 2013 Arona Carnival, and those incessant samba rhythms will be beating out loud and clear in Los Cristianos this weekend, where it is being staged.

They’ve even got a song to go along with the festivities, aptly titled Arona Samba Dancing, as the party gets underway Arona Festival Councillor Marcos Afonso said

during the presentation of the events: “This year, we wanted to go up a notch in quality.”

He was joined by new Arona Mayor Francisco Nino, other members of the local council and organisers, who have come up with some exciting ideas.

The Mayor said: “We have developed a programme for people to enjoy, as a part of the galas.

“And we want to ensure a greater presence overall because the streets are for people to participate and dress up. We want them to get into the samba spirit.”

A number of preCarnival events were suspended last weekend because of the bad weather, but the most important one, Children’s Murgas, has been re-arranged for tonight (Friday), at 6pm in the Plaza de Pescadora. The children will parade throughout the commercial area at 7.30pm, while the remainder of the festival programme continues as scheduled.

Carnival programme Tonight (Friday) 9pm: Grand Gala of Election of the Junior Carnival Queen 2013 in the Carnival Grounds

(in front of the Valdés Centre building) 11pm: Grand Dance, accompanied by Combo Dominicano and Deliciosa Orchestras in the Carnival Grounds Tomorrow (Saturday) Noon-5pm: Carnival Day, taking place in two areas: in the Carnival Grounds, Espacio 40 Principales, with performances by several national and international artists who have featured in the hit parade It’s also taking place in the Plaza de la Pescadora (Los Cristianos) with diverse performances, make-

up and Carnival masks, workshop, etc 5pm: Costume Contest (Department of Youth) 5.30pm: Carnival Parade, with performances from Arona musical groups.

The Parade begins from the Cultural Centre and finishes at Playa de Los Cristianos with a batucada show 9pm: Grand Drag Queen Gala in the Carnival Grounds 11pm: Grand Dance, accompanied by Wamampy and Mambo Latino Orchestras in the Carnival Grounds Sunday 10.30am: Vintage Cars Exhibition at the old

dock, Los Cristianos 4pm: Grand Coso Parade, which sets out from Paloma Beach Apartments, travelling along Avenida Juan Carlos I, Avenida Amsterdam and Avenida Los Playeros.

Afterwards: Grand Dance, accompanied

by Amonía Show and Dorada Orchestras in the Carnival Grounds Monday 8pm: Traditional Burial of the Sardine, beginning at Los Cristianos Cultural Centre and finishing at Playa de Los Cristianos.

Afterwards: Dance in the Carnival Grounds.

Tenerife hit by storm of trouble TENERIFE was put on red alert on Sunday and Monday as it was battered by 130km/hr winds and driving rain.

But at least there were no fatalities here on the Island, whereas in La Gomera, a 26-year-old German tourist died after suffering serious injuries from a rockfall caused by the severe weather conditions in the Valle Gran Rey area.

He was taken to hospital in Tenerife, where he later died from his injuries.

The red weather alert came on Sunday afternoon after a state of emergency was announced at a Government press conference.

The high winds and rain continued throughout the night and on Monday, schools and afterschool activities were suspended.

Conditions eventually began improving with only the municipalities of La Orotava and Vilaflor on red alert because of gale-force winds.

The Island’s roads stayed mainly operational, although drivers were warned to exercise extreme caution.

But the TF-21 La Orotava access to Teide was closed at 34km because of ice and

snow on the road. Interisland ferry services were also disrupted and on Sunday, some 200 passengers aboard Fred Olsen’s Benchijigua Express, heading from Los Cristianos to La Palma, experienced a 10-hour horror trip.

The ship initially fought its way through the rough seas for four hours, only to be denied access to the port in La Palma because the authority felt conditions could endanger docking.

There was no alternative for the ferry’s skipper but to head back to Los Cristianos, only for the sea to get even rougher. So he changed course to La Gomera in the hope of finding a sanctuary from the elements. But high winds and worsening

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sea conditions meant the ship could not dock there, either, and so, with the news that Los Cristianos port had been closed, the ferry set sail for Tenerife’s Santa Cruz Port.

Finally, after 10

worrying hours at sea, it was able to find a safe haven to the relief, if not consternation, of the passengers.

In Guía de Isora, around 4,000 people were affected because Monday’s continued

bad weather hampered repair work to damaged water pipes.

Mayor Pedro Martin said it was the worst damage in eight years, while in San Juan, the surface water dragged debris from the hills all

the way to the sea. In Adeje, the storm caused no major problems, with only minor incidents of palm trees being uprooted in Avenida de los Pueblos, Los Olivos.

Other municipalities experienced minor damage to buildings, with debris scattered on some roads.

The highest recorded gusts of wind were 174km/hr in Izana, where the observatory is situated near Teide, 2,400 metres above sea level, and 121km/hr in Candelaria.

Some 42 litres per square metre of rain fell over the Las Canadas area, and Tenerife Cabildo dealt with 126 incidents on 35 of the Island’s 137 roads as the storm got underway at the start of the week.

The Road Information Centre (CIC) received 413 calls related to falling rocks, walls, branches and broken signs and on Sunday, the Cabildo mobilised 260 people and equipment.

Other islands in the Canaries were also affected by the terrible weather, with Gran Canaria, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro all suffering power cuts, school closures and disrupted travel.

But by Tuesday, the weather appeared settled again as the sun shone brightly, although there was still a stiff breeze in some parts.

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Bernie’s bucket overflows magnificently at Showtime

News In Brief Canarian culture meeting ARONA’S Culture Councillor, Miguel Angel Mendez, last week met Xerach Gutierrez, the Canarian Government’s newly-appointed Director General of the Culture department, who visited the municipality to gain an understanding of the cultural infrastructure there. Arona will continue its commitment to working with the Canary Islands Government on various cultural projects and programmes.

San Miguel discount fair The fifth discount fair to be staged by San Miguel takes place in the village next Saturday (16th March).

There will be lots going on to keep the whole family entertained, from 10am until 8pm.

Alleged drugs mule held A 29-YEAR-OLD from Gran Canaria has been arrested at Tenerife North airport on suspicion of a crime against public health after being found with 972 grams of hashish hidden in capsules inside their stomach, according to the Guardia Civil.

Trial for 13-year-old crime THE Palacio de Justicia in Santa Cruz has this week been holding a trial over an incident dating back to November 1996.

Darren Sapstead, of South Woodham Ferrers, Essex, is facing up to 12 years in prison if found guilty of pushing 21-year-old Brit Garry Walton to his death from a booze cruise 13 years ago. The trial continues.

Gas price increase THE price of butane gas bottles is set to increase by one euro to 17.70 euros in May, and it will be reviewed every two months.

Those who receive a delivery on contract will have to pay extra for the distribution costs.

There is also a scheme to introduce a “charity bottle” for consumers with difficulty in paying.

An app for CBeebies BBC Worldwide Channels has launched its first original mobile app, which is designed for pre-schoolers. CBeebies On the Go, a new Spanish-language app, is available for free on iOS devices.

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SHOWTIME played host to Bernie Bucket’s annual fund-raiser for Cancer Research UK last Friday, and landed a whopping 4,505-euro jackpot for her.

Just as last year, the venue filled quickly when the doors opened at 7.30pm, and already the atmosphere was crackling in anticipation of the entertainment in store.

Some of the Island’s top artistes gave up their time to help raise money for this worthy cause.

The show, hosted

by Oasis Fm’s Jamie Drew, began with an easy-listening set from Bernie’s husband, Keith Singleton, while the guests ate their meals.

Towards the end of his set, the dancefloor started to fill as people finished their food.

After Bernie outlined the evening, Jamie introduced Ged Bolton to the stage with his Rod Stewart tribute, which attracted a full dancefloor for the whole set.

In between the performers, Bernie and Jamie got on with the business end of the evening, featuring the

raffle and auctions.

There were some amazing prizes donated by traders from all over South Tenerife, ranging from a simple tea-towel set to an 18ct gold chain with a pearl pendant, donated by Tenerife Pearl in Armenime.

This item alone was worth over 300 euros.

Next to the stage was Pip Brown, performing as Michael Buble and providing a little audience participation for one lucky young lady. Pip chose a lady randomly to serenade and sang Buble’s Lost to her.

The main raffle followed, with over 70 prizes on offer, but the night was far from over, though, as the next artiste came on stage.

Vanessa Pindoria, fresh back from a UK theatre tour, performed the songs of Bette Midler and had the audience eating out of her hand and screaming for more.

Then it was topof-the-bill time, and master illusionist Joe Guillam astounded the audience with some jaw-dropping feats, including the appearance of a girl from what seemed to be an empty cage.

Altogether, the show was really well received and the show even topped last year’s fund

total by almost 800 euros, And when that is put towards the 1,258.28 euros which Bernie’s other events have raised, it amounts to a huge 5,763.28 euros for

Cancer Research UK. A big “well done” to all who contributed. Bernie will be back next year - and looking forward to Tenerife’s continued support.

DAVID BRITTON

memorial service DAVID BRITTON, a valued member of Amarilla Golf Club for many years, died in Southampton recently at the age of 53.

Needless to say, he will be sadly missed, and a memorial service will be held at Amarilla’s Casa Club on Wednesday (13th March) at 3pm.

Everyone who knew David is welcome to attend to help celebrate his life.

David, who had an apartment on Pebble Beach for 10 years before moving to nearby Ocean Ridge, was a serving police officer in the UK. He retired from the force as an inspector in 2011 after 30 years’ service and moved to Tenerife permanently.

For many years, he organised an annual week’s golfing trip for the Essex Police and, after his retirement, spent one day a week at the Juan Garcia Perez school teaching English.

Before he moved here, David used to visit the

school in uniform once a year with a couple of police pals to talk to the kids. He’d wear his police uniform and the children loved it.

David secured a job teaching English at Los Cardones and El Medano Secondary Schools, leaving Tenerife last August to take up a teaching post in Barcelona.

He leaves an aunt, brother and sister-inlaw, plus a niece and nephew, but he never married.

Photo: Sir Old Golfer.

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TENERIFE'S TRIATHLON

THE island’s capital, Santa Cruz plays host to the Triathlon on Sunday with more than 430 athletes competing.

There are two competitions one full length

the other half, both with their starting points at Las Teresitas.

The Triathlon will combine traditional endurance sports of swimming, cycling and running.

The mayor of Santa Cruz, José Manuel Bermúdez, commented that

“this is the first time the city hosts a test of this magnitude, in terms of travel, distance and number of participants concerned.”

Technical Director, Francisco Gonzalez said that “the first competition will begin at 8:30 am, with the competi-

tion called Half Endurance. As for the Olympic course, the start is scheduled for 2 pm and includes a stretch of 1.5 km. swim, a 40 km. cycle and 10 km. run.

Interestingly, 20% of those enrolled in both competitions come from outside the islands.

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Spain’s jobless to hit 5 million mark!

SPAIN’S jobless figures, up by 59,444 last month, has topped five million again, with slightly more women than men affected.

Iberia is planning to increase island flights IBERIA, amidst the current strike action, have announced that they will be increasing capacity this summer from Madrid to Tenerife South.

responds to a demand from tour operators who consider it essential that more flights are scheduled to continue maintaining occupation figures.”

This route will mean an increase of 61 flights during the summer, which will be on

This has been confirmed by the vice president of the Tenerife Cabildo, Carlos Alonso, and airline executives at a workshop recently held in Madrid.

Carlos Alonso said, “Increase connectivity with the island is a key objective for the Cabildo and, in this case, the increase in direct frequencies to the mainland from the Reina Sofia Airport

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average two additional flights per week from the 1st July to the 15th September. These new flights will be at night, departing from Madrid at 23.55 hours and Tenerife at 02.40 hours on Thursdays and Sundays. The flights mean an additional

44,800 seats, 1.8 percent more than last season.

In this regard, the Minister of Tourism stated that the Cabildo will continue to make efforts “necessary” with various airlines to strengthen and increase air links with South Tenerife.

It means that there are 328,124 more people out of work than last year, representing a 6,96% increase.

In fact, Spain’s unemployment number for men now stands at 2,503,626, up 30,796 on January figures, with women totalling 28,648 more at 2,536,596.

And jobless under-25s increased by 16,026 people.

Of great concern to the Spanish Government, apart from the overall tally, is that the number of work contracts registered in February was down by a staggering 40,144 to 949,844 against the corresponding month last year.

Yet the overall, contracts signed during the first two months of the year was 2,051,663 up 19,481 over the same period in 2012 - which means there was a big surge in January.

Spain, which has

the highest EU unemployment rate of all, also hit the 5m jobless mark in January 2012 – a figure described by analysts as “gruesome” at the time.

In the Canaries an additional 1,957 people registered as unemployed during February, that’s an increase of 0.68% compared to January bringing the total to 291,474. The February total is the second highest in history, with only the unemployment figure in May 2012 being higher at 293,228 unemployed.

Of those registered this month Tenerife equates to 1,163 unemployed this month and Las Palmas, Gran Canaria the remaining 794.

Yes, there are many in the construction industry out of work but there are a staggering 206,692 unemployed throughout the islands from the service sector, e.g. hospitality.

Some serious action needs to be taken by the government as unemployment and job insecurity affects nearly every household throughout the islands.

Until next week.

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CW What's On Saturday 9th March at 8.00pm Concert by the Arona School of Music & Dance (Los Cristianos) will take place in the Civic Centre, Cabo Blanco. The first half will feature performances by Candelaria González (Director of the choir) and Ana Mendez, with the choir performing 4 pieces known as zarzuelas (Spanish musical theatre) in the second half. It’s free entry, so please come along and offer us your support.

Ballets de Tenerife Tchaikovsky Passion Sunday 17th March Infanta Leonor de Los Cristianos, 20:30 h Entrada: 10 euros Tickets available everyday from the Cafetería del Auditorio Infanta Leonor de Los Cristianos from 8:00 a 24:00 horas.

Folkfest The folk fest continues until the 22nd March.

Every Thursday, 20:30 h – there is a Folk group performance by Playa de Los Cristianos promenade (next to La Pescadora square).

Friday, 20:30 h - Folk group will perform in Playa de Las Américas, at the City Center square.

Friday 19th April Showtime, Karting Las Americas

Joe Longthorne & George King Time: 9.00pm Tickets:25 euros Call: (+34) 669 622 622 Online: www.showtimetenerife.com

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Cheats won’t benefit from UK-Spain team BRITISH and Spanish authorities have joined forces in the fight to bring benefit fraudsters to justice through new informationsharing arrangements.

The UK Government is committed to clamping down on those who cheat the system to obtain taxpayers’ money which should be going to people needier than themselves.

Sharing information, such as deaths of British nationals in Spain, helps the UK

to ensure that the pensions and benefits of deceased Ex-Pats are stopped as soon as possible, to avoid large overpayments to benefit recipients, which then need to be paid back.

It also helps to identify fraudsters who deliberately fail to report the death of a family member to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), so they can continue to receive the pension or benefit.

One such case involved Michael Higgs and Nancy Rutter who, together, stole more than £39,000 from the public purse by

continuing to draw the benefits of a deceased family member.

Data-matching between the UK and Spain revealed that Higgs’ father had died in Spain in 2005 yet the couple, who were living in Malaga, had failed to notify the DWP of the death.

Thinking they would never be caught, they continued to claim the father’s benefit.

But after being found guilty of fraud - and as well as having to pay back the money they had stolen - Higgs was given 18 months in prison, and Rutter received two sentences of 30 months and 18 months, to run concurrently. A

criminal record can easily be avoided by keeping the DWP informed of any change in personal circumstances, including the death of a family member who is in receipt of a pension or benefit.

Failure to do so can lead to hefty overpayments which will have to be paid back - and even a prison sentence.

For further details on how you can report someone you suspect of committing benefit fraud, visit www.dwp. gov.uk/benefit-thievesspain/ or call the DWP’s free and confidential benefit-fraud hotline in Spain on 900 554 440.

2012 Games has put the Great back in Britain, says proud Coe LORD COE, who organised the hugely-successful London Olympics last summer, issued some welcome UK trading news in Madrid on Tuesday.

The former athlete - known before his peerage as Seb Coe told 200-plus guests at a breakfast event organised by news agency Europa Press: “London 2012 was a once -in-a-generation opportunity to showcase everything that makes Britain great in order to generate long-term economic benefits,” said the Olympic legacy ambassador.

“The winning, planning, delivery and legacy of the Olympic and Paralympic Games called upon all the qualities that make the UK stand out in the global economy.

“Based on the expertise they developed in London, British companies are now winning contracts to help other nations deliver their Olympic Games.”

In the Russian city of Sochi, on the Black Sea coast, where the 2014

Winter Olympics will be staged, British firms have won contracts to provide project management of the Olympic Park, to design a flexible stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies, and to provide roofs for the bobsleigh and ice hockey venues.

In addition, UK companies are supplying construction equipment and consultancy, auditing and legal services.

And for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, British companies have won contracts to consult on sports pitches, urban and transport planning, sustainability and security.

They are also supplying communications equipment and stadium

seats. London 2012 has also created a sporting legacy, including the upgrading of hundreds of local sports clubs, the recruitment of new sports coaches and leaders, and a boost for Britain as an international sporting host - the country will host some 70 world-class sporting events over the next four years.

All eight of the Olympic Park venues are being converted to permanent sporting and community facilities.

Lord Coe added: “I am delighted that we also held the most accessible and inclusive Games ever, with disability access incorporated into the design and structure of buildings, open spaces and public transport. The London

Paralympic Games changed attitudes to disabled people.”

The former World and Olympic champion athlete - who was Christened Sebastian, told guests: “I have many friends in Spain. In fact, the first I time took part in an international championship was in San Sebastian, and my last competition in Europe was in Barcelona.”

After the Madrid event, Lord Coe joined a round table with Spanish business leaders at the British Embassy, organised by UK Trade & Investment.

He will remain chairman of the London organising committee for the Olympic Games until it is wound up this summer.

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Tenerife bids to hold on to overseas offices TENERIFE Tourism is proceeding with the renewal of its tourism representation services in mainland Spain, Germany, UK and France, as the deadline for submission of the tenders is now closed.

Carlos Alonso, Tourism Minister said “The formula is to have specialised companies with extensive experience in the tourism industry to help us promote ourselves in the main markets of travellers to the island.

"This will allow us to consolidate and further position ourselves as a tourist destination in a field in which competitiveness is widening.”

He added: “While ensuring the best presence and image of the island in the media of those countries, we provide

direct contacts with industry, assist in the organisation of travel agents and travel media to the island.

"We will help prepare for attendance at fairs with maximum guarantees of success and develop target presentations and working sessions with travel agents and tour operators. These are all actions that ultimately, result in an increased

number of travellers to Tenerife.”

The Spanish, British, German and French market account for 70% of the travellers that visit the island each year. In 2012 and in all the four offices, 35 million euros of media impact has resulted in 1260 articles on the island in newspapers, magazines, radio and television, which have generated nearly

800 million impressions.

Carlos Alonso concluded. “Also this year, we will intensify our contacts between the various offices and Tenerife Tourism responsible for each market to involve them more in the relationship with tour operators and airlines.”

The German office will extend its scope to include Austria and Switzerland. In addition there will be new offices in Russia, Ukraine and other Eastern European countries.

Iberia stalemate as walk-outs continue IBERIA management were meeting union leaders yesterday (Thursday) to discuss a mediator’s proposal for less harsh jobs and salary cuts at the Spanish flag carrier.

Iberia pilots, cabin crew and ground staff have been out since Monday in the second of three five-day strikes during February and March, protesting at plans to lay off 3,807 workers and cut salaries by 20% in what the airline calls “a fight for survival” Iberia, part of International Airlines Group with British Airways, is up against a shrinking Spanish economy, lowcost operators and competition from airlines which have already gone through similar restructuring processes.

The staff, who have rejected an offer from the company to reduce lay-offs and soften wage cuts, are threatening to strike for five days over Easter, a peak time for Spanish tourism.

Pilots, ground staff and cabin crew have attempted to compromise by saying

they will accept the new and far worse working conditions if the firm agrees to halt the redundancies.

Their own suggestions for increasing productivity, and their willingness to take a pay cut, would cover the needs of the company, says their union.

The mediator’s proposal suggests that Iberia lay off a total of 3,141 people and cut salaries by an average of 15%.

It also proposes compensation of 35 days’ pay per year worked, which is more generous than conditions offered by other companies under changes to Spain’s employment laws.

Sabadell Bolsa analysts said the terms in the proposal would increase the cost of Iberia pay-offs by 160m euros to 410m euros.

Willie Walsh, the IAG chief executive, said the company loses 3m euros every day Iberia workers strike.

The company posted a 613m-euro operating loss in 2012 and is determined to push ahead with job cuts at the Spanish airline.

Murderous Brit given 24 years A JEALOUS Briton has been jailed for 24 years after being found guilty of strangling his girlfriend to death while on holiday in Gran Canaria.

Christopher Chittock, 38, killed 23-year-old Sarah Shields on a beach in July 2010, after discovering text messages from an ex-boyfriend on her phone.

Chittock was said to have punched his girlfriend repeatedly in their holiday apartment in the resort of Mogan.

He then dragged her in the dark to a deserted beach, punched her to the ground, banged her head against a rock and strangled her.

Before burning her clothes, he dumped her lifeless body in the sea, where it was found the following morning.

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The engineer then flew back to the Ipswich home he shared with Ms and, in a desperate attempt to cover his tracks, he kept her phone and sent texts to her family.

He was detained under a European arrest warrant in September 2010 before being extradited to Spain.

A jury convicted Chittock of murder at the Provincial Court in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria.

Magistrate Secundino Aleman, in passing sentence, also ordered him to pay Ms Shields’ parents 200,000 euros (£172,000).

Chittock, who denied murder, claimed Ms Shields left him for another British holidaymaker called Jason before she died.

The trial heard that the attack began after

Chittock discovered the text exchange between Ms Shields and former boyfriend William Newham.

Although jurors found that this had not been proved, Mr Aleman said he was satisfied Chittock “acted out of spite” because of jealousy.

He also pointed out that Mr Newham gave evidence during the trial, confirming that he had been in contact with Ms Shields while she was on holiday.

“The accused himself admits he got angry with Sarah, although this was supposedly because she was going to leave him to stay and live in Gran Canaria with another person, who she had met on the complex a couple of days before,” added the magistrate.

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Boom time for UK car sales BRITAIN’S new-car market again outperformed the rest of the EU last month as growth of private sales hits a three-year high.

While demand throughout Europe has slumped, mainly because of debt crisis, Britain’s car-makers continue to reap their rewards, and sales rose in February for the 12th consecutive month.

There were 66,749 new registrations in February - up 7.9% from the corresponding month last year, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

The Ford Focus proved to be the most popular model, selling 3,853 vehicles in the four-week period.

The sales, mostly by private purchasers, took the total for the first two months of the year to 210,392, which was a 10.3% increase on the relative 2012 figure.

The UK tally was ex-

ceptional, because February generally features the lowest sales figures as it precedes this month’s registration plate-change.

It was, the organisation noted, the highest growth in the private market since the end of the Scrappage Incentive Scheme in Spring 2010.

Mike Baunton, SMMT interim chief executive, said: “Attractive new car deals are sustaining the market. New models are delivering evergreater fuel efficiency, practicality, refinement, technology and predictable ownership costs, so motorists are seeing the benefit of new-car purchases.”

Carlos Ghosn, President of Renault and Nissan told Sky News on Tuesday that dwindling demand in Europe was the main concern of global car-makers, while over-capacity was a serious issue for manufacturers.

Increase in German connectivity GERMAN tour operators plan to maintain the numbers of German tourists visiting Tenerife this summer. That’s the first message coming from the International Tou-rism Exchange (ITB), taking place in Berlin until Sunday.

Cabildo President, Ricardo Melchior, and Island Councillor for Tourism, Carlos Alonso, are leading the Tenerife delegation.

Carlos Alonso said, “All our efforts at the fair will be aimed at increasing connectivity to the island with a market, such as Germany, which is the third largest in importance from which Tenerife received half a million travellers last year,” The Canary Islands has become a favourite

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destination for German tourists, he continued, “This compels us to not only to main our activity but to attract more German travelers, maintain our lead in the Archipelago, establishing partner-ships with tour operators to boost sales.”

The Tenerife delegation consists of approximately fifty representatives including businesses and municipalities.

In the coming days around forty meetings with airlines and major European tour operators such as Rewe, Thomas Cook, Condor, Air Berlin, Germania and TUI are planned.

The aim is to gain forecasts for the coming summer and winter seasons, market trends and develop strategies regarding Tenerife.

EU plans boost for jobs with a digital scheme AROUND 900,000 ICT jobs will be available in Europe within two years, according to European Commission President José Manuel Barroso.

Surprisingly, despite the increasing number of digital jobs in the market place, today’s workers have not acquired the necessary skills required for these positions. But on Monday, at the annual digital trade fair CeBIT, in Hanover, Barroso urged European digital businesses and governments, plus training and education sectors, to join a “Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs”.

The Grand Coalition, set up to prepare future employees for jobs, immediately attracted 15 companies and organisations, whose initial projects concern a new

online learning platform for young people.

It is called the Academy Cube and is a training module for energysmart, grid installers.

President Barroso said: “The Grand Coalition we are launching today is an essential part of getting Europe’s economy back on track, and finding jobs for some of Europe’s 26 million unemployed.”

He added: “The European Commission wants to empower Europeans to fill the jobs that will drive the next ICT revolution.” Neelie Kroes, the Commission’s Vice-President and responsible for the Digital Agenda, highlighted the Grand Coalition’s aims to generate awareness, mobility, certification and new types of education on ICT. She stressed that digital was the future and the key to keeping Europe competitive and creating more jobs .

Ms Kroes also told Ce-

BIT delegates that the EU’s competitiveness was “under threat” if it could not fill the expertise gap. Kroes added: “The Commission will not just co-ordinate the work strands and manage the Coalition. We will also support the Grand Coalition directly through our sectoral policies - from the digital agenda, education, and employment, to innovation and enterprise policy.”

In addition, one million euros from the Competitiveness and Innovation programme will be allocated to support a Thematic Network on the Grand Coalition, and 3,5m euros will next year be assigned to launch a pan-European awareness-raising campaign. Barroso added: “The Commission has a role to play, but active engagement of all stakeholders involved is also needed, such as universities, schools or businesses.”

In the framework of the Grand Coalition, Telefonica will support 1,000 extra start-ups through five academies in Europe, and CISCO will train 100,000 smartmeter installers through online education Additionally, Hewlett-Packard (HP) will train as many as one million students and professionals with entrepreneurial and technology skills by the end of 2015.

Addie van Rooij, HP’s head of Human Resources EMEA, said: “A highly-skilled labour force is crucial for fuelling the growth of the European ICT industry and, particularly, for boosting the growth of Small and Medium-size Enterprises,” The European Commission will also launch Startup Europe, a platform for web start-ups, and more projects will be develop to inspire young women to get interested in ICT careers.

Venezuela President is dead

HUGO CHAVEZ, Venezuela’s President and a self-proclaimed revolutionary, has died from cancer at the age of 58.

Chavez, at the helm for 14 years, was a controversial figure in Venezuela and on the world stage. He was a staunch critic of the US

and inspired a left-wing revival across Latin America. Hundreds of his supporters took to the streets of Caracas to express their grief, while

the country announced a seven-day mourning period for its leader, who had been seriously ill with cancer for more than a year.

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Payday firms under fire BRITAIN’S top 50 payday specialists, accused of “widespread, irresponsible lending” have been given a 12-week ultimatum by the Office of Fair Trading.

The instant cash-loan companies have been ordered to mend their ways - or chance being put out of business.

The trading watchdog also proposes to refer the payday market to the Competition Commission after finding “deep-rooted problems” in how lenders compete with each other.

Some borrowers, unable to make the weekly repayments on time, have found themselves caught in a vicious, downwardspiral trap in which the interest rates increase at a rapid rate.

The OFT found evidence that the 50 lenders, which account

for 90% of the market, were failing to comply with the standards expected.

Now, however, they risk losing their licences, which they need in order to trade, if they fail to clean up their act.

The watchdog report is the culmination of a wide-ranging probe into the £2 billion

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payday sector, involving spot-checks on the major lenders, and an information-gathering exercise from all 240 lenders on the market.

The regulator’s review said irresponsible lending was not confined to a few rogue lenders but was found across the industry, causing “misery and

hardship”. It also said that, despite payday loans being described as one-off, shortterm loans costing an average of £25 per £100 for 30 days”, up to half of payday lenders’ revenue comes from loans which last longer and cost more because they are rolled over or refinanced.

The OFT said lenders had a “captive market”, and that a full investigation by the Competition Commission was needed to, potentially, impose “lasting solutions” to serve customers better.

It uncovered problems throughout the lifecycle of payday loans, from advertising to debt collection, and across the sector, including those who are members of trade associations.

Some of the worst problems included: *Lenders not carrying out proper affordability checks before lending or rolling loans over *Failing to explain adequately how payments will be collected *Acting aggressively to claw back debts *Not making enough allowances for struggling borrowers.

The OFT said the 50 leading lenders, which were all inspected, must take “rapid action” to address the specific problems found with their businesses, and must show within

the next three months that they are fully compliant.

Those who fail to co-operate will face enforcement action.

A recent tougheningup of OFT powers means the organisation can now stop lenders in their tracks immediately if it believes that consumers are in danger of harm.

Previously, firms could continue to trade while carrying out lengthy appeals.

Clive Maxwell, the OFT chief executive, said: “Payday lenders are earning up to half their revenue not from one-off loans, but from rolled-over or refinanced deals, where unexpected costs can rapidly mount up.

“Irresponsible lending is not confined to a few rogue payday lenders but a problem across the sector. “ If we do not see rapid, significant improvements by the 50 lenders we inspected, they risk their licences being removed.”

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Holiday firm’s mighty jobs axe will hit 2,500 THOMAS COOK, the floundering holiday company, is planning to cut 2,500 UK jobs to “secure” its future.

It also proposes to close 195 of its 1,069 high street travel agencies, though a union representing staff is furious at the scale of the cuts.

Many of the stores threatened with closure are understood to be operating under the CoOperative brand.

The company is also planning to shut its Accrington office in the North West in a move which will affect around 100 positions, while administrative and managerial jobs are at risk across its Peterborough head office and its site at Preston.

The job losses add up to 16% of its 15,500 workforce in the UK and Ireland.

Thomas Cook put out a statement saying: ””As Thomas Cook UK & Ireland continues to focus on the turnaround of the business, it has entered a 90-day consultation process with a number of its UK employees on the next phase of the three-year programme to transform its operations.“ The need to evolve the UK business has been a clearly-stated goal, accelerated by the appointment of Peter Fankhauser, an experienced Thomas Cook

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leader as UK CEO. “The UK business needs to reduce cost to ensure back-office costs are not passed on to customers, and that the necessary operational changes are made to reflect evolving customer needs and purchasing requirements.”

It continued: “The company has 1,069 stores in the UK, making it the largest high-street travel retailer. A number of these stores do not meet the performance targets of the business and are in communities where Thomas Cook has more than one retail outlet.”

Mr Fankhauser added: “Thomas Cook is a much-loved brand that needs to make the proposed changes to secure

our future, and provide continued employment for many thousands across the UK and better meet the needs of our customers going forward.

“We firmly believe these proposals will mean a better - more profitable - Thomas Cook that continues to be a major employer in the UK and offer the widest range of holidays for travellers and voyagers in the future.

“We are already consulting with our unions and employee-representative bodies to minimise the impact of these changes.

“And I am speaking personally to all employees to provide information and support through this period of

consultation.”

Thomas Cook’s transformation plan, under which it had already cut

168 stores and 1,100 jobs, was blamed for deeper losses in its last financial year.

Troops march home to major cuts REPATRIATING all troops from Germany to the UK will end Britain’s military history in the country, which began at the end of World War Two. That will be marvellous for the families, but there’s a backlash in that seven UK army sites, affecting the RAF and Army mainly, will be axed as part of a major shake-up. Most of the 15,000 still serving there and their dependents will come home by 2016, ahead of schedule. The remainder, around 4,500, will return by 2019.

The forces will mainly be stationed around Salisbury Plain, Edinburgh and

Leuchars, Catterick, Aldershot, Colchester, Stafford and the East Midlands.

But several other sites will lose their military presence, following Government-enforced swingeing cuts to the Army.

These include Claro Barracks in Ripon, North Yorkshire, Howe Barracks in Canterbury, Craigiehall Barracks in Edinburgh and Cawdor Brracks in Brawdy, Pembrokeshire.

Parts of Redford Barracks in Edinburgh, Forthside Barracks in Stirling and Copthorne Barracks in Shrewsbury will also be available for disposal. Under the plans, nearly £2bn

will be invested in Army housing and bases, with around £1bn going on new houses for service families and accommodation for single soldiers.

Another £800m will be spent on infrastructure and refurbishment of bases, while some 1,900 new homes will be built for military families and accommodation to house 7,800 single soldiers.

Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said the changes would save £240m a year in running costs as soldiers move into “clusters” in key locations “to give troops and their families greater stability”.

He also defended the

decision to drop plans to double the size of the army in Scotland and said the changes would ensure Britain retains an adaptable, capable force.

General Sir Peter Wall, Chief of the General Staff, said: “The plan provides an excellent springboard for operations overseas, and it affords welcome certainty over where people will live.”

But Shadow Defence Secretary Jim Murphy told MPs: “There will be real disappointment at the closures across the UK - from Canterbury, Ripon, Shrewsbury and Brawdy, where historic bonds are now being broken.”

The 171-year-old company reported a statutory loss of £590m for the 12 months to the end of September - £72m more than the deficit recorded the previous year.

Thomas Cook was under pressure to tighten its purse strings at a time of a slowdown in consumer spending and changing holiday habits.

The Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA), which represents employees, said it was “shocked and angry” at the scale of the job losses.

General secretary Manuel Cortes said: “This constant policy of slash and burn, with the axing of one in four stores and the loss of jobs, is simply self-defeating.

“The company needs new products if it to come to terms with the age of the internet - and prosper in the 21st century.”

Thomas Cook also confirmed it planned to change staff terms and conditions for the remaining workers.

Sharon Ainsworth, national officer of Usdaw, said: “Even those who are not at risk of redundancy are facing the prospect of cuts to their benefits packages, following a number of costcutting proposals which the business has put forward.

“We will be examining these proposals closely and will defend our members’ interests throughout this uncertain time.”

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Banks in hot water again!

THERE was a sense of déjà vu for customers attached to RBS, NatWest and Ulster Banks this week.

Just nine months ago, a computer meltdown affecting the banks left millions of people unable to access their money.

And on Wednesday evening, many people were unable to use their accounts online or withdraw cash for several hours because of technical problems.

The banks issued an immediate apology via Twitter, saying: “We are disappointed that our customers have faced disruption to banking services for a period this evening, and apologise for that.”

Officials said their systems were back to normal some three hours after they admitted there was a problem, but it was too late for the hundreds of

customers who voiced their fury on Twitter.

Many said they had difficulties using cash machines or logging into online banking, while others complained that their cards had been declined.

Steve Ireland, who lives in London, told Sky News he discovered the problem when he tried to pay with his card at a supermarket.

“I was out shopping after a night out with my partner to celebrate a birthday,” he said.

“I went into a very big chain supermarket and got to the cash desk with all my shopping, only to be told the card was declined.”

Stephen Hester, chief executive of the banks’ parent company RBS Group, which is 80% state-owned, had to apologise for a glitch last June.

“It was a really bad experience and very embarrassing,” he said.

“You get evil looks from the cashier when you can’t pay.”

Stuart Keel, from

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Cornwall, tried to use a cash machine but it was not working. “We went to the supermarket thinking we could use our cards in there,” he added.

“While we were walking around, I was using my NatWest (smartphone) app and it wasn’t working at all.” The card was then declined at the checkout.

Last June, millions of people were affected when a software update failed at the banks.

Customers were unable to view up-todate balances, while

payments such as direct debits for bills were not made, and some wages were not received. The banks set aside £100m to compensate angry clients.

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Showtime presents The best of Tenerife Comedy Club 2013!

MILO McCABE is a character comedian who headlines and MCs at clubs such as The Comedy Store, Glee, Jongleurs, and pretty much everywhere else around the UK. He primarily performs as his alter-ego “Philberto”, a Portuguese reality TV star, but does bring out his other characters: Nobbo Johnson, the ex-Aussie Rules starturned-art-critic; Tyson Moon, son of 70s Irish comedy legend Kenny Moon; Anthony Sixsmith, a new-age healing drummer who uses bongo therapy to cure the ills of one and all, and Q10, the ex-Grimsby fish docks worker-turnedScrabble-champion.

Milo is currently appearing on BBC3’s Live at The Electric, and has recently filmed a pilot episode for Channel 4 of a new sitcom from the creators of The Inbetweeners called Drifters.

This will be Milo’s second appearance at the Tenerife Comedy Club, after being here in May 2012.

Canarian Weekly caught up with him to find out more about the man behind the characters .

CW: How, when & why did you start in comedy?

Milo: Around the beginning of 2004. My dad was a stand-up and I wanted to show him I could do it, too.

CW: What was your break/turning

point in the industry?

Milo: Turning point for me was getting booked for regular weekend work at The Comedy Store in London. It’s like a comic badge of honour!

CW: Where’s your favourite place for performing?

Milo: See the above question! Oh, and Tenerife of course. The gigs I did here last year heralded some of my funniest moments in comedy EVER - particularly with Ian Cognito at Siam Park.

CW: Did you have an Edinburgh Festival show this year? if so, what was it all about?

Milo: Yes I did. It’s called Milo McCabe: Schiz, and it’s a multi-character, stand-up show featuring original and groundbreaking, comedy character work!

CW: What’s your aim/ goal in comedy?

Milo: To be honest, I don’t have traditional goals. My aim would be to keep challenging myself, writing new material and constantly developing. I just want to be as good at this as I can.

CW: Describe your style of comedy in three words Milo: Bewildering. Hilarious. What?

CW: Name a three-song playlist that sums you up as a person Milo: Wow that’s a hard question. Gimme Some Mo by Busta Rhymes, because I’m never satisfied, Who Are You? by The Who, which would relate to the schizophrenic nature of my act and,

lastly, My Generation, again by The Who. Keith Moon’s drum patterns seem somehow to mirror my brainwaves perfectly when I get stressed out.

CW: If you knew tomorrow was your last day, how would you spend it?

Milo: Tough! Do you hang with your loved ones, or go and do loads of illegal stuff? Probably loved ones, unless it was EVERYONE’S last day, then the latter.

CW: Who’s your favourite cartoon character, and why?

Milo: As a kid, probably Penfold out of Danger Mouse. I was chubby and bespectacled, so I could relate to that little knobhead.

CW: If you could have a superpower, what would it be?

Milo: The ability to freeze and unfreeze time at will. You can also rewind. And fast-forward.

Imagine the fun you could have? The money you could make on bets, etc?

CW: What’s the strangest thing you have in

your house?

Milo: A fake remote control that I pretend has the ability to freeze time, etc.

CW: Do you ever dance when there’s no music playing?

Milo: Type the words “Philberto” and “dance tourettes” into youtube.

There’s your answer.

CW: If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Milo: Coconuts CW: What’s your motto in life?

Milo: “Where’s my coconut?”

You can see Milo as Philberto at the

Best Of The Tenerife Comedy Club on Saturday 23rd March at Showtime, with Dr George Ryegold, Paul F Taylor and Will Mars.

Call 669 622 622 for tickets, or book online at www.showtimetenerife.com

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Student stabbing on Birmingham bus A 22 year-old man has been arrested after a 16-year-old girl was stabbed to death travelling on a bus on B i r m i n g h a m’ s Hagley Road during Thursday’s early morning rush-hour.

The victim, Christina Edkins was attacked on board the bus on Hagley Road while on her way to Leasowes High School in Halesowen.

Her head teacher Neil Shaw described her as a “bright and popular student” who was “much loved by staff and students”.

West Midlands Police said officers had spotted a man acting suspiciously who fitted the description of the suspect and he was arrested on suspicion of murder, after a short chase near the Morrisons supermarket at Five Ways at about 12:30pm, following a city-wide manhunt.

Det Supt Richard Baker said the teenager’s family were “distressed and distraught”.

Counsellors were also being brought

in to support pupils and staff at Leasowes High School. Mr Shaw said: “We are deeply saddened to hear this tragic news and our thoughts and hearts go out to her family and everyone who knew her”.

Police said they would be checking Christina’s profiles on social media websites as part of the investigation, but there was nothing to suggest she was being targeted.

West Midland’s Police said that Christina was understood to have boarded the bus minutes before the attack, which happened at about 07:40am.

Police said they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the stabbing.

They added that there was

nothing at this stage to suggest the attacker and Christina were known to each other.

Det Supt Baker said officers were now analysing hours of CCTV footage, including some from on board the bus.

He said he believed there were some passengers who were on board the bus who had not yet come forward.

Officers were patrolling buses and schools across the city on Thursday afternoon to help reassure people.

Police said the murder investigation was still in its “very early stages” and said they did not want to speculate on the motive.

The bus has been taken away from the scene, near the Five Ways junction of the Hagley Road, and the road has reopened.

A spokesman from National Express West Midlands said: “We can confirm that a tragic incident took place on a number 9 service this morning.

“Our thoughts and condolences are with the family of the person involved and we will offer all possible support to the police in their investigation into the matter.”

Fraudsters rule the roost!

THERE were more crimes of fraud recorded in 2012 than at any other time, according to the CIFAS, which is Britain’s Fraud Prevention Service.

The service listed 248,325 fraudulent cases frauds last year, pushing the rate up by 5%.

And identity crime, when people misuse the personal data of victims, accounted for almost two-thirds of this total.

The internet remained a key tool for the fraudster, with 80% of identity crime perpetrated online, said CIFAS in its Fraudscape report.

Men were most likely to be victims of impersonation, as well as people living in large, urban areas.

The report named the regional areas of Gosport/Portsmouth, Mid-

dlesbrough, Peterborough and Manchester regions as fraud hotspots in 2012.

In London, boroughs in the east of the city Newham, Barking and Dagenham, Greenwich and Bexley - were described as “fraud epicentres”.

The harsh, economic environment in Britain played a “prominent role” in driving up fraud, the report said, acting as a likely incentive for many different types of the crime.

But CIFAS’s Richard Hurley said this was just one factor contributing to the increasing amount of fraud.

“Fraud is a complex subject, affected by a wide range of factors,” he added. “And the variations recorded during 2012 are proof of that. ”The role of organised

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crime, consumer awareness, the economic situation in the UK, changing business practices and the rapid development of digital technologies are just a few of the influencing factors.”

Identity fraudsters mostly targeted bank, credit card and mail order accounts, with fraud relating to plastic cards up 44% in 2012.

Fraud against loan products was extremely popular with the thieves, up by around 45%, compared with the year before, which was partly through the increased popularity of payday loans.

Mr Hurley added that the question of where responsibility lay to defeat fraud needed to be looked into because the crime remained a threat to organisations and individuals.

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You can start a business for less than a tankful of petrol

There is no question in anyone’s mind that the commercial world in which we lived prior to the recession is no more.

It will be confined to the history books as we enter the new “enterprise” era.

Coffee-shop entrepreneurs As a direct result of

ago, there has been an explosion of entrepreneurialism and old rules no longer apply, or are irrelevant.

That’s particularly true now because “Corporates” have lost the power they once had.

Boutique businesses pop up on a daily basis; often creating a brand and starting a “tribe” or following with global reach.

Not all are created over a cup of coffee, but many are launched for less than the price of a tank of petrol.

And now, there has been a revolution in the labour laws to reflect the new reality.

At last, labour laws

been started by people who already have a business. It is those people - a massive 40% - that the new labour laws will be of great benefit.

In most cases, business owners with more than one company run them with either partners or employees, or both.

Until now, taking on an employee was a huge step. Now, however, the new laws put enterprise above old-fashioned notions of job security.

Job security is a thing of the past With the change in labour laws, those who select employment as opposed to “enterprise” are now choosing a very unsecure option. The

global distribution channels, there has been a huge shift away from conventional marketing to one of networking and partnering.

Those with halfdecent websites can generate sales all around the world from their laptops, while they enjoy their latte and free wifi access.

With the birth of social media a few years

encourage hiring We’ve witnessed this trend over the last two years in one of my companies, Capecan Business Centre.

More than 50 businesses have joined us in under 24 months, and more than 80% of them have been new starts and lifestyle companies.

Four out of every 10 of those businesses have

Government has recognised that without SMEs (small and medium-size enterprises) there is no vehicle to create employment.

That said, business leaders require more commitment, and higher levels of efficiency because job security no longer exists really.

Under the new laws, those who don’t make the grade could find

By Chris Pennington

THINGS are certainly not like they used to be.

Even youngsters like me can’t help but notice things have changed.

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themselves unemployed a lot quicker - and easier than before.

Flexibility to do business The new laws give business owners the flexibility to make changes for the betterment of the company without the same level of fear concerning the consequences.

It is hoped that this flexibility will stimulate

the employment sector and encourage entrepreneurs to focus on training. Clearly, I can’t document all 18 pages of labour-law changes in this short article, but your accountant/ Gestor should have notified you of these changes within the last six months.

If you haven’t been notified, then contact Capecan Consultants

regarding their “SMEs & New Start Business” accountancy services by emailing info@capecan. com A member of our accounts team will call you to arrange an initial consultation.

The economy may still be on trouble but, in many ways, there has never been a better time to turn a business idea into a reality.”

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have been Bruno gets that We exonerated champion feeling Live Arico (PAWS) news

Accion del Sol news NO WONDER Bruno is feeling in the pink because he is one of the lucky refuge dogs who has recently been adopted.

There are so many dogs at the refuge, of all sizes, breeds and ages, looking for loving homes, like this gorgeous husky cross, who joined us on our seafront walk last week.

He is such a lovely, happy dog and very friendly, so if he is what you are looking for, then drop in to centre, or call 922 778 630 for more information.

Accion del Sol’s Educational Programme

continued last week with schools from near and far visiting the refuge.

The children enjoyed first-hand experience about animal welfare, learning the importance of caring, handling, feeding, basic veterinary care and much more, in

Chino fun charms a full house THE Fun Chino Afternoon, run by San Miguel Lions Club on Sunday, attracted a sell-out crowd to the China Town restaurant at Trebol, Costa del Silencio.

Entertainment was provided by Tony Sullivan and some Lions members, who made it a afternoon to remember.

A good time was had by all - and especially by Club President and organiser Ralph Solomon and Susan, his wife and Club Secretary.

A delighted Ralph said: “We thank all those who supported us on this fun afternoon, and special thanks to Lee and the staff for a superb meal.”

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the hope of improving the dire situation for animals here in Tenerife.

By the way, Accion is anxiously looking for people travelling to Dùsseldorf, Hamburg, Berlin, Frankfurt, Cologne, Stuttgart or Munich, who would be willing to take a dog with them.

It costs you nothing but a little bit of your time, and it gives the animals the chance of a new life in Germany.

Sometimes, it’s easier to rehome larger dogs, or those with special needs, in that country.

Accion is completely responsible for the dog and staff from the German charity Aktiontier, which

sponsors the Tenerife refuge, will do all the necessary paperwork, and meet you at both airports.

The dog will then be collected upon your arrival at the German airport.

Please email acciondelsol@gmail.com or call 922 778 630 for more information if you are travelling to any of these destinations and would like to help the dogs to a better life.

And please call the same number if you would like to lend a hand at Accion in any way.

Towels and blankets are always needed for the dogs, and if you do have any to spare, they would be much appreciated by our fourlegged inhabitants.

The refuge is situated at the Granadilla Industrial Estate, Exit 51 on the TF1, directly next to the ecological park, by the windmills.

It is open to the public from Monday-Friday (3-6pm) if you are interested in adopting a dog. or maybe just taking a dog or two for a leisurely walk.

A DENUNCIA brought last summer by two Live Arico ex -volunteers against three individuals, one a member of the Live Arico committee AND refuge volunteer, the second another committee member, and the third a refuge volunteer, for mistreatment of animals was last week closed by a Judge in the Granadilla court house.

The Judge’s summary is on our Facebook page in Spanish, but contains the words: “the images reported do not show with clarity any of the accused” and “the vets who assisted the refuge animals protested strongly that the accused did everything possible to care for the animals with the scarce resources and workers that they had, and this (lack of resources) was why the refuge eventually closed.”

The images referred to were a collection of home-made videos showing the volunteers breaking up dog fights at the refuge in the summer of 2011.

Still photographs were of dogs with various injuries and illnesses, mostly taken within the Hospivet surgery, but later used as “evidence”.

Through all this,

Live Arico PAWS have carried on helping animals by financially supporting the dogs in Fasnia, and by giving assistance wherever possible to animal welfare associations and animals in need.

Our remaining committee and volunteers have worked extremely hard with rehoming, keeping the shops busy, and making sure that all paperwork is in order.

An educational campaign was commissioned by and written for the Ayuntamiento of San Miguel, and, through the lucrative winter months, we have made major inroads with our old debts with vets and feed suppliers.

We always believed that they should not suffer for having provided vet care and food for the dogs when there was no money to pay for it.

We can now truly move on from the past, but would have been unable to do so without the continued faith and support of the general public.

Comments made to us at events like the Xmas bag-packing at Iceland, and the recent dog show, have given us strength and a renewed resolve to carry on.

We have been working closely with other associations, and our long-term plan is to bring about huge changes for the South, but that’s a long way off for now. We thank you for your unending faith and support.

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In Series Two of Prisoners’ Wives you can look forward to the return of glamorous gangster’s wife Francesca and longsuffering prisoner’s Mum, Harriet. They are joined by two new characters Kim the respectable wife of a man falsely accused of the most heinous crime, and Aisling, the gutsy teenage daughter of a repeat offender.

As each of the women struggle with the fallout from their loved one’s imprisonment, viewers can expect crime and jeopardy, joy and laughter, sex and secrets.

This series, Francesca is forced to confront the ugly reality of her husband’s world.

As

the line blurs between criminal and criminal’s wife, she and her family face devastating consequences.

For Harriet, there’s a chance at happiness in her relationship with prison Chaplain Ian – but how will her son Gavin react to a new man in her life?

Meanwhile Aisling is desperate for her father to behave in prison and get out in time for her wedding, and Kim’s past comes back to haunt her in her fight to clear her husband’s name.

Gangster’s wife Francesca is at the heart of an escalating gangland turf-war. When her home is set alight with her family inside,

Francesca wants to run away - but is persuaded by her husband Paul that he will keep her safe. But as Francesca finds herself duped by Paul, under scrutiny from the police, at odds with her terrified family and living as a prisoner in a high-security apartment, things seem far from ‘safe’.

Meanwhile, Kim’s perfect world is turned upside-down when her loving husband and the father of her three young boys is accused of the most heinous of crimes.

Kim is convinced that the allegation is malicious, but as her husband is sent to prison on remand, no one will

listen to her.

Harriet is delighted that her son Gavin has found friendship with a group of Muslim inmates and wants to convert to Islam.

Harriet is on her own spiritual journey with Jesus… or should that be the prison chaplain?

As Harriet pursues her own happiness, Gavin’s protective friends are revealed to be not what they seem.

And Aisling is exasperated that her repeat offender dad is back inside.

Brendan promises his only daughter that he’ll keep his head down and make sure he’s released in time for her wedding, but can Brendan keep his promise?

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Friday Friday Friday 06:00............................Breakfast 09:15 ....................Heir Hunters 10:00 .................. Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 ......................... Saints and Scroungers 11:45 ................Britain's Empty Homes Revisited Presenter Joe Crowley catches up with some of the people previously featured on Britain's Empty Homes.

In this episode, Joe meets Martyn and Louise Worsely, a couple from an earlier series who were inspired to take on an abandoned property after we showed them some of Britain's empty homes. Following a long search, they stumbled upon their ideal project: a tired and run-down Edwardian terrace that needed some TLC. The Worselys believed it had the potential to create the home they'd been looking for. Four years on, have they pulled their ambitious project off? We also go back to Liverpool, to follow up on the local residents' campaign to stop the dereliction of empty homes in their neighbourhood, and we return to Waveney with empty property officer Jason Hall on his mission to bring abandoned homes back into use.

12:15 ...................Bargain Hunt 13:00 .......... BBC News at One 13:40............................. Doctors 14:10 .........................Only Fools and Horses 15:00 .................. Beat the Pack 15:45........................... Escape to the Country 16:30 .............. Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 17:15 ........................... Pointless 18:00 ....... BBC News at Six 18:30 ... BBC London News 19:00 ..........The One Show 19:30 .......... Rip Off Britain 20:00 ............... EastEnders 20:30 ................... The Vicar of Dibley 21:00 ................ New Tricks 22:00 ...... BBC News at Ten 22:35 ..... Comic Relief's Big Chat with Graham Norton 23:35 ......... Russell Brand's Give it Up Gig for Comic Relief

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06:00 ................ Homes Under the Hammer 07:00 ....................... Saints and Scroungers 07:45 ..............Britain's Empty Homes Revisited 08:15 ......................... Show Me the Monet 09:00 ...........The Great Comic Relief Bake Off 10:00 ..............Question Time 11:00 .......................BBC News 12:00 ......... The Daily Politics 13:00 ..............The One Show 13:30 ........ The Weakest Link 14:15 ................................Coast 14:25 ...................Mastermind 14:55...........Britain's Heritage Heroes 15:25................... Great British Food Revival 16:25............The Trials of Life 17:15 ..........................Antiques Roadshow 18:00 ................ Eggheads 18:30 .................The Great British Winter 19:30 .............Great British Menu

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

Northern Ireland Judging. The nation's greatest chefs are competing to cook at a special banquet at the Royal Albert Hall to celebrate 25 years of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day and celebrate the unsung heroes of charity work. Not only do they have to deliver a performance on a plate to win, they will also have to put a smile on everyone's face. The chefs will also be set fundraising challenges to raise money for Comic Relief. It's decision time for the chefs from Northern Ireland. One chef left the competition yesterday and only two remain, who will cook their entire menus for the Great British Menu judges, Prue Leith, Matthew Fort and Oliver Peyton.

Ray concludes his celebration of the British landscape and its wildlife. He revisits some of his favourite moments from the series, starting on the Isle of Mull where he swam with the incredible basking shark and observed white-tailed eagle chicks. Ray canoes on a loch in Argyll and discovers a pair of recently reintroduced European beavers. The coastal rainforest of west Scotland provides the opportunity for Ray to watch Sika deer, and a journey into a cave in the Yorkshire Dales brings him close to one of Britain's largest spiders. In Wales, Ray watches the extraordinary breeding behaviour of sea lamprey, and in England he discovers a curious ancient invertebrate. The Isle of Wight provides Ray with the perfect opportunity to observe an iconic British mammal - the badger.

20:00 .............Mastermind 20:30 ... Gardeners' World 21:00 .............Wild Arabia 22:00 .............................QI 22:30 ............... Newsnight 23:00 ... The Review Show 23:50 ................. I've Loved You So Long

08:30 .............................Lorraine 09:25....................... The Jeremy Kyle Show 10:30 ................... This Morning 11:25 ...........................ITV News 11:30 ................... This Morning 12:30................. Loose Women 13:30 ........................... ITV News and Weather 14:00 ..................... Dinner Date 15:00 ............................ The Alan Titchmarsh Show 16:00 ...................Ade in Britain Comedian Adrian Edmondson's journey around Britain continues as he heads to Suffolk to explore the region's unique British foods and traditional crafts. He makes a visit to a cider-making business, turns his hand to the art of silk weaving, and is taught a two-hundred-year-old method for curing ham before producing a famous local stew for some hungry choral singers.

17:00......................... The Chase 18:00 ..... ITV News London 19:00 ............... Emmerdale 19:30 .... Coronation Street 20:00 ............... Wild Britain with Ray Mears

20:30 .... Coronation Street 21:00 .......... Piers Morgan's Life Stories 22:00 ........ ITV News at Ten 22:35 ............... Hard Target

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ay Friday Friday Friday 8 March 06:05....................Children's TV 08:25 ................................Frasier 10:00 ..The Secret Millionaire 11:00 .................... Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 12:00 .............Channel 4 News 12:05 ..... Come Dine with Me 12:35............ What's Cooking?

13:45 ......... A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 14:45 ..................... Countdown 15:30................... The Common Denominator 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 20:00 .. Come Dine with Me 21:00 ....... 8 Out of 10 Cats 21:30 ............. The Last Leg 22:00................Alan Carr: CW Chatty Man CHOICE 23:05 ......Paddy's TV Guide

19:00 .............. Great Movie Mistakes 19:15 .............. Doctor Who 20:05 ................... Don't Tell the Bride 21:00 ............ Russell Brand: From Addiction to Recovery Ten years ago Russell Brand was addicted to heroin, his career was unravelling and he was told he may only have six months to live. The story of how he battled to stay clean of drugs is at the heart of this honest, personal film in which Brand challenges how our society deals with addicts and addiction. The death of his friend Amy Winehouse was the spur to this exploration of the 'condition of addiction' which, he believes, is misunderstood and wrongly treated.

22:00 .... Come Fly with Me 22:30 ............... EastEnders 23:00 ............... Family Guy

06:00....................Children's TV 08:45 ......Bananas in Pyjamas 09:00 .......................Tickety Toc 09:15 .............The Wright Stuff 11:10................................. Trisha 12:00................. Looney Tunes 12:10 ........5 News Lunchtime 12:15 ............. Danger: Diggers at Work 13:15 ............Home and Away 13:45 ..................... Neighbours 14:15 ..........Person of Interest 15:15 ................. Web of Desire 17:00 ......................5 News at 5 17:30 ..................... Neighbours 18:00 ....... Home and Away 18:30 ...................... 5 News 19:00...........Manchester CW United: Munich CHOICE Air Crash 20:00 .....Ice Road Truckers 21:00 ........... The Mentalist 22:00 .......CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 23:50 ....... True Crimes: The First 72 Hours

06:00 ............................ Ringside

06:00................... Got to Dance

07:00 ................................Cricket

06:30 ................... Got to Dance

08:00 .........................World Golf Championship

07:00 .................................... Glee

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

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

12:00 ................................Cricket

09:00........................... Lie to Me

13:00 .........................World Golf Championship

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

Cadillac Championship (Day 1).

Day one of the WGC-Cadillac Championship from the Doral Golf Resort and Spa in Florida.

England's Justin Rose triumphed at this event last year, becoming the first European player to do so.

11:00.......... NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 13:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 14:00 ........................... Lie to Me 15:00 .................. Stargate SG-1

16:00 ................................Cricket

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

17:00 ............................ Ringside

17:00 .......................The Middle

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

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

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.

18:30 ............... NBA Action 19:00 .......................Cricket 20:00 .......Barclays Premier League 20:30 ............... NBA Action 21:00 ........................Cricket

18:30 ........... The Simpsons 19:00 ........... The Simpsons 19:30 ........... The Simpsons 20:00 ........... The Simpsons 20:30 ............John Bishop's Only Joking 21:00 ......................... Stella 22:00 ......................... Stella 23:00 ...............A League of Their Own

06:00 ................ Good Morning Sports Fans

07:00 ..............................Carpool

06:00......................................... ER

07:25 .................. Dragons' Den

07:00......................................... ER

07:00 ................ Good Morning Sports Fans

08:10.......................... Fifth Gear

08:00 ................................ Smash

09:00 ............................Ringside

08:35 ..........................Fifth Gear 09:00 ............................Top Gear

10:00 .............Barclays Premier League World

11:00.......... The Gadget Show

10:30 .............. Premier League Darts 2013

12:00 ................Disaster House

11:30.......... The Gadget Show

09:00......................................... ER 10:00 .........................................ER 11:00 ......................Blue Bloods 12:00 .................................House

14:00 ............................Ringside

12:30 ................Disaster House

13:00 .................................House

15:00 ...........................Racemax

13:00 ............................Top Gear

14:00 ......................Blue Bloods

16:00 .............................. Netball

15:00....................... Traffic Cops

15:00...................... Blue Bloods

18:00 ...... Thrillseekers-Ice

16:00................ Disaster House

16:00 .........................................ER

18:30 ................ Tight Lines

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

17:00 .........................................ER

19:30 .......... Rugby League

19:00 ...............Traffic Cops

18:00 ........................ House

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

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

20:00 ............... Blue Bloods

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

21:00 ............. In Vogue: The Editor's Eye

23:00 .....................Barclays Premier League 23:30 ................. Masters of Euro Football

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22:00 ........................ Extras 22:40 .......................... QI XL 23:40 ........................... Suits

22:20 .................. CarnivĂ le 23:30 ............. In Treatment

06:00 .......Nothing to Declare 06:30 .......Nothing to Declare 07:00 ................................ Maury 09:00 ...................... The Biggest Loser USA 10:00 ..................riminal Minds 11:00 ...............Criminal Minds 12:00 .............CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 13:00 .............CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 14:00 ...............Criminal Minds 15:00 ...............Criminal Minds 16:00 ....................... Emergency Animal Rescue 16:30 ....................... Emergency Animal Rescue 17:00.................. Luton Airport 17:30 ..................Luton Airport 18:00 ... Nothing to Declare 18:30 ... Nothing to Declare 19:00 ........ Criminal Minds 20:00 ...............Elementary 21:00 ........ Criminal Minds 22:00 ........................ Chase 23:00 ........................Bones

06:00 .......................Emmerdale 07:00 ............ Planet's Funniest Animals 07:25 ....................... The Jeremy Kyle Show US 08:10 ....You've Been Framed!

08:40........................Judge Judy 09:35 .......Winners and Losers 10:35 ....The Real Housewives of Atlanta 11:35 ................ The Millionaire Matchmaker 12:30...................... Emmerdale 13:30 .......................Judge Judy 14:00........................ The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:10 ....The Real Housewives of Atlanta 17:05................. The Millionaire Matchmaker 18:00 ........ The Jeremy Kyle Show US 19:00 ..You've Been Framed!

W C C H O IC E Alan Carr: Chatty Man Channel 4, 22:00 Funnyman Alan Carr's tenth series of his award-winning chat show continues.

In his inimitable way, Alan welcomes viewers to his sofa for a Friday night full of celebrity chat, top musical guests and general mischievous mayhem. In this second episode, Alan is joined by top telly presenters Ant and Dec who herald the return of Saturday Night Takeaway, plus actress Diane Kruger drops by to talk about her latest movie The Host. Music is from The Vaccines, who perform their latest single Bad Mood live in the studio.

Manchester United: Munich Air Crash Channel 5, 19:00 Documentary about the darkest day in the history of the world's most famous football team - 6th February 1958, when a charter plane crashed, claiming the lives of eight Manchester United players and three club officials. Based on the cockpit voice recorder, accident reports and eyewitness accounts, this film also features interviews, state-of-the art CGI and gripping re-enactments to re create events and examine to find out what went wrong and why.

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

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

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

07:30 ........ Great British Menu

06:00 ................. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

11:30 .................... Nigel Slater's Simple Cooking

08:00 ........ Great British Menu

06:25 ............................ The Hive

08:30 ........ Great British Menu

06:35 ............................ The Hive

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

09:00........ Great British Menu

06:45 ...........................Dino Dan

12:10 ........ BBC London News

09:30........ Great British Menu

07:00 ...........................Dino Dan

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

Northern Ireland Judging. The nation's greatest chefs are competing to cook at a special banquet at the Royal Albert Hall to celebrate 25 years of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day and celebrate the unsung heroes of charity work. Not only do they have to deliver a performance on a plate to win, they will also have to put a smile on everyone's face. The chefs will also be set fundraising challenges to raise money for Comic Relief. It's decision time for the chefs from Northern Ireland. One chef left the competition yesterday and only two remain, who will cook their entire menus for the Great British Menu judges, Prue Leith, Matthew Fort and Oliver Peyton.

This week they will be joined by celebrity guest judge writer and performer Charlie Higson. The judges aren't easily pleased and only world class cooking will do.

13:00....................Bargain Hunt 14:00..................Six Nations CW Rugby Union CHOICE 16:25 .........................BBC News 16:30 ........ BBC London News 16:35...................Six Nations CW Rugby Union CHOICE 19:00 .......... Let's Dance for Comic Relief

Six Nations Rugby: Scotland v Wales BBC1, 14.00 Gabby Logan presents live coverage of the opening round four fixture of the 2013 Six Nations tournament.

Scotland and Wales suffered demoralising defeats at the start of their respective campaigns, but both teams then hit back with impressive wins a week later. The visitors - the reigning Grand Slam champions - are slowly adjusting to being led by Rob Howley, while normal head coach Warren Gatland is busy putting his full focus on assembling a British & Irish Lions squad.

When the two nations met in Cardiff last year, Wales kept their nerve to carve out a ruthless 27-13 victory, as three tries in a devastating 14-minute spell early in the second half broke the resistance of Scotland, who had impressively gone in level at the break with three points apiece.

Commentary by Andrew Cotter and Jonathan Davies.

Six Nations Rugby - Ireland v France BBC1, 16.35 John Inverdale introduces live coverage from Dublin as Declan Kidney’s Ireland host Philippe Saint-Andre’s France.

Last year’s Six Nations clash between the two nations was a hardfought 17-17 draw in Paris, a rare stalemate after the initial match had to be postponed because of sub-zero temperatures in the French capital.

Ireland have not beaten France since February 2009, and that 31-20 victory is their only triumph against Les Bleus in 13 attempts.

Expert analysis comes from Jeremy Guscott and Keith Wood; commentary

by Eddie Butler and Brian Moore.

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The Final. In the grand final of the comedy dance contest, the six best acts from the series battle it out on the dance floor to be crowned the winner. Amongst those strutting their stuff to raise money for Comic Relief are joke machine Tim Vine; the Soap Stars, aka Dean Gaffney, Natalie Cassidy, Claire Sweeney and Ricky Groves; comedienne Katherine Ryan; and Corrie's Antony Cotton - all to raise as much as possible for Comic Relief. Comedians Jo Brand, Greg Davies and Frank Skinner are the judges overseeing proceedings, but it will be up to the viewers to vote for who takes the 2013 crown.

20:25 ............. The National Lottery: In It to Win It

10:00 ...................... A History of Britain by Simon Schama 11:00 .......Meet the Ancestors 11:30 .............The Sky at Night 11:50 .................................. Coast 12:00 ......................Indian Food Made Easy 12:30..................... Mastermind 13:00 ..........................University Challenge 13:30 ..............Talking Pictures 14:20 ............................ The Man From Laramie

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16:00 .................................. Coast 16:30 ........................Final Score 17:30 ................................Flog It! 18:30 ................... A Culture Show Special 19:30 ................... Top Gear 20:30 ............... Dad's Army

21:15 ....................Casualty 22:05 ................. BBC News 22:25 ..... Match of the Day 23:55 ..............The Football League Show

21:00..................Made in CW Dagenham CHOICE 22:50 .........................Ford's Dagenham Dream 23:50 ....................... Bat*21

07:10 ........................... Canimals 07:20 ........................... Canimals 07:25 ........................... ookaboo 07:40 .......................Matt Hatter Chronicles 08:05 ....Ultimate Spider-Man 08:30 ......................... Victorious 09:00 ..................................Jessie 09:25 ...........................ITV News 09:30 ....................... The Jeremy Kyle Show US 10:25 .............. My Tasty Travels with Lynda Bellingham 11:20 ..................... Dinner Date 12:20 ........................... ITV News and Weather 12:25 .....................F.A. Cup Live 15:00 .........................The Chase Celebrity Special. Bradley Walsh hosts a celebrity edition of the hit quiz show where four well known celebrities have to work together to try and win thousands of pounds for charity. But can they outwit the quiz genius known as The Chaser? Tonight's celebrities are former Tory MP Edwina Currie, Countdown's Rachel Riley, Boyzone and Corrie star Keith Duffy, and Emmerdale actor Mark Charnock.

16:00 ....... Midsomer Murders 18:00 ...............You've Been Framed!

18:30 .......... Regional News and Weather 18:45 .................... ITV News and Weather 19:00 ............ Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway 20:15 ................... The Cube 21:15 ............ The Jonathan Ross Show 22:15 ................... ITV News and Weather 22:30 .... FA Cup Highlights 23:30 ............Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

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Saturday 06:15 ............................ Sali Mali 06:20 ........The Treacle People 06:35 ............Mobil 1 The Grid 07:00 ....................... Jump Boys 07:55 ..........The Morning Line 08:55............ Everybody Loves Raymond 09:25 ............Everybody Loves Raymond 09:55................................ Frasier 10:50.... The Big Bang Theory 11:45 ................. The Simpsons 12:45 ..Undercover Boss USA 13:45.......... Channel 4 Racing 16:10 ..... Come Dine with Me 16:40..... Come Dine with Me 18:15 .. Come Dine with Me 18:45 ....... Channel 4 News 18:55 .............. 4thought.tv 19:00...........The Queen's CW Hidden Cousins CHOICE 20:00 ....... Kevin Mccloud's Man Made Home 21:00 ...................... Skyline 22:50 ................... The Hole

19:00 ....................... Merlin Fantasy romp based on the legend of King Arthur. After Merlin's village is attacked by a fearsome raider, he rushes home to help, and is surprised when Arthur, Gwen and Morgana insist on tagging along. With the odds stacked firmly against them, and with dozens of lives at stake, Merlin's old friend William forces him to make a difficult choice. Is he prepared to use magic to save the village, and in doing so reveal his sorcery to Arthur?

19:45 .............. Doctor Who 20:35 ........... The Sorcerer's Apprentice 22:15 ............ Bluestone 42 22:45 ...................... World's Craziest Fools Comedy series in which the ATeam's Mr T tracks down the world's craziest fools, from dumb drivers to stupid soldiers, brainless builders to silly sportsmen and bungling burglars to crazy cops.

23:15 ............... Family Guy

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06:00....................Children's TV 09:15 ................................. Toby's Travelling Circus 09:25 ... Roary the Racing Car 09:40........................ Jelly Jamm 10:00.............. Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures 10:10 ............... Power Rangers: Samurai 10:45 ..................... Batman: The Brave and the Bold 11:05 ..........Inside Hollywood 11:10 ..........Robson's Extreme Fishing Challenge 12:10 ........Police Interceptors 13:15 .......... Carnal Innocence 15:05 ...................... Columbo: A Trace of Murder 16:55.................................. Yanks 19:15 ......5 News Weekend 19:20 ...................... CSI: NY 20:10 .......................... NCIS 22:05 ......... Law and Order: Special Victims Unit 23:00 ......... Law and Order: Criminal Intent 23:55 ..... Inside Hollywood

06:00 ........... Transworld Sport

06:00 ...................Raising Hope

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

This week, a look at the career of ice hockey star Alexander Ovechkin. Plus, profiles of British squash rivals Nick Matthew and James Willstrop, and the sport of Capoeira from Brazil.

06:30 ...................Raising Hope

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

07:00 ..........Steve Jones in the Jones' Boys Amazon

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

08:00........ Rooftop Rainforest

07:00 ................................Cricket

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

09:00 ....................... Emergency Animal Rescue

06:00.... Rugby Super League 08:00........................Champions League Weekly 08:30..............Barclays Premier League 09:00.......................The Fantasy Football Club 10:00 ...................... Soccer A.M. 12:00 .............Barclays Premier League 12:30 .......................Champions League Weekly 13:00 ........................ World Golf Championship 15:00.........Sky Sports Classics 15:15..................BBL Basketball Trophy Final 17:45.......................NBA Action 18:15 ............ Football Gold 18:30 ................ Champions League Weekly 19:00 ....................... Cricket 20:00 ................ Fight Night

07:00 ..............................Carpool

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

07:25 .................. Dragons' Den

07:00............................. Seinfeld

06:00........................ Beauty and the Geek

08:10 ............................Top Gear

07:30 ............................. Seinfeld

06:50 ...............Holiday Airport

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

08:00.......................... Fish Town

10:00............. Storage Hunters

07:45 ............ Planet's Funniest Animals

10:30 .............Storage Hunters

09:00 .......................... Inside the Actors Studio

11:00......... Lizard Lick Towing

10:00 .........................................ER

12:00...................... Man v Food

11:00 .........................................ER

10:40........................ Emmerdale Omnibus

13:00............................ Top Gear

12:00 .........................................ER

13:40................................ Dennis

15:00......... Lizard Lick Towing

13:00 ......................Blue Bloods

16:00 ............................Top Gear

14:00 ......................Blue Bloods

15:35 .................................You've Been Framed!

18:00 ...Total Wipeout USA

15:00 ......................Blue Bloods

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

16:00 .........................Petrol Age

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

19:00 .............................. ER

21:00 ..... Gavin and Stacey

20:00 ........ The Guest Wing

23:00 ..................Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask

21:00 ........... The Following

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

23:15 ...........................Girls

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08:00............................ Ringside 09:00 .........................World Golf Championship

10:00 .......................Soccer A.M.

08:00 ............Ghost Whisperer

09:30....................... Emergency Animal Rescue 10:00 ....................... Emergency Animal Rescue

11:00 ................................Cricket

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

12:00 .... LV Cup Rugby Union

12:30 ................... Got to Dance

L v = Cup Semi-Final- Harlequins v Bath Rugby. Harlequins take on Bath at Twickenham Stoop in the semi-finals of the LV= Cup. The hosts ran out 21-12 winners when the teams met in the pool stage.

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

11:00....................... The Biggest Loser USA

13:30 ................... Got to Dance

13:00 ......................Fat Families

14:00 ................... Got to Dance

14:00 ..........................Sing Date

16:00 ................. Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew

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

17:00 ................. Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew

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

18:00 .................. Futurama

18:30 ... Nothing to Declare

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

19:00 ......... Criminal Minds

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

20:00 ......... Criminal Minds

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

22:00 .......................Women Behind Bars

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

23:00 ......................The Spa

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

23:30 ........................ Best of Nothing to Declare

14:30 .......................NBA Action 15:00 ................................Cricket 16:00 ....................The F1 Show Natalie Pinkham and Ted Kravitz bring you all the latest stories and features on Formula 1. They'll be joined by guests to preview and review every race from the 2013 season.

17:00 .........................World Golf Championship 21:00 .......................Cricket

23:00 .................. Evolution

18:00 .............................. ER

22:00 ......Game of Thrones 23:50 ................. Hunderby

18:00 ... Nothing to Declare

08:05........... Coronation Street Omnibus

16:05 .................................You've Been Framed!

16:40 .................................You've Been Framed!

17:10 ....You've Been Framed!

18:10 ................ Beethoven 19:55 ...... Ocean's Thirteen 22:20 .......... Celebrity Juice 23:10 ............ Love Actually

W C C H O IC E Made in Dagenham BBC2, 21:00 Comedy drama charting the fight of female factory workers at the Ford Dagenham plant for equal pay. In 1968, one plucky factory worker leads her colleagues out on strike in the hope of eradicating unfair working conditions and sexual discrimination.

The Queen's Hidden Cousins Channel 4, 19:00 The sad but true story of Nerissa and Katherine BowesLyon, nieces to the Queen Mother and first cousins to the Queen; two girls who were born with learning disabilities and, as a result, spent most of their lives in an institution, hidden away from the public gaze at a time when attitudes towards the learning disabled were very different to now. Two of four daughters of John Bowes-Lyon, Nerissa and Katherine were born in 1919 and 1926.

From the ages of 15 and 22, respectively, they were sent to live at the Royal Earlswood Hospital, an institution for the learning disabled in Surrey, which was built in 1855 as an 'Asylum for Idiots'.

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Sunday Sunday Sund 06:00 ..............................Preview

07:55 ...........Match of the Day

06:50 ...... The Las Vegas Story

09:00 ......................The Andrew Marr Show

08:15 ............. Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein

06:25............................ The Hive

08:45........... Gardeners' World

07:00 ...........................Dino Dan

09:15 .............................A to Z of TV Gardening

07:10 ........................... Canimals

10:00 ............Saturday Kitchen Best Bites

07:25......................... Bookaboo

10:00 ...............................The Big Questions 11:00 ...............Sunday Politics 12:25 .......................Countryfile 13:20 .............Call the Midwife

14:20...................Six Nations CW Rugby Union CHOICE 11:30 .................The Little Paris Kitchen: Cooking 17:00 ...........................Escape to with Rachel Khoo the Country 12:00 ........................EastEnders 17:30 ...............Songs of Praise Omnibus 18:05 ..................Deadly 60 14:15.................................. Coast on a Mission 15:00 ..............................Sea City 18:35 ................. BBC News 15:30 ..............................Sea City 18:50 ... BBC London News 16:00 ..............................Sea City 19:00 ............... Countryfile 16:30 ......... Restoration Home A Royal Appointment. A special

Shetland BBC1, 21.00 Douglas Henshall stars in BBC One’s new murder-mystery, Shetland, as Detective Jimmy Perez, a native Shetlander who has returned home with stepdaughter Cassie, after a long spell away and finds himself leading a murder investigation which uncovers secrets and lies from the past.

When young archaeologist Hattie James discovers a set of human remains, the island community is intrigued to know if it’s an ancient or a contemporary find. But when croft owner Mima Wilson is shot dead on the same site, Perez’s subsequent murder investigation uncovers envy, greed and bitterness between two feuding local families.

Perez and his partner DC Alison ‘Tosh’ MacIntosh, investigate Mima’s murder, alongside Sgt Billy McCabe and PC Sandy Wilson – Mima’s grandson – whose involvement raises a question of conflict of interest.

The team discovers deep division between two families – the Wilsons and Haldanes. While the Haldanes became rich through ownership of the fishing quota, in contrast the Wilsons faced a lifetime of struggle. Despite this evidence, Sandy denies there’s any tension between them.

Perez interrogates the Haldane family, focusing primarily on cousin Ronald who was out drinking and shooting rabbits on the night of Mima’s murder. Suspicion also falls on Sandy’s father, Joseph, who clashed with his mother shortly before she died and lacks a convincing alibi.

The forthcoming influx of tourists for the annual Shetland festival, Up Helly Aa, ramps up the urgency for Perez and his team, adding more strain to their resources.

Recognising it could be relevant to the murder investigation, Hattie tells Perez that the recent archaeological find of coins and skull fragments upset Mima. Shortly afterwards, Hattie goes missing.

Perez goes in search of Hattie, worried that her life is under threat, and determined to protect the security of his beloved islands.

Six Nations Rugby - England v Italy

06:00 ................. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

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

edition of Countryfile guest edited by Prince Charles. The prince is joined on his Gloucestershire farm by the team. Julia Bradbury finds out about his passion for the countryside, and Matt Baker and Adam Henson ask about his organic farm and why he is such a strong supporter of wool and rare breed animals. John Craven finds out about the prince's fondness for hedge laying. Julia lends a hand with some hedge laying on the estate whilst Matt and Adam compete in a hedge laying competition. Meanwhile, Ellie Harrison is in County Durham seeing for herself the problems some hill farmers have eeking out a living in some of the most remote farms in England. Matt Baker visits a school in south London where pupils are learning to grow, cook and eat their own food. In Cumbria, Adam Henson looks at an apprentice scheme to find the hill farmers of the future, and John Craven is with paralympian Hannah Cockroft exploring how accessible the countryside is for people with disabilities.

06:35............................ The Hive 06:45 ...........................Dino Dan

07:20 ........................... Canimals 07:40 .......................Matt Hatter Chronicles 08:05 .............................Rated 'A' for Awesome 08:15 .............................Rated 'A' for Awesome 08:30 ................................Almost Naked Animals 08:45 ................................Almost Naked Animals

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

09:00 ................. The Aquabats!

Super Show!

18:30 ........ Food and Drink

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

19:00 ............Dragons' Den

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

Series presented by Evan Davis, in which budding entrepreneurs get three minutes to pitch their business ideas to five multimillionaires willing to invest their own cash to kick-start the business. A former professional boxer spars with the Dragons, charming them with his no-nonsense pitching style, and isn't afraid to get down and give them twenty. A twenty-seven-year-old from County Down faces some tough questions over his valuation at ten times the revenue he is forecasting, not a thing that traditionally endears an entrepreneur to an investor. And it's all too much for one emotional entrepreneur who struggles to hold back the tears when pitching her new hairstyling concept.

Plus, a Warrington-based chip shop owner showers the Den in confetti, three friends from North London perfect the art of miming in their pitch, and the multimillionaire investors find themselves singing about vegetables.

10:20 .........Murder, She Wrote 11:25....................... Dickinson's Real Deal 12:25 ........................... ITV News and Weather 12:30................... Carry on Girls 14:10 ....................... Doc Martin 15:15 ..................All Star Family Fortunes 16:00.....FA Cup 6th Round

CW CHO ICE

18:45 ..... ITV News London 18:50 ................... ITV News and Weather 19:00.......Dancing on Ice

CW CHO ICE

21:00 ..............Mr Selfridge

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

21:00 .......... Toughest Place to be a...

22:15 ... BBC London News

22:00 .........Mock the Week

Drama series about Harry Selfridge, who arrived in London from Chicago in 1908 with a grand plan to open the finest department store the world.

Harry's excitement about a very special royal visitor to the store is tempered by an invitation to the first night of Ellen Love's play.

22:25 .................... Match of the Day 2

22:30 ................Dancing on the Edge

22:00 .................... ITV News and Weather

23:25 ............. Late Kick Off

23:35 ................Six Nations Rugby Highlights

22:15 .... FA Cup Highlights

20:00 ....... Call the Midwife 21:00................Shetland

CW CHO ICE

23:55 The Apprentice USA

20:00................Top Gear

CW CHO ICE

23:15 ..... Rugby Highlights

BBC1, 14.20 Stuart Lancaster’s England host Italy as they continue their bid to become Six Nations champions.

The Azzurri are traditionally seen as the weakest team in the competition, but proved with their opening-day defeat of France that they are no pushovers. Equally, the men in white will be determined not to rest on their laurels - especially given their superb recent displays against nations such as New Zealand and Ireland.

When England went to Rome last year, they managed to eke out a narrow 19-15 win. John Inverdale presents, with former England coach Sir Clive Woodward and former captain Lawrence Dallaglio on hand with expert analysis.

Manchester United v Chelsea ITV1, 16.00 Live coverage of the FA Cup 6th round tie between Manchester United v Chelsea. The prize at stake is a place in the semi-finals at Wembley Stadium.

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unday Sunday Sunday 10 March 06:15 ....................... The Hoobs

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

06:00 .......... Aerobics: Oz Style

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

06:40 ....................... The Hoobs

08:40...................... Castle Farm

07:00 .......................The Middle

07:05 ..............Freesports on 4

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

06:30 ....................... Champions League Weekly

07:35 ............Everybody Loves Raymond

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

07:00 ................................Cricket

09:00 .......................The Middle

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

08:00 ............Everybody Loves Raymond

09:15 Toby's Travelling Circus

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

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

23:30 ......................Scottish Premier League

22:00 .....NCIS: Los Angeles 23:00 ..............Miami SWAT

06:00 .......Nothing to Declare 07:00 ................................ Maury 08:00 ............. Drop Dead Diva 09:00 ....................... Emergency Animal Rescue 09:30 ....................... Emergency Animal Rescue 11:00 ...................... The Biggest Loser USA 13:00 ......................Fat Families 14:00 ....................... Emergency Animal Rescue 15:00 ..........................Sing Date 16:00 .......Nothing to Declare 16:30 .......Nothing to Declare 17:00 .......Nothing to Declare 17:30 .......Nothing to Declare 18:00 ... Nothing to Declare 18:30 ... Nothing to Declare 19:00 ... Nothing to Declare 19:30 ... Nothing to Declare 20:00 .................. Stitch Me, Lift Me, Tuck Me 21:00 .....................The Spa 21:30 ... Nothing to Declare 22:00 ........................Traffic

07:05 .................. Radical Highs 07:20............. Storage Hunters 08:10 ............................Top Gear 10:00 ......................Man v Food 11:00 ........ Total Wipeout USA 12:00 ............................Top Gear 13:00 ......................................... QI 13:40................. Have I Got Old News for You 14:20 .......................Never Mind the Buzzcocks 15:00 ......................Man v Food 16:00 ............................Top Gear 17:00 ......................................... QI 17:40 ................. Have I Got Old News for You 18:20 ............... Never Mind the Buzzcocks 19:00 ...............Man v Food 20:00 ..........................QI XL 23:00 ...........................QI XL

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

06:00.......... The Biggest Loser

06:30............................. Seinfeld

06:50 ....................... Emmerdale Omnibus

08:25 ................................Frasier

09:30........................... Roary the Racing Car

09:30 ...............Sunday Brunch

09:40....................... Jelly Jamm

12:30............................. Football

12:00 ...............................The Big Bang Theory

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

15:00 ............................. Football

12:30 ...............................The Big Bang Theory

10:35. Batman: The Brave and the Bold

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

11:00 ..........Inside Hollywood

13:25 ................. The Simpsons

11:05.........Once Upon a Time

13:55 ...................... Undercover Boss USA 14:55 ..............Deal or No Deal

12:00 .......................Tesco Mum of the Year Awards 2013

15:55 ....................... Time Team

13:35 ..........Are We Done Yet?

16:55 .............Channel 4 News

15:20 ........................Space Jam

17:25 .....................4thought.tv

17:00 .................Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

17:30 ...................... Crufts 2013

18:40 ......5 News Weekend

20:00.........Secrets of the CW Stonehenge Skeletons CHOICE 18:45 ...................... Rocky II 21:00 ..... Person of Interest 21:00 ................... Limitless 23:05 ......................... Splice

22:00 ..............Drive Angry

19:00 .............. Let's Dance for Comic Relief

06:00........................... Racemax

20:30 ............... Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Born into wealth and provided with the best education, Lara Croft travels the world in search of rare, lost crypts and long-forgotten empires. After discovering an ancient clock left by her late father, she will face her greatest challenge - to find two halves of an ancient artifact buried at two ends of the earth.

22:00 ..........Being Human Supernatural comedy-drama series about a ghost, a vampire and a werewolf. Hal, Tom and Alex do battle with the Devil in order to save the world, but at what price to their own humanity?

23:00 ...........Bluestone 42 23:30 ..............Family Guy 23:55 ..............Family Guy

The ultimate motorsport programme. From karting to Formula 1, these are the fastest machines around, with some daring drivers and a whole host of thrilling races.

07:00 ................................LV Cup Rugby Union 07:55 ...............................Cricket South Africa v Pakistan 1st Odi. South Africa and Pakistan contest their first one-day international at Chevrolet Park in Bloemfontein.

16:30.......................NBA Action 17:00 ........................ World Golf Championship 23:00 ....................... LV Cup Rugby Union L v = Cup Semi-Final- Sale Sharks v Saracens. Sale Sharks take on Saracens at Salford City Stadium in the semi-finals of the LV= Cup. Sale claimed a narrow 25-23 victory when the teams crossed paths in the pool stage.

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Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur.

Liverpool take on Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield in the Barclays Premier League. Goals from Aaron Lennon and Gareth Bale gave Spurs the spoils when the teams last met.

08:00 ........Rooftop Rainforest

11:00 ............WWE Experience 12:00 .....................The People's Rainforest 14:00 ............................. Dog the Bounty Hunter 15:00 ............................. Dog the Bounty Hunter 15:30 ............................. Dog the Bounty Hunter

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

16:00 ...................Raising Hope

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

16:30 .......................... Futurama

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

17:00 ..................The Simpsons

Fulham/Chelsea and Liverpool/ Spurs. Another chance to catch Sunday's Barclays Premier League double bill. Liverpool take on Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield and Newcastle United face Stoke City at St James' Park.

17:30 ..................The Simpsons 18:00 .............Got to Dance 19:30 ...............I Heart Glee 20:00 ........................... Glee 21:00 ............Hawaii Five-0

07:00 ..............The Guest Wing 08:00 ..........................Fish Town 09:00 .......................... Inside the Actors Studio 10:00......................................... ER 11:00 .........................................ER 12:00 .........................Petrol Age 13:00 .........................Petrol Age 14:00.................Blue Bloods

CW CHO ICE

15:00 ......................Blue Bloods

16:00 .........................................ER 17:00 .........................................ER 18:00 ............................... ER 19:00 ....................... Smash 20:00 ...Networks of Power 21:00 .......... Mildred Pierce 22:40 ..............Hit and Miss 23:40 ...........................Girls

09:35 .......... Coronation Street Omnibus 12:05............... Top Dog Model 13:05 ....... Super Tiny Animals Documentary about the current craze for tiny animals, from Paris Hilton's small pet dogs to miniature horses. Irene and Mo run a miniature horse farm and hold pony parties for children.

Their tiniest foal, Acer, measured just over 14 inches at birth.

14:05 .................. Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway 15:25 ......... The Mighty Ducks 17:30 ............ Beethoven's 2nd 19:15 ...........................Hulk 22:00 .................... The Only Way is Essex 22:50 ...........Big Rich Texas 23:50 ..........Celebrity Juice

W C C H O IC E Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons Channel 4, 20:00 Stonehenge is Britain's greatest prehistoric monument and, for many centuries, has also provided perhaps our greatest prehistoric mystery. One man believes he has found the vital clues to solve this puzzle, and this programme follows him through a series of brand new discoveries that rewrite the story of Stonehenge. Buried beneath the stones are ancient bodies, and a research team led by world-renowned archaeologist Professor Mike Parker Pearson has been granted special permission to analyse them for the first time. The results of that investigation overturn the accepted view on when Stonehenge was built and what it was built for, providing compelling evidence that it once united the people of Britain. This programme proves that the monument we know today was not the original Stonehenge and answers the mystery of its sudden decline.

Blue Bloods Sky Atlantic, 14:00 The Reagans work at the heart of an investigation when the NYPD leads a citywide search to locate a potential bomber.

Will they locate their suspect in time?

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Monday Monday Mon 06:00 ...........................Breakfast

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

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

09:15 ....................Heir Hunters

06:10 .................. Homes Under the Hammer

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

10:00 .................. Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 .... Caught Red Handed 11:30 ................... Real Rescues 12:15 ...................Bargain Hunt 13:00 .......... BBC News at One 13:30 ........ BBC London News 13:40............................. Doctors 14:10 .........................Only Fools and Horses 15:00.................. Beat the Pack 15:45........................... Escape to the Country 16:30................................ Flog It! 17:15 ........................... Pointless 18:00 ....... BBC News at Six 18:30 ... BBC London News 19:00 ..........The One Show 19:30....... ......Bang Goes CW the Theory CHOICE 20:00 ................ EastEnders 20:30 ................. Panorama America's Gun Addiction. Current affairs. The Newtown massacre, in which 20 primary schoolchildren died, has been hailed as a turning point on gun control in America. President Obama wants to ban assault weapons, but his opponents say more guns are the answer, not fewer. At a gun range, Panorama meets the teachers who want to take guns into their classrooms to protect their pupils. With many of America's mass killers having both mental health issues and easy access to guns, Panorama reveals the national crisis in mental healthcare which has left 4.5 million severely mentally ill Americans untreated. And reporter Hilary Andersson goes undercover to show how easy it is in Texas to buy the type of assault weapon used at Newtown, even if you are mentally unstable. Will Newtown finally change things, or will the mass killings continue?

07:55 ................Britain's Empty Homes Revisited 08:25..............................A to Z of TV Gardening 09:10 ........ Great British Menu 09:40 ....................... Countryfile 10:35 .................................... Click

12:30................. Loose Women 13:30 ........................... ITV News and Weather 14:00 ....................... Dickinson's Real Deal

16:00................... Ade in Britain

13:00................. The One Show

17:00 .........................The Chase

13:30 ........................Six Nations Rugby Highlights

18:00 .......... Regional News and Weather

14:15.................................. Coast

18:30 .................... ITV News and Weather

14:20 ..................... Mastermind 14:50 ..............................Britain's Heritage Heroes Series in which John Craven and Jules Hudson meet the people saving British crafts and heritage. This trip is a celebration of the rich heritage of the south west. Starting off at Swanage pier in Dorset, John and Jules then weave their way west through Somerset and Devon.

15:20..................... Great British Food Revival 16:20 ..............The Trials of Life 17:10 ..... Antiques Roadshow 17:55 ...................Party Political Broadcast by the Liberal Democrats

19:00 ................ Emmerdale 19:30 .... Coronation Street 20:00 ............Cornwall with Caroline Quentin Caroline returns to Cornwall's rugged north coast to support her friend Sam Williams in the Port Gaverne Big Swim charity event. Down at the Cornwall Seal Sanctuary the county's loneliest penguin is hoping to find love, and on Healy's Cyder Farm the summer is drawing to a close as Sam and Georgie begin their first apple harvest.

20:30 .... Coronation Street 21:00 .............Broadchurch

18:30 ........... Country Show Cook Off

Eight-part crime thriller set in a Dorset seaside resort during the holiday season. As the mystery around Danny Latimer's death deepens, DI Hardy and DS Miller have to work quickly and identify the key suspects, but where is the murder scene?

19:00 .....Great Continental Railway Journeys

22:00 ............... ITV News at Ten and Weather

19:30 ...Great British Menu

22:35 .............. The Agenda

20:00 ................. University Challenge

23:05 .........................Monk

18:00 ..................Eggheads

21:00 ......A History of Syria with Dan Snow

23:35 .... Live at the Apollo

11:25........................... ITV News

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

22:00 ...... BBC News at Ten

23:05 ...........Have I Got Old News for You

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

15:00 ............................ The Alan Titchmarsh Show

21:00 ...................Shetland

22:35 ............. Being Eileen

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

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

CW 20:30.....Food and Drink CHO ICE

22:25 .... BBC London News

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07:10......................... Saints and Scroungers

22:00 ................ Never Mind the Buzzcocks 22:30 ................ Newsnight 23:20 ......... Toughest Place to be a...

Crime drama series about a private police consultant with an obsessive-compulsive disorder.

US drama series about a former detective turned private eye who has a photographic memory and an uncanny ability to solve cases. A man comes to Monk's apartment, claiming to be his half-brother.

After discovering he is a prisoner accused of murdering a woman while on the run, Monk agrees to help prove his innocence.

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onday Monday Monday 11 March 06:10................... Children's TV 08:30................................ Frasier 10:00 ................ Grand Designs Australia 11:00 ..... Come Dine with Me 12:00............. Channel 4 News 12:05......................... Jamie's 15 Minute Meals 12:35 ............What's Cooking?

13:45 ......... A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 14:45 ..................... Countdown 15:30................... The Common Denominator 16:00 ..............Deal or No Deal 17:00 ..... Come Dine with Me 18:00 ...........The Simpsons 18:30 ................. Hollyoaks 19:00 ....... Channel 4 News CW CHO ICE 20:00 ................ Dispatches 20:30 ....... Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not 21:00 .Embarrassing Bodies 22:00 ...... Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 23:05 ................... Alan Carr: Chatty Man

06:00....................Children's TV 08:50.......Bananas in Pyjamas 09:00 .......................Tickety Toc 09:15 .............The Wright Stuff 11:10 ................................. Trisha 12:00 ................. Looney Tunes

06:00 ................ Good Morning Sports Fans

06:00 ................... Got to Dance

07:00 ................ Good Morning Sports Fans

07:00 ................... Got to Dance

08:00 ................ Good Morning Sports Fans

12:10 ........5 News Lunchtime

09:00................... Ford Football Special

12:15 ............. Danger: Diggers at Work

10:30 ............. Scottish Premier League

13:15 ............Home and Away

11:00 ...............................La Liga

13:45 ..................... Neighbours

12:30 ... Ford Football Special

14:15 ................................... NCIS

14:00 ....................... Champions League Weekly

15:15 ............ Mystery Woman: In the Shadows 17:00 ......................5 News at 5 17:30 ..................... Neighbours 18:00 .......Home and Away 18:30 ...................... 5 News 19:00 ............ Pirates of the Caribbean: The True Story

14:30 ...............................La Liga 16:00 ... Ford Football Special 17:30....................... Champions League Weekly 18:00 .......Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits 19:00 ............... Netbusters

20:00 ... Police Interceptors

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

21:00 .... Robson's Extreme Fishing Challenge

22:00 ............... Netbusters

06:30 ................... Got to Dance 07:30 ................... Got to Dance 08:00 ............................. Dog the Bounty Hunter 08:30 ............................. Dog the Bounty Hunter 09:00 ........................... Lie to Me 10:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 14:00 ........................... Lie to Me 15:00 .................. Stargate SG-1 17:00 .................................. David Attenborough's Kingdom of Plants 18:00 ..............Got to Dance 18:30 ........... The Simpsons 19:00 ........... The Simpsons 19:30 ........... The Simpsons 20:00 ........................ Arrow

22:30 ..........SPL Round-Up

22:00 ..........Spartacus: War of the Damned

23:00 .............Passenger 57

23:00 ..............Soccer A.M. The Best Bits

23:15 ...................Brit Cops: Frontline Crime

19:00 .................... Top Gear

06:00 ..........Aerobics: Oz Style

06:00 .............Home Shopping

06:00.......................... Fish Town

20:00 ... Don't Tell the Bride

06:30 .............Thrillseekers-Ice

07:10 .................. Dragons' Den

07:00......................................... ER

21:00 ..........Oscar Pistorius: What Really Happened?

07:00 .........WWE Bottom Line

08:10 ..........................Fifth Gear

08:00......................................... ER

08:00 ........................ World Golf Championship

08:35 ..........................Fifth Gear

09:00 ......................Blue Bloods

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

10:00......................................... ER

11:00 ........................Tennis-ATP Masters 1000

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

11:00 .........................................ER

11:00 .................. Dragons' Den

12:00 ................................LV Cup Rugby Union

12:00 ......................Blue Bloods

12:00.......................... Fifth Gear

13:00 .................................House

13:00................................ LV Cup Rugby Union

13:00 ............................Top Gear

15:00 ......................Blue Bloods

15:00 ...................... Traffic Cops

16:00 ...... Star Trek: Enterprise

16:00 ..........................Fifth Gear

17:00 .........................................ER

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

18:00 ........................ House

18:00 ................... Top Gear

20:00 .....................Seinfeld

19:00 ...............Traffic Cops 20:00 ..................Jo Brand's Big Splash

21:00 ......... Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life

21:00 .......... Not Going Out

22:00 ...........................Girls

22:20 ..... Gavin and Stacey

22:35 ............ In Vogue: The Editor's Eye

Documentary digging deeper into a death that shocked the world - police say Reeva Steenkamp's death was premeditated murder, while the accused, her boyfriend Oscar Pistorius, says it was an innocent accident. Presented by Rick Edwards, who covered Pistorius's gold-medal winning, world recordbreaking achievements at the London 2012 Paralympics, the programme features interviews with friends of both the victim and the accused. Since that glorious athletics summer, reports have emerged of a different side of Oscar Pistorius - involved in brawls and late night fracas.

22:00 ...................... World's Craziest Fools 22:30 .................EastEnders 23:00 ................Family Guy 23:45 ..........American Dad!

22:00 .............. Bomb Patrol

L v = Cup Semi-Final- Sale Sharks v Saracens. Sale Sharks take on Saracens at Salford City Stadium in the semi-finals of the LV= Cup. Sale claimed a narrow 25-23 victory when the teams crossed paths in the pool stage.

14:00 ........................ World Golf Championship 17:00 ........................Tennis-ATP Masters 1000 18:00 ................. Tennis-ATP Masters 1000

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23:00 .............. Him and Her 23:40 .. Men Behaving Badly

23:55 .......Game of Thrones

06:00 .......Nothing to Declare 06:30....... Nothing to Declare 07:00................................ Maury 08:00 ................................ Maury 09:00 ...................... The Biggest Loser USA 10:00 ...............Criminal Minds 11:00 ...............Criminal Minds 12:00............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 14:00............... Criminal Minds 16:00 ....................... Emergency Animal Rescue 16:30 ....................... Emergency Animal Rescue 17:00.................Inside Gatwick 18:00 .. Nothing to Declare 19:00 ...............The Biggest Loser USA 20:00 ...............The Biggest Loser USA 21:00 ........ Criminal Minds 22:00 .......CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 23:00 .....................The Spa 23:30 ........................Bones

06:00 .......................Emmerdale 06:25 ..........Coronation Street 07:25 ....................... The Jeremy Kyle Show US 08:10.... You've Been Framed!

08:40....................... Judge Judy 09:35 .......Winners and Losers 10:35 ....The Real Housewives of Atlanta 11:35 ................ The Millionaire Matchmaker 12:30 .......................Emmerdale 13:00 ..........Coronation Street 14:00..The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:10 ....The Real Housewives of Atlanta 16:40.....You've Been Framed!

17:05................. The Millionaire Matchmaker 18:00 ........The Jeremy Kyle Show US 19:00 ..You've Been Framed!

20:00 ......... Animal Practice 20:30 ..You've Been Framed!

W C C H O IC E Bang Goes the Theory BBC1, 19:30 Hands-on science series. Following the government's new report on the future of antibiotics, the team investigates germs and infection. Liz Bonnin reveals why doctors can be reluctant to prescribe antibiotics for coughs and colds, and explains what bacterial resistance is all about. Maggie Philbin finds out whether people are right to worry about catching infections when cooped up inside an aeroplane, and reveals a remarkable new technique that takes the guesswork out of prescribing antibiotics.

Meanwhile, Jem Stansfield heads to a scrapyard for a striking demonstration of the difference between viruses and bacteria.

Food and Drink BBC2, 20:30 Michel Roux Jnr and drinks expert Kate Goodman are joined by cook and food writer Rachel Khoo as they create the perfect luxury dish with which to impress friends. Restaurateur Oliver Peyton tries a new food experience that leaves him cold, and food blogger and supper club entrepreneur Kerstin Rodgers shares her secrets for a successful dinner party.

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W C C H O IC E 06:00 ...........................Breakfast

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

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

09:15 ....................Heir Hunters

06:05 .................. Homes Under the Hammer

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

07:05 ....................Real Rescues

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

11:00 .... Caught Red Handed

07:50 .....Caught Red Handed

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

11:30 ................... Real Rescues

11:25 ...........................ITV News

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

08:20 .............................A to Z of TV Gardening

13:00 .......... BBC News at One

09:05 ........ Great British Menu

13:30 ........ BBC London News

09:35.............................. DIY SOS The Big Build

13:30 ........................... ITV News and Weather

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

13:40 ............................. Doctors 14:10 .........................Only Fools and Horses

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

15:00 ............................ The Alan Titchmarsh Show

15:45 ...........................Escape to the Country

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

16:00 ...................Ade in Britain

13:00 ................ The One Show

17:00......................... The Chase

16:30 ............................... Flog It! 17:15........................... Pointless

13:30 ..........................The Super League Show

18:00 .......... Regional News and Weather

18:00 ....... BBC News at Six

14:15 .................................. Coast

18:30 ............ ITV News and Weather

19:30 ............... EastEnders 20:00 .................Holby City 21:00 ...............MasterChef

Channel 4, 12.35 Twenty thrilling races and over 20 hours of live action, featuring the world’s best jump jockeys and horses, will be televised live on Channel 4 from the fabled four-day Cheltenham Festival on March 12 - 15.

Channel 4’s high definition Festival coverage starts daily on March 12 with The Morning Line live from 7:55am presented by Nick Luck. Former top jump jockey Mick Fitzgerald will be track-side every morning to give his expert evaluation of that day’s runners with Sam Thomas reporting from the stables. The Morning Line will be packed with features, racing news, tips and a daily guest to provide viewers with crucial pointers for the day ahead.

Channel 4 Racing’s Festival coverage runs from 12:35 – 4:20pm with a daily delivery of five races and evening highlight packages. Presented

by Clare Balding, she is joined by Nick Luck with Jim McGrath, Mick Fitzgerald, Graham Cunningham and Ted Walsh to provide unrivalled analysis from the track-side studio. Alice Plunkett and Rishi Persad will be out and about bringing all the atmosphere of the thrilling four-day meeting to the screen. Tanya Stevenson will relay the betting updates, with Simon Holt calling home the winners for his thirteenth consecutive year. Alastair Down returns to the fold to deliver daily essay-style preview packages.

Channel 4 Racing: Festival Morning Line: 7:55am Channel 4 Racing: Cheltenham Festival: 12.35pm - 4.20pm plus evening highlights.

Friday’s Cheltenham BetFred Gold Cup is off at 3.20pm with Channel 4 Racing: Gold Cup Re-Run at 7.55pm.

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14:00 ....................... Dickinson's Real Deal

15:00 .................. Beat the Pack

19:00 ..........The One Show

Cheltenham Festival

10:35.......................... HARDtalk

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

The cookery competition returns for a ninth series as talented amateur chefs battle it out in the hope of winning the coveted MasterChef Champion title. John Torode and Gregg Wallace present as the first five chefs demonstrate their skills.

In the first task they have one hour to create an exceptional dish from scratch. Then follows a new challenge - the palate test. John cooks sweet stuffed courgette flowers with saffron custard and, without seeing the demonstration, the contestants are asked not only to identify the ingredients but to recreate the dish themselves without a recipe. After the results, two chefs leave the competition.

The remaining three are sent to London's Chelsea Riverside Brasserie where, after an hour's training, they are thrown into a busy lunchtime service, cooking for paying customers. Finally, it's back to the MasterChef kitchen where the amateurs must prepare two brilliant courses to stand any chance of making it through to the quarter-finals.

22:00 ...... BBC News at Ten 22:35 ....................The Matt Lucas Awards 23:05 ......................Cuckoo 23:35 .............. Who Do You Think You Are? USA

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

Slapton Sands. A look back at part of an episode of coast. Dick Strawbridge visits a resident of Slapton Sands who recalls his experience of the evacuation announcement by the Army in November 1943. Three thousand homes were requisitioned for military purposes in Slapton Sands during the war and residents had to leave their homes, not knowing when they would return. Dick also joins an American serviceman on an emotional journey, as he returns to the beach where he was given up for dead during World War II's secret, and disastrous, 'Operation Tiger'.

19:00 ............... Emmerdale

19:30 ...... UEFA Champions League Barcelona v Ac Milan. Barcelona need to overturn a 2-0 deficit against AC Milan in the return leg of their Champions League last-16 tie. Lionel Messi and company have it all to do if they are to reach the quarter-finals, so expect a night of drama and excitement at the Nou Camp. Adrian Chiles is joined by Roy Keane, Lee Dixon and Gareth Southgate.

Commentary by Clive Tyldesley and Andy Townsend.

14:25 ..................... Mastermind 14:55 ............Britain's Heritage Heroes 15:25 ..................... Great British Food Revival 16:25 ..............The Trials of Life 22:00 ............... ITV News at 17:15 ..... Antiques Roadshow Ten and Weather 18:00 ..................Eggheads 22:35 ...... UEFA Champions 18:30 ........... Country Show League Cook Off Extra Time. In what promises to 19:00 ......Great Continental be a nervy night for fans of the Railway Journeys Catalan club, Barcelona face AC Milan in a clash of the titans. Tito 19:30 ....Great British Menu Vilanova's men must overturn a 20:00 ................Alex Polizzi: 2-0 first leg deficit, but anything The Fixer can happen at the Nou Camp.

In the evening's other game 21:00..........The Railway: German giants Schalke take on CW Keeping Britain CHOICE Turkish side Galatasaray with the on Track scores level after the first leg. Matt Smith presents tonight's action, 22:00 ............. Heading Out with Gareth Southgate and Andy 22:30 ................. Newsnight Townsend.

23:20 ............... A History of 23:35 ........... Piers Morgan's Syria with Dan Snow Life Stories

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Tuesday

06:10 ....................... The Hoobs 07:00 ........... According to Jim 07:25 ........................ Everybody Loves Raymond 07:55 ..........The Morning Line 08:55................................ Frasier 10:00 ................ Grand Designs Australia 11:00 ..... Come Dine with Me 11:30 ............What's Cooking?

12:30 .............Channel 4 News 12:35.................Cheltenham CW Festival CHO ICE 16:20.............. Deal or No Deal 17:10 ..... Come Dine with Me 18:00 ...........The Simpsons 18:30 .................. Hollyoaks 19:00 ....... Channel 4 News 19:55 ..............4thought.tv 20:00 ............... Supersize v Superskinny 21:00 ............... 16 Kids and Counting CW 22:00 ................ Shameless CHO ICE 23:05 ............Random Acts 23:10 ........................ Derek 23:45 ................Jump Boys

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

19:00 ........... Total Wipeout If people banging into huge foam shapes, falling into water and contorting themselves into the most ridiculous positions is the kind of thing that makes you laugh, then Total Wipeout is the show for you. It is one of the most exciting game shows on television. Twenty contestants head to Buenos Aires to take on some seriously hard challenges in the hope of getting their hands on ÂŁ10,000 and the magnificent Total Wipeout trophy. The Qualifier is comprised of some fiendish hurdles to cross, including the famous Big Red Balls and the Sucker Punch - both poised to send the contestants flying into pools of water and mud.

20:00 ................ The Year of Making Love 21:00 ................. The Crash 22:00 ............ Bluestone 42 22:30 ................ EastEnders 23:00 ............... Family Guy 23:45 ......... American Dad!

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20:00 ..... Whale Adventure with Nigel Marven

18:00 ...... Revista de la Liga

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

19:30 ...........Gillette Soccer Special

22:00 ...................... CSI: NY

22:00 ..... Revista de la Liga

22:55 ........................Dallas 23:55 ................ CSI: Miami

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

06:00 ................... Got to Dance 06:30 ................... Got to Dance 07:00 ................... Got to Dance 08:00 ............................. Dog the Bounty Hunter 08:30 ............................. Dog the Bounty Hunter 09:00............................ Lie to Me 10:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 13:00.......... NCIS: Los Angeles 14:00 ........................... Lie to Me 15:00 .................. Stargate SG-1 17:00 .................................. David Attenborough's Kingdom of Plants 18:00 ..............Got to Dance 18:30 ........... The Simpsons 19:00 ........... The Simpsons 19:30 ........... The Simpsons 20:00 ...............A League of Their Own 21:00 ......................... Stella 22:00 ......................... Stella 23:00 .................. Evolution

06:00 ..........Aerobics: Oz Style

06:00 .............Home Shopping

06:00 ..........................Fish Town

06:30............. Thrillseekers-Ice

07:10 .................. Dragons' Den

07:00 .........................................ER

07:00.............. WWE Afterburn

08:10 ..........................Fifth Gear

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

08:00 .................... Soccer A.M. The Best Bits

08:35.......................... Fifth Gear

09:00 ...... Star Trek: Enterprise

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

10:00 .........................................ER

09:00 ................. PGA Tour Golf

11:00 .................. Dragons' Den

11:00 ......................Blue Bloods

10:00 ............ PGA Tour Classic

12:00 ......................Man v Food

12:00 ...... Star Trek: Enterprise

11:00 ........................Tennis-ATP Masters 1000

13:00 ............................Top Gear

13:00 .................................House

14:00 ............................Top Gear

12:00........................ World Golf Championship

14:00 .................................House

15:00....................... Traffic Cops

09:15 .............The Wright Stuff 11:10................................. Trisha 12:00................. Looney Tunes 12:10.........5 News Lunchtime 12:15 ..................... London: The Inside Story 13:15 ............Home and Away 13:45..................... Neighbours 14:15................................... NCIS 15:10 ................. Looney Tunes 15:20 .........McBride: Requiem 17:00 ......................5 News at 5

06:00................. Good Morning Sports Fans 07:00 .................Good Morning Sports Fans 08:00 .................Good Morning Sports Fans 09:00 ............................. Football 10:30 ........................Netbusters 11:00 ................. SPL Round Up 11:30 .....................Soccer A.M. The Best Bits 12:30 ............................. Football 14:00 ........................Netbusters

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

14:30 .....................Soccer A.M. The Best Bits

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

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

18:30 ...................... 5 News

17:00............. Barclays Premier League Review

19:00 ......Cowboy Builders

15:00 ....... WWE SmackDown!

17:00........... Sports Unlimited 18:00 ....... Sporting Greats 18:30 ...........Golfing World 19:00 ..................... Football 22:15 ........... Super League Backchat

19:00 ............ Football Asia

16:00.......................Man v Food 17:00 ............................Top Gear 19:00 ............... Traffic Cops 20:00 ....... Storage Hunters 20:30 .......Storage Hunters

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

The Railway: Keeping Britain on Track BBC2, 21:00

06:00 .......................Emmerdale 06:25 ..........Coronation Street 07:25 ....................... The Jeremy Kyle Show US 08:10 ....You've Been Framed!

08:40....................... Judge Judy 09:35 .......Winners and Losers 10:35 ....The Real Housewives of Atlanta 11:05.... You've Been Framed!

11:35 ................ The Millionaire Matchmaker 12:30 .......................Emmerdale 13:00 ..........Coronation Street 14:00..The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:10 ....The Real Housewives of Atlanta 17:05 ................ The Millionaire Matchmaker 18:00 ........ The Jeremy Kyle Show US 19:00 ..You've Been Framed!

20:00 .......... Love in the Wil 21:00 ..The Vampire Diaries

15:00 ......................Blue Bloods 16:00...... Star Trek: Enterprise 17:00 .........................................ER 18:00 .........................House 19:00 ........................House

21:00 ..........................QI XL

20:00 ........................ Friday Night Lights

22:00 ..................Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask

21:00 ........................ Vegas

22:45 ......................... Poker

22:40 ..........Mock the Week

23:45 ....World Cup of Pool

23:20 ...............................QI

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22:00 ...........The Following 23:00 ................ True Blood

07:00 ................................ Maury 09:00 ...................... The Biggest Loser USA 10:00 ...............Criminal Minds 12:00 .............CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 13:00 .............CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 14:00 ...............Criminal Minds 15:00 ...............Criminal Minds 16:00 ....................... Emergency Animal Rescue 16:30 ....................... Emergency Animal Rescue 17:00................ Inside Gatwick 18:00 ... Nothing to Declare 18:30 ... Nothing to Declare 19:00 ................ The Best of Nothing to Declare 19:30 ........................Bones 20:30 ..................Sing Date 21:00 ...............Elementary 22:00 .............. Chicago Fire 23:00 ........................Bones

Documentary series which goes behind the scenes of the rail network, revealing the inner workings of one of Britain's biggest and oldest institutions. With 20,000 miles of track and seven million neighbours, the railway has to manage its local communities as best it can. Track teams deal with fly tipping and pick up dog mess thrown on the tracl, while the MerseyRail revenue inspectors must try to clamp down on ticket evasion while dealing with drunk passengers. In the Welsh Valleys, a line that was closed in the 1960s has been reopened, helping to regenerate the area.

Slovakian Lukas finds that his new job as a train guard not only helps him to become a fullyfledged Welshman but also, he admits, a bit of a trainspotter. But not all communities welcome the railway - when Network Rail wants to close a manned level crossing box in a picturesque village and move it up the line for safety reasons, they have to contend with the locals intent on keeping 'their' level crossing-keeper.

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Sports Life Stories: Footballer Fabrice Muamba

Wednesday Wednesday

ITV1, 22.35

Featuring top names from Rugby World Cup winners to Olympic gold medalists, Sports Life Stories focuses on the lives of iconic sporting figures.

Each of the seven episodes tells the tale of a sporting legend, allowing each individual to open up about their careers and personal lives, and showing how the impact of their achievements can reach into people’s daily lives and even into politics.

Contributions from friends and admirers including familiar faces such as Mickey Rourke, Sir Clive Woodward, Michael Vaughan and Jimmy White reflect on and provide insight into the lives and achievements of each sportsperson.

First in the series is former Bolton Wanderers midfielder Fabrice Muamba, who recounts how his life has changed since he collapsed during an FA Cup game with Tottenham in March 2012.

The documentary features exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from Fabrice’s emotional return to the scene of his collapse at White Hart Lane several months later - from the moment he was cheered onto the pitch by Tottenham fans, to pointing out the spot where he collapsed, and received a standing ovation from a full house at half time.

It also tells the story of how he moved to Britain from Congo as a young boy and developed into a Premier League footballer.

Fabrice tells the programme he now believes that he may have overstretched himself during training while on holiday in America. In order to reach the level of fitness he wanted, he trained for seven hours a day for a fortnight, yet says he did not feel any undue signs of fatigue at the time.

When ITV Sport interviewer Gabriel Clarke asks if he has ever pushed himself too far, he says: “I pushed myself too far, last season before the pre-season I went away to America for 2 weeks just to work, work, work, you know. Just physically to work and get myself in a good condition to come back and play in the Premier League again.”

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

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

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

07:00.....................Real Rescues

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

11:00 .... Caught Red Handed

08:15 .............................A to Z of TV Gardening

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

11:30 ................... Real Rescues 12:15 ...................Bargain Hunt

09:00 ........ Great British Menu

11:30................... This Morning

13:00 .......... BBC News at One

09:30 ...............Food and Drink

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

13:30 ........ BBC London News

10:00 ..............Robbed, Raided, Reunited

13:30........................... ITV News and Weather

10:30 ............................See Hear

14:00 ....................... Dickinson's Real Deal

06:00........................... Breakfast 09:15 ....................Heir Hunters

13:40 ............................. Doctors 14:10 .........................Only Fools and Horses

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

11:25........................... ITV News

15:00 .................. Beat the Pack

11:30 ............The Daily Politics

15:45 ...........................Escape to the Country

13:00 ................ The One Show

15:00............................. The Alan Titchmarsh Show

13:30 ...........The Weakest Link

16:00 ...................Ade in Britain

16:30............................... Flog It!

14:15 .................................. Coast

17:00 .........................The Chase

14:20 ..................... Mastermind

18:00 .......... Regional News and Weather

Coventry. Antiques series. This edition comes from the Coventry Transport Museum where almost 800 people turn up to get their antiques valued and discover whether it is worth taking their collectibles to auction. Experts Claire Rawle and Charlie Ross are on hand, but it is presenter Paul Martin who thinks he might have spotted a possible Rembrandt painting in the crowd. Paul also takes time out to explore Coventry's music history and appreciate the Two Tone movement.

14:50 ............Britain's Heritage Heroes 15:20 ..................... Great British Food Revival 16:20 ..............The Trials of Life 17:10..... Antiques Roadshow 17:55 ...................Party Political Broadcast by the Conservative Party

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

18:00 .................... Egghead

Quiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge to come up with the answers no-one else can think of. Presented by Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman.

Jeremy Vine hosts the show where every day a new team of challengers take on probably the greatest quiz team in Britain - The Eggheads - made up of some of the country's top quiz champions, including new Egghead, Tremendous Knowledge Dave Rainford; Mastermind and Millionaire winner Pat Gibson; winner of Are You An Egghead?

Barry Simmons; Millionaire winner Judith Keppel; Mastermind winner Chris Hughes; four times world quiz champion Kevin Ashman; 15-1 winner Daphne Fowler. Can today's challengers triumph over the general knowledge Goliaths and walk off with the cash prize or will it roll over to the next show?

18:00 ....... BBC News at Six 19:00 ..........The One Show 20:00 ............... EastEnders Bianca is stuck in a predicament when she receives a visit from the police. Will she put herself in danger to protect her son?

Tanya is livid when she catches Abi sneaking home in the middle of the night, and finds out what she has been up to. Kim finds a belt belonging to Denise's mystery lover and sets out to find out who it is.

20:30............MasterChef

CW CHO ICE

18:30 ........... Country Show Cook Off 19:00 ......Great Continental Railway Journeys

22:00 ....... BBC News at Ten

19:30 ....Great British Menu

22:35 ................ A Question of Sport

20:30 ............. A Very British Wedding

23:10 ....................The Matt Lucas Awards

21:30...........................QI

23:40 ........ Ruthless People

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07:45 .....Caught Red Handed

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

CW CHO ICE

22:00 ......The Culture Show

22:30 ................. Newsnight

18:25 ............ Party Political Broadcast 18:30 ............ ITV News and Weather 19:00 ............... Emmerdale 19:30 .... Coronation Street

20:00 .. Food Glorious Food Carol Vorderman, Tom Parker Bowles, Anne Harrison, Stacie Stewart and guest judge Andi Oliver bring the competition to the North West of England, where the range of characters behind the recipes seems as interesting as the food itself. A town crier has received inspiration from beyond the grave in preparing his cream horns. The maker of a sticky toffee pudding has proof that it has been made to a truly original recipe.

An inspiring home maker has delivered a cake to a stranger every day for a year, and an 81-year-old amateur dramatics enthusiast has reinvented the classic cheesecake. All are in pursuit of a rosette and the chance to compete for that ultimate culinary prize - £20,000 and a place on the shelves of Marks and Spencer.

21:00 ................. Lightfields 22:00 ......... ITV News at Ten 22:35...Fabrice Muamba: CW Sports Life Stories CHOICE 23:35 ....... Safari Vet School

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ay Wednesday Wednesday 13 March 06:10 ....................... The Hoobs 07:00 ........... According to Jim 07:25 ............Everybody Loves Raymond 07:55 ..........The Morning Line 08:55................................ Frasier 10:00 ................ Grand Designs Australia 11:00...... Come Dine with Me 11:30 ............What's Cooking?

12:30............. Channel 4 News 12:35 .... Cheltenham Festival 16:20 ..............Deal or No Deal 17:10..... Come Dine with Me 18:00 ........... The Simpsons 18:30 ................. Hollyoaks 19:00 ....... Channel 4 News 19:55 ..............4thought.tv 20:00 ..................Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 21:00 ...................One Born Every Minute 22:00 ................. The Mimic 22:35 ......... Anna and Katy 23:05 ........ 8 Out of 10 Cats 23:50 ............ Random Acts 23:55 ............. The Last Leg

06:00....................Children's TV 09:00 .......................Tickety Toc 09:15 .............The Wright Stuff 11:10 ................................. Trisha 12:00 ................. Looney Tunes 12:10 ........5 News Lunchtime 12:15..................... London: The Inside Story 13:15............ Home and Away 13:45 ..................... Neighbours 14:15................................... NCIS 15:15 ............ Mystery Woman: In the Shadows 17:00 ......................5 News at 5 17:30 ..................... Neighbours 18:00 ....... Home and Away 18:30 ...................... 5 News 19:00 .... Robson's Extreme Fishing Challenge 20:00 ....................... Harold Shipman: - Born to Kill?

21:00 .......................... NCIS 22:00 ......... Law and Order: Special Victims Unit 23:00 .......CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

19:00 ................... Don't Tell the Bride

06:00 ..........Aerobics: Oz Style 06:30 .............Thrillseekers-Ice 07:00 ...................WWE Vintage Collection 08:00......... World Cup of Pool 09:00 .....................Bass Fishing 10:00 .................. Super League Backchat 10:30................... Football Asia 11:00 .................................Tennis 12:00............. Thrillseekers-Ice 12:30 ................. Golfing World 13:00 .........World Cup of Pool 14:00 .............Barclays Premier League Review 15:00 .........WWE Bottom Line 16:00 ..............WWE Afterburn 17:00 ........ Hyundai A League 17:30 .....FIFA Futbol Mundial 18:00 ............... Boots 'n' All 19:00 .................... Football 22:15 .......Sporting Heroes

20:00 ..........Oscar Pistorius: What Really Happened?

21:00 ...........People Like Us Series following the people in and around an estate in the Manchester suburb of Harpurhey.The Wakefields have been experiencing spooky activity in their house which they put down to Malcolm - their resident poltergeist. Malcolm has become such a nuisance that Karen has called in the local ghost hunters to try and contact him. Jazmine and Kelsay live around the corner from each other and hang out together all the time. Jazmine's been the victim of racial abuse and her mum Jaki has had enough of seeing her daughter upset.

22:00 ..... Comic Relief's Big Chat with Graham Norton 23:00 ............... EastEnders 23:30 ............... Family Guy

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06:00 ................... Got to Dance 06:30 ................... Got to Dance 07:00................... Got to Dance 07:30 ................... Got to Dance 08:00 ............................. Dog the Bounty Hunter 08:30 ............................. Dog the Bounty Hunter 09:00........................... Lie to Me 10:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 14:00 ........................... Lie to Me 15:00 .................. Stargate SG-1 16:00 .................. Stargate SG-1 17:00.. David Attenborough's Kingdom of Plants 18:00 .............Got to Dance 18:30 ........... The Simpsons 19:00 .............Got to Dance 20:30 ............John Bishop's Only Joking 21:00 ........................... Glee 22:00 ................A League of Their Own 23:00 ...............A League of Their Own

06:00 .......Nothing to Declare 06:30....... Nothing to Declare 07:00................................. Maury 08:00................................ Maury 09:00 ...................... The Biggest Loser USA 10:00 ...............Criminal Minds 11:00 ...............Criminal Minds 12:00 .............CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 13:00 .............CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 14:00 ...............Criminal Minds 15:00............... Criminal Minds 16:00 ....................... Emergency Animal Rescue 16:30 ....................... Emergency Animal Rescue 17:00................ Inside Gatwick 18:00 ... Nothing to Declare 18:30 ... Nothing to Declare 19:00 ........ Criminal Minds 20:00 ............. Chicago Fire 21:00 ........................Bones 22:00 ....... Grey's Anatomy 23:00 ........................Bones

07:10 .................. Dragons' Den

06:00 ..........................Fish Town

08:10 .............Storage Hunters

07:00 .........................................ER

08:35............. Storage Hunters

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

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

09:00 ...... Star Trek: Enterprise

06:00 .......................Emmerdale 06:25....... Holiday Showdown 07:25 ....................... The Jeremy Kyle Show US 08:10.... You've Been Framed!

08:40....................... Judge Judy 09:35....... Winners and Losers 10:35 ....The Real Housewives of Atlanta 11:35 ................ The Millionaire Matchmaker 12:30 .......................Emmerdale 13:00...... Holiday Showdown 14:00 ..The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:10.... The Real Housewives of Atlanta 17:05................. The Millionaire Matchmaker 18:00 ........ The Jeremy Kyle Show US 19:00 ..You've Been Framed!

20:00 ...........Fool Britannia 21:00 .................. Benidorm

06:00 .................Good Morning Sports Fans 07:00 .................Good Morning Sports Fans 08:00 .................Good Morning Sports Fans 09:00 ............UEFA Champions League 10:00 ........... Revista de la Liga 11:00 ............. Barclays Premier League Review A comprehensive round-up of all the weekend's action in the Barclays Premier League, including analysis of major incidents and reaction from key players and managers.

12:00 ...................Super League Backchat 12:30 ....................Football Asia 13:00 ............UEFA Champions League All the goals from Tuesday's games in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League. Schalke 04 face Galatasaray at Veltins-Arena and Barcelona host AC Milan at the Nou Camp

13:55 ................................Cricket 21:00 .......................Cricket

11:00................... Dragons' Den 12:00 .............Storage Hunters 13:00............................ Top Gear 15:00 ..............Motorway Cops 16:00............. Storage Hunters 17:00 ............................Top Gear

10:00 .........................................ER 11:00 ......................Blue Bloods 12:00 ...... Star Trek: Enterprise 13:00 .................................House 14:00................................. House

18:00 .................... Top Gear

15:00 ......................Blue Bloods

19:00 ........ Motorway Cops

16:00 ...... Star Trek: Enterprise

20:00 .... Lizard Lick Towing

17:00......................................... ER

20:30 .... Lizard Lick Towing

18:00 ........................ House

21:00 ...... Russell Howard's Good News

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

22:00 .........Mock the Week 22:40 ..................Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask 23:20 ...............................QI

20:00 ....................... Smash 21:00 .............. Blue Bloods 22:00 ............ The Sopranos 23:15 ......Game of Thrones

W C C H O IC E MasterChef BBC1, 20:30 Cookery competition with John Torode and Gregg Wallace. As the second heat begins, the contestants are challenged to deliver an amazing plate of food with no prior planning. Then comes the palate test - this time John cooks pigeon wellington with glazed shallots. Without seeing the demonstration, the chefs are asked not only to identify the ingredients but to recreate the dish themselves without a recipe. After the results, two chefs leave the competition. The remaining three get their first taste of a professional kitchen as they try to stand up to the pressure of a busy lunch service at London's Caxton Grill.

With only an hour to get to grips with the dishes, the heat is really on. The cooks then return to the MasterChef kitchen where they must rustle up their two best courses, not just for John and Gregg, but for three MasterChef winners - Shelina Permalloo, Steven Wallis and James Nathan.

QI BBC2, 21:30 Stephen Fry asks for 'quite interesting' facts about places which start with the letter J. Starring: Susan Calman, Sandi Toksvig, Bill Bailey, Alan Davies

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

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

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

09:15 ....................Heir Hunters

06:05 .................. Homes Under the Hammer

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

Series following the work of probate researchers as they search for heirs of people who have died without a will, leaving thousands of pounds unclaimed. The estate of a man called Smith causes real headaches for the heir hunters, but can they crack the case ahead of the competition? Plus, the moving story of a man whose troubled childhood led him to become estranged from his adoptive family.

10:00 .................. Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 ...................... Caught Red Handed 11:30 ................... Real Rescues 12:15 ...................Bargain Hunt 13:00 .......... BBC News at One 13:30 ........ BBC London News 13:40 ............................. Doctors 14:10 .........................Only Fools and Horses 15:00 .................. Beat the Pack 15:45 ...........................Escape to the Country

Born to be Different Channel 4, 21.00 2013 marks the tenth anniversary of Channel 4’s award-winning documentary series, ‘Born to be Different’. The first series introduced us to six three-year-old children, each born with a different disability. ‘Born to be Different’ offers intimate insights into what it’s like to grow up with a disability, as we watch as the children face the tricky transition from primary to secondary school, from childhood to teenage years. For some families there are heart-rending decisions to be made, and all parents are forced to make psychological adjustments most families never have to contemplate.

Zoe was born with a condition called Arthrogryposis. Over the years a series of operations to her legs and arms have given her enough independence of movement for her to progress to a large academy school in Essex. Here she blossoms and even becomes an enthusiastic netball player. Yet by the end of her first year one foot is causing her so much pain that a further operation looks necessary. ‘I’ve really tried to get my feet to work really well. Not to end up in a wheel chair’ reflects Zoe, ‘now it feels like it’s all tumbling back down. It’s horrible’.

William’s condition, Tubercular Sclerosis, has led to Complex Epilepsy and Autism. These further conditions cause him to behave violently and erratically. He is difficult to manage and can show aggression to his devoted mother Paula and younger sister Jess. Paula herself has developed MS and, as William gets bigger and stronger, she is finds it increasingly hard to cope. With husband Nick she investigates a residential school for William, though the idea of his leaving distresses her. ‘Every time I think of him going I get tearful,’ she says. But will their local authority cover the school’s high fees anyway?

Shelbie was born with Trisomy 9-P, a profoundly life-limiting condition which has seen her in and out of hospital all her life. In this series she is rushed into Bristol Children’s Hospital with an unexplained illness which has affected her breathing, and her life hangs in the balance. With unprecedented access to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit we witness mother Vicky and her husband Nick’s dogged belief in Shelbie’s desire to live tested to the limit. ‘She still loves life, so why shouldn’t children like that be here?’ Vicky asks, but the situation takes a heavy toll. ‘You prepare yourself for your child dying, and when they don’t, people don’t tell you how to deal with your emotions. Nobody will ever understand what that feels like.’

Hamish was born with Achondroplasia (commonly known as ‘dwarfism’).

Ten years ago his parents moved to the South Island of New Zealand, where he has benefitted from the great skiing fields on his doorstep. In this series we catch up with Hamish and his new passion swimming where we learn he has been breaking National records and winning medals in the under 19 national championships. His ultimate dream is to swim for New Zealand at the next Paralympics in Rio. In episode 2 we continue to follow the stories of these remarkable children and their families and meet Emily, who was born with Spina Bifida and Nathan who has Down Syndrome.

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16:15 .....................Comic Relief Does Glee Club 2013 17:15........................... Pointless 18:00 ....... BBC News at Six 18:30 ... BBC London News 19:00 ..........The One Show 19:30 ............... EastEnders Bianca has a difficult decision to make after her worst fears are confirmed, and Max flies off the handle when he finds out about Abi's secret. Alfie invites Kat to the Vic, but does his invitation come with an ulterior motive?

07:05 ....................Real Rescues 07:50...................... Caught Red Handed

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

08:20 .............................A to Z of TV Gardening

11:30................... This Morning

09:05 ........ Great British Menu 10:05 ..................... Great British Railway Journeys

14:00....................... Dickinson's Real Deal

10:35.......................... HARDtalk 11:00 ......................... BBC News

15:00............................. The Alan Titchmarsh Show

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

16:00....................Ade in Britain

12:00 ............The Daily Politics 13:00 ................ The One Show 14:00 .................................. Coast 14:25 ..................... Mastermind 14:55 ..............................Britain's Heritage Heroes

Cookery series where chefs and foodies champion British produce. Gary Rhodes is horrified to discover that, not only have we lost the vast majority of our cherry orchards, but hardly any of the cherries eaten in the UK were grown here. His campaign takes him to meet growers who are trying to buck the trend and fight back, not only with new strains of sweeter, larger cherries, but with old-fashioned heritage varieties. Yotam Ottolenghi is passionate about nuts. He uses them in many of his recipes as they are an integral ingredient in Middle Eastern cookery.

16:25.............. The Trials of Life 17:15 ..... Antiques Roadshow 18:30 ........... Country Show Cook Off

22:35 ..........Question Time 23:35 ................. This Week

Adrian Edmondson heads for East Scotland where he seeks out some brothers who brew a medieval heather ale, visits a sporran maker, and samples the local beef. Meeting some local singers, Ade cooks up a traditional Scottish broth for them.

17:00 .........................The Chase

15:25 ..................... Great British Food Revival

21:00 .......Prisoners' Wives

22:25 ... BBC London News

12:30................. Loose Women 13:30........................... ITV News and Weather

18:00 ...................Eggheads

22:00 ...... BBC News at Ten

11:25........................... ITV News

09:35 ........ Great British Menu

20:00 ............. Comic Relief Drama series. When Francesca finds herself at the heart of a gangland turf-war, how far will she go to protect her family?

Meanwhile, Kim's world implodes when her innocent husband is sent to prison, Aisling is exasperated that her hapless dad is back inside, and prisoner's mum Harriet is looking for love.

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

19:00 .....Great Continental Railway Journeys 19:30 ....Great British Menu 20:00 .............The Planners 21:00..................Horizon

CW CHO ICE

22:00 ...................... How TV Ruined Your Life 22:30 ................ Newsnight 23:20 ...There Will be Blood

18:00 ..... ITV News London 18:15 .................... ITV News 18:45 ............... Emmerdale 19:45 .............. UEFA Europa League 22:10 ................ ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:45 ............. The Jonathan Ross Show Jonathan welcomes the one that he wants - Grease star Olivia Newton-John, and the zany Keith Lemon. Pop superstar Nicole Scherzinger is in for a chat and performs live.

23:50 ............Grimefighters Series following the everyday lives of clean-up teams around Britain.

A team of extreme cleaners in Welwyn Garden City are called in to clear a flat which holds a sad secret behind its door. Meanwhile, Dagenham enforcement officers Rob and Lyndsey are out on what should be a routine inspection, Pete the pest controller has the answer to bed bugs and, in Stockport, drain expert Steve Hastings is not feeling his usual self.

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y Thursday Thursday 14 March 06:10 ....................... The Hoobs 07:00 ........... According to Jim 07:25 ............Everybody Loves Raymond 07:55 ..........The Morning Line 08:55 ................................Frasier 10:00 ................ Grand Designs Australia 11:00 ..... Come Dine with Me 11:30 ............What's Cooking?

12:30 .............Channel 4 News 12:35..... Cheltenham Festival 16:20 ..............Deal or No Deal 17:10 ..... Come Dine with Me 18:00 ...........The Simpsons 18:30 ................. Hollyoaks 19:00 ....... Channel 4 News 19:55 ..............4thought.tv 20:00......Britain's Secret CW Shoppers CHOICE 21:00....................Born to CW be Different CHOICE 22:00 ............... Gogglebox 22:45 .Embarrassing Bodies 23:50 .............Random Acts 23:55 ............... Cheltenham Festival Highlights

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

23:00 ...Banged Up Abroad

21:00 .......................Cricket

23:00 .....NCIS: Los Angeles

19:00 ................... Top Gear

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

07:10.................. Dragons' Den

06:00 ..........................Fish Town

20:00 ............... Traffic Cops

11:30........................ Tennis-ATP Masters 1000

08:10......... Lizard Lick Towing

07:00 .........................................ER

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

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

12:30 ..................... Total Rugby

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

13:00...................... Boots 'n' All

11:00 .................. Dragons' Den

09:00............................ Star Trek: Enterprise

14:00 ........... Sporting HeroesPhil Taylor

12:00......... Lizard Lick Towing

10:00 .........................................ER

12:30......... Lizard Lick Towing

11:00...................... Blue Bloods

13:00 ............................Top Gear

12:00...... Star Trek: Enterprise

14:00 ............................Top Gear

13:00 .................................House

15:00 ..............Motorway Cops

14:00................................. House

16:00......... Lizard Lick Towing

15:00 ......................Blue Bloods

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

16:00 ...... Star Trek: Enterprise

18:00 ................... Top Gear

17:00..........................................ER

19:00 ........ Motorway Cops

18:00 ........................ House

20:00 ..........................QI XL

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

21:00 .......................... Suits

19:00 ..................... Premier League Darts

20:00 ......... The Guest Wing

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

21:00 .............. Blue Bloods

22:30 ........ The Footballer's Football Show

22:55 .........Mock the Week

21:00 ........Lee Nelson Live 22:00 ..............Lee Nelson's Well Funny People Series featuring a host of comedy characters straight from the streets of modern Britain.

Irrepressible south London tearaway Lee Nelson discovers the benefits of living in the dark, Premier League footballer Jason Bent meets his team's new Spanish manager and Dr Bob's GP surgery opens its doors. A bunch of newly-created characters are introduced including the Geordie Chef prepares an unconventional duck a l'orange; pastor Daniel Doolay delivers his weekly sermon on Praise Be to Jesus TV.

22:30 ............... EastEnders 23:00 ............... Family Guy 23:45 ......... American Dad!

08:35.... Roary the Racing Car 08:50 ......Bananas in Pyjamas 09:00....................... Tickety Toc 09:15............. The Wright Stuff 11:10................................. Trisha 12:00................. Looney Tunes 12:10 ........5 News Lunchtime 12:15...................... London: The Inside Story 13:15 ............Home and Away 13:45 ..................... Neighbours 14:15 ..................The Mentalist 15:15 ..........Prayers for Bobby 17:00 ......................5 News at 5 17:30 ..................... Neighbours 18:00 .......Home and Away 18:30 ...................... 5 News 19:00 ..... Whale Adventure with Nigel Marven

06:00 ............UEFA Champions League All the goals from the week's games in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League. Includes Schalke v Galatasaray, Barcelona v AC Milan, Malaga v Porto and Bayern Munich v Arsenal.

07:00 ................................Cricket 08:00 .......European Tour Golf Avantha Masters (Day 1). Day one of the Avantha Masters from Jaypee Greens Golf Club in New Delhi. South Africa's Jbe Kruger claimed his first European Tour title at this event last year.

12:00 ................................Cricket 13:00 ............UEFA Champions League All the goals from the week's games in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League. Includes Schalke v Galatasaray, Barcelona v AC Milan, Malaga v Porto and Bayern Munich v Arsenal.

13:55 ................................Cricket

06:00 ................... Got to Dance 06:30................... Got to Dance 07:00................... Got to Dance 07:30 ................... Got to Dance 08:00 ............................. Dog the Bounty Hunter 08:30 ............................. Dog the Bounty Hunter 09:00 ........................... Lie to Me 10:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 13:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 14:00 ........................... Lie to Me 15:00 .................. Stargate SG-1 16:00 .................. Stargate SG-1 17:00 ...............Galapagos with David Attenborough 18:00 ............. Got to Dance 18:30 ........... The Simpsons

20:00 ...... Cowboy Builders

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

21:00 ... Killers Behind Bars

20:00 ........................ Arrow

22:00 ............ The Bind and Torture Killer - Born to Kill?

21:00 ........................ Arrow

15:00............Transworld Sport 16:00 ...............................Cricket 17:00 ...............................Cricket 18:00 ......Sporting HeroesPhil Taylor Sporting Heroes - Gary Newbon Interviews Phil Taylor. Sports presenter Gary Newbon interviews darts player Phil 'The Power' Taylor. A powerhouse of the sport, Taylor has won an incredible 16 world championships.

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22:00 ............Hawaii Five-0

23:35 .......................... Suits

22:00 ........................ Vegas 23:00 ...............The Borgias

06:00 .......Nothing to Declare 06:30....... Nothing to Declare 07:00................................ Maury 08:00................................ Maury 09:00...................... The Biggest Loser USA 10:00 ...............Criminal Minds 11:00............... Criminal Minds 12:00..............CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 13:00 .............CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 14:00 ...............Criminal Minds 16:00....................... Emergency Animal Rescue 17:00................ Inside Gatwick 18:00 ... Nothing to Declare 18:30 ... Nothing to Declare 19:00 ........ Criminal Minds 20:00 .................. Stitch Me, Lift Me, Tuck Me 21:00 ..................... The Spa 21:30 ....... Mount Pleasant 22:30 .......CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 23:30 ........................Bones

06:00...................... Emmerdale 06:25 ..........Coronation Street 06:55............. Planet's Funniest Animals 07:25........................ The Jeremy Kyle Show US 08:10 ....You've Been Framed!

08:40....................... Judge Judy 09:35....... Winners and Losers 10:35 ....The Real Housewives of Atlanta 11:35................. The Millionaire Matchmaker 12:30........................Emmerdale 13:00 ..........Coronation Street 13:30 .......................Judge Judy 14:00..The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:10 ....The Real Housewives of Atlanta 17:05 ................ The Millionaire Matchmaker 18:00 ........The Jeremy Kyle Show US 19:00 ..You've Been Framed!

W C C H O IC E Horizon BBC2, 21:00 The Creative Brain: How Insight Works.

Series exploring topical scientific issues. It is a feeling we all know, the moment when a light goes on in your head. In a sudden flash of inspiration, a new idea is born. Today, scientists are using some unusual techniques to try to work out how these moments of creativity - whether big, small or life-changing - come about. They have devised a series of puzzles and brainteasers to draw out our creative behaviour, while the very latest neuroimaging technology means researchers can actually peer inside our brains and witness the creative spark as it happens. And what they are discovering has the power to make every one of us more creative.

Britain's Secret Shoppers Channel 4, 20:00 While more than 70% of people book their holidays online, expert dealmaker Justin Preston wants to show a soon-to-be wed couple looking to book their honeymoon that brilliant travel deals can still be had in high street travel agents.

And he turns secret shopper in a Lancashire pet store that's going to the dogs; helping the rookie owners bulk up their bottom line by offering cut price deals to attract locals into the store.

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By Sue McDonald WE have just finished furnishing an apartment in Castle Harbour after the owner came over for two days to complete on the purchase.

He then spent an hour with us discussing for what purpose he wanted to use the property.

It will actually be rented out as part of a rental programme on the complex, and we needed to make sure that everything we installed met their requirements.

Budget was an issue because the property was purchased as an investment and only occasionally for his own use, and the total spent was in the region of 4,000 euros.

This includes extralong beds because the owner is extremely tall, and a sofa bed and chair made to a specific size to fit well in the room.

The client left the colour scheme up to us, and we opted for quite a minimalist, masculine look.

He had chosen red for the kitchen and grey for the floors, so we worked with these colours to make a smart and practical rental property.

We will now send the photos to the owner, and the apartment will become part of the rental programme in the complex from this week.

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Service is name of the game We are encountering this situation with increasing frequency.

Because property prices have dropped, people are prepared to purchase, and rent out to cover their costs.

This could be because they are confident that the value of the property is going to increase, or simply so that they have a foot in the property market and may make more use of it themselves in later years.

This particular client is actually Swedish, and although he did make a brief visit to THAT Scandi furniture shop in the north, he decided to work with us because of

the service we can offer.

We put the design together, delivered all the items, installed everything, including curtains, and all without the client even being on the Island.

The property will be laid out, ready to be rented out, and equipped with everything necessary, right down to kettle, toaster, linen, towels, etc.

There is no extra charge for this service, no need to wait in for multiple deliveries, no need to employ a separate fitter, and no language barrier.

After all, service is the name of the game!

Lifebuoy soap LIFEBUOY soap, a Unilever product, has launched the latest initiative in its quest to help reduce the deaths of two million children before their fifth birthday from preventable diseases like diarrhoea and pneumonia.

Over the past 10 years, Lifebuoy has taken its handwashing behaviour change programmes to millions of people across the world, and now it is aiming to change the handwashing behaviour of a whole village in central India – Thesgora, which has one of the highest rates of diarrhoea.

This initiative supports Unilever’s goal to deliver on one of its

commitment under its Sustainable Living Plan – to help more than one billion people take action to improve their health and well-being.

The launch of the campaign is being marked with a groundbreaking new three-minute film that provides a unique perspective on the individual tragedy of losing a child before their 5th birthday, and encourages people around the world to pledge their support: www.youtube.com/helpachildreach5 Unilever CEO Paul Polman said: “The big issues the world is facing require new approaches and new partnerships.

It is unacceptable that two million children die every year from infectious diseases when we have easy and cheap lifesaving solutions, such as handwashing with soap, readily available.

Responsible businesses

must take a more active leadership role and this new initiative is an example of how Unilever is assuming such a role through one of its iconic brands.

A Lifebuoy is living proof that putting a social mission at the heart of a brand can both deliver on the mission itself and deliver sustainable growth.”

Samir Singh, Global Brand VP, Lifebuoy, said: “Our goal is to change the handwashing behaviours of a billion people by 2015. We wanted to tell the world the Lifebuoy story in a deeply emotional way.

"Our brief was to translate the statistic of ‘two million children still die in the world before the age of five due to preventable infections like diarrhoea and pneumonia’ into something real, personal and powerful.

And through this film, that’s just what’s been done.”

Lifebuoy’s programme in Thesgora will target school-children, new mothers, neo-natal nurses and community groups, encouraging the practice of handwashing with soap at key occasions: before eating, after using the toilet and when washing.

The programme aims to have a significant impact on the health of the community and consequently the futures of the children in the village, resulting in more children reaching their fifth birthday.

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Waitrose is to work with Alan Titchmarsh

By David Hudgell WAITROSE has announced that it plans to work with the nation’s favourite gardener and well-known TV presenter, Alan Titchmarsh.

The supermarket will be drawing on Alan’s expertise to support the development and launch of new horticulture and gardening ranges. A

passionate supporter of British farmers and growers, Alan will also be helping Waitrose to illustrate and emphasise the links between producing good food and eating well.

Through television adverts, articles in Waitrose publications and appearances on the supermarket’s website, Alan will bring to life the story of how high quality food goes from the land to the dining table.

Rupert Thomas,

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Waitrose marketing director, said: “Our customers’ two top interests are good food and gardening.

As one of Britain’s most loved and trusted experts, Alan will bring his skills to developing our new gardening ranges and a very special voice to our communications.”

Alan Titchmarsh commented: “Having spent almost my entire life growing everything from fruit and vegetables to

flowers and plants I am delighted to have this opportunity of working with Waitrose to help raise the profile of British agriculture and horticulture.

“There is a real need to promote a greater understanding of just what is involved in producing healthy, well-grown produce and transporting it from field to fork so that it arrives with the consumer in the best possible condition.

“In television programmes such as Love Your Garden, at the Chelsea Flower Show and in books, newspapers and magazines, I have the opportunity to pass on my love of growing things; the chance to extend that experience to the retail sector is something I find both exciting and challenging.

“I’ve long admired Waitrose’s responsible approach to food production and their determination in making available to their customers a wide variety of quality produce in first-class condition. I am hugely looking forward to playing my own part in their continuing commitment to offer the very best in homegrown food.”

The new partnership comes just days after Waitrose announced their new columnist, Pippa Middleton, sister of the Duchess of Cambridge.

Gardening jobs for this week...

ONCE the gales have down, this of year is a time to sowing.

gusty died time great start

Buy herbs to plant up in containers that you can position near the house Cut back last year’s buddleia stems to ground level, there is a new miniature plant available now if you’re looking for a gorgeous scented specimen for your patio.

Prune out old stems of elder (Sambucus) to promote new growth from the base, these plants are where elder flowers and elder berries originate.

Lift and divide large clumps of hosta; Hosta is a genus of about 23–45 species of plants commonly known as hostas, plantain lilies and occasionally by the Japanese name giboshi.

Hostas are widely cultivated as shade-tolerant foliage plants even still there are many here.

Trim winter-flowering jasmine and tie in new shoots to supports Finish pruning roses as soon as possible Cut down all previous year’s growth on Clematis tangutica.

New shoots will develop from the base,

which will flower later in summer.

Plant onion sets in modular trays of compost, raising plants under cover to plant out later Repair netting on fruit cages Plant out shallots Sow seeds of the following crops outside or under cloches: carrots, beetroot, broad beans, salad onions, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, spinach, leeks, lettuce, rocket, coriander, mixed salad or stir fry leaves, radish, turnip, peas, lettuce and Swiss chard Dig compost into borders to improve water retention Add copper rings to pots to protect plants from slugs and snails Hoe bare areas of soil on dry days to remove weed seedlings Replenish gravel and stone mulches on alpine gardens and scree beds

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Health and Beauty

By Carl from Robot

WHILE talking with a client recently. I began to ask questions about her knowledge and thoughts on marketing, and advice she had seen in magazines and on the TV. I was surprised that the publicity thrown at people nowadays actually works - you all actually believe what is shown to you without questioning what is being said.

No, I’m not having a go, or being nasty because, as you know, I actually care about what I do to my clients’ hair.

After seeing so much publicity about hair products and colours, I decided not to look at what was being sold but more at what was being said, or not said, in the small print, which is on every TV advert and in magazines.

“What are you talking about,” I can hear you asking. Look at the small print on your TV advert stating what they are claiming and you’ll see it isn’t actually true.

For example: “65% of women agreed that our product worked.”

Whoopie! But it also means that 35% of those asked did not agree, which means that onethird of women didn’t like the product, or

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Time for Diabetes rates straight have hit a peak talking!

thought it didn’t work!

Like when they say: “Your hair looks and feels fuller and shinier.”

The words “looks” and “feels” do not mean “will be”. Get the idea? It’s all clever wording.

Another saying is: “World’s No1 brand”.

But that doesn’t mean it’s the best. This relates to volume of sales and means they simply sell the most, and it has no bearing on whether the product is the best or not.

We are so bemused by the words thrown at us that it is hardly any wonder they are so misleading. We have come to believe what the big companies tell us and not what our own opinion determines.

There are no miracle products and no “cures” for what you need, hairwise. Good old-fashioned, simple honesty sells for me.

Okay, it might not be what you want to hear, but honesty is still the best policy.

How many times have you missed the small print and not noticed

that the girl in the advert, who’s telling you her hair is so much thicker and fuller by using that special product, has actually got a head full of hair extensions?

Your hair would look thicker, too! They’re not hiding the evidence, either, because it’s stated in the advert at the bottom of the screen, or tucked to one side in the magazine. Look for it and you’ll find it because it’s always there.

Recently, I have been accused of being rather abrupt in the way I see things, and that’s because I have a problem: I care!

To me, my work is not just about making money but giving clients what they ask for and what they are paying for. Yup, old fashioned - rather that than take your money and run.

And you can apply what I’m saying to any business. So consider how you spend your money - and read what is before you.

Don’t allow the wool to be pulled over your eyes.

THERE are now a record three million people in the UK who have been diagnosed with diabetes.

It is estimated that a further two million will have the disease by 2025, and the Diabetes UK charity has warned that the current problem could create a huge burden on the NHS. Most of today’s cases are Type 2 diabetes, caused by the UK’s ageing population, together with rapidlyrising numbers of overweight and obese people.

Another 850,000 people are thought to have undiagnosed Type 2 diabetes and the overall total represents an increase of 132,000 over the previous year, with around 90% suffering Type 2 diabetes.

Experts have previously warned that unless more is done to prevent Type 2 diabetes, and more help is given to those with the condition, the increase could have immense implications for public health.

Diabetes UK says that every year in England

The two Types of diabetes *People with Type 1 diabetes cannot produce insulin. No one knows exactly what causes it, but it has nothing to do with being overweight, and it is not currently preventable.

It usually affects children or young adults, starting suddenly and getting worse quickly.

It is treated by daily insulin doses, a healthy diet and regular physical activity. *Those with Type 2

and Wales, 24,000 people with diabetes die earlier than expected, and the situation is expected to get even worse without urgent action.

The charity revealed the new figures at the start of a publicawareness campaign, which is aiming to reach the estimated seven million people at high risk of diabetes.

Barbara Young, chief executive of Diabetes UK, who is obviously concerned by the numbers, said: “There is no reason to think this will mark the end of what has been a rapid

diabetes do not produce enough insulin, or the insulin they do produce does not work properly (known as insulin resistance).

They might get diabetes because of their family history, age and ethnic background.

Also, they are more likely to get Type 2 diabetes if they are overweight, so this form of diabetes is treated with a healthy diet and increased physical activity.

rise in the condition.

“Instead, all the projections suggest that the three million figure will be a grim staging-post on the road towards a public health emergency.

“This unfolding tragedy is already putting huge pressure on the NHS and will have potentially-devastating consequences for those people who develop the condition.”

But she maintained this situation was avoidable, saying: “By identifying those at high risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, we can ensure they start getting support to make the kind of lifestyle changes which can help prevent it.

“And by making sure people who have Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes are already getting the care and support they need, we can help them avoid the devastating complications diabetes can cause.”

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Health and Beauty

Perfect excuse to make love!

By Val Sainsbury BELIEVE it or not, enjoying sex on a regular basis could actually boost your brain power.

Superstar singer/ actress Madonna, who has never fought shy of highlighting her love of sex, is said to have an IQ of 140, which puts her at “near genius level”.

Blood tests on people who had recently fallen in love showed they exhibited heightened levels of nerve growth - crucial to a person’s well-being and mental alertness.

Researchers delving into this phenomenon examined the blood of three different groups: those who had recently fallen in love, those in long-term relationships and singles.

The first group showed significantly high

levels of nerve growth, compared with settled couples or singletons, according to the report by scientists at the University of Pavia in Italy.

However, the levels dropped the longer a couple stayed together suggesting clear health benefits during the first flushes of love.

The study concluded that levels of nerve health were

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“significantly higher in subjects who were in love than in either those with long-lasting relationships or others with no relationships”.

The results suggest that frequent sex not only also reduces stress, but does wonders for brain power as well.

The findings are corroborated by a separate study looking into the mental health of rats at Princeton University, in America.

Male rats were divided into two groups: one group were deprived of sex (they were able to have sex only once during a two-week period) and the others had sex daily for two weeks.

At the end of the study, researchers found that rats which had been more sexually active not only experienced more nerve cell growth, but they also had lower levels of stress hormones in their system.

And the more sex you have, the more cells you can grow, it seems.

Furthermore, sex could actually be protecting our brain cells against decline.

“There is some evidence that older people who are sexually active are less likely to have dementia, and this could be for a variety of complex reasons,’ says Dr Arun Ghosh, a GP specialising in sexual health at the Spire Liverpool Hospital.

He adds: “But as well as boosting brain cells, sex could also sharpen a woman’s mind, through a surge in sex hormones, particularly testosterone, which can help improve concentration and reaction times.”

Relationship expert Tracey Cox, of online erotic retailer Lovehoney.co.uk, says there is well-established research which shows that good, regular sex aids health.

She adds: “Levels of the hormone oxytocin rise about 500% during sex, making us feel relaxed and also aiding sleep.

“Men who have three or more orgasms a week tend to live significantly longer than those who have just one or none.”

British health’s in a ‘shocking’ state GOVERNMENT Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has described the health of people in Britain as “shocking” compared with that of other countries.

Overall, in fact, they enjoy fewer years of good health before they die than the citizens of most comparable European countries, as well as Australia and Canada.

Hunt has called for serious action to be taken by local health commissioners, who are about to take up their new responsibilities.

A detailed analysis from the Global Burden of Disease, collected by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) in Seattle, points out the failings there.

The UK was ranked 12th out of 19 countries of similar affluence in 2010 in terms of healthy life expectancy at birth.

Despite big increases in NHS funding in recent years and many reform initiatives, the UK was in exactly the same place as in the league table as it was for 1990, according to the IHME report, published in the respected Lancet medical journal.

While life expectancy has improved by 4.2 years in the UK over the two decades, other countries have improved faster. In 2010, Spain topped the league, with its peo-

ple expecting 70.9 years of healthy life, before disease and disability began to take a toll.

Second came Italy, with 70.2 years and third was Australia, on 70.1 years.

In the UK, we can expect 68.6 healthy years of life.

Hunt admitted the UK was a long way behind its global counterparts and called for action by local health commissioners to tackle the five big killers: cancer, heart disease, stroke, respiratory and liver diseases.

On Tuesday, he announced a strategy to tackle cardiovascular disease which, he says, could save 30,000 lives a year.

“Despite real progress in cutting deaths, we remain a poor relative to our global cousins on many measures of health,” he said. “That’s something I want to change. For too long we have been lagging behind and I want the reformed health system to take up this challenge and turn this shocking under-performance around.”

But the problem is only in part to do with hospital care – much of it is about the way we live.

Our diet, our drinking and continuing smoking habits all play a part, according to one of the report’s authors, Prof John Newton, chief knowledge officer of Public Health England, which assumes its responsibilities on 1st April“I’d be very surprised if it were the healthcare factors that are making the difference,” he said.

“It is more to do with a culture of supportive communities, people’s lifestyles and their diets.”

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Lancashire chef wins best pub pie THE best pub pie award has gone to Lancashire chef, Jon Reading, who has won the top prize in Jus-Rol Professional’s Best Pub Pie on the Menu competition.

His winning recipe, Cheesey Drunken Swine, is made of slow roasted pork shoulder cooked in pear cider with Garstang blue cheese and toasted walnuts combined with Jus-Rol puff pastry – a brand he has been using throughout his 12 years as a chef, and one he trusts.

Alongside the accolade he also wins £500 in cash,

a personalised chef’s jacket plus businessboosting national PR for his country pub, the Shovels Inn at Poultonle-Fylde.

He said: “Let’s face it; there simply wouldn’t be a pie without pastry!

I’ll only use Jus-Rol’s Puff sheets for all my crusts; I love the quality, the flaky base and the butteryness of it. It’s the perfect way to hold your favourite filling.”

Judges were delighted by the pie and instantly won over by his ultra modern take on a traditional British favourite.

Reading said: “I think that pulled pork is one of the best things in the world. There is a real trend for it now while pear cider has really hit the mark over the last couple of years. We’ve found that it has gone up in sales massively so I think to put it in a pie is a great selling point. When you think of pears, you also think of walnuts and

blue cheese – a classic combination.”

John McKears, foodservice sales manager at Jus-Rol Professional, added: “The standard of entries this year was once again of a very high standard but Jon’s recipe stood out because of his innovative approach and the compelling combination of ingredients.

“I would like to congratulate him on his success which shows that traditional pie making can evolve to take account of changing tastes and emerging food trends – his pie is a worthy winner and the perfect way to kick off the celebrations for British Pie Week 2013.”

Carnival Menu: A number of bars and restaurants in the commercial area of Los Cristianos, have put together a special menu from now until Monday to celebrate Carnival. The varied menus are for lunch or dinner and participating restaurants will display their menus and prices. See below.

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British Pie Week THIS week has been British Pie Week and it can’t be disputed that the pie is a staple in some of the best British food we have. Why? Because they are traditional.

Sometimes on a really cold night all you want to do is tuck in to a lovely steak pie. Followed by an apple pie. Mmm ...

Recently, Waitrose launched a new pie recipe on ITV’s Lorraine show, which was the inspiration of a viewer.

In the autumn of 2012, Waitrose teamed up with the Lorraine show to launch a competition to find ‘Britain’s Best Pie’ and viewers were invited to submit their very own homemade pie recipes.

The winning recipe would then appear on the supermarket’s shelves.

Along with hundreds of other home cooks, Sheena Spence, from Ayr, Scotland entered her recipe for an apple, Stilton and fig pie into Lorraine’s search.

The competition was tough but the judging panel, made up of chefs Jean Christophe Novelli and Dean Edwards along with Sam Dickson, Waitrose Head of Brand Development and Product Innovation, whittled down the list to just three finalists.

It was then put to viewers of Lorraine and Waitrose shoppers to pick a winner. Sheena’s recipe was their top choice, with the pie receiving over 50 per cent of the total votes.

Waitrose launched the Shortcrust Pastry Apple, Stilton & Fig Pie, inspired by Sheena’s recipe into over 150 branches across the country on the 28th February.

Keen baker Sheena Spence, said: “I saw

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the competition and thought: I could have a go at that!” Sheena admits she tends to make up recipes according to what’s in her cupboard: “Sometimes it works, and other times it doesn’t - thankfully this time it did.”

As well as having her recipe appear on Waitrose shelves across the country, Sheena won £1000 in vouchers, which she has put to good use.

She says, “I’ve bought a food mixer! Until recently, I’d been doing all my baking by hand.”

Her new equipment is very timely as she has been inundated with requests to make the pie since winning the competition. She continues, “I can make it in my sleep!”.

Sam Dickson, Waitrose Head of Brand Development and Product Innovation said, ‘It’s been fantastic to learn how many talented home cooks there are in this

country, and the standard of the competition was so high. We love Sheena’s pie because it is completely different to anything we currently have on our shelves at Waitrose and offers something entirely unique to our shoppers.

We think the recipe will appeal to both vegetarians and meat eaters looking for a hearty pie.

We can’t wait for our shoppers to try it.’

Presenter Lorraine Kelly said: “I really enjoyed Sheena’s pie, it was absolutely delicious and it’s great that now Lorraine viewers from around the country will also be able to try it.

The apple, stilton and fig combination goes together so well, it’s just a lovely comforting dish.”

Traditional Beef and Ale Pie 500g Puff pastry 2 onions large, roughly chopped 2 garlic cloves, crushed 50g butter 4 streaky bacon rashers, chopped 750g braising beef Diced 25g flour 250ml beer 1 orange Juice and rind 225g carrots Sliced 375ml beef stock 225g mushrooms Quartered 4tbsp oil beaten egg to glaze Prep. Time: 40 minutes Makes: 6 servings Total Time: 90 minutes Easy Preheat oven to 220°C/ Gas 7.

Heat the butter and half the oil in a large pan, gently fry onions, garlic and bacon until onions are soft. Remove from pan and put to one side, add rest of oil

and heat through then quickly brown the beef.

Stir in flour, then the beer and juice and rind of orange. Return the onions and bacon to pan with the carrots and stir well, add sufficient stock to just cover, season and bring to boil. . Simmer for approx. 45 min. until meat is tender, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking.

At end of cooking time add mushrooms, allow to cool thoroughly, then place in a 1½ pt pie dish or similar. Place a pie funnel or upturned egg cup in centre to help support pastry.

Roll out pastry large enough to cover dish with some room to spare. With a sharp knife cut strips of pastry

from edges of piece and use to form a rim on the pie dish edge. Brush edge with beaten egg to help pastry to stick, then brush pastry rim with egg wash.

Carefully lift pastry and lay over the pie dish, press down edges to form a good seal and trim off excess with a sharp knife. Reserve trimmings. Knock up and flute edges of the pie, make a hole in centre over pie funnel to allow steam to escape.

Re-roll trimmings and cut out leaves or other shapes of your choice, brush pastry top with egg wash, arrange leaves on top and brush again. Bake for approx.

40 minutes until pastry is risen and golden.

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Shorter queues is a leading priority for air passengers

Handbag dog LAST Sunday a woman, thought to be American, travelling on the BA flight 166 from Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport to London Heathrow had more than essentials in her hand luggage – she was carrying a small dog! Dogs are actually allowed to travel on some airlines at Ben Gurion, but are not allowed in the main cabin of BA flights.

A British Airways spokesman said, “We did not allow a female customer to travel on board our service from Tel Aviv to Heathrow after it was discovered that she was carrying a small dog in her handbag.

“We apologise to our customers who experienced a delay to the departure of their flight as a result of this incident.”

New port of call for Carnival Carnival Cruise Lines no longer uses Key West as a port of call on 30 cruises in 2013, instead making stops at Royal Caribbean International’s private island in the Bahamas - Royal’s Coco Cay.

‘Funster’ needed for Oz Brit Ben Southall became the caretaker of Hamilton Island on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.

Now, 4 years on, Tourism Australia is once again looking for worthy candidates to take on the ‘world’s best jobs’.

They’re looking for a chief ‘funster’ to live the VIP lifestyle in Sydney; an outback adventurer in the Northern Territory; a park ranger in Queensland; a wildlife caretaker in South Australia; a lifestyle photographer in Melbourne and a taste master scouring Western Australia for the best in food and drink.

Each six month contract is worth AUD 50,000 (£34,000), with a further AUD 50,000 in living expenses, which works out at £136,000 per annum.

Triptease A new social site for travel has just launched – Triptease. Its aim is to harness the popularity of photo-sharing via social media, it has launched a website and iPad app. Image-led, users can create content similar to a piece of editorial in a glossy magazine and share it with like-minded travellers.

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AS airports review new investments and proposed changes to their landing charges and fees, ABTA research shows that the top two improvements consumers would most like to see at airports are speeding up check-in and speeding up security.

More than half (52%) of consumers said speeding up checkin would significantly improve their journey through the airport while 48% said speeding up security would do the same.

Cutting queues is seen as more important than a range of other services such as the quality of food, retail offering or access to Wi-Fi facilities. In fact, a third (34%) said improvements to the quality and variety of retail outlets would make no difference to their experience and four in ten (40%) passengers said the same about access to Wi-Fi facilities. Good service however, appears to be considered a priority for passengers, with many agreeing that communication

of flight changes, comfort of lounges and friendliness of airport staff are factors where changes could significantly improve their experience in the airport.

Mark Tanzer, CEO ABTA said: “This research confirms that for many passengers, the airport experience is the first part of their holiday or trip abroad and they don’t want to spend it in a queue.

Improvements to checkin and security times would allow them to plan their journeys better, shorten door-to-door journey times and help avoid a stressful lastminute rush through the airport. As airports are reviewing their landing charges and fees, they must ensure that these can be justified and that they invest in areas that will deliver benefits that passengers will value. It’s clear from this research that British passengers value efficiency, convenience and good service and want to see their airports deliver this.”

The factors that would most improve passengers’ journeys through the airport are: Speed of check in process - 52% Speed of security process - 48% Quality of communication of flight changes or delays - 40%

Quality and comfort of lounges (e.g. departure/ gate lounges) - 35% Friendliness of airport staff - 33% Quality and variety of Food/Catering offering - 29% Quality/availability of public transport access

to the airport - 29% Quality of airport parking facilities - 27% Facilities available for families/children 25% Access to Wi-Fi facilities - 20% Quality and variety of retail offering - 19%

The Travel Bloscars 2013

SKYSCANNER have announced their equivalent of the Oscars in blog terms - The Travel Bloscars 2013 - Skyscanner’s first travel blog awards recognises the excellent work of travel bloggers on informing and inspiring travellers by sharing their adventures and travel experiences, and honouring the very best of the travel blogosphere.

And the winners are…

The award for Best Male Blogger goes to ‘Una Vida en Mil Viajes’ (Spain).

A young Spanish blogger who uses large photos to illustrate his text.

The award for Best Female Blogger goes to ‘Just Travelous’ (Germany).

Gives a feel for the places travelled to with a personal angle to every story.

The Best Newcomer award goes to ‘Flora the Explorer’ (UK) The uniqueness of this blog is that stories and images of locals are incorporated into the posts.

The award for Best Photo Blog goes to Sergey Dolya (Russia) Sergey’s big, crisp photos and stunning winter landscapes just edged him into the top spot.

The Users Choice was awarded to Lakwatsero (Philippines) the judges said that the blog entries and images were of very good quality.

Very informative and detailed.

Each of the winners was rewarded with 600 euros’ worth of flights.

Have a look at the blogs, they’re good, and there is also a list of UK winners. Source skyscanner.net

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By Jav FORD’S latest Fiesta - the Ecoboost - sets a tough new benchmark for its competitors to follow, with a fantastic new engine and bold new styling.

This makes it head and shoulders above its new rivals, such as the Renault Clio and Peugeot 208, because it is one of the most stylish, efficient and refined car in the class.

Gadgets like the SYNC system and Active City Stop keep the Fiesta at the cutting edge of technology, and again, Ford has set a new benchmark for the rest of the class to follow.

These combine to create an impressive, updated supermini. The company have topped the UK sales charts since the current Fiesta was launched in 2008, and there’s no reason why this new model shouldn’t follow suit.

And to help the Fiesta remain top of the pile, and see off its newer

THE Government is preparing to spend £37.5m to give the sale of electric vehicles (EV) the boost it really needs if the machines are to make proper inroads into Britain’s automobile industry.

The funding will be used towards improving the electric car infrastructure, in a bid to improve the popularity of plug-in models such as the Nissan Leaf and Vauxhall Ampera.

This latest investment will pay for the installation of charging points at the homes of interested EV owners, as well as for on-street charging points and plug-in

Motoring

New Fiesta’s huge booster rivals, the brand has carried out a significant, mid-life refresh.

The outgoing Fiesta was sweet enough, but several cosmetic tweaks have given the latest car a far bolder design.

Setting this latest Fiesta apart are a smart five-bar chrome grille and slimmer headlamps which incorporate stylish LED strips for the first time.

The lights are inspired by the Mondeo, and ensure the car looks bigger and wider than before, while at the rear, new light clusters add flair to the smart design, Yet the restyled taillights are the only clue that this is a new car and, overall, it’s fair to say that it is a bit underwhelming compared with the dramatic appearances of its two main rivals.

But even though it’s not such an eye-catcher, it’s still a smart supermini, and the design is more grown-up than ever.

This new-found maturity also applies to

the interior, where the darker plastics and new gloss-black inserts on the doors and centre console give the car a more upmarket feel.

The major controls, such as the gearlever and steering wheel, are solid and well finished, but the button-heavy centre console and small central dot-matrix display, all look dated compared with the Clio’s flashy colour touchscreen.

But the Fiesta’s conventional layout is intuitive, and the neat steering wheelmounted audio buttons are as easy to use as the Clio’s column-mounted controls.

The mid-spec Zetec version features extras like DAB radio and SYNC Bluetooth (which includes audio streaming, phone connectivity and voice activation).

And some unique gadgets help give the Fiesta an edge over its competitors, especially MyKey, which lets the driver programme

various functions, including the traction control, top speed and radio volume, and personalise these settings to a specific key.

It means that the parents of teenage drivers can keep tabs on their kids when their using the car Ford have saved the biggest changes for under the bonnet, with the introduction of the award-winning 1.0-litre EcoBoost petrol engine.

No matter what the output, Ford predict

the three-cylinder turbo will be the most popular choice, and once you’re on the move it’s easy to see why because the engine stays remarkably smooth and quiet around town, and continues after you join the motorway.

As a result, the Fiesta feels really grown-up.

Once it’s up to speed, the three-cylinder engine emits an offbeat noise, full of character, while the five-speed box’s taller gearing and the supple suspension mean it is still relaxing

to drive.

Overall, it’s difficult to find many faults with the new Fiesta; the controls are all weighted superbly, while the nimble chassis and positive steering make it very involving.

The only black mark, perhaps, is the cost: the three-door Zetec is the cheapest Fiesta EcoBoost you can buy, at £13,645.

But when you consider that the car is better equipped and more powerful than any rival, it’s a price worth paying.

Whitehall’s huge plug for the electric vehicles

points at train stations.

The Government will subsidise 75% of these charging-point costs, with the public, council or train operators paying the difference.

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But before you click the “well-done” switch, this isn’t new funding from Whitehall, as it suggests, because the cash will be extracted from the £400 million

already set aside for the £5,000-per-owner.

EV grant More than one-third of the £37m will make up the funds to those members of public who

want a domestic chargepoint, which is almost as much as the £17m spent on subsidising the purchase of electric cars.

Yet so far, there have been just 3,400 applications for the £5,000 grant since its April 2011 introduction.

Transport secretary, Patrick McLoughlin, said: “This investment underlines the Government’s commitment to making sure the UK is a world leader in the electric car industry.”

It costs around £1,000 to have a domestic charge-point installed, which means the

Government would pay £750 and the owner the remaining £250.

On-street chargepoints cost around £10,000, with the same ratio payments: £7,500 from the Government and the rest paid for by the council or local EV owners.

Andreas Atkins, Head of Electric Vehicle Services at British Gas, said: “Having a viable, publiccharging network is really important to the continued growth of EVs - and the Government’s commitment to Plugged-in-Places is great news.”

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By Roscoe Atletico Madrid B 1 CD Tenerife 0 CD Marino 1 Sanse 1

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Poor Tenerife let fans down

TENERIFE have this wonderful knack of letting down their amazing fans at the worst possible moment.

For months, supporters had saved and planned the “beano” to Madrid - and with the team riding high at the top of the table, what could go wrong? Yeahhhhh.

They produced their worst “performance” of the season and, in the process, started to give the chasing pack hope.

Sergio Aragoneses aside, the team were a joke. The keeper and captain saved a penalty, denied the hosts numerous goals, and kept the score respectable.

I don’t know what it is about this side. Last season, Atletico B battered CDT 3-0 on the

La Caña continue fine run THERE is something stirring in Los Abrigos, where La Caña have been bottom of Division One since August.

But they are starting to find their form.

The team have gone through a few players, but the current line-up have now gone three matches without defeat and on Tuesday they scalped Hammers C 8-4. They are now in touching distance of Terrace B and will fancy their chances of drawing level on points when they play Toscales A on Monday.

There were no problems for the top sides.

Leaders Gaffers A were too strong for Phoe-

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nix Potters, helped by Ashley’s fine form.

They were value for the 9-3 win, and they are still ahead of Tenerife Hammers A, who eased past Inn The Pink A 8-4.

Terrace Bar A, on a poor run, were held to a draw at home to Toscales. Captain Adi lost all three games and that was the main difference.

Dreamers Bar grabbed a draw from the jaws of victory against Terrace B. They were 6-4 up, only for Mark and then Tommy to taste defeat.

Division Two leaders Next Door were given a scare by new boys Bluebell B. They had to take the last frame to steal a point against the division’s

dark horses. The Exiles’ sides were again in red-hot form. The A team were far too strong for Toscales B, winning 9-3, and Exiles B beat the previouslymentioned Bluebell B 7-5. Both sides could

yet be in the top flight next season.

Second-place Treehouse A were upset by Gaffers B, while Palms B’s promotion run looks over after their 7-5 loss against Hoppys. Hat-tip to Tree-

DIVISION 1 RESULTS Dreamers Bar Phoenix Potters Tenerife Hammers A Terrace Bar A 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 Dreamers Bar 8 Terrace Bar A 9 Toscales A 10 The Peacocks A 11 Inn The Pink A 12 Terrace Bar B 13 Bar La Cana

6-6 3-9 8-4 6-6

P 25 25 25 24 25 24 25 25 25 24 25 25 25

Terrace Bar B Gaffers A Inn The Pink A Toscales

W D L F A +- PTS 22 2 1 203 97 106 68 22 1 2 204 96 108 67 13 7 5 162 138 24 46 13 2 9 152 136 16 41 11 4 10 143 157 -14 37 10 5 9 150 138 12 35 10 4 11 149 151 -2 34 9 7 9 149 151 -2 34 8 5 12 144 156 -12 29 6 4 14 129 159 -30 22 4 6 15 136 164 -28 18 3 5 17 112 188 -76 14 3 2 20 99 201 -102 11

house B, who enjoyed their biggest win of the

season as they defeated Bluebell A 8-4.

DIVISION 2 RESULTS Gaffers B Next Door Palms Bar B Treehouse B Exiles B LEAGUE TABLE

7-5 6-6 5-7 8-4 7-5

Table P 1 Next Door 27 2 The Treehouse A 25 3 Exiles A 22 4 James Place 25 5 Exiles B 26 6 Bluebell A 25 7 Inn The Pink B 23 8 Palms Bar B 25 9 Ryan's Bar 26 10 Picasso's 25 11 Hoppys Bar 21 12 Gaffers B 25 13 Tenerife Pool Tables 24 14 Bar 13 26 15 Treehouse B 25 16 Bluebell B 26 17 Toscales B 26 18 Mountain Rangers 29 19 Shorty's 25

W D L F A +- PTS 23 3 1 231 93 138 72 17 3 5 193 107 86 54 16 5 1 178 86 92 53 15 4 6 179 121 58 49 14 6 6 189 123 66 48 15 3 7 178 122 56 48 13 5 5 159 117 42 44 13 3 9 172 128 44 42 12 5 9 180 132 48 41 12 5 8 161 139 22 41 11 3 7 147 105 42 36 10 4 11 160 140 20 34 8 4 12 139 149 -10 28 7 3 16 144 168 -24 24 5 4 16 135 165 -30 19 4 4 18 74 238 -164 16 4 2 20 117 195 -78 14 4 0 25 71 277 -206 12 2 0 23 49 251 -202 6

The Treehouse A Bluebell B Hoppys Bar Bluebell A Bluebell B

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The horrendous landing back in Tenerife summed up the “horror” trip and it may be some time before the fans return to the mainland in such numbers.

Leganes’ 2-0 win over Marino de Luanco means the gap at the top is cut to six points.

But with just 11 games to go, that is still a decent gap.

This Sunday, Tenerife look to get back to win-

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ning ways when they host Guijuelo. The visitors have lost their last six on the road and are having a shocking run.

But amazingly, they did beat Atletico B 3-0 a few weeks back, so this may not be the gimme it appears.

When the sides met in October, the match was a dull, goal-less draw, but one player did stand out. And on Sunday, Fran Ochoa will be in Tenerife’s colours after making the January switch.

“It will be nice to see my old team-mates again,” he said in a presser this week. “But I'm a Tenerife player now and we want to get three points and set the record straight after Sunday.”

Guijuelo have a poor defence. Leganes put five past them, Salamanca four, and even Aviles got a couple a fortnight ago. Tenerife will have a muchchanged side as well.

Top scorer Aridane is out, so it should be a rare start for Guillem Marti, who is due a run in the side.

It will be interest-

ing to see if a fully-fit Chechu starts, and whether there is a nod for Suso. Tarantino is fit again and should return to the back four, but in whose place?

Bruno has been a regular all season but youngster Alberto has done nothing wrong in the last three weeks.

Meanwhile, there was good news and bad news off the pitch this week. Manager Alvaro Cervero finally signed a contract extension that takes him to the end of the 2014-2015 season.

This gives the club a bit of stability, and he is the first manager to get such a contract since Jose Luis Oltra.

And he didn’t do so bad. did he?

However, the board of directors painted a gloomy financial picture on Wednesday. In essence, the club are on the verge of administration. Debts from previous regimes are crippling the club, and they are running out of options.

There is no danger of the side being disbanded or folding, and it’s

unlikely that a points deduction will happen.

But the club are in dire straights, and some investment is urgently needed. Yes Tenerife are a big fish in this league, but the revenue is tiny. Even a much-expected pro-

motion will not bring any respite.

Television deals are nothing like those in England and, of course, promotion will bring a higher wage bill and costs.

President Miguel Conception is leaving

soon, but there is no rush to succeed him.

The club has no real assets as they lease the ground, and no player has been sold for hard cash in years.

Let’s hope someone steps out of the shadows. And quickly.

Segunda B Position

Points

PLD

54

27

Won Draw 9

F

A

3

42

18

CD Tenerife

2

CD Leganés

48

27

14

6

7

44

30

3

Real Oviedo

47

27

13

8

6

38

24

4

CF Fuenlabrada

44

27

11

11

5

39

28

5

Caudal Deportivo

44

27

13

5

9

35

25

6

Coruxo FC

44

27

12

8

7

31

25

7

UD Salamanca

39

27

10

9

8

43

34

8

Real Avilés CF

39

27

12

3

12

33

35

9

Real Madrid CF C

38

27

10

8

9

38

32

37

27

9

10

8

31

31

10 CD Ourense

15

Lost

1

11 Club Marino de Luanco

36

27

10

6

11

30

36

12 Real Sporting B

35

27

9

8

10

37

39

13 Getafe CF B

34

27

7

13

7

27

20

14 Club Atlético de Madrid B

34

27

9

7

11

35

37

15 UD San Sebastián de los Reyes31

27

8

7

12

28

37

16 Zamora CF

29

27

4

17

6

33

40

17 CD Guijuelo

29

27

7

8

12

23

38

18 Rayo Vallecano B

26

27

6

8

13

29

42

19 RSD Alcalá

26

27

6

8

13

18

33

20 CD Marino

14

27

3

5

19

23

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Last-dart drama in the Lounge!

By Geoff Huxtable IT has been nip and tuck all season at the top of Division 2, and last Friday’s Emerald Lounge v Bar 180C pitted the two sides battling for the title.

It was a winner-takesall showdown, with Bar 180 needing just one point for glory.

After a see-saw match, which lived up to all expectations, the

trebles leg was needed for them to get the draw needed, and a real nailbiter ensued.

Bar 180 C’s Pete hit a180 earlier, and you could have heard proverbial pin drop as his team took the leg to claim the crown with what proved to be the very last dart of an excellent season for the San Blas outfit. Many congratulations!

Chipeque’s win at Barracuda Hunters means they could still nick second place

Darts League Tables PREMIER LEAGUE RESULTS Bar 180 A The Pub

6-2 3-5

Target Army Xtreme Sports Bar

PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE

Table 1 Xtreme Sports Bar DIVISION 1 TABLE 2 Bar 180 A 3 The Pub 4 Target Army 5 Phoenix Bar 6 La Central

P W 20 17 20 14 19 5 20 5 21 4 20 3

D L F 1 2 109 2 4 96 6 8 67 4 11 72 6 11 67 5 12 68

A 51 64 85 88 101 92

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+- PTS 58 52 32 44 -18 21 -16 19 -34 18 -24 14

from Emerald Lounge, provided they slip up this week.

Elsewhere, there were wins for La Caña, Bar Amistad and Palms B, plus an entertaining 4-4 draw between Phoenix Flames and local rivals The Rebels - a result which ensured that Amistad 2 were left holding the wooden

spoon!

Division 1 has also been quite competitive this term, and it produced three draws in the latest round of matches.

One of those dashed any hopes of a trophy for Target Titans as they tied with Barracuda Bytes.

The Silencio derby at Ourplace ended with

DIVISION 1 RESULTS

DIVISION 2 RESULTS

Gaffers A Marilyns Ourplace Playboys Palms Sports Bar A Rood Target Titans Vikings Ensecan

3-5 2-6 4-4 P-P P-P 4-4 4-4

Summerland Hopefulls Sundowners Cozy Warriors Ourplace Naturals Bar 180 B Barracuda Bytes Naughty Nautas

DIVISION 1 TABLE

Table 1 Palms Sports Bar A 2 Ourplace Naturals 3 Ourplace Playboys 4 Target Titans 5 Rood 6 Sundowners 7 Gaffers A 8 Scruffy Macs 9 Vikings Ensecan 10 Summerland Hopefulls 11 Bar 180 B 12 Cozy Warriors 13 Barracuda Bytes 14 Naughty Nautas 15 Marilyns

The Bytes, Naughty Nautas and Marilyns are relegated. While, up at the top, the three trophies will go to Palms A, Ourplace Naturals and Ourplace Playboys.

Well done to you all. *There is a team captains’ meeting this Sunday at Sundowners, Green Park, Golf del Sur, starting at 1pm.

the Playboys taking the trebles from Cozy Warriors to share the points, and Vikings, with Dani hit a maximum, did likewise against Naughty Nautas.

Meanwhile, Gaffers A slumped to a home loss against Summerlands and Sundowners beat Marilyns 6-2.

All of this means that

Bar Amistad 1 Barracuda Hunters Emerald Lounge Ourplace Playgirls Phoenix Flames Sundowners 2 Trap Door

5-3 3-5 4-4 3-5 4-4 3-5 8-0

La Central B Chipeque Pool Bar Bar 180 C Palms Sports Bar B The Rebels La Caña Lancers Bar Amistad 2

DIVISION 2 TABLE

P 26 25 27 27 26 26 26 26 27 27 26 27 28 27 27

W 26 20 16 15 14 13 12 9 9 9 7 6 6 5 1

D 0 2 6 6 5 5 2 8 6 2 5 6 2 3 4

L 0 3 5 6 7 8 12 9 12 16 14 15 20 19 22

F 171 147 124 122 115 113 108 103 94 83 84 92 84 86 66

A 37 53 92 94 93 95 100 105 122 133 124 124 140 130 150

+- PTS 134 78 94 62 32 54 28 51 22 47 18 44 8 38 -2 35 -28 33 -50 29 -40 26 -32 24 -56 20 -44 18 -84 7

Table 1 Bar 180 C 2 Emerald Lounge 3 Chipeque Pool Bar 4 La Caña Lancers 5 Gaffers B 6 Bar Amistad 1 7 Trap Door 8 La Central B 9 Palms Sports Bar B 10 Sundowners 2 11 Barracuda Hunters 12 Ourplace Playgirls 13 The Rebels 14 Phoenix Flames 15 Bar Amistad 2

P 28 27 27 27 27 26 27 27 26 27 27 27 27 27 27

W 23 21 21 14 13 12 11 9 7 8 7 6 4 2 2

D 4 5 3 9 7 6 5 6 8 5 6 5 6 6 3

L 1 1 3 4 7 8 11 12 11 14 14 16 17 19 22

F 163 155 152 129 126 117 113 109 92 84 89 87 92 64 44

A 61 61 64 87 90 91 103 107 116 132 127 129 124 152 172

+- PTS 102 73 94 68 88 66 42 51 36 46 26 42 10 38 2 33 -24 29 -48 29 -38 27 -42 23 -32 18 -88 12 -128 9

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Prize Sudoku

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The rules of sudoku X are simple - just enter the numbers 1 - 9 once in each row, column and 3 x 3 square within the sudoku X puzzle grid. In addition to standard sudoku, the numbers must only occur once in each side of the ‘X’ that is marked on the grid.

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What better way to train your brain. Starting at the left with the number provided, work across each of these lines applying the mathematical instructions to your running total.

Don´t reach for the calculator - that´s cheating! Write your final answer in the last box of the line. Aim to complete each round in about 30 seconds. Good Luck!

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Winner: Joe Spencer

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You have until the 5th April to pick up and use your prizes from the Canarian Weekly offices in Las Chafiras.

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Fill in the sudoku X and add up the numbers in the blue shaded boxes. Email your answer to info@canarian weekly.com before Wednesday 13th March 2013 and you could win!

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Find thes words: BARD BATTLE COURT CROWN GOBLET GOLD COINS GUARDS HEADSMAN LANCE LORDS MAGIC SPELL MEAD MINSTREL PALACE PEASANTS SHIELD SILVER SPEARS SPRITE THRONE TOWER WARLOCK WRAITH

Last Issue's Answers: Brain Training: Beginner: 8 Intermediate: 49 Advanced: 183 Who are we?: Jennifer Lawrence, Adele, Ben Affleck Sudoku:

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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

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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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