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Man killed in hail of bullets was innocent, insists family

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THE family of a man, shot dead after being riddled with bullets on Tuesday night in a drive-by shooting, are adamant that Carlos Machin was not going to testify at the forthcoming “Corredor case� trial.

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His children are in shock Continued from Front The 50-year-old was murdered by a hit-man, armed with a semiautomatic weapon, as he climbed into his vehicle in the car park at San Cristobal La Laguna’s Language School, which he was attending.

But the family lawyer, Santiago Martinez, said he would not have been involved in the Corredor trial, which begins on 7th May in the Santa Cruz Provincial Court, because he had been acquitted and, therefore, had not been called to testify.

Carlos is a widower, and a family spokesperson said his three children were in complete shock. “They have asked for the media to respect the family’s privacy, and are

asking for stories not to be invented or exaggerated,” he said.

The National Police homicide team are still investigating the gruesome incident involving the res-

pected businessman, who was originally from Isora, in El Hierro.

Investigators believe that the killer, and his driver, knew his habits, and his whereabouts,

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A GUARDIA Civil tweet in Spain has gone viral, particularly with the ladies, after featuring a handsome officer from the armed force.

The @guardiacivil Twitter account, with more than 1.23 million followers, normally keeps the public informed of crime and security subjects.

But one of their latest tweets featured a rugged cop with the message: “Although, from the outside, you see us dressed in uniform, inside we are not different from you. We work for your freedom and safety.”

The tweet of the handsome officer has now attracted more than 1,200 comments, mainly from women, and at least 10,000 likes. It has also been retweeted more than 2,500 times.

and that they were waiting for him to leave his class that particular night.

They knew he had recently changed his English classes from the morning to the evening, and were aware of the Nissan car he was driving.

Until recently, Mr Machin was very much involved in La Laguna’s night-life, specifically in the El Cuadliratero area, where he had been recognised for the past 16 years. And he was joint-owner of

the town’s Pub Kapitel until about eight months ago, when he decided to part with his night-life scene to start a completely-new career.

That is why he was learning English at the Language School, to further his future business prospects.

He was shot a total of eight times, and the two side-windows in the front of his car were completely shattered.

Mr Machin’s car is now with the National

Police, undergoing a forensic examination.

Investigators believe this was a contract killing, and others feel that foreigners put out a contract on him. But, at present, there are no apparent motives for the murder.

Several car-park witnesses said the criminals fled in a Renault Clio, which was later found in flames and without any number plates. It had been reported as stolen that morning.

The lawyer said he would never take any substances, or drink, given what other people thought, especially while he was working.

Mr Machin was involved in another business, which involved recycling plastic, and, at 50, he was considered to be in good health, taking into account, the environment in which he had worked.

He also took pride in his appearance, and was well-liked by many people. He lived in an apartment, and enjoyed a normal life with his family.

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Tourism towns’ venture is off to a dazzling start PÁJARA, in the Las Palmas capital of Fuerteventura, has been invited to join the Association of Tourism Towns in the Canaries (AMTC).

Details were released during the body’s recent Arona meeting, where the selection of its technical secretariat was ratified, as well as welcoming its latest member.

It is also understood that other tourism boroughs will also be joining the fastgrowing, influential group.

The structure of the association’s first public conference, to be held on 15-16th in Costa Adeje Tourism Development Centre (CDTCA), is aimed at “creating a space for dialogue and exchange”.

And, says AMTC President José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga, who is also Adeje Mayor: “This should open new avenues for the advancement of the tourism model for the Ca-

nary Islands.” Invitations will be sent to as many as 100 individuals from various public and private sectors, trades unions, education centres, and also national and international organisations, including the World Tourism Organisation.

Among issues to be discussed will be sustainable growth, training and employment in the sector, digitalisation and planning.

But the conference will not be planned as a forum or congress, added Rodríguez Fraga. “Instead, we want this to be a meeting place;

an open, participative body where authorities, intellectuals, workers and business can bring genuine proposals for discussion.

“We will look beyond the description of tourism as, solely, a matter for promotion and marketing.

In fact, we will recognise

the need for serious groundwork, in hotels, in the complementary industry, in infrastructure and services.

“These are matters in which all town councils must be protagonists, because they are the ones who must, actively, manage in this regard.”

The AMTC committee also accepted an invitation from the “Futurismo 2018” business forum, to be held in Arona, where mayors of tourism towns will discuss relevant issues and needs of the most important tourism destinations in the Canaries, the sector sustaining the economy of the regions.

Present at the meeting were Rodríguez Fraga, along with fellow Mayors Marco Aurelio Pérez, from San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Arona’s José Julian Mena, and Guía de Isora’s Pedro Martin.

Also in attendance were Councillors Mencey Navarro and Alba Medina (Mogán), Ermitas Moreira (Adeje), David Peréz (Arona) and José Miguel Mena (Guía de Isora).

Police rescue young kids from life of prostitution THREE young girls, forced to take drugs, as well as prostitute themselves in hostess clubs across Lanzarote, have been rescued by the National Police.

A statement by the police explained how the minors became victims, and how they had been lured out of juvenile centres and taken to empty apartments, where they were given drugs.

They were also locked up, and controlled by members from the human-trafficking gang.

The statement also describes how they would be allowed to leave the apartments, accompanied by a member, to go shopping for new clothes, and to be escorted to nightclubs, where men would be waiting to take advantage of them.

Throughout the night, they were forced to take drugs, and to have sexual relations with any client introduced

Woman is so close to being strangled

to them by the gang.

The investigation began when the Arrecife juvenile centre reported the absence of the girls, who were registered there.

However, thanks to the investigation, police were able to dismantle a strong criminal group, recovering some 48,000 euros and an imitation gun, as well as many narcotics substances.

Officers also discovered documentation of other

young girls, who are also minors.

As a result of the probe, the police arrested eight members of the gang, who were arrested on crimes of human-trafficking, child pornography and drugtrafficking, as well as corrupting minors.

Three of the eight arrested have already been imprisoned, which has, successfully, wrecked the organisation.

GUARDIA Civil officers saved a woman’s life by barging into a Costa del Sol house, where a suspected drug-trafficker was attempting to strangle her.

The Guardia were carrying out surveillance on two houses in Mijas, when they heard a woman screaming for help.

Officers stormed one of the homes, and found one member of the suspected drugs gang strangling the woman with a steel cable.

She was soon rescued, with bruises all over her body, and she had to be treated for a deep wound in her neck from the strangulation attempt.

The attacker was arrested for attempted murder, while his two colleagues were handcuffed as they tried to flee. Officers said

the woman, who had been having sex with the wouldbe killer, was attempting to end the relationship. She had refused to have sex with him, sending him into a “murderous rage”.

The gang were using a garage, attached to one of the houses, to hide drugs in vehicles, ready to transport to European countries.

Agents seized 313kg of vacuum-packed hashish, along with ground coffee, 12,500 euros in cash and the two vehicles.

The three suspects, all Polish expats, are accused of belonging to a criminal organisation and drugtrafficking, with one also charged with attempted murder.

They have been remanded in custody, awaiting court proceedings.

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Restaurant thieves can’t dodge the law TWO teenagers were arrested by National Police, for breaking and entering a restaurant in Gran Canaria capital Las Palmas.

The youngsters, aged 18 and 29, are known to the police because of their past history with the law.

A security system, connected directly to the central police headquarters, alerted the cops, who distracted the pair on arrival.

The teenagers then tried to escape by jumping over the restaurant wall, but the police gave chase, and one of them was nabbed after running away.

The other lad gave himself up, handing

over a laptop, as well as money they had stolen from the restaurant.

Police surveyed the area and found the till, hidden a few metres from the building, which the pair had stolen and forced open. Both individuals, charged with breaking and entering, are awaiting court procedures.

The laptop and money were returned to the owner.

Drunken female trio attacked themselves, and bottle of vodka!

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A trio of socalled lapdancers, who launched into a vodka-fuelled scrap on an easyJet flight to Tenerife, were pulled apart by cabin crew.

Alarmed passengers watched on as the three, drunken women attacked each other at 30,000ft, leaving one of them with a bloodied face.

Witnesses said the friends, believed to be erotic dancers, had been causing issues on the flight from Gatwick, after guzzling a bottle of vodka.

Attendants managed to confiscate the alcohol, following passengers’ complaints, which sparked a row between the trio.

Angie Dilloway, whose 10-year-old daughter Bella can be heard screaming in footage of the fight, told The Sun how one women was “ripping the hair” out of another.

“No one expected it to happen,’ she said.

“They were friends, cuddling one minute and then getting louder and drinking vodka the next.

“They started arguing and were using the ‘f ’ word and the ‘c’ word. Other passengers complained, and the stewardess took the bottle of vodka away from them.”

She added: “Then a brunette lunged at a blonde, screaming. She was ripping her hair out, and we feared someone would get badly hurt.”

An easyJet spokesperson confirmed that an altercation had taken place on the EZY8709 flight, and that certain passengers were escorted from the plane by Spanish police.

The incident followed last week’s report, which suggested that drunken air passengers could be hit with on-the-spot fines at airports, in a bid to crackdown on air-rage.

The UK’s Government ministers are believed to be considering the measure, after alcohol was found to be the biggest cause of trouble on flights.

More than one in six people, who have flown in the past three years. have witnessed aggressive or drunken behaviour on board, according to the Civil Aviation Authority.

And a Government report has set out a range of proposals to curb excessive drinking, before and during flights, as part of its Aviation Strategy.

Among the suggestions are selling Duty-Free booze in sealed bags, to reduced the likelihood of passengers drinking it on flights.

Other measures could include introducing tougher penalties for those drunk on flights, and overhauling licensing laws for airside premises in England and Wales, which are not covered by the Licensing Act.

Swedish swimmer dies in rough seas off Adeje A SWEDISH man, aged 26, died after getting into trouble while swimming on Wednesday in a cove called El Pris, between La Caleta and El Puertito, off the Adeje coastline.

Other swimmers, who went to rescue him, managed to get him out of the water and gave him CPR. The incident hap-

pened at around 5pm, and the Emergency Services received several calls requesting assistance, because there were several people struggling in the sea, shouting for help.

Three ambulances were dispatched immediately, and their medics continued trying to resuscitate him when they arrived. Unfortunately, it was too late, because the man’s heart had stopped while he was still in the water.

The medics also had to attend to another swimmer, who had been helping with the rescue.

The 51-year-old German was suffered mild exposure, and medics gave him initial care, before he was transferred to Hospiten Sur for further treatment and observation.

A man was stIll missing yesterday evening, as we went to Press, and a sea helicopter continued to search the area for him.

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No more smiling for drunken passenger

A DRUNKEN British h o l i d a y - m a k e r, nicknamed “Smiler”, who was travelling to a Tenerife stag party from Manchester Airport, forced a Ryanair pilot to turn his plane back in mid-air.

THE National Police have arrested a 33-year-old Pole for attacking his 90-yearold father violently, in the Gran Canaria village of Arenales.

The pensioner called the police, reporting that he had been beaten with his walking stick by his son for money.

It followed an argument between them because cash was missing from an envelope.

The son walked away, but returned later, again demanding money. But his father refused to give him any, so he attacked him, forcing his dad to hand over 50 euros, which was all he had.

The pensioner has received medical treatment, while his son is awaiting court procedures.

Dozen people hurt in crash

TWELVE people received slight injuries after a collision between a lorry and a bus in Gran Canaria on Tuesday at noon.

The accident occurred on the Avenida Maritima in Las Palmas in Gran Canaria, as the vehicles were passing each other in the San Cristobal high street.

The emergency services were dispatched immediately, and five people were transferred to a local hospital for further treatment. Officials dealt with the subsequent traffic jams.

Diver rescued off Arona

Karl Wend, a 45-year-old pipe-fitter, had behaved aggressively towards a woman soon after take-off, claiming, falsely, that she had stolen his phone.

At Manchester Magistrates Court, father-of-five Wend, from Runcorn, apologised for his conduct and was fined £2,500, along with £255 costs.

Cabin crew, alerted by another passenger, found Wend “smelling of alcohol, stumbling around and thinking he was on a different planet”.

He then became threatening and abusive, and an ugly scuffle developed, forcing the pilot to turn back to Manchester.

Wend, nicknamed “Smiler”, said he began boozing after finding out that a relative had undergone successful cancer treatment.

He told the court: “I just got carried away. I never normally drink, but that day I drank a lot.

“When my cousin, who is more like a brother to me, messaged me and told me the cancer treatment had gone well, I was overjoyed. We thought he had three months left, but he texted me, saying, ‘I’ve got 18 months,’ and I was so happy.

“I was celebrating, but I accept what I did was

wrong and I wholeheartedly apologise.

If I could apologise to every single person on that plane, I would. My last memory was leaving the bar.”

He added: “This is so out of character for me, and I would never ever do this again. I am sorry to that lady as well. I cannot remember what happened, but I am truly sorry if I worried her or scared her.”

“People know me as ‘Karl the Smiler’ but I haven’t smiled since then.

I understand how angry the passengers must have been.

“I ruined their flight and their holiday. I accept that they would have had to rearrange their flights and I am truly sorry for that.”

Prosecutor Miss Tess Kenyon said: “There was a two-hour delay to the flight,

and Mr Wend was with a group who were out for a stag-do on that flight.

“A cabin supervisor was approached by a passenger, who stated that a man was being hostile and becoming aggressive towards a young woman, accusing her of taking his phone.

“The supervisor came to the conclusion that it wasn’t safe to continue with the flight, due to the behaviour of the defendant, and asked a member of the crew to instruct the captain.”

Magistrate Jean Carter told Wend: “We accept you are remorseful but we are very concerned about your actions in this case.

“Your behaviour was ridiculous. A lot of people will have very bad memories of you, even though they did not know your name.”

Ten people died in weekend collisions A DIVER’S holiday turned dramatic when he had to be rescued off the Arona coast between Las Galletas and Los Cristianos.

The Emergency Services were told that the 60-year-old had experienced breathing difficulties, soon after entering the water.

A co-ordinator there gave step-by-step instructions to the caller on how to assist the man, who was in a serious condition. He was taken by his companion, in the small boat they had been using, back to Los Cristianos port, where an ambulance awaited him.

There, an ambulance team assisted the diver, who was then transferred to the Las Americas Athletic Stadium.

A medical helicopter then took the diver to the University Hospital in Santa Cruz for further treatment.

DURING the course of the weekend, from 3pm on Friday until 8pm on Sunday in Spain, 10 people lost their lives in a total of nine traffic accidents.

Five were motorcyclists and one other a cyclist.

In addition, seven other travellers were seriously injured.

Five people were injured, including two badly-hurt minors, when two cars collided, head-on, in Guia de Isora, on the TF-46 on Sunday morning at around 8.15.

All five, trapped in their

cars, had to be freed by firefighters. Local Police assisted with traffic diversions, as well as creating a clear path for an emergency helicopter to land.

The helicopter transferred a woman and the two youngsters, aged seven and six, to Candelaria Hospital for futher treatment, because of the severity of the impact.

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Fugitive cornered at London airport A BRITISH fugitive, wanted in connection with the disappearance of Lisa Brown, was arrested at Heathrow airport yesterday (Thursday).

and her sister, Helen, said: “We are as happy as we can be. We expect extradition to run its course now.”

He now faces extradition

to Spain to face trial, and Helen added: “We don’t think there’s any chance he will be let out again by the Spanish courts before then.”

Corner remains under investigation, on suspicion of Lisa’s homicide, along with six other Brits, suspected of obstructing justice.

Simon Corner, 35, was handcuffed on arrival, after a European Arrest Warrant had been issued last month.

This latest saga follows the launching by Lisa’s family of a £100,000 reward, for information on Corner’s whereabouts, at last month’s press conference in Algeciras.

Lisa, a 32-year-old from Scotland, vanished in November 2015 from her home in Guadiaro, near Gibraltar, and has been presumed dead by her family and Spanish police.

Corner made bail last year after paying 10,000 euros,

Heathrow goes under hammer ITEMS from Heathrow Airport’s old Terminal 1 are being auctioned off later this month, and everything will go under the hammer.

Items include baggage carousels, signs, security cameras and scanners and escalators, as well as art works which used to grace the walls.

The terminal closed down in 2015 after 47 years of operations, and auctioneers CA Global Partners hopes the sale will reach a sixfigure sum.

Mum left boy at home for an overnight party A WOMAN was arrested on Sunday after leaving her 11-year-old son at home in Gran Canaria, to enjoy a night out at a party.

A Protection Unit from the Local Police, carrying out a routine patrol of the Las Palmas port area on Sunday morning, noticed

a woman, shouting as she was being forcibly removed from a building.

Officers approached her and noticed she was clearly intoxicated, so they asked her for an identify. She then began abusing them, verbally and physically, causing minor injuries to one, for which she was arrested.

Once she was detained, she began panicking, telling the cops she had

left her youngest son at home.

The Police Protection and Support Unit, who then visited the woman’s home to verify the facts, came across the minor, who had spent the whole night alone.

He hadn’t been in contact with any responsible adult throughout the entire night.

Needless to say, the woman is awaiting sentencing.

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Heartbreak, as over 1,000 pigs are drowned

MORE than 1,000 pigs, locked in their pens, have drowned during a flood in Spain’s Aragon region.

Shocking footage, shared by animal rights group PACMA, shows animals up their necks in water as they try to stay afloat.

The area was flooded after the River Ebro burst its banks, but though the owners of the Villafranca de Ebro farm had been warned about a high chance of floods, they refused to evacuate the poor pigs.

Yet more than 45,000 animals, from 42 other farms in the region, had been evacuated after the general warning.

A spokesman for PACMA, which has filed complaints against the farm owners, said: “If they had started evacuating the pigs on time, they would have saved them.

“We have filed a legal complaint for possible animal abuse, against the owners and/or those responsible for the animals, which were abandoned and drowned at the Remolinos and Villafranca de Ebro farms, both in Zaragoza.

“These are the same farms, which left their animals to die during the floods in 2015. But they are not the only ones responsible.

“In November, we presented our Animal Catastrophe Evacuation Plan to Aragon Council. If they had listened to us, none of this would have happened.

“In addition, we warned the Government of Aragon last Friday that there was a forecast of floods, and that it was essential a protocol be activated to evict the animals and guarantee their safeguarding.”

The investigation continues.

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New sea-front walk offers real comfort

AT last! The makeshift, sea-front path, linking San Blas with Los Abrigos, which has been used by dozens of people daily for several years, is to be replaced.

Tenerife Cabildo is providing funds for a much-needed footpath and two footbridges, all made of wood, along with five seating zones, complete with shaded areas.

In addition, a plaza-mirador (a square with excellent views) is planned in front of the stony, Los Abrigos beach.

Cabildo Tourism chief Alberto Bernabé has visited San Miguel and Granadilla municipalities to inform residents of the new path, which will cost an estimated 1.2 million euros, at least.

The contract has been awarded to Señalizaciones Villar, and the work will be divided into six phases, to keep the existing path open.

Boozed-up, in-flight pests may face fines

DRUNKEN travellers at UK airports could face on-thespot fines for bad behaviour, in a bid by the authorities to crackdown on boozy, in-flight incidents.

The threat, says The Times, comes as Government ministers are investigating the possibility of giving airport police the power to hand out immediate fines, without having to go through the courts.

Officials are also said to be considering the introduction of a law for alcohol bought in airport shops.

Passengers may soon need to place bottles of booze in a sealed plastic bag, before boarding the flight.

The discussions are part of a strategy by the Department of Transport to clamp down on mid-flight violence by drunkards.

So far this year, the International Air Transport Association has already reported a 50% increase in passengers having to be forcibly contained for bad behaviour, ranging from verbal attacks to life-threatening incidents.

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FAKE sickness claims by packageholiday people will almost certainly cost them dearly from now on, to the relief of the travel industry.

New rules, announced by the British Government, will fix the legal costs that can be claimed by companies. Hopefully, it will close a loophole, which, the travel industry believes, has helped fuel a rising number of claims.

The industry feared that the false-claims “epidemic” had been raising the prospect of higher travel costs for British tourists. But these new rules will come into effect in the coming weeks, in plenty of time before the next summer-holiday season.

Until now, legal costs in overseas-package travel claims were not controlled, which means that costs for tour operators have been spiralling out of all proportion to the damages claimed.

It has led to many operators settling holiday-sickness claims out of court, rather than challenging them.

Industry experts believe that this has been a major factor in a rise in claims, which has led to concerns that Britain’s reputation overseas is being damaged, and that British tourists will face higher packageholiday prices.

Justice Minister Rory Stewart said: “Claiming compensation for being sick on holiday, when you haven’t been, is fraud. It damages the travel industry and risks driving up costs for holiday-makers.

“This behaviour also tarnishes the reputation of British people abroad, which is why we are introducing measures to crack down on those who engage in this dishonest practice.”

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Simon Manley, British Ambassador to Spain, added: “The issue of fraudulent sickness claims has, rightly, caused concern in Spain, and has had a serious impact on Spanish hoteliers.

“These latest measures to control legal costs, announced by the Government, as well as the steps taken at the end of last summer, show how seriously we take this issue.

And they underline our determination to clamp down on loopholes

and fraudulent claims.

“Almost 19 million British tourists visited Spain last year, and, while the vast majority of holiday-makers will not make false claims, these steps will help to deter those who might be tempted to do so.”

He warned. “As our travel advice says, making a false claim could result in legal proceedings in the UK, as has happened, or in Spain.”

According to the travel industry, there has been a substantial increase in

claims, which some have estimated to be as high as 500% in recent years.

While uncontrolled costs have discouraged tour operators from challenging claims, they have also emboldened claims-management companies to encourage tourists to pursue holiday-sickness compensation, with touts, reportedly, drumming up business in European resorts.

To help tackle this, Ministers asked the Civil Procedure Rule Committee, responsible for setting rules on legal costs, to look at bringing package-holiday claims within the fixed, recoverable-costs regime.

This would mean tour operators paying prescribed costs, depending on the value of the claim and length of proceedings. It would make defence costs predictable, and, also, assist tour operators to challenge bogus claims.

The Committee has now agreed to these rule changes, which were updated on Monday, and will come into effect shortly.

More detail will also be published on the UK’s Government’s approach, alongside its response to a recent call for evidence.

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Battle against drugs adds up to millions!

THE Spanish Government, though criticised in local circles because of its slow response to drug-smuggling through La Linea de la Concepcion, has proved itself in recent action, with a hashish seizure worth millions of euros.

It was claimed that La Linea, on the frontier of Gibraltar, was becoming a lawless town, where the police were not only ineffective but also unable to carry out their work properly.

But, little by little, additional resources have been made available to combat the escalating drug-smuggling, including an increase in the number of Guardia Civil and National Police officers on the ground.

Then there’s the ongoing financing of a mobile X-ray system, including scanner and van, plus a contraband The Government is committed to tackling the country’s compensation culture, and, recently, it introduced a Civil Liability Bill. This includes measures to reduce the unacceptablyhigh number of whiplash claims, and allow insurers to cut premiums.

Other reforms include the forthcoming cold-calling ban, and tougher regulation of claims-management companies.

The Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) reports a 500% increase from around 5,000 claims

detector, together with two canine units, as well as adequate equipment, including a dog-friendly van.

This latest success, in an operation carried out by Guardia officers and National Police, has uncovered 3,300 kilos of hashish in two La Linea buildings, resulting in the arrest of three people.

In addition, details of various boats, owned by the alleged smugglers, have been found, along with a number of mobile phones, complete with contact details of others involved in the movement of the drugs along the coast.

These latest arrests are part of the long term, ongoing battle against the illegal importation of drugs into Spain, and they should silence the doubters… for now! in 2013, to around 35,000 claims in 2016.

Yet the travel industry data on the global trend for reported incidence of illness in resorts has, actually, declined in recent years.

Since October 2017, four couples were either imprisoned, or ordered to pay significant legal costs by the court after making false package-holiday sickness claims.

These cases were private prosecutions, brought by tour operators Thomas Cook, TUI and Red Sea Holidays.

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Book & Comic Fair is the pride of Adeje ADEJE’S popular Book & Comic Fair, being staged over the weekend, will be held in the car-park of the town’s School of Music and Dance, as in previous years.

This is the event’s 16th year, hosted by the local council, and it starts today (Friday), until Sunday. The aim is to promote locallybased authors, as well as encourage the written word for everyone.

Councillor Juan Desiderio Afonso Ruiz, in charge of the library department, said: “Last year, we included ‘Comic’ in the title and the event. And, by doing so, we were able to further promote the value and the fun of reading.

“We also offer a space to booksellers, which is a platform for authors to promote new works and generate new relationships with books, and the world of literature, for the public.”

In recent years, the council

has invited locally-based foreign writers to take part.

And last year, as a result of the Fair, a group of Englishlanguage authors have formed a creative group, dedicated to supporting and encouraging writing and publishing.

Author Joe Cawley (More Ketchup Than Salsa) says: “The Adeje Book and Comic fair provides a great opportunity for local authors to talk with readers. They can also promote their own work, as well as providing advice and

encouragement to those with a burning desire to write their own books.”

Tomorrow (Saturday), many English-language authors will be on hand to meet and greet readers. They will also take part in a round-table discussion on self-publishing, the use of social media to promote work, and how authors need to separate fact from fiction in writing.

As well as Joe Cawley, other authors attending include Gemma Metcalfe, Lee Bullen, Richard Attree, Bradley Chermside and Helen Gilbert.

During the three-day event, four new Spanish books will be launched. There will also be a number of exhibitions, and a talk, delivered by Adeje writer Covadonga González Fierro, on Sunday in the Canarian library, at 6pm.

For children, there are storytelling sessions and visual shows, and, in addition, there is a workshop on La Gomera’s whistling language, as well as musical performances throughout the weekend.

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A driver’s road-rage proves so expensive POLICE have arrested a man, following a roadrage incident that went from bad to worse after an initial argument.

A call was made by the victim to the Local Police in Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, reporting that a fellow motorist had been aggressive towards him.

He said he’d had a argument with another driver, who followed him home. When he parked his car, the angry driver got out of his vehicle, carrying what looked like a baseball bat, and proceeded to batter the other man’s car with it, repeatedly.

Thanks to the description by neighbours, and the victim, the offender was caught, arrested and charged with criminal damage.

The total sum of damages was estimated at 1,493 euros.

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Zebra shark Udra really is unique to Loro Parque UDRA, the first zebra shark born in an aquarium in Spain, arrived at Loro Parque towards the end of 2016, and visitors can view this magnificent animal in her new home: a meticulouslycreated mangrove at Aqua Viva.

The aquarium team, whose efforts enabled this breeding success, are extremely proud to confirm that the animal has completed the required quarantine period, during which she received all the necessary care and attention.

Now that she is enjoying a new, spacious home, it means that visitors have a unique opportunity of viewing her for the first time in this element of the park, which was recognised by Trip Advisor in 2017 as the best zoo in the world.

Since her birth, Udra has

been participating in a unique, shark-training programme, developed by Loro Parque’s aquarium experts.

Thanks to this training, important procedures, such as voluntarily blood extraction, was made possible.

Also, through this training, the shark has become accustomed to regular, voluntary, veterinary check-ups, which allow the aquarium team to ensure her maximum well-being.

It also provides researchers and scientists with valuable information about this species, and, from now on, the

park’s visitors will be able to observe Udra’s training sessions.

Udra is an offspring of two other Loro Parque zebra sharks, Marylin and Elvis, who, since then, have had more young ones.

Nevertheless, Udra has a special meaning for the aquarium’s team, as the first of this species to be born under their care, which means the Loro Parque aquarium is the first among Spain’s aquariums to have bred this species.

The young shark has been progressing steadily since

her birth, in October 2016.

Initially, she weighed just 0.072kg, and is now 0.390kg, and she has grown from the original 27cm to 118cm.

What is curious about these animals is that they received their common name, zebra shark, because of their appearance at birth.

While they are young, they display white stripes over darker bodies, but their appearance changes as they grow. And, by the time they become adults, the stripes will have evolved into black spots.

These sharks are slow but

elusive swimmers; they do not chase their prey, but, rather, corner it, using their large, flexible bodies to prevent it from escaping.

Breeding and reproduction work carried out at Loro Parque is essential to provide scientists with vital, much-needed information about the conservation of this particular species, but also of other species which are threatened much more.

Hence, the Loro Parque Foundation, with the support of its primary sponsor, Loro Parque, which, among many others, has been conducting marine wildlife conservation and protection projects successfully.

Among them are projects featuring such species as the angelfish (Squatima squatima), considered to be the most endangered shark in the world, and the hammerhead shark (Sphyrna sp.).

This is a species which finds itself under a lot of pressure, primarily because of aggressive fishing techniques and other adverse conditions.

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Join the beautiful people BARBARA Tucker, the legendary American singer-songwriter, will grace the Hard Rock Hotel Tenerife open-air stage on 12th May, as the headline act, at the next Children of the 80s concert.

With a string of numberone tracks in the US, as well as several hits in the UK, including Beautiful People and Everybody Dance (The Horn Song), Tucker’s music has influenced mainstream and dance music over the last three decades, and she has appeared, regularly, across venues in clublandcapital Ibiza, for many years.

As with all her performances, she promises an extravaganza of colour, dance-floor fillers and sing-a-long classics, for the May edition of Children of the 80s.

Joining Tucker will be Children of the 80s’ own DJ trio, Dream Team Reload, along with local, Canary Island legends Puretas Party, who will bring funfilled party vibes to the Hard Rock Hotel Tenerife stage.

The Children of the 80s’ brand, born in Ibiza in 2015, has become synonymous with blast-from-the-past tunes, reminiscent of a time when music defined everything.

The event has grown to become one of the mostpopular, monthly events, bi-

monthly in July and August in the Canaries, with hotel guests, island visitors and locals flocking to the hotel’s outdoor concert area, in costumes from the Eighties.

The party takes place adjacent to Hard Rock Hotel Tenerife’s lagoon, and is supported by DJ sessions, state-of-the-art pyrotechnics, and dazzling entertainers.

Subsequent Children of the 80s events will take place on 16th June, 14th July, 28th July, 11th August, 25th August, 8th September, 13th October and 10th November, with the 2018 finale on 8th December, marking the second anniversary of the 80s themed night.

A weekly Children of the 80s

party will also take place every Friday at Hard Rock Hotel Ibiza, from 1st June to 28th September.

Guests at Hard Rock Hotel Tenerife will have full access to all live events, at no extra cost. Deluxe rooms at Hard Rock Hotel Tenerife are priced from 283 euros on a B&B basis, based on two people sharing.

Tickets for the Children of the 80s gig, priced from 15 euros, can be purchased via www.childrenofthe80s.com About Hard Rock Hotel Tenerife Hard Rock Hotel Tenerife is Hard Rock International’s second property, in collaboration with Palladium Hotel Group, following the opening of Hard Rock Hotel Ibiza, in May 2014. The

five-star hotel, on Tenerife’s southern coast, in Playa Paraiso, near Adeje, comprises 624 rooms, including 260 suites, split across two towers, named Oasis and Nirvana.

Facilities include three pools, a lagoon, threetiered kids’ clubs, as well as signature, Hard Rock facilities, including a Rock Spa, Body Rock gym and world-famous Rock Shop.

Guests have a choice of six restaurants, including tapas restaurant Ali-Ole, modern Asian restaurant Narumi, steak-house Montauk, allday buffet Sessions, 3rd Half Sports Bar, as well as The Beach Club at Hard Rock Hotel Tenerife, on the edge of the lagoon.

A further five bars offer opportunities for an aperitif, after-dinner drink, freshly-brewed coffee or thirst-quenching cocktail.

And, for some of the best island views, there’s the rooftop sky lounge bar, called The 16th, from which you can see some of Tenerife’s most-impressive scenery, from the majestic Teide, Spain’s highest mountain, to the lesserknown Canary Island of La Gomera.

Hard Rock Hotel Tenerife offers guests an immersive, musical experience, relevant to all generations, with an energising programme of live concerts at the hotel’s lagoon-side outdoor stage area, which has a capacity of 5,000 people.

For more details, go to www. hrhtenerife.com

‘El Soro’ is battling to beat heart attack SPANISH bullfighter Vicente Ruiz, known as “El Soro”, was rushed to hospital after suffering a heart attack in the Roquetas de Mar bullring in southern Spain.

The 55-year-old, pictured, was attending a tribute to him in the Almerian town, but there wasn’t an animal in sight!

He was about to speak at the event, when he suffered the attack and was whipped off to hospital.

After receiving treatment at Poniente-El Ejido Hospital, he was transferred, in a stable condi-

tion, to Valencia’s Hospital Clinico, “to be close to his family”.

In 1994, “El Soro” suffered a leg injury in the

Benidorm bullring, which almost ended his career.

Then, in 2013, following 34 leg operations, he fulfilled his dream of

reappearing in the ring, coming out of retirement after nearly 24 years. And the next year, he fought in his native Foyos.

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Mobile-phone shops a target for burglars

GUARDIA Civil officers are investigating a series of break-ins at popular mobile-phone shops in Arona and Adeje, specifically, with more than 100 units stolen so far.

During the last week or so, there have been several forced-entry burglaries at these stores, scattered across both municipalities.

Last Saturday, during the early hours, both Yoigo and Movistar shops in Adeje’s Plaza Cesar Manrique, were broken into.

The Vodaphone shop, in the Valle San Lorenzo area, also suffered a forced entry in the early hours of Monday.

Supermarket offers worms and crickets

A LARGE, French supermarket chain in Spain is offering tasty worms and crickets to tickle its customers’ taste buds.

The European Union has just regulated and approved the distribution of these insects, and the so-called “exotic”, crunchy snacks can now be found on the shelves of Carrefour in Santa Cruz.

You can choose between molitor worms with garlic and fine herbs, as well as buffalo worms with spicy chilli, or crickets with smoked onions and barbecue sauce.

But they are expensive, worms costing close to 400 euros per kilo, and 100 euros more for the crickets.

A United Nations report estimates that two billion people consume insects in their traditional diet. The bugs have a high protein content, as well as healthy fats, calcium, iron and zinc.

But would you dare tastetest them?

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Tenerife Loves Karaoke is back!

THE first heat of Tenerife Loves Karaoke, sponsored

by Roy’s Pizza and India Tandoori Restaurant, took place last night. As always, the competition took off with a bang.

As in previous years, there was a packed house and a full complement of singers, at the Penny Farthing, Los Cristianos. What did surprise me, this year, was the variety of songs that were performed. We started with Adele’s Rolling in the Deep, followed by Star Trekking, Hallelujah and Chasin’ That Neon Rainbow, a brilliantly-performed Country and Western song.

We then heard Janet, a Tenerife Loves Karaoke finalist from last year, performing Creep. After her performance, we had Only You, Annie’s Song and the original version of Cry Me A River. That took us up to a short break, after which there was no let-up.

A true, karaoke favourite, Words, was followed by Nancy, Fever, Black Velvet, Reet Petite, Part Of My World (a Disney Classic), and last, but not least, Dance the Night Away.

A short break was taken, while the judges confirmed who would be going into the sing-off. The successful ladies were Sharon, Sara G, Jodie and Mollie. They chose their second songs, and Jodie was up first, performing Crazy.

Next up was Mollie singing At Last, Sara G performed a great version of Power of Love, and, finally, Sharon

sung A Devil Called love … what a sing-off!

It’s never easy for the judges, because everyone performed brilliantly and provided a fun-filled, entertaining night. However, it is a competition, and it was confirmed that the first two contestants who would be going through to the semi-final, with a chance of winning the ultimate

prize of 1,000 euros, and the opportunity to perform at this year’s Tenerife Entertainment Awards, were Sara Gee and Mollie Jay Hughes.

On the night, each received their heat trophies and meal vouchers from this year’s sponsors, Roy’s Pizza and India Tandoori Restaurant.

We would like to thank everyone who entered the

heat at the Penny Farthing, and the owners and staff who made this another memorable heat.

The next heat of Tenerife Loves Karaoke is on Wednesday, 25th April at Howlin’ at the Moon, Costa Adeje. If you would like to enter this heat, you can register, directly, at the venue, or by calling 822 14 15 17.

What is a Floor Clause?

By mariano zunino siri

Registered lawyer at the tenerife bar association

IN previous columns, I have referred to the “Floor Clause” and its implications, after you have signed a Mortgage Deed Loan, along with the overcharged interest because of the clause, also known also as Clausula Suelo.

Those affected can claim directly to their bank for the refund of monies charged incorrectly, or, if necessary, legally in Court.

If you have a mortgage floor clause, you have the right to start a proceeding to get your money back.

What is a floor clause?

This is a clause, stipulated in a mortgage-loan contract, which establishes a minimum limit to the applicable interest.

It means that even if the interest rate goes down (Euribor), the customer is unable to enjoy the reduction.

It is, clearly, a contractual option, favouring the position of banking entities and not those of their clients. These types of clauses, among them the floor clause, are called

“abusive clauses”.

Are they illegal?

The European Union’s Court of Justice ruled on 21st December 2016, in favour of the total, retroactive action in the return of extra monies, to which those abusive clauses applied.

The main concept is the word “abusive”: abusive floor clauses are illegal, and overpayments can be claimed. A clause is abusive, as long as the consumer is not offered the maximum transparency and information about it.

From this EU Court of Justice judgement, customers who verify an abusive clause also have the right to claim the relevant expenses to it.

How can I claim?

Nowadays, there are two ways to claim against floor

clauses: extra-judicial proceedings and judicial proceedings, and it is always important to go to expert lawyers in compensation claims.

The extra-judicial way contemplates a scenario far from the tedious and lengthy judicial way.

It is based on Royal Decreelaw 1/2017, of 20th January, for urgent Customers Protection Measures in the field of floor clauses.

Banks are enforced to accept floor-clause claims from all their customers.

They have three months to give a feasible solution to the client. If the client does not agree with the sum offered, he can sue the bank.

The judicial process is much longer, and, curiously, if the estimated sum is less than the one offered extra-

judicially), the costs of the trial will be placed on the affected party.

Finally, it is worth highlighting one more situation in this complex context: the Supreme Court blocks the total return of judgements prior to December 2016, because a final decision cannot be reviewed again.

There have been cases, when a judgement prior to that date accepted the partial return of the floor clause. But today, the client is unable to claim the rest.

It is recommended that you start with the extra-judicial proceeding before the bank, and wait for its answer within three months.

If the bank does not answer before the deadline, or the offer is unsatisfactory, you can go to Court.

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Safety code for strays

A NEW rule will be introduced to ban the euthanisation of healthy animals at rescue shelters in Estepona, on the Costa del Sol.

The Town Hall has, reportedly, backed a PSOE motion to prohibit killing healthy pets at rescue centres there, says ADANA, the dog rescue charity.

The local council move comes after ADANA and other local animal support

groups, Mirada Libre and Gatos y Amigos, put the proposal to the town hall.

Officials have also pledged to support campaigns for sterilisation and education, concerning the care of animals in Estepona schools. And a new, animal-welfare department will be created by the council.

The euthanasia issue within animal-rescue shelters has been contested for some time in the town, because the Costa del Sol is over-run with stray cats and dogs.

ADANA, which rehomes around 300 dogs a year, has a “strict” policy of never putting down healthy animals.

“We are extremely pleased that this is now the official policy of the Estepona Town Council,” said ADANA President Mary Page.

She added that the charity was looking forward to further discussions with PP councillors Ana Velasco and Susana Casano.

It has not been decided when the town’s new rule will be implemented.

Screwdriver gang attract the police

THREE young Spaniards were nabbed by the National Police for committing robbery, with forced entry, in La Laguna.

The men, aged 18, 20 and 22, are known to the police, following previous convictions for similar crimes.

The cops became suspicious when they saw them knocking on several doors in Calle San Remo, at around 11.30am, especially as

the trio were carrying large screwdrivers.

Officers kept watch for a while and called for back-up, before following them discreetly.

The suspects were intercepted by the cops on a roundabout, in a vehicle used recently for a robbery.

Police searched the car and found jewellery, as well as 340 euros in cash, along with other tools to help

with the break-ins.

An investigation led to them discovering that the crooked trio were also responsible for another two robberies, in Las Americas and La Laguna.

The men also admitted stealing a delivery van, which was stocked up with 22 mobile phones, ready to be delivered to a Las Americas store.

All three are awaiting court appearances.

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Counterfog does exactly that… and much more!

A FOG-CREATING machine could prove a low-cost solution to traffic emissions and other air contamination, and even chemical leaks and smoke from forest fires.

That’s according to its creators at the University of Alcalá de Henares, in the Greater Madrid region.

“Counterfog”, developed over four years by a team, led by Professor José Luis PérezDíaz, with the help of European Union funding, has been presented at the region’s air base, in Torrejón de Ardoz.

Members of the Armed Forces’ emergencyresponse unit, who

are frequently called in to help tackle major forest fires and other disasters, testdrove the Counterfog machine on chemical and smoke particles.

It works using a pipe, or column, with a type of sprinkler system that generates fog made from clean water.

Its microscopic droplets adhere to toxic particles in the air, and force them to drop to the ground, or on to other hard surfaces, where they can be cleaned up easily.

Madrid is expected to use it to combat air pollution, caused by traffic, which is one of the city’s most pressing issues. And it could, eventually, provide a situation in which cars no longer have to be restricted from entering the main urban hub.

Prof Pérez-Díaz says it is fully prepared for action, and simply needs to be “marketed and installed”.

He believes it is an exceptionally- cheap method of combating toxic air particles, and says it will work equally well in the event of gas leaks, radioactive spillages, and even terrorist attacks, if biological or

chemical weapons are used.

Counterfog can be used in the open air, or in enclosed spaces, as well as in partiallyopen areas, such as shopping centres with a raised roof.

Pipes fitted along the side of roads, carrying heavy traffic, would clear the air 24 hours a day, and “two or three columns” would

protect a building.

And, insists Prof PérezDíaz: “Just a few more” would safeguard an entire block of streets.

He adds: “With an investment which, for a city like Madrid, would be minimal, you could achieve maximum pollution control.

“But it’s not the size of the city or town that’s important; it’s

the level of pollution it suffers, and some very small towns are more polluted than city centres.

“To this end, we need to encourage everyone concerned about the quality of air we breathe to start using the Counterfog.”

As well as water, the system uses other, totally harmless and environmentally-friendly, substances, and leaves no residue behind.

The system has been endorsed by Captain Corrochano, the Armed Forces emergency-responseunit spokesman, who says the Counterfog is “vital”.

Its creators are now working towards setting up a company, specialising in environmental technology, so they can start to market their invention worldwide.

Norwegian airline has attracted IAG interest THE International Airlines Group (IAG), which is a parent company to British Airways, is considering a possible bid for low-cost carrier Norwegian.

It issued a statement, responding to recent press speculation, saying: “IAG considers Norwegian to be an attractive investment,

and has acquired a 4.61% ownership position in Norwegian (minority investment).

“The minority investment is intended to establish a position, from which to initiate

discussions with Norwegian, including the possibility of a full offer for the airline.

“IAG confirms that no such discussions have taken place to date. It has taken no decision to make an offer at this time, and there is no certainty that any such decision will be made. A further announcement will be made, if appropriate.”

Norwegian officials said they had no prior knowledge of the acquisition before it was reported, last Thursday.

The airline said in a statement: “Norwegian has not been in any discussions, or dialogue, with IAG about the matter.

“Norwegian believes that interest from one of the largest international groups, demonstrates the sustainability and potential of our business model and global growth.”

Norwegian’s shares closed 47% higher after the news broke, but IAG’s fell 1.2%.

Lorry-load of hash discovered by cops POLICE in Almeria have seized around eight tons of hashish, hidden between flagstones and metal panels, in a lorry trailer.

Officers also arrested the driver of the vehicle, who was carrying more than 177,000 euros in cash, according to reports.

The arrest was

part of a wider operation against a group, alleged to be trafficking drugs from the south of Spain to other parts of Europe, including Britain.

Spain’s National Police worked alongside the British National Crime Agency during the probe.

The forces began their joint investigation after receiving information that the group were shipping drugs, concealed in

packaging, around the continent.

Officers searched the trailer of one vehicle on an Almeria industrial estate, which was loaded with stone slabs and sheets of metal.

In all, 273 blocks of hashish were found hidden in the trailer’s walls and floor, after it had been dismantled completely.

Police believe the trailer was bound for Europe, before the search began.

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Cops sniff out Adeje marijuana plants

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Fake property website cons marriage couple A BRITISH couple, preparing for their marriage next year, have lost thousands of euros, via a false property website on the Costa del Sol.

A MARIJUANA plantation has been found on a Guia de Isora farm, after an investigation lasting weeks.

Local Police, in collaboration with the Guardia Civil, found up to 400 plants, and four Italian farmers were arrested, after being discovered there, midway through the cops’ probe.

In addition to the plants, the police also discovered that the Italian farmers were using a sophisticated surveillance system of motion sensors, as well as cameras.

All four have been charged with criminal offences towards public health.

The young Londoners paid more than 4,000 euros for a deposit on a Marbella villa for their wedding celebration, via luxuryholidaylifestyle.com.

But when they tried to arrange a viewing of the property, which they booked for five days in September 2019, the company stopped replying to their calls and emails.

Fearing the worst, the bridegroom-to-be, posing as a new customer, inquired about the same villa for the same period… and received an immediate response.

“That’s when we knew we had been duped,” he told the Olive Press online newspaper.

When they visited the company’s so-called offices in Fuengirola, the website address was, merely, a block

of apartments. The couple still hope to wed in Marbella, but Laura Charles, whose Reviva Weddings company is planning the couple’s big day, knew there was something wrong as soon as she saw the website.

“I know they don’t have access to the properties they advertise because a number of them belong, exclusively, to companies I work with,” said Laura, who has been planning weddings

in Spain for 10 years.

One of these villas, in El Rosario, near Marbella, is listed with just one rental company, and has a daily hire rate of 3,500 euros.

But on luxuryholiday lifestyle.com, whose catchphrase is “whatever type of holiday you’re looking for, you can put your trust in us!”, it is listed at just 1,000 euros a night.

The British couple, who have asked to remain

anonymous, were billed £3,500 (4,015 euros), out of a £10,400 total.

But the money, instead of being paid into a company account, went directly into the personal account of a “Mr Jozef Mlynarcik’, supposedly the property owner.

The Luxury Holiday Lifestyle account is registered in Hull, but the company failed to explain the transaction.

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Good news for UK nationals about Spanish succession tax

By Paul Montague

Partner, blevins Franks

HOW much Spanish succession and gift tax (SSGT) you or your heirs pay depends on whether the state or local autonomous community rules apply.

Reforms made by many regional governments have significantly reduced this liability for spouses, descendants and ascendants, so that paying under the state rules can be significantlymore expensive.

Now, a Spanish Supreme Court Ruling is reassuring for non-EU/EEA residents.

There is a strong chance the favourable, regional rules will continue to apply after Brexit for UK residents, even

if the UK ends up outside the European Economic Area (EEA).

Background In the past, you had to be habitually resident in an autonomous community to benefit from its rules. In 2011, the European Commission referred Spain to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for discriminatory SSGT rules that required non-residents to pay higher taxes than residents, which went against EU principles. In 2014, the ECJ ruled that Spain was acting illegally.

In 2015, new rules come into force, so that beneficiaries living outside the autonomous community can benefit from the local rates and allowances, but only where they live in the EU or EEA. 2018 Spanish Supreme Judgement On 19th February 2018, the Supreme Court reached a landmark judgement in the

case of a Canadian resident beneficiary, who inherited an estate from her Spanishresident mother, and had to pay tax under state rules.

It ruled that Spain's succession and gift-tax rules breach the EU Treaty's freemovement-of-capital rules, and that the 2014 ruling should also apply to nonEU/EEA residents.

How does this change the rules?

The SSGT rules themselves have not changed, so, currently, the regional beneficial allowances do not apply to non-EU/EEA residents. However: 1. The judgement gives nonEU/EEA residents a strong argument as to why they should be able to apply regional tax rules, when receiving inheritances and gifts 2. It is possible that Spain will change its legislation in future, to extend regional benefits to non-EU/EEA residents

3. It opens the door for nonEEA resident taxpayers to claim back refunds for SSGT paid under the discriminate rules A relief with Brexit on the way This good news is particularly relevant for UK nationals. As things stand at the moment, if the UK ends up outside both the EU and EEA after Brexit, then anyone living in Spain and receiving an inheritance from the UK, or any UK resident receiving an inheritance or gift from a resident of Spain, would not be able to apply the beneficial regional rules. This could result in significantly-larger tax bills.

So, if Spain changes its rules to cover non-EU/EEA residents, then the local rules will apply to them, too, regardless of the final Brexit terms. Even if the rules do not change, they may still be able to use the Supreme Court ruling to claim the

application of the regional rules, in certain cases.

Take advice Cross-border estate planning is complex at the best of times, and Brexit has been adding further complications and concerns.

Taking specialist, personalised advice will enable you to establish an effective estate plan, and provide peace of mind that the right money will go to the right people at the right time, with as little tax as possible.

The tax rates, scope and reliefs may change. Any statements concerning taxation are based upon our understanding of current taxation laws and practices, which are subject to change. Tax information has been summarised; an individual is advised to seek personalised advice.

Keep up to date on the financial issues that may affect you on the Blevins Franks news page at www. blevinsfranks.com

It’s plain sailing - with marine insurance

L I B E R T Y SEGUROS offers watertight, marineinsurance policies to help expats feel safe at sea.

With the warmer weather now upon us, taking to the seas is an inviting proposition for yachting and boating enthusiasts alike. However, as the owner of a valuable marine asset, preparation is vital to ensure your vessel is in prime condition, ready for the season ahead.

From checking for abrasions, and inspections of

safety equipment, to overall cleaning, maintenance and repairs, now is the time to place all hands on deck, to guarantee optimum peace of mind.

Nevertheless, regardless of whether you own a dinghy, jet ski or a luxury super yacht, taking care of the body work and mechanics is only one aspect that goes towards assuring your safety. Sailing is a sport of variables, and the unforeseen can, unfortunately, happen.

However, having the right cover in place, with an insurance company you can trust, will go towards

preparing you for any eventuality.

LIBERTY SEGUROS, the leading, expatriate, insurance provider in Spain, is proud to offer a specialist, marine product, with Nautical Assistance to help resolve compromising or difficult situations which could occur, protecting both you and your vessel, for ultimate peace of mind.

Understanding that your boat or yacht is likely to be your prized possession, LIBERTY SEGUROS has designed a policy, with the expat in mind, that extends far beyond

mandatory liability cover.

With added benefits that include voluntary public liability, theft, damage to the vessel itself (as well as auxiliary craft, wreckage removal, special fixtures and personal belongings, amongst others), damage caused by third parties and damage due to pollution risks and coastal regattas, its marine insurance provides comprehensive protection, both when moored, and out on the seas.

What’s more, should the unimaginable actually happen, its marine policy will cover loss of life, permanent disability and injury to occupants for accidents that take place both on the boat, as well as those that occur whilst boarding or disembarking.

This policy can also be tailored to individual

needs to cover solicitor’s fees, medical bills, loss of wages and other aspects that are important to you.

LIBERTY SEGUROS can also insure your vessel under the traditional Institute Yacht Clauses.

With staff who have extensive, nautical knowledge, for both sail and motor boats, and a desire to impart expert knowledge to help you choose the cover that is right for you, it is little wonder that LIBERTY SEGUROS is the expatriate’s insurance of choice for marine cover, as well as car, home, business and life.

To feel safe and protected at sea this summer, contact LIBERTY SEGUROS. Call 91 342 25 49, or visit www. libertyexpatriates.es for more information, or for the name of your nearest broker.

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Civilisations: The Vital Spark

Thursday 26th April, BBC2, 21.00

Simon Schama begins Civilisations with this premise: that it is in art - the play of the creative imagination - that humanity expresses its most essential self: the power to break the tyranny of the humdrum, the grind of everyday.

Art, then, makes life worth living; it is the great window into human potential. And societies become civilized to the extent that they take culture as seriously as the prosecution of power, or the accumulation of wealth. But in the century of total war and industrial slaughter was (and is) that enough?

The cause of humanity went up in the smoke of the Nazi crematoria. Horror and terror brushed beauty aside and stamped on its pretensions. And in the modern world art has become increasingly commodified. Simon’s last programme explores the fate of art in the machine and profit-driven world. It looks at the rise of art as a tradeable commodity and turns on one central question: should art create a realm separate from the modern world, a place where we can escape and pull the ladder up after us? Or should it plunge headlong into chaos and cacophony while transforming the way we see it and live in it?

Using the works of both dead and contemporary artists of the 20th and 21st century Simon seeks answers to these profound questions.

His conclusion is imbued with hope: despite all our travails, by engaging with the here-and-now art can still offer us an insight into the incomprehensibility of the world and a way to transcend its horrors with the enduring creativity of the human spirit.

Sunday 22nd April, BBC1, 08.30 Gabby Logan presents live coverage of the 38th London Marathon as world-class runners and thousands of fun-runners compete in one of the world’s most famous and iconic races which will be started by Her Majesty The Queen from Windsor Castle.

In the men’s elite race Great Britain’s four-time Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah makes his first marathon appearance since switching his focus to full-time road racing. His rivals include defending champion Daniel Wanjiru of Kenya, his compatriot Eliud Kipchoge – who is the favourite to win and Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele.

Mary Keitany starts as favourite to win the women’s race for a fourth time and she is targeting Paula Radcliffe’s world record as well. The Kenyan will be running with male pacemakers in her bid to break the 15 year-old record having surpassed her women’s only world record in last year’s race. Keitany will again go head-to-head with three-time Olympic gold medallist Tirunesh Dibaba, who has never won in London.

Great Britain’s David Weir set a new record of seven victories in the men’s wheelchair race in 2017 and is back to defend his crown. In the women’s race, last year’s winner Manuela Schar also returns and faces a daunting field that includes American great Tatyana McFadden.

There will be reports and films on many of the inspirational runners who are running for so many reasons and good causes. Reporting along the 26.2 mile route will be Steve Brown and Radzi Chinyanganya, while commentary comes from Steve Cram, Andrew Cotter, six-time London Marathon wheelchair race winner Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson and Paula Radcliffe .

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Home From Home Friday 20th April, BBC1, 21.30

In Home From Home, Johnny Vegas stars as Neil Hackett who, alongside wife Fiona (Niky Wardley), has finally achieved a long-cherished dream of buying a lodge in the Lake District.

Their traditional lodge at Lake View Holiday Park means everything to them, the years of scrimping and saving now feel worth it. That is until they wake up the next morning and meet their neighbours, the effortlessly superior Dillons, outdoorsy Robert (Adam James, Doctor Foster) and glamorous Penny (Emilia Fox, Silent Witness).

Strictly Come Dancing favourite Susan Calman and musical theatre legend Elaine Paige – who is almost unrecognisable as Neil’s fun-loving mum, Mercy Hackett – also appear in the series.

It’s the first day of the new season and the Hacketts are very excited to be back on site, especially as Neil believes he has found a friend in new area manager Darren. His proof for this blossoming relationship is that he was able to eat an out of date BLT sandwich without having to ask permission!

After Neil tells her there is a strong chance Darren and his vegetarian wife might be pl over the weekend, Fiona sets about trying to plan the perfect menu to impress their g is left stunned when he receives a text from Darren telling him not to come in on Mond what he’s done.

To make matters worse, site manager Thistlewaite has chosen to install a brand new W outside the Hackett’s front window. In despair Neil escapes to the lake searching for so Robert on sparkling form celebrating a business award. When Neil returns to the lodge t about to be installed, he has a spontaneous moment of righteous anger, and takes dras leaves everyone shocked and without WiFi!

World Snooker Championship 2018 Saturday 21st April, BBC2, 10.00

Britain’s Got More Talent

Saturday 21st April, ITV

Hazel Irvine introduces live coverage from the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

Last year, Mark Selby successfully defended his World Championship title after a hard fought final against four-time champion, John Higgins.

This morning, the number one seed begins the defence of the title as the climax to the snooker season gets underway. With nine frames to play this morning and a maximum of 10 tonight, can the reigning champion continue where he left off 12 months ago? Coverage and highlights of the Championship continues on BBC One from 1.15pm to 4.35pm today and then on BBC Two daily throughout the week.

Britain’s Got More Talent retu series on ITV2 with presenter St back for his 12th year…and no, h it either!

Stephen will be getting to know host of hilarious unseen contesta unique way and as ever, it’s these Britain’s Got More Talent su viewing. Stephen will be coming fa the unusual, the incredible and outrageous.

Stephen continues to get the ve to the judges, finding out more ab more importantly what the judge other! This series will be as fun with Stephen asking the judges a questions that no one else woul playing games with them that no want to.

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Little Big Shots

Sunday 22nd April, ITV1, 19.00

In the first show of the series, viewers will meet Marshall, age four, from Slough, who is a mini-guardsman and was a viral hit online when he came face-to-face with a real royal guardsman. Aleksei and Kamilla, both aged eight, from Russia, showcase their incredible, high flying aerial acrobatic act. The awe-inspiring and talented pair will have viewers on the edge of their seats with their fantastic tricks. Also on the programme is trio Haydn, Tilly and Harvey, aged 12, who are an incredibly talented tap dancing act otherwise known as Tap Attack.

There is also Will, aged 11, who appears on the show with his dog Aston for an impressive dog agility act… until Dawn tries her hand at it. The TNT boys, also known as Francis, Mackie and Kiefer, age 11, 11 and 12 from the Philippines, impress Dawn with their heavenly voices during their performance at the end of the show.

And last but not least is seven year old Geneva from London, an astounding drummer who is incredibly talented and doesn’t miss a beat during her energetic and joyful performance.

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Tuesday 24 April, BBC1, 21.00

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BAFTA and Emmy award-winning Abi Morgan’s original new drama is an authentic, multi-layered exploration of modern marriage and the legacy of divorce seen through the lens of the Defoes – a family of female lawyers at the heart of London’s emotionally-charged divorce circuit.

Leading divorce lawyer Hannah Stern has walked out on the family firm Defoe’s to join rival company Noble & Hale. She now faces her sister Nina and mother Ruth, also successful family lawyers, on the opposing side of high-profile divorce cases. Multi-millionaire Sportswear mogul Davey McKenzie and his childhood sweetheart Goldie embark on a painful divorce and a wrangle for control of the family business. And in a bitter custody battle Rex Pope, a well-known stand-up comedian, takes on his angry estranged wife and former comedy agent.

When their father Oscar returns after a 30-year absence, Hannah, Nina and youngest sister Rose are thrown into turmoil. Meanwhile at Noble & Hale Hannah has uncharacteristically placed herself back in the orbit of old flame, fellow lawyer Christie Carmichael. As the past resurfaces, Hannah, for so long adept at navigating other people’s lives and relationships, is confronted with questions and painful revelations about her own.

This Time Next Year Tuesday 24th April, ITV1, 20.00

In the third episode of the new series Davina meets Paige, 23, and Craig, 30, who have been married since September 2016. They are both desperate to have a child but Paige’s conditions means it is difficult for them to conceive naturally - she has two wombs. The couple want to start IVF treatment in order to achieve their ultimate goal of having a baby.

Nine year old Kitty had to have both kidneys removed due to a rare immune disease of the blood that only one in 15 million children have.

Kitty survives on regular dialysis but her dad Chris is determined to give her a priceless gift

by This Time Next Year. Chris is giving Kitty one of his kidneys in the hope it will put her into remission and cure her condition.

Minesh is an IT programme manager but has always had a passion for Bollywood dancing.

Despite having no dancing experience, Minesh has enlisted the help of a Bollywood choreographer and hopes that when he returns to see Davina in 12 months time, he will be able to perform a Bollywood routine in front of a live audience.

Cheryl, 43, wants to find love. She split from her son’s father twelve years ago and despite having a few relationships, none have been serious.

She plans to find love by going to dance classes where she hopes she’ll meet someone who enjoys dancing as much as her.

Mother of two Lesley began losing her hearing from the the age of four. Now aged 41, Lesley is completely deaf and relies on lip reading to communicate. By This Time Next Year, Lesley wants to have cochlear implants fitted so she can hear her daughters’ voices for the first time.

Harold Shipman: Doctor Death

Thursday 26th April, ITV1, 21.00

“We were met by some who were really aggressive. They thought it was obscene that we should be questioning anything to do with Shipman. He was their doctor and they thought he had done a fabulous job with their parent. My colleague and I went to one house and we were physically frog-marched off the premises.” - Former Greater Manchester Police detective Sally Reid On the 20th anniversary of the arrest of Britain’s biggest serial killer, this new documentary in ITV’s Crime & Punishment strand offers a unique insight into how doctor Harold Shipman got away with secretly poisoning and murdering more than 250 of his patients across three decades.

Speaking for the first time, former detectives from Greater Manchester Police who were at the heart of Britain’s biggestever murder investigation give their vivid insights into a case which shocked the nation.

They reveal the tactics they used to bring the man they called ‘Dr Death’ to justice, the mistakes Shipman made and the emotional toll the case had on officers and the local community.

Shipman, a well respected family doctor from the small town of Hyde near Manchester, was initially arrested for the murder of one of his patients, 81-year-old Kathleen Grundy, in September 1998.

Detectives explain how the scale of the investigation quickly escalated and the intense pressure they faced. At the time, a local newspaper identified other patients of Shipman who had died in suspicious circumstances. National TV crews descended on the town of Hyde and anxious families demanded answers from the police.

Former detective chief superintendent Bernard Postles explains: “To start off with we were investigating one death - the death of Kathleen Grundy. Within a couple of weeks that grew to seventeen deaths and again within a very short period of time it grew to sixty-two deaths.”

Detective Mark Denham, who spent hours interviewing Shipman, offers a new insight into his mindset. He says Shipman was dismissive and arrogantly deflected the detective’s line of questioning throughout.

Shipman was convinced he could get away with murder. He had killed his patients when they were alone and as a doctor he felt there was nothing he couldn’t explain away.

The documentary features video and audio tapes of the police’s interrogation of Shipman. At one point Shipman even tries to suggest that one of the victims could have taken a lethal dose of drugs herself.

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06:00 ...................... Breakfast 09:15 ........................... Health 10:00 ..............Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 ............... Heir Hunters 11:45 ...... Dom on the Spot 12:15 .............. Bargain Hunt 13:00 ...... BBC News at One 13:45 .........................Doctors 14:15.................... 800 Words 15:00 ...............Escape to the Country 15:45 ............ Flipping Profit 16:30........................... Flog It! 17:15 .......................Pointless 18:00 .... BBC News at Six 19:00 .......The One Show 19:30 ........... Sounds Like Friday Night 20:00 ............ EastEnders 20:30..........The Button

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06:00 .Flog it! Trade Secrets 06:30 ............... Heir Hunters 07:15 ........................... Health 08:00 ...... Great Continental Railway Journeys 09:00 .. Victoria Derbyshire 11:00 .BBC Newsroom Live 12:00 .......The Daily Politics 13:00 ....................Perfection 13:45 ................. Home Away From Home 14:30 ...................Going Back Giving Back 15:15 ....................... Trust Me, I’m a Doctor 16:15 ........ Tigers About the House: What Happened Next 17:15 ..........Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:00 .............. Eggheads 18:30 ... Britain in Bloom 19:00 ................ Antiques Road Trip 20:00...Gardeners’ World 21:00............The City and the City 22:00.................Episodes 22:30..............Newsnight 23:05...... Front Row Late 23:35.. The Assassination of Gianni Versace American Crime Story 00:35...............Panorama

06:00 ............ Good Morning Britain 08:30........................ Lorraine 09:25................... The Jeremy Kyle Show 10:30.............. This Morning 12:30............ Loose Women 13:30............. ITV Lunchtime News 13:55..... ITV News London 14:00 .............. Judge Rinder 15:00 .........................Tenable 16:00 ..............Tipping Point 17:00 ....................The Chase 18:00.. ITV News London 18:30. ITV Evening News 19:00............ Emmerdale 19:30....Coronation Street 20:00................ Love Your Garden 20:30....Coronation Street 21:00...... Lethal Weapon

00:55............ Jackpot247

The Button BBC1, 20.30

00:15...............Super Casino

06:00 ........................ The Planet’s Funniest Animals 06:20.................. Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:10 ............... Who’s Doing the Dishes?

07:55........................ Emmerdale 08:55 ........................ You’ve Been Framed! Gold 09:25 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:20 ..................... The Bachelor 12:15 ........................ Emmerdale 13:15 ........................ You’ve Been Framed! Gold 13:45 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:35 ...The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:50 .....................Judge Rinder 17:50....................... Take Me Out 19:00................. You’ve Been Framed! Gold 20:00....Two and a Half Men 21:00........American Pie: The Wedding 23:00.................. Family Guy 23:55............ American Dad!

From the creators of Taskmaster, The Button will arrive in a home near you this April on BBC One. The Button (the show’s host, judge and, of course, actual button) makes its debut in this brand-new game show taking place in the houses of five UK families who compete to win challenges in the comfort of their living rooms.

Arriving in all five locations simultaneously, The Button will set the households a series of fiendishly fun challenges requiring skill, determination and intellect, over one anything-can-happen day. At any time The Button can decide to turn red, meaning all five families must keep a vigilant eye on their talkative new house guest and press it as soon as they can to start – the games are played at precisely the same time in each home so a late push of the button puts a team at a serious disadvantage. Drawing on the resourcefulness of all members of the house, from whip-smart kids to everwise (you’d hope) grandparents, the families compete for big money prizes.

With different amounts of money up for grabs for each challenge, The Button lets the most successful household pocket everything they’ve won during the show. The losing teams get... absolutely nothing, but do return to try again next week. Each episode’s winning family must then decide whether to keep the cash and exit the series, or accept The Button’s tempting offer of a bonus £10,000 in the belief they can win again next week (although if they don’t, they lose it all).

Get to know The Button’s chosen households over the coming series as they spend their days waiting for their affable house guest to turn red – entrusting the all-important job of Buttonwatching (with varying degrees of success) to different family m e m b e r s , hopefully always poised to pounce the split-second it’s time to play.

06:00...................... Childrens’ TV

08:55 ............ Food Unwrapped

06:00 ........................ Animal 999

07:10..... Scrapheap Challenge

09:30........... A Place in the Sun

07:00 ................ Meerkat Manor

08:10 .............American Pickers

10:30........... A Place in the Sun

08:00 .......................Monkey Life

09:00 ...............Storage Hunters

11:35 .....................Four in a Bed

09:00 ..............Motorway Patrol

09:30 ...............Storage Hunters

12:05 .....................Four in a Bed

10:00 .......................... Road Wars

10:00 .............American Pickers

12:35 .....................Four in a Bed

11:00 ...................Warehouse 13

11:00............. American Pickers

13:05 .....................Four in a Bed

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

12:00............. American Pickers

13:40 .....................Four in a Bed

13:00.................... Hawaii Five-0

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

14:10 ....... Come Dine with Me

15:00 ............NCIS: Los Angeles

14:00 ............................. Top Gear

14:40 ....... Come Dine with Me

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

15:00 .................Sin City Motors

15:15 ....... Come Dine with Me

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

15:45 ....... Come Dine with Me

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

16:00 ......Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge

16:20 ....... Come Dine with Me

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

16:50 ........... A Place in the Sun

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

17:55 ................Kirstie and Phil’s Love it or List it

20:30 ...........Modern Family

09:15 ...............The Wright Stuff 11:15 ........................Traffic Cops 12:10 ..........5 News Lunchtime 12:15 .........................GPs: Behind Closed Doors 13:15 .............. Home and Away 13:45....................... Neighbours 14:15...................................... NCIS 15:15 .............Nightmare Nurse 17:00 ........................ 5 News at 5 17:30 ....................... Neighbours 18:00 .........Home and Away 18:30 .......... 5 News Tonight 19:00 ...... The Gadget Show 20:00 ............. Britain’s Great Cathedrals, with Tony Robinson 21:00..........Portillo’s Hidden History of Britain 22:00........... Rivers of Blood: 50 Years on 23:30.................. Paddington Station 24/7

22:30.. ITV News London

23:15..................Shaun of the Dead

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06:00 ....................... Countdown 06:45 ...3rd Rock from the Sun 07:35 ...........................Everybody Loves Raymond 08:30 ..................................Frasier 10:05 ........ Ramsay’s Hotel Hell 11:00 ....Undercover Boss USA 12:00 ...............Channel 4 News 12:05 ....... Come Dine with Me 13:05 .......... Posh Pawnbrokers 14:10 ....................... Countdown 15:00 ........... A Place in the Sun 16:00 ..................... Escape to the Chateau: DIY 17:00 .....................Four in a Bed 17:30 ......................... Buy it Now 18:00............. The Simpsons 18:30 ................... Hollyoaks 19:00 ......... Channel 4 News 19:30 ..... Unreported World 20:00 ... I Don’t Like Mondays 21:00 ................. Gogglebox 22:00 ............. Lee and Dean 22:35 ......... 8 Out of 10 Cats 23:25............... Rob Beckett’s Playing for Time 23:55................... First Dates

22:00 ..... ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:45......... The Keith and Paddy Picture Show

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18:55 ............ The Secret Life of the Zoo

21:00.....Karl Pilkington: The Moaning of Life

17:00 ............................. Top Gear 18:00................... Room 101 18:40 .... Would I Lie to You? 19:20..... Would I Lie to You? 20:00................ Into the Fire

22:00..... The Late Late Show with James Corden

21:00 .................. Red Dwarf

22:00.... 24 Hours in a and e

23:00.................. A League of Their Own

22:20 .................. Red Dwarf

00:05 ........Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

00:00......................Brit Cops: Frontline Crime

01:05.....24 Hours in a and e

01:00.......... In the Long Run

19:55 ........... Grand Designs 21:00............. Rough Justice

21:40 .................. Red Dwarf 23:00 ........... Have I Got a Bit More News for You 00:00................................. QI 01:20........... Mock the Week

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06:00 ...................... Breakfast 10:00 ........................Saturday Kitchen Live

Saturday 21st April

06:15...............................David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities

11:30 .......................The Hairy Bikers’ Asian Adventure

06:40...........................Naomi’s Nightmares of Nature

12:00............ Football Focus

07:30......... The Dengineers

13:00 .....................BBC News

08:00 ........Absolute Genius: Monster Builds

13:15 ..................The London Marathon: My Reason to Run

07:10.......... The Pets Factor

08:30............ Beyond Bionic 09:00 ..................Robot Wars

13:45 ........................Snooker

10:00 ........................Snooker

16:35.................... BBC News

12:00 .............Wanted Down Under

16:45 .................BBC London News 16:55............Match of the Day Live

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19:15 ................Pointless 20:00 ........... The Queen’s Birthday Party 21:40 .......... Mrs. Brown’s Boys 22:10 .............. BBC News 22:30..................Match of the Day 23:00..................Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights 23:20............. The Button 23:50.............The Recruit 01:40...... Weather for the Week Ahead 01:45............... BBC News

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12:30 ....................... Trust Me, I’m a Doctor 13:30........... Britain’s Biggest Warship: Crewing Up 14:30...........Top of the Shop with Tom Kerridge 16:30....................Final Score 17:15... Money for Nothing 18:00................. Antiques Road Trip 19:00..................Snooker 20:00.............. The Forest 20:30.............Dad’s Army 21:00............... Imagine…

Habaneros 22:00............... Testament of Youth 00:00.......................World Championship Snooker Highlights

06:00 .............................Sooty 06:10 ...........Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids 06:35...........Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures 06:45......................... Super 4 06:55 .............. Share a Story 07:00 ...Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures 07:25 ................The Tom and Jerry Show 07:30 .......... Teen Titans Go! 07:45 .........Adventure Time 08:00.. Thunderbirds are Go 08:25....................... ITV News 08:30.Zoe Ball on Saturday 09:25.......Saturday Morning with James Martin 11:20........... Nanny McPhee 13:20...ITV Lunchtime News 13:30........... ITV Racing: Live From Ayr 16:30.................. You’ve Been Framed!

17:00.....................The Chase 18:00..ITV Evening News 18:30....Ninja Warrior UK 19:30.....Harry Hill’s Alien Fun Capsule 20:00.. Britain’s Got Talent 21:20......... The Keith and Paddy Picture Show 21:50................ ITV News 22:10...Private Benjamin 00:15. Change Your Tune

MOTD Live: Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur BBC1, 16.55

Gary Lineker presents live coverage of the FA Cup semi-final between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur.

While the Red Devils won the last of their 12 FA Cups against Crystal Palace in 2016, Spurs have not lifted the trophy since beating Nottingham Forest way back in 1991. Mauricio Pochettino’s side are at least familiar with Wembley having played there this season while White Hart Lane is being rebuilt, and they enjoyed a 2-0 victory over Jose Mourinho’s side at the famous stadium in the Premier League in January.

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06:15 ...............Mobil 1 the Grid

06:00...................... Childrens’ TV

06:40........................ Motorsport

09:05 ........Shimmer and Shine

07:05................ King of Queens

09:25 ...................Digby Dragon

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

09:40........................... Peppa Pig

08:55 ..................................Frasier

09:50................ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

10:30...... The Big Bang Theory

10:25 ........... The Gadget Show

11:55................... The Simpsons

11:15.......... Police Interceptors

13:25....... Come Dine with Me

15:10 .................. The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door

14:25 ........... A Place in the Sun 15:25 ........... A Place in the Sun 16:30 ...........Location, Location, Location 17:35 ................... The Secret Life of the Zoo 18:30.......... Channel 4 News 19:00..The Restoration Man 20:00............... Britain’s Most Historic Towns 21:00.............Dirty Grandpa 23:00................ Colombiana 01:00.........Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

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06:00 ......................... Emmerdale Omnibus 08:30............. Coronation Street Omnibus 11:25 ........................ Britain’s Got More Talent 12:25 ......................................Ninja Warrior UK 13:30 ............................... Liar Liar 15:15 ............................ Yogi Bear

17:05 ..................Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

16:55 ................................. Casper

18:00............Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

21:20 ................ Britain’s Got More Talent

19:00.........The Yorkshire Vet Casebook

22:20 ......................Celebrity Juice

20:00............... The Dead Sea Treasure Map 20:55.........5 News Weekend 21:00...............Football on 5 22:30.........World’s Deadliest Weather: Caught on Camera

19:00 ............... The Mummy

23:10 ................. Family Guy 23:35................. Family Guy 00:05................. Family Guy 00:35 ........... American Dad! 01:05 ........... American Dad!

23:30.........Criminals Caught on Camera

01:30.............. The Cleveland Show

00:00...............Super Casino

01:55 ...........................Plebs

08:55.... Kirstie’s Vintage Gems

06:00 ............................Futurama

09:30.............. Food Unwrapped Diet Special

06:30 ............................Futurama

07:00 ...........................Scrapheap Challenge

07:00............................ The Flash

08:00 ............................. Top Gear

10:25 ........... A Place in the Sun

08:00 ................... The Simpsons

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

09:00 ................... The Simpsons

10:00 .............American Pickers

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

11:00 .............American Pickers

11:30......................... Revolution

12:00 .............American Pickers

12:30 ............................Futurama

13:00 .......................World’s Most Dangerous Roads

01:50..................... Hollyoaks Omnibus

11:30 ........... A Place in the Sun 12:35 ........... A Place in the Sun 13:40 ........... A Place in the Sun 14:40 .....................Four in a Bed 15:15 .....................Four in a Bed 15:45 .....................Four in a Bed 16:20 .....................Four in a Bed 16:50 .....................Four in a Bed 17:20....... Come Dine with Me

13:00 ............NCIS: Los Angeles 14:00............ NCIS: Los Angeles 15:00.......... Futrama - Welcome to the World of Tomorrow

14:00 .......................World’s Most Dangerous Roads 15:00....... Impossible Railways 16:00....... Impossible Railways 17:00..................................... QI XL

19:25.... Come Dine with Me

15:15.................... Gillette Soccer Saturday

20:00................... Emergency Helicopter Medics

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

19:00 .................. Red Dwarf

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

19:40 .................. Red Dwarf

21:00.............. Sarah Millican Home Bird Live

20:00 ......NCIS: Los Angeles

20:20 .................. Red Dwarf

22:05........... 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

21:00 ............. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

21:00 .... Would I Lie to You?

00:15..........The Great British Sex Survey

23:50........... Micky Flanagan Thinking Aloud

01:50.........Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

00:55.....Karl Pilkington: The Moaning of Life

18:25.... Come Dine with Me

18:00........................... QI XL

23:00 ........... Have I Got a Bit More News for You 00:00........... Mock the Week 00:40........... Mock the Week 01:20 ................... Room 101

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06:00 ...................... Breakfast 07:35 ...... Match of the Day

Sunday 22nd april

06:05......... Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein

08:10 ........................Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights

06:35 .................. Countryfile

08:30 ..................The London Marathon

08:00.........Saturday Kitchen Best Bites

14:00 .....................BBC News 14:15.......... Sunday Politics

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

15:30.......... Songs of Praise

10:00 ........................Snooker

16:05........ B.O.B.’s Big Break

12:15 .............. MOTD2 Extra

16:15 ................ Madagascar

13:00...... Gardeners’ World

17:35.................... BBC News

14:00 ..................The London Marathon

17:50 ....BBC London News 18:00.....The Big Painting Challenge 19:00.............Countryfile 20:00................. Antiques Roadshow 21:00.........The Woman in White

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07:30 ......... The Beechgrove Garden

14:30 ........................Snooker 18:00..... Nature’s Biggest Beasts 19:00.................Athletics 20:00.In at the Deep End 21:00........... My Year with the Tribe 22:00................ Famalam 22:25...............Joe Lycett: That’s the Way, A-ha A-ha, Joe Lycett 23:25.......................World Championship Snooker Highlights 00:15.......................World Championship Snooker - Extra

06:00.............. Childrfens’ TV 08:25...................... ITV News 08:30 .. Zoe Ball on Sunday 09:25 ..... Love Your Garden 10:00..... Peston on Sunday 10:55........ Ninja Warrior UK 11:55...ITV Lunchtime News 12:05.....Britain’s Got Talent 13:25...................Britain’s Got More Talent 14:25........Britain’s Brightest Family 15:00 ................. The Queen’s Green Planet 16:00..... Change Your Tune 17:00 .................... The Chase: Celebrity Special 18:00.....Harry Hill’s Alien Fun Capsule 18:30..ITV Evening News 19:00...... Little Big Shots 20:00........... The Durrells 21:00.... The Good Karma Hospital 22:05................ ITV News 22:20. Peston on Sunday 23:20............100 Year Old Driving School 23:50.................This Time Next Year 00:40............ Jackpot247

The Woman In White BBC1, 21.00

Walter Hartright (Ben Hardy), a young drawing master, encounters a ghostly woman dressed all in white on Hampstead Heath. He offers her assistance, but is later shocked to discover she has escaped from a lunatic asylum.

The next day, Walter leaves London to take up a teaching post in the village of Limmeridge in Cumbria, working for Mr Frederick Fairlie (Charles Dance). There, he learns of a connection between his charming pupils, Laura Fairlie (Olivia Vinall) and Marian Halcombe (Jessie Buckley), and the mysterious woman in white: she’s known to the household as Anne Catherick, a mentally handicapped child who grew up in the village.

Over the next few months, Walter and Laura Fairlie fall deeply in love, however she is already promised in marriage to a baronet - Sir Percival Glyde (Dougray Scott). When Laura receives a vicious letter attacking Sir Percival, Walter thinks Anne, who has recently returned to the village, might be responsible. He confronts her, only to uncover a chilling truth about Laura’s betrothed – that it was he who put Anne in the asylum.

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06:15 ................ King of Queens

06:00...................... Childrens’ TV

06:40 ................ King of Queens

09:55 ................Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

07:05 .............. Everybody Loves Raymond

10:30 .....................Football on 5

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

12:00 ...............Britain’s Greatest Bridges

08:25....................... Eat the Week with Iceland

12:15 ..........Police Interceptors

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

13:15 ..........Police Interceptors: Special Edition

12:30 ...........Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast

14:15 ..................................Dances with Wolves

13:30 ................... The Simpsons

17:45 ................... Pearl Harbour

14:55 ..............................Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax

18:45........................ 5 News

16:35 ...........Location, Location, Location

20:55.........5 News Weekend

18:50 ............ Pearl Harbour 21:00........................Diana to Meghan: Royal Wedding Secrets

06:00 ........................ The Planet’s Funniest Animals 06:20 ......................... Emmerdale Omnibus 08:55 .............Coronation Street Omnibus 11:50...................... Take Me Out: 10th Anniversary Special 12:50 ........................ You’ve Been Framed! Gold 13:50....................... The Mummy Returns 16:15 .......... Britain’s Got Talent 17:35 ........................ Britain’s Got More Talent

19:00............... Escape to the Chateau

22:00........ The Big Wedding

18:40............ The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

23:00......................... 5 News

22:00.................. Family Guy

20:00 ....... The Crystal Maze

23:05........ The Big Wedding

22:30 ................. Family Guy

23:40.......... Brides Make You Laugh Out Loud

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

22:15.................. Gogglebox 23:10 ......................... Easy A

00:30..................... Fail Army

23:55 ........... American Dad!

00:50 ................... Kahaani 2

01:00...............Super Casino

00:25 ..................... What If...

08:55 ...................Vet on the Hill

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

10:00 .......... My Floating Home

07:00............................. Supergirl

07:10 ...........................Scrapheap Challenge

11:00................. Building Giants

08:00................... The Simpsons

08:00 ............................. Top Gear

12:05....... Come Dine with Me

09:00 ................... The Simpsons

13:10 ....... Come Dine with Me

10:00 ................... The Simpsons

10:30 .......................... Impossible Railways

14:10 ....... Come Dine with Me

11:00 ...........................WWE Raw

14:40 .....................Four in a Bed

12:00 ...........................MacGyver

15:40 .....................Four in a Bed

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

17:35 ..................Grand Designs 18:30 ......... Channel 4 News

21:00 .................. Homeland

16:50..................... Four in a Bed 17:20....... Come Dine with Me 17:50........ Come Dine with Me 18:20.... Come Dine with Me 18:55.... Come Dine with Me 19:25.... Come Dine with Me 19:55 ............. The Supervet

14:00 ............NCIS: Los Angeles 15:00 ................. Modern Family 16:00................. Modern Family 17:00 ................. Modern Family 17:30 ................... The Simpsons 18:00 .............The Simpsons 18:30 ................. Revolution

23:30 ........... American Dad!

11:30 .......Impossible Railways 12:30 .............American Pickers 13:30 .............American Pickers 14:30 ....................... Trawlermen 15:00 ....................... Trawlermen 15:30 ............................. Top Gear 16:30............................. Top Gear 19:00........................ Cop Car Workshop 20:00 ................Into the Fire

20:00 ................... MacGyver

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

22:00.......... 999: What’s Your Emergency?

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

22:00 ........................... QI XL

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

23:00 ...... Live at the Apollo

23:05.....24 Hours in a and e

23:00 ......... In the Long Run

00:00................... Room 101

00:05.........Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

23:30 ................. A League of Their Own

00:40 ................... Room 101

01:05................... Emergency Helicopter Medics

01:00 ..........................Arrow

21:00.................. Emergency Helicopter Medics

19:30 .............The Simpsons

00:00 ...............The Blacklist

01:20 .................Have I Got a Bit More News for You

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08:00............................ Hugh’s Wild West

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

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11:45 ................ The Housing Enforcers 12:15.............. Bargain Hunt 13:00 ...... BBC News at One 13:45 .........................Doctors 14:15.................... 800 Words 15:00............... Escape to the Country 15:45 ............ Flipping Profit 16:30 ...........................Flog It! 17:15....................... Pointless 18:00.... BBC News at Six

09:00........................... Victoria Derbyshire 10:00........................ Snooker

13:00 ........................Snooker

16:00 ..............Tipping Point

18:00.............. Eggheads 18:30..................... Britain in Bloom 19:00.............. The Secret Helpers

19:30 ............. Nightmare Pets SOS

20:30............... University Challenge

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

21:00........... Secret Agent Selection: WW2

22:00.... BBC News at Ten 22:45.......Have I Got a Bit More News for You 23:30............ The Graham Norton Show 00:15............... BBC News

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13:30............. ITV Lunchtime News 14:00.............. Judge Rinder

20:00.........................Only Connect

21:00 ............DIY SOS the Big Build

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

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

19:00....... The One Show

20:30 ..............Panorama

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

22:00............................ QI 22:30..............Newsnight 23:15.......................World Championship Snooker Highlights 00:05.......................World Championship Snooker - Extra

15:00......................... Tenable 17:00 ....................The Chase 18:00.... ITV News London 18:30....ITV Evening News 19:00............ Emmerdale 19:30....Coronation Street 20:00.......... Give it a Year 20:30....Coronation Street 21:00....The Real Camilla: Hrh the Duchess of Cornwall 22:00...... ITV News at Ten and Weather

06:00...................... Childrens’ TV 09:15 ...............The Wright Stuff 11:15 ..................Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

12:10 ..........5 News Lunchtime 12:15 ........... The Gadget Show 13:15 .............. Home and Away 13:45 ....................... Neighbours 14:15 ......................................NCIS 15:15............. Social Nightmare 17:00 ........................ 5 News at 5 17:30 ....................... Neighbours 18:00......... Home and Away 18:30.......... 5 News Tonight 19:00...................... MotoGP 20:00 .... Police Interceptors 21:00.................. Paddington Station 24/7 22:00..........Fergie v Wenger: The Feud 23:00.........Criminals Caught on Camera 00:00......................America’s Toughest Prisons

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06:00 ...... The Planet’s Funniest Animals 06:20.................. Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:10 ....................... Who’s Doing the Dishes?

07:55 ........................ Emmerdale 08:20............ Coronation Street 09:25 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:20 ..................... The Bachelor 12:15 ........................ Emmerdale 12:45 ............Coronation Street 13:45 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:35 ...The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:50....................... Take Me Out 19:00................. You’ve Been Framed! Gold 20:00....Two and a Half Men 21:00.................. Family Guy 21:30............ American Dad! 22:00.........................Plebs CW ch oi ce 22:30.................. Family Guy 23:30............ American Dad! 00:00...The Cleveland Show

22:30.. ITV News London 22:45.... The Investigator: A British Crime Story

08:55 ............ Food Unwrapped

06:00 ........................ Animal 999

07:10..... Scrapheap Challenge

23:45.............. Last Laugh in Vegas

09:30 ........... A Place in the Sun

06:30........................ Animal 999

08:10..............American Pickers

10:30 ........... A Place in the Sun

07:00................ Meerkat Manor

09:00................Storage Hunters

00:40............ Jackpot247

11:35 .....................Four in a Bed

08:00 .......................Monkey Life

09:30 ...............Storage Hunters

12:05 .....................Four in a Bed

09:00 ..............Motorway Patrol

10:00 .............American Pickers

12:35 .....................Four in a Bed

10:00 .......................... Road Wars

11:00..............American Pickers

13:05 .....................Four in a Bed

11:00 ...................Warehouse 13

12:00..............American Pickers

13:40 .....................Four in a Bed

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

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

14:10 ....... Come Dine with Me

13:00 .................... Hawaii Five-0

14:00.............................. Top Gear

15:15 ....... Come Dine with Me

15:00 ............NCIS: Los Angeles

15:00..................Sin City Motors

16:20 ....... Come Dine with Me

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

16:50 ........... A Place in the Sun

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

16:00.......Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge

17:50 ...... Ugly House to Lovely House with George Clarke

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

18:55 ............ The Secret Life of the Zoo

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

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ITV2, 22.00

06:00 ....................... Countdown 06:45....3rd Rock from the Sun 07:35 .............. Everybody Loves Raymond 08:30 ..................................Frasier 10:05 ........ Ramsay’s Hotel Hell 11:00 ....Undercover Boss USA 12:00............... Channel 4 News 12:05 ............... Coast v Country 13:05 .......... Posh Pawnbrokers 14:10....................... Countdown 15:00........... A Place in the Sun 16:00 ..................... Escape to the Chateau: DIY 17:00 .....................Four in a Bed 17:30 ......................... Buy it Now 18:00............. The Simpsons 18:30................... Hollyoaks 19:00 ......... Channel 4 News 20:00.... Holidays Unpacked 20:30 ................. Travel Man 21:00............ The Island with Bear Grylls 22:00................ Kiss Me First 23:00.......... 999: What’s Your Emergency?

00:05................... First Dates

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The boys launch a cabaret night in the bar when Marcus starts dating popular Roman satirist, Minerva. But can he cope with her dissecting their relationship live on stage?

Meanwhile, Jason, Aurelius and Grumio form a house-band.

19:55 ........... Grand Designs 21:00 ..........Building Giants 22:00 .....................Car S.O.S 23:00 .......... 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 00:05.........Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 01:00...........Building Giants

18:00 ....................Futurama 20:00 .................... Supergirl 21:00....................... The Sum of All Fears

17:00............................. Top Gear 18:00................... Room 101 18:40..... Would I Lie to You? 19:20 .... Would I Lie to You? 20:00..... Cop Car Workshop 21:00 ...... Live at the Apollo

23:20 ....................The Force: North East

22:00 ......The Best of Dara O Briain’s Go 8 Bit

00:20 .....................Brit Cops: Frontline Crime

00:00................................. QI

01:15.............. Ross Kemp: In Search of Pirates

23:00..................Taskmaster 00:40................................. QI 01:20........... Mock the Week

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11:45 ................ The Housing Enforcers

08:00 ....................Sea Cities Bristol

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

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

09:00 .......................... Victoria Derbyshire

13:30 .............ITV Lunchtime News

10:00........................ Snooker

13:55..... ITV News London

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

14:00 .............. Judge Rinder

09:15 .............Rip Off Britain 10:00 ..............Homes Under the Hammer

13:00 ...... BBC News at One 13:30 ....BBC London News 13:45 .........................Doctors 14:15 ....................800 Words 15:00 ...................... Escape to the Country 15:45 ............ Flipping Profit 16:30 ...........................Flog It! 17:15....................... Pointless 18:00.... BBC News at Six

13:00 ........................Snooker 18:00 .............. Eggheads 18:30..................... Britain in Bloom 19:00................. Antiques Road Trip

19:00 .......The One Show

20:00................Top of the Shop with Tom Kerridge

19:30 ............ EastEnders

21:00..................Hospital

20:00 ............. Holby City

22:00...................Cunk on Britain

18:30. BBC London News

21:00 ................ The Split 22:00 ... BBC News at Ten 22:45... Rent for Sex: Ellie Undercover 23:15...... The Botox Bust: Ellie Undercover 23:45.. Live at the Apollo 00:30............... BBC News

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22:30..............Newsnight 23:15.......................World Championship Snooker Highlights 00:05.......................World Championship Snooker - Extra

06:00 ....................... Countdown 06:45 ...3rd Rock from the Sun 07:35............... Everybody Loves Raymond 08:30 ..................................Frasier 10:05 ........ Ramsay’s Hotel Hell 11:00.... Undercover Boss USA 12:00............... Channel 4 News 12:05............... Coast v Country 13:05.......... Posh Pawnbrokers 14:10 ....................... Countdown 15:00 ........... A Place in the Sun 16:00 ..................... Escape to the Chateau: DIY 17:00 .....................Four in a Bed 17:30 ......................... Buy it Now 18:00............. The Simpsons 18:30 ................... Hollyoaks 19:00 ......... Channel 4 News 20:00 ...............Class of Mum and Dad 21:00.........Fatberg Autopsy 22:00......... The World’s Most Luxurious Airline 23:00...... Flight Hs13: Walter Presents 23:55.........Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

06:00...................... Childrens’ TV

01:00...............Super Casino

00:55............ Celebrity Juice

22:45.............. The Cruise: Sailing the Caribbean

08:55 ............ Food Unwrapped

06:00 ........................ Animal 999

07:00..... Scrapheap Challenge

09:30........... A Place in the Sun

06:30........................ Animal 999

08:10..............American Pickers

23:15........... The Durrells

11:35..................... Four in a Bed

07:00 ................ Meerkat Manor

09:00................Storage Hunters

12:35 .....................Four in a Bed

08:00 .......................Monkey Life

09:30............... Storage Hunters

13:40..................... Four in a Bed

09:00 ..............Motorway Patrol

10:00 .............American Pickers

14:10....... Come Dine with Me

10:00.......................... Road Wars

11:00 .............American Pickers

14:40 ....... Come Dine with Me

11:00 ...................Warehouse 13

12:00 .............American Pickers

15:15 ....... Come Dine with Me

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

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

15:50 ....... Come Dine with Me

13:00 .................... Hawaii Five-0

14:00 ............................. Top Gear

16:20 ....... Come Dine with Me

15:00 ............NCIS: Los Angeles

15:00 .................Sin City Motors

16:50 ........... A Place in the Sun

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

17:50 ...... Ugly House to Lovely House with George Clarke

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

16:00 ......Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge

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

15:00 .........................Tenable 16:00 ..............Tipping Point 17:00.................... The Chase 18:00.... ITV News London 18:30....ITV Evening News 19:00 ........... Emmerdale 19:30.............. Devon and Cornwall Cops 20:00.................This Time Next Year 21:00...........Last Laugh CW in Vegas choice

11:15 ..................Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

06:20.................. Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records

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

07:10 ............... Who’s Doing the Dishes?

12:15 .........................GPs: Behind Closed Doors

07:55........................ Emmerdale

13:15 .............. Home and Away

08:20 ............Coronation Street

13:45 ....................... Neighbours

09:25 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show

14:15 ......................................NCIS 15:15 ................ Secrets of Eden 17:00 ........................ 5 News at 5 17:30 ....................... Neighbours 18:00......... Home and Away 18:30.......... 5 News Tonight 19:00................... Autumn in Loch Lomond 20:00....... The Yorkshire Vet 21:00 ............ Ben Nevis: The Venomous Mountain 22:00..............Disastrous TV: When Televsion Goes Wrong

10:20 ..................... The Bachelor 12:15........................ Emmerdale 12:45 ............Coronation Street 13:45 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:35....The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:50 ...................... Take Me Out 19:00 ................ You’ve Been Framed! Gold 20:00....Two and a Half Men 21:00 ..............American Pie: The Wedding 23:00.................. Family Guy 23:55............ American Dad!

22:30.. ITV News London

00:10............ Jackpot247

Our nine British entertainers have spent over a week rehearsing for their dream gig in the entertainment capital of the world, but with days to go before the big night, a heartbreaking tragedy hits Las Vegas. Saddened and shocked, the performers question whether the show should go on...

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06:00......................... The Planet’s Funniest Animals

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

Last Laugh In Vegas ITV1 21.00

09:15............... The Wright Stuff

18:55............. The Secret Life of the Zoo

17:30 ............................Futurama 18:00.................... Futurama 18:30 .............The Simpsons

19:55............ Grand Designs

20:00 .................... The Flash

21:00...... My Floating Home

21:00 ...............The Blacklist

22:00.....24 Hours in a and e

22:00..... The Late Late Show with James Corden

23:05................. Millionaires’ Mansions

23:00....The Force: North East

00:10........... 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

00:00......................Brit Cops: Frontline Crime

01:10.........Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

01:00.............. Ross Kemp: In Search of Pirates

17:00 ............................. Top Gear 18:00................... Room 101 18:40..... Would I Lie to You? 19:20..... Would I Lie to You? 20:00 ...... Scrappers: Back in the Yard 20:30........... Scrappers: Back in the Yard 21:00..... Would I Lie to You? 23:00....... Live at the Apollo 00:00................................. QI 01:20........... Mock the Week

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11:00 ............... Heir Hunters

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11:45 ................ The Housing Enforcers 12:15.............. Bargain Hunt 13:00...... BBC News at One 13:45......................... Doctors 14:15.................... 800 Words 15:00...................... Escape to the Country 15:45............ Flipping Profit 16:30 ...........................Flog It! 17:15 .......................Pointless 18:00.... BBC News at Six 19:00 .......The One Show 20:00...... Watchdog Live 21:00.........Britain’s Fat CW Fight with Hugh choice Fearnley-Whittingstall 22:00.... BBC News at Ten 22:45..............A Question of Sport 23:15.............. Nightmare Pets SOS 23:45.............. How Police Missed the Grindr Killer 00:30............... BBC News

08:30..................Great British Railway Journeys 09:00........................... Victoria Derbyshire 10:00 ........................Snooker 11:30 .......The Daily Politics 13:00 ........................Snooker 18:00 .............. Eggheads 18:30.... Britain in Bloom 19:00 ................ Antiques Road Trip 20:00...... Top of the Shop with Tom Kerridge 21:00.. The Assassination of Gianni Versace - America Crime Story 21:55......................Live at the Apollo 22:30..............Newsnight 23:15.......................World Championship Snooker Highlights 00:05.......................World Championship Snooker - Extra

06:00............. Good Morning Britain 08:30 ........................ Lorraine 09:25................... The Jeremy Kyle Show 10:30.............. This Morning 12:30 ............ Loose Women 13:30 ..ITV Lunchtime News 13:55 ........ITV News London 14:00.............. Judge Rinder 15:00......................... Tenable 16:00 ..............Tipping Point 17:00 ....................The Chase 18:00.. ITV News London 18:25 ........ Party Election Broadcast 18:30..ITV Evening News 19:00............ Emmerdale 19:30..Coronation Street 20:00................... Britain’s Brightest Family 20:30..Coronation Street 21:00............... Benidorm 22:00...... ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:30.. ITV News London 22:45....UEFA Champions League Highlights 23:45..................... Play to the Whistle 00:35............ Jackpot247

06:00........................ Countdown 06:45....3rd Rock from the Sun 07:35............... Everybody Loves Raymond 08:30...................................Frasier 10:05......... Ramsay’s Hotel Hell 11:00.....Undercover Boss USA 12:00................Channel 4 News 12:05................ Coast v Country 13:05........... Posh Pawnbrokers 14:10........................ Countdown 15:00............ A Place in the Sun 16:00...................... Escape to the Chateau: DIY 17:00......................Four in a Bed 17:30.......................... Buy it Now 18:00..............The Simpsons 18:30.................... Hollyoaks 19:00.......... Channel 4 News 20:00............. The Secret Life of the Zoo 21:00............One Born Every Minute 22:00................... First Dates 23:05.........Fatberg Autopsy 00:10..........Live From Abbey Road Classics

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06:00...................... Childrens’ TV 09:15 ...............The Wright Stuff 11:15 .............. The Yorkshire Vet Casebook 12:10 ..........5 News Lunchtime 12:15 .........................GPs: Behind Closed Doors 13:15 .............. Home and Away 13:45 ....................... Neighbours 14:15 ......................................NCIS 15:15 ............Profile for Murder 17:00 ........................ 5 News at 5 17:30 ....................... Neighbours 18:00......... Home and Away 18:30 .......... 5 News Tonight 19:00 .... Police Interceptors 20:00 .................GPs: Behind Closed Doors 21:00......................... Me and My Addiction 22:30.....My Extreme Ocd Life 23:35.............. Extraordinary People 00:30..................... Fail Army 01:00...............Super Casino

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06:00....... The Planet’s Funniest Animals 06:20 ..................Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:10 ....................... Who’s Doing the Dishes?

07:55 ........................ Emmerdale 08:25 ........................ You’ve Been Framed! Gold 09:25.............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:20..................... The Bachelor 11:15 ........................ You’ve Been Framed! Gold 12:15 ........................ Emmerdale 12:45 ............................ The Cube 13:45 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:35 ...The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:50 ...................... Take Me Out 19:00................. You’ve Been Framed! Gold 20:00....Two and a Half Men 21:00.............. Hell’s Kitchen 22:55.................. Family Guy 00:25............ American Dad! 01:25....Two and a Half Men

08:55 ............ Food Unwrapped

06:00 ........................ Animal 999

07:00..... Scrapheap Challenge

09:30 ........... A Place in the Sun

07:00 ................ Meerkat Manor

08:10 .............American Pickers

10:30 ........... A Place in the Sun

08:00 .......................Monkey Life

09:00............... Storage Hunters

11:35 .....................Four in a Bed

09:00 ..............Motorway Patrol

09:30............... Storage Hunters

12:35 .....................Four in a Bed

10:00 .......................... Road Wars

10:00 .............American Pickers

13:05 .....................Four in a Bed

11:00 ...................Warehouse 13

11:00 .............American Pickers

13:40 .....................Four in a Bed

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

12:00 .............American Pickers

14:10....... Come Dine with Me

13:00 .................... Hawaii Five-0

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

15:15....... Come Dine with Me

15:00............ NCIS: Los Angeles

14:00 ............................. Top Gear

16:20 ....... Come Dine with Me

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

15:00 .................Sin City Motors

16:50 ........... A Place in the Sun

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

17:50 ...... Ugly House to Lovely House with George Clarke

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

16:00 .....................Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge

18:55............. The Secret Life of the Zoo

18:30............. The Simpsons 20:00 ...............DC’s Legends of Tomorrow

17:00............................. Top Gear 18:00................... Room 101 18:40 .... Would I Lie to You?

21:00.................. A League of Their Own

19:20 .... Would I Lie to You?

22:00 ....24 Hours in a and e

22:00................. Pl’s Greatest Moments

21:00 ...... Live at the Apollo

23:05 ....... Terror on Everest: Surviving the Nepal Earthquake

23:00.....................The Force: North East

22:40 ................... Room 101

00:00......................Brit Cops: Frontline Crime

00:00................................. QI

19:55............ Grand Designs 21:00 ............ Vet on the Hill

00:05.........Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 01:05.....24 Hours in a and e

01:00.............. Ross Kemp: In Search of Pirates

20:00 .......... Sin City Motors 22:00 ................... Room 101 23:20 ................... Room 101 00:40 ................................ QI 01:20........... Mock the Week

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Britain’s Fat Fight With Hugh Fearnleye c h o i c Whittingstall BBC1, 21.00

Britain is already the most obese country in Western Europe, and if current trends continue, more than 50 per cent of us will be obese by 2050.

Two-thirds of us are already overweight or obese, and there’s no doubt that our poor diet and lack of exercise is slowly killing us, as well as crippling the NHS. After smoking, obesity is the next biggest cause of premature death in the UK. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is on a mission to try and do something about this health crisis. In this new BBC One series, he is going to challenge some of the biggest food companies and restaurant chains to be more honest about what they are selling. Hugh’s going to ask the Government what they’re doing to tackle this crisis. And he’s going to see if it is possible to change the eating habits of a whole city by challenging the people of Newcastle to lose 100,000lbs in a year.

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06:00........................ Countdown

06:00...................... Childrens’ TV

06:45....3rd Rock from the Sun

09:15 ...............The Wright Stuff

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

06:30 ............... Heir Hunters

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

11:15 .............The Yorkshire Vet

07:15 .............Rip Off Britain

11:00 ............... Heir Hunters

08:00 ..............................David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities

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

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

09:15............. Rip Off Britain

11:45 ................ The Housing Enforcers 12:15 .............. Bargain Hunt 13:00 ...... BBC News at One 13:30 .................BBC London News 13:45 .........................Doctors

08:30................Kate Humble: Off the Beaten Track 09:00 .......................... Victoria Derbyshire

10:30.............. This Morning 12:30............ Loose Women 13:30............. ITV Lunchtime News 13:55..... ITV News London 14:00.............. Judge Rinder 15:00 .........................Tenable

14:15 ....................800 Words

11:00 ...........BBC Newsroom Live

15:00 ...............Escape to the Country

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

15:45 ............ Flipping Profit

13:00 ........................Snooker

16:30 ...........................Flog It!

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

17:15 .......................Pointless 18:00.... BBC News at Six

18:30.................... Britain in Bloom

18:30........... BBC London News

19:00................. Antiques Road Trip

19:30...................Tonight

20:00.......................Super Fast Falcon

20:30.......... Paul O’grady: For the Love of Dogs

21:00........... Civilisations

21:00.... Harold Shipman

22:00..................Match of the Day

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

22:30..............Newsnight

22:30.. ITV News London

23:15.......................World Championship Snooker Highlights

22:45...........UEFA Europa League Highlights

19:00....... The One Show 19:30 ............ EastEnders 20:00.............The Truth About Obesity

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21:00 ............Ambulance 22:00 ... BBC News at Ten 22:30 .BBC London News 22:45 ...... Question Time 23:45 ..............This Week

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16:00 ..............Tipping Point 17:00 ....................The Chase 18:00................. ITV News London 18:30............ ITV Evening News 19:00............ Emmerdale 20:00............ Emmerdale

23:45..................... Play to the Whistle

The Truth About Obesity BBC1, 20.00

Nearly one in four people in the UK qualify as being obese, meaning their weight is significantly affecting the state of their health. Furthermore, nine out of ten obese people don’t even admit to being obese, or realise it.

With a background in fresh produce, presenter Chris Bavin will seek out the latest scientific research to find out the truth about obesity. Within his lifetime obesity rates have tripled, and as a dad of two he’s particularly concerned about the high rates of childhood obesity, and the problems we’re passing on to future generations. He’ll be finding out exactly what obese is, and what happens to our bodies when we are, as well as the most effective and up-todate solutions available.The science of obesity is changing faster than ever before, helping us come to a new understanding of what obesity is. With new research in areas as diverse as genetics, gut bacteria, chronobiology and hormone treatment, we’re beginning to realise that ‘eat less and do more’ is too simplistic a health message. Furthermore, big data techniques are enabling scientists to study many people over a number of decades, allowing us to find the real links between lifestyle and getting fat.

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08:30.................................. Frasier

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

10:05 ........ Ramsay’s Hotel Hell

12:15 .........................GPs: Behind Closed Doors

11:00.... Undercover Boss USA

13:15 .............. Home and Away

12:00 ...............Channel 4 News

13:45 ....................... Neighbours

12:05 ............... Coast v Country

14:15 ......................................NCIS

13:05.......... Posh Pawnbrokers

15:15 ............................The Front

14:10 ....................... Countdown 15:00 ........... A Place in the Sun 16:00 ..................... Escape to the Chateau: DIY 17:00..................... Four in a Bed 17:30......................... Buy it Now 18:00 .............The Simpsons 18:30 ................... Hollyoaks 19:00 ......... Channel 4 News 20:00 .....Location, Location, Location 21:00.......... 999: What’s Your Emergency?

17:00 ........................ 5 News at 5 17:30 ....................... Neighbours 18:00 .........Home and Away

06:00 ........................ The Planet’s Funniest Animals 06:20.................. Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:10 ....................... Who’s Doing the Dishes?

07:55........................ Emmerdale 08:20............ Coronation Street 09:25 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:20 ............. The Bachelorette 12:15 ........................ Emmerdale 12:45............ Coronation Street

18:30.......... 5 News Tonight

13:45.............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show

19:00 ............The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door

14:35....The Jeremy Kyle Show

20:00................ Bad Tenants, Rogue Landlords

19:30................. You’ve Been Framed! Gold

21:00.....................Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

22:00... Michael Portillo: Our Housing Crisis Who’s to Blame?

18:00................ Take Me Out

20:00........................Two and a Half Men 21:00.................. Family Guy 22:00............ Celebrity Juice 22:50.................. Family Guy

23:05.................. Gogglebox

23:30.............. Where There’s Blame, There’s a Claim

08:55............ Food Unwrapped

06:00 ........................ Animal 999

09:30........... A Place in the Sun

06:30 ........................ Animal 999

07:00............................Scrapheap Challenge

10:30........... A Place in the Sun

07:00 ................ Meerkat Manor

08:10 .............American Pickers

11:35 .....................Four in a Bed

07:30 ................ Meerkat Manor

09:00 ...............Storage Hunters

12:05 .....................Four in a Bed

08:00....................... Monkey Life

09:30............... Storage Hunters

12:35 .....................Four in a Bed

08:30....................... Monkey Life

10:00 .............American Pickers

13:05..................... Four in a Bed

09:00.............. Motorway Patrol

11:00 .............American Pickers

13:40..................... Four in a Bed

10:00 .......................... Road Wars

12:00 .............American Pickers

14:10....... Come Dine with Me

11:00 ...................Warehouse 13

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

14:40........ Come Dine with Me

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

14:00 ............................. Top Gear

15:15........ Come Dine with Me

13:00 .................... Hawaii Five-0

15:00 .................Sin City Motors

15:50........ Come Dine with Me

14:00.................... Hawaii Five-0

16:20........ Come Dine with Me

15:00............ NCIS: Los Angeles

16:00 ......Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge

16:50............ A Place in the Sun

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

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

17:50....... Ugly House to Lovely House with George Clarke

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

18:00................... Room 101

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

18:40 .... Would I Lie to You?

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

19:20 .... Would I Lie to You?

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

20:00 ....................Have I Got a Bit More News for You

22:00................. True Horror

18:55............. The Secret Life of the Zoo 19:55............ Grand Designs 21:00 .......... The Good Fight 22:05 .................. Emergency Helicopter Medics 23:05.......................24 Hours in a and e

20:00.......................... Arrow 21:00................... Seal Team

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

22:00 ......... In the Long Run

21:00............................ QI XL

22:30...... Football’s Funniest Moments

22:00........................... Uncle 22:40........... Mock the Week

23:00....The Force: North East

23:20........... Mock the Week

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This weekend

Los Silos Book Fair

To mark World Book Day, which is held on 23 April, Los Silos Town Hall at Plaza de La Luz and Antiguo Convento of San Sebastián, is organising a Book Fair featuring a range of activities.

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El Artico Se Rompe (The Arctic is Breaking)

Free interactive exhibition about threats to the arctic, much of it is in English and Spanish and the guides speak several languages. Monday to Friday 12.30pm - 2pm, and 5pm - 9pm. Weekends 10.30am - 2.30pm, and 4.30pm - 9pm.

22nd April Los Silos www.lossilos.es until 15th May

This weekend

Cultural centre, Los Crisitanos

Plenilunio 2018

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Plenilunio will once again fill the streets of Santa Cruz with a packed programme of commercial, sporting, cultural and gastronomic activities, and entertainment for both children and adults.

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Romería de San Marcos (Tegueste)

In the pilgrimage of San Marcos in Tegueste carts adorned with natural products of the field, boats, folkloric groups of all the islands, herds of cattle, yuntas of oxen, dances and oxen, that are accompanied by a great public dressed in the typical costume, participate.

This pilgrimage is one of the most important encounters with the Canarian culture of the Archipelago.

After the procession takes place the blessing of the cattle and the offering to the patron saint of the typical products of the field.

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19th City of La Laguna Half Marathon

Runners take to the streets of La Laguna city centre over three distances: 5km, 10km and 21.097 km.

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7 ISLANDS SWING FESTIVAL 2018

The second Tenerife Swing Festival takes place from 26-29 April and will feature classes, parties, competitions and other parallel activities.

26th - 29th april La Laguna www.7iswing.com

May

29th april, 9am La laguna aytolalaguna.com

29th april tegueste FB: Romeria de san marcos

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K9 Animal News

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K9 refuge has many lovely, male dogs who are looking for homes. We've got the lowest number of dogs we've had for a while, which is a good thing, but there are a lot of large, single males!

They are lovely and friendly, but their size makes them difficult to home.

Most people live in small apartments, preferring smaller dogs, and won't consider anything big. Large dogs are stronger, and can be difficult to manage, if not trained properly.

Finding kennel mates for large males is difficult. They tend to get along better with females, which the refuge is lacking at the moment.

Consequently, many of our large males are in single kennels, which is not ideal for them, or the refuge.

Mixing these male dogs with other dogs, without correct supervision, is a risk we are not willing to take, but this doesn't mean that these dogs are not sociable, and do not get along with other dogs.

All our large males are extremely friendly, affectionate and playful.

Ideally, they require a garden or lots of walks in order to release their energy. Why not come and meet them?

Our lovely males include:

Sonny, Sani (photo), Sam, Viz, Dylan, Macbeth and Pumpkin.

Meet our dogs We have many dogs, in all shapes and sizes, waiting patiently for their loving, safe-and-secure, forever homes. You can see them all, their stories and pictures, on our website at www.k9tenerife.com Go to “K9 dogs/Dogs waiting for homes”.

Why not visit us at K9 Refuge on Calle Chimbesque between Las Chafiras and Las Zocas any day of the week between 10-2pm?

Alternatively, you can get in touch by telephoning us on 667 638 468, or emailing info@k9tenerife.com You will also find stories of our dogs, their antics and heart-warming rehomings on Facebook by following Diary of a K9 Tenerife Dogwalker, K9 Tenerife and, not forgetting, K9 Tenerife Cats.

Charity shop Our charity shop in Alcala Plaza is always looking for new items to sell. If you

have any unwanted clothes, shoes, books or bric-a-brac, please pop them into our shop, or to K9.

We welcome all kinds of items, all proceeds going towards helping the dogs.

The shop is open from 10am2pm, Monday to Saturday.

Pop in, or call them on 6465 61035. Collections can also be arranged, using this number.

Ways you can help If you wish to support K9 animal refuge, and contribute towards the safe rescue and adoption of abandoned dogs and cats, we would be very appreciative.

You can buy our merchandise (T-shirts, vests, key rings, wristbands and more) at K9, sponsor one of our dogs via our website, and donate money via our website, or cash at our refuge. We also welcome donations of food and other items.

Also, you can become a volunteer dog walker by calling us, or simply popping by, during our opening hours.

Accion del Sol News

Fun on the beach!

WE had a fantastic afternoon, last Saturday, when we saw lots of our amazing friends and supporters joining in our fun walk, to the beach and back, with some of the large number of dogs in our care.

It was nice to see so many happy dogs enjoying a walk, which, for some, was their first time. It was a lovely treat, and certainly made a very welcome change from their time in the kennels.

Thank you to everyone who supported this event.

We always welcome people, during our opening times, to walk the dogs. If you are interested, you would definitely make a dog, or two, very happy.

Assistance required Please contact us if you

can assist in any way on 922 778630. We always need tinned dog-food for our older animals, plus blankets, towels, sheets, dog toys, collars and leads.

You can call into the Accion refuge on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons, from 2-5pm, and Saturdays between 1-4pm.

Find us here Accion del Sol is situated directly under the Ecological Park (exit 52) on the northbound TF-1. Head for the giant windmills, and you’ll find us in the buildings on the right-hand side. E-mail the refuge at teneriffa@ aktiontier.org or, for further details, visit our Facebook page: action tier Accion del Sol.

JOE Price, Canarian Weekly’s graphic designer, will be running the 26.2-mile London Marathon course on Sunday for Leukaemia Care UK, a national blood cancer charity.

She is taking part in memory of her mum, who passed away after a leukaemia diagnosis nearly 19 years ago, and, so far, has raised over £3,000 for the national charity.

This will be Joe’s first running event, and, so far, after many weeks of dedicated training, she clocked up 25km in one session. And, having overcome a few recent issues with a knee, she is back on track and ready for the challenge.

Clare Brooks, who works with the Marathon runners at Leukaemia Care, said: “Our runners make all the difference to people who need that extra bit of support. I’ve followed all our runners, including Joe, from the point of sign-up, and I can’t wait for her to cross that finishing line.”

Joe has managed to raise the money through various raffles and prize draws, and also by asking people to donate their

brown money (1c, 2c, 5c).

This has proved to be a rewarding decision because most people don’t know what to do with it!

Joe’s friends are arranging one last charity do on Sunday (22nd April) at Palms Sports Bar in San Eugenio, from 10am.

There will games to play and prizes to be won, all while watching and following Joe on TV. And don’t forget to bring your brown money because she’s still collecting!

Leukaemia Care is a national blood cancer support charity, committed to ensuring that anyone affected by blood cancer receives the right information, advice and support.

It provides a range of support services for patients and their carers, including: a helpline, nationwide support groups, patient and carer conferences, nurse-education days, an informative website, cancer campaigning and advocacy, as well as accredited cancer information and literature.

Joe, who can’t wait to get cracking on Sunday, said: “Thank you to everyone who has donated so far, and thanks for all the support. It really has encouraged me to take my training seriously.”

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Cats Welfare News

40,000 reasons to spay ONE female cat can produce an average of 12 kittens a year.

If those kittens are not spayed/ castrated, in only six years there will be a staggering 40,000 extra cats!

Letting your cat have kittens may seem like a fun thing to do, and some believe it's healthier for the cat.

Neither is true. Having a litter of kittens doesn't alter the maturity level of the cat, either physically or mentally. In most cases, it's hard to find good homes for them, even if they are advertised as being “Free to a good Home”.

Difficult labour, kitten mortality, and potential health problems in the mother can take all the fun out of the experience. Most people end up wishing

they had never allowed their female to have a litter.

Mammary cancer is the third-most- common cancer in cats, but those spayed have a 40-60% lower risk.

Unspayed cats can also develop severe, uterine diseases which, undetected, are usually fatal.

Spaying eliminates many medical and behavioural problems.

It probably adds years to their lives, enabling them to lead morecomfortable, lessstressful existences.

Cats Welfare can secure inexpensive spaying for your cat; please contact us for details.

A proper challenge Blister and his owners, Theresa and Richard, are taking on the mammoth challenge of walking The Camino de Santiago, via The Portuguese Way. They would like to raise as much money as possible for Cats Welfare Tenerife, by

doing this sponsored hike.

The walk starts in Tui, Portugal, and finishes at the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, a distance of at least 116 km. Blister is hoping to complete this challenge over six days, and is training very hard so he can finish with a spring in his step!

Would you like to support and encourage Blister and his companions, by sponsoring them?

Check our website: w w w. c a t s - w e l f a r e tenerife.com/caminode-santiago Also, there is a sponsorship form in the Cats Welfare shop at San Blas, Golf del Sur. He is going to need plenty of support (Theresa and Richard, too!).

Let's raise as much money as possible. Thank you.

Fostering The kitten season is upon us, and we are in urgent need of people

to feed newborn kittens, round the clock. No experience is needed, and we will supply all the kitten milk - and support!

Message us on Facebook, or contact us via our website www. cats-welfare-tenerife. com **Private adoption Sweet Katzuya is about three years old, and neutered.

He is beautiful and adorable, and fine with other animals, but, because he tested positive for feline leukaemia, he needs to be an indoor cat.

Once he knows his surroundings he is confident, and will make someone a lovely companion. Would you like to give Katzuya a loving home? Please contact Ana Maria 696 205711 for more information, and to arrange to meet him. **Cats Welfare Tenerife cannot except any liability for the suitability, fitness or health of any cat/kitten privately adopted.

Our shop We always need cat food, litter, old newspapers, sheets, towels, bedding etc for

the cats and kittens in our care, and also good quality/condition items for sale in our shop.

Items in good condition can be dropped into the shop on San Blas, Golf del Sur (behind Hiperdino). It is open seven days a week, 106pm.

If you don't have transport, or have large, bulky items such as furniture and household effects to donate, please ring Mark on 636 590 557, and he will arrange collection from you.

Live Arico News

Dog of the week - Rocky ROCKY is an absolute delight.

This five-yearold, pit-bull cross is super with children, and a loyal family pet.

Unfortunately, her circumstances have changed, and she finds herself in need of rehoming. You will fall in love with her.

We can't take her into the refuge because we are full, and she has become used to a family environment, and it would break her.

Please, can you offer Rocky a home? Send a WhatsApp to Mark on 652 297 853, for more information.

Adopt, don't buy!

Thank you, Amanda's We had a fantastic fundraising afternoon at Amanda’s Bar, Torviscas, last Saturday, raising 1200 euros for our special-needs animals. Derrick Lynes hosted the event, and introduced the island’s finest cabaret acts, including Kerry Railton, Justin Shaun, Chris James, Steve Sainte, the Silhouettes, the Mighty Wadds, Storm duo, Paul Monroe and the Tenerife Commitments.

What a line-up it was. Thanks to all, and especially Sean King, Vicki Lynes, Siobhan and the San Eugenio shop girls who were golden, as always. Fab raffle

prizes were donated by Showtime @ Karting Las Americas, Salud Adeje, Fiona Stevens, Blueberry Bobs, Clean as a Whistle, Mrs. Dolittle, Gaffers Bar Las Americas, Mickey O’Malley’s, Scotch Corner Bar San Eugenio, Cozy Café, Mascotas Dog Resort, Brewers Droop @ The Patch, and, last but not least, Amanda’s Bar! To everyone who supported and donated, we are so grateful. See you at the next one.

Come and walk the doggies!

Join the Live Arico dog-walking club on Saturday mornings from 11am. Our dogs absolutely love it, and you will, too. Send a Whatsapp to Eugenio on 633 717 480 and he

will meet you there.

Happy trails!

Live Arico shops Come and bag a bargain at any of our three shops: San Eugenio - opposite Hotel La Nina, at Las Carabelas, near Amanda's Bar. Open every day (10-4pm), and now Sundays!

Los Cristianos - Calle Revron, near Thistle and Dragon Bar and play-park. Open daily (10-4pm) Golf del Sur - Golf Park, just before the lottery kiosk. Open Monday-Friday (106pm), Saturday (103pm), Sunday (10.303pm).

Join us on Facebook - Live Arico P.A.W.S Tenerife twitter.com/live_arico www.livearico.com

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TributoFest Tenerife

THE next Tributo Fest concert is next Friday (27th April) at Castillo San Miguel.

This time, it features an amazing 7-piece band who are a tribute to the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band of all time…

Not The Rolling Stones, the most-authentic, Stones tribute band in the world, with the best look-alike and sound-alike Mick Jagger around.

Local, Tenerife-based artist, Adi Brooks, is supporting the band with his unique show, A Space Oddity, which pays tribute to an icon of modern music, David Bowie. We sat down with Adi to find out more…

CW: What’s your musical background?

AB: When I was about six or seven years old, I started to play the piano, taught by my parents, but, at about the age of nine, I decided I wanted to play the violin. I started to have lessons at school, but, after a year or so, I was introduced to AC/ DC by a friend. So the violin had to go, and the guitar was king. I have been playing ever since.

From that point, I always made music with friends, and we mainly jammed at each other’s houses. In fact, my first, proper performance that you could call a gig was at a party my cousin was having at his house. The venue was his living room.

He was on drums, and all our school friends were there. Strangely, to this day, it is probably one of the most overcrowded gigs I’ve done. There were kids standing on sofas, tables, and even window ledges, and I swear there was even one on top of the dresser.

Haha - total mayhem! My first introduction to rock and roll.

CW: When, and why, did you move to Tenerife?

AB: I moved here in 2001.

I had a good friend who was working over here as a musician, and had planned to come over to look for work.

Sadly, his father became ill and he had to move back, but it meant that I was given the opportunity to take over from him in his gig at the old Flanagans Bar, downstairs, at the Patch.

CW: Who are your musical influences?

AB: Well, as I’m first and foremost a guitarist, I took inspiration mainly from the rock bands of the late Seventies and Eighties such as AC/DC, Bon Jovi, Judas Priest, Van Halen etc., plus any great guitarists, really.

Steve Vai and Joe Satriani are particularly high on that list, of course. As I’ve got older, my musical influences have naturally widened, hugely.

CW: At what point did you decide to do a David Bowie tribute show?

AB: I was at a point where I’d been doing residencies for a long time here (13 or 14 years), and it was getting pretty dull for me, so I decided to make the change and do something fresh and very different, that would get that spark back.

CW: How long have you been doing it? And did you perform his songs before?

AB: I started almost exactly three years ago. I only did a couple of his songs in my show, until I decided I was going to do the tribute. At that point, I added more to test the water, and made sure it was a show I could do justice to.

CW: What criteria did you use in selecting the Bowie tracks to perform at your gigs?

AB: The same I have for any gig. I listen to the requests that I get, consistently, and try to mix it accordingly, depending on the age group.

CW: Which one of the classic Bowie hits are you sick of performing?

AB: Haha! One of my goals was to limit the amount of shows I do to avoid that situation. So far, it’s working!

CW: Which is your favourite Bowie song to perform?

AB: There’s so many, because he has a huge back

catalogue … Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide ... or Five Years … or The Jean Genie … or … you get the idea!

CW: You’ve been nominated for a Tenerife Entertainment Award. Which category was that for?

AB: It was in 2014 for Best Solo Performer, when I was resident at McGuinness Bar, but Sam Saxo won it!

CW: Apart from the Bowie show, are you on stage in any other way in Tenerife?

AB: Yeah, I still do a solo rock show, one night a week, and I’m about to start doing shows with Showbiz Ollie as Blackstar, which is also a rock show.

CW: Solo, or band member; which do you prefer?

AB: Very good question.

In a professional work environment – solo. For fun - band.

CW: Where have you performed, and which gig or moment stands out in your mind?

AB: I can’t say I’ve ever done a gig that would make anyone go “wow”, but I played in a rock band, back in the UK, and we used to do hen nights in a local club. There were five or six hundred women in the audience, and no blokes, except the band hmmmmm.

CW: How do you spend your time when you’re not being David Bowie? What is a typical day for you?

AB: A few years ago, I’d say sleeping it off, haha. I’m not nearly as rock ‘n’ roll now.

I’m always playing music in one form or another, of course, but I’m a keen cyclist and I love hiking. There’s always something I’m into, so I always have too much I want to do, in the average day.

CW: What’s on your iPod? AB: Oh my; tons of stuff.

How many pages are there in this paper? Haha.

CW: Finally, did you ever see David Bowie live, or have chance to meet him?

AB: Sadly, I never did. I’m always so jealous when people tell me they saw the Ziggy Stardust tour. I was only two at the time, so I guess I wouldn’t have remembered much, anyway.

I can imagine, though, that the show, at that time, would have been a life-changing experience for any teenager.

Adi Brooks (as David Bowie) and Not The Rolling Stones are LIVE at Castillo San Miguel next Friday (27th April). Tickets are from only 29 euros, online from www.ticketea.com, www. tomaticket.es, or see www. tributofest.com for a list of outlets near you.

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It’s a genuine table-topper!

A SPANISH wine has been labelled one of the greatest in the world by esteemed critic James Suckling.

“Les Tosses”, produced by the Terroir al Limit winery in the trendy, Catalan wine region of Priorat, Tarragona, ranked ninth in Spain’s top 100.

The judging followed a mass tasting of nearly 1,200 wines by Suckling and his team.

The 2015 single-vineyard, single-variety wine, was said to be “perhaps one of the greatest Carinenas in the world”.

Carinena, also known as

Carignan, is a grape named after an area of the same name in Aragon, where it is believed to have originated.

Winery spokeswoman Ruth Fernández said: “2015 was a very hot summer, especially June. Before harvesting, it

rained a bit, and the harvest itself was very good.”

The winery was launched in 2001 by Dominik Huber and wine-maker Eben Sadie, a pioneer for South Africa’s Swartland wine region.

The wine, produced from 120-year-old vines and made in Priorat, was first released in 2006.

The 2015 vintage is not the first time it has been recognised, because the previous year’s vintage made the 2017 list.

The same winery also saw its Priorat Pedra de Guix 2015 come in at No.19, while its Garnacha Priorat Les Manyes 2015 secured the No.33 position. The iconic Vega Sicilia’s Unico 2006 took the top position.

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Spain’s not crooning about red, red wine

SPAIN exported the most red wine in the world last year, topping Italy and France by millions of hectolitres.

The country sold 22.8 million hectolitres, ahead of Italy with 21m and France’s 15m. But there is a downside for vineyards, however.

Despite the prestige, the Spanish red came in much cheaper than its two main rivals, making just 2.85bn

euros in revenue, compared with Italy’s 6bn and France’s mammoth 9bn.

The profit gap occurs because Spain sells its wine so cheaply, at 1.25 euros per litre, compared with France’s six euros and Italy’s 2.78.

In fact, Spain’s red wine is sold off cheaper than nearly every country, with only South African red sold at the lower price of 1.23 euros per litre. The Aussies sell their red for 3.1 euros per litre, while Chile’s goes for 1.89.

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Wine and Dine

20th April - 26th April 2018

Meson Era Las Mozas restaurant review

The T-bone steak was bigger than the plate!

IF you want to sample typical Canarian cuisine, or even a huge rack of ribs, you must visit the exquisite Meson Era Las Mozas restaurant in Valle San Lorenzo.

It is known affectionately as The Courtyard by the British community, and the food is spectacular.

The spacious premises do, indeed, feature a courtyard with a tree in the middle, as well as a beautiful, inside restaurant.

This is a veritable oasis, tucked away down a tiny, side street of Valle San Lorenzo, behind the catholic church. If you’re coming from the Los Cristianos direction,

turn right just past Dorta, the kitchen company, and follow your nose until you come across it, on the right, complete with car park.

Las Mozas has been there for 15 years, so, if you’ve lived here for a while, you will surely have been there at least once. If not, you don’t realise what you’re missing!

Some friends, who are happy to sit at home most nights, venture out for a meal, two or three times a year. And guess where they go? And guess what they always have? Ribs! And no wonder!

It was a lovely evening, so we chose to sit outside in the covered courtyard area (where they allow smoking), complete with real, hanging plants, and a whole host

of long, trestle-like tables, ideal for large groups.

On colder evenings, lesshardy folk slip inside to the cosy restaurant. With a bottle of Dorada and glass of Canarian red wine in hand, we perused the multi-lingual menu, which is definitely a meatlover’s delight. To be fair, if you’re vegetarian, it’s not the place for you, although they will cater for you, if necessary.

Hot bread, “Mojo” sauce, both green and spicy red, together with the not-tobe-missed, home-made Ali Oli (garlic mayonnaise) were brought to the table.

To begin, we shared a reasonably-priced dish of garlic prawns, which were fresh and simply delectable, accompanied by a huge, mixed salad. Las Mozas is

famed for its ribs, but we felt like breaking with tradition.

So, for the main event, I chose beefsteak; two large pieces of thin steak graced my plate.

In fact, so big were they that there was no room to add the salad, or the meltin-your-mouth Canarian potatoes. The meat was succulent and tasty, which tells you exactly why people return, time after time.

My work colleague chose the T-bone steak, which was bigger than the plate itself.

But he made good progress tucking into it, until the sheer size defeated him. In fact, we simply had no room left for dessert, but enjoyed two cups of their tasty coffee, instead.

All in all, we had a superb evening. It is spotlessly

clean, you get attentive, excellent service, and the main reason you go there is for the food, which is spoton.

To reserve a table, call 922 765 597. The restaurant now opens for lunch, and goes straight through to the evening, for dinner. It’s not that long since they closed for a siesta and reopened in the evening, which suggests that business, as it should be there, is booming!

Las Mozas is open six days a week, and is closed on Mondays. There is ample car-parking, and they are now taking bookings for Christmas parties, for which they have a set menu.

For more information check out their website www. eralasmozas.com - or find them on Facebook.

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The Swan Paella on the Rooftop Saturday 28th April

only

19.95â‚Ź

Cava on arrival and 3-course Menu: Bread and dips per head Mixed-fish paella cooked on the terrace Chocolate brownie and cheesecake Limited availability, bookings only.

Or just pop in for a drink, with live entertainment every night, 9pm - midnight, and your favourite quiz on Sunday evenings. Great entertainment, even greater value!

Come and join us on our smart new terrace. Sample a meal from our new improved menu or just enjoy a drink from our extensive cocktail menu. Live music on Wednesday and Sunday evening. Happy Hour everyday from 5.30pm - 6.30pm. All major sports events Castle Harbour, Los Cristianos can be seen on the TVs inside the snack bar area.

Open: 9am - 11pm, kitchen open, 9am - 10pm Food served all day including full English breakfast, burgers, salads and snacks. From the evening menu choose one of our succulent grilled steaks or one of our other mouthwatering choices.

Tel: 922 750 949

Thai Botanico

Ace Cafe Rock and Blues bar in Puerto Colon.

LIVE MUSIC SATURDAY FROM 5-7PM WITH VINNIE LOVE Specialising in Belgium beer.

Follow us on Facebook at ACE CAFE Tenerife Puerto Colon, upstairs next to the Slowboat Open: 3pm til late

Call: 600 85 61 03

Experience contemporary Oriental dining at its finest.

Ingredients are delicately and skilfully prepared and presented in gourmet dishes that embody the colours and tastes of Thailand. The colourful menu is more than complemented by the cool surroundings.

The stunning, botanical dining terrace is filled with a rich mixture of beautiful plants, and decorated with authentic imported artefacts from the Eastern regions, giving you the feeling of being in a restaurant perched on a hillside in Thailand.

Las Americas Open: Mon - Sat, 1.30pm - 11.30pm. Sun, 6pm - 11pm

Call: 922 797 759

In front of Margarita Apartments, Los Cristianos

Open: 10am - Late. Food until 8pm

Call: 602 601 634

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Motoring

20th April - 26th April 2018

Common questions about drivers’ licences

By Emma

from Motorworld

IN this article, we are going to answer some of the more-common questions we are asked, about drivers’ licences: If I have a Spanish licence, does that mean I can only drive here in Spain?

A Spanish licence is an EU licence, so it’s the same as the current, UK licence. It is valid in any EU member country for use on a temporary basis, as a non-resident of the country (ie as a tourist on holidays, or a longer vacation), or they are valid for up to two years, once residency has been obtained.

The timescale of how long the licence is valid for, once residency in that country has started, differs from country to country, in the member states. The UK will only allow the use of non-UK, EU licences for six months, once you are a UK resident.

I’m over 70, and have been resident here for several years. Do I have to exchange my licence for a Spanish one?

Regardless of your age, the

laws, whether they are Traffic laws, Criminal Laws or Civil Laws, are the same, although the latter two are far more complex. Once you have been a Spanish resident for two years, ie a holder of a Certificado de Residencia Communitario (commonly known as the “green form”), it is obligatory to exchange your licence for a Spanish one.

Under two years it is optional, unless the licence is due to be renewed, in which case you MUST renew it in your country of residency, not the country of issue. You would be breaking the law if you held a Residencia and used a UK address at which you do not reside, to renew a UK licence.

I want to pass my test in the UK because it will be easier for me, but I am a resident here in Spain. Can I then just exchange the licence for a Spanish one?

No; if you obtain a licence or a new category in another EU country, while you are resident in a different one, the licence cannot be exchanged in your country of residency, unless you can

prove that you left for six months and obtained the licence during that time.

Proof of residency in the other EU country would be required, along with proof of income from that country, by being able to show wage slips or pension slips. Other forms are not acceptable, or you would have to have cancelled your Spanish residency before leaving Spain. Some people, who have returned to their member countries to sit revisions or tests for superior categories, ie HGV or buses, have come unstuck by trying to dodge the legalities.

I own a car here in Spain, and in the UK, but I am a Spanish resident. If I have a Spanish licence, how do I drive my UK-registered car in the UK? The answer is quite simple.

You would use your Spanish licence in the same way you drive a Spanish-registered car on your UK licence, ie as a tourist or short-term resident (less than 183 days in any one year).

The only issue is that some UK insurers, especially the cheaper companies, will not

provide cover for holders of a non-UK licence, so that is something you would need to check with the UK insurer.

However, the six-month rule would apply here, as stated.

I’m going on holiday to the US, so would my Spanish licence be valid?

No; you would need to obtain an international licence to be eligible to drive outside the EU. They are available, immediately, from Tráfico, but are only valid for a year, so we always recommend obtaining one, a week or so before you leave. This is like a book, and allows driving in almost all non-EU countries, but on a temporary basis.

I have points on my UK licence, so can I still exchange it?

Yes; all drivers’ licences have to be verified, be they EU or non-EU. During the verification process, the issuing country will inform Spain of the current points situation, and if the licence has been revoked for any reason.

Having points does not mean that an exchange cannot be made, just that the points would be transferred to the new

licence.

I’ve only just realised that my UK licence has expired.

Can I continue to drive?

The official answer is no.

Once the licence has expired, it’s expired - full stop! Think of it as a credit or debit card.

Once the valid-until date is passed, you can no longer use it.

If, however, you can prove you have started the verification process, which takes around 2-3 months to complete, then most police will accept the situation, and a fine won’t be issued.

However, the same doesn’t apply if you needed to drive outside Spain. You wouldn’t be able to drive legally, and would not be able to hire a car.

My Spanish licence is due to expire, so how do I renew it?

You can start the process up to three months before the expiry date. You would need to go to any of the Reconocimiento Médico centres, and sit the medical.

The centre would then deal with the complete renewal process, and the new licence would arrive through the post.

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Puzzle / Classified

20th April - 26th April 2018

Sudoku X 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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30-Second Brain Training Write your final answer in the last box of the line. Aim to complete each round in about 30 seconds. Good Luck!

Beginner Starter Number

24

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6 9 4

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9

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For sale Teak Wood matching items, bought in El Corte Ingles and cost 3000€ Showroom condition and selling due to unforeseen circumstances

Item 1. Dining table which extends to seat 4-8 persons with 6 matching high quality chairs.

Item 2. Drinks cabinet with two fold down frosted fronts, plus other pull out draws Item 3. T.V. Unit with pull out draw compartments.

Can sell items separately if required.

Any reasonable offers accepted.

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chiropodist

garden furniture

Ann Malpass M.A.F.H.P. M.C.F.H.P. Qualified Chiropodist.

All your foot care needs solved in the comfort of your own home/hotel. Tel 625 799 570 Elaine Watson-Jones MSSCh MBChA. Experienced qualified Chiropodist based in Tenerife over 20yrs, offers home/ hotel visits in most areas of the South. Tel: 608 029 790.

Email: canarianfeet@gmail.com

cleaning

health and Beauty Jazz hair, Golf del sur. Tel: 922 738 213 Elite Cleaning Services is an established cleaning company who can provide a professional cleaning service for Apartments, Villas and Offices. Call us today on 922 789 795 or 696 922 597.

construction

Zafiro, El madroñal de fañabe, adeje.

Tel: 922 724 549

house removal *Anglo Tenerife Removals* Local, National & International. For Best Rates Call 922 720 493

Kitchens & bathrooms Colin Taylor – Renovations & Maintenance, Bathrooms, Kitchens, Tiling, Plumbing, Decorating, Plastering etc. Tel: 661 081 843 for quotation.

Lawyers

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Plumbing

Pool tables

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translation TENERIFE TRANSLATION SERVICES: Legally registered with over 25 years’ experience. Official, Medical, Notary, Wills, Utilities, Probate, Pensions, car paperwork and much more. Professionalism and confidentiality guaranteed.

Transport available. Call Tracey on 666 857 991 or email on info@tenerifetranslationservices.com

T-shirt printing

Removals UNIVERSAL EXPORTS S.L. PROFESSIONAL REMOVALS TO AND FROM THE U.K. Email: info@removals-tenerife.com Transport Licence: No. 11572932 C.I.F. No. B38820395 Tel: 922 720 711

Removals worldwide tv & satellite ElectroSat TV S.L. C/Encarnacion No 1. Valle San Lorenzo, Tenerife. Tel: 922 72 22 27 Mobile 670 277 772, email: info@electrosat.com

Repairs

Menny Fix, Satellite TV Tel 922 792 116 Avnd; Antonio Dominguez 18, Edif: MarOLa Local 2, Los Cristianos. EST 1994, Repairs, Maintenance and Sales.

windows & doors

Personal services Los Cristianos, Mariana, Venezuelan, French, postures, kisses, vibrators, sadism, massage, private apartment, outcalls. Tel: 650 422 665 Transexual – Girl, versatile, well endowed,active, 60-100 euros, Cristianos. Tel: 0034 602 62 68 48

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Sport

20th April - 26th April 2018

It’s simply Tene-grief!

Cultural Leonesa 3 CD Tenerife 2

By Colin Kirby

CD Tenerife review

SOCCER suicide is the only way to describe the opening 38 minutes, which left CD Tenerife three goals down at struggling Cultural Leonesa.

Injuries decimated the Tenerife attack, with Longo and Tayron not even making the bench, and Juan Villar still working his way through the A-Z of sporting afflictions.

But their slack, defensive show was the big problem, with no cohesion between the players. A fightback restored some pride, but Tenerife’s slide to ninth place, four points off the promotion play-offs, has piled the pressure on for a run of straight wins, in the final, seven, league games.

Rodri sounded a warning, heading wide for Leonesa in the opening minute, after Carlos Ruiz was cut out with a long ball.

Tenerife captain Suso found the feet of lonestriker Malbasic, but he lingered on the ball and lost it to a tackle. The Serbian had another chance soon after, this time dragging his attempt wide.

It took just 16 minutes for Leonesa to pierce Tenerife’s flimsy armour. Ortiz latched on to a pass down his right, and took the ball to the byline, squeezing it behind Dani Hernandez.

Despite getting a touch on the ball, the keeper could not prevent it from hitting the back of the net, and the Tenerife defence hardly looked confident.

Veteran Raul Camara looked sluggish, while suspended Aveldaño’s steady presence was missing, and replacement Jorge was hesitant and unconvincing.

Bryan Acosta tried to offer some back-up to Malbasic by playing higher up the field, but the big forward showed his clumsy side when meeting a Camara pass with a wild shot, which troubled the clouds, rather than the keeper.

Tenerife had a brief, bright spell, forcing corners, thanks to Suso and Acosta linking well. Luis Milla launched the ball in, each time, from the right cornerflag, but the balls went too far past the goalmouth.

Another raid down the right by Leonesa exposed Camara, and Señe was allowed a free header, to make it 2-0.

At the other end, the keeper conceded another corner, and, this time, Milla judged his kick better. But the ball fell to Malbasic, who put it wide, after stretching to get a touch at the post.

Suso, flying the flag for the older Tenerife players, pulled a clutch of Leonesa defenders wide, but the gap wasn’t exploited. Then came a third goal, which caught the Tenerife defence ball-watching. A cross into the box found Garcia with room to curl it into the net, after Jorge had backed off.

Alex Mula reduced the damage just before the break, a deep ball from Luiz Perez being dispatched perfectly for a welcome goal.

That gave a glimmer of hope, and Suso set out to build on it, his ball off Acosta being met by a glancing header from Alex Mula, which flew wide.

Casadesus came on for the

quiet Alberto, adding some support for Malbasic, and Suso split the defence again

to set up Alex, who shot tantalisingly close.

Hernandez clawed away a close ball, and Tenerife rode their luck when Jorge handled the ball, trying to cut out a Ortiz pass.

However, the home keeper, who was feeling generous, made a mess of a clearance, and the alert Casadesus beat him from long range, after 64 minutes.

Thoughts of a great escape lingered for a while, Malbasic slicing a shot out of play, and Luis Perez testing the keeper with a fierce strike from the right.

Juan Carlos joined the action in place of Camara, and Montañes replaced Suso, who had given his all.

Casadesus clipped a post, and Alex put a shot over the bar. But Leonesa decided to close up shop, and took every opportunity to waste time.

In fairness, they are fighting for their survival in the division, and not about to do Tenerife any favours.

It was all a bit disappointing for Tenerife, who are left with a mountain to climb.

Tomorrow (Saturday) is a real six-pointer at home, at 5pm, against third-placed Huesca, who ended a bad run with a win on Monday night.

Women’s Volleyball

Net closes on Super season

AT the end of a long, tough first season in the Superleague, Arona Tenerife Sur didn’t quite have enough left in the tank to make the end-of-season play-off final.

Arona, level at one apiece from the two Santa Cruz matches the previous weekend, lost both home matches in Los Cristianos.

Yet a second place in the league, and semi-final spots in the Queen’s Cup, and play-offs, will give them plenty of pride, and encouragement to build on the success next season.

The first match last weekend was a thriller. Arona fought

back from losing the first sets 16-25, and 22-25, to level with two 25-22 sets.

Arona then led in the tiebreak 7-4, before going down 13-15. That epic took a lot out of the ladies, and a second game in two days proved to be beyond them.

An opening set win of 25-22 was followed by 22-25, 23-25, scores, and the decisive 1725 set.

The Los Cristianos sports hall was packed for the two home legs of the semifinal, and the ladies have certainly rekindled interest in this indoor sport, here in the south.

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CD Marino

Giving it away, at home!

CD MARINO should, perhaps, take a coach ride before a home game to make sure it feels like an away fixture!

An injury-time goal by visiting Union Sur Yaiza took their poor form in Las Americas to just two points from the last four games, dropping them to 13th in the table.

It was a familiar pattern, with an encouraging first half giving way to a weaker second, as their Lanzarote opponents grew in confidence.

Kevin Castro was back in a free-roaming, forward role, which worked well, while Ahmmed made speedy progress down the right wing, with the excellent Nami supporting from right-back.

Another bonus of the shuffle gave plenty of room for Yassine to run on to incoming balls, as well using his height and power.

Yaiza’s Miguel had to be watched up front, because a late offside call from the ref denied him a clear scoring chance in the first minute.

But Marino pressured the visitors’ defence, forcing plenty of corners.

CD Marino 1 Union Sur Yaiza 2

Meyi floated one into the goalmouth, which was halfcleared by keeper Doramus, but only as far as Hector Pano, who crashed in a hard shot that the keeper covered.

Zeben, picking up scraps in midfield, found Castro with a delicate long pass, but his shot missed the goal narrowly.

On the half-hour, Marino had a five-minute spell in which the ball kept

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popping around the Yaiza goal area like a pinball.

But a combination of poor finishing and good goalkeeping meant their hard work came to nothing.

Then Zeben offered a dangerous solo effort, only for Doramus to jump high to tip the ball away.

Yaiza ended the half on the attack. Victor got the pass he had shouted for, but wasted a shot, while Rami opened up

Marino with a pass to Angel, but he didn’t do enough to trouble home keeper David.

Just six minutes into the second half, a bad foul

by Meyi on Rami gave Yaiza a free-kick. The ball was crossed in from the right and Alex Yunes didn’t waste his clear header, reaping his reward with the opening goal.

Marino keeper David was alert to snuff out a Miguel

attempt on the line, and when play broke to the other end, Yassine tried to beat Doramus, but he got his body behind the ball to stop it.

A double change from Marino saw Connor and Favarel replace Meyi and Josito, which helped steady the ship.

And Castro thought he was through on goal, only to find Aridane racing in to block him.

Marino needed a way back into the game, and it came via a foul in the area, calm Castro dispatching the penalty to level the game with 20 minutes left.

Both keepers were kept busy in the search for a winner, Marino’s David punching away a Yaiza raid, and Doramus rescuing his team-mates with a couple of smart reactions.

Four minutes of added time were signalled in a tense finish.

Juanca was too casual when shooting at David, but there was enough left on the clock for Alex Yunes to stroll through some poor marking to slot the ball into the back of the home net, to add to Marino’s home woes.

Basketball

Perez op sours Cup spot Granadilla Tenerife 2 Madrid CFF 0

There’s no excuse, but…

Saski Baskonia 100 Iberostar Tenerife 94 INJURIES keep mounting up for Iberostar Tenerife, and they are pushing them down Spain’s top league.

EVEN without injured topscorer Maria Jose Perez, Granadilla bounced back to winning ways with a convincing victory against Madrid CFF in San Isidro.

The win guaranteed participation in the endof-season Copa del Reina (Queen’s Cup), but celebrations were shortlived when a Monday medical showed that Perez will need an operation on a ligament injury to her right leg.

Sunday’s success was neatly packaged, with a goal in each half, Paloma scoring

in the 40th minute lead with a clinical header.

And Granadilla’s constant second-half pressure produced its reward when Sara Tui scored directly from a corner after 67 minutes.

It was a timely reminder that the squad has strength in depth, but Maria Jose really will be missed in the busy run-in to the end of season.

A trip to Sporting Huelva on Sunday begins the final four league games, before the Queen’s Cup knock-out stages.

No sooner had Mateusz Ponitka reported back fit, when pivot Rosco Allen discovered that his right-arm injury, from the previous game, was a fracture, which will sideline him for several weeks.

All this couldn’t have come at a worse time as Tenerife try to claw their way back up from 10th position, in their attempt to make the top-eight cut for the endof-season, play-off series.

On the face of it, the defeat against Saski Baskonia, in Vitoria-Gasteiz, was another massive blow. Yet staying on touching terms with the biggest team score in the Endesa League this season showed bags

of character. Tenerife, up against it early on with 2517 and 25-18 quarter losses, rallied to win the last quarters 25-24 and 34-26.

Ponitka picked up on his pre-injury form with 20 points, and Mike Tobey

was good value for his 17.

With just six regular league games left, Tenerife coach Fotios Katsikaris will feel like wrapping his players in cotton wool, but there is little let-up in the fixture schedule.

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A Joke final for Luc! THE Memorial Trophy, held last Friday at Camping Nauta, will be remembered by a few players, for a long time.

Despite the usual teething problems, some fine darts were thrown, as the players battled for a place on the stage during Presentation Night.

There must be something in the water at Pas O Nadas, in Los Abrigos, because Karen won through to the final, followed by Gio, in the Ladies’ competition.

Division 2 was extremely competitive, with clashes going to the final game in the best-of-three. And we witnessed our treasurer, Rob, hitting his first 180 of

AFTER 25 years as owner, chairman and supporter of Reading FC, you might expect Sir John Madejski to be a little cynical of the multi-million-pound Premier League.

But, reflecting on his football journey at his Los Cristianos holiday home, Sir John praised the elite division, which his team have graced twice since 2005.

“The Premier League is one of the UK’s best exports,” he said. “About two billion people around the world watch the games each week, and, when Reading were promoted in 2005, it really put the city on the world map.

“I can remember watching Reading when I was living in Malaysia, and, suddenly, everyone knew about our club.”

As a successful businessman, Sir John is well qualified to talk about overseas football-club owners, as well as the escalating wages for players.

Sir John, who was born in Stoke but has been settled in Reading for many years, founded the buyand-sell vehicle magazine Auto Trader, and kept a 12-person hospitality box at

the season. But his teammate, Joke, beat Geoff from Marilyns, while the Red Devils’ Luc overcame Marilyns’ Ed to set up an interesting final.

In the Division 1 contest, Tavern’s Pete also hit a maximum, as did Wayne from Loch-In A, and followed this with a fine win over The Pub’s Pete to earn a final spot. He will face Tom, who beat team-mate Telf, in the other semi final.

Thanks to Camp Nauta for hosting the event, and, again, providing fine food, hospitality and service.

And thanks to all who assisted in some way to make a great evening run successfully. Congratulations to all winners, who, I am sure, will provide some fantastic entertainment on Presentation Night.

Sir John’s Royal salute to the Premier League

Reading’s former Elm Park ground.

“My highlight was watching a night game against Racing Club Paris, under the floodlights,” he recalled.

“It was quite magical.

When the club got into money problems, I was asked to help, so I bought the club, and financed their current

25,000-seater stadium in 1998.”

Eventually the financial demands became a bit of a burden, so he decided to sell up in 2012.

“I sold it to the Russian, Boris Zingarevich, partly because his son, Anton, had studied at Barewood College, in Reading, and had a feel for the club.

“But they didn’t deliver on their promises and left the club with a £20m debt, so I was grateful when a Thai consortium made an offer.

“They have since sold it on to Chinese owners, who have an experienced CEO running it in Ron Gourlay, who filled similar roles with Manchester United and Chelsea.”

Despite his mixed experiences, Sir John is realistic about football’s current position. “I always said that most clubs would end up with overseas owners,” he said. “You need big investment now to compete, and there aren’t that many homebased companies, with the finances needed.

“It’s similar with players’

wages, There is a dearth of high-quality players, so, through their agents, they can demand huge fees. It’s just market forces.

“I’m proud that, at Reading, we have a successful academy, producing players who go on to make our first team. And on the facilities side, we also have a topclass training ground at Barewood College.

“Even then, it’s still a tough game to predict. Last season, we were a kick away from the Premier League, but lost to Huddersfield in the play-off final at Wembley.

Yet this season, we are five points above relegation from the Championship.”

Sir John, now in his retirement years, is Honorary Vice-Chairman at Reading FC, and has retained a few business interests, like a hotel in the Galapagos Islands.

He even hosts a Breeze Radio talk-show called “Around At Sir John’s”.

And, of course, there is always the draw of Tenerife, where he has been unwinding, at intervals, since 1978.

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