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Mystery of Amy as body found floating in sea

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THE body of Amy Gerard, the missing woman who trained killer-whales at Loro Parque, was found in the sea at Puerto de la Cruz on Tuesday, following a night out with her boyfriend and workmates, the previous Thursday.

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Heart-breaking end for German couple

Tax rebates for parents

THE bodies of a German couple were discovered last Sunday inside a Gran Canaria house at Vecindario, in Santa Lucia de Tirajana.

Neighbours informed the Local Police last week about a strange smell, emanating from the home in which they lived.

Officers went to investigate

on the Wednesday, but failed to get any response from the house. They tried again on the Saturday because the neighbours again complained about the bad smell. But the police were unable to speak to anyone.

Finally, last Sunday, the Guardia Civil along with the fire services, entered the house and came across both bodies; the man was on the stairs, while the woman was found in her bed. The locals

hadn’t seen the couple since the previous Saturday, but, after questioning the locals, it was revealed that the man had been taking care of his partner, who was ill and believed to be bed-bound.

Unfortunately, the man had died through natural causes, and, because he was unable to look after his partner, the woman died soon afterwards.

Officials have ruled out their deaths as being suspicious.

SPAIN’S Finance Minister, María Jesús Montero, has announced that parents, who received paternity or maternity payments in the last four years from the Spanish Social Security system, can now reclaim the income tax (IRPF) they paid on those benefits.

On 5th October, a Supreme Court ruling ended a legal debate, which had been on the table for years: whether or not maternity and paternity benefits should be subject to IRPF. While the Tax Agency argued that they should, some courts ruled the other way. But the Supreme Court eventually found in favour of the taxpayer, but only to maternity benefits.

This raised doubts about whether fathers could claim.

But last week, the Finance Minister confirmed that they would also be eligible

for a rebate. However, taxpayers are restricted to claims for the years back to 2014, given that the Tax Agency allows for revisions to returns filed in the last four years.

Applicants must fill out a claim form, stating the years they received payments, and will also have to supply their bank-account details.

The process can be done online, or in person at one of Spain’s tax offices. The rebates can be applied for in two phases, with parents of children born in 2014 and 2015 able to reclaim their taxes immediately, and those who had children in 2016 and 2017, from January onwards.

The total cost to the public coffers will be around 1.2bn euros, with the average rebate for mothers around 1,600 euros, and, for fathers, some 25% of that total.

Things are swinging for the special-needs people

A MUSIC therapy project called “Timba”, set up for special-needs individuals, has been launched by Adeje Council, with the municipal School of Music and the Los Olivos centre for functional diversity.

The programme, under Councillors Carmen Rosa González Cabrera and Carmen Lucía Rodríguez, will be open to any specialneeds people in the borough, the main aim being to bring music to the whole population.

“This is a programme to use music as a physical, psychological and social tool, to improve the lives of individuals,” said Carmen Rosa González.

And Carmen Lucia Rodríguez added: “Music as therapy is not just an idealistic notion in the search for ‘curative power’.

“The therapeutic effects of music are the results of professional methods, which are applied properly.”

Those interested in signing up can do so through the Adeje School of Music, with classes in the mornings and afternoons on offer. It is thought that the morning hours would

suit adults with some form of special needs, while the afternoon sessions might be better suited to people with functional diversity, who are attending regular educational centres in the mornings.

“Among the aims will be the improvement of communication through music, listening, dancing

or playing, transmitting feelings and ideas, improving interpersonal relationships and selfawareness,” said Carmen Lucia Rodríguez.

The teachers will focus on multi-sensory stimulation, self-expression, helping to develop intellectual capacity, improving cognitive abilities and

psychomotor functions, such as spatial perception, motor skills and coordination.

The project has already completed a pilot phase in Los Olivos centre, with a high level of satisfaction reported from students and teachers.

“Now, we want to take it a step further and open the programme to everyone, so we need the School of Music to come on board, as here we have the installation and the teaching staff who are able to become involved in the project,” said Cllr Rodríguez.

Cllr Carmen Rosa González added: “Attention to those with special needs is part of the School of Music’s protocol. Currently, we have a dozen students with some form of disability, and we are interested in opening the school’s doors to many more people, in particular, to what is, in some ways, a ‘vulnerable’ section of our society. And the school is 100% behind the project.”

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Killer-whale trainer dies after a ‘tragic accident’ Cont. from Front Officers in a Guardia Civil helicopter police spotted a body floating in the sea around 11am, close to the lighthouse, which stands in the harbour car park. A few minutes later, a Red Cross lifeboat raced to the scene, and the bruised body was pulled onboard.

A source close to the investigation said on Wednesday: “The body was in a very bad state. A postmortem is taking place, but it has not yet been determined how the death occurred, and whether it was accidental or not.”

There was still no decision yesterday (Thursday), yet National Police were convinced, immediately, that it was Amy, and that she had been the victim of a “tragic accident”.

The 28-year-old, from Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, was living it up with her workmates, including German boyfriend Dennis

Kissling, last Thursday night.

The couple, who got together earlier this year, were celebrating a friend’s birthday at the Irish bar, Molly Malone, near the harbour, and about half-amile from where she lived.

Amy graduated from Lincoln University, where

she studied animal behaviour, and was working at Tenerife’s world-famous Loro Parque zoo, where German-born Dennis is also employed.

She had worked, previously, as a marine-mammal trainer in France and Mexico.

Witnesses recalled that she and Dennis left the bar

at 12.20am. Amy, wearing skinny black jeans and a green jumper, was easily recognisable in a video, shot inside the bar, with her mass of curly hair, dancing along with her friends.

She was also seen smiling and holding hands with Dennis.

Brendan Reid Spencer, who owns the Molly Malone bar, told The Sun newspaper: “She came in with six work colleagues around 11pm, and they were all having a good time, singing and dancing. But I wouldn’t

say they were drunk.

“She was with her fellow, a German lad called Dennis.

The group all left in twos and they were the last couple to leave. She turned off to the right and Dennis went to the left.”

Spanish newspapers reported that they had been having an argument before they left the bar, which may have accounted for their parting of the ways.

Amy’s mother, Julie, and her sister, Chloe, also from Cleethorpes, had flown to the island, along with her sister’s 35-year-old fiancé, Mike Dolan, to help with the search. But to no avail.

In recent months, Amy had used her maiden name, Gerard, which was the one featured on missing posters in English and Spanish, rather than her married name.

Ryan Docherty, to whom she was still said to be married, was thought to be back in the UK. He had shared online appeals for information on Amy.

Women’s home chance to be virtual assistants THE Economic Development and Job Creation Department, led

by Adeje Council’s Manuel Luis Méndez Martin, is offering a work-based, virtualtraining programme for 15 women in the borough, in conjunction with the Cruz Roja.

The course is for women on the Adeje padron, and it offers a new kind of job opportunity for those

with young children or dependants, under their care.

“It also applies to those aged over 45, who need to balance their work with their family commitments, so the training will allow them to work from home as virtual assistants,” said Cllr Méndez Martin.

The programme will offer various areas of learning, required today by businesses in the digital sector.

This includes training in digital channels, financial managements and administration, and classes in social networks, as well

as reporting, design and management.

They will also receive training in the web, email marketing, basic videoediting, and, in addition, orientation in the digital labour market.

On offer is 220 hours of training, divided into 100 hours of actual training, and 120 hours of practical training with businesses in the digital sector, which can be fulfilled at home.

When the women have completed the course, they will be placed on the AITED listing, from which they could receive job offers.

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Carnival Corporation takes control of Santa Cruz Port THE Carnival Corporation company will be the first concession-holder to operate Tenerife’s Santa Cruz Port, the Canary Islands’ and Mid Atlantic’s newest cruise terminal.

An agreement with Santa Cruz Port Authority was made on Tuesday, and the terminal, which can accommodate “green” ships powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), will welcome AIDAnova, from the corporation’s Germanybased AIDA Cruises brand, on its maiden voyage in December.

Santa Cruz Port, which received 617,987 cruise passengers last year, is one of the busiest cruise ports in the Canaries. Carnival Corporation also manages two other Spanish cruise terminals, Barcelona’s Helix and Palacruceros facilities.

No fewer than seven Carnival Corporation brands make port calls to Tenerife during the year: AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, Seabourn and P&O Cruises UK. And the company expects to bring more than 300,000 passengers to the island’s main port in 2019. That amounts to half of all cruisepassenger visits, with 130 calls by 31 different ships

from the company’s cruiseline brands.

“Carnival Corporation has long been a valued partner with the Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the Canary Islands, and we are confident they will be a wonderful steward of our recently-built cruise port,” said Pedro Suárez López de Vergara, President of the Santa Cruz Port Authority.

“Thanks, largely, to Carnival Corporationships, the cruise market generated 24

million euros through the Port, and Santa Cruz City itself, in the 2018 cruise season.

“That was a six-millioneuro increase on last season, and we look forward to continuing sharing our beautiful island with visiting cruise passengers.”

He added: “The Santa Cruz Port Authority celebrates this long-term agreement, with the aim of extending the benefits to its other ports: Santa Cruz de La

Palma, San Sebastián de La Gomera, La Estaca in El Hierro and Tenerife’s Los Cristianos.”

Giora Israel, Senior VicePresident of global port and destination development for Carnival Corporation, said: “This concession, and our ongoing investment, is part of our long-term strategy to continue to develop the cruise industry in the Canary Islands.

“Our passion is to always provide the best possible

experiences for our guests, and Tenerife is an extremely popular destination, offering something for everyone, including a storied history, beautiful beaches, exotic gardens, unique crafts and memorable cuisine.”

He added: “We look forward to ensuring that our cruise guests coming through the Santa Cruz Port have a great experience, and we also look forward to expanding relationships with our friends in Tenerife.”

Mysterious ‘earthquake’ baffles Canarian experts SEISMIC stations across the planet recorded a mysterious reading on 11th November, with characteristics that had “never been observed before”, according to American seismologist Göran Ekström.

The Volcanological Institute of the Canary Islands (Involcan) has echoed his view, reporting through its social networks: “This signal is very different from the seismograms normally associated with earthquakes, having an oscillatory character that can be explained only by invoking a phenomenon of volcanic type.”

The epicentre of this unusual earthquake was located about 24 kilometres east of

the Mayotte volcanic island, in the Indian Ocean, and the quake lasted 22 minutes.

In the same area, since last May, a series of earthquakes, with magnitudes of up to 5.8, have been recorded.

And, at the same time, the GPS stations deployed on Mayotte recorded a deformation of the terrain, which seems to indicate the emptying of a giant magmatic chamber (a large pool of liquid rock beneath the Earth’s surface) in the same area as the earthquakes, said an Involcan spokesperson The waves, which vibrated through Africa, also crossed oceans, leaving signals throughout Chile, New Zealand, Canada and even Hawaii, which is almost 18,000km away from Mayotte, said National Geographic.

But, for now, scientists have not been able to decipher what caused the tremor.

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THIS year’s annual Walk for Life takes place on Sunday, 16th December, and an anticipated record of 5,000 people are expected to tread the wellworn path between Arona and Adeje.

That’s the belief of the organisers, as well the Mayors of those boroughs, José Julian Mena and José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga, respectively, who held a joint press conference on Monday to publicise the event.

Foundation President Brigitte Gypen, who launched the Walk in the first place, was at the top table, alongside Grand Marshall Agoney, a popular Spanish singer and this year’s honorary walker, who said: “This is very important for me, but it’s not the first time I have taken part. And in previous years, I sang, too.”

The 2017 event attracted 4,500 walkers, raising over 20,000 euros for cancer charities.

This year’s entrants will gather at Arona’s “Golden Mile”, and walk the four kilometres to Plaza Salytien, in Costa Adeje.

There will be a lot of

Walk for Life should attract a record 5,000

fun activities before and afterwards, with many local singers and groups on hand to entertain the participants.

During the press conference, Arona Mayor Mena stressed the urgency for “an oncology unit in South Tenerife, which needs to be based in the public hospital”.

The demand was seconded

by Adeje Mayor Fraga, who also addressed the issue of mobility, saying: “Under the current system, cancer patients have to be taken to the North for their treatments. So, adding to their treatments and illnesses, they have to face long journeys, often prolonged by traffic jams.”

Mena added: “The Walk for Life is a day full of hope, but awareness has to be something permanent. It’s not just about one day, but about 365 days.”

Fraga renewed the

borough’s commitment to the Walk for Life, “which reflects the solidarity of the South with those, mostly women, who are suffering from this illness”.

Brigitte Gypen thanked all those who participate, along with the businesses and sponsors, those helping with printing,

Baby Guanche remains found in Tenerife cave

A HUNTER and his cameraman pal were exploring caves last February, looking for an Albino spider to photograph, when they stumbled across the skulls of two new-born Guanche babies, hidden in a large crack in the wall.

Domingo the hunter, and his friend, Sergio, told the press about their discovery on Tuesday, and, in great detail, of their feelings, the moment they came across the tiny skulls,

hidden in a crevice behind some carefully-placed rocks in a Guia de Isora cave, on Tenerife’s west coast.

Initially, they thought they were dolls’ heads, until they inspected further and discovered human remains, wrapped in some type of animal skin.

They then realised what they had come across, because they were typical of an aboriginal funeral ritual.

Domingo and Sergio hope that their discovery can help to understand the burial ritual performed by the Guanches, when their young died.

merchandising, transport, halls, etc.

She had a special word for the volunteers, who work all year round to make the walk what it is. And Brigitte said that with increasing awareness of environmental impacts, there would be no balloons this year, but streamers and flags

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instead. There will also be a “flash mob”, and people are already practising, using the videos online on the Walk for Life and social networks.

Brigitte, detailing the use of funds raised last year, said that money was spent on the BRA project, ensuring that every woman on the island, who has undergone a mastectomy, has access to a special bra, designed for her needs, which is an essential tool in aiding recovery.

Another project to benefit from funding is the development of liquid biopsies, as well as the oncological physiotherapy service.

In addition, there are the on-going activities in the Pink Room, and donations to cancer associations such as the AECC and AMATE. Funding is also used to assist in the Kilómetro Solidario Project, which provides transport for oncology patients in South Tenerife.

A surprise visitor to the press conference was the new Walk for Life mascot, a butterfly! It is, so far, unnamed, but the public will be asked to help come up with a name through social media.

And if you want to contribute, but can’t take part, you can always buy the 2019 Voices for Life calendar, or other promotional items.

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NEWS IN BRIEF Cabildo’s airport-terminal bid

TENERIFE Cabildo has held its first meeting with senior AENA officials, to start negotiating the possibility of building a new terminal at the South Airport.

Cabildo President Carlos Alonso, said: “Nothing has been concluded, and both parties have set out to exchange technical information. We meet again at the beginning of 2019.”

Alonso also said that the Cabildo wants a new terminal, which adapts to the needs of the tourist destination, and to take into account the planned new train service in the South of Tenerife.

Another paraglider tumbles

Adeje warming up for Christmas now YET another paraglider has troubled emergency medics, after falling into trouble in Playa de la Caleta, in the Garachico municipality, which led to him being treated in hospital.

The incident was reported last Sunday, at around 11.40am, by an emergency caller, who requested an ambulance because the 41-year-old man had suffered severe body injuries through falling, rapidly.

When the ambulance arrived, medics assessed the man’s injuries and soon stabilised him, before transferring him to a nearby hospital for further treatment.

Man jailed for illegal building

A MAN in Gran Canaria was this week sent to prison for two years, for refusing to demolish part of his home, which did not comply with building regulations.

The family and friends of the man, who was living in El Salobre, San Bartolome de Tirajana, said he had expanded his home, illegally, by 40sq/m, according to a ruling that the land was classified as rural.

He then claimed that he could not afford the cost of the demolition, which added up to around 24,000 euros.

His family also said that the General Plan for San Bartolome de Tirajana provided the classification of the home as urban, and not rural.

Guardia agents fined millions

LAS Palmas Provincial Court has pronounced judgement on 10 people for drug-trafficking in Fuerteventura. They included four Guardia Civil officers, and two other accomplices, in the case known as Botavara.

The trial, held last June, heard that the drug-trafficking gang had been led by five Guardia Civil officers.

One defendant, the fifth Guardia Civil officer, was acquitted of drug-trafficking, but convicted of violent behaviour.

Six of the accused were jailed for between four and nine years, while the four Guardia agents were banned from the force for 11 years, with fines totalling 3.4 million euros, for drug-trafficking, as well as violent aggression and obstruction of justice.

ADEJE is in full Christmas swing, with the lights switched on last Saturday, and a full programme of events planned between now and the January arrival of Their Majesties, the Magi.

The programme is planned to appeal to families and friends throughout the borough, and among the events is “Adeje, Vive la Navidad” tomorrow

(Saturday) from 5pm.

Multiple activities will be featured, from bouncy castles, puppets, workshops, music and theatre, plus a collection of toys and food for families in need, as well as a concert for young residents and visitors.

Another notable date is the 20th December Unity Concert, bringing together performers from the municipal patronal bank, Adeje School of music and Ballet Beanky.

New Year’s Eve concertgoers can enjoy live performances from Toque

Latino, Sensación Gomera and Maquinaria in the Plaza de España.

And, of course, for all children in the borough, and parents, there’s the arrival of the Three Kings into Adeje, on the evening of 5th January, followed by a parade up the Calle Grande.

Then comes the great King’s Day on 6th January, which will be something to treasure, as always.

The public can keep up to date with any changes to the programme by checking online, www.adeje.es

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Baby lambs survive a rooftop barbecue LOCAL Police were startled to discover five baby lambs on an El Fraile rooftop on Monday afternoon, but only two were alive.

The three dead animals had been skinned and were without their organs, while the other two were found, distressed, inside a washing room on the roof. In the other washing room, there was offal spread out in pieces.

The police were informed by a neighbour after she came across the animals while investigating why water was tumbling from the roof of the apartment block, in El Fraile’s Lanzarote Street.

Police climbed up on the roof and found not only the carcasses but a lot of water, as well as barbecue facilities.

After searching around, they came across the washing rooms, where they found pieces of meat in one, and the two baby lambs in the another.

Neighbours told the police there had been a party the previous night on the roof. And sources said the animals might belong to two families living there.

The cops went to question them, but received no response after knocking several times.

Given the situation, they decided to contact Arona Council’s Department of Health to remove the lambs from the roof, because they were a case for public health and hygiene.

The two live lambs were handed over to the police animal protection unit, and Arona Council cleaners tidied up the roof and removed the smelly meat pieces.

Monitor believed to have mistreated nursery kids

AN investigation has been opened into a female monitor, who has been reported for alleged mistreatment of young children, at a nursery in Telde, Gran Canaria.

Several reports have been made by families, who have enrolled their children at the centre recently.

And video footage, which has been submitted, could

determine whether the alleged mistreatment of the minors is true, and that it happens frequently.

As a precautionary measure, the woman being investigated has been suspended, temporarily, from working at the nursery. And she cannot work alongside any minors while the probe is taking place.

The children’s nursery owner is also being investigated for liability of the alleged crimes.

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Keep abreast of Brexit KAREN O’Reilly, a Professorial Researcher Fellow attached to the Brexit Brits Abroad project, is visiting Costa Adeje from Sunday (9th) until Friday (14th).

She is hoping to discuss with Brit residents here about the ways in which the Brexit controversy is affecting them.

If you wish to take part in the project, you can contact her on k.oreilly@ lboro.ac.uk Brexit Brits Abroad is an extensive sociological study, funded by the UK Government, via the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), which questions what Brexit means for Britons resident in other EU member states.

The research aims to raise awareness of the diversity of British citizens living in the EU27, and their experiences of Brexit.

Working closely with Britons living across the 27 EU countries, it keeps a finger on the pulse of how they experience Brexit, and its impact on their lives as it unfolds. The research creates evidence to inform policy and practice for the practitioners, civil servants, experts and organisations, responsible for supporting the rights and entitlements of these populations.

You can keep up to date with all its findings, including a fortnightly

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Wave-hit woman battered on rocks A BELGIUM woman was left in a serious medical condition after being hit by a huge wave, which bashed her against the rocks at a Lanzarote beach.

The incident happened last Friday afternoon, just before 2pm, when the 54-year-old was hit by rolling waves at Playa de Las Mujeres, in the Yaiza municipality.

As soon as the emergency call was received, a medical helicopter was dispatched to the beach.

The woman, who had suffered severe back injuries, was hoisted onto the helicopter, carefully, before being taken to a nearby heli-pad, where an ambulance was waiting to transport her to hospital in Arrecife, where she is under observation.

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The Duke Shops LAST Friday evening saw the long-awaited opening of the newest commercial centre, The Duke Shops, El Duque, and what an opening it was!

The attention to detail, and the research involved in hosting a Duke and Duchess event, was second to none, from start to finish.

As people walked the red carpet, flames ignited above their heads. On entering, they were greeted by two ladies, dressed in full costume, who took their name, and their attendance was announced, further on in the proceedings.

Walking further into the shopping centre, one of the many Dukes showed people to the photo booth, where they could have their photographs taken.

There was a stage at either end of the centre, each with LED screens, full lighting etc. There was entertainment throughout the evening, from classical music to a band, and

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lots in between. Aerial Silk performers and stilt walkers, in full Duke and Duchess costumes, paraded around all evening.

There was plenty to eat and drink, with a wide selection of food available, either at one of the many food tables, or on the trays that were brought round by the waiting staff. The catering was provided by Gourmetland Catering and Events.

Just before the centre was officially opened, and the general public allowed in, there was a

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procession from one end to the other. Pictured left to right, Lorenzo Reveron, Jorge Rodiguez and Carlos Garcia, owners of The Duke Shopping Centre, Jose Miguel Rodriguez Fraga, Mayor of Adeje, and Albertio Bernabe, adviser of tourism to Tenerife, took to the stage, cut the ribbon and officially opened the centre.

Congratulations to everyone involved in the opening of The Duke Shopping Centre in El Duque. It was a great start to what will be a great place, not only for shopping in some of the first-ever stores in Tenerife, but also for meeting people for something to eat, on the open-top terrace.

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SPAIN and the UK have signed the most important bilateral agreement, concerning the future of Gibraltar, in more than a decade.

Last Thursday, the governments of both countries officially signed four Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs), aimed at reducing inequality, during the Brexit transition period, between the Rock and Campo de Gibraltar, the neighbouring Spanish region in Andalusia, where high unemployment and drug-trafficking are major problems.

The MoUs address the four most sensitive areas for relations between Spain and Gibraltar: tobacco, the environment, customs and policing co-operation, along with the rights of crossborder workers.

It represents the first understanding Madrid and London have reached over issues which have created friction, ever since Gibraltar was ceded to Great Britain in 1713 under the Treaty of Utrecht. An attempt was made in 2006 with the socalled Córdoba agreements, but this was never applied because both parties would not trust each other!

While the MoUs are a huge step forward, they apply only to the Brexit transition period, which is less than two years long.

The agreements also state, explicitly, that they do not “change the respective legal positions of the Spanish Kingdom and the United Kingdom, regarding the sovereignty and jurisdiction of Gibraltar”.

In other words, the Spanish Government cannot use the bilateral framework to push for co-sovereignty of the British Overseas Territory, at least until it expires at the end of the transition period, earmarked for January 2021.

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Spain-UK sign up for landmark agreement over Rocky problem

Importantly, the agreement sets a limit on the price differences between tobacco products sold in Spain and those sold in Gibraltar, where they are much cheaper.

Gibraltar is the biggest entry point for illegal tobacco products into Spain. Last year, Spanish authorities seized more than 600,000 cartons of cigarettes, which was a 158% rise from 2016, according to official data.

The text outlines that all parties agree “on the need to reduce the price difference of tobacco products”.

To achieve this, the Gibraltar Government has agreed to ensure that “the average

retail price differential of tobacco products will be no more than 32% greater than the most recentlypublished Spanish prices for the equivalent tobacco products”, by the end of June 2020.

Currently, the minimum gap is 48%, according to the Foreign Ministry data.

After years without any agreement on this issue, the Gibraltar Government declares in the MoU that it is “concerned about the health consequences of smoking, and the existence of an illicit trade in tobacco”.

The rest of the documents cover the exchange of information, and the

creation of joint committees to oversee the complex relationship between Spain and Gibraltar.

Under the new bilateral framework, a Technical and Co-ordination Committee (TCC) will be created to improve co-operation on air quality, water quality and the protection of marine habitats.

The TCC also includes the possibility of discussing “land reclamation”, which is a reference to a practice in Gibraltar, in which cement and other materials are placed in waters disputed

by Madrid and London.

On the issue of citizen rights, the agreement

is definitely vague. The text simply reaffirms that Spanish people living on, or with interests in, the Rock, and Gibraltarians in Spain, will not be discriminated against.

A tax treaty will be added to the MoUs, once it receives parliamentary approval. It plans to reduce what Spain views as unfair competition from Gibraltar, where many businesses choose to be registered because of the lower taxes, even though their activities take place in Spain.

There are 55,000 registered businesses in Gibraltar… even though it registers just over 30,000 residents!

The gym that offers everlasting power!

A GYMNASIUM, able to convert human movement into energy to power machines, has opened in Greater Madrid.

Mónica and Juan Ignacio, the brains behind the project, who opened the Movewatts gym in Alcobendas, along with an 11-strong team, say the treadmills, exercise bikes and spinning apparatus produce power when they are used, and, effectively, fuel themselves.

The gym is designed to be used as a fitness vehicle, as

well for people of reduced mobility. It has physiotherapy rooms, a psycho-motor rehabilitation unit, as well as nutrition and dietician consultation areas, and it offers all-round, well-being for all the family.

Physiotherapist José Ignacio says the energy produced by the gym machinery is re-used,

but it is not quite enough to fuel the entire building and all its functions.

And “storing” energy generated by people exercising, to avoid buying power from outside, is illegal. But the system does cut down the volume of traditional power needed to operate the business.

Also, those who create this energy can “store” points from how much they generate, and receive discounts on gym services, or on their monthly subscription fees.

As society is becoming more aware of the need to protect the future of the planet,

and the importance of nonpolluting energy sources, this provides the perfect incentive for those who would otherwise fail to make a personal commitment to visit a gym for work-outs regularly.

While most gyms ban mobile phones, or the use of them, at least, this fitness centre actually encourages users to bring theirs with them, download the gym App and use it to manage their activities, book timeslots on machines, and make appointments with their personal trainers and physiotherapists.

They can also plug their phones into the cardio machines to charge them, and electric-car users can charge their vehicles in the car park.

The cardio machines are actually available from a company in A Coruña, Galicia, only. They are made in Indonesia because of the high costs of creating them in Europe, where they are far from mainstream.

The idea of “eco-gyms” started in the US, and a few have been set up in Europe, but this is the only fullyequipped one to have been recorded in Spain, yet!

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Beach-Vibes Friday

Climate change a threat to half the human race!

MORE than half of all Spaniards believe climate change will threaten their health, the economy and even the survival of the human species, reveals a YouGov study.

LAST Friday saw the first of Activate Sports Club’s BeachVibes Friday, at their Fuel RestoBar & Beach Club. These nights are an afterwork event like no other.

Canarian Weekly attended the evening, and what a great success it was. People were relaxing either at the bar, in the restaurant or on the club’s beach, listening to chill-out music, played by the live DJ, and eating healthy food and drinking cocktails.

It was a great way to

wind down and start the weekend, and it was good to see both adults and kids playing volleyball, and having fun running around.

Well done to Activate for putting on a great event, and we look forward to the next one.

Health is their main concern, with 64% fearing that lives could be put in jeopardy by the appearance of new and more deadly diseases, and a rise in extreme weather events.

And 52% believe that climate change will cause newworld conflicts for natural resources like water, and will, ultimately, endanger

the future for mankind.

Spanish pessimism runs even deeper than that, with 51% believing that climate change will have a huge impact on their pockets as it pushes up the price of energy, food and insurance.

And those earning the least, feared it most.

Those earning under 12,000 euros annually (44%) said that measures to combat climate change would weaken the economy, while just 35% of people on double that salary shared the same opinion.

But, the survey showed, climate change has become a reality accepted by everyone… since 0% of the respondents believed it was a myth!

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‘Illegal’ warship Chef denies dismembering, taunts Rock or even killing, his partner with Spain’s national anthem

A SPANISH warship has sailed into British waters off Gibraltar, “illegally”, while blasting out its national anthem.

Fisherman Nicholas Karnani, from Gibraltar, filmed the naval vessel passing the Rock, before uploading the incendiary clip to Twitter.

In the video, “Marcha Real” can be heard blaring, in what was the latest gesture of military might, near the British Overseas Territory.

Karnani wrote: “Enough is enough. It may not undermine sovereignty for the UK, but for us Gibraltarians, it’s an invasion of BGTW (British Gibraltar Territorial Waters).

The UK Government must take action in defence of its people.”

The UK Defence Journal also confirmed the incident, revealing that the boat was an Infanta Elena, a Descubiertaclass corvette, dating from 1980.

Another Gibraltarian, John Connor MBE, said: “Clear provocation. Looking forward to the Foreign Office’s

impotent, PC verbal response.”

This inflammatory, military exercise by the Spanish followed the arrival of Britain’s nuclear submarine, HMS Astute, in Gibraltar last weekend.

Last month also saw a Royal Navy ship off Gibraltar fire a warning flare, when a Spanish Guardia Civil boat got too close to nuclear submarine HMS Talent.

There have been growing tensions between the UK and Spain since discussions over the future of Gibraltar’s sovereignty emerged, following Brexit talks.

Spain’s troublesome Foreign Minister, Josep Borrell, ignited fierce debate, saying: “I think the United Kingdom will split apart before the Kingdom of Spain.”

He also claimed Spain would not stop an independent Scotland joining the EU, while Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez appeared to reopen the debate on the sovereignty of the Rock.

CESAR Roman, otherwise known as “the King of the Cachopo, denied in court that he had killed his 25-year-old partner, Heidi Paz, and dismembered her, in Usera, Madrid, last August.

But police say the suitcase

in which Heidi’s torso was found, is the same one Roman was seen dumping in a storage unit, shortly after her disappearance.

The victim’s body was found with her head, breasts and limbs cut off. A taxi driver testified that he drove Roman to a warehouse on 5th August, and helped him with his “heavy” case, which, he claimed, weighed around 60 kilos.

A subsequent fire at the storage unit led to the discovery of Heidi’s body on 13th August. Police are yet to find Heidi’s limbs, but preliminary reports showed that she died as a result of asphyxiation.

Roman, well-known for his chain of five restaurants, which all served the traditional Asturian dish “Cachopo”, denies killing the victim.

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Continued volatility for sterling

By Carol schleisman at currencies direct

THE pound has remained highly volatile over the past couple of weeks, with ongoing Brexit uncertainty leaving the currency on the defensive, against its peers.

This volatility saw GBP/ EUR trade in a range of 1.131.12 euros, and resulted in EUR/GBP holding at £0.88.

GBP/USD fell from $1.28 to $1.27 over the last two weeks, while EUR/USD has slipped from $1.14 to $1.13.

The pound continued to be met by volatility throughout the last half of

November, with the EU’s sign-off on a withdrawal prompting some temporary gains, before the Bank of England’s gloomy Brexit analysis sent GBP exchange rates reeling, once again.

Concerns over a prolonged slowdown in the Eurozone have remained a major concern for EUR investors in recent weeks, with the

euro facing pressure, as November’s PMI readings indicate the bloc is struggling in Q4.

Meanwhile, the US dollar remained on the offensive over the second half of last month, apart from a slight blip at the end of November, in the wake of some dovish remarks from FederalReserve Chair Jerome

Powell.

The pound is likely to remain guided by Brexit developments over the next couple of weeks, with a vote on Theresa May’s Brexit deal, on 11th December, likely to be a key test for GBP investors.

Any rejection of the deal is likely to put the UK on the path towards a no-deal

Brexit. EUR investors will be focused on the European Central Bank’s final rate decision of 2018, with the euro potentially softening, if the bank strikes a morecautious tone, given the recent slowdown in the Eurozone.

Finally, the US dollar may remain elevated in the coming weeks, if political uncertainty in Europe continues to drive investors to safe-haven currencies.

At Currencies Direct, we’re here to talk currency whenever you need us, so get in touch if you want to know more about the latest news, or how it could impact your currency transfers.

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Coca-Cola workers fizzing again, after their five-year fight COCA-Cola workers in Spain are celebrating the end of a five-year labour conflict, thanks to an agreement reached by their unions with the company.

The workers have been facing uncertainty since the global drinks giant announced plans, back in early 2014, to shut four of its plants in Spain, to “strengthen the brand”.

It would have led to 821 employees being made redundant. But though all the factories put up a fight, every one of them, besides the plant in Fuenlabrada, in the Greater Madrid region, eventually caved in.

The Supreme Court in Spain finally declared the redundancies illegal, and ordered Coca-Cola to give all of them their jobs back, on the same terms as before, or compensate them if they had already found alternative work and did not wish to return.

After months of ongoing industrial conflict, Coca-

Hotel chain’s 500m records are hacked Cola opted to open a logistics centre in Fuenlabrada, but staff complained that they had no work to do, and were scratching around for ways to fill their days.

Again, they applied to the court, but this time the judges ruled in favour of the company. Employees announced plans to appeal to the European Court of Justice in Strasbourg, but a deal struck between their union and Coca-Cola last Thursday persuaded them to call off the legal action.

The deal involves a twoyear plan to set up a work centre, within a 70-kilometre radius of Madrid city, for staff

aged under 58, with each employee being given compensation based upon age. Those aged 58 and over will be retired early.

The Fuenlabrada logistics centre will be closed, and Coca-Cola has guaranteed that its staff will remain in employment for the next two years, at least.

And, once that is over, the workforce will not be left “high and dry”, or facing “forced redundancy”.

The plight of CocaCola workers, attracted widespread media attention, and they were backed by numerous leftwing politicians, including Pablo Iglesias, leader of Spain’s third-largest party, Podemos.

THE personal records and information of a staggering 500 million guests, linked with Marriott International, have been involved in a data breach.

The hotel chain, with multiple accommodations in Spain and the UK, has announced that the guestreservation database of its Starwood division has been accessed by an unauthorised party.

An internal investigation revealed that the hacker gained access to the Starwood records, going all the way back to 2014.

Customers affected will be notified, according to Marriott International.

Starwood brands include W Hotels, Sheraton, Le Méridien and Four Points

by Sheraton.

The details, believed to have been accessible to the hackers, are said to include each customer’s name, mailing address, phone number, email address, passport number, date of birth, gender, arrival-and-departure information, reservation date and communication preferences.

It is not known whether the hackers had access to the payment details of all 500 million guests A Marriott spokesperson said the company was alerted by an internal security tool, that an unauthorised party was trying to gain access to the Starwood database.

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The Royal Variety Performance 2018

I’m A Celebrity...

Get Me Out Of Here! - The Final!

Sunday 9th December, ITV1, 21.00

Tuesday 11th December, ITV1, 19.30 They’ve made it to the end, endured Bushtucker Trials, camp life and each other, but which of the finalists will you crown this year’s King or Queen of the Jungle?

I’m A Celebrity Extra Camp

Sunday 9th December, ITV1, 22.35

It’s the I’m A Celebrity final and all the campmates including the newly crowned winner will be live in the studio with Scarlett, Joe and Joel to chat about the series. Plus you can put your questions to this year’s finalists.

Presented by Scarlett Moffatt, Joel Dommett and Joe Swash

Actor and one of the UK’s best loved comics Greg Davies, is to host The Royal Variety Performance, in the presence of members of the Royal family.

The event will come from the iconic London Palladium Theatre, which is hosting the event for the 42nd time.

The show promises to be an unforgettable evening of the best UK and international musical performers, extraordinary theatre and brilliant comedy as well as a number of surprises along the away.

Stars lined up to appear include one of the UK’s biggest bands, the multi-award-winning Take That, the West End cast of the phenomenal hit musical Hamilton, chart topper George Ezra, award winners Clean Bandit, West End cast of Tina – The Tina Turner Musical and the legendary Andrea Bocelli & his son Matteo.

Also taking to the stage are, Britain’s Got Talent winner, comedian The Lost Voice Guy, a special performance from Rick Astley, comedian Rhod Gilbert, the mesmerising Cirque Du Soleil, plus music from Sigrid and cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason. Circus 1903 will be unveiling their unique and beautifully crafted performances with their extraordinary elephant puppetry, and there will be more comedy from stand up comedians Gad Elmaleh and Rod Woodward.

Greg Davies said: “I am delighted to host the Royal Variety. It is a role that I am wildly unsuited to and I will no doubt offend a great many people, but my Mum has a voracious appetite for meeting members of the Royal family and this seems a reasonable price to pay for the gift of life.”

The event is staged in aid of the Royal Variety Charity, whose patron is Her Majesty The Queen. The money raised from the show helps those people from the world of entertainment in need of care and assistance.

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The Best Christmas Food Ever

Friday 7th December, BBC1, 15.45

Paul Ainsworth and Catherine Fulvio are joined by Radio 1’s Dev Griffin as they share their culinary secrets, perfect for creating delicious festive flavours throughout Christmas.

Today it’s all about having an impromptu Christmas party, as they rustle up mouth-watering dishes including a roast garlic-infused baked camembert and a deliciously warming winter chicken casserole.

Christmas is all about pushing the boat out, whether that’s the food, the decorations, entertaining or giving gifts and we meet people who, in their own way, go the extra mile to make Christmas super special.

Paul and Catherine have also selected their favourite 12 tastes of Christmas and they create blueberry cinnamon swirls and spicy vanilla rice pudding to showcase cinnamon, for them an absolute must-have Christmas ingredient.

As the kitchen fills with the aromas and flavours of the season, the fun and festivities begin.

Performance Live: LOVE Saturday 8th December, BBC2, 22.00

In his first feature film, National Theatre Artist in Residence Alexander Zeldin has written and directed LOVE, which tells the story of families brought together and placed in temporary accommodation in the run-up to Christmas.

Amongst them Colin, a middle aged man, and his elderly mother Barbara, relocated from their previous housing, and a young couple - Dean and Emma - preparing to welcome a new child into their family. LOVE is based on the play of the same name which opened at the National Theatre in December 2016 in a co-production with Birmingham Rep, before transferring to the Rep in 2017.

LOVE is produced by Cuba Pictures and is a co-production with the National Theatre for BBC Arts, BBC Films and Arts Council England. The Producer is Caroline Lawrence and the Executive Producers are Dixie Linder and Nick Marston for Cuba Pictures, Rufus Norris for the National Theatre, David Schwimmer, Emma Cahusac for BBC Arts, and Polly Stokes for BBC Films.

Athletics: European Cross Country Highlights

Monday 10th December, BBC2, 00.00

There’s mud, sweat, and possibly tears in Tilburg, the Dutch host city for the 25th annual European Cross Country Championships.

Great Britain were the top nation last year with five gold medals, including Harriet KnowlesJones in the women’s under-20 event and wins for all three women’s age-range teams.

Andrew Butchart earned individual bronze in the 2017 senior men’s race and was hoping for another podium finish this time after recovering from a broken foot.

European 5,000m track champion Sifan Hassan will be among the senior women’s favourites on home soil, with the 2015 winner setting a European halfmarathon record in September.

Steve Cram and Paula Radcliffe describe the action.

New Paul O’G Dogs

Wednesday 12th Decem

This week Paul O’Grady meet by their mother. He also help at Battersea for over 300 days Paul’s got his work cut out w some three-week-old puppies

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week’s TV Choice

Grady: For The Love Of

mber, ITV1, 20.00

ts a 10-week-old gender neutral collie who’s been rejected ps to find a home for a mongrel called Hope who’s been s and is struggling to catch the eye of a new owner. Plus, when a family of nine whippets arrive on site, including s in need of some O’Grady cuddles.

Strictly Come Dancing - Semi Final

Saturday 8th December, BBC1, 18.35

Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman host the Strictly Come Dancing live semi-final.

For our remaining five couples the Glitter Ball trophy is in sight, as the competition reaches its final stages. This week the stakes are raised even higher as our couples perform two routines in a bid to impress the judges and the audience at home.

Each couple will perform a Latin and a Ballroom routine as they battle it out for their place in the final. Judges Shirley Ballas, Dame Darcey Bussell, Craig Revel Horwood and Bruno Tonioli will be watching very closely before delivering their verdicts on each dance, and the lines will open after all the couples have danced twice.

Who will the viewers want to see in the Grand Final next weekend, and who will fall at the last hurdle?

Care

Sunday 9th December, BBC1, 21.00

Sheridan Smith, Alison Steadman and Sinead Keenan star in Care, a new 90-minute drama from Jimmy McGovern, co-written with Gillian Juckes whose real life experiences formed the inspiration for the story.

Sheridan Smith is Jenny, a mother of two raising her girls alone after the departure of her husband. Her one lifeline is Mary (Steadman), Jenny’s widowed mother, whose help with childcare allows Jenny to hold down her full-time job at the supermarket.

When Mary suffers a devastating stroke and develops dementia, their world comes crashing down and everything changes for Mary, Jenny and her sister Claire (Sinead Keenan).

Finding herself torn between her own life and the wellbeing of her mother, Jenny soon discovers that another way could be possible - but she’ll have to fight for it.

Billy Connolly’s Ultimate World Tour Thursday 13th December, ITV1, 21.00

“I’ve been to some magical places, met some wonderful people and had a great time – so relax, get yourself some space on the couch, open up the popcorn and get ready. Welcome to the ultimate world tour.” – Billy Connolly Billy Connolly’s career has taken him to almost every corner of the globe and now, in this brand new one-off special for ITV, he takes viewers on a fresh trip around his new home state of Florida, stopping along the way to look back at his travels across the planet over the last 25 years.

Surprises are around every corner, as he tours Florida in his convertible classic car, fishing on the salt flats, tasting weird and wonderful food in the bars and restaurants, tracking crocodiles, sailing out on the Everglades and sampling the unique culture in Miami, he remembers some highlights from tours to countries including Scotland, Canada and Australia.

Billy says: “It was exactly 25 years ago that I found myself taking the cameras out of the theatres and into the world.

It’s a journey that’s taken me to far flung places and offered up once-in-a-lifetime experiences and I’m still discovering thrilling new stuff around every corner now I’ve pitched up in Florida.”

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06:00 ...................... Breakfast 09:15 ............. Defenders UK 10:00 ..............Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 ...........A Matter of Life CoiWce and Debtch 11:45 ..........Ill Gotten Gains 12:15 .............. Bargain Hunt 13:00....... BBC News at One 13:45..........................Doctors 14:15 ....... The Doctor Blake Mysteries 15:15................Escape to the Country 15:45.....The Best Christmas Food Ever 16:30............................Flog It! 17:15........................Pointless 18:00..... BBC News at Six 19:00........The One Show 19:30..............A Question of Sport 20:00............. EastEnders 20:30....... Not Going Out 21:00............... Have I Got News for You 21:30............ Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas Special 2015 22:00.... BBC News at Ten 22:35............ The Graham Norton Show 23:25.............. Enterprice 23:50.............. In My Skin

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06:30..........................The Best Christmas Food Ever 07:15 ...........................Flog It! 08:00 ..................... Dynasties 09:00 ......................BBC News at 9 10:00 .......................... Victoria Derbyshire 11:00 ...........BBC Newsroom Live 12:15.................. Politics Live 13:00.........................Snooker 17:15..........................Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:00................ Strictly: It Takes Two 19:00..................Snooker 20:00................. Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 21:00................... Made in Great Britain 22:00.................The Mash Report 22:30..............Newsnight 23:05..................Snooker 23:55...................... Roots 01:35...............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.................... Dickinson’s Real Deal 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.............The Imitation Game

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06:00...................Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records

06:30....3rd Rock from the Sun 07:45............... Everybody Loves Raymond 08:40...................................Frasier 10:05...............Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 11:00 ................... The Simpsons 12:00 ...............Channel 4 News 12:05 .... A New Life in the Sun 13:05 ............................ My Family Secrets Revealed 14:10........................ Countdown 15:00....................Fifteen to One 16:00............ A Place in the Sun 17:00........... Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas 18:00..............The Simpsons 18:30.................... Hollyoaks 19:00 ......... Channel 4 News 19:30...... Unreported World 20:00...... Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast 21:00.................. Gogglebox 22:00................ The Last Leg 23:05...... Ministry of Justice 00:05.... The Purge: Anarchy

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

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

06:00........................Monkey Life

07:10..... Rocket City Rednecks

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

07:00.... RSPCA Animal Rescue

08:00..............American Pickers

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

08:00........... Brit Cops: Frontline Crime

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

08:05 .......................... Paw Patrol 08:25 .............................. Floogals

06:50 ..... You’ve Been Framed!

08:40................... Digby Dragon

07:10............... Ninja Warrior UK

08:55.............................. Shimmer and Shine

08:00 ........................ Emmerdale 08:55 ..... You’ve Been Framed!

09:05.................... The Secret Life of Puppies

09:25 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show

09:15 .......................Jeremy Vine

10:20 .......... Planet’s Got Talent

11:15 ....................... Switched for Christmas

10:50 ...........I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

12:45 ....................... Neighbours

12:15 ........................ Emmerdale

13:15 ..........Season’s Greetings

13:15 ..... You’ve Been Framed!

15:00 ..........................The Perfect Christmas Village

13:45 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show

16:45 ........................ 5 News at 5

14:40....The Jeremy Kyle Show

17:00 ................................ Friends 18:00 ................ Neighbours

18:00...... I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

18:30 .......... 5 News Tonight

19:30..You’ve Been Framed!

19:00 ...... The Gadget Show

20:00....Two and a Half Men

20:00............Britain by Boat

21:00.................. Family Guy

21:00 .........Portillo’s Hidden History of Britain

22:30........... I’m a Celebrity...

Extra Camp

22:00...............Run All Night

23:35.................. Family Guy

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

00:05............ American Dad!

20:30....Coronation Street 21:00........I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

22:30................ ITV News 23:00.... ITV News London 23:20.........The Break-Up 01:10............ Jackpot247

11:35......................Four in a Bed 12:05......................Four in a Bed 12:35......................Four in a Bed 13:10......................Four in a Bed 13:40......................Four in a Bed 14:10........ Come Dine with Me 14:40........ Come Dine with Me 15:15........ Come Dine with Me 15:50........ Come Dine with Me 16:20........ Come Dine with Me 16:50...................... Escape to the Chateau: DIY

09:00............................ Babylon 5 10:00....................Warehouse 13 11:00 ............NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00 ............NCIS: Los Angeles 13:00 .................... Hawaii Five-0 14:00 .................... Hawaii Five-0 15:00 ...........................MacGyver 16:00.................. Modern Family 16:30.................. Modern Family 17:00 ................... The Simpsons 17:30 ............................Futurama 18:30 .............The Simpsons

10:00 .............American Pickers 13:00 ............................. Top Gear 14:00 ............................. Top Gear 15:00 .....................Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge 16:00.............................. Top Gear 17:00.............................. Top Gear 18:00..... Would I Lie to You? 18:40..... Would I Lie to You? 19:20................................. QI 20:00................ Border Force America’s Gatekeepers

20:00 ...........Modern Family

21:00.............. Dave’s Advent Calendar

18:55.............. The Supervet

21:00 .................... The Heist

21:05....... Live at the Apollo

19:55............ Grand Designs

22:10.... The Late Late Show

22:00.................... Room 101

23:10.......... Micky Flanagan: Thinking Aloud

22:40........... Mock the Week

17:55.................... The Secret Life of the Zoo

21:00........... Shades of Guilt 22:00..........24 Hours in A&E 23:05..........24 Hours in A&E 00:05.........Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

00:10.................. A League of Their Own 01:10......................Brit Cops: Frontline Crime

23:20.................... Room 101 00:00............ Have I Got a Bit More News for You 01:00............................ QI XL

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

06:30 ...................... Top Class

06:00................Childrens’ TV

06:15............................. Triathlon

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

07:00 ..........................All Over the Place

08:30..................... Robozuna

06:45............... Everybody Loves Raymond

11:30 ............................ Classic Mary Berry

07:25 .......Wild and Weird 2

09:05............................ Mighty Magiswords

07:40.............Show Me What You’re Made of

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

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

08:10 .................. All Over the Workplace

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

08:40 .............Flushed Away

13:15 ........................Snooker

10:00 .............Radio Gibbon

16:30 ...................Final Score 17:25.................... BBC News 17:35..................BBC London News 17:45....................... Pointless 18:35.......... Strictly Come Dancing 20:10................... Michael Mcintyre’s Big Show 21:10................. Casualty 22:00............... BBC News 22:20..................Match of the Day 23:50................... The NFL Show 00:20.................. Weather for the Week Ahead 00:25............... BBC News

11:00 ..............Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 ........................... A Cook Abroad 13:00 ..........Call Me Madam 14:50 ...................... Escape to the Country 15:35........................... Flog It! 16:30........................ Snooker 17:00......................... Football: Women’s World Cup Draw 2018 18:00.............Dad’s Army 18:30....................Richard Osman’s House of Games

09:30....................Saturday W C Morning with choice James Martin 11:40.................The X Factor 13:10..............ITV Lunchtime News

06:00...................Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records

08:55........... Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas

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

07:10..... Rocket City Rednecks

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

07:35..... Rocket City Rednecks

09:25........... Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas

07:00 ................. Modern Family

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

08:00 ................. Modern Family

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

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

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

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

11:00.........Storage Hunters UK

11:30............................ Futurama

12:00............Cops UK: Bodycam Squad

08:05...................................Frasier 08:35...................................Frasier 09:05.......The Big Bang Theory 10:30...... Heineken Champions Cup Rugby 11:30.................... The Simpsons 12:00.................... The Simpsons 12:30...... Heineken Champions Cup Rugby 15:10.................... The Simpsons

16:00.................. You’ve Been Framed!

15:40.................... The Simpsons

16:30................Tipping Point

16:40..............Arthur Christmas

17:30...................ITV Evening News

18:35.......... Channel 4 News

17:55....................... Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope 20:10.............. The Chase: Celebrity Special

16:15.................... The Simpsons

19:00............... Britain’s Most Historic Towns 20:00................. Hunt for the Arctic Ghost Ship 21:00........................... Allied 23:25........... The Impossible 01:30...... Ministry of Justice

19:00..................Snooker

21:10........I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

22:00...........Performance Live: Love

22:10..........The Jonathan Ross Show

23:00................. Snowfall

23:15................ ITV News

23:40................... Gambit

23:30..................... Jaws 2

11:35............ A Place in the Sun

01:00............Hunky Dory

01:30............ Jackpot247

12:35............Location, Location, Location

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James Martin’s Saturday Morning e c i o h c ITV1, 09.30 James is joined by singers Aled Jones and Russell Watson and chef Mark Jordan. On the menu are Chinese chicken two ways, steak with chimichurri and crispy vegetables, and daal with turmeric pancakes. Plus, there are some new suggestions for a Christmas cheese board.

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06:00...................... Childrens’ TV 08:50 .............................. Shimmer and Shine 09:00 ........Pirata and Capitano 09:20 .......................Rusty Rivets 09:35 .......................... Paw Patrol 09:55 ..........Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:05.................................Rooftop Christmas Tree 11:50 ........The Christmas Train 13:55 ...........................Enchanted Christmas 15:40 ..................... Rock and Roll Christmas 17:30.............................. Home for Christmas Day 19:10.........5 News Weekend 19:15..........Britain’s Craziest Christmas Lights 20:10................ Harrogate: A Yorkshire Christmas 21:10 ............... Harrogate: A Yorkshire Christmas 22:10......... My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 00:00...............Super Casino

13:20...................... Apollo 13

17:40........................ ITV News London

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

13:40............Location, Location, Location

13:00 .............................Supergirl

14:45......................Four in a Bed

15:00.................... Gillette Soccer Saturday

15:50......................Four in a Bed 16:50......................Four in a Bed 17:20........ Come Dine with Me 18:25.... Come Dine with Me

14:00 ............................ The Flash

17:15..................Premier League Greatest Games 17:30.................... The Simpsons

19:25.... Come Dine with Me

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

20:00..... The World’s Wildest Weather

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

21:00...........Britain’s Wildest Weather 22:40................... Father Ted

06:25 .....Emmerdale Omnibus 08:55 .............Coronation Street Omnibus 11:50.................... I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

13:20.......................Catchphrase 14:20.............................Jack Frost 16:25.................... I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

17:55................................Yes Man 18:55...................... FYI Daily 19:00....................... Yes Man 20:00.......... The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift 21:05...................... FYI Daily 21:10.......... The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift 22:10........... I’m a Celebrity...

Extra Camp 23:15.................. Family Guy 00:15.................. Family Guy 01:10............ American Dad! 01:40............ American Dad!

13:00............Cops UK: Bodycam Squad 14:00............. Red Bull Soapbox 15:00............................. Top Gear 16:00 ............................. Top Gear 17:00 .............................. Cops UK: Bodycam Squad 18:00....................... Cops UK: Bodycam Squad

20:00..............Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman

19:00............................ QI XL

21:00................ The Prestige

21:00.............. Dave’s Advent Calendar

23:10................... Father Ted

23:40.................. A League of Their Own

23:45........... 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

00:35.....................The Force: Manchester

01:50................... Father Ted

01:35................... Road Wars

20:00............................ QI XL

21:05....... Live at the Apollo 22:00..........................Casino 01:50............ Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

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06:00....................... Breakfast 08:30....... Match of the Day 10:00.................. The Andrew Marr Show 11:00 .......... Sunday Politics 11:30 ....My Faith and Me: Jj Chalmers

Sunday 9th December

06:15 ..................... School for Scoundrels 07:45 .........................Greatest Gardens 08:15 ................... The Instant Gardener

12:30............... Bargain Hunt

09:00.................. Countryfile

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

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

13:15........... Songs of Praise 13:50................Escape to the Country 14:35........... Shrek the Third 16:00...................... Dynasties

11:30 .......................The Hairy Bikers’ Best of British

17:25................... Countryfile

12:30 ............................... Food and Drink

18:25.........Doctor Who

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

17:00......................BBC News

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19:15.......... Strictly Come Dancing 20:00............... Dynasties 21:00........................ Care 22:30 .............. BBC News

23:00..................Match of the Day 2 23:45...........The Women’s Football Show

17:15........................... Flog It! 18:00................... Britain’s Biggest Warship 19:00 .................Snooker 23:00.................The Mash Report 23:30............. I’ll Get This

00:20......The Apprentice

00:00.................Athletics

01:20......The Apprentice: You’re Fired!

01:00..................... Stacey Dooley Investigates

01:50............... BBC News

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06:00................Childrens’ TV 09:25...................... ITV News 09:30........ The Martin Lewis Money Show 09:55................. Gino’s Italian Coastal Escape 10:25 .................. Doc Martin 11:25 .. Midsomer Murders 13:20 .............ITV Lunchtime News 13:30........ Best Walks with a View with Julia Bradbury 14:00.......... Paul O’Grady for the Love of Dogs 14:30.....................The Chase 15:30..........................Tenable 16:30.......... How to Spend it Well at Christmas with Phillip Schofield 17:30...............Tipping Point 18:30..ITV Evening News 19:00.............. The Chase: Celebrity Special 20:00........ I’m a Celebrity Catchphrase Special 21:00......I’m a Celebrity...

Get Me Out of Here! Final 22:35................ ITV News 22:55.............Les Dawson Forever 00:40..... Football Genius

Doctor Who BBC1, 18.25

Episode Ten: The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos.

On the planet of Ranskoor Av Kolos lies the remains of a brutal battlefield. But as the Doctor, Graham, Yaz and Ryan answer nine separate distress calls, they discover the planet holds far more secrets. Who is the mysterious commander with no memory? What lies beyond the mists? Who or what are the Ux? The answers will lead the Doctor and her friends towards a deadly reckoning.

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06:20................. King of Queens

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

06:45............... Everybody Loves Raymond

07:15 ................ Bob the Builder

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

07:50 ........................... Peppa Pig

08:00...................................Frasier 09:30..................Sunday Brunch 12:30.................... The Simpsons 13:30.................... The Simpsons

07:30................... Digby Dragon 08:00 ........................... Peppa Pig 08:10 ..................Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 08:30 .......................... Paw Patrol

14:30..................... Stuart Little 2

08:45 .............................. Nella the Princess Knight

16:05.............. Father Christmas

09:00 ................................ Friends

16:35................... The Snowman

10:00 ................................ Friends

17:05.... The Snowman and the Snowdog

10:55 ................................ Friends

17:35.......................Home Alone 19:35.......... Channel 4 News 20:00......................Escape to the Chateau

06:00.................. Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 06:10 ..................Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 06:35......Emmerdale Omnibus 09:10..............Coronation Street Omnibus 12:10............I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

13:15...... You’ve Been Framed!

13:50.................. Shrek the Halls 14:20............................Spy Kids 3: Game Over

11:55 ................................ Friends

16:05.......How the Grinch Stole Christmas

12:55................................ Friends

18:10............ Despicable Me

13:55 ................101 Dalmatians

20:00..................... The Mask

16:05 ............... Nativity 3: Dude, Where’s My Donkey?!

22:05.................. Family Guy

18:15 ..............Call Me Claus

22:35........... I’m a Celebrity...

Extra Camp

20:05....Warship: Life at Sea

23:40.................. Family Guy

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

00:10.................. Family Guy

21:00...... Edge of Tomorrow

00:35.................. Family Guy

00:00....... The Angels’ Share

23:15 ......................Timecop

01:05............ American Dad!

01:45................ The Last Leg

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

01:35............ American Dad!

08:55..............Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas

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

06:00 ....................Teleshopping

09:25....................Jamie’s Best Ever Christmas

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

07:10 .... Rocket City Rednecks

08:00 ............................ The Flash

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

09:00 ............................Futurama

10:00 ...........Cops UK: Bodycam Squad

21:00............... A Very British Country House 22:00........................ Tin Star 22:55........... 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

10:25..................... The Gunfight at Dodge City 12:00...........Come Dine with Me 14:10...........Come Dine with Me 14:40..........................Four in a Bed 15:45..........................Four in a Bed 16:50..........................Four in a Bed 17:20...........Come Dine with Me 17:55...........Come Dine with Me 18:25.......Come Dine with Me 18:55.......Come Dine with Me 19:30.......Come Dine with Me 20:00...World’s Most Extreme 21:00....999: On the Frontline 22:00....999: On the Frontline 23:05............. 999: What’s Your Emergency?

00:05........... Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 01:05......................999: On the Frontline

09:30 ................... The Simpsons 10:30 ................... The Simpsons 11:00 ...........................WWE Raw 12:00 ............NCIS: Los Angeles 13:00 ............NCIS: Los Angeles 14:00 ...............Landscape Artist of the Year 15:00.................. Modern Family 16:00.................. Modern Family 17:00.................. Modern Family 18:00..............The Simpsons

12:00 ............ Red Bull Soapbox 13:00 ............................. Top Gear 15:00 .... Beat the Internet with John Robins 16:00 .................Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier 17:00................. Judge Romesh 18:00 ................. Ross Noble 19:00 ..... Cops UK: Bodycam Squad

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

20:00...... Cops UK: Bodycam Squad

20:00.................. A League of Their Own

21:00.............. Dave’s Advent Calendar

21:00.......... An Idiot Abroad

21:05....... Live at the Apollo

22:00.........Carpool Karaoke

22:00........... Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier

23:00................... The Russell Howard Hour

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

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

23:40..... Would I Lie to You?

01:00.......NCIS: Los Angeles

01:00............................ QI XL

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Chayofa Country Club

7th December - 13th December 2018

Ref: 5584X

€155,000

Spacious one-bedroom apartment in this sought-after community, situated in an quiet position overlooking the communal gardens with views to the mountains and sea views. Briefly comprising; Large lounge with dining area with a sunny private terrace. A fully equipped open plan kitchen with integrated appliances. A stylish bathroom with full suite.

Spacious double bedroom. In the hallway are ample fitted wardrobes. The apartment features double glazed windows with security blinds. Included are the fixtures, fittings and furnishings. Only 3km from Los Cristianos, Chayofa Village is popular with residents and visitors alike. Full resort facilities including; reception, large communal swimming pool, communal gardens, gymnasium, saunas, “spa” pool, restaurant & pool bar, community television system, hairdresser, supermarket, tennis club and taxi rank. Ample community parking. Energy Rating: G.

Villa, Chafoya

€995,000

Ref: 5551X

Balcon del Mar, Costa del Silencio Ref: 5576XK €150,000

A well presented one bedroom apartment featuring a private terrace with excellent panoramic views over the promenade to the sea. Comprising: Lounge with dining area with access to the terrace, fully equipped kitchen with integrated appliances. Double bedroom with fitted wardrobes. Spacious fully tiled shower room with vanity unit. Included in the asking price are the furnishings. This well maintained community is gated, has 24 hour security and an attractive communal swimming pool area with pool-side cafe/bar. Ideal holiday home or residential property being situated within a frontline community. The community is perfectly situated for easy access to the local amenities including supermarket, cafes, bars, restaurants and the sea front which is approx 50 metres away. Energy Rating: G.

Playa Graciosa, Los Cristianos

Ref: 5462X

€320,000

SOLD A superb detached villa situated in the residential sought-after estate of Chayofa Alto in Chayofa village. The current vendors have owned the property since its original construction (in 1992) and now; due to retirement reluctantly are looking to ‘down-size’. The property offers spacious and flexible accommodation over two floors and comprises of: Spacious reception hall, utility storage, double bedroom with fitted wardrobes, fully tiled family bathroom and two further double bedroom both with fitted wardrobes and one with a fully tiled shower en-suite. There is an additional room which is currently used as a family room with large bar area fitted and with patio doors to the garden and private pool area. A stylish wooden feature spiral staircase leads to the first floor with an extensive lounge/dining room with direct access to an extensive balcony terrace with excellent panoramic views over the surrounding area to the sea, mountains and coast. The independent dining kitchen is fully fitted and comes complete with integrated appliances. Outside are extensive terraces, private swimming pool, pump room, driveway & garage, cultivated garden areas with a rose garden and a brick built store/workshop. Energy Rating: E.

The Palms, Golf del Sur

Ref: 5378XK

€199,950

This bungalow has been skilfully extended & refurbished to create 2 bedrooms & 2bathrooms and is situated in a tranquil position within this popular gated community. A stylish fully fitted kitchen with granite worktops & featuring a volume ceiling. Extended & spacious lounge with dining area, private rear sunny terrace. Roof terrace with views to Mount Teide. Two double bedrooms, two bathrooms Included in the asking price are the furnishings. Completed renovated & offered in excellent condition. Private parking space. The resort has extensive sub-tropical communal gardens & four swimming pools. Convenient for all local amenities including the marina, shops, restaurants & the golf course club house which is adjacent to the resort.

Energy Rating: G.

A modern two bedroom apartment situated within the sought after gated Playa Graciosa briefly comprising: Entrance hall, bright and spacious lounge, an independent fully fitted kitchen, integrated appliances and separate utility area, two bathrooms, one being en-suite, two double bedrooms both with fitted wardrobes, storeroom and a private secure parking space in an underground garage. Excellent views over the beautiful communal swimming pools and gardens from a spacious terrace. This apartment has been owned from new by the current vendors and has modified for disabled access and is offered in excellent order throughout. The commmunity is well maintained with manicured gardens and two beautiful pools on separate levels. There is also a safe children’s area. 5 minute walk away to the Los Cristianos sea front. Energy Rating: F.

Sunset View, Callao Salvaje

Ref: 5606X

€159,000

A one bedroom apartment in the quiet residential community of Sunset View in Callao Salvaje.

This top floor apartment is accessed via a lift making it suitable for anyone with a disability or with walking difficulties. Briefly comprising: an entrance hall, a double bedroom with fitted wardrobes, tiled bathroom with modern suite. A fully fitted open plan kitchen and a comfortable lounge with patio doors leading to a terrace with views over the communal swimming. Included in the asking price is a secure underground parking space and the furnishings.

Energy Rating: G.

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Property ID : CDS-EMG125

Property ID : LG-SJ165

Property ID : LG-EE186

Cozy Apartment in Costa del Silencio

Two Bedroom in Las Galletas

Las Galletas SEA VIEWS

Beautiful and cozy apartment for sale in a complex in Costa del Silencio. The property have been recently refurbished and consists of one bedroom, one big bathroom, bright living room and semi open plan kitchen. The apartment has a big terrace with views to Garañaña park. The windows have double glazing (there’s no noise inside the property) with electric blinds. The complex is very well manteined, low community fees and it is very close to supermarkets, restaurants, bars and bus and taxi stand. The property is being sold fully furnished. Viewings highly reccomended.

RD properties proudly presents this second floor apartment with NO lift in Las Galletas featuring two large bedrooms, a sleek american style kitchen, a modern bathroom and a lovely terrace with partial sea views. This bright and airy property also includes a parking space, which is a huge bonus in this area as parking isn’t always easy to come by. The apartment is situated only a short 2 minute walk to the beach and the fantastic fishing village of Las Galletas boasts an array of shops, supermarkets, cafe’s and plenty more ammenities all at walking distance. Viewings recommended.

This 2 bedroom apartment is tastefully decorated with high quality furnshings. A bright and airy living room with an American style kitchen, two double size bedrooms and a bath with a shower. The property is on the third floor WITH a lift and an underground designated car parking space.

Views to the beach front and the marina from the balcony.

La galletas offers shops, supermarkets, bus routes, medcal center, chemists, all at walkng distances. The property is being sold FULLY furnished, ready to move in. Viewings highly recommended!

€125,000

€159,000 - Reduced price!

€169,000 - Reduced price!

Property ID : LC-GR449

Property ID : CDS-GR249

Property ID : PM-RO290

Luxury Property in Los Cristianos

Family house in OASIS complex

Luxury apartment in Palm-Mar

A luxurious semi-detached town house for sale on the Golf Course in Los Cristianos. Located on an exclusive complex consisting of only 52 properties, this spectacular dwelling is furnished to very high standards with a bespoke kitchen. The property has a South facing living room, separate kitchen with a middle island and a big south facing 35 sqm terrace. Upstairs, two bedrooms and two bathrooms, the master bedroom has a walk-in closet, again, all furnishings to high standard. An underground car parking space is included in the price.

For sale, family home in Costa del Silencio. With two bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen and a very spacious living room. This house has a big terrace and private parking for two cars. Possibility to build a private pool. The property is being sold fully furnished. The complex is located in a quiet place very close to supermarkets and restaurants, bus and taxi stand, Las Galletas beach and the Yellow Mountain.

A great opportunity to buy on the unique Las Olas, in PalmMar. This ground floor apartment consists of entrance area with built in storage, living room/dining area, fully fitted American style kitchen, 2 bathrooms and 2 double bedrooms with fitted wardrobes. The master bathroom has an en suite bathroom is well equipped with an enormous walk in shower.

This apartment is being sold fully furnished and also comes with air conditioning, a garage space and large storeroom.

Viewing of this apartment is highly recommended!

€449,000

€190,000 - Reduced price!

€298,000

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Lot 1: A020

Lot 2: A011

Lot 3: A018

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Lot 4: A014

Priced to sell 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom Cabo Blanco, Arona

Stunning property at a bargain price!

5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms villa Chayofa, Arona

Fantastic business opportunity Pizza place Los Olivos, Adeje

Luxury duplex 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Fairways Club, Amarilla Golf

Guide price: 75,000 euros

Guide price: 290,000 euros

Guide price: 55,000 euros

Guide price: 235,000 euros

Lot 5: A021

Lot 6: A012

Lot 7: A019

Lot 8: A016

Very well presented 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom Los Abrigos, San Miguel de Abona

Fantastic investment opportunity Commercial local Granadilla de Abona

Amazing value 2 bedrooms, 1 bathrooms Augusta Park, Amarilla Golf

Spacious townhouse 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms Granadilla de Abona

Guide price: 100,000 euros

Guide price: 310,000 euros

Guide price: 125,000 euros

Guide price: 265,000 euros

Lot 9: A017

Lot 10: A015

Lot 11: A013

Stunning penthouse 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms Pueblo Primavera, Golf del Sur

Great business opportunity Garage Buzanada, Arona

Amazing penthouse apartment 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Parque de la Reina

Guide price: 185,000 euros

Guide price: 85,000 euros

Guide price: 165,000 euros

Lot order is subject to change up to and including Auction Day

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1-AP1-1757

1-ES0-1759

1-ES0-1678

1-AP1-1758

1-AP3-1726

1 BEDROOM APARTMENT LA FINCA

Studio, Castle harbour

Studio

1 BEDROOM APARTMENT

3 BEDROOM APARTMENT

CHAYOFA

Los Cristianos

SAN MARINO LOS CRISTIANOS

CALEDONIA PARK – SAN EUGENIO ALTO

EDIF.MONCAYO PARQUE DE LA REINA

€159.950

€146.950

€194.950

€136.000

€179.990

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1-VI5-1140

1-AP2-1750

1-BU2-1443

1-AP2-1670

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5 BEDROOM VILLA

2 bedroom apartment

2 BED INDIVIDUAL BUNGALOW

2 BEDROOM APARTMENT

GUAYERO, LOS CRISTIANOS

Chayofa

PLAYA LA FLORIDA GRACIOSA II, LOS CRISTIANOS

€229.990

€645.000

€295.000

€349.950

CRISTIANMAR LOS CRISTIANOS

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Why is it Tax Efficient to hold a Spanish Tax Compliant Bond?

S

etting up a Spanish tax compliant investment is no more difficult than setting up a bank account. Once you have invested you have easy access to your money: regular and one-off withdrawals, to suit your needs.

If you are thinking of investing but concerned about the tax implications of a bond, read on to see how it works.

Tax may be payable if you were tax resident in Spain when you invested in your bond and you make a partial/full surrender or regular withdrawal payment.

The applicable tax rate will depend on your residency status and your individual circumstances at the time you make a partial/full surrender or regular withdrawal payment.

The Individual Income Tax (IIT) regime applies to all individuals who are currently tax resident in Spain and do not benefit from the Special Tax regime.

A withholding tax of 19% over the gain from your bond will be operated. This will be paid to their Spanish fiscal representative who will in turn submit the proceeds directly to the Spanish tax authorities on your behalf. So, how does it work? Look at the generic example below:

Example of a Partial Surrender – no previous chargeable events Premium (initial value assumed used)

€100,000

Surrender Value

€130,000

Partial surrender amount Policyholder resident/Spanish resident before chargeable events (Initial premium/surrender value) x partial surrender amount (€100,000/€130,000) x €5,000 (€5,000 - €3,846.15) Tax at 19% on taxable income (€1,153.85 x 19%) Amount paid to policyholder Surrender value – partial surrender amount (€130,000 - €5,000)

€5,000 Yes Portion corresponding to premium and non taxable €3,846.15 Taxable income (€1,153.85) Tax due €219.23 (€5,000 - €219.23) = €4,780.77 Closing surrender value of Bond €125,000

The above example is for illustration purposes only, your personal circumstances will determine how the bond is taxed.

Please remember that not all bonds are Spanish tax compliant. If you would like further information about the Spanish tax compliant bond, please give us a call for a no obligation chat.

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06:00...................... Breakfast 09:15 ............. Defenders UK 10:00....... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00..............Britain’s Secret Charity Cheats 11:45....................A1: Britain’s Longest Road 12:15............... Bargain Hunt 13:00 ...... BBC News at One 13:45 .........................Doctors 14:15 ....... The Doctor Blake Mysteries 15:10................Escape to the Country 15:40.....The Best Christmas Food Ever 16:30 ...........................Flog It! 17:15 .......................Pointless 18:00 .... BBC News at Six 19:00 .......The One Show 19:30............ River Walks 20:00............. EastEnders 20:30...............Panorama 21:00........ Nadiya’s Asian Odyssey 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.............Ambulance 01:15............... BBC News

monday 10th December

06:00.....The Best Christmas Food Ever 06:45 ...........................Flog It! 07:30 ...........Family Cooking Showdown 08:30 ..................The Week in Parliament 09:00............ BBC News at 9 10:00... Victoria Derbyshire 11:00.BBC Newsroom Live 12:15................. Politics Live 13:00....................... Athletics 14:00............................. Coast 14:15............... Railways: The Making of a Nation 14:45..................Who Do You Think You Are? 15:45..... Gordon Buchanan: Elephant Family and Me 16:45......................Eggheads 17:15...........Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:00.....Richard Osman’s House of Games 18:30................ Strictly: It Takes Two 19:00................. Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 20:00......... Only Connect 20:30............... University Challenge 21:00........... Babies: Their Wonderful World 22:00............. People Just Do Nothing 22:30..............Newsnight 23:15................ Inside the Foreign Office

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 ................... Dickinson’s Real Deal 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....The Martin Lewis Money Show 20:30..............Coronation Street

06:30 ...3rd Rock from the Sun 07:45 .............. Everybody Loves Raymond 08:40 ..................................Frasier 10:05 ..............Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 11:00 ................... The Simpsons 12:00 ...............Channel 4 News 12:05..... A New Life in the Sun 13:05............. My Family Secrets Revealed 14:10........................ Countdown 15:00....................Fifteen to One 16:00 ........... A Place in the Sun 17:00........... Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas 18:00..............The Simpsons 18:30.................... Hollyoaks 19:00.......... Channel 4 News 19:55.........The Political Slot 20:00.................. Liam Bakes 20:30........Food Unwrapped 21:00..........24 Hours in A&E 22:00................... First Dates 23:05................... Emergency Helicopter Medics 00:10....Ramsay’s Hotel Hell

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06:00...................... Childrens’ TV 08:40....................Digby Dragon 08:55 .............................. Shimmer and Shine 09:05 ................... The Secret Life of Puppies 09:15....................... Jeremy Vine 11:15 .....................Mr Christmas 12:45 ....................... Neighbours 13:15......... My Christmas Love 15:00............... Christmas Catch 16:45........................ 5 News at 5 17:00................................ Friends 17:30................................ Friends 18:00................ Neighbours 18:30.......... 5 News Tonight 19:00 .................... Gallagher Premiership Rugby Highlights 20:00............................ Police Interceptors 21:00....Warship: Life at Sea 22:00........ The Sex Business 23:00............ The Internship 01:15...............Super Casino

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06:00...................Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 06:50...... You’ve Been Framed!

07:10.............. Ninja Warrior UK 08:00........................ Emmerdale 08:25............ Coronation Street 09:25 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:20...................Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 10:45...........I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Final 12:15......................... Emmerdale 12:45.............Coronation Street 13:45............................... The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:40....The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:00.....I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Final 19:35..You’ve Been Framed!

20:00....Two and a Half Men 21:00.................. Family Guy 21:30............ American Dad! 22:30.................. Family Guy 23:55............ American Dad! 00:25....Two and a Half Men 00:55.................Bordertown

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Sir Cliff Richard - 60 Years In Public And in Private c h o i c e ITV1, 21.00 This new one-off documentary for ITV features exclusive access to music legend Sir Cliff Richard following one of the toughest periods in his career as he celebrates 60 years in show business.

Featuring interviews with Sir Barry Gibb, Olivia Newton-John, Hank Marvin, Jimmy Osmond, Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Brian May and Dame Joan Collins, this programme reflects on Cliff’s six decades at the top of the charts.

Filmed over a six-month period at his home in Portugal, at Abbey Road Studios and at Wimbledon, as he prepares to launch his 104th album, leaving the events of the last few years behind him, Sir Cliff talks candidly about his career highs and lows and his record-breaking longevity.

In his first in-depth TV documentary interview in years, Cliff talks about the dark days that followed the BBC televised raid on his home in 2014, his battle to clear his name and the people whose support have got him through tough times.

In the programme, he throws open the doors of his winery in Portugal to 1,400 fans, for whom he performs an acoustic concert and poses for individual photos.

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

06:00 .......................Monkey Life

07:10..... Rocket City Rednecks

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

07:00 ... RSPCA Animal Rescue

07:35..... Rocket City Rednecks

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

07:30 ... RSPCA Animal Rescue

08:00..............American Pickers

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

08:00 ............................. Brit Cops: Frontline Crime

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

09:00........................... Babylon 5

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

12:35 .........................Four in a Bed 13:10 .........................Four in a Bed 13:40 .........................Four in a Bed 14:10.......... Come Dine with Me 14:40.......... Come Dine with Me

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10:00..............American Pickers 13:00.............................. Top Gear 14:00.............................. Top Gear

15:00 ...........................MacGyver

15:00.......Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge

16:00 ................. Modern Family

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

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

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

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

16:50........................The Secret Life of the Zoo

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

18:00..... Would I Lie to You?

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

19:20................................. QI

17:55 ........................The Supervet

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

18:55 ................ The Supervet

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

20:00...... Cops UK: Bodycam Squad

19:55 ..............Grand Designs

20:00 .................... Supergirl

21:00...World’s Most Extreme

21:00 ......... An Idiot Abroad

22:00................ Pearl Harbour

23:00 ..............The Reluctant Landlord

15:15 ..........Come Dine with Me 15:50 ..........Come Dine with Me

23:10 ............. 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

21:00.............. Dave’s Advent Calendar 21:05............................ QI XL 22:00..............Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish

00:10.............24 Hours in A&E

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

01:15........... Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

00:00............The Late Late...

23:40..... Would I Lie to You?

01:00...................SEAL Team

01:00............................ QI XL

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

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06:00....................... Breakfast 09:15.............. Defenders UK 10:00....... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00..............Britain’s Secret Charity Cheats 11:45....................A1: Britain’s Longest Road 12:15............... Bargain Hunt 13:00....... BBC News at One 13:30.....BBC London News 13:45..........................Doctors 14:15........ The Doctor Blake Mysteries 15:10................Escape to the Country 15:45.....The Best Christmas Food Ever 16:30............................Flog It! 17:15........................Pointless 18:00..... BBC News at Six 19:00........The One Show 19:30............. EastEnders 20:00.............. Holby City 21:00...........Mrs Wilson

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23:45.........Stacey Dooley in the USA 00:40............... BBC News

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06:30.....The Best Christmas Food Ever 07:15............................Flog It! 08:00.......... MasterChef: The Professionals 09:00............. BBC News at 9 10:00... Victoria Derbyshire 11:00..BBC Newsroom Live 12:15.................. Politics Live 13:00.................... Think Tank 13:45...................Reel History of Britain 14:15................ Railways: The Making of a Nation 14:45..................Who Do You Think You Are? 15:45..... Gordon Buchanan: Elephant Family and Me 16:45......................Eggheads 17:15...........Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:00.....Richard Osman’s House of Games 18:30................ Strictly: It Takes Two 19:00................. Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 20:00..... MasterChef: The Professionals 21:00.................... School 22:00............. I’ll Get This 22:30..............Newsnight 23:15......................... NFL 00:05........ A Hotel for the Super Rich and Famous

Mrs Wilson BBC1, 21.00

More desperate than ever to find out the truth, Alison (Ruth Wilson) delves further into her shared past with Alec (Iain Glen), remembering both the good times and the terrible - and trying to uncover the true depth of her husband’s lies.

Hearing wildly differing theories from different angles, one painting Alec as a wronged hero, the other as a cruel fantasist, an overwrought Alison is no longer sure who to believe.

A final shock revelation inspires a profound and drastic new beginning for her.

06:00............. Good Morning Britain

06:30....3rd Rock from the Sun 07:45............... Everybody Loves Raymond 08:40...................................Frasier 10:10...............Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 11:05.................... The Simpsons 12:00................Channel 4 News 12:05..... A New Life in the Sun 13:05..............My Family Secrets Revealed 14:10........................ Countdown 15:00....................Fifteen to One 16:00............ A Place in the Sun 17:00........... Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas 18:00..............The Simpsons 18:30.................... Hollyoaks 19:00.......... Channel 4 News 19:55.........The Political Slot 20:00............. Celebrity Lego Masters at Christmas 21:00.......... 999: What’s Your Emergency?

22:00.................. Gogglebox 23:05................... First Dates 00:10.......Paul Heaton: From Hull to Heatongrad

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

22:50......Britain’s Busiest Airport - Heathrow 23:20.......Lethal Weapon

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.................... Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00...............Tipping Point 17:00.....................The Chase 18:00................. ITV News London 18:30............ ITV Evening News 19:00............ Emmerdale 19:30... The Royal Variety Performance 2018

09:15........................Jeremy Vine

06:00...................Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records

11:15...........Murder, She Baked: A Christmas Pudding Mystery

06:50.........You’ve Been Framed Gold at Christmas

12:45........................ Neighbours

08:00......................... Emmerdale

13:15.........................Christmas in Homestead

08:25.............Coronation Street

15:00....................... Christmas by the Book 16:45......................... 5 News at 5 17:00................................. Friends 17:30................................. Friends

07:10............... Ninja Warrior UK

09:25............................... The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:20........... Planet’s Got Talent 12:15......................... Emmerdale 12:45.............Coronation Street

18:00................. Neighbours

13:45............................... The Ellen DeGeneres Show

18:30........... 5 News Tonight

14:40....The Jeremy Kyle Show

19:00... Ultimate Strongman Team Challenge 2018

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

20:00.....Our Yorkshire Farm

19:30................. You’ve Been Framed Gold at Christmas

21:00.... Draining the Ocean 22:00........ The Sex Business 23:05............ OAPs Behaving Badly

20:00....Two and a Half Men 21:00.................The Holiday

00:05............... Gypsy Kids at Christmas

23:45.................. Family Guy

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

01:35............ American Dad!

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

06:00 .......................Monkey Life

07:10 .... Rocket City Rednecks

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

07:00... RSPCA Animal Rescue

08:00............. American Pickers

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

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

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

08:00............................. Brit Cops: Frontline Crime

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

09:00 ........................... Babylon 5

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

13:35 .....................Four in a Bed

10:00 ...................Warehouse 13

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

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

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

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

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

13:00 .................... Hawaii Five-0 15:00 ...........................MacGyver

15:00 ......Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge

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

16:00 ................. Modern Family

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

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

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

16:50 ................... The Secret Life of the Zoo

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

18:00..... Would I Lie to You?

17:55 .................... The Supervet

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

18:40..... Would I Lie to You?

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

19:20 ................................ QI

20:00 ..........................Arrow

20:00....................... Cops UK: Bodycam Squad

01:10.................. Family Guy

22:05...... ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:35................. ITV News London

00:15............ Jackpot247

18:55 ............. The Supervet 19:55 ........... Grand Designs 21:00..................... Escape to the Chateau 22:00......... The World’s Most Expensive Christmas 23:05..........24 Hours in A&E

21:00.................. SEAL Team 22:00.................. The Russell Howard Hour 23:00.................. A League of Their Own

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

21:00.............. Dave’s Advent Calendar 21:05............................ QI XL 22:00...... Dynamo: Magician Impossible

00:10.........Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

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

01:05......... The World’s Most Expensive Christmas

01:00............Most Shocking

23:40..... Would I Lie to You?

01:50..................... The Heist

01:00............................ QI XL

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

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06:00....................... Breakfast 09:15.............. Defenders UK 10:00....... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00..............Britain’s Secret Charity Cheats 11:45....................A1: Britain’s Longest Road 12:15............... Bargain Hunt 13:00....... BBC News at One 13:45..........................Doctors 14:15........ The Doctor Blake Mysteries 15:15....................... Escape to the Country 15:45..........................The Best Christmas Food Ever 16:30............................Flog It! 17:15........................Pointless 18:00..... BBC News at Six 19:00........The One Show 20:00...... Christmas Shop Well for Less 21:00......The Apprentice 22:00.... BBC News at Ten 22:45..............A Question of Sport 23:15................... Michael Mcintyre’s Big Show 00:20............... BBC News

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06:30 ....The Best Christmas Food Ever 07:15 .............. Bargain Hunt 08:00 ... Great British Menu 08:30 ....................... Trust Me, I’m a Doctor 09:00 ............ BBC News at 9 10:00 .....Victoria Derbyshire 11:00 ...BBC Newsroom Live 11:15 ................. Politics Live 13:00 ................... Think Tank 13:45 ..................Reel History of Britain 14:15................ Railways: The Making of a Nation 14:45..................Who Do You Think You Are? 15:45.............. The Polar Bear Family and Me 16:45......................Eggheads 17:15...........Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:00.....Richard Osman’s House of Games 18:30................ Strictly: It Takes Two 19:00................. Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 20:00..... MasterChef: The Professionals 21:00............... Death and Nightingales 22:00......The Apprentice: You’re Fired!

22:30..............Newsnight 23:15........... Escape From Dubai: The Mystery of the Missing Princess

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 14:00............... Judge Rinder 15:00.................... Dickinson’s Real Deal 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.....Paul O’Grady for the Love of Dogs 20:30..Coronation Street 21:00..I’m a Celebrity...

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06:30....3rd Rock from the Sun 07:45.............. Everybody Loves Raymond 08:40...................................Frasier 10:10...............Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 11:05.................... The Simpsons 12:00................Channel 4 News 12:05..... A New Life in the Sun 13:05..............My Family Secrets Revealed 14:10........................ Countdown 15:00....................Fifteen to One 16:00............ A Place in the Sun 17:00........... Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas 18:00..............The Simpsons 18:30.................... Hollyoaks 19:00.......... Channel 4 News 19:55.........The Political Slot 20:00............. The Secret Life of the Zoo 21:00...... Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds: Christmas 22:00......... The World’s Most Expensive Presents 23:05..........24 Hours in A&E 00:05.................... Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure

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06:00...................... Childrens’ TV 09:15....................... Jeremy Vine

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06:00.................. Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records

11:15 ............................. Home for Christmas Day

06:50 ..... You’ve Been Framed!

12:45 ....................... Neighbours

08:00 ........................ Emmerdale

13:15 ........................Christmas in the Smokies

08:25 ..... You’ve Been Framed!

15:00 ............................ Christmas Connection 16:45 ........................ 5 News at 5 17:00 ................................ Friends 17:30 ................................ Friends 18:00................ Neighbours

07:10 .............. Ninja Warrior UK

09:25 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:20 .......... Planet’s Got Talent 12:15 ........................ Emmerdale 12:45 ........................ You’ve Been Framed! Special

18:30.......... 5 News Tonight

13:45 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show

19:00........ World’s Strongest Man: Giants Live 2018

14:40 ......................... The Jeremy Kyle Show

20:00....................... Kids a&e at Christmas

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

21:00.................Secrets of Ss Great Britain 22:00........ The Sex Business 23:05.............. My Secret Sex Fantasy

20:00....Two and a Half Men 20:30....Two and a Half Men 21:00 ............. Love Actually 23:45 ................. Family Guy

00:05............ Nanna Love: 50 Shades of Granny

00:15.................. Family Guy

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

01:10.................. Family Guy

00:45.................. Family Guy

22:00...... ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:30.. ITV News London 22:45.................... Peston

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

06:00....................... Monkey Life

07:10 .........................Ross Noble

23:45..........The Jonathan Ross Show

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

06:30 .......................Monkey Life

08:00 .............American Pickers

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

07:00 ... RSPCA Animal Rescue

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

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

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

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

08:00 .......... Brit Cops: Frontline Crime

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

09:00 ........................... Babylon 5 10:00 ...................Warehouse 13

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

14:10 ....... Come Dine with Me 14:40 ....... Come Dine with Me

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

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

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

15:50 ....... Come Dine with Me

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

15:00 ......Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge

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

14:00 .................... Hawaii Five-0

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

16:50................... The Secret Life of the Zoo

15:00 ...........................MacGyver

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

16:00 ................. Modern Family

18:00..... Would I Lie to You?

17:55..................... The Supervet

16:30 ................. Modern Family

18:40..... Would I Lie to You?

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

19:20................................. QI

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

20:00............................ QI XL

18:00.................... Futurama 18:30............. The Simpsons

21:00.............. Dave’s Advent Calendar

20:00 ...............DC’s Legends of Tomorrow

21:05............................ QI XL 22:00..................Taskmaster

21:00 ............... The Prestige

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

23:40 .................. The Russell Howard Hour

23:40..... Would I Lie to You?

00:40.......... An Idiot Abroad

01:00............................ QI XL

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

18:55.............. The Supervet 19:55............ Grand Designs 21:00................Egypt’s Great Pyramid: The New Evidence 22:00................... Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb 23:10................... 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 00:10..........24 Hours in A&E 01:15.........Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

11:00 .............American Pickers 13:00............................. Top Gear 14:00............................. Top Gear

00:20..... Would I Lie to You?

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I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! Coming Out e c i o h c ITV1, 21.00

The information contained herein is embargoed from all Press, online, social media, non-commercial publication or syndication - in the public domain - until Saturday 1 December 2018.

For weeks, viewers and the world’s media alike watched as 11 celebrities were stripped of all comfort and dumped in the Australian Jungle, where they survived with no contact from the outside world, completing trials and challenges to stave off hunger.

Now, they return to the lap of luxury and ITV has exclusive access as they settle back into the world they left behind.

I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! Coming Out follows this year’s celebs from the moment they step off the bridge into the arms of their waiting family and friends.

The show will also capture their first day back into their life of luxury. But will they be sad to wave goodbye to their Jungle experience?

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06:00....................... Breakfast 09:15.............. Defenders UK 10:00...............Homes Under the Hammer 11:00..............Britain’s Secret Charity Cheats 11:45....................A1: Britain’s Longest Road 12:15............... Bargain Hunt 13:00....... BBC News at One 13:30.....BBC London News 13:45..........................Doctors 14:15........ The Doctor Blake Mysteries 15:15................Escape to the Country 15:45.....The Best Christmas Food Ever 16:30............................Flog It! 17:15........................Pointless 18:00..... BBC News at Six 18:30............ BBC London News 19:00........The One Show 19:30............. EastEnders 20:00......This is My Song 21:00......The Apprentice: Why I Fired Them 22:00.... BBC News at Ten 22:45....... Question Time 23:45...............This Week

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06:30.....The Best Christmas Food Ever 07:15 .............. Bargain Hunt 08:00 ......... MasterChef: The Professionals 09:00............. BBC News at 9 10:00... Victoria Derbyshire 11:00..BBC Newsroom Live 12:15.................. Politics Live 13:00.................... Think Tank 13:45...................Reel History of Britain 14:15................ Railways: The Making of a Nation 14:45..................Who Do You Think You Are? 15:45.............. The Polar Bear Family and Me 16:45......................Eggheads 17:15...........Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:00.....Richard Osman’s House of Games 18:30................ Strictly: It Takes Two 19:00................. Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 20:00..... MasterChef: The Professionals 21:00......Amazing Hotels Christmas Special 22:00.. Live at the Apollo 22:30..............Newsnight 23:15........... Babies: Their Wonderful World

Celebrity Juice ITV2, 22.00

Keith Lemon hosts the Christmas special of the outrageous comedy panel show, which sees team captains Jimmy Carr and Fearne Cotton going head to head in a series of hilarious games.

Joining the panel for the festive fun is The X Factor Judge Ayda Williams, Number Wizard Carol Vorderman, Loose Woman Stacey Solomon, Drag extraordinaire Courtney Act, the King of Reem Joey Essex and Juice regular Gino D’Acampo.

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................... Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00...............Tipping Point 17:00.....................The Chase 18:00.... ITV News London 18:30....ITV Evening News 19:00............ Emmerdale 19:30...........Meghan: The Story So Far - Tonight 20:00............ Emmerdale 20:30...........Gino’s Italian Coastal Escape 21:00.......Billy Connolly’s Ultimate World Tour 22:00...... ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:30.. ITV News London 22:45......Sir Cliff Richard: 60 Years in Public and in Private 23:45......... Tonight at the London Palladium

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06:30....3rd Rock from the Sun

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

07:45............... Everybody Loves Raymond

08:40 ...................Digby Dragon

06:00...................Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records

08:55 .............................. Shimmer and Shine

06:25 ..................Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records

09:05 ................... The Secret Life of Puppies

06:50 ..... You’ve Been Framed!

09:15....................... Jeremy Vine

08:00 ........................ Emmerdale

12:00 ...............Channel 4 News

11:10 ..........................The Perfect Christmas Village

08:25 ............Coronation Street

12:05 .... A New Life in the Sun

12:45 ....................... Neighbours

13:05 .............My Family Secrets Revealed

13:20 ....................The Christmas Calendar

09:25 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show

14:10 ....................... Countdown

15:00 .....................Call Me Claus

15:00 ...................Fifteen to One

16:45 ........................ 5 News at 5

16:00 ........... A Place in the Sun

17:00 ................................ Friends

17:00 .......... Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas

17:30 ................................ Friends

13:45 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show

18:00................ Neighbours

14:40 ...The Jeremy Kyle Show

18:30.......... 5 News Tonight

18:00.... You’ve Been Framed!

08:40...................................Frasier 10:10...............Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 11:05 ................... The Simpsons 11:30................... The Simpsons

18:00 .............The Simpsons 18:30 ................... Hollyoaks 19:00 ......... Channel 4 News 20:00 ......... Amazing Spaces Winter Wonderland 21:00 ......................The First

19:00......... Esther Rantzen’s House Trap 20:00................. Shop Smart, Save Money

07:10 .............. Ninja Warrior UK

08:55 ............Coronation Street

10:20 .......... Planet’s Got Talent 12:15 ........................ Emmerdale 12:45 ............Coronation Street

19:00.... You’ve Been Framed!

20:00....Two and a Half Men 21:00 ................. Family Guy

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21:00......Oxford Street 24/7

22:00.........Celebrity Juice

22:00......................... Edge of Tomorrow

23:05 ................. Family Guy 23:30 ................. Family Guy

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

06:00........................Monkey Life

07:10 .........................Ross Noble

06:30........................Monkey Life

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

08:00 .............American Pickers

07:00.... RSPCA Animal Rescue

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

08:00.............................. Brit Cops: Frontline Crime

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

09:00 ........................... Babylon 5

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

22:00....... Naked Attraction 23:05 ................. Gogglebox

10:30 ..................................A Place in the Sun 11:35 .....................Four in a Bed 12:05 .....................Four in a Bed 12:35 .....................Four in a Bed 13:10 .....................Four in a Bed 13:40 .....................Four in a Bed 14:10 ....... Come Dine with Me 14:40 ....... Come Dine with Me 15:15....... Come Dine with Me 15:50 ....... Come Dine with Me 16:20 ....... Come Dine with Me 16:50 ................... The Secret Life of the Zoo

10:00 ...................Warehouse 13 11:00 ............NCIS: Los Angeles 13:00 .................... Hawaii Five-0

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11:00 .............American Pickers 13:00 ............................. Top Gear 14:00 ............................. Top Gear

14:00 .................... Hawaii Five-0

15:00 ......Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge

15:00........................... MacGyver

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

16:00................. Modern Family

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

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

18:00..... Would I Lie to You?

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

18:40 .... Would I Lie to You?

18:00 ....................Futurama 18:30 .............The Simpsons 19:00 .............The Simpsons 19:30............. The Simpsons

19:20 ................................ QI 20:00 ........ Beat the Internet with John Robins

20:00 .................... The Flash

20:30......... Beat the Internet with John Robins

21:00 ............... Dc’s Greatest Moments

21:00.............. Dave’s Advent Calendar

22:00 .................. The Russell Howard Hour

21:05.............Not Going Out

22:00 .............Berlin Station 23:10 .........24 Hours in A&E

23:00.......... An Idiot Abroad

23:40..... Would I Lie to You?

17:55 .................... The Supervet 18:55.............. The Supervet 19:55 ........... Grand Designs 21:00 .........24 Hours in A&E

22:40............................ QI XL

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8th December siam mall www. ccsiammall.com

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yates, Starco, Las AMericas

La Mesa restaurant, Amarilla golf

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23rd Los Silos International Storytelling Festival

Los Silos, its people, streets, homes, and hidden corners…. In short, the entire town is the setting every December for the Storytelling Festival. This year it takes as its theme the Washerwomen of Los Silos, those “truly flying muses who fly through the air amid clothes and stories”.

9th Arico Gastronomy Fair 2018: Indulging the Senses

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9th Guía de Isora Tapas Route

Following the successes of previous years Guía de Isora once again hosts its Tapas route, which is aimed at promoting the town’s products and rich gastronomy.

The Arico Gastronomy Fair: Indulging the Senses is back for another year. It gives bars and restaurants in the town the chance to promote their specialities in the form of a tapa accompanied by a glass of local wine or a beer.

Customers can thus indulge their senses and enjoy an attractive and affordable product in small quantities. from 6th December arico www.arico.es

this weekend

K42 Anaga Marathon 2018

Now in its ninth year, this mountain race takes runners through the Anaga Rural Park, which has been designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. The event features various distances - K42, K21, K12 and the KVertical - and, for the eighth consecutive year, has been included in the K42 Adventure Marathon Series.

until 9th Dec Guia de isora www.guiadeisora.org

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Ladies’ Day

Coffee, chat, downtime, relaxation horseriding - Tuesday 11am - 1pm.

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every tuesday, 11am

8th - 9th december

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Horse & pony riding, la camella

anaga

www.cuentoslossilos.es

Tel: 605 146 183 / 696 797 693

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All smiles as op kids Christmas party drive to local theatre Live Arico News

A HOSPITAL in Bilbao allows children to “drive” themselves to operating theatres in toy electric cars, to let them assume their ordeal is actually a lot of fun.

The IMQ Zorrotzaurre has bought a job-lot of babycars, which porters operate by remote control.

And the kids, kitted out in gowns and gauze caps, climb aboard and steer the

machine. At least, that’s what they think they’re doing.

Hospital staff say the journeys, from wards or A&E to the theatre block, were always punctuated with sobbing, and calls for mum or dad, among other displays of nerves and anguish.

Naturally, these trips were extremely distressing for the kids, as well as those working in the department.

Now, though, most of the children, aged two to six, are excited about driving to the operating theatre,

and everyone who uses the car is calm and contented, with no tears for fears.

“It’s a simple idea, but it’s proven to be of great value in terms of humanising paediatric surgery at our clinic,” said Dr Nicolás Guerra, Director-General of the IMQ Clinics chain.

He added that the toycar idea had already been adopted by some State hospitals, as well as those in the UK, France and the US, where they are already stocking toy cars for theatre trips.

Scooter tragedy may spark stern new law

A JUDGE is investigating the death of an elderly woman, who was struck by an electric scooter as she was out for a stroll with her walker, in the Catalan town of Esplugues de Llobregat, last August.

It is the first known case in Spain of a pedestrian getting killed by a personal transporter, raising renewed concerns about the rapid increase of alternative mobility devices in cities across the country.

What happened to her could happen to anyone, and, last month, Interior Minister Fernando GrandeMarlaska said the criminal code would be reformed, to try to address the conflict between pedestrians and those using the devices.

The Minister said that users themselves were “vulnerable”, but he added: “They can also cause significant harm to third parties, depending on how they use the device.”

Prosecutors, and the investigating judge, suspect that the youth riding the scooter was looking down at his cellphone when he crashed into the 90-year-old woman.

The youngster is facing possible charges of involuntary manslaughter, while a second youth, who was with him, has been summoned as a witness in the case.

Sources familiar with the investigation told newspaper El Pais that the rider was using the Google Maps app on his phone, when he crashed into the woman.

The accident took place on a pedestrianised section of the Rambla del Carme thoroughfare. The scooter was moving at nearly 30

km/h, which is normal for this type of personal mobility device.

But several municipalities, including Madrid and Valencia, have already introduced rules banning the use of scooters on sidewalks.

In August 2017, Barcelona moved to ban Segways and electrically-powered scooters and skateboards from the historic city centre.

And the Spanish traffic authority (DGT) is working on national guidelines.

Manoli, a store owner in Esplugues, wants these devices to be regulated, to avoid more tragedies.

“What happened to her could happen to anyone,” he said. “When I see one of those scooters going by at full speed, I get the shivers.”

Jorge Ordás, Deputy Director of Mobility at Spain’s traffic authority, told the newspaper that his department was hoping to set a 25km/h national speed limit for scooters.

OUR Christmas Party is being hosted by Howlin At The Moon, which is under Laguna Park 1, San Eugenio, next Saturday (15th December) from 2-6pm. It will be a great afternoon of Christmas fun and entertainment.

We are dedicating this benefit to poor little Fleur, who was spotted by a driver at the weekend, tied up behind a garage. She was emaciated and in poor condition, and had a carrier bag covering her back leg.

Once removed, it exposed a huge tumour that has caused her a lot of suffering, for a long time. She is now with our vet, and this week will reveal whether she needs to have her leg amputated.

Even if she does, this Christmas will be the first that Fleur knows that she is loved. She will be on her way to recovery, and have the best Christmas we can give her.

Some of the island's best acts will be at the party to entertain you. There will be raffles, games, football cards and a tombola, and lots of party food available … and plenty of Christmas spirit, or just spirits, in general!

So we hope to see you all there, to say thank you in person. It's going to be great afternoon! If you would like to donate a raffle prize, or something for our tombola, we would be very grateful.

If you can't make it on the day, but would like to help Fleur through her treatment, you can donate

by Paypal: (livearico@gmail. com).

Help from our friends We have received a donation of 200 euros from a group of people who regularly support us. A huge thank-you goes to them all, especially Martin Lyons (building contractor) and Fran Smith.

Dog-walking club Every Saturday, the dogs have a fabulous time with the walkers, and are looking forward to going out for a wander again tomorrow, from 9am-1pm. Please feel free to pop along, even if it’s just for a chat. If you have any questions, WhatsApp Oceana on 0033 659 242 572, for further details.

Live Arico shops Come and bag a fantastic Christmas bargain at our shops: San Eugenio - opposite Hotel La Nina, at Las Carabelas, near Amanda's Bar. Open weekdays 10am4pm, Saturday 10am-2pm and now Sundays 11am3pm.

Los Cristianos - Calle Revron, near Thistle and Dragon Bar and play-park.

Open Monday-Friday 10am4pm, Saturday 10am-2pm, and now Sundays 11am3pm.

Join us on Facebook - Live Arico P.A.W.S Tenerife twitter.com/live_arico

Holidays galore for workers in Britain

WORKERS in the UK and Spain take more annual holidays than any other employees in the world, according to a new study.

The poll, by travel agency Expedia, revealed that Spain, followed closely by the UK, are the “least-holiday-deprived” countries.

The annual survey measures the holiday habits of some 11,114 adults, in 19 countries.

Most respondents in Spain had taken 21-30 days off in a year, which also applied to more than 50% of UK workers.

Despite coming out as the most satisfied countries in the study, however, they still complained, with 47% of Spaniards and 48% of Brits stating they do not have enough holidays.

Unsurprisingly, perhaps, Indian workers were the most holiday-deprived, the country’s punishing work culture taking its toll on a whopping 75% of them.

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News

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Transgender op beats clock, by a decade!

Cesar Noval performed rapid sex-change surgery

IN just 17 hours, a Spanish doctor has performed radical sex-change surgery, which usually takes up to 10 years in Spain.

The astonishing medical breakthrough was performed by a Spanish team, on a 29-year-old transgender man, at Valenciabased private hospital Imed.

Gender reassignment surgery can take between 8-10 years through the Public Health system, because the operations are performed by several teams and services.

If patients choose private hospitals, they will have four operations over two years, with a six-month gap at least between each procedure.

But after training in the US, surgeon Cesar Noval learned how to trim the procedure to just one day.

The pioneering, 17-hour op involved constructing a penis (phalloplasty) and removing the patient’s internal female organs and breasts, while work was carried out on his face to give it a more masculine look.

Noval confirmed that the patient, from Valencia, paid more than 20,000 euros for the “express” service.

The patient had the surgery two months ago, and is said to be recovering well, although Noval admits his sex life is still somewhat limited.

To go through gender-reassignment surgery, a patient must be in good physical health and must have passed thorough, psychological tests.

The patient in this case had spent 15 years living as a man and three years using hormone-replacement therapy, with a strong support network.

Molly’s Animal-Care News

Molly’s Xmas party WELL, what a week for Molly’s. On Saturday, we held our Chrismas party charity event at Gulliver’s Grillhouse, on San Blas.

It was a fantastic event with lovely food, lots of dancing and Christmas spirit in abundance! All at Molly’s would like to say a huge thank-you to our entertainers: Gary Barnes, Gordon Sharp, Terry Dunne, Norma Jean, Anne Marie Dorrity and Luke Maynard.

We would also like to thank those who donated raffle prizes, and, of course, those who attended. We were delighted to raise 645 euros, which will really help to support furbabies, over the Christmas period.

More events are planned for 2019,

so please watch this space! We are still looking for animal lovers with a few hours to spare, who would like to join our team of volunteers, either at the shop on San Blas, or the kennels in Charco del Pino.

Please contact Paula or Elaine, for more details.

At this time of year, we are also in desperate need of blankets to keep the furbabies warm on these colder nights. If you have any to donate, please drop them off, either at our charity shop on San Blas, or at our vets in Los Abrigos.

All at Molly’s would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support this year, and send you our warmest wishes for a happy and healthy Christmas.

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Community News

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Cats Welfare News

Carbon and Coal These little black beauties are 14 weeks old, and still looking for a loving home.

They have been wormed and deflead, and had both sets of injections.

Please remember that all black kittens are neutered and microchipped, free of charge. If you would like to meet them, please send us a Facebook private message.

All kittens go for a week's trial in your home, Adoptions We have lots of other adorable kittens available, all waiting to be adopted so that they can start their new lives in special, forever homes!

As well as an abundance of kittens, we have several adult cats who would love to be snuggled up on someone's sofa today. There are males and females, ranging from 18 months to seven years. All adults are leukaemia negative, neutered, vaccinated and microchipped.

If you are interested, please contact us via Facebook.

Alternatively, ring/WhatsApp Sandra (English, Spanish and German) on 671 282 773 after 6pm, or Sharon (English) on 662 524 006. As

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K9 News

Come to our Christmas meal!

Tickets are still available for our annual, pre-Christmas dinner and show at Music Hall Tavern tomorrow (8th December). previously mentioned, all cats go for a week's trial, in your home.

Our calendar Our 2019 calendar is now on sale in our shop on San Blas, Golf del Sur. It costs five euros, and is also available from La Taberna, and Cards and Candles, both on San Blas, as well as Revs Motors, Las Chafiras.

Jigsaws required!

We urgently need jigsaw puzzles to sell in the shop.

Please have a dig around at home, and drop them in to us. Can't get there? Ring Mark on 6365 90557, and he'll arrange collection.

Shop volunteers needed We need more volunteers to join our friendly team. The sessions are 10am-2pm and 2-6pm, and two people are on a shift at all times. There are drinks available, and

goodies in the fridge!

If you have some free time and would like to help our cause, please send us a private message via Facebook (Cats Welfare Tenerife), call/WhatsApp Sharon on 662 524 006, or pop into the shop.

Our shop We always need cat food, litter, sheets, towels, bedding etc. for the cats and kittens in our care, and also good quality/condition items for sale in our shop on San Blas, Golf del Sur (behind Hiperdino). It is open seven days a week, 10am-6pm.

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.

Tickets include a threecourse meal, drinks, a live show and much more! For more information, contact Lyn on 626 344 799, or lindamaggs40@gmail.com.

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.

Also, to see daily photos of the walks that take place at K9, like the facebook page Voluntarios del Refugio K9.

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.

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Wine and Dine

By stefania Roberto WE now have something new and different in Los Cristianos!

The Swan’s owner, Anthony and their head chef Tim have, very proudly, put together a very exclusive and special “Rooftop Terrace dining experience”, an intimate fine-dining feast, under the stars!

We arrived, slightly unsure of what to expect, and, after a welcome drink, were led upstairs to the top terrace to take our seats. There is a maximum of 10 spaces per sitting, so booking is essential.

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Rooftop fine dining, under the stars!

This week’s set menu was a five-course fish feast. The menu will be changed every week, so please call for more exact details.

We started with lemon and parsley scallops, seared to perfection, with a pesto dressing, and a fresh side salad with a Caesar dressing.

This was followed by mouth-watering King prawns in whisky and coriander, with a side of garlic bread. Next came the salmon fillet in white wine and dill, with courgette and Canarian potatoes, followed by the flavourful Cajun Cod fillet, with savoury rice.

Tim cooked all the

food in front of us on his special, outdoor plancha, so it could all be prepared to our taste and specification.

To finish, we sampled their delicious, warm, chocolate brownie

with cream! I can tell you, there was a whole lot of empty plates and full stomachs at the end. All the food was washed down with glasses of crisp, white wine.

The meat-feast menu includes fillet steak, herb-marinated chicken and tender duck, and all this for an extremely-reasonable price. It’s a definite must for a romantic

night, or for those foodies who like to eat in a chilled atmosphere.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity. For more information, or reservations, call 922 795 865.

The Swan Fresh food served 7 days a week, all with goodquality produce. We also cater for any special requirements.

Daily Specials. Friday: Cod and chips night.

Sunday Lunch: 12noon - 8pm. Bookings advisable.

Book now for your Christmas parties; we can cater for all your needs.

Plus NEW Feature nights in December. Call for more information and reservations.

In front of Margarita Apartments, Los Cristianos

Open: 10am - Late. Food until 8pm

Call: 922 795 865

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Wine and Dine

7th December - 13th December 2018

Fagan’s Eating House RECENTLY, staff at the Canarian Weekly were lucky enough to be invited to the pre-opening of Fagan’s Eating House, in San Eugenio Alto.

The evening was designed to give guests a taste of what they could expect when dining there, when the restaurant officially opened this week.

The car park was ample, and almost adjacent to the restaurant.

We were greeted by Vicky on arrival, and offered a drink of either bubbles, white or red wine, beer or soft drinks, and shown to a table. It was quite warm, so we sat outside.

We were offered a range of food to try, including cold platters of hams, cheeses, smoked salmon, and black-pepper cream on pumpernickel bread, and a variety of hot food, brought out on black slates.

On the slates we had smoked goats’ cheese with candied chili, homemade mini burgers, and Crazy Calamari, which was fresh squid, chopped, seasoned and herbed, turned into little cakes and served with chiliand-soy mayo.

Also on the slate was Lobster Roll - sliced Atlantic lobster, mixed spring onions and hollandaise sauce, in a

toasted brioche finger bun, and served with root-vegetable crisps.

Having a look at the menu, there was certainly something for everyone, including Eggs Benedict, Eggs Royale, Bircher Muesli (Scottish oats soaked in milk and honey, and served with dried fruit) and The Yoghurt Pot, along with the more traditional items like bacon and eggs.

These are just some of what was on the breakfast menu.

The all-day menu consists of items such as the aforementioned Crazy Calamari, the Fagan Tart (goats’ cheese, onion and blackcurrant tartlet), and freshly-made, seasonal soups.

The main couses include: Chicken (grilled spatchcock poussin, with crushed black potatoes, citrus butter sauce and fresh herbs), Veggie Main (Portobello mushrooms with smoked goats’ cheese, confit heritage tomatoes and crispy leeks), and Fagan’s signature burger (homemade beef, chopped and seasoned with their secret blend of herbs and spices, lettuce, chef’s tomato relish and onion rings, in a toasted brioche burger bun, served with red coleslaw).

And, not to be left out, the beef (aged rib-eye steak, pan fried in garlic emulsion, with hand-cut chips, béarnaise

sauce and watercress).

The full menu is available at www.fagans. es As their website says: “Here at Fagan’s, our daily goal is to create, serve and enjoy fine food. We love fresh food, flavourful food, food that’s in season and food that’s distinct.

“Every morning, before opening the kitchen, we stock our shelves

with market fresh ingredients, so that the food we serve you is as fresh and flavourful as can be. We welcome you to our restaurant, and wish you a hearty appetite.”

Well done Ciaran and the staff on a great, opening evening. I will definitely be going back, even if it is just for the Crazy Calamari and Lobster Roll.

Adeje Chicken in Buzanada Adeje Chicken in Buzanada is owned by Chemmy, who runs the kitchen with all her delicious homemade dishes, and her son, Bryan, who runs the barrestaurant. Chemmy cooks all your chicken dishes: fried, spicy, garlic, honey, roast chicken or Kentucky fried, all accompanied by her homemade sauces. She has now added much more to the menu from escaldon de gofio (a tradtional Canarain dish), sweet and sour ribs, escalope, tradtional vegetable soup (potaje), roast pork and her fantastic mixed grill.

Buzanada Roundabout, Buzanada.

Open: Tues-Sun 10.30am-10.30pm, kitchen closes 4pm-6pm. Closed Mondays.

Call: 922 728 290

Mr Chen New to Los Cristianos!

Eat everything you want without limit.

Choose from noodles, tapas, fusion dishes and all the usual chinese favourites, freshly cooked to order and brought to your table.

Adults: 11.95 euros Children: 6.50 euros Takeaway food available Los Cristianos 1, Avda. Juan Carlos 1 Open: Midday to 11pm

Call: 922 793 357

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Lifestyle

7th December - 13th December 2018

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What should I carry in the car?

By Emma

from Motorworld

AS we are approaching Christmas, you will no doubt have noticed more police on the roads. For this reason, we feel it would be a good idea to remind readers of what they should carry in their vehicle to avoid fines (multas), if they are unfortunate enough to be stopped.

We have covered this subject before. If you are stopped, be polite to the officers, and follow their instructions, especially if you are asked to get out of the car.

In order to be legal, and for your own safety, you must carry reflective jackets in the car for the amount of potential occupants, so, if your car is a five-seater,

then you should have five on board.

These must be kept inside the car, because they must be put on before exiting the vehicle. If you break down on the motorway, put on your jacket and get your two warning triangles from the boot.

Position one approximately 15 metres in front of the car, and the other at the rear, approximately 15 metres away. Stay with your car, but it is safer to climb over the safety barrier, and wait for the breakdown truck to arrive.

All passengers should leave the vehicle, and wait with you in a safe place ie the other side of barrier, or on another road, safely away from oncoming traffic.

Apart from this, you should always make sure you have a legal, spare tyre. Regular checks of this are important, because they could save you a lot of heartache and worry, and loss of time when travelling.

With regards to paperwork, this is far more complex.

Firstly, you should note that only original paperwork must be carried. *Permiso de ciculacion de vehiculo This is the permission for the car to be on the road.

This document carries the make, model, engine size, fuel type, chassis number, registration number, date of first matriculacion, and the date of the last change of ownership.

It also bears the owner’s full name, but no longer shows the address, because of data protection. This is held on the Trafico system. *Ficha Tecnica This is the car’s log book,

holding all the technical data, engine size, model, tyre sizes and the optional sizes permitted, along with the manufacturer’s details and the chassis number.

On the reverse of this (the newer versions are A4 size, so details are all on one side) are details about the ITV, and when it expires.

It is important to note that there will be a specific date on here, whereas the

sticker displayed on the windscreen only shows the month that it is valid until. *In-date, photocard driving licence This can either be a Spanish one, or, if you are not resident, then a European one. *In-date passport *Up-to-date Residencia *Insurance documents, and the receipt for proof of payment of the premium.

For this, we recommend that you have a good “sort out” of old papers, and only keep the most-current, upto-date ones in the car, to avoid any confusion.

If you do not wish to carry your original passport and Residencia, notarised copies are acceptable, legally. With regard to the Ficha Tecnica and Permiso de circulacion, for a fee at Trafico, you can obtain what is known as Copias compulsada of these documents, which are legal to carry and produce, if stopped the police.

Other things you are not legally obliged to carry, but which can prove useful, are a pen and notepad, a small torch, an accident claims form, and a small medical kit. This list is by no means exhaustive, but is a guideline for you.

hair, nail and Beauty salon Emma: Having opened Palm Beach in 2016, and going from strength to strength, she has now had the sister salon, in Hollywood Mirage, since March. Emma has lived in Tenerife for 12 years, and qualified, 14 years ago, as a beauty therapist and nail technician. She also passed the eyelash lift and individual’s eyelash course.

Introducing her team...

Martin Pope: A ladies’ & gents’ hairstylist, with over 25 years spent working in hairdressing, Martin specialises in cutting & colouring hair, for a more-personalised, bespoke, finished result.

Maria Keating: Introducing our aesthetician and Holistic therapist, with over 30 years’ experience. She has been a resident here for 27 years, and is fluent in Spanish. Maria specialises in harmonising and balancing inner-energy levels, taking away stress and anxiety. She is also a qualified masseuse, and skin-care specialist.

Victoria Henderson: Victoria moved to Tenerife, three years ago, from Scotland. She has 16 years’ experience in the hair-and-beauty industry, including owning her own salon in Edinburgh, and has SVQs 1, 2 & 3 in hairdressing. Specialising in all aspects of hairdressing to a high standard, with all up-to-date techniques, Victoria is also qualified in gel/acrylic nails, waxing, tinting, manicures, pedicures & ear piercings.

Tim: He has been working in Palm Beach salon for 12 years, and has 34 years’ experience in unisex hairdressing.

Brooklyn: A qualified beauty therapist, Brooklyn has been in Tenerife for seven years, and does all beauty, Shellac, spray tans etc.

Loyalty cards available to all new and existing clients

Introducing Vicky Simpson, who will be in Tenerife once a month. She is a nurse practitioner in aesthetics, providing a professional service of botox, lip filler, smokers’ lines, marionette lines, cheeks, jaw/chin, tear-through, skin-boosters and dermaplane. Please call for prices and appointments.

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Puzzle / Classified

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!

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Apartment for Sale in Port Royale, Los Cristianos

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Find the answers to these puzzles on our website

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Service Point

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Service point

to advertise here call 822 14 15 17 air-conditioning

chiropodist

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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 Wendy Nelson - Hairdresser and Mobile chiropodist MCFHP-BSC, 25 yrs working for the NHS caring for all foot problems , Home visits and Hotels. Call 634 301 727 or email wendyn476@gmail.com

Health & beauty Jazz Hair, Golf Del Sur. Tel. 922 738 213

Kitchens & bathrooms

cleaning

Colin Taylor – Renovations & Maintenance, Bathrooms, Kitchens, Tiling, Plumbing, Decorating, Plastering etc. Tel: 661 081 843 for quotation.

Lawyers

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

Mechanics

blinds

Painting and Decorating

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Service Point

patio doors & windows

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Pest control

Tiling

Plumbing

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 Pool tables

Removals worldwide

Repairs

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 Menny Fix, Satellite TV Tel 922 792 116 Avnd; Antonio Dominguez 18, Edif: MarOLa Local 2, Los Cristianos. EST 1994, Repairs, Maintenance and Sales.

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personal services San Isidro, young beautiful woman, professional services. No boundary’s. Tel: 612 42 41 43 Los Cristianos, Patricia, Blond, Venezuelan, french, vibrators and kissing, vibrators, private apartment, callouts. Tel: 681 388 162

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Sport

7th December - 13th December 2018

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CD Tenerife

Tenerife fall just wide of the mark

TENERIFE battled their hearts out in the hope of beginning a decent run of form, but they couldn’t quite get the better of a lively Sporting side, despite playing well themselves.

The Asturians started quite well at their El Molinón stadium, in José Alberto’s first home game as first-team coach, with two good chances in the first few minutes.

The first came from Sousa, who hit the ball straight into the hands of keeper Dani Hernández. Frenchman Babin then missed his shot, after a quick freekick that surprised Tenerife.

Perhaps, because of the fright, Oltra’s Tenerife men woke up. They were superior in the final stretch of the first half, and would have gone ahead, had Milla had been more accurate with a shot at an open goal, the ball soaring over the bar.

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ond half, Gijon coach José Alberto made a double change that altered the game’s shape, bringing on Cristian Salvador in midfield, and Englishman Nick Blackman up front.

With two forwards, the Sporting team improved a lot, so much so that Blackman, on loan from Derby County, immediately made a difference by giving more attacking options.

But on the hour, Tenerife must have thought they’d gone ahead. Acosta broke forward and slotted the ball past the Gijon keeper easily, only to be ruled offside.

Three minutes later, Babin broke the deadlock following a corner for the home team, which should have been cleared by Tenerife, the Frenchman’s athletic strike nestling neatly in the far corner.

Then, just four minutes later, Sporting doubled their lead with another excellent goal, this time from Serbian Djurdjevic.

He took the ball neatly on his chest, and sent an

overhead kick from 15 yards, flying past a sprawling Dani in the Tenerife goal, to make it 2-0 after 67 minutes.

Tenerife had battled all match, and given what was possibly the best overall performance of the season under Oltra. And their persistence paid off in the 72nd minute.

The build-up involved slick passing between five players, with Naranjo calmly slotting the ball home to reduce the gap.

But Sporting Gijon tightened up at the back, and controlled the last 15 minutes relatively easily until the end, apart from a lastgasp Milla effort, which was easily saved by Marino.

Although Tenerife suffered another defeat, there were many positives to take from this encounter.

For the first time this season, they operated as a unit, and their understanding of each other on the pitch was greatly improved.

And, despite a four-point gap in the table between

14th and 15th places, Tenerife have a really good chance to narrow this tonight (Friday) at home against Extremadura UD.

The visitors are level on points and also struggling.

But if Oltra’s men repeat their latest performance, expect a good result!

Formula 1

Lewis Hamilton crash, on Yamaha Superbike LEWIS Hamilton, Britain’s five-time Formula 1 world champion, hit the Superbikes’ track in Jerez de la Frontera, in the Cadiz province, last Sunday… in more ways than one!

Along with compatriot Alex Lowes, the Mercedes legend took a spin, just after the Superbikes’ championship final, astride a Yamaha R1.

But he lost control on the Sito Pons bend and bit the dust.

Although the bike took a

fearful bashing, Hamilton (pictured), was unhurt, spending the rest of his day at the Jerez circuit, analysing race data, and mingling with race riders.

He was also in the company of Spanish bike engineer Toni Cuquerella, who joined in the day’s noncompetitive Superbiking, after regular riders had finished their business.

But though Hamilton is better known for his prowess on four wheels, he is a huge motorcycling fan, and owns several bikes.

He is often spotted whizzing round famous race tracks on his exclusive, personalised, MV Agusta, just for fun.

However, his visit to the Jerez track led to speculation about his possible future in motorcycling competition, although he has shown no

signs of wanting to trade in Formula 1, or even dovetail it with another motorsport.

But he would not be the first driver to do so.

Seven-time Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher, ranked among the greatest of all, competed in several Superbikes races after leaving Ferrari, before returning to motor-racing with Mercedes.

But he failed to enjoy the same success as he did behind the wheel, unlike the legendary John Surtees, who won the F1 500cc championship in 1964, after collecting four motorcycle world titles, from 1956 to 1960.

Surtees, who died last year aged 83, is the only man to have conquered the world in both sports.

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Grizzly’s winning feature A SUPERB 116 finish

by Grizzly, backed up by his Pub team-mates, made the Division 1 headlines as they disposed of Palms Pool Bar, with an 8-0 whitewash, to retain their top spot.

Following closely are Pas O Nadas ‘A’, who swept aside Picasso’s with a comfortable 7-1 home success. And Suters 20:30 Crew are also in the hunt, thanks to Ray’s 180, and a 7-1 victory over Mad Hatters.

It will make interesting reading when all the catch-up games have been completed, and Gaffers will have a major say about where the trophy rests, at the end of the season.

Promoted teams Sandys and Legends fought out a cracking match, the latter just scraping through 5-3 after an excellent night of food, banter… oh, and some darts as well!

Division 2 leaders Water-

fall flattened Ourplace Playgirls 8-0, to maintain their five-point advantage, with Julia contributing with an excellent 180. But they have played two more matches than their rivals.

Emerald Lounge ‘B’ are making it a tight division, beating Scooters ‘B’ 5-3 to keep up the pressure, and stay in the race for the main prize.

The Loch-In Bullseyes were grateful to Andy B’s 146 finish as they won 5-3 at Sundowners, for whom Paul produced some fine scores.

Clouseau’s and Nauta Nomads had a dingdong of a match, the home team finally claiming the trebles, for a 5-3 win in a close encounter.

Ourplace Breakaways had the advantage going into the final game at home against Pas O Nadas ‘B’, but the girls displayed their fighting spirit, and pulled off a draw by winning the trebles.

division 1 ResultS

division 2 ResultS

Ourplace Playboys

P-P Pas O Nadas ‘A’ 7-1 The Pub 8-0 SandyS 3-5 Suters 20:30 Crew 7-1

Gaffers Picasso’s Palms Pool BaR LegendS Mad HatterS

division 1 Table

Clouseau’s 5-3 Nauta Nomads Sundowners 3-5 The Loch-In Bullseyes Waterfall 8-0 Ourplace PlaygirlS Emerald Lounge ‘B’ 5-3 Scooters ‘B’ Palms Sports BaR P-P Naughty NautaS Ourplace BreakawayS 4-4 Pas O Nadas ‘B’

Table

P W D L F A +- PTS

division 2 Table

1 The Pub

17 13

1

3 105 31

74

105

Table

P W D L F A +- PTS

2 Pas O Nadas ‘A’

17 13

3

1 104 32

72

104

1 Waterfall

19 11 3 5 97 55 42 97

3 Suters 20:30 Crew 15 12

3

0 94

68

94

26

17 13 3 1 92 44 48 92 2 The Loch-In Bullseyes

4 Gaffers

14 12 2 0 89 23 66 89

3 Emerald Lounge ‘B’ 17 13

5 The Loch-In ‘A’

16 11 1 4 85 43 42 85

4 Clouseau’s

18 12 2 4 4 57 30 87

61

5 Pas O Nadas ‘B’

19

9

4

6 81

71

10

81

17

7

4

6 72

64

8

72

1

5 61

1

9

59

2

2

2

2

48

40

88

6 Ourplace Playboys 15

9

7 Scooters ‘A’

15

5

51

69 -18

51

6 Emerald Lounge

8 Legends

17 3

2 12 41

95 -54

41

7 Ourplace Breakaways 18 5 6 7 67 77 -10 67

9 Picasso’s

16

3

1 12 41

87 -46

41

8 Sundowners

17

7

2

8 67

69

-2

67

10 Sandys

17

1

2 14 35 101 -66

35

9 Scruffy Lads

13

7

2

4 56

48

8

56

11 Mad Hatters

16

2

2 12 32

96 -64

32

10 Nauta Nomads

19

4

2 13 54

97 -42

55

12 Palms Pool Bar

17

0

5 12 30 106 -76

30

11 Scooters ‘B’

All results, league tables and more can be found at: http://cancertenerife.com/oasisfmdarts/

17

4

4

53

82 -28

54

12 Palms Sports Bar 16

4

2 10 53

9

75 -22

53

13 Naughty Nautas 16

4

1 11 52

76 -24

52

14 Ourplace Playgirls 17 1 1 15 39 97 -58

39

Canarian Weekly Handicap Trophy - 2nd Round 14/12/2018 1 Scooters ‘B’ (000) 2 Gaffers (000) 3 The Loch-In ‘A’ (000) 4 Ourplace Breakaways (000) 5 Sundowners (000) 6 Ourplace Playgirls (000) 7 Mad Hatters (000) 8 Suters 20:30 Crew (000)

v v v v v v v v

(000) Waterfall (000) Pas O Nadas ‘A’ (000) Ourplace Playboys (000) Legends (000) Emerald Lounge ‘B’ (000) The Pub (000) Palms Pool Bar (000) Palms Sports Bar

Canarian Weekly Handicap Plate - Pre lim Round 14/12/2018 1 Emeral Lounge (000) v (000) Naughty Nautas Byes: The Loch-In Bullseyes, Clouseau’s, Sandys, Scooters ‘A’, Pas O Nadas ‘B’, Nauta Nomads, Picasso’s All Handicaps will be published on Monday 10th December.

Handicaps are shown in brackets. These matches can not be postponed.

Normal rules apply. 5 singles and 2 doubles, best of 3 legs.

All legs must be played even if one team is in a winning position.

Football

Ashley banking on the January sales!

MIKE Ashley is anxious to sell Newcastle United before the January transfer window. And it looks as though the multimillionaire boss is on the right track, at last, after his 11 turbulent years there.

Non-disclosure agreements are believed to have been signed last month, and at least one of the interested

parties is wealthy enough to deal with the controversial Toon boss, without askingprice complications.

In fact, there could be at least two bidders, who have proved to be serious about the purchase, and both are keen to maintain secrecy.

Former Chelsea chief executive Peyer Kenyon has been trying to attract US investors, so that he can launch a takeover, but he could be struggling to raise the necessary funds.

A Turkish consortium has shown a firm interest since

the start of the season, and, in addition, there are claims that a “multibillionaire, not from the US”, has also made an “acceptable bid” in the last week or so, and is awaiting Ashley’s response.

But because of his numerous, failed attempts to sell the club, it is vital that these prospective buyers appear to have convinced him they have the funds, and the ambition, to take the club forward.

That really would delight

fans, because Ashley, who is asking for more than £300m, confirmed to MPs at a parliamentary select committee, looking into his retail business, that he is in talks and would like to get the deal done before the January transfer window.

“I am hopeful, for the Newcastle fans, for the club and for everybody, that we will be able to get an owner in who will please everybody,” Ashley told Sky News.

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