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JUST about everyone in Tenerife, especially the children here in the South, await this Saturday with great expectations, as The Three Kings of the Orient parade in most boroughs.

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Return of the Three Kings Cont. from Front Thousands of onlookers turn out every year to enjoy the spectacular Saturday parades, especially in Los Cristianos, where the Arona parade takes place.

The best thing about the Three Kings, apart from the presents, the parade and the cake, is that Spaniards are guaranteed another day off work, and children don’t go back to school until after Epiphany!

In most other countries, Christmas decorations have been packed away and normal working life has resumed.

But the holiday spirit continues here until Sunday.

And, for a change this year, Arona’s Majestic Kings will arrive by helicopter tomorrow (Saturday) to Los Cristianos Cultural Centre, at about 6pm, instead of turning up in a boat at the harbour.

As for Adeje, Their Majesties will arrive by helicopter at El Galeón’s Municipal Football Stadium, where they will be greeted by an

official welcoming party.

Then two hours later, the Three Kings Parade, in Calle Grande, takes place, with lots of special guests from the world of children’s

Arona Council invests to improve its service

ARONA Council is investing 700,000 euros to continue with the extension of the highlevel, fibre-optic lines, in all the municipal’s public facilities.

It will result in a better service, both to users of these public spaces and to their own procedures, as well as the administrative work carried out in them.

The investment should give its facilities a higherquality network, be it cultural and civic centres, or sports centres and study halls.

It will provide the necessary financing for this work, and will sign an agreement with Tenerife Cabildo to facilitate the inclusion of Arona in the insular telecommunications circle.

It is also one more step in Arona’s modernisation

and conversion strategy, as an intelligent tourist destination, for which it presented a specific plan to the Cabildo, that will involve an investment of almost 5.7m euros, of which the Town Hall will provide 2.4m euros.

Councillor Francisco Marichal, in charge of the modernisation, stressed: “Arona is travelling, in an intense way, on a path towards its conversion into a municipality and an intelligent tourist destination, for which it is necessary to start up various projects.

“It’s not only the investment in the extension of the fibre-optic network that is necessary. Both the State and the City Council will need to contribute to start-up projects, to make a total digital connectivity possible.”

cinema and television.

Typically, Spaniards tuck into a Roscón de Reyes, a Three Kings cake baked in a ring and decorated with candied fruit and hiding

a, sometimes lucrative, surprise.

A small figurine of the baby Jesus, or a little toy for children, is usually hidden inside the dough, as is a dry

fava bean. Whoever finds the toy is crowned king or queen of the celebration, while the one who finds the bean has to buy the Roscón next year.

Arona goes flat-out to bolster its sports ARONA Council’s Sports Department has begun the year by making a commitment to clubs in the area, allocating a total of 711,109.80 euros in subsidies, to improve and develop their individual activities.

This makes the municipality a pioneer in terms of the income efficiency of these organisations, because it has never been done like this before, and it represents an 80,000euro increase over last year. It is also 77.8% more than the 400,000 euros with which the previous mandate ended.

Half of the money is destined for girls, boys and young people, participating in the activities of local sports clubs of all disciplines.

It also fulfils one of the strategic commitments of this mandate, which is the promotion of sports from an early age, in a municipality which has more than 5,000 participants.

Not only will the clubs receive these grants, but a total of 20,500 euros will be allocated to the institutes for integration and community action

through sports activities.

This will benefit the IES Cabo Blanco, Los Cristianos, Las Galletas, Guaza and Ichasagua in 2019.

There are also subsidies for sports federationbased teams, who will receive 288,541.40 euros, including 41,300 euros for senior football teams.

Arona Mayor José Julián Mena said: “Clubs are the main agents promoting sport in the municipality, so it is essential to collaborate with them and support them.

“They will be able to improve and continue to provide a service that results in the health and quality

of life for residents, but, above all, for the youngsters to be educated for a healthy lifestyle.”

Mena added: “The clubs themselves, and our locals, know that the commitment of this government is not only in terms of subsidies, but in the improvement of the facilities in which they work, and which they are benefiting from like never before.

“The Ayuntamiento has already replaced artificial pitches, installed stands, tannoy systems and markers, in addition to works on football fields and sports halls, as well as more very important projects in the coming months.”

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Emergency Services more in demand over New Year MORE than 1,000 incidents, comprising traffic accidents, house fires and those connected with fireworks, were registered by the Canarian Emergency Services over the New Year.

Officers and medics attended to 1,004 emergencies during New Year’s Eve, and into the early hours of New Year, the total, supposedly, being three times more than any other December night.

In Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, a total of 543 incidents were registered between the hours of 9pm

on 31st December and 8am on New Year’s Day. The other islands of Tenerife, La Gomera and La Palma had 461 emergencies registered in the same period.

Of all the emergencies clocked up across the archipelago, 418 related to public safety, while 351 concerned health.

The fire services said they had more work to do, compared with other days around the festive season, mainly down to incidents involving fireworks.

A Gran Canaria house fire was reported in La Palma’s La Minilla, and a blaze occurred in Tenerife’s Santa Cruz area of La Victoria, which spread across the dry vegetation and caused fire damage to two homes, all sparked off by fireworks.

Cut-price Council!

Ryanair staff off on the same foot again!

HAVING survived a contentious year with Ryanair, the airline’s cabin crew have begun the new year in similar fashion, embarking on three individual days of strike action this month.

ADEJE Council ended 2018 by cancelling certain local charges, which will certainly please its residents.

They will not have to fork out to register on the “padrón” for travel or residency certificates, among others, which, until now, were free of charge, but only if carried out online.

According to a report, presented to the Council meeting just before the new year, the aim of the change is “to speed up the process involved in administration contracts”.

And, said Local Taxes

Councillor Epifanio Díaz Hernández: “ With the elimination of certain charges, we will be reducing the time needed to manage money in the public offices.”

He added: “In this way, we can also free up human resources, allowing those people, who have to dedicate a lot of time dealing with the cash payments for these measures, to spend more quality time dealing with the public.”

Other local charges will be modified, including the removal of vehicles, parked illegally and placed in the municipal car lot.

The new cost will run in line with the charges imposed by the company which

remove the cars. Payment methods are also being refined, and the driver affected by a car being removed can make a direct payment by card through a bank ATM or a transfer. But payment cannot be made in cash. Councillor Hernández said: “In a short time, the Council’s aim is to eliminate all cash payments and establish a homogeneous system of payments online, or through transfers.

“Ideally, it will encourage more people to deal with the Council through its online system.”

A new system of cancelling direct debits for the public was also approved at the meeting.

The Sitcpla and USO unions announced that they will strike on the 8th, 10th and 13th January, following a meeting on 28th December at the Interconfederal Mediation and Arbitration Service (SIMA), which failed to avert industrial action.

In a joint statement, the unions said that cabin crew from all bases in Spain would be called out on strike. They say that about 1,800 staff in Spain are demanding better pay and conditions, claiming that all they want is for the airline “to comply with Spanish legislation”.

The unions pointed out that the airline still had 10 days to rethink and avoid this new protest.

The last major strike by Ryanair staff, in September 2018, led to more than 190 flights being cancelled.

At the time, Ryanair’s Kenny Jacobs said: “We sincerely apologise to those customers affected by

these unnecessary strikes, which we have done our utmost to avoid, given that we have already offered these unions recognition agreements, Collective Labour Agreements, and a move to local contracts/law in 2019.”

But there’s more bad news for the Irish budget airline.

According to Which? Travel, Ryanair suffers most from incidents caused by the results of excessive alcohol by onboard travellers. And a new survey shows that one in six passengers reports inflight disruption.

In a survey of 7,900 readers, 17% of those who had flown on the airline in the past year reported that they had experienced “shouting, drunkenness, obnoxiousness, verbal abuse or other problems”.

Ryanair is, currently, Europe’s largest low-cost carrier, and operates some 2,000 daily flights, from 89 bases in Europe, including 13 in Spanish airports.

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Unique rock formation is established in a flash

SPANISH scientists have discovered a unique rock formation in a rugged region to the north of Gran Canaria, close to an archaeological dig.

Calcite sediment had been deposited in a series of pools and waterfalls in the Calabozo gulley, which have since dried up. But they would have been reminiscent of the white terraces in Pamukkale, Turkey, or the Iberian Peninsula’s Ruidera lakes, in their day.

Pamukkale and Ruidera

were formed over hundreds of thousands of years, yet the Calabozo formation took fewer than three decades.

On these volcanic islands, including Tenerife, the subterranean water is rich in bicarbonate, calcium, magnesium, sodium, silicon and carbon dioxide.

And towards the end of the last century, the Canarian plantations were irrigated with water from wells and tunnels.

Before a modern irrigation system was installed, water was extracted from high, hilly ground, and ran downwards, leaving a trail of calcite sediment

and other minerals in its wake.

It was this geological process, accelerated by the irrigation system, which produced the ultra-rapid formation in Calabozo, which is 20 metres high and the same measurement across.

The research team, comprising four geologists from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), the Institute of Geoscience (UCM-CSIC) and Las Palmas University, have been studying the phenomenon for seven years.

They have just published an article on their work in the scientific journal

Sedimentology, which appears on the front cover of the latest edition.

The scientists believe that the Calabozo formation was completed between the 1950s and the 1980s.

And, since completing their Calabozo gulley research, Alonso’s team have found other, similar sediments on Tenerife, and they believe there are yet more, awaiting discovery.

Men who wouldn’t pay restaurant bill arrested

THREE men were detained by police officers after dining at an Adeje restaurant on New Year’s Eve, and then, after refusing to pay the bill, assaulted the staff.

The scene caused such a commotion that the rest of the diners, mainly families with children, enjoying their New Year celebrations, left the restaurant for fear of becoming involved in the brawl, unwittingly.

Officers were told that when the trio refused to cough up, they began offering several excuses. But the episode suddenly got out of hand, and ashtrays and cutlery were flung across the restaurant, persuading the genuine diners to disappear.

Also, an unlucky staff member was hit in the face and needed medical assistance.

When the police arrived, they found one of the three men outside the premises, and, once arresting him, officers were able to trace his companions to the reception of the hotel in which they were staying.

National Police, working with Adeje’s Local Police, charged the Englishmen with assault.

The trio, aged 59, 37 and 20, who ran up a 270-euro restaurant bill between them, are now awaiting a court hearing.

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NEWS IN BRIEF Voters want early election

NEARLY 55% of Spaniards are keen to go to the polls early for a snap General Election, if the Government’s budget is voted down.

A new survey, from Sigma Dos and a prominent Spanish newspaper, showed that supporters of all parties, including the ruling, left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE), wanted to bring the date of a national ballot forward.

The next General Election must be held no later than 2020, and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has, repeatedly, ruled out calling for an early vote.

The Sigma Dos poll found 54.8% of Spaniards are in favour of holding an election this March, if the government’s budget is not approved.

The ruling PSOE party, governing as a minority party, relies on the support of smaller parties, which include the leftist Podemos and regional groups, to pass legislation.

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EU issues a ban on plastic cutlery sales STRAWS and plastic cutlery are among a list of single-use products which, insists the European Union, must be taken off the market from 2021 as part of a fight against marine pollution.

These items are two of the 10 most-frequently-found, discarded products, on European beaches. And institutions within the EU have, “in record time”, closed an agreement to veto their “commercialisation”.

Member states now have two years in which to make changes to their national legislation.

The aim is to eliminate

from supermarkets, the plastic products for single use which have “easily available and affordable alternatives”.

Watch Moon eclipse soon

A TOTAL eclipse of the Moon, set to take place this month, will be visible from Spain, according to the country’s National Geographic Institute (IGN).

The eclipse, which should begin at around 3.35am on Monday, 21st January, will last for over an hour, says the IGN. The phenomenon will be most visible in the western part of Spain, and it will be also visible from Western Europe, parts of the Americas and the Pacific.

Biker was out of control

A MAN aged 35, who was riding a quad bike, was heavily bruised after losing control of the machine while leaving the TF-21 on Sunday afternoon.

The accident happened on a slip road, as the rider was coming off the TF-21 near the famous Humboldt landmark, in the La Orotava municipality.

The emergency services were notified and, upon arrival, the ambulance team immediately assessed the injured man.

Fortunately, it was only bruising, but he was transferred to Hospiten Bellevue in Puerto de la Cruz, where he was admitted for observation as a safeguard.

Spain’s rare rubella outbreak

HEALTH officials have reported a rare outbreak of rubella in the Aragón region of north-eastern Spain.

The disease, which has affected 12 people in Zuera so far, is the region’s first scare since 2012. And Spain achieved elimination status for rubella in 2015, according to the World Health Organisation.

Rubella, also called German measles, is a disease spread by the coughs and sneezes of infected people. Symptoms include rash and fever for 2-3 days.

Rubella is extremely dangerous for pregnant women and their developing babies.

If an expectant woman is hit by the rubella virus, her baby could have birth defects such as deafness, cataracts (blurred vision), heart defects, mental disabilities, and organ damage.

Winter sales fuelling work-contract boom THE winter sales are about to begin, and, with them, come more employment across the Canaries.

Across the Archipelago, some 3,503 work contracts are expected to be generated, according to human-resource

group Adecco.

These figures are an increase of 4% more than last year, when, during the 2018 winter sales, 3,338 contracts were generated.

At the beginning of 2018, contracts adding up to 1,877 were accounted for in Tenerife, while Gran Canaria capital Las

Palmas issued some 1,626.

Throughout the whole of Spain this winter, the sales campaign is expected to generate 122,900 work contracts, through consumer demand.

The contracts will be drawn up, mostly, in the areas of sales, promotion and customer services.

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Nativity spectacle is still a massive draw

THE Belen de Arena (nativity scene), in Gran Canaria’s Playa de las Canteras, opened its doors on 30th November… and officials are still celebrating!

That’s because some 200,000 visitors have already viewed this complex work of art. And, though the doors close on Monday (7th January), people are still flocking to view it.

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It is anticipated that this year’s figure will surpass the 214,000 who had the pleasure, two years ago.

It is definitely an attraction not to be missed, and, over the last few weeks,

the Nativity Scene has welcomed at least 200 schoolchildren.

While on site, the kids learn how to model the sand, as well as appreciating the great efforts made by

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THE fashion world is finding ways of giving that wretched plastic material a more positive spin, thanks to a handful of designers and brands.

Designers are beginning to weave recycled PET (polyethylene terephthalate) into their latest creations.

And Spain’s coastline, now the source of a healthy Mediterranean diet, also provides recycled thread.

Javier Goyeneche, driven by frustration at the excessive use of the world’s natural resources, set up Ecoalf in 2009 in a bid to create a truly sustainable fashion brand.

By 2015, his Upcycling the Oceans programme was plundering Spanish and Thailand’s seas for plastic waste.

Since then, remarkably, around 3,000 fishermen have reeled in 250 tons of it, and, subsequently, seeing it being turned into sneakers and a range of jackets and coats, in which consumers can feel good.

Meanwhile, Spanish designers Juanjo Oliva and Moisés Nieto have come up with recycled plastic collections, which have already adorned Spain’s most prestigious catwalks.

Juanjo, selected by recycling pioneers Ecoembes to produce designs using

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Fashion world now supplying plastic designs

recycled PET for the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in July, delivered what he dubbed the Oliva Collection III. Nearly all the garments were cut from 100% PET fabrics, into a no-frills allweather look, in muted shades of blue and black.

And, as Juanjo says, the recycled PET fabric currently available is similar to nylon.

Meanwhile, Juanjo and Moisés Nieto, another Spanish designer, have come up with recycled plastic collections, which have adorned the country’s most prestigious catwalks.

“Fortunately, consumers are increasingly aware of the importance of caring for the environment,” says Nieto.

“The Brands with Values study revealed that 60%

of Spaniards prefer to buy clothes which have been made with the social and environmental impact in mind.”

But Spanish designer Paloma del Pozo is not as upbeat about consumer awareness. “I give talks at universities and the students end up with their mouths open,” she says.

“They have no idea how much of their clothes are

made from plastic, or the volumes of polluting chemicals used in the production process.

“There’s also the social aspect. So many people in the industry outsource to companies in the developing world, where child-labour is common. These are the things we don’t see.”

According to Paloma, fashion is now the secondmost-contaminating industry on our planet, hard on the heels of the oil sector.

“Clothes get thrown out and leak chemicals into the environment,” she stresses.

“We have to buy less.”

Juanjo agrees, saying: “Greater thought needs to go into our wardrobes.

People have mounds of clothes that lack character and design, and all they do is fuel the consumer machine.

“Marketing has drilled it into us that it is good to buy on impulse, and they’ve done a great job of turning us into sheep.”

It takes between 4501,000 years for plastic to decompose, which gives it plenty of time to poison the planet’s ecosystems.

And discarded clothes have become a huge part of the problem.

But, on the bright side, Paloma says: “I’m convinced we’ll get to the point where plastic stops being produced. Meanwhile, I understand we have to give what we have a use.”

Happy birthday, Worldwide Moving & Storage

WORLDWIDE Moving & Storage, at Las Chafiras, are celebrating their 30th birthday!

It was founded in 1988, to serve the moving needs of British clients, who were taking the massive decision to change their lives and move to the Canary Islands. Every detail was a test of ingenuity and guile, and how to successfully achieve their goal.

How different those days were, and how much has changed in those 30 years.

Moving to the Canaries used to be a challenge, but this is now a very smooth import/ export experience, because we have built a good and trustworthy reputation with the local customs, shippers and agents, on all the Canary Islands.

Under new management since last year, Worldwide Moving has developed in to an international company, building strong relationships with our counterparts in Germany, France, Holland, Italy and Belgium, and

many other European and international offices.

The multilingual team have made a huge difference to every European resident on all the Canary Islands, assuring them of the seriousness and professionalism, undertaken in their work.

Apart from the (inter) national removals, Worldwide Moving has also become a serious storage business, having seen this

department grow, year by year.

To this end, they opened a new storage warehouse facility in Las Chafiras, close to the existing premises, on Tuesday (1st January), and will be offering, as a limited promotion, discounted storage rates, throughout the early part of this year.

Together with this new storage facility, they will also be incorporating new

offices and additional security systems to the existing ones, having 24hour camera surveillance which extends to all parts of the warehousing, giving your effects 365 days of security, and peace of mind for you.

Worlwide’s international spread enables us to provide quotations from all areas of the world, to and from the Canary Islands.

Worldwide Moving offers

regular container shipping, to and from London, ensuring a high-quality service.

Whether it is your own, exclusive container or our groupage service, Worldwide Moving endeavor to fulfill their commitment, as always in the past, to a professional and reliable movement of your treasured effects.

Regular shipments are carried out every week to all parts of the world, which can be challenging, but their experience in this field is second to none.

So, what will happen in the next thirty years? None of us knows, but you can bet that your local removal company, Worldwide Moving & Storage, will be leading the way, taking care of your effects in the same way they have over the last thirty.

The team of Worldwide Moving & Storage would like to take this occasion to wish all their customers a very happy and prosperous 2019.

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FRENCH adventurer Jean- Jacques Savin is already several days into his Atlantic crossing, in a specially-built orange barrel.

The 71-year-old, former paratrooper has no engine, sails or paddles, and his unusual craft relies on trade winds and currents to push him 4,800kms, from his El Hierro launch to the Caribbean.

Jean-Jacques, who hopes to achieve his ambition in about three months, describes his journey as a “crossing in which man isn’t captain of his ship, but a passenger of the ocean”.

The adventurous old boy spent months at a shipyard, building his bright-orange, barrel-shaped capsule, which features resin-coated plywood, strong enough to withstand battering waves and other stresses.

The barrel, three metres long and 2.10 metres across, has a small galley area, and a mattress with straps to keep him from being tossed out of his bunk when facing rough seas.

He also has some wine on board, and other treats, with which he celebrated New Year’s Eve, and he’s kept some back for his birthday, later this month.

His craft has sturdy, water-

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Not such a barrel of laughs for this ocean passenger! ensure the effects of solitude in close confinement is not harming his health.

The Frenchman is also posting daily updates, including GPS co-ordinates, tracking the journey on a Facebook page.

His adventure, costing around 60,000 euros, was funded by French barrelmakers and crowdfunding.

And he hopes to end his journey on a French island, such as Martinique or Guadeloupe, because, he said: “That would be easier for the paperwork… and for bringing the barrel back.”

tight portholes on either side of the barrel, and another, looking into the water provide sunlight and a bit of entertainment.

The unique craft also has a solar panel, which generates energy for communications

and GPS positioning.

As he drifts along, JeanJacques is dropping markers in the ocean to help oceanographers study the currents.

He will be examined by doctors, from time to time, to

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The mattress migrants

SPANISH border officers were given a tremendous shock when they cut open two mattresses and discovered that they each had a male migrant hiding inside.

A video, recorded last Sunday, shows Guardia Civil officers removing

Sanchez delivers expat tonic, even if Brexit’s a flop

two black-and-white mattresses from the roof of a white vehicle.

The officers, based in the Spanish territory of Melilla, then sliced them open and discovered the Africans.

According to Spanish media, the driver kept his wits about him and dashed from the vehicle back into Morocco.

He has not yet been caught.

More migrants rescued THE Salvamento Maritimo ship rescued 72 migrants from a small boat in the Alboran Sea, at 9:25am on Wednesday.

The operation was carried out by the salvage boat SAR Mastelero, and it is still in the area, along with the Sasemar 101 aircraft, following warnings that there could be more boat departures from Africa.

On Tuesday, the Salvamento Maritimo also rescued 96 immigrants, travelling in two boats in the Alboran Sea and

Sanchez gets his point across to British PM Theresa May

moved them to the port of Almeria.

Another boat was detected the same day, crossing the Strait of Gibraltar with 15 people.

A total of 769 immigrants died last year, trying to reach Spain.

300 migrants feel at home in Spain

A BOAT carrying 300 migrants, mainly from Africa, docked in Spain last Friday after being refused entry twice into Europe.

The vessel, operated by Spanish charity NGO Proactiva Open Arms, arrived in Algeciras at 9am, after a week at sea.

The migrants were, initially, rescued on 21st December, but were told they could not enter Italy or Malta.

The 19 different nationalities onboard, including 139 children, were met by Red Cross officials, who offered them food, clothes and medical examinations, if needed.

“These are people, both children and adults, who have had really horrible experiences in both their

countries of origin and during their journey,” said Vicente Raimundo, a Save The Children director.

A video showed the spirit of the migrants, who celebrated Christmas at sea by singing and listening to music.

Police will identify the migrants before moving them to shelters, and, so far, the Red Cross have recorded people from the Ivory Coast, Mali, Somalia and Sudan.

The Algeciras rescue came as Matteo Salvini, Italy’s far-right Interior Minister, said: “My answer is clear: Italian ports are closed, for human-traffickers and those who help them. The party is over.”

Over 2,200 migrants have died this year trying to cross the Mediterranean, while 119,336 have reached Europe, according to the UN.

SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has reassured British expats that their “rights” will remain unchanged, even if Britain crashes out of the European Union without a deal, on 29th March.

However, the deal is conditional on Spaniards getting the same treatment in Britain, said Sanchez, at the Prime Minister’s traditional end-of-year news conference, after telling reporters: “Their rights will be preserved, whatever the scenario.”

Spain is the most popular European retirement destination for Britons, and official figures suggest it is home to about 300,000 British citizens, most of whom are settled on the coast.

Among foreign nationals, they are by far the biggest users of Spain’s statefunded, universal, healthcare system.

By February, said Sanchez, he would present a law outlining the rights of citizens in the respective countries, which would also lay out measures to protect bilateral, commercial relations.

His words may go some

way to reassure UK citizens concerned about the future, once Britain leaves the bloc.

Yet, James Green, who is financial consultancy deVere Group’s divisional manager of Western Europe, claimed Brexit uncertainty could be to blame for more British expats pondering a move back to the UK. “Since the referendum, enquiries from British expats in Spain thinking about moving back to the UK has soared by around 30%,” he said.

“We’ve helped many of these people restructure their financial strategies, successfully, to mitigate the potential Brexit burden.”

He added: “As Brexit nears, uncertainty and doubt begin to bite deeper, and a growing number of British expats in Spain are, reluctantly, considering moving back to the UK. “The ‘pull factors’ that attracted them to Spain in the first place, such as the more relaxed, familyorientated, more-outdoors lifestyle, the weather, great schools, and work opportunities, remain intact.

“As do the ‘push factors’, such as UK’s cost of living, high taxes, low interest rates, the scrapping of some age-related benefits, quality of life, crime concerns and the weather, which encouraged them to

relocate.

“This is why it’s so sad.

Brexit concerns are, potentially, forcing them to give up their dream life in Spain.”

Nevertheless, he advised British expats to think twice before moving back to Britain, and to consider all financial options available to them.

“I would suggest that people consider all the options in the first instance, such as the bona-fide solutions which offer tax efficiency, peace of mind, and low administration issues,” he said.

“In recent months, many expats, who were seriously contemplating a move back to the UK, have been able to restructure their financial planning, successfully, to capitalise on their expat status and take advantage of the tax privileges and investor-protection legislation which exists.”

Meanwhile, the Iberia airline risks losing its right to operate in the EU, after the European Commission said any company falling below the 51% threshold for EU ownership would not be able to operate flights in Europe if there is a no-deal outcome.

Iberia is owned by International Airline Group (IAG), which is also the parent company of British Airways.

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Birthday boy killed while walking in middle of road

A BRITISH teenager died on New Year’s Day in Spain after being struck by a car on a road between Ibiza and Portinax.

The boy died in the 10.30pm crash, just a day after celebrating his 14th birthday. He was said to have been carrying suitcases, and was walking in the middle of the road, with no reflective clothing on, when he was hit by a Ford Fiesta.

The family, whose car struck

him, have been receiving counselling after suffering from trauma. But a Guardia Civil spokesman said: “The driver wasn’t at fault in any way, and no action will be taken against him.

“The youngster was in the middle of the road at the time, wearing dark clothing with no reflective jacket.

“The driver, who wasn’t able to do anything to avoid him, tested negative for drink and drugs.”

It is understood that the youngster was resident in the area and was returning home after a trip to the UK.

Drug-traffickers hit by another big nightmare

A crushing blow for the crooked traders A SPECIALIST group of Torrevieja’s Local Police has begun to destroy a significant volume of counterfeit goods, confiscated during 2018.

A total of 35,000 fake items, such as watches, sunglasses, CDs and DVDs, estimated to have been worth around

700,000 euros on the black market, have been crushed.

Torrevieja Mayor Jose Manuel Dolon was present when the material was destroyed by heavy equipment.

He said: “The subject of counterfeit goods is something we take very seriously in Torrevieja. It is something that, ultimately, affects genuine traders.”

Any items which have not been tampered with, and are lacking any official registered trademark, such as clothing and other accessories, are delivered to the Department of Social Services and Welfare.

The items are then allocated and distributed to those families in the municipality who are most in need.

SPAIN’S Guardia Civil officers pulled off a perfect seasonal offering last week, courtesy of drugtrafficking gangs in two Andalucia towns, where they arrested four people.

Guardia agents seized a total of 1,232 cannabis plants in Manilva and Alhaurín El Grande, adding another big tick to the fight against drugtraffickers, which also rewarded them with a further 300kg of hashish,

along with 195.5kg of cannabis.

Six vehicles, two of them stolen, were among other items seized by officers over the festive period. They also commandeered precision scales, used to weigh drugs, a packaging machine, a revolver and ammunition.

Altogether, UDYCO (Unit against Drugs and Organised Crime), seized over 40 tonnes of drugs in 2018.

And it means that the crimefighting body has cost the illegal drug-trafficking economy a staggering 100m, by overturning the gangs responsible, with raids and arrests.

Smoking ban backfires!

Coma nan’s family berate insurers for not paying up THE British family of a grandma, now in a coma, have criticised their insurers after being made to pay almost 6,000 euros to fly her home.

Patricia Reid, 61, suffered a brain haemorrhage on the last day of her holiday in Malaga, reported the Sun newspaper.

Patricia, originally from Cambuslang, Scotland, was in intensive care at a local hospital, her family believing that the European

travel insurance covered the medical bills.

The Scottish gran suffers from cardiomyopathy and asthma, but her insurance company, InsureandGo, claims she never mentioned the conditions and has the wrong insurance for medical cover.

The firm told the family that an air ambulance back to the UK would not be covered under her plan.

Her angry son, Alan, said: “They gave us an ultimatum; sign this disclaimer, or we can’t take the air ambulance to the next stage.”

Alan, 32, labelled the company “complete scumbags”

and said it was “moving the goalposts”, because his mum’s conditions had been declared.

The family eventually signed a form and were forced to pay out 5,882 euros to fly the sick grandma home.

She is now in a lifethreatening coma, and son Alan said it would be a “miracle” if she survived.

InsureandGo told The Sun: “We’re really sorry to hear about Mrs Reid. However, when we listened to the sales call, relating to her latest insurance policy, we found she didn’t declare any medical conditions.”

A BAN on smoking inside bars, restaurants and offices has, astonishingly, led to an increase in the numbers who enjoy a puff.

New figures have revealed that the volume of Spanish smokers, aged 15-64, has actually risen from 33% in 2011, when the ban came in, to 34% today.

The rise in the number of smokers may be partly

explained by an increase in the number of women and young people using tobacco.

Rodrigo Cordoba, the former president of the National Committee for Tobacco Prevention, said the government should address the increase urgently.

“Nothing has been done in recent years. In the fight against tobacco you have to continue to introduce measures. It’s like riding a bike. If you stop pedalling, you fall over,” he said.

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Everybody bowed to top people-smuggler

A VENTURE between Spanish and French police, working in conjunction with the Joint Investigation Team of Niger, has broken up a people-smuggling gang.

The probe, led by Spain’s National Police, dismantled an organisation which had sparked the migration to Spain of thousands of SubSaharans, from and through Niger, Libya, Algeria and Morocco.

One of the two people arrested during the operation was considered to be one of the most important

migrant smugglers in recent years. And an analysis of the group’s bank accounts showed that its annual earnings were around 250,000 euros.

Investigations began in 2017, after police learned of the existence of a shadowy person in the city of Agadez (Niger), who appeared to have great power among migrant smugglers.

Initially, he was known by only his nickname, and he was the one who decided who, when and where the caravans of pick-up vehicles, used to cross the desert and transport migrants, were organised.

These routes are highly dangerous, with many migrants known to have

died in sandstorms, or been stranded in the desert following breakdowns.

Others have been abandoned, intentionally.

Following the prosecution of several migrant-smuggling cases, particularly in the Zinder and Agadez regions, two of the main traffickers were arrested.

One of them had been held by police on another occasion, charged with taking part in the moving of migrant caravans, which were abandoned in the desert.

Such was the hierarchical position of those managing the caravans, no vehicle transporting them could leave Agadez without their permission.

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Spanish phone boxes will still ring out…for a while SPAIN’S last Parliamentary session of 2018 should have included a decree to do away with telephone boxes. But MPs decided to keep them, for now!

They were expected to scrap the law which makes it mandatory for a certain number of phone booths to be available to the public, as part of the national universal telecommunications service.

Instead, the legislation change has ended the obligation for telephone directories and directoryenquiry services to be available to everyone.

These two services will still be provided, but as well as not being compulsory, they will be distributed on a “business” basis only, and open to competition in the market, rather than a guaranteed public facility.

The Spanish Government has decided to carry out a full analysis of how to go about a possible withdrawal of “traditional” phone services.

This will be triggered within the two-year period it has been given, to incorporate the European Electronic Communications Code into State law.

That means MPs have some breathing space before

making any decision about the 16,000 phone boxes, still in operation on Spain’s streets.

All phone boxes, telephone directories and directoryenquiry services in Spain, reached by calling 11818, are run and managed by Telefónica.

But the telephone boxes, first installed in Spain in the late 1920s, and now around 90 years old, are hardly ever used these days.

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Shame in Spain lies mainly in the Bank!

A SPANISH Government committee has accused the Bank of Spain of committing “a serious irregularity”, which contributed to the country’s financial crisis.

consequences included bankers receiving bonuses, despite their loss-making companies, and banks being able to post favourable financial statements, before Bankia was floated on the Stock Exchange in 2011.

More than 300,000 investors bought shares for a minimum of 1,000 euros, following a major 2011 advertising campaign by Bankia, assuring customers of its profitability.

But after shares dropped significantly in value the following year, the company was forced to admit it had actually made a loss of nearly three billion euros, the previous year. Spain’s Central Government later bailed Bankia out, investing more than 22bn euros to save the failing institution.

In turn, the EU was then forced to intervene to save Spain’s banking sector.

A parliamentary investigation committee, looking into the Bankia case in which 300,000 investors lost money after the bank, allegedly, falsified its financial statements, said a decision by the Bank of Spain could have played a part in the fiasco.

The committee claimed there were “nefarious consequences”, after the Bank of Spain allowed “Caja Madrid, Bancaja and five other savings banks not to recognise their financial losses, publicly”.

The committee said the

Catalonia owes Spain an enormous 57.5bn

CATALONIA’S regional authority owes the Spanish treasury 57.5bn euros, which is four billion more than a year ago, and the highest debt of the country’s autonomous communities, according to Government data.

Almost 75% of the Catalan Generalitat was borrowed from the Spanish Government’s Autonomous Liquidity Fund (ALF).

The fund was created in July 2012, during the eurozone debt crisis, to help Spain’s Autonomous Communities plug gaps in their books without having to borrow from financial markets.

But Cataluña’s debts to the fund grew from more

than 53bn euros on 30th September 2017, to more than 57.5bn a year later, according to the latest treasury data.

The figures come as the Generalitat announced plans to begin borrowing from the Government’s Financial Facility Fund (FFF), and to cease borrowing from ALF. The authority has still requested more than 6.7bn from the ALF, yet it also plans to borrow between 8-8.5bn euros from the FFF, according to documents prepared for investors.

The FFF allows regional authorities to borrow from the state, because it gives them less control over the money loaned.

Pere Aragones, the Generalitat’s finance spokesperson, said the move was an important step towards getting the region’s finances in order.

Your voice, your vote!

ON 26th May 2019, European Union (EU) voters and EU citizens may vote in Council (Town Hall) and European Parliament elections in Spain, if they intend to do so.

The deadline to confirm your intention to vote in Spain ends on 30th January. And, to be clear, nationals from EU countries living in Spain, and from those countries who have signed an Accord with reciprocal rights, have that right to vote.

The national office has sent this information to local Town Halls: Residents of EU member states, resident here in Spain, who meet the standard requirements to vote (age, etc), have the right to participate in local and European elections, here in Spain. Although the United Kingdom has expressed its intent to leave the EU on 29th March 2019, the Electoral Census Office (ECO) has not excluded its citizens from the electoral roll for the municipal elections, as well as for the European Parliament elections.

However, their inclusion will cease to have effect if the United Kingdom leaves the EU on 29th March 2019.

EU nationals resident in Adeje In the coming weeks, the

Electoral Census Office will send a written notice/letter to EU citizens resident here. In general, these will be sent to EU citizens on the ‘Padrón’ (resident register), but who have not voted in the past; nor have signed the formal declaration of their desire to be on the census.

The letter should include a formula, whereby people can indicate, online, their intention to vote.

Alternatively, you can call into Adeje Town Hall and sign the relevant paperwork there.

You can also use your NIE number to sign up online on https://sede.ine.gob.es But you will need an electronic certificate to use this method, or use the special CTT (telematics communication number that is in the letter you have received from the Census office), or you can send your signed intent to vote by post to the Census office. Just follow the letter’s instructions.

Those already registered in the electoral roll, having expressed their intent to vote

in Spain, maintain their voter status and shouldn’t need to make a new declaration, until they request their removal, or cease to reside in Spain.

All this is assuming you are already on the local Padrón.

If not, you have until 30th January 2019 to register, both as a resident and a voter.

Nationals resident in Adeje from countries with a reciprocal voting Accord If you are resident in Adeje and from a non-EU country, but one that has a reciprocal voting agreement with Spain, and you meet the standard voting requirements, you can ask to be on the census for the May 2019 local elections.

Countries that have such an agreement are Bolivia, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Korea, Ecuador, Iceland, Norway, New Zealand, Paraguay, Peru and Trinidad and Tobago.

General voting requirements The general voting requirements for all those who wish to vote are: *That you are over 18 years of age and haven’t had your official right to vote take away *That you are on the Adeje ‘Padrón’ (resident register) *That you have authorised Spanish residency *That you have lived legally in Spain for the requisite time, depending on the agreement with your country of origin. If required, a certificate can be obtained from the National Police offices.

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Silent Witness Tuesday 8th January, BBC1, 21.00

Saturday 5th January, ITV1, 20.00

Fresh from her trip to the States, Nikki (Emilia Fox) and the Lyell unit are called in to investigate an attack against a trans man. When two further attacks are reported, one leaving a potential witness, it becomes clear that the team is facing an outbreak of violence against the trans community.

With the Lyell under increasing financial scrutiny and frustration growing between the team and the acting DCI, can they pull it together to find the killer before they strike again?

Emilia Fox, David Caves, Richard Lintern and Liz Carr reprise their roles as Dr Nikki Alexander, Jack Hodgson, Professor Thomas Chamberlain and Clarissa Mullery.

They are joined by Andrew Knott, Heather Peace, Johann Myers and Jemima Rooper.

The Voice UK returns and the search is on to find the voice of 2019. Emma Willis will again host the competition with the stellar panel of coaches – Jennifer Hudson, Olly Murs, Sir Tom Jones and will.i.am – all confirmed to return to their iconic red chairs. They will be seeking the very best solo singers, duos and, in a competition first this year, trios.

Grammy, Oscar and BAFTA winning singer and actress, Jennifer Hudson was recently cast in the film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s smash musical Cats and is set to star as the young Aretha Franklin in the upcoming biopic about the Queen of Soul. She continues to be a coach on The Voice on both sides of the Atlantic.

With five multi-platinum albums and countless sold out arena tours, Olly Murs made his debut as a coach earlier this year. Since then, he has released his hotly anticipated sixth studio album, You Know I Know.

The legendary Sir Tom Jones, with a phenomenal six decades in showbusiness, will be back following a tour of the UK and Europe this summer. The reigning champion, having shepherded Ruti to victory last series, he will be hoping to keep the crown.

Entertainer, innovator and seven-time Grammy award winner, will.i.am returns as The Black Eyed Peas celebrate 20 years together having recently entertained audiences the world over on their Masters of The Sun Tour.

The series will commence with the Blind Auditions and each coach seeking ten acts to fill their teams. The next round sees the Battles and the coaches reduce their teams by half but, with the opportunity to steal one act each from another coach, they will take 6 through per team to the Knockouts. Those lucky enough to make it through the Knockouts will earn a place in the live semifinal where the public will decide who makes it through to the final. Ultimately the viewers will choose their winner in the spectacular live finale.

The winning act will be set on the road to realising their artistic ambitions with the ultimate prize of a recording contract with music giants Polydor Records.

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Jeremy Wade’s Mighty Rivers Friday 4th January, ITV1, 20.00

Jeremy goes in search of two giant beasts: a fish so valuable criminals are hunting existence, and a man-sized predator that’s become the stuff of dreams. What does t these creatures say about the health of this great river?

Ibiza Weekender

Sunday 6th January, ITV2, 21.00

With the destination hotspot of Ibiza ever popular, the series will follow familiar rep faces David, Jordan and Callum along with some new talent, including a very charming work experience boy, Savvas.

This season, Head Rep David’s clamping down on the clan; Jordan’s determined not to fall in love; and Callum’s looking for the girl of his dreams. There’s a trio of new girls to kick off the season in style, but will any of them win El Jefe’s respect and Jordan and Callum’s affection?

With a fixed rig capturing the heady combination of sun, freedom, friendship and romance across a season, the Weekender brand is a candid reality show with soap style storylines.

The Farmers’ Country Showdown

Monday 7th January, BBC1, 15.45

Ireland’s only full time female beekeeper Valentine (pictured) and market gardener John, meet their regular customers and discover new ones whilst selling their skincare products and organic vegetables at St George’s weekly market in central Belfast.

A heartwarming series celebrating inspirational farming families and the rural events where they showcase their hard work, as they try to win the top prizes.

Two Doors D Monday 7th January,

Beth and Eric think their son dinner - but find instead tha party at their house. And the What more could you ask fr champagne is flowing and C There is a wander down me illuminating quiz.

Ian tries to keep the focus o prompt wedding proposals Beth and the rest of the gue Beth Baird is played by Arabella Weir, and her husband Eric by Alex Norton, with Doon Mackichan as Cathy, Jonathan Watson as her husband Colin, with Elaine C Smith as neighbour Christine.

Jamie Quinn plays the Bairds’ son Ian and Kieran Hodgson is Gordon.

New neighbours Alan and Michelle are played by ‘Grado’ (Graeme Stevely) and Joy McAvoy.

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Friday 4th January, BBC1, 23.25

g it out of the fate of

The Thompson clan are getting back to peace and quiet following Dale’s departure, when Ken receives the unexpected news that he has a sister - Ivy (Andie MacDowell) - who gets in touch out of the blue, seemingly wanting to get to know her new family.

Ken (Greg Davies) is really excited about his long-lost sister arriving, especially when it turns out she’s a billionaire - but it turns out that Ivy doesn’t intend on getting to know her brother at all. Rachel returns from travelling single (things didn’t work out with Dale) - but she’s not the only person who’s returned to Lichfield. Her ex-boyfriend Ben is back in touch...

The Greatest Dancer Saturday 5th January, BBC1, 20.00

Following another sensational series of unforgettable routines, spectacular showstoppers and magical moments on Strictly, dance fever has well and truly swept the nation - but viewers need not fear missing out on their weekly dancing fix as brand new talent show The Greatest Dancer arrives on BBC One. Seeing the new year in with style, former Strictly Come Dancing champion and former judge Alesha Dixon and Diversity’s Jordan Banjo host the brand new series, which will contain dramatic auditions, outstanding talent and jaw-dropping surprises as dancers give the performance of their lives every Saturday night in The Greatest Dancer. The brand-new dance talent show will see dancers of any age and dance style compete to win £50,000 and a chance to perform on Strictly Come Dancing.

Leading the charge to discover The Greatest Dancer are three superstar Dance Captains: multiplatinum-selling singer Cheryl; Broadway and Glee star Matthew Morrison; and Strictly Come Dancing professional Oti Mabuse. Get ready to see talent from across the world of dance from ballet to jazz, street to ballroom, contemporary to disco as they give the performances of their lives in the hope of opening the mirror.

For the first time, the audience hold the power, if they are impressed by the audition, they will vote to open the mirror, if 75 percent of the audience vote YES, the mirror will open and the dancer will make it through to the next stage of the competition, the callbacks.

Mirror Mirror on the Wall, who is The Greatest Dancer of them all?

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n Ian is taking them out for their 30th wedding anniversary at he and his boyfriend Gordon have organised a surprise e gang’s all there. rom a party? The buffet table is groaning with food, the Christine has brought a homemade trifle as a present. emory lane, a look at the Bairds’ wedding album and an

on the anniversary couple, but a drunken Cathy tries to from reluctant boyfriends Ian and Alan; and treats Eric, ests to a replay of her and Colin’s first wedding dance.

Cleaning Up

Wednesday 9th January, ITV1, 21.00

Cleaning Up is an exciting and original 6 x 60’ drama series for ITV. Created by screenwriting newcomer Mark Marlow and starring Sheridan Smith, it follows the story of Sam, an office cleaner who struggles to maintain her life as a devoted mum after becoming addicted to online gambling. Set in contemporary London, it’s an entertaining, surprising, character-driven drama that explores how far we’ll go to survive – and at what cost.

We all know that the system is rigged so the rich get richer and the poor get shafted. Sam is an ordinary working-class woman, one of the invisible army of workers who mop and sweep vacuum around the CEOs, bankers and brokers as they make their millions. Hampered by her gambling addiction and with a debt collector knocking on the door, getting back to black looks impossible for Sam when she works a zero-hours contract on minimum wage.

A loving mum to two young daughters, Alice and Lily, Sam is struggling to keep her head above water and continues to turn to gambling as a means of escapism. The addiction has caused a rift in her family, with her husband Dave threatening to take the girls away, Sam is desperate to protect her life with them and to prove that she’s turning things around.

Sam’s world is thrown into disarray after she discovers access to lucrative stock market information that could be the answer to all her prayers. With the help of her best friend Jess, Sam starts to turn the tables on the system that has cheated her and begins to navigate the dark and dangerous world of insider trading. She finds herself caught between two contrasting lives: the exclusive, ruthless world of Canary Wharf, and the tough reality of life as a single mum in London suburbia. Smart, complicated and charismatic, Sam had the potential to be brilliant. As she demonstrates her intelligence and her plan falls into place, the money starts to roll in – but can Sam drag herself away from the lure of the roulette wheel?

She might have found a potential solution to her problems, but she’s slowly replacing one vice with another and this time she’s taking on a criminal endeavour with formidable players and with the police around every corner. As the stakes get higher she is drawn into a dangerous network of high-powered insider traders and an unpredictable, illegal world which could threaten everything she holds dear.

Can Sam out-smart the system? Will she overcome her addictive personality?

And just how far will she go to get her life back on track?

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06:00....................... Breakfast 09:15...... Countryfile Winter Diaries 10:00....... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00..............Wanted Down Under 11:45.Caught Red Handed 12:15............... Bargain Hunt 13:00....... BBC News at One 13:30.....BBC London News 13:45.. The Blake Mysteries 14:30....................... Escape to the Country 15:30... Money for Nothing 16:15..... Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 17:15........................Pointless 18:00..... BBC News at Six 18:30... BBC London News 19:00..........Blue Planet II 20:00............. EastEnders 20:30................. Celebrity Mastermind 21:00.....................Luther 22:00.... BBC News at Ten 22:25... BBC London News 22:35....Graham Norton’s Good Story Guide 23:25................... Cuckoo 23:50...............You Again 01:30............... BBC News

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06:00 .............Wanted Down Under 06:45 ..................... Dynasties 07:45... Great Expectations 09:40 ...............The Lavender Hill Mob 11:00............BBC Newsroom Live 13:00.............................. Coast 13:25......The Pygmy Hippo: A Very Secret Life 14:25.......................A Place to Call Home 15:20........... Into the Woods: Stage to Screen 17:15............................Flog It! 18:00..............Galapagos 19:00................. Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 20:00............... University Challenge Christmas 2018 20:30........Grand Tours of Scotland’s Lochs 21:00................Made in CW Scotland choice 22:00..... Billy Connolly: A Scot in the Arctic 22:50......What We Did on Our Holiday 00:20... The History Boys

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 ........................Celebrity Catchphrase 15:00 .........................Tenable 16:00 ..............Tipping Point 17:00 ....................The Chase 18:00.. ITV News London 19:00............ Emmerdale 19:30....Coronation Street 20:00...........Jeremy Wade’s Mighty Rivers 20:30....Coronation Street 21:00......... Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

22:00...... ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:30.. ITV News London 22:45.. Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip 23:45....Happy Hour with Olly Murs 00:35......... Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

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06:05 ................ King of Queens 07:45 .............. Everybody Loves Raymond 08:45 ..................................Frasier 10:20 ..............Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 11:15..........................Undercover Boss USA 12:10................Channel 4 News 12:15........ Come Dine with Me 13:10..........Find it, Fix it, Flog it 14:10 ....................... Countdown 15:00........... A Place in the Sun 16:00 ................... The Secret Life of the Zoo 17:00..........Couples Come Dine with Me 18:00 .............The Simpsons 18:30 ................... Hollyoaks 19:00.......... Channel 4 News 20:00...... Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast 21:00............. Big Fat Quiz of Everything 23:00............The Counsellor 01:15................... Rude Tube

06:00...................... Childrens’ TV 09:15 .......................Jeremy Vine 11:15 .........................GPs: Behind Closed Doors 12:10 ..........5 News Lunchtime 12:15 .............The Yorkshire Vet 13:15 ......... Criminals Make You Laugh Out Loud 13:45........................ Neighbours 14:15 .........A Life of Deception 16:00 ................................ Friends 17:00 ........................ 5 News at 5 17:30 ....................... Neighbours 18:00 .......The Yorkshire Vet 18:50 .......... 5 News Tonight 19:00.....Animals After Dark 20:00....................Celebrity 5 Go Camping 21:00........... Jane McDonald: Cruising Down Under 22:15...... Victoria Wood: Her Life as Seen on TV 23:15.........................Victoria Wood Live 01:00.............. Teleshopping

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

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

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

07:10..... Rocket City Rednecks

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

07:00 ............................Futurama

07:35..... Rocket City Rednecks

10:35.................................. A Place in the Sun

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

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

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

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

10:00 .........................Snake Boss

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

10:30 .........................Snake Boss

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

11:00.................. Big Beasts: Last of the Giants

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

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

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

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 15:45 ....... Come Dine with Me 16:20 ....... Come Dine with Me 16:55 ........... A Place in the Sun 17:55..................... The Supervet 18:55.............. The Supervet 19:55........... Grand Designs 21:00 .................. The Wolf of Wall Street 00:35........... 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 01:40.........Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

13:00 .................... Hawaii Five-0 15:00................................ S.W.A.T. 16:00 ................. Modern Family 17:00 ................... The Simpsons 18:00.................... Futurama 18:30............. The Simpsons 19:00............. The Simpsons 19:30............. The Simpsons 20:00 ...........Modern Family 20:30 ...........Modern Family 21:00..................... Delicious

07:00...... You’ve Been Framed!

07:50 ........................ Emmerdale 08:20........................ Emmerdale 08:50 ..... You’ve Been Framed!

09:15 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:10 .........Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax 12:00 ........................ Emmerdale 13:05 ..... You’ve Been Framed!

13:35 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:30....The Jeremy Kyle Show 15:35....The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:40....The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:45...... You’ve Been Framed!

18:20........Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 21:00.........We’re the Millers 23:25.................. Family Guy 00:25.................. Family Guy 01:20............ American Dad! 01:50............ American Dad!

12:00..............American Pickers 14:00.............................. Top Gear 15:00......................Timber Kings 16:00......Brojects in the House 17:00.............................. Top Gear 18:00......................Top Gear 19:00...... Cops UK: Bodycam Squad 20:00............ Have I Got a Bit More News for You 21:00....... Live at the Apollo 22:00..................Taskmaster

22:00.... The Late Late Show

23:00................................. QI

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

00:20........... Mock the Week 01:00................................. QI

01:00.....................The Force

01:40................................. QI

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06:00 ...................... Breakfast 10:00 ........................Saturday Kitchen 11:30 ............ Tom Kerridge’s Fresh Start 12:00 ......................... Football Focus 13:00 .....................BBC News 13:15.............. Bargain Hunt 14:15............... Escape to the Country 15:15 ..................... Money for Nothing 16:00....................Final Score 17:20.........................Celebrity Mastermind 17:50......................BBC News 18:00............ BBC London News 18:10.................Pointless 19:00................... Michael Mcintyre’s Big Show 20:00........... The Greatest Dancer 21:10................. Casualty 22:00............... BBC News 22:20........... Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights 00:00........ The NFL Show 00:30............Flying Blind 01:55...... Weather for the Week Ahead

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06:00..................Island Parish Sark Winter

06:00................Childrens’ TV

06:45...... All Over the Place 07:15........Wild and Weird 2

08:00.The Bagel and Becky Show

07:30................... All Over the Workplace

08:10.............. The Bagel and Becky Show

07:50 ......The Big Bang Theory

08:00.............Show Me What You’re Made of

08:30..........Ultimate SpiderMan v the Sinister Six

09:05................... The Simpsons

08:30.......... The Dog Ate My Homework

08:55.....Scrambled! Record Breakers 2

11:00 ................... The Simpsons

09:00........................... Richard Hammond’s Invisible Worlds

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

12:00................... The Great New Year’s Bake Off

09:30.......Saturday Morning with James Martin

13:20 .....................Four in a Bed 14:25 .....................Four in a Bed

10:00................... One Million Snake Bites

11:40............. James Martin’s American Adventure

15:25 .....................Four in a Bed

11:00....... Homes Under the Hammer

12:35..............Jeremy Wade’s Mighty Rivers

17:00 ..................... he Secret Life of the Zoo

12:00........... A Cook Abroad: Rachel Khoo’s Malaysia

13:05..............ITV Lunchtime News

18:00.......... Channel 4 News

13:00..... The Lady Vanishes

13:10..........................Step Up

14:30.......... Talking Pictures

15:10...............Tipping Point

15:15..................... Snow Wolf Family and Me

16:10......ITV Evening News

16:15..................Back in Time for School 17:15........................... Catch Me If You Can 19:30.............Dad’s Army 20:00........Cities: Nature’s New Wild 21:00....................... QI XL 21:45........I, Daniel Blake

07:30................Horrid Henry

16:35..................... The Chase: Celebrity Special

06:05............... Everybody Loves Raymond

06:00.......................... Emmerdale Omnibus

01:10........ The Crystal Maze

08:55 ......... River Cottage Bites

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

07:10..... Rocket City Rednecks

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

07:00 ............................Futurama

07:35..... Rocket City Rednecks

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

08:00 ............................Futurama

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

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

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

09:00 .............American Pickers

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

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

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

11:30............Football’s Funniest Moments

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

12:30....................... Duck Quacks Don’t Echo

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

06:55 ..................................Frasier 07:25 ..................................Frasier 08:35 ......The Big Bang Theory 10:05 ................... The Simpsons

16:00 ........... A Place in the Sun

18:30...........Britain’s Wildest Weather 2018 20:00...................... Star Trek: Into Darkness 22:35...................... True Lies

08:55...........................Coronation Street Omnibus 12:15............................... Celebrity Catchphrase 13:15......................... You’ve Been Framed!

14:15........................... Babe 2: Pig in the City 16:05................................... What a Girl Wants 18:15....................... Liar Liar 20:00..................... Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 22:45.................. Family Guy 23:15.................. Family Guy 23:40............ American Dad! 00:10............ American Dad! 00:40..............Hellboy II: The Golden Army 01:45...................... FYI Daily 01:50..............Hellboy II: The Golden Army

17:35.....Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 20:00.......... The Voice UK 21:35......Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

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22:35................ ITV News 22:50..............First Blood

23:25.............Safe Haven

00:35......... Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

01:15...... This is BBC Two

01:25............ Jackpot247

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

The penultimate episode in this week of nightly shows hosted by Jeremy Clarkson gives six more contestants the opportunity to sit in the chair to win a life-changing amount of money. With four life lines to play – ‘Ask The Host’, ’50:50’, ‘Ask The Audience’ and ‘Phone A Friend’ can one of tonight’s contestants hold their nerve and give 15 correct answers?

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06:00...................... Childrens’ TV 08:45................................ Wissper 08:55.........Pirata and Capitano 09:15........................... Paw Patrol 09:30..................Shane the Chef 09:45............................... Floogals 10:00...........Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:30................Britain’s Greatest Bridges 10:45...........Police Interceptors 13:40.........................................Pan 15:50................................... Oliver!

16:50..................................5 News 16:55................................... Oliver!

18:55.........5 News Weekend 19:00...........Tony Robinson’s Time Travels 20:00...................Digging Up Britain’s Past 21:00............ Cutty Sark: 150 Years of War and Speed 22:00..............Adolf and Eva 23:55.....Bog Bodies: Secrets Revealed 00:55......... Britain’s Greatest Bridges

14:45 ....... Come Dine with Me 15:15 ....... Come Dine with Me

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15:50 ....... Come Dine with Me 16:20 ....... Come Dine with Me 16:50 ....... Come Dine with Me 17:25 .....................Four in a Bed 17:55 .....................Four in a Bed 18:25.............. Four in a Bed 18:55.............. Four in a Bed 19:25 .............. Four in a Bed

13:00................... The Simpsons 13:30................... The Simpsons 14:00................. Modern Family 14:30................. Modern Family 15:00......... Monkeys and Apes: Chimpanzees 15:15.................... Gillette Soccer Saturday

20:00 .......... The Year Britain Froze

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

21:00..........24 Hours in A&E

20:00 ............... Man of Steel

22:00..................The Beatles

22:50............. Hawaii Five-0

00:15........... It Was Alright in the 1970’s

23:50...... NCIS: Los Angeles

01:15........... 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

19:00................... MacGyver

00:50 ................. A League of Their Own 01:45.......... Street Crime UK

12:00 .............American Pickers 14:00............................. Top Gear 15:00....................... Border Force America’s Gatekeepers 16:00........................Border Force America’s Gatekeepers 17:00 ............................. Top Gear 18:00........ Red Bull Soapbox Race 2018 19:00..... Would I Lie to You? 19:40.............Not Going Out 20:20.............Not Going Out 21:00......................Bad Boys 23:25............ Have I Got a Bit More News for You 00:25............................ QI XL 01:25............ Have I Got a Bit More News for You

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06:00 ...................... Breakfast 08:20 ...... Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights 10:00 ................. The Andrew Marr Show 11:00 .... The Big Questions 12:00.............. Bargain Hunt 13:00.................... BBC News 13:15 .......... Songs of Praise 13:50 ...................... Escape to the Country 14:35 ........ Spy in the Snow 15:35................... A Question of Sport 16:05 .........................F.A. Cup 18:35................. BBC News 18:50.. BBC London News 19:00............ Countryfile 20:00 ................ Antiques Roadshow 21:00....... Les Misérables 22:00............... BBC News 22:20............ BBC London News

Sunday 6th January

06:25 ................Hue and Cry

06:00................Childrens’ TV

07:45 ......... Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein

07:05................ Mr. Bean: The Animated Series

08:15 ................... The Instant Gardener

07:20................ Mr. Bean: The Animated Series

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

07:30................Horrid Henry

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

08:00.............. The Bagel and Becky Show

11:30...... Mary Berry Cooks 12:00 ......... The Hairy Bikers’ Northern Exposure 13:00 ......... Talking Pictures 13:40 ....In Which We Serve 15:35 .................... Snow Wolf Family and Me 16:35 ...........................Flog It! 17:15 ...................Ski Sunday 18:00 .............The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway 19:00.................Top Gear 20:00 ........ Dragons’ Den 21:00 .......Cities: Nature’s New Wild

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08:30..........Ultimate SpiderMan v the Sinister Six 08:55....................Spy School

10:00 ..........Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

07:05 ..................................Frasier

13:05...ITV Lunchtime News 13:20...The Incredible Hulk 15:25...............Tipping Point 16:25......ITV Evening News 17:00..................... The Chase: Celebrity Special 18:00.......Dancing on Ice

10:30 ............Animals Make You Laugh Out Loud

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

11:20 ................................ Friends

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

15:20 .......Disney’s Snow Dogs

12:30 ................... The Simpsons

16:20 .................................5 News

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

16:25 .......Disney’s Snow Dogs

14:30 ........................... Shark Tale

17:15 ........................ New Puppy, New Home

06:00 ..................Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 06:25......Emmerdale Omnibus 09:25...........................Coronation Street Omnibus 12:50......................... You’ve Been Framed!

13:50...................... The Voice UK 15:30..............................Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

18:30.......... Channel 4 News

18:10....... Britain’s Favourite Chocolate Bar

18:15...................... Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

19:00......... World’s Weirdest Homes

19:55.........5 News Weekend

21:00.........Ibiza Weekender

20:00............Kate v Meghan: Princesses at War

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

21:00...... Do the Right Thing with Eamonn and Ruth

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

22:00.................... The James Corden Story

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

20:00............George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 21:00....SAS: Who Dares Wins 22:00........... 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 23:00........................ Tin Star 00:00.........Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 00:55....................... Big Eyes

23:35...........The Last Days of George Michael

22:30.................. Family Guy 23:30............ American Dad! 00:25...The Cleveland Show 00:50........................ Piranha

00:25.............Funniest Celeb Reality TV Ever!

01:50...................... FYI Daily

06:00...........The Hour of Power 07:00.............................Futurama 08:00.............................Futurama 09:00................... The Simpsons 10:00 ................... The Simpsons 11:00 ...........................WWE Raw 12:00 ................................S.W.A.T. 13:00 ................................S.W.A.T. 14:00 ................................S.W.A.T. 15:00 ................. Modern Family 16:00 ................. Modern Family 17:00 ................... The Simpsons 17:30 ................... The Simpsons 18:00 .............The Simpsons 18:30 .............The Simpsons 19:00 .............The Simpsons 19:30..............The Simpsons 20:00 ................... MacGyver 21:00 ............. Hawaii Five-0 22:00.......NCIS: Los Angeles 23:00........................S.W.A.T. 00:00.....................The Force: North East 01:00.....................The Force: North East

07:10 .... Rocket City Rednecks

01:55........................ Piranha

20:00......... Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

21:00................ Manhunt

23:30...........The Women’s Football Show

22:50............. While We’re Young

22:00................ ITV News

00:05............Entrapment

00:25.............Countryfile

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

01:20.............. Holby City

00:30......... Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

22:15...........Bridesmaids

08:55............... Food Unwrapped 09:10 ..............Location, Location, Location 10:10 ......Miracle on 34th Street 12:05 ..........Come Dine with Me

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09:45 .............................. Floogals

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

10:30.........................Big Star’s Bigger Star

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06:40............... Everybody Loves Raymond

09:30........ Ninja Warrior UK

22:00...Semi-Detached

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

22:30... Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights

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06:15............... Everybody Loves Raymond

16:20 ...............Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

11:30 ...............The Voice UK

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Real-time sitcom following the hapless Stuart (Lee Mack, pictured) as he struggles through the worst half hour of his life.

When his new girlfriend April (Ellie White) goes into labour, Stuart quickly finds himself having to rely on his ex-wife Kate (Sam Spiro) to get her to hospital.

As Stuart thinks he’s getting a handle on the situation, he is forced to deal with a sexually promiscuous father (Clive Russell), a daughter with a newly-shaved head (Sarah Hoare) and the surprise return of his errant brother (Neil Fitzmaurice), who is on the run from some very unsavoury types.

And that’s before Stuart has to enlist the help of one tipsy neighbour (Geoff McGivern) to help with another neighbour (Patrick Baladi), whom he finds naked and the victim of a DIY circular saw accident.

13:05 ..........Come Dine with Me 13:40 ..........Come Dine with Me 14:10 ..........Come Dine with Me 14:40 .........................Four in a Bed 15:15 .........................Four in a Bed 15:50 .........................Four in a Bed 16:20......................... Four in a Bed 16:50 .........................Four in a Bed 17:20 ..........Come Dine with Me 17:50 ..........Come Dine with Me 18:25.......Come Dine with Me 18:55.......Come Dine with Me 19:25.......Come Dine with Me 20:00......................Emergency Helicopter Medics 21:00............. 999: What’s Your Emergency?

22:00............... Les Miserables 01:10......................Emergency Helicopter Medics

08:00 ............................. Top Gear 09:00.............. Red Bull Soapbox Race 2018 10:00........................Border Force America’s Gatekeepers 12:00 .............American Pickers 14:00............. American Pickers 15:00 ............................. Top Gear 16:00 ............................. Top Gear 17:00 ............. Red Bull Soapbox Race 2018 18:00.................... Room 101 19:20.................... Room 101 20:00................ Border Force America’s Gatekeepers 21:00............ Have I Got a Bit More News for You 22:00............................ QI XL 23:00....... Live at the Apollo 00:00........... Mock the Week 00:40............ Have I Got a Bit More News for You 01:40...... Asian Provocateur

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Aguilas del Teide, Arona

4th January 2019 - 10th January 2019

Ref: 5652X

€2,400,000

Magnificent detached villa situated in an enviable cul-de-sac position overlooking the barranco with excellent panoramic views to the sea and mountains. This exceptional home was built to the current owner’s specification and occupies a large plot (1,200m2) and must be viewed to appreciate the space, quality and location on offer. Briefly comprising: In the principle house: a reception hall with imposing open plan staircase. three reception rooms with a principle lounge of 81m2, a dining room, equipped breakfasting kitchen, four bedrooms and three bathrooms. The master suite is extensive and boats a sitting area, dressing room, huge en-suite with twin-sinked vanity unit, shower and a circular spa bath. There is an independent annexe of a one-bedroom apartment, with lounge, bedroom equipped kitchen, bathroom and terrace with built in barbeque area. Outside you will find ample space to enjoy outdoor living with landscaped gardens, various terraces and a private swimming pool. Three car garage. Energy Rating: G.

Palm Mar

€320,000

Ref: 5651XK

A modern top floor apartment situated in one of the best positions within this quality resort. With unrivalled panoramic sea views, the apartment offers spacious accommodation. Major features of this luxury home include a private terrace leading directly from the spacious lounge and a roof terrace both offering exceptional views to the La Rasca nature reserve, the island of La Gomera and the sea. In total the terrace areas extend to over 80m2. Entrance hall, spacious lounge/dining room with direct access to the terrace. Two double bedrooms both with fitted wardrobes with the master featuring a fully tiled en-suite bathroom with spa bath.

There is also a fully tiled shower room. High specification to include quality fitted kitchen with ‘Silestone’ worktops, with integrated appliances including a dishwasher. The apartment has marble flooring and is air conditioned. All situated in a well-maintained tranquil community with a beautiful communal swimming pool and gardens. Included in the asking price is a private secure parking space within the underground garage and the quality furnishings. This beautiful home is situated just a two-minute walk from the sea front and the ‘La Rasca’ Nature Reserve. Convenient for all local amenities including restaurants, bars etc.

Playa de Las Americas

Ref: 5649XK

€320,000

Beach front- dream location - considered to be the best located resort in the south of tenerife. A rare opportunity for many to purchase into the only dreamed of beach resort! Only seconds away, (walking distance) of the ‘golden mile’ with its leisure and shopping centres including ‘safari’ and ‘americas plaza’ offering the most up to date shopping and dining experiences. A studio apartment with sleeping accommodation for 4 persons featuring a separate sleeping area with fitted wardrobes, lounge area, private terrace, fitted kitchen with integrated appliances,full bathroom. Offered fully furnished. The resort has a beautiful swimming pool and sub-tropical landscaped gardens. Excellent holiday home and/or holiday letting investment.

Playa Graciosa, Los Cristianos Ref: 5653XK

€395,000

A modern and well presented, three bedroomed, two bathroom apartment, in this sought after community in Los Cristianos. Briefly comprising: Entrance hall, spacious lounge which is bright and airy with direct access to a large private terrace with views over the communal gardens. An independent fully fitted quality kitchen with granite worktops and integrated appliances, separate utility area. Three double bedrooms all with fitted wardrobes. Luxurious fully tiled bathrooms including an en-suite to the master bedroom. High specification throughout including; marble flooring, pre-installed air conditioning,electrically operated security blinds, etc..

The resort is well maintained and has a large communal heated swimming pool. Perfectly located for easy access to the resort amenities of Los Cristianos and the sea front.

Los Geranios, San Eugenio

Ref: 5650XK

€265,000

A well-presented ground floor one-bedroom apartment briefly comprising: lounge with dining area, open plan equipped kitchen, stylish and modern bathroom with vanity unit, king size bedroom and private terrace with views over the communal garden. Offered for sale fully furnished and equipped and comes complete with Wi-Fi, Communal Television System and is air conditioned. This very popular holiday resort has full tourist facilities including reception, heated swimming pool & gardens, bar/restaurant and is perfectly situated for the marina of Puerto Colon being only a short stroll to the sea front and beach making it an excellent holiday home and/ or holiday letting investment with an excellent yield.

Los Cristianos, Arona

Ref: 5624X

€395,000

Apartments rarely come to the market in this sought after gated community and this immaculately presented apartment is a fine example. Briefly comprising: Private entrance with garden to the entrance hall leading to an extended lounge with dining and study areas with direct access to a spacious private terrace with ample space to enjoy outdoor living. A fully fitted and equipped open plan kitchen and utility room with integrated appliances. A double bedroom with fitted wardrobes with air conditioning and direct access to a sunny terrace. Stylish bathroom with quality fittings. Sold furnished. The resort is accessed via electronic gates, is well maintained, features a large heated swimming pool and communal gardens.

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06:00 ...................... Breakfast 09:15 .............Rip Off Britain 10:00 ..............Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 .............Wanted Down Under 11:45................... Caught Red Handed 12:15 .............. Bargain Hunt 13:00 ...... BBC News at One 13:30.... BBC London News 13:45 .........................Doctors 14:15..........Father Brown

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15:00 ..................I Escaped to the Country

15:45..................The Farmers’ Country Showdown 16:30....Antiques Road Trip 17:15........................Pointless 18:00..... BBC News at Six 18:30.BBC London News 19:00........The One Show 19:30.... Match of the Day Live: Wolverhampton Wanderers v Liverpool 22:00.... BBC News at Ten 22:30.BBC London News 22:45.......Have I Got a Bit More Old News for You 23:30....Graham Norton’s Good Story Guide 00:20...... Weather for the Week Ahead 00:25............... BBC News

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06:00..............Wanted Down Under 06:45.............. Bargain Hunt 07:30........... Family Cooking Showdown 08:30 .................Westminster in Review 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....................Getting the Builders in 15:00.......................A Place to Call Home 16:40............. The Wonder of Animals 17:15........................... Flog It! 18:00.............. Eggheads 18:30.........Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys 19:00................. Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 20:00......... Only Connect 20:30............... University Challenge 21:00.....The Babes in the Wood Murders: The Prosecutors 22:0..... Two Doors Down 22:30..............Newsnight 23:15..... Amazon: Earth’s Great Rivers 00:15.........Nadiya’s Party Feasts

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’s Crime Stories 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......Britain’s Busiest Motorway 20:30..Coronation Street

09:15 .......................Jeremy Vine 11:15 .........................GPs: Behind Closed Doors 12:10 ..........5 News Lunchtime 12:15 .............The Yorkshire Vet 13:15.............. Home and Away 13:45 ....................... Neighbours 14:15 ......................The Gourmet Detective 16:00 ................................ Friends 17:00 ........................ 5 News at 5 17:30 ....................... Neighbours 18:00......... Home and Away 18:30........... 5 News Tonight 19:00......Gallagher Premiership Rugby Highlights 20:00..... Police Interceptors 21:00............... Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys 22:00............... Raw Recruits: Squaddies at 16 23:05...... Secrets of the SAS: In Their Own Words 00:05.........Police UK: Armed and Deadly

06:00 ........................ The Planet’s Funniest Animals 06:20 ..................Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:10 ..... You’ve Been Framed!

08:00 ........................ Emmerdale 08:25............ Coronation Street 09:25 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:20 ......................... Superstore 10:50 ......................... Superstore 11:15 .............. Dress to Impress 12:15 ........................ Emmerdale 12:45 ............Coronation Street 13:45 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:35 ......................... The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:00..........Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone 21:00.................. Family Guy 21:30.................. Family Guy 22:00............ American Dad! 22:55.................. Family Guy 23:55.............. The Cleveland Show 00:25............................Plebs

22:00...... ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:30.. ITV News London 22:45........Bradley Walsh: When Dummies Took Over the World

08:55...................................... A Place in the Sun

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

07:10 .... Rocket City Rednecks 08:00 .............American Pickers

10:00 ...................................... A Place in the Sun

06:30 .......................Monkey Life 07:00 ... RSPCA Animal Rescue

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15:00 .....................Timber Kings

15:00 ................................S.W.A.T.

16:00 .....Brojects in the House

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

16:30......Brojects in the House

16:30 ............................ Egg Drop

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

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

18:00..................... Top Gear

23:45.........Bradley Walsh and Son: Breaking Dad

11:05 ..................................Car S.O.S

00:10................ Cold Feet

13:10 ............................. Time Team

01:00............ Jackpot247

14:15 ..........Come Dine with Me

12:05 ............................. Time Team

14:50 ..........Come Dine with Me

Father Brown BBC1, 14.15

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

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21:00................ Manhunt

Episode one - The Great Train Robbery. Father Brown returns for a seventh series as the fictional priest picks up his crimesolving duties.

Faced with the prospect of travelling in second class Lady Felicia (Nancy Carroll) is delighted to run into opera legend Dame Bianca Norman (Cecilia Noble) who invites her and Mrs McCarthy (Sorcha Cusack) away from the riff-raff into her private pullman carriage.

Also on board is Bianca’s fifth husband Piers Huntington (Matt Rawle) and adopted children Barbara (Olivia Hallinan) and Tony (Chris Lew Kum Hoi) who do not seem entirely happy with their life of luxury.

After midnight the train stops and the carriage is plunged into darkness, allowing local farmers Lenny (Darryl Clark) and Daryl Cudlip (Andrew Turner) to seize Bianca’s jewels. In the scuffle Bianca is killed and the panicking brothers take Lady Felicia and Mrs McCarthy hostage.

Roused from their beds Father Brown (Mark Williams) and Bunty (Emer Kenny) visit the scene where Inspector Mallory (Jack Deam) promises to do all he can to find Lady Felicia and Mrs McCarthy. Meanwhile the ladies manage to break free at the farm, encountering younger brother Tim Cudlip (Jack Carroll) before an angry Lenny and Daryl return. With no clues as to where his friends are and killers on the loose, can Father Brown find them before it’s too late?

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06:30 ................ King of Queens 07:45 .............. Everybody Loves Raymond 08:45.................................. Frasier 10:10.............. Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 11:05 ....Undercover Boss USA 12:00 ...............Channel 4 News 12:05 .......................Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 13:05 .........Find it, Fix it, Flog it 14:10 ....................... Countdown 15:00 ........... A Place in the Sun 16:00 ............... The £100k Drop 17:00 ................... Couples Come Dine with Me 18:00 .............The Simpsons 18:30 ................... Hollyoaks 19:00 ......... Channel 4 News 20:00 ................ How to Lose Weight Well 21:00.................... Brexit: The Uncivil War 23:05................. Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back 00:05....SAS: Who Dares Wins

TV Guide

15:20 ..........Come Dine with Me 15:50 ..........Come Dine with Me 16:20 ..........Come Dine with Me 16:55 ...............A Place in the Sun 17:55 ........................The Supervet 18:55........................ Car S.O.S 19:55 ..............Grand Designs 21:00 ........................ Car S.O.S 22:00................. Inside Jaguar: Making a Million Pound Car

17:30 ............................Futurama 18:00 ....................Futurama 18:30 .............The Simpsons 19:30 .............The Simpsons 20:00 ................. A League of Their Own

19:00 ............... Border Force America’s Gatekeepers 20:00................... Drug Wars 20:30................... Drug Wars 21:00....... Live at the Apollo 22:00..................Taskmaster

21:00.....Battle: Los Angeles

23:00................................. QI

00:10.............. 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

23:15.....................The Force: Manchester

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

01:10........... Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

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

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

01:10.............. Hawaii Five-0

01:40................................. QI

23:05.............24 Hours in A&E

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TV Guide

tuesday 8th January

www.canarianweekly.com 4th January 2019 - 10th January 2019

06:00...................... Breakfast 09:15 .............Rip Off Britain 10:00 ..............Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 .............Wanted Down Under 11:45...Caught Red Handed 12:15............... Bargain Hunt 13:00....... BBC News at One 13:30.....BBC London News 13:45..........................Doctors 14:15...............Father Brown 15:00...........I Escaped to the Country 15:45..................The Farmers’ Country Showdown 16:30....Antiques Road Trip 17:15........................Pointless 18:00..... BBC News at Six 19:00........The One Show 19:30............. EastEnders 20:00.............. Holby City 21:00........ Silent Witness 22:00.... BBC News at Ten 22:45.....‘Fake Homeless’: Who’s Begging on the Streets?

23:25.........Stacey Dooley in the USA 00:20............... BBC News

06:30..............Wanted Down Under 07:15................. The Farmers’ Country Showdown 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....................Getting the Builders in 15:00.......................A Place to Call Home 16:40............. The Wonder of Animals 17:15............................Flog It! 18:00............... Eggheads 18:30.........Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys 19:00................. Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 20:00......... Million Pound Menu 21:00....................... Icons 22:00...... Mock the Week 22:30..............Newsnight 23:15......................... NFL 00:05.............Nile: Earth’s Great Rivers 01:05.....Take That: We’ve Come a Long Way

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

06:30................. King of Queens 07:45............... Everybody Loves Raymond 08:45...................................Frasier 10:10...............Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 11:05.....Undercover Boss USA 12:00................Channel 4 News 12:05.........Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 13:05..........Find it, Fix it, Flog it 14:10........................ Countdown 15:00............ A Place in the Sun 16:00................ The £100k Drop 17:00.................... Couples Come Dine with Me 18:00..............The Simpsons 18:30.................... Hollyoaks 19:00.......... Channel 4 News 20:00............. The Secret Life of the Zoo 21:00..........24 Hours in A&E 22:00................ Catastrophe 22:35... 21 Kids and Counting 23:35........Naked Attraction 00:35.........Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 01:25........ The Crystal Maze

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

22:50......Sheridan Smith: Coming Home 23:50................ Cold Feet

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’s Crime Stories 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 20:00..The Martin Lewis Money Show Live

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21:00................ Manhunt

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

6:00........................... The Planet’s Funniest Animals

11:15 .........................GPs: Behind Closed Doors

06:20.................. Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records

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

07:10 .............. Dress to Impress

12:15 .............The Yorkshire Vet

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

13:15 .............. Home and Away

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

13:45....................... Neighbours

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

14:15 .........................Eyewitness 16:00 ................................ Friends 17:00 ........................ 5 News at 5 17:30 ....................... Neighbours 18:00 .........Home and Away 18:30 .......... 5 News Tonight 19:00 ..............Chimp Island 20:00........The Yorkshire Vet: James Herriot Special 21:00............Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 22:00............. The Secret Life of the Holiday Resort

10:20 ......................... Superstore 10:50 ......................... Superstore 11:15 .............. Dress to Impress 12:15 ........................ Emmerdale 12:45 ............Coronation Street 13:45 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:35....The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:50.........Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 21:00.............. Hell’s Kitchen 22:00............ Celebrity Juice

23:05....The Hotel Inspector: Double Trouble

23:05.................. Family Guy

00:05............ On Benefits: 30 Stone and Claiming

01:00...................Release the Hounds

08:55 ..................................A Place in the Sun

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

07:10..... Rocket City Rednecks

10:00 ..................................A Place in the Sun

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

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

07:00.... RSPCA Animal Rescue

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15:00 .....................Timber Kings

15:00................................ S.W.A.T.

16:00......Brojects in the House

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

16:30......Brojects in the House

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

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

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

18:00......................Top Gear

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

19:00................ Border Force America’s Gatekeepers

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

22:00...... ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:35................. ITV News London

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

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The Martin Lewis Money Show e c i cho ITV1, 20.00

The Martin Lewis Money Show returns with a live one-hour bill-busting spectacular in a bid to beat the New Year financial blues.

The programme is a special where viewers can ‘Ask Martin Anything’ and get the answers live and direct to their financial questions and conundrums.

Tonight Martin Lewis will be giving the nation its annual financial check up, showing viewers all the ways to save money on energy costs, broadband packages, mobile phone tariffs and digital TV bills.

11:05 ..............................Car S.O.S 12:05 ..........................Time Team 13:10 ..........................Time Team 14:15 ....... Come Dine with Me 14:50 ....... Come Dine with Me 15:20 ....... Come Dine with Me 15:50 ....... Come Dine with Me 16:20 ....... Come Dine with Me 16:55 ..................................A Place in the Sun 17:55 .................... The Supervet 18:55..................... Car S.O.S 19:55 ........... Grand Designs 21:00 ...........Animal Airport 22:00 ......... 999: What’s Your Emergency?

18:30 .............The Simpsons 19:30 .............The Simpsons 20:00 ........................... David Attenborough’s Galapagos 21:00........Living the Dream

20:00.........James May’s Cars of the People 21:00....... Live at the Apollo 22:00..................Taskmaster

22:00..................... Delicious

23:00................................. QI

00:05........... 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

23:00.....................The Force: Manchester

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

01:10.......... 999: What’s Your Emergency?

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

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

01:00.............. Hawaii Five-0

01:40................................. QI

23:05..........24 Hours in A&E

www.canarianweekly.com 4th January 2019 - 10th January 2019

06:00....................... Breakfast 09:15..............Rip Off Britain 10:00....... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00..............Wanted Down Under 11:45.Caught Red Handed 12:15............... Bargain Hunt 13:00....... BBC News at One 13:30.....BBC London News 13:45..........................Doctors 14:15...............Father Brown 15:00...........I Escaped to the Country 15:45..................The Farmers’ Country Showdown 16:30.........................Antiques Road Trip 17:15........................Pointless 18:00..... BBC News at Six 19:00........The One Show 20:00...... The Sheriffs are Coming 21:00........ Silent Witness 22:00.... BBC News at Ten 22:45..............A Question of Sport 23:15................... Michael Mcintyre’s Big Show 00:15............... BBC News

weds 9th January

06:30..............Wanted Down Under 07:15..................The Farmers’ Country Showdown 08:00........See Hear on Tour 08:30.... Great British Menu 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....................Getting the Builders in 15:00.......................A Place to Call Home 16:45............. The Wonder of Animals 17:15............................Flog It! 18:00............... Eggheads 18:30.........Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys 19:00................. Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 20:00....Tom Kerridge’s W C Fresh Start choice 20:30......The Twinstitute 21:00....................... Icons 22:00.. Insert Name Here 22:30..............Newsnight 23:15............. Mississippi: Earth’s Great Rivers 00:15... See Hear on Tour

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’s Crime Stories 15:00.................... Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00 ..............Tipping Point 17:00 ....................The Chase 18:00................ ITV News London 19:00............ Emmerdale 19:30....Coronation Street 20:00....Bradley Walsh and Son: Breaking Dad 20:30....Coronation Street 21:00........... Cleaning Up

06:30................. King of Queens 07:45............... Everybody Loves Raymond 08:45 ..................................Frasier 10:10.............. Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 11:05.....Undercover Boss USA 12:00................Channel 4 News 12:05........................Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 13:05..........Find it, Fix it, Flog it 14:10........................ Countdown 15:00............ A Place in the Sun 16:00................ The £100k Drop 17:00..........Couples Come Dine with Me 18:00..............The Simpsons 18:30.................... Hollyoaks 19:00.......... Channel 4 News 20:00.......... Kirstie and Phil’s Love it or List it 21:00........ The Undateables 22:00........ Shut-Ins: Britain’s Fattest People 23:05..........24 Hours in A&E 00:10................. How to Lose Weight Well 01:05....................... Win Win

TV Guide

06:00...................... Childrens’ TV 09:15....................... Jeremy Vine 11:15 .........................GPs: Behind Closed Doors 12:10 ..........5 News Lunchtime 12:15 .............The Yorkshire Vet 13:15 .............. Home and Away 13:45 ....................... Neighbours 14:15................ Deadly Paradise 16:00 ................................ Friends 16:30 ................................ Friends 17:00 ........................ 5 News at 5 17:30 ....................... Neighbours 18:00 .........Home and Away 18:30 .......... 5 News Tonight 19:00 ........................... Police Interceptors 20:00 .................GPs: Behind Closed Doors 21:00..................Red Arrows: Kings of the Sky 22:00......... Undercover - The Big Sting 23:00...................... Vacation 01:05.............. Teleshopping

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06:00 ........................ The Planet’s Funniest Animals 06:20 ..................Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:10.............. Dress to Impress 08:00........................ Emmerdale 08:55...... You’ve Been Framed!

09:25 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:20 ......................... Superstore 11:15 .............. Dress to Impress 12:15......................... Emmerdale 13:15 ..... You’ve Been Framed!

13:45 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:35... The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:55 ...............................Minions 18:15..........Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 21:00.............. Hell’s Kitchen 22:00............ Celebrity Juice 22:50.................. Family Guy 23:45............ American Dad! 00:45...The Cleveland Show 01:15... Release the Hounds

22:00...... ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:30.. ITV News London 22:45.................... Peston 23:45.............. The Cruise: Shanghai to Sydney 00:10................ Cold Feet 01:00............ Jackpot247

08:55 ..................................A Place in the Sun

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

07:10..... Rocket City Rednecks

10:00.................................. A Place in the Sun

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

07:35..... Rocket City Rednecks

07:00 ... RSPCA Animal Rescue

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

07:30 ... RSPCA Animal Rescue

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15:00 .....................Timber Kings

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

16:00 .....Brojects in the House

15:00 ................................S.W.A.T.

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

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

18:00..................... Top Gear

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

19:00 ............... Border Force America’s Gatekeepers

11:05............................. Car S.O.S 12:05.......................... Time Team 13:10 ..........................Time Team 14:15 ....... Come Dine with Me 14:50 ....... Come Dine with Me 15:20 ....... Come Dine with Me 15:50 ....... Come Dine with Me 16:20 ....... Come Dine with Me 16:55........... A Place in the Sun 17:55..................... The Supervet 18:55..................... Car S.O.S 19:55........... Grand Designs 21:00............. Pearl Harbour 22:00............. Jutland: WWI’s Greatest Sea Battle 23:05........... 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 00:10........... 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 01:15.........Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

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17:00 ................... The Simpsons 17:30 ............................Futurama 18:00.................... Futurama 18:30 .............The Simpsons 19:00..............The Simpsons 19:30 .............The Simpsons 20:00.................. A League of Their Own

20:00.......... Yianni: Supercar Customiser 20:30.......... Yianni: Supercar Customiser 21:00....... Live at the Apollo 22:00..................Taskmaster 23:00................................. QI

21:00.......................... Saving Private Ryan

23:40................................. QI

00:10.............. Hawaii Five-0

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

00:20........... Mock the Week

Tom Kerridge’s Fresh Start BBC2, 20.00

The Johnson family from Addlestone in Surrey juggle the demands of work with busy family life, and have fallen into an all too familiar convenience food habit. Using a roll of wallpaper and the Fresh Start recipe folder, he shows Neil, a decorator, and his wife Beckie, who runs their home office, how they can plan their meals efficiently.

From his kitchen Tom makes Salt Cod & Saffron Fishcakes, showing how this simple recipe can be made in advance to fit into busy lifestyles.

The second thing Tom tasks the families with is to shop sensibly, buying ingredients they need for a week’s worth of home-cooked family meals.

They must stick to the list and track their spending - which reveals some impressive results at the end of the week.

Whilst the families put their knowledge into practice, Tom’s shows how a nutty and fruity granola is a great recipe for a store cupboard clearout, before moving on to the third rule: getting the family’s heads around batch cooking.

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TV Guide

06:00....................... Breakfast 09:15..............Rip Off Britain 10:00....... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00..............Wanted Down Under 11:45...Caught Red Handed 12:15............... Bargain Hunt 13:00....... BBC News at One 13:30.....BBC London News 13:45..........................Doctors 14:15...............Father Brown 15:00...................i Escaped to the Country 15:45..................The Farmers’ Country Showdown 16:30....Antiques Road Trip 17:15........................Pointless 18:00....... BBC News at Six 18:30... BBC London News 19:00........The One Show 19:30............. EastEnders 20:00............. Britain’s Fat Fight: The War Continues 21:00...............Death in CW Paradise choice 22:00.... BBC News at Ten 22:30.BBC London News 22:45....... Question Time 23:45...............This Week

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thurs 10th January

06:30..............Wanted Down Under 07:15..................The Farmers’ Country Showdown 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....................Getting the Builders in 15:00.......................A Place to Call Home 16:45.................. The Wonder of Animals 17:15............................Flog It! 18:00............... Eggheads 18:30.........Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys 19:00................. Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 20:00............Back in Time for School 21:00..................Hospital 22:00......... Better Things 22:25...........................The Archiveologists 22:30..............Newsnight 23:15.............. Disclosure

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

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

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

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

08:45 ..................................Frasier 10:10 ..............Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 11:05..........................Undercover Boss USA 12:00................Channel 4 News

11:15 .........................GPs: Behind Closed Doors 12:10 ..................................5 News Lunchtime 12:15 .............The Yorkshire Vet 13:15 .............. Home and Away 13:45 ....................... Neighbours

14:00............. Judge Rinder’s Crime Stories

13:05 .........Find it, Fix it, Flog it

16:00................................ Friends

15:00.................... Dickinson’s Real Deal

14:10 ....................... Countdown

17:00 ........................ 5 News at 5

15:00 ........... A Place in the Sun

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

16:00 ............... The £100k Drop

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

17:00 ................... Couples Come Dine with Me

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

16:00...............Tipping Point 17:00.....................The Chase 18:00.... ITV News London

18:00 .............The Simpsons 18:30 ................... Hollyoaks

14:15.................... Lethal Beauty

19:00 ...... The Dog Rescuers: Best in Show

06:00 ........................ The Planet’s Funniest Animals 06:20 ..................Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:10 ................................ Dress to Impress 08:00 ........................ Emmerdale 08:25 ............Coronation Street 09:25 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:20 ......................... Superstore 10:50 ......................... Superstore 11:15 .............. Dress to Impress 12:15 ........................ Emmerdale 12:45 ............Coronation Street 13:45 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show

19:00......... Channel 4 News

20:00............ Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun

19:30...................Tonight

20:00............. The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds

21:00............. The Secret Life of the Holiday Resort

20:00............ Emmerdale

21:00 ....................... Hunted

20:30.............. The Cruise: Shanghai to Sydney

22:00 ............ Flirty Dancing

22:00................... My Alcohol Addiction

22:55............. Big Fat Quiz of Everything

23:05........... Jane McDonald: Cruising Down Under

08:55 ..................................A Place in the Sun

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

07:10 .... Rocket City Rednecks

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

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

10:00 ..................................A Place in the Sun

07:00 ... RSPCA Animal Rescue

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

11:05 ..............................Car S.O.S

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

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

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

12:05 ..........................Time Team

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

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

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

13:10 ..........................Time Team

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

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

14:15 ..........................Come Dine with Me

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

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

14:50...........................Come Dine with Me

15:00................................ S.W.A.T.

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

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

15:00 .....................Timber Kings

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

16:00 .....Brojects in the House

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

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

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

18:00 .....................Top Gear

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

19:00................ Border Force America’s Gatekeepers

18:30....ITV Evening News 19:00............ Emmerdale

14:35.......................... The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:55................ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 21:00.........We’re the Millers 23:20.................. Family Guy 23:50.................. Family Guy

21:00............... The Paras: Men of War 22:00...... ITV News at Ten 22:30.. ITV News London 22:45.............The London Studios: Home of the Stars 23:45................ Cold Feet

Death In Paradise returns for an eighth series to the idyllic Caribbean shores of Saint Marie for more ingenious and baffling murder mysteries!

In the opening episode of the series, DI Jack Mooney (Ardal O’Hanlon) and the team are left baffled when passenger Paul Raynor (Andrew Tiernan) is stabbed on the express bus to Honoré. Suspicion falls upon the fellow passengers, but with no drop-off points and no-one leaving their seats, how on earth did anyone commit the murder without someone else seeing?

Puzzled by a single piece of loose masking tape, Jack is determined to prove foul play. However with each of the other passengers providing an alibi for the other, and a lack of evidence, the team have a tough task on their hands.

Meanwhile, Jack is on the lookout for a new recruit to join the police team, and romance is on the cards for Florence (Joséphine Jobert) with new beau, Patrice (Leemore Marrett JR).

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06:30 ................ King of Queens

12:05........................Sun, Sea and Selling Houses

Death In Paradise BBC1, 21.00

www.canarianweekly.com 4th January 2019 - 10th January 2019

15:20 ..........................Come Dine with Me 15:50 ..........................Come Dine with Me 16:20...........................Come Dine with Me

19:00 .............The Simpsons 19:30 .............The Simpsons

16:55...................................A Place in the Sun

20:00 .............The Simpsons

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

21:00 ................. A League of Their Own

18:55......................Car S.O.S 19:55............ Grand Designs 21:00................... The Wolf of Wall Street

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This weekend

This weekend

Three Kings Parade in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Following their arrival from the East, the Three Kings will parade through the streets of Santa Cruz de Tenerife accompanied by their pages and well-known children’s characters, spreading magic and excitement to young and old.

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Three Kings Cristianos

Parade

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Los

This year the Three Kings will be arriving by helicopter at the Cultural Centre.

Followed by the parade through Los Cristianos accompanied by well-known children’s characters, spreading the magic of the celebration.

5th January, 5pm Los Cristianos www.arona.org

5th January, 7pm

Three Kings Parade in Adeje

The Three Kings from the East land by helicopter at Adeje football ground and then lead the grand parade through the town streets, accompanied by well-known children’s film and TV characters.

5th january, 5pm Calle Grande, Adeje www.adeje.es

January

35th Canary Islands’ International Classical Music Festival

The programme for this year’s 35th Canary Islands’ International Classical Music Festival –organised by the regional government and the only cultural event that takes classical music to all corners of the Canaries – features prestigious orchestras, top conductors and soloists, and the farewell concert by renowned pianist María Joao Pires and directed by Jorge Perdigón. It opens with the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra and the concerto opera “Ariadne auf Naxos” by Richard Strauss, and closes with the Jordi Savall-Hespèrion XXI Ensemble performance of “The Routes of Slavery 1444-1888”.

Santa Cruz de Tenerife www.fiestassantacruz.com

December

january

Jesus Christ Superstar

Rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar is even older than Jesus himself and still has millions of fans worldwide. This is an excellent production one of the most famous musicals ever, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. Jesus Christ Superstar comes to Tenerife following its extensive European tour under the same director, Stanislav Mosa, which included shows in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Austria and Switzerland. until 5th January Siam Mall www.ccsiammall.com

december

16th - 20th january Piramides de Arona Auditorium www.tomaticket.es

January

Siam Mall Flash mob

On January 12th from 6pm in our Shopping Center we will have the biggest Flashmob of shuffles in the world, a spectacular show that you can not miss, dance and fun await you. Come and participate as a family, at Siam Mall!

Festivity of St Anthony the Abbot in Los Silos In keeping with the annual January tradition, Los Silos hosts its Livestock Fair in honour of St Anthony the Abbot. The fair has been held in the town for over two hundred years.

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Adan Martin auditorium, Santa Cruz

Siam mall

Los Silos

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Driver tested positive for all banned drugs

POLICE couldn’t believe their eyes when they stopped a driver at a roadside checkpoint in Ibiza.

HUNDREDS of bar owners in Spain are calling time on their businesses every year, and experts believe the oncepopular culture is under threat.

The country, affectionately known as the “land of bars”, has been renowned for its independent watering holes over many years.

Since 2010, however, Spain has lost a frightening 18,269 bars, and, many believe, the trend will continue this year.

Despite this, the hospitality industry as a whole has grown, with 5,000 new restaurants and hotels opening in 2017.

This is good news for employment because more than 1.5 million Spaniards work in the sector.

According to the

Spanish Hospitality Federation, in 2017 the number of bars dropped for the seventh year in a row, which adds up to a total of 184,430 across the country.

The industry has blamed not only the recession, but, also, recent demographic changes such as a population growing old, and the rural, exodus movement.

Federation SecretaryGeneral Emilio

Gallego is convinced that the changing property-market has sparked a reshuffle of city dwellers.

“The new neighbourhoods attracted more people and businesses moved there, while traditional bars in areas with ageing populations shut down,” he said. Experts believe the rapid increase in company chains has also played a significant role in the decline of independent bars.

Most expensive avocados of all POLICE have seized almost 1,000 kilos of cocaine, hidden among a shipment of avocados in a warehouse in Velez- Malaga.

The bust took place after the Costa del Sol’s Unit against Drugs and Organised Crime (Udyco) discovered traffickers might have hidden the haul in a shipment, belonging to an Axarquia fruit-andvegetable company.

In a sting designed to surprise the dealers, police raided a warehouse and uncovered cocaine, worth millions of euros, hidden among avocados.

Officers arrested four men for their alleged involvement in a drugtrafficking group. Two

of them were Spanish, one was Moroccan, and the other one Romanian. They were

all brought before a court and remanded in custody, pending a trial.

Officers said the cocaine had entered Spain hidden in a container, which travelled through the Port of Algeciras, from a Latin American country, before being transported to a warehouse in Velez-Malaga, by road.

The haul is the secondlargest to be seized in the province, and the largest bust of the year.

In its present condition, the cocaine is said to have a value of around 60m euros.

But police believe that once it had been mixed with other substances, it could have had a market value of more than 160m euros.

Tests proved that that he had tested positive for all banned drugs when they breathalysed him in the early hours of New Year’s Day. Immediate tests revealed that the 31-yearold man had taken a cocktail of cocaine, methamphetamine, opiates, cannabis and amphetamines.

Officers also recovered a mammoth drug haul from his car, including 20 pink pills, six purple, two wraps, thought to be cocaine, and a brown substance.

The red-faced reveller, pulled over by cops at 3am, displayed a “reckless attitude”, apparently.

He now faces a 1,000-euro fine and six points off his driving licence, as well as a possible traffic offence for being under the influence of drugs.

The latter carries a prison sentence of up to six months, as well as a fine, or he could be looking at 90 days of community service, and/or having his licence revoked for four years.

Proposed law extension for victims of sex-abuse

THE Statute of Limitations for cases of physical or sexual abuse of children could be extended in Spain, following the Government’s approval of a draft just before the end of 2018.

The limitations begin at 18 under current Spanish law, but if the proposed criminal code changes are upheld by parliament, they will come into action when a victim turns 30.

For some time, campaigners have argued that it can take years for somebody to digest and report the abuse, which means that, in many cases, offenders cannot be prosecuted.

The amendments would affect sexual crimes, physical abuse, human-trafficking and attempted murder, and would also include new online crimes, such as incitement to commit suicide, as well as sexual crimes, and even encouraging eating disorders.

The Government also intends to tighten the rules, granting conditional or temporary release from prison, for offenders serving time for sexual assault against children.

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‘Too-cold’ airport workers’ walkout

SOME 300 airport workers have gone on strike in Madrid because they say it is too cold, placing thousands of British tourists’ holidays in jeopardy.

As the New Year arrived on Tuesday, staff from the Eulen company insisted they would strike at the Adolfo Suarez Madrid Barajas airport until 21st January.

Their walkout began exactly one month earlier, on 21st December, organised by the Alternativa Sindical Union.

Its representatives alleged that security officers patrolling inside and outside the airport had not been paid their promised bonus.

The workers’ group also claimed the “law of prevention of occupational hazards” was being breached, because the staff were not being

provided with warm clothes for the cold weather ahead. An agreement has still not been reached between the workers and Eulen, because, it is claimed, the company “persists in breaches” over labour and wages.

But the company said the strike was “almost imperceptible”, because it had brought in extra staff to cover the shortfall.

However, Eulen criticised the Pedro Sanchez Government for ruling that even during a strike, 95% of services must be covered. It comes as Spain recorded that its overseas visitor numbers dropped by 4.9% in July 2018, compared with the same period a year earlier.

This decrease was the biggest in Spain for eight years, but thousands of Brits were expected to flock to the southern European country over the festive period.

Britons are Spain’s largest group of holiday-makers, with nearly 19 million of them making short-term visits in 2017.

Bad-tempered driver rams boy after a row

A TEENAGER on Spain’s Costa del Sol was left in a critical condition after being rammed, deliberately, by a car on Christmas Eve. The 18-year-old Moroccan, a resident of Estepona, was walking home from a club when a car mounted the pavement and smashed into him.

The driver, a 33-year-old from La Linea was arrested for attempted murder, after turning himself in at his local police station.

The pair had, apparently, argued in

the Mosaic nightclub on Christmas Day, at around 7:30am.

After leaving the venue, the youngster walked along Juan Carlos I Avenue, on his way home, when the driver chased him in a black VW Golf. Moments later, his car mounted the pavement, ramming his victim and then hitting a palm tree.

The youngster is believed to be in a severe but stable condition at Malaga’s Carlos Haya Hospital.

Although initially fleeing, the handcuffed man claimed he’d had an accident, adding: “I think I hit a person.” He was also charged with dangerous driving.

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Huge staff delivery for the Post Office SPAIN’S national Post Office averted two strikes, either side of Christmas Day, by agreeing to take on 11,200 new employees, as well as improving salaries for all existing staff in 2019 and 2020.

IGIC windfall for the Brit tourists?

CANARY Islands’ President Fernando Clavijo is considering dismissing the Canarian General Tax (IGIC), especially for British tourists.

The aim is to make the islands a more competitive holiday destination, and Clavijo told reporters that

the tax had been refunded to Russian tourists in the past, and that it can be achieved again, with a bilateral agreement.

Clavijo has argued that the UK’s departure from the European Union in March will have a huge impact on the pound and its devaluation, which is why the idea had been put on the table.

The Canaries must be more competitive for the British

tourist, he said, because they are the backbone of the Islands’ tourism.

Clavijo, who has taken stock of last year’s tourist figures, indicated that the overall billing figures had improved, despite a minor decrease of holiday-makers.

The President added that during the final EU negotiations, the Canarian Government must stand firm in Europe, and go hand-in-hand as a society.

The State-run postal service, Correos, has struck an “unprecedented” deal with unions, which will see wages go up by at least 9%, and temporary-job contracts reduced from 35% of the workforce to just 8%.

The latter is merely to cope with busy seasons, meaning all other employees will be placed on permanent contracts.

This agreement will also provide pathways to promotion, and staff training, to the company’s 51,000-plus employees, and Saturday working will now become voluntary, with increased overtime payment, for those who agree to the weekend shift.

Of the 11,200 new jobs, a total of 4,055 will be opened up this year, sparked by the workers’

industrial action, which took place on 30th November 30, and the strike days either side of Christmas. These were called off, finally, by the main union involved, the Labourers’ Commissions (CCOO).

The Independent Central Public Sector Workers’ Union (CSI•F), says this year’s new vacancies will include 1,869 to cover those who left, or retired, in 2017, another 1,612 for those who moved on in 2018, and a further 574 to “stabilise” staff numbers.

Jobs available include positions in sorting, delivery and customer service. But, like all public-sector roles, they will be dependent upon passing civil-service exams, known as oposiciones, which are normally taken in regional languages where these exist, or in Spanish in those regions which do not have co-official tongues.

A dark day for Phoney priest collared! motorcyclists A FAKE priest, who was never ordained, has been dismissed from the Catholic Church in Spain, after spending 18 years carrying out weddings and taking confessions.

Miguel Angel Ibarra was, reportedly, found to be an imposter after a complaint was filed in his native country of Colombia, alleging that he had forged his documents.

A “thorough investigation” was carried out, and it was discovered that he had never been ordained. Ibarra, who moved to the MedinaSidonia town last October, has since been ordered to return to Colombia.

A spokesperson for the local diocese told British press that events such as this could “overshadow the work of parishioners and ordained priests, who serve the church every day in an exemplary way”.

THE weekend between Christmas and the New Year was a dark time for bikers across the archipelago.

The Church confirmed weddings and baptisms will still be recognised,

but not the communions or confessions that Ibarra heard.

A total of 12 were injured on roads across the Canary Islands between the Saturday morning and Sunday evening.

From the reported accidents, five were registered in Tenerife, two in Gran Canaria, one in Fuerteventura with the remaining four being registered in La Gomera.

The chain of crashes began on Saturday afternoon in Arafo, in the north-east of Tenerife, when two motorbikes crashed into each

other. One of the bikers; a 33-year-old man, actually tumbled into a ravine.

Although the accident was considered serious, both parties were, fortunately, not injured badly.

A second crash was reported that day, in Gran Canaria on the GC-60 in San Bartolome de Tirajana, where a 28-year-old biker collided with a car.

And on the Sunday, several more motorbike accidents and incidents were registered with the Canarian Emergency Services, totalling 12 in just over 24 hours.

Happily, no deaths were registered over the weekend, although one victim was reported to be injured seriously.

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SPAIN’S traffic authority (DGT) officially dropped speed limits on secondary roads to 90km/hr this week.

It had considered reducing the 100km/hr limit on main, non-motorway, inter-urban highways, most of which are single-carriageway only, in line with other European countries.

These include Portugal, Italy, Belgium, Greece and Croatia, which are now at 90km/hr, and France, where the top speed is restricted to 80km/hr.

Officials introduced the change in law to come into effect on Wednesday (2nd Jan).

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Speed limits have dropped already!

edge, or being driven too fast.

According to the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT), led by Pere Navarro, and to Interior Minister Fernando

Grande-Marlaska, a 30day stay of action will be given for speed-limit signs to be changed using giant stickers.

The method was employed

in 2011, when motorway speeds dropped briefly from 120km/hr to 110, in response to a spike in fuel costs.

A new guide to changes in speed limits reveals that non-motorway dual carriageways will remain at 100km/hr for motorbikes and cars, while singlecarriageway highways will drop to 90, and, on both, lorries, buses, coaches and vans must not exceed 80km/ hr.

Breaking the 90-kilometre limit will be subject to a fine, normally 100 euros, reduced by 50% if paid early.

But if the speed measured exceeds 110km/hr, the fine rises to 300 euros, and

means that two points will be deducted from the driver’s licence.

Mobile-phone use at the wheel, which includes simply holding the phone in your hand, will soon attract a six-point loss, as opposed to the current three.

And the three-point deduction for not wearing a seatbelt in a car, or helmet on a motorbike, or children not travelling with the required booster seats or restraints, will now rise to four points.

But though the changes came into force on Wednesday, it may take longer for some road signs to be altered.

Drivers Poor weather left beach-goers safe waters in head- SPANISH claimed the lives of people last year, on crash 372 which proved 109

TWO people were injured on the TF-1 on Tuesday night after a motorist drove against the traffic flow, causing a head-on collision at Adeje’s exit 79.

The accident happened just before 11pm, and the emergency ambulance arrived rapidly to attend to the injured parties.

Fortunately, neither person was injured badly, but they were both taken to hospital for further examination.

In fact, sources said the collision could have been much more serious, and that the victims were fortunate to escape with minor injuries.

The wrong-way driver was arrested by the Guardia Civil and is facing charges for road-safety offences.

Firefighters save cars from blazing garage SAN Miguel firefighters extinguished a blaze on Tuesday at a ground-floor garage of an apartment block in Calle Llano Navajas, in Charco del Pino, Granadilla.

They were requested by the property owner, who called the Emergency Services after seeing black smoke seeping out from his garage door.

The garage contained various parked vehicles, as well as several flammable objects.

But the fire-fighters made the area as secure as possible before tackling the flames.

Once the blaze was extinguished, they ventilated the premises, together with the Local Police, who were working alongside them.

fewer than in 2017.

The National Drowning Report (INA), prepared by the Royal Spanish Salvage and Lifeguard Federati, attributes the 22% reduction “to the delay in the use of Spanish beaches as a result of the bad weather, which lasted during the first months of the year, including the Easter holidays”.

Last year’s death-bydrowning rate was the lowest since the Spanish Royal Salvage and Lifeguard Federation began performing the INA in 2015.

The most deaths, 481, occurred in 2017, followed by 2016 (437) and 2015, which suffered 415 fatal incidents.

When broken down, the figures show that, last year, there were 55 drownings in the Canary Islands, which represented 14.8% of the total.

In Andalusia, 52 people drowned, followed by

Galicia, where there were 49 deaths, the Balearic Islands 42, Catalonia 41, Valencia community 37, Castilla y Leon and Pais Vasco, 14 in both, the Region of Murcia 12, and Asturias 11.

Nine people drowned in Cantabria and Aragon, eight in Castilla-La Mancha and the Community of Madrid, four in Navarra,

two in Ceuta, Extremadura and La Rioja, as well as one person in Melilla waters.

According to the report, the most deaths occurred in August, with 65 registered.

Together with the 60 fatalities in July and 52 in September, the summer months saw 47.6% of the total number of drownings.

The fewest tragedies were

recorded in February, with seven.

The Spanish Royal Salvage and Lifeguard Federation released a profile of those who lost their lives in aquatic spaces. It shows that 77% were male, 75% of Spanish nationality, 65.9% were over the age of 45, while 44% died on Spanish beaches.

Holiday mum dies in a head-on crash

A BRITISH woman was killed in a car crash, just hours into her New Year holiday, while her partner is in a coma, and her daughter is seriously injured.

The mum, believed to be from Bedfordshire and in her sixties, died as she was driven along a Costa Blanca road known as

“death alley”. The tragedy occurred on New Year’s morning, when the family vehicle was involved in a head-on crash with another car, on the N332 at Santa Pola.

This stretch of road, notorious for accidents, is just a 12-minute drive from Alicante airport, where the family had touched down.

The woman’s daughter was thought to have been driving the vehi-

cle before the crash, which also injured three others. The Emergency Services launched a helicopter, with ambulances and the police being scrambled to the scene to cut four people from the wreckage. But, tragically, the woman had already passed away.

Survivors were taken to Alicante’s Vinalopó General Hospital, as well as the Elche General Hospital.

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Poor camels are freed from car-park ‘stable’

Man held for murdering two female backpackers

MOROCCAN authorities have detained a SwissSpanish national in connection with the brutal killing of two Scandinavian backpackers.

SPAIN’S Animalist party has helped release camels, kept in “abusive” conditions, from an Andalucian car park.

Leading animal-rights party PACMA complained bitterly about the Christmas camel rides in Ecija, Seville, after images circulated online featured them locked in a cage.

The bizarre footage shows

three camels in the multistorey lot of a shopping centre, fenced into a couple of parking spaces with a thin layer of straw.

The party described the camel enclosure “abusive”, and a spokesperson said: “They can feel fear, anguish, pain etc. We believe it is necessary for the head of the centre to understand, in case it is not already clear, that the animals are sentient beings.”

The shopping mall sus-

pended the Christmas camel rides after pressure from PACMA, which had contacted Seville City Council to ensure the rides were banned.

“The commercial centre does not have any scruples in attracting the clients with measures of animal abuse,” added the spokesperson. “They keep the animals in garages, where they have to lie down on the concrete, and without water.”

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Norwegian Maren Ueland, 28, and 24-year-old Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, from Denmark, were slaughtered while camping in the Atlas Mountains.

Counter-terrorism officers in the north African country claim the arrested man taught social-media and archery skills to some other suspects arrested in connection with the killings.

The individual is also believed to have been recruiting Moroccans for “terrorist schemes”, aimed

at “foreign interests and security forces”.

The women’s bodies were found on 17th December, and police believe the killers are affiliated to Islamic State (IS).

So far, 20 men have been arrested during the investigation into the killing, which took place near to the tourist village of Imlil.

Four of those men arrested are main suspects, all of whom pledged allegiance to IS just three days before the double killing occurred.

Hundreds from Maren’s hometown of Bryne held a candlelit vigil for her last week, including many family and friends.

“We want to show that we care about each other, and that we are together for a kinder world,” said Odd Ivar Nese, one of those who organised the event.

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The Swan

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.

Los Cristianos 1, Avda. Juan Carlos 13 Open: Midday to 11pm

Call: 922 793 357

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.

NEW Feature nights, every Monday, call for more information and reservations.

24hr-notice for paella, lamb shank, fillet steak or ask us for anything you fancy.

Or just pop in for a drink, with live entertainment every night, 9pm - midnight, and your favourite quiz on Sunday evenings. Great entertainment, even greater value!

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.

In front of Margarita Apartments, Los Cristianos

Call: 922 728 290

Call: 922 795 865

Advertise your restaurant here!

Call: 822 14 15 17

Open: 10am - Late. Food until 8pm

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Cheers! I’m just popping down to get a drink, dear!

AN amazing underwater winery at El Poris de Abona offers an exclusive experience for wine lovers, at around 18 metres deep.

And Roberto Gonzalez, head of Bodega Submarina, is certain that this is the first time underwater winetasting has been carried out, anywhere in the world, The idea comes from a Tenerife-based company, in Poris, and, after sampling the wine, the divers are invited to indulge in various cheeses from Arico.

The Platform (methacrylate bell) where the tasting takes place, can accommodate up to eight people, and the experience comprises two parts: the first is the tasting, from a selection of wines embracing 11 wineries, which have been matured at 18 metres deep.

The second part is then to have lunch at the Bodegas Monje, in El Sauzel. This consists of more winetasting, comparing those which have been matured over three months, underwater, with those maturing in the more traditional way!

González, who be-

lieves the experience is a must for those tourists who enjoy a dive or two, said: “We are able to enjoy this experience, thanks to the tools from professional diving, which we can now use for recreational diving.

“They offer the customer a unique experience of being 18 metres under water, while able to remove the regulator as well as the mask, and appreciating the environment, tasting wine and eating cheese.”

The Tenerife underwater winery is the first permanent installation of its kind, used specifically for maturing wine.

The concrete-andsteel structure houses several cellars inside, with an initial capacity of 5,000 bottles.

And the premises are secure because the contents are locked behind a steel door.

Although other experiences relating to the ageing of wines on the ocean floor have already taken place in the Canary Islands, none offers the safety and guarantees of Bodega Submarina de Canarias.

Obviously, the winetasters must have some basic diving experience, as well as a love of wine, to enjoy this activity!

Lupita

Cañada Blanca 2, Parque de la Reina Open: 12noon - 11pm.

Call: 603 273 382

Parque de la Reina has a secret - Lupita restaurant is fast becoming the place to eat, and it has a well-deserved reputation.

All the usual Mexican specialities are on offer, but from midday until 4pm, check out its 4.95-euro menu. You can have a bowl of soup or garlic bread, main meal (selection of 20) and ice cream or coffee to finish, which is excellent value for money. Also, evening and weekend menus are available from 4.95-euros. Now open Tuesdays.

Special offer: BBQ ribs, including a drink for 9.90 euros

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‘Zero’ food and drink not always sugar-free

CONSUMER organisation OCU has warned that food and soft drinks branded “zero” are not necessarily sugar-free.

There is no law to say that manufacturers and brand designers are obliged to guarantee products labelled “zero” do not contain sugar, even though the average shopper would assume this to be the case, automatically.

In many cases, “zero” is merely an advertising message and is not linked to the nutritional content, reveals the OCU. To guarantee food or drink is low in sugar, fat, salt or similar elements, consumers should look out for the words sin (“without”), bajo contenido (“low content”), bajo valor (“low amount”), or valor reducido en (“reduced”).

None of these terms can be used as mere publicity claims, and must, by law, be followed through in the ingredients used.

The OCU says manufacturers “should not be allowed” to use labels in a type which is four or five times

larger for the nature and quality of a product, and then use much smaller print to explain the content, when the advertising label leads the customer to believe this is something different.

So, calling a product “zero” in large letters, then, in small words, referring to the true sugar, fat or salt content, is deemed to be misleading.

Another trick is to use different colours for each of these texts, with the “misleading” label in a brighter shade to draw attention to it.

In an attempt to stamp out advertising which is deceptive, but not illegal, and to ensure consumers know what they are buying, the OCU has set up the Twitter hashtag #NoCuela (“Don’t fall for it”), enabling it to clarify ambiguous or false information concerning all types of products.

Consumers themselves can join in by sending the OCU details of any misleading or confusing packaging information, so that it can be investigated, either by using the hashtag or emailing the organisation on nocuela@ocu.org.

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Premier Properties embrace kids’ football ONE of the leading international estate agents in Los Cristianos, Premier Properties, have, recently, done a major sponsorship promotion with one of the leading under-8s junior football teams in South Wales, Sully FC. Sully Sports Football Club gives local boys and girls, between the ages of 6-18, the opportunity to train and play football, along with the chance to enjoy and experience friendly, competitive, league and cup matches. The club has an excellent record of success in cup and league competitions, but their main purpose and aspiration is to see the youngsters enjoy playing football in a safe, friendly and managed environment.

The first mini, junior and youth sides were formed in the village in 1972. Since then, they have grown

steadily, and now Sully Sports FC currently have 20 teams training and playing football with them - the largest junior and mini football sections in the Vale of Glamorgan.

Sully Sports FC have 10 mini boys’ teams, nine junior boys’ teams and two girls’ teams (an Under-10 and an Under-12, both in the South Wales Girls League).

The Under 13’s squad achieved the double, winning both the Vale of Glamorgan Under-13’s Football League 1, and the

Vale of Glamorgan Under13’s cup. The team went eight games unbeaten, at the prestigious Selsey Whitsun Football Festival.

We organise a mini football festival every year at the end of the season. Our festival of football is for boys Under-7’s to Under11’s, and girls Under-10’s and Under-12’s, and is held at our playing field in Sully, in June. The family fun day has inflatables, stalls, face painting and football-related activities and tournaments. There

are also hot and cold refreshments throughout the day, so make a note in your diary.

Sully Sports Club has excellent football amenities which include five senior football pitches, three mini pitches and an Astroturf area for training, with changing rooms thought by some as being the best in the Vale of Glamorgan.

The club also has excellent social facilities, with its own club house and regular events, organised by our team of dedicated volunteers, coaches and

managers. Many of the senior football players have come through our various youth teams, and then established themselves in either/both the first and/or second team. With both squads doing extremely well in the leagues and competitions they take part in, it proves our youth development policy really works, and is a huge success.

Our various junior football teams have thrived over the last few years. The commitment, passion and hard work of local volunteers, coaches and managers, plus a smashing group of parents, has played a major part in this success.

Asked why, Paul said: “It’s part of giving something back to the area where we are from, and helps encourage the youth to take part. Our sponsorship will help them get new kits, which, in turn, will help with the team building etc.”

For more information on Sully FC, visit or contact Premier Properties on 922 750 603.

Live Arico News

Dog of the week -Tammy This is Tammy. She was found as a puppy and adopted, but, unfortunately, her new owners had to bring her back to the shelter.

She suffers a lot in the kennel, and doesn't understand why she is there.

She is a well-behaved dog, and very quiet and sweet.

She urgently needs a foster or forever home.

Please help us to find her a new family. It would be better if there were no cats.

Tammy is now two years old.

A very happy New Year May we wish you all a very happy and peaceful New Year. Thank you all for the support you have given us at Live Arico, which helped to save hundreds of animals, last year. The fight for animal welfare continues, and, as ever, we are stronger with you by our side.

Dog-walking club The dog-walking club starts again on Saturday 12th January, from 9am-1pm.

Please come and meet the dogs. They have a fabulous time with the walkers, and

look forward to going out for a wander. 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 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 10-2pm and Sunday 11am-3pm.

Join us on Facebook - Live Arico P.A.W.S Tenerife twitter.com/live_arico www.livearico.com

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Cats Welfare News

Thank you all so much!

AS another kitten season draws to a close, we would like to wish each and every one of you a prosperous New Year.

To all our volunteers, whether trappers, transporters, foster carers, fundraisers, feeders, organisers, shop helpers, and everyone in between, a very big thankyou for all your time and dedication.

It is much appreciated. A HUGE thank-you must also go to our members, sponsors and donors, for all your support. We are very proud to be able to help the cats of Tenerife, and hope we can depend on your continued support, this coming year.

Clothes needed We are appealing to you all, please, for both ladies' and men's tops, as well as ladies' shorts, for 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 the 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 6365 90557, and he will arrange collection from you.

Scooby Scooby (pictured) is leukaemia positive, and lives in the garden of one of our volunteers who is returning to the UK. If you have a

K9 Animal News

Accion del Sol News

Please microchip!

LAST year was a very busy time for the refuge, with more than 500 dogs being brought to us

by Protection Civil.

180 of these were microchipped, and many were reunited with their owners.

We can never stress enough the importance of microchipping your dog, and ensuring that the contact details are correct and updated, when appropriate.

We would also like to wish all our Accion del Sol friends a very happy New Year, and we look forward to seeing you all in 2019.

Assistance required Please do call the refuge on 6643 21219 or 602463242, between 8am-5pm, if you can help in any way. We always need tinned dog-food for our older animals, plus blankets, towels, sheets, dog toys, collars and leads.

You can call into the Accion refuge on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons, from 2-5pm, and Saturdays between 1-4pm.

Find us here Accion del Sol is situated directly under the Ecological

finca and could give him a home, he would be very appreciative. He is about eight years old.

Also looking for a home is Kiwi. She is a black female, and about eight years old.

She, too, is leukaemia positive, and very friendly.

She is absolutely not a house cat, and would love to

go to another finca, where she can explore.

Adoptions We have several other 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. 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. We would like to thank all our sponsors, and everyone who helped put this together.

Park (exit 52) on the northbound TF-1. Head for the giant windmills, and you’ll find us in the buildings on the right-hand side. E-mail

the refuge at teneriffa@ aktiontier.org or, for further details, visit our Facebook page: action tier Accion del Sol

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.

Charity shop Our charity shop in Alcala Plaza is always looking for

new items to sell. If you have any unwanted clothes, shoes, books or bric-a-brac, please pop them into our shop, or to K9.

We welcome all kinds of items, all proceeds going towards helping the dogs.

The shop is open from 10am2pm, Monday to Saturday.

Pop in, or call them on 6465 61035. Collections can also be arranged, using this number.

Ways you can help If you wish to support K9 animal refuge, and contribute towards the safe rescue and adoption of abandoned dogs and cats, we would be very appreciative.

You can buy our merchandise (T-shirts, vests, key rings, wristbands and more) at K9, sponsor one of our dogs via our website, and donate money via our website, or cash at our refuge. We also welcome donations of food and other items.

Also, you can become a volunteer dog walker by calling us, or simply popping by, during our opening hours. Remember to keep an eye on our website or Facebook page for any fundraising events which you may like to attend.

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Lifestyle

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The key to

healthy resolutions

By Val Sainsbury In theory, New Year’s resolutions are a great idea, but most of us can only stick to them for a few days, at most!

The problem is that many are unrealistic and poorly executed.

Most involve inspiration, but no preparation. For long-term success, a detailed and sustainable action plan is key.

Change your health outlook Instead of seeing it as all-ornothing, look at health as a continuum. Every decision made moves us closer to one end of the continuum, either good health or poor health.

For example, a fizzy drink would move us in the wrong direction, while drinking a glass of water would do the opposite. By making small, positive decisions, we move closer and closer to good health.

Integrate exercise For most people, exercise is an add-on, something they do if they can find time. It’s much easier to accommodate if you find ways to incorporate activity into your daily routine.

For example, climbing the stairs to the third floor takes just a minute longer than waiting for the lift. This also goes for the office. Using a smaller water glass and implementing “email-free Fridays”, where you walk messages to colleagues as opposed to sending them, can boost your step count, and help you lose weight more quickly.

When we find reasons to stay active throughout the day, we can afford to miss an exercise session every now and then.

Regular self-care Many of us get so wrapped up in our busy day-to-day schedule that we forget to pause and give ourselves a break. One easy way to squeeze in self-care is to set aside 10 minutes for yourself every morning, before you reach for your phone and start checking emails.

Lie in bed and take note of things you’re grateful for, put your phone on “do not disturb” until you’ve finished your morning workout, and read for pleasure while enjoying your morning coffee. Starting the day with a dose of solitude sets the

tone for your entire day, and makes for a much-calmer year.

Say goodbye to fad diets Losing weight is a staple resolution, which could explain why so many diets fail. It’s fine to have weight loss as a goal, but instead of following the latest diet craze, focus your efforts on eating healthily.

Though that’s not to say fad diets get everything wrong.

Steering clear of empty calories and loading up on whole food and healthy fats are steps in the right weightloss direction.

Head back to the kitchen Kitchens are getting fancier and fancier, yet fewer and fewer people are actually using them. The beauty of resolving to do more of your own cooking is that you gain more control over the nutritional quality of your meals. Prepare your own food from fresh ingredients.

You will save calories and money, and you will be healthier for it.

Your favourite foods Completely cutting

out

certain foods, especially those you’re particularly fond of, is setting yourself up for failure. When someone takes an all-or-nothing approach to bettering their eating habits, the likely result will be bingeing on the restricted food in the near future, followed by feelings of guilt or shame.

Focus on incorporating more healthy, nutrient-rich foods into your diet, while still allowing yourself the occasional treat, so you never feel deprived.

Unplug daily Thanks to modern electronics, we’re switched on and tuned in 24/7, and more stressed than ever. A growing body of research finds that media overload can increase

your risk of depression, social anxiety, job burnout, and even allergies. The solution? Spend an hour, 10 hours, or a full day without your mobile, computer or games.

Start a food journal A crucial step to changing unhealthy food habits is simply being aware of what you’re consuming on a daily basis. Write down your goals and what you’re eating; food journals are eye-opening to what you are actually eating and drinking.

A study showed that keeping a food diary doubled a person’s weight loss. If you’re trying to slim down, keeping a personal account of your meals and snacks is an excellent first step.

Declutter Another way to reduce your stress levels (and boost your mood) is to work on clearing out the clutter in your home.

Living in the midst of clutter saps your energy. Clean up your mess, and it will open up your life for more positive energy.

Find a gym buddy Look for a New Year’s resolution buddy who can make you accountable for meeting your goals. Whether it’s a colleague, best friend or family member, having an accountability partner who can either accompany you on your workouts, or even just be there to encourage you when you feel like giving up, is crucial. A study found that more than 70% of participants successfully completed their goals, when sending weekly progress reports to a friend.

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Logic Problem

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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Four couples spent the weekend at the Millersville County Fair. It’s one of the largest fairs in the area and is very well attended. A true country fair with all of the animals, food and competitions, the Millersville Country fair also encompasses craft shoe and home show vendors, live music every night, and many other attractions. Of course, the food is a big draw and each couple went home groaning over how much they’d eaten during the day.

Each couple loved one particular fair food and strangely enough, each couple loved the same food. Determine the full name of each couple, which animal was their favourite, and which food was each couple’s favourite.

1. Emmett Wright wasn’t married to Michelle. The Bradley couple loved corn dogs.

2. Mr. and Mrs Parker didn’t like horse. Linda liked fried dough but not the sheep.

3. The couple who liked the chickens also love mini donuts.

4.

Ryan wasn’t married to Linda but he and his wife liked the horses.

5. Betty Ridge didn’t like kettle corn.

Alan wasn’t married to Michelle.

6. The cows weren’t the favourite animals of Jake and his wife, Sue.

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