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A 64-YEAR-OLD taxi-driver, from Granadilla de Abona, was murdered on Wednesday morning in the early hours, having arrived home after his night shift.

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Plane’s false bomb scare

AN aeroplane crew, preparing to take off from Fuerteventura Airport, were forced to evacuate everyone on board, after receiving a bomb threat on Tuesday afternoon.

The flight, to Santiago de Compostela, was aborted because of the scare, which turned out to be false.

Both passengers and flight crew evacuated the Vueling airplane on the runway, but the situation was soon resolved, and the airport returned to normal.

Woman’s sea rescue Continued from Front The tragic incident occurred at the communal garage of his San Isidro home, in Edificio San Miguel, Calle Los Gonzalez, to where he and his long-time partner had moved, recently.

The victim, known as Gabino, was found battered to death inside the garage, and sources reveal that he was discovered with numerous injuries, caused by a beating, along with several burns across his body.

Guardia Civil officers also believe that he was tortured, severely, before being killed.

Gabino, acknowledged to be a hard-working taxi driver, had been on the night shift in the days leading up to his death. That meant he finished work at around 3-4am.

He would then park up the taxi and climb into his 30-yearold classic, white-seat, Ford

Transit, to make his way home.

On the night of his murder, it was thought that he drove into his garage to park his Transit, as usual, when his attackers jumped on him, beating and burning him to death.

His body was discovered at 6.30am by other neighbours living in the apartment block, but the motive was unknown, as we went to press.

Yet the violence used to murder the unsuspecting taxi driver was unquestionable.

Granadilla’s Local Police were informed, immediately, and several officers were dispatched to Calle Los Gonzalez, upon arrival.

The area was cordoned off, promptly, to prevent the evidence being tampered with, while Guardia Civil officers from Granadilla and Las Americas were informed, as well as the UOPJ specialised unit, who have

joined forces to take charge of the investigation.

Forensic teams were also at the scene, collecting the relevant evidence and taking detailed photographs, until late on Wednesday evening.

And, for now, the courts have decreed secrecy during the investigation proceedings.

Gabino, who had been married previously, had one daughter with his former wife, from whom he had been divorced for many years.

The daughter and her partner arrived at the scene, where she was described as being extremely distraught as she hugged friends and relatives.

She was allowed to go to the garage entrance, where she received what information was known about the crime.

The woman left the scene with her partner, shortly afterwards.

Captured drug-dealer gave officers big shock A 44-YEAR-OLD man, with no known criminal record, was arrested by the National Police at Lanzarote Airport for drug-trafficking.

He was spotted by the officers while on his way to the luggage collection area inside Terminal 1, and their suspicions were raised after picking up on how nervous he was.

For that reason, he was stopped and identified, and officers then searched his case, discovering various substances, already packaged for distribution.

And, as well as the substances found, the officers also discovered that the individual was in possession of two mobile phones, a tablet and 3,820 euros in cash.

Following the arrest, the officers searched the man’s home and found that he also had Viagra pills, Speed and

Poppers there.

To the surprise of officers, they later discovered that the man also advertised his drug offers on a specific website.

Along with the complete official police report, the man was presented before the judicial authorities at the Arrecife courts.

A WOMAN, close to drowning on Tuesday, was saved by a National Police officer, together with a colleague from Adeje Local Police.

The incident happened at Arona’s Las Vistas beach, in Los Cristianos, just before 5.30pm, and the officers witnessed how she was struggling in the water, and close to drowning.

The National Police officer, unaware that she was said to have mental-health issues, began to remove his uniform as he ran towards the water, and the off-duty Adeje policeman followed him in, rescuing the woman after a big struggle to get her to safety.

The spontaneous rescue had been a dangerous task for them, but other National Police officers were standing by to assist, if necessary.

Man, 83, struck by car is in critical condition AN elderly man is in a critical condition after being hit by a car, violently, in Gran Canaria on Tuesday afternoon at Lomo de los Ingleses, in Vega de San Mateo.

The emergency services received a call at around 4pm, requesting urgent medical assistance, and an ambulance was sent to the scene.

When the medics arrived, they checked the 83-year-old pensioner, and it was soon apparent that he had suffered head injuries.

He was promptly taken the Dr Negrín University Hospital, in the Gran Canaria capital of Las Palmas, for further treatment and observation.

A 54-year-old woman, who was in the area and witnessed the accident, suffered a panic attack and was also taken away by ambulance, to a nearby medical centre.

Teenage driver’s car rolled over and over

A YOUNGSTER, aged 19, was injured last Sunday after his vehicle rolled over a number of times on the TF-1, near Candelaria, on the southbound lane, just before 7am.

A call was made to the emergency services, and an ambulance was sent on its way to the accident site, where medics assisted the injured teenager.

He had suffered bruising and was taken to Candelaria Hospital for further treatment and observation.

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Health Service fined €1.2m over its medical negligence THE Canarian Health Service (SCS) has been ordered to pay €1.2m to the parents of a child, left severely disabled because of “incomprehensible medical negligence”.

The Canary Islands’ Superior Court of Justice (TSJC) fixed this compensation, the second-highest ever awarded in Spain for medical errors, after considering the parents’ appeal.

A lower court had merely ordered the SCS to process the parents’ claim and give them an answer, dismissing the case without even studying it.

But the higher court

considered it appropriate to assess the merits of the claim, without returning the file to the public health system.

And it considered proven that the “severe spastic tetraparesis cerebral palsy”, from which the child now suffers, and that makes him dependent on aid for life, was down to the “incomprehensible negligence during the hours following his birth”.

The court heard that protocols state that signs of jaundice within the first 24 hours of birth must be considered pathological, and must be examined and treated urgently. In this case “the yellowish colour of the child was appreciated at the time of birth”.

However, the newborn

Dodgy couple caught scamming foreigners

was not examined by any paediatrician at Lanzarote’s Hospital Doctor Molina Orosa, until the following day. And when one did comply, he merely indicated that the baby should be put in the sun.

According to the judgement: “No test was recommended to try to determine the cause of the jaundice, which prevented its subsequent evolution from being assessed.”

In addition, the presence of a cephalic haematoma, a blood clot between the brain and skull, was overlooked, which, together with the jaundice, revealed a possible increase of bilirubin.

And an excess of this substance can lead to brain damage and seizures.

Who’ll be motivated

by Brooks’ success?

TWO dodgy men, aged 31 and 67, were arrested by the National Police and charged with forgery, as well as crimes against the rights of foreign citizens.

The older man already had a police record, after being charged with similar crimes in the past.

Both men took advantage of their employment positions and issued, then sold, pre-work contracts to foreign citizens for around 1,000 euros. Yet the foreigners never did a day’s work.

The purpose of the scam was to make it easier for the foreigners to set themselves up on Spanish territory.

Scumbag robs blind man A DASTARDLY, 33-year-old man, who committed a violent robbery on a blind man in Adeje, already has an extensive police record, with more than 40 crimes to his name.

He took advantage of the Briton, who uses a walking stick, and snatched a gold chain and crucifix from his neck.

The victim thought, initially, that he had been physically attacked, and it was only when speaking to police officers that he realised he had also been robbed.

The officers became aware of the situation when they noticed a blind man shouting for help, but they recognised a person in the vicinity, because of his criminal history.

After questioning him and conducting a search, they confirmed that he was the assailant. During their search, officers found a gold chain and a crucifix, hidden in his clothes, but he denied knowing anything about the assault.

The officers spoke to the victim about the jewellery, and, to the man’s surprise, he realised that the chain had been taken from around his neck only moments before.

The officers detained the thief, who, at the time of the arrest, resisted them initially by throwing himself to the floor.

The assailant, and a complete police report, were placed before the judicial authorities.

FOUR-TIME major champion Brooks Koepka’s early journey in the professional game included a 2013 victory in La Gomera… and emerging golfers will strive to be following in his footsteps this summer.

The spectacular venue of Tecina Golf hosts the Fred Olsen Alps de La Gomera from 11th to 13th July, and competitors on the third tier of European golf will be

aiming to climb the ladder towards the European Tour and beyond.

Koepka enjoyed success when he won at the same venue in a 2013 Challenge Tour event, and he’s never looked back.

His Canarian victory, and subsequent emergence as one of golf’s top stars, will surely be a huge motivation for the entrants, knowing that the top five, on the Alps Tour’s order of merit, gain automatic entry to the following season’s Challenge Tour.

The popular American certainly found Tecina to his liking, destroying

the field with a 10-stroke victory, and a 24-under-par winning total. It proved to be the springboard to third place on the order of merit, which then secured his card for the European Tour.

Now, 132 players will have their eyes on a similar prize on the Donald-Steeldesigned course, which boasts stunning views across the sea throughout the round.

Tecina Golf Director Primos Pusnik, said: “Once more, we have the pleasure of hosting an Alps Tour event, to show all of Europe our little paradise that is Tecina Golf, here in La Gomera.”

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Consulate’s helping hand for the island’s older folk THE British Consulate, along with Birmingham University, last week launched coverage in Tenerife of their support website, for older and more vulnerable British residents.

The website, Support in Spain (www.supportinspain.info), contains useful information on how to get extra support and help on a wide range of topics, such as health care, disabled services and benefits, as well as a directory of local support organisations.

Helen Keating, British ViceConsul in Santa Cruz, said: “It is exciting to see this website expanding into Tenerife, after a successful start in mainland Spain.”

“There is some incredible work, carried out by so many volunteers across the islands, to support foreign residents in need. As the Consulate cannot be in all areas at once, we hope that this website is a useful support

tool for voluntary groups in their work, and for residents as well.

“We have compiled the site in Spanish, as well as English, so that social workers, medical staff and Spanishspeaking friends can, for the first time, access information on English-speaking support available.”

Helen added: “Our message from the British Consulate to UK residents is clear: ‘Plan ahead for the future. Anyone

can become vulnerable at any time, and it is better to be prepared.’”

Two well-attended afternoon events were held recently in Tenerife. In the North, the project was presented in the English Library, Puerto de la Cruz, while Adeje Cultural Centre hosted the South’s meeting the following day.

The meetings were led by Neil Hesketh, of the Support in Spain project, and Penny

Huge cigarette smugglers are smoked out by police

THE Guardia Civil found around 4,000 cartons of cigarettes inside the luggage of two passengers, who were travelling on an inter-island commercial boat to Santa Cruz port.

The officers, working in collaboration with the tax agency, identified the people responsible at the customs control point during the normal

procedure, in which vehicles and the passengers must pass through to declare what they have purchased to bring into Tenerife.

The Guardia officers’ suspicions were aroused, and a check of the couple’s luggage confirmed their feelings. The total number of cigarette cartons they confiscated was 4,098.

The couple, when asked to produce a receipt, were unable to, and the corresponding tax on the cigarettes was an estimated 12,000 euros.

Gómez, Consular Officer for the British Consulate in Tenerife.

Attending the events was a wide variety of organisations providing support to British residents in Tenerife. These included: Fighting Against Cancer Tenerife, Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer, AMATE Breast Cancer Support, Lions Club, Callao Salvaje Community Church, El Arca de Noé, The English Library, Friends of Tenerife, All Saints Church, The British Games Club, Tenerife Family Church, SHE women’s support, House of Hope and Living Room.

The meetings were also an important opportunity for those present to meet with a Consulate representative, as well as network with other people, working with older and more vulnerable people in Tenerife.

The Support in Spain website is the result of a close cooperation between the British Consulates in Southern Spain and the School of Social Policy, at the University of Birmingham.

The original project set out to research the issues facing older and vulnerable British people while living in Spain, and to suggest possible solutions to help prevent them becoming socially isolated in the future.

One of the study’s conclusions was the need to develop a website that included all the contact information of the different voluntary groups, and Spanish statutory authorities available locally, as well as helpful advice on common questions, such as how to secure extra social care, help for a disability, or assistance with paperwork in Spanish.

The project was funded by the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

The content of the website now covers the Costa del Sol, Almeria and the Canaries, where there are high numbers of British residents.

It is published in Spanish as well as English and has had over 35,000 visitors since it was launched.

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NEWS IN BRIEF To bear the topless, Police save woman’s life

THE National Police were last Monday able to save a Santa Cruz woman, who appeared to be seriously wounded.

They were sent to the Barrio de Valleseco area, and, on closer inspection, saw that her injuries related to self-harming wounds.

The officers immediately began to perform first-aid on the woman, until further help arrived in the form of ambulances and their medics.

Once there, they promptly used a special technique, covering up the cuts which were just above the woman’s wrists. They also stabilised her before transferring her to hospital for further treatment, as well as a mental evaluation.

The medical team said the woman’s life had been saved because of the quick-thinking officers.

Flaming motorway car

A CAR went up in flames on the TF-1, inside the Adeje municipality last Sunday, but the reason was not known.

The emergency services were dispatched to the area, and fire-fighters began to extinguish the flames immediately.

Other services were redirecting road-users, while asking them to drive with caution. But it took 90 minutes before the road was deemed safe.

Sky spies catch drug-driver

or sit and bare them

TOPLESS sunbathing is by no means an uncommon sight these days on Spanish coasts, including those in the Canaries and Balearic Islands.

But when mass tourism really began to take off in Spain in the 1960s, the country was still a dictatorship, with conservative attitudes prevailing.

The Catholic Church even warned against the topless fashion, which northern Europeans brought with them on holiday.

Today, however, over recent decades, the Spanish have become more used to seeing female foreign tourists ditching their bikini

tops to catch some rays.

And surveys suggest that at least one in three Spanish women happily sunbathes semi-nude herself.

A reform of the 1989 Penal Code removed the category of ‘toplessness’ as a public scandal, and subsequent rulings have stated that going topless cannot be banned on beaches.

Nevertheless, some local authorities have demanded the power to establish areas in which being bikinitopless is a no-no, such as public swimming pools and municipal parks.

No law prohibits going topless at residential-complex communal pools, but, under the Horizontal Property Law, the owners’ internal communities can vote to

put a stop to it, and even establish a ban.

Regulations are one thing, but then there is what is considered socially acceptable. Is there a difference in people’s minds between topless on the sand and topless by the pool or in the park?

Most people these days probably don’t bat an eyelid at the sight of bare boobs on the beach. But the same people may well raise an eyebrow if they find their female neighbours going topless at the community swimming pool.

And what if the onlookers find themselves staring at a lady’s nipples while walking the dog on the nearest public patch of green?

It barely needs suggesting!

road-safety laws, according to a statement by Fernando Grande-Marlaska, acting Interior Minister.

Twelve helicopters, deployed this summer to snare drivers on their mobile phones, are accompanied by 11 drones, 216 high-definition cameras and camouflaged vehicles

from the Traffic Group of the Guardia Civil, all dedicated to nab distracted drivers.

The Guardia Civil have deployed 300 more agents this summer, adding to their 9,100 existing traffic officers, to carry out a predicted 900,000 breath tests throughout July and August.

Keep both hands on wheel, or pay price!

A SURVEILLANCE helicopter caught a drugged-up man driving at 223km/h on the AP-7 motorway near Gandia, on the Costa Blanca.

The Pegasus helicopter, from Spain’s Directorate-General for Traffic (DGT), caught the driver at 1.42pm last Saturday, before notifying the Guardia Civil’s traffic unit.

The man was detained and tested positive for having taken “various drugs”.

The Spanish Government brought in surveillance helicopters to catch speedsters back in 2007, and no fewer than eight now patrol the skies.

Swimmer, 33, drowns at sea

A SWIMMER, aged 33, drowned last Monday while bathing in the Costa del Sol waters at La Gaviota, in Benalmadena.

He was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics, who were accompanied by Local Police officers.

Authorities responded to the incident after a call was made to emergency services at 8:20pm, reporting that a person was unable to pull himself out of the water.

But they refused to confirm the man’s nationality, or place of residence.

WHATSAPP messaging while behind the wheel will cost drivers six points from their licences, when Spain’s Directorate-General for Traffic (DGT) soon increase penalties against “distractions”.

These include WhatsApping, speaking with your phone in one hand and touching your car’s navigator, as well as opening a drink or lighting a cigarette.

The new rules will be introduced shortly because distractions have now superseded speeding and drunk-driving as Spain’s leading cause of traffic accidents.

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Help keep daughter alive, begs father

Spain’s wages higher than pre-crisis levels

AVERAGE earnings in Spain stood at €11,412 a year in 2017, which was the first time in nine years that the figure had risen above pre-crisis levels, according to a new study.

The National Institute of Statistics (INE) found average earnings increased by 3.1% from 2016 to 2017.

It was the first time earnings were above 2008’s average of €11,318.

That year saw the global financial crisis break out, plunging Spain, the rest of Europe and much of the world, into recession.

The INE found household incomes averaged at €28,417 in 2017, but that figure was still below 2009’s €30,000-plus average.

Around 10.4% of households said they faced financial difficulty towards the end of last year 2018, which was up 1.1%, year-on-year.

A HUNGARIAN father, Bálint Horvarth, is pleading with Canarian Weekly readers to help save his daughter Virag, who has a rare, life-threatening disease called DOCK8.

It affects the immune system, rather like sepsis, and, as most surgeons are aware, youngsters suffering with the disease seldom live past the age of 18. And Virag is just a few weeks off that birthday!

A year or so ago, in his homeland, he was advised by surgeons to move the family to a sunny climate, such as here in Tenerife.

Surgeons here are able to treat his daughter better than they ever could in Hungary, and the warm climate really suits her.

They also recommended La Laguna’s University Hospital, whose students would know a lot more about her illness than in her homeland, because they are always seeking new cures.

The 41-year-old father took the plunge and transferred wife Eva, along with Virag and younger daughter Malna, 15, to San Isidro, where they now live.

“Our own doctors in Hungary admitted that they had come to a ‘dead-end’,” he said. “It is a fact that most DOCK8 sufferers, who reach 18 years of age, will die without specialist treatment, which, in itself, is classed as being dangerous.”

He added: “Virag will be 18 on 15th August, and we are extremely anxious because

she has been bearing this horrific illness so bravely, for most of her life.

“Our other daughter was born with the same disease, but she was given a bonemarrow transplant, and, thank God, a miracle happened, because she overcame the illness.

“However, we have been made aware by experts that this rare disease, which affects less than one in a million people, will almost certainly kill Virag if she does not receive the correct treatment over here.

“The ocean air here also helps clear her lungs, which are just 30% active, but Virag has already been brought

back to life twice in recent months, and time is running out. Every day is a nightmare for the family.

“We have an apartment in San Isidro, and a car, which is a life-saving essential for getting Virag to and from the University Hospital for treatment, nearly every day.”

Balint, who works as a chef, reveals that his wages go on all the bills, the rent, and car repayments. “But I am keen to get a part-time job as well to subsidise my income,” he added.

The cost of getting to and from the hospital daily is proving extremely difficult, which is why he has launched

a fund-raising venture.

“If you can spare a donation, my family will be eternally grateful to you,” he said.

“And, one day, hopefully, our little treasure will be able to lead a much healthier life.”

Balint is not looking for a fortune; just €3,950 to ensure that he can keep his car running back and forth to La Laguna, for his daughter’s sake.

He cannot use public transport to get there because Virag is paralysed down one side, and has to be carried everywhere.

If you feel able to help Balint and his daughter, please contact: https://www. gofundme.com/1olc9jp1yo

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Balcony-jumpers in league of their own!

Travel firm to launch ‘Love Local’ activities NEW resort activities, designed to help holiday-makers provide a positive contribution to destinations, are being introduced

by Thomas Cook this summer.

A FACEBOOK page has been set up to mock drunken holiday-makers who have been injured or killed, in balcony falls in Spain.

The controversial “Balconing Mallorca” page has a “league table”, allocating points for injuries and fatalities, with countries ranked by the number of victims.

The sick tally has the UK at No.1 with six points, allocated for three injuries (a point each), and one death, and Spain second, with two injuries.

‘Balconing’ sees tourists at Spanish resorts such as Magaluf, attempt to climb

on to balconies and jump from room to room, or into a pool… or not!

Oddball members of the balconing Facebook group have even posted messages, encouraging more ‘stupid’ and ‘drunken’ tourists to attempt the life-threatening stunt.

“The ‘balconing’ has not only put Magaluf on the world map of risk sports, but is also an effective catalyst of natural selection.

“Each year, a handful of drunken tourists choose to eliminate their genes from the evolutionary race, thus allowing the least stupid to occupy their biological niche,” reads a Change.org petition, set up by the group.

“The solution to ‘balconing’ is more ‘balconing’.”

The 13 ‘Love Local’ experiences will cost from £12, enabling travellers to meet local communities and help preserve holiday destinations.

Those featured include mainland Spain, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, Mexico and Cuba. More will be added throughout the season, with the intention of having 70 by next summer.

Experiences include living like a local for a day in Cuba, and cycling through

vineyards and olive groves in the Spanish town of Reus.

The initiative follows the travel company’s research, which found that two in five Britons were more likely to choose activities which benefited the local community years ago.

Half of tourists are more likely to visit a market to mingle with locals, and support independent businesses, than they were a decade ago, and one-third are more inclined to opt for

experiences that feature local traditions.

Sandra Killick, Cook UK head of sustainability in destination, said: “Tourism is vital to so many of the countries where we send holiday-makers.

“Our new Love Local programme will enable our customers to make a meaningful difference to the people, economy and environment of the destinations they have been holidaying at for many years, and for many more years to come.”

Last week, Cook relaunched its iconic Airtours’ brand to sell dynamic packages.

The brand, which became synonymous with package holidays in its 1990s heyday, will sell a larger range of short and medium-haul holidays, using three-to-four-star hotels.

airport, an air stewardess said her see-through, no-bra, lowcut blouse was inappropriate for a plane with children on board.

The make-up artist said she hadn’t put a bra on because she was wearing nipple covers and tape. She also maintained that she got up and put on a jumper, loaned by the friend with whom she was travelling. But, to her surprise, she was not allowed

to return to her seat.

Harriet and the friend were forced to spend the night at Malaga airport and fly the following day.

An easyJet statement insisted the woman was “politely requested” to wear an additional top for the flight, but was removed from the plane because “she proceeded to act disruptively towards a member of our crew”.

Mother-of-two had too much exposure

Biker’s barranco death

A MAN who lost control of his motorbike died, after riding into a San Miguel barranco, parallel to the Hermano Pedro cave, and falling around 10 metres.

The emergency services received a call, just before 12.30pm, requesting help, and an ambulance. The caller stated that a person had ridden into a ravine at the side of the road.

An ambulance was dispatched to the area, but, sadly, the medical team were unable to prevent him dying from the injuries he had received.

A MOTHER, aged 31, with two children, claims she was booted off an easyJet flight because she was wearing an overrevealing top.

Harriet Osborne, from Suffolk, told a British newspaper that when she got on a Stanstedbound flight at Malaga

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World Heritage trees torched by arsonists?

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Police outside North Korea’s Madrid embassy after the raid

ARSON was suspected after four individual fires destroyed as many as 8,000 trees in Elche’s WorldHeritage-listed palm groves, in Alicante.

Unesco declared the palm grove of Elche a World Heritage site some time ago, and the Local Police, along with the Fire Department and National Police, have opened an investigation, with

first indications suggesting the fires were intentional.

The first fire was spotted just before 1am on Saturday, in a La Hoya palm orchard. Later, at around 2.25am, a second one broke out in an Algoros grove.

At the same time, another orchard began to burn, this time on the CV-856 at km1.

Finally, at 6am, a fourth fire occurred by the CV-851 at km2.

The four fires, all in the Elche municipality, resulted in thousands of burnt palm

trees, which, according to fire brigade sources, added up to a staggering estimate of 8,000. Twentyfive firefighters from Elche, Crevillent, San Vicente and Almorabi stations fought the blazes, alongside six from the forest fire-fighting unit.

And, fortunately, the fires were put out later the same day.

The ElchePalmeral is the name given to a number of date palm groves, in and around the city, totalling about 200,000 trees.

NORTH Korea has threatened to kill a former US marine, accused of breaking into the secretive country’s Embassy in Madrid.

Iraq veteran Chris Ahn faces extradition to Spain, charged with taking part in last February’s theft, at the DPRK’s Embassy.

The 37-year-old spent six years in the US military before joining a shadowy, Korean opposition group called Free Joseon. And his activities have, seemingly, earned him a death sentence from Pyongyang.

An American federal judge in Los Angeles has said: “The

FBI has confirmed that the North Korean Government has threatened his life.

“He is, apparently, the target of a dictatorship’s efforts to murder him.”

On 22nd February, a “military cell” entered the North Korean Embassy, in the northwest of Madrid, attacking staff before escaping in stolen, diplomatic cars.

The assailants are also alleged to have handed stolen mobile phones, computers and documents over to the FBI. Korea expert Sung-Yoon Lee told the American Fox News network: “The group face a threat. North Korea has, apparently, dispatched hitsquads against the members who have been outed.”

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Family’s dream holiday goes under, in pool refit

A FAMILY of five are fighting for compensation after their £3,000, Costa Adeje dream holiday was ruined by days of pneumatic drilling by the swimming pool.

The Andrew family, from Blackpool, Lancs, were hoping for 10 days of relaxation on their first break for two years. Instead, they were confronted with deafening noise and dust at their hotel’s main attraction.

But Lindsay, 42, said the ongoing noise rendered the entire trip a nightmare, from their 27th May arrival.

The restaurant owner told the Sun Online. “It was totally unacceptable. There was constant hammering, and constant sawing. It was a bit ridiculous because, at breakfast, we couldn’t even hear the other person talking.

“And, as well as the noise, there was also lots of dust. It wasn’t nice to sit there.”

The family discovered, through negative Trip Advisor reviews just before the trip, that the replacement of swimming-pool tiles could be an issue.

But when they contacted booking site Dream Place

Hotels, they were assured the sound would be “minimal”.

On arrival, however, they quickly realised that they would have to leave the all-inclusive hotel to get the peace they wanted.

The beds by the pool were even “cramped up”, next to each other, to make space for the eight weeks of works.

The hotel had failed to inform guests about disruptive building works, so the family were forced to spend extra cash for meals out, and days on the beach, to escape the din.

Building work was disguised by posters of the pool, but, unfortunately, it didn’t mask the racket.

“We paid thousands of pounds for this holiday, and it was ruined,” said Lindsay.

“Noise and dust levels, when the drilling was happening, were so bad that we had to

go to the beach to escape.

“When you are all-inclusive, you don’t want to be forced out of your hotel, and have to pay for beds, shades, food and drink.”

The family, who had paid for the top rooms, with a balcony and hot tub, asked to switch hotels, because of the monstrous drilling.

Lindsay said she spent hours negotiating with the hotel manager, before being told they could be moved to a sister hotel, Gran Tacande.

Incredibly, she was then told they would have to pay €2,000 more to move to the half-board accommodation.

“It was ridiculous,” she said.

“There was no way we were going to pay all that money.”

They were then offered another hotel, which Lindsay criticised as being “completely unsuitable”.

Tourism budget push as visitors splash out

A TOTAL of €9.5bn was added to the Spanish tourism sector’s budget, in the first four months of the year, marking a 2.1% funding increase on the first quarter of 2018.

Statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (INE) show that 21.4m tourists in Spain spent €15.5bn in the first 2019 quarter, demonstrating a 4.8% increase on the same period in 2018.

The revenue is staggered,

because of the sporadic nature of tourism in the country. In January, revenue from tourists actually fell by over 2%.

But it regained momentum the following month, when the festival season came back to life, with Valentine’s Day and the Santa Agueda Women’s Festival.

An 8% rise in the number of short-term rentals including rural tourism, campsites, hotels and hostels, means that the likelihood of these figures rising more rapidly in the future is high.

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5th July 2019 - 11th July 2019 HUNDREDS of firefighters have been battling an outof-control wildfire in Spain, which authorities believe started after a heap of manure self-ignited, amid the European heatwave.

The blaze, which broke out last Wednesday afternoon in Torre del Espanol, in the north-eastern region of Catalonia, affected more than 6,500 hectares (16,000 acres), according to the regional government.

The flames, raging across a hilly area, some 80km (50 miles) inland from the Mediterranean coastal town of Tarragona, could eventually devour 20,000 hectares in what was presented as an “extreme risk”, said a statement.

Regional Interior Minister Miquel Buch said the firefighters had worked through the night as they attempted to bring the flames under control.

Chief firefighter Antonio Ramos spelled it out, saying: “You’d have to go back 20 years to see a similar fire of such dimension in the region.”

Some 350 firefighters, backed up by around 230 soldiers and 15 aerial-tanker aircraft, were at the scene of the blaze.

The fire raged several kilometres from the Asco nuclear plant, but officials said the site was not at risk because the winds were

Heap of manure, which sparked huge wildfire

blowing the flames away from it, and it is located on the other side of a river.

Firefighters said the steep terrain was hampering efforts to control the blaze, which spread quickly because of strong winds and soaring temperatures, which neared 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) and were forecast to hit 42 Celsius on the Friday.

“It’s complicated. We won’t get it stabilised today,” regional firefighting chief Manuel Pardo told Spanish public television.

Catalonia’s forest agent service said the fire probably

began when an “improperlymanaged” pile of manure at a chicken farm selfcombusted in the extreme heat.

Around 50 people were evacuated from their homes and five roads were closed.

Many evacuees told Spanish media they fled with just the clothes on their backs.

“All I took with me were my car keys, my mobile phone, my wallet and my dogs. Nothing else,” one unidentified man told private television Telecinco.

Around 30 people, including a handful of British and German residents, had to

spend a second night in a school in the village of Flix.

Emergency services ordered the 250-odd Bovera village residents to stay indoors and keep their windows shut, to avoid inhaling smoke. And vulnerable people, such as the elderly, faced similar instructions in nearby Maials, a village of 900 people.

The charred land includes vineyards, olive groves and fruit trees. A farm burned down at Torre del Espanol, killing more than 200 sheep, and at least two horses as well as a donkey, according to an AFP photographer at the scene.

Catalan Regional President Quim Torra warned: “Friday was the hottest day of the heatwave, and the situation was critical throughout Catalonia.”

Torra announced that harvesting crops would be forbidden in Catalonia to avoid sparking fires accidentally, while access to mountains were restricted as a precaution, as long as the high temperatures continued.

Meteorologists blame a blast of hot air from northern Africa

Drawing by schoolgirl indicts violent mother

A SCHOOLGIRL’S sketch, having depicted a violent torrent of abuse with a belt, has led to the arrest of her mother.

Teachers at a Marbella school recovered the heart-breaking drawing, penned by the 11-year-old pupil.

Also, surrounding the cartoon-like character on the page is the word, “volare”, which means “I will fly”.

The sketch, scrawled on diary paper, shows a small girl, next to which the words “blood”, “bruise” and “with a leash” are written.

After teachers handed the shocking picture over to police, the mother was arrested, as well as another woman, with an eight-year-old daughter.

TRAGIC: The sketch of a young girl appears to show the abuse from her mother, who was arrested after teachers handed the shocking pictures over to police.

The girl’s mum was arrested, as well as another woman with an eight-year-old daughter.

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for scorching temperatures early in the European summer, which has sent thermometers up to and beyond 40C in France, Spain and Greece.

Meanwhile, Malaga was placed on yellow alert last Monday, as the heatwave continued to scorch Europe, with a record high of 45.9°C registered in Montpellier, France.

The colour warning issued by state weather agency AEMET indicated a “risk”, because of temperatures approaching 40°C. Meanwhile, in Andalucia, a teenager was confirmed dead because of the extreme heat, while a Brit hiker was airlifted to hospital in a serious condition after collapsing with heatstroke.

Spanish mountaineers found him critically ill near Erratzu, in the Western Pyrenees’ Baztan valley.

An air ambulance took the Brit to the Navarra Hospital Complex in Pamplona, after his condition took a turn for the worst and he fell unconscious.

The incident occurred as soaring temperatures across Europe saw the deaths of four people across Spain and France.

Throughout Spain, wildfires were reported in Tarragona, Toledo, Madrid, Catalunya, the Costa del Sol and the Costa Blanca.

The Brexit Race Where does it leave you as a resident?

With a No-Deal Brexit currently back in the running, it’s no wonder that expats in the Canary Islands are feeling a bit lost. At Blacktower Financial Management in Tenerife, we are here to help you understand what Brexit might mean for you.

the Government of Spain has pledged contingency measures to safeguard the rights of British citizens residing in Spain.

Call us today or visit our offices in Valle De San Lorenzo, and we will be happy to review your finances and discuss how you can be best prepared for Brexit.

SET! Check your “certificado de registro” - either the credit card-sized version or green A4 document. An NIE on white paper is not the right document and you will need to apply for the green certificate before UK leaves the EU.

READY! Spain and the UK have drawn up a Withdrawal Agreement which seeks reciprocal assurances for the rights of British citizens in Spain and Spanish expats in the UK. And, even if there is no overarching Brexit agreement,

You should also ensure that you have the correct registration for healthcare in Spain as a No-Deal Brexit could mean that your entitlement changes.

However, under the Spanish Royal Decree, there will be a

safety net in place until the end of 2020 for anyone who is correctly registered when the UK leaves the EU. So, it is important to check you have the right documents in place.

GO! As a resident, Brexit could change arrangements for travel, work, savings, pensions and investments, and while there’s lots of information out there, trying to decide what applies to you can be quite tricky.

As you are probably aware, the race is on to get your circumstances in order. So, why not talk to the team at Blacktower and let us help you get across the Brexit finish line.

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IN the latest attempt to cope with the spiralling crisis of plastic waste, which is blighting the world’s oceans, a giant floating machine, built to capture plastic waste, is being deployed for a second time.

It is fitted with devices such as solar-powered lights, sensors, cameras, and satellite antennae, and its operators hope to put a dent in the swelling Great Pacific Garbage Patch, floating between California and Hawaii.

According to Boyan Slat, creator of The Ocean Cleanup Project, the 2,000ftlong floating boom will be redeployed in the area of the

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The giant floating machine, built to banish all plastic

island of trash this week.

After only four months of design, procurement, and assembly, the crew are now on their way to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, with the upgraded System 001/B.

Taxpayers who owe in excess of €14.1bn A TOTAL of 4,028 Spanish taxpayers owe more than €14.1bn, according to the Tax Agency, which found there were 6.7% fewer debtors than last year.

Tax Agency figures showed the total sum owed to the Treasury was 7.8% under last year’s figure. They were revealed as the agency published its list of debtors, who owe more than €1m, following the last financial year’s tax returns.

Companies linked to the construction and property sectors were among the individuals, entities and firms with the highest outstanding debts.

Many of those companies were left with hefty tax bills after earnings were hit, following the propertymarket crash, in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.

Reyel Urbis owed the Treasury €353.2m after paying off around €8m over the previous year.

Martinsa-Fadesa, which folded, sparked the biggest bankruptcy case

in Spain at the time, and the company still owes €50m.

Figures on the list included Rodrigo Rato, former Deputy Prime Minister to Jose Maria Aznar.

Rato, who owes more than €1m to the Treasury, is currently in prison for his part in the “Black” corruption scandal.

Nueva Rumasa, one of the firms owned by the Ruiz Mateos family of tycoons, owes €8.9m in tax, while former Real Madrid President Lorenzo Sanz’s arrears add up to around €1.35m.

Two subsidiaries of the Andalucia-based Abengoa Group, Abengoa Abenewco and Abengoa Energia, owe more than €2m and €1.1m respectively.

But footballer Daniel Alves, who skippers the Brazilian international team, and plays for Paris St Germain, as well as artist Miguel Bose, were among those who cleared their debts this year.

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The machine was shipped out to the patch last September to capture some of the floating trash.

Unfortunately, rough weather conditions meant that the boom was unable to retain the plastic caught during its four months at sea, and, ultimately broke apart, according to Associated Press.

The plastic pollution has now reached such enormous proportions that an estimated 100m tons of it can now be found in the world’s oceans, according to the UN. Between 80-90% of it comes from land-based sources.

And, according to a report prepared for the 2016 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, it is estimated that, by 2050, plastic waste in

the ocean will outweigh all fish. The machine has a plastic barrier, with a tapered, 10-foot-deep screen, which simulates a coastline to trap some of the 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic debris, estimated to be swirling around.

The high-tech system is fitted with a variety of devices, such as solar-powered lights, sensors, cameras, and satellite antennae, which The Ocean Clean-up Project to keep tabs on it via GPS. It will also be using a dedicated support vessel to collect the trapped plastic every few months, before bringing it back to dry land.

Ocean life is able to swim safely around the gigantic boom, and, according to the marine biologists who

accompanied its first run from the support vessel, no adverse environmental impact has resulted from the system’s deployment.

Slat hopes that if the system proves useful, 60 such devices will one day be deployed to skim garbage from the ocean’s surface.

In recent years, experts and conservationists have sounded the alarm over the plastics and microplastics, which are inundating the world’s oceans and water supplies, leaching carcinogenic toxins and chemicals into the marine environment.

In the meantime, plastic drink containers and trash used by fishermen are trapping, confining, and, ultimately, killing marine wildlife such as birds and fish.

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Mass evacuation as a hotel blaze takes hold

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Ryanair bans Duty Free booze on Spanish flights RYANAIR, extending a clampdown on drunken behaviour on its flights to Spain, has now banned passengers from taking Duty-Free booze to their seats.

AROUND 600 people were evacuated from a Mallorcan hotel on Tuesday, after a fire broke out in one of the rooms.

Six were taken to hospital and further 30 treated for smoke inhalation at the scene.

Firefighters from Mallorca, Llucmajor, Calvia and Inca joined colleagues from Palma, as well as Local Police and medics, at 5am.

They were called to the three-

star Whala Beach Hotel, where customers and hotel workers were evacuated as firefighters tackled the blaze.

By around 8.30am, the fire had been extinguished and some customers were allowed back to their rooms.

The six people taken to hospital, including one firefighter suffering from heat exhaustion, were said to have slight injuries. The 30 suffering from the effects of smoke inhalation were treated at the scene.

Customers on some flights to Tenerife South, Alicante, Palma, Malaga, Barcelona, and Ibiza, have been receiving emails, setting out new rules for carrying alcohol.

The email states that any Duty-Free alcohol, bought at the airport, will have to be put in their “hold� luggage before boarding their flight.

This will be done at the gate and will be free of charge for those with priority boarding, or carrying one small piece of hand-luggage.

Others will have to pay a fee, and if the drink is in a bag, not appropriate for the hold, it will have to be binned.

The ban, which was first introduced in 2017, on flights to Ibiza and Alicante, has since been extended.

The email adds: “In order to prioritise the comfort and safety of all passengers,

Ryanair will implement the following restrictions on your upcoming flight to Spain: *Customers will not be allowed to carry alcohol on board, and all cabin baggage will be searched at the boarding gates *Any alcohol purchased in airport shops, or elsewhere, must be packed carefully, in a suitable item of cabin baggage, which will be tagged at the gate and then placed in the aircraft hold free of charge, if you have purchased priority boarding, or have a small piece of hand luggage.

Customers with larger cabin bags, who have not purchased priority boarding, will be required to pay the appropriate fee.

If the bag is unsuitable for placing in the hold (e.g, a plastic bag, then customers will be required to dispose of the alcohol in the bins provided *Boarding gates will be carefully monitored, and customers showing any signs of anti-social behaviour, or attempting to conceal alcohol, will be denied travel, without refund or compensation.

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EUROPOL has launched a new taskforce, aimed at tackling criminal peoplesmuggling and humantrafficking rings.

It will allow liaison officers from all EU Member States to step up the fight against constantly-adapting criminal networks.

Spain has long been in the frontline when it comes to the fight against migrantsmuggling groups.

The Guardia Civil and National Police have also had significant success in tackling the “white-slave” trade, which forces women into prostitution after smuggling them into the country.

The purpose of the Europol taskforce is to share intelligence between EU countries, to identify networks, prioritise and prepare, as well as executing cross-border operations.

The venture, called the Joint Liaison Task Force Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings (JLT-MS), will increase the support mechanism already available to member states, including analytical capabilities and tools.

The taskforce will provide a joint platform, for direct contact and better coordination and co-operation between law enforcement authorities.

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Europol cracks down on criminal networks with a new taskforce

platform will also improve the joint development of stronger, operational strategies, which will help disrupt international criminal networks even more

efficiently, targeting highvalue targets.

It will also target the proceeds of crime, and increase the effectiveness of parallel, financial investigations, in

particular, money-laundering and asset-recovery.

Wil van Gemert, Europol’s Deputy Executive Director and Head of Operations, said: “Offering a ‘service’

in high demand, criminal networks of migrantsmugglers are not shy about using violence, and violating the basic human rights of their ‘clients’.

“Our experts helped member states’ law-enforcement agencies in tackling criminal networks during 39 Action Days on the ground, leading to more than 600 arrested suspects of migrant-smuggling in 2018.

“The criminal networks are constantly reshaping their business models to avoid law enforcement radars.

“This is why, through this new JLT-MS, EU Member States, with the support of Europol, will target even more effectively this major threat for human lives, posed by criminal networks involved in migrant smuggling and trafficking of humanbeings.”

Heatwave kills 17-year-old

A TEENAGER died of heat exhaustion as Spain, and much of Europe, baked in an extreme heatwave, the like of which has seldom been seen, if at all.

The 17-year-old youth was rushed to Cordoba’s Reina Sofía hospital, in the Andalusian city, last Thursday.

He had been working in the fields when he started to feel dizzy. He jumped into the pool at the farm, where he was working, to cool down, then went into convulsions.

The teenager, who was from the

Castro del Rio village, died the same night.

But he was not the heat’s only victim, because a 93-year-old man died the same afternoon in Santiago de Valladolid, also from heat-stroke.

He collapsed while walking to the dentist, sources reporting that he might have been wearing too many clothes in the 37-degree Celsius heat.

In Mallorca, police are investigating whether the death of a 60-year-old man was also down to the heatwave, while in Murcia, a man aged 50 was hospitalised because of the heat.

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Brave Ginger beats frostbite, to display new titanium paws!

HARSH winters in Russia’s Siberia region often claim the lives of house pets, who can fall prey to frostbite and the surgical amputation of their limbs.

And, with little ability to survive, this frequently leads to the poor creatures being euthanised.

But a cat named Ryzhik, which means Redhead or Ginger, has been given a new lease of life, following an unprecedented set of operations, supplying the quadruple-amputee four prosthetic paws, constructed of titanium.

The surgery was carried out by a Novosibirsk clinic, which specialises in implanting artificial limbs, according to the Siberian Times newspaper.

The poor cat had suffered

from gangrene and frostbite on his ears and four paws, said veterinary surgeon Sergei Gorshkov, which led to the amputation of Ryzhik’s paws.

The clinic then used computer tomography and 3D-modelling technology, to construct the perfect set of artificial paws for the cat, which would not only serve the basic function of prosthetic limbs but would also be sufficiently comfortable, ensuring that he wouldn’t try to prise them off.

Ryzhik is now the only cat in Russia, and, probably, the world, wholly reliant on four prosthetics.

Gorshkov said: “He is definitely the first cat in the world to experience such surgery. The limbs have fully connected with the skin and bone. The part of the limb that goes inside the body is spongy, and the bone tissue

is growing inside it.”

He added: “We achieved a good result. We secured the function of the limb, although part of it has been removed.”

While video footage of the cat shows that Ryzhik still has to get over some initial awkwardness, before regaining a wholly natural gait, Gorshkov’s team are confident that it’s only a matter of time before he finds it easy to walk on his new set of paws.

In fact, Ginger is already using them to play with, and defend himself from other cats.

Gorshkov’s clinic has been working to patent new techniques, which would allow various animals to enjoy a new life after the traumatic loss of their limbs.

Such new forms of prosthesis include rebuilt beaks for parrots and hoods for cattle, as well as artificial limbs for birds.

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Don’t blame me for taxi theft, says Till

DARREN Till, Britain’s leading Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) star, has rubbished reports that he stole a taxi during a Tenerife holiday.

He was in the headlines over here in the Spring when it emerged that he had been arrested on the island for, allegedly, trashing a hotel and stealing a taxi.

Till, who last fought in March, admitted there had been an incident, but insisted he had nothing to do with it.

“Truthfully and honestly, we went on a lad’s birthday, and we booked it for the while,” Till told Fighters Only magazine.

“We were gone for two days and we were out there having a good time. It’s a nice place. Then we were in the hotel, and there were these other guys in the room.

We weren’t having trouble, but a little bother broke out… but not fights and whatnot.

“Obviously, the hotel didn’t get trashed. There was no

criminal damage, but things got thrown, and whatever.”

But Till did spend time in a Tenerife police cell. “I won’t name names, but a taxi was not stolen… well, it was stolen and driven around the block a few times,” he added. “I went to the scene, but I’d previously been somewhere else. I had left the hotel, as well.

“Then, when the police were rounding everyone up, they saw me. Straight away, one of them said ‘Darren Till?’ I knew what was going on, and I knew it was all going to fall on me.”

The fighter confirmed that he was picked up by the police and paid a “scandalous” fine after a stint in a station cell.

The 26-year-old has courted controversy during his rapid rise to the top of the British Mixed Martial Arts scene.

He suffered his second successive defeat in a row in March at UFC London. But he remains the UFC’s biggest British star, and intends to fight again before the end of the year.

Mosquitoes plaguing an entire community TIGER mosquitoes have now colonised two-thirds of the Valencian Community, and experts blame climate change and transportation for the spread.

Between March 2018 and May 2019, the south-east Asian insects expanded to 30 more municipalities, claiming 335 of Valencia’s total of 542.

The tiger mosquito needs temperatures above 14 degrees to survive, and establishes itself between June and October in Spain.

“We are still in a period of

expansion, and we expect a presence in regions of Alicante, close to the coast,” said Ricardo Jimenez, professor of plague control at the University of Valencia.

Jimenez said it was down to climate change, as well as travel and transportation.

The AP-7 motorway, in particular, has been named as a vector in the mosquito’s spread.

Experts said larvae could have been transported in “damp spare tyres or plant pots”, all across the Valencian Community.

This mosquito is responsible for the transmission of viral diseases dengue,

chikungunya and zika. Just last month, three Icelandic tourists were believed to have contracted chikungunya while in

Alicante. But, thankfully, the diagnosis was false.

In the last year, however, the Valencian Community has seen one case of zika

and 12 cases of dengue.

These viruses spread after a tiger mosquito bites a person already infected, and who has usually travelled from a tropical region, where the disease is more widespread.

The Valencian Ministry of Health has now allocated €400,000 for municipalities to help stop the mosquito’s spread.

Control measures include fumigation, particularly in damp areas like drains and sewers.

Jimenez added that in northern Italy, the release of 100,000, sterilised male mosquitoes per week had reduced the population by 70% in a former study.

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As the Conservative leadership contest narrowed down to the final two candidates, the mood towards the pound deteriorated, with the odds of a nodeal Brexit appearing to increase.

Meanwhile, the increasinglydovish outlook of the Federal Reserve, coupled with underwhelming US data, left USD exchange rates on the back foot.

An uptick in the Eurozone, consumer-price index was not enough to shore up the euro, with markets pricing in higher odds of the European Central Bank (ECB) cutting interest rates, before the end of the year.

With both Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt refusing to rule out the prospect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal, GBP exchange rates have come under pressure.

As Johnson has also threatened to prorogue Parliament, in order to push through a no-deal Brexit, investors

By mariano zunino siri

Registered lawyer at the tenerife bar association

THE Supreme Court has recently nullified the legal costs in tax proceedings, which means that any lawsuits with the Inland Revenue Office will be free, from now on.

This has been established by the Supreme Court in a judgement, which accepts the Spanish Association of Tax Advisors (Aedaf) reasoning and nullifies Article 51.2 of Royal Decree 1073/2017, approved in December 2017.

The ruling contains harsh assertions of the Tax Office and the legislator, for not respecting the principle of legal security.

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Pound hits six-month low against euro and US dollar

are taking an increasinglycautious view of the UK outlook.

June’s UK manufacturing PMI put additional pressure on the pound, this week, as the index disappointed forecasts to fall from 49.4 to 48. This weaker showing highlights the negative impact Brexitbased uncertainty is having on the UK economy, raising concerns over the health of the second-quarter, grossdomestic product.

Demand for the US dollar generally weakened in the wake of the Fed’s June policy meeting, which saw a marked shift in tone on the subject of interest rates.

Hopes of a breakthrough in trade relations with China helped to rally USD exchange rates in the wake of the G20 summit, however, as the two sides agreed to restart formal talks.

Although inflation within Germany and the Eurozone, as a whole, showed signs of picking up, this was not enough to boost the euro against its rivals. As the latest set of Eurozone manufacturing PMIs remained in contraction territory, worries over the underlying strength of the economy helped to keep the single currency on a weaker footing.

The appeal of the pound could diminish further if June’s UK services PMI also proves disappointing in nature. As the service sector still accounts for more than three quarters of the country’s economic activity, any contraction here could weigh heavily on GBP exchange rates.

If the UK appears on track for a stagnant, second-quarter, gross-domestic product, the pound may struggle to find support against the euro or US dollar. Mounting anticipation, ahead of the election of the new Conservative leader, could also put GBP exchange rates under pressure.

Meanwhile, any signs of improvement in the latest, US, non-farm payrolls report may encourage the US dollar to recover further ground.

While even an upside surprise in employment is unlikely to alter the odds of a Fed interest-rate cut, this could still offer USD exchange rates a temporary boost.

Deterioration in May’s German trade data could see the euro fall further out of favour, on the other hand, as global tensions continue to weigh on trade.

Another weak month of exports would raise the risk of the Eurozone’s powerhouse economy, seeing a greater

loss of momentum in the second quarter, exposing the euro to fresh selling pressure.

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

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the economic-administrative court deems appropriate.

Legal costs in a tax proceeding?

The costs of the procedure are neither taxes, sanctioning measures, nor patrimonial benefits, says the Supreme Court. It adds that when quantifying the amount in a general and abstract way, the legal costs

lose their true nature.

That’s because they can no longer be considered costs of the procedure, but identified as a rate, or a sanctioning measure.

Supreme Court warns of uncertainty What draws our attention is that the Supreme Court warns about a “deep, legal uncertainty” in tax matters.

The Highest Court says: “Immediate certainty” in the development of the norms “is a legal requirement, directly connected with the principle of legal security, and whose breach must result in the legal consequences, which the order reserves for constitutional violations.”

Mariano E. Zunino Siri, is a lawyer registered at the Tenerife Bar Association since 1991. Email: abogado@ abogadosmadridtenerife. com; marianozuninosiri@ gmail.com; Web: www. abogadosmadridtenerife. com

Lawsuits against Inland Revenue won’t carry a fee

According to the Royal Decree article, when a citizen sues the Inland Revenue Office, within an EconomicAdministrative proceeding, and his reasons are not accepted, he must pay the legal costs, to be calculated at 2% of the sum claimed, with a minimum of €150-500 euros, depending on the cases.

This is, of course, a hidden, dissuasive measure because the taxpayer would think more than twice before starting a proceeding that could end up with a dismissive resolution, and legal costs to be charged apart.

Needless to say, if the Tax Office is defeated, no costs are to be paid, always in relation to the EconomicAdministrative proceeding.

The Supreme Court does not dispute the inadmissibility of the costs themselves, which, anyway, could be the subject of constitutionality. However, it concludes that the model of legal costs of the said

Royal Decree is null because it supposes a generic system, “disconnected from the procedure”, which, instead of a procedural cost, becomes “rate” or “sanction”.

The General Tax Law establishes that the economic-administrative procedure will be free, but it may be regulated if there are costs for the cases, which

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Britain’s Next Prime Minister: The ITV Debate Tuesday 9th July, ITV1, 20.00

Wednesday 10th July, BBC2, 21.00 Julie Etchingham presents ITV’s live head-tohead debate between the two contenders aiming to become Prime Minister.

During this hour-long live event in front of a studio audience, viewers at home have the chance to see Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson engaging directly in debate on the big issues like Brexit, the economy and their potential leadership styles, with questions put to them

by ITV viewers.

Julie Etchingham, the experienced host of ITV’s Leaders Debates in 2015 and 2017, and ITV’s live event EU Referendum programmes, will moderate the debate between the two men who would be our prime minister.

Eight days, three hours, 18 minutes, 35 seconds. That’s the total duration of the most important and celebrated space mission ever flown - Apollo 11 - when we first stepped foot on the moon.

Eight days that created some of the most iconic images in human history and changed the way we think about our place in the universe forever. But what was it really like for those three men in that high-tech tin can through each of those extraordinary eight days?

8 Days: To The Moon And Back, a feature-length drama documentary to mark the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, will bring the real story of the mission as it happened. With access to hours of declassified cockpit audio recorded by the astronauts themselves, 8 Days: To The Moon And Back will use cuttingedge digital effects and dramatised performances to create a stunning 21st century visual journey to bring the original audio to life.

Until now we’ve only glimpsed inside Apollo 11 with a handful of iconic stills and a few precious minutes of movie footage. But what if we could step inside that Saturn V rocket and for the very first time be on the inside to hear every word they said, from moments of high drama to the constant banter on that long and dangerous journey.

This is Apollo 11 as you’ve never seen or heard it before, the ultimate drama documentary of the ultimate human adventure.

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Top Gear

Sunday 7th July, BBC2, 20.00

Paddy and Freddie head to Borneo for a jungle adventure with the Gurkhas, in a pair of very rare, very cheap old cars. Chris Harris tries out the world’s most luxurious SUV, the Rolls-Royce Cullinan, while Bob Mortimer is the studio guest.

The Borneo Ultimatum If you want a truly rare car, you don’t need to spend millions on a classic Ferrari or Aston Martin. Because, if you’re prepared to spend a long time trawling the oddest corners of the classifieds, you’ll discover cars out there that are very rare, and very cheap. Cars, in some cases, with just a couple of examples left on the road. The most endangered of endangered species.

But should you buy one? To find out, Freddie and Paddy each purchased a superrare car for just a few thousand pounds. Paddy got himself a Matra Bagheera, France’s forgotten Seventies sports car, while Freddie went truly exotic with… an Austin Allegro estate.

According to the producers, there was only one place to test such rare beasts.

Borneo, the vast rainforest island that’s home to many rare beasts of its own. And, on account of being somewhat jungly, a challenging environment for a pair of knackered old cars. But an even more challenging environment for Paddy, a man who, by his own admission, isn’t a confident traveller. And also isn’t a fan of eating still-squirming sago worms.

War In The Blood

Sunday 7th July, BBC2, 21.00

An intimate feature-length documentary following two patients through ground breaking ‘first in-human’ trials at University Hospital for a treatment described as the beginning of the end of cancer.

Not allowed to meet, and separated by two floors of a hospital, 53 year-old Graham and 18 year-old Mahmoud are nevertheless bound together by their commitment to the treatment and their faith in the science. Terminally ill, the trial represents their only option: how do their ages and life experiences affect their physical and emotional responses?

For Martin Pule, the scientist who has developed the treatment, the responsibility of curing patients is both exciting and daunting. He knows he stands on the cusp of a breakthrough that could radically change the way we treat cancer.

At the heart of War In The Blood is the complex relationship between the patients and the clinical team. How much hope can the doctors give their patients when they are effectively going into these trials as human guinea pigs?

They must all weigh up hope with realism and their response is a profound and revealing reflection of the human condition.

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Tipping Point: Lucky Stars Sunday 7th July, ITV1, 20.00

Ben Shephard is back with a brand new series of Tipping Point: Lucky Stars, the quiz show in which three celebrities take on an extraordinary machine in the hope of winning £20,000 for charity.

This week QI and Jonathan Creek star Alan Davies, comedy actress Sally Phillips and TV doctor Ranj Singh will each need quick wits and nerves of steel if they’re to capture the prize.

Mad Cow Disease: The Great British Beef Scandal Wednesday 10th July, BBC2, 21.00

Long Lost Family

Monday 8th July, ITV1, 21.00

In the last year over 4000 people from across the UK have contacted the Long Lost Family team asking for help to find missing family members.

In this brand new seven-part series, Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell return and, with the help of trained intermediaries, DNA experts and investigators from all over the world, they find people that previously couldn’t be traced and answer questions that have haunted entire lives.

The series will feature more extraordinary stories with unexpected twists and turns, including Long Lost Family’s oldest ever searcher at the age of 83, who is desperate to find her daughter before it’s too late. New searches will take the team to locations including Chicago, Brisbane, Belfast and Canada.

And for the first time the series will feature a missing person story without a resolution, by making an emotional appeal.

Episode four is an hour-long special following one woman’s search for her mother and, through the use of DNA testing, reveals layers of her family she never knew existed.

Kathleen Fraser Jackson was adopted as a baby and grew up in London. At the age of three her adoptive mother died. Kathleen was then raised by her adoptive father and stepmother, until she was sent to boarding school aged five.

After her mother passed away, Kathleen felt lost. She tells the programme: “If you haven’t got a mother, you don’t get loved. I realised that that’s how I felt my whole life.”

Mad Cow Disease: The Great British Beef Scandal tells the story of Britain’s biggest ever food scandal.

Since 1996 almost 200 people have died from vCJD, whilst the cattle disease BSE has been responsible for the death of over four million cows.

Despite more than 20 years of scientific research, scientists are no closer to discovering a cure for it, or even a test to see who is carrying it. And what still alarms researchers is that they don’t know how many people are still carrying the infection nor how many more will die from the disease.

BSE virtually destroyed the British beef industry in the 1990s and vCJD continues to cost the NHS millions of pounds every year. Beneath the statistics is a story of greed, corruption and catastrophic political misjudgment by the then Conservative government.

With access to the politicians, scientists and families who have been defined by this epidemic, this film pieces together a forgotten chapter of our recent history.

Too Gay For God?

Thursday 11th July, BBC1, 22.35

Too Gay For God? explores the place of the LGBTIQ+ community within the Christian faith, and the Church of England in particular, through the perspective of Reverend Jide Macaulay, an openly gay member of the clergy.

Too Gay For God? explores the place of the LGBTIQ+ community within the Christian faith, and the Church of England in particular, through the perspective of Reverend Jide Macaulay, an openly gay member of the clergy.

An ordained Deacon in the Church of England, Jide wants the Church to adopt a more inclusive position towards the LGBTIQ+ community, with particular respect to the acceptance of same-sex marriages for members of the priesthood. Personally, Jide is ready to commit to his partner and is searching for an answer as to why he can’t marry and be a priest: why does it seem to be the case that this is a privilege enjoyed by straight members of the clergy alone, rather than a right for all?

In this film he is setting out to meet people who have views on and personal experience of same-sex relationships within the Church of England, and will seek to understand the position of other Christian denominations. We also see Jide meet with Ian Paul, a scholar of scripture, to ask what the doctrinal issues on sexuality are; and Andrew Foreshew-Cain, the first gay Church of England vicar to marry his partner.

Jide’s position reflects that of countless individuals who are struggling to reconcile their sexuality, identity and faith.

This film represents a vital opportunity to explore where those people - and the Church - go from here, through the perspective and experiences of someone who is both deeply committed to his faith and striving to be fully accepted by it.

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06:00 ...................... Breakfast 09:15.......... Ill Gotten Gains 10:00 ............................Homes Under the Hammer 11:00......................... One Day That Changed My Life 11:45................. Politics Live 12:15.............. Bargain Hunt 13:00...................... BBC News at One 13:45 ...... Wimbledon 2019 18:00................ BBC News at Six 19:00................Eat Well W C for Less choice 20:00.......Garden Rescue 20:30............. EastEnders 21:00...........Still Game CWce ch oi 21:30 .......... Mrs. Brown’s Boys 22:00.... BBC News at Ten 22:35.............. Killing Eve 23:20..............Room 101 Extra Storage 00:00............David Brent: Life on the Road 01:30.................. Weather for the Week Ahead 01:35............... BBC News

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06:00 .................. Thursday in Parliament 06:30 ....................... Ill Gotten Gains 07:15 ...............One Day That Changed My Life 08:00 .................... Gardeners’ World 09:00............ BBC News at 9 10:00........................... Victoria Derbyshire 11:00.................. Wimbledon 2019

20:30.................. Today at Wimbledon 21:30.............. Gardeners’ World 22:30..............Newsnight 23:00..................Weather 23:05............Glastonbury 2019 01:05............ The Planets

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06:00............ Good Morning Britain 08:30 ........................ Lorraine 09:25 .............. Judge Rinder 10:30 .............. This Morning 12:30 ............ Loose Women 13:30 .............ITV Lunchtime News 13:55..... ITV News London 14:00 ................... Dickinson’s Real Deal 15:00 .........................Tenable 15:59 ...................ITV London Weather 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 20:30............. Endeavour 22:20................ ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:50................ ITV News London 23:10................ Hot Fuzz 01:15....... The Voice Kids

Still Game BBC1, 21.00

In the first of this two-part Still Game special, Winston receives wounding news about his leg, Isa struggles with the creepiness of a new cleaning job, and Tam’s tightfistedness plummets to new

depths.

Isa’s spooked when Sheathing the undertaker offers her a cleaning job at his funeral home. Unnerved at the thought of dusting close to death, Isa reluctantly makes a deal with Sheathing - but her blood runs cold.

At the Doctor’s surgery, Winston’s all set for some good banter with his GP. But laughs aren’t prescribed when the doctor delivers a devastating diagnosis about Winston’s remaining leg.

Meanwhile at The Clansman, Tam tries to con Boabby, but his miserly ways push the barman too far and he finds himself barred from the pub.

Desperate to find a new watering hole, Tam tries to turn Navid’s shop into his new local, but is given short shrift and sent packing from there too.

As Winston tries to come to terms with the news about his leg, Jack and Victor vow to support their pal in his hour of need. Feeling awkward, Tam avoids talking to Winston until Isa gives him a hard time. She persuades him to see his best pal and urges him to just be himself. However, Tam’s empathy proves abysmal and he spectacularly falls out with Winston, leaving their future friendship in jeopardy.

Winston is played by Paul Riley, Isa by Jane McCarry, Tam by Mark Cox, Sheathing by Bruce Morton, Doctor by James MacPherson, Boabby by Gavin Mitchell, Navid by Sanjeev Kohli, Jack by Ford Kiernan and Victor by Greg Hemphill. Also starring Shamshad Akhtar as Meena, Lynne McPherson as Peggy, Paul Young as Shug, Kate Donnelly as Frances and Michael Mackenzie as a patient.

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06:25 ......................................Cheers 07:20 ....................King of Queens 08:10 ..................Everybody Loves Raymond 09:10 ...................................... Frasier 10:10................. Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 11:05 .......Undercover Boss USA 12:00 ..................Channel 4 News 12:05 .......................Couples Come Dine with Me 13:05 ............. Posh Pawnbrokers 14:10 ...........................Countdown 15:00 .................Coast vs Country 16:00 ...............A Place in the Sun 17:00 ..................Kirstie’s Celebrity Craft Masters 18:00 ............... The Simpsons 18:30 ...................... Hollyoaks 19:00 ............Channel 4 News 20:00 ..........The Crystal Maze 21:00.... Celebrity Gogglebox 22:00 ..................The Last Leg 23:05 .......Shipmates O’ Mine 00:05...ICC Cricket World Cup 01:05...................... Skin Trade

06:00...................... Childrens’ TV 09:15 .......................Jeremy Vine 11:15 .................. Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun 12:10 ..........5 News Lunchtime 12:15 ..........Police Interceptors 13:10 ..................................Access 13:15 .............. Home and Away 13:45 ....................... Neighbours 14:15 ................... Forgotten Evil 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 ...... The Gadget Show 19:30...... When Demolitions Go Wrong 20:00........................Inside...

21:00.......... The Nile: Egypt’s Great River with Bettany Hughes 22:00.................The Story of 23:30..... Utterly Outrageous X-Rated Comedy

06:00......................... The Planet’s Funniest Animals

08:55 ........... A Place in the Sun: Home or Away

06:00........................Monkey Life 06:30........................Monkey Life 07:00......................... Animal 999 07:30......................... Animal 999 08:00.... RSPCA Animal Rescue 09:00........................... Road Wars 10:00..................Highway Patrol 10:30..................Highway Patrol 11:00.............NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00.............NCIS: Los Angeles 13:00..................... Hawaii Five-0 14:00..................... Hawaii Five-0 15:00............................MacGyver 16:00.................. Modern Family 17:00.................... The Simpsons 17:30.............................Futurama 18:30..............The Simpsons 20:00...ICC Cricket World Cup 21:00.................. A League of Their Own 22:00........Rob & Romesh Vs 23:00................... The Russell Howard Hour 00:00.....................The Force: Manchester

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

10:00............ A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 11:00...................... Escape to the Chateau: DIY 12:05..........Find it, Fix it, Flog it 13:10......................Four in a Bed 13:40......................Four in a Bed 14:10......................Four in a Bed 14:40......................Four in a Bed 15:15......................Four in a Bed 15:50.................Kirstie and Phil’s Love it or List it 16:50..................Love it or List it 17:55.................... The Secret Life of the Zoo 18:55.............. The Supervet 19:55....Great Canal Journeys 21:00..... Code 37: Sex Crimes 22:05..........24 Hours in A&E 23:05..........24 Hours in A&E 00:10.........Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 01:10.............. The Supervet

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06:20..................... Judge Rinder 07:10....................... Dinner Date 08:00........................ Emmerdale 09:00...... You’ve Been Framed!

09:25............................... The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:25.......................... Superstore 10:50.......................... Superstore 11:15...... You’ve Been Framed!

12:10......................... Emmerdale 13:15...... You’ve Been Framed!

13:45............................... The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:45............... Dress to Impress 15:45........................Dinner Date 16:50....................... Take Me Out 18:00.... You’ve Been Framed!

20:00....Two and a Half Men 21:00..................Love Island 22:05............ Celebrity Juice 22:50.................. Family Guy 23:50............ American Dad! 00:50....Two and a Half Men

07:10........................The Hurting 07:35........................The Hurting 08:00..............American Pickers 09:00................Storage Hunters 09:30................Storage Hunters 10:00..............American Pickers 11:00..............American Pickers 12:00..............American Pickers 13:00......... Border Interceptors 13:30......... Border Interceptors 14:00..................Sin City Motors 15:00......................Timber Kings 16:00.............Jay Leno’s Garage 17:00.............................. Top Gear 18:00......................Top Gear 19:00............ Have I Got a Bit More News for You 20:00............................ QI XL 21:00........................Hellboy 23:35..... Would I Lie to You? 00:15..... Would I Lie to You? 00:55..... Would I Lie to You? 01:35............................ QI XL

Eat Well for Less BBC1, 19:00

Hampshire couple James and Rianna Drew have two children, Tallulah-Belle who is three and Penelope who is one. TallulahBelle suffers with chronic lung disease, and the couple spent over two years in hospital with her while living on convenience freezer food and takeaways. Now she is home their diets haven’t changed.

Greg Wallace and Chris Bavin spy on the pair as they do their weekly shop and are shocked by the type of items they buy.

In an effort to change their ways, takeaways are banned, sugary treats are rationed and their current brands are swapped for cheaper, healthier alternatives.

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

06:00...........................All Over the Place

06:00.................... Dino Dana

06:10................. King of Queens

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

06:10.......................... Super 4

07:00...................................Frasier

09:10 .............Pirata & Capitano

06:30..........The Dengineers

06:35................Thunderbirds are Go

07:25...................................Frasier

09:25 .............................. Floogals

07:55 ......The Big Bang Theory

09:35 ..........................Sunny Day

07:00........................... Mission Employable

09:05 ................ Young Sheldon

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

07:05........................ Mr. Bean

12:00..................... Four in a Bed

07:15........................ Mr. Bean

14:45... W Series Motor Racing

11:30...................... Nigella: At My Table

07:00.......... The Dog Ate My Homework

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

07:25................Mustangs FC

12:10.....BBC London News

07:50..... Tinker Bell and the Legend of the Neverbeast

12:15.........................Weather 12:20....... Wimbledon 2019 17:00......................BBC News 17:10.........................Weather 17:15....... Wimbledon 2019 19:35.................Pointless 20:25................. Casualty 21:15.............. Killing Eve 22:00............... BBC News 22:15..................Weather 22:20............. The Lady in the Van 00:00................Memento 01:50...... Weather for the Week Ahead 01:55............... BBC News

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09:00...................... The World According to Kids 10:00..........Me and My Dog: The Ultimate Contest 11:00....... Wimbledon 2019 20:30.................. Today at Wimbledon

07:30...... Marvel’s Avengers Assemble 08:00.Thunderbirds are Go

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

16:00 ........... A Place in the Sun 16:30............Location, Location, Location

10:10...........Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:25..................................Britain’s Greatest Bridges 10:35 ........................Traffic Cops 12:25 ................................ Friends

08:25....................... ITV News

17:35...................... Portrait Artist of the Year

08:30....The Sara Cox Show

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

15:50 ..................................Access

09:25.......Saturday Morning with James Martin

19:00............ London’s Great Bridges: Lighting the Thames

15:55........................... Mr. Deeds 16:40.............................. Stargate

20:00........Warriors of Rome: Race to the Death

18:55................ Sacred Sites

11:35............. John and Lisa’s Weekend Kitchen

14:50 ........................... Mr. Deeds

18:50 ........5 News Weekend 20:00...... How the Victorians Built Britain

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06:00...................Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 06:10 ........................ Emmerdale 09:00 ............Coronation Street 12:00 ......................Catchphrase 12:40 .............. Ninja Warrior UK 13:45 ................... Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights 15:30....................... The Haunted Mansion 17:10...............Despicable Me 2 19:15....................... Liar Liar 20:15...................... FYI Daily 20:20....................... Liar Liar 21:00..................Love Island 22:05............. Shopping with Keith Lemon 22:35.................. Family Guy

21:30.........RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show

12:40................. Save Money: Lose Weight

22:30................. Matangi/ Maya/MIA

16:00.. You’ve Been Framed!

23:20....................ICC Cricket World Cup

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

00:25................ The Last Leg

17:30.....................The Chase

01:20.................... Hollyoaks

01:15........The 21.Co.UK Live Casino Show

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

06:00.................. Modern Family

07:10 ............Jay Leno’s Garage

09:30............ A Place in the Sun: Home or Away

06:30 ................. Modern Family

08:00 ...............Storage Hunters

10:30............ A Place in the Sun: Home or Away

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

08:30............... Storage Hunters

07:30 ................. Modern Family

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

08:00 ................. Modern Family 08:30 ................. Modern Family

10:00 ............. American Pickers: Best Of

13:40.......................The Yorkshire Dales and the Lakes

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

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

09:30................... The Simpsons

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

10:00 .................Premier League Best Goals

12:00.......Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge

00:05....... Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

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TV Guide

Joining host Stephen Mulhern and Mr Chips this evening are Grant, Chansey and Matt. They’ll be trying to ‘Say What They See’ as they attempt to guess familiar phrases from the animations on the screen, but only one of them will be playing for a chance to win the massive £50,000 jackpot, plus a very special holiday.

13:10....................... ITV News

21:00............... Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

21:55.............Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 00:50...... Lip Sync Battle UK

23:05.................. Family Guy 23:30.................. Family Guy 23:55............ American Dad! 00:25............ American Dad! 00:55.................Celebability 01:40..................Hey Tracey!

18:25................ ITV News 18:40.....Harry Hill’s Alien Fun Capsule 19:15........Catchphrase

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20:00........The Voice Kids 21:35................ ITV News 21:55..............GoldenEye

00:20........Tour de France Highlights 01:10 5.......... Gold Rings

12:35........................... Orangutan Jungle School

15:20......................Four in a Bed

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

11:00............Football’s Funniest Moments

16:00 .............................. Cops UK: Bodycam Squad

12:00..... David Attenborough’s Conquest of the Skies

17:00............................... Cops UK: Bodycam Squad

17:55........ Come Dine with Me

16:00...................... Monkeys and Apes: Wild Files

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

18:25.... Come Dine with Me

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

18:55.... Come Dine with Me

19:20..... Would I Lie to You?

17:15 .......................... Superman

19:25.... Come Dine with Me

20:00..................Taskmaster

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

20:00.999: On the Frontline

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

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

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

21:00..........24 Hours in A&E 23:05.......... It Was Alright In

22:00....................ICC Cricket World Cup

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

01:00................... Road Wars

22:05..........24 Hours in A&E

00:00........................ Warrior

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

22:00........... Reservoir Dogs 00:10..... Would I Lie to You? 00:50............................ QI XL 01:50..............Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish

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06:00 ...................... Breakfast 09:00 .....................BBC News 10:00 ................. The Andrew Marr Show 11:00 ........... Sunday Politics London 11:30........................... Sunday Morning Live 12:30 ...........................Flog It! 13:00 .....................BBC News 13:10 .......... Weather for the Week Ahead 13:15 .......... Songs of Praise 13:50 .............. Bargain Hunt 14:30 ....John McEnroe: Still Rocking At 60 15:30 ....... Match of the Day Live: FIFA Women’s World Cup 18:35.............. BBC News 18:50. BBC London News 19:00............ Countryfile 20:00 ................ Antiques Roadshow 21:00 ....Gentleman Jack 22:00.............. BBC News 22:30................. Imagine 23:35 ............... Our Lives 00:05 ..... Weather for the Week Ahead 00:10............... BBC News

06:15........ Glorious Gardens From Above 07:00 .................... Gardeners’ World 08:00 .................. Countryfile 09:00 ........................Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 10:30 ..................... Nigella: At My Table 11:00 ........................... A Cook Abroad 12:00..........Super League Triathlon

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13:30 ....................... Athletics 14:55............................... Yentl 17:00........ Barbra Streisand: Becoming an Icon 1942-1984 18:00....... Mediterranean with Simon Reeve 19:00......... Dragons’ Den 20:00.................Top Gear 21:00...................... War in the Blood 22:45................The Water Diviner 00:30....... Question Time 01:30........ Martina: Trans Women Athletes Debate

06:00 ...............Childrens’ TV 07:30...... Marvel’s Avengers Assemble 07:55.... Milo Murphy’s Law 08:25....................... ITV News 08:30....The Sara Cox Show 09:25............. John and Lisa’s Weekend Kitchen 11:15................. Gino’s Italian Escape: Hidden Italy 11:45........ Best Walks with a View with Julia Bradbury 12:15............... ITV News and Weather 12:30..................... Harry Hill’s Alien Fun Capsule 13:00...Star Wars: Episode III 15:45 .........Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 18:30................ ITV News 19:00............... The Chase Celebrity Special 20:00.........Tipping Point: Lucky Stars W 21:00....Beecham House Coi ch ce 22:05................ ITV News 22:20................ Inside the Ritz Hotel 22:50... Judi Dench’s Wild Borneo Adventure 23:50.................. Wild Bill 00:45........Tour de France Highlights 01:35 5.......... Gold Rings

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Triathlon World Series: Highlights c h o i c e Hamburg BBC2, 12.00

Britain’s Brownlee brothers provide the star quality as the World Series heads to Hamburg for the sixth round of the prestigious global competition.

Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee took gold and silver at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, and will be desperate to shine in Germany after struggling for form and fitness in the intervening years.

In the women’s race, Britain’s Georgia Taylor-Brown will be high in confidence having claimed her debut World Series victory in Leeds in June.

In the final event of the weekend - the highly anticipated World Mixed Relay Championships - Great Britain will be looking to return to the podium for the first time since 2015.

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06:00.....................King of Queens

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

06:25.....................King of Queens

09:25 ..........................Sunny Day

06:50..........The Big Bang Theory 07:10..........The Big Bang Theory

09:50 ..........Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

07:35 .......................The Simpsons

10:10.................................. Access

06:25 ........................ You’ve Been Framed!

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

10:15................................ Friends

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

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

12:40 .............National Security

09:50 ............Coronation Street

14:30........................ The Emperor’s New Groove

13:40 ..................................Access

12:45 ......................Catchphrase

13:45............. National Security

13:30 ........................ You’ve Been Framed!

16:05 ...............A Place in the Sun

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

16:35 ........................The Supervet

14:20.......... Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords

17:35 .................Coast vs Country

17:10........................ Dirty Britain

16:30 ..................................Honey

18:05.........5 News Weekend

18:25.............. Jurassic Park

18:10...... Rich Kids Go Skint

19:30 .............. Jurassic Park

19:00............. The Wonderful World of Chocolate

21:00..................Love Island

18:30............ Channel 4 News 19:00 ...................Great British Car Journeys 20:00......................... Escape to the Chateau 21:00.....The Handmaid’s Tale 22:00..............Ashes 2005: The Greatest Series 23:00......The Imitation Game

20:00.....................Gino’s Win Your Wish List 21:00..... Utterly Outrageous X-Rated Comedy

14:35 ................................. Casper

22:00..................Love Island: Aftersun 23:05.................. Family Guy 23:35.................. Family Guy

23:05.............Funny Women

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

00:05................. Cricket on 5

00:30............ American Dad!

01:35..............The Restoration Man

01:00............... The 21.Co.UK Live Casino Show

01:00....................Don’t Hate the Playaz

08:55...Grand Designs Abroad 10:00.................. George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 11:00.................. George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 12:00........ Come Dine with Me 14:40 .....................Four in a Bed 15:10 .....................Four in a Bed 15:40..................... Four in a Bed 16:15..................... 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................... Orangutan Jungle School 21:00..........24 Hours in A&E 22:00...................... Shocking Emergency Calls 23:05......Inside Birmingham Children’s Hospital 00:05.................... The Billion Pound Hotel 01:05................... Father Ted

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

07:10 ............Jay Leno’s Garage

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

08:00 ...............Storage Hunters

09:00 .................Premier League Best Goals

08:30 ............................. Top Gear

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

10:30 .......................... Drug Wars

10:30 ................... The Simpsons 11:00 ..... WWE Raw Highlights

11:00 .............................. Cops UK: Bodycam Squad

12:00 ................................S.W.A.T.

12:00 ...............Storage Hunters

13:00 ...........................MacGyver

12:30 ............. American Pickers: Best Of

01:05......................Travel Man: 48 Hours In

14:00 ...........................MacGyver 15:00 ...........................MacGyver 16:00 ................... The Simpsons 17:00 ................... The Simpsons 18:00............. The Simpsons 18:30 .............The Simpsons 19:00 .............The Simpsons 19:30..............The Simpsons 20:00...... Football’s Funniest Moments 21:00........................S.W.A.T.

10:00 .......................... Drug Wars

13:30............. American Pickers 14:30..............American Pickers 15:30 ............................. Top Gear 17:00 ................................Red Bull Soapbox Race 20:00................ World’s Most Dangerous Roads 21:00.....................Have I Got a Bit More News for You

22:00.............. Hawaii Five-0

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

23:00.......NCIS: Los Angeles

23:00..................Taskmaster

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

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

01:00.......... Caribbean Cops

00:58............... Hypothetical

Beecham House ITV1, 21.00

Chandrika visits John’s room late at night fuelling suspicions about their relationship.

The clandestine meeting is witnessed by Violet who tells a shocked Henrietta.

They use this information to pursue their plan to drive John and Margaret apart.

When the Emperor presents John with his license, the event is soured for John

by Margaret’s early exit. At Beecham House Chanchal is ostracised by the staff as news of her affair with Daniel spreads. Prince Akbar and the Empress make plans to secure the future of their kingdom and the Prince makes John an offer he can’t refuse. Samuel presents Castillon with another opportunity to sabotage John’s plans. Margaret demands answers from John who realises that the only way he can win her trust is to reveal the secret he promised never to tell. At night time, surrounded by candle light, with his family, Chandrika and Margaret present, he reveals in a series of dramatic flashbacks the identity of August’s mother and his relationship with her. He knows that doing this jeopardizes the safety of his child and his future with Margaret.

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

06:00 ..........Ill Gotten Gains

09:15 ....................... Ill Gotten Gains

06:45 ...............One Day That Changed My Life

10:00 ..............Homes Under the Hammer

07:30 ........................Antiques Roadshow

09:25.............. Judge Rinder

11:00 ...............One Day That Changed My Life

08:30 .................This Week in Parliament

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

11:45 ................. Politics Live

09:00 ............ BBC News at 9

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

10:00 .......................... Victoria Derbyshire

13:00 ......................BBC News at One 13:45...... Wimbledon 2019 18:00............... BBC News at Six 18:30............ BBC London News 19:00............ The Sheriffs are Coming 20:00............. EastEnders 20:30...............Panorama 21:00........Dark Money

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22:00.... BBC News at Ten

22:25........Regional News and Weather 22:35.......... This Country 23:00............... Have I Got a Bit More News for You 23:40......................Live at the Apollo 00:35...... Weather for the Week Ahead 00:40............... BBC News

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10:30 ...... Wimbledon 2019 20:30.................. Today at Wimbledon 21:30..........Horizon

For every pound spent on food shopping, 77p goes to the supermarkets, giving them a huge influence over what people eat. In an experiment to discover the hidden truths about everyday foods, Horizon has built a supermarket where the products are labelled with the real story of how they are produced and their effect on consumers and the environment. Mathematician Hannah Fry and dietician Priya Tew invite members of the British public to come in and discover the truth about their favourite foods.

22:30............. Newsnight 23:10 .................Weather 23:15................ Top Gear 00:15........... Glastonbury 2019

Dark Money BBC1, 21.00

A struggling family accepts a substantial pay-off from a renowned filmmaker to keep silent about the molestation of their child. They felt this would enable the family to heal and move on - they were so wrong.

Unable to find any other kind of justice, Manny and Sam Mensah accept a substantial pay-off to keep silent about the molestation of their son Isaac by a famous Hollywood producer.

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06:00............. Good Morning Britain 08:30........................ Lorraine 10:30.............. This Morning 13:30............. ITV Lunchtime News 14:00.................... Dickinson’s Real Deal 15:00 .........................Tenable 15:59.................. ITV London 16:00 ..............Tipping Point 17:00 ....................The Chase 18:00................. ITV News London 18:30..ITV Evening News 19:00............ Emmerdale 19:30..Coronation Street 20:00.. Love Your Garden 20:30..Coronation Street 21:00... Long Lost Family 22:00...... ITV News at Ten and Weather

06:25 ................................. Cheers 07:20 ................ King of Queens 08:10.............. Everybody Loves Raymond 09:10 ..................................Frasier 10:10 ..............Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 11:05 ....Undercover Boss USA 12:00 ...............Channel 4 News 12:05 ................... Couples Come Dine with Me 13:05.......... Posh Pawnbrokers 14:10....................... Countdown 15:00 ............. Coast vs Country 16:00............ A Place in the Sun 17:00............... Kirstie’s Celebrity Craft Masters 18:00 .............The Simpsons 18:30................... Hollyoaks 19:00 ......... Channel 4 News 20:00 ................. Dispatches 20:30 ............The £1 Houses: Britain’s Cheapest Street 21:00 ..... Extreme Tribe: The Last Pygmies 22:00 ......Year of the Rabbit 22:35 .......... 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 23:40.... Let’s Talk about Sex 00:35..................... Drag SOS

06:00...................... Childrens’ TV 09:15....................... Jeremy Vine 11:15.................. Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun 12:10 ..........5 News Lunchtime 12:15 ..........Police Interceptors 13:10 ..................................Access 13:15 .............. Home and Away 13:45 ....................... Neighbours 14:15 ................ Murdered at 17 16:00 ................................ Friends 17:00 ........................ 5 News at 5 17:30 ....................... Neighbours 18:00 .........Home and Away 18:30 .......... 5 News Tonight 19:00 .........Walking Britain’s Lost Railways 20:00..... Police Interceptors 21:00.....Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 22:00........Young, Dumb and Banged Up in the Sun 23:05..............................Blitz 00:05.......................... Access 00:10..............................Blitz

06:00......................... The Planet’s Funniest Animals 06:20 .....................Judge Rinder 07:10 .......................Dinner Date 08:00 ........................ Emmerdale 08:30 ............Coronation Street 09:25 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:25 ......................... Superstore 10:50 ......................... Superstore 11:15.............. Dress to Impress 12:10........................ Emmerdale 12:45 ............Coronation Street 13:45 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:45....................... Dinner Date 15:45 .............. Dress to Impress 16:50 ...................... Take Me Out 18:00..You’ve Been Framed!

20:00....Two and a Half Men 21:00 .................Love Island 22:00 .................Hey Tracey!

22:50 ................. Family Guy 23:45 ........... American Dad! 00:40 ................Celebability

22:30.. ITV News London 22:45....Sarah Payne: The Untold Story

08:55............ A Place in the Sun: Home or Away

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

07:10............ Jay Leno’s Garage

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

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

00:10.................. Tenable

10:00............ A Place in the Sun: Home or Away

07:00 ........................ Animal 999

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

01:00........Tour de France Highlights

11:00...................... Escape to the Chateau: DIY

07:30 ........................ Animal 999

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

08:00 ... RSPCA Animal Rescue

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

01:50........James Martin’s French Adventure

12:05......... Find it, Fix it, Flog it

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

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

10:00 .................Highway Patrol

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

10:30 .................Highway Patrol

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

23:45.......... Her Majesty’s Cavalry

13:10 .....................Four in a Bed 14:10 .....................Four in a Bed 15:15 .....................Four in a Bed 15:50 ................Kirstie and Phil’s Love it or List it

11:00 ............NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00............ NCIS: Los Angeles 13:00 .................... Hawaii Five-0

14:00................. Sin City Motors 15:00 .....................Timber Kings 16:00 ............Jay Leno’s Garage

16:50 .................Love it or List it

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

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

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

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

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

19:05............ Have I Got a Bit More News for You

19:55.Great Canal Journeys

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

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

21:00.....Ghosts of the Deep: Ancient Shipwrecks

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

21:00....... Live at the Apollo

22:00...................Titanic: The New Evidence

20:00 ................Superman 2 22:30 ................. A League of Their Own

22:00..............Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish

23:05..........24 Hours in A&E 00:05...................... Shocking Emergency Calls 01:10.............. The Supervet

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

17:00 ............................. Top Gear 18:00..................... Top Gear

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

23:30........Rob & Romesh Vs

23:40........... Mock the Week

00:30......................Brit Cops: Frontline Crime

00:20........... Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier

01:30........................ Warrior

01:25........... Mock the Week

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tuesday 9th July

www.canarianweekly.com 5th July 2019 - 11th July 2019

06:00 ...................... Breakfast 09:15 ..........Ill Gotten Gains 10:00...............Homes Under the Hammer 11:00..............Rip Off Britain: Holidays 11:45................. Claimed and Shamed 12:15............... Bargain Hunt 13:00 ......................BBC News at One 13:45 .................. Wimbledon 2019

06:00.................... Monday in Parliament

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

06:25 ................................. Cheers

06:25 ..........Ill Gotten Gains

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

07:10 ..................... The Super League Show

09:25 .............. Judge Rinder

08:10 .............. Everybody Loves Raymond

08:00 .........Eat Well for Less

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

09:00 ............ BBC News at 9 10:00 .......................... Victoria Derbyshire 11:00 ...........BBC Newsroom Live 11:45 ................. Politics Live

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

06:00...................... Childrens’ TV 09:15 .......................Jeremy Vine 11:15 .................. Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun 12:10 ..........5 News Lunchtime 12:15 ..........Police Interceptors 13:10 ..................................Access 13:15 .............. Home and Away 13:45 ....................... Neighbours 14:15 .. One Small Indiscretion 16:00 ................................ Friends 17:00 ........................ 5 News at 5 17:30 ....................... Neighbours 18:00......... Home and Away 18:30 .......... 5 News Tonight 19:00 .........Walking Britain’s Lost Railways 20:00........ The Great Garden Challenge 21:15.....Cycle Wars: Britain’s Most Hated Road Users 22:15......... Ryanair: Britain’s Biggest Budget Airline 23:15.............. Casualty 24/7 00:15.........World’s Deadliest Weather: Caught on Camera

06:00....... The Planet’s Funniest Animals

08:55............ A Place in the Sun: Home or Away

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

07:10............ Jay Leno’s Garage

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

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

10:00............ A Place in the Sun: Home or Away

07:00 ........................ Animal 999

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

11:00...................... Escape to the Chateau: DIY

08:00 ... RSPCA Animal Rescue

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

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

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

10:00 .................Highway Patrol

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

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

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

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

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

07:20................ King of Queens

09:10 ..................................Frasier 10:10 ..............Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

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

11:05 ....Undercover Boss USA

14:00.................... Dickinson’s Real Deal

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

15:00 .........................Tenable 15:59.................. ITV London 16:00.............. Tipping Point

12:00 ...............Channel 4 News

13:05 .......... Posh Pawnbrokers 14:10 ....................... Countdown 15:00 ............. Coast vs Country 16:00 ........... A Place in the Sun

18:00.... BBC News at Six

12:30...... Wimbledon 2019

19:00...................... Fraud Squad NHS

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

20:00 ................. Today at Wimbledon

18:00.. ITV News London 19:00............ Emmerdale

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

21:00................ Inside the Bank of England

20:00......... Britain’s Next Prime Minister the ITV Debate

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

19:30............. EastEnders 20:00...........Holby City

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21:00........... Dark Money

22:00................ BBC News at Ten 22:25........Regional News and Weather 22:30..................Weather 22:35..........Hot Property 22:55........ Hayley Goes...

23:25.............The Insider: Reggie Yates 00:20...... Weather for the Week Ahead 00:25............... BBC News

22:00......................Live at the Apollo 22:30..............Newsnight 23:10..................Weather

17:00 .............. Kirstie’s Celebrity Craft Masters 18:30 ................... Hollyoaks 20:00............. Ackley Bridge

21:00 .........24 Hours in A&E 21:00.......Judi Dench’s W C Wild Borneo choice 22:00 .................... Drag SOS 23:00...ICC Cricket World Cup Adventure

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

23:15...................... War in the Blood

22:45.... The Island Strait

00:55............ Who Should Get to Stay in the UK?

23:45.................. Tenable

01:55......The Customer is Always Right

01:25........James Martin’s French Adventure

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

06:20 .....................Judge Rinder 07:10 .......................Dinner Date 08:00 ........................ Emmerdale 08:30 ............Coronation Street 09:25 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:25......................... Superstore 10:50 ......................... Superstore 11:15 .............. Dress to Impress 12:10 ........................ Emmerdale 12:45.............Coronation Street 13:45 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:45 .......................Dinner Date 15:45 .............. Dress to Impress 16:50 ...................... Take Me Out 18:00..You’ve Been Framed!

20:00....Two and a Half Men 21:00 .................Love Island 22:05 ................. Family Guy 23:30 ........... American Dad! 00:30............. Shopping with Keith Lemon

23:10.. Love Your Garden 00:35........Tour de France Highlights

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Judi Dench’s Wild Borneo Adventure c h o i c e ITV1, 21.00

Judi journeys down Borneo’s Kinabatangan river, over 560km long, and along the island’s coastline to explore the unique wildlife that lives in this threatened environment.

With intrepid scientist, Kerisha Kntayya, Judi joins a crocodile hunt with a difference. Kerisha plucks young crocodiles out of the water. Judi then joins Kerisha’s team as they wrestle an adult croc as part of the study Kerisha hopes will help save these prehistoric monsters.

Judi says: “It’s skin was so soft…yet another experience in this, which I shall never forget.”

Judi who’s had a fascination with bats from an early age, explores the Gomantong cave; home to more than a million bats. Each evening at exactly the same time the bats put on one of nature’s greatest spectacles.

At a remote Research Centre she explores how scientists are helping animals in an environment that has been logged for timber and devastated by our insatiable appetite for palm oil.

She learns how the balance of nature has been disrupted as she turns wildlife detective to help solve a jungle nature crime. Hornbills, whose nests sites high in the canopy have been cut down, are now becoming easy prey to predators. She meets a python she names James Bond.

She then has a joyous encounter with a group of orphaned elephants victims of loss of habitat, but then learns how local people are replanting trees to join up fragmented forests and animal populations. In a moving moment she even gets to plant her own tree – one that is a favourite of the orangutans. She promises to come back and climb it in 20 years.

Judi’s adventure continues along the coast where she helps save its coral reefs – the forests of the sea.

And she meets her favourite animal of all time. Judi has adopted three baby orangutans but has never met them. Now she gets to meet an orphan baby and help it on its journey to freedom.

After holding hands with the orangutan and watching her go off to play, Judi says: “Such a great sight. They are being looked after so brilliantly. And when they are released they will have all the skills they need to survive. I never thought I would get so close to an orangutan. This is a never to be forgotten moment.”

12:05......... Find it, Fix it, Flog it 13:10..................... Four in a Bed 14:10 .....................Four in a Bed 15:15 .....................Four in a Bed 15:50................ Kirstie and Phil’s Love it or List it

14:00 .................... Hawaii Five-0 15:00 ...........................MacGyver 16:00 ................. Modern Family

16:50..................Love it or List it

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

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

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

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

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

19:55.................. Great Canal Journeys

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

21:00....Building the Dream

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

20:00 ...................ICC Cricket World Cup

22:00............. Grand Designs Australia

21:00........Rob & Romesh Vs

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

23:00......... Micky Flanagan’s Detour de France

00:05.......... 999: What’s Your Emergency?

01:10.............. The Supervet

22:00........................ Warrior

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

14:00 .................Sin City Motors 15:00 .....................Timber Kings 16:00 ............Jay Leno’s Garage 17:00 ............................. Top Gear 18:00..................... Top Gear 19:00........... Have I Got a Bit More News for You 20:00 ........................... QI XL 21:00 ...... Live at the Apollo 22:00..................Taskmaster 23:00............................ QI XL 00:00........... Mock the Week 00:40............ Have I Got a Bit More News for You 01:35....... Live at the Apollo

Holby City BBC1, 20.00

Determined to put his troubles behind him Cameron (Nic Jackman) tries to prove himself to Kian (Ramin Karimloo). When the pair clash over teaching methods, Evan (Jack Ryder) steps in and manipulates the situation…

Xavier (Marcus Griffiths) is frustrated that Donna (Jaye Jacobs) still isn’t speaking to him. Could being locked in the basement with Scary Sue (Angela Lonsdale) provide the answers to his relationship woes?

Hanssen (Guy Henry) has a busy day ahead. With an overly emotional Carole (Julia Deakin) popping up to see him throughout the day, will Hanssen get to the bottom of what’s plaguing her?

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06:00...................... Breakfast 09:15....................... Ill Gotten Gains 10:00 ..............Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 .............Rip Off Britain: Holidays 11:45................. Claimed and Shamed 12:15 .................. Wimbledon 2019

wednesday 10th July

06:00..................... Tuesday in Parliament

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

06:30....................... Ill Gotten Gains

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

07:15............... One Day That Changed My Life

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

08:00 .............................Britain in Bloom

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

08:30............. Defenders UK 09:00 ............ BBC News at 9

09:25 .............. Judge Rinder 12:30 ............ Loose Women

14:00.................... Dickinson’s Real Deal 15:00......................... Tenable

13:00 ......................BBC News at One

10:00........................... Victoria Derbyshire

13:45 .................. Wimbledon 2019

11:00 ...........BBC Newsroom Live

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

18:00................ BBC News at Six

11:15 ................. Politics Live

18:00.. ITV News London

13:00 .................. Wimbledon 2019

18:30..ITV Evening News

20:00 ................. Today at Wimbledon

19:30..Coronation Street

18:30............ BBC London News 19:00................ Fugitives 20:00.............. Holby City 21:00...............Panorama 22:00................ BBC News at Ten

21:00......... 8 Days: To The Moon & Back

15:59................... ITV London Weather 17:00 ....................The Chase

19:00............ Emmerdale 20:00............Inside the Ritz Hotel

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20:30..Coronation Street

22:30..............Newsnight

21:00.................. Wild Bill

22:25.......Regional News

23:10..................Weather

22:35................... The Left Behind 23:35............... Serengeti

23:15.........The Bank That Almost Broke Britain

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

00:35...... Weather for the Week Ahead

00:15..............Pregnant & Platonic

00:40............... BBC News

01:15.............Ambulance

06:25 ................................. Cheers 07:20 ................ King of Queens 08:10 .............. Everybody Loves Raymond 09:10 ..................................Frasier 10:10 ..............Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 11:05 ....Undercover Boss USA 12:00 ...............Channel 4 News 12:05................... Couples Come Dine with Me 13:05 .......... Posh Pawnbrokers 14:10 ....................... Countdown 15:00............. Coast vs Country 16:00........... A Place in the Sun 17:00 .............. Kirstie’s Celebrity Craft Masters 18:00............. The Simpsons 18:30 ................... Hollyoaks 19:00 ......... Channel 4 News 20:00 ............. The Supervet 21:00.............. When Cruises Go Wrong 22:00......... Generation Porn 23:00..........24 Hours in A&E 00:05...... Extreme Tribe: The Last Pygmies

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

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06:00......................... The Planet’s Funniest Animals

11:15 .................. Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun

06:20..................... Judge Rinder

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

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

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

09:00...... You’ve Been Framed!

13:10 ..................................Access 13:15 .............. Home and Away

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

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

10:25......................... Superstore

14:15................ Mistress Hunter

11:15.............. Dress to Impress

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

12:10........................ Emmerdale

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

13:15...... You’ve Been Framed!

17:30 ....................... Neighbours 18:00......... Home and Away

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

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

14:45....................... Dinner Date

19:00 .........Walking Britain’s Lost Railways

15:45 .............. Dress to Impress

20:00......................The Great Yorkshire Show Live

18:00..You’ve Been Framed!

21:00.............. Casualty 24/7 22:00....... Sadie Hartley: The Clues That Caught the Killer

07:10 .......................Dinner Date

16:50 ...................... Take Me Out 20:00....Two and a Half Men 21:00 .................Love Island 22:00 ................Celebability

23:05........... Gypsy Kids: Our Secret World

22:50 ................. Family Guy

00:05.................. Supersized

00:50....Two and a Half Men

23:50............ American Dad!

22:30.. ITV News London 22:45.................... Peston 23:40.................. Tenable 00:30........British Touring Car Championship Highlights

08:55........... A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 10:00............ A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 11:00 ..................... Escape to the Chateau: DIY 12:05 ...................................Find it, Fix it, Flog it 13:10..................... Four in a Bed 15:50.................Kirstie and Phil’s Love it or List it 16:50..................Love it or List it 17:55.................... The Secret Life of the Zoo 18:55.............. The Supervet 19:55.................. Great Canal Journeys 21:00....................Outlander 22:15......... Meghan & Harry: The Baby Years 23:15........... 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 00:20..........24 Hours in A&E 01:20.............. The Supervet

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06:00....................... Monkey Life 06:30....................... Monkey Life 07:00 ........................ Animal 999 07:30 ........................ Animal 999 08:00 ... RSPCA Animal Rescue 09:00 .......................... Road Wars 10:00 .................Highway Patrol 11:00 ............NCIS: Los Angeles 13:00 .................... Hawaii Five-0 14:00 .................... Hawaii Five-0 15:00 ...........................MacGyver 16:00 ................. Modern Family 17:00................... The Simpsons 17:30............................ Futurama 18:00.................... Futurama 18:30 .............The Simpsons 20:00 .......................S.W.A.T. 21:00 ...............The Blacklist 22:00 ....................The Force: Manchester 23:00.......... An Idiot Abroad 00:00.................. A League of Their Own 01:00..... Brit Cops: Frontline Crime

07:10 ............Jay Leno’s Garage 08:00 .............American Pickers 09:00............... Storage Hunters 09:30 ...............Storage Hunters 10:00 .............American Pickers 12:00............. American Pickers 13:00 .......................World’s Most Dangerous Roads 14:00 .................Sin City Motors 15:00..................... Timber Kings 16:00 ............Jay Leno’s Garage 17:00 ............................. Top Gear 18:00..................... Top Gear 19:00........... Have I Got a Bit More News for You 20:00 ........................... QI XL 21:00 .................Taskmaster 22:00 .......... Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier 23:00............................ QI XL 00:00........... Mock the Week 00:40............ Have I Got a Bit More News for You 01:40............ Judge Romesh

Inside The Ritz Hotel ITV1, 20.00

This week we follow executive chef John Williams as he prepares to launch the first ever cookbook that reveals The Ritz’s most famous recipes. Penny Lancaster pops in for cocktails, and head concierge Michael De Cozar is celebrated for his 46 years of service.

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06:00...................... Breakfast 09:15 ....................... Ill Gotten Gains 10:00.............. Homes Under the Hammer

thursday 11th July

06:00.............. Wednesday in Parliament

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

06:30 ....................... Ill Gotten Gains

08:30......................... Lorraine 09:25............... Judge Rinder

07:15.............. Bargain Hunt

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

11:00..............Rip Off Britain: Holidays

08:00......... Britain in Bloom

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

11:45................. Claimed and Shamed

08:30...................... Our Lives 09:00............ BBC News at 9

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

10:00 .......................... Victoria Derbyshire

13:55........................ ITV News London

11:00 ...........BBC Newsroom Live

14:00.................... Dickinson’s Real Deal

11:45 ................. Politics Live

15:00..........................Tenable

12:30.................. Wimbledon 2019

15:59...................ITV London

18:00............. Wimbledon 2019

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

20:00 ................. Today at Wimbledon

18:30....ITV Evening News

12:15 .......................... Bargain Hunt 13:00 ......................BBC News at One 13:45 .................. Wimbledon 2019 18:00 ............... BBC News at Six 18:30 ........... BBC London News 19:00 ...........Fake Britain 19:30 ............ EastEnders 20:00............... Serengeti 21:00 ............Ambulance 22:00................ BBC News at Ten 22:25........Regional News and Weather

21:00................. Mad Cow Disease: The Great British Beef Scandal

19:00............ Emmerdale 19:30...................Tonight 20:00............ Emmerdale 20:30.......... Her Majesty’s Cavalry

22:30..............Newsnight

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

23:10..................Weather 23:15..... Britain’s Biggest Superyachts: Chasing Perfection

22:30.. ITV News London 22:45.... The Late Debate 23:10.....Beecham House

This new documentary for ITV investigates why so many people in Britain are struggling to get a good night’s sleep.

It is estimated about a third of adults in the UK aren’t getting enough sleep, and that’s having a dramatic impact on the nation’s health - with some experts describing it as a public health crisis.

This programme explores the reasons behind this trend, and also looks at how devastating a lack of sleep can be for our bodies. Problem sleepers also visit one of the world’s leading sleep research centres to find out if their issues can finally be cured.

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

06:00 ...... The Planet’s Funniest Animals

11:15 .................. Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun

06:20..................... Judge Rinder 07:10....................... Dinner Date

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

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

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

08:30 ............Coronation Street

13:10 ..................................Access

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

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

13:15 .............. Home and Away 13:45....................... Neighbours 14:15........................... Who Killed My Husband?

16:00 ................................ Friends 17:00........................ 5 News at 5 17:30 ....................... Neighbours 18:00 .........Home and Away 18:30........... 5 News Tonight 19:00..........Walking Britain’s Lost Railways 20:00.....The Great Yorkshire Show Live 21:00....The Hotel Inspector 22:00................ Holiday Love Cheats Exposed

10:25......................... Superstore 11:15 .............. Dress to Impress 12:10 ........................ Emmerdale 12:45............ Coronation Street 13:45 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:45 .......................Dinner Date 15:45 .............. Dress to Impress 16:50 ...................... Take Me Out 18:00..You’ve Been Framed!

20:00....Two and a Half Men 21:00..................Love Island 22:00............. Shopping with Keith Lemon 22:35.................. Family Guy

23:05..... Utterly Outrageous X-Rated Comedy

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

08:55............ A Place in the Sun: Home or Away

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

10:00............ A Place in the Sun: Home or Away

07:00 ........................ Animal 999

07:10................ Steve Backshall’s Extreme Mountain Challenge

11:00...................... Escape to the Chateau: DIY

08:00... RSPCA Animal Rescue

23:35............ American Dad!

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21:00......Why Can’t We Sleep?

22:35................... Too Gay For God?

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18:00.... ITV News London

22:00........ Vic & Bob’s Big Night Out

22:30..................Weather

23:15...............This Week

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

06:25 ................................. Cheers 07:20................ King of Queens 08:10 .............. Everybody Loves Raymond 09:10 ..................................Frasier 10:10 ..............Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 11:05.... Undercover Boss USA 12:00............... Channel 4 News 12:05 ................... Couples Come Dine with Me 13:05.......... Posh Pawnbrokers 14:10....................... Countdown 15:00 ............. Coast vs Country 16:00 ........... A Place in the Sun 17:00 .............. Kirstie’s Celebrity Craft Masters 18:00 .............The Simpsons 18:30................... Hollyoaks 19:00......... Channel 4 News 20:00.....George Clarke’s Old House, New Home 21:00...................... Catch-22 22:00..Celebrity Gogglebox 23:05....................ICC Cricket World Cup

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12:05..........Find it, Fix it, Flog it 13:10 .....................Four in a Bed 13:40 .....................Four in a Bed 14:10 .....................Four in a Bed 14:40 .....................Four in a Bed 15:15 .....................Four in a Bed 15:50.................Kirstie and Phil’s Love it or List it

06:30....................... Monkey Life 07:30 ........................ Animal 999 09:00 .......................... Road Wars 10:00 .................Highway Patrol 10:30 .................Highway Patrol 11:00 ............NCIS: Los Angeles 13:00 .................... Hawaii Five-0 14:00 .................... Hawaii Five-0 15:00 ...........................MacGyver 16:00................. Modern Family

16:50..................Love it or List it

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

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

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

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

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

19:55.................. Great Canal Journeys

20:00 ...................ICC Cricket World Cup

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

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

22:00........ Shut-Ins: Britain’s Fattest People

22:00......... Micky Flanagan’s Detour de France

23:05.......... 999: What’s Your Emergency?

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

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

08:00..............American Pickers 09:00................Storage Hunters 09:30................Storage Hunters 10:00..............American Pickers 11:00..............American Pickers 12:00..............American Pickers 13:00........................World’s Most Dangerous Roads 14:00..................Sin City Motors 15:00......................Timber Kings 16:00.............Jay Leno’s Garage 17:00.............................. Top Gear 18:00..................... Top Gear 19:00..................Have I Got a Bit More News for You 20:00............................ QI XL 21:00....... Live at the Apollo 22:00............ Judge Romesh 22:30............ Judge Romesh 23:00............................ QI XL

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This weekend

Cinema at Siam Mall

During the month of July and August our terrace transforms into a cinema with unique movies, events and lots of fun The cinema is completely free, the movies are projected in Spanish with English subtitles.

6th July, 6pm - The Trolls 7th July, 6pm - Rio 2 13th July, 6pm - Boss Baby 14th July, 6pm - Ice Age: Collision course 20th July, 6pm - Ninja Turtles 21st July, 6pm - Sing 27th July, 6pm - The Minions 28th July, 6pm - Gru 3: My favourite villain

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West Side Story

A new version of Broadway’s classic musical, directed by Federico Barrios and produced by SOM Produce. Inspired by William Shakespeare’s Rome and Juliet, with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, West Side Story is a great love story and a milestone in the history of musical theatre.

July

Traditions Day in Chirche

Every year, Chirche, a town in the municipality of Guía de Isora, recreates the customs and traditions, farming activities and children’s games that locals engaged in in the first half of the twentieth century. The programme includes performances in the town’s streets, main square and some of its houses.

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Moscow Ballet – Swan Lake

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July

The Moscow Ballet is staging its own version of the ballet par excellence: Swan Lake. The production features a marvellous choreography and a carefully created romantic atmosphere to match the music in four acts composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

16th July Infanta leonor auditorium www.arona.org July

Painting workshop

Come down to Gran Sur Shopping Center on Saturday 13th July with your children and enjoy the painting workshop. And it’s all free of charge!

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MAPAS, South Atlantic Performing Arts Market

MAPAS is the first professional marketplace for live performance artists (music, theatre, dance, circus, street performance) and managers of theatres, cultural venues, festivals and events from all over the world.

In 2019, MAPAS will gather 166 companies, artists and agencies from 35 different countries, offering 60 artistic performances. This year, the market will also be open to booking, management and distribution agencies.

Where you can find MAPAS: TEA Tenerife Arts Space, Tenerife Auditorium, Plaza de Los Alisios, Guimerá Theatre, La Granja Theatre, Natural History and Archaeology Museum

Costa Adeje Sinfonico

Within the framework of the Costa Adeje Golf Course, the Second Edition of the Costa Adeje Symphonic takes place in which we will have a concert specially designed for this wonderful space, in an outdoor setting, with a program carefully chosen and interpreted by the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra and composed of ninety professors from different backgrounds. This time, the voices will be two of the most important tenors of the moment: Celso Albelo and Javier Camarena, all under the direction of maestro Iván Lopez Reynoso. Undoubtedly one of the most important and highest level cultural events in the south of the island.

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Battle of the bands 2019

Helping to raise money for Carerra Por La Vida cancer charity. The event showcases bands in Tenerife, mixing established performers with new young bands, we’ll have 7 live bands on show at Yates Show Bar. 13th July, 1pm Yates, Las Americas FB: Battle of the bands 2019

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New health advice is issued to EU tourists

THE European Union’s Health Agency has issued new advice to European holidaymakers, after three Icelandic tourists contracted the chikungunya virus, while staying on the Costa Blanca.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said investigations were ongoing, to assess the risk of the virus spreading.

ECDC said the virus is usually non-fatal, but it added it could leave patients with chronic conditions and complications including arthritis. The advice comes after a 37-year-old Icelandic woman was diagnosed with the virus after returning from a holiday in Alicante Province.

Two other travellers, one aged five, were also diagnosed with what became the first recorded cases of the virus being contracted in Spain.

Chikungunya is a tropical disease which originated in Africa and is spread by mosquitoes. Its symptoms include joint pains, rashes, fevers and headaches.

The virus kills about one in every 1,000 people who become infected with it.

Heat kills Brit swimmer

A BRITISH woman died while cooling off from the suffocating heat in an Orihuela swimming pool, according to Spanish press.

The 36-year-old reportedly suffered convulsions after taking a dip in a complex pool in the Entrenaranjos area of Alicante, at midday last Friday.

An emergency medical team fought to save her life by practising CPR for some 45 minutes. But, tragically, there was no response, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Spanish media also reported that the woman, possibly, had a history of epilepsy.

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Germany’s darknet drugs portal busted, and leader detained

GERMANY’S biggest internet platform for selling illegal narcotics, its darknet drugs portal, has been closed down, along with its Mallorcabased leader, who is now in custody.

In all, 11 people have been detained for suspected involvement in drugtrafficking via the Chemical Revolution website.

German police said the main suspect was a 26-yearold man, who headed the operation and whose last address was in Mallorca.

The arrest of another 26-yearold German citizen, last spring, for trafficking drugs, led to the Frankfurt Public Prosecutor’s Office opening an investigation.

Police seized large quantities of narcotics, including nearly 50kg of amphetamines, 16kg of marihuana, 2kg of MDMA, 900gms of cocaine, 600gms of heroin, together with a high volume of ecstasy tablets, and LSD, in the states

of Hesse and Lower Saxony.

The original suspect said he had stored drugs for a group of people, operating as Chemical Revolution, and prepared them for shipment to customers.

As part of the investigation, 10 other members of the group were identified and arrested, including the main suspect.

The catalogue of the

platform included all types of narcotics, especially synthetic drugs such as ecstasy, MDMA and amphetamines, as well as heroin, cocaine and marihuana, distributed anywhere in the world. And payment was made with bitcoin.

The suspects sold not only through their own portal, but also through the Wall Street Market platform,

which, until recently, was the second-largest platform for illegal sales, globally, on the darknet, which was dismantled recently by the German police.

The main defendant was responsible for selling drugs over the Internet, coordinating the supply and managing the money.

Last February, also in Germany, one 43-year-old Dutchman, five Germans, aged 24-35, and a 44-yearold Pole, were arrested.

A 32-year-old Polish citizen was arrested in March in Poland and extradited to Germany for criminal prosecution, while another German suspect was arrested in April.

In the investigation that led to the arrest of the suspects, and the dismantling of the platform, the Central Office for Combating Internet Crime (ZIT) of the Frankfurt Public Prosecutor’s Office, and the BKA, were also involved, as well as police authorities from the Länder and from Spain, the Netherlands, Poland and France.

LGTB Pride Day attracts ‘Family’ followers galore

TENS of thousands of people filled the streets of central Barcelona last Saturday, celebrating LGTB Pride Day under the “WeAreFamily” slogan.

Organisers Pride Barcelona said that around 100,000 people turned out to watch and support the spectacular, grand parade, despite exceptionally-high temperatures.

This year also marked the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York, recognised as the start of the LGTB rights movement.

LGTB family associations headed the 34-strong procession of elaborate floats, with banners declaring: “We are families

everywhere.”

Representatives of NGOs, trade unions and political parties were also there to show their support for the LGTB community, including

Barcelona Mayor Ada Cola.

The only controversy surrounding the day came with the organisers’ ban on the centre-right political party Ciudadanos taking

part, on the grounds that it had failed to stand by its commitment, not to make pacts with the far-right Vox party.

Pride Barcelona had stated that all parties which wanted to participate had to promise “not to make a pact with, or support political formations which promote hate speech, are anti-feminist, racist, xenophobic or threaten the rights of LGTB people.”

When an open-top bus with the party’s logo went past the crowd, gathered in the plaza Universidad for a demonstration to demand equal rights for the LGTB community, some people blocked its way and used spray cans to daub the side with insults and messages like “Fascists”, “Get out” and “LGTB struggle”.

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writes end to St George statue no Desk Civil War history! longer in the pink!

Azaña (inset) governed the Republic during the Spanish Civil War

A 16th-CENTURY sculpture of Saint George has just about been restored to its original state, after receiving an infamously-botched make-over.

The wooden statue of St George, astride a horse, in San Miguel Church in Estella, Navarra, had turned dark brown with age.

But its restoration, by a local crafts business, left the soldier

with a pink face… and a look which social-media users,

mercilessly, compared with Toy Story’s Woody, or Tintin.

Authorities fined the church and the crafts business €6,010 each. Now, though, after three months of work in an official Pamplona laboratory, St George is back to normal, at a cost of €30,000, paid by the parish.

However, there has been partly-irreversible damage, with some of the sculpture’s colours lost forever, admitted Fernando Carrera, spokesman for Spain’s art conservation-restoration association.

A DESK used by the last Spanish Republic President, to sign his resignation letter, following his defeat in the Civil War, was returned to Spain yesterday (Thursday).

France presented Irene Lozano, Spain’s then Secretary of State for Global Spain, with Manuel Azaña’s desk when she visited Collonges-sous-Saleve.

The Government’s Global Spain department said:

“Spain’s democratic memory is an element of its reputation abroad.”

Azaña spent the first months of his exile in the French town, following the 1939 defeat of the Second Republican Government by former dictator Francisco Franco.

He was previously Spain’s Prime Minister, from 1931 to 1933, and took office as President shortly after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, in May 1936.

He died in Montauban, France, on 3rd November 1940.

Rapist Worboys learns Spanish, but to no avail

Funeral-car driver, who played hot music all way

JOHN Worboys, the taxi-driver rapist now known as John Derek Radford, had been learning Spanish as part of his plan for a new life on the country’s costas.

A COURT in Extremadura has ruled that a funeral director was right to dismiss a driver, who played dance music and smoked, while driving the daughter of a deceased to a service.

The First Social Court of Caceres ruled that the driver had been “inconsiderate”,

and had “humiliated” the woman when he played flamenco and rumba music on the way to the funeral.

Judges also ruled that the driver would have been aware that he was tarnishing the funeral director’s reputation, further justifying his dismissal.

The court heard the driver had listened to music and smoked all the way to the service, in the village of Valencia de Alcantara, around Christmas.

The deceased’s family filed a complaint against the company, three months later.

The 62-year-old had hoped to be released, eventually, to start a new life in Spain.

Now, though, it appears that the serial rapist will spend the rest of his life behind bars at Wakefield jail, after a huge, public uproar at his pending release.

A source at the prison told the Daily Star newspaper: “He had all the books and DVDs and was becoming pretty

fluent. “He wanted to live in Spain where, worryingly, he’d be totally anonymous, and God only knows what he’d have got up to, mixing with tourists.

“He also changed his name, so he could slip under the radar, but it has all been for nothing. You don’t need much Spanish in Wakefield nick!”

Worboys could possibly have obtained permission from probation officers to travel abroad, after a parole board deemed him no longer dangerous.

But the decision is expected to be reversed when he appears before a judge in September for sentencing, after admitting to sex attacks on four more women.

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Woman detained then released, after dog dies

Woman crushed to death in front of her boyfriend The emergency services arrived after her boyfriend’s call for help Below: The deadly cliff edge, taped off at the scene of the accident

A WOMAN, aged 27, was arrested in Spain after her dog died from strangulation and heatstroke, amid the European heatwave.

The 27-year-old was held on alleged charges of animal abuse after her “dying” pet was spotted on a Valladolid balcony, chained to railings in the sun, at the Calle

Caamaño property. Once police officers saw the animal “panting intensely” and could not break in, firefighters were called to rescue the suffering animal.

A vet confirmed the cause of death as “suffocation due to strangulation”, adding that “heatstroke” could also have been a factor.

But the accused woman was later released from custody because of the state of her health.

AN evening date ended in disaster, after a woman was crushed to death by a boulder in front of her boyfriend in Mallorca.

The 24-year-old had been perched on the half-ton rock with her partner, between Calvia’s Cala Vinyes and Cala Falco, to watch the sunset.

The pair were sitting on the seafront when the boulder gave way and fell on them, killing the woman instantly and crushing the man’s legs.

The 25-year-old boyfriend was able to call the emergency services and give their location despite his injuries. And firefighters had to use several hydraulic tools to lift the rock and free

the couple. A spokesman for the emergency services confirmed that the woman had died instantly, when the rock fell on top of her, and her boyfriend was rushed to hospital with serious injuries.

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Wolf Pack victim suffered more in the trial build-up THE sexual victim of the La Manada “Wolf Pack” gang has spoken out for the first time, in a letter to a TV journalist.

The young woman revealed to Carlos Garayoa, of the Tele Cinco television channel, how she was able to face the trial.

She also gave her reaction to the decision of the Supreme Court’s to find five men guilty of gang-raping her, and increasing their sentences from nine to 15 years’ jail, each.

A lower court, who had acquitted the men of rape, was subjected to outrage, along with protest marches throughout Spain.

The woman said the suffering she experienced, throughout three years of legal proceedings, was greater

than her torment in the 3sq/m of a Pamplona doorway in Calle Paulino Caballero.

The full letter reads: “After almost three years, this process has finally been completed. It has been

long, intense, and, above all, exhausting.

“The worst was not the situation I lived through, but everything that came after.

But at this moment, I can assure you that it was worth

Irish smuggler held, with ton of cocaine!

POLICE in Spain have arrested an Irish gang-leader fugitive, believed to have been working with Colombian cartels to smuggle cocaine into Britain.

The 49-year-old was held at his Costa del Sol home, along with a ton of cocaine, three hand-guns and €100,000 in cash.

He has been sought by police in Ireland for more than 20 years, following a high-profile cannabis bust there, according to the Irish Sun newspaper.

“This guy is considered a major criminal in the south, but he hasn’t been seen in the country for years,” a

source told the newspaper.

“It was known that he had fled to England and was involved with other drug barons there, but he was importing drugs, primarily for the UK market, and was not of interest to the Irish Gardai (Police).

“However, if he ever returns

here, he will be arrested and questioned over the 1998 seizure.”

Spanish police’s elite GRECO unit carried out the arrest, which came 10 days after the fugitive escaped a similar raid, following a suspected tip-off.

The Irishman was considered to head a gang, working with Colombians to import cocaine via Spain, after the National Police tracked key cartel figures.

The operation has already unearthed a total of 16 suspects, held in Madrid, Barcelona and Malaga, as well as in London, Windsor and Dorset.

Spanish police have so far not commented on the arrest, though it is understood that they consider the operation closed.

it. And, and little by little, I am recovering the helm of my life. “Thanks to all the people who were involved, from the very first moment, to help me.

I couldn’t have been luckier with the quality of the people who have helped me.

“From the examining magistrate, who never doubted me, to the lawyer who helped me on 7th July 2016, going through, without a doubt, to the prosecutor, doctors, police officers, psychologists, and the couple who found me.

“These are moments when nobody knows how to act, but you made it easy.

Thanks, also, to Pamplona and Navarre, who, with all their efforts, have made it easier for me to ever return.

“Thanks again to those first associations and people for taking this to the streets, forming an echo in all corners of Spain. Thank you for not

leaving me alone. I will be eternally grateful to you.

“But I am no heroine. The strength to continue, many times, has given me all the warmth and support I have felt on this path.

“We cannot forget that the struggle must continue, and we must be the change we want in society, since this has meant the life of many companions. Remember, tell it… don’t let them win.”

Teresa Hermida, the victim’s lawyer, has explained how the young woman feels about the court’s decision, saying: “She does not think that the Supreme Court’s ruling is good, bad or regular, but that she is calm because she has been believed. But she also says that she cannot be happy.”

In addition, she has confirmed that the young woman is in psychological treatment, adding: “She is still afraid!”

Message in a bottle leaves Spain…and gets to Russia

A BRITISH schoolgirl, just four-years-old, sent a message in a bottle from the coast of Spain, which, amazingly, travelled more than 2,000 miles to a Russian river.

Taylor Powell (pictured) had thrown the bottle, containing a picture of her and a handwritten note, into the sea off Barcelona, while on a family holiday.

The note invited whoever found the bottle to respond, with the name of their country and a picture.

The UK-based SWNS news agency reported that a Moscow couple, named Sasha and Alex, found the message and replied to Taylor’s 31-year-old father Ritchie.

Mr Powell, from Westonsuper-Mare, Somerset, told SWNS: “When I told Taylor someone had replied to the message, her face

lit up. She was so happy.

“I asked them to send proof, and received a pin of their location to my phone. We were absolutely ecstatic.

“We had told Taylor her the bottle would pass by mermaids and sharks, and for it to turn up in Moscow is magical for her. She’s so excited.”

The bottle may have travelled around the Bay of Biscay and west of Ireland, before going across the North Sea, an expert at the National Oceanography Centre told the Telegraph Newspaper.

Dr Adrian New said: “From Spain, there is a generallynorthwards current, which could take the bottle along Portugal, around the shelf break in the Bay of Biscay, then up through the Rockall Trough, west of Ireland, then up to the north of Scotland and Shetland.

“Here, it could then turn southwards into the North Sea, and, possibly, transit into the Baltic and then arrive in Russia.”

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It’s sun and fun as Ingane Yami Golf reaps big bonanza PEARLY Grey hosted their 10th anniversary Ingane Yami Golf Tournament at Golf Costa Adeje on a near-perfect day, last Saturday.

It was organised by the Pearly Grey Ocean Club, and we were delighted to return for the seventh, consecutive year to this fabulous course.

The competition format was the 4-ball Texas Scramble, a popular team event, and always a great choice for charity competitions.

The tournament had a shotgun start at 9.30am, and the fun began! The day provided ideal weather conditions for golf, with a welcome cloud cover, taking the heat out of what would have been an extremely-hot day.

Each year, we have the support of local golfing societies, who always bolster our numbers, ensuring that the event has a good turnout.

Pearly Grey and Ingane Yami extend our thanks and appreciation to all the players who turned up, to help make our 10th anniversary a really

great day. Special thanks to Michael Setch and the Yellow Shirts Society, Legends Bar Golf Society and John Wilmott.

Thank you also to Chris Elkington for kindly promoting our tournament, on Oasis Fm and in the Canarian Weekly.

This event would not be possible without our sponsors, many of whom have been with us since our first tournament, back in 2010, and your support is greatly appreciated.

As always, we welcomed some new sponsors, and we hope you will be back with us next year.

The day was a great success, and, although we are still awaiting some money to come in, we estimate the total sum raised to be around €20,000. We continue to be humbled by your generosity!

Our gold sponsor again this year was Girabebe SL, whose authorised Canary Island distributor, Snacks & Drinks SL, also provided a hospitality tent at the course, with free drinks for everyone.

A special mention also to Estrella Damm, Pipers Crisps, Gun Powder Gin, Thatchers Cider and Fever Tree, for supplying all the day’s refreshments.

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Alonso is wanting to hedge his bets

Toyota is still awaiting Alonso’s signature for the 2020 Dakar Rally

AS far as Toyota are concerned, everything is ready to go, as far as their 2020 Dakar Rally challenge is concerned… except for the signature of Fernando Alonso!

Toyota have absolutely everything ready for the Asturian to take his place in the driving seat.

The Japanese team were confident that, after finishing the 24-hour Le Mans and the World Endurance Championship, and being free of sporting commitments, they would have their man.

But it seems as though Alonso is reluctant to commit himself, until F1 power politics play themselves out. It is believed that he feels as though, next season, there might be a chance of a seat for him at

one of the top two teams, Mercedes or Ferrari.

That would be enough to tempt him back, and put any plans he had for the Dakar Rally on hold.

Technically, he would have time to do both, because the rally and the F1 pre-season do not clash.

But Alonso knows he would be expected to challenge for the title if he were to end up back in F1. And that would require full commitment!

Cats Welfare News

They’re a bit of all white!

THIS adorable little boy, and his sister, are looking for a loving home.

They have been wormed and deflead, and had their first injections. They are eight weeks old.

They need to be indoor cats as the sun in Tenerife is not kind to white cats. If you would like to meet them, they are at Don Perro vets in Las Chafiras (922 735 824).

We have several other gorgeous kittens for adoption, and one way of getting to see some of them is to pop along to Koala Sur, next to the Farmers’ Market in Las Chafiras. A fabulous area has been set aside for them to frolic to their hearts’ content, with fantastic play equipment, and even two very comfortable armchairs!

It is a perfect environment

for the public to interact with them, to help them decide as to whether they feel adoption to be a good idea. Give them a ring on 922 712 425, to see what little kitties are in residence!

Please send us a private Facebook message, or ring/ WhatsApp Sandra (English, Spanish and German) on 671 282 773 after 6pm, or Sharon (English) on 662 524 006, if you would like to enquire

about any of the cats and kittens which are available for adoption. We ask for a minimum donation of €20 per kitten, to cover costs. *All kittens go for a week’s trial, in your home * Please vaccinate!

We would like to encourage everyone to vaccinate their cats and dogs. Kittens and puppies are particularly vulnerable to disease, and there are many viruses doing

the rounds, at this time of year.

They can be vaccinated from only two months old.

Clothes required We are appealing, please, for ladies’ dresses and tops.

Please have a look around at home, and drop them into the shop on San Blas.

We need you!

Fostering kittens is very rewarding, watching them growing and playing, feeding them and realising how dependent they are on you.

It’s perfect for people who don’t want a full-time cat of their own.

We are looking for foster carers, to look after bottlefeeders and weaners, as well as big kittens. You would need to be able to drive, and have somewhere safe for them. All food and litter, bedding, litter trays etc. will be supplied, and any vet bills will be paid by us.

Please help us to help the kittens in need. Cats Welfare

arrange the adoptions, once the kittens are ready. Please send us a Facebook private message, if you are interested.

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.

We stock good-quality clothes of all sizes, at sensible, low prices. Pop along and take a look. Our customers come from all over the island, and we see many holidaymakers return, time and again, eager to snap up a bargain.

If you don’t have transport, or have large, bulky items such as furniture and household effects to donate, please ring Mark on 636 590 557, and he will arrange collection from you.

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They all want homes!

WE have more than 200 dogs in our care who are desperately seeking loving, new homes.

Remarkably, 80 of these dogs are Canarian Podencos, whose hunting days are over.

They were just abandoned, or had serious injuries and were left to die.

K9 Animal News FOR those of you who read our weekly article, you will have noticed we usually write about our dogs.

But, today, it is time to get to know one of our cats.

Back in March, Babe was surrendered to K9 by her owner because she had to move to a new apartment, and wasn’t allowed to have animals. We are urgently looking for a forever home for this young cat. She is a year old, and having trouble settling in at K9.

She is very friendly and FELV-FIV negative, but she is extremely stressed in our cattery. She has not settled with our other cats, one of which has been making her life very uncomfortable.

We also have more than 60 dogs who are classed as dangerous, predominantly pit bulls and Staffies. When will people be aware of the crisis that is around us, and realise that sterilisation is so important, to prevent this horrendous situation?

It is almost impossible to rehome these dogs, with only one or two finding a home, occasionally. The rules are

very strict here now, and you need dangerous-dog licences and insurance, to be able to adopt them. But it is relatively easy to do, and we can help and advise you on how to comply with the legislation.

Their lives are spent in kennels with small runs. They have the best care possible, but don’t have love, and the freedom to run and play. Please can we all help to ensure that we don’t let our pets breed? Also, please adopt and don’t buy!

We are open throughout the summer, during our normal hours. If you have any spare time, the dogs would love a walk and some cuddles.

Please do come and make a dog’s day!

Assistance required We are always looking for people to walk the dogs in the refuge during opening hours.

Please do call the refuge on 664 321 219 or 602 463 242, 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 Park (exit 52) on the northbound TF-1. Head for the giant windmills, and you’ll find us in the buildings on the righthand side. E-mail the refuge at teneriffa@aktiontier.org or, for further details, visit our Facebook page: action tier Accion del Sol.

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Kapitain

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THIS is Kapitain. Sadly, his owner has had to go into hospital, and will not be returning home.

So two-year-old Kapitain is now looking for a new, forever home. He is very good with people and other dogs.

He must be confused with the big changes in his life, and we are hoping to find him a family who he can, again, call his own. Please contact Mark on 652 297 853, if you would like to meet him.

Dog-walking club Join the Live Arico dogwalking club on Saturday mornings from 9am-1pm. Our dogs absolutely love it, and you can keep fit and find a furry friend at the same time. If

you have any questions, send a Whatsapp to Mark on 652 297 853, for further details.

Live Arico shops Come and bag a bargain at our shops. Donations are always very much appreciated.

San Eugenio - opposite Hotel La Nina, at Las Carabelas, near Amanda’s Bar. Open weekdays 10am-4pm, Saturday 10am-2pm and now Sundays 11am-3pm.

Los Cristianos - Calle Revron, near Thistle and Dragon Bar and play-park. Open Monday-Friday (10am-4pm), Saturday 10am-2pm. During the summer months, we will not be opening on Sundays.

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are brought up to our cattery.

The kittens can range in age, but are generally very small

when they arrive. They also need a lot of kitten cuddles and attention, so, if you have spare time in the mornings, please do come up and cuddle them. They will put a smile on your face!

We are on Calle Chimbesque, between Las Chafiras and Las Zocas. We look forward to seeing you! Get in touch by telephoning us on 667 638 468, or emailing info@ k9tenerife.com Online shop We now have an online shop: www.k9tenerife.eu/ welcome-to-our-k9-shop.

Deliveries only to the UK, so please spread the word among your family and friends in the UK! Thank you very much!

An urgent appeal!

Babe’s unhappiness is having a knock-on effect with our other cats, who are also becoming very stressed. A lot of stressed cats is not a good situation, so we really need to find her a new, loving home.

Ideally, she would be a lot happier if she were the only cat.

We have a lot of cats and kittens in our cattery, and the numbers seem to growing each week. This can make it even more difficult for our volunteers to make sure all our cats and kittens are OK and comfortable.

Can you give Babe a home, or do you know anybody who might be able to help her?

This is an URGENT appeal!

Around this time of year, we

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Wine and Dine

ALTHOUGH tapas isn’t historically a Canarian style of dining, in recent years it has become a popular way to eat and socialise, with visitors and locals alike.

Most traditional bars, even in remote locations, have a row of steel trays under a glass cabinet, featuring more or less the same type of tapas dishes. They don’t always look particularly appetising, but the authentic setting helps boost the flavours.

Generally, the best tapas bars are found in the bigger traditional towns around the island, where bite-sized offerings can range from perennial favourites, to avantgarde creations.

These are the top four tapas you can eat with amigos, in most places on the island.

Papas arrugadas and mojo This Canary Island speciality

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Never lose your mojo is served with meat and fish, as well as on its own as tapas. Papas arrugadas are wrinkled potatoes which have been boiled in very salty water, drained and tossed in sea salt. They work particularly well when teamed with mojo rojo (a picante red salsa) and mojo verde (a savoury green salsa made with either coriander or parsley).

You know you’re in a quality restaurant when the papas arrugadas are very small Canarian potatoes, like papas negras.

Pimientos de Padrón These are a special variety of peppers, fried in olive oil, and sprinkled with rock salt.

The name originates from the Galician town of Padrón, but most of the ones in Tenerife are grown locally, or were

cultivated on one of the other islands. What makes pimientos de Padrón rise above simply being a dish of fried peppers is that, every so often, you get one that will blow the top of your head off, which adds a

certain element of suspense to eating them.

Churros de pescado Look out for a traditional restaurant that serves churros de pescado, which are, basically, fish goujons in

batter. In some restaurants, the batter is a herby one which gives it extra kick. Churros de pescado are often served with alioli (garlic mayonnaise), an accompaniment that ramps up the flavour factor even more.

Croquetas caseras Another tapas dish for fans of fried food, croquetas are crispy, breadcrumb-coated balls, filled with just about anything. Most popular are ham and white fish, mixed with potato. But chicken, tuna and spinach can also turn up. Often, croquetas taste quite similar, whatever the filling, overpowered by too much potato. Which is why it’s important to go for croquetas caseras. Being definitely home-made, they are more likely to have a better balance of ingredients.

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Lupita

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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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Don’t let your salad bug you LISTERIA is a harmful bacterium which can be found in many ready-to-eat foods that have already been cooked.

It can cause an illness called listeriosis. While the infection is considered rare, it has the potential to be serious, particularly if you’re pregnant or have a weak immune system.

Listeria can contaminate a wide range of foods, but it is of most concern in chilled, ready-to-eat foods that do not require further cooking or reheating. The Food Standards Agency says there are several foods to be wary of.

These include: cooked sliced meats, cured meats, smoked fish, cooked shellfish, blue

veined and mould-ripened soft cheese, pate, preprepared sandwiches and salads.

To reduce the risk of listeria, when preparing food at home, the food hygiene body says it’s important to keep raw and ready-to-eat foods separate, to avoid cross-contamination.

You should also wash fruit and vegetables thoroughly, keep chilled ready-to-eat

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Chill out bar and restaurant offers a wide range of dishes, including Chateaubriand and Dorada al Sol. Why not come and dine, whilst watching the sun setting over Las Vistas beach, truly a beautiful setting to enjoy a lovely meal.

foods cold, make sure your fridge is working properly and is set to 5C or below, and always use foods by their useby date.

Follow the storage instructions on the label, and use opened foods within two days, unless instructions on the packaging say otherwise.

Ready-to-eat food must be eaten within four hours of being taken out of the fridge.

Also, make sure you cook

or reheat foods until they are piping hot right through, and ensure that you follow manufacturer’s instructions in the preparation of all foods.

So what are the symptoms of listeriosis to watch out for, and when should you seek to get medical help?

There are five signs to watch out for, according to the NHS. These include a high temperature of 38C or above, aches and pains, chills, feeling sick or vomiting, and diarrhoea.

If you’re pregnant and think you have listeriosis, you should call your midwife straight away. You may need a blood test to check for the infection. You’ll be given antibiotics if you have listeriosis because it could cause serious problems, like a miscarriage, if not treated.

You should also contact

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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!

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your doctor immediately if you think you have listeriosis, and you’re having treatment that weakens your immune system (like chemotherapy).

Likewise, contact your GP if you think your baby might have listeriosis.

If the infection is not treated, severe listeriosis can cause serious infections like meningitis in babies, and people with a weak immune system.

If you experience a severe headache and stiff neck, discomfort when looking at bright lights, fits, sudden confusion, or a rash that doesn’t fade when a glass is rolled over it, you should go to A&E. These could be symptoms of meningitis caused by listeriosis, and this needs to be treated in hospital, straight away.

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Lifestyle

By Val Sainsbury COCONUT oil is one of the most beloved natural remedies around.

It is said to turn dull strands lustrous, whiten teeth and hydrate dry skin, and offers a whole range of other benefits.

Anecdotally, coconut oil, as a hair product, has been hailed as the ultimate all-in-one salve for ages. The oil is made up of fatty acids (triglyceride of lauric acid is the main one) and Vitamin E, so it has a lot of oil-soluble antioxidants. At room temperature it’s solid, but, by warming it up in your palms, it melts into a soft, silky liquid, at which point you can run it through your hair.

What is so unique about coconut oil, more so than other options, is that research can back up a lot of the claims.

For example, unlike a lot of oils that sit on top of the strand and simply coat the surface, coconut oil’s low, molecular weight has the ability to penetrate the shaft.

The oil, according to another study, can actually prevent hair damage when used as a pre-wash and post-wash grooming product. And it does so on a molecular level. Triglyceride of lauric acid has a high affinity for hair proteins,

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so when it penetrates the hair, it helps the strand hold on to them.

Even other oils that are made up of triglyceride of lauric acid, like sunflower seed oil, can’t make these claims.

Hair is primarily made up of proteins, and, in order to be strong and healthy, it needs to keep those proteins intact. Damage, be it from heat, sun, or other environmental aggressors, will cause hair to lose these, and other, nutrients. If you looked at a single strand of hair under a microscope, you’d see

that damaged hair literally has gaps and dents in it. That’s the protein loss.

On a more basic level, coconut oil helps prevent physical hair damage. When applied before brushing, before it’s absorbed, the oil will act as a physical barrier between strands, reducing friction, and helping in the detangling process.

Hair can also slow signs of ageing. Just like skin, hair can age as well, because of the high antioxidant content.

According to research, oxidative stress accelerates hair ageing, and applying antioxidants can temper this, by neutralising free radicals.

Cosmetically, too, the oil can help reduce frizz.

Frizz is caused by raised cuticles on the hair shaft, which separates individual hairs. That’s why anti-frizz products seal the cuticle flat. So, naturally, your hair can have raised cuticles.

You can also make your hair more frizzprone by damaging it (with bleaching, for example), because you are chemically forcing

the cuticle up and open. Finally, frizz can be caused by humidity and moisture. When there is water in the air, the cuticle naturally opens up, absorbing the water, and the hair shaft swells. One study showed that when coconut oil was applied to hair before being put under vapour, it slowed the water diffusion.

But oils should not be confused with conditioners.

You actually need water to moisturise hair, and oil does not provide that.

It can only seal in water.

However, coconut oil actually has moisture content, meaning that when it’s absorbed, it can actually provide hydration.

Does it fix split ends?

Nothing can fix split ends. All you can do is trim them off. However, oils and emollients help improve the look of damaged ends by increasing shine, making them look healthier.

Coconut oil can actually prevent future damage, so, if you use it regularly, you’ll likely see fewer split ends forming.

Often, hair products are marketed toward

“types,” meaning straight, wavy, kinky and coily. However, that’s the wrong way to look at coconut oil.

Coconut oil isn’t as much about hair type as it is about texture.

If the hair is dry and coarse or damaged, then coconut oil is great.

While those with curly to kinky hair tend to have coarser textures, it’s not always the case. You can have straight hair that’s dry, and you can have curly hair that’s fine and limp. In the former case, you’ll want to condition it with oils, but, in the latter, it might actually weigh down your curls.

Finally, bleached hair can benefit from coconut oil because it helps with damage, and because it has a lower risk of turning the colour brassy. Any hair product with a tint to it has the potential to alter bleached hair, over time. As coconut oil goes on clear, you won’t have that issue.

Application methods, should also depend on your need. They can range from quick fixes and daily hydration, to

intense treatments.

If you just need to protect dry ends, an overnight oil mask might be too much for you.

Or if you have severely dry hair, something like a pre-shampoo treatment might not be enough. For those who just need moisture maintenance, try a preshampoo treatment once a week, or every other week.

On dry hair, coat the strands, about 30 minutes before you get in the shower.

You need to give hair time to absorb the oil.

How much you use will depend on how much hair you have.

Then wash it out with a gentle shampoo. If you are on the coarser end of the scale, and your hair really needs the oils, just rinse with water, which will leave some residual oil on the strand.

Those with kinky, coily hair can use it regularly, simply by applying it to the strands and letting it soak in. If you have that texture that really needs it, you can absolutely use coconut oil every day, which isn’t the case with most oils.

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IT was business as usual for league champions Pas O Nadas A, with Luc notching another 180 as they came away from The Loch-In Bullseyes with an 8-0 whitewash.

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Pas O Nadas International faced a tough night as they welcomed The Pub, for whom Sam scored two maximums. But the home side recorded their own highlights as Qualty hit an impressive 115 finish, followed by Gio’s brilliant 128 check-out to put Grizzly to the sword. However, his team-

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Football LEICESTER were this week on the verge of signing Newcastle’s, former CD Tenerife star forward Ayoze Pérez, for around £30m.

The 25-year-old striker was granted permission to speak with Leicester, who are confident of completing a deal that will make the Spaniard their second signing of the summer, after triggering a buy-out clause in his contract.

Pérez scored 12 Premier League goals last season, his excellent partnership with Salomón Rondón helping Newcastle to pull away from the relegation zone.

Newcastle will make a large profit on a player signed from Tenerife for £1.5m in 2014, but his departure also leaves a sizeable hole to fill.

Pérez has been Newcastle’s

SPAIN could be breeding a new generation of potential world-beaters, after topping Germany 2-1, to be crowned Under-21 Champions of Europe for the fifth time.

They gained revenge for a defeat by the same opposition in Krakow two years ago, and rivalled Italy’s record for the most titles in the UEFA competition.

The Spanish players started confidently, and Luis de la Fuente’s men soon took advantage to open the scoring.

Napoli’s Fabian Ruiz took a pass from Mikel Oyarzabal in the seventh minute, to beat the German keeper with a powerful leftfooter from the edge of

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Ex-Tenerife star all set to join Leicester top scorer in all competitions in each of the past two seasons, netting 13 goals in the last campaign, and also reaching double figures the

year before.

His arrival will increase Leicester’s attacking options, and raise the prospect of Pérez playing alongside

Jamie Vardy. Leicester have tried and failed to find a player to fulfil that secondstriker role in recent years, with Kelechi Iheanacho enduring two difficult seasons, following his arrival from Manchester City.

Pérez can also play as a wide attacker, and that versatility, together with his age and his excellent Newcastle form in the second half of the season, when he scored 11 goals, made him an attractive proposition for Leicester and their manager, Brendan Rodgers.

He has already added Luton’s

Spain youngsters heading to follow their Old Masters

the area. The match then settled down, with both teams enjoying periods of domination, although there were few opportunities.

Spain just about edged the

rest of the first half, although Germany had half-chances through Levin Öztunali and Jonathan Tah. After the break, Germany came out stronger, although

Stefan Kuntz’s young players still struggled to create real openings.

The young Germans, forced to chase the game, started to leaving space at the back

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21-year-old full-back James Justin, to his squad. And Leicester’s determination to strengthen their team with major signings, will not end with Pérez.

Funds will be available, irrespective of Harry Maguire’s future, although Manchester United are the more likely destination for Maguire, as things stand.

Manchester City have been discouraged by Leicester’s asking price, but there are also questions about whether United will be willing to pay more than £75m for the England centre-half.

as they pressed high, leaving themselves open to fast breaks.

And when Alexander Nübel failed to hold a Fabián Ruiz snapshot, Dynamo Zafreb’s Dani Olmo scored Spain’s second goal. A late, long-range goal from Nadiem Amiri was no more than a consolation for the Germans.

Spain’s coach, Luis de la Fuente, said: “We’ve been working for this for years.

This group of players are fantastic and so talented. It’s so important for Spain and Spanish football for these young lads to get the praise they deserve.

“I am more than proud of them. We’ve played so, so well at times in this tournament. I can only say well done to these players, who can make history.”

Cycling

Urbano one to watch as new Spanish Coin

CARMELO Urbano, from the Malaga province of Coin, has secured victory for the Under-23 Andalucia Team, after being crowned Spain’s new road-race champion.

Urbano completed the 157.8km route, ending

in Murcia’s Lorca last Saturday, in 4hr 3min 3sec, beating runnerup Arturo Gravalos by 13 seconds, with Oier Ibarguren in third place.

The Coin rider is seen as one of Spain’s rising cycling stars.

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