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BRITISH low-cost airline Jet2, in the wake of the Thomas Cook collapse, has announced plans to open a base at Tenerife South airport, which will increase passenger seats from there by around 330,000. Continued on page 3
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During the low season, some 200,000 seats will be offered, rising to 330,000 in summer. That nearly doubles the number available across airlines throughout the islands, which will rise to 773,000 in winter alone. Yaiza Castilla, the Canary Islands’ Regional Tourism Minister, heralds this as “great news”, because it means a total of 1.8 million flight seats will be available, year-round, to and from the archipelago. Of these, 1.1 million will be
Jet2 passengers between April and October 2020, not counting the rest of the year, said Ms Castilla, following a meeting she and Regional President Ángel Víctor Torres held at London’s World Travel Market (WTM) with Jet2’s Janice Matter, Managing Director for airports and tourism organisations, and Ian Doubtire, head of Business Development. At present, Jet2, the Leedsbased carrier, operates from a further eight UK airports and has become the No.1 airline between Britain and the
Canary Islands, transporting 1.3 million passengers in 2018. Its decision to invest further in the Canary Islands is most welcome following the Thomas Cook collapse, which saw one of the region’s other main UKbased carriers and package holiday organisers cease all trade, suddenly, overnight. Jet2’s new base may also soften the blow for the region, if Irish airline Ryanair does go ahead with its announced plans to close two of its own bases in the Canary Islands.
Woman’s car left hanging
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Noisy man’s ‘gun’ threats
A ROWDY man was arrested after appearing to threaten a woman with a shotgun in the middle of the street in El Fraile, next to Las Galletas. Neighbours alerted the authorities after hearing him shout threatening
obscenities in the middle of the small town, and Guardia Civil officers, collaborating with Arona’s Local Police, detained him. In fact, officers were at the scene almost immediately, preventing the situation from getting out of hand.
Swimmer drowns in a complex pool
A MAN drowned on Wednesday afternoon while swimming in a Golf del Sur pool, attached to the apartment complex in which he lived. A call was received by the emergency services at around 4.30pm, telling the operator that the man had just been pulled out of the complex swimming pool unconscious. Two ambulances were dispatched to San Miguel’s
Golf del Sur immediately, while a doctor, present in the call-centre room, explained basic, step-by-step CPR instructions, to the caller. That enabled the caller to assist the swimmer until the ambulances arrived. Once there, the medical teams employed a more advanced resuscitation technique, using a semi-automatic defibrillator. Unfortunately, they were unable to revive him, and could only confirm his death. Guardia Civil officers were at the scene to take over the corresponding proceedings.
Drinker trips on bar steps
A WOMAN aged 45 was seriously injured after her car shot straight across the TF-28 (km-87), inside the Arona municipality, approaching Valle San Lorenzo, from the San Miguel direction, and came to a halt on a steep slope. The emergency services were notified swiftly, and were told of the driver’s dilemma. Surprisingly, though, she was able to get out of her car unaided. But fire-fighters, at the scene by then, helped
her reach the medical team, who were waiting to assess her injuries. They soon discovered that the victim had broken bones, as well as suffering a serious abdominal injury. She was taken to Candelaria
Hospital immediately. Guardia Civil officers and the Local Police were at the scene to assist with clearing the congested traffic, as well as removing the woman’s vehicle from the precarious area.
A 25-YEAR-OLD man was hurt badly on Tuesday morning, after tumbling as he left a popular Arona bar in Calle Francisco Andrade Fumero. He had fallen through a hole in the steps, accidently, and the emergency services received a call
requesting an ambulance. Once there, medics assessed the man, who was in a bad way. He had suffered severe bruising and was taken to Hospiten Sur, the Las Americas hospital, for treatment and further observation.
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Clean-up at La Caleta a polished manoeuvre
THE La Caleta beach clean-up last Saturday, organised by Canary Green, attracted over 100 participants, keen to help with this environmental initiative, not only to clear the area of plastics, but to spread the word on the importance of coastal care. The event was sponsored by Hotel Suite Villa María, Tenerife Top Training and Golf Costa Adeje, with the institutional support of Adeje Town Hall, through its Parks and Gardens, and Ecological Transition departments, headed by Councillors Maikel Álvarez and Daniel Melo, who ensured that the correct materials and logistics were in place for the operation. Cleaning began at 11am, for about 90 minutes, and both Councillors extended their thanks for the involvement of the area’s business sector, affirming: “We hope this example will be extended, and, above all, that more awareness is created about the care of our environment.” © Photographs: Phil Crean
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Spoiled turtle given free journey home
AN endangered turtle, carried all the way from the Canary Islands to the Irish beaches of Galway’s Connemara by Atlantic storms, has been flown to its Gran Canaria home by Ryanair.
The Irish Examiner reported that the Loggerhead turtle, known affectionately as Mara, was found in severe distress on Dolan’s Beach, in Roundstone, by local woman Linda Hederman. She took the female reptile to Clifden’s Western Veterinary, where she was treated for hypothermia overnight, before being taken to Dingle Oceanworld to recuperate. After a seven-week recovery, the hard-shelled turtle was flown home on the airline’s early-morning flight, from Cork airport to Gran Canaria. During the four-hour flight, Mara was coated in Vaseline to keep her hydrated, wrote the Examiner, and kept in an aerated box. The turtle was
accompanied by two staff from Dingle Oceanworld, as well as vet Shónagh O’Sullivan, who volunteered to make the trip to ensure her good health. The Loggerhead sea turtle is the world’s largest hardshelled species. Fully-grown adults average about 350kg in weight, and some specimens have reached up to 450kg. They are found in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Mediterranean, and need warm water to survive, which is what made Mara’s predicament so precarious. The Loggerhead is considered an endangered species by
the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, with the greatest threat to their survival being loss of nesting habitats to coastal development. Mara, in poor health when found, put on about a kilo in weight under the care of Dingle Oceanworld, and she now weighs a healthy 3kg. Before boarding her flight, she needed a health certificate and her own specially-issued passport to travel. Upon arriving in the Canaries, she was taken to the Gran Canaria Turtle Hospital for a check-up, before being released back into the water.
Drug dealer is nailed
GUARDIA Civil officers, patrolling the rural areas of Santa Cruz, arrested a 51-year-old local man, charging him with crimes against public health, and drug-trafficking.
The events unfolded when the police witnessed the man in plain sight, selling drugs to another person, inside a parked-up vehicle. He spotted the officers watching him, as did the person inside the vehicle, who sped away promptly, leaving
the dealer frozen. The officers approached him and asked for his ID. They also carried out a superficial search, discovering, in his possession, seven small bags of a white substance, ready for distribution. It was tested and proved to be the Class A drug cocaine. In addition, they also found €100 in cash, comprising small notes. Having witnessed the dealer in action, and finding the evidence on his person, the officers arrested and charged the man, who is awaiting presentation before a judge.
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Mortgages registered in Spain drop 30% in 2019 THE number of mortgages registered in Spain so far this year has dropped by 30%, which is a dramatic nosedive against the 2018 figures. And it’s all down a new property law, introduced in the summer, which affected expats.
There was a 29.9% decrease in August against the same month in 2018, and the data, released by the National Statistics Institute (INE), reveals that it was also the worst month since 2015. In total 20,385 new mortgages on homes made it on to the Land Registry in 2019. Of Spain’s 17 autonomous communities, La Rioja experienced the most negative mortgage drop, with a 61.5% decrease. The regions with the next largest slumps were Extremadura (53.8%), Navarra (52.9%), Canary Islands (49.7%), Balearic Islands (42.5%), Madrid (37.6%) and Andalucia (34.4%). Article 20 of the Real Estate Credit Act was enacted by the Spanish Government
in June, and, according to the INE: “It could have affected data published in August.” The new law makes it more difficult for expats seeking mortgages if they are not in the eurozone, specifically, or if they derive their incomes in a currency other than the euro. This is because the borrower has the right to convert the mortgage into his/her own currency, under certain circumstances, at a later date.
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SAN Miguel’s Culture Department is planning a visit to San Cristobal de La Laguna on Saturday, 23rd November, and this new tour takes in the historic centre of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The trip will include an expert guide, whose aim is to enhance the heritage elements of this city. Registration for the outing can be made directly at the Department of Culture, in the Museum of History casa El Capitan. The cost is €14, which includes transport, guide, lunch and insurance. For more information, visit the Department of Culture between 7am-2pm, or call 922 700 887.
Fallen tree kills woman
A WOMAN died and a young girl was seriously injured after being struck by a tree in Palma around midday last Sunday. The tragic event happened close to the Cathedral of Mallorca, when strong winds got the better of the palm tree.
The Brazilian woman was in the area with her husband and seven-year-old daughter when a gust of wind forced the top of the tree to fall, crushing the mother to death. Some branches also hit the youngster, who suffered a severe anxiety attack after seeing her mother lying on the floor. Both father and daughter were attended to by emergency personnel, while the youngster was taken to hospital. High winds have caused damage across Mallorca, and in Puerto Andratx, fire crews were on call from the early hours of Sunday to deal with many fallen trees. Rough seas also caused many boats to be cast adrift, and in Llucmajor, the Ma-6015 highway was closed. Information from AEMET recorded gusts of up to 110km/hr, with emergency services issuing a level-one risk alert.
Jetski Frenchman left critical
A 31-YEAR-OLD Frenchman is in a critical condition, following a jetski accident in Adeje last Tuesday. The emergency services received a call in the morning, reporting that a man had been seriously injured.
Staff of the company organising the activity rescued him from the water, applying first-aid while transporting him on a boat to Puerto Colón. He is believed to have suffered a head trauma, as well as symptoms of drowning, and was transferred to Candelaria Hospital in a critical condition.
A JET2 flight, about to head home to Leeds Bradford Airport from Tenerife, was forced to fly in a circle for two hours above the sea, amid fears of a “fault” with the plane. The ordeal was branded a “nightmare” by one passenger, who described tense scenes, including people sweating and children being sick. Flight LS224 was scheduled to arrive back at the Yeadon airport in the early hours of Monday. But it barely made it away from South Tenerife Airport before trouble hit.
The flight, scheduled to take off at 7.55pm on Sunday, was delayed at first, and one source, believed to be on the flight, said: “Flight delayed due to pressurisation problem with plane. Got on and took off to find problem was back.” It eventually set off at around 8.51pm, nearly an hour after it was supposed to, and the plane climbed to around 7,000 feet as the pilot manoeuvred the aircraft over the Atlantic Ocean. But after just 20 minutes of flight-time, the pilot was forced to circle near South Tenerife Airport, dropping his speed to fluctuate between 170 and 210 knots per hour. A spokesperson for Jet2 said: “Flight LS224 from Tenerife to
Leeds Bradford returned to Tenerife shortly after takeoff, when the pilot reported a minor fault indication. The plane circled in one spot for close to two hours.” One passenger described a small patch of panic on the aircraft, saying: “Everyone sweating, kids being sick… what a nightmare!” The pilot made one last circle at 10.26pm, before swinging out wide, further towards the ocean, and then descending. It landed back at South Tenerife Airport at about 10.48pm. A Jet2 spokesperson for Jet2 said: “Customers were provided hotel accommodation, and we will be flying them back to Leeds Bradford today.”
€1bn bid made for Air Europa THE owner of British Airways, IAG, has put in a €1bn bid for Latin America specialist Air Europa. And, should the deal go through, the Spain-based company will join a stable of airlines, including the UK flagcarrier, as well as Iberia, Level, Vueling and Aer Lingus. The company said the idea behind the deal was to create a hub in Madrid, which could match the likes of London Heathrow and Amsterdam Schiphol. “Acquiring Air Europa would add a new competitive, cost-
effective airline to IAG, consolidating Madrid as a leading European hub,” said IAG chief executive Willie Walsh. “It would result in IAG achieving South Atlantic leadership, and, therefore, generating additional, financial value for our shareholders.” He added: “IAG has a strong
track record of successful acquisitions, most recently with the acquisition of Aer Lingus in 2015, and we are convinced Air Europa presents a strong strategic, fit for the group.” Air Europa has a network of 69 destinations, the majority in Latin America.
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SUNDAY 10TH. NOVEMBER 2019 THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION SERVICE OF REMEMBRANCE WESTHAVEN BAY, COSTA DEL SILENCIO AT 10.30AM. (You are advised to bring a sunhat and a bottle of water) CHURCH SERVICES WITH ACTS OF REMEMBRANCE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF SOUTH TENERIFE SAN EUGENIO, PUEBLO CANARIO, LAS AMERICAS at 10.15AM. SAN BLAS, GOLF DEL SUR at 12.00 NOON ESPIRITU SANTO, LOS GIGANTES at 6.00PM.
A TENERIFE villa is among an £8.1m (€9.4m) property portfolio seized from a British family, following the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) civil recovery and tax investigation. This ended up with the villa and a Range Rover Evoque, together with 16 properties in and around Bath, Somerset, being confiscated. Four members of the same Davies family; Shane, 47, his wife Rhianna, 34, mother Sheila, 66, and sister Tracey, 48, agreed to surrender the assets, having conceded that they were acquired using the proceeds of unlawful conduct. The property portfolio was acquired between 1998 and 2007, and investigations revealed that between 2004 and 2009 alone, it generated rental and commercial income of more than £2m.
The portfolio included a seven-bedroom converted barn and mill in Norton St. Philip, which, on a holidaylettings website, boasted an indoor swimming pool, jacuzzi and five bathrooms. Also recovered was an 18th Century Georgian townhouse in Bath, which was operated as the Roman City Guest House, and the former Midford telephone repeater station. In addition, the defendants agreed to repay £368,000 of rental income, accrued from property lettings. NCA investigators believe that the portfolio was acquired through mortgage fraud and the sale of controlled drugs. But the Davies family had claimed that the sizeable funds used to purchase the properties were the result of “gifts”. But this could not be substantiated. Andy Lewis, NCA Head of Asset Denial, said: “This investigation has identified unlawfully-held assets worth millions of pounds.
“The Canary Islands’ holiday home, and prestige vehicle, represent the obvious trappings of wealth. But equally important is the recovery of numerous commercial and residential properties, which would otherwise have continued to generate substantial revenue the defendants were not entitled to.” He added: “It is vital to the UK’s economic wellbeing that assets are held legitimately, and the NCA is determined to recover property, acquired through the proceeds of serious and organised crime.” The NCA’s investigation was supported by Avon & Somerset Police, whose Detective Sergeant Gareth Kitchener, said: “This is a fantastic result, which is testament to the tenacity of the NCA investigators, who took this case forward. “It demonstrates that civil recovery powers are an extremely powerful tool in the fight against organised crime.”
SOUTH TENERIFE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP APOLLO CENTRE, LOS CRISTIANOS at 10.50AM. CORAL MAR SQUARE, COSTA DEL SILENCIO at 10.50AM. CALLAO SALVAJE COMMUNITY CHURCH CALLAO SALVAJE at 10.45AM.
Bomb scare for film cast
ANGELINA Jolie and Richard Madden were evacuated from a film set after the discovery of an unexploded bomb. And the shocked cast and crew were hauled away as disposal experts were called in. Onlookers in Fuerteventura told how panic quickly spread during shooting of The Eternals, and everyone was ordered back to a safe distance. A set insider said: “It was obviously terrifying. The bomb could have been there for decades, untouched, but who knows what might have happened if it were disturbed. “Some of the biggest stars in the world were on set, and nobody was taking any chances. Fortunately, experts dealt with it.”
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THE main objective of Tenerife Cabildo’s governing body is to promote sustainable holidays for British tourists. And President Pedro Martín will be working closely with hoteliers to increase the island’s sustainability. “This involves managing coastlines, protecting and
A MAN charged with 39 counts of manslaughter, after migrants were found dead inside a lorry in Essex, has been warned that his life is in “serious” danger. The sinister messages were received by Eamon Harrison and his family following the tragic discovery of dead Vietnamese men and women in the Waterglade Industrial Park, in Grays. Last Friday, British police began extradition proceedings to bring the 22-yearold from Mayobridge in Co Down, Northern Ireland, to the UK, after he appeared before Dublin High Court on a European Arrest Warrant. Mr Harrison is suspected of delivering the trailer, in which 39 migrants died, to the Belgian port of Zeebrugge. Gardai and the Police Service of Northern Ireland are investigating the threats, and have warned him, formally, that his life is in “serious danger”. Members of his family in Northern Ireland have also been informed that their lives are at risk, and a source told the Irish Mirror: “We are
regulating fauna, and working together with whaleand dolphin-watching organisations,” said the President. He added that tourists could be safe in the knowledge that their holidays were green, and that “they should know that Tenerife comprises 80% of protected areas”. Martin said that dealing with aviation issues and the failure of Thomas Cook had dominated business since the Cabildo came to office in July.
Earlier in the year, Ryanair announced the closure of their bases in Tenerife, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, and mainland Spain’s Girona. He said these factors had so far resulted in a small decrease in the number of British tourists visiting the islands. But, said the President: “Tenerife Government’s main aim at the World Travel Market was to agree contracts to increase, or maintain, the number of British tourists.”
A 58-YEAR-OLD man, caught masturbating in public, was arrested by National Police yesterday (Thursday) morning after being caught in the act.
He was playing with himself while observing two minors, aged four and 17, through a glass window, as they practised a sporting activity. The incident took place in the Pancho Camurria municipal sports centre, in Santa Cruz, and the school’s sport monitors noticed the pervert
because he was behaving suspiciously. The monitors went outside to check what was going on, and, as they drew closer to him, they realised that he was pressing himself against a window, while fiddling with himself. At the same time, he was studying the two boys inside the sports centre. The authorities were notified immediately, and, after interviewing the monitors, they arrested the man, charging him with exhibitionism. He is now is awaiting an appointment before a judge.
of the victims, whose journey ended in tragedy on our shores.” He added: “This evidence is being gathered across a number of jurisdictions worldwide. As a result, we cannot yet announce the identity of any of the victims.” Earlier, the Vietnam Government said members were “deeply saddened” to learn that the 39 migrants found dead in the back of
a lorry are all believed to be its citizens, describing it as a “serious humanitarian tragedy”. Lorry-driver Mo Robinson, 25, was arrested on the day the bodies were found. Robinson, of Craigavon, Northern Ireland, has already appeared at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court, charged with 39 counts of manslaughter, conspiracy to traffic people, conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration and money-laundering. Three other people arrested in connection with the incident, two men, 38 and 46, along with woman, also 38, have been released on bail. Police believe they have identified the man responsible for the smuggling effort, and a special task-force is searching for millionaire Vietnamese gang lord “Mr Truong”, who is thought to be the regional head of a global ring in Nghe An. The investigation was prompted when 10 families from Nghen Town, Thien Loc, Vinh Loc and Thanh Loc contacted authorities to say they had lost contact with their loved ones.
Man who delivered deadly lorry trailer receiving death threats
talking about serious death threats. “This has been going on since the story broke, and it has now escalated since the first arrests were made. We are talking about a multi-millioneuro, people-smuggling ring, so officers are taking these threats very seriously. “Police are determined to smash this trafficking ring, and the crime bosses behind it are desperate to keep going what is a very lucrative industry for them.” Mr Harrison is being extradited in relation to a warrant list of 41 charges: 39 of manslaughter, conspiracy to commit human-trafficking, as well as conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration. Ronan Hughes, 40, and his 34-year-old brother Christopher, who are involved in road haulage and shipping and are from Armagh, have been urged to hand themselves in. Eight people were arrested in Vietnam on Monday, in connection with the case, reported Reuters, and postmortem examinations are being carried out on the 39
victims, all believed to be from Vietnam. Police have not yet identified any of the victims, publicly, but families have started receiving phone calls to give them the devastating news. Previously, Essex Police Assistant Chief Constable Tim Smith said: “We are in direct contact with a number of families in Vietnam and the UK, and we believe we have identified families for some
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Just go loco at Coco Loco
By Paul Waller
IN the heart of Amarilla Golf, there is a bar that used to be called the Rockin Horse. In the last few months, it has been reinvented, revamped and repainted. The main sign on the front has been replaced with a different one, for a new bar called Coco Loco, and the two people creating all of this are Chris and Katie. Both have years of experience in other establishments on the island, so moving to their own
premises seemed to be the next step, before they get married, next year. So what’s happening now at Coco Loco? Well. First there is a new menu for you to try which still includes “Chippy Friday”. Large tasty cod, battered sausage, and all your other Chippy favourites, served on paper for that authentic taste. These are served between 6-10pm. Sunday-roast dinners are available for €9.50 or €10.50, with a glass of wine or beer, between 2-7pm. Breakfasts are served everyday from 9am til midday. Lunch, snacks, sandwiches and rolls are available all day. The dinner menu is served
from 6pm. There is an allnew, extended Coco Loco Happy Hour, from 3- 8pm! A proper happy hour! Enjoy live entertainment every night, hosted by Coco Loco’s very own owner/compere, Chris “The Flash”. Other new changes include all tradesmen/workers being welcome in the bar, and Chris and Katie will be putting on free Tradesmen Tapas from 2pm on a Friday afternoon, to start your weekend off properly, to go with a few beers.
On Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, from 7-9pm, the little ones are going to be entertained with a disco. For the budding little singers out there, there will also be karaoke! For golfers and residents, they have now developed a loyalty card. Ask the staff for details. Anything is good for cheaper drinks! And, if you are on holiday, you haven’t been missed out. There is a loyalty card for you, also. Now, as you all know, the festive season is not far away,
so why not let them look after you on Christmas Day? Bookings are now being taken for the two sittings, 1pm and 5pm. The cost is €25 for adults, and €12.50 for under-11s. New Year’s Eve is going to be the party of all parties, to start the year! It will be free entry to all, and, for only €10, there will be an all-you-can-eat buffet avaiable. Book your places now! Finally, everyone is welcome to the official relaunch party on Saturday 16th November, from 7pm till late, with live music and entertainment with Chris, 7-8pm Slap and Tickle. Followed by The Blues Brothers at 10pm, Willy Ray - Prince of Soul at 11pm, and The Tenor Ladies from midnight. So put Saturday 16th November in your diary, because this is a night not to be missed! There is also a invitation-only, pre-launch, VIP party from 6-7pm. So, come on. Let’s get behind these two, and make their new venture start with a bang. Get down to Coco Loco in Amarilla Golf, and party party party. Pop in, or check them out on Facebook, Coco Loco Karaoke Sports Bar, for the latest news and events.
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Cannabis farm man is a blazing menace
THE blaze at an illegal cannabis farm, installed in a Costa Blanca urbanisation, has led to the arrest of a 48-yearold Briton, responsible for seeking out ideal houses for cultivating marijuana in Altea, Crevillente and San Fulgencio. Firefighters dashed to Costa Blanca house in Altea in July, where a clandestine farm in the basement was wiped out, following an electrical fire. Police were able to gather information from the property registry and locate the criminal gang at a new cannabis farm in Crevillente, part of the Valencia community, where they seized 1,369 plants at the cannabis farm there. A swoop on the isolated property saw the arrest of two Montenegro men, one of whom tried to flee through
the roof. The discovery of another cannabis farm, in Alicante’s San Fulgencio area, eventually led police to the Briton, who travelled around, in search of these ideal locations to install clandestine plantations. During the months-long operation, police recovered 4.5kg of packaged marijuana buds, 1,369 marijuana plants, counterfeit documentation, mobile phones and a vehicle, as well as an entire clandestine electrical installation, comprising circuit-breakers, lamps, turbines, coolers, filters, condensers, air-conditioners and wiring. The plants, now in police possession, have a street value of around €400,000, while the value of electrical installations is estimated at €60,000. And the three men have been remanded in custody, without bail.
Mainland Spain on the alert for snow! IT’S hard to believe, but winter conditions are making themselves known in mainland Spain this week, with severe weather warnings in place across the country, including the threat of snow!
Ranging from orange (high risk) to yellow (medium risk), the alerts from weather agency AEMET have warned of strong
winds, heavy rainfall and snow. Yesterday (Thursday), A Coruna in Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria and Bizkaia in the Basque Country were all on orange alert for dangerous, coastal conditions. Meanwhile, Lugo, Asturias and Leon, all in the north, were all on yellow warning for snowfall. Avila and Segovia, which sit next to Madrid, are also on yellow warning for snow, while the capital is being alerted about strong winds. Alicante and Valencia are on yellow alert for rough
seas, and Mallorca and Menorca are on the same level warning, but for rainfall. Andalucia’s Granada and Almeria, meanwhile, are both on yellow alert for strong winds and dangerous coastal conditions. All the warnings are in place until at least the end of today (Friday). In fact, several more provinces will be placed on alert, with Huesca and Navarra added to the yellow-warning list for snow, and almost a dozen others in the north alerted for wind and rain.
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WHAT is set to be one of Spain’s shortestever General Election campaigns has begun, officially, and, as usual, once the clock struck midnight on the last day of October, political parties were ready to go with their postersticking. They are not allowed by law to do so, until the campaign period begins, and, since the last election campaign at the end of 2011, genuine contenders for the leadership have been mounting up. The right-wing PP and current, reigning, leftleaning PSOE (socialists) had stopped competing against each other, by the 2015 vote, because centre-right Ciudadanos and left-wing independents Podemos, in coalition with United Left as Unidos Podemos, had burst on to the scene, the latter coming from nowhere to net five European Parliament seats in 2014. The far right, in the shape of Vox, which had been in the background for a long time but never achieved Parliamentary representation, appeared as a genuine source of competition in the April elections. Pedro Sánchez, the PSOE leader, had called the election to seek a mandate for governing after just 10 months in power, following a no-confidence vote against the reigning PP, because of widespread corruption charges against high-ranking members. Now, the five has grown to six, with Podemos breakaway group Más País! (‘More Country’), led by former member Íñigo Errejón, expected to win at least a handful of seats with his prosocial policies. These include a 32-hour working week instead of the current 40 hours, as well as a minimum
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wage and State monthly pension of €1,200. The party’s leader, styling themselves as more moderate left than Podemos, but further left than the PSOE, was in Cádiz earlier this week for his first-ever political rally as a presidential candidate. Albert Rivera, of Ciudadanos, based his own discourse in Cádiz largely on the relatively non-existent threat of Catalunya severing ties with Spain, and going it alone. His party’s manifesto includes higher wages, lower taxes, an end to widespread job insecurity, greater help for families and for wouldbe or actual parents, and a drive to make housing more affordable, for renters and buyers. Vox leader Santiago Abascal
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sought to drum up fear of a “national emergency”, and to convince his audience that the party was not “far right” but “representative of everyone in Spain”. Yet surveys earlier in the year showed that around 755 people in the country did not agree. Pablo Casado, the PP leader, claimed that Sánchez had made it into the presidential hot-seat through a noconfidence vote, based upon “lies”, despite court cases that had already found PP members guilty of the corruption which forced the vote. He also said that a vote for the PSOE would be a vote for Catalunya’s independence, on the grounds that the prosecession parties in the region
had backed Sánchez’s motion against the PP, and that Sánchez has always been set against allowing a legal referendum on independence in Catalunya. Casado and Sánchez were at separate rallies in Sevilla, while Abascal was in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona province). United Left leader Alberto Garzón was in Madrid, along with Irene Montero, deputy leader and spokeswoman for Podemos, and wife of its head, Pablo Iglesias. Pablo, rather than being at a rally, was on the humorous, chaotic chat show, El Hormiguero (The Ant’s Nest), hosted by comedian Pablo Motos. Iglesias referred to his failed attempts, and those of Sánchez, to reach a coalition deal after the April elections, which has led to their repeat, set for Sunday (10th Nov). He also referred to Errejón’s split from Podemos to form his own party. “When you separate, things are often much better,” said Iglesias of Errejón, showing that he has no hard feelings. “When you each have some space from each other, you have an easier relationship with each other. Our cardinal sin was to be too intense.” In fact, Iglesias had previously admitted that Errejón was the political brains behind Podemos much of the time, and was “gifted”, with “highIQ”, meaning that he was “inevitably frustrated” and would one day feel he had outgrown the party. As for Sánchez, Iglesias does
not seem to regard the PSOE as a direct rival, and he believes it is still possible that they could form a coalition. His wife Irene called for her audience at the Madrid rally to “persevere” in their Podemos votes, so that, “after four general elections in as many years, the changes the country needs can finally happen”, while warning the “old two-party system” that Podemos was “not giving up”. Sánchez urged his listeners in Sevilla to “vote usefully”, to turn to the PSOE if they were undecided or were leftleaning, to avoid fragmented results that would end in yet another hung Parliament, which could hinder a stable government from forming. But with the 2015 elections having to be repeated, through inconclusive results, most of the opposition agreeing only to the PP’s investiture to avoid a third vote, and April’s also having led to a hung Parliament, it appears that the end of the two-party system has also brought an end to any chance of the polls giving any one group an outright majority. As a result, whichever party gains the most seats will have to work with at least one or even two or three others, to form a government. But signs of Spaniards suffering “electoral fatigue” are already showing, however, and participation looks set to be at its lowest ever on Sunday!
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Restaurant left with Almeria is bidding highly bitter taste of drugs to impress Travel Market
A SCHEME for moneylaundering, involving a luxury restaurant, has been swallowed up by police investigators in Andalucia, who arrested two men, said to be the ring leaders. In last week’s dramatic raid, police seized €650,000 in cash from popular Pure Estrecho, in Algeciras. The money, alleged to have been made from the sale of drugs in the Campo de Gibraltar, was found stashed in a pipe. The eatery, well-known in the area, is one of the most expensive in the city, and investigators had spent a
year digging into the moneylaundering network, which involved a drug-trafficker and the establishment’s owner. The trafficker, known only as J.M.A.C, had a history of drug-related crimes, creating two trading companies which “served” the restaurant, owned by a man known only as S.M.G. The pair are alleged to have used the companies to funnel huge sums of drug money into the business, to make it appear legitimate. In addition to the two arrests, authorities seized two luxury vehicles and 12 properties related to the network. One of the detainees was locked up without bail, while the other has been released ahead of their joint trial.
ALMERIA is going all-out to reinforce and expand its share of the British tourist market, which is why a delegation from the Provincial Tourist Service is in London this week to promote the region at the World Travel Market.
It is considered to be one of the most important traveltrade shows in Europe, which is why there is a Costa de Almeria stand of 550sq/m, within the Andalucia exhibition area. And, over a three-day period, Fernando Gimenez, the Diputacion de Almeria Tourism delegate, will have been meeting travel agents, airlines, marketing companies, travel media and tour operators, with a view to boosting British visitor numbers. As for the scheme, he said: “It is an ambitious promotion campaign, with which we want to intensify this market, and clear up any doubts generated by the Brexit
situation, or the Thomas Cook case.” The delegate added: “We come with the hope of offering confidence, and being convinced of the virtues of the Costa de Almeria destination, which continues to be one of Britain’s favourites.” Gimenez also revealed that the Diputacion had
designed a marketing plan for 2020, with the aim of gaining traveller-loyalty, and increasing the flow of British visitors to the province. The deputy said: “The World Travel Market is a must for the provincial delegation, and our presence here generates numerous, commercial opportunities.”
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Double delight as police flatten two drug gangs Brutal €1.5m robber now captured, after two years
Packages of cocaine were found in a Madrid car park vehicle
POLICE have smashed two drug gangs, one of which planned to sell 101kg of cocaine in a Marbella shopping centre, and five arrests were made in total. Meanwhile, investigators seized 621kg of illegal drugs between Marbella and Madrid. Those held, who came from Brazil and Colombia, are accused of shipping coke from the
Spanish capital to the Costa del Sol. The Marbella mall was chosen by suspects as the transfer location, in their bid to “go unnoticed” by officers. But they were made aware of the operation and were able to make arrests. They also seized €11,000, 10 mobile phones and six cars. The Colombians are believed to have run the gangs, while the Brazilians acted as “brokers”. A police probe was launched
in February, after agents received information about the discovery of a 400kg drug haul in a warehouse on a Madrid industrial estate. Collaboration with Colombian and North American police then meant investigators could trace the origins of the drugs. In September, four of the gang were also caught redhanded in a Madrid car park with 120 packages of cocaine, including 30 concealed under the front seats of their car.
A FUGITIVE of the biggest, most brutal armed robbery, ever carried out in Gibraltar, was arrested while returning from Morocco, after two years on the run.
Two men are already in prison for their part in the June 2017 heist, in which they stole €1.5m at gunpoint, in June 2017. The third man, an unnamed, 29-year-old Englishman, spotted by the National Police getting off a ferry from Morocco, was cornered by the officers in Tarifa. It brought to an end the two years and more he had spent on the run, following the 25-minute, €1.5m raid on tobacco wholesalers Southease Ltd, at the New Harbours warehouse.
The men, armed with BB airguns, capable of killing a human, and their faces covered, assaulted a security guard and tied up workers. They then helped themselves to three bags, each holding €500,000, and fled. The Royal Gibraltar Police soon arrested the pair, who were close to the scene of the crime. Rachid Behdaoui, 53, and Samir Douaoui, 29, were connected to the holdup by DNA evidence, and put on trial. Behdaoui was imprisoned for eight years and five months, while his partner in crime, Douaoui, received three years and two months. Chief Justice Anthony Dudley, who was judging the case, called it “the highestvalue robbery ever carried out in Gibraltar”. But just one of the three bags, containing €500,000, has been found to date.
Retiring? Spain is the finest place in Europe SPAIN has beautiful surroundings, towns, cities, and, of course, lots of sunshine, which makes it a perfect setting for those approaching their final years And, says a new report, Spain is the best country to retire to in Europe. In fact, Blacktower Fi-
nancial Management has revealed the best and worst European countries for retirees, based on cost of living, crime rates, life expectancy, property prices, average population age and weather. The country scored highly for each of these sections, without topping another country outright, but its average paved the way, overall, for it to land the top spot.
Second in the rankings is Finland. The chilled Scandinavian atmosphere and gorgeous magic of the northern lights is also an excellent choice for retirees. Third was Italy, known for its wines, olive oils and pasta, which is a winning combination for when you’re past the point of no return, and have no problems with packing on some extra pounds. The UK
featured in 17th place, and, despite the perception of grey skies and constant rain, the rolling hills of the north are a joy to see, whatever the weather. And the south-west has a gorgeous coastline, and an opportunity to grab a surfboard and make for the waves, especially if reaching retirement, has given some people a new lease of life.
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Fortnite star’s life ban - after cheating to win JARVIS Kaye, a professional Fortnite player for eSports team FaZe Clan, has received a permanent ban from playing the hugelypopular video game for cheating.
He revealed in an emotional YouTube video that he had been banned for uploading videos, which showed him using aimbots in the game to improve the accuracy of his shooting. He told his subscribers, totalling nearly two million, that he was unaware that the move would cause him so much trouble. “All I was thinking about while making those videos was just how entertaining and interesting they would be for you guys to watch,” he said. “It didn’t even cross my mind to think that I could be banned for life from Fortnite. I want to make it clear that this is the first time I have ever done anything like this, and, of course, I have never done this in a competitive game mode.” Aimbots are one of the most popular ways of cheating on Fortnite, because they allow players to shoot competitors without having to take careful aim. The use of aimbot software is forbidden under Fortnite’s
Couple’s lucky escape from their blazing car
TWO people had a miraculous escape last Monday when their courtesy car burst into flames, spontaneously, in Granada. rules, and cheaters risk having their account locked and deleted if they are caught using it. Some versions of the cheat have even been found to contain dangerous malware, which puts users at risk of having their private data stolen. Epic Games maintains a zero-tolerance policy on cheaters, and last year it acquired Finnish security firm Kamu in an attempt to crack down on players in breach of its rules. Kaye broke down in tears as he explained that he would never be able to play Fortnite or create Fortnite-related content for his YouTube and Twitch channels. He apologised to Fortnite developers Epic Games and pleaded with the company
to reconsider the ban. “I know how big of a mistake I’ve made and I’m truly sorry. Epic. I have to take accountability for my actions and I’m going to do my best to accept any punishment that comes my way. I’m not trying to find a quick road out, but I didn’t think I’d be banned forever.” Some of his fans supported him, via hashtag #FreeJarvis, in an attempt to get his account reinstated. But a spokesperson for Epic Games told The Independent newspaper: “We have a zero-tolerance policy for the usage of cheat software. “When people use aimbots, or other cheat technologies to gain an unfair advantage, they ruin games for people who are playing fairly.”
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And dramatic images portrayed Local Police officers battling the blaze with three fire extinguishers, before fire-fighters arrived. The fire began on Avenida del Mediterraneo in Salobreña, last Monday at 1pm, and is
believed to have started in the vehicle’s engine. Both people in the car escaped unharmed, according to local paper Ideal. Several firefighters and police officers were involved in extinguishing the inferno, which left the car a burnt-out shell. Witness Johnny Handsome said: “The fire spread very quickly. The Local Police tried to put it out with fire extinguishers, but to no avail. And. by the time the Fire Brigade came, it was a burnt-out wreck.”
Police selection board was tainted by cheats
Brexit weighs heavily on bank’s huge profit
SANTANDER bank has added six million customers in the last 12 months, and already serves 144 million people, worldwide. But Brexit has made a huge 35% dent in the profits of Spanish bank.
It recorded a drop in its net profits during the first nine months of the year, after its British subsidiary’s profits fell 19%. Yet Spain’s largest bank recorded a net profit of €3,732m between January and September, while its British arm earned €828m. Difficulties in the UK were offset by a 19% increase in
profits in Brazil, where the bank earned €2,249m, and the bank’s Brazilian arm remains its most profitable subsidiary. The company’s American division witnessed the biggest leap in profits, seeing them rise to €619m, which was a 27% increase. Profits were also up significantly in Mexico, where there was a 14% rise to €659m, and in Portugal, where profits surged 12% to €385m. The company’s
Spanish wing remains its second-most-profitable division, with profits rising 3% to €1.185m. Ana Botin, the group’s president, said the company had maintained “good trends”, despite a difficult business environment. She added: “We have achieved the figures, thanks to the strength of our business model and our new regional organisation structure, announced in April.” Botin added that diversifying into both European and American markets had helped Santander distinguish itself from competitors. The bank has added six million customers in the last twelve months, and already serves 144 million people worldwide.
SIX examiners on Benidorm’s Local Police selection board are under investigation, after one candidate gave the game away by spotting other aspirants cheating on a written exam. The candidate made a denuncia in October last year, suggesting that examiners must have leaked the answers’ sheet, prior to the exam. All six on the selection board have been requested to
appear in Benidorm’s Court of Instruction No.4 in January 2020, with the original exam documents, facing potential crimes of cheating in the custody of documents. The invigilator present in the original exam has also been asked to appear as a witness. The “cheat” shock came after Benidorm Mayor Toni Pérez removed the six examiners and declared the test results invalid, following the denuncia. The Local Police had 15 positions open within the force, but the selection process has been suspended for over a year, awaiting court proceedings.
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UK general election uncertainty really weighs heavily on sterling
By Carol schleisman at currencies direct
STAYING on top of the latest currency news can help you time your transfers more effectively, so find out what you should be looking out for, over the next couple of weeks. Over the last fortnight, the pound-to-euro exchange rate has been fluctuating between €1.15 and €1.16, because of uncertainty surrounding Brexit, and December’s UK general election. Meanwhile, the EUR/GBP exchange rate remained steady at around £0.86, while GBP/USD fluctuated between $1.28 and $1.30. Sterling experienced a lot of volatility last week, after Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn announced that the Labour Party would back a general
BANKS are no longer allowed to charge an overdraft fee, in addition to nonpayment interest, following a landmark verdict by the Supreme Court, brought by a customer of a BasqueCountry-based, highstreet entity. Kutxabank, formerly known as the BBK, which operates all over Spain, has been scolded by the highest contentious court in the country for charging €30 each time a customer goes into unauthorised overdraft, or his or her monthly mortgage repayment is more than a week late. The verdict refers to the “Gyula Kis” case in the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on 3rd October this year, which states that the consumer must be able to check that there is no overlap between fees charged and services provided. Another ECJ hearing of 26th February, 2015, the “Matei case”, found that a clause involving a charge for late payment of a loan or mortgage to be “abusive”, since it constitutes a “sanction” for the “simple risk banks run, in providing
election, which provided the necessary support for Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s bid for a pre-Christmas poll, to make it through Parliament. UK markets remained cautious, however, as Brexit developments have been put on pause, for what is expected to be one of the most divisive general elections in a generation. However, the euro has also been under pressure, with Germany’s flash Markit Manufacturing PMI coming
in below forecasts at 41.9, and further fuelling fears that the Eurozone’s powerhouse economy could be facing a recession, in the near term. The euro was also feeling added pressure, as the Eurozone’s economic woes intensified, last week, with several sub-par data releases adding to concerns that the region is experiencing a prolonged slowdown. The US dollar weakened, in response to the Federal Reserve’s latest interest-rate
announcement. While a rate cut had been long expected, the central bank was more dovish than forecast. Tuesday will see the release of the UK’s Markit Services PMI for October, which is expected to remain mired in contraction territory at 49.7. However, any surprise improvement could buoy sterling, because growth in the UK’s largest sector would provide some confidence in the economic outlook. llMeanwhile, US-dollar
Banks can’t charge for overdrafts, or late-payment costs
credit”, despite “sanctions” already being provided, in terms of “legal and contractual consequences”. In other words, defaulting on a loan or mortgage eventually allows a lender to take legal action to reclaim the debt, such as seizing secured assets, after a set period of time, or a percentage of the credit unpaid, in the case of mortgages. But no action can be taken until either the unpaid monthly instalments total at least 20% of the overall debt,
or a full year’s worth of quotas have been missed; whichever comes first, according to an EU directive that Spain recently incorporated into national law. And the risk the bank takes in lending money to consumers is one the entity itself is required to bear, protected by these legal measures. But by charging a penalty fee for late payment in addition, means removing some or all of this risk, going against the fundamental nature of
this business venture. Also, interest at current rates is automatically charged for an unauthorised overdraft after a set period of days, or for late payment of a loan or mortgage instalment, as standard practice, and the Supreme Court considers that a penalty fee on top is a “double punishment”. The Court says the €30 penalty also flouts the law that a bank cannot charge for services it does not provide. According to the Association of Financial Services Consumers, ASUFIN, any fee charged by a bank is automatically considered a “commission”, and, as no expense is incurred by the entity, and nor is any work carried out which would justify a commission being charged, there are, by default, no grounds for levying any type of penalty on a customer for nonpayment. ASUFIN points out that customers have a choice of which banks to use, and
investors will be looking ahead to Wednesday’s release of the preliminary nonfarm productivity figure for the third quarter, which is expected to come in at 0.9%. This week will also see the Bank of England (BoE) announce its latest interestrate decision. No change in interest rates is forecast, but any dovish commentary from Governor Mark Carney could apply downward pressure on the GBP/EUR exchange rate. British political developments will also remain in focus, with the pound potentially climbing, if the Conservatives remain ahead in the polls. 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. Since 1996, we’ve helped more than 250,000 customers with their currency transfers. Just pop into your local Currencies Direct branch, or give us a call to find out more. T: +34 922 971 781 E: canaries@currenciesdirect. com W: currenciesdirect.com are “doing them a favour” by trusting them with their business. And, it says, it is not up to the recipient of this “favour to punish the favour provider”. The Association has expressed its satisfaction with the Supreme Court verdict, saying “it supposes another step forward towards achieving a fairer and more transparent banking and financial sector”. Patricia Suárez, the ASUFIN chairwoman, said: “Banks and financial service providers need to behave responsibly, ditch this abusive practice and not force their valuable customers to have to go through the courts, to reclaim a commission they should not be charging in the first place.” The Supreme Court has ruled that a charge for being overdrawn, or for missing a monthly mortgage payment, “does not comply with the Bank of Spain’s requirements”, which is that, other than interest for the delay, no other fee can be charged, unless a specific service is provided to justify it. As yet, it is not clear whether the Supreme Court verdict applies retroactively, and for how long this would affect past payments. But it appears likely that it will be effective only from the date of the judges’ collective decision.
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Ant & Dec’s DNA Journey
Sunday 10th November, BBC1, 20.00
His Dark Materials
Sunday 10th November, ITV1, 21.00
Lyra (Dafne Keen) arrives to her new life in London, determined to find Roger (Lewin Lloyd) with Mrs Coulter’s (Ruth Wilson) help. The Gyptians continue their search for the missing children and the elusive Gobblers.
ITV has commissioned a two-part special which will see the UK’s best loved duo embark on a surprisingly emotional journey of discovery in Ant & Dec’s DNA Journey. A Voltage TV and Mitre Television co-production, viewers will see Ant and Dec navigate a tougher terrain than the Australian jungle. Guided by expert genealogists and historians, the pair will follow their maternal and paternal blood lines using their DNA to search their ancestral history. As their travels take them to Ireland and the US, including The United Nations Headquarters, the pair will not only delve into their past but will also meet relatives they had no clue even existed, unveiling some truly shocking revelations that only their DNA could unlock. As Ant & Dec embark on their journey, viewers will be treated to a rare and personal glimpse into this truly remarkable friendship with their warmth and infectious humour that has not only captured the nation over the years, but has seen them achieve huge success resulting in a multitude of awards and accolades.
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Saturday 9th November, ITV1, 09.30
James Martin’s Saturday Morning
James Martin is back with a brand new series of everybody’s favourite Saturday morning food show. Each week James’s kitchen will be full to bursting with celebrity guests, top chefs and of course delicious recipes. In this first show, James’s special guests are pop legend Rick Astley, who gets to taste some of his favourite dishes, Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood, who gets a lesson in sausage making, and the multi award-winning chef Atul Kochhar. Plus, wine maestro Oz Clarke visits some of Britain’s best pubs, where he gives top tips on the best wine on offer. So kick start your fun filled weekend by making sure you join James and his special guests on James Martin’s Saturday Morning.
Sunday 10th November, BBC1, 18.15
Seven Worlds, One Planet
South America - the most species rich continent on Earth. From the volcanoes of the Andes to the Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest, animals here must specialise if they are to carve out a niche. In Patagonia, a puma mother draws on a lifetime’s experience to catch prey three times her weight. In the cloud forest, rarely seen Andean bears clamber 30 metres into the canopy to find elusive fruit. Poison dart frogs use ingenious methods to keep their tadpoles safe, whilst anacondas stalk capuchin monkeys. At Igauzu Falls, swifts make death-defying flights through one of the biggest waterfalls on Earth. Pictured: A mother puma named Sarmiento by researchers leads her three cubs through Torres del Paine National Park in southern Chile
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Monday 11th November, BBC1, 21.00
Gary Lineker: My Grandad’s War
Presenter and former England football captain Gary Lineker follows in the footsteps of his grandad, Stanley Abbs, to explore a brutal but often overlooked chapter of World War Two. The Italian campaign played a key part in the Allies’ victory in WW2 but whilst Gary is aware that his grandad served in Italy as a member of the Royal Army Medical Corps, he knows little more as his grandfather never talked to him about that time. To discover the true story behind his grandad’s war experiences and better understand the importance of this campaign, Gary travels to Italy. Using Stanley’s unit’s War Diary as a guide, he follows the Italian campaign from the first landings at Salerno which nearly ended in disaster, to the seemingly endless months of gruelling fighting over mountains and through torrential rivers. Along his journey Gary meets veterans from the Italian campaign, including 104 year-old William Earl who, like Gary’s grandad, was in the Royal Army Medical Corps. William shares his vivid memories of battling to save soldiers under fire. The programme also features poignant first-hand testimony from other veterans, bringing to life the unremitting reality of the combat in Italy. As Gary learns just how relentless and grim the battle was, he comes to understand why his grandfather never shared what must have been harrowing memories. Despite their heroic fighting, the Italian veterans later became known as ‘D-Day dodgers’ and Gary wants to know why. He learns that the soldiers self-deprecatingly embraced the label, penning a song that made fun of the term. He discovers how their story was overshadowed by the D-Day landings, which happened the day after the Allies in Italy took Nazi occupied Rome. As he finds out about the huge sacrifices the Italian veterans made and how much they endured, Gary is determined to make sure they receive the recognition they deserve, and that their huge contribution is never forgotten.
Wednesday 13th November, BBC1, 22.35
Why Dad Killed Mum: My Family’s Secret
Tasnim was 16 months old when her dad set her mum’s home in Telford alight. Tasnim’s mum, grandmother and aunt were all killed in the fire. Lucy Lowe, Tasnim’s mum, was just 16 years old. Azhar Ali Mehmood, Tasnim’s dad, has served 18 years in jail for triple murder. He is now eligible for release, and Tasnim has been asked to bring her opinion to the parole board. Tasnim, now 19 years old, wants answers about why her dad killed her mum. Her search takes her back to the late 90s as she investigates her parents’ relationship, and reveals a shocking truth that takes her deep into a secret that rocked a community. Tasnim was raised by her grandfather, the only family member to survive the fire. She talks to her grandfather and great-uncle to learn more about what happened that night. Tasnim turns to local newspaper and TV archive footage to begin to try to understand her dad’s motive. She finds allegations of his possessive behaviour towards Lucy and suggestions of problems in their relationship. Unexpectedly, a newspaper investigation into child sexual exploitation changes everything Tasnim thought she knew about her parents. Journalist Geraldine McKelvie’s investigation uncovers horrific evidence of child grooming rings operating in Telford at the time that Lucy was killed. Reports reveal that Lucy Lowe’s death was used as a threat to silence their victims.
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06:00...................... Breakfast 09:15 ... For Love or Money 10:00 ...... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00................. Claimed and Shamed 11:45.Caught Red Handed 12:15............... Bargain Hunt 13:00....... BBC News at One 13:45 .........................Doctors 14:15 ...............Headhunters 15:00....................... Escape to the Country 15:45... Money for Nothing 16:30....Antiques Road Trip 17:15........................Pointless 18:00..... BBC News at Six 19:00........The One Show 19:30..............A Question of Sport 20:00................ Still Open All Hours 20:30............. EastEnders 21:00............... Have I Got News for You 21:30.Would I Lie to You? 22:00.... BBC News at Ten 22:35............ The Graham Norton Show 23:25.................. Fleabag 23:55......The Apprentice 00:55............... BBC News
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06:30 ... For Love or Money 07:15 .............. Bargain Hunt 08:00 ...... Gardeners’ World 09:00 ............ BBC News at 9 10:00 .. Victoria Derbyshire 11:00 .BBC Newsroom Live 12:15 ................. Politics Live 13:00 ........................Yes Chef 13:45 ............Street Auction 14:15 ......................Coast and Country Auctions 15:00...... Who Do You Think You Are? 16:00........... Chase the Case 16:45......................Eggheads 17:15............................Flog It! 18:00................ Strictly: It Takes Two 19:00.....Richard Osman’s House of Games 19:30.... Match of the Day Live: The FA Cup 22:00...... Mock the Week 22:30..............Newsnight 23:00..................Weather 23:05.........Later - with Jools Holland watch 00:10........Kings of Curry 01:30... Catching Britain’s Killers: The Crimes That Changed Us
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06:00...................... Childrens’ TV
07:45.............. Everybody Loves Raymond
09:00...................Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom
08:40 ..................................Frasier
09:15 .......................Jeremy Vine
10:10.............. Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA
11:15 ....................Casualty 24/7 12:10.......... 5 News Lunchtime
07:10....................... Dinner Date
11:05.....Undercover Boss USA
12:15.......... Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords
08:00........................ Emmerdale 09:00............ Coronation Street
12:05................... Couples Come Dine with Me
13:10 ..................................Access 13:15.............. Home and Away
09:25 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show
14:00 ................... Dickinson’s Real Deal
13:05..... A New Life in the Sun
13:45....................... Neighbours
10:25......................... Superstore
14:10........................ Countdown
14:15 ................... Christmas Joy
11:15.............. Dress to Impress
15:00 .........................Tenable
15:00............ A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun
16:00 ................................ Friends
12:15........................ Emmerdale 13:15............ Coronation Street
16:00.............. Tipping Point
16:00...................... Escape to the Chateau: DIY
16:30 ................................ Friends 17:00........................ 5 News at 5
17:00 ....................The Chase
13:50 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show
17:00 .................Junior Bake Off
18:00.... ITV News London
18:00............. The Simpsons
18:30....ITV Evening News
18:30................... Hollyoaks
19:00............ Emmerdale
19:00......... Channel 4 News
19:30..............Coronation Street
20:00 ............ Flirty Dancing
20:30........................ Vera
21:00 ................. Gogglebox
22:25................. ITV News at Ten and Weather
23:05... Harry Hill’s Clubnite
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
15:59.................. ITV London
22:55................. ITV News London 23:10...Lethal Weapon
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00:05.......... Take Me Out 01:05.......... Back to Mine 01:30.............Ideal World
Lethal Weapon ITV1, 23.10 The Spy Who Loved Me (series finale)
08:55 ............ Food Unwrapped
06:00 .......................Monkey Life
07:10 ............................. Top Gear
09:30........... A Place in the Sun: Home or Away
07:00 .............Monkey Business
08:00 .............American Pickers
08:00 ................. Dog Whisperer
09:00 ...............Storage Hunters
09:00 ..............Motorway Patrol
10:00 .............American Pickers
10:00 ....................Stargate SG-1 11:00 ............NCIS: Los Angeles
11:00 .............................. Cops UK: Bodycam Squad
13:00 .................... Hawaii Five-0
12:00 ........... Bangers and Cash
13:10 .....................Four in a Bed
14:00 .................... Hawaii Five-0
13:00 ............................. Top Gear
13:40 .....................Four in a Bed
15:00 ..............Motorway Patrol
14:10 ....... Come Dine with Me
16:00 ................. Modern Family
14:00 .............................. Cops UK: Bodycam Squad
14:45 ....... Come Dine with Me
17:00 ................... The Simpsons
15:15 ....... Come Dine with Me
17:30 ............................Futurama
15:50 ....... Come Dine with Me
18:00.................... Futurama
16:20 ....... Come Dine with Me
18:30............. The Simpsons
16:50 ................... The Secret Life of the Zoo
20:00 ...........Modern Family
11:30 .....................Four in a Bed 12:05 .....................Four in a Bed 12:40 .....................Four in a Bed
17:55 .................... The Supervet 18:55........... Grand Designs 19:55..................... Escape to the Chateau 21:00.................... The Team 22:20 .........24 Hours in A&E
21:00 .......... Micky Flanagan Thinking Aloud 22:00 ................. A League of Their Own 23:00 .................. The Russell Howard Hour
23:20 .........24 Hours in A&E
00:00...... There’s Something About Movies
00:30 ...................Southpaw
01:00..........The Force: Essex
06:00 ........................ The Planet’s Funniest Animals
06:30 ................ King of Queens
06:00 ............ Good Morning Britain
In the series finale episode, Murtaugh is forced to question his loyalty to his own partner when Cole is investigated by the FBI. Meanwhile, Cole works a case that puts Natalie’s fiancé Andrew in the crosshairs, right before their wedding day.
10:30 ........... A Place in the Sun: Home or Away
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15:00 ........... Bangers and Cash 16:00 .......................World’s Most Dangerous Roads 17:00 ............................. Top Gear 18:00 .....................Top Gear 19:00 ........................... QI XL 20:00 ........... Have I Got a Bit More News for You 21:00 ........................... QI XL 22:00 .................. Red Dwarf 00:00 .......... Mock the Week 00:40 ........... Have I Got a Bit More News for You 01:40............................ QI XL
12:00 ...............Channel 4 News
19:30 ..... Unreported World
22:00 ............... The Last Leg 00:10 ....... Celebrity Hunted
17:30 ....................... Neighbours 18:00......... Home and Away 18:30.......... 5 News Tonight
06:20 ..................Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 06:45 ..... You’ve Been Framed!
14:45 .......Supermarket Sweep 15:50 .......................Dinner Date
19:00 ...... The Gadget Show
16:50 .............. Dress to Impress
20:00 ........ The World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys
17:50 ...................... Take Me Out 19:00..You’ve Been Framed!
21:00........ Caravanning with Shane Richie
20:00...Supermarket Sweep
22:00................When... Goes Horribly Wrong
23:05.................. Family Guy
01:00........The 21.Co.UK Live Casino Show
Even Later...
21:00....The Hangover Part III 00:05............ American Dad! 00:55...The Cleveland Show
BBC2, 23.05
with Jools Holland & Jamie Cullum Alongside Jools at the wheel of this Friday’s hour-long show is his co-host, the musician, songwriter, broadcaster and jazz aficionado Jamie Cullum. The duo will be talking about all things jazz, and hosting music from Kano, Nérija, Joy Crookes and Metronomy in a studio which is packed to the rafters with over 70 musicians this week! With a jazz vein running through the show, they reflect on the contemporary British scene with a short film and a chat to the son and the nephew of jazz legend Miles Davis about his lost album Rubberband, and the forthcoming BBC Two documentary, Miles Davis: Birth Of Cool. Plus Jamie will delve into the Later… archive to pick his favourite performance from the show’s history, and selects Ben Folds Five, and talks about how it hugely inspired him when he saw it originally. And he’ll be sharing some of his current favourite new artists and performing a track from his recent album, Taller, joined by a string section and 20 members of the Roundhouse Choir. Opening the fourth show of the series is electro-pop band, Metronomy. Grime pioneer and Top Boy star Kano will be performing tracks including the powerful Teardrops. Bringing jazz vibes are jazz collective Nérija, a who’s who of the most prolific players of the growing contemporary British jazz scene, and rising South London star Jay Crookes makes her Later… debut performing new single Early, joined by star of the burgeoning Dublin hip-hop scene Jafaris.
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Sat 9 nov 2019
06:00 ...................... Breakfast 09:15 ........................Saturday Kitchen Live
06:30 .......Live International Rugby League 09:00 ............... Wild & Weird
06:05................ King of Queens
06:00...................... Childrens’ TV
08:10 .................The Rubbish World of Dave Spud
06:30 ................ King of Queens
10:30 ..................................Access
06:55 ...........................Everybody Loves Raymond
10:40.......... Police Interceptors
08:30.............. LEGO Jurassic World: The Legend of Isla Nublar
09:15 .............Natural World
12:05 ............Football Focus 13:10 ........................Weather
11:10 ........................Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
13:15 ................International Rugby League
12:10 ......... MasterChef: The Professionals
09:30 ......Saturday Morning with James Martin
14:30 ..........................Cycling
13:10 ......... MasterChef: The Professionals
11:40.............................Nadia’s Family Feasts
14:10 ......... Talking Pictures
16:00 ...................Final Score 17:10 ........................Celebrity Mastermind 17:40 .....................BBC News 17:50 ....BBC London News 18:00 ................Pointless 18:50......... Strictly Come Dancing 20:10 .................The Wall
10:15 ..................Robot Wars
14:35 ..................................Access
09:30 ................... The Simpsons
14:40............................ Christmas Everlasting
11:00 ................... Couples Come Dine with Me
13:25 ...................... Take Me Out 14:40 ..... You’ve Been Framed! 15:05................... Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams 17:00 ..........................Space Jam 18:10................... Space Jam
15:30 ................... The Secret Life of the Zoo
18:55 ........5 News Weekend
19:50..................... FYI Daily
14:40 ......................Jane Eyre
12:35.............. ITV News and Weather
16:30 ....................... Four Rooms
19:00 .... Police Interceptors
19:55 ...................... Godzilla
16:15 .......... Britain’s Biggest Warship
12:45 .............The Mountain
20:00 ....No Ticket No Travel: Fare Dodging Wars
17:15 ...............Live Women’s International Football
14:10 ............... Catchphrase
17:30 ........... How to Halve Your Supermarket Bill
21:00 ......... The World’s End
13:10 ........Ninja Warrior UK
19:30 ............Dad’s Army
21:00 ...................... QI XL 21:45 ............ Novels That Shaped Our World
CW watch
08:35 ......The Big Bang Theory
10:00............ Coronation Street
17:20..................... Annie Claus is Coming to Town
23:00 .................Match of the Day
01:00............... BBC News
08:10 ..................................Frasier
13:35 ............................ Christmas Everlasting
06:50........................ Emmerdale
14:30 ..................... A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun
22:45 .............. BBC News
00:55.................. Weather for the Week Ahead
11:40................................ Friends
06:25 ..... You’ve Been Framed!
15:25......................... A Cinderella Christmas
20:00 .... Great Australian Railway Journeys
00:25....... The NFL Show
09:25 ...................... ITV News
07:45 ..................................Frasier
06:00 ..................Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records
12:00..................... Four in a Bed
21:00 .............. Festival of watch Remembrance
CW
09:05.Mighty Magiswords!
23 CW
06:00................Childrens’ TV
10:45 ........................ The Lord Mayor’s Show 13:00 .....................BBC News
TV Guide
22:45 ....................... Pose 23:25 ....................... Pose 00:15.............. Testament of Youth
14:55 .. Midsomer Murders 16:55 ..............Tipping Point 18:00.. ITV News London 18:10............... The Chase Celebrity Special 19:00.......... Take Me Out 20:10.......... The X Factor: Celebrity 22:00..........The Jonathan Ross Show
18:05..................... FYI Daily 18:40...................... Godzilla
22:05 ..................... FYI Daily
21:00 .....................The Rock
22:10.......... The World’s End
22:00 ...........5 News Update
23:15 ................. Family Guy
22:05 .....................The Rock
23:40 ................. Family Guy
20:00 ........... The Huntsman: Winter’s War
23:45 .............. Greatest Ever Movie Blunders
00:10 ................. Family Guy
22:10................... Why Him?
00:45 ..... Lip Sync Battle UK
01:10........... American Dad!
00:25......................... Sahara
01:10...... The 21.Co.UK Live
01:35...The Cleveland Show
18:30 ......... Channel 4 News 19:00 ................Great British Car Journeys
00:40 ........... American Dad!
CW watch
23:05................ ITV News
08:55............ Food Unwrapped
06:00 .............Monkey Business
06:00.................... Teleshopping
23:25...... Lethal Weapon
09:25........... A Place in the Sun: Home or Away
06:30 .............Monkey Business
07:10 ............................. Top Gear
07:00 .............Monkey Business
10:20 ........... A Place in the Sun: Home or Away
07:30 .............Monkey Business
09:00 ..............Celebrity Storage Hunters
12:30 ...........Location, Location, Location
08:30 ................. Modern Family
00:15.............Ideal World
The Jonathon Ross Show ITV1, 22.00 Jonathan is joined by guests including The X Factor: Celebrity judges Nicole Scherzinger and Louis Walsh, fabulously hilarious comedian Tom Allen, Demelza from Poldark herself, Eleanor Tomlinson and the man voted the Greatest DJ of all time, Tiësto, will be performing with the multi-platinum selling Mabel.
13:30 ...........Location, Location, Location 14:35 .....................Four in a Bed 15:40 .....................Four in a Bed 16:45 .....................Four in a Bed 17:15 ....... Come Dine with Me 18:25.... Come Dine with Me 18:55.... Come Dine with Me 19:25.... Come Dine with Me 20:00 .................. Emergency Helicopter Medics 21:00..........24 Hours in A&E 22:00..........24 Hours in A&E 23:05................... Father Ted 23:40................... Father Ted
08:00 .............Monkey Business 10:30 ........................Soccer A.M. 12:00 .............................Supergirl 13:00 ............................ The Flash 14:00 ................. Modern Family 14:30 ................. Modern Family 15:00 ................... Gillette Soccer Saturday 17:00 ................... The Simpsons 18:00 .............The Simpsons 19:00 .............The Simpsons 20:00................. A League of Their Own 21:00........... Batman Begins 23:30 .................. The Russell Howard Hour
00:15.......... It Was Alright In
00:30...... There’s Something About Movies
01:15........... 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
01:30......................Brit Cops: Frontline Crime
10:00 .............American Pickers 12:00 .................Expedition with Steve Backshall 13:00 .............................. Cops UK: Bodycam Squad 14:00 ...............................Mega Ai 15:00............................. Top Gear 16:00............................. Top Gear 17:00 ............................. Top Gear 18:00 .... Would I Lie to You? 20:00............ Not Going Out 20:40............ Not Going Out 21:20............ Not Going Out 22:00..............Dave Gorman: Terms and Conditions Apply 23:00 .......... Mock the Week 23:40 .... Would I Lie to You? 00:20 ........... Have I Got a Bit More News for You 01:20.............Not Going Out
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Sun 10 nov 2019
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Celebrity Hunted The four remaining fugitives are desperate to Channel 4, 21.00 outwit the Hunters and make it to extraction
CW watch 06:00 ...................... Breakfast 07:35 ...... Match of the Day 09:00 ................. The Andrew Marr Show 10:20..........Remembwrance Sunday 12:30 .............. Bargain Hunt 13:00 .....................BBC News 13:10 .......... Weather for the Week Ahead 13:15.......... Songs of Praise 13:50 ...................Final Score 14:55................. Animal Park 15:55.............. Seven Worlds, One Planet 16:55 .....................BBC News 17:20 .................. Countryfile 18:20........ Seven Worlds, One Planet 19:20.......... Strictly Come Dancing 20:00.................. His Dark Materials 21:00......... World on Fire 22:00............... BBC News 22:20.BBC London News 22:30..................Match of the Day 2 23:35..............A Question of Sport 00:05............... BBC News
CW watch
06:15 .........................A to Z of TV Gardening 07:00....................... The Great Chelsea Garden Challenge 08:00....................Around the World in 80 Gardens 09:00.................. Countryfile 10:00 ........................Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:30 ......... MasterChef: The Professionals 12:30 ...................Final Score 13:50................... Live Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals 17:15 ........................Match of the Day 18:45....... Remembrance Sunday 20:00...Britain’s Biggest Warship
CW watch
21:00..........The Americas with Simon Reeve 22:10............... They Shall Not Grow Old 23:45....................Cycling 00:45....... Question Time 01:45..............Best House in Town
06:00................Childrens’ TV 08:00......... Be Cool, ScoobyDoo! Mystery 101 08:30 .................... Robozuna 08:55 ...................Spy School 09:25...................... ITV News 09:30......... Beautiful Baking with Juliet Sear 10:30............. John and Lisa’s Weekend Kitchen 11:30...............Nadia’s Family Feasts 12:30........................ ITV News 12:40...................... Midsomer Murders 14:40................ The X Factor: Celebrity 16:25 ...............Back to Mine 16:55 ...................... ITV News 17:15 .........Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 20:00...........Catchphrase 21:00..............Ant & Dec’s DNA Journey 22:30................ ITV News 22:45.............. Charles: 50 Years a Prince 23:40........Fifty Shades of Green with Alan Titchmarsh 00:30.............Ideal World
Britain’s Biggest Warship BBC2, 20.00
After three months at sea, the test pilots from the Royal Navy and RAF have successfully landed the F35 jets on the flight deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth for the first time, and even tested launching and landing in hurricane conditions. But with just a few weeks to go before the warship arrives in New York in spectacular style, they are about to try a method of landing never attempted before, which carries great risks but could revolutionise carrier operations globally. Narrated by Caroline Catz.
08:55 ......................... All Gardens Great and Small
06:00 .....The Hour of Power
07:10............................. Top Gear
09:55.................. George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces
07:00..................... Supergirl
08:00 ............................. Top Gear
08:00 .................... The Flash
09:00 .................Expedition with Steve Backshall
11:00.................. George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 12:05........ Come Dine with Me 13:05........ Come Dine with Me 14:10........ Come Dine with Me 14:40......................Four in a Bed 15:45......................Four in a Bed 16:50......................Four in a Bed 17:20........ Come Dine with Me 17:50........ Come Dine with Me 18:25.... Come Dine with Me 18:55.... Come Dine with Me 19:25.... Come Dine with Me 20:00.999: On the Frontline 21:00................... Emergency Helicopter Medics 22:00..........24 Hours in A&E 23:05.......... 999: What’s Your Emergency? 00:05............... 24 Hour Baby Hospital
09:00 ...........Modern Family 10:00 ...........Modern Family 11:00 .WWE Raw Highlights 12:00 .......................S.W.A.T. 13:00 ................ Live Renault Super Sunday 16:00 .............The Simpsons 16:30 .............The Simpsons 17:00 .............The Simpsons 17:30 .............The Simpsons 18:00 .............The Simpsons 18:30 .............The Simpsons
10:00 ............................. Mega Air 11:00 ...........Cops UK: Bodycam Squad 12:00.......Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge 13:00...............Celebrity Storage Hunters 14:00..............American Pickers 15:00..............American Pickers 16:00.......... Would I Lie to You? 18:00.....Eddie Eats America
19:00 .............The Simpsons
19:00....................... Cops UK: Bodycam Squad
19:30 .............The Simpsons
20:00............................ QI XL
20:00................ Magnum P.I.
21:00............ Have I Got a Bit More News for You
21:00 .......................S.W.A.T. 22:00 ............. Hawaii Five-0 23:00 ......NCIS: Los Angeles 00:00 .......... Micky Flanagan Thinking Aloud 01:00 .........The Force: Essex
22:00....... Comedians Giving Lectures 22:40..................Taskmaster 23:40.................... Room 101 01:00........... Mock the Week
in three days’ time. Gavin Henson persuades partner Martin Offiah to go to his home in Wales to replenish their supplies, but the trackers are lying in wait, and the celebrities soon have to flee from four ground Hunters and a drone.
06:45................ King of Queens
06:00...................... Childrens’ TV
06:00 ........................ Emmerdale
07:10 ................ King of Queens
09:25........ Shimmer and Shine
07:35 .............. Everybody Loves Raymond
09:50................... Digby Dragon
09:05 ..........................Coronation Street
08:00.............. Everybody Loves Raymond
09:55 .........................SpongeBob Squarepants
08:30 ..................................Frasier
10:05...........Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
09:00 ..................................Frasier
10:20 ..................................Access
09:30 .................Sunday Brunch
10:30 ................................ Friends
12:30 ................... The Simpsons
11:00 ................. 5 News Special
13:30 ................ The Dog House
11:05 ................................ Friends
14:30 ...............A Dog’s Purpose
13:30 .................. Christmas Bells are Ringing
16:30 .....Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
12:35 .......................The X Factor: Celebrity 14:30 ........................ You’ve Been Framed! 15:25 ........................ You’ve Been Framed! 15:50 ..........................Beauty and the Beast 17:35 ............................Step Up 2: The Streets 19:40............... Rock of Ages
15:20 ....................... Mrs. Miracle
20:45 ..................... FYI Daily
18:30 ......... Channel 4 News
17:15 ... A Heavenly Christmas
20:50 .............. Rock of Ages
19:00 .Great Canal Journeys
18:55.........5 News Weekend
22:00 ........... Celebrity Juice
20:00 .....................Escape to the Chateau
19:00.....Our Yorkshire Farm
22:50 ................. Family Guy
20:00.............. Inside Harvey Nichols: Britain’s Poshest Department Store
23:15 ................. Family Guy
CW 22:00.... The Unremembered 21:00....Celebrity Hunted
watch
- Britain’s Forgotten War Heroes
21:00............... Secrets of the Mega Resort
23:00.............The Mafia Only Kills in Summer
22:30............. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
00:05...................... 47 Ronin
00:40......Caught on Camera
23:40 ................. Family Guy 00:10 ........... American Dad! 00:40 ........... American Dad! 01:10 ...........................Plebs 01:35 ...................Don’t Hate the Playaz
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Mon 11 nov 2019
TV Guide
25 CW
06:00 ...................... Breakfast 09:15 .. Dom Does America 10:00 ..............Homes Under the Hammer 11:00...Two Minutes Silence 11:02................. Claimed and Shamed 11:45 ..........Ill Gotten Gains 12:15 .............. Bargain Hunt 13:00 ...... BBC News at One 13:45 .........................Doctors 14:15 ...............Headhunters 15:00 ...................... Escape to the Country 15:45... Money for Nothing 16:30....Antiques Road Trip 17:15........................Pointless 18:00..... BBC News at Six 19:00........The One Show 19:30................ The Great Staycation 20:00............. EastEnders 20:30...............Panorama 21:00.... Gary Lineker: My Grandad’s War 22:00.... BBC News at Ten 22:35..........The Young Offenders watch 23:05.......Have I Got a Bit More News for You 23:50............ The Graham Norton Show
CW
06:30 ... For Love or Money 07:15 .............. Bargain Hunt 08:00 .............Natural World
06:00 ............ Good Morning Britain 08:30 ........................ Lorraine
09:00 ............ BBC News at 9
09:25.............. Judge Rinder
10:00 .......................... Victoria Derbyshire
10:30 .............. This Morning 12:30 ............ Loose Women
11:00 .BBC Newsroom Live
13:30............. ITV Lunchtime News
12:00 ................. Politics Live 13:00 ......... Talking Pictures 14:00 .......... Live Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals 16:45 .....................Eggheads
13:55 ..... ITV News London 14:00 ................... Dickinson’s Real Deal 15:00 .........................Tenable
17:15 ...........................Flog It!
15:59 ..................ITV London
18:00.... Richard Osman’s House of Games
16:00 ..............Tipping Point 17:00 ............. Cash Trapped
18:30............... Strictly: It Takes Two
18:00................. ITV News London
19:00................. Match of the Day Live
18:30............ ITV Evening News
19:30 .................... Saving Lives at Sea
19:00 ........... Emmerdale
20:00 ........ Only Connect
20:00........ The Mountain
20:30 .............. University Challenge
20:30..Coronation Street
19:30 .Coronation Street
21:00 ....... Natural World
21:00..............Ant & Dec’s DNA Journey
22:00 ...........Motherland
22:35..... ITV News at Ten
22:30 .............Newsnight
23:05.. ITV News London
23:15................ WWI: The Final Hours
23:20......On Assignment
00:15..... The Apprentice
00:50.............Ideal World
CW watch
23:55.........Cash Trapped
The Young Offenders Created by Peter Foott, The Young Offenders tells the coming-of-age adventures of Conor (Alex Murphy) & Jock (Chris BBC1, 22.35 Walley) and their mother/guardian Mairead (Hilary Rose) as she tries to keep them on the straight and narrow. The best friends navigate their awkward teenage years, hatching plans and adventures to help distract from their tough home lives and their inability to stay out of trouble at school, with the new complications of sustaining relationships and an impending new arrival! With a new arrival on the way everyone is getting anxious, particularly Jock (Chris Walley). A challenge from Principal Walsh (PJ Gallagher) puts not only Jock, but everyone involved under even more pressure.
06:30 ................ King of Queens 07:45 .............. Everybody Loves Raymond 08:40 ..................................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 .... A New Life in the Sun 14:10 ....................... Countdown 15:00........... A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 16:00 ..................... Escape to the Chateau: DIY 17:00 .................Junior Bake Off 18:00 .............The Simpsons 18:30 ................... Hollyoaks 19:00......... Channel 4 News 20:00.................. Dispatches 20:30............. Travel Man: 48 Hours In 21:00 ...................Smuggled 22:00 ................. Gogglebox 23:05 .............. A Very British Sex Shop 00:10............... Pants on Fire
06:00...................... Childrens’ TV
00:05.......................... Access
06:00......................... The Planet’s Funniest Animals 06:20 ..................Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 06:45...... You’ve Been Framed! 07:10 .......................Dinner Date 08:00 ........................ Emmerdale 08:30 ............Coronation Street 09:25 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:25 ......................... Superstore 11:15 .............. Dress to Impress 12:15 ........................ Emmerdale 12:45............ Coronation Street 13:50.............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:45 .......Supermarket Sweep 15:50....................... Dinner Date 16:50.............. Dress to Impress 17:50...................... Take Me Out 19:00.... You’ve Been Framed! 20:00...Supermarket Sweep 21:00 ................. Family Guy 21:30 ........... American Dad! 22:00 ...........................Plebs 22:30................. Family Guy 23:30........... American Dad! 00:00.................... Zomboat!
08:55 ............ Food Unwrapped
06:00........................Monkey Life
06:00 ....................Teleshopping
09:30 ........... A Place in the Sun: Home or Away
06:30........................Monkey Life
07:10............................. Top Gear
07:00... Kay Burley @ Breakfast
10:30............ A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun
08:00 .............American Pickers
08:00 .. Kay Burley @ Breakfast
09:00 ...............Storage Hunters
11:35 .....................Four in a Bed
09:00 ..............Motorway Patrol
10:00 .............American Pickers
10:00 ....................Stargate SG-1 11:00 ............NCIS: Los Angeles
11:00 .............................. Cops UK: Bodycam Squad
13:00 .................... Hawaii Five-0
12:00 ........... Bangers and Cash
14:00 .................... Hawaii Five-0
15:15 ....... Come Dine with Me
13:00............................. Top Gear
15:00 ..............Motorway Patrol
16:20 ....... Come Dine with Me
16:00 ................. Modern Family
14:00 .............................. Cops UK: Bodycam Squad
16:50 ................... The Secret Life of the Zoo
17:00 ................... The Simpsons
15:00 ..............Lazy Boy Garage
17:55...........................Emergency Helicopter Medics
17:30 ............................Futurama
16:00 .........Eddie Eats America
18:00 ....................Futurama
17:00 ............................. Top Gear
18:30 .............The Simpsons
19:00................... Room 101
19:30 .............The Simpsons
20:20....... Insert Name Here
20:00 .................... Supergirl
21:00 ........................... QI XL
12:40 .....................Four in a Bed 13:40 .....................Four in a Bed 14:10 ....... Come Dine with Me
18:55.999: On the Frontline 19:55......................Escape to the Chateau 21:00...... A Royal Tour of the 20th Century 22:00.......... It Was Alright In 23:05..........24 Hours in A&E 00:05................... Emergency Helicopter Medics 01:10....999: On the Frontline
09:15....................... Jeremy Vine 11:1................... 5 Casualty 24/7 12:10.......... 5 News Lunchtime 12:15......... Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 13:10.................................. Access 13:15.............. Home and Away 13:45 ....................... Neighbours 14:15 ........The Christmas Note 16:00................................ Friends 17:00 ........................ 5 News at 5 17:30 ....................... Neighbours 18:00......... Home and Away 18:30........... 5 News Tonight 19:00......Gallagher Premiership Rugby Highlights 20:00................. Traffic Cops 21:00 ....No Ticket No Travel: Fare Dodging Wars 22:00.............Bouncers 24/7 23:05.....................Silent Hill: Revelation
21:00 ................. A League of Their Own 22:00.....The People’s Choice Awards 2019 00:00...... There’s Something About Movies 01:00.................. A League of Their Own
22:00...Dave Gorman: Terms and Conditions Apply 23:00....... Comedians Giving Lectures 23:40.................... Room 101 01:00....... Insert Name Here 01:40............................ QI XL
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06:30 ................ King of Queens
06:00...................... Childrens’ TV
07:45 .............. Everybody Loves Raymond
09:15....................... Jeremy Vine
08:40.................................. Frasier
12:10.......... 5 News Lunchtime
10:30 .............. This Morning
10:10 ..............Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA
10:00 .. Victoria Derbyshire
12:30 ............ Loose Women
12:15......... Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords
11:05 ....Undercover Boss USA
11:45 ..........Ill Gotten Gains
11:00.BBC Newsroom Live
13:30 ............ITV Lunchtime
13:10 ..................................Access
12:00 ...............Channel 4 News
13:15 .............. Home and Away
12:15 .............. Bargain Hunt
12:00................. Politics Live
News
13:45 ....................... Neighbours
13:00 ...... BBC News at One
13:00......... Talking Pictures
13:55..... ITV News London
12:05 ................... Couples Come Dine with Me
13:45 .........................Doctors
14:00.......... Live Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals
14:00 ................... Dickinson’s Real Deal
13:05 .... A New Life in the Sun
16:00 ................................ Friends
16:45 .....................Eggheads
15:00 .........................Tenable
17:15........................... Flog It!
15:59 ..................ITV London
16:00...................... Escape to the Chateau: DIY
18:00.....Richard Osman’s House of Games
16:00 ..............Tipping Point
17:00................. Junior Bake Off
17:00 ............. Cash Trapped
18:00............. The Simpsons
18:30................ Strictly: It Takes Two
18:00................ ITV News London
19:00................. Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
18:30 ........... ITV Evening News
20:00..... MasterChef: The Professionals
19:00 ........... Emmerdale
21:00..............Rick Stein’s Secret France
21:00 ...........A Very Royal Wedding
22:35.........Love and Hate Crime
22:00.. Live at the Apollo
22:00...... ITV News at Ten and Weather
23:30..................The Wall
23:15.......... NFL This Week
06:00 ...................... Breakfast
06:30...Dom Does America
09:15 .. Dom Does America
07:15 .............. Bargain Hunt
10:00 ...... Homes Under the Hammer
08:00 ......... Great Australian Railway Journeys
08:30 ........................ Lorraine
11:00 ................ Claimed and Shamed
09:00 ............ BBC News at 9
14:15 ...............Headhunters 15:00 ...................... Escape to the Country 15:45 .. Money for Nothing 16:30... Antiques Road Trip 17:15 .......................Pointless 18:00 .... BBC News at Six 19:00 .......The One Show 19:30 ............ EastEnders 20:00 ............. Holby City 21:00........Gold Digger
CW watch
22:00.... BBC News at Ten
00:20.. Earth From Space 01:20 ..... Weather for the Week Ahead 01:25............... BBC News
CW watch
22:30..............Newsnight 00:05...Pimped by a Cleric: Iraq’s Secret Sex Trade 01:00........... Hairy Bikers: Route 66
06:00............. Good Morning Britain 09:25 .............. Judge Rinder
20:00 .Love Your Garden
22:30................. ITV News London 22:45...England’s Grand
00:05.........Cash Trapped
00:55.............Ideal World
Gareth Southgate, Harry Kane and Ian Wright join a host of players, authors and experts for an A-Z journey through the history of the England football team. This 90-minute documentary brings together never before told stories, anecdotes and unearthed archive in a celebration of the 147 years leading up to England’s 1,000th international match.
06:00 .......................Monkey Life
07:10 ............................. Top Gear
09:30 ........... A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun
06:30 .......................Monkey Life
08:00 .............American Pickers
10:30........... A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun
07:00 .. Kay Burley @ Breakfast
09:00 ...............Storage Hunters
09:00 ..............Motorway Patrol
09:30 ...............Storage Hunters
10:00 ....................Stargate SG-1
10:00 .............American Pickers
11:00............ NCIS: Los Angeles
11:00 .............................. Cops UK: Bodycam Squad
13:40 .....................Four in a Bed 14:10 ....... Come Dine with Me 14:45 ....... Come Dine with Me 15:15 ....... Come Dine with Me 15:50....... Come Dine with Me 16:20....... Come Dine with Me 16:50 ................... The Secret Life of the Zoo
12:00............ NCIS: Los Angeles 13:00.................... Hawaii Five-0 14:00.................... Hawaii Five-0 15:00 ..............Motorway Patrol 15:30.............. Motorway Patrol 16:00 ................. Modern Family 16:30 ................. Modern Family 17:00 ................... The Simpsons
17:55...........................Emergency Helicopter Medics
17:30............................ Futurama
18:55.999: On the Frontline
18:30 .............The Simpsons
19:55......................Escape to the Chateau
20:00 .................... The Flash
18:00.................... Futurama
22:00..........24 Hours in A&E
21:00............. Ant Middleton & Liam Payne: Straight Talking
23:05................... 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
22:00......... The Dark Knight 00:50...........................Arrow
00:05........Mary Kills People
01:55.......... In the Long Run
21:00..Celebrity Countdown
14:15 ... Hometown Christmas 16:30 ................................ Friends 17:00 ........................ 5 News at 5 17:30 ....................... Neighbours
06:20 ..................Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 06:45...... You’ve Been Framed! 07:10 .......................Dinner Date 08:00 ........................ Emmerdale 08:30 ............Coronation Street 09:25 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:25......................... Superstore 11:15 .............. Dress to Impress 12:15 ........................ Emmerdale 12:45 ............Coronation Street
18:00 .........Home and Away
13:50 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show
18:30 .......... 5 News Tonight
14:45 .......Supermarket Sweep
18:30 ................... Hollyoaks
19:00 ..................The World’s Greatest Bridges
15:50 .......................Dinner Date
19:00......... Channel 4 News
20:00.....Our Yorkshire Farm
20:00........Food Unwrapped
21:00............Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild
21:00............ The House that Moved to Africa
16:50 .............. Dress to Impress 17:55....................... Take Me Out 19:30...You’ve Been Framed 20:00...Supermarket Sweep
22:00................... First Dates
22:00............... Raw Recruits: Squaddies at 16
23:05........ Shut-Ins: Britain’s Fattest People
23:05................When... Goes Horribly Wrong
22:00.................... Zomboat!
00:10.........Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA
01:45........The 21.Co.UK Live Casino Show
23:30............ American Dad!
21:00 ................. Family Guy 22:30 ................. Family Guy 00:20............ Celebrity Juice
BBC1, 21.00
watch
08:55............ Food Unwrapped
12:40 .....................Four in a Bed
15:00 ........... A Place in the Sun
CW Gold Digger
England’s Grand ITV1, 22.45
11:35 .....................Four in a Bed
14:10 ....................... Countdown
11:15 ....................Casualty 24/7
06:00......................... The Planet’s Funniest Animals
12:00 ..............Lazy Boy Garage 13:00 ............................. Top Gear 14:00 .............................. Cops UK: Bodycam Squad 15:00.............. Lazy Boy Garage 15:30 ..............Lazy Boy Garage 16:00 .......................World’s Most Dangerous Roads 17:00............................. Top Gear 19:00................... Room 101 20:20 ...... Insert Name Here 21:00 ........................... QI XL 22:00 .................Taskmaster 23:00 ................................ QI 23:40 ................... Room 101 01:00....... Insert Name Here 01:40........................... QI XL
Julia Day (Julia Ormond) wakes up on her 60th birthday alone. The first she’s spent by herself in the 35 years she was married to Ted (Alex Jennings), before he left her. Determined to have a good day, Julia leaves her Devon home and heads to London to celebrate with her children - but one by one they let her down. Leo (Archie Renaux), her youngest, simply because he forgets. Della (Jemima Rooper), her only daughter, marooned abroad and guilt-stricken, and her firstborn Patrick (Sebastian Armesto) who is struggling to maintain a hectic work and home life - all whilst fighting an attraction to a colleague. Feeling adrift, Julia’s at a low ebb when she happens upon a young man in a museum, Benjamin (Ben Barnes). The pair get talking and before she’s quite sure what’s happening they’re beginning a whirlwind romance. All that’s left to do - introduce him to her children. But they are suspicious of this younger man’s motives, and soon start plotting how to remove him.
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TV Guide
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06:00 ...................... Breakfast
06:30...Dom Does America
09:15 .. Dom Does America
07:15............................Flog It!
10:00.............. Homes Under the Hammer
08:00......Shop Well for Less
11:00................. Claimed and Shamed
10:00... Victoria Derbyshire
11:45...........Ill Gotten Gains 12:15............... Bargain Hunt 13:00....... BBC News at One 13:45..........................Doctors 14:15................Headhunters 15:00....................... Escape to the Country 15:45... Money for Nothing 16:30....Antiques Road Trip 17:15........................Pointless 18:00..... BBC News at Six 19:00........The One Show 20:00..............DIY SOS
CW watch
21:00......The Apprentice 22:00.... BBC News at Ten
22:35.......Why Dad Killed Mum: My Family’s Secret
09:00............. BBC News at 9 11:00..BBC Newsroom Live 12:00.................. Politics Live 13:00.......... Talking Pictures 14:00........... Live Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals 16:45......................Eggheads 17:15............................Flog It! 18:00.....Richard Osman’s House of Games 18:30................ Strictly: It Takes Two
09:25.............. Judge Rinder 10:30.............. This Morning 12:30............. Loose Women 13:30..............ITV Lunchtime News 14:00.................... Dickinson’s Real Deal 15:00..........................Tenable 15:59...................ITV London 16:00...............Tipping Point 17:00.............. Cash Trapped 18:00.... ITV News London 18:30....ITV Evening News 19:00............ Emmerdale
19:30............Saving Lives at Sea
20:00... Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs
20:00..... MasterChef: The Professionals
20:30..Coronation Street
21:00........................Guilt
22:00...... ITV News at Ten and Weather
22:00......The Apprentice: You’re Fired!
23:35.......Why Dad Killed Mum: My Family’s Secret
22:30..............Newsnight
01:10............... BBC News
08:30 ........................ Lorraine
19:00............ The Andrew Neil Show
23:05.......Why Dad Killed Mum: My Family’s Secret
00:10................ Inside the Supermarket
06:00............. Good Morning Britain
19:30..Coronation Street
21:00............. Doc Martin
06:30 ................ King of Queens 07:45 .............. Everybody Loves Raymond 08:40 ..................................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 .... A New Life in the Sun 14:10 ....................... Countdown 15:00 ..................... A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 16:00...................... Escape to the Chateau: DIY 17:00 .................Junior Bake Off 18:00............. The Simpsons 18:30.................... Hollyoaks 19:00.......... Channel 4 News 20:00.....George Clarke’s Old House, New Home 21:00............ Grand Designs: House of the Year 22:00...............Britain’s Child Drug Runners 23:00.................. Gogglebox 00:05............. Flirty Dancing
06:00...................... Childrens’ TV
00:05...........................Heists
06:00 ........................ The Planet’s Funniest Animals 06:20.................. Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 06:45...... You’ve Been Framed! 07:10....................... Dinner Date 08:00 ........................ Emmerdale 09:00 ..... You’ve Been Framed! 09:25 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:25 ......................... Superstore 11:15 .............. Dress to Impress 12:15 ........................ Emmerdale 13:15 ..... You’ve Been Framed! 13:50 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:45 .......Supermarket Sweep 15:50 .......................Dinner Date 16:50 .............. Dress to Impress 17:55...................... Take Me Out 19:00.... You’ve Been Framed! 20:00 .... Supermarket Sweep 21:00 .................... Family Guy 22:00... Don’t Hate the Playaz 22:45.................. Family Guy 23:15............ American Dad! 00:10............................Plebs 00:40.................. Superstore
08:55 ...............Food Unwrapped
06:00........................Monkey Life
06:00 ....................Teleshopping
09:30 .........................A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun
06:30........................Monkey Life
07:10 ............................. Top Gear
10:30..........................A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun
07:00... Kay Burley @ Breakfast
08:00 .............American Pickers
09:00...............Motorway Patrol
09:00 ...............Storage Hunters
09:30...............Motorway Patrol
10:00 .............American Pickers
10:00.....................Stargate SG-1 11:00.............NCIS: Los Angeles
11:00 .............................. Cops UK: Bodycam Squad
13:00..................... Hawaii Five-0
12:00.............. Lazy Boy Garage
14:00..................... Hawaii Five-0
13:00............................. Top Gear
15:00...............Motorway Patrol
14:00.............................. Cops UK: Bodycam Squad
09:15 .......................Jeremy Vine 11:15 ....................Casualty 24/7 12:10 ..........5 News Lunchtime 12:15 ......... Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 13:10 ..................................Access 13:15 .............. Home and Away 13:45 ....................... Neighbours 14:15 ..Kristin’s Christmas Past 16:00 ................................ Friends 17:00 ........................ 5 News at 5 17:30 ....................... Neighbours 18:00 .........Home and Away 18:30........... 5 News Tonight 19:00...................The World’s Greatest Bridges 20:00..... Police Interceptors 21:00............................Raids 22:00............... Robbing Your Relatives 23:05......................... Hunted and Confronted:Cowboys, Crooks and Chancers
22:30................. ITV News London
23:15..........The Americas with Simon Reeve
22:45.................... Peston
00:25..........The Americas with Simon Reeve
00:45.........Cash Trapped
23:40...........Take Me Out 01:30.............Ideal World
DIY SOS: Children in Need Special BBC1, 20.00 CW watch The DIY SOS team descend on Blackburn as they embark on a huge challenge in aid of BBC Children in Need - transforming a rundown church hall into accommodation and a support centre for Nightsafe, a charity which receives funding from BBC Children in Need and provides support to young people who are homeless or vulnerably housed. This special programme shares a collection of stories from people who have been supported by Nightsafe during their lives, as well as those who work for the charity. The programme follows the trials and tribulations of the team and hundreds of volunteers and tradespeople as they work against the clock to create a new accommodation centre for Nightsafe to use.
11:35 .........................Four in a Bed 12:40 .........................Four in a Bed 13:40 .........................Four in a Bed 14:10 ..........Come Dine with Me 15:15 ..........Come Dine with Me 16:20...........Come Dine with Me 16:50....................... The Secret Life of the Zoo
16:00.................. Modern Family 16:30.................. Modern Family
17:55....... Emergency Helicopter Medics
17:00.................... The Simpsons
18:55....999: On the Frontline
18:00.....................Futurama
19:55.. Escape to the Chateau
18:30..............The Simpsons
21:00....999: On the Frontline
20:00...........................Arrow
22:00.............24 Hours in A&E
21:00.......... An Idiot Abroad
23:05.............. 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
22:00.......... In the Long Run
00:10......................Emergency Helicopter Medics 01:15......................999: On the Frontline
17:30.............................Futurama
22:30...... There’s Something About Movies 23:30........................S.W.A.T. 00:30................... The Russell Howard Hour
15:00 ..............Lazy Boy Garage 16:00 .......................World’s Most Dangerous Roads 17:00 ............................. Top Gear 18:00 .....................Top Gear 19:00................... Room 101 20:20....... Insert Name Here 21:00........................... QI XL 22:00 ................... Room 101 22:40...Dave Gorman: Terms and Conditions Apply 23:40.................... Room 101 01:00....... Insert Name Here
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thurs 14 nov 2019 CW watch
06:00....................... Breakfast 09:15...Dom Does America 10:00...............Homes Under the Hammer 11:00................. Claimed and Shamed
06:30......................Dom Does America
06:00............. Good Morning Britain
07:15........................... Flog It!
08:30 ........................ Lorraine
08:00 ........................Antiques Roadshow
09:25.............. Judge Rinder
09:00 ............ BBC News at 9
12:30 ............ Loose Women
10:00 .....Victoria Derbyshire
12:15............... Bargain Hunt
11:00 ...BBC Newsroom Live
13:30 .............ITV Lunchtime News
13:00....... BBC News at One
12:00 ................. Politics Live
13:55 ..... ITV News London
13:45..........................Doctors
13:00 ......... Talking Pictures
14:15................Headhunters
13:30......... Talking Pictures
15:00................Escape to the Country
14:00 .......... Live Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals
15:45...................... Money for Nothing
16:45......................Eggheads
16:30.........................Antiques Road Trip
18:00.....Richard Osman’s House of Games
17:15........................Pointless
18:30................ Strictly: It Takes Two
18:00..... BBC News at Six 19:00........The One Show
CW
19:30............. EastEnders
20:00................ Inside the watch Supermarket 21:00... The Met: Policing London
CW
22:00.... BBC News at Ten
19:00................. Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 20:00..... MasterChef: The Professionals 21:00..................Giri/Haji 22:00..............Later - with Jools Holland
22:30..............Newsnight watch 22:25........Regional News 23:10..................Weather and Weather 23:15...........A Dangerous 22:35....... Question Time Dynasty: House 23:35............... Brexitcast of Assad
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Euro 2020 Qualifier Live ITV1, 19.00 England v Montenegro kick-off 7.45pm Mark Pougatch introduces live coverage as England take on Montenegro in their penultimate Euro 2020 qualifier knowing that a draw at Wembley will secure their place in the finals next summer. England are top of their group, despite losing their 100 per cent win record last month against the Czech Republic. The teams last met in March in Podgorica and Gareth Southgate’s side won 5-1.
08:55............ Food Unwrapped
06:00 .......................Monkey Life
07:10 ............................. Top Gear
09:30 ........... A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun
06:30 .......................Monkey Life
08:00 .............American Pickers
07:00 ........................... Kay Burley @ Breakfast
09:00 ...............Storage Hunters
11:35 .....................Four in a Bed 12:05 .....................Four in a Bed
09:00 ..............Motorway Patrol
12:40 .....................Four in a Bed
10:00 ....................Stargate SG-1
11:00 .............................. Cops UK: Bodycam Squad
13:10 .....................Four in a Bed
11:00 ............NCIS: Los Angeles
12:00.............. Lazy Boy Garage
13:40..................... Four in a Bed
13:00 .................... Hawaii Five-0
13:00............................. Top Gear
14:10 ....... Come Dine with Me
14:00 .................... Hawaii Five-0
14:45 ....... Come Dine with Me
15:00 ..............Motorway Patrol
14:00 .............................. Cops UK: Bodycam Squad
15:15....... Come Dine with Me
16:00 ................. Modern Family
15:00 ..............Lazy Boy Garage
15:50....... Come Dine with Me
17:00 ................... The Simpsons
16:20....... Come Dine with Me
17:30 ............................Futurama
16:00 .......................World’s Most Dangerous Roads
16:50................... The Secret Life of the Zoo
18:00.................... Futurama
17:55...........................Emergency Helicopter Medics
20:00...... Anthony Joshua vs Rob & Romesh 2
18:55.999: On the Frontline
10:00 .............American Pickers
17:00 ............................. Top Gear 18:00..................... Top Gear 19:00................... Room 101 19:40 ................... Room 101
21:00...... There’s Something About Movies
20:20 ...... Insert Name Here
21:00..........24 Hours in A&E
22:00................... The Russell Howard Hour
22:00 .......... Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier
22:00.........New Amsterdam
23:00.......... In the Long Run
23:00................... Emergency Helicopter Medics
23:30................ Just Another Immigrant
23:00....... Comedians Giving Lectures
19:55............... Escape to the Chateau
Keith Lemon hosts a special Halloween Special of the outrageous comedy panel show, which sees team captains Holly Willoughby and Mel B going head to head in a series of hilarious games. Joining the panel this week are all members of pop-rock band McFly, Mr Essex himself Joey Essex and The X Factor: Celebrity star Megan McKenna.
06:30 ................ King of Queens 07:45........................... Everybody 14:00.................... Dickinson’s Loves Raymond Real Deal 08:40.................................. Frasier 15:00 .........................Tenable 10:10 ..............Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 15:59 ...................ITV London 11:05 . . ..Undercover Boss USA Weather 12:00 ...............Channel 4 News 16:00.............. Tipping Point 12:05 ................... Couples Come 17:00 ............. Cash Trapped Dine with Me 18:00 ................ ITV News 13:05..... A New Life in the Sun London 14:10 ....................... Countdown 15:00 ........... A Place in the Sun 18:30............ ITV Evening News 16:00 ..................... Escape to the Chateau: DIY 19:00......................Live 17:00. . ............... Junior Bake Off International watch 18:00............. The Simpsons Football 18:30 ................... Hollyoaks 22:00...... ITV News at Ten 19:00 ......... Channel 4 News and Weather 20:00 ............ The Secret Life 22:30................. ITV News of the Zoo London 21:00 .............. The Accident 22:45.......... International 22:00......... 999: What’s Your Football Highlights Emergency? 23:50..........The Jonathan 23:00........... 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Ross Show
CW watch
18:30............. The Simpsons
Celebrity Juice ITV2, 22.00
10:30 .............. This Morning
11:45...........Ill Gotten Gains
17:15............................Flog It!
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23:40.................... Room 101
06:00...................... Childrens’ TV 09:15 .......................Jeremy Vine 11:15 ....................Casualty 24/7 12:10 ..........5 News Lunchtime 12:15 ......... Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 13:10.................................. Access 13:15.............. Home and Away 13:45 ....................... Neighbours 14:20 ........A Perfect Christmas 16:00 ................................ Friends 17:00 ........................ 5 News at 5 17:30 ....................... Neighbours 18:00 .........Home and Away 18:30 .......... 5 News Tonight 19:00 ....................Dogs with Extraordinary Jobs 20:00...............How to Lose a Stone in a Month 21:00.........Waitrose vs M&S: Posh Shop Wars 22:00.... Good Girls’ Guide to Kinky Sex 23:05........... Gypsy Kids: Our Secret World
06:00 ........................ The Planet’s Funniest Animals 06:20...................Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 06:45 ..... You’ve Been Framed! 07:10 .......................Dinner Date 08:00 ........................ Emmerdale 08:30 ............Coronation Street 09:25 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:25 ......................... Superstore 11:15 .............. Dress to Impress 12:15 ........................ Emmerdale 12:45............ Coronation Street 13:50 .............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:45 .......Supermarket Sweep 15:50....................... Dinner Date 16:50.............. Dress to Impress 17:55 ...................... Take Me Out 19:00.... You’ve Been Framed! 20:00 .......... I’m A Celebrity Surviving the Jungle 21:00.................. Family Guy 22:00............ Celebrity Juice 22:50.................. Family Guy 23:20............ American Dad!
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This weekend
Adeje Theatre and Dance Festival
Adeje is hosting a new edition of its Theatre and Dance Festival, offering a number of interesting shows. The festival is proof of the Creative Development Area’s efforts to support culture in all its forms. Focusing on dance and theatre, is offers everything from comedy to social criticism to modern versions of all-time classics.
8th November - 14th November 2019
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Motorshow at Siam Mall
The 6th edition of Tenerife Motor Show at Siam Mall. On this occasion, there will be two weekends where you can enjoy the best new and used vehicles on display.
November
White Party
On November 16, the municipality of La Laguna hosts a new edition of La Noche en Blanco. Musical, cultural and leisure activities will form the programme of events aimed at the whole family. This edition will enhance aspects such as sustainability, the local environment and citizen participation. We will wait for you!
3rd / 8th / 10th november, 10am-10pm www.ccsiammall.com 8th - 29th November adeje cultural centre, adeje www.adeje.es/cultura/agenda
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Adeje Tapas Tour 2019
Adeje is playing host to a new Tapas Tour, where you can try the best tapas served by participating bars and restaurants, and win lots of prizes! The winning tapa will be chosen by tasters themselves.
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A Night of Magic
The Magic Night returns to Los Realejos one more year! A day full of fun for all ages in the Realejo Alto Open Shopping Area. Concerts, theatre and children’s entertainment, local cuisine, show of the craft beer “Birralejo”, battle of roosters, marathon of zumba and dance, solidarity zone, acrobatics, magic, playground... Take the opportunity to make or book your Christmas shopping at #ComerciosConCorazón.
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Nutcracker - Ballet de Moscú
The Nutcracker is back again at the Infanta Leonor with Cristina Terentiev and Aleksandr Petrishenko, captivating the public by conveying emotion and the most refined technique of the Russian school.
8th - 17th nOVEMBER adeje www.adeje.es
November
St Andrew’s Sled Ride Festival 2019
Every year, in late November, the people in Icod de los Vinos get their sleds ready to ride down the many hills surrounding the village. The event is known as Las Tablas de San Andrés – a popular festival that has become a local tradition and has been kept alive for many years, all the way to the present. The event also marks the beginning of the winery season. The first bottles of wine are opened, and the earliest wines of the season are tasted with chestnuts. 29th November icod de los viños www.tablasdesanandres.net
7th december - 7pm Agencia de Desarrollo Local de Los Realejos
2nd December - 9pm Auditorio Infanta Leonor www.factoriacultural.com
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Scandal! The dinner show you have been waiting for!
WE here at Keddy’s Entertainment do so love a bit of pure “Scandal” entertainment, and we are pleased to be associated with, and proud to present, the Scandal dinner show. We will, successfully, continue to contribute towards our leisure and tourism industry, as well as updating you about the latest developments in Tenerife’s amazing entertainment scene. So, hot off the press, we are delighted to bring you the latest news, all about a brand-new, uniquelydifferent, top-class, evening dinner show. The Scandal dinner show, of which Keddy’s Entertainment is confident, will be sure to wow you, and, it is aptly named, Scandal! We have been assisting behind the scenes and are both excited and proud to be part of the opening, red-carpet premiere, next Monday (11th Nov). We are delighted to witness and be involved in the roll-out delivery of a spectacular night. Keddy’s Entertainment is associated and involved in marketing and advising
numerous shows, both here, throughout Europe and in the UK. This brand-new evening excursion is certainly innovative, and has invested expertise and skill to pull out all the stops, to deliver a firstclass, evening, adult dinner show. Keddy’s Entertainment has critiqued and provided feedback to enable delivery of a unique and much-needed, top-class, international dinner show. Feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, with testimonials remarking on the quality and presentation: *The evening was a successful combination of dazzling entertainment, coupled with fine dining, all exquisitely set in an amazing, luxurious venue. *A superb new dinner show, that will certainly rock your socks off! *A high-class, burlesque-style show, which is interesting, fresh and wonderfully innovative, with a seductive element, packed with diverse and fabulous performances that flood the room, creating a wonderful atmosphere of sensuality and humour, and serving to capture pure, sensational style and glamour! *A wonderful concoction to stimulate all the five senses! *Scandal Dinner Show: a gastronomic delight, with
music, sensuality and lots of good fun. And, to top it all, among this magnificent extravaganza, is a gourmet dinner, prepared with the finest, top-quality products. *We feasted on a set, fivecourse gourmet menu comprising Ceviche of cherne with yuzu, sautéed vegetables with soy sauce and tofu, cod confit in extra Canary virgin olive oil, served with land and sea vegetables, Orli-style vegetable prawns with sweet chilli sauce, and not forgetting the tender pork main. Of course, there is also a delicious, mouthwatering vegetarian option available. *These were just some of the dishes that culminated in a stellar dessert, on a par with the show; a decadentlyspicy, velvety-chocolate Scandal, with mousse of roses. Our Director, Adam, and his partner, Jenny, would personally recommend it! Forget calories, it’s nearly Christmas. Keddy’s Entertainment don’t want to go into too much detail and give the Scandal secret away, completely. Suffice to say that this show is interestingly sexy. It is beautifully produced and choreographed, with international, first-class acts and artistes. Designed
to entrance, entertain and enthral you! Scandal guarantees this will be an unforgettable function, on the same level as the most renowned international shows, including Paris, Las Vegas and London’s West End. It promises to become an excellent Tenerife event, and a must-have tourist talking point, on our island… a wonderful holiday memory that will last forever! There is an atmosphere of pure luxury, sensuality and good fun. This exceptional, top-class entertainment will take place every Friday from 8pm, beginning tonight (8th Nov). So what are you waiting for? Come and find out for
yourself, and celebrate with us in being sexy and having fun in the most “scandalous” way. If you are intrigued and wish to be part of the Scandal experience, then it’s not too late to book your tickets for tonight. All tickets are on sale on our website (www.scandaldinnershow. com) and in the GF Hotels, restaurants and leading tour operators. Do you want to know what mysteries and delights await you at one of the best dinner shows in Tenerife? Come, discover for yourselves the Scandal secret! For additional information, email adam@scandal dinnershow.com or visit www. scandaldinnershow.com
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Gimme Gimme Gimme sa THE legend of ABBA lives on with an incredible legacy of timeless tunes, and their undeniable place in music history.
The Swedish supergroup is as popular and well-loved today as it was in its Seventies heyday, with classic pop songs and dancefloor beats, familiar with generation after generation. Never in the history of pop has one group been so celebrated and revered! Triple-Award-winning ABBA Tribute Band REVIVAL™ have, yet again, been voted as the UK’s Official No.1 ABBA tribute act by the Agent’s Association of Great Britain. Revival’s renowned stage show has proved a hit, time and time again, in the UK and the world over, wowing audiences from Europe to
the Middle East. Since the summer of 2006, Lisa (Anni Frid), John (Benny), Nina (Agnetha) and Marcus (Björn) have been pushing
Revival™ to be the best it can be. As Lisa puts it: “It’s not just a case of singing the songs. We have to become ABBA.
Every line of every song, and every nuance of each verse and chorus is ingrained in the audience subconscious, and we don’t have any margin for error. “I think that makes us nervous, and puts us all on our toes before a show. It’s a good way to summon up the energy, to deliver a great performance.” Nina, otherwise known as Agnetha on stage, is a true, self-proclaimed ABBA fan. For her, performing in this tribute band is literally a dream come true. “I have been listening to ABBA for as long as I can remember, and used to act out dance routines and songs with my friends. “And the great thing is, the band are all passionate about ABBA music, too, and we love performing. I think that comes across, and the audience gets a real buzz from it. We love what we
Meet the
Kenny aka Björn Ulvaeus Kenny is a musical virtuoso, fully practised in many instruments, and an accomplished guitar player. His looks and stage presence have made him one of the most popular members of the band! He has many years’ experience in the music industry, honing the stagecraft that shines through every performance. He has a passion for the stage, and a love of ABBA, that makes for the perfect show every time, working in perfect harmony with the girls throughout the whole performance.
Ninä aka Agnetha Fältskog Ninä is an experienced and versatile vocalist, who embodies and personifies Agentha, completely, in both looks and her multi-talented nature. With long, blonde hair and a smile as big as the stage, Nina has performed and toured with big-name bands, performed countless voiceovers, and even duetted with celebrity chef, Jamie Oliver. Her voice is simply incredible, and her rendition of Winner Takes It All is so close to the original, you could be fooled into thinking you are at a real ABBA gig! She lives and breathes ABBA, and has meticulously studied Agnetha’s mannerisms and inflections, to bring a powerhouse performance to every show.
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ays Tenerife; it’s a sell out! do, and hope that it shows. We get such a kick when the audience is singing and dancing along!” Earlier this year, Abba Revival were nominated for the “UK TRIBUTE AWARDS 2019”. And now they have received the fantastic news that they had been recognised by the industry as the ‘OFFICIAL No #1’ Abba Tribute Show. “We are absolutely thrilled and very proud to receive this award, particularly in view of the fact that Revival are in such a high profile category, with such highquality competition.” Congratulations to everyone in the Revival Team. “We would like to thank the “Agents’ Association of Great Britain”, and all of you for your continued support on our amazing journey.” They are, without a doubt, the best ABBA tribute band to emerge from the UK,
selling out shows throughout the UK, and internationally, for over 13 years. They are, quite simply, the premium ABBA experience. ABBA was a highly-respected and family-friendly group, whose music continues to thrill young and old alike. Revival continues those principles, and provides a show to be enjoyed by all age groups. The Abba Tribute band “Revival” is quite unlike
any other Abba Tribute acts you’ve ever seen. The collective years of experience, in all walks of the entertainment and music industries, have enabled the band to create and finely tune, quite simply, the slickest concert stage show around. The show includes faithful choreography, spectacular and authentic costumes, stunning production, and, most importantly, excellent musicianship.
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Lisä aka Anni-Frid Lyngstad Lisä is an accomplished vocalist and musician, who never fails to win the hearts of any audience. With experience in singing at venues around the world, and on several, prestigious cruise liners, her hunger for the perfect performance, and ABBA, shines through each show. Her outstanding talent has been sought after, time and time again, but she feels most at home as Anni-Frid, singing in perfect harmony on the big stage. Her passion for the role is matched by the verve and enthusiasm she has, for each and every performance.
Jöhn aka Benny Andersson Jöhn is a much-sought-after session musician, with a multi-talented ability as a singer, songwriter, keyboard player, guitarist, choreographer and stage set designer. He is highly experienced in the entertainment industry, and has performed in various bands in multiple capacities. John’s performance captures all the wit, charm and energy of the original Benny, to such a degree that he even has his own, dedicated following.
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Truly bee gees - Meet the lads! THE Truly Bee Gees are one of the most realistic tributes to the Bee Gees that you will ever see or hear. As the trio appear on the stage, you can just feel the air of amazement by the audience. The Truly Bee Gees have gone to great lengths to be certain that not only is the music very accurate, but that they look and act every inch as the Gibb Brothers. From the Seventies’ era, we have the unforgettable falsetto vocal tones and the distinctive sounds of the singer/song-writing trio, the Bee Gees. Selling over 220 million records worldwide, The Gibb Brothers, Barry, Robin and Maurice, are renowned for writing all of their own hits.
Today, this amazing tribute band comes together to play all the ultimate sounds, including the hits Jive Talking, Saturday Night Fever, Islands In The Stream, and many more. All the greatest hits are featured, from the dance sounds of Saturday Night Fever, to Sixties’ classics like Massachusetts, and all those Bee Gees’ songs we all love, like Tragedy and Jive Talkin’.
Princess cruises, working with many big names, during this time. He first came to Tenerife in 1998, and has worked, mainly, in system x duo here, and is also enjoying life with Truly Bee Gees, playing the part of Maurice.
loves playing Robin in Truly Bee Gees.
Nathan aka Barry Gibb is from Nottingham, and attended the Central Junior TV Workshop, Carlton Junior
DARREN aka maurice gibb is from Boston in Lincolnshire, and has been a professional keyboard player since 1989. He started with bands in UK holiday camps, and on
TV Workshop, and ITV Junior TV Workshop. Over the years, he has taken on many roles in theatre, been in numerous bands, and performed all sort of genres of music. He has worked on cruises, in hotels, and many entertainment venues in the UK, and around the islands. He lives in Tenerife, and performs in two tribute shows - The Bee Gees, playing the part of Barry Gibb, and The Jersey Boys, as Frankie Valli. In the coming year, Truly Bee Gees will be performing across Europe and in the UK, but they definitely have the US and Australia in their sights!
Dominic aka Robin Gibb was born in south east London, and attended the Doreen Bird Stage School. He has worked as an entertainment manager, vocalist and performer in musical productions, as well as in theatre, on cruise ships, and as a solo artist. He’s created tribute shows, too! He enjoys the mix of cruise work and Tenerife, and now
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Lobster is the way to go! LOBSTER is the only mobile network in Spain to offer a service completely in English. And, when they say everything in English, they really mean it! The Lobster website, app, customer-billing information, and advertising, are all in English. And, perhaps most importantly, their customercontact-centre agents are all native English speakers. Lobster was launched in 2018, to meet the needs of British nationals, and other English speakers, residing in Spain, who weren’t getting the best deals or customer
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happy Lobster customers, in just nine months after launching, and it is growing, rapidly. Lobster’s tariff plans are tailormade for British expatriates and other English speakers, who reside in Spain, and start from just €12 per month, VAT included. There are three, simple tariff plans, all with unlimited calls and texts in Spain, to the UK, and other countries. Also, great data deals cater for all types of customers, from light-toheavy data users. So, whether you just send the odd WhatsApp, or are glued to YouTube videos all day, they have a tariff plan which is right for you! You just pay, month by month, with no commitments. They want their customers to stay with them because they’re happy with the service! To sign up, all you need is valid ID, passport, NIE, or similar, and a credit or debit card. It doesn’t have to be a Spanish credit or debit card. You get
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In seventh heaven! WHAT a difference a walk and a cuddle make
to the dogs in our care! The joy on this dog’s face is priceless. Please do come and walk the dogs, if you have some spare time. Adoptions The island’s refuges are full of abandoned dogs, so please adopt and don’t buy. Please spread the word, amongst your Spanish friends, about the dire situation, here in Tenerife. We have 200 gorgeous dogs here, all desperately seeking loving homes. We need to find adopters for the dogs in our care. We do not charge for adoptions, but donations are very welcome towards the vast running costs of the refuge. Every dog is microchipped and fully vaccinated, and is heartworm and flea-free. They each have a passport, and have been sterilised, so you can be sure your new dog has the best start to its new life. Please adopt a dog, and don’t buy, and please never let your dog breed. If we all help the dogs in the full refuges, we can make a difference! 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 north-bound TF-1. Head for the giant windmills, and you’ll find us in the buildings on the right-hand side. E-mail the refuge at teneriffa@aktiontier.org or, for further details, visit our Facebook page: action tier Accion del Sol.
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Live Paws News
Trekking trio raise a huge sum for charity ON Saturday 28th October, Live PAWS had a visit from two of their volunteers, Hayley Butler and Sarah Wagstaff, who, after a two-day day hike up Mount Tiede, along with Sarah’s partner, Adam Walsh, had raised an astonishing €4,257 for the charity. It was only last month that Hayley was the recipient of the Best Female Singer award at the TEAs, so she has a lot to be proud of, at the moment! The cable car took them to the bottom of Mount Teide, where, along with 11 others, they started their journey to the summit. The first day involved five hours of walking. After an overnight stop at the mountain refuge, the group woke at 4am to resume their climb. With head torches strapped on, they set off at 4.30am, for another two hours of uphill efforts! The last 30 minutes to the top were tough; a steep incline, a temperature of -4°, and a strong wind. But what a view they got at the top! Watching the colours roll up over the horizon was stunning! After
sunrise came the long, sevenhour descent to their car. Siobhan, from the charity,
was full of praise for the group, saying:“Congratulations to Hayley, Sarah and Adam. We know it was tough, but you did it! “They are not natural walkers or trekkers, but they worked hard to reach their goal, and have raised way more than they ever expected. “Thank you to everyone for your support for the Tiede Team, not only during their training and hike, but also for your generosity in contributing to the fantastic sum raised for the animals in need.”
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The calendar is here! THE Live Paws 2020 calendar is now on sale at Iceland in Las Chafiras, in our shops, and at the shelter. It costs €4.99, and features the dogs we care for. It will also be on sale at the benefit fundraiser at the Moonlight Bar on Saturday 16th November, from 2-6pm. Fun-day We are holding a fun-day fundraiser to fight filaria at the iconic Moonlight Bar in Fanabe, on Saturday 16th November from 2-6pm. Lots of artists will be performing, including a magician and acrobats, along with some of the island’s best singers. The usual tombola, raffle, football cards and auctions will also be part of the day. If you can help with a raffle or tombola prize, please contact Siobhan on 676 261 825. Any help or support will be very much appre-ciated. Filaria, also known as heartworm, is a horrible disease that kills many dogs in Tenerife. It is passed through the bite of the mosquito. It is very expensive to treat, over €4,000 euros, but easy to prevent with an annual vaccination. Live Paws invest in this prevention as part of the annual vaccination
programme for our dogs. Prevention is better than cure, especially with this disease. Please come along and support the day, and have a great time. Dog-walking club Join the Live Arico dog-walking 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. Please come and meet the dogs. They have a fabulous time with the walkers, and look forward to going out for a wander. Please feel free to pop along, even for a chat. 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 playpark. Open Monday-Friday (10am4pm), Saturday 10am-2pm. The shop is now open on Sundays from 11am3pm. Join us on Facebook - Live Arico P.A.W.S Tenerife twitter.com/live_arico www.livearico.com
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Cats Welfare News
Such exquisite colouring! THIS beautiful young lady is about a year old and is looking for a loving home. She is really affectionate. She has been wormed, deflead, vaccinated and neutered. Adoptions We have several kittens available 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,
K9 Animal News
Come to the cabaret! WE are only in November, but next month will not be be too slow in coming, so K9 would like to invite you all to their Christmas Dinner and Cabaret.
It is taking place on Saturday 14th December in St Eugene’s in San Eugenio. The cost for tickets is €20, which includes dinner and an amazing cabaret show. There are a couple of dinner choices, as well as a vegetarian option. Drinks include €8 for a bottle
of wine, €1 for water or refreshments, and €1.50 for a jug of beer, until 11.30pm. We are inviting everyone to meet at the bar at 7pm, and the meal will be served at 8pm. The Cabaret includes Frankie Mack Rat Pack Show and Gary Nelson. Tickets can sell out quite quickly for this event, so make sure you get your tickets early, to avoid disappointment. We do have various locations where you can buy the tickets, which are shown on the poster. We have a Facebook page, should you wish to make contact this way.
Our Christmas party is always a lot of fun, so don’t miss out this year, and get your tickets today. We are asking people to bring along some treats for our furry friends - our cats and dogs. We always get so many wonderful donations throughout the year for them, so we want to continue this wonderful tradition, and make our fur-babies’ Christmas special for them. They don’t yet have their forever families to share this happy occasion with, so we do our very best to make sure they are spoilt. We are open all year round, including Christmas Day, because our dogs and cats need to be walked, cleaned, fed and looked after, every single day. If you are looking for a lovely way to spend your Christmas morning, please do call up and see us, and maybe walk a dog or two. You can visit any day between 9.30am1.30pm. We are on Calle Chimbesque, between Las Chafiras and Las Zocas. We look forward to seeing you! We have had many adoptions over the last few months, but for every dog that leaves, one or two are found, surrendered or abandoned. We would like to thank everyone for their continued support every year, and would like to wish you all a very successful, fur-babyfilled 2020. If you interested in donating, or holding your own fundraiser for K9, please contact us on 667 638 468.
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 * Marathon effort! One of our volunteers, Mr. Johnson, has very kindly offered to raise money for Cats Welfare by running a marathon this Sunday. Please support this great cause, and wish him all the best! https://www.gofundme. com/f/marathon-run-for-catwelfare-tenerife Kitten cages We are appealing to you all to make a small donation so that we can purchase some cages for our young kittens. Foster carers have been struggling, either fishing kittens out from under the bed, or with tiny cages (some designed for hamsters). The kittens, when very young, need to be contained, both for their own safety and easy accessibility. It also makes taming shy kittens that much easier. As the kittens get older, and
more adventurous, they are let out several times a day to explore their surroundings. If you are able to make a donation, no matter how small, it would be much appreciated. One cage is only €43, so, hopefully, we can purchase several. You can send money via PayPal at info@cats-welfaretenerife.com or call in at the shop. In both instances, please mark the money you give: “Cage Donation”. Thank you. Clothes required We need good quality ladies’ and men’s clothes. Please have a look around at home, and drop them into the shop on San Blas. 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, please ring Mark on 636 590 557, and he will arrange collection from you.
Tuesday Crafters really help charity
THE Tuesday Crafters are holding their annual Christmas Craft Fair on Saturday 16th November 2019, from 11am-3pm, in the El Paso Bar, Castle Harbour, in Los Cristianos. Once again, they will be donating all the proceeds from the tombola, raffle and table hire to FACT (Fighting Against Cancer Tenerife). All items are hand made. Although it rained heavily last year, there was still an amazing turnout.
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Chill Out bar and restaurant 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.
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Having a smoke could be lowering your mood
SMOKING cigarettes could increase the risk of mental-health problems such as depression and schizophrenia, research suggests.
It has long been known that smoking is more common among people with mentalhealth conditions. However, it has been unclear as to whether smoking could be a factor in causing such problems, or is simply a form of self-medication among those already living with poor mental health. “What we found was that there was evidence of causal effects in both directions,” said Dr Robyn Wootton, the first author of the research, from the University of Bristol. Wootton said that while the serious physical consequences of smoking were already known, the new research underlined the importance of preventing
people from starting the habit, and helping smokers to quit to protect their mental health, whether or not they have existing mental-health problems. “Of course, if smoking is also making the risk of mental illness worse, then we should be helping individuals who have existing mental health problems to stop as well,” she said. Wootton and her colleagues reported how they compared the risk of developing depression or schizophrenia among people with, and without, a genetic predisposition to smoking cigarettes. As such
genetic variants are randomly distributed across the population, and are not changed by factors such as alcohol consumption, income, exercise or other health issues, the approach is a type of natural experiment that reduces the chances of any link being down to other factors. The team focused on 378 genetic variants that have previously been linked to whether people start smoking, as well as 126 genetic variants the team found were linked to a higher score for lifetime smoking, a measure encompassing how heavily people smoked, for
how long, and if they quit. Wootton and colleagues then used two separate genetic databases, one including thousands of individuals with schizophrenia, and the other including thousands of individuals with major depression, to explore whether the risk of having such conditions was linked to the genetic variants for smoking. The results reveal that both starting smoking and higher levels of smoking are linked to a greater risk of both depression and schizophrenia. As an example, an individual who smoked 20 cigarettes a day for 15 years, but then did not smoke for 17 years, had more than twice the odds of developing schizophrenia, and almost twice the odds of developing depression, than someone who had never smoked. The team also looked to see whether people with a genetic predisposition to depression or schizophrenia smoked more. While they did indeed find such an effect,
it was weaker than for the opposite direction. Wootton said it was necessary to explore exactly how smoking might increase the risk of schizophrenia and depression, but one possibility was that nicotine influences pathways in the brain linked to mental health problems. That could be important, she added, since nicotine is also found in electronic cigarettes. Cannabis use might also help to explain the findings, since high-strength cannabis has previously been suggested to increase the risk of mental-health problems, and those who smoke have a greater risk of cannabis dependency. Dr Ian Hamilton, an expert in addiction and mental health from the University of York, said: “While the physical harms of smoking are well known, this research points to the mental health risks of using tobacco. This risk should be communicated widely, but particularly to schoolage children, who might be tempted to try smoking.”
World’s greatest scientists club together, in an effort to solve ‘human suffering’
THOUSANDS of the world’s greatest scientists have joined together to declare that “untold human suffering” is unavoidable, without deep and lasting shifts in human activities. An alliance of more than 11,000 scientists signed a paper, which announced the climate emergency, before providing a set of effective actions that could be taken by humans. To limit the damage caused by people’s greenhousegas emissions, the paper calls for more control over the massively-booming global population, currently increasing by over 200,000 people a day. It adds that population control would have to be approached, with methods that ensured social and economic justice, to sustain a morally and ecologically sound world.
The global group is led by William J. Ripple (pictured), Ecology Professor at Oregon State University, along with researcher Christopher Wolf. Prof Ripple said: “Despite 40 years of major global negotiations, we have continued to conduct business as usual, and have failed to address this crisis. But climate change has arrived, and it is accelerating faster than many scientists expected.” The paper pointed to six areas in which humanity should take immediate steps to slow down the effects of a warming planet. Firstly, reducing the consumption of energy, and replacing fossil fuels with low-carbon renewables, leaving remaining stocks of fossil fuels in the ground. They detail how this can be encouraged, by eliminating subsidies to fossil fuel companies and imposing carbon fees, high enough to restrain the use of fossil fuels. Secondly, the paper called for the “shortlived pollutants” such as methane, soot and hydrofluorocarbons to be cut drastically, calculating that the reduction could see the short-term warming trend cut 50% over the next few decades. The paper also suggests ecosystems, such as forests, grasslands and mangroves, are protected in order for them to reach “ecological potential”, and act as carbon dioxide converters: a prevalent greenhouse
gas, created by human activity. Humans are encouraged to adopt a diet with fewer animal products by the researchers. This dietary shift would, significantly, reduce emissions of methane and other greenhouse gases, and free up agricultural lands for growing human food, rather than livestock feed. Reducing food waste is also stated as critical. The scientists say that at least onethird of all food produced ends up as garbage, which means that unnecessary emissions were created in producing it. And they are also calling for a “carbonfree” economy, shifting goals away from the growth of gross domestic product, and the pursuit of extreme wealth. Instead, people should realise their “dependence on the biosphere” and put that first, curbing the exploitation of ecosystems, says the paper. The paper also states that the growing rate of human population needs to slow down, to sustain an ecologically-sound world. The scientists add that population control would have to be approached, with methods that ensured social and economic justice. Graphs of vital signs in the paper illustrate several key climate-change indicators and factors over the last 40 years, since scientists from 50 nations met in Geneva at the First World Climate Conference, in 1979. In recent decades, multiple other global assemblies have agreed that urgent action is essential, but greenhouse-gas emissions are still rapidly rising. Other ominous signs from human activities include sustained increases in per-capita meat production, global tree-cover loss and number of airline passengers.
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WHO’D have thought any driver would come close to Michael Schumacher’s record of seven Formula 1 world championships?
Step up Lewis Hamilton, who completed his sixth title at the US Grand Prix, but a study of his career statistics reveals in some areas that he has already surpassed the sport’s truly greats. He is only one behind Schumacher’s title tally, and hasn’t yet matched his total race wins. But check out his win ratio and pole positions’ record, which is regarded as the purest test of a driver’s speed. You’ll see that he is already an F1 leading light, and now the second-most-successful Grand Prix driver of all.
This sixth win means Hamilton has overtaken Argentine legend Juan Manuel Fangio on the all-time leader board, the latter winning five titles in the 1950s. This was a third consecutive crown for Hamilton (2017, 2018, 2019), but the record of consecutive F1 titles belongs to Schumacher, who swept all before him in securing five title wins on the bounce, between 2000 and 2004. It is also Hamilton’s fifth title in six years, his dominance
BRITISH Olympic sprinter James Ellington has launched legal action against former team-mate Nigel Levine, who was driving a motorbike in South Tenerife, which collided with an oncoming car with them both onboard, leaving his passenger with lifethreatening injuries. Ellington, who was a key member of the British 4x100m relay team, suffered multiple broken bones in his legs, fractures to his eye socket, pelvis and ankle, and lost six pints of blood when the bike driven by Levine had the collision in January 2017. The pair were attending a British Athletics warm-weather training camp in Las Americas. Having had multiple operations, Ellington, 34, confounded expert opinion by returning to competitive action in a one-off race this summer, and he remains hopeful of making the Olympic team next year. But no longer funded by British Athletics, and without any sponsorship deals, he announced last Friday that he had issued a personal-injury legal case against Levine and the driver of the other car, in a bid to recover funds to help with his comeback. “It’s been almost three years now since the crash, and the road to recovery is proving to be long and painful,” he said. “However, my intentions are clear: I want to return to the world of professional sprinting, and I’ll do whatever I can to make that happen.” Ellington’s injuries included a compound fracture of the right leg, a fractured left ankle, a fractured eye socket, a fractured pelvis and the loss of six pints of blood. Ellington was in the form of his life before the accident, finishing second over 100m at the British Championships, and running a personal best 10.04secs in his last track season in 2016. There were fears for his life in the immediate aftermath of the accident. But he has kept his intention to return to international sprinting, and he now has a carbon-fibre rod in his leg, along with multiple screws in his pelvis. His comeback at the London Anniversary Games this July was the first time he had completed 100m in training or in a race since the accident, and he was in noticeable pain as he finished in 10.93sec. Levine, an Olympic 400m relay runner, has also not raced since the accident. Having been hospitalised
being interrupted by then Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, who pipped him to the championship by five points in 2016. The only other driver still racing, who has won more than a single championship, is Sebastian Vettel, on four. As for individual races, Hamilton has won 83, and only Schumacher has won more, with 91. But they stand head and shoulders above the rest. Vettel lies third with 53 wins, but the German has won just one race in the current campaign. Also, Hamilton’s 83 successes have come at a better win rate than Schumacher’s. In each of the last six campaigns, Hamilton has won 10 GPs on average. And, should he continue that trend next year, he will overtake Schumacher as the driver with the most race victories… and in fewer events!
Hamilton has won one in every three races, a 33.5% success rate: 83 wins from 248 GPs started. Of all drivers who have taken part in at least 50 Grands Prix, only Fangio (with almost one in two for 47%) and Jim Clark (35%) have a better win-rate than Hamilton. But Hamilton has been involved in at least three times as many races as both Clark and Fangio, sustaining his win rate over a much longer period. Hamilton has a marginallybetter win percentage than Schumacher, whose 91 victories came in 306 races for a 30% tally. Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna both won one in four of the GPs in which they competed. Frenchman Prost recorded 51 wins from 199 races, while Brazilian legend Ayrton Senna secured 41 wins from 161 Grands Prix before tragedy
struck in Imola, in 1994. Last Sunday, Hamilton was aware that he could finish as low as eighth to claim the title, but he fought tooth and nail, relentlessly, on well-worn tyres, to finish second. As he said with a grin, afterwards: “My dad told me, when I was six or seven years old, never to give up. That’s the family motto.” The alarm for his rivals is that Hamilton shows no sign of relenting. While most drivers, two months shy of their 35th birthday, might talk of retirement, he will line up again next year with the finest car, expressing every intention of carrying on beyond F1’s rules revolution in 2021. “As an athlete, I feel as fresh as can be,” he said. “It’s an honour to be up there with the greats, and I’ll keep pushing.” Who would argue with him?
Olympic sprinter sues pal, after bike collision for weeks, he returned to training later in 2017 and failed a drugs test for the asthma drug clenbuterol. He claimed it was down to two contaminated supplements he had been taking, but was unable to prove the assertion and was banned from all sport for four years. The 30-year-old cannot return to competition until 13th December, 2021. Ellington’s lawyer, Demetrius Danas, of Irwin Mitchell, said: “We have tried to settle the case
amicably with those involved in the crash. But we have now been left with no choice but to begin legal action in court, against all vehicles involved in the accident. “James is now running again and has big ambitions for the future, but he is still in the process of recovering from life-threatening injuries. “As his funding has come to an end, he is unable to access the rehabilitation and support which he needs to sprint again at a world-class level.”
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Lynn takes early honours on a superb Finals Night IT was the League’s Finals’ Night at Nautas, and a party atmosphere was the order of the day. I’m starting with the Ladies trebles, because it will be easier for me, as I know more about what happened with that match than any of the others. That’s because I chalked it… heroic, I know. And it was sponsored by Boom Trikes Tenerife. We had Gio, Anne & Karen (Pas O Nadas) v Jackie F, Jackie H (Emerald B) & Lynn (Pink Elephant). The Pas O Nadas ladies lost the first two legs, but the games were close and they hit back to level at 2-2. Please bear in mind that I was chalking this, and how much I wanted a 3-0 to either team, because it was so hot in there. Back to the match, and the final leg had Jackie throwing for tops. But she hit a 20 then a double 15, busting the score, so P.O.N. stepped up for their finish, but just missed, and Lynn had the glory of double 20 with her first dart. The Ladies’ doubles were sponsored by Scooters & Chevys Bar, in Silencio, and, again, the two Jackies were there for Emerald B, who faced Shar & Mo (Ourplace playgirls). I can’t tell you much about this as I was still recovering from chalking the trebles. But the Emerald team won 3-2, and Jackie F hit a couple of the doubles, for which she deserves special credit. She did well by winning two finals, despite carrying an injury. But then, she doesn’t kick her darts, so a bad foot, maybe, isn’t that bad! The Ladies’ singles were sponsored by Jet Excursions, but the match schedule was changed, and it was the last match played. I understand the switch was made through personal reasons, and it would have been unreasonable to refuse. The Mad Hatters were represented by Janice (The Pocket Rocket), while the Playgirls had Shar back in action. And I was still in the recovery position, after chalking the trebles (that is, sitting out in the fresh air with a beer). I heard some good scores called, and was told it was a cracking match, which ended 3-2 to The Pocket Rocket. A special mention for both players: Shar made two finals and Janice secured the first finals’ win for The Mad Hatters. As expressed in John McWhirter’s quote: “Well done all the winners and finalists last night. So pleased for The Pocket Rocket. It was the fifth final in our three years as a team, and it´s our first win. Hopefully, there’s more to come.” The Division 2 trebles were sponsored by Boom Trikes Tenerife, and monopolised, mainly, by Emerald Lounge players. We had Daz, Matt and Legs (Emerald Lounge) v Carl & Andy (Emerald
Lounge) with P.O.N. (Pas O Nadas). This one also finished 3-2 to the Emerald Lounge, but it was the twothirds team of Carl, Andy & Pod who prevailed. The Division 2 doubles, sponsored by Scooters & Chevys Bar, saw Pink Elephant back in action, with Alan & Per facing the Club Activo pairing of Rob & Sergio. As newcomers, the Pink Elephant obviously have a new trophy cabinet, and they’re in a rush to fill it, starting with a 3-1 success. The Division 2 singles, sponsored by Jet Excursions, was a bit more conclusive, with Rob (Club Activo) running out a clear 3-0 winner against Carl (Emerald Lounge). I may be a bit bias because I play for Emerald B, but I am impressed with how many times I had to write “Emerald”! The Division 1 trebles were sponsored by Boom Trikes Tenerife, and Pas O Nadas International were represented by Paul, Quality & Brandon. But they found the Pink Elephant team of Tony, Telf & Per, just too good on the night, losing 4-1. That cabinet is filling up! The Division 1 doubles, sponsored by Scooters & Chevys Bar, saw Pas O Nadas International back in action, with Quality & Robert facing The Pub pairing of Ally & Andy. It was a similar story to the trebles for Pas O Nadas International, because they lost 4-1 again, but heads up Quality for making two finals, which was better than most of us did. Last, but by no means least, the Division 1 singles, which, for many, is the big one, and again. sponsored by Jet Excursions. The Pink Elephant’s Tom played Steve from Suters 20;30 Crew, and there were some top darts thrown, with first-class finishing. It led to another winner’s trophy for Pink Elephant, as Tom prevailed 4-1. Just how big is that cabinet? Well done to all the players, and a big thankyou to all the sponsors. Thanks also to the scorers, (especially the one who did the ladies trebles), as well as Debs & Ray for hosting us, and providing some excellent food. And thanks to Jackie Higgs for arranging the competitions. Finally, we can’t have a report without Graham’s name cropping up. There are no quotes from him, but he gets a big thanks anyway for acting as MC. Don’t tell him, but I think his quotes are better! We also had a catch-up game played on Monday, with Picasso’s welcoming Marilyns. The home team prevailed 6-2, but, as you might see from the picture, everyone clearly enjoyed the night, and especially Lorna, who gained her first-ever win. Well done Lorna. No wonder she had such high praise for the evening. Here’s what she wrote on the Facebook page: “Last night was a fabulous night of darts, Picasso’s 6 Marilyns 2. Got to say, we played Picassos on our very first game of the season, and last night was the return game. You didn’t disappoint, so friendly, and great fun was had by all.” Don’t forget, the Facebook page is there for all of us, so whether you want to ask a question, have a say on something, or find up-to-date info, you should give it a look, even if you don’t already use it. If you want even more info, we also have the website at our disposal, where you can check out fixtures,
results, league tables, contacts, and so on. Here is the link: http://cancertenerife.com/ oasisfmdarts/ Finally, we have the draw, plus handicapping, for the first-round of the Canarian Weekly. Monday night’s result is not yet including in the tables, etc., because it’s too much work for one result. And I’m getting old. I will include it when the next league matches are played, but I’m sure Chas has used it for the handicapping. division 1 ResultS Pas O Nadas Int.
8-0 Emerald ‘B’
Suters 20:30 Crew
6-2 Ourplace Playboys
Sandys Bookie Boys
1-7
Pas O Nadas ‘A’
The Loch-In Bullseyes P-P
Sandys BanditS
Mad HatterS
7-1 Scooters & Chevys ‘A’
LegendS
P-P Gaffers # Team HollywooD
WaterfalL
1-7 The PuB
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P W D L F A +- PTS
1 Pas O Nadas ‘A’
13 12
2 The Pub
15 11 3 1 84 36 48 84
3 Suters 20:30 Crew 14 10
1 3
0 86 1 81
18 31
68 50
86 81
4 Gaffers # Team Hollywood 12 10 1 1 1 19 58 77 5 Ourplace Playboys 15
6
3
6 66
54
12
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6 Pas O Nadas Int.
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2
4 64
40
24
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13
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2
4
8 41
71 -30
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9 Emerald ‘B’
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4
1
9
37
75 -38
37
10 Sandys Bandits
13
1
1 11 30
74 -44
30
11 Waterfall
10
3
0
66 -36
30
1 10 24 80 -56
24
12 The Loch-In Bullseyes 13 2
9 30
13 Scooters & Chevys ‘A’ 14 1 1 12 22 90 -68 22 14 Legends
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
division 2 ResultS Ourplace Breakaways 6-2 Scooters & Chevys ‘B’
Club Activo Pas O Nadas
Clouseau’s 7-1 Marilyns 5-3 The Club House 2-6 Pink ElephanT
Ourplace PlaygirlS 0-8 SundownerS Palms Sports BaR 7-1 Naughty NautaS Emerald LoungE 6-2 Picasso’S
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P W D L F A +- PTS
1 Pink Elephant
13 11
1
1 85
19
66
85
2 Club Activo
15 12
2
1 84
36
48
84
3 The Club House
14 11
2
1 81
31
50
81
4 Palms Sports Bar 15 10
1
4 78
42
36
78
3
3 76
44
32
76
5 4 68 60 8
68
5 Emerald Lounge
15
9
6 Scooters & Chevys ‘B’ 16 7
7 Ourplace Breakaways 14 8 1 5 62 50 12 62 8 Pas O Nadas
15
7
0
8 57
63
-6
57
9 Picasso’s
14
6
2
6 52
60
-8
52
10 Sundowners
16
2
4 10 48
80 -32
48
11 Ourplace Playgirls 15 5 0 10 45 75 -30 45 12 Naughty Nautas 16
3
1 12 42
86 -44
42
13 Clouseau’s
16
0
2 14 29
99 -70
29
14 Marilyns
14
1
0 13 25
87 -62
25
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£20,000 in an average savings account with a gross interest rate of 1% will pay £20,000 at 1% per annum equalling £200 per year before tax
What is the alternative? A Spanish Tax Compliant Bond Setting up a Spanish tax compliant bond is no more difficult than setting up a bank account. Once you have invested you have easy access to your money: regular and one-off withdrawals, to suit your needs.
The returns over the last few years have been: 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 6.80% 6.88% 9.48% 5.85% 8.68% 5.5% The growth on a Spanish tax compliant bond is free of tax until a withdrawal is made. Even then only the growth is subject to tax. Any tax due is paid directly to the Hacienda and no Modelo 720 declaration is required for holders of this kind of bond. The bond can also be held jointly so there should be no liability to succession tax on the first death. The bond is backed by an AA rated financial institution which is subject to a strict legal and regulatory environment, to European Law, and having to comply with all applicable European directives and regulations and to meet European solvency margins. Under EU law, assets are to be used to repay policy holders should the company be wound up. Please remember that not all bonds are Spanish tax compliant. If you would like further information about the Spanish tax compliant bond, please give us a call for a no obligation chat. Sebastian & St James International Financial Advisers Limited: advice based on integrity, trust and experience.
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