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Issue 1140

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Swallows grounded

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HUGH Elliott, British Ambassador to Spain and Andorra, paid an official visit to Tenerife last Monday, and enjoyed himself thoroughly.

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Ambassador has bad news for our Tenerife Swallows

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But he did have a shock when made aware that Tenerife’s Swallows would feel shortchanged by the Withdrawal Agreement.

That’s because their time in Tenerife will be cut to threemonthly periods when Brexit kicks in next Saturday (1st February).

In an Oasis FM interview with Clio O’Flynn after the function, Mr Elliott told her: “I know the Swallows have an issue because they can stay for just 90 days in any 180 days without a visa, and without any provisions.

“But we know that many of them like to stay for five or six months at a time. Currently, they can stay for six months, but not in the future, after 31st January.

“We will obviously be discussing it over the course of the year, but I can’t yet reassure these Swallows over future arrangements, because it’s

not provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement.”

He added: “It’s absolutely on our radar screen, and it may

African migrant group may take to the streets

A GROUP of 57 African men, who arrived in Tenerife by patera, have asked for help after learning that they will be put on the street without any chance of being relocated.

They are also without authorisation to travel to the Peninsula.

The help has been requested through activist Helena Maleno, founder of Caminando Fronteras, who says the group, from various West African countries, including Senegal, Mali and Sierra Leona, arrived

on the island a month ago.

Apparently, the National Police plan to evict them from the Las Americas Police Station. But, she adds: “The migrants are desperate because, through lack of accommodation, they will be living on the streets.

The men have asked that they be given the opportunity to travel to the Peninsula, or to other European countries, where they have relatives who could house them.

But the police have indicated that they are not authorised to leave the island.

Helena Maleno responded by saying that Caminando Fronteras plans to file a complaint with the Ombudsman about the migrants’ problem.

be an issue we can resolve.

I can give reassurances that we will discuss the problem the Swallows have, over the course of the year.”

“The Withdrawal Agreement, known as the Deal, protects the rights of those Brits already resident in the Canary Islands, and they have until the end of 2020 to formalise their residency. Many have done so, but many haven’t.

“In addition, pensioners still have access to public healthcare here if they have an S1 (healthcare certificate) in the UK. That’s protected!”

And on the bright side, he added that pensions would continue to be uprated, through inflation.

But the Ambassador was delighted to be presented to many Tenerife people whom

he regards as “important” to him.

These included Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Martin; Canarian President Angel Victor Torres; Canaries’ Tourism Councillor Yaiza Castilla; British Consul for the Canaries and Andalucía, Charmaine Arbouin, and Vice-Consul for the Province of Santa Cruz, Helen Díaz de Arcaya Keating.

He also met Canarian Parliament President Gustavo Matos, as well as the Canaries 112 Emergency Services’ Regional Director, and the Director of Security and Emergencies, along with the President and Vice-President of La Laguna University.

HMA Hugh Elliott and the Tenerife Consular team also hosted a lunch with the island’s

most important contacts and partners, including British Library representatives; Royal British Legion representatives; the Lions; Callao Salvaje Community Church; Noah’s Ark; FACT; Tenerife Swallows; Tour Operators Jet2 and TUI; local radio contacts and British Schools’ representatives, along with some of their key influencers and social-media partners.

Hugh Elliot was delighted with his first visit to Tenerife, and was extremely proud of the hard work his consular team have performed on the island.

He was particularly grateful to all the authorities, contacts and partners, who collaborate so closely and professionally with them every day.

Las Galletas drivers warned THE C8 Facebook page of the Canarian News is raising awareness of street vandalism in Las Galletas.

Several car windows have already been smashed, which is how vandals are getting into the vehicles, mainly to steal items inside.

Various car-owners have already made police reports regarding their damaged vehicles, while their cars were parked in the Red Cross parking area, as well as on the general main

road, running alongside the beach.

They have warned people to beware of parking their

vehicles in these areas, on their Facebook message, and have also requested more police presence.

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A POPULAR Finnish expat has been charged, along with 53 other people, and a pop star, in Finland’s biggest-ever drugtrafficking case.

Niko Ranta-aho (below), who was part of the Marbella elite, once owned the popular Teatro in Puerto Banus, a restaurant-cumperformance venue which welcomed such stars as Tyga and Ja Rule.

With a property-development company, and a pretty girlfriend, Sofia Belorf, as well as a huge mansion in the exclusive Guadalmina Alta, which is home to the likes of former prime minister Jose Aznar, life seemed perfect for the handsome hunk.

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Drug-trafficking scandal as police reveal ‘suspects’

But that all came to an abrupt halt last July when he was arrested in Helsinki, accused of drug-trafficking and moneylaundering in what is seen as the country’s biggest scandal in recent memory.

Now, six months later, he has been formally charged alongside 53 others, including his girlfriend.

They are accused of smuggling a wide range of substances into Finland, including more than 200kg of amphetamines, 60kg of hash, 15kg of cocaine, more than 30kg of MDMA, over 100,000 ecstasy tablets, 20,000 LSD tabs, 2kg of crystal meth and around two million pharmaceutical pills.

In addition, girlfriend Sofia (right) is believed to have been be accused of moneylaundering.

Sofia, money-launderer?

According to Finish evening newspaper Ilta Sanomat, the long list of the accused includes entrepreneurs, highprofile family members and the usual suspects from the crime underworld.

Helsinki District Court has yet to reveal the full list of offences, or who they correspond to, but the charges have been divided into four categories.

Hell’s Angels kingpin Jarkko Laakso, former president of the Cannonball gang, plus

Morning rush-hour crash on motorway injures five

Ari Ronkainen and Finnish body-building champ Kimmo Niemi are also among those charged. The first hearings will begin at Helsinki District Court on January 30.

The case also stretched into the country’s celebrity world after Finnish pop star Samu Haber was also charged with drug offences.

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Haber admits to a small drug dose According to national tabloid Iltalehti, Haber was charged after it was revealed that he had indulged in drugs at an after-party last summer.

The singer-songwriter, also a judge on a TV music competition, denied any links to the gang, as well as to Ranta-aho’s case.

“In summer 2019, I attended an after party and I admit having a small dose of drugs there, offered to me for free,” he admitted to Iltalehti. “I am not guilty of any crime and this will become clear during this trial.”

Haber took to Instagram to apologise to his fans, writing: “Doing drugs is a crime, and it’s wrong. Imposing a penalty for that is absolutely right. I’ve been really stupid, and there are no excuses. I will learn from this. I apologise for my behaviour to my beloved ones, the band, partners and everyone who might think of me as some sort of a role model.”

TITSA offers 24-hour on the 467 mainline service

THE frequency of TITSA main lines 447, 467 and 473, covering the south, is scheduled to increase, with the 467 running a 24-hour service!

FIVE people were injured on Tuesday morning after being involved in a multiple vehicle collision on the TF-1.

The incident happened on a southbound lane near the Guimar tunnel, during

the rush-hour, considered to be the busiest time of the day on the road.

The incident caused huge traffic jams, and the emergency services were alerted. The Guardia Civil traffic police, along with the ambulance services, were dispatched and arrived at the scene almost immediately.

The medical teams assessed the injured parties, and four of the five injured people were allowed to leave the scene after suffering minor injuries. The fifth person was taken to hospital for further treatment and observation.

Guardia Civil officers remained at the scene to re-establish the safe traffic flow.

It is part of TITSA’S commitment to continue improving its services, to cater for the needs and demands of users.

Line 467 (Costa del Silencio-Las Galletas-Los CristianosCosta Adeje-La Caleta) sees the most improvements, to guarantee punctuality at all stops on the route.

Last year, the 467 carried almost 2.5 million travellers, which was a 6.51% increase from the previous year.

Line 447 (Los Cristianos-Las Américas-San Eugenio-FañabeAdeje-Los Olivos) improves its frequency on working days to 30 minutes.

Line 473 (Los Cristianos-Costa Adeje-Adeje El CercoArmeñime-San Juan Beach-Alcalá -Los Gigantes) has the last departure from Los Cristianos, at 00:10, and from Los Gigantes, at 01:25, totalling 67 trips every day of the week.

You may wish to consult this information on the website www.titsa.com by calling the information telephone number, 922 531 300, or through the company’s social networks.

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Nine die as Storm Gloria batters helpless Spanish

NINE people have died and four are missing after Storm Gloria continued to batter eastern Spain this week, with high winds, heavy rain, snowfall and huge waves.

The storm, which had left 220,000 people in the Tarragona region without electricity on Tuesday, began

to shift away on Wednesday, but some north-eastern and Balearic areas remained on orange alert.

A man died of hypothermia in Carcaixent, Valencia, on Wednesday, while a woman was killed in the Alicante province when her home collapsed.

An Almeria farmer died after becoming trapped in a greenhouse during a hailstorm, and another man was found dead in a flooded area, a few miles inland from Benidorm.

Gloria had claimed five other lives between Sunday and Tuesday, with winds of up to 90 mph (144kmh) and waves up to 44ft high.

One man was run over as he was fitting snow chains on his car tyres in Asturias on Sunday, while another man died after being hit by a roof tile in Ávila the same day.

Three other people are thought to have died of hypothermia in Valencia on Monday and Tuesday.

Rescuers are still searching for four missing people,

Rock-climber, 60, suffers a bad fall

A 60-YEAR-OLD man was rushed to Hospiten Sur last Sunday, after falling while climbing the Montaña Amarillo in Costa del Silencio.

The accident happened on Sunday morning, and the Canarian emergency services were informed by a caller, who requested an ambulance urgently.

He said a middle-aged man had

plummeted three metres while rockclimbing, and was injured badly.

When the ambulance arrived, the medics could see he had a nasty head injury. He was quickly assessed, and then taken to Hospiten Sur immediately for further treatment and observation.

The fire-fighters were also at the scene to assist with the emergency, transferring the man from the precarious area where he had fallen, to where the ambulance was parked.

among them a 25-year-old Briton, who disappeared while riding his motorbike in northern Ibiza.

A spokesman for the emergency services said police were alerted by his colleague, who had searched for him after the Briton, on a day off, failed to return from the trip. But the colleague could only find his bike.

Dani Palacios, head of Barcelona’s beach services in the north-east, told local broadcaster Betevé that Gloria was the worst sea storm since 2003.

The wild weather also brought seawater pouring into the Ebro delta, one of Spain’s

most important wetlands, ruining thousands of hectares of rice plants.

“We can’t remember anything similar ever happening,” Local Mayor Lluis Soler told Cadena SER radio. “It’s dramatic to see how the river has overflowed, and the how sea has travelled several kilometres inland.”

Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, offered his support and condolences to the families of those killed, adding: “And to those who are suffering the fatal consequences of this stormy weather.”

He also thanked the country’s emergency services for their efforts.

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Güímar’s annual festival NEWS IN BRIEF for animals’ patron saint

Weather batters Costa Blanca

THIS picture tells the ugly story of last Sunday’s red alert for gale-force winds and turbulent seas in the Gata de Gorgos, on the Costa Blanca, as Storm Gloria blew in.

The sizeable palm tree was blown over in the afternoon, directly on top of the parked car, and the entire Marina Alta region was warned of the fearful weather.

In fact, Javea was alerted to possible winds of over 80km/h and snow reaching 40cm deep, as well waves topping the eight-metres-high mark.

The town council warned on Sunday evening: “Based on adverse weather predictions, and a ‘pre-emergency situation’, all schools, sporting and cultural activities will be cancelled on Monday.”

Harper’s have cashed in

FASHION magazine Harper’s Bazaar Russia has just published a 10-page fashion report, which took place last September in Teide National Park.

The publication team comprised seven people, including technicians, assistants and models.

This means a €1.7m investment return for Tenerife, compared with under €2,000 from the Cabildo, via Turismo de Tenerife, the Press and public-relations office.

Arona’s record resurfacing

THE Arona municipality will reach a record in the coming months, after resurfacing nearly 200 streets and roads.

After many years of abandonment and deterioration, a total investment of more than €5m will have been made under the #AronaAvanza programme.

The IV asphalting plan, which has already been awarded, will be signed shortly. This spells good news for Cabo Blanco, La Florida, Arona Casco, Tunisia, Montaña Fría, La Sabinita, La Camella and Chayofa, because they will all benefit from the resurfacing project.

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GÜÍMAR hosts its traditional festival of San Antonio Abad, the patron saint of animals, this weekend, which is held in high esteem as it is regarded as one of Tenerife’s most anticipated celebrations.

That’s because of the abundance of the municipality’s agriculture and livestock, and it kicks off tomorrow (Saturday), at 4pm, with the traditional “race of rings” on horseback.

Then, on Sunday, most of the activities to commemorate the patron saint of animals, will take place.

Animals will be seen most prominently, and not just farm pets, as well as sporting and exotic breeds, but also those which accompany visitors.

The Plaza and the courtyard of the Town Hall, along with the Plaza de San Pedro, as well as many other spaces, will be transformed into exhibition areas.

The events begin at 10am, and the little ones will be able

the Recreational and Cultural Society “Casino de Güímar”.

A solemn Eucharist Mass will be celebrated in the parish of Santo Domingo de Guzmán at midday, in honour of San Antonio Abad, with the musical and vocal association Amigos del Arte.

The holiday will end with the blessing of the animals on the porch of the Santo Domingo parish church, and the subsequent San Antonio Abad procession, accompanied by various dance and folk groups through the central streets, which begins at 1pm.

to enjoy a themed children’s area at the top of the Plaza de San Pedro, where several activities will have been prepared for them.

The classic “birds of prey” exhibition will be staged in the Plaza del Obispo, from 11am. Also, the Plaza de San Pedro’s central passage will be the new, Farmers’ Market location, where fresh products and a wide range of fruits and vegetables will be sold, as well as honey, wines, mojos and jams, home-made sweets and cheeses.

The handicraft area will be in the Municipal Tent, annex to

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DRUNKEN holidays in the Balearics will soon become a thing of the past, because the regional government has outlawed all tourism and commercial activities encouraging excess drinking.

Cheap accommodation, flights and packages mean the islands’ coasts are popular with groups of young friends.

They are often on one of their first holidays away from home, and the availability and inexpensive nature of alcohol creates round-the-clock drinking.

This generally happens in the spring and summer months in certain key resort towns.

Anti-social behaviour is usually rife in these areas at night during the high season, with vomiting, nudism and sexual acts in public making life unbearable for locals.

In addition, fights, noise and vandalism lower the tone of the area, giving the Balearics an unjustifiably poor image as a bargain-basement holiday destination.

The shame is that the Balearic Islands are actually a huge hit with families, culture vultures, history and nature lovers.

They have much to offer the discerning visitor at any time of year.

But, unfortunately, the drunken antics of mostlyBritish young adults have made international headlines.

Now, however, the regional government has finally decided to alter the landscape, targeting the heaviest tourist areas,

Boozy Balearics now facing the unhappy hours

which feature Magaluf, Palma beach and the West End of Ibiza’s San Antonio (Sant Antoni de Portmany).

The Ibiza authorities have passed a law, described as “pioneering in Europe”. It means that organised pub-crawls are now illegal, “happy hours” and promotions in bars, such as two-for-one and three-for-one are no longer permitted, and neither are booze cruises.

In addition, automatic alcohol dispensers are banned, and shops are prohibited from selling alcohol between 9.30pm and 8am.

Also, hotels and restaurants can give each customer a maximum of just three alcoholic drinks, with a main meal.

Numerous serious accidents and fatalities have been caused by

northern Europeans, especially young, drunken Brits, falling from balconies, sometimes accidentally, when trying to climb into a neighbouring apartment, via the terrace. Sometimes, they have forgotten their door keys and are attempting to scramble up into their rooms via the outside.

Occasionally, though, their actions are deliberate, in a crazy stunt known as “balconing”.

This involves their attempts to jump off a balcony into the swimming pool below, or leaping from terrace to terrace.

Needless to say, these dare-devils are usually fuelled by drink and bravado, with friends egging each other on. But hotels are now legally obliged to kick out any tourists known to have been

Fans plead to have contestant ditched

FOLLOWERS of Spanish TV’s Talent show Operacíon Triunfo have bombarded the web with tweets, insisting that the Canarian contestant be thrown off the competition after just one show.

They are referring to Eli, from Gran Canaria, and followers of the longstanding singing competition, OT2020, want her removed because she has already causing havoc by showing no respect for her show colleagues.

The tweeters have compiled the young woman’s inappropriate behaviour during the first week of the current contest, and have denounced the alleged bullying the Canarian is exercising on her partner, Ariadne.

“Zero education and respect to your classmates,” says the first tweet, and

this complaint has been taken up by the talent show’s director.

He has gathered all contestants and warned that if they continue to disrespect each other, the organisers will take action.

Over the years, fans have not been familiar with the sort of behaviour Eli has been displaying in the series.

“balconing”, or encouraging others to do so.

The onus is on the hotel or apartment resort to expel the offenders.

But if the management decides not to take action, the business can be fined. And those tourists who take part in these foolhardy games could be fined between €6,000 and €60,000.

Hotels, which will also be fined the same sum, can face hefty penalties if they do not warn guests that they risk being removed from the premises if they practise this behaviour.

Other stern measures state that rooms cannot be let by the hour, but only overnight, and alcohol advertising is prohibited, as well as any alcohol being on display in hotels.

Premises failing to comply could face being shut down for up to three years, with fines ranging from €60,000 to €600,000.

There is a host of other “must-nots”, and this is the first law in Europe to restrict promotion and consumption of alcohol in specific parts of towns, as well as being the first to clamp down legally on thoughtless behaviour by hotel guests.

The region’s Tourism, Work and Economy Minister, Iago Negueruela, said his team had spoken extensively with hoteliers and resort managers, bars, restaurants, and other, main, commercial players in the holiday industry.

He said the law, to apply immediately, would run for five years, initially, although existing contracts held by tour op-

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erators and hotels will be honoured, if they are in conflict with the new legislation.

Meanwhile, new laws for all-inclusive hotel and restaurant deals will be in place by the end of the year, according to Tourism Minister Iago Negueruela.

He told the Balearic parliament on Tuesday: “Zoning and specific limitations will be implemented, in places where mass consumption of alcohol and excesses are encouraged.”

The Minister also said that these limitations would affect restaurants, bars, entertainment and shops, as well as hotels in specific areas.

The PP Deputy Salomé Cabrera said those affected by the new law were being consulted in a bid to produce a text that all parties can agree to, and the bill, which includes work done by his predecessor, Bel Busquets, will be finished by the end of this year.

Cabrera said the document was earmarked for approval in the last legislature, but was delayed because of other issues, such as holiday rentals and regulation of the eco-tax, which were more pressing.

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Knife-gang robbers Swapping clothes helps terrified old ladies to keep things greener FIVE thieves, aged 18-28, have been arrested by the National Police after breaking into the home of two elderly women, one in her eighties.

They stole a top-end mobile phone, along with cash adding up to 100 euros.

A call was made to the police following the incident, just days ago. And yesterday (Thursday), officers issued a public statement, informing the public of the gang’s horrible attack.

The officers explained how the thieves broke into the home in Guamasa, La Laguna, by breaking the front-door lock, then forcing their way in All five thieves, wearing hooded clothing, were armed with knives of different shapes and sizes, which were enough to

intimidate the elderly couple.

The women were so terrified that they were shaken into telling their aggressors where their money and valuables, as well as their safe, were located.

While their home was being ransacked, the women were tied up and locked in a bedroom.

Finally, once the gang had searched the premises, they left with the mobile phone and the cash they had taken from the safe.

But the officers were able to arrest the group just days after the dreadful incident.

The police discovered that four of the five had previously been charged with similar offences, one of the group with an astonishing 72 to his name.

The recovered phone was given back to the elderly ladies, while the individuals were presented to the judicial authorities to determine sentencing.

THIS Sunday (26th January), fashion writer and internationally renowned stylist, Lupe Castro (@ mscastrorides), together with event organiser and owner of Slow and Co, Kim De Coster, will be hosting the most stylish event of the season, with “Out With the Old, In With the Green” - a New Year’s clothes swap, at Hotel Suite Villa María.

The future is all about sustainability in fashion, and swapping clothes means new looks, without the environmental impact.

So, refresh your wardrobe for 2020, at this glamorous and stylish event, while also staying sustainable and ontrend, without buying into fast-fashion fads.

The concept is simple. You bring all those beautiful pieces you don’t wear anymore, then browse the curated collections of preloved treasures that are sure to up your style stakes, this coming year.

The fabulous designer and fashionista, Luis Oliveira (@ osiul_osiodrac), will open the event, and countdown the swap entry. Whilst we are sorting out the rails for

the swap, we will be keeping you busy with a handful of unique workshops.

Concepto Yoga will present their “Your Inner Mirror” workshop, followed by Louise Burgess of “The Loft Nature’s Attic”, and Juliane Nendel’s workshop “Go Love Yourself”, that combines a bespoke aromatherapy demonstration with a personal development talk.

Participants can bring up to 15 items (preferably on hangers) to Hotel Suite Villa Maria, between 10am-1pm.

We are looking for party dresses, bags, belts, skirts, trousers (not jeans), jumpers and coats. All items must be in good condition, and any pieces from brands such

as Primark and Lefties, or those with bobbles, stains or damage, will not be accepted.

Location: Hotel Suite Villa Maria, Avenida de los Acantilados 38679, Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Clothes drop off and demonstrations: From 1010.30am 11am: Concept Yoga - Your Inner Mirror 12.30pm: The Loft Nature’s Attic and Juliane Nendel Go Love Yourself 1.30pm: Swap entry Entry for press is free, but interested parties must RSVP. Tickets cost €25.

For any more info, please contact Lupe Castro at 659 44 88 06 or Kim De Coster at 659 89 30 89.

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Police hunt travel agent after nasty holiday scam AN online travel agent is being sought by police, who have been told she duped customers out of £125,000, ruining dozens of holidays.

Hayley King, 34, is accused of taking money from victims, who were told her Around The World Travel company had booked their trips.

Holiday-makers reported turning up at hotels to discover that their rooms had already been booked and paid for.

Police have identified 56 alleged victims of fraud from across the UK, with losses of about £125,000.

King, previously of Feltham, Middlesex, flew to Fuerteventura on 24th March last year, but doesn’t seem to have returned. Her business collapsed in April and customers have been unable to contact her.

She is described as 5ft 10in, of medium build with a scar on her left arm.

Effi Gounaris, 30, who planned to go to the Maldives on a “dream honeymoon”, told the BBC she paid £5,000 to King for the trip, which was about half the price of other deals.

On the day she planned to surprise new husband Antony

Christodoulou, 31, with the booking confirmation, she was informed by British Airways that her flights had been cancelled.

Mrs Gounaris, of Loughton, Essex, who then contacted her hotel, only to find that it had not been paid, said: “I feel embarrassed. Never in a million years did I think I would be victim to a holiday scam.”

Detective Constable Ryan Maginnes, of the Met’s economic crime command, said: “We urgently want to trace King. If she is abroad you can contact the local police force.”

He added: “It is my fear that there may be other victims who are not yet aware that their holidays have not been paid for.”

Anyone with any information is asked to call police on 101, quoting CAD 2225/13JAN, or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

THE number of deaths from China’s coronavirus outbreak has nearly doubled, to 17 people in just 24 hours, and Wuhan city, where the disease is thought to have started, is shutting down outbound flights and trains.

The state-owned People’s Daily newspaper said in a tweet that no one would be allowed to leave the city of 11 million people after 10am local time yesterday (Thursday) because it had been quarantined.

It means that train stations and the airport have shut down, as authorities battle to prevent the virus from spreading. Other forms of public transport in Wuhan were also shut down, with buses and ferries also suspended.

Apart from the deaths, more than 500 cases of the disease were confirmed yesterday.

And officials in China have stressed that people should not leave the city unless there are special circumstances.

The coronavirus is believed to have stemmed from illegally-trafficked animals at a Wuhan market, which has been named as the likely source.

Deadly virus kills 17, and may have spread to the UK

Meanwhile, the Foreign Office has advised Britons against all-but-essential travel to that city. There are fears that the virus has already spread to the UK, and the Government has introduced extra screening to protect people from the deadly disease.

“Enhanced monitoring” will be put in place for all direct flights from Wuhan to Britain, said the Department of Health.

This includes offering advice to travellers if they feel unwell, and what symptoms to expect, at the worst.

All direct flights from Wuhan city to Heathrow will be subjected to enhanced

monitoring, while worldwide city airports have introduced extra checks for passengers, including temperaturescreening.

The DHSC confirmed that precautionary measures had been put in place since the virus spread to other parts of the world.

Yet hundreds of millions of Chinese people will be travelling at home and abroad for the Lunar New Year holiday.

Despite the alerts, though, medics admitted that the threat posed by the coronavirus in the UK was considered “low” at this stage.

Two people, who could be Britain’s first victims, have been taken to hospital with flu-like symptoms, as a precaution.

A Heathrow spokesman said: “The welfare of our passengers and colleagues is always our main priority, and we are working with the Government to support the implementation of enhanced monitoring measures as a precaution.”

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Swallows’ artists can put you in the picture AS the world around us fluctuates, the Swallows’ Art Exhibition remains constant, running this year from 15th29th February, at the Swedish Church on the seafront, in Los Cristianos.

Beginners and artists of all standards join together every Thursday for a friendly day of painting.

They venture out each week, painting and sketching in all art disciplines, and they have recently welcomed new members to the group.

If you feel tempted to join them, do visit our exhibition and meet some of the artists, who will give you a warm welcome, as well as encouragement to begin painting.

Come and discover the beautiful Canarian Island of Tenerife, with its diversity of volcanic landscapes, pine forests and picturesque villages, with fincas and

vineyards, harbours and seascapes.

The Exhibition has a variety of paintings, and, though they maybe be amateur, their work is of an extremely high standard, and much sought after!

The artists paint various subjects, such as beautiful floral art work, still life and portraits, as well as the dramatic landscapes of corners of the island that might, otherwise be forgotten.

Artists work in water-colours, oils and acrylics, and pastels, demonstrating their

dedication, and the sheer enjoyment of painting.

All the paintings are for sale, so take time to view our work. There is no obligation to buy, so please come along and be inspired. Who knows? You might have a chance to purchase a future masterpiece, or even paint one of your own.

Admission is FREE, and everyone is welcome.

Delicious cakes and varying hot drinks are available in the charming café, based in The Swedish Church.

Jacqueline Hankin can be reached on 922 738 143 if you want further information.

Do call, leaving you name and telephone number.

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Rex wants a new home!

DAY in, day out, we see so many abandoned dogs around the island. They either end up living on the streets, or in the one of the shelters, after being found by someone who happened to be in the right place, at the right time.

For this young boy, someone was there, and he was brought to K9 last May, when he was around 5-6 months old. We named him Rex. He was found with another dog, a young female who he seemed close to. They were both found in Los Abrigos with leads on, but, to this day, no owner has come forward. The female, who we named Bo, was adopted a few months ago, but Rex still remains at the shelter. He is about a year old now, and has grown up into a handsome, young boy. He currently shares with another male dog, and they get on fine. Sometimes, the volunteers bring him to the local dog park, where he meets other dogs.

He is OK with them.

He does have a lot of energy, but is a very sweet boy, and, once he gets to know you, he gains more confidence.

When he first arrived he was extremely nervous with all the people at K9, and the surroundings, so he was a bit stressed and was barking etc.

He didn’t want anyone to

touch him or pet him, but he wasn’t aggressive. He just backed away, so we let him come to us in his own time, for us to gain his trust.

When Bo, his female companion, was adopted, he did seem a little bit lost for a while, wondering where his friend had disappeared to, but he did have Sprite to keep him company. That being said, he deserves a second chance at a loving, forever home.

He is a very healthy young dog, but does need a bit of time to get to know you, because he is still a bit nervous with new people. If you can give him a chance and have patience with him, he will become a loving best friend, and great companion. If you cannot adopt him, please share his story to your friends and family, and let us get Rex a new home.

He is a young boy who needs a happy life, and we don’t want him spending his life at K9.

Please help us.

You can call at K9 any day, between 9.30am-1.30pm, and meet all our cats and dogs looking for their forever homes.

Come up and say hello and take Rex for a walk. You will not be disappointed.

We are on Calle Chimbesque, between Las Chafiras and Las Zocas. Get in touch by telephoning us on 667 638 468.

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Tenerife Carnival theme highlights the Flirty 50s!

THE official theme of this year’s Tenerife Carnival in Santa Cruz is The Flirty 50s, and although there is a new subject annually, many spectators wear fancy dress, regardless.

The Carnival, acknowledged as the biggest, most colourful after the Rio de Janeiro spectacle, gets underway on 28th January, but the real party begins once the Carnival Queen has been chosen.

Then, as many as 250,000 spectators, comprising residents, tourists and visitors from all over the world, will be making a bee-line for Santa Cruz throughout the colourful fiesta.

The Opening Gala takes place at the Centro Internacional de Ferias y Congresos, where most of the events will be staged, unless otherwise stated.

Programme of Carnival events January Thursday, 30th Phase 1: Murgas Infants’ contest, 7pm Friday, 31st Phase 2: Murgas Infants’ contest, 7pm February Saturday, 1st Phase 3: Murgas Infants’ contest, 7pm Sunday, 2nd Choreographic Festival, 5pm Monday, 3rd Phase 1: Murgas competition for adults, 8.30pm Tuesday, 4th

Phase 2: Murgas competition for adults, 8.30pm Wednesday, 5th Phase 3: Murgas competition for adults, 8:30 pm Friday, 7th End of adults’ Murgas competition, 8:30 pm Saturday, 8th Musical groups, 8pm Sunday, 9th Gala for Queen of Children Election, 6pm Wednesday 12th Gala for Carnival Queen Election, 5.30pm Friday, 14th The Song of Laughter, Guimera Theatre, 8.30pm

Saturday, 15th Comparison Competition, 8pm Sunday, 16th Festival of Rondallas and Costume Competition, at Tenerife Auditorium and Plaza de Candelaria, 11am and 5pm Tuesday, 18th Concert by lyric music group Los Fregolinos, at Guimera Theatre, 8.30pm Wednesday, 19th Gala for Carnival Queen Election, 9.30 pm Thursday, 20th Zarzuela Festival, Guimera Theatre, 8.30pm Friday, 21st Opening Parade, La Cabalgata, at Francisco La Roche Avenue, 9pm Saturday, 22nd Rhythm and Harmony, Avendida Francisco La Roche, 9pm Sunday, 23rd Concert by musical group Los Fregolinos/Costume competition/Day Carnival, Plaza del Príncipe, 11am Monday, 24th Carnival in Santa Cruz street Tuesday, 25th

Afilarmonica Ni Fu - Ni Fa performance, 11am, and lyric music group Los Fregolinos, noon. Both at Plaza del Príncipe. Also, Santa Cruz Carnival Parade, on Avendida Francisco La Roche and Avenida Marítima, 4pm.

Dances and performances by large orchestras, Plaza de la Candelaria, 8pm Wednesday, 26th Burial of the Sardine, at Juan Pablo II, 10pm Thursday, 27th Rondallas Festival, Guimera Theatre, 8.30pm Friday, 28th Children’s Parade, García Sanabria Park, 6pm Awards Festival at Plaza de la Candelaria, 8pm Saturday of Piñata, 29th Event: Carnival by day, Plaza del Príncipe, Plaza España and Plaza de la Candelaria, 1pm Piñata Sunday, March 1st Performance by Afilarmonica Ni fu - Ni Fa and La Zarzuela, at Plaza del Príncipe, 11am End of Carnival and Group Parade, 6.30pm Firework display, 9pm

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KittyCatz News KITTYCATZ are affiliated to the charities Sangha San Miguel Educational Farm and MADAT (Manos Amigas de los Animales de Tenerife).

They, as well as us, benefit from the money raised from our Name the Teddy games, which we started in November.

Our first game was hosted

by Jayne Fearnall at Java Bar, and all the names sold within the hour! Not only has Jayne become the new owner of Java Bar, but she also adopted a kitten from us, who we called Charlie.

He had rather a sad beginning. He was found, along with four siblings.

They were little, black, fluffy babies of just a day old. By the time one of our volunteers came to their rescue, three were already dead, with just Charlie and his sister left, barely alive.

Accion del Sol News WE would, again, like to remind you all that it is so important to ensure that your dog has been microchipped, with the correct, updated telephone number, so we can reunite you, should it get lost.

It saves a lot of time, and your dog a lot of stress.

With more than 200 dogs looking for new loving homes at our refuge, please do come and visit us, to see if maybe one dog is the one for you. Every dog has a full, clean bill of health, and is fully inoculated, microchipped, passported and neutered.

This is compulsory with all our dogs, to try to reduce the large numbers of unwanted litters, here on our island of Tenerife. There is no adoption fee, but donations are welcomed towards the

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SOS for What a lucky boy! Youssef

We are lucky enough to have some amazing vets who give us a charity discount, so Charlie and his sister were given antibiotics and a supply of special kitten milk, and taken home by one of our intensive-care experts.

Our team all have special skills, including being able to bottle feed through the night, and provide dedicated, medical expertise. During the

first night of bottle feeding, and around-the-clock care, it was apparent that these poor kittens were much sicker than first thought, and Charlie’s sister didn’t make it through the night.

It can be difficult to diagnose the problem when they are only a few days old. We just have to keep trying, and hope that, one morning, green poop has become a bit more solid, and rasps become breaths.

It was clear that the litter was abandoned, and they were left to fend for themselves by their mother, because she detected they were too sick.

Mother nature is amazing, but brutal, sometimes.

The first winner of Name the Teddy was Tricia, and the money raised gives our sick kittens the best start in life.

The special kitten milk and good-quality food comes from the vet. Supermarket brands do not help to fight off off infection.

Java Bar also ran a competition to win two hampers over Christmas and New Year, kindly donated by Paul Sharples of Combined Construction Services.

Without these acts of kindness, we would not have been able to save Charlie, now named Pascal, who is rumoured to be a little tinker.

No Christmas trees are safe, with kittens around!

If you are in Los Cristianos, be sure to visit Java Bar and see what you can win. They will be happy to collect your pesky little coins on our behalf, too. Follow our work on Facebook or www. kittycatz.net

Microchipping is vital

upkeep and running of the refuge.

Assistance required We are always looking for

people to walk the dogs in the refuge during opening hours.

Please do call the refuge on

664 321 219 or 602 463 242, between 8am-5pm, if you can help in any way. We always need tinned dog-food for our older animals, plus blankets, towels, sheets, dog toys, collars and leads. You can call into the Accion refuge on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons, from 2-5pm, and Saturdays between 1-4pm.

Find us here Accion del Sol is situated directly under the Ecological Park (exit 52) on the northbound TF-1. Head for the giant windmills, and you’ll find us in the buildings on the righthand side. E-mail the refuge at teneriffa@aktiontier.org or, for further details, visit our Facebook page: action tier Accion del Sol.

Yaaras

THE organisation SOS desaparecidos has published another alert on the official Twitter account, because it is anxious to discover the whereabouts of 31-year-old Youssef Yaaras.

He is thought to have last been seen in the Arona municipality on 18th January.

Youssef is 1,80 metres (5ft 10ins) in height, with a stocky build and dark, wavy hair and brown eyes. He also has a scar on his face.

SOS desaparecidos is asking for people with any information regarding Youssef to phone on 642 650 775 or 649 952 957, or e-mail the following: sosdesaparecidos@ sosdesaparecidos.es.

Petanque club digs deep for some worthy causes

Live Paws News

Patient Mickey has a new home!

WE have some great news!

Mickey has been adopted after five, long years. There is a lid for every pot - eventually!

Mickey is a stunning-looking animal, and he loves all people. But he’s so big and powerful, and is a breed that suffers massive prejudice.

His kennel was the first one inside the shelter, and he would meet and greet all visitors, with that big tail going like a helicopter. Over the years, he has had to watch his kennel mates come in after him, and leave for their new homes, before him. He was always left behind, nobody wanted him.

That all changed when a family started coming to the dog-walking club, taking him out, regularly. His personality

shone through, and they took him home for a trial, where he behaved like a proper gentleman. They couldn’t believe such a great dog could have been passed over for so long.

He was brought back to the shelter, last week, to sign over his paperwork. The poor boy was distressed, because he thought he was being brought back. But no, this was Mickey’s Gotcha Day! We are over the moon that he has finally got the home he has always deserved. He will never again have to watch, with sadness, others walk out of the gate to their new lives.

The moral of the story: please don’t overlook, and swiftly walk past, the larger, older, less-

pretty dogs in a shelter. There could be a diamond in there, just waiting to shine through.

Dog-walking club Join our dog-walking club on Saturday mornings from 9am1pm. 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 Paws shops Come and bag a bargain at our shops. Donations are always very much appreciated.

San Eugenio - opposite Hotel La Nina, at Las Carabelas, near Amanda’s Bar. Open weekdays 10am-4pm, Saturday 10am-2pm and now Sundays 11am-3pm.

Los Cristianos - Calle Revron, near Thistle and Dragon Bar and play-park. Open MondayFriday (10am-4pm), 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

THE Los Hermanos Petanque Club, based at Castañuelas restaurant in Los Cristianos, this week donated €250 to the Foundation Walk for Life, to help the fight against breast cancer.

Members also donated another €250 to the Association Friends of Gillian Banks, who help children in need in the South of Tenerife, especially the Dia Guaidyl de Granadilla de Abona centre, and Arona’s Centrol de Valito de El Fraile.

The cash was raised by more than 400 members, of different nationalities, but all united in their love of petanque.

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By Paul Montague Partner, blevins Franks

INHERITANCE-TAX revenue continues to soar for the UK Treasury, reaching a record high of £5.4 billion in 2018/19. Make sure you understand your position, and how you can minimise exposure for your heirs.

1. You could still be UKdomiciled Even after years of living abroad, you could still be considered UK-domiciled, bringing your worldwide estate into lability for 40% UK inheritance tax.

While it is possible to adopt a domicile of choice, overseas, by severing all ties with the UK, domicile law is extremely complex. Also, new rules mean that returning to the UK, for a relatively-short period, could reignite inheritance-tax liability. For the best outcome,

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Five things expatriates need to know about UK inheritance tax seek specialist, personalised guidance.

2. It affects UK assets, regardless of domicile Even if you are domiciled outside the UK, any British assets will attract UK inheritance tax. Note that before 5 April 2017, property owned through a corporate structure (“enveloped”) was generally exempt, but now all UK residential property is liable, however it is owned.

If you hold UK residential property in this way, explore your options, for the most taxefficient way forward.

3. A new relief was recently introduced…

Between 2009 and 2017, the only inheritance tax relief was a £325,000 nil-rate band (£650,000 for couples).

Now, the “residential nil-rate band” provides extra relief, when passing a main home (including overseas homes) to direct descendants. Currently at £150,000, the threshold increases to £175,000 in April 2020, before tracking inflation. As with the standard allowance, you can transfer any unused balance to your spouse/civil partner, making a total threshold of £1 million for a couple, by 2020/21.

4. …but it has limitations To be eligible for the allowance, the property must be recognised as your main home. As you must have lived in it at some point, this excludes most investment properties. It is only available on property passed directly to children or grandchildren, so homes owned through certain trusts, for example, may not qualify.

Estates worth over £2 million have a lower threshold, and those valued over £2.25 million are not currently eligible at all.

Note that your entire estate is counted here, including savings and investments, certain trusts, life-insurance policies, pension lump sums

from the death of a spouse/ partner, cars, furniture and personal belongings, such as jewellery.

5. Your home could tip you over the threshold Despite the new allowance, the government’s inheritance tax coffers continue to swell, in large part due to increasing property values.

As house prices have risen, so has the number of estates that fall outside the tax-free thresholds, and the amount payable. Meanwhile, the standard relief, frozen at £325,000 since 2009, and fixed until 2021, has not kept pace with inflation, in the way that the value of property or other assets has.

However, there are ways

to mitigate UK inheritance tax other than gradually transferring (or spending!) your wealth, within your lifetime.

Expatriates can explore using Spanish-compliant investment structures, for example, or acquire a domicile of choice overseas.

An adviser with specialist, cross-border expertise can help establish your domicile status, and how UK inheritance tax interacts with Spanish gift and succession tax. With good estate planning, you can structure your wealth to take advantage of all reliefs available, and ensure your legacy ends up in the right hands, without leaving your heirs an unnecessary tax bill.

Tax rates, scope and reliefs may change. Any statements concerning taxation are based upon our understanding of current taxation laws and practices, which are subject to change.

Tax information has been summarised; individuals should seek personalised advice.

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

Maria is first woman 107 people arrested for ‘stealing’ water to take Guardia reins

THE Guardia Civil is now being run by a woman, Maria Gamez, for the first time in its 175-year history.

The Malaga woman, daughter of a lighthouse keeper, adopted the role last Friday to become the first female leader since the Guardia Civil was founded by el Duque de Ahumada, in May 1844.

She is now the force’s 86th leader, after impressing Madrid in her previous role as head of the subdelegate government in Malaga.

In particular, her “strong” handling of the Julen case last year, which saw a toddler perish after becoming trapped down a well, is said to have brought her closer to the Guardia Civil. It also attracted a great deal of media attention.

Defence Minister Margarita Robles was asked to give her approval of Gamez, given that the force is military in nature,

while also performing police functions.

Having received her full backing, the Gamez leadership was made official on at a Council of Ministers meeting.

She did not want to make a public statement, but was said to be “happy” with the new position.

It is not the first time she has made history, because she also became the first woman to head a sub-delegate, Spanish Government, when Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez put her in charge of Malaga in June 2018.

GUARDIA Civil officers have arrested 107 people over a five-month period, for extracting water illegally, following 1,800 inspections, in which they discovered 1,457 illegal wells.

One of their most prominent locations was Huelva, with 77. There were also 37 in the Doñana National Park and 35 in Murcia.

The use of illegal wells has led to multiple perforations throughout Spain.

And these, in turn, constitute an “important risk” for people and for animals, once the activity has been abandoned.

In addition, nearly 2,200 infractions have occurred,

most of them classified as breaches of the water regulations, but also the regulations on urban planning and land development.

Officers from Seprona, the Guardia’s environmental

agency, have been monitoring this operation through surveillance and control of both underground and surface aquifers, which are layers of water-bearing, permeable rock.

Tiny tot is dumped on street, in a plastic bag THE mother of a baby girl, who was abandoned last Friday on an Orihuela street, is wanted urgently by Alicante’s National Police.

The tiny tot, thought to be a newborn, or just a few days old, was left in a plastic bag.

She was discovered by two pedestrians, who had heard

her crying before seeing movements inside the bag.

Emergency services were informed immediately and the baby was transferred to the Vega Baja Hospital, where she was said to be in good health.

Several more bags containing baby clothes, found next to the infant, have been examined by police and social services, in the hope of tracing her mum.

They are also checking the baby’s DNA for any known matches.

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Crime: Are We Tough Enough?

Saturday 25th January, BBC1, 18.30

The Greatest Dancer

It’s the final week of auditions of the dance talent show - plus tonight it’s Callbacks, where the Dance Captains must fight it out to complete their teams of three acts to take through to next week’s first Live Show.

Dancers of any age and dance style compete to win £50,000 and a chance to perform on Strictly Come Dancing.

At the auditions the audience still hold the power, and only they will decide if the mirror opens for the acts or not. The dancers need to impress at least 75 percent of the audience for the mirror to open.

So far three of the Dance Captains have already chosen one act each for the Live Shows, which means tonight it’s definitely Oti who will be picking an act from the day’s auditions to be in her team.

Then it’s Callbacks, where dancers who the mirror opened for return to find out if they are going to make it through to the live shows or not, as the Dance Captains fight it out to pick two more acts each to join their teams.

The superstar Dance Captains are: multi-platinumselling singer Cheryl, Broadway and Glee star Matthew Morrison, Strictly Come Dancing Champion Oti Mabuse and choreographer to the stars, Todrick Hall.

The series is hosted by singer, rapper and former Strictly Champion Alesha Dixon and Jordan Banjo, member of multi-award winning dance troupe Diversity.

Love Island star and professional dancer Curtis Pritchard is the Receptionist who welcomes all the acts backstage as they nervously await the biggest audition of their lives.

Monday 27th January, BBC1, 09.15 Chris Daw QC, one of the country’s most eminent criminal barristers, and Ayesha Nayyar, the Law Society’s Sole Practitioner of the Year, look at how Britain’s courts are handling what many believe is a law and order crisis.

Ayesha thinks the system should be prosecuting more, getting higher conviction rates and sending those found guilty to prison for longer.

Chris, on the other hand, thinks we’re already doing all that - and it’s not working. He thinks we need to be sending fewer people to jail and for less time. Instead, he believes, the legal system needs to look at solutions that can keep people out of the courts in the first place - namely regulating drugs.

Ayesha visits Lowestoft to meet Adele Bellis, who was attacked by a man at a bus stop with acid. However, after suffering months recovering in hospital, it was her experience of going through the courts that left her with psychological scars as bad as those on her face. Not only was she called a liar in court, but her attacker got out after two years and is now free to move back to the area. She doesn’t think she got anywhere near justice.

Chris visits Manchester Crown Court where he explains why both sides - including those accused of crime - need to be fairly represented in court. There he meets a former Chief Prosecutor for the North of England, who agrees with Chris that long sentences do not lead to less crime.

In the second half of the episode, Chris sends Ayesha to meet former undercover drugs cop Neil Woods, who now thinks that all drugs should be legalised. Only then, he argues, will you take the market off organised crime and reduce the violence that comes with the billion-pound market.

Ayesha sends Chris to meet former front line police officer, Norman Brennan, who agrees with her when it comes to cracking down on crime. He thinks the CPS should be renamed the Criminal Protection Service and argues that defence lawyers like Chris are “part of the problem”.

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Friday 24th January, ITV1, 20.00

The Greek Islands With Julia Bradbury

In this episode, Julia’s journey brings her to the impossibly glamorous island of Santorini in search of the perfect sunset. Her trip begins in one of Santorini’s most exclusive hotels where she discovers how one of the Aegean’s poorest islands became a playground for the rich and famous. In search of the secret Santorini away from the bustling crowds, she heads inland for a walk on the wild side, hiking through a forager’s paradise to the hilltop village of Pyrgos to watch the sun go down. After sampling a local delicacy made from fava beans that takes her back to her childhood, she heads out to sea to find out how local fishermen are joining forces with environmentalists to keep Santorini’s pristine waters plastic-free. Her journey ends with a hop across to neighbouring island Thirasia, where she encounters a sleepy island untouched by mass tourism.

Sunday 26th January, ITV1, 10.30

Living On The Veg

Henry plates up a taste of Spain with his dad’s paella. For the sweet toothed the boys bake the afternoon tea classic; victoria sponge.

Day Radley, head chef at the Vegan Chef School, treats the boys to her colourful beetroot ravioli and slaw.

Henry and Ian’s Snack Hacks focus on how to jazz up homemade houmous, and they make a Texan-style pizza - with smoky, spiced tofu and tasty bourbon sauce.

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his week’s BEST Monday 27th January, ITV1, 21.00

Cold Feet

Monday 27th January, ITV1, 20.00

The Martin Lewis Money Show

Adam reaches out to Laura but risks upsetting his family as a result.

Karen and Jenny’s weekend away is hi-jacked by their mothers.

Pete’s attempts to reunite the Three Amigos ends in disaster.

Tuesday 28th January, ITV1, 19.30

The National Television Awards 2020

As January, the toughest financial month, continues, Britain’s favourite money man is here to help.

Martin Lewis looks at what solutions there might be for cutting the mounting debts including loans v credit cards.

Monday 27th January, BBC2, 21.00

The Windermere Children

August, 1945.

A coachload of children arrive at the Calgarth Estate by Lake Windermere, England. They are child survivors of the Nazi Holocaust that has devastated Europe’s Jewish population.

Carrying only the clothes they wear and a few meagre possessions, they bear the emotional and physical scars of all they have suffered.

From Baftan o m i n a t e d screenwriter Simon Block and Bafta and Emmy-winning director Michael Samuels, The Windermere Children is the first dramatisation of a remarkable true story about hope in the aftermath of the Holocaust, based on the powerful first-person testimony of survivors who began their new lives in the UK. The drama is led by a stellar cast including Thomas Kretschmann (The Pianist), Romola Garai (The Miniaturist), Tim McInnerny (Strangers) and Iain Glen (Game Of Thrones).

Charged with looking after the children is child psychologist Oscar Friedmann (Kretschmann). Along with his team of counsellors, including art therapist Marie Paneth (Garai), philanthropist Leonard Montefiore (McInnerny) and sports coach Jock Lawrence (Glen), they have four months to help the children reclaim their lives.

By the lake, the children learn English, play football, ride bikes, express their trauma through painting - and begin to heal. Some locals taunt them, but they are embraced by others. Haunted by nightmares, they yearn for news of their loved ones. When the Red Cross arrives with letters about the fates of their families, none of them receive good news.

But in the absence of relatives, the children find family in each other.

The Windermere Children is the stark, moving and ultimately redemptive story of the bonds the children make with one another, and of how the friendships forged at Windermere sustain them as they rebuild their lives in the UK.

David Walliams is the brand new host of the National Television Awards in the event’s 25th Anniversary year as hundreds of stars and thousands of fans gather for the biggest night in British TV. Broadcast live on Tuesday 28th January from The O2 London, the NTAs celebrate television’s best-loved shows and stars in the only TV awards ceremony where the winners are chosen entirely by the British public.

The event is rammed to the rafters with TV Royalty from Graham Norton to Tess & Claudia and Ant & Dec. Nominees making their NTA debut include Derry Girls, Gentleman Jack, RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, Chernobyl, Jesy Nelson with her BBC3 record-breaking Odd One Out, The Capture, A Confession and Ricky Gervais with his hit show After Life.

Sir Tom Jones is also a first time nominee in the TV Judge Category, alongside will.i.am, RuPaul, Simon Cowell and reigning champion – and NTA host – David Walliams.

And the stars of Gavin & Stacey will be out in force as the NTAs mark the hugely successful return of the much-loved comedy to our screens at Christmas.

Full list of nominees at: www.nationaltvawards.com as the final round of voting is now open until midday on Tuesday 28th January.

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TV Guide

06:00....................... Breakfast 09:15....Rip Off Britain: Live 10:00....... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00..............Wanted Down Under 11:45.Caught Red Handed 12:15............... Bargain Hunt 13:00....... BBC News at One 13:45..........................Doctors 14:15...............Father Brown 15:00................Escape to the Country 15:45..................The Farmers’ Country Showdown 16:30....Antiques Road Trip 17:15........................Pointless 18:00..... BBC News at Six 19:00........The One Show 19:30..............A Question of Sport 20:00............. EastEnders 20:30.............The Goes Wrong Show watch 21:00. Would I Lie to You? 21:30............... King Gary 22:00.... BBC News at Ten 22:35............ The Graham Norton Show 23:25...................RuPaul’s Drag Race UK 00:30............... BBC News

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06:30....Antiques Road Trip 07:15..................The Farmers’ Country Showdown

14:50......................Four in a Bed 15:20......................Four in a Bed 15:50......................Four in a Bed

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

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

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

09:00......................... Lorraine

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

11:15 .............The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies

08:30........................ Emmerdale

09:10 ..................................Frasier

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

10:10.... Undercover Boss USA

12:15 .............The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies

09:30.............................. The Ellen DeGeneres Show

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

11:00..BBC Newsroom Live

13:55...... ITV News London

12:15.................. Politics Live

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

11:05 ..............Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

10:55......................... Superstore

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

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

11:20.............. Dress to Impress

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

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

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

15:00..........................Tenable

13:05...................... Escape to the Chateau: DIY

14:15............ A Healthy Place to Die: The Gourmet Detective

12:45........................ Emmerdale

18:00.....Richard Osman’s House of Games

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

18:30........... Great British Railway Journeys

18:00.... ITV News London

19:00................. Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

18:30....ITV Evening News

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

19:00............ Emmerdale

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

20:30............Monty Don’s American Gardens 21:30............................ QI 22:00...... Mock the Week 22:30..............Newsnight 23:00..................Weather

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

19:30....Coronation Street 20:00...The Greek Islands with Julia Bradbury 20:30..............Coronation Street 21:00..........Grantchester 22:00...... ITV News at Ten and Weather

23:05...... Front Row Late

22:30................. ITV News London

23:45........Lady Macbeth

22:45................ Cold Feet

01:10.......... International Bowls

01:30.............Ideal World

07:00........................ Animal 999 09:00 ...... Caught on Dashcam 10:00 .............Send in the Dogs 11:00 ............NCIS: Los Angeles 13:00 .................... Hawaii Five-0 14:00 .................... Hawaii Five-0 15:00 ...... Caught on Dashcam 16:00................. Modern Family 17:00.................... The Simpsons

16:20......................Four in a Bed

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

16:55.................... The Secret Life of the Zoo

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

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

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

20:30........... Modern Family 21:00 ........................ COBRA

18:55......................Car S.O.S

22:00...................... Sick of It

19:55......................Escape to the Chateau

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

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

00:00..................... Avenue 5

22:00............ The Passenger 23:10..........24 Hours in A&E

00:35........... Micky Flanagan Thinking Aloud

00:15........... 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

01:30......................Brit Cops: Frontline Crime

10:25 ......................... Superstore

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

15:59...................ITV London

20:00............Saving Lives at Sea

09:00...... You’ve Been Framed!

13:10 ..................................Access

17:15............................Flog It!

08:00................. Dog Whisperer

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

07:00 .......................Dinner Date

10:00... Victoria Derbyshire

09:55............ A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun

13:15..........Find it, Fix it, Flog it

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

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

06:00 .............Monkey Business

12:15..........Find it, Fix it, Flog it

06:30.................................. Cheers

10:00............... This Morning

13:00........Live International Bowls

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

08:00.......... MasterChef: The Professionals

8:55.............. A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun

10:55................ The Great British Bake Off

Fri 24 jan 2020

14:10 ....................... Countdown 15:00 ........... A Place in the Sun 16:00 .... A New Life in the Sun

18:30 ................... Hollyoaks 19:00 ......... Channel 4 News 20:00...... Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast 21:00............Deadwater Fell

16:00 ................................ Friends 16:30 ................................ Friends

13:50............................... The Ellen DeGeneres Show

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

14:45........Supermarket Sweep

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

15:50........................Dinner Date

18:00 .........Home and Away 18:30 .......... 5 News Tonight 19:00 .......Ice Road Truckers 20:00 ..........Secret Scotland 21:00 ..........Holidaying with Jane McDonald 22:00........ Inside the World’s Greatest Hotels

08:00 .............American Pickers 09:00 ...............Storage Hunters 09:30 ...............Storage Hunters 10:00 .............American Pickers 11:00 .............American Pickers 12:00 .................Sin City Motors 13:00 ............................. Top Gear 14:00 .............................. Cops UK: Bodycam Squad 15:00 .................Sin City Motors 16:00 ............................. Top Gear 17:00 ............................. Top Gear 18:00........................... QI XL 19:00......... Richard Osman’s House of Games 19:40 .... Would I Lie to You? 21:00 ...... Live at the Apollo 22:00 .................Taskmaster 23:00 ................................ QI 23:40 ................................ QI 00:20 .......... Mock the Week 01:00 ................................ QI

16:55............... Dress to Impress 18:00..You’ve Been Framed!

20:00....Two and a Half Men 20:30.................. Superstore 21:00..................Love Island 22:05.................. Family Guy 23:30............ American Dad! 00:25...The Cleveland Show

23:05........Naked Attraction

23:00.......Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

00:10..................... In Bruges

00:05.......................... Access

01:50.................. Superstore

22:00................ The Last Leg

01:25....Two and a Half Men

BBC1, 20.30

23:40.......Dancing on Ice

07:10............Cops UK: Bodycam Squad

13:15...... You’ve Been Framed!

The Goes Wrong Show

This week the gang turn their attentions to a period romance, a classic tale of family, duty and love across the class divide.

A beautiful set has been built to replicate a grand country home, soon to be rocked by a literal and metaphorical storm. Sadly, the literal storm involves a water effect that threatens to flood the set - though that’s the least of their worries, as a horse turns out to be more of a danger to body parts than expected, gunshot effects occur seemingly at random and a ceiling fan threatens to decapitate a table of diners.

Oh, and a cat gets stuck in a piano.

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TV Guide

19 CW

07:00............................... The Ellen DeGeneres Show

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

06:35................ Wild & Weird

06:00................Childrens’ TV

06:05...................... Mike & Molly

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

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

06:50 ...................... Top Class

07:30 ..................Scrambled!

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

10:20 ..................................Access

07:15 ......... The Dog Ate My Homework

07:35 ....................Mr Magoo

07:20...................................Frasier

10:30................................ Friends

08:10.......The Big Bang Theory

11:30 ........The Princess Diaries

07:45 .................... Blue Peter

08:30.......The Big Bang Theory

12:35 ..................................Access

11:30........Supermarket Sweep

08:15.................... Deadly 60

08:10................. The Rubbish World of Dave Spud

08:55.................... The Simpsons

12:40 ........The Princess Diaries

12:30........Supermarket Sweep

08:45 ........................Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

09:55.................... The Simpsons

13:50.................. Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly

13:35................................ Step Up

08:30 ...............Thunderbirds are Go

14:50......................... Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost

14:45................................ Step Up

09:45 ................. Baby Chimp Rescue

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

13:55......................Four in a Bed

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

14:55......................Four in a Bed

11:40.......Living on the Veg

17:30............Location, Location, Location

11:30.................. Lose Weight and Get Fit with Tom Kerridge 12:00......................BBC News 12:10 ........................Weather 12:15 ........................Match of the Day Live: The FA Cup 14:50.............................Tennis: Australian Open

10:45...........................Diary of Anne Frank

16:00....................Final Score

13:30........Live International Bowls

17:25...... The Mallorca Files 18:10............... BBC News 18:20............ BBC London News 18:30........... The Greatest Dancer 19:45.................Pointless 20:30............. First & Last 21:20................. Casualty 22:10............... BBC News 22:25..................Weather 22:30..................Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights

07:50 ....................... Mr. Bean

09:05......Craig of the Creek

17:00............................Flog It!

12:40................ Countrywise

17:30............... Equator From the Air

13:15....................... ITV News

18:30....... Earth’s Tropical Islands

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

19:30.............Dad’s Army 20:00...... Great American Railroad Journeys 21:00....................... QI XL 21:45...Untouchable: The Rise and Fall of Harvey Weinstein 23:20...... Z for Zachariah

13:30........... ITV Racing Live 16:30.....................The Chase

11:55.................... The Simpsons 12:55..................... Beat the Chef

16:00......................Four in a Bed 16:30............ A Place in the Sun

18:30.......... Channel 4 News 19:00..........The Royal House of Windsor 20:00......... Bone Detectives: Britain’s Buried Secrets

16:35...............Ocean’s Thirteen 17:35...................................Access 17:40...............Ocean’s Thirteen 18:55............5 News Update 19:00...................Digging Up Britain’s Past 20:00...........Tony Robinson’s History of Britain

10:30............... Dress to Impress

14:40...............................FYI Daily 15:45..................Nanny McPhee 16:45...............................FYI Daily 16:50..................Nanny McPhee 17:50....................... Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End 21:00..................Love Island 22:05.................. Family Guy

21:00...... How the Victorians Built Britain

22:35.................. Family Guy

22:00.............. Henry VIII and His Six Wives

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

23:05.................. Family Guy 23:55............ American Dad!

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

21:00......Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

18:00...........Catchphrase

23:05.................................X2

19:00............ The Masked Singer

01:30................ The Last Leg

01:50........The 21.Co.UK Live Casino Show

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

06:00..............Monkey Business

07:10........................The Hurting

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

07:00..............Monkey Business

07:35........................The Hurting

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

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

11:30............ A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun

09:00.................. Modern Family

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

10:00.................. Modern Family

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

20:30......The Voice UK

23:50.............. Elizabeth: The Golden Age

00:25.............. The Cleveland Show 00:55.........Ibiza Weekender

CW watch

22:00........Shopping with Keith Lemon 22:30................ ITV News

23:50........ The NFL Show

00:50.......... International Bowls

00:20...........The Sentinel

01:50...... This is BBC Two

01:00.............Ideal World

CW watch

10:55.................... The Simpsons

09:30............... Dress to Impress

22:45...........Bridesmaids

The Voice UK ITV1, 20.30

12:35............Location, Location, Location 14:40........ Come Dine with Me

12:00..................... Hawaii Five-0

It’s the fourth week of The Voice 2020 and those coveted spots on each of the coaches teams are filling up fast. Both Olly Murs and will.i.am have four acts, only leaving six spaces in each of their teams. Meghan Trainor and Sir Tom Jones each have five acts and both are looking for the final five to complete their squads.

Tonight, a bartender from Ireland serves up a killer performance but was it enough to impress the four superstar coaches? And a music-teacher takes her talent from the classroom to the stage, is her dream about to become a reality? Olly Murs also takes to the stage as he treats the audience and his fellow coaches to a spontaneous performance.

15:10........ Come Dine with Me

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

15:40........ Come Dine with Me

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

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

10:30.........................Soccer A.M.

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

10:00.................... Aussie Pickers 11:00..............American Pickers 12:00............................... Cops UK: Bodycam Squad 15:00.......................Border Force: America’s Gatekeepers 16:00.............................. Top Gear

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

17:00......... Scrapyard Supercar

17:50......................Four in a Bed

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

18:00.................... Room 101

18:25............... Four in a Bed

19:30............Modern Family

18:40.................... Room 101

18:55............... Four in a Bed

20:00.........A League of Their Own: European Road Trip

19:20.................... Room 101

21:00........................ Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

21:20.............Not Going Out

23:00....... The Making of the Irishman

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

17:20......................Four in a Bed

19:25............... Four in a Bed 20:00..... David Jason’s Great British Inventions 21:00..........Holocaust: Night Will Fall

20:00.............Not Going Out 22:00........... Mock the Week

22:20..........24 Hours in A&E

23:30.......NCIS: Los Angeles

23:20............ Have I Got a Bit More News for You

23:25..........24 Hours in A&E

00:30................... The Russell Howard Hour

00:20..............Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish

01:30...............................Jett

01:20.............Not Going Out

00:30................... Emergency Helicopter Medics

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TV Guide

Sun 26 jan 2020 CW watch

06:00....................... Breakfast 07:40....... Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights 09:00.................. The Andrew Marr Show

06:20..... Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 07:20.................... The Instant Gardener 08:05................... Countryfile

06:00................Childrens’ TV 08:10.....The Rubbish World of Dave Spud 08:30... Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny

10:00............ Sunday Politics London

09:00..................Monty Don’s American Gardens

09:05......Craig of the Creek

10:30............Spy in the Wild

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

09:30......................... Ainsley’s Caribbean Kitchen

11:30..................Britain’s Best Home Cook

10:30.......Living on the Veg

11:30............... Bargain Hunt 12:30......................BBC News 12:45........ Match of the Day Live: The FA Cup 15:05........... Songs of Praise 15:40....................... Escape to the Country 16:05......................BBC News 16:25.....BBC London News 16:30........ Match of the Day Live: The FA Cup 19:10............Doctor Who

CW 21:00..........The Trial of Christine Keeler CW 20:00..Call the Midwife

13:00.............................Tennis: Australian Open 14:30........Live International Bowls 17:15............................Flog It! 18:00.............Countryfile 19:00............. Ski Sunday

watch

20:00.................Top Gear

watch

21:00....................Win the Wilderness: Alaska

22:00............... BBC News 22:30... Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights 23:15..............A Question of Sport 23:45.................The Truth About...

00:45............... BBC News

CW watch

12:30........................ Trust Me, I’m a Doctor

11:30................. Save Money: Lose Weight 12:00........The Greek Islands with Julia Bradbury 12:30...ITV Lunchtime News 12:35................The Voice UK

17:25.......... The Queen Mother

19:25.......................... FYI Daily

19:00.......Royals in Wartime

19:30....................Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

20:00........................ Vera 22:00................ ITV News

01:40....... Question Time

08:00.............................. Top Gear 09:00............... Ultimate Movers

09:00.................. Modern Family

10:00.......Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge

16:15........ Come Dine with Me 16:50........ Come Dine with Me 17:20........ Come Dine with Me 17:50........ Come Dine with Me 18:25............The Book Thief 21:00.....................Auschwitz Untold: In Colour 22:00..........24 Hours in A&E 23:05..........24 Hours in A&E 00:05...................... Shocking Emergency Calls 01:10.....................Auschwitz Untold: In Colour

16:30.................... The Simpsons 17:30.................... The Simpsons 18:30..............The Simpsons 19:00..............The Simpsons

11:00............Cops UK: Bodycam Squad 13:00............... Ultimate Movers 14:00.................... Aussie Pickers 15:00..............American Pickers 16:00............................Room 101 18:00........................ Red Bull Soapbox Race 19:00............... Border Force: America’s Gatekeepers

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

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

20:00................ Magnum P.I.

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

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

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

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

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

23:00......................... COBRA

00:40............ Have I Got a Bit More News for You

00:00........................S.W.A.T. 01:00.......................Sick of It 01:30.......................Sick of It

14:20.........................Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

19:00........ The Great Pottery Throw Down

00:00.............Ideal World

16:00.............The Making of the Irishman

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

13:20........... You’ve Been Framed!

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

18:00.......Dancing on Ice

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

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

10:35................................. Friends

11:15............ Supermarket Sweep

18:20....................Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

23:10......................... Liar

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

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

09:45............... The Masked Singer

17:20..................5 News Update

09:55....... Ugly House to Lovely House with George Clarke

15:10......................Four in a Bed

09:00...................................Frasier

10:20.............Cruising with Jane McDonald

16:25................................ Wonder

00:30...................The Fits

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

08:30...................................Frasier

08:45.....................Dress to Impress

16:20........Alice in Wonderland

17:00...................... The Chase Celebrity Special

07:10................The Joy of Techs

14:10......................Four in a Bed

10:15...................................Access

16:15...................................Access

22:40........... The Metro: A Rail Life Story

12:00........................Magnum P.I.

07:40.......The Big Bang Theory

07:50.......................................The Ellen DeGeneres Show

14:20........... Never Been Kissed

16:30....................... ITV News

07:00..............Monkey Business

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

10:00................The Loud House

15:15........Alice in Wonderland

23:00.........The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

11:30.................... The Simpsons

09:50..........................SpongeBob Squarepants

06:50............... Everybody Loves Raymond

13:20............Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast

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

12:35........ Come Dine with Me

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

07:00.......................................The Ellen DeGeneres Show

12:55.................... The Simpsons

22:00.....Keeler, Profumo, Ward and Me

10:30.................... The Simpsons

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

15:35...............Tipping Point

08:55.................. George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces

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

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

13:00........................Sweet Home Alabama

Sister Julienne (Jenny Agutter) volunteers to put up a group of trainee doctors at Nonnatus House while they undertake the practical aspect of their obstetrics diploma.

Dr Turner (Stephen McGann) and Sister Julienne hope the exercise will remind the council how vital Nonnatus House is to the community, and help remove the threat of demolition.

The young doctors - Benedict (Sam Woolf ), Kevin (Lee Armstrong), Nigel (Callum Sharp) and Will (Micky Dartford) - are to stay in Lucille (Leonie Elliott) and Nurse Crane’s (Linda Bassett) room while all the midwives cram in with Trixie (Helen George) and Valerie (Jennifer Kirby).

There’s a lot of excitement about their arrival and the doctors don’t disappoint.

11:30........ Come Dine with Me

Christine is on tenterhooks as Stephen’s (James Norton) life hangs in the balance while his sentence is decided.

Christine’s lie about Lucky Gordon (Anthony Welsh) haunts her and she faces trial herself.

14:05....The Masked Singer

22:15..... Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad

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

The Trial Of Christine Keeler BBC1, 21.00

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

Call The Midwife BBC1, 20.00

11:00........ Come Dine with Me

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01:40................. Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

20:00.....George Clarke’s Old House, New Home

20:00..............Inside Iceland: Britain’s Budget Supermarket

21:00...................... SAS: Who Dares Wins

21:00............. The Wonderful World of Chocolate

22:00........... 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

22:00........... An Officer and a Gentleman

23:00...Stockholm Requiem

00:15........ Inside the World’s Greatest Hotels

00:00......... Now You See Me

15:30.........................Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang 16:35.............................................Shrek

21:00......................Love Island 22:05............Ibiza Weekender 23:05......................Family Guy 23:35......................Family Guy 00:05............... American Dad! 01:05 ......The Cleveland Show 01:30....Don’t Hate the Playaz

Mon 27 jan 2020

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TV Guide

21 CW

06:00....................... Breakfast 09:15............. Crime - Are We Tough Enough?

10:00....... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00..............Wanted Down Under 11:45...Caught Red Handed 12:15............... Bargain Hunt 13:00....... BBC News at One 13:45..........................Doctors 14:15...............Father Brown 15:00................Escape to the Country 15:45..................The Farmers’ Country Showdown 16:30....Antiques Road Trip 17:15........................Pointless 18:00..... BBC News at Six 19:00........The One Show 19:30...Inside Out London 20:00............. EastEnders 20:30...............Panorama 21:00....Silent Witness

CW watch

22:00.... BBC News at Ten 22:35.................Ladhood 23:00.....Live at the Apollo

23:30............ The Graham Norton Show 00:20............... BBC News

CW watch

06:00....Antiques Road Trip 06:45..................The Farmers’ Country Showdown 07:30.......... MasterChef: The Professionals 08:30..................This Week in Parliament 09:00............. BBC News at 9 10:00... Victoria Derbyshire 11:00....BBC Newsroom Live 12:15.................. Politics Live 13:00....Get Away for Winter 13:45...The Best Dishes Ever 14:15...........Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 15:15........Tennis: Australian Open 16:15......Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve 17:15............................Flog It! 18:00.....Richard Osman’s House of Games 18:30............. Great Asian Railway Journeys 19:00................Holocaust Memorial Day 20:00......... Only Connect 20:30............... University Challenge 21:00.....The Windermere Children 22:30..............Newsnight 23:15........ Wild Scotland 23:30...The Last Survivors 01:00........... The Farmers’ Country Showdown

06:00............. Good Morning Britain 09:00......................... Lorraine 10:00............... This Morning 12:30............. Loose Women 13:30...ITV Lunchtime News 13:55...... ITV News London 14:00............... Judge Rinder 15:00..........................Tenable 15:59...................ITV London 16:00...............Tipping Point 17:00.....................The Chase 18:00.... ITV News London 18:30....ITV Evening News 19:00............ Emmerdale 19:30..............Coronation Street 20:00....The Martin Lewis Money Show 20:30..............Coronation Street 21:00................ Cold Feet 22:00...... ITV News at Ten and Weather

07:00........The Ellen DeGeneres Show

06:30.................................. Cheers 07:20................. King of Queens 08:10............... Everybody Loves Raymond 09:10...................................Frasier 10:10.....Undercover Boss USA 11:05...............Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:00................Channel 4 News 12:05........................Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 13:05...................... Escape to the Chateau: DIY 14:10........................ Countdown 15:00............ A Place in the Sun 16:00..... A New Life in the Sun 17:00.................... Couples Come Dine with Me 18:00..............The Simpsons 18:30.................... Hollyoaks 19:00.......... Channel 4 News 20:00................. How to Lose Weight Well 21:00.......... 999: What’s Your Emergency?

22:00............. Bring Back the Bush: Where Did Our Pubic Hair Go? 23:00.....Meet the Drug Lords: Inside the Real Narcos 00:00.........Diamond Dealers and Cockney Geezers

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

00:05... Bad Girls Behind Bars

01:50....Two and a Half Men

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

06:00..............Monkey Business 06:30..............Monkey Business

07:10............Cops UK: Bodycam Squad

09:55............ A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun

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

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

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

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

11:00................ The Great British Bake Off

08:00.................. Dog Whisperer

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

09:00....... Caught on Dashcam

12:00..................Sin City Motors

10:00...The Force: Manchester

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

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

14:00.......................Border Force: America’s Gatekeepers

09:15............................Jeremy Vine 11:15......The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies

07:50......................... Emmerdale 08:20.............Coronation Street

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

09:20.......................... Superstore

12:15............................. GPs: Behind Closed Doors

09:45.......................... Superstore

13:10........................................ Access

11:15............... Dress to Impress

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

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

13:45............................Neighbours 14:15...............Nightmare Tenant

10:15........................Dinner Date

12:45.............Coronation Street

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

13:50............................... The Ellen DeGeneres Show

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

14:45........Supermarket Sweep

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

15:50........................Dinner Date

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

16:55............... Dress to Impress

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

18:00..You’ve Been Framed!

19:00...Gallagher Premiership Rugby Highlights

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

20:00.................... Traffic Cops 21:00....................M1: Keeping Britain Moving 22:00........Busted in Bangkok 23:05.............. Circus Kids: Our Secret World

20:30....Two and a Half Men 21:00..................Love Island 22:00....Love Island: Aftersun 23:05.................. Family Guy 00:05............ American Dad! 01:05.................Celebability

22:30.. ITV News London 22:45... Inside the Crown: Secrets of the Royals 23:45....................All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite 00:35.............Ideal World

Silent Witness BBC1, 21.00

Teenagers messing around in a stolen car collide with a concrete pillar in a multi-story car park. The joyriders escape, but within the smashed concrete, the unmistakable form of a skull is revealed.

After painstakingly extracting the skeleton encased inside, Nikki and the Lyell team must investigate a suspicious death from 20 years ago.

Meanwhile Clarissa faces a difficult decision regarding her mother’s care.

12:15..........Find it, Fix it, Flog it 14:20......................Four in a Bed 15:20......................Four in a Bed 16:20......................Four in a Bed 16:55.................... The Secret Life of the Zoo 17:55..................Love it or List it 18:55......................Car S.O.S 19:55......................Escape to the Chateau

13:00..................... Hawaii Five-0 14:00..................... Hawaii Five-0 15:00............................MacGyver 16:00.................. Modern Family 16:30.................. Modern Family 17:00.................... The Simpsons 17:30.............................Futurama

21:00.....................Auschwitz Untold: In Colour

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

22:00.............Holocaust: The Revenge Plot

20:00...................SEAL Team

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

15:00..................Sin City Motors 16:00.............................. Top Gear 17:00.............................. Top Gear 18:00............................ QI XL 19:00.......... Richard Osman’s House of Games 19:40..... Would I Lie to You? 20:20..... Would I Lie to You? 21:00....... Live at the Apollo 22:00..................Taskmaster

23:10..........24 Hours in A&E

21:00........................ Mission: Impossible II

00:15................... Emergency Helicopter Medics

23:20.........A League of Their Own: European Road Trip

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

01:15....... Auschwitz Untold: In Colour

00:20..................... Avenue 5

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

00:55...............................Jett

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

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

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TV Guide

Tues 28 jan 2020

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06:00....................... Breakfast 09:15............. Crime - Are We Tough Enough?

10:00....... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00..............Wanted Down Under 11:45...Caught Red Handed 12:15............... Bargain Hunt 13:00....... BBC News at One 13:45..........................Doctors 14:15...............Father Brown 15:00................Escape to the Country 15:45..................The Farmers’ Country Showdown 16:30....Antiques Road Trip 17:15........................Pointless 18:00..... BBC News at Six 19:00........The One Show 19:30............. EastEnders 20:00.............. Holby City 21:00....Silent Witness watch 22:00.... BBC News at Ten 22:25........Regional News and Weather 22:35.....Young, Sikh & Extremist watch 23:20........... Easy Ways to Live Well 00:20............... BBC News

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CW watch

06:30....Antiques Road Trip 07:15..................The Farmers’ Country Showdown 08:00.......... MasterChef: The Professionals 09:00............. BBC News at 9 10:00... Victoria Derbyshire 11:00..BBC Newsroom Live 12:15.................. Politics Live 13:00..Get Away for Winter 13:45.The Best Dishes Ever 14:15...........Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 15:15........Tennis: Australian Open 16:15......Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve 17:15............................Flog It! 18:00.....Richard Osman’s House of Games 18:30............. Great Asian Railway Journeys 19:00.................Top Gear 20:00.Winterwatch 2019 21:00.. Belsen: Our Story 22:00......... Better Things 22:25...........................The Archiveologists 22:30..............Newsnight 23:15........NFL This Week 00:05............Monty Don’s American Gardens

06:00............. Good Morning Britain 09:00........................ Lorraine 10:00 .............. This Morning 12:30 ............ Loose Women 13:30..............ITV Lunchtime News 13:55........................ ITV News London 14:00............... Judge Rinder 15:00..........................Tenable 15:59...................ITV London 16:00...............Tipping Point 17:00 ....................The Chase 18:00................ ITV News London 18:30............ ITV Evening News 19:00............ Emmerdale 19:30........... The National Television Awards 22:00...... ITV News at Ten and Weather

09:55............ A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun

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

11:00................ The Great British Bake Off

06:30........................Monkey Life 08:00.................. Dog Whisperer 09:00....... Caught on Dashcam

12:15..........Find it, Fix it, Flog it

10:00...The Force: Manchester

13:15..........Find it, Fix it, Flog it

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

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

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

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

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

16:20......................Four in a Bed

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

16:55.................... The Secret Life of the Zoo

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

17:55..................Love it or List it

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

18:55......................Car S.O.S 19:55......................Escape to the Chateau 21:00..... David Jason’s Great British Inventions 22:00........ The Great Pottery Throw Down

17:00.................... The Simpsons 18:00.....................Futurama 18:30..............The Simpsons 20:00.........A League of Their Own: European Road Trip 21:00.......... An Idiot Abroad 22:00.The Force: North East

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

23:00...............................Jett

00:05.......... 999: What’s Your Emergency?

00:15..................... Avenue 5

01:10..... David Jason’s Great British Inventions

01:50......................Brit Cops: Frontline Crime

00:50......................... COBRA

09:15 .......................Jeremy Vine 11:15 .............The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies

07:00............................... The Ellen DeGeneres Show 07:50......................... Emmerdale 08:20.............Coronation Street

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

08:50.............Coronation Street

12:15 .........................GPs: Behind Closed Doors

09:20.......................... Superstore

13:10 ..................................Access

10:15........................Dinner Date

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

11:15............... Dress to Impress

13:45 ....................... Neighbours 14:15.... Her Boyfriend’s Secret 16:00 ................................ Friends

09:45.......................... Superstore

12:15......................... Emmerdale 12:45.............Coronation Street

16:30 ................................ Friends

13:50............................... The Ellen DeGeneres Show

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

14:45........Supermarket Sweep

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

15:50........................Dinner Date

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

16:55............... Dress to Impress

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

18:00..You’ve Been Framed!

19:00...........Secret Scotland

20:00 ...Two and a Half Men

20:00............ Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly

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

21:00............Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 22:00.......................Bad Girls Behind Bars

22:05....................Don’t Hate the Playaz 22:50.................. Family Guy 23:20.................. Family Guy

23:05.............. Extraordinary People

23:50............ American Dad!

00:05................. Traffic Cops

01:45.........Ibiza Weekender

22:45.......................White House Farm 23:45.................. Tenable 00:35.............Ideal World

The Lyell team identify the concrete-encased remains as those of Derek Marshall, survived by his wife Sue and sister Ann. Clarissa traces payments to a cryogenics facility, leading to the discovery of another suspicious death.

Lacking any proper documentation, the coroner orders a post-mortem into the cryogenically frozen body. How did they die and why was the decision made to freeze them?

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

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

00:45...The Cleveland Show

22:35................. ITV News London

Silent Witness BBC1, 21.00

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

06:30.................................. Cheers 07:20................. King of Queens 08:10............... Everybody Loves Raymond 09:10...................................Frasier 10:10.....Undercover Boss USA 11:05...............Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:00................Channel 4 News 12:05........................Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 13:05...................... Escape to the Chateau: DIY 14:10........................ Countdown 15:00............ A Place in the Sun 16:00..... A New Life in the Sun 17:00.................... Couples Come Dine with Me 18:00..............The Simpsons 18:30.................... Hollyoaks 19:00.......... Channel 4 News 20:00........... Crazy Delicious 21:00..........24 Hours in A&E 22:00..... Losing It: Our Mental Health Emergency 23:00.......... 999: What’s Your Emergency?

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

07:10............Cops UK: Bodycam Squad 08:00..............American Pickers 09:00................Storage Hunters 10:00..............American Pickers 12:00..................Sin City Motors 13:00.............................. Top Gear 14:00............................... Cops UK: Bodycam Squad 15:00..................Sin City Motors 16:00.............................. Top Gear 17:00.............................. Top Gear 18:00............................ QI XL 19:00.......... Richard Osman’s House of Games 19:40..... Would I Lie to You? 20:20..... Would I Lie to You? 21:00....... Live at the Apollo 22:00..................Taskmaster 23:00................................. QI 23:40................................. QI 00:20........... Mock the Week 01:00................................. QI 01:35................................. QI

BBC1, 22.35

Young, Sikh And Proud Journalist Sunny Hundal (pictured) explores the legacy of his late brother Jagraj Singh, the most popular Sikh leader of modern Britain, who sparked an unprecedented revival of young people returning to the faith.

Sunny and Jagraj fell out very publicly over their opposing religious views and didn’t speak for years. In Young, Sikh And Proud, Sunny explores what led to that schism and why they each had such different approaches to the faith. Sunny also asks whether what he sees as a rise in religious activism among a minority of young Sikhs, points towards a wider story of identity and belonging.

On this journey Sunny meets people from all walks of the faith, including a young protester; one of the UK’s most senior Sikh policemen; and the leader of one of the country’s most outspoken Sikh youth organisations.

In a bid to understand why his own brother became so religious Sunny also spends time with his family, and, for the first time, visits a Sikh camp. His brother, like hundreds of other young people, went to one of these camps to learn more about the faith.

Through learning about his brother’s path to the religion, and by exploring his own identity, can Sunny understand more about what it means to be Sikh in modern Britain?

Sunny says: “My brother was an extraordinary character, who went from a west London estate to the British Army, to being a religious leader.

“I wanted to understand his journey. But in the process I learn much more than I expected.”

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06:00....................... Breakfast 09:15............. Crime - Are We Tough Enough?

10:00....... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00..............Wanted Down Under 11:45...Caught Red Handed 12:15............... Bargain Hunt 13:00....... BBC News at One 13:45..........................Doctors 14:15...............Father Brown 15:00....................... Escape to the Country 15:45..................The Farmers’ Country Showdown 16:30.........................Antiques Road Trip 17:15........................Pointless 18:00..... BBC News at Six 19:00........The One Show 20:00........... Easy Ways to Live Well 21:00.......Spy in the Wild 22:00.... BBC News at Ten 22:35....Eating with My Ex 23:10.............My Mate’s A Bad Date 23:35............. First & Last 00:20............... BBC News

CW watch

06:30....Antiques Road Trip 07:15..................The Farmers’ Country Showdown 08:00........................See Hear 08:30.................. Fake Britain 09:00............. BBC News at 9 10:00... Victoria Derbyshire 11:00..BBC Newsroom Live 11:15.................. Politics Live 13:00....Get Away for Winter 13:45...The Best Dishes Ever 14:15......Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve 15:15.............................Tennis: Australian Open 16:15..................Who Do You Think You Are? 17:15............................Flog It! 18:00.....Richard Osman’s House of Games 18:30............. Great Asian Railway Journeys 19:00............ The Andrew Neil Show 19:30..... Yorkshire Walks 20:00...Winterwatch 2019 21:00.......Good Omens watch 22:00.....Live at the Apollo 22:30..............Newsnight 23:10..................Weather 23:15.. Belsen: Our Story 00:15.................See Hear

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06:00............. Good Morning Britain 09:00......................... Lorraine 10:00............... This Morning 12:30............. Loose Women 13:30..............ITV Lunchtime News 13:55...... ITV News London 14:00............... Judge Rinder 15:00..........................Tenable 15:59...................ITV London 16:00...............Tipping Point 17:00.....................The Chase 18:00.... ITV News London 18:30....ITV Evening News 19:00............ Emmerdale 19:30..............Coronation Street 20:00..... Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad 20:30..............Coronation Street 21:00.......................White House Farm

06:30.......................................Cheers 07:20.....................King of Queens 08:10...................Everybody Loves Raymond 09:10....................................... Frasier 10:10........Undercover Boss USA 11:05..................Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:00...................Channel 4 News 12:05............Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 13:05.......................... Escape to the Chateau: DIY 14:10............................Countdown 15:00................A Place in the Sun 16:00........ A New Life in the Sun 17:00........................Couples Come Dine with Me 18:00................ The Simpsons 18:30....................... Hollyoaks 19:00.............Channel 4 News 20:00............. Kirstie and Phil’s Love it or List it 21:00.............Farage: The Man Who Made Brexit 22:30..........Auschwitz Untold: In Colour 00:00....999: On the Frontline

06:00...................... Childrens’ TV 09:15....................... Jeremy Vine 11:15 .............The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies 12:10 ..........5 News Lunchtime 12:15......................... GPs: Behind Closed Doors 13:10 ..................................Access 13:15 .............. Home and Away 13:45 ....................... Neighbours 14:15 ........... My Ex is Watching 16:00 ................................ Friends 17:00 ........................ 5 News at 5 17:30....................... Neighbours 18:00..........Home and Away 18:30........... 5 News Tonight 19:00.....DHL: Delivering the World to You 20:00..Britain’s Parking Hell 21:00.......... Red Arrows Take America 22:00................. Rich Kids Go Homeless 23:05........ The Sex Business 00:05............ Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun

07:00............................... The Ellen DeGeneres Show

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

06:00........................Monkey Life 06:30........................Monkey Life 07:00......................... Animal 999 08:00.................. Dog Whisperer 09:00....... Caught on Dashcam 10:00...The Force: Manchester 11:00.............NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00.............NCIS: Los Angeles 13:00..................... Hawaii Five-0 14:00..................... Hawaii Five-0 15:00............................MacGyver 16:00.................. Modern Family 17:00.................... The Simpsons 17:30.............................Futurama 18:00.....................Futurama 18:30..............The Simpsons 20:00.............. Hawaii Five-0 21:00...................SEAL Team 22:00..................... Avenue 5 22:30.........A League of Their Own: European Road Trip 23:30................... The Russell Howard Hour 00:30......................Brit Cops: Frontline Crime

07:10............Cops UK: Bodycam Squad

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

09:20.......................... Superstore 10:15........................Dinner Date 11:15............... Dress to Impress 12:15......................... Emmerdale 12:45...... You’ve Been Framed!

13:50............................... The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:45........Supermarket Sweep 15:50........................Dinner Date 16:55............... Dress to Impress 18:00.... You’ve Been Framed!

20:00....Two and a Half Men 20:30....Two and a Half Men 21:00..................Love Island 22:05............ Celebrity Juice 22:50.................. Family Guy 23:20.................. Family Guy 23:45............ American Dad! 00:45.................Celebability

22:00..... ITV News at Ten 22:30................. ITV News London 22:45.................... Peston 23:40.................. Tenable 00:30.............Ideal World

Good Omens BBC2, 21.00

In episode three we follow Aziraphale and Crowley’s friendship across the ages.

Meanwhile, in the present day, Agnes Nutter’s (Josie Lawrence) descendant Anathema (Adria Arjona) arrives in Tadfield on her own mission to save the world.

09:55............ A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 11:00................ The Great British Bake Off 12:15..........Find it, Fix it, Flog it 13:15..........Find it, Fix it, Flog it 14:20......................Four in a Bed 14:50......................Four in a Bed 15:20......................Four in a Bed 15:50......................Four in a Bed 16:20......................Four in a Bed 16:55.................... The Secret Life of the Zoo 17:55..................Love it or List it 18:55......................Car S.O.S 19:55......................Escape to the Chateau 21:00........ The Great Pottery Throw Down 22:00..... David Jason’s Great British Inventions 23:05.......... It Was Alright In 00:05..........24 Hours in A&E

08:00..............American Pickers 09:00................Storage Hunters 10:00..............American Pickers 12:00..................Sin City Motors 13:00.............................. Top Gear 14:00............................... Cops UK: Bodycam Squad 15:00..................Sin City Motors 16:00.............................. Top Gear 17:00.............................. Top Gear 18:00............................ QI XL 19:00.......... Richard Osman’s House of Games 19:40..... Would I Lie to You? 20:20..... Would I Lie to You? 21:00....... Live at the Apollo 22:00..................Taskmaster 23:00................................. QI 23:40................................. QI 00:20........... Mock the Week 01:00................................. QI 01:35................................. QI

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CW watch 06:00....................... Breakfast 09:15............. Crime - Are We Tough Enough?

10:00...............Homes Under the Hammer 11:00..............Wanted Down Under 11:45................... Caught Red Handed 12:15............... Bargain Hunt 13:00....... BBC News at One 13:30.....BBC London News 13:45..........................Doctors 14:15...............Father Brown 15:00....................... Escape to the Country 15:45..................The Farmers’ Country Showdown 16:30.........................Antiques Road Trip 17:15........................Pointless 18:00..... BBC News at Six 19:00........The One Show 19:30............. EastEnders 20:00...........Britain’s Best Home Cook 21:00.................. Death in Paradise 22:00.... BBC News at Ten 22:35....... Question Time 23:35............... Brexitcast

06:30....Antiques Road Trip 07:15 .................The Farmers’ Country Showdown 08:00.. Baby Chimp Rescue 09:00............. BBC News at 9 10:00... Victoria Derbyshire 11:00..BBC Newsroom Live 12:15.................. Politics Live 13:00........................Get Away for Winter 13:45.The Best Dishes Ever 14:15......Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve 15:15........Tennis: Australian Open 16:15..................Who Do You Think You Are? 17:15............................Flog It! 18:00.....Richard Osman’s House of Games 18:30............. Great Asian Railway Journeys 19:00................. Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 20:00...Winterwatch 2019 21:00.................Travels in Euroland with Ed Balls 22:00....................... Mum 22:30..............Newsnight 23:10..................Weather 23:15....................Win the Wilderness: Alaska

06:00............. Good Morning Britain 09:00......................... Lorraine 12:30............. Loose Women 13:30..............ITV Lunchtime News 13:55...... ITV News London

06:30.................................. Cheers 07:20................. King of Queens 15:00..........................Tenable 08:10............... Everybody Loves Raymond 15:59...................ITV London 09:10...................................Frasier 16:00...............Tipping Point 10:10.....Undercover Boss USA 17:00.....................The Chase 11:05...............Ramsay’s Kitchen 18:00................. ITV News Nightmares USA London 12:00................Channel 4 News 18:30............ ITV Evening 12:05........................Sun, Sea and News Selling Houses 13:05...................... Escape to the 19:00............ Emmerdale Chateau: DIY 19:30...................Tonight 14:10........................ Countdown 20:00............ Emmerdale 15:00............ A Place in the Sun 20:30.......Save Money: 16:00..... A New Life in the Sun Lose Weight watch 17:00..........Couples Come Dine with Me 21:00................ Inside the 18:00..............The Simpsons Crown: Secrets of the Royals 18:30.................... Hollyoaks 19:00.......... Channel 4 News 22:00...... ITV News at Ten and Weather 20:00.............. The Supervet 21:00........... 8 Out of 10 Cats 22:30.. ITV News London Does Countdown 22:45..........Grantchester 22:00........Naked Attraction 23:45.................. Tenable 23:05................... First Dates

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

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Save Money Lose Weight In the second episode, two fresh diets are put through their ITV1, 20.30 paces in a 28-day value for money road test – the Eat What You Like And Lose Weight For Life cookbook and Noom, an app that has been trending worldwide. The programme also looks at the latest new diet products to hit the supermarket shelves, to find out which are fleeting fancies and which are future foods worth splashing out on. Sian Williams puts a new super grain, pea milk and a vegetable sheeter to the test. Dr Ranj Singh investigates technology and gadgets that are designed to boost willpower when it comes to dieting.

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

06:00........................Monkey Life 06:30........................Monkey Life

07:10............................... Cops UK: Bodycam Squad

09:55...................... A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun

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

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

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

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

11:00................ The Great British Bake Off

08:00.................. Dog Whisperer

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

09:00....... Caught on Dashcam

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

10:00...The Force: Manchester

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

13:15....................................Find it, Fix it, Flog it

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

12:00..................Sin City Motors

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

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

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

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

14:50......................Four in a Bed

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

14:00............................... Cops UK: Bodycam Squad

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

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

15:50......................Four in a Bed

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

16:20......................Four in a Bed

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

16:55.................... The Secret Life of the Zoo

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

17:55..................Love it or List it

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

18:55......................Car S.O.S 19:55......................Escape to the Chateau 21:00............ Grand Designs 22:00.........New Amsterdam 23:00.......... 999: What’s Your Emergency?

17:30.............................Futurama 18:30..............The Simpsons 21:00.................. A League of Their Own: European Road Trip

fourth instalment of the Blind Auditions for The Voice UK on ITV. Their quest is to find the next singing star, but can the auditioning acts give the performance of their lives, secure a chair turn and a coveted place on a coach’s team?

10:00............... This Morning

CW watch

12:15....................................Find it, Fix it, Flog it

Iain Stirling’s CelebAbility Superstar coaches will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones, Meghan Trainor ITV2, 22.05 and Olly Murs return to their infamous red chairs for the

15:00.................................. Sin City Motors 16:00.............................. Top Gear 17:00.............................. Top Gear 18:00............................ QI XL 19:00.......... Richard Osman’s House of Games 19:40..... Would I Lie to You? 20:20..... Would I Lie to You? 21:00....... Live at the Apollo

22:00................... The Russell Howard Hour

22:00..................Taskmaster

23:00......................... COBRA

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

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

06:00...................... Childrens’ TV 09:10 ................. Sunny Bunnies 09:15....................... Jeremy Vine

07:00............................... The Ellen DeGeneres Show 07:50......................... Emmerdale

11:15 .............The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies

08:20.............Coronation Street

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

09:20.......................... Superstore

12:15 .........................GPs: Behind Closed Doors

09:45.......................... Superstore

13:10 ..................................Access

11:15............... Dress to Impress

13:15 .............. Home and Away 13:45 ....................... Neighbours 14:20 ......................Killer Ending 16:00 ................................ Friends

08:50.............Coronation Street

10:15........................Dinner Date 12:15......................... Emmerdale 12:45.............Coronation Street 13:15.............Coronation Street

16:30 ................................ Friends

13:50............................... The Ellen DeGeneres Show

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

14:45........Supermarket Sweep

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

15:50........................Dinner Date

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

16:55............... Dress to Impress

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

18:00..You’ve Been Framed!

19:00........... DHL: Delivering the World to You

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

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

22:05............Celebability

21:00.................All Inclusive 22:00........ All New Shocking Moments in Pop

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

CW watch

22:50.................. Family Guy 23:20.................. Family Guy

23:50............ American Dad!

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January

Canarias Folk Fest Arona

St Anthony the Abbot’s Traditional Procession in Buenavista

La Pescadora Square in Los Cristianos is playing host to a new Canarias Folk Fest Arona, featuring activities and events from 2 to 30 January.

Canarias Folk Fest Arona is a festival dedicated to Canarian customs and traditions, arts and crafts, and local food, aimed at revitalising open-air market zones by drawing locals and out-of-towners alike. As usual, there will be a Christmas Market, offering the best selection of items in southern Tenerife.

On the last Sunday of January, Buenavista del Norte is playing host to the traditional procession for St Anthony the Abbot. The event includes a Cattle Fair. Celebrations begin with Mass at the Parish Church of Nuestra Señora de Los Remedios. Then, the saint will be carried in procession to the local fairground for the blessing of about 500 livestock (goats, cows, horses, etc.). The traditional procession, along the main streets in town, will take place at noon.

26th January Buenavista del Norte www.buenavistadelnorte.es

until 30th January

January

Plaza la pescadora, los Cristianos

12th Women’s Charity Race

https://arona.travel/es-es

January

walk to see the ALMONDS IN FLOWER

The most anticipated route of the year arrives.

Walk with us to the highlands of the municipalities of El Tanque and Santiago del Teide, where at the end of January the landscape is dyed white and pink with the flowering of almond trees, that give colour to the landscape.

A simple three-hour trail and suitable for the whole family. Starting from the newly inaugurated Ecomuseum of El Tanque.

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Once again this year, Tenerife is playing host to its women’s charity race, to take place in the Old Town.

The race, whose start line will be in Plaza del Cristo, will raise funds for cancer organisations, such as the Spanish Cancer Society or the Tenerife Breast Cancer Association (AMATE).

Viva Cabaret

L’Incanto Cultural Space in Tenerife is getting filled with the jolly atmosphere of cabarets for a few evenings of passion and madness. From 12 to 26 January, L’Incanto will host an intensive workshop conducted by Idaira Santana, Viva Cabaret, revealing the secrets of this type of shows.

26th January, 11pm Plaza del cristo, La Laguna www.ceatenerife.com until 26th january, 6.30pm L’Incanto cultural space, Santa Cruz www.facebook.com/lincantocultural

until 16th February El Tanque www.adondevamoshoytenerife.com

February

Activate talent show

Does your little one have a talent worth sharing with the world? Bring them to Activate Sports Club on the 29th of February and enjoy a memorable free event! Playing an instrument, singing or even telling jokes... If they love being on stage, you can’t miss our Activate Talent Show!

There’ll be amazing prizes for the winners!

Fancy coming? Then sign up by phoning 822 070 037 or send us an email to info@ activatesportsclub.com

January

Cinderella – The Musical

Charles Perrault’s classic tale is coming on stage at the Infanta Leonor Auditorium. In this modern and fun version, Cinderella is Ella, a girl forced to deal with her cruel stepmother and halfsisters, Gabrielle and Charlotte, after her father’s death. Ella’s life takes a turn when she meets Prince Christopher Rupert at the royal ball he hosts, planning to choose his wife.

Cinderella – The Musical is a family show inviting the audience to laugh, to dance and, above all, to dream.

January

36th FIMC: Danish National Symphony Orchestra II

The Danish National Symphony Orchestra is coming to Tenerife for the International Music Festival of the Canary Islands (FIMC) for the first time.

The concert will be on 30 January, the Danish orchestra accompanying French cellist JeanGuihen Queyras in the performance of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto in B minor. The programme will also feature Carl Nielsen Maskarade and Symphony No. 4, opening and closing the concert conducted by Juanjo Mena.

31st January, 6pm

30th/31st January, 8pm

29th february

infanta leonor auditorium, Los Cristianos

Adan martin auditorium, Santa cruz

Activate sports club

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The Ultimate tribute!

Ultimate Elton and The Rocket Band are much in demand at festivals and theatres throughout the world, thanks to a high standard of musicianship and professionalism, together with the irresistible songs of Elton John.

Rapidly established as the foremost Elton John tribute act, Ultimate Elton and The Rocket Band presents an uncannily-accurate reproduction of the live shows of one of pop music’s most-successful and best-loved artists.

Sir Elton John has become one of the most-successful singer/ songwriters of the past four decades, with his music loved by all generations. With global, record sales of over 250 million, Sir Elton has produced some of the most -recognisable

and best-loved popular music ever written.

Add to this his amazing stage presence and personality, and it’s

easy to see why he remains one of the “must-see” performers touring today.

Some tribute artists look

like their idol, some sound like their idol. Paul Bacon as Elton John does both! Close your eyes and you won’t believe your ears. Open your eyes and you won’t believe them, either! You simply won’t find a closer tribute to Sir Elton John.

A lifelong Elton John fan, Paul first started singing and performing Elton’s songs whilst studying Performing Arts at University, in the early Eighties.

With an extraordinarilysimilar singing voice to Sir Elton’s, Paul is able

to draw on an amazing back catalogue of hits, to produce a truly wonderful celebration of Elton’s music. Paul’s performances often feature some of Elton’s actual clothes, bought from his “Out the Closet” sales.

Elton John’s extraordinary repertoire means that Ultimate Elton can serenade an audience over lunch or dinner, with some of the most beautiful ballads ever written, including Your Song, Candle in the Wind, Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me, Sacri-

fice, and Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word.

He can also change the pace and get people on the dance floor, with classics like Crocodile Rock, I’m Still Standing, The Bitch is Back, and Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting. Ultimate Elton’s challenge is often not what to play, but what to leave out!

“It’s an absolute joy to perform so many wonderful songs,” said Paul, “and to share in the love and appreciation that audiences have towards Sir Elton and his music.”

What people say about Ultimate Elton, aka Paul Bacon:

“Hi Paul. Just wanted to say a big thank-you for the gig on Saturday at my party. You were sensational, and everyone was just amazed and enjoyed it all so much. Do say a big thank-you to the lads for me, for doing such a good job. They really are great musicians, and you all deserve a lot of praise and good fortune. Everyone loved you all, and are still raving about it all. Best wishes to you and the band.

Love Sheila x” Sheila Farebrother (Elton’s Mum) “Blimey. He’s got it down. Band are great, too. How are his tantrums? Paul, you were “fantastic”. So good to meet you. Keep on rockin’!”

Clive Franks, Elton John’s record producer and live sound engineer, for over 35 years.

“Thank you so much for appearing at my golf classic. Knowing Elton John, I was amazed at your performance, and it really felt as though we were watching the real thing. You were so convincing, in every way. All my friends and guests were highly entertained. Your show really finished the night off for us. Congratulations, and, again, many thanks.”

Russ Abbot.

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Jay Francis, a tribute to George Michael - Europe’s number-one live show

You’ll have Faith in Jay JAY has been in the entertainment industry for over 30 years, and a George Michael fan since he was 10 years old. He has a wealth of experience, performing all over the world in hotels and holiday resorts, for Thompson, Sensatory Hotels and First Choice.

Jay was even lucky enough to perform in Ibiza, where the original video was made for Club Tropicana (Pikes Hotel), at a birthday party for a millionaire. He has also

performed on many cruise ships, and in corporate venues, throughout the UK. He actually met his idol in 1997, when he was tipped off that George was doing a secret interview in Newcastle. After gaining access to the private airfield, he waited at the point where the private jets arrived.

Jay approached, timidly, and George (lighting a cigarette) recognised him as a fan, and beckoned him over.

At the meeting, they talked about how Jay loved to sing George’s songs on stage, and George asked which of the songs worked the best, and wished him good luck.

Jay has travelled the world, watching George performing, and never had

to rehearse or study how he moved or sang.

“I have listened and

watched him all my life,” says Jay, “a super-fan, if you like!”

Pit Team offer a first-class service

And a word from our sponsors...

PIT TEAM have been established in Las Chafras for over 30 years, providing customers with all their vehicle needs, including tyres, brakes, batteries and clutches, and anything from changing a brake light, to replacing an engine.

They also offer an ITV service, picking up your vehicle, putting it through the test, and delivering it back to you, saving you all the stress and time that takes.

Pit Team specialise in tyres, offering the best prices on all, well-known brands: Bridgestone, Michelin, Pirelli, Firestone and Goodyear, to name a few. Economy brands are also stocked, so there is something for everyone’s budget. Another important part of Pit Team’s tyre service is the use of the latest 3D Hoffman tracking system, which is great for their customers, because this type of tracking system helps prolong the life of the tyres.

We aim to provide the bestpossible service to all our customers, and have instilled a code of practice for all our technicians to follow and abide by, while your car is in our care.

This means we will: *Look after your vehicle with care, and always fit a protective seat cover *Make sure your vehicle is inspected by a trained and qualified member of staff *Give an honest appraisal of the work required

*Give recommendations based on our inspections, knowledge, experience and your usage factors, with what’s best for you in mind *Let you know the price, before any work is carried out *Inform you, straight away, of any complications or delays *Ensure all work is checked by a trained and qualified staff member

*Retain all parts removed for you to see, if required We do more than just tyres.

The expansion of the business, over the years, has seen our service offering expand, to include a number of new products, to help drivers get back on the road. Today, we offer a full range of products and services for all your vehicle-maintenance needs,

and all work is fully insured and guaranteed.

Starting next Saturday (1st February), Pit Team will introduce their OFFER FOR THE YEAR. For every two tyres, purchased and fitted, customers will receive a ticket which will be entered into the monthly draw. The winning ticket will be worth €200, covering the cost, and

more, of most, common tyre sizes.

If you would like any further information about Pit Team, or any of the services they offer, call them on 922 735 267, WhatsApp 607 562 882, or visit their website www. pitteam.es.

Pit Team are open Monday to Friday 8am-6pm, and Saturdays 8am-1pm.

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Homes & Away, the Tenerife property people

So what is Homes & Away anyway? ...don’t worry, we’ll keep it brief!

WE are a well-established, independent property agency, with over 30 years’ experience in the UK and Tenerife property markets.

Based in the South of Tenerife, in Golf del Sur, we are a local company, with our own roots in the local community.

We specialise in golf properties, predominantly in Golf del Sur, Amarilla Golf and Costa Adeje, and have an extensive portfolio. It includes all types of residential and holiday properties, from the smallest studio apartment, through to the largest of villas and bungalows.

We also have a number of properties in the surrounding areas, including rural locations. Why not pop in for coffee and a chat? We’d love to meet you.

We are here to help you Buying a Tenerife property can be a daunting task.

We don’t have pushy, commissionhungry sales

people, and ours is a morefriendly approach. We treat you as an individual person, and show you properties that fit your requirements, not properties we’d like to sell.

To do this, we begin by listening! At Homes & Away, we will assist you with every step of the process, in the search to find your ideal

property. We will guide you throughout, from making an offer, right through to moving in, decoration and furnishings, and getting your water and electricity turned on.

We can even arrange property-inspection visits for three, four or seven nights, as required, at special rates.

Time to meet the team

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 experience with their mobile network in Spain.

The Lobster brand was created to establish an emotional bond with British values and service.

The DNA of the company is “English, easy and effortless”.

The Lobster offering is based on simplicity, and understanding that customers enjoy a service and experience “like at home”.

This, together with a service completely in English, and tariff plans tailor-made for expatriates, has provided a winning formula that has appealed to over 10,000

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-to-heavy 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 your first month completely free, with no commitments, to try the service and see if you like it. You can keep your existing Spanish number if you already have one, or they can give you a brand new one.

Signing up for the service can be done through any one of over 600 retail stores.

Customers can easily find their closest store, by using the store finder on the Lobster website lobster.es.

If customers prefer, they can also sign up online, or by calling the customer-contact centre, free of charge, on 1661. Give them a go!

They have some great customer testimonials on their Facebook page. For example, Caroline Smith recommends Lobster, saying: “I changed over, recently. I get great coverage, the app is easy to use, and the call-centre staff are all very helpful.” Keith Beardsmore says: “Good service, good price, and well worth having!”

(they’re mostly human!)

Tanya is the boss lady, and she’s been in the business hundreds of years! Before residing in Tenerife, she lived high in the hills of Tibet, where she was a very-successful alpaca farmer.

Unfortunately, she was so successful, the alpacas formed their own society,

held elections, and voted to deport Tanya to the island of Tenerife.

On arrival, T a n y a discovered it wasn’t suitable here for animal breeding, because of the terrain, so she settled on real-estate marketing, instead. She’s doing OK now, but misses the alpacas terribly, even after all this time.

Denise is an Edinburgh lassie, now living the dream in Tenerife.

Having previously worked for NASA, now she enjoys mingling with the stars. She likes to name-drop, and has the Shakira triplets on her friends list. (You know....

Shakira, Shakira, Shakira... like the song.)

Unfortunately, she doesn’t often hang out with them, because she finds it difficult to tell them apart, which makes any conversations a tad awkward.

Elsa is our French belle.

Another smart cookie, she speaks at least 27 languages.

We’re positive that clients call the office just to hear her accent. She previously worked with James Bond.

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FRESHLY-SQUEEZED fruit juice does not lose vitamin content, even if it isn’t drunk immediately, says one of Spain’s leading consumer organisations, the OCU. In a review of orange juice, across the country’s major supermarkets, the organisation tested the Vitamin C content in each; the moment it was extracted, a few hours later, then again at intervals of 24, 48 and 72 hours.

After this time, it is generally not suitable for drinking anyway, but the OCU says the levels of Vitamin C remained the same at every test.

More and more Spanish supermarkets are offering a “squeezeyour-own” service, where locally and nationally-produced fresh oranges are piled into a giant machine. Customers take an empty bottle, normally available in different sizes, and pump the juice into it, themselves.

It is an ideal option for those who do not have juicers at home, and is more popular than the varieties sold by the carton. In fact, an increasing number of Spanish residents are tending to drink fresh juice, rather than prepackaged.

Some concerns have been raised among the public about the amount of additional, single-use plastic, this relatively-new system generates.

As yet, no supermarket has a “return” service for empty bottles, and re-using these, after rinsing them out, is strongly discouraged by stores, even though it is technically possible, because the barcode reading applies to the product, not to individual bottles.

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Squeezing your own is the best way to go re-use bottles for other purposes where they can, and, afterwards, deposit them in the “yellow bin”, where plastic, cartons, tins and cans are collected for recycling.

The OCU studied 24 samples in three different branches of each of the eight supermarkets it reviewed; Mercadona, Carrefour, Alcampo, Hípercor, Lidl, Aldi, Día and Ahorramás.

Its first study addressed what turned out to be unfounded concerns among some consumers, whether the “squeeze-your-own” machines were hygienic. The organisation says the hygiene quality of juices depends upon how often the machines are cleaned, but stressed it did not find any risk in any of the juices or squeezers, and considers the product to be very safe.

Although the OCU recommends freshlysqueezed juices are consumed within 24 hours, and kept in the fridge during this time, it all depends upon how clean the machines are.

When the juice is pressed from a supermarket machine in store, it is perfectly safe to drink within 48 hours, even though anecdotal evidence points to its being fresh enough to do so, for longer.

All supermarkets reviewed cleaned their machines thoroughly, at least once a day, normally just before closing time. In fact, those who want to add

a bottle of hand-pressed juice to their shopping basket, should normally aim to get there at least an hour before their local branch shuts, to be sure the machine is still in use.

The OCU reviewed pric-

es, but did not find any difference in quality between stores. In fact, the oranges used are practically all grown in the Comunidad Valenciana in the east of Spain, one of Europe’s largest orange-producing are-

as, and one which supplies most of the supermarkets in the UK. The cheapest half-litre bottle is from Alcampo, at €1.75, followed by Carrefour, Día, and Lidl, at €1.79. Mercadona, Aldi, Ahorramás and Hípercor were the most expensive for a half-litre bottle, at €2.25.

But it works out cheaper to buy a litre. These range from €2.89 to €2.99, lower in price during peak orange season, from about November to February, and

higher in price, when they are more scarce.

Although considerably more expensive than a litre carton of orange juice from concentrate, the in-store “squeezeyour-own” option is still good value for money.

The machines filter out the “bits”, meaning that, for every 100ml of juice, a whole large orange is used, and buying the fruit to squeeze at home works out about the same price per orange, as hand-pressing them in a supermarket.

Angela and Tim would like to welcome you to The Swan in Los Cristianos.

Fresh food served 7 days a week, with all your favourites; fish and chips, Sunday lunch, braised steak, plus daily specials, all with good-quality produce.

Fancy something different?

Book for ‘A night on the roof’ 5 course set menu cooked in front of you.

Go to our Facebook page for information

Or just pop in for a drink, with live entertainment every night, 9pm - midnight, quiz night on Sunday evenings and sport shown all weekend.

Great entertainment, even greater value!

In front of Margarita Apartments, Los Cristianos

Open: 10am - Late. Food until 8pm

Call: 922 795 865

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Syrup is sweet taste of danger HIGH fructose corn syrup is a manmade product that is produced by using enzymes, to extract sugar from stocks of corn.

This sweetener should be avoided, as it has been linked to a variety of maladies including obesity, cardiovascular disease, bloodsugar imbalances, diabetes, fatty liver, liver failure, leaky gut syndrome, decaying teeth, hypertension, immune suppression, dementia and cancer.

Big Food loves high fructose

corn syrup because it is both cheaper and sweeter than cane sugar. Highly-refined cane sugar is bad enough, but high fructose corn syrup delivers a fix that rapidly enters the blood stream, causing blood-sugar spikes and the quick release of insulin. This, in turn, causes an increase in appetite, and a trend toward weight gain and obesity, over time.

The easiest way to avoid this syrup is to stop drinking sodas and sugary drinks. This does not mean drinking diet/sugarfree sodas, because they contain aspartame, or other toxic artificial sweeteners.

Normally it is best not “drink your calories”, but, as an

occasional treat, there are drinks out there that don’t contain high fructose corn syrup or artificial sweeteners.

As consumers have become more educated to the dangers of high fructose corn syrup, some in the food

industry have resorted to changing the name that appears on the food label. If you see fructose or HFCS-90, move on to the next product, as these both indicate high fructose corn syrup.

The fact that they are, in

effect, hiding this ingredient, tells you everything you need to know. Other foods that contain high fructose corn syrup include sweets, frozen deserts, candied fruits, breads, crackers, granola bars, yogurt, cereal and ice cream, and condiments and sauces (i.e. ketchup and barbecue sauce).

Other surprising foods that may contain this sweetener are peanut butter, deli meat, oatmeal, apple sauce, miracle whip, canned soups, canned tomatoes and even cottage cheese.

This underscores the importance of reading food labels - know what goes in your body!

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Keep your address up to date

By Emma

from Motorworld

MOST people will be completely unaware that if they do not keep the authorities up to date with their details, and this includes Tráfico, they will be unlikely to receive any fine (multa/notificación) notifications.

The correspondence may be from the social office, Hacienda or Tráfico. For example, it could be a speeding or parking fine, either caught by a speed camera (of which many are unaware they are there), or a fine for parking where it is prohibited, perhaps outside

a Vado sign, or in a Carga/ Descarga area, not during the permitted hours.

Often, someone only becomes aware of this when an embargo is put on their bank account. At this stage, it is often hard to challenge the fine.

To avoid this, and any potential traffic and carrelated fines, it is imperative that you inform Tráfico of any changes of address. During this period of exchanging licences, because of Brexit, most people have a Residencia with an address that is, more often than not, out of date, Perhaps they have moved three or four times since the original address on the Residencia! The Tráfico system works in a peculiar way, in so much as the address that they hold on record for your driver’s licence, is the one that supersedes any for a car registered to you, perhaps sometime after.

So, when you move you should make a list of all people to be notified of your new address, and this should

include Seguridad Social, Hacienda and Tráfico. Some departments allow this to be done online, with a digital certificate, but obtaining that can sometimes be fraught with problems, too!

So, in this period of uncertainty, regarding Brexit,

please take a moment to think and check. When was the last time you updated your address? The answer to that one, for most people, is probably never!

It is a little more difficult to check, because the car’s Permiso de Circulacion and

your Spanish Driver’s licence do not display the address used at the time of obtaining them. This is largely because of Data protection Laws.

Motorworld can help, if you need to update your address on your driver’s licence or car documents.

The magnificent seven!

By Val Sainsbury FOOD is for important for maintaining your daily health. The vitamins and minerals found in food are crucial for the proper functioning of your body, and every system it contains.

It has been proven, time and again, that the type of food you consume has a direct impact on your total body health.

Adding the right fuel to other healthy lifestyle choices, such as regular exercise and plenty of water, will increase your chances of living longer

and stronger years.

Your food as medicine New studies, focused on the benefits of using food as medicine, have made fascinating discoveries, in the last decade. The results from prestigious labs all over the world show us that not only can you improve your general health to prevent disease, you can actively fight disease with food.

There are specific cancer-fighting foods that you can start adding to your diet today.There are natural foods available, that target and destroy cancer cells, and cancer-causing cells.

Top seven cancerfighting foods *Raw Garlic *Cruciferous Vegetables *Green Tea *Berries *Leafy Greens *Cooked Tomatoes *Carrots Raw Garlic

Along with the other relatives in the allium family, such as onions, leeks, and shallots, garlic contains powerful antioxidants like allicin, proven to remove free radicals from your body. It also boosts immunity, is nutrient-dense, lowers blood pressure and cholesterol levels, improves brain function, and is a natural detoxifier. Chop or crush garlic, allow to rest, then use it raw or in your favourite recipes.

Broccoli Known as a cruciferous vegetable, related to kale, cauliflower, and cabbage, broccoli is high in phytochemicals and the antioxidants glucoraphanin and indole-3-carbinol, which have been proven to reduce the risk of cervical, breast, gastric and prostate cancers.

Naturally anti-inflammatory, good for your bones

and heart, and nutrient dense (without the calories), broccoli is a great addition to a healthy eating plan. Since phytochemicals are heat-sensitive enzymes, the benefits of broccoli are best raw or blanched.

Green Tea The catechins found in green tea have made it a superstar in the cancerfighting food research.

They are believed to be more powerful than Vitamin C, in fighting freeradical damage.

This delicious beverage has been shown to shrink existing tumours, and inhibit the growth of cancer cells. Many experts suggest green tea daily, as a natural cancer preventative. As an added benefit, it also reduces your risk of heart disease, and lowers your blood pressure.

Strawberries Researchers found that strawberries slow down the growth of cancer cells, protect your body from heart disease, lower inflammation, prevent memory loss, and help you burn your body’s fat stores. Strawberries and other dark-coloured berries, such as black raspberries, blueberries and goji berries, are

packed with flavour.

Spinach Though this leafy green is low in calories, it offers incredible health benefits, with vitamins, minerals, and omega-3 fatty acids that your body needs to stay strong.

It contains bio-chemicals called flavonoids that soak up damaging free radicals, and flushes them out. Particularly rich in folate and fibre, two elements that doctors believe are essential to cancer prevention, make spinach one of our favourite cancer-fighting foods.

Tomatoes Lycopene is the antioxidant that causes the red colour of tomatoes, and prevents the formation of certain cancers. Tomatoes also lower your risk of heart disease, and are naturally anti-inflammatory. Lycopene is released when tomatoes are cooked.

Carrots This well-loved vegetable is a wonderful source of beta-carotene, an antioxidant that aids in preventing cell damage, and may slow the growth of cancer cells. They’re good for your vision and skin, and are a natural detoxifier, as well.

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TELEMARKETERS WANTED FOR BUSY NEW CALL CENTRE IN LAS AMERICAS Due to success we are now expanding and opening a new office next door to our current office based in the Zentral Center. This office will specialise in fly bys and we are looking for highly motivated individuals to join our current telemarketing team!

The ideal candidate will have plenty of experience within the timeshare industry, specifically fly bys, and committed to full time hours and a positive working attitude!

In return we offer great databases, 40 hour working contract with monthly nomina of 1250€ per month. A lucrative commission structure paid weekly every Friday on every tour and deal provided.

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity.

Send CV’s to either reece@rockymarketingsl.com or jane.tslegals@gmail.com Alternatively you can call 660 549 635 and arrange an interview. No time wasters please.

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All your foot care needs solved in the comfort of your own home/hotel. Tel 625 799 570 Wendy Nelson - Hairdresser and Mobile chiropodist MCFHP-BSC, 25 yrs working for the NHS caring for all foot problems , Home visits and Hotels. Call 634 301 727 or email wendyn476@gmail.com Elaine Watson-Jones MSSCh MBChA. Experienced qualified Chiropodist based in Tenerife over 20yrs, offers home/ hotel visits in most areas of the South. Tel: 608 029 790.

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Contract from day one, nomina 1250€ a month, 100€ a tour a further 50€ on completion.

Commissions structure paid weekly. Current staff in Malaga office and Tenerife are earning between 2/3000€ a month.

Please send CV’s to: enquiry@timesharelegals.co.uk

Elite Cleaning Services is an established cleaning company who can provide a professional cleaning service for apartments. Call us today on 922 789 795 or 696 922 597.

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CD Tenerife TENERIFE coach Rubén Baraja continued to surprise people with his selection, ahead of last Sunday’s visit of Girona to the Heliodoro.

He stuck with Dani Hernández in goal, even though Ortolá has recovered from his hand injury, and opted for Nahuel over Elliot, and Carlos Ruiz in the centre of defence, leaving out Moore.

One thing to keep in mind is that three of the four most expensive players in the squad didn’t make the starting X1; Naranjo, Malbasic and Mauro Dos Santos, as well as the injured Borja Lasso.

Tenerife, under Baraja, have started quickly in recent games, and this was no exception.

In the sixth minute, an alert Nahuel intercepted a Girona pass in the middle of the field, and went on a brilliant solo run into the opposition’s area.

After beating two players, his left-foot shot, from 20 yards across goal, gave keeper Riesgo no chance.

This was the perfect start for CDT, who found themselves ahead after a moment of brilliance from the 23-year-old midfielder.

Girona didn’t have their first real chance until the 19th minute, when former Middlesbrough forward Stuani broke

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Tenerife win keeps them out of danger CD Tenerife 1 Girona 0

towards Dani’s goal. He would have certainly equalised had Alberto not dispossessed him, miraculously, to save his side.

Five minutes later, Tenerife were forced to make a change when Nahuel suffered a muscle injury, Baraja bringing on Elliot.

Girona’s next chance

came from nothing, after a foul just inside Tenerife’s half.

The Catalans floated an excellent 35-yard free-kick into the box, which was heading dangerously towards Dani’s goal.

But Diamanka couldn’t connect properly at the far post, and Tenerife were still leading after half-an-hour. But neither side threatened during the remainder of the 45 minutes.

The second half started with another change to the blue-and-white ranks, as Jorge made way for Undabarrena, which forced a slight formation shuffle. But Girona came out a

different team, taking the game to Tenerife and forcing them on the back foot.

Marti’s men had several dangerous attacks, but they just couldn’t find that killer ball. Yet Tenerife found themselves facing a superior Girona side, and a referee who seemed inclined, always, to whistle in favour of the Catalan team.

Borja Garcia had a freekick from 20 yards out, which Dani tipped over the bar, and Diamanka had a chance in front of goal that was well saved.

Soriano then went just wide with a vicious, left-foot volley, as they

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bombarded Tenerife, who remained resilient and defended well.

In fact, the home side created their own chance in the 77th minute, when Suso was played through on the right. But the Tenerife captain had a lack of options and his shot hit the side-netting.

For the last 10 minutes, Tenerife continued to frustrate Girona, trying desperately not to fall at the last hurdle with any silly mistakes, which they had done in the past.

On this occasion they managed it, to give

Baraja his third victory of 2020 and three more valuable points, which left them 17th in the league and out of the relegation zone.

The most impressive feature of their performance was the desire and togetherness of the players. Their individual ability has never been doubted, but Baraja now has them playing as a team.

They will certainly need all this for their next league game, on Sunday, away to bitter Las Palmas rivals.

It’s derby day. Vamos tete!

Scottish brothers have cracked world records

A TRIO of brothers from Scotland have smashed three world records, after rowing 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean in 35 days.

Ewan, 27, Jamie, 26, and 21-year-old Lachlan MacLean, known as BROAR, a combination of brother and oar, set off from La Gomera on 12th December, completing their 3,000mile mission to Antigua in the Caribbean last Thursday.

They completed their arduous journey in 35 days, nine hours and nine minutes, smashing several world records.

The trio are the first three brothers to row any ocean, the fastest trio to row across the Atlantic, and the youngest trio to row across the Atlantic, which has been confirmed on Facebook by Atlantic Campaigns, adding that the siblings crossed the finishing line playing the bagpipes.

Previously, the record for a trio rowing the Atlantic Ocean was 41 days, reports the Press Association.

The Talisker Whisky Challenge, branded “the world’s toughest rowing race”, is an annual ocean event, which sees as many as 30 teams cross the Atlantic.

The siblings, from Edinburgh, are raising money for national children’s charity Children 1st, and Feedback Madagascar, a development organisation, which focuses on health, sanitation and agriculture.

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Luc and Daddy so Cool IT’S Week 21, and the relentless Pas O Nadas A march on, with 180s for Luc and Daddy Cool, both in the same leg of doubles.

Quite why it took them another nine darts to win the leg is anyone’s guess. But, at 5-0 from the singles, I don’t suppose they were under much pressure to rush it, and 15 darts for a game of doubles is hardly sloppy.

Anyway, they were generous enough to let Scooters&Chevys A have the trebles’ game, so it finished 7-1.

Ourplace Playboys found themselves in a similar position at 5-0 down to Gaffers#Teamhollywood.

They then took the first doubles game, but that’s as far as the fightback went, though, and they also lost 7-1.

The Pub v Mad Hatters was bound to be a closer game, so I’ll let John Mcwhirter tell you what happened: “The Pub 4 The Madhatter 4.

What an absolutely belting night with Grizzly and crew; good darts, good company and great banter.

“The Pub won the singles 3-2, the doubles finished 1-1, and the trebles went to the Hatter.

Harvey, of the Hatter, had a 180, and Ally from The Pub had an excellent 161 check-out. Thanks to all for a brilliant night.”

Pas O Nadas Int didn’t want to be outdone by their stablemates,

and they took the first four singles without losing a leg, against The Loch Inn Bullseyes.

But Tommy was having none of it, and he took the last singles game.

A draw was now possible, but the resistance was over, and another 7-1 followed.

Suters 20;30 Crew v Sandys Bookie Boys, we have a quote from Edward, I think it’s his first, so only fair to use it: “Suters 6-2 Bookie Boys. Trebles to Suters. Taylor (fat boy) 125 out. Great to catch up with some old friends.

Oh, and Jamie wants a mention of his 41 check-out. “Chucked the 1st dart out the board, to then go 1 double top.”

Of course, what we don’t know, is whether that first dart was deliberate.

Sandys Bandits v Waterfall rounds up Division 1, and although there were some close games, the home team ran out 6-2 winners.

division 1 ResultS

In Division 2, we start with The Club House v Sundowners. The sun went down on Sundowners I’m afraid, and it doesn’t get much tougher. They lost all 15 legs, and, of course., the match 8-0.

Marilyns v Naughty Nautas was a much closer affair, and a “fantastic evening”, by all accounts, so they were probably both quite happy with the 4-4 scoreline.

Clouseau’s were at home to the Palms Sports Bar, and, apparently it was a “great night”. And, no doubt, again, both teams were happy with the 4-4 draw.

Pas O Nadas were away to Ourplace Breakaways, and they couldn’t make it 3 out of 3 for the El Ritual teams, could they?

In a word, Yes! The win wasn’t as emphatic as their stablemates, because they needed the trebles to seal a 5-3 win.

Pink Elephant did what they do. I don’t have any details other than: “Pink Elephant won some games, and the visiting Emerald lounge didn’t, so another 8-0!

Scooters&Chevys B were set to play Club Activo, but, unfortunately, they didn’t update their captain’s book, and it seems that nobody on their team realised they had to play. So, because Club Activo turned up, and the home team didn’t, an 8-0 result was awarded.

It was such a shame. Activo were late entries to the league, which is why their fixtures are not listed.

But every team in the division had already played them at least once, without a hitch … including Scooters!

division 2 ResultS

Pas O Nadas ‘A’

7-1 Scooters & Chevys ‘A’

The Club House

8-0

Ourplace Playboys

1-7 Gaffers # Team HollywooD

Marilyns

4-4 Naughty NautaS

Emerald ‘B’

P-P

LegendS

Clouseaus

4-4

The Pub

4-4

Mad HatterS

Picasso’s @ Palms

P-P Ourplace PlaygirlS

Pas O Nadas Int.

7-1 The Loch-In BullseyeS

Ourplace BreakawayS 3-5

Suters 20:30 CreW

6-2 Sandys Bookie BoyS

Scooters & Chevys ‘B’

0-8

Club ActivO

Sandys BanditS

6-2

Pink Elephant

8-0

Emerald LoungE

WaterfalL

SundownerS Palms Sports BaR Pas O NadaS

division 2 Table

division 1 Table P W D L F A +- PTS

Table

P W D L F A +- PTS

18 17

1 Club Activo

21 18

2

1 127 41

2 Gaffers # Team Hollywood 19 15 1 3 118 34 84 118

2 Pink Elephant

19 17

1

1 127 25 102 127

3 Suters 20:30 Crew 19 14

Table 1 Pas O Nadas ‘A’

1

0 121 23

98

121

86

127

3 The Club House

20 15

2

3 115 45

70

115

4 The Pub

19 13 4 2 2 48 56 104

4 Emerald Lounge

20 13

3

4 99

61

38

99

5 Pas O Nadas Int.

20 12

102

5 Palms Sports Bar 19 13

2

4 98

54

44

98

6 Sandys Bookie Boys 20 10 4 6 91 69 22 91

6 Scooters & Chevys ‘B’ 20 9

5 6 83 77 6

83

7 Ourplace Playboys 19 8 3 8 79 73 6 79

7 Pas O Nadas

1 10 75

85 -10

75

8 Mad Hatters

62

8 Ourplace Breakaways 19 9 1 9 75 77 -2

75

9 Picasso’s @ Palms 19

70

19

4

3 3

2 109 43 5 102 58

5 10 62

66 44

90 -28

109

20

9 8

9 Emerald ‘B’

19

5

1

13 47 105 -58

47

10 Waterfall

19

4

1 14 45 107 -62

45

10 Ourplace Playgirls 20 7

40

11 Sundowners

2

9 70

82 -12

0 13 60 100 -40

60

21

2

5 14 57 111 -54

57

12 Naughty Nautas 21

3

3 15 53 115 -62

53

13 Scooters & Chevys ‘A’ 19 1 2 16 29 123 -94 29

13 Marilyns

20

1

2 17 41 119 -78

41

14 Legends

14 Clouseau’s

21

0

3 18 40 128 -88

40

11 Sandys Bandits

17

2

2 13 40

96 -56

12 The Loch-In Bullseyes 19 2 2 15 37 115 -78 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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When rugby attracts tears, and its huge family again!

THE “rugby family” comes together again, and people around the world, who are involved in rugby in some capacity, class themselves as part of this family!

It is extremely unique, and here in Tenerife last Saturday, it demonstrated just why.

Firstly, Nandu’s senior coach, Trish, saw her side play CRULL in a hard-fought encounter in Adeje. This was her last game before a short sabbatical, because she is returning to the UK for medical treatment.

Both sides showed their appreciation and respect, as they walked her through their respective tunnels at the half-time break.

Watching 18-stone men cry was evidence of the admiration that Nandu and the rugby community here has for this little lady.

To follow this, after the final whistle, both teams suddenly continued playing, but went in to “slowmotion” for a game of “less-contact” rugby.

This was to support the CRULL players, who have difficulties playing the full contact version. The ball arrived smartly, out on the wing after a few minutes, to their young man, who skipped a few tackles and accelerated to the try line, with Nandu players diving at his feet!

He was mobbed by his team-mates after scoring his try, and he was also applauded by Nandu players and the watching crowd.

It was a beautiful, touching moment, and something that he and many of us will cherish for a long time.

Both of the above show the respect and togetherness that rugby instils. Everyone had forgotten about the game’s score …rugby was the winner!

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