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Issue 839 7th February - 13th February 2014

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BBC are the first of the terrestrial channels to go following satellite switch

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GOODBYE BBC THERE was TV chaos in Tenerife yesterday (Thursday) as thousands of residents discovered they had lost their BBC service.

The outdated Astra 2A satellite service (pictured) was switched to the Astra 2E, a new satellite service which transmits two beams.

The first is the UK Spot beam (pictured).

This service covers the UK and is designed to give a powerful signal to the target audience.

The free-to-air terrestrial channels have been moved to this service, including all the BBC channels. It is understood that the ITV channels along with the Channel 4 and Channel 5 service will also be switched to this beam in the next few days.

The second service, called the Pan European beam (pictured), has a much broader coverage range and brings some joy to us here in Tenerife.

While this service will not carry the free-to-air channels, it will broadcast a host of popular stations and new channels.

These include all the movie channels, National Geographic, Comedy Central, Sky News, Sky Sports F1 and Sky Sports 1, 2 and 3. All these channels will be available on a standard dish in standard definition.

As we go to press, the full picture on what will and will not be available is still a little cloudy.

Our source told us that

it will take a few days, or even a couple of weeks, before everything is sorted out.

What is clear is that the BBC channels will not be available to most current satellite viewers.

But there is still hope.

Some three-metre dishes have been able to pick up the BBC although, from reports we have received, this has been something of a lottery.

It seems that it all comes down to the quality of the dish. One expert told us: “Some dishes will work and pick up BBC; some will not. In short, it will come down to the quality of the dish. The better the fabrication, the better the chance of getting it.

“Also, older dishes will not work for this. For example, the ‘Channel Master’ Dish’.

“But there are some dishes which seem to be getting the job done, notably the Polish manufactured dishes.”

For many the news is grim, but it’s far worse for those on mainland Spain because they will receive no BBC whatsoever, regardless of

their dish size. Yesterday’s changes will see individual expats and complexes moving into the “next generation” of satellite-viewing here.

Many communities will need to upgrade their equipment or purchase a new dish in order to view BBC from the skies.

Of course, there is a multitude of other ways to watch the UK terrestrial channels and plenty of companies have various options, including online streaming.

The return to “our” satellite screens of some Sky favourites is a welcome boost. It has been a while since the likes of Comedy Channel and Sky News have been available outside of HD. Sports fans will be delighted to see most of the Sky Sports channels, and we understand that more “lifestyle” channels will pop up over the next few weeks.

That said, while the ITV, C4 and Five services were available at time of writing, these will be gone in the next fortnight as “our” skies go UK-terrestrial free.

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Rajoy’s successful Italian Job SPANISH Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy held constructive talks with his Italian counterpart, Enrico Letta, in Rome during the 18th bilateral Italy-Spain Summit.

A delighted Rajoy said: “Our two countries are in agreement and will work together to continue along the path of European, economic, fiscal and political integration. And we will speed up the implementation of a banking union.” The PM confirmed that Spain and

Italy were in accord with the last item, saying: “We want a banking union to become a reality as soon as possible.

It is an essential instrument for overcoming market fragmentation and the difficulties of gaining access to credit. Enrico Letta highlighted a

need for the singlebank resolution mechanism to be approved during the Italian Rotating Presidency of the European Union, which starts

in June. “It would be a mistake to delay it,” he added. “This is the message Italy and Spain want to get across.”

The two leaders have also agreed at the meeting to implement a joint action on the European institution to drive industrial policy and promote youth employment throughout the European Union, beyond the agreements that are already in place.

“Our main objective remains com-

bating youth unemployment and supporting SMEs,” he said.

“They play an essential role in the European economy, in terms of added value and employment,” he said.

The two countries will also co-ordinate actions at next month’s European Council, at which issues such as industrial policy, climate change and the EU’s energy policy will be tackled.

Corruption’s regular £120bn EU windfall!

CORRUPTION in Europe is on a “breathtaking” scale and now costs the EU economy at least 120bn euros) annually, says the European Commission.

Cecilia Malmstroem, EU Home Affairs Commissioner, has presented a full report on the problem, and she admits the true cost of corruption is “probably much higher” than 120bn.

Some 75% of Europeans who carried out the Commission’s study said that corruption was widespread, and more than half agreed the level had increased.

“The extent of the

problem in Europe is breathtaking, although Sweden is among the countries with the least problems,” Ms Malmstroem wrote in Sweden’s GoeteborgsPosten daily.

The Commission studied corruption in all 28 EU memberstates for its report - the first time it has conducted such a survey.

In the UK, just five people out of 1,115 less than 1% - said they had been expected to pay a bribe. But the report said it was “the best result in all Europe”.

But 64% of British respondents said they believed corruption to be widespread in the UK, while the EU average on that subject was 74%.

Ms Malmstroem added: “Corruption is eroding trust in democracy and draining resources from the legal economy.

But the political commitment to really root out corruption seems to be missing.”

In some countries, there was a relatively high number of people reporting personal experiences of bribery.

In Croatia, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Romania and Greece, between 6% and 29% of respondents said that in the past 12 months, they had been asked for a bribe, or had been expected to pay one, There were also high levels of bribery in Poland (15%), Slovakia (14%) and Hungary (13%), where the most prevalent instances

were in healthcare. National governments, rather than EU institutions, are chiefly responsible for fighting corruption in the EU. But Ms Malmstroem said governments and the European Parliament had asked the Commission to carry out the EU-wide study.

The Commission drafts EU laws and enforces compliance with EU treaties. And the EU has an anti-fraud agency, Olaf, which focuses on fraud and corruption affecting the EU budget. But it has limited resources, with a 2011 budget of just 23.5m euros.

Public procurement (public bodies buying goods and services) forms about one-fifth of the EU’s total output (GDP) and is vul-

nerable to corruption, so better controls and integrity standards are needed Corruption risks are generally greater at local and regional level, while many shortcomings remain in financing of political parties.

Codes of conduct are often not tough enough, and the existing rules on conflicts of interest are usually inadequately enforced The quality of corruption investigations varies widely across the EU, but its study includes two major opinion polls by Eurobarometer, the Commission’s polling service.

Four out of 10 of the businesses surveyed described corruption as an obstacle to doing business in Europe.

And the poll con-

cluded: “Sweden is, undoubtedly, one of the countries with the least problems regarding corruption, and other EU countries should learn from its solutions for dealing with it.”

Organised crime groups have sophisticated networks across Europe, and EU police agency Europol says there are at least 3,000 of them.

Bulgaria, Romania and Italy are particular hotspots for organised crime gangs, but white-collar crimes like bribery and VAT (sales tax) fraud is plaguing many EU countries.

Last year, Europol director Rob Wainwright said VAT fraud in the carbon credits market had cost the EU about 5bn euros.

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Relief for cancer victims in Spain and here as well TUESDAY was World Cancer Day 2014, so it’s hardly surprising that figures relating to the disease have been showing up in press articles all over the globe.

The annual day (always 4th February) was founded by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), and its primary goal is to reduce illness and death from the disease significantly by 2020.

This year’s theme was “Debunking the Myths” about cancer. And despite the shock of some people learning that they have succumbed to cancer, there is some comfort for sufferers and their families in Spain and Tenerife.

The Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC), which in 2012 took 27 days to offer as-

sistance to newly-diagnosed cancer patients, last year trimmed that waiting time to just 18 days.

In this time, it also arranged for 90 food deliveries for housebound patients.

The Association’s Santa Cruz branch offers the service as part of its “First Impact” initiative, which aims to meet the immediate needs of new patients and their relatives.

Last year, there were 167 examples of the AECC stepping in - 83 for patients and 84 for families.

Most of the beneficiaries (67%) received counselling through the Association, 22% were seen by the Association’s social workers, and 11% were referred to the Mental Health unit of the University Hospital (HUC).

The AECC also has a specific counselling service for patients and

families, regardless of the time elapsed since diagnosis.

They assisted 344 people last year, just one fewer than in 2012.

And the trend for assisting more patients than families also reversed in 2013, with a tiny shift towards family assistance.

The AECC also trained a number of volunteers last year, with 64 people taking part in their induction courses, and a further 61 receiving specific extra training.

According to the Canarian Cancer Registry, 5,854 new cases of malignant tumours are diagnosed annually in the

Tourist jobs on the up EMPLOYMENT in the Canaries’ tourist sector rose by 5.1% in 2013, which helped lower Spain’s jobless figures slightly.

This sector on the mainland ended the year with 18.9% unemployment, down from 19.8% the previous year.

In fact, tourism hit a record high in 2013, with 60.6 million visitors

(up 5.6% on 2012), and spending up 5.6% to 59,080 million euros.

But despite this encouraging news, the overall national unemployment level stands at 26%, which means that several sectors are still struggling to emerge from the recession.

Tourism jobs did increase in Spain’s autonomous communities, where the sector is recognised as extremely important, ex-

cept in Catalonia (down by 5.8%) and Madrid (down 7.7%).

Valencia showed the biggest percentage growth, up 20.4%, followed by Andalucia (+ 9.6%) with the Canary Islands in third position (+ 5.1% to 197.751 workers).

Almost half of those employed in the sector are in the food-anddrink service industry, often on short-term or temporary, lowly-paid contracts.

Canary Islands.

Some 59% of the total (3,462) refer to tumours in men, says the International Agency for Research on Cancer on its website.

In terms of the overall population in the Canary Islands, the figure of 305.2 incidences of cancer per 100,000 men, and 191 cases per 100,000 women, are in line with national and European rates.

In men, the main cancers diagnosed are prostate, lung, colorectal and bladder, along with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.

In women, unsurprisingly, breast cancer is

the most frequent, followed by colorectal tumours.

By age, women are more often diagnosed between the ages of 25 and 49 than men, because of the earlier onset of breast cancer, generally, when compared with prostate cancer, which is usually diagnosed from the age 50 and upwards.

The UICC organisation, in conjunction with the World Cancer Day Advisory Group, launched a new campaign, “Debunking the Myth” on Tuesday.

It is aimed at dispelling damaging myths and misconceptions about cancer, under that tagline, and it will focus on the following myths and their related truths about cancer: Myth 1: We don’t need to talk about cancer Truth: While cancer can be a difficult topic to address, particularly in some cultures and

settings, dealing with the disease openly can improve outcomes at an individual, community and policy level.

Myth 2: There are no signs or symptoms of cancer Truth: For many cancers, there are warning signs and symptoms, and the benefits of early detection are indisputable.

Myth 3: There is nothing I can do about cancer Truth: There is a lot that can be done at an individual, community and policy level. And with the right strategies; a third of the most common cancers can be prevented.

Myth 4: I don’t have the right to cancer care Truth: All people have the right to access proven and effective cancer treatments and services on equal terms, and without suffering hardship as a consequence.

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Cabildo and Town Halls are given financial relief TENERIFE Cabildo and its municipalities, along with their counterparts on the other Canary Islands, have had debts totalling 17m euros deferred by the Canarian Government.

The sum equates to 10% of their debts accrued by the end of 2009, and they will all be given time to pay.

The news comes in the wake of the publication of Tuesday’s Official Canary Bulletin (BOC),

and is attributed to the need to ease the financial strain on local and regional authorities on the back of the recession.

The delay forms part of agreements reached between the Canarian Government, councils and the Canarian Federation of Municipalities (Fecam) over the distribution of Canarian Block Funding Income for 2014 and 2015.

The order includes an additional provision that the money, just over 10% of the total debt, must be paid in instalments during 2015 and 2016.

It is not the first time payments have been

deferred; in February 2011, clearance of the debts owing from 2009 were postponed until 2013.

There was a further amendment in December 2011, which prohibited the use of profits at the end of the year to be used as part payment against the deferred payment, That, effectively, brought the schedule for clearance into 2014.

It was also noted in the bulletin that the Canarian Block Funding for 2009 was significantly lower than expected, resulting in the Canaries’ Cabildos and councils ending the year with a negative balance.

Candelaria all aglow again for Candlemas JESUS MENDOZA, the Vicar of Candelaria who died last October, was remembered in the numerous events held on Sunday in celebration of the Candlemas fiesta.

Prior to the celebrations, held annually on 2nd February in Candelaria in honour of the Virgin Mary (the Virgin of Candelaria), patron saint of Tenerife and the other Canary Islands,

there was the usual, wellattended procession of candles. The town shield was then carried to the town’s renowned Basilica, where another procession around the square took place.

Among those present were Canary Islands’ President Paulino Rivero, along with Cabildo President Carlos Alonso and several of the Island’s mayors.

The solemn service, conducted by Bishop Bernardo Alvarez, was longer than usual because of his moving tribute to Father Jesús.

Mendoza’s successor, Daniel López, is pastor of Santa Ana, which is one of only four remaining Dominican convents, (and which has stood beside the Basilica since 1530).

The pastor welcomed children who were born since 2nd February 2013 and presented them to the Virgin. A Nearly 100 babies in prams, or in the arms of their parents, received a blessing and a certificate at the start of the Virgin of Candelaria fiesta.

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Gamble by Carnaval stall-holders is costly OF the 85 kiosk sites available for the Santa Cruz Carnaval, only 31 secured bids in the recent “auction”.

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In previous years, sites not secured in the first round have been offered up again, with many of them then selling for lower prices.

This year, though, it was decided to have one round of bidding only, leaving many potential stall-holders without pitches for the festivities.

Santa Cruz Town Hall’s Fiesta Agency will collect 113,449.22 euros

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Batman turns 50!

THERE are some people in life who will always be in your life, come what may.

These are the friends with whom you go back donkeys’ years. You can pull a story about them out of your top pocket at a moment’s notice.

An old pal of mine turns 50 this week. I was going to use the word “celebrates”, but he’s been lying about his age for 20 years, since he turned 30.

I first met him in the old Kangaroo Pub in Veronicas in 1994. He looked like the typical guitar player of the day.

All long hair and leather trousers, which were a

little too tight. Somehow we bonded straight away and a few days later, I persuaded him to stay. The rest is history.

From his love of blondes through that awkward Marti Pellow phase and the creation of The Chaps. To his ‘incident’ with a Coronation Street actress, through being Batman and breaking an ankle, to more blondes, Ski Chalets, the Tiddly Ferret and now grey hair, creaky knees and a little love keg. If you’re in Chayofa tomorrow (Saturday), nip into the Treehouse and wish a Happy 50th to Simon McLachlan. Old git!

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will take the bidding more seriously, particularly if they have missed out this time.

The reduced stall numbers will also have an impact on the Carnaval accounts, particularly after last week’s announcement that safety and security measures have added 200,000 euros to the overall cost of staging the 2014 event.

Some stall-holders have complained about a perceived “increase in price” of stalls, but Herrera said that any increases came hand in hand with improvements to the Plaza del Principe areas, where the stalls are sited.

The most economical pitch went for 620,08 euros, and the costliest an eye-watering 17.584,84 euros for a large area on the Plaza de España.

Smaller stalls in the same area were priced anywhere in between. A potato vendor bid just over 700 euros, but was forced to raise this to 2,115 euros to secure his preferred spot.

That might sound a lot, but at a standard six euros per spud, with all the toppings, it adds up to just over 350 potatoes for the entire Carnaval period, plus product and running costs.

So it’s still a nice little earner!

Carnaval organisers spell out safety rules SANTA CRUZ Carnaval Organisers were embroiled in a tense meeting on Tuesday over this year’s increased security measures.

The new regulations, as reported in last week’s Canarian Weekly, makes it imperative that there is no overcrowding in the main indoor Festival Hall (Recinto Ferial) venue at the Fairground..

It has a 6,637-seat capacity for spectators, but in previous years, musicians competing in the Murgas (musi-

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from the successful bidders - a huge drop from last year’s 134,129.67euro total from the first round alone, with no second round to follow this time.

Last year’s figure was the lowest in five years, but Agency manager Juan José Herrera argued that there was a good reason for holding just one bidding round this year.

It was to force stallholders to take the regulations seriously, and not hold out for lower prices in a second round of bidding.

Herrera hopes they will realise next year that rules are rules, and

cal theatre and groups competition) have been allowed to stay in backstage areas after their performances to watch the other groups in action.

That tradition has now been banned, except for a limited section of seats close to the stage area.

Organisation Manager Juan José Herrera also said that group members would no longer be allowed to occupy vacant seats in the public sections of the hall (whether the seat-holder was in the toilet, getting something to eat, or just couldn’t attend).

“Performers are performers - the public is the public” insisted

Herrera, who added that there may be some flexibility, depending upon the number of groups in each phase of the competition.

Herrera also suggested that participants should leave the venue once their act is over and watch the rest of the event on television, as everyone else does “the world over”.

Miguel Ángel Bermudo, Safety Director for Carnaval Events at the Recinto Ferial, asked for co-operation from all sides, stressing that security was an issue for everyone following last year’s backstage blaze horror during the Carnaval Queen selection ceremony.

The backstage area,

as ever, he added, was for performers and their assistants only.

And the number of assistants per group is also limited; 10 for the children’s groups, eight for adults, and 12-15 for the musical groups.

Props must not be kept in the stage area, and must not clutter passages backstage. A workshop area outside the venue will be provided for repairs and the handling of welding equipment, etc.

Assistants will not be allowed onstage (except for those involved in the children’s competitions), and any extras required for the adult groups must be authorised beforehand.

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Make a difference AGE Concern España’s Casework Service is helping needy seafarers and their families who live in Spain, thanks to a donation from Seafarers UK.

The Casework Service provides information and support through a small, national team of volunteer Caseworkers. The service operates across the whole of Spain and is wholly dependent on public support.

Casework Manager Pat Neal, who co-ordinates the service, is looking for people to join the Casework team to enable the service to reach more people.

“Being a Caseworker does not involve a lot of time on a regular basis,” says Pat. “But it does need commitment, an ability to listen, assess a person’s circumstances without being judgmental, and maintain confidentiality.

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SANTA CRUZ Port officials, along with business owners in the capital city, have received complaints from cruise passengers about taxi drivers.

Their main beef seems to be about the unwillingness of some cabbies to take passengers short distances into the city.

They would obviously prefer an Island tour, or something more lucrative.

And it appears that some cruisers have been charged as much as eight euros for the short journey from port to city centre, many of

these, allegedly, running “off the meter”.

This practice is not overly widespread, and many drivers adhere to their working regulations. But it goes without saying that any negatively-perceived practices which

recur should be stamped out.

The most recent incident involved two visitors to Santa Cruz de La Palma, where a taxi driver refused to take them from the port to the airport, preferring to hang around in the

hope of securing a longer excursion, or island tour.

Taxi drivers questioned denied the allegations brought by the cruise passengers. A report is currently being commissioned to investigate the allegations.

No cash left to complete water-treatment work

FOUR water treatment projects in Tenerife will be delayed until 2017 through lack of funding, despite a financing agreement between the central and regional governments.

The desalination plants at Granadilla and Fonsalia, plus the expansion of sewage treatment plants at

Arona-Valle Guerra and Adeje, are all affected.

The governments had agreed to finance several water projects on the Island between 2008 and 2012, and work had begun on the desalination plants.

They are said to be to be around 50% complete, but an end to the remaining work is expected to be a further three years off.

Jesús Morales, Cabildo representative for water, says that another seven million euros of fund-

ing is required, much of which will be directed to purchasing and installing pipes to carry water from the Granadilla desalination plant.

Morales acknowledged that, even though a commitment to the project by the Cabildo had been agreed, the quality and quantity of water available is affected.

When discussing the Fonsalia desalination project, Morales said the plant would impact positively on the water quality to Santiago del

Teide, and the Granadilla project will, eventually provide better quality water to Arico, San Isidro and El Medano.

Of the water-treatment plants, Morales reiterated the need for expansion, not only because of the everincreasing demand for water in the Island’s main tourist areas of Adeje and Arona, but also from farmers in the municipalities’ higheraltitude agricultural land.

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Anti-cancer girls’ jab also for boys?

A VACCINATION given to young girls in Britain, to shield them from cervical cancer, should also be available for boys.

And a campaign is underway, stressing that the jab for girls aged 12-13, as immunisation against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), would also be “hugely beneficial” to boys because it could save thousands of lives.

The HPV Action charity says the virus, which can be transmitted sexually, is responsible for 5% of all cancers worldwide.

Peter Baker, the charity’s spokesman, said: “We have an incredible opportunity here to fight cancer with a simple jab.

“Most ways of fighting cancer involve los-

ing weight, exercising more or changing lifestyles radically. This involves a simple vaccination, which costs £45.”

It would cost an estimated £24m annually to vaccinate 367,000 12-year-old boys, and Mr Baker added: “We should be investing more in this programme because, further down the health chain, it costs a colossal amount of money to treat cancer.”

HPV has been linked to many cancers, including throat, penile and anal.

Tristan Almada helped found the charity following the 2010 death of his mother, Paulette, from a cancer linked to HPV. He said: “We are, effectively, discriminating against half the population.

Canada, Australia and the Unit-

ed States all vaccinate boys and girls. Why is Britain different?”

American film star Michael Douglas revealed last year that his own throat cancer - now cured - had been caused by HPV. A Department of Health spokesman, who said a review had already begun, added: “More than 80% of girls are now vaccinated against HPV. “However, we recognise that the current vaccination programme does not offer protection against HPV-related cancers to gay men.

“This is why the JCVI (Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation) has set up a sub-committee to assess whether the programme should be extended to adolescent boys, men who have sex with men, or both.”

PM backs World Cup’s late-night pub openings DAVID CAMERON has overruled a decision to prevent pubs staying open late to screen England’s key World Cup matches this summer..

The British Beer and Pub Association had applied for a national extension of opening hours for two occasions during the Brazil World Cup. The first extension was for pubs to remain open for England’s 11pm match against Italy on Saturday, 14th June, and the second was for the tournament’s final weekend on 11th-12th July.

But the Home Office rejected the application because it was not a case of “exceptional circumstances”, like the royal wedding or the Queen’s Jubilee.

Instead, pubs were expected to apply individually for temporary licences, which, the BBPA claimed, would have cost the country’s thousands of pubs a to-

tal of £738,000 in licence fees. But the Prime Minister wants to introduce a nationwide extension of opening hours for the England game and the World Cup final, irrespective of who is playing.

Mr Cameron tweeted: “I have ordered a rethink on pub opening times for England’s World Cup games - will consult with pub trade, police and councils.”

England’s only match affected by an “afterhours” start is the Italy game. That is being played in Manaus, where the time difference with the UK is significantly greater.

The games against Uruguay on 19th June and Costa Rica on 24th June kick off at 8pm and 5pm UK time respectively. If the England do progress further, then

all fixtures will be at 9pm. The final starts at 8pm on 13th July..

Brigid Simmonds, BBPA Chief Executive, said: “This would make for the most fantastic news for thousands of publicans and millions of football fans.

“I am delighted the Prime Minister has intervened to back Britain’s pubs and make clear that England’s World Cup campaign is a time for celebration.

“This common-sense decision would remove a great deal of bureaucracy for pubs and local councils - and makes clear that the best place to enjoy the England team’s journey is in your local pub.

“We are absolutely thrilled that our efforts have made a real difference for football fans and pubs.”

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Facebook’s deadly drinking game A SOCIAL media page based in Northern Ireland, sharing videos of an internet drinking game, is being shut down following the death of a teenager.

Jonny Byrne, a 19-yearold from County Carlow, died after jumping into the local River Barrow on Saturday night. His body was recovered the following morning after hours of searching.

His family revealed that he had playing the game “NekNomination”, in which youngsters are encouraged to drink alcohol before posting a video online.

Now, though, an NI NeKNomination Facebook page will be transformed to an alcoholawareness page.

It was sparked by an emotional appeal from the grieving family, and warnings from politicians on both sides of the Irish border about the dangers of taking part in the boozy game.

His brother, Patrick, told BBC Radio Ulster’s

Talkback programme that he was with Jonny when he went into the river.

“I jumped in to try to save him and I had him nearly out,” he said emotionally. “But he broke free from me and pushed me under the water. I was nearly gone, but my girlfriend and a passer-by jumped in and pulled me out.”

NekNomination, believed to have begun in Australia, has spread to England as well as Northern Ireland. The concept of the game has been described as “neck

your drink, nominate another”.

Facebook and Twitter users who receive a “neknomination” are challenged to down a pint of alcohol in one go, within 24 hours.

They post a video of themselves completing the challenge and nominate two of their friends to do the same.

Neknominees who refuse and break the chain are subject to online ridicule, and at least one death in Ireland has been linked to the craze.

Patrick added: “I had someone with me on

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Saturday night, or my parents would have been waiting for their two sons to come back to the house.”

He believes NekNomination has become “a form of bullying”, stressing: “People are now just doing stupid acts to try to better each other.

“There was a girl in Carlow who jumped into the river and was pulled out by her friend - she jumped in wearing a Batman suit - and there was another chap who got into a slurry tank and had to be pulled out by his friend.

He nearly passed out with the fumes.

“A guy who turned down a challenge last week was called a chicken and a coward for turning it down. Basically, what it has turned into now is a bullying competition.”

Jonny’s father, Joe, who has appealed to youngsters to stop the craze, has also launched a social media campaign to try to get NekNomination pages taken down.

“I’ve had emails and messages from people from the States to New

Zealand to Australia,” he said. “It has spread so quickly in 24 hours.

“It can do nothing for my family - the tragedy has already happened but if I can stop it happening to one other family, to save them from the heartache and pain we’re going through right now, that’s all I can do.”

Mr Byrne told Irish state broadcaster RTÉ: “I’m pleading to every youngster to think of the things he or she is doing. It has cost my son his life. The whole family are devastated and our lives will never be the same again. For us, life is virtually over.”

The Northern Ireland Neknomination page on Facebook was set up last Tuesday to “showcase” videos of the drinking game in Northern Ireland.

More than 10,000 Facebook users “liked” or indicated their support for the page in less than a week But on Monday, those behind it agreed to withdraw it and run instead as an alcohol-awareness page on the social networking site.

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Mandela spreads his money around FORMER South Africa President Nelson Mandela, who died in December, aged 95, left an estate valued provisionally at £2.53m.

The Mandela family trust will receive £79,300 plus royalties, and other beneficiaries include the governing ANC (African National Congress), close personal staff and several schools.

Graca Machel, his third wife, is expected to waive her claims to the estate, according to the executors, although she is entitled to 50%.

The estate of the much-loved, former President also includes an upmarket house in Johannesburg, a modest dwelling in his rural Eastern Cape home

province and royalties from book sales, including his Long Walk to Freedom autobiography.

Mandela’s bank account hardly matched his stature in the world and. despite the worldwide respect he enjoyed, he was not considered to be wealthy.

It was very much in line with his character that he bequeathed funds to his staff and the schools he attended.

He left an equitable will, giving £183,000 to each of his biological and step-children - the ones Graca Machel had with her late husband, former Mozambique President Samora Machel.

Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke, who read out the summary of the will, said at Johannesburg’s Nelson Mandela Foun-

dation that the £2.53m total was based on “rough and ready estimates” and the final amount could vary substantially.

He added: “We are yet to get down to the business of finding the assets, listing them, valuing them and accurately reflecting them.

We have a duty to file a provisional inventory.

“The final amount could be 10% of what we’ve said the value is;

it could even be double.”

Justice Moseneke, also deputy head of South Africa’s Constitutional Court, said some of the estate would be split between three trusts set up by Mandela, including a family trust designed to provide for his 30-plus children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.

Those schools attended by the former president are each set to re-

ceive a healthy sum, as are Wits and Fort Hare Universities, for bursaries and scholarships.

The ANC will also receive some royalties, to be used at the discretion of the party’s executive committee, to spread information about the party’s principles and policies, particularly concerning reconciliation.

Close personal staff, including long-time personal aide Zelda la Grange, each get £27,242. But with relatives feuding over the Mandela family grave even before his death, it has led to speculation that the will could spark new disagreements.

The high school in Mr Mandela’s home village of Qunu will receive £54,500, while the home in Houghton, Johannesburg, where Mandela

died on 5th December, will be used by the family of his deceased son, Makgatho.

The former statesman wrote; “It is my wish that it should also serve as a place of gathering of the Mandela family, in order to maintain its unity long after my death.”

The mood of the Mandela family as the will was being read was said by the executor to be “charged with emotions”, but he added that the Mandela family were “well pleased” with it.

Yet there are still fears that the will could set off another round of squabbling among members of his large and factious family.

There is a 90-day period in which the will, first written in 2004 and last amended in 2008, can be contested.

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Classic Bistro – Delicious Menu BISTRO 108, nestled in the back streets of Los Cristianos, has certainly made its mark since opening just over two months ago.

The restaurant, owned by James Daly, has international cuisine as its inspiration, with seasonal menus from head chef Gabor Almasi.

His dishes are a good mix of classic and contemporary styles, with a wealth of well-sourced ingredients. They have a strong influence from France, with nods to Britain, Spain and Italy.

The freshest seasonal ingredients are also a huge priority for the kitchen, and the menus are evolving constantly as Gabor responds to customer feedback.

James and Gabor were in harness together in Alicante, before the latter moved to Ireland and worked at Marco Pierre White’s acclaimed restaurant Dawson’s - Steakhouse & Grill.

He was there for two years before moving on to Dylan McGrath’s Rustic Stone.

But with a love for outdoor sports and sunshine, Gabor decided to leave the cold and wet of Dublin behind to team up with James again in Tenerife.

The menu is small but adequate, with enough choice for everyone.

To start, we sampled grilled seta mushroom with blue cheese, pinenuts and wholegrain mustard dressing; chicken and chorizo skewers with grilled star fruit, served on corn tortilla drizzled with basil oil, smoked salmon with creamy horseradish, advocado and served with crispbreads.

There was plenty of choice, including King Prawn Cocktail, Fig and Goat’s Cheese sprill roll, infused with red wine figs and pinenuts, and a Tris de Bruschetta.

The presentation of all the dishes was excellent and plentiful, with superb flavours.

For the main course we had a varied range of tempting dishes to choose from, such as Mushroom Risotto, Prawn Linguini, Crispy Sea Trout and Marinated Chicken.

We opted for Prime Fillet Steak, served with a choice of pepper coat and served with a range of sauces, Duck Leg Confit with coriander honey and orange potatoes, slow-cooked Lamb Shank with creamy mash potatoes and rich red wine, and Pork Fillet Medallions with gratin potato and chorizo cream sauce.

The food was presented beautifully and the flavours exquisite. The portions were excellent and we all agreed that another visit to Bistro 108 is a must to sample some of the other choices from the plentiful menu.

After a little wait to find out if any of us actually had any room for desserts, we perused the menu and simply had no choice but to find room for two, to be shared between the four of us. The desserts are simple yet delicious, and the perfect way to finish a meal. Eton Mess, Banoffee Pie, warm chocolate fudge cake and the wonderful Mojito Sorbet.

Booking in advance at Bistro 108 is advisable, and you can contact the restaurant on 922 751 626 (mobile 606 032 381), or email contact@bistro108.es.

Bistro 108 also has a website at www.bistro108.es which has full details of all their menus and other information.

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A selection of our menu starters Chicken & Chorizo Skewers - chicken and chorizo skewers with grilled star fruit, served on corn tortilla drizzled with basil oil €5.95 Steak Tartare - fillet steak tartare served with crispbreads €6.95 Tris Di Bruschetta - three grilled bruschetta´s topped with serrano ham, olive oiland cracked black pepper, homemade mushroom and parsley pate, smoked tomato salsa and feta cheese €4.95 Grilled Seta Mushroom (V) - grilled seta mushroom with bluecheese, pinenuts and wholegrain mustard dressing €4.95

Main Courses Crispy Sea Trout - crispy sea trout with sauteed potato with caper and lemon oil salsa €11.95 Slow Cooked Lamb Shank - slow cooked lamb shank with creamy mash potatoes and rich red wine jus€11.95 Confit Of Duck - duck leg confit with coriander honey and orange potatoes €13.95 Marinated Chicken - marinated chicken breast in sauce verde served with garlic trufflechips, rocket and cherry tomatoes €12.95

Steaks

All of our steaks are served with toasted cherry tomatoes, hand cut chips, and have the option of a pepper coat. They canb be served with the following, pan fried mushrooms, green peppercorn sauce, blue cheese sauce, flamed raisins, surf and turf.

Prime Sirloin 10oz, 280 grams starts at €12.95 Prime Fillet 8oz, 230 grams starts at€15.95

Desserts Mojito Sorbet - mojito sorbet with bacardi and mint €4.95 Eton Mess - cream, meringue, strawberry coulis and strawberries €4.95 Fudge Cake - warm chocolate fudge cake with vanilla ice cream €4.95 Banoffee Pie - biscuit base topped with dulce de leche, fresh banana and cream €4.95

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Rental agreements, letting laws and you

By Mariano Zunino Siri

IT was not widely publicised, but on 5th June 2013 the new Law (4/2013 of 4th June) of “measures and promotion of rental housing market” came into effect.

ting Contract Law, and the possibility of submission to amicable arrangements.

B) It may be agreed to swap the payment of the rent by execution of works or improvements by the tenant, who will

The outcome of this law is to improve the rental housing market.

This Law modifies the Letting Contract Law 2/1994, and the main features are as follows: A) Give priority to the will of the parties and freedom of covenants.

The possibility of express exclusion in the contract, if possible, of the precepts of the Let-

not be entitled for compensation at the time of ending of the lease.

C) An updating rental system to be privately agreed by the parties.

Alternatively, the CPI (Index) to be applied.

D) It may be agreed

that the renouncement to the right of first refusal (or right of first acquisition) by the tenant. However, in this case the landlord must notify the intention to sell the property with at least 30 days before the

date of execution of the contract.

E) The lessor (landlord) may charge improvement works after three years from the signature of the contract, although the parties may agree otherwise.

F) It is added as a clause, when a contract is revoked by the lessor, that damages caused intentionally on the property, not permitted by the landlord, will be charged to the tenant.

G) The obligatory extension of the contract is reduced, allowing the tenant, regardless of the duration agreed, to extend it up to three years (it used to be five years).

H) The tenant is entitled to cancel the contract at any time after six months, providing he/she notifies the land-

lord 30 days before departure.

I) There will be a Registry that will provide information on people who are in breach of its obligations to pay rent on letting contracts (people who have been convicted by final judgment in a proceeding for eviction).

The information included within the Registry will be accessible to property owners, but only in respect of the person intending to sign a contract lease, and upon presentation of a proposed contract.

- Mariano Zunino Siri is a lawyer registered in Tenerife Bar Association since 1991. Office in Los Cristianos at Edificio Valdes Center Torre “A”, oficina 1, piso 2º.

Phone: 922 79 44 12.

Tacoronte Mayor reinstated A judge has ruled that Álvaro Dávila (Canary Coalititon, the Canary Islands’ Nationalist party) will continue to lead the Tacrotonte municipality after annulling a last October’s censure order.

Since then, the office was held by Rodolfo León, a former socialist, who was backed by the right-wing Popular Party (PP).

Dávila welcomed the court ruling, and vowed

to continue in his position as head of a ruling minority, a position he admits is “difficult.”

He also said he was not alone in this position; the northern towns Icod, El Tanque and Santa Ursula are also under miniroity rule, and have been for the past two years “without incident.”

Dávila remained adamant that the censure was “illegal,” and feels vindicated after the court’s ruling.

He stressed that his party had not broken an agreement with the leftwing Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE), and that the five socialists who

quit their positions did so “of their own accord”.

Regarding the PSOE’s Insular Committee’s request to have the five councillors “reinstated,” Dávila said it was “an internal problem in the PSOE,”.

But he believes that such an action suggests they were fired from their positions, in his opinion, going against arguments presented to defend the censure motion.

Tacoronte, on Tenerife’s north coast, is a popular tourist area, renoqwned for having more vineyards than anywhere else in the Canaraies.

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Return of Starmus is out of this world THE second Starmus Festival will be also staged in Tenerife, from 22-28th September, and it is sure to be another triumph for the organisers.

It will address astronomy, science and the arts under the title Beginnings: the making of the modern cosmos.

The event follows the huge success of the first Starmus Festival, 50 years in space, held here in June, 2011, which featured keynote presentations from the likes of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Jim Lovell and Richard Dawkins.

This year’s speakers include Nobel Prize winners Robert W Wilson and Sir Harold W Kroto, the chemist and physicist, plus the return of Richard Dawkins, eminent ethologist, zoolo-

gist, evolutionary theorist and scientist The event is the brainchild of Garik Israelian, an astrophysicist researcher from the IAC (Canary Islands Astrophysics Institute), and a scientific advisory board which includes Brian May, astrophysicist and guitarist for the legendary rock band Queen.

Alexei Leonov, the Russian cosmonaut

who made the first space walk in 1965, will also be appearing.

The Festival is supported by the Canary Islands Government, Tenerife Cabildo, the International Astronomical Union and the Canary Islands Astrophysics Institute (IAC), in collaboration with Abama Golf & Spar Resort, managed by Ritz Carlton.

Starmus 2014 is an International Festival of international knowledge, dedicated to the world of astronomy and science, promoted by Garik Israelian, an astrophysicist researcher at the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (IAC) and festival director.

It will address its Making of the Modern Universe theme from a multi-disciplinary viewpoint. And it has a panel of guests, who include Nobel Llaureates, eminent scholars and international figures from various fields of science, knowledge and the arts.

The idea of the festival is for all those attending to absorb and share knowledge and experiences of astronomy, science and the arts, while enjoying the skies and landscapes of the Canary Islands, in the company of the greatest minds of our time The first festival, 50 years in space:

Poyekhali, was a heartfelt tribute to the pioneers of the space race.

It also had a central act in its Tribute to Yuri Gagarin, the first human to travel into space, on 12th April 1961.

Visitors also had the immense privilege of being in the presence of Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the Moon, on 21st July 21, 1969, in the last Congress he attended in his life.

Other luminaries were Alexei Leonov, the first human to perform a spacewalk, on 18th March 1965, and a cast of fellow-astronauts and cosmonauts both in successive missions of Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft.

They included such star names as Viktor Gorbatko, Bill Anders (Apollo 8), Jim Lovell (Apollo 13) and the legendary Buzz Aldrin, who piloted Apollo 11, which was the first manned lunar landing

in history, and Charlie Duke (Apollo 16), the 10th man to walk on the lunar surface.

In the lectures, there were enjoyable presentations from leading world figures in science, such as eminent ethologist, zoologist, evolutionary theorist and scientist Richard Dawkins.

Also speaking were molecular biologist and Nobel Prize winner Jack Szostak, Nobel physicist and astronomer George F Smoot, theoretical physicist Kip Thorne, one of the world’s leading experts on the astrophysical applications of the Theory of General Relativity, and, of course, the iconic Brian May. Another highlight was the performance of the pioneering ambient and space rock band Tangerine Dream. with their characteristic “cosmic” sound, who were joined by guitar-wielding May on stage.

Corrie Ken cleared VETERAN Coronation Street legend William Roache has been cleared of rape and indecent assault charges.

A jury took just six hours yesterday (Thursday) to find the actor not guilty of two rapes and four indecent assaults.

Five women had claimed he assaulted them when they were aged 16 or under, between 1965 and 1971.

Outside Preston Crown Court, Roache said: “In these situations there are no winners ... we should be much kinder to ourselves. If you’ll excuse me, I need to get back to work.”

The trial, which lasted three weeks, was frontpage news. Mr Roache denied knowing any of his accusers, and said he had never had a sexual interest in underage girls.

The jury, of eight women and four men, heard Mr Roache had been “astounded” and “horrified” when he was first arrested at in May last year.

The women, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had claimed he indecently assaulted them in the toilets and dressing rooms at the Granada Studios in Manchester.

It was also claimed that they were indecently assaulted in his car. One woman alleged

he raped her twice at his homes in Haslingden, Lancashire, on separate occasions.

In court, the woman making the rape claims changed her mind about how old she was at the time, while another woman initially told police she was warned about Roache by actor Johnny Briggs, who played Mike Baldwin.

However when it was discovered he was not in the show at the time, she said the warning had come from a different actor.

A fifth indecent assault charge was dropped through insufficient evidence after the woman, who accused him of abusing her in his car, told the court she had “no actual memory” of the episode.

Roache is expected to speak with ITV bosses about his return to TV. He has been off screens since the allegations were made.

Simon Manley the new British Ambassador to Spain was in Santa Cruz this week for his first visit. He made a whistle stop tour of the islands along with two of his staff from Madrid.

He lunched in Santa Cruz with member of the Consul for the Canaries Charmaine Arbouin, the Vice Consul Helen Keating and five representatives of charity organizations from the south of the island including the Lions Norman Goodall.

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Friday 7th February, BBC2, 15.30.

The BBC is offering audiences its most comprehensive coverage of a Winter Olympics Games ever as it brings every moment from the Games live across TV, radio and online. Clare Balding introduces live coverage of the Opening Ceremony of the 22nd Winter Olympic Games from Sochi.

A global TV audience of hundreds of millions will see more than 2,000 performers welcome the world to Russia, which is staging an Olympics for only the second time – following Moscow’s hosting of the summer games in 1980.

The ceremony is an opportunity for the host nation to showcase its culture and achievements and it is sure to be an awe-inspiring spectacle.

The event will climax with the lighting of the Olympic flame after its record-breaking journey, which included a trip into space.

Hazel Irvine leads the commentary team.

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Friday Friday Frida 06:00 ............................Breakfast 09:15 .................. Wanted Down Under Revisited 10:00 ................... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 ....................... The Sheriffs are Coming 11:45 .......................... Saints and Scroungers

06:00 ................. Homes Under the Hammer

06:00 ........................... Daybreak

07:00...................... The Sheriffs are Coming

09:25 ........................ The Jeremy Kyle Show

07:45 ........................ Saints and Scroungers

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

08:15.................... The A to Z of TV Cooking

11:30.................... This Morning

09:00 ........Cold War, Hot Jets

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

10:00 ...............Question Time

13:00 ............BBC News at One

11:00 ........................BBC News

13:30 ......... BBC London News

11:30 ...........BBC World News

13:45 .............................. Doctors

12:00 .......... The Daily Politics

14:15 ...............................WPC 56

13:00 ....................Britain’s First Photo Album

15:00 ......................... Perfection 15:45............................ Escape to the Country 16:30 ............... Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

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

11:25............................ ITV News 12:30.................. Loose Women 13:30............................. ITV News and Weather 14:00 .........................Dickinson’s Real Deal 15:00.............................. The Alan Titchmarsh Show 16:00........Britain’s Best Bakery

13:30 ........... Cash in the Attic

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

14:00 ............The Great British Bake Off Masterclass

18:00...... ITV News London

15:00 .................................Coast

18:30 ............. ITV News and Weather

15:30 ...........Winter Olympics

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

18:00 ........ BBC News at Six

19:30..... Great Continental RailwayJourneys

19:30 ..... Coronation Street

18:30 .... BBC London News

20:00............. Mastermind

20:00 ....... The Martin Lewis Money Show

19:00 ...........The One Show

20:30...... An Island Parish

20:30 ..... Coronation Street

17:15 ............................ Pointless

19:30 ................. A Question of Sport Sue Barker hosts the fast-paced sports quiz. Regular team captains Matt Dawson and Phil Tufnell are joined by Welsh rugby great Martyn Williams and former Olympic athlete Iwan Thomas, while Mark Webber talks about retiring from Formula One and Amy Williams looks ahead to the Winter Olympics.

20:00................. EastEnders 20:30 .................. Room 101 21:00................. New Tricks Drama featuring an eccentric group of ex-police officers brought out of retirement to investigate unsolved crimes.

When the team reinvestigate a 30-year-old safety deposit robbery, they find themselves unwittingly drawn into a case involving high-level police corruption that threatens the future of UCOS.

21:00...Torvill and Dean: CW The Perfect Day choice 22:00...........Alan Davies W C Apres-Ski choice 22:30................ Newsnight 23:05 ........ Passchendaele

22:00 ....... BBC News at Ten

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22:35 ............... The Graham Norton Show 23:25...... Pound Shop Wars 23:55 ................. EastEnders Omnibus

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Series following the community on the island of Sark. With Easter fast approaching, traditionally the beginning of Sark’s tourist season, it is a busy time for many. Jo Birch is busy getting the Seigneurie Gardens ready - it is the island’s most popular tourist attraction. Dave Scott the shepherd is bracing himself for the lambing season and Bas needs to get his boat painted in time for the start of the fishing season.

During fighting, Sergeant Michael Dunne of the Canadian ‘Fighting Tenth’ battalion is wounded in action and returned home to Calgary. Diagnosed as neurasthenic, he is honourably discharged and put to work in recruiting troops for the front. When David, the asthmatic younger brother of Michael’s beloved nurse Sarah tries to enlist, Michael sends him away. But David is persistent and so begins a tragic story that will affect them all and lead to Michael re-enlisting.

21:00............ Piers Morgan’s Life Stories Piers Morgan is joined by veteran DJ Tony Blackburn, who celebrates 50 years in broadcasting this year. Tony looks back at his life and a career which included launching Radio 1 in 1967 and being banned from the airwaves for playing Cliff Richard records.

Tony talks about developing an addiction to Valium after his high-profile separation from actress Tessa Wyatt, reveals how he romped with a girlfriend in Frank Sinatra’s London flat and saved fellow DJ Kenny Everett’s life. Tony also confesses that one of his chat-up lines was to invite girls back to his place to admire his 1.9 metre rotating satellite dish.

22:00 ................ ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:35........... The Americans Cold War drama series following two KGB agents posing as Americans. While on a mission to discredit an exiled Polish resistance leader in New York, Phillip is reunited with an old flame. The reunion leaves him questioning the nature of his relationship with Elizabeth. Meanwhile, Stan and Nina finally give in to temptation.

23:30 ...................Benidorm

Torvill and Dean: The Perfect Day BBC2, 21:00 Documentary telling the story of when, in 1984, the British figure skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean achieved perfection and an Olympic gold medal.

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ay Friday Friday 7th February 06:15 .........The Treacle People 06:25....................... Countdown 07:10.................. Will and Grace 08:00............. Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00 .................................Frasier 10:00..................Undercover CW Boss Canada choice 11:00 ................... Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses 12:05 ...........................Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 12:35...... Come Dine with Me 15:10...................... Countdown 16:00............... Deal or No Deal 17:00 ...... Come Dine with Me 17:30 .........................Coach Trip 18:00............ The Simpsons 18:30................... Hollyoaks 19:00 ........ Channel 4 News 20:00 .... Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast 21:00........... Peter Kay: Live and Back on Nights!

22:00............... The Last Leg 22:50.....Brooklyn Nine-Nine 23:20 ................... Weekend

06:00 ...................Luton Airport 06:30 ......................... Road Wars 07:00 .........Last Man Standing 08:00........................... Futurama 08:30 ...........................Futurama 09:00................... Hawaii Five-0 10:00.......... NCIS: Los Angeles 14:00 ................... Hawaii Five-0 15:00......... Last Man Standing 16:00........................... Futurama 17:00................... The Simpsons 17:30................ Modern Family 18:00 ..........Modern Family 18:30 ............The Simpsons 20:00 ..........Modern Family 21:00 ..........................Stella 22:00.............. Duck Quacks Don’t Echo 23:00................ A League of Their Own

06:00..................... Children’s TV

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

08:15 ..........................Peppa Pig

06:25 ........................Emmerdale

08:35.................................. Toby’s Travelling Circus

06:55 .....You’ve Been Framed!

08:45 .......Bananas in Pyjamas

07:25..... You’ve Been Framed!

09:00 ........................ Tickety Toc

07:45 ........................ The Jeremy Kyle Show USA

09:15 ..............The Wright Stuff

08:30 ...................... Dinner Date

11:10........The Hotel Inspector

09:30 ..... The Real Housewives of Atlanta

12:10 .........5 News Lunchtime 12:15 .........Police Interceptors 13:15 .............Home and Away 13:45 ...................... Neighbours 14:15 ................................CSI: NY 15:15 ........... While I Was Gone 17:00....................... 5 News at 5 17:30 ...................... Neighbours 18:00 ........Home and Away 18:30 ............Newstalk Live 19:00 ...........The True Story 20:00...... Ice Road Truckers 21:00.......... Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 22:00 .........World’s Scariest Animal Attacks 23:00.....Caught on Camera

06:00.................................. RSPCA Animal Rescue 07:00........ Nothing to Declare 08:00 ................................. Maury 10:00 .............. Obese: A Year to Save My Life USA 11:00 ................Four Weddings 12:00 ............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 13:00 ............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 14:00 ................Criminal Minds 16:00... RSPCA Animal Rescue 17:00................. Inside Gatwick 18:00.... Nothing to Declare 19:00 ...... My Kitchen Rules 20:00.................. CSI: Miami 21:00 ......... Criminal Minds 22:00........ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 23:00 .........................Bones

06:10................ Fantasy Homes by the Sea

06:00........................... Switched

07:00 ........................MasterChef Australia

07:10 ......................... Ugly Betty

08:00.............. The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best

09:00 .....................................Glee

09:00 ................................The Bill 10:00................................ The Bill 11:00...................... Doctor Who

10:30 ..... The Real Housewives of New Jersey

12:00........................... Babylon 5

12:00 .....You’ve Been Framed!

14:00........ Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

12:30 ........................Emmerdale 13:00........................ Emmerdale 13:30..... You’ve Been Framed!

13:00..... MasterChef Australia

15:00 ................ Fantasy Homes by the Sea

06:25 ..................................90210 08:00 ........................... Charmed 10:00 .............................New Girl 10:30 ..........The Mindy Project 11:00 ........................... Charmed 12:00 ... Rules of Engagement 12:30 ...........................Hollyoaks 13:00...How I Met Your Mother 14:00 .....The Big Bang Theory 15:00 .............................New Girl 15:30 ..........The Mindy Project

16:00 ...................... Doctor Who

16:00 ... Rules of Engagement

17:00........................... Babylon 5

17:00...How I Met Your Mother

18:00 ....... The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best

18:00....The Big Bang Theory 19:00 .................. Hollyoaks

18:00............... Dinner Date

19:00................ MasterChef Australia

19:30........... How I Met Your Mother

19:00... You’ve Been Framed!

21:00................ Traffic Cops

20:30....The Big Bang Theory

20:00... Two and a Half Men

22:00 ................ Cops Uncut

21:00 ................ The Faculty

22:30 ................ Cops Uncut

21:00 ................John Tucker Must Die

23:15............... Take Me Out

23:00 ................ Traffic Cops

22:50 ................. Rude Tube

07:10 ..............Storage Hunters 08:00 .......................Man v Food

06:00 ..........................The Devil’s Dinner Party

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

07:00............. Thirtysomething

10:00............................. Top Gear

08:00 .......Star Trek: Enterprise

06:00 ..................Good Morning Sports Fans 07:00 ..................Good Morning Sports Fans 09:00 ............................. Ringside 10:00 .................Super League Season Review 2013 12:00......... Super League Gold 12:30 ........................Sam’s Team 14:30 ........ Super League Gold 14:45 ........ Super League Gold 15:00 ........ Super League Gold 17:00...... Super League Grand Final 2013 18:00................ The Fantasy Football Club 19:00 ........... Rugby League 22:00 ................The Fantasy Football Club 23:00........ Barclays Premier League Preview 23:30............. Football Gold

14:00...The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:10 ..... The Real Housewives of New Jersey 17:05 ..................The Millionaire Matchmaker

11:00.............. Storage Hunters 12:00........................Man v Food 13:00............................. Top Gear 14:00..............................Top Gear 15:00.............. Storage Hunters 16:00 .......................Man v Food 17:00 .............................Top Gear 18:00..................... Top Gear 19:00 ........Storage Hunters 20:00 ........................... Suits 21:00 .... Dynamo: Magician Impossible 22:00 ..........Mock the Week 22:40 ..........Mock the Week 23:20 ................................QI

09:00 .......................Blue Bloods 10:00............................. Star Trek: Enterprise 11:00................... Stargate SG-1 12:00 .......................Blue Bloods 13:00 ..................................House 14:00 ..................................House 15:00 .......................Blue Bloods 16:00 .......Star Trek: Enterprise 17:00 ................... Stargate SG-1 18:00......................... House 19:00 .........................House 20:00 ............... Blue Bloods 21:00 .........................Falcón 22:00 ....................Mad Men 23:00 ....................Mad Men

23:55... The Midnight Beast

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Comedy entertainment show about the Winter Olympics, hosted by comedian and sports fan Alan Davies. Alan and his guests from the worlds of comedy and sport discuss the action from Sochi and celebrate what makes the Olympics so special.

Undercover Boss Canada Channel 4, 10:00

There are more than 50 YMCAs across Canada, serving two million members a year. CEO Scott Haldane has worked for the organisation for his entire career, since joining as a lifeguard when he was 16 years old, and now heads up the national office.

Suspecting that the business ‘is known, but not well known’, he’s decided to make the most dramatic decision of his working life: demoting himself from CEO to Ordinary Joe for a week.

Haldane adopts a disguise that gives him a full head of hair for the first time in 30 years, but working undercover proves riskier than expected when he’s asked to lead an aquatics class and his wig starts to wobble. But as he meets his workers and gets to understand the realities of their working lives, he realises he’s on a very personal journey of discovery.

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Saturday Saturday S 06:00 ............................Breakfast

06:00 ............. This is BBC Two

06:00 ..................... Pat and Stan

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

06:30................. Annie Oakley

06:10 ..................... Pat and Stan

08:00........... Winter Olympics

06:25 ............................Dino Dan

11:30 ............... Food and Drink

11:00 .......................... See Hear

06:40 ............................Dino Dan

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

11:30 .................... Great British Railway Journeys

06:50 ............................ Canimals

12:00 ......................... The Great British Bake Off

07:15................................... Sooty

Dan Walker and guests discuss the football stories making the headlines, and preview the weekend’s Premier League action. A week that began with a meeting of two title contenders, Manchester City and Chelsea, ends with another as Liverpool host Arsenal at Anfield. There will be no less passion on show in South Wales, with new Cardiff City manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer about to experience his first derby match against Swansea.

12:45 .......Saturday Sportsday 13:00 ..........................BBC News 13:10 ......... BBC London News 13:15.................... Bargain Hunt 14:00..........................Six Nations Rugby Union 16:30......................... Six Nations Rugby Union Scotland v England. John Inverdale introduces live coverage from Murrayfield as Scotland host England. The oldest fixture in international rugby has been attritional in recent years, with tries at a premium. Stuart Lancaster’s England triumphed 13-6 on their last visit two years ago, their first win in Edinburgh since 2004. Scotland’s third-placed finish in the tournament last year was their best since 2006 and interim head coach Scott Johnson will be looking to build on the promise of a narrow defeat

by Australia in their most recent home game. Sir Clive Woodward, Jeremy Guscott and Andy Nicol provide the studio analysis, with commentary by Andrew Cotter and Brian Moore.

18:55 .................. BBC News 19:05 .... BBC London News 19:10 ............. The Voice UK 20:35 .............. The National Lottery: Who Dares Wins 21:25 .....................Casualty Once in a Lifetime. On his last day at the ED, Jamie helps Cal and Ethan uncover abuse between a stepfather and his family while Dixie and Jeff help extract a man sinking in river mud

22:15................... BBC News 22:30 ...... Match of the Day

13:00 ......................Easy Virtue 14:30 ...........Winter Olympics Jonathan Edwards presents live coverage from the first weekend of the 2014 Winter Olympics.

The afternoon’s action includes the men’s 5,000m speed skating final, where Dutch superstar Sven Kramer is aiming to retain his Olympic title. After that is the first gold medal in biathlon, one of the most arduous of all winter sports. Norway has a rich history in biathlon, and Ole Einar Bjorndalen is hoping to become the most successful Winter Olympian of all-time in Sochi. However, his teammate Emil Hegle Svendsen has been the man in form in the buildup to the Games, with France’s Martin Fourcade another medal contender.

16:30 ...................... Final Score 17:10 ...........Winter Olympics 20:00 ..... Torvill and Dean: The Perfect Day 21:00 .............. Dad’s Army 21:30 .................. A Culture Show Special An exploration of Hanif Kureishi literary work. Whenever Hanif Kureishi writes a new film or book, something is broken - a taboo, a confidence or new ground. The Buddha of Suburbia and My Beautiful Laundrette author, who first caused a stink turning his experiences of racism, Thatcherism and sexual transgression into corrosive comedy, has amused, provoked, annoyed and betrayed for over four decades now. It is with some relish, it seems, that the barbed and ruthless writer picks up a pen, and waits as friends, lovers and family take cover, fearing what bitter human frailty might get caught in his satirical gaze. In the year he turns 60, Kureishi is putting out a new book, publicising his latest film and committing his life’s archive to the vaults of the British Library.

22:30 .............My Beautiful Laundrette

07:10 ..............Om Nom Stories 07:30 ........................Scrambled!

07:35 ...................Almost Naked Animals 07:45 ........................Scrambled!

07:50 ...............Adventure Time 08:20 ........................Scrambled!

08:30 .................... Horrid Henry 08:45 ........................Scrambled!

08:50 .................... Horrid Henry 09:00 ........................Scrambled!

09:05 ................................Bottom Knocker Street 09:15........................ Scrambled!

09:25 ............................ITV News 09:30....................... Dinner Date 10:25......... Murder, She Wrote 11:25..............................ITV News 11:30 ..................... Catchphrase 12:15 ................... The Crocodile Hunter Diaries 13:15 ........ Midsomer Murders 15:15 ................... Best of You’ve Been Framed!

16:15........... ITV News London 16:25 .............................ITV News and Weather 16:40........... Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 19:10....................Splash!

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20:40 .............. Take Me Out

21:55 ............. The Jonathan Ross Show Jonathan welcomes more A-list guests from the worlds of film, television and music to his funfilled chat show. On the show this week are actors Kiefer Sutherland, Emily Mortimer and Chris O’Dowd, comedian Kevin Bridges and award-winning US singer John Legend, who also performs live.

22:55 .................... ITV News 23:10.......... 2 Fast 2 Furious

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Saturday Saturday 8th February 06:10 ........................ The Hoobs

06:00..................... Children’s TV

06:35 ........................ The Hoobs

07:25 .....Make Way for Noddy

07:00 ............Transworld Sport

07:40................. City of Friends

08:00........... The Morning Line

07:55.................. Little Princess

09:00 .............Everybody Loves Raymond

08:10 ..........The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky

09:30..................................Frasier 10:00 .....The Big Bang Theory 10:30 .....The Big Bang Theory 11:00.......................... How I Met Your Mother 12:00 .................. The Simpsons 12:30....Undercover Boss USA 13:30........... Channel 4 Racing 16:00 ...... Come Dine with Me

08:25.......... Angelina Ballerina 08:45 ...................... Rupert Bear 09:00................ Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:15........................ Jelly Jamm 09:30 .......................... LazyTown 10:00..............An American Tail

16:25 ...... Come Dine with Me

11:35 ..................Thunderpants

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

13:10................... Phenomenon

17:35...... Come Dine with Me

15:40 ...........Diagnosis Murder

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

16:40 .................... Columbo: An Exercise in Fatality

19:00.............. Bigfoot Files 20:00 .......Walking Through History

18:40 ........................... NCIS 19:30 ........................... NCIS

21:00 ................... Hostages

20:30 .......5 News Weekend

22:00.............. Source Code

20:35 ........................... NCIS

23:40 .............Jackie Brown

22:15 ..............Willed to Kill

06:00 .....................................Glee 08:00 ....................... The Fantasy Football Club 09:00 .............Sky Sports Game Changers 10:00 .......................Soccer A.M. 12:00 ..............World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 13:00 ...................Ashley Banjo’s Big Town Dance 14:00 ................................Sinbad 15:00 ...........................Futurama 16:00.................Modern Family 17:00 ....................Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie 18:00 .......... Harrow: A Very British School 19:00 ............The Simpsons 19:55 .................Cheaper by the Dozen 21:50 ...................Futurama 22:00 ............... The Kumars 23:00 ................A League of Their Own

06:00 ........Nothing to Declare 06:30 ........Nothing to Declare 07:00 .............Motorway Patrol 07:30 .............Motorway Patrol 08:00... RSPCA Animal Rescue 11:00............... Obese: A Year to Save My Life USA 12:00 .............. Obese: A Year to Save My Life USA 14:00 ............My Kitchen Rules 15:00 ...................The Face USA 16:00 ........Nothing to Declare 16:30 ........Nothing to Declare 17:30 ........Nothing to Declare 18:00.... Nothing to Declare 20:00........ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 21:00..........................Bones 23:00.........CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

06:00......................... Beauty and the Geek

06:15 ..........................Helicopter Heroes

06:00 ........................... Switched

06:45............ Coronation Street Omnibus

07:00 ..........................Helicopter Heroes

07:10 ......................... Ugly Betty

09:10 ....Emmerdale Omnibus

08:00................................ The Bill

12:10 .....You’ve Been Framed!

09:00................................ The Bill

14:00 .................... Totally You’ve Been Framed!

10:00................................ The Bill

15:00 ................................ Dennis

12:00 ....................... Traffic Cops

The American comic strip character comes to life in this comedy about a troublesome six-year-old who is the bane of adults everywhere. Dennis’s parents leave him in the care of his next-door neighbours, and the surly Mr Wilson bears the brunt of the tyke’s pranks. But when a burglar begins stalking the neighbourhood, it is Dennis who inadvertently saves the day.

Written by John Hughes.

16:55.................... Horrid Henry: The Movie 18:50 .............. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

11:00................................ The Bill 13:00 ....................... Traffic Cops 14:00 ................ The Funny Side of TV Talent 15:00................ The Funny Side of Animals

06:25 .......... Make it or Break it 08:00 ........................... Charmed 09:00..................................... Glee 10:00 ..........The Mindy Project 11:00.... Rules of Engagement 11:30.... Rules of Engagement 13:30........................... How I Met Your Mother 14:30 ..........The Mindy Project 15:00 .....The Big Bang Theory 16:00 ... Rules of Engagement

16:00........................................ The Neverending Story

17:00 .......................... How I Met Your Mother

18:00.............................. Life

18:00 ...................How I Met Your Mother

19:00.............................. Life 20:00..... Dynamo: Magician Impossible 21:00 ........... Cars, Cops and Criminals

18:30........................ The Big Bang Theory 19:30................... How I Met Your Mother

21:00 ..........The Shawshank Redemption

22:00 ........... Cars, Cops and Criminals

20:00 ........... The Tomorrow People

23:55 ............... The Magaluf Weekender

23:00 .............Stansted: The Inside Story

21:00....... Beverly Hills Cop 23:05 ................. Rude Tube

07:00 .......Ray Mears’ Northern Wilderness 08:00 .............................Top Gear 09:00............................. Top Gear 10:00 ..............Storage Hunters 11:00 ............................. Flip Men 11:30 ............................. Flip Men 12:00.......... Lizard Lick Towing 13:00............................. Top Gear 14:00............................. Top Gear 15:00.............. Storage Hunters 16:00.......... Lizard Lick Towing 17:00 .............................Top Gear 18:00..... Dynamo: Magician Impossible 19:00 ........Storage Hunters 20:00 ...........................QI XL 21:00 ...... Gavin and Stacey 22:20 ...... Gavin and Stacey 23:40 ...........................QI XL

06:00............ Visionaries: Inside the Creative Mind

06:00 ................... Football Gold

07:00................The Guest Wing

06:30 ............................. Ringside

08:00 .............................. Seinfeld

07:30 .............. Barclays Premier League Preview

09:00 ......... Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations 10:00......... Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations

06:15 ................... Football Gold

08:00 ....................... The Fantasy Football Club 09:00 .............. Game Changers

11:00 ......... Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations

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

13:00 ......................... Galapagos

14:30 .................Saturday Night Football: Team Talk

14:00 ......................... Galapagos 15:00 .......................Blue Bloods 18:00.....Star Trek: Enterprise 20:00 ........................ Smash 21:00............ The Following 22:00 ............................Girls 22:35 ......................Looking 23:10 ................This is Jinsy 23:40 ............ The Sopranos

12:00 ............................FL72 Live

15:00 .................. Gillette Soccer Saturday 17:00 .......Ford Saturday Night Football Live 20:00 .......... Saturday Night Football: Game of the Day 22:00 .......... Saturday Night Football: Match Choice 23:30............................ FL72

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Splash! returns to ITV with Olympic Bronze medal and British and European Championship winner Tom Daley. Hosted by Gabby Logan and Vernon Kay another set of celebrities will be pitched against each other to prove what goes up must come down as they learn to dive.

The second show sees Boyzone’s Keith Duffy, TV Presenter Anna Williamson, singer and actress Toyah Willcox, TV and radio presenter Paul Ross and former rugby league and rugby union player Martin Offiah go up against each other.

Splash! sees the celebrities mix determination, drive and daredevil stunts after being trained by a team of professional coaches. As they push their limits and overcome their fears will they master the grace, skill, athleticism and accuracy needed, to perform dives from the high board?

The famous faces perform live each week in the electric atmosphere of a packed Olympic size pool – in front of a panel of expert judges as the public vote for their favourites. Back on the judging panel are Team GB’s Diving coach Andy Banks, comedienne, writer and actress Jo Brand and former Olympic diving medalist Leon Taylor.

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Sunday Sunday Sund 06:00 ............................Breakfast

06:00 ...........Winter Olympics

06:00 ..................... Pat and Stan

07:25 ............Match of the Day

11:00........... Saturday Kitchen Best Bites

06:10...................... Pat and Stan

12:30 ........The Gumball Rally

06:25 ............................Dino Dan

10:00 ..........The Big Questions

14:10 ...........Winter Olympics

06:40 ............................Dino Dan

11:00 ................Sunday Politics

16:30 ...........Winter Olympics

06:50 ............................ Canimals

12:15 ....................MOTD2 Extra

19:10...... Winter Olympics

07:00............................ Canimals

09:00....................... The Andrew Marr Show

13:00 ..........................BBC News 13:15 ....................Bargain Hunt 13:45 ..........The Indian Doctor 14:30 .........................Six Nations Rugby Union France v Italy. John Inverdale introduces live coverage of the final Six Nations fixture of the weekend as an improving Italy side coached

by Frenchman Jacques Brunel seek a historic first victory at the Stade de France. The Italians beat France in Rome for the second time in a row in last year’s tournament and eventually finished a best-ever fourth, while Philippe Saint-Andre’s Bleus ended bottom of the table in their worst tournament display since 1999. France only won two games throughout 2013 but they have won all seven previous home meetings against Italy in the Six Nations and SaintAndre believes his new-look side is packed with quality.

17:00................ Songs of Praise 17:35 ..........................BBC News 18:00....... Fake or Fortune?

19:00 ................ Countryfile The Countryfile team is in the Lake District looking in detail at some of the locations featured in the opening titles of the programme. Matt Baker visits the beach the horses race across, meeting the riders and their horses. Matt is also at Blea Tarn where the wild swimming was filmed. He meets a wild swimmer who takes to the water even in February. Helen Skelton recreates the rock climbing scene and meets the family who pioneered the sport in the area. Ellie Harrison is also in the Lake District meeting world-renowned graphic artist Russell Mills. She hears the extraordinary story of Russell’s inspiration, Kurt Schwitters, his journey to Cumbria from Nazi Germany and his life and work in the Lake District.

20:00 ........Call the Midwife 21:00......... The Musketeers 22:00 .................. BBC News 22:25.... Match of the Day 2 23:25 ...... Brooklyn’s Finest

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Today at the Games. Clare Balding rounds up a busy day two in Sochi, where the eight gold medals on offer include the men’s downhill, the first alpine skiing event of the Games. The inaugural women’s snowboard slopestyle Olympic champion is crowned, while Russia face Germany in the group stages of the women’s ice hockey.

20:00 .................. Top Gear The series continues with a jam-packed show featuring Italian sports cars, military manoeuvres and a trip to Belgium. Richard Hammond is on the shores of Lake Como testing the exciting new Alfa Romeo 4C, a mid-engined machine from one of the world’s most beloved sports car makers. Hammond’s enjoyment of the super-lightweight, 237 horsepower beauty is brought to a halt by the arrival of Jeremy Clarkson on a quad bike, demanding a race to the far end of the vast lake. Elsewhere in the programme, Clarkson is in the genteel surroundings of Bruge and at the rather less sedate Spa Grand Prix track in order to test a thrilling new breed of hybrid hypercar: the stunning, 904 horsepower McLaren P1.

Meanwhile, James May is at the vast Camp Bastion in Afghanistan looking at the incredible efforts behind the army’s largest vehicle redeployment since the Second World War.

21:00 ...........Dragons’ Den Series in which budding entrepreneurs pitch business ideas to multimillionaires. The mood in the den takes on an unusually serene feel, as a Yorkshire couple go all out to present their glamorous camping business. A mother of four from Shropshire has a new take on the coffee bag and the Dragons are in for a surprise when an entrepreneur attempts to graffiti the den.

22:00 .............. Alan Davies Apres-Ski 22:30......................... QI XL 23:15 ...........Royal Cousins at War

06:20..................... Pat and Stan

07:05............................ Canimals 07:10 ..............Om Nom Stories 07:15................................... Sooty 07:30........................ Scrambled!

07:35 ...................Almost Naked Animals 07:45........................ Scrambled!

07:50.................... Horrid Henry 08:00........................ Scrambled!

08:10.................... Horrid Henry 08:20........................ Scrambled!

08:30........................... Victorious 09:00 ........................Scrambled!

09:05 ................................Bottom Knocker Street 09:15 ........................Scrambled!

09:25 ......... Murder, She Wrote 10:20 .........................Dickinson’s Real Deal 11:15............................. ITV News and Weather 11:20 .......The Unforgettable...

11:50........................... Inside the National Trust 12:50 ................... The Crocodile Hunter Diaries 13:50................................ Splash!

15:20 ......................Thunderball 17:50 ........... ITV News London 18:00............. ITV News and Weather 18:15.......Dancing on Ice

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19:45 ............All Star Family Fortunes 20:30 ...........Dancing on Ice 21:00 ...............Mr Selfridge 22:00 ............. ITV News and Weather 22:15 ......Birds of a Feather 22:45 ........... Piers Morgan’s Life Stories 23:45....... Rugby Highlights

Dancing on Ice ITV1, 18:15

Phillip Schofield and Christine Bleakley host week six of the ice skating competition with just seven celebrities remaining. They all take part in a 1984 themed special commemorating the 30th anniversary of Torvill and Dean’s gold medal win at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics. The duo will be performing a special routine inspired by that year, and expect to see leg warmers, denim, leather and a wild array of colourful costumes as the celebrities take to the ice.

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day Sunday Sunday 9th February 06:15......................... The Hoobs 07:05 .............Everybody Loves Raymond 07:30 .................................Frasier 08:25 ........................... The Taste 09:30 ................Sunday Brunch 12:30 ................................The Big Bang Theory 13:00 ................................The Big Bang Theory 13:25 .......................... How I Met Your Mother 13:55 .......................... How I Met Your Mother 14:25 .................. The Simpsons 14:55................... The Simpsons 15:30 .......... 3 Men and a Baby 17:30 ...............Deal or No Deal 18:30 ........ Channel 4 News 19:00................... Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast 20:00.............. Scandimania 21:00.................Babylon

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06:00 .........The Hour of Power 07:00 .....................................Glee 09:00 ................Modern Family 09:30 .................... Irish Dancers 10:00 ...............World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 11:00 ............ WWE Experience 12:00 ................................Sinbad 13:00 ...........................Futurama 14:00 ................Modern Family 16:30................... The Simpsons 17:00 ...................Ashley Banjo’s Big Town Dance 18:00.... Welsh Breakdancers 18:30............ The Simpsons 19:30 ..............Duck Quacks Don’t Echo 20:00............ The Simpsons 21:00............. Hawaii Five-0 22:00..... NCIS: Los Angeles 23:00 .....................Banshee

06:00..................... Children’s TV 08:05.......... The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 08:20 ..........Angelina Ballerina 08:35 ............................ Mio Mao 08:45 ...................... Rupert Bear 09:00................ Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:15 ........................Jelly Jamm 09:30 .......................... LazyTown 10:00 ................Power Rangers: Super Samurai 10:35................ Power Rangers: Megaforce 11:10........The Hotel Inspector 12:05............ Ice Road Truckers 13:05 ................Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 14:05 .........Police Interceptors 15:10........... Daddy Day Camp 16:50.........Land of the Lost CWce ch oi 18:45 .... Planet of the Apes 20:55 .......5 News Weekend 21:00 ...... The Expendables 22:55........Full Metal Jacket

06:00 .........................Beauty and the Geek

06:00........ Nothing to Declare 06:30 ........Nothing to Declare 07:00 .............Motorway Patrol 08:00................................. RSPCA Animal Rescue 09:00..... Sports Women Week 09:30 ................................. RSPCA Animal Rescue 11:00 ...................The Face USA 12:00 ............My Kitchen Rules 13:00..................Inside Gatwick 17:00 ........Nothing to Declare 17:30 ........Nothing to Declare 18:00.... Nothing to Declare 18:30.... Nothing to Declare 20:00............. Harley Street 21:00 ........ Obese: A Year to Save My Life USA 22:00......... Grey’s Anatomy 23:00......... Caribbean Cops

06:10...................... Doctor Who

06:00.......... Make it or Break it

07:00...................... Doctor Who

06:45.......................... Ugly Betty

06:45 ........................ Emmerdale Omnibus

08:00........Hollywood Treasure

07:30 ........................... Charmed

09:40............ Coronation Street Omnibus

09:00 .......Hollywood Treasure

08:20 ..........The Mindy Project

10:00...................... Doctor Who

08:55 .......................... How I Met Your Mother

12:00...................... Take Me Out

11:00...................... Doctor Who

Paddy McGuinness continues the sixth series of the hilarious dating show in which he introduces 30 single girls to a succession of single guys. Hoping to impress the ladies this time are stockbroker Arry from London, disco-dancing bachelor Richard from West Yorkshire, male nanny Ed from London and student Aran from Manchester. Will any of them find the girl of their dreams?

12:00....................... Doctor Who

13:10 .....You’ve Been Framed!

14:40 .................The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 16:25 ............... Garfield 2: A Tail of Two Kitties 18:00 .........Rumour Has It...

20:00............. Best of You’ve Been Framed!

21:00............... The Magaluf Weekender 22:00........................ Bridget Jones’s Diary

19:00 ............... Who Do You Think You Are?

07:15 .............................Top Gear 09:00................... Total Wipeout Australia 10:00 .......................Man v Food 10:30 .......................Man v Food 11:00 ......................... Red Dwarf 12:20 .......................... Have I Got News for You 13:00 .............................Top Gear 14:00 .............................Top Gear 15:00 ..........Dynamo: Magician Impossible 16:00 .......................Man v Food 17:00......................... Red Dwarf 18:20................... Have I Got News for You 19:00 ...... Stephen Fry’s 100 Greatest Gadgets 22:10 ...........................QI XL 23:10 ..........Mock the Week 23:50 ..........Mock the Week

13:00 ...................... Doctor Who 14:00....................... Doctor Who 15:00 ....................................... The Neverending Story 17:00........................................ Life 18:00 ............................. Life

20:00................ Who Do You Think You Are? USA

09:25 .......................... How I Met Your Mother 09:55....... Hollyoaks Omnibus 12:30 ............................ Revenge 13:30 ... Rules of Engagement 14:00 ... Rules of Engagement 14:30 .......................... How I Met Your Mother 15:00..... The Big Bang Theory 15:30 .....The Big Bang Theory 16:00............... Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

21:00............. Stansted: The Inside Story

17:00... The Tomorrow People

22:00 .....Flights and Fights: Inside the Low Cost Airlines

18:30 ...The Big Bang Theory

18:00.....Brooklyn Nine-Nine

23:00 ................ Cops Uncut

20:00 .....Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

23:30 ................ Cops Uncut

22:25 ..... The Running Man

06:00.................... The Mortified Sessions

06:00..................................... FL72

06:30 ....................The Mortified Sessions

06:30 .................Saturday Night Football: Match Choice

07:00.............................. Seinfeld

08:00 .............. Game Changers

07:30 .............................. Seinfeld

09:00 ........................The Sunday Supplement

08:00 .........Friday Night Lights 09:00........................... Team Sky: Road to Glory 10:00 ......... Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations 13:00 ...................Urban Secrets 14:00 .........Networks of Power 15:00 .......................Blue Bloods 17:00........Star Trek: Enterprise 18:00 ....Star Trek: Enterprise 20:00.................. Petrol Age 21:00 .......Game of Thrones 22:15 .......Game of Thrones 23:30 .......Game of Thrones

10:30 .............Goals on Sunday 12:30 ......................... Ford Super Sunday 15:30 ......................... Ford Super Sunday 22:00 ............. Ford Football Special Tottenham Hotspur v Everton and Manchester United v Fulham. Another chance to catch Sunday’s Barclays Premier League double bill. Tottenham Hotspur take on Everton at White Hart Lane and Manchester United face Fulham at Old Trafford.

23:30 ...............Scottish Cup Football

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Babylon Channel 4, 21:00

Original new comedy drama directed by Danny Boyle, written by Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, featuring an ensemble cast including Brit Marling, James Nesbitt, Jill Halfpenny, Paterson Joseph, Bertie Carvel and Adam Deacon. Coppers. The Sweeney.

Plods. The Old Bill.

London’s police force is in need of a public image revamp. And Chief Constable Richard Miller has found just the woman to do it... Liz Garvey is an American visionary from the world of new media parachuted in to revolutionise the force’s PR department. In an age of rolling news, smart phones and an information-hungry public, Liz preaches transparency and honesty.

Land of the Lost Channel 5, 16:50

Comedy based on the cult 1970s TV series.

Disgraced scientist Rick invents a device which blasts him, along with an attractive Cambridge student and a redneck survivalist, to an alternate dimension populated by bizarre creatures, from the dangerous reptilian Sleestacks to the friendly, ape-like Chaka. With the device lost, hapless Rick and the others must find a way to get home.

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Monday Monday Mond 06:00 ............................Breakfast 09:15 .................. Wanted Down Under Revisited 10:00.................... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00.................... Bargain Hunt 12:00 .............Winter Olympics 13:00 ............BBC News at One 13:30 ......... BBC London News 13:45.............................. Doctors 14:15 ...............................WPC 56

The Agenda ITV1, 22.35 The Agenda with Tom Bradby returns to Monday nights for a fifth series with a run of ten episodes.

ITV News Political Editor Tom Bradby is joined by four guests from the world of politics, entertainment, the media and beyond to discuss the coming week’s key issues in front of a studio audience at The Hospital Club in central London.

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne will be among the guests featuring in the first episode of this series.

Tom and his guests discuss the biggest talking points of the coming week – from the cost of living and taxes, to Europe and immigration, and controversial film releases to UK cultural themes. These topics are interspersed with distinctive videos to add insight and colour to the panellists’ debate.

Guests in previous series include David Cameron – marking the first time that a serving British Prime Minister has appeared on a panel show – Nick Clegg, Ed Miliband, Harriet Harman, Nigel Farage, William Hague, Hugh Grant, Bettany Hughes, Michelle Mone, David Baddiel, Patrick Stewart, Andrea Riseborough, Mariella Frostrup and Michael Morpurgo.

Drama following WPC 56 Gina Dawson, the first woman police constable to serve in her West Midlands hometown in 1956.

The travelling fair comes to Brinford, and the search for a runaway girl draws WPC Gina Dawson into a feud between the fair workers and a gang of teddy boys. Back at the station she struggles to remain professional when Jack makes a shock announcement. Meanwhile, Fenton clashes with the new DI when a dead body is discovered, but is there more to the mystery than either of them realise?

15:00......................... Perfection 15:45............................ Escape to the Country 16:30 ............... Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 17:15............................ Pointless 18:00......... BBC News at Six 18:30..... BBC London News 19:00 ...........The One Show 19:30 ..................Inside Out Guy Lynn exposes those illegally providing pay TV services at discounted rates. Marie Ashby reveals how the Elephant Man’s bones may offer new hope in the fight against cancer, and Natalie Graham discovers how London was saved from the onslaught of doodlebug bombs.

05:00 ...........Winter Olympics Hazel Irvine is in Sochi to present further coverage of the 22nd Winter Olympic Games. In the short track speed skating, British medal hope Elise Christie begins her Olympic campaign in the women’s 500m heats.

China’s Wang Meng has won this event at the past two Winter Olympics, and will be the favourite again after another impressive World Cup season. The first gold medal of the short track will come in the men’s 1500m. Great Britain’s men’s and women’s curling teams also begin their Olympic campaigns. Skip David Murdoch guided his team to victory against Russia at the European Championships at the end of last year, and will be looking to get off to a winning start when the teams meet again today. Later, Eve Muirhead and her crew have a tough opener against defending Olympic champions Sweden in a repeat of the 2013 World Championship final which Muirhead and co won and the more recent European Championship final, which they lost. Up in the mountain resort of Rosa Khutor, the women’s super combined takes place.

Consisting of both a downhill and a slalom run, it is a test of the all-round skier. Defending champion Maria Hoefl-Riesch is likely to be among those battling for the medals again.

12:00.......... The Daily Politics 13:00 ...........Winter Olympics 20:00 .................University Challenge 20:30 ....... Food and Drink

22:00 ....... BBC News at Ten

Chef Michel Roux Jr and drinks expert Kate Goodman in a series highlighting all that is excellent in food and drink. How we eat and drink changes to reflect the way we live. Half of British families struggle to share a meal more than three times a week and yet we crave the sense of togetherness sharing food gives us. Richard Corrigan joins Michel in the kitchen to cook up the ultimate sharing food, a hearty chicken and crayfish pie. Kate comes up with some fantastic ale matches and there is lively debate about the future of family dining.

22:25..... BBC London News

21:00 .................... Horizon

22:35................... Have I Got Old News for You

22:00 ....The Culture Show

23:20..... Who Do You Think You Are? USA

23:20 ...........Royal Cousins at War

20:00 ................ EastEnders 20:30 ..................Panorama 21:00...................... Britain’s Great War

22:30 ............... Newsnight

06:00 ........................... Daybreak 08:30.............................. Lorraine 09:25 ........................ The Jeremy Kyle Show 10:30.................... This Morning 11:25 ............................ITV News 11:30.................... This Morning 12:30.................. Loose Women 13:30............................. ITV News 14:00 .........................Dickinson’s Real Deal 15:00.............................. The Alan Titchmarsh Show 16:00....... Britain’s Best Bakery It is day one of finals week in the competitive baking show, with just five bakeries left in the competition. Judges Mich Turner and Peter Sidwell charge the bakeries with scaling up their performance in the Mass Catering Challenge. They have just three hours to create 200 sweet and savoury canapes to serve at a black tie reception for Henley Festival goers. One bakery will have to leave the competition today.

17:00.......................... The Chase 18:00...... ITV News London 19:00 ................ Emmerdale 19:30..... Coronation Street 20:00 ............ A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys Jones Series in which Griff Rhys Jones explores some of the most beautiful and enchanting parts of his native land. In a lighthouse on the northernmost tip of the Welsh mainland, Griff discovers that his Conwy challenge is to find a Welsh dresser.

Catching the bus into the nearby seaside resort of Llandudno, he realises that it is probably the last place on earth to find antique Welsh furniture. Hitching a lift into farming country, he finds a village antique shop - but it hasn’t seen a dresser in years. Griff then turns his attention to the plight of thirsty oak trees, the extraordinary age of a dangerous yew tree and the abundance hereabouts of one of the tallest trees in the world - the Douglas fir.

20:30 ..... Coronation Street 21:00..............DCI Banks

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day Monday Monday 10th February 06:25 ...................... Countdown 07:10 ................. Will and Grace 07:35 ................. Will and Grace 08:00 .............Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00 .................................Frasier 10:00 ....................... Undercover Boss Canada 11:00 ................... Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses 12:05 ...........................Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 12:35...... Come Dine with Me 15:10 ...................... Countdown 16:00 ...............Deal or No Deal 17:00 ...... Come Dine with Me 17:30 .........................Coach Trip 18:00 ............The Simpsons 18:30 .................. Hollyoaks 19:00........ Channel 4 News 20:00 ................ Dispatches 20:30...... Food Unwrapped 21:00.......... Benefits Street 22:00 .........Benefits Britain: The Debate 23:00....................... Payday

06:00..................... Children’s TV

06:00 .................Inside Gatwick

06:00 ................................. RSPCA Animal Rescue

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

07:00 .........Last Man Standing

09:00 ...........................Futurama 10:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 14:00 ................... Hawaii Five-0 15:00..........Last Man Standing 16:00........................... Futurama 16:30 ...........................Futurama 17:00 .................. The Simpsons 17:30 ................Modern Family 18:30 ............The Simpsons 20:00 ..........Modern Family 20:30.......... Modern Family 21:00.......................... Stella 22:0.......... An Idiot Abroad 23:00 ................A League of Their Own

06:00........................ Emmerdale 06:25 ...........Coronation Street 07:25 .....You’ve Been Framed!

07:45 ........................ The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 08:30 ...................... Dinner Date 09:30 ..... The Real Housewives of Atlanta 11:30 ..................The Millionaire Matchmaker 12:30 ........................Emmerdale 13:00............Coronation Street 14:00...The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:10 ..... The Real Housewives of New Jersey 17:05 ..................The Millionaire Matchmaker 18:00............... Dinner Date 19:00... You’ve Been Framed!

20:00 .. Two and a Half Men 21:00 ...........................Mom 21:30 ........................... Dads 22:00 ................ The Job Lot 22:30 .......................... Plebs 23:00 ............Fake Reaction 23:50 .....Two and a Half Men

06:15 ........................Coastguard Alaska

23:00........................ Grimm

06:00........................... Switched 06:25.................................. 90210 07:10 ......................... Ugly Betty 08:00 ........................... Charmed 09:00 .....................................Glee 10:00..............................New Girl 10:30.......... The Mindy Project 11:00........................... Charmed 12:00 ... Rules of Engagement 12:30 ...........................Hollyoaks 13:00...How I Met Your Mother 14:00..... The Big Bang Theory 15:00............................. New Girl 15:30.......... The Mindy Project 16:00... Rules of Engagement 17:00...How I Met Your Mother 18:00....The Big Bang Theory 19:00................... Hollyoaks 19:30........... How I Met Your Mother 20:00.. Brooklyn Nine-Nine 20:30 ..............2 Broke Girls 21:00 .................... Revenge 22:00 ..............David Blaine 23:30 ...................How I Met Your Mother

07:10.............. Storage Hunters 08:00 .......................Man v Food

06:00 ..........................The Devil’s Dinner Party

06:00... Good Morning Sports Fans

07:00 ........Nothing to Declare

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

07:00............. Thirtysomething

08:00 .............. Obese: A Year to Save My Life USA

10:00 .............................Top Gear

08:00 .......Star Trek: Enterprise

07:00 ....Good Morning Sports Fans

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

09:00....................... Blue Bloods

11:30 ..............Storage Hunters

10:00 .......Star Trek: Enterprise

12:00 .......................Man v Food

11:00 ................... Stargate SG-1

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

12:00....................... Blue Bloods

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

13:00.................................. House

15:00 ..............Storage Hunters

15:00....................... Blue Bloods

16:00 .......................Man v Food

16:00....... Star Trek: Enterprise

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

17:00................... Stargate SG-1

08:30......... Milkshake Monkey 08:35 .................................. Toby’s Travelling Circus 08:45 .......Bananas in Pyjamas 09:00......................... Tickety Toc 09:15.............. The Wright Stuff 11:10....... The Hotel Inspector 12:10......... 5 News Lunchtime 12:15...... Winter Road Rescue 13:15............. Home and Away 13:45 ...................... Neighbours 14:15 .................................... NCIS 15:15 ............Do You Know Me 17:00 .......................5 News at 5 17:30....................... Neighbours 18:00........ Home and Away 18:30 ............Newstalk Live 19:00 ....Caught on Camera 20:00.... Police Interceptors 21:00....... Jim Davidson: At Least I’m Not Boring 22:00........................... Helix 23:00 ................ Death Race

09:00 ................................. Maury 10:00 ................................. Maury 11:00 ................Four Weddings 12:00 ............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 14:00 ................Criminal Minds 16:00... RSPCA Animal Rescue 17:00 .................Inside Gatwick 18:00... Nothing to Declare 18:30 ... Nothing to Declare 20:00 .........................Bones 21:00 ......... Criminal Minds 22:00........ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 23:00 .........................Bones

19:00........ Storage Hunters

07:00 ........................MasterChef Australia 09:00................................ The Bill 10:00................................ The Bill 11:00...................... Doctor Who 12:00........................... Babylon 5 13:00 .......................... Sanctuary 14:00........ Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 15:00 ................ Fantasy Homes by the Sea 16:00 ...................... Doctor Who 17:00............................Babylon 5 18:00 ....... The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best 19:00 .................Masterchef South Africa 20:00 .................... Dynamo: Magician Impossible 21:00 ........... Derren Brown: The Heist 22:00.........The Happenings

18:00......................... House 20:00... Friday Night Lights

08:00................. Good Morning Sports Fans 09:00..... Ford Football Special 11:30............................... Scottish Cup Football 12:30......Ford Football Special 15:00 ....Scottish Cup Football 16:00 .............. Game Changers 17:00........................ The Fantasy Football Club

21:00 .......Game of Thrones

17:30 ..................... Soccer A.M. The Best Bits

22:00 ....Would I Lie to You?

21:15 .........................Falcón

18:30 ........................... FL72

22:40 ........Russell Howard’s Good News Extra

22:15 ............................Girls

19:30...................... Football

22:50 ......................Looking

23:40 ...................Alexander Armstrong’s Big Ask

23:25 ...............Funny or Die Presents

22:00..........The Footballer’s Football Show

20:00 ...........................QI XL 21:00 ...........................QI XL

23:00............................ FL72

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Banks and his team now have a murder enquiry on their hands, as the body found on the moors is identified as elevenyear old Andre Petri.

With Kyle Heath still missing, Banks has to divide his tea,. Is there a connection between the death of Andre and the disappearance of Kyle?

When post-mortem examinations prove that Andre was killed by a massive heroin overdose, it appears that the two children are both linked by the illegal drugs trade.

Banks and Annie set out to uncover the criminal underworld of the Elthorpe Estate. Helen, more convinced than ever that Katy’s lies obscure the truth, begins to suspect that Kyle’s abduction may have been masterminded by how own mother to extort money from Paul Cain. But when Helen receives shocking news about her own son’s behaviour, her failing objectivity threatens to derail the case. Can Banks draw the disparate strands of this investigation together and find Kyle Heath before any more children are found dead?

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Tuesday Tuesday T 06:00............................ Breakfast 09:15 .................. Wanted Down Under Revisited

06:00 ................. Homes Under the Hammer

06:00 ........................... Daybreak

07:00 ...........Winter Olympics

09:25........................ The Jeremy Kyle Show

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

12:00 .......................... The Daily Politics

11:00 ....................Bargain Hunt

13:00 ...........Winter Olympics

12:00 .............Winter Olympics

16:00............Winter Olympics

13:00 ............BBC News at One

19:00...... Winter Olympics

13:30 ......... BBC London News

20:00...................Children’s Emergency Rescue

13:45 .............................. Doctors 14:15 ...............................WPC 56 15:00 ......................... Perfection 15:45 ............................Escape to the Country 16:30 ............... Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 17:15............................. Pointless 18:00 ........ BBC News at Six 18:30..... BBC London News

Series following a special team of doctors and nurses dedicated to transporting some of the UK’s sickest children and infants to expert medical care. Twins are taken ill with the same lifethreatening condition and a heart surgeon is flown home from holiday in America to save a tiny patient. Narrated by Fiona Bruce.

22:35................. A Question of Sport 23:05 ...................Film 2014

22:00......House of Fools

19:00........... The One Show 19:30................. EastEnders 20:00 ..................Holby City 21:00...... Death in Paradise 22:00 ....... BBC News at Ten 22:25 .... BBC London News

23:35 ................... The Hoax

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10:30.................... This Morning 11:25............................ ITV News 11:30..................... This Morning 12:30 .................. Loose Women 13:30............................. ITV News and Weather 14:00......................... Dickinson’s Real Deal 15:00.............................. The Alan Titchmarsh Show 16:00 ................................Britain’s Best Bakery 17:00 ..........................The Chase

21:00.................. Inside the Animal Mind Chris Packham uncovers why the most intelligent animals on the planet are also the most social. This episode focuses on one of the cleverest animals of all, the dolphin. Swimming with a pod of dolphins in the Bahamas, Chris explores their language and sees how they can recognise themselves in the mirror. He also witnesses the duplicity of chimps and watches elephants mourn their dead.

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

18:00...... ITV News London 18:30............. ITV News and Weather 19:00 ................ Emmerdale 19:30 .......... River Monsters 20:00............. Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

21:00............ Births, Deaths and Marriages 22:00 ......... ITV News at Ten and Weather

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22:35..............Sports Life CW Stories choice 23:35 .............The Crocodile Hunter Diaries

House Of Fools BBC2, 22.00

When Vic invites Erika (Bob’s ex-wife) over as a surprise for Bob’s birthday, Bob is not at all pleased.

Unbeknown to Vic, Erika has a death wish for Bob. Together, the boys agree the only way for them to get Erika to leave, and guarantee Bob’s safety, is for Bob to play dead – literally.

With Julie and Bosh in on the facade, they attempt to safely steer Erika back to Norway without her finding out. But as Erika turns out to be a lot more fun than anyone predicted, Bob is left to fend for himself while the others party into the night at his supposed wake.

Bob has never had such a miserable birthday.

But there is one more surprise to come...

Beef is played by Matt Berry, Julie is played

by Morgana Robinson, Bosh is played by Dan Skinner and Erik is played by Daniel Simonsen.

Featuring special guest Sofia Ledarp (Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) as Erika.

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Tuesday Tuesday 11th February 06:00..................... Children’s TV

06:00.........................Emmerdale 06:25 ...........Coronation Street 11:10 .......The Hotel Inspector 06:55........... Coronation Street 12:10 .........5 News Lunchtime 07:25..... You’ve Been Framed!

12:15 ............................. Ultimate 07:45......................... The Jeremy Kyle Show USA Emergency Bikers 08:30 ...................... Dinner Date 13:15............. Home and Away 09:30 ..... The Real Housewives 13:45 ...................... Neighbours of Atlanta 14:15 .................................... NCIS 11:30 . . ................The Millionaire 15:15 .......................Murder 101 Matchmaker 17:00 .......................5 News at 5 12:30.........................Emmerdale 17:30 ...................... Neighbours 13:00........... Coronation Street 18:00.....Home and Away CWce ch oi 13:30........... Coronation Street 18:30.............Newstalk Live 14:00...The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 ..... The Dog Rescuers 16:10 ..... The Real Housewives 19:30 ...................... Police 5 of New Jersey 20:00 ....... Gibraltar: Britain 17:05.................. The Millionaire in the Sun Matchmaker 21:00.... 200 Nips and Tucks 18:00 ............... Dinner Date and I Want More!

19:00.......................... You’ve 22:00...........Law and Order: Been Framed!

Special Victims Unit 20:00... Two and a Half Men 23:00 ............Body of Proof 21:00.......... The Shawshank 23:55 ........CSI: Crime Scene Redemption Investigation 23:55... Two and a Half Men

06:15......... Coastguard Alaska

09:15 ..............The Wright Stuff

07:00 ...................... Robin Hood

23:00..................... Dynamo: Magician Impossible

06:00........................... Switched 06:25 ..................................90210 07:10 ......................... Ugly Betty 08:00........................... Charmed 09:00..................................... Glee 10:00............................. New Girl 10:30 ..........The Mindy Project 11:00 ........................... Charmed 12:00 ... Rules of Engagement 12:30.......................... Hollyoaks 13:00.......................... How I Met Your Mother 14:00 ................................The Big Bang Theory 15:00............................. New Girl 15:30 ..........The Mindy Project 16:00 ...............................Rules of Engagement 17:00.......................... How I Met Your Mother 18:00 ....................... The Big Bang Theory 19:00................... Hollyoaks 19:35 .................... Iron Man 22:00............................ Troy 23:00.................. Rude Tube

06:00 ................................. RSPCA Animal Rescue

07:10 ..............Storage Hunters 07:35 ..............Storage Hunters

06:00 ..........................The Devil’s Dinner Party

06:00 ..................Good Morning Sports Fans

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

07:00 ........Nothing to Declare

08:00 .......................Man v Food

07:00 .............Thirtysomething

09:00 ...................... One2eleven

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

07:30 ........Nothing to Declare

08:30 ...........................an v Food

08:00....... Star Trek: Enterprise

09:30 ...........................Futurama

08:00.................. Downsize Me!

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

09:00 .......................Blue Bloods

10:00 ............... The Footballer’s Football Show

10:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles

09:00 ................................. Maury

10:00............................. Top Gear

10:00 .......Star Trek: Enterprise

11:00......................................FL72

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

10:00 ................................. Maury

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

11:00 ................... Stargate SG-1

12:00 .............. Barclays Premier League Review

06:25 ...................... Countdown 07:10 ................. Will and Grace 08:00 ......................... Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00 .................................Frasier 10:00 ............. Undercover Boss Canada 11:00.................... Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses 12:05 ...........................Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 12:35 ...... Come Dine with Me 15:10 ...................... Countdown 16:00............... Deal or No Deal 17:00...... Come Dine with Me 17:30 .........................Coach Trip 18:00.............The Simpsons 18:30................... Hollyoaks 19:00........ Channel 4 News 20:00 .................... Location, Location, Location 21:00 ................... The Taste 22:00.........Secrets of the CoiWce Pickpockets ch 23:00........... Benefits Street

06:00................. Inside Gatwick 07:00 .........Last Man Standing

08:00........................ Masterchef South Africa 09:00 ................................The Bill 10:00................................ The Bill 11:00 ...................... Doctor Who 12:00 ...........................Babylon 5 13:00 .......................... Sanctuary 14:00 ........ Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 15:00................ Fantasy Homes by the Sea 16:00....................... Doctor Who 17:00 ...........................Babylon 5 18:00........ The Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour of Britain 19:00 .................Masterchef South Africa 20:00 ..... Who Do You Think You Are? USA 21:00............ Frozen Planet 22:00 ............Nature’s Great Events

15:00 .........Last Man Standing

11:00................ Four Weddings

12:00........................Man v Food

12:00 .......................Blue Bloods

16:00 ...........................Futurama

12:00 ............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

12:30 .......................Man v Food

13:00 ..................................House 15:00 .......................Blue Bloods

13:00 ............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

13:00 .............................Top Gear 15:00 ..............Storage Hunters

16:00....... Star Trek: Enterprise

16:00....................... Man v Food

17:00................... Stargate SG-1

17:00 ...............................op Gear

18:00......................... House

19:00 ..................... Flip Men

19:00 .........................House

20:00........ Storage Hunters

20:00 ............Urban Secrets

21:00 ...........................QI XL

21:00......................... Awake

22:00 ..........Mock the Week

22:00............ The Following

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

23:00 .......Game of Thrones

18:00 ....................Football’s Greatest International Teams

23:20 .......... Never Mind the Buzzcocks

23:15.................. Spartacus: Vengeance

18:30 ...................Revista de la Liga

16:30 ...........................Futurama 17:00.................. The Simpsons 17:30 ................Modern Family 18:30............ The Simpsons 19:00............ The Simpsons 20:00 ............ Hawaii Five-0 21:00 ................ Ross Kemp: Extreme World 22:00 ..... NCIS: Los Angeles 23:00 ................A League of Their Own

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14:00 ................Criminal Minds 16:00 ................................. RSPCA Animal Rescue 17:00 ........... Sun, Sea and A&E 18:00.... Nothing to Declare 20:00 ...... My Kitchen Rules 21:00........................... Dave 23:00......................... Bones

13:00 ...................... One2eleven 14:00 ............... The Footballer’s Football Show 15:00 .....................................FL72 16:00 ..................... Soccer A.M. The Best Bits 17:00 .............. Barclays Premier League Review

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Secrets of the Pickpockets Channel 4, 22:00

Over 13 million Britons head to Spain for their holidays each year. What many don’t realise is that they’re flying into the arms of some of the most determined pickpockets the world has ever known. From those who practice ‘the reptile’ - stealing bags from distracted couples on the beach - to the car jackers of the coastal highways, the criminal gangs operating in Spain have developed ever more sophisticated techniques for targeting unwary tourists. With access to the police agencies of Barcelona and Benidorm and a cast of frustrated expats, this programme gets a close-up view of the action as the Brits arrive for their hols. Prods.

Home and Away Channel 5, 18:00

When Spencer tries to find a way for Sasha to stay in the Bay, Chris suggests she could stay at Irene’s.

But when Sasha approaches Sid to suggest the idea, she sees how much he will miss her and keeps quiet.

John has a last-minute change of heart after deciding Marilyn should look after Jett instead of going to the wedding. His shirt is ruined, the wrong cake is delivered and the florists cancel, but as the big day arrives, Dex is cool as a cucumber.

David Weir: Sports Life Stories ITV1, 22.35

Six-time Paralympic wheelchair gold medallist David Weir talks to Adam Darke about the highs and lows of his sporting life, from fighting taunts in the playground to quadruple success at London 2012.

With contributions from his coach Jenny Archer and his mother Jackie, the programme provides a vivid insight into how he overcame his spinal cord transection he was born with which left him unable to use his legs, to become a top-class athlete.

“I don’t even think I’m disabled, because I was brought up to feel like I’m not. My parents never wanted adaptions, they asked me if I wanted them and I said no, in the house. I didn’t want it to look like a disabled house - no lowered cupboards, stairlift. I went up and down stairs on my backside and that’s the way I wanted it. They taught me at an early age, this won’t stop you, you’ll have a normal life. In sport it was the same thing.”

He said his brothers refused to stand up for him, because they told him that he would have to learn to stand up for himself, in the face of playground taunts.

“They always said to me, ‘You have to fight your own battles if someone is nasty.’ The word I hate is cripple - I don’t think there should be a word. It really gets on my nerves, I used to get really angry when people said that. I used to retaliate.

“Fighting. I’d probably get beaten up but that’s what I did.”

He tells the story of how he got into wheelchair marathons, entering a competition for 12-year-olds when he was just eight: “I didn’t come anywhere but that was it, that was the bug then.”

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

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06:45 ...........Winter Olympics

13:30 ......... BBC London News

Hazel Irvine hosts live coverage from the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. The morning’s action includes the women’s downhill, one of the most eagerly awaited events of the Games. American Lindsey Vonn is the defending champion but has struggled with a knee injury over the past year. There is also live action from the curling, where Great Britain’s women face Canada.

13:45............................... Doctors

11:30 .......... The Daily Politics

14:15................................WPC 56

13:00 ...........Winter Olympics

15:00 ......................... Perfection

16:00 ...........Winter Olympics

09:15 .................. Wanted Down Under Revisited 10:00 ................... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 ....................Bargain Hunt 11:30 .............Winter Olympics 13:00 ............BBC News at One

15:45 ............................Escape to the Country 16:30............... Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

08:30 ..............................Lorraine 09:25 ........................ The Jeremy Kyle Show 10:30 .................... This Morning 11:25 ............................ITV News 11:30 .................... This Morning 12:30.................. Loose Women

19:00 ..... Winter Olympics 20:00 ........ The Restaurant Man

School-based drama. Gabriella wreaks havoc when she suspects Nikki and Hector of having an affair. Kevin is preparing for his university bursary interview, but when he collapses it sends shockwaves through the school.

Restaurateur Russell Norman helps struggling newcomers to the trade find their feet.

50-year-old Debbie in Macclesfield loves Sweden and its food and thinks everyone else will as well. So, she has sunk her retirement nest egg into a property and hired a chef off the internet.

But is basing a restaurant on your favourite holiday destination a sound business decision? Russell Norman is forced to give Debbie a reality check and tries to convince her to stop treating the business like a hobby and start thinking like a professional. He is shocked to find that Debbie has not faced the facts of her finances and struggles to get her to tackle her spreadsheets.

With rash hiring decisions, no consideration of her service and no marketing before the launch night, Russell worries that Debbie is going to lose money hand over fist from the very beginning.

21:00........... Outnumbered

21:00............. Line of Duty

Two well-known experts from the world of antiques go head-tohead over a week of challenges, buying and selling collectables to raise money for a charity of their choice. David Harper takes on Mark Stacey at a car boot sale at Ford Airfield in West Sussex.

They each have £250 to spend, but who will make the most profit? And what happens when one dealer breaks his opponent’s antique?

17:15 ............................ Pointless 18:00......... BBC News at Six 18:30 .... BBC London News 19:00 ...........The One Show 20:00........... Waterloo Road

21:30..... Mrs. Brown’s Boys Comedy series about a loudmouthed Irish matriarch and her family. Baby fever hits the Brown household as a pregnant Maria prepares for motherhood, and Agnes is keen to give her new daughter-in-law her unique brand of advice about raising children. Maria is grateful when Agnes offers to look after the robot baby she has brought home from her pre-natal class, but it turns out that Mrs Brown’s babysitting techniques are not exactly orthodox. And Maria has some exciting news for the Brown family.

22:00........ BBC News at Ten 22:35....... Match of the Day

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13:30 .............................ITV News and Weather 14:00 .........................Dickinson’s Real Deal 15:00.............................. The Alan Titchmarsh Show 16:00.................................Britain’s Best Bakery It is day three of finals week in the competitive baking show, and judges Mich Turner and Peter Sidwell are upping the stakes for the remaining three bakeries with the Market Challenge. They are tasked with creating a range of goods to sell to lunchtime shoppers at London’s historic Old Spitalfields Market. No-one will be leaving the competition today, but the judges will be watching closely to see who can turn their baking into hard cash.

17:00.......................... The Chase 18:00 ...... ITV News London 18:30 ............. ITV News and Weather 19:00 ................ Emmerdale 19:30 ..... Coronation Street

20:00.Midsomer Murders CWce

Police drama series. A brutal ambush on a police convoy leaves three officers dead and a protected witness fighting for his life. AC-12 turn their spotlight on Lindsay Denton, the officer who led the convoy but escaped unscathed.

22:00............Inside No 9

06:00 ........................... Daybreak

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22:30 ............... Newsnight 23:20 .................. Top Gear

100th episode of the rural detec-ch tive drama series. DCI John Barnaby and DS Charlie Nelson head off across the North Sea when the body of Midsomer resident Eric Calder is discovered in Copenhagen. The boss of Calder’s Biscuit Factory has been murdered in the Danish capital, and Barnaby and Nelson join forces with two local female detectives - the abrasive but astute Birgitte Poulsen and the cool yet charming Anna Degn - in the hunt for the killer.

In the course of the investigation they discover that Harry had more links to Copenhagen than just his famous golden clusters.

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22:00 ................ ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:35............. The Jonathan Ross Show 23:40 ...............Corfu: A Tale of Two Islands

Inside No. 9 BBC2, 22.00

Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton (credit BBC/ Richard Ansett) Inside No. 9, a collection of darkly comic tales from the minds of Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith where the ordinary and mundane rub shoulders with the extraordinary and macabre, continues with A Quiet Night In. In this silent farce, we enter the beautiful, modernist home of Gerald & Sabrina… a beautiful home with lots of beautiful things in it. Beautiful things of extreme value. The kind of things that might just become the target of an audacious criminal enterprise.

When cat-burglars Ray and Eddie decide to break into the luxury house, they have to dodge all manner of obstacles – including the warring couple that live there – to get their hands on a priceless painting.

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06:25 ...................... Countdown 07:10 ................. Will and Grace 08:00 .............Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00................................. Frasier 10:00 ....................... Undercover Boss Canada 11:00 ................... Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses 12:00 .............. Channel 4 News Summary 12:05 ...........................Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 12:35...... Come Dine with Me 15:10 ...................... Countdown 16:00............... Deal or No Deal 17:00...... Come Dine with Me 17:30......................... Coach Trip 18:00............ The Simpsons 18:30 .................. Hollyoaks 19:00........ Channel 4 News 20:00 .........The Restoration Man 21:00... 24 Hours in A and E CW 22:00 ................. First Dates ch oi ce 23:00 ............................Troy

06:00..................... Children’s TV

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

08:30 .........Milkshake Monkey

06:25................ Holiday Airport

08:35 .................................. Toby’s Travelling Circus

07:25 .....You’ve Been Framed!

06:00 .................Inside Gatwick

06:00 ................................. RSPCA Animal Rescue

07:10.............. Storage Hunters

07:00 .........Last Man Standing 08:00 ................Modern Family 09:00 ...........................Futurama 09:30 ...........................Futurama 10:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 14:00 ................... Hawaii Five-0 15:00 .................. The Simpsons 15:30 ...........................Futurama 16:30 .................. The Simpsons 17:30 ................Modern Family 18:00 ..........Modern Family 18:30 ............The Simpsons 20:00 ............Ashley Banjo’s Big Town Dance 21:00 ............... The Kumars 22:00 ..............Duck Quacks Don’t Echo 23:00 ................A League of Their Own

February

23:00 .............Stansted: The Inside Story

06:00 ........................... Switched 06:25 ..................................90210 07:10 ......................... Ugly Betty 08:00 ........................... Charmed 09:00..................................... Glee 10:00............................. New Girl 10:30.......... The Mindy Project 11:00 ........................... Charmed 12:00 ... Rules of Engagement 12:30 ...........................Hollyoaks 13:00 .......................... How I Met Your Mother 14:00..... The Big Bang Theory 15:00............................. New Girl 15:30.......... The Mindy Project 16:00 ......Rules of Engagement 17:00...How I Met Your Mother 18:00....The Big Bang Theory 19:00 .................. Hollyoaks 19:30................... How I Met Your Mother 20:30 ...The Big Bang Theory 21:00 ........... The Tomorrow People 22:00 ................. Rude Tube 23:00 ..... The Inbetweeners Top Ten Moments

07:35 ..............Storage Hunters

06:00 ..........................The Devil’s Dinner Party

06:00 ..................Good Morning Sports Fans

07:00........ Nothing to Declare

08:00 ............................. Flip Men

07:00 .............Thirtysomething

08:00.................. Downsize Me!

08:30 ............................. Flip Men

08:00........Star Trek: Enterprise

08:00.......... Football’s Greatest International Teams

09:00................................. Maury

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

09:00 .......................Blue Bloods

10:00................................. Maury

10:00............................. Top Gear

11:00................ Four Weddings

10:00 .......Star Trek: Enterprise

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

12:00............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

11:00 ................... Stargate SG-1

12:00 ............................. Flip Men

12:00 .......................Blue Bloods

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

13:00 ..................................House

15:00 ..............Storage Hunters

14:00 ..................................House

16:00 ............................. Flip Men

15:00....................... Blue Bloods

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

16:00....... Star Trek: Enterprise

16:00.......... Football’s Greatest International Teams

17:00 ................... Stargate SG-1

16:30 ................... Football Gold

18:00 .........................House

16:45 ................... Football Gold

06:15 ........................Coastguard Alaska 07:00 ...................... Robin Hood 08:00........................ Masterchef South Africa

08:45 .......Bananas in Pyjamas

07:45......................... The Jeremy Kyle Show USA

09:00 ........................ Tickety Toc

08:30 ...................... Dinner Date

09:00................................ The Bill

09:15 ..............The Wright Stuff

09:30 ..... The Real Housewives of Atlanta

10:00................................ The Bill 11:00 ...................... Doctor Who

11:30...................The Millionaire Matchmaker

12:00 ...........................Babylon 5

12:30 ........................Emmerdale 13:00 ........................... The Cube

14:00........ Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

14:00 ........................ The Jeremy Kyle Show

15:00 ................ Fantasy Homes by the Sea

16:10 ..... The Real Housewives of New Jersey

16:00...................... Doctor Who

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

17:05.................. The Millionaire Matchmaker

18:30 ............Newstalk Live

18:00........ The Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour of Britain

18:00 ............... Dinner Date

19:00 ........ Trauma Doctors

19:00 ......................... You’ve Been Framed!

19:00 .................Masterchef South Africa

11:10....... The Hotel Inspector 12:10......... 5 News Lunchtime 12:15 ...................Snowtrapped 13:15 .............Home and Away 13:45 ...................... Neighbours 14:15 .................................... NCIS 15:15 ...Dangerous Attraction 17:00....................... 5 News at 5 17:30 ...................... Neighbours

13:00.......................... Sanctuary

17:00 ...........................Babylon 5

20:00... Two and a Half Men

20:00 ................ Beauty and the Beast

21:00 ........................... NCIS

21:00 ...................Benidorm

21:00........................ Grimm

22:00..................... Suspects

22:00............... The Magaluf Weekender

22:00 ........The Happenings

20:00 .....................Ultimate Emergency Bikers

23:00 ..........Law and Order: Special Victims Unit

14:00 ................Criminal Minds 16:00 ................................. RSPCA Animal Rescue 17:00 ........... Sun, Sea and A&E 18:00.... Nothing to Declare 18:30.... Nothing to Declare

23:00........ The Big Reunion

19:00 ........Storage Hunters 20:00 ........The Hairy Bikers’ Cookbook

08:30................... South Africa v Australia Cricket South Africa v Australia 1st Test (Day 1). Day one of the first test between South Africa and Australia from SuperSport Park in Centurion.

The Proteas triumphed when the sides last locked horns in the test arena.

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

21:00...................... Fleming

22:00......... Grey’s Anatomy

22:00................ This is Jinsy

1994/95 Premier League - Man Utd 5-0 Man City. A chance to relive some classic matches from English football’s top flight. Here is Manchester United against local rivals Manchester City from the 1994/1995 season.

23:00..........................Bones

22:00 ............ Frank Skinner

23:00 ................The Borgias

17:00 ............ Revista de la Liga

19:00.... Nothing to Declare 20:00 ........UK Border Force 21:00..........................Bones

20:30 ........The Hairy Bikers’ Cookbook

19:00 .........................House 20:00 .................... Mankind

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Eric Calder, the boss of Calder’s Biscuits based in Badger’s Drift, collapses and dies on a business trip to Copenhagen as he opens a tin of his company’s famous Golden Clusters, coated with deadly strychnine.

The toxic package was posted from Midsomer so Danish detective Birgitte Poulsen asks Barnaby to investigate.

Barnaby and Nelson find Eric was on the verge of pulling off a major deal to supply Toft biscuits in Copenhagen. His son Harry has no desire to go into the family business – he’s more interested in Summer Haleston who works in Mrs Trout’s Tea Room.

At Calder’s factory, Barnaby meets the man behind Golden Clusters – baking genius and flamboyant eccentric Armand Stone, who with Eric’s assistant Clara Trout is putting the final touches to the Copenhagen order. Tempers flare when Barnaby discovers the killer tin was sent from Calder’s and shuts down the factory.

Meanwhile, Harry comes home to find his mum Penelope in bed with his uncle, Eric’s brother Julian.

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

05:00 ...........Winter Olympics

06:00 ........................... Daybreak

09:15 .................. Wanted Down Under Revisited

12:00 .......... The Daily Politics

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

13:00 ...........Winter Olympics

09:25 ........................ The Jeremy Kyle Show

10:00 ................... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00.................... Bargain Hunt 12:00 .............Winter Olympics 13:00........... BBC News at One

Benidorm

13:30 ......... BBC London News

ITV1, 21:00

14:15 ...............................WPC 56

Crystal Hennessy-Vass, CEO of the hotel group, demands that Joyce returns the Solana to three-star status. Joyce agrees, but not before she has made sure that Cyril’s reputation is secure, and a visiting group of Dutchmen are given the full VIP treatment. Queenie, an old friend of Donald and Jacqueline’s, is in town for a party with the Costa Blanca Swingers Association. She invites them along, and arranges for Donald to meet his all time hero - Pepe Le Cruz. Madge wants Tonya to pay Janice back for the spa visit, prompting an even greater explosive outburst than usual. Elena, the pedalo-hire girl, arrives looking for Michael - which is more than Tiger can stand. Meanwhile, Kenneth is still recovering from his temporary health kick when he has an unexpected visitor at the salon.

Inspector George Gently: Blue For Bluebird BBC1, 20.30 The body of a girl washed up by a pier leads Gently and Bacchus to investigate the staff and holidaymakers at a family holiday camp.

While investigating the death, Gently and Bacchus uncover a story of fame-seeking, sex and the dark underbelly of the permissive society.

When the body of a girl, Megan, is washed up on a local beach, Gently and Bacchus begin to investigate her death and look into her position as a blue coat at the Bluebird Holiday Camp. They are welcomed into the camp by the owner, Todd Stretch, and his sister, Cherry. Gently and Bacchus make inquiries with Meg’s colleagues, chalet-mates Gail and Justine, and fitness instructor Gary Manners. Meg was a popular member of staff and a charismatic performer, and great with the guests.

It is clear that the youth of 1969 have more independence than their parents. Fewer families are coming to the camp – and with the ideal of the family beginning to break down, the camp is taking fewer bookings than before. Todd insists it is still family oriented and that those values are important.

Meg has also been in conflict with her mother, Agnes, about her job – and when Agnes reacts strangely to news of the murder, Gently and Bacchus suspect that there’s more to her family situation than meets the eye.

Alibis for the night of the murder don’t quite stack up. Gently and Bacchus gradually discover that Agnes, Justine and Gary aren’t being quite straightforward about their movements - and in addition, a different picture begins to emerge of Meg. Camp guests are also reacting badly to the news of the murder, and one couple, Tim and Sylvia Ryan, attempt to leave. Gently and Bacchus discover that Sylvia was with Gary on the night of the murder – but scratching the surface of this relationship, they learn that Sylvia paid Gary for sex.

All is not as it seems at the Bluebird Holiday Camp...

The themes of family in this film are played through Bacchus’s relationship with his daughter as he tries to get greater access through his ex-wife Lisa. Gently, grieving on the anniversary of his wife’s death, steps in to try and help his colleague.

Rachel also becomes part of the support system for Gently and Bacchus at the police station - with Gently noticing that Bacchus is unsettled by her modern ways of policing.

13:45 .............................. Doctors 15:00 ......................... Perfection 15:45 ............................Escape to the Country 16:30 ............... Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 17:15 ............................ Pointless 18:00 ........ BBC News at Six 18:30 .... BBC London News 19:00 ...........The One Show 19:30 ................ EastEnders 20:00 ..... Pound Shop Wars Documentary series following the competition between pound shop chains. Poundworld CEO Chris Edwards is opening a new store in Peterborough just yards away from the city’s longest-running small independent pound shop, owned

by Zaffer Iqbal. Zaffer faces a David and Goliath battle as he vows to take on the national chain. With several pound shops in the town and the supermarket chains muscling in on the pound deal, is this arrival the last straw for the small retailer?

In Burnley, assistant manager Ian Gilbert has secretly ordered a record number of cold drinks to cash in on the good weather, but there may be clouds on the horizon; can Ian sell his stash of soft drinks before no-nonsense regional manager Craig Atkinson pays a visit? At the HQ warehouse, a new CCTV system is set up to catch workers grazing on shop stock. Will this new Big Brother approach stop the warehouse workers from pilfering?

Jonathan Edwards presents further coverage of the day’s events in Sochi. The female cross-country skiers contest the 10km classic race. Marit Bjoergen’s bronze over this distance in Vancouver was one of five medals the Norwegian scooped at the 2010 Winter Olympics, and she will expect to be among the front-runners today. American duo Heather Richardson and Brittany Bowe are likely to be the leading contenders for gold in the women’s speed skating 1000m.

Richardson has won three of this season’s four World Cup races, but Bowe broke the world record when she won the meet at Salt Lake City in November.

The men’s biathlon 20km is a gruelling test of endurance and skill, and one in which France’s Martin Fourcade will expect to excel. He is the reigning world champion over the distance, and has been in excellent World Cup form this season. His biggest rival may be Norwegian Emil Hegle Svendsen. There will also be action from a key game in the men’s ice hockey tournament.

16:00........... Winter Olympics 19:30...... Winter Olympics 20:00...... The Hairy Bikers’ Asian Adventure In their most adventurous road trip yet, the Hairy Bikers tour the birthplaces of favourite Asian cuisines. In this episode they are in Hong Kong, where they discover the secrets of wok chi at one of the city’s street food stalls, and cook with a grandma in her tiny kitchen.

21:00 .......... Bible Hunters 22:00 ..... Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe

22:00 ....... BBC News at Ten

Charlie Brooker in a series with his unique brand of satirical commentary, as he and his guests attempt to squeeze some fun from a troubled world. It is the final episode in the series, so if you’ve enjoyed the mix of contributors, jokes and reviews provided by Charlie Brooker and his guests then why not watch the very best bits again in this compilation show.

22:25 .... BBC London News

22:30............... Newsnight

22:35 ...........Question Time

23:20.................. Inside the Animal Mind

20:30...Inspector George CoiWce Gently ch

23:35 .................. This Week

10:30.................... This Morning 11:25 ............................ITV News 11:30.................... This Morning 12:30.................. Loose Women 13:30............................. ITV News 14:00......................... Dickinson’s Real Deal 15:00.............................. The Alan Titchmarsh Show 16:00................................ Britain’s Best Bakery 17:00 ..........................The Chase 18:00...... ITV News London 18:30..................... ITV News 19:00................ Emmerdale 19:30....................... Tonight Can We Trust the Police? In 2013, a succession of allegations surrounding Plebgate - the incident which led to Andrew Mitchell losing his job in the Cabinet - cast the police in a poor light. Added to that were the falsification of crime figures, statements that were changed in the wake of the Hillsborough disaster, attempts made to smear the family and friends of Stephen Lawrence and opportunities that were missed to prosecute child grooming gangs. To what extent has public confidence been dented by this succession of damaging allegations and revelations? A survey of 2,000 people, commissioned by Tonight, revealed that 20 per cent did not believe that the police were on their side, while 40 per cent of those questioned thought that corruption was a problem within the service. Fiona Foster speaks to people who feel they have been failed by the police, and examines what some forces are doing to try and regain the public’s trust.

20:00................ Emmerdale Diane struggles to support Val. Bob confronts Brenda about her stealing. Chas confronts James about his past.

20:30...... Birds of a Feather 21:00...............Benidorm

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22:00.......... ITV News at Ten 22:35.................... The Cube

23:35 ................... The Great Train Robbery

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Thursday Thursday 13th February 06:25 ...................... Countdown

06:00..................... Children’s TV

07:10 ................. Will and Grace

08:45 .......Bananas in Pyjamas

08:00 .............Everybody Loves Raymond

09:00 ........................ Tickety Toc

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

11:10 .......The Hotel Inspector

10:00 ............. Undercover Boss Canada 11:00 ................... Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses 12:05........................... Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 12:35...... Come Dine with Me 15:10...................... Countdown 16:00............... Deal or No Deal 17:00...... Come Dine with Me 17:30......................... Coach Trip 18:00............ The Simpsons 18:30 .................. Hollyoaks 19:00 ........ Channel 4 News 20:00 ................ Supersize v Superskinny

CoiWce 21:00................Big Ballet ch 22:00 ........... Bodyshockers

09:15.............. The Wright Stuff 12:10 .........5 News Lunchtime 12:15 ................Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 13:15 .............Home and Away 13:45 ...................... Neighbours 14:15 .................................... NCIS 15:15 ......................Like Mother, Like Daughter 17:00 .......................5 News at 5 17:30 ...................... Neighbours 18:00 ........Home and Away 18:30 ............Newstalk Live 19:00 ...........The True Story 20:00 .........The Kidnapping of Shergar 21:00.................... The Hotel Inspector

22:00............Brain Hospital: 23:05......Getting Rich in W Saving Lives C the Recession: choice 23:00........................

CSI: NY Scrappers

06:00 .................Inside Gatwick 07:00 ...............Dog the Bounty Hunter 08:00 ................Modern Family 09:00 ...........................Futurama 10:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 14:00 ................... Hawaii Five-0 15:00 .................. The Simpsons 15:30 ...........................Futurama 16:30 .................. The Simpsons 17:30 ................Modern Family 18:00 ..........Modern Family 18:30............ The Simpsons 19:55 .................Cheaper by the Dozen 21:50 ...................Futurama 22:00................. Ross Kemp: Extreme World 23:00................ A League of Their Own

06:00 ........................Emmerdale 06:25 ...........Coronation Street 06:55 .....You’ve Been Framed!

07:45 ........................ The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 08:30 ...................... Dinner Date 09:30..... The Real Housewives of Atlanta 11:30 ..................The Millionaire Matchmaker 12:30........................ Emmerdale 13:00 ...........Coronation Street 13:30......You’ve Been Framed!

14:00...The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:10..... The Real Housewives of New Jersey 17:05 ..................The Millionaire Matchmaker 18:00................ Dinner Date 19:00....You’ve Been Framed!

20:00... Two and a Half Men 21:00 ........The Big Reunion 22:00 ............Fake Reaction 22:50 ...........................Mom 23:20 ........................... Dads 23:45... Two and a Half Men

23:30...... Rescue: Code One

06:00 ........................... Switched 06:25.................................. 90210 07:10.......................... Ugly Betty 07:55............................ Charmed 08:55 .....................................Glee 10:10 .............................New Girl 10:40 ..........The Mindy Project 11:05 ........................... Charmed 12:00 ... Rules of Engagement 12:30.......................... Hollyoaks 13:00...How I Met Your Mother 14:00 .....The Big Bang Theory 15:00 .............................New Girl 15:30 ..........The Mindy Project 16:00 ... Rules of Engagement 17:00...How I Met Your Mother 18:00....The Big Bang Theory 19:00 .................. Hollyoaks 19:30 ...................How I Met Your Mother 20:00....The Big Bang Theory 20:30 ...................How I Met Your Mother 21:00.....Brooklyn Nine-Nine 21:30......The Inbetweeners 22:00... The Midnight Beast

06:15 ......... Coastguard Alaska 07:00 ...................... Robin Hood 08:00......................... Masterchef South Africa 09:00 ................................The Bill 10:00................................ The Bill 11:00...................... Doctor Who 12:00 ...........................Babylon 5 13:00 .......................... Sanctuary 14:00 ........ Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 15:00................ Fantasy Homes by the Sea 16:00 ...................... Doctor Who 17:00 ...........................Babylon 5 18:00 ....... The Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour of Britain 19:00 .................Masterchef South Africa 20:00 ........................ Grimm 21:00 .............Stansted: The Inside Story 22:00.......Confessions From the Underground 23:00...... Rescue: Code One

06:00 ................................. RSPCA Animal Rescue

07:00 ...............................Carpool 07:10 ..............Storage Hunters

06:00.......................... The Devil’s Dinner Party

06:00 ..................Good Morning Sports Fans

06:30................................. RSPCA Animal Rescue

08:00 ...........The Gadget Show

07:00 .............Thirtysomething

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

08:00 .............................Star Trek: Enterprise

07:00 ..................Good Morning Sports Fans

07:00 ........Nothing to Declare 08:00.................. Downsize Me! 09:00................................. Maury

11:00 ..............Storage Hunters 12:00 ...............The Hairy Bikers’ Cookbook

09:00 .......................Blue Bloods 10:00........Star Trek: Enterprise

08:00 .....................Shane Warne Masterclass

11:00................... Stargate SG-1

08:30................... South Africa v Australia Cricket

15:00 ..............Storage Hunters

12:00....................... Blue Bloods 13:00 ..................................House

16:00 ........................ Boots ‘n’ All

16:00 ...............The Hairy Bikers’ Cookbook

15:00 .......................Blue Bloods

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

16:00 .......Star Trek: Enterprise

19:00 ........Storage Hunters

17:00................... Stargate SG-1

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

18:00......................... House

21:00........................... Suits

19:00......................... House 20:00............ Urban Secrets

21:00 ...... My Kitchen Rules

22:00.................Have I Got a Bit More News for You

22:00 ................. CSI: Miami

22:55 ..........Mock the Week

23:00 .........................Bones

23:35 ...........................QI XL

11:00 ................Four Weddings 12:00 ............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 14:00 ................Criminal Minds 15:00................ Criminal Minds 16:00... RSPCA Animal Rescue 17:00 ........... Sun, Sea and A&E 18:00... Nothing to Declare 18:30 ... Nothing to Declare 20:00............. The Face USA

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

17:00 .....................................FL72 18:00 .....................Ringside 19:00 ........Barclays Premier League World 19:30 ........... Rugby League 22:00 .....................Ringside

21:00...................... Fleming

23:00............. Football Gold

22:00................ Blue Bloods

23:15 ............ Football Gold

23:00............................ Girls

23:30 ........Barclays Premier League World

23:35...................... Looking

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Big Ballet Channel 4, 21:00

Dance legend Wayne Sleep, the shortest ballet dancer ever to debut on the Royal Ballet stage, is on a mission to prove that people who are big can dance ballet. He and ballet mistress Monica Loughman are mentoring a troupe of plus-size dancers to realise their dream of performing on stage.

Getting Rich in the Recession: Scrappers Channel 4, 23:05

The UK is still feeling the effects of the recent recession. Money’s tight and many of us are broke. But look a little closer and you’ll see that the streets of Britain are paved with gold.

You just need to know where to look.

With unprecedented access to a scrap yard in Sydenham, South London, this documentary lifts the lid on the secret world of the scrap metal industry.

It’s a world that attracts some of the country’s most surprising characters, from ex-criminals to former music moguls and a mother of three whose nights spent trawling the streets of London are helping heal her broken heart.

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Introducing Bim & Bo OVER the last year, it has been a pleasure to write about the entertainment scene in Tenerife.

The circuit has given me so much in the way of experience, as well as a whole lot of fun.

Working on this beau-

tiful Island has never been a chore, and to have the chance to work alongside so many talented artistes of such diversity has been a blessing.

However, because of my own workload, it has become necessary for me to enlist the help of two young ladies, who will act as roving reporters and will visit enter-

Bleu Travelle ON Wednesday last week, I managed to catch half a set from a singer I have wanted to watch for some time.

A circuit like ours is extremely small, yet concentrated, and it doesn’t take long for names to become wellknown, especially when they are backed up with talent.

DOMINIC JAMES has been performing for most of his life. And his work history before he came to Tenerife tells a story of which any entertainer would be proud.

When I first arrived here 14 years ago, Dominic was working as a solo artiste, paying tribute to the songs of Ricky Martin at gigs stretching from Costa del Silencio to Los Gigantes and everywhere in between.

At the same time, he was working in one of the Island’s only touring comedy duos at the time, Dom & Dumber.

This duo were very successful and, alongside his

Bleu Travelle is a vibrant, twentysomething singer, who on Wednesday was performing the early set at The Soul Suite on Parque de la Paz. I had never heard her sing before, but I’d heard lots about her. And everything I’d been told about this girl rang true straight away.

She has a showbiz tone

in her voice and a big vocal range. With her own style, she puts her own signature on songs and at this particular gig, because of the venue, the genre fell under the musical umbrella of Soul and Motown.

However, it was apparent that this young lady can sing a variation of musical genres, including a show dedicated to “Divas”.

A smile is so important

tainment bars every Tuesday.

The thing is that they will remain anonymous, and will wear a different-themed disguise every week. They will bring the element of fun to your venue and are there to have a good time.

Entertainment doesn’t always come from the stage … on a Tuesday

it will come from Pip & Ashley, who will also give a candid review of that week’s chosen bar.

Their identity will remain a closely-guarded secret, and you may not even realise you were in the same bar as them until you see the pictures on this page.

Pip & Ashley will be coming to a bar near you soon.

for singers to display, and Bleu is a natural at engaging the audience, always showing the most beautiful smile.

She has a charisma that cannot be taught or developed; you’re just born with it, and Bleu Travelle has it in abundance.

Even though I caught the latter part of her set only, it was enough for me to know that I would recommend this artiste

for any venue.

Her bubbly personality and natural ability to keep the audience attentive, and, of course, that amazing voice, are the dynamics that stand her apart. Whether it be a late dance set or an early evening performance with chill-out songs, this artiste will produce the goods every time.

I am looking forward to seeing her again in the near future.

FROM POP TO OPERA

partner-in-crime, American comedian George Peña, they produced big belly laughter wherever they performed.

Around 2006, Dominic took up residency as The Pearla Gris compere in Callao Salvaje. And there, in 2007, he was awarded the accolade of Best Compere at the TEAs.

More recently Dominic has established himself fully as the lead male in The Sound of Musicals at Showtime.

Dom is a classicallytrained singer and assists other singers regularly with vocal coaching. He also helps to develop the skills of young, upand-coming singers who want to break into the business. On Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, you will find him at Showtime. However, if you enjoy a flawless male voice, then you should catch one of Dominic’s

solo shows. His vocal range can cover anything, but his passion will always remain with musical theatre and his Pop to Opera show is something else. Mixing these two genres was a risk for him, but it has paid off.

His delivery is second to none, and has a way with the audience that totally puts them at ease.

Someone who is a relative stranger at the beginning of the show will almost seem like a close friend by the end.

Entertainment is what courses through this

EARLIER this week, I was invited to sample one of the famous Mega Rock burgers and, I have to say, it was the best burger ever to have passed my lips.

And, evidently, the milk shakes are to die for, though I haven’t had the pleasure of sampling one yet.

Evening trade in the bar is doing well and resident DJ/compere Terry Ellens is proving really popular with the customers.

Manageress Natalie tells me that the daytime trade is also good, with people taking advantage of the bowling deals offered by Mega Rock Café in conjunction with The Mega Bowl, which is in the same building.

It really is a family bar in every sense. The entertainment programme and menus have been devised with families in mind, and it is so effective.

The Mega Rock Café, right in the centre of Fañabe, is easy to find, and it features lots of promotions throughout the week.

See the flyer to the right for details of “LOCO LUNES” - just one of the many ways to have a good time, and value for money!

man’s veins. Dominic James, a true pro, a topdrawer artiste and a complete master of his

craft, is a must for your billboard if you want to boast of having the Island’s best.

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Cee Lo feeling blue!

POP superstar Cee Lo Green has appeared in court accused of secretly slipping ecstasy into the drink of his dinner date.

Prosecutors claim the incident took place at a sushi restaurant in Los Angeles in July 2012, but he denies the charge.

It’s the latest in a string of court dates surrounding incidents that may have occurred that fateful night.

Green first appeared in court last October on the charge of furnishing a controlled substance.

This charge carries a possible jail sentence of up to four years.

An earlier rape charge was dropped through insufficient evidence.

The singer has hired top lawyer Blair Berk, who has defended other celebrities in the past, including Lindsay Lohan and Gerard Butler.

The next court date is in March, when a scheduled preliminary hearing will be set.

Cee Lo, whose real name is Thomas DeCarlo Callaway, has enjoyed worldwide adulation over the last few years. He is currently a coach on the US version of The Voice.

He was the voice behind Gnarls Barkley whose song Crazy sold over two million copies in 2006.

His solo careers have spawned numerous No.1s, including Forget You, Bright Lights Big City and It’s Ok. He has also won five Grammys and a host of other music awards.

Oscar star ‘overdosed’ OSCAR -WINNING actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has died. He was found dead in his Manhattan apartment after an apparent drug overdose.

The Hollywood star, who won the Best Actor award for his performance in the 2005 film Capote, was 46. Police say the father-of-three was found dead in his bathroom with a syringe in his arm.

Small envelopes suspected of containing heroin, and marked with the ace of hearts and spades, were found in the Greenwich Village apartment.

Police were called there by a friend of the actor on Sunday morning.

A statement issued by his family read: “We are devastated by the loss of our beloved Phil and appreciate the outpouring of love and support we have received from everyone.

“This is a tragic and sudden loss, and we ask that you respect our privacy during this time

of grieving. Please keep Phil in your thoughts and prayers.”

Hollywood stars have paid tribute, including Kevin Bacon, Jim Carrey. British actor Gary Oldman, who said Hoffman was “very special”, and fellow Brit John Hurt, who starred with Hoffman in the 2003 film Owning Mahowny, said: “It’s a devastating loss. His contribution was massive.”

Hoffman’s other film credits included The Big Lebowski, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Mission: Impossible III,

and The Talented Mr Ripley.

Last year, he admitted to a fear of losing control and checked into rehab after taking prescription pills and snorting heroin, having stayed clean for 23 years.

Hoffman left the centre after 10 days, thanking “a great group of friends and family” for encouraging him to get help.

“I went to rehab and I got sober when I was 22,” he said in a 2006 interview. “You get panicked … and I got panicked for my life.”

News of Hoffman’s death came after his

representatives denied a death hoax about the actor spread earlier in the week.

In addition to his screen work, Hoffman was also a talented stage actor, gaining plaudits for his roles on Broadway.

Recently, he been working on the last instalment of The Hunger Games franchise, in which he played the role of head game-maker Plutarch Heavensbee.

He leaves his longterm partner and costume designer Mimi O’Donnell and their two daughters and son.

ARTIST SONG TITLE

A Great Big World Say Something Alesso vs One Republic If I Lose Myself

Angel Us

Bastille Flaws

Chris Malinchak If U Got It Clean Bandit ft Jess Glynne Rather Be

Editors Honesty

Ella Eyre Deeper

Ellie Goulding Goodness Gracious

Elyar Fox Do It All Over Again

Foxes Let go for Tonight

Gabrielle Aplin Salvation Gorgon City ft MNEK Ready for Your Love

Grouplove Ways to Go

Katy B Crying for No Reason

Kylie Into the Blue

Lily Allen Air Balloon

Lorde Team

Luminites Do Something

Miley Cyrus Adore You

Neon Jungle Braveheart

Nina Nesbitt Selfies

One Direction Midnight Memories

Paloma Faith Can’t Rely on You

Paolo Nutini Scream

Pixie Lott Nasty

Rebecca Ferguson All That I’ve Got Route 94 ft. Jess Glynne My Love

Sam Smith Money on My Mind

Tensnake Love Sublime

The 1975 Settle Down

The Vamps Wild Heart

Vance Joy Riptide

will.i.am Feelin’ Myself

You Me at Six Fresh Start Fever Zedd ft. Hayley Williams Stay the Night

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Home and Lifestyle

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A question of extremes

By Sue McDonald WE have finished two projects this week which were at either end of the spectrum.

One was a conversion, from a dingy, old-fashioned studio flat in Crab Island, where you wiped your feet when you came out, to a light and bright studio for holiday rentals. Anyone would be happy to stay in it now, and I can’t claim credit for the building work.

But the transformation was amazing, and our furnishings completed the effect, being attractive but also practical for rental.

Although the owners didn’t want to spend a fortune as the objective was rental, that’s no reason to feel that the end result has to be boring or staid.

We used tones of blue and white to create a seaside effect as the apartment is near the sea in Crab Island. And we even found a great piece of crab “wall art” for the terrace!

At the end of the day, it’s the attention to detail that makes such a difference, and not nec-

essarily the budget!

In the other photo, we were working at the opposite end of the scale.

This Palm Mar property was for personal use, and also for occasional rental, but the budget was considerably higher. Although this obviously makes things easier from our point of view, you still have to bear in mind that any items installed must be practical for rental and holiday use, and not subject to breakages.

Again, we worked with

the elements of the property, this time using a lot of golds and terracottas to tone with the outside colour of the building, and the design ideas of the client.

We were able to install touches of luxury and high-end design, like the hall unit in the photo.

So whether it’s a budget apartment for rental, or a high-end property, we can provide you with a no-obligation estimate to meet your needs.

Danger in your mobiles LITHIUM batteries, such as those as used in watches laptops and mobile phones, could prove deadly on aeroplanes.

There have been several reports from the US of these batteries catching fire while airborne, or inside airports.

Last June, police at San Diego International Airport noticed a passenger’s bag was smoking as it travelled on the carousel.

They investigated and discovered that a lithium-ion battery had touched a screwdriver inside the bag and both items had melted.

In September 2012, a flight attendant and two passengers were burned when they handled a mobile phone and spare battery, which overheated during a flight.

And in April 2012, a lithium battery inside someone’s personal air purifier caught fire at 28,000ft.

An American Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) report says: “A flight attendant described a shooting fire from a passenger’s device at about the same time that the captain

felt a small thud.” The battery lay burning in the aisle until the quickthinking attendant put it out with wet towels, and then shoved it into a cup of water to cool it down.

It has been estimated that an average small plane, carrying 100 passengers, could have 500 lithium batteries on board - if you add up all the watches, laptops, cameras, e-readers, tablet computers and suchlike.

These reports have obviously alerted the UK’s safety regulator CAA (Civil Aviation Authority), which has warned the BBC that the huge growth in people carrying lithium batteries on aircraft poses a growing fire risk.

Geoff Leach, manager of the CAA’s Dangerous Goods Office, said batteries bought from respectable retailers are regulated and safe, as long as you pack them in your bag properly.

But he is concerned that cheap, copycat batteries bought from dubious sources online could develop a fault - with dramatic conse-

quences. Bag searches at airports’ security allow just about every type of personal electronic device on board after checking.

Yet threats from their batteries remain The CAA has, with its American FAA counterpart, produced a series of videos showing aviation professionals and the public how to pack batteries safely, and what to do if they happen to smoulder or catch fire.

The films will eventually go online, to be watched by cabin crew, luggage-handlers, members of the public and people sending things in the post.

Battery meltodown how to avoid it: *Carry batteries where you can get to them - in your hand luggage and not your cases *Put a tape over the metal terminal of any spares, or wrap them in a plastic bag *Keep them away from other metallic objects *Be careful where you buy them in the first place. If they’re a lot cheaper, there may well be a reason

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Garden

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By Margaret Tully THIS week, I am taking you back to Victorian times, when it was very fashionable to collect Ferns.

These are any plants belonging to the botanical group called Pteridophyta; hence the name given to this time as Pteridomania.

Ferns are millions of years old and have survived many climatic changes. They inhabit a vast number of countries, and their spread is mainly through the separation of the land with the rise in the seas, breaking lands into smaller parts and then into countries.

Here in the Canaries, there are several ferns which are native to these climes, such as the Davillia canariensis, which belongs to the Davalliaceae family.

This particular fern can tolerate low levels of humidity. It can be found deep in ravines on rocks, or in hanging baskets in a semi-shaded balcony.

The best way to keep a fern happy is to mist it with water every day and water about once a fortnight only, or maybe even less in the winter months. The important part is the misting because this creates humidity.

The Victorians would create elaborate grottos with running water, which created a somewhat natural habitat for ferns of all sorts.

The more “tropical” ferns would be displayed in glass cases called Wardian cases, which excluded all pollution and created the perfect, humid atmosphere.

When you think of ferns, a plant with lots of feathery leaves comes to mind but also included in the group of ferns are plants such as Adiantum reniforme. The Canarians call it “Tostonera” because the leaf of the plant resembles an ancient coin called a toston. Reniforme comes from the word for kid-

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ney (renal), because the leaves are, in fact, shaped like kidneys.

The other fern to be found here is the Asplenium hemionitis, or the Hierba candil, as it is known in the Canaries.

It has an ivy-shaped leaf but it is a fern.

Other members of the Aspleniaceae family are the Asplenium onopteris and the Asplenium hermionitis which have hybridised (or mixed) to create the Asplenium x tagananaense, which gets its name from the region it was seen in: Taganana, in North Tenerife.

The Guanches, who originally inhabited the Canary Islands, used to make the infamous Gofio from the tubers of ferns.

Ferns here can be found in laurel forests and mountainous regions, but generally not near the ocean.

I was in a garden centre recently and it seems that here, too, they are very much interested in vertical gardening, which is useful for walls, ugly building fronts and limited space.

The example I saw was a wall of ferns, which was amazing, and I would love to create something similar (but

a LOT smaller) here at my house.

I intend to buy a “shoe tidy”, which has a lot of pockets for shoes, but there is no reason why they can’t be used for plants.

Fill the pockets with gravel or small stones, halfway, leaf mould up to two-thirds and then compost or garden earth to the top, bar one inch.

Plant up the pockets with various ferns - small-sized plants so they can mature

through time and become acclimatised to their surroundings while still young. They should spread and trail and soon, nothing of the “shoe tidy” will be visible.

Hung on a wall or maybe under a shelf would look best, and spray with water every day and don’t let it dry out completely. It’s not tried and tested yet, but I think it will work.

If you have a fern already and have thought it might have some kind

of disease on its leaves, it is not little insect eggs but, in fact, structures called sorus (sori in the singular), which are little sacks or swellings containing the spores.

These, technically, are not seeds, which is one of the reasons the plants that have these spores are called ferns.

They are what you harvest to propagate, as you would a seed.

Collecting Spores Take a frond (leaf), that has spores on its underside (the photo is one I took of one of my ferns which has spores on it just now.

Lay the frond spore side down on to a piece of cartridge paper and lay another piece on the top and leave for a few days.

Remove the top piece of paper and the frond; underneath, it should have left an impression, not unlike that of tea dust at the bottom of your tea caddy.

Carefully fold the paper with the spores and make sure they fall into the fold.

Prepare a pot for the spores - terracotta is best - and fill with gravel, leaf mould and some compost.

Put a piece of paper on the top of the soil and pour boiling water over the top of the paper and let the pot get hot and soaked.

Remove the paper and put a piece of glass over the top and let it cool down and drain.

Remove the glass and, on the top of the soil, sprinkle a little ter-

racotta dust (you can make this by scraping a broken piece of terracotta with a metal file) and then tip the spores from the paper on to the dust. Do try to spread it evenly.

Replace the piece of glass and put the pot etc. into a warm, shady place, on to a tray, so you can water it by topping up the tray.

Once a green film appears on the top of the pot you can remove the glass but keep the pot in warm, humid conditions.

Once the little plants are visible, you can plant them on and on until they are large enough to be put into a more normal situation.

My favourite part of the fern world is how the fronds unfurl like coiled springs. They are animal like, and, in Scotland woodlands, you can hear the creaking of the ferns opening, like little wooden doors of old cottages – simply magical!

It is probably our last cold burst before all the magic of what this hot climate can bring and a warm, but shady spot in your garden on your balcony or patio - whatever your space - filled with lush, green waterdripping ferns would be a welcoming spot in the height of Summer.

Ferns do have a dormant period in the high Summer but generally, they never disappear completely, not the Canarian varieties. To see them at their best in nature, now is the time.

THIS WEEK’S RECIPE Broiled Kidneys I DECIDED on this simple recipe because of the kidneyshaped leaves of the Adiantum reniforme fern. It has been based on a Victorian recipe from Godey’s Lady’s Book of 1860.

Method *Take some lambs’ kidneys and remove

the membrane and cores. *Split them open (as you would butterfly a chicken breast) and score. *Season with pepper and salt. *Put them on to skewers and either flash fry them or cook on a barbecue.

Et voilà, that’s it.

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Health and Beauty

By Val Sainsbury ALMOST 50% of Britons do not realise that their choice of diet could protect them against cancer.

Experts believe they blame the disease on a “throw of the dice”, and that 49% of them are not even aware that diet affects people’s risk of getting cancer, a survey found.

Other results show that 60% of Brits do not know that body weight is linked to cancer, with overweight and obese people more at risk.

Around 70% of people questioned were unaware of links between processed meat and lack of physical activity, and the disease. Some 33%

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believe, incorrectly, that the chances of getting cancer are mainly down to family history of the disease, even though only 5-10% of cancers are linked to inherited genes.

The YouGov survey of 2,000 Britons was carried out for World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), a charity which promotes ways of preventing the disease.

Experts say modern lifestyles are fuelling the rise of the disease, including alcohol, lack of exercise and being overweight.

According to official figures, most people in England are overweight or obese. This includes 61.9% of adults and 28% of children, aged between two and 15.

Amanda McLean, General Manager of World Cancer Research Fund,

said the findings demonstrated that many myths about cancer were still widely believed, instead of people taking personal responsibility for reducing their risk.

“On World Cancer Day 2014 (Tuesday), it was most alarming to see that such a large number of people don’t know that there’s a lot they can do to reduce their risk of getting cancer significantly,” she added.

“We would like all sectors of society, including the Government, manufacturers, retailers and charities to work together to raise cancer-prevention awareness.

“In the UK, about 33% of the most common cancers in people could be prevented by them being a healthy weight, eating a healthy diet

and being physically active regularly. These results show that many people still seem to accept, mistakenly, their chances of getting cancer as a throw of the dice.

But by making lifestyle changes today, we can help prevent cancer tomorrow.”

Previous research by WCRF suggested that almost 80,000 Britons each year could avoid getting one of 12 major cancers if they adopted healthier lifestyles.

It said two out of five cases could be prevented if those with the worst diets, drinking and exercise habits adopted healthier habits for life.

Almost half of breastcancer cases could be avoided if women drank less, ate healthier foods and exercised more, it found.

As a result, 20,000 women a year would probably not develop breast cancer by having a healthier lifestyle from an early age.

World Cancer Research Fund, alongside the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), said there were four steps to help to reduce the risk of developing cancer: *Eat a healthy diet with lots of vegetables, fruit, pulses and wholegrains. *Limit alcohol and red meat, and try to cut out processed meat. *Keep your weight at a healthy level (Body Mass Index of between 18.5 and 25) because being overweight is the biggest cancer-risk factor after smoking. *Be physically active for at least 30 minutes every day. Activity can be divided over the day, and it

should increase breathing and heart rate.

The recommendations were developed by a panel of world-renowned scientists, after considering a detailed report on the links between lifestyle and cancer, which examined all relevant scientific evidence.

Cary Adams, Chief Executive Officer at UICC, said: “Governments around the world, including the UK, must recognise the growing cancer burden in their country - and act on it now.

“On World Cancer Day, we demand that health leaders commit to reducing the millions of predicted, needless and premature deaths caused by cancer by focusing efforts and funds on proven preventive and early detection measures.”

Multi-vitamins may put pregnant women at risk WOMEN who take multivitamin tablets while trying to become pregnant are more at risk of having a miscarriage.

A study of 35,000 mothers-to-be found they were 32% more likely to lose their baby early on if they had taken the supplements regularly in the six weeks before conceiving.

Millions of women rely on the pills to boost their body’s stocks of vital vi-

tamins and minerals, and so increase their chances of having a successful pregnancy.

The researchers say in the International Journal of Epidemiology: “Women are advised to take multi-vitamins when they plan to conceive, believing it can do no harm. ”We found a modest but consistent increased risk of early foetal death in multi-

vitamin users, espe-cially in women with a regular preconception intake.”

They said the finding “causes concern”, yet were unable to explain why multi-vitamins raised the risk.

The NHS supplies women with multi-vitamin tablets after the 10-week point of their pregnancies as part of the Healthy Start scheme.

They contain vitamins C, D and B9 (also known as folate), which helps protect babies from spina bifida. Many women begin taking pills while trying to conceive. But official advice warns only against consuming too much vitamin A. The latest study, the largest of its kind and focused on mothers-tobe in Denmark, was conducted by the universities of Southern Denmark, Aarhus and Pittsburgh in the US. Taking folate supplements on their own, or multi-vitamins while expecting, had a slight beneficial effect.

But the study isolat-

ed a particular risk of miscarriage among those who took the all-in-one tablets several weeks before conception, which accounted for one-third of the women.

Compared with taking no pills at all, regular multi-vitamin use for 3-4 weeks beforehand saw the chances of losing the baby rise by 23%. And for the 5-6 week period, it was 32%.

Although the authors could not find a reason for the trend, they were able to rule out links with obesity, smoking, poverty, previous miscarriage or difficulty in conceiving.

Professor Lucilla Poston, head of the Division of Wo m e n ’ s Health at King’s College, London, urged women not to panic.

“It is critical that the data is not interpreted as evidence against current recommendations for folate supplementation,” she said. “The authors rightly recommend that

further studies are needed.

In the mean-time, supplements should be taken in accordance with current clinical guidelines.”

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Health and Fashion

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The bare facts of advertising

WHAT YOU WEAR NEXT

By Carl from Robot

OFTEN in my line of work, I don’t just have to concentrate on what’s fashionable now.

I have to think about what’s up and coming and what direction are we going in. Ordering in my colours has to be done in forward-thinking mode, to be sure we have the shades people are asking for.

So this year, I’m sticking my head on the line and saying that colours this year will be more natural, such as reds and oranges. Anything striking won’t be seen as much.

Instead, your blondes will be bright and clean, your browns cool and

definitely not warm, and darker hair will be seen more often.

What I’m trying to get over is that things will be “toned down”. We’ve had garish for a while and, as fashion moves into a more sophisticated era, so does hairdressing.

So forget anything too

stripey or brash-looking, and forget multiple colours. Instead, go for clean, simple colours to show off cuts to match.

We’ve been doing a lot of smoother, flatter styles recently, maybe still with a little volume but edging towards definite lines and smooth, smooth texture.

Blow-drying is back as well, to give you that straight volume. But straightened hair (with the iron) is this year’s big “no-no”.

Hair should have bounce and swing, and pokerstraight is not the look we are going for in 2014.

So dig out your hairdryers and big blow-dry brushes ... ask for a precision cut in the salon, and don’t go too mad in the colouring department.

Think simple and clean - and please, talk to your stylist before any big change.

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By Ruth Benson WHEN we look in the window of a clothes shop, we tend to see the usual image of the latest fashion worn by, dare I say it, a small mannequin.

Recently, however, the mannequin has had a whole new look. In some ways this is progress, as in the case of UK department store Debenhams.

Last November, the chain store introduced size 16 mannequins across all its 170 UK stores, thus reflecting the average size of UK women.

Most department stores use a size 8 to 10 for their mannequin displays, and Debenhams is urging other stores to follow its lead.

It is not the first time Debenhams has tried to change the image of models. In 2010, it introduced a disabled model and featured older models in its advertising campaigns.

Since then, we have also seen this occur, with Marks and Spencer using “real people”, such as older models and larger models, in its advertising campaigns, which is a better reflection of society.

American Apparel has also gone down this route this week with its latest campaign, using a 62-year-old model.

The company is going with the line that

“sexy has no expiration date”.

But American Apparel has also caused controversy recently by taking the whole mannequin image a step further.

The lingerie company has decided to give its mannequins a more natural look by displaying them with pubic hair.

Shoppers in New York were the first to see the new mannequins displayed in the window.

The brand has said the display is meant to be a reaction to Valentine’s Day and its commercialisation to “bring rawness and newness to a holiday thought of as a roman-

tic Hallmark holiday”.

So the innocent mannequins, originally designed to display clothes, have now been given a whole new lease of life in more ways than one.

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Food and Drink

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Mojo a go-go, gofio a no-no!

JUST over 1% of the Island’s visitors last year sampled one of its staple foods, gofio, according to a Tenerife Tourism survey.

Gofio is possibly not so well known as, say Canarian Potatoes, or the famous “mojo” sauces, which may account for it lagging behind better known produce.

The study reveals that the most-commonlyconsumed local produce is fish (18.6%), followed by potatoes (16.7%), traditional Spanish dishes (11.12%) and meat (7%), with mojo at a surprisingly low (6.6%).

Bananas, Tenerife’s main agricultural export, were tried by just 4.4% of visitors. Along with tomatoes, locallygrown produce is gen-

erally available outside the Island. So, despite being market leaders as far as exports go, they are eaten less frequently here.

They also featured further down the list of products visitors associated with the Island. Again, fish was the most common answer

(28.7%), followed by potatoes (22.3%) and bananas (21.1%). Poor gofio came in below rum, cheese, beer and even sangria, with only 2%

apparently knowing of its existence.

Overall, the survey showed that, of all Tenerife’s visitors last year, 68% tried local produce, and a rather alarming 28% did not. *Gofio is a locally-produced flour, made from roasted grains, most commonly wheat and maize, but sometimes including beans.

In the Canaries, it is usually found in a finelyground form, and was a staple in the diets of the Islands’ original inhabitants, known as “Guanches”.

They produced it from barley and some ferns, and it is often added to soups, stews and sauces, as well as ice-cream and other desserts.

*Mojo sauce originated in the Canaries and is available in many varieties. The most common is red mojo (the spicier version), which is made from olive oil, garlic, paprika and cumin.

Green mojo, or “mojo cilantro”, is generally more fragrant, using olive oil, crushed salt, garlic, parsley and fresh coriander. It is an excellent accompaniment to many dishes, most notably Canarian Potatoes.

It is readily available in local supermarkets, and if you’re in the UK and missing it, you will find that it is available online from Amazon’s grocery section.

But you just can’t beat the home-produced stuff!)

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Food and Drink

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TV Chef in town

Famous Spanish TV chef Alberto Chicote is in Los Abrigos this week. It’s understood he is filming an episode of the popular La Sexta tv show Pesadilla en La Cocina.

The programme is very similar to Gordon Ramsey’s ‘Kitchen Nightmares’ in the UK or the American ‘Restaurant Impossible’ which stars Robert Irvine.

In the show Alberto will try to turn around a struggling restaurant in a matter of days. It’s understood that filming this week has taken place at the Picasso restaurant in the bay.

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Going bananas over flour power!

A RESEARCH team at the University of La Laguna (ULL) have produced an exciting new product in the form of banana flour.

The team were led by Dr. Ana Piedra Buena Díaz, supported by the Canarian Institute of Agricultural Research and Coplaca (the Canary Islands’ banana growers’ organisation).

The flour will provide an excellent ingredient in products aimed at sufferers of Celiac Disease, a multiple digestive disorder affecting mainly children mainly, but also some adults. It can also aid diabetics.

Although distributed on a small scale initially, it is hoped that gradual growth will enable the flour to be introduced to a wider market.

That will give a healthy boost to local economy, as well as negating the need for mass importation of similar products from outside the Canaries.

The flour is made from waste products in the banana-growing and packaging processes, such as stems and overripe or mis-shapen bananas, which have usually been sent for use as animal feed.

But given the banana’s high magnesium and potassium content, as well as simple carbohydrates and an absence of gluten, it has great

potential as a food source for those with special dietary needs, including diabetics and even athletes.

If all goes to plan, small processing plants will be set up to produce the flour, and then supply bakeries, restaurants and cafes to make bread, pasta and other products where flour is used.

There are some 20,000 Celiac Disease sufferers in the Canaries and 192,000 diagnosed diabetics. So any contribution towards providing a greater variety of suitable products can only be a good thing.

Funding of just under 22,000 euros has been granted by the Caja Canarias Foundation.

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Community News

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Frigate is such a big noise, but only just!

THE magnificent frigate nestling in the San Miguel Marina really is a sight to behold.

And we were led to expect an explosive few minutes on Saturday as the crew on the Russian-built ship Standard - a replica of the one the Tsar, Peter the Great, had built in 1703 - rewound time to the 18th Century.

In those far-off days, in the absence of timekeepers such as clocks or watches, The Noon Day Gun, as it was known, was originally fired to allow ships to check the accuracy of their marine chronometers - an instrument necessary for the accurate calculation of longitude.

As light travels faster than sound, observers would watch for smoke from the muzzle rather

than listen for the sound of the cannon, which increased precision.

But our dreams of a mighty salvo soon disappeared because what we saw and heard was one tremendous bang, a huge puff of smoke - and that was it!

The excitement died as swiftly as it had built up, and dozens of disappointed onlookers on board made their way off the ship and off the marina after several minutes of anticipation.

San Miguel Mayor Valentín González was chief guest of honour, but he arrived too late for what turned out to be something of a damp squib.

Nevertheless, the ship is the most wonderful sight ever seen in the marina - a real eyeopener - along with the 11-million-euro yacht moored there for several weeks last year, and

the resident yellow submarine, of course.

That has become a major tourist attraction over the past few years with its daily dives and underwater sightseeing tours.

And as the Shtandart, which is actually a floating museum, originally made its way into the marina, so the submarine popped its head out of the water in front of it as if to say hello at the end of another dive.

The contrast could have not have been greater.

The ship has attracted a good deal of attention over the past fortnight or so, and it will be in the San Miguel Marina for another week, It departs on Friday (14th Feb) with its 27man crew for Amsterdam to take part in the Netherlands’ national King’s Day holiday on 26th April.

The history behind the original frigate and its

subsequent successor is fascinating.

In the early 18th century, Peter the Great commissioned the building of the ship in St. Petersburg. It was named the Shtandart in honour of the Russian Navy, which he captained.

It saw military service for about a decade before being discharged, only to be revived in a reborn form three centuries later.

In 1994, a group of enthusiasts began building a replica, using the identical wood. Five years later in St Petersburg, their ambitious project was completed.

If you would like see just how complete it is after the thousands of hours of craftsmanship which went into this wonderful vessel, make your way to San Miguel Marina in the next seven days. You cannot miss the ship - and you will be welcomed on board.

Your Emails Dear Editor, We moved to Tenerife on 2nd January and, after visiting Las Chafiras on the 20th, we returned to our home in La Florida Bajo, near Valle San Lorenzo, and disturbed burglars inside.

They fled, carrying several items, included my partner’s wallet containing debit cards, driving licence, some money, etc, and a Blackberry mobile - all replaceable but a real nuisance to sort out.

On the other hand, I was not so lucky. My irreplaceable jewellery was stolen. I’ve never been interested in expensive jewellery, in fact, if I’d brought things because I liked them and they’d been taken, I wouldn’t care.

I do not even wear jewellery, and throughout my entire life, I’ve accumulated three very precious items, which were all stolen.

1. A gold bracelet with screws around the band, which my father left to me.

2. A broken Seiko men’s wrist watch whom a loved one was wearing when he was killed in an accident (of no value to anyone).

3. The most precious item of all, a ring with a diamond made from the ashes of my son, who died.

The ring is a white gold solitaire with a yellow diamond in the centre, which is raised above the band on a platform held by shoulders with white diamond chips.

As the yellow diamond is unnatural, it is not valuable – plus, it is laser-etched with a serial number (not visible to the eye. But a jeweller would know).

I never wore this jewellery because it was too precious and I was afraid of losing it; hence, it was in the house.

From time to time I’d open the box, look at the ring and feel that a part of my son was still with me. Then I’d put it away again.

In the UK, I’d always hidden these items carefully so they wouldn’t be stolen, but I believed and was told that it was safe here (how naive).

They even stole a plastic ring from a Xmas cracker which was on top of the ring box - of no value whatsoever, except sentimental to me.

Jacqui Beardsell Ed says: “Can you help? If you have been offered any of these items, please contact us.”

Romance of the Lions!

Photo: Sir Old Golfer

Swallows in mood for dancing THE Swallows will hold their next Tea Dance at Lewinskis Bar (on

the corner of the traffic lights below the Los Cristianos bus station)

on Wednesday (12th Feb).

Tuition for beginners, from 1pm to 1.30pm, will be taught by professional teacher Beverley, followed by social dancing for everyone until 3.30pm, including Ballroom, Latin American and Modern Sequence.

It costs just four euros each, with profits shared between the

Swallows’ official charity, Cancer Research in Tenerife, and the Living Room in Las Americas, which offers support to local workers and the homeless.

The organisers hope to continue with the Tea Dances on every other Wednesday, and for further information, contact Beverley on 636 817 265.

THE Lions of San Miguel de Abona are getting all romantic for their next fund-raiser a Valentine’s meal next Saturday (15th Feb) at the Pic Nic Italian Restaurant, Coral Mar, Costa del Silencio.

It follows their recent Tea at the Ritz Sunday afternoon, which was a sell-out. The evening begins at 7.45 for 8pm, and club secretary Ralph Solomon says: “Tickets are just 15 euros, so be quick and snap them up as soon as you can.”

Call Ralph on 685 542 128 for tickets, and more details of the event, which, as ever, is guaranteed to be a cracker.

It’s a busy period for San Miguel Lions, who stage their regular monthly auction tonight (Friday). And, with their Disadvantaged Children’s Holiday Project looming in May, it’s all hands to the pump. “We always need help and if you are interested in joining, phone Val on 687 396 723,” adds Ralph.

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Find out online, We support says Embassy Animal Aid Live Arico Update

UNSURE how to report a crime to the Spanish Policía Nacional in English? What are your healthcare rights?

Know how to renew your passport, or get one in an emergency?

WE had a fantastic night last Friday on the Top Square, San Blas, Golf del Sur, where we raised 650 euros.

It will be shared among the following animal welfare organisations: Cats Welfare, Adepac refuge, SOS Peludos and MADAT, They all do sterling work and we are happy to assist with fund-raising.

The line-up was just fantastic and thanks go to Kerry Railton, Colin Stevens, Cara as Cher, Micky Glamz, Darren Carr, Danny Bianco, Michaela as Tina Turner and Charlie Ray. The finale by “The Spice Girls”

was not for the fainthearted.

Thank you to all who attended, entertained, donated prizes and bought raffle tickets.

Dog of the week Robin is now 16 months old and STILL hasn’t found his forever home. Although he is happy in a dog hotel, we really would love

to see him settled in a family. We just can’t understand why he hasn’t been snapped up.

He is playful, extremely sweet, fully vaccinated and sterilised. Rpbn is medium-sized, and our usual 110-euro adoption fee includes all his injections and chip.

Call Sue on 629 388 102 for more information.

POLE ALL OVER THE WORLD Polericise Tenerife will take part in the ´Pole 4 Life´, a world record breaking event on Saturday 22nd February 2014.

Their aim is to raise lots of money for welldeserving charities.

In 2006, KT Coates organised a charity event to create the first pole-related Guinness

World Record. Over £50,000 was raised for cancer charities across the globe as they set a mark of 206 people simultaneously doing the same routine.

The Polercise team, whose studio is situated in c/c Tropicana, Calle Gran Bretana, San Eugenio, are part of an effort to destroy this

and set a new world record. It’s believed that over 70 Pole Studios around the world have already signed up for the event. If you would like to get involved call 626 50 53 55 or you can make a donation on their JustGiving fundraising pages. https://www. justgiving.com/teams/ PolercisePole4life

Accion del Sol news

Saturday Club’s a new sensation

OUR first Saturday Club was a great success, with children of all nationalities and ages joining in.

The youngsters learnt how to care for their pet dogs, as well as how to train them correctly. Many parents also joined in and a super afternoon was had by all.

At tomorrow’s Saturday Club, the children will learn to make and decorate cakes. There are still some spare places, so if your child would like to join in, please call the number below to reserve a place.

We have many dogwalkers who donate their time to exercising some of the many

dogs at the refuge. If you have a few hours a week to spare and you would like to make a dog happy, please come along to the refuge

during opening times.

Acción del Sol is situated next to Granadilla’s ecological windmill park, and a stone’s throw from the beach, so it’s an ideal, scenic walking area. Parking is available directly by the main gate.

Opening times Please remember the new opening times of the refuge: 2-5pm - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. 1-4pm - Saturdays. Closed Wednesday, Sunday and holidays. Please call 922 778 630 for more information.

Towels, sheets and blankets are always needed at the refuge, so if you have any to spare, please donate them to this worthy cause.

The answers to these and many other important issues can be found on the Brits Living in Spain Facebook page.

Since its launch in November, 6000 people have already “liked” it.

The secret to its popularity is that it offers both factual information and a lively forum for sharing experiences and reliable information about life in Spain.

These are just a few of the comments posted by followers and contributors to the page: “Brilliant. keep up the good work.”

“Great page…excel-

lent idea and comments for ex-pats here in Spain.”

“It’s an interesting way to get in touch with other Brits in Spain - and the passport and legal info is good.”

Will Middleton, Consular Director for Spain, says, “We are really pleased with the response so far, and with how British residents are sharing the information they find useful with others.

“If you are not yet following us and want to benefit from independent advice and other people’s experiences, then please search for

Brits Living in Spain on Face-book and “like” our page.” Brits Living in Spain is run and moderated by the British Consular network.

It is a sister channel to the British Embassy’s UKin-Spain Facebook channel, which focuses on institutional and political information.

Residents who are Twitter fans and want to keep up with the latest news from the Consular network can also follow @BritsliveSpain, and read about the comments and thoughts of the British Ambassador on @SimonManleyFCO.

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Motoring

By Jav MITSUBISHI’S new Outlander PHEV is a hi-tech, plug-in hybrid with a double bonus: it delivers 148mpg, and is also a jolly good drive.

It has jumped the competition and, come next month, it will be the first motor of its kind to go on sale in the UK. There’s no SUV on the market which can match its running costs.

The refinement is excellent and no other car combines this amount of space with such excellent fuel economy.

True, the handling is not particularly sharp, but Mitsubishi deserve a pat on the back for their forward approach.

As a result of its hitech powertrain, this four-wheel-drive, fiveseater can run on electricity for 32 miles, and

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Phew! The PHEV has genuine staying power promises CO2 emissions of 44g/km.

And the PHEV is much quieter than the regular diesel Outlander, no matter which operating mode it’s in: whether petrol engine and electric motors working together, or as a pure EV. That’s partially to do with enhanced sounddeadening, but also because the hybrid powertrain favours running on electricity only. The petrol engine is used mostly as an electricity generator – much like that of the Vauxhall Ampera. It is audible when starting up, but it’s never loud or rough.

At the heart of he machine is a large-capacity battery and a pair of electric motors - one on each axle to provide four-wheel drive - which generate a combined 161bhp. And when you include the engine, it adds up a total of 204bhp.

When the battery

charge drops below a certain level, the petrol engine kicks in to generate electricity. Mitsubishi call this “Series” mode, which will work up to 70mph.

After that, a clutch engages to connect the engine directly to the front wheels, providing drive while recharging the battery at the same time - hence the 43bhp

boost in maximum power.

Top speed is limited to 106mph and, even with both power sources driving the front wheels, the PHEV never feels that quick. Yet the power is delivered smoothly.

You can also use a mode that fires up the engine to charge the battery for later use, while shift paddles on

the steering wheel increase the force of the regenerative braking, which charges the battery faster.

With a full battery and fuel tank, the PHEV manages a claimed 560 miles without stopping.

Charging takes about five hours from a domestic socket, or an 80% charge can be achieved in 30 minutes from a fast

charger. The fuel tank can be topped up for instant mobility as well.

In addition to providing an all-electric range for which traditional hybrids can only dream, the electric motors, in theory anyway, give it better handling. And for an estimated £30,000 (including Government grant), it’s good value.

Mitsubishi’s Super All Wheel Control (SAWC) system has a torque-vectoring effect, shuffling power to the wheels which need it the most.

Changes to the motor include a unique front bumper and new alloys.

But there are compromises because it isn’t available with seven seats, the rear bench seat is raised 45mm, eating into headroom, and the raised boot floor cuts luggage space by 14 litres.

Overall, though, in terms of hybrids, it’s a mighty fuel-saving step forward.

What items you have to carry when driving

By Emma Swain THERE are lots of items people say you have to carry in your car when driving, but here’s what the law says.

The original law has been modified many times since legislation published on 26th January 1999 stated that the following had to be at hand. *A complete replacement bulb kit and the necessary tools required to change the light bulbs *Two warning triangles *A spare wheel and tyre, whether it be a spacesaver or the correct size wheel, and the necessary tools required to fit it, or an alternative system which allows the car

to be moved *The vehicle’s Permiso

de circulación (vehicle owner’s document) *The vehicle’s Ficha Técnica (vehicle technical document) *If the vehicle has a towbar fitted and is pulling

a trailer, that must also have a technical document The law was modified in 2010, specifying that the following must be carried: *Two warning triangles *Reflective warning jackets that comply

with the EU ruling and clearly displaying the manufacturer without reducing its effectiveness. As many reflective jackets should be carried as passengers who will assist in the repair of the car, or will have to get out in the event of an accident or incident.

In most cars this would be five as there is generally that number of seats per car, as shown on the Ficha Técnica *A spare wheel and tyre, whether it be a spacesaver or the correct size, and the necessary tools required, or an alternative system that allows the car to be moved *The vehicle’s Permiso de circulación (vehicle owner’s document) *The vehicle’s Ficha Técnica (vehicle technical document) * If the vehicle has a tow-bar fitted and is pulling a trailer, that also must have a technical document.

The law was then modified slightly in 2011, deeming it no longer obligatory to carry spare bulbs or a bulb kit. The main reason was that in most modern cars, changing a light bulb is not an easy task, and one that cannot be done on the side of the road by a novice.

Sometimes, the complete light unit has to be removed to replace a bulb and this can be far too complex without the necessary tools and/ or equipment.

You are also required to carry a current driver’s licence, either Spanish or Europe - and one with a photograph, a passport or National Identity card, current insurance policy and receipt showing proof of payment and NIE and/or Certificate of Residencia.

Please note that all these documents should be originals or Notarised copies.

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NEW Godoku!

The rules of Godoku are simple - just enter the letters stated below once in each row, column and 3 x 3 square within the puzzle grid. When you have completed it a word will appear.

This week’s letters: A E I K L N R S Y This week’s mystery clue: Aaron Stander is the author of a mystery series featuring this Michigan sheriff (9 letters).

30-Second Brain Training

What better way to train your brain. Starting at the left with the number provided, work across each of these lines applying the mathematical instructions to your running total. Don´t reach for the calculator - that´s cheating! Write your final answer in the last box of the line. Aim to complete each round in about 30 seconds.

Good Luck!

Making you think...

Which number should replace the question mark?

Beginner Starter Number

1

2

3

50

÷2

+23

3/4 of this

6

7

8

9

÷4

-63

-9

x15

2

3

5

4

x5

-13 Answer

Intermediate

Starter Number

R

I

S

Y L S E N L S A R

N

L

A E K N

E N R I L

I

K

A

1

23

x3

-60

x9

6

7

8

9

-13

x5

+13

2/3 of this

1

2

3

5

4

÷4

+59 Answer

Advanced Starter Number

70

2/5 of this

6

7

3/5 of this

+15

+188 ÷6 9

8

x2

5

4

square root

-34

+99

Answer

Quick Wordsearch Find the words on: Reading/landuage arts inductive deductive summary paraphrase analogy quote tone antonyoms synonyms prefixes suffixes imperative declarative interrogative anecdote main idea conclusion thesis problem simile metaphor personification idom hyperbole onomatopoeia symbolism imagery

Sudoku X...

Just enter the numbers 1 - 9 once in each row, column and 3 x 3 square within the sudoku X puzzle grid. In addition to standard sudoku, the numbers must only occur once in each side of the ‘X’ that is marked on the grid.

1 5 8 8 4

3 5 1 4 7 2 5 3 4

6 9 2 7 8 5 3 2 9

4

Brain Training: Beginner: 30 Intermediate: 100

8 1 2 9

9 8 4

2 9 6 5

3 6

4 8

6 1 2 9

3 8 6 5

5 3 4 8

8

2 6 7 1

5 1

6

7 3 2 8

5 3

3 6 2

4

Advanced: 140

Making you think: Answer: 8,1. Reading each row as 3 separate 2-digit numbers, the central number equals the average of the left and right hand numbers.

And 2 normal sudokus for you aswell...

6 1 5 3

phrases foreshadowing comapre contrast inferences predictions context clues fact opinion characterization direct characterization indirect characterization setting theme point of view first person point of view second person point of view third person point of view third person limited omniscient point of view plot elements

Last Issue's Answers:

3 6 1

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1

4

7 8 6

9

Godoku:

Sudoku X:

6 5 2 7 1 3 4 9 8

9 1 8 5 6 4 2 3 7

4 3 7 9 2 8 1 5 6

1 9 5 2 8 6 7 4 3

2 4 3 1 5 7 8 6 9

8 7 6 4 3 9 5 1 2

5 6 9 8 4 2 3 7 1

3 2 4 6 7 1 9 8 5

7 8 1 3 9 5 6 2 4

Sudoku:

7 3 4 8 5 1 9 2 6

8 6 7 1 2 3 9 5 4

1 9 5 2 7 6 4 8 3

1 9 3 8 4 5 2 6 7

2 6 8 9 3 4 5 1 7

5 2 4 6 9 7 3 1 8

9 5 3 1 6 8 7 4 2

3 7 5 9 6 2 4 8 1

4 8 2 7 9 3 6 5 1

2 1 9 5 8 4 6 7 3

6 1 7 5 4 2 3 9 8

4 8 6 7 3 1 5 2 9

3 4 1 6 8 5 2 7 9

7 4 2 3 5 8 1 9 6

5 2 9 3 1 7 8 6 4

6 5 1 4 7 9 8 3 2

8 7 6 4 2 9 1 3 5

9 3 8 2 1 6 7 4 5

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Free Ads / Classified

How to submit your free adverts: PHONE 902 232 102 Email: classified@canarianweekly.com Just pop in the office in Las Chafiras (next to the Golf Shop). Deadline for Free ads is Tuesdays at 4pm.

Upto 500 euros only.

Wooden garden table, 100cm x 200cm, with 6 high-back wooden chairs + cushions, 150 euros. Tel: 653 596 471 Front-loading washing machine, 135 euros.

Top-loading washing machine, 130 euros.

Can deliver. Tel: 635 911 337 Royal Albert county roses bone china teacup, sugar, cream, small bowl, 5 cups, 4 plates, 4 deep plates, 200 euros ono.

Ladies Calvin Kline, gold-looking, whiteface watch with 3 diamonds, 250 euros ono. DKNY unisex gold-looking, white-face watch with diamante front, 200 euros ono.

Binoculars, one size, Carl Zeiss, 7 x 50 navy gray, 400 euros ono. Zenith 7 x 50 codex optics field 71, 250 euros ono. Tel: 657 450 885 Roll-top pine bread bin, 5 euros. Triple mirrors free-standing, mahogany and goldcolour frame, 20 euros. 3 light fittings: 2 ceiling, 1 wall light with bulbs, 10 euros. Tel: 922 733 299 Treatment couch in good condition, 50 euros ono. Tel: 619 624 743 Full set of ladies golf clubs, graphite shafts, excellent cond, Keno Kalibra Irons 3 to SW, Slotline Lady Rampant woods 1,3,5, Frazer putter, Callaway bag, 85 euros ono. Tel: 637 098 524 Full-size Fortissim drum set in black and silver, 4 drums, drum stool, 2 sets of symbols, drumsticks and drum silencers, 225 euros. Tel: 675 015 496 Wooden computer desk, 15 euros. Graco car seat 0-13 kg, perfect cond, 30 euros. Gas BBQ grill and heating plate on wheels, two campingaz 907(3KG) cylinders, one full, 75 euros. Silver gas cylinder, 25 euros. Wilson hammer 6.4 tennis racket with padded bag, 15 euros. Wilson dual taper beam 2.9 tennis racket with padded bag, 15 euros. Chico

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baby intercom, boxed, 20 euros. Miyota Sistema W-M99-T mini home theatre system, plays DVD, SVCD, VCD, DVCD, MPEG4, MPEG4, 65 euros. Tel: 629 570 945 Wine chiller storage cabine, holds 120 bottles, 200 euros. Wine glasses, Paris goblets 17cl, 60 available. 6 euros per doz.

Portable AC unit, 50 euros. Tel: 922 738 445 Under-counter fridge, 50 euros. Stainlesssteel 4-ring electric hob, 50 euros. White microwave 25 euros, Stainless-steel electric kettle, 12 euros. Chest freezer, 120 euros.

Computer monitor, 10 euros, Mountain bike, 85 euros. Video recorders, 20 euros.

Table fan, 15 euros. Tel: 686 336 904 Smartphone, Blackberry Curve 8520, with box, charger, etc, 45 euros. Samsung GPRS telephone SGH-X460, 5 euros. Tel: 620 532 238 Good boys’ clothes age 5-11: T-shirts, shorts, jeans, jackets and shoes. Also, good assortment ladies clothes, size 10-12, all 50 cents an item. Brother electric typewriter AX100, as new, 40 euros. Binatone big button sim-free mobile phone, 10 euros.

Modern wood china cabinet and glass dome top with light, 55 euros. Assorted suitcases, all sizes, from 2-5 euros each.

4-wheel walking assist with large shopping bag, 7 euros. Tel: 922 742 257 or 661 084 981 Portable Boomerang stepper with pulleys, stride, distance, calorie-count display, 35 euros. Demoka Mini Moka Espresso coffee machine, 30 euros, Tel: 616 674 962

good tyre, 120 euros Tel: 634 339 913.

Teak square table, 12 euros. New non-stick baking sheet, 7 euros. Upright oscillating fan, 12 euros. Tel: 616 674 962 Microwave and grill, 35 euros. TDT with remote, 15 euros. Ceiling fan with lamp, 25 euros. Camping gas, 20 euros. DVD player/ video recorder combo remote, 45 euros.

DVD player, 25 euros. VCR player, 20 euros, Butane gas bottles, 40 euros each, 3 for 110 euros. Two orange juicers, 10 euros each. Deep fat fryer, 20 euros, VCR player, 20 euros. Cordless home phone, 10 euros.

Table lamp with shade, 10 euros. Computer monitor, 25 euros. Child’s car seat, 20 euros.

Tel: 632 526 710 Computer tower, 70 euros. PC monitor, 30 euros. DVD player, 20 euros. VCR player, 25 euros. Foot bath massager, 20 euros.

Playstation 2 with controller + two games, 45 euros. Microwave 25 euros. Microwave dishes, 8 euros each. Vacuum cleaner, (bagless), 20 euros. 21in TV, 30 euros. Mini oven, 20 euros.

Tel: 686 336 904 Grey marl 3 piece suit, jacket and waistcoat, 40L and trousers, 34L, 20 euros. Timberland juumper, XL, 10 euros. Sonnetti combats, 34L, 10 euros. Jane, pink and orange pregnancy sleeping/feeding cushion, also turns into cushion for baby to lay in, 20 euros. Second hand mens golf shoes, size 11, 20 euros ONO. Events management level 3 course from www.openstudycollege. com, 300 euros including name change.

Tel: 637 206 026

Rascal wheelchair vgc and motorised power pack as new. Easy to dismantle for manual wheelchair function, 350 euros. Tel: 642 652 675 or 922 715 408 extension 703 Computer desk with pull-out keyboard shelf, 25 euros. Sky + box with remote control, 15 euros. Tel: 661 039 095 Ladies mountain bike, 65 euros. Gent’s mountain bike, 65 euros. Mountain bike, 21 gears, 80 euros. Tel: 697 746 885 Cream leather 3-seater +2-seater + armchair, 200 euros. Coffee table, glass top, 30 euros. Adult bike, no gears, 75 euros.

Children’s bike 16ins wheels, 5 gears, 40 euros. Black patio lamppost triple light, 50 euros. Large white basin with taps, hangs on wall, 20 euros. Tel: 637 166 582 Men’s mountain bike, spare wheel with

Property for SALE

4 car lock-up garage for sale Golf del Sur. Tel: 637 819 680 or 922 709 984 Property for rent 3 bed apartment in El Medano, quiet area, bathroom, lounge with balcony, kitchen, washing machine, pool, parking space, €540 monthly electric & water extra, 1 month deposit required. Call 607 371 034.

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Air-conditioning

Jobs Telesales Staff required for an established office in Los Cristianos.

Basic wage, weekly pay, excellent commissions and fresh leads. Social Security Number, NIE Number and Spanish Bank Account required as this is a fully legal position. Previous employees welcome to apply.

Contact Angelo or Ray on 922 794 179 or e-mail harsha@fontwellvermont.com

Cars wanted CARS BOUGHT FOR CASH - Offer made once seen, we will come to you. WANTED small cars to medium cars, 4 X 4’s, small vans, people carriers, runners and non runners, accident damaged, etc. ANYTHING CONSIDERED.

Call us now on 678 451 641

Cars/BIKES Brand new White Opel Astra 1.7, CDTi, 5 door, only 2,600km, every possible extra, extended 4 year manufacturers warranty, retail 23,000€, discounted price 18,500€, bargain price 13,500€ ONO. Call 649 575 313 2007 Mercedes 280SLK Silver, 3000cc V6 engine, Tiptronic gearbox, one owner from new only 50,000 Kms. Owner leaving the island. 22,000 euros, call 922 718 061 Year 2000 renault megane coupe,1.4 very good mechanically, ITV oct 2014, 1450 euros including change of ownership and taxes.

Telemarketers required, experience preferred, for new office in Golf del Sur, Basic plus commission with excellent working conditions. On target earnings 600€ to 700€ per week. Part time or full time with flexible hours to suit candidate. Several positions available. For more information please call 620 071 611 A busy Travel Agency in Los Cristianos requires a travel agent for immediate start. Applicants must be fluent in English and Spanish, both spoken and written, and must have an NIE No. To arrange an immediate interview, which will be conducted in Spanish, Please call 922 751 867 between 9am and 5pm.

Antiques ALADDINS CAVE. Antiques & Vintage Goods bought & sold Tel: 922 720 493

Blinds

Due to the opening of a brand new department, Eze Group are recruiting experienced in-house salespeople. They have great opportunities for various nationalities. Successful applicants will receive a massive commission structure and weekly bonuses. Call now on 630 359 651 or email recruitment@ezegroup.com All enquiries will be handled in complete confidence.

Experienced Fractional Sales Representatives needed for established Resort for the beginning of their fractional launch. Excellent working conditions, great spiffs and incentives, Age 35-50. Please send CVs and references to justine@pearlygrey.com or greta@pearlygrey.com or call 627 107 631 Marketing office in Torviscas requires Czech / Slovak person with good English to work as part of a team, knowledge of computers an advantage You will be working with existing clients and be involved in new programs. Hours 9am till 4.30pm Monday to Friday. Salary plus commission. Please contact Sue on 922 714 632 or email c.v. to mail@ destinationtenerife.com

Chiropodist Elaine Watson Jones MSSCh MBChA - making happy feet between El Medano and Los Gigantes for 18 years. Tel: 608 029 790

Cleaning

Tel: 674 388 147

PERGEOT 107 – Dec 2009, 5 door, Triptronic gears, 16,000 km, immaculate, 4 new tyres, 4,900 euros. Tel: 693 867 248 or email: rigbygolf@talktalk.net

Elite Cleaning Services is an established cleaning company who can provide a professional cleaning service for Apartments, Villas and Offices. Call us today on 922 789 795 or 696 922 597.

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CLUBS & SOCIETIES An opportunity for residents & holidaymakers to meet & socialise at the Restaurante Castañuelas, seafront, Los Cristianos near the Sunday market, 3 course meal with ½ bottle of wine for only 12 euros. To reserve call Nancy on 655 679 033. (closed after 18th December until 15th January).

Kitchens & bathrooms (Cont.)

Colin Taylor – Renovations & Maintenance, Bathrooms, Kitchens, Tiling, Plumbing etc. (e.g. complete bathroom & kitchen refurbishments, including all materials & labour from under 2000 euros) Tel 661 081 843 for quotation.

Lawyers

Computers

Telephone: 922 736 728 E-mail: Computer Service Provider BT Authorised Dealer Dell Registered Partner

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Construction Gardening

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Tenerife back in the groove

CD Tenerife 3 CD Mirandes 0 TENERIFE hit three goals for the second weekend running, and, while the win in Hercules was hard fought, this was a stroll.

Mirandes are comfortably the worst side I have seen in the second division this season. If it weren’t for their decent start, they would already be cut adrift at the bottom.

They lacked invention, pace, fitness and confidence. And they’re going down!

Not that Tenerife cared a jot. Buoyed by the away win a week before, Tenerife bossed the match from the very first whistle, and the only surprise was they didn’t score more. Hell, even Borja managed to play well!

True, the non-goalscoring “striker” never really looked like put-

ting the ball in the onion bag, but his link-up play and work-rate were excellent.

He started in place of the suspended Aridane, and he will be a little miffed if he doesn’t keep the jersey this weekend.

Somehow, Mirandes were able to keep Tenerife out until the 35th minute. And the goal came from a bizarre source.

Centre-back Carlos Ruiz has hit the odd goal this season from

Position

corners, but this was one he will always remember.

He brought the ball out of defence and, with the away midfield as slow as a carthorse, he kept up with play. A neat little move found him in an acre of space and, with a deft finish, he stroked the ball past Prieto.

If I were him, I might have given Borja a little wink and a grin. It was a striker’s finish from the grizzled centre-half.

Points

PLD

Won

Draw

Lost

1º RC Deportivo

42

24

12

6

6

26 17

F

A

2º Real Sporting

40

24

10

10

4

40 30

3º SD Eibar

39

24

11

6

7

30

4º RC Recreativo

37

24

10

7

7

38 34

21

5º Real Zaragoza

36

24

10

6

8

30 27

6º Córdoba CF

34

24

9

7

8

28 26

7º CD Lugo

34

24

9

7

8

25 24

8º UD Las Palmas

34

24

9

7

8

25

26

Mirandes’ defence were shell-shocked at the cheek. They had a game plan for Ayoze, and even the wingers. But the centrehalf?

The hopeless Docal and Agustin were hooked at half-time, not that it made any difference. Aitor and Ricardo, who now have a fine understanding, were running the show.

Suso was giving the defence all the trouble they wanted, and then there was Ayoze.

The wonderkid has had a quiet spell since Christmas, but he was cherry-ripe here. The smile was there. You know the one. That cheeky little grin that goes with the confidence of youth.

He moved up a gear when his mate Nano (in only his third senior match) came on. I bet they break some hearts on a Saturday night.

They certainly broke a few Mirandes’ hearts as they toyed with the defence. Suso’s goal on 72 minutes ended the contest, and Ayoze’s 10th of the season, 15 minutes

from time, was the least he deserved.

Manager Alvaro Cervero said: “Ayoze is the best player I’ve ever worked with. He really is something special.”

Canarian Weekly ratings CD Tenerife: Roberto 6, Moyano 7, Alberto 7, Ruiz 9, Camara 7, Suso 9, Aitor 7 (Aday 83min), Ricardo 7, Cristo Martin 6 (Nano 67min 7), Borja (Rivero 62min 6), Ayoze 9.

CD Mirandes: Prieto; 6, Flaño 6, Caneda 5, Corral 6, Reina 6, Martínez 5, Docal 5 (Koikili 46min 6), Agustin 5 (Garmendia 46min 5), Muneta 6, Iriome 6 (Díaz de Cerio 66min 5), Goiria 5.

This weekend, Tenerife begin the first of halfa-dozen tricky matches.

They travel to face a Barcelona B team, who have really hit form.

When the two sides drew in Santa Cruz in the summer, I was quite taken by the kids. You could see they were raw, but they have come on leaps and bounds.

Whether they are as good as the crop from four years ago is debat-

able, and I don’t see the quality of Montoya, Thiago or Tello.

But they do have some class. Much was made of Denis Suarez’s move from Man City, and £4m was a lot of money. But he’s settled in now and his form over the last few weeks has been excellent.

He’s started to add goals to his make-up, and he will be playing at a higher level next season.

Adama Traore is being hyped up, but he needs time. He will be a decent attacker, but we will not see that on Sunday as he is suspended.

I was taken with Camaroon centre-back Bagnack in Santa Cruz, And Macedonia David Babunski is highly thought of.

It will be a real test for Tenerife, but they are enjoying their away days, and it would be disappointing to come back empty-handed.

Finally this week, a quick eye on Division Four. Well, the Canarian version. There is a good standard this season and the top teams have plenty of young local talent. As we’ve seen from the players that have stepped up (Roberto, Alberto, Bruno, Ayoze, Nano), CDT’s kids are all right. They have had a brilliant campaign and, after a 5-1 win over Vera, they are second, a point off top.

If they can carry this on and get promoted to Segunda B (the division the first team were in last season) it would be quite an achievement.

But the competition is fierce, and CD Marino are still in with a shout of bouncing back after their relegation year.

9º RCD Mallorca

34

24

9

7

8

34 39

10º CD Numancia

33

24

7

12

5

26 23

11º CD Tenerife

33

24

9

6

9

26 28

12º SD Ponferradina

32

24

8

8

8

29 25

13º FC Barcelona B

31

24

9

4

11 31 32

14º CE Sabadell FC

31

24

9

4

11 30 34

15º Real Murcia CF

30

24

6

12

6

16º Real Jaén CF

30

24

8

6

10 27 29

17º AD Alcorcón

28

24

7

7

10

23

23

1º Club Atlético Granadilla

53

24

17

2

18º Hércules CF

28

24

7

7

10

27

40

2º CD Tenerife B

52

24

16

4

19º Deportivo Alavés

27

24

6

9

9

35 35

3º CD Mensajero

48

24

13

20º Real Madrid CF Castilla

27

24

8

3

13

27 33

4º CD Marino

46

24

14

21º CD Mirandés

27

24

7

6

11 23 30

5º UD Villa de Santa Brígida

44

24

13

22º Girona FC

26

24

5

11

8

6º UD Vecindario

38

24

9

31 30

25 30

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Points

PLD Won Draw Lost

F

A

5

39

22

4

52

27

9

2 32

10

4

6

37

21

5

6

45

33

11

4

47

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Playgirls fizzing at last!

IT has taken them 28 weeks, and a few hundred bottles of cider, but they have finally done it.

after their draw with Sundowners.

The Rebels took the last rubber to beat Bar 180 D, and Phoenix Flights turned the tables on Pas O Nadas to win 6-2.

No fewer than four Division 1 matches went down to a lastleg decider. Emerald Lounge were made to work hard at Marilyns and just nicked it, via the trebles, while Rood were also pushed all the way by the Bar 180 B young guns.

It must have been a tense night in Bar 180 as the C string also took their match to the

Yes, those lovely Playgirls recorded their first win of the campaign, beating Amistad 2 by five legs to three. That’s what is known as a slow start to the season!

Division 2 leaders Tenerife Sun brushed aside promotion hopefuls La Caña Lancers, while Emerald Shamrocks probably kissed goodbye to any hopes of winning the league

PRemier division ResultS

wire to beat Barracuda Bytes 5-3.

Amistad 1 entertained Naughty Nautas, who held their nerve to inflict some trebles-leg

blues on the hosts, despite a valiant effort from the Valle San Lorenzo outfit.

The only comfortable winners in this section

were Chipeque, whose 6-2 success over Trap Door kept them in the hunt for that coveted third-place trophy.

The Premier League results for week 28 look rather odd at first glance. In fact, it took me a while to see it. A quirk in the fixture list, or does Harry own a crystal ball?

Look closely and you will see that the top six teams all played a team from the bottom six.

And it was a bad night for the latter, to say the least!

There were whitewashes for Bar 180 A at Gaffers A, Palms Sports

Division 1 ResultS

Division 2 ResultS

Amistad 1 3-5 Naughty Nautas Bar 180 B 3-5 Rood Bar 180 C 5-3 Barracuda Bytes Chipeque Pool Bar 6-2 Trap Door Marilyns 3-5 Emerald Lounge Summerland P-P Gaffers B

Barracuda Hunters Emerald Shamrocks Ourplace Playgirls Phoenix Flights Tenerife Sun The Rebels

Premier Division Table

Division 1 Table

Table P W D L F A +- PTS 1 Bar 180 A 26 22 3 1 165 43 122 165 2 Palms Sports Bar 26 20 2 4 152 56 96 152 3 Phoenix Bar 27 18 6 3 143 73 70 143 4 The Pub 27 18 3 6 141 75 66 141 5 Target Army 27 15 4 8 132 84 48 132 6 La Caña Pirates 27 11 3 13 102 114 -12 102 7 Target Titans 27 9 5 13 98 118 -20 98 8 Vikings Ensecan 27 7 5 15 95 121 -26 95 9 Ourplace Naturals 27 9 4 14 94 122 -28 94 10 Gaffers A 27 3 5 19 58 158 -100 58 11 Ourplace Playboys 27 2 5 20 55 161 -106 55 12 Scruffy Macs 27 2 5 20 53 163 -110 53

Division 2 Table

Table 1 Rood 2 Gaffers B 3 Emerald Lounge 4 Chipeque Pool Bar 5 Bar 180 B 6 Bar 180 C 7 Trap Door 8 Naughty Nautas 9 Barracuda Bytes 10 Summerland 11 Marilyns 12 Amistad 1

Gaffers A La Caña Pirates Ourplace Playboys Scruffy Macs Target Titans The Pub

0-8 7-1 0-8 0-8 2-6 8-0

Bar 180 A Vikings Ensecan Palms Sports Bar Target Army Phoenix Bar Ourplace Naturals

P W D L F A +- PTS 28 22 5 1 150 74 76 150 27 18 5 4 136 80 56 136 27 15 4 8 129 87 42 129 28 15 3 10 127 97 30 127 28 13 6 9 120 104 16 120 27 10 7 10 113 103 10 113 27 7 11 9 105 111 -6 105 27 7 7 13 101 115 -14 101 27 9 6 12 98 118 -20 98 27 7 6 14 88 128 -40 88 27 4 3 20 75 141 -66 75 28 3 5 20 70 154 -84 70

Bar at the Playboys (was Fluffy man of the match again? LOL), The Pub at home to the Naturals and Target Army at Scruffy Macs.

Phew!

The Pirates let the side down as they allowed Ensecan to win a leg, while Phoenix Bar dropped two at Target Titans. And, after all that, there was not a single 180 to be had anywhere.

Is someone pulling my leg?

Finally, a reminder that the highest checkout in each division is kindly being sponsored

by Direct Telecom.

Picassos Sundowners Bar Amistad 2 Pas ‘O’ Nadas La Caña Lancers Bar 180 D

P-P 4-4 5-3 6-2 6-2 5-3

Table P W D L F A +- PTS 1 Tenerife Sun 27 20 5 2 156 60 96 156 2 Emerald Shamrocks 27 19 3 5 139 77 62 139 3 La Caña Lancers 27 14 6 7 120 96 24 120 4 Picassos 27 11 8 8 116 100 16 116 5 Pas ‘O’ Nadas 28 12 3 13 112 112 0 112 6 The Rebels 28 12 5 11 111 113 -2 111 7 Bar 180 D 28 11 7 10 110 114 -4 110 8 Sundowners Bar 27 11 5 11 108 108 0 108 9 Phoenix Flights 27 8 8 11 97 119 -22 97 10 Barracuda Hunters 26 8 3 15 94 114 -20 94 11 Amistad 2 27 6 5 16 85 131 -46 85 12 Ourplace Playgirls 27 1 2 24 56 160 -104 56

FANTASY FOOTBALL league IT was another one of those weeks in the Premier League in which the results just keep getting stranger.

Never mind being a manager, this season you need to be a magician because all the teams keep taking points from each other.

And nobody has a clue who will be champions and who will be relegated.

It is getting more and more difficult to pick a side each week in

the Oasis Fm Fantasy League.

Most teams are packed full of the socalled top players, yet week in, week out, the Dreamteam (highest point scoring players, in their position), is filled with players from the lesser teams.

This week, there are four players from Sunderland, two from West Ham and one each from Stoke, Villa, Southampton, Chelsea and Arsenal, which shows how difficult it is to get

the balance right, to enable your team to score high.

Top of the Fantasy League is still Steve Schofield’s “Tenerife Hotspurs”, who have a 103-point cushion.

There are still plenty more point-scoring weeks, but the league is Steve’s to lose!

Team of the week goes to Terry Bradley’s “The Gate” with 75 points, which was a decent haul, given some of the results.

In the battle of the

Oasis Fm DJs, Adi Benson still leads the way, followed By Chris Elkington, but there aren’t many points in it.

Roscoe is trying to make up ground, and Maggie Lennard needs a parachute as she is falling through the league that fast.

And after such a promising start, let’s hope she is already thinking of where to take the boys for a steak and bottle of red if she gets the DJs’ wooden spoon!

Anyway, time to play a wild card and replace my whole team with players from the relegaTop Ten standings

tion-threatened teams as they seem to be scoring well at the minute.

Pos

team name

player

this week

total pts

1

Tenerife Hotspur

Steven Schofield

60

1,526

2

Premier Sat Utd

Andy Palmer

51

1,423

3

Summerland Saints

Jeff Hall

53

1,419

4

Over land and sea

Paul Tregent

64

1,403

5

Shankly’s best

Michael Dwyer

47

1,387

6

Burghill Rovers

Stephen Snook

60

1,386

7

The Spartans

Jamie Palmer

37

1,380

8

@Jony_TF

Jonay Diaz

55

1,358

9

Blacktower Finance

Laura Mann

42

1,346

10

The Gate

Terry Bradley

75

1,344

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Toscales topple poor Hammers IT was Cup week in the Direct Telecom 8 Ball League, and there were a few big upsets.

In the Tenerife Pool Tables Cup, Second Division Toscales B stunned top-flight Tenerife Hammers C. The eel-munchers were 5-2 at one stage, but battled back to take it to a tie-break.

But secret weapon Bobby Baker was unable to produce the goods. The other big shock of the night came in Los Abrigos. Phoenix Potters are normally strong at home, but they were chinned by Inn The Pink B. Again, it took the team from the Second Division a tie-break frame to book their place in the last eight. But they deserved the success.

Elsewhere, Del won four games as his Exiles A took the 13th frame to see off Dreamers A. Next Door easily dispatched Hoppys, and James Place were too strong for Gaffers B. The Gaffers A lads, trying not to be distracted

by Neil’s impending birthday celebrations, saw off Toscales A. And Cup-holders Phoenix Knights showed their stablemates how to do it, beating Palms B. They will face old foes Tenerife Hammers A in the next round - a rematch

DAVID BECKHAM is returning to football as owner of a new, Miami-based Major League Soccer team.

The former England captain will recruit some of the best players in the world to help make the club a success.

He has plans to build a brand-new, world-class stadium, and Miami will become the 22nd team in the growing in MLS. A fired-up Becks said: “I want to make this my own team. This is an

of last year’s Cup Final.

The Hammers set up a revenge clash after beating off a spirited Terrace Bar A team.

Jambo, unusually, lost two out of three games on the night. But Fritzel turned in a fine captain’s performance and has come to form just at the right time.

The TPT Plate competition saw a couple of derby games. Bluebell B have bragging rights over Bluebell A after another game decided by an extra frame, and La Caña A were always in control against La Caña B. But I bet there were a few sore heads in Los Abrigos

on Wednesday morning.

Both Treehouse teams take their places in the next round after victories over Tenerife Pool Tables and Picasso’s respectively, while Inn The Pink A were far too strong for Gaffers C. Exiles B made light work of Terrace Bar B, which left the final two teams to take their place in the last eight, Palms A booked their slot with a cosy win away at Kandi 13, and Peacocks make up the draw after squeezing past 2JZs. Meanwhile, the annual Pool League series against the Scotland lads is underway. It’s

the sixth year of competition, and this year should be the best yet.

The contest began last night (Thursday) at 2JZs and continues tomorrow night (Saturday) at Palms Bar. The match gets underway at 7.30pm before Sunday afternoon’s 2,30pm Grand Final at the Terrace Bar on Amarilla Golf.

The Scotland lads have never lost, but Tenerife captain Adi Benson is in bullish mood: “We’re up for it,” he said. “The competition for players was fierce, and I know the lads are determined to bring the cup home.

“We have the squad, they’re bang in form, and I’m confident we will have the Jocks begging for mercy on Sunday afternoon.”

Scotland captain Muir ‘The Surgeon’ Bryson said: “Adi is in for a surprise, I can tell you.

We are full of lads who come here every year, and we know how to win this event.

“It’s great to be able to play Tenerife every single year - it’s something we look forward to from the minute we leave Island.” He added: “There is great spirit in the camp. It’s all about renewing friendships. And, of course, winning.”

Tenerife Pool Tables Cup 2nd Round Draw Exiles A Toscales B Next Door James Place Phoenix Potters Gaffers A Palms B Hammers A

7-6 Dreamers A 7-6 Hammers C 11-1 Hoppys 8-4 Gaffers B 6-7 Inn The Pink B 8-4 Toscales A 2-10 Phoenix Knights 8-4 Terrace A

Tenerife Pool Tables Plate 1st Round Bluebell B Picassos Inn The Pink A Terrace B Peacocks Kandi 13 La Cana A TPT

7-6 4-8 11-1 3-9 7-5 3-9 10-2 5-7

Bluebell A Treehouse B Gaffers C Exiles B 2jzs Palms A La Cana B Treehouse A

TPT Cup Quarter Finals Toscales B Gaffers a Next Door Phoenix Knights

vs vs vs vs

James Place Exiles A Inn The Pink B Hammers A

TPT Plate Quarter Finals Treehouse A Inn The Pink A La Cana A Bluebell B

vs vs vs vs

Palms A Treehouse B Peacocks Exiles B

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exciting time for myself, my family, my friends and partners, and it is something we are really looking forward to bringing to Miami.

“We’re planning to bring a team that will be a global team. I want to create a team that we can start from scratch, and I am going to work hard for this city to make this team very successful.”

Beckham joined LA Galaxy in 2007 and, as part of the deal, he had an option to buy a new

team for a rock-bottom price.

It’s a great location for a team as Miami is heavily populated with Spanish-speaking residents. There are many football camps in the area and the climate and nightlife will make the venue an easy sell to players.

And the chance to play for the most famous footballer in the world, of course!

Miami should see competitive action in 2017.

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By Adi Benson IT has been another topsy-turvy week, with teams involved at the bottom picking points up, and Swansea deciding that now the transfer window has closed, it would be a good time to sack their manager.

It has now got to the point where there are, conceivably 11 teams involved in the relegation battle. So what does this weekend hold?

Liverpool v Arsenal (Saturday, 12.45pm) Liverpool face a real test, and if they carry on where they left off against West Brom last week, they could be on the end of a thumping.

They looked tired and will need a big effort this week.

That said, Arsenal have not been at their best recently, dropping points against Southampton, but they are still top of the league.

If they can grab three points here, at the start of a mad run of fixtures, maybe they can start dreaming of lifting the trophy.

Prediction: Away win Sunderland v Hull (Saturday, 3pm) Sunderland have come to life since Christmas, and an emphatic win against Newcastle has seen them climb to 14th in the table.

Hull started brightly and looked as though they were going to be safe. But a poor run of form has seen them slipping backwards and they are now just two points above the relegation zone.

They need to halt this slide, and these are the teams they need to be beating. An interesting encounter.

Prediction: Home win Norwich v Man City (Saturday, 3pm) Norwich are fighting for their Premier League status, and they need to keep ground with the teams around them.

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getting points from this fixture.

City will be looking to put on a show to demonstrate that the Chelsea defeat was a blip.

Monday night’s game will have hurt, and they have a fine opportunity to get back to winning ways here. It is time for City to show what they can really do.

Prediction: Away win Southampton v Stoke (Saturday, 3pm) Southampton have got themselves into a great position this season, and a European place is still within their grasp.

They are a solid team, they work well together and they have some excellent individuals who can produce a little magic. This has stood

them in good stead, even with all the off-field politics going on.

Mark Hughes had Stoke playing some decent football at the start of the season, and a win over Man Utd last weekend will see them confident and hungry for more.

Prediction: Home win Crystal Palace v West Brom (Saturday, 3pm) It’s a cliché, but this really is a six pointer!

Palace have done well in recent weeks and, if they keep playing like they did against Arsenal, they will be fine.

West Brom grabbed a draw against Liverpool, but that was down to a below-par performance by the Reds. They need

to start winning games and that is something they haven’t done for a while. The manager needs to try to instil belief back into the side if they are to avoid the drop.

Prediction: Draw Chelsea v Newcastle (Saturday, 3pm) A great win and performance on Monday night against Man City, leaving Chelsea just two points behind leaders Arsenal. But still Jose Mourinho says his team won’t win the league.

If they keep turning in performances like Monday’s, surely they are in with a shout. Or maybe he knows something we don’t!

Newcastle have been awful recently, and last week’s defeat at Sunderland will have done them no good. But what a way to get a confidence boost by beating Chelsea in their own back yard.

Prediction: Home win Aston Villa v West Ham (Saturday, 3pm) Both clubs have been guilty of Jekyll and Hyde performances this season. Villa sit the better of the two teams, with a five-point gap between them and the Hammers, which they will be hoping to extend to eight points.

That would go a long way to making them safe.

West Ham, who are capable on their day of beating most teams,

turned in an assured performance against Swansea last time out.

However they will be without Andy Carroll again this week after his red card, so “Big Sam” may revert to his tactics of not playing a striker.

Prediction: Draw Swansea v Cardiff (Saturday, 5.30pm) Derby games don’t come much tastier than this one. It’s the biggest-ever Welsh topflight derby. You should probably never look at the league table before a game like this, but managerless Swansea will be aware that Cardiff are just three points behind them, so a loss is unthinkable.

Cardiff will obviously be up for this game, knowing a win could see them out of the drop zone.

The managers’ team talk is always an easy one in derby games and it won’t take much to get the players pumped up and raring to go.

Prediction: Away win Spurs v Everton (Sunday, 1.30pm) These teams will be

keeping an eager eye on the Liverpool-Arsenal fixture, knowing that if Liverpool fail to score points, then either of them could move into the Champions League places. Spurs have been playing well of late and you feel they are ready to wallop somebody.

Everton have been a little scratchy and they are not fully on form at the moment.

Prediction: Draw Man Utd v Fulham (Sunday, 4pm) David Moyes may want to think about what he is going to say before he says it, especially after last week’s classic line which followed the defeat at Stoke: “I don’t know what we have to do to win.”

Anyway, he will be delighted with a home game against a dreadful Fulham side, who crashed out of the FA Cup midweek againsr a poor Sheffield Utd side!

Fulham could be cut adrift at the bottom after this weekend. They have bought in some new players and they need to gel. Fast!

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