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Issue 851

A WHALE OF A ROW

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A WHALE OF A ROW THE controversy over the welfare and long-term future of a young killer whale has intensified to such a level that the owner of the world-famous Loro Parque has issued a rare, public statement.

In the 1,000-word open letter, the hugely-respected Wolfgang Kiessling sought to set the record straight on the accusations from environmental groups, such as the Free Morgan Foundation.

The story began in 2010 when a young, dying killer whale, or orca, was rescued off the Netherland’s coast. Twelve months

In recent months, the company that I have created with great effort and over which I have presided for the last 41 years with great respect for animals, has become the target for criticism from some minority groups who are against conservation and protection of animals, although they boast about it in their media campaigns.

This long-lasting controversy, that has reached its peak in the social networks, features a young orca named Morgan. She was found dying on the coast of the Netherlands in 2010 and was rescued by the Harderwijk Dolphinarium.

She was just skin and bones and, although no one believed she would survive the first night, they managed to feed her and revive her. A year later, a Dutch court decided she should be moved to Loro Parque in Tenerife.

The 23rd April 2014 has become an important date for Morgan. It is the date on which the Dutch State Council, the highest court of the Dutch Administrative Justice, confirmed its verdict: the legality of the transfer of the animal to the Loro Parque facilities.

This is the 5th time that the Dutch Administration has confirmed the validity of CITES

she remains.

Since then, there have been countless court cases from environmentalists who want Morgan released back into her natural habit.

Two weeks ago, Britain’s Sunday People reported their cause on the front page, and the newspaper has subsequently backed the Born Free Foundation’s cru-

later, after a request from Dutch authorities, Mor-

permission to m a k e the said t r a n s f e r, in spite of successive appeals by those who proclaim themselves defenders of animals, and who are systematically attacking our zoological institution with lies and false claims, seriously misleading information without caring in the least if the animal could survive in the wild or not.

The European Com-

sade, launching a fundraising appeal.

It claims that Morgan has suffered over 600 bites from bigger adult orcas and says she bangs her head on the walls in an act of frustration.

In the Sunday People, Dr Ingrid Visser, co-founder of the Free Morgan Foundation and principal scientist for the

gan was transferred to Puerto de la Cruz, where

mission in Brussels also ratified the strict compliance in this case.

And what was our terrible crime?

Helping an animal in need, as we have always done, when we have been asked for support.

I honestly think that

this decision can be seen as a pardon for Morgan because her release would have meant suffering and death.

In August 2011, the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture made an official statement which dictated that, having studied in detail reports

drawn up by various independent experts, the two possible options remaining were euthanasia, or for Morgan to be kept under human care in other, more appropriate, installations.

In the opinion of the experts consulted and the Dutch Ministry, the chances of survival, were Morgan to be returned to the sea, would be minimal. This opinion has been ratified yet again for the fifth time by the highest Dutch court of law.

Loro Parque never asked to incorporate

Orca Research Trust, said: “Morgan’s tank at the park is, in my opinion, little more than a concrete coffin, and every day brings her a step closer to death in captivity. Her rightful place is in the wild, where she was born, and it is imperative to get her out as quickly as possible.”

Will Travers, of the Born Free Foundation, said: “I visited Morgan last year, where I saw her take part in a circusstyle performance for the public. I was shocked. I think Morgan’s life may be in jeopardy and she must be relocated to more appropriate, natural facilities as a priority.”

For their part, Loro Parque officials deny all the allegations. Wolfgang Kiessling’s full statement reads:

Morgan into its group of orcas, but the Dutch government requested our help, which we accepted, as we always do when a government asks for help to improve the welfare of a rescued or captured animal.

However, some members of these animal rights entities systematically insist on holding zoos guilty of all the problems faced. But, interestingly, we have not observed the same effort, or endeavour to inform the public about the real problems of conservation of endangered species.

At a time when the planet is home to 7.2 billion people and more Continued pn page 4.

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Continued from page 3. than one billion in the last 11 years, what will become of the animals if we close their embassies - the zoos?

Who will defend them? Will it be the groups of fanatics which are not known to have improved the status of any endangered species? Will it be those small organisations that are determined to only fight for the 257 dolphins in the dolphinariums across Europe, but have never done anything for the 300,000 who die at sea each year unnecessarily?

Loro Parque fully complies with current regulations for zoos, and it did so before the law in Spain was reinforced in 2003, and even before the European Regulations for zoos were introduced in 1999.

Numerous prestigious awards support our active engagement in protection of species and, through the Loro Parque Foundation, we have developed several research and conservation projects in five continents.

In the past 20 years we have invested over 15m US dollars in 96 conservation programmes for parrots and cetaceans. With this effort, we were

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able to reduce the list of endangered species - two species of parrots, one from Colombia and one from Brazil, among other major environmental victories.

Loro Parque is also an active member of the most relevant professional zoological

associations: AIZA, EAZA WAZA, EAAM and AMMPA. And, through its foundation, a member of the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), and as a modern and committed reserve, we have always worked with all entities that

have needed us to provide a home and maximum care to a multitude of captured animals, such as parrots, big cats, chimpanzees, penguins, seals, etc.

Every year, 700 million people visit zoos worldwide, a figure equivalent to 10 % of the world

population. This means that modern zoos are today - the most effective and powerful tool for raising awareness for the conservation of nature.

Therefore, our commitment grows stronger day by day and we will continue to strive to ensure the welfare

of our animals and to protect habitats and species seriously in danger of extinction.

I am convinced of the importance of zoos for animals and nature, and I am the first to criticise those zoos where the animals are not properly cared for, no effort is made to try to educate the visitors, and no work is aimed at conservation.

We will always work together with those looking to make zoos more useful tools for animals and nature, striving every day for improvement.

Due to the reasons mentioned above, and to the many expressions of concern and love for animals that the case of Morgan has generated, Loro Parque profoundly wishes and recommends to all those who - like us - love animals, to stop destroying the work we do for nature, and the effort we devote to the conservation of endangered species that are seriously threatened and need sincere commitment.

We are convinced that more than 45 million people who have visited our park have become, without a doubt, defenders of nature.

PuPils pay tribute to stabbed teacher THE first schoolteacher ever to be stabbed to death in a British classroom was planning to retire at the end of the current term.

Ann Maguire was killed in front of horrified pupils by a 15-yearold pupil at Corpus Christi Catholic College, in Leeds, on Monday.

The popular 61-yearold, who taught Spanish and Religious Eductaion, died from multiple stab wounds, sparking an outpouring of grief all week.

Head teacher Steve Mort said: “She was the mother of the school and the calm in the storm for 40 years. She

touched the hearts of three generations of pupils.”

The teenager, whose mother was on holiday in the Canary Islands at the time, has been charged with murder. Pupils said he had been given a detention

by Mrs Maguire last week.

Mr Mort said about 30 students who witnessed

the attack have received intensive, specialist support, and some of their parents were invited into the school.

Martin Dowling, chair of governors, said Mrs Maguire had already gone down to working a four-day week ahead of her retirement.

He said the stabbing was a “tragic but isolated incident, with no in-

dications that it would happen”.

The school has remained open, and Mr Dowling said the atmosphere was “calm and reverent”.

He praised everyone there, saying: “The children have been absolutely amazing. We’ve had assemblies, services - and they have responded in a magnificent manner, as have the staff.”

Mr Dowling said it would be “very difficult” for the school to move on because Mrs Maguire was a “very popular and long-serving member of staff - a wonderful, dedicated teacher and will be remembered fondly by all of us.”

He added: “She had taught at Corpus Christi for 40 years and touched

the lives of many people in the local community, having also taught the parents of some of our current pupils.”

Many floral tributes, including those from the head boy and head girl, have turned the school gates into a shrine, and scores of people have stopped by to pay their respects.

And on Tuesday, some of Mrs Maguire’s former pupils attended a special Mass at Corpus Christi Church, which is connected to the school.

Many in the 150-strong congregation were in tears as Monsignor Paul Fisher led the prayers.

Mr Mort said he last spoke to Mrs Maguire on Monday morning after a staff briefing.

The head teacher added: “She was enjoy-

ing the latter end of her career, although I know that to Ann, her service to Corpus Christi was not a career. She considered it to be a vocation.

“The school has been overwhelmed by all the support from the local community. Ann was, first and foremost, highly inspirational to all our students, regardless of their background or ability.

“She never gave up on pupils, even at times when they had given up on themselves. She was an inspiration, not only to the pupils but to the staff as well.”

Det Supt Simon Beldon, of West Yorkshire Police, said a post-mortem examination revealed that Mrs Maguire died from multiple stab wounds.

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E-cigarette smokers up by 300% in three years PEOPLE in Britain who rely on Ecigarettes instead of the real thing have tripled in three years.

Action on Smoking and Health (Ash) produced the figures after a survey covering more than 12,000 adult smokers.

Just over half of current or ex-smokers have now tried electronic cigarettes, compared with 8% in 2010.

And in a separate study, researches found that most people puffing on E-fags used them to cut down on their smoking.

Ash maintains that just 1% of youngsters who have never smoked are using the substitutes.

The health charity has commissioned a series of surveys on electronic cigarette use since 2010, with this latest study conducted in March.

Of those now estimated to be using Efags, around 700,000 are thought to be exsmokers and 1.3 million are using them alongside regular cigarettes or tobacco.

Current smokers using the E-cigarettes regularly have risen from 2.7% in 2010 to 17.7% in 2014.

When ex-smokers were asked why they used electronic ciga-

rettes, 71% said they were using them to help give up the weed.

Among smokers, 48% wanted to reduce the amount of tobacco they smoked. while 37% said they used Ecigarettes to save money.

Deborah Arnott, Ash chief executive, said: “The dramatic rise in use of electronic cigarettes over the past four years suggests that smokers are increasingly turning to these devices to help them cut down or quit smoking. Significantly, usage among nonsmokers remains negligible.”

Another survey covering England, The Smoking Toolkit Study, has found that E-cigarettes are overtaking the use of nicotine products, such as patches and gum, as an aid to quitting smoking.

It also found that the proportion of smokers who gave up smoking in the past year had increased, and that smoking rates in England continued to fall.

Study leader Prof Robert West said: “Despite claims that use of E-cigarettes risks renormalising smoking, we found no evidence to support this view.

“On the contrary, electronic cigarettes may be helping to reduce smoking as more

Worker shot and robbed A YOUNG currency exchange worker was gunned down in the early hours of Sunday in Las Americas.

The incident occurred as the 23-year-old left his Parque Santiago III shop in with the takings.

He was shot in both legs, and was hit by another bullet in the body

as he headed for his car.

The Emergency Services took around an hour to control the bleeding, and he was then transferred by ambulance to the Green Clinic in Las Americas, where he underwent surgery.

He is now out of danger, and his condition is stable.

Police are seeking the gunman, who escaped with about 10,000 euros and drove off in his victim’s car.

people use them as an aid to quitting.”

Ms Arnott added: “While it is important to control the advertising of electronic cigarettes to make sure children and nonsmokers are not being targeted, there is no evidence from our

research that E-cigarettes are acting as a gateway into smoking.”

The Ash survey suggests that most E-cigarette-users, or “vapers”, use a rechargeable product with replaceable cartridges or a reservoir. Simon Clark, director of For-

est, a group which supports smokers, said it welcomed the rise of E-cigarettes and was glad people had a choice of what to smoke.

But he suggested that most smokers using them were experimenting, rather than using

them to give up smoking altogether.

“We haven’t seen a significant fall in smokers,” he said. “Most smokers still find electronic cigarettes quite basic, and it will take a few more years for the technology to improve.”

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Flood money floods in MANY readers will remember the videos circulating on social media the last time Tenerife was hit by heavy rain.

There were images of roads becoming rivers, and people’s homes flooded by fast-flowing rainwater.

Finally, though, there is a light at the end of the tunnel in the North as Tenerife Cabildo and the City of Santa Cruz are to release funds to solve some of the problems in 13 of the region’s most flood-prone zones.

These include Las Hespérides, Vistabella and La Gallega, and work will begin soon

to enable rainwater to be collected and channelled away from the “black spots”.

There is no adequate sewage drainage system in Avenida de Las Hespérides, and, during times of heavy rain, the health risk to residents is great.

La Gellega, meanwhile, will undergo a three-phase plan between now and 2017, part of which involves a 470,000-euro scheme to build a water-collecting system.

Arabia de Vistabella road is affected so badly by flood water, which has been known to back up and come out of plug-holes and toilets in the area. But a 235,000-euro project

there is also scheduled.

Funding has been made available according to the severity of the problems: some of the smaller projects have budgets under 10,000 euros, while others, such as the Acorán neighbourhood, will benefit from as much as 587,500 euros.

There, the entire drainage system has been deemed totally inadequate to cope with heavy rains.

Work should begin by the end of this year, with the majority of the budget (2,142,857.14 euros) destined for the first phase. The remainder will be set aside for the other projects to be finished by the end of 2017.

Search is on to dig up Don Quixote’s author RADAR capable of penetrating ground is being employed in a search by forensic scientists to locate the remains of the author who wrote Don Quixote.

Experts say the work of scanning, exhuming and analysing any findings is expected to take several months if they are to uncover the body of Miguel de Cervantes in a Madrid convent.

Cervantes, who died in poverty in 1616, is

one of Spain’s most important literary figures.

He has been dubbed the father of the modern novel for writing The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, reputed to be one of the most widelyread - and most translated - books ever.

On Monday, scientists began their hunt in the Convent of Trinitarians, Madrid, where Cervantes was recorded as having died on 22nd April 1616.

He was said to have been buried a day later in the convent’s church. But no one knows where.

Forensic scientists

say they will concentrate on the oldest part of the convent, using ground-penetrating equipment to map objects under the earth.

“The radar cannot tell you whether it is the body of the writer, but it can indicate the place of burial,” said Luis Avial, the expert leading the search.

“The geo-radar can tell us that location … and then comes the delicate work.”

That relates to the exhumation and identification process, which will complete the entire operation, estimated to cost 100,000 euros (£82,352).

Mystery of 9m-euro seafront renovation THE proposed renovation of Las Tarajales beach and the seafront promenade in Los Cristianos, estimated at 9m euros, is still on hold.

A further meeting is being arranged by Cabildo President

Carlos Alonso between those involved: Arona Town Hall, the Department for Coasts, the Cabildo and, in particular, Spring Hoteles, who, it is hoped, still want to continue with the project.

Alonso says delays incurred because of issues with storm-water and waste-water, which have now been solved.

And a further problem relating to compulsory purchase of land by Arona Council is also said to have cost time.

The 9m euros would be provided in full by the private sector, in return for the granting of “seasonal services”, which include around 650 sunbeds, umbrellas, beach kiosks, bars and water scooters.

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Tom Cruise in Tenerife?

No Mission Impossible!

SOMETIMES, you sit praying for a miracle on Thursday lunchtimes.

Whoever said, ‘No news is good news’ has never had to edit a newspaper.

On slow weeks, C stories can be possible front page, and the literal “shaggy dog” story is bumped up to 600 words.

And then there are weeks like this one. In newspaper terms I’m looking around for an old guy in a beard to start chopping down trees and leading animals to safety.

From the appalling murder of school teacher Ann Maguire to the convictions for Max Clifford.

I’m pleased for the much criticised Crown Prosecution Service.

They deserved a result and, hopefully, the public will now let them get on with their job of prosecuting those who commit crime.

Famous or otherwise.

I hope the Yewtree cops get renewed confidence as well.

Locally, it was important for Loro Parque to state their case and parents, I urge you to read Page 18. There could be money in them hills.

Also this week, we have set up something very exciting for the next issue, and we have some meat on a couple of bones.

A world-famous band will be coming to Tenerife in late August (can’t tell you yet!), and then there is the curious case

of Tom Cruise.

The British tabloids first mentioned this last week and it seems to be a goer. The producers of Mission Impossible 5 are keen to shoot some scenes here in July in Santa Cruz!

Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg and, if the rumours are true, the gorgeous Jessica Chastain, could all be filming here for a few weeks.

When we asked Tenerife Cabildo about MI5 coming here we were told: “No comment.”

If it were just a rumour, we would have been given a “We don’t know anything about it”, answer.

So ladies, get ready to do some Tom sightseeing in the summer!

And finally: Some gags are off the cuff, but this genuine shop in London is more off the wrist!

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THE proposed cycle path from the Palmetum botanical garden to Playa de las Teresitas, just north of Santa Cruz, is expected to cost around 7m euros.

That’s the estimate, according to Santa Cruz Mayor José Manuel Bermúdez and Public Works Councillor Dámaso Arteaga.

But that exceeds the city budget, which means the project will be completed in separate phases, subject to available funds.

This year’s investment is between 180,000200,000 euros, which will go towards improving

a stretch between the auditorium and the San Sebastian roundabout.

This section has a narrow stretch, subject to heavy daily use, so Arteaga suggests it would be logical to start the works there.

The Cabildo’s Heritage Commission initially scrapped an idea to build a raised path because this infringed conditions relating to the section, which is recognised as

an area of cultural interest. The first section to be completed is a 500m, stretch, which will be ready before the end of the year. It will link the section to part of the path which was completed by the Town Hall when it renovated sections of the Via Litoral.

This will make the completed section around 3.5 kilometres in all, but at this point, the project becomes

more difficult. The area by the port will require far more investment, for which Bermúdez hopes funds can be secured from the Port Authority as well as outside investors.

The local council has already submitted the project to the Cabildo and the Port Authority.

The section running through the fishing dock is the most complex and expensive, because the investment required to route the cycle path through this section will cost around 2m euros.

The path may be diverted inland slightly to avoid the port entrances, which help keep costs as low as possible.

But it will still be subject to Port Authority approval.

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Dear Editor, Would it be possible for your paper to help me locate victims of a big scam here in Tenerife.

This was through a company known as AGP Tenerife and Minerva Global Management SA, based in offices in the Golf Plaza Hotel, Golf del Sur. It’s believed that there may be up to 140 individuals, apart from me, who have made large investments into an online company, AGP, Atlantic Gaming, through AGP Tenerife.

The main person behind the company has since left the Island, around Feb 2014, along with our money.

Despite emails up to December 2013 promising repayment of the bond issues for over a year, nothing has been received.

And now there is no communication from the main person at all, which leads us to believe this to be huge fraud, possibly up to 10 million euros or more.

I would appreciate you printing this letter so that any investors can get in touch with me and a meeting organised, so that we can make the next step by taking it to the authorities.

I have created an email account to which genuine investors with proof of paperwork can contact me: agp2010investors@gmail.com Name and address supplied Avda. Claudio Delgado Diaz 99, Edf. Ayllon Local 2C, Pol. Ind. Las Chafiras, 38639 San Miguel De Abona, Tenerife PRINTED BY: TF Print S.A.

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PM ‘may’ delay search for oil off the Canaries SPANISH Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is meeting Canaries President Paulino for the second time this year, and the

contentious oilexploration situation is definitely on the menu!

The new Economic and Fiscal regime of the Canaries (REF) will also be discussed, along with

a reform to the Statue of Autonomy, proposed by the Canary Coalition (CC) and the Socialist Party (PSOE).

As for the search for oil – with both sides sticking steadfastly to their own views - the Ministry

of Agriculture and the Environment has yet to determine its position.

It is pending a request by the Government to call a referendum, which, in turn, is awaiting a response from the Council of Ministers.

Rajoy says he is prepared to “study the

possibility” of delaying the search for oil in the sea off Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. And this, itself, has been greeted

by Rivero as a “significant advance” for the Canaries. During their January meeting, Rivero and Rajoy agreed to set the wheels in motion

to advance the amendment of the REF, and Rivero stressed the major concerns facing the Canary Islands’ population.

The taxation part of the amendment should be agreed by both parties before submission to Brussels for definitive approval.

Kiosk costs Town Hall 200k ADEJE Town Hall has made a 193,400-euro compensation pay-out to Samdi Canaries Investments for the permanent closure of a beach-front kiosk.

It remained closed during reconditioning work being carried out on the La Enramada beach.

The payment comes in the wake of changes to the sea-land boundaries, meaning the kiosk cannot reopen because of its position.

The issue hints at administrative prob-

lems when the kiosk was first constructed.

And complaints from local residents could also have weighed against the Town Hall because they opposed the kiosk in the first place.

The company owning the building finally initiated legal proceedings for damages, stemming from the Town Hall’s decision to stop the kiosk trading.

Reports of a meeting last Friday suggest that an agreement was

reached between the local government and the owners.

The final total includes costs incurred in the purchase of furniture, parasols and sunbeds.

It follows another compensation payment by Adeje Council in February, when a sum of over one million euros was made because of the Town Hall’s encroachment into land beside the Jardín Botánico urbanisation in Las Nieves.

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Zoo’s tiny-tot deer weighs just 100gms ONE of the world’s tiniest hoofed animals, weighing just 100gms, has been born at a southern Spain zoo.

The Java mousedeer, born at Bioparc Fuengirola zoo, on the Costa del Sol, Malaga, is said to be “no bigger than a hamster” according to staff.

And it will almost

certainly end up the size of a one-kilo rabbbit, which is the species’ average size.

They are also known to be acutely intelligent, and the tiny animals represent wisdom in many local legends in their native Java.

It is the eighth baby mouse-deer born in Fuengirola, which is running a programme to breed the rare species.

Its mother was born at the same zoo in 2007, and its father came

from French zoo Lille last year.

The family live the Bioparc’s Hidden Forest, which recreates the ruins of a temple lost in the Asian jungle.

There are currently 43 Java mouse-deer in Europe, says Bioparc staff, but they warn that the species is threatened by huge deforestation in South East Asia, and the replacement of jungles with oil palm plantations.

Father and son drown TRAGEDY struck twice on Sunday morning when an 18-year-old youth and his father, 48, drowned in the sea off Buenavista, on Tenerife’s north coast.

Emergency services were alerted at 10.40am and, just over an hour later, the boy’s body was located in the water. The search continued for his father,

whose body was found at around 3pm.

It is understood that the pair were fishing when they were swept into the sea by a particularly strong wave.

The boy entered the water first and his father attempted to rescue him by throwing a rope into the water.

The incident happened at Los Barqueros beach, where emergency services treated the teenager once he had been brought ashore.

But attempts to revive

him were unsuccessful.

An ongoing search for the father involved three helicopters; one from the Emergency Rescue Services (GES), another from the Canary Islands Emergency Services (SUC) and the third from Maritime Rescue, whose team also mobilised a boat.

On land, the Fire Service, the Civil Guard, two ambulances, and staff from the nearby Los Silos medical centre were standing by.

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Cabildo cash in casino chips!

THE sale of the Cabildo - owned Las Americas Casino will go ahead, after much debate, for around 21 million euros.

The news came on Monday, along with the full conditions of the sale of the operating licence, with terms agreed by leaders of the Canary Coalition (CC) and the Socialist Party (PSOE).

The main features include maintaining all the staff at the date of the sale’s completion for a further two years, and a commitment to support Adeje municipality’s economy.

The sale price requires the purchaser to link the casino to a major tourism development, such as a hotel.

The successful bidder must also make an investment in business and tourism, with regard to operating the casino and additional tourist activities.

The Cabildo will continue to operate the casino in the meantime, and is obliged to provide all the services currently on offer.

Cabildo President Carlos Alonso said the investment could pave the way to job creation in the area.

Details of the document will be published in the Official Bulletin of the Canary Islands (BOC), along with details of the bidding process “before summer starts”.

Alonso said there were several alternatives regarding ownership, which should encourage good competition in what he called an “open process, with very demanding financial and technical criteria”.

The Island’s two other casinos are expected to go on sale later in the year. The Puerto de la Cruz casino will go first, with the sale being linked to the old Hotel Taoro, and then the Santa Cruz casino, which may be linked to a promotion of the port.

Have splashing time in Adeje’s open-sea event APPLICATIONS are now being taken for the second Costa Adeje open-sea swim, organised by the Adeje Council’s Department of Sport and the Anima 2 association.

It takes place next Saturday (10th May) and is expected to at-

tract a good turn-out, as it did last year.

Adeje Sports Councillor Adolfo Alonso said: “We hope to turn this into a fixed annual event in the borough’s aquatic calendar.

“It will consolidate Costa Adeje as a point of reference for aquatic activities in South Tenerife.”

He added: “We have added some new elements this year, which we hope will attract

more swimmers.”

Among the additions is a short-distance option. The full crossing is still some 7,500m, but there will also be a shorter 1,300m distance.

The longer swim starts at the Ajabo beach in Callao Salvaje and finishes at Fañabé beach, while the shorter run is from the beach at Bahía del Duque to Fañabé.

Ezequiel Morales, the

technical organiser, says: “It’s very important to include this shorter distance for those who might not feel able to complete the longer swim, but still wish to practise this kind of open-sea swimming, which is a sport with thousand of followers.”

The shorter swim has attracted a lot of interest from swimmers, with more than 60 signed up already.

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Heroic Sasha’s bravery award A BRITISH Army dog, who died alongside her handler in Afghanistan, is being awarded the highest military honour for an animal.

Sasha, a four-year-old yellow Labrador who hunted out explosives, saved the lives of many soldiers and civilians.

She died alongside Lance Corporal Kenneth Rowe in a Taliban attack in 2008 and will be awarded the PDSA Dickin Medal, which, says the charity, is the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross.

Sasha was deployed with handlers from the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, attached to the 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment.

Alongside her handler, her job was to carry out advance patrols to find safe routes for soldiers and to sniff out weapons and IEDs (improvised explosive devices).

She was praised to the

hilt by a PDSA spokesman, who said: “Sasha’s determination to search and push forward - despite gruelling conditions and relentless Taliban attacks - was a morale boost to the soldiers, who entrusted their lives to her weapon-finding capability.

“On one occasion recalled by regimental colleagues, Sasha was searching a building in Garmsir when she

detected two mortars and a large quantity of weaponry, including explosives and mines.

“This find alone undoubtedly saved the lives of many soldiers and civilians.” Sasha was assigned to 24-yearold L/Cpl Rowe in 2008 and they were considered the best in the Kandahar region.

They died together on 24th July 2008 when their routine patrol was am-

bushed by a rocket-propelled grenade attack.

L/Cpl Rowe, from West Moor, near Newcastle, was set to return home the day before he died.

But he wanted to stay on to complete a planned operation because he was concerned about a lack of cover for comrades.

Sasha had 15 confirmed IEDs, mortars and hidden weaponry finds.

Col Neil Smith QHVS, director of the Army Veterinary and Remount Services, said: “This prestigious award recognises how her devotion and skills undoubtedly saved the lives of many troops in Afghanistan.

“And it acknowledges the excellent work our military working dogs and their handlers do.

Sadly, this award is posthumous, and our thoughts remain with L/

Cpl Rowe’s family.

“This award will give us the opportunity to once more celebrate his and Sasha’s immeasurable contributions to military operations.”

Sasha is the 65th animal to be awarded the medal since it was launched in 1943. Other winners of the Dickin Medal - named after the charity’s founder, Maria Dickin - include 32 World War Two messenger pigeons, three horses and a cat.

Jan McLoughlin, PDSA director general, said: “The award is even more poignant as we approach the centenary of World War One and are reminded of the huge debt we owe the animals who serve in times of conflict.

“This medal, recognised worldwide as the animals’ Victoria Cross, honours both Sasha’s unwavering service and her ultimate sacrifice.

“Her story exemplifies the dedication of man’s best friend, and it reminds us all of the amazing contribution they make to our lives.”

Brazil’s World Cup and the Games are in deep turmoil THE 2016 Rio Olympics organisers are facing a chaotic period because preparations so far have been dismal.

And it’s not the best of sporting times for their World Cup Finals, which begin in Rio in just six weeks.

International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates can hardly believe his eyes at what he’s seen in Rio. The work being carried out to get Rio up and running in time are the “worst” ever seen, according to the Aussie.

And the IOC have taken “unprecedented” action by placing experts

on the local organising committee to ensure the Games go ahead.

“The situation is critical on the ground, and no one is able to give answers at the moment,” said Coates, who has been involved in the Olympics for nearly 40 years and has made six trips to Rio as part of the commission responsible for overseeing the preparations.

He added that one of the experts on the local committee is a construction project manager. “The IOC have adopted a more handson role,” said Coates.

“It is unprecedented for us, but there is no Plan B. We are going to Rio.” He believes this to

be “a worse situation” than in 2004, when there were concerns about preparations for the Athens Games.

“It’s the worst I’ve experienced,” he stressed.

“We have become very concerned. They are not ready in many, many ways. We have to make it happen, and that is the IOC approach. We just can’t walk away from this.” Organisers of the 2004 Athens Games were warned several times by the IOC about their preparations, with thenIOC president Juan Samaranch even threatening to take the Olympics away at one stage Preparations in Athens were marred by delays in construction and service delivery, but the

venues and infrastructure were, ultimately, delivered in time.

A disbelieving Coates said construction had not even started on some venues in Rio, which will host South America’s first Olympics. Also, infrastructure has been signifi-

cantly delayed and the city has “social issues that need to be addressed”.

The IOC man said the Rio organisers have the same number of staff 600 - as London did at the same stage in their preparations for 2012, but they did not have the

necessary experience.

Coates, who helped organise the magnificent Sydney 2000 Games as head of the Australian Olympic Committee, said it was proving difficult for the IOC to get the answers they needed in Rio. “No one is able to give answers at the moment,” he said. “Can they use the car parks in the village for recovery centres? What will be the time to take from this venue to that venue? All of those things we’re being fobbed off.”

Coates also claimed that just two people were working in Rio’s test event department, with tournaments scheduled to start this year.

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Montserrat Caballé accused of tax fraud Top swimmers in Tenerife SPAIN’S international swimming team have been training at Tenerife Top Training’s high-performance centre in Adeje for the past week.

They have been preparing for the European Championships in Berlin, from 18-24th August.

The group comprise 19 swimmers and seven coaches, among them double Olympic medallist Mireia Belmonte García (200m butterfly and 800m freestyle), as well as European medallist Duane da Rocha, and finalist Mercedes Peris.

The technical staff are led by José Antonio del Castillo, Director of High Performance Sports, who has again been delighted with the T3 centre facilities.

The team have visited the centre regularly since 2009 to prepare for major events, including the 2012 London Olympics.

Del Castro says the centre is “ideal” as it has a 50m pool, a 25m pool and a swimming lane, used specifically to assess the swimmers’ style and technique, and adds that their visits are becoming something of a “tradition.”

When asked why he continues to choose T3

for elite training, he says the facilities are excellent, including the onsite gymnasium, and, of course, the wonderful weather.

Regarding the team’s goals for the upcoming European Championships, the sky’s the limit for Del Castillo, who says: “Our goal is to rack up the best medal tally in history.”

He also said many other nations were preparing more for the World Championships in Kazakhstan and the Brazil Olympics.

But his immediate concern is the Europeans, and he is pleased with his team’s training, many of them continuing to improve in readiness for the Championships.

One of the trainers, Fred Vergnoux, spoke after a demanding doubletraining session, saying that this year’s calendar is tough with one set of championships following the next in quick succession.

That said, he doesn’t let up, demanding the most from his charges at every moment. He expects further achievements, building on successes already achieved, and setting higher goals for the team.

“They work eight hours a day; if they didn’t want to win a medal, they wouldn’t be here,” he stresses.”

ACCLAIMED Spanish opera star Monterrat Caballé has been accused of allegedly defrauding the Inland Revenue of 508,462 euros in 2010.

The 81-year-old soprano has been called to give evidence on Friday (9th May) in her hometown, Barcelona.

The charge relates to the singer’s declared residency in 2010: she was living in Barcelona - where she was born during the year, but was registered as a resident of Andorra for the period.

And that, says the prosecution: “Was for the sole purpose of avoiding paying tax in Spain.”

Despite leaving the country to record or perform, the prosecution

says she was required to submit the appropriate tax declaration in her country of residence, namely Spain.

Caballé spent time performing in Germany, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Switzerland, Italy and Lithuania, and travelled to Moscow and Geneva to record.

It is alleged that she did not declare earnings from these professional engagements.

Contracts for the earnings in question were signed off by Andorran

company Reial Classics SL, with monies paid into an Andorran bank account in that firm’s name.

The prosecution believes it to be a deliberate attempt to hide her earnings from the Inland Revenue in Spain.

Monterrat Caballé came to prominence in the British pop charts when, in 1992, she recorded the crossover track Barcelona with Freddie Mercury, late leader singer of Queen

and a great fan of the opera star.

The song, especially for the Barcelona Olympics that year, proved to be a huge seller in the UK, and other European countries. The pair went on to record an album, which also sold well.

Prosecutor Carmen Martín has requested that a deposit payment be made, or an embargo may be placed on the singer’s property to cover the amount allegedly defrauded.

University Hospital is a ‘ticking time-bomb’ THE University Hospital in Santa Cruz (HUC) has been likened to “a ticking time” bomb by the unions representing doctors and nurses.

Increasing patient numbers, saturation of services and precarious working conditions

have led to this situation, they say.

The professional sector unions have denounced the spiralling number of incidents, the most recent occurring on Sunday.

A nurse was punched and kicked several times by a patient they were trying to assist.

The nurse also had clumps of hair torn out in the attack.

Physical and verbal

attacks are becoming more common, particularly in the A&E department, and the unions have accused the hospital’s administration of being “indifferent”.

National Police were called to defuse the latest incident, which led to the nurse making an official complaint about the attack.

The HUC’s legal service department is also said to be carrying out

its own investigation.

Yet a hospital source said the incident was “isolated” and that there had been no other recent evidence of violence.

The HUC employs a private security firm, which has representatives a few metres away from the ER, which, it says, can act “in a matter of seconds” when required.

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Paul’s goodbye to the Dubliner WEDNESDAY saw the end of an era as Paul Fitzpatrick played his last gig with the Dubliner band.

Seventeen years after first bashing the keyboards at the Dubliner Bar in Patch, Paul and his wife, Alison, are starting a new life in the UK. The bar was bursting as friends and longterm customers said farewell to the hugelypopular, former Tenerife Entertainment Award winner.

He finished the night with a cover of U2’s With or Without You and there wasn’t a dry eye in the house.

Paul said: “I’d like to thank everyone for making it an unbelievable 17 years.

“There are too many people to mention, but I would like to say thanks to my Dad, Vinnie, Danny, Daniel and, of course, Alison. And all the loyal customers, many of whom have become friends.”

Photos: Mark Thornton

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Missing plane: Hunt to concentrate on sea bed IT is “highly unlikely” that debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines jet will ever be found on the ocean surface.

That’s the view of Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who has announced that the widespread hunt for flight MH370 will now move from visual searches by boats and planes.

It will focus instead on underwater operations, with the aid of sophisticated sensors.

The search area had been narrowed to where officials believed the plane’s black box flight recorder was, and where they thought they would find some wreckage.

This will be widened to

include a larger area of the Indian Ocean floor, which could take up to eight months to search thoroughly.

But despite many re-

ported sightings since the plane vanished midway a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing two months ago, not a scrap of evidence has turned

up. Mr Abbott said: “It is highly unlikely at this stage that we will find any aircraft debris on the ocean surface. By this stage, most mate-

Sir John’s old £50 notes must now be exchanged

ANOTHER chapter in British history was written on Wednesday when the £50 note featuring Sir John Houblon, the first Bank of England Governor, was withdrawn.

It had been in circulation for two decades, but The Bank replaces old notes every so often for new ones, which are harder to forge.

Yet just a fortnight ago, it believes there were still 53 million of them in circulation, totalling £2.65bn.

Victoria Cleland,

head of the notes division at The Bank, said: “We’d expect a lot to be out there because of a higher demand for £50s during the recession as people worried about the safety of banks.”

She also said some people use larger denomination notes to save up for something, and they could be keeping their Houblon £50s until they are ready to make a purchase.

“Only then will they come to the Bank of England to convert

them to current notes,” added Ms Cleland.

High- denomination banknotes are popular with criminals because they make it easier to transport lots of cash, although the most valuable euro note - the 500 euro - is worth eight times as much as a £50 note.

Though they are no longer in circulation, Post Offices and several banks will continue to accept the £50s until the end of October.

After that, you’ll have to go to the Bank of

England in London to cash them in for the new Boulton and Watt £50 notes, or send them in the post.

Actually, if you fill out a form, they will exchange any Bank of England note ever issued for its face value.

The Bank says it exchanges about 1,000 notes a month, and it will even exchange predecimal notes.

So if you have a 10-bob note hanging around the house, you’ll receive the princely sum of 50p for it.

rial would have become waterlogged and sunk.”

He added that the US Navy’s Bluefin-21 underwater vehicle had finished scouring the initial search area, off Australia’s western coast, and had not found anything.

“I want the families to know, I want the world to know, that Australia will not shirk its responsibilities in this area,” said the Australian PM. “We will do everything we humanly can to solve this mystery. We will not let people down and, while the search will be moving to a new phase in coming weeks, it certainly is not ending.”

But he did acknowledge it was also possible that no material from the aircraft would ever be found.

“Of course it’s possible,” he said. “But that would be a terrible outcome because it would

leave families with a baffling uncertainty forever. The aircraft plainly cannot disappear - it must be somewhere.”

Radar and satellite data show the jet - carrying 239 passengers and crew when it vanished midway through its flight to Beijing veering off-course mysteriously on 8th March.

Analysis suggests it would have run out of fuel in a remote section of the Indian Ocean.

The next phase of the underwater hunt will include searching an area 430 miles long and 50 miles wide, where the plane probably came down.

Angus Houston, spearheading the search, said: “If everything goes perfectly, we’ll be doing well if we do it in eight months, but, it could take much longer because of the weather and technical issues.”

The news came as a fresh blow to the families of passengers, who have been waiting frantically to find out what happened.

Selamat Omar, whose 29-year-old son Khairul Amri Selamat was on the jet, still hopes the search will be successful.

“If nothing is found in the water, then we look at other possibilities,” he said. “With no sign of a crash, I have to think my son could still be alive.”

The Malaysian Government is expected to release a preliminary report on the plane’s disappearance shortly.

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School grants available now ADEJE Council is now accepting applications for grants for next year’s school materials.

The grant-application process, for families of children in infants, primary and secondary public schools, lasts until 29th May, and Education Councillor Andrés Pérez Ramos said: “We are working to meet an important social need, which has become greater in recent years in the borough.

“We want to help families buy basic materials as they prepare for the start of the next school year.

“We are working to help families most in need and move towards equality of opportunities, ensuring that no student is without school materials because of the economic circumstances of his or her family.”

Last year’s grants helped 433 Adeje families, to the benefit of 709 schoolchildren.

Among the requirements which must be met are the production of the completed form, which can be found on the council website www. adeje.es in the education section.

You must also bring along the original and a photocopy of your DNI, NIE or residency certificate or passport, and that of the student concerned.

In addition, you must bring the documentation required to indicate monthly family income, among other papers.

They include a stamped, completed form from your bank, confirming your bank account number, as outlined in the regulations, which you will also find in the council webpage.

The Document in full: Rules and regulations regarding the financial aid for school materials for the 2014/2015 school year for students registered on the Padrón in infant, primary and secondary public education centres in Adeje.

Requirements of the ap-

plicants School material grants must be sought under the following conditions. · The applicant is resident and registered on the residential register (padrón) for at least six months prior to the date of the application. · The applicant is studying in a public infants, primary or secondary education centre in Adeje or in a neighbouring institute for educational reasons, or in a regional government educational resident centre. · The family income level following the application of the formula, as outlined further on in this document, in the family unit where the applicant lives is no higher than 400 euros. · The applicant accepts the regulations outlined in the official documentation for this grant. · The falsification and/or omission of data in any of the relevant documents required will mean the immediate rejection of the application/grant and could mean further legal action. · The presentation of the application implies the granting of authorisation to the Adeje council to obtain any relevant data regarding the employment/tax returns of any adult member of the family unit to determine the family income.

Date and place of application To apply for the grant applications must be presented on the following dates (according to which education centre the student is or will be attending) between 9am and 1pm, Monday to Fridays and on Thursdays from 4pm to 8pm, at the Adeje department of education which is on the lower ground floor of the Adeje Cultural Centre: · April 28 -. May 2: IES Adeje I and El Galeón and neighbouring centres. · May 5- 9: Los Olivos School · May 12 to 16: Fañabé and Armeñime Schools. · May 19 to 23: Tijoco and Las Torres Schools. · 26 to 29 May: Adeje Casco School Necessary documenta-

tion Applicants must present the following documentation: 1. The completed application form which can be downloaded from the council webpage, www. adeje.es or obtained from the department of education.

2. Original and photocopy of your DNI/NIE/ Residency Certificate/ passport of the applicant (mother, father or tutor).

3. Original and photocopy of your DNI/ NIE/Residency Certificate/passport of the student(s) 4. A presentation showing monthly income of the family unit which should be detailed in the following manner.

- Most recent nomina/ wage slip for those employed - Self employed – the most recent tax return which shows the net economic income of the individual/company - Unemployed persons need an official document showing their status from the Canarian Employment Service - Unemployed persons with no benefits, a document from the Canarian Employment Service stating this.

- Pensioner: certificate or document showing the amount receive.

- Pension with cost of living adjustments – documents showing amount received 1. A statement showing monthly mortgage payments or in the case of rented accommodation a rental contract, signed and stamped by the owner.

2. A particular bank form, called the Modelo Alto a terceros, which you can get from the webpage or the department and which you will need to take to the bank to have stamped and signed, showing your bank account number.

3. Authorisation, where relevant, giving the department of education clearance to acquire data from the department of social welfare for validation purposes.

4. Any other documents which may be deemed necessary to guarantee you are meeting the requirements.

The details will be confirmed with each education centre. All the forms must be filled in correctly with the course and centre in which the students will be registered for the 2014/2015 academic year.

In the case of multiple applicants for brothers and sisters one application will be sufficient.

Where a family is unable to provide certain documentation outlining their economic situation, their cases will be examined in conjunction with the education centre concerned and the social services department of this council.

It is the responsibility of the applicant to make sure they have all the relevant documentation when they present their application. If the application doesn’t meet the requirements or more data is required it will be listed in the bulletin board in the department and you will have a maximum period of 10 days to

present the missing data otherwise your petition may not continue to be considered.

Instruction, validation and concessions The procedures will be carried out by administrative personnel from the departments of education and artistic heritage of the Adeje council Once the applications have all been received a commission will be constituted to validate and adjudicate the applications. The commission will use approved criteria to establish a list of those who they deem to be eligible, those ineligible and those who have been left out and the reasons for that exclusion.

That list will be posted on the department’s bulletin board and in the council webpage. Applicants will have ten days to present any missing documentation if required. If you have a fundamental disagreement with the decision of the commission and feel your rights have been undermined you have the option to seek further redress including taking the matter to the courts.

Evaluation of applications The commission established to process the applications will be made up of personnel from the council. During the evaluation period they may contact applicants if more documentation is required. They will use the following formula to calculate the family income level: · Monthly incomes of all those living in the family home minus monthly

costs (-70% mortgage or -100% rent), divided by the number of all those living in the family home, which, to qualify, should come to an amount less than 400 euros.

Those living in the family unit are those whose names appear on the Padrón as living at the same address. This would also include the partner of a parent of a child applying for the grant and their children if they have any.

In the case of separated or divorced parents, the income of the parent not in the family home is not taken into consideration.

If the application is on behalf of a child in a foster home the income of those in the foster home will be used for the calculations.

Qualification points (The points that are used to evaluate the application) Family income below the benchmark 4 points - Unemployment 3 points - Family is using social intervention, special needs, suffering domestic violence or other risk situations 2 points - Time registered as resident in Adeje 1 point - In the case of over subscription the following criteria will be used to list applicants 1. Lowest level of income 2. Unemployment 3. Family is using social intervention, special needs, suffering domestic violence or other risk situations 4.

Family with large number of children 5. Time registered as resident in Adeje These criteria will only be used if there are more applicants than grants available.

Duties of those in receipt of the grant Those who receive the grant must agree to present receipts for the material purchased within three months of the money being transferred to their account.

They must also inform the council of any change of situation, or any other grants or assistance newly received from other public or private bodies or any other alteration in their circumstances.

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New community TV is simple… and brilliant!

Fañabe’s new legal company THE new offices of lawyers Olga Caballero & Associates were officially opened last Friday in the Terrazas del Duque, Fañabe, Costa Adeje.

The company, acclaimed as legal leaders in Fuerteventura for 15 years - where it has three offices - has now branched out to Tenerife.

And it launched itself here with an enjoyable evening, complete with cocktails and tapas, for more than 100 guests.

Among those present were professionals from the world of tourism, real estate, banking and other leading companies.

The company comprises a select team of professionals, including multi-lingual assistants of various nationalities to provide an efficient service.

Its lawyers deal with large firms and private customers alike, covering a wide range of legal matters throughout the Spanish market and overseas.

It embraces all areas, including construction, management, contracts, building permits, property transfers, rent collections, resident associations, mortgage problems, inheritances and investors.

Visit their Fañabe offices in the calle Bruselas local 2 on street level, close to the BBVA bank. Or simply call 922 717 135 for further information or advice.

THERE are lots of different ways to watch your favourite television programmes and access UK TV channels, but they are not all suited to residential communities.

That is, until now. The brand-new ZMS system is being described as “The ultimate UKTV solution for Residential Communities” because it allows you to inject IPTV straight into your Coaxial network.

With the ZMS system, designed specifically for hotels, resorts and residential complexes, you do not need a satellite dish or receiver.

You don’t even need a set-top box, and users do not need to have their own individual internet system to enjoy the communities’ service.

In fact, with the ZMS system, all the community-users need do is plug into the wall and retune their TV sets. Simples!

Just one ZMS (Zapelin Media Server) and one ADSL or *WIMAX connection is enough for the whole community. The brand new *WIMAX option is available to locations with line-of-sight

visibility to Arona’s Guaza Mountain.

The revolutionary technology inside the ZMS is capable of transforming UKTV (or other) channels from IPTV origin into the DVB-T format, so that the channels can simply be “injected” into the existing coaxial network of the Residential Complex.

This removes the need for pesky satellite dishes and overworked set-top boxes.

Once the ZMS is installed and running, residents need only “retune” their TV sets to find the additional channels which have been added to their TDT (Terrestrial Television) frequency.

Although the ZMS can easily be upscaled, the number of channels which can be injected is directly proportional to the amount of effective Bandwidth available.

So the better the signal

in the community, the better! The ZMS can inject up to 40 channels by default, but expansion modules can be added to add more channels, or even make the channels available in a local WiFi network with Zi-Fi. TV technology (Wireless Television).

The ZMS is a plug-&play “appliance” which acts like one giant settop box for the whole community, and it will be installed by an authorised technician.

The community will simply have to contract a dedicated ADSL/ WIMAX connection for the ZMS so that it can be placed at the “Headends” of the Coaxial Distribution grid.

The community can decide which channels of IPTV origin are to be added and even change them.

So you really can have the channels you want

without having the system clogged up with unpopular filler channels nobody wants.

After years of development and months of rigorous testing, the ZMS is already installed successfully in hotels and residential communities in the Canary Islands and Costa del Sol. In short, the ZMS now offers more possibilities and flexibility; something that was impossible to achieve with the traditional satellite systems.

In a residential community environment, the result is ideal because users will simply find that the channels “appear” on their everyday TV without individual internet connections or set-top boxes.

The community ZMS works out to be cheaper than any alternative satellite installation, while offering more flexibility, choice and endless possibilities.

The community will pay a monthly maintenance and service fee, which works out to be just a few euros per owner per month, depending on the size of the complex.

Also, communities can block the signal for community members who are not interested in this service.

The advantage of the ZMS, however, is that it can obtain IPTV channels to satisfy all tastes, ages and nationalities in the community, thus making it a perfect allround solution.

For more information and authorised-distributor contact details, visit www.zapelin.com

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By Mariano Zunino Siri

I HAVE received one email with an interesting and serious question from a representative of one Community of Owners.

And although I have replied personally, I believe it would be interesting to include the summary of the email, and my opinion.

I live on a community which has a total of XXXX euros of debt from non-payers and we are now in danger of having electricity and water turned off because of non-payment of the bills.

As a fully-paid-up resident, is there anything I can do to ensure that I do not lose water and electricity?

RC Owners who do not pay their community fees cause many problems to the Community and other co-owners. In fact, all the up-to-date owners are financing non-payers.

For instance, the Community pays the maintenance of the pool, but the pool can be used by all owners, including those who owe one year’s fees.

If the debtors represent a big percentage, the Community has no monies to pay electricity supply or water supply (of community areas).

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payers and debtors because, technically, everyone owes the bill!

There is a legal solution to this problem: sue the debtors. Before starting legal actions, though, it would be advisable to send every debtor a letter of requirement through a lawyer.

Some debtors will surely pay after the

legal “nudge”, while others will not – these should be taken to Court.

After the claim, there would be several possibilities: *The debtor pays immediately to avoid serious consequences and more expenses.

Remember that the legal fees, interests and costs paid in advance

by the Community should be recovered. *The debtor tries to negotiate. In this case, the Community should consider the advantages and disadvantages of accepting partial payments from an irregular payer, taking into account that any deal should include old and new instalments.

*The debtor does not pay. In this case, the Community should attach the property (“embargo”) at the Land Registry (after the judgment) to force the sale by auction. A preventive attachment (previous to the judgment) would be also possible.

One common example is the debtor involved in a foreclosing proceed-

ing. Knowing that he is going to lose his property, he decides not to pay anything. Bear in mind that if the bank finally becomes owner of the property, it will be liable for the last and the current year.

Consequently, if the debtor owes more than two years, it will be difficult to recover those payments.

That is why a prompt decision to take the debtor to Court is extremely important.

Another example is the developer who could not sell many properties and does not pay the Community fees because of his poor financial situation.

The Community’s first step would be to call an extraordinary meeting of owners to approve the debt, taking into account that, logically, non-paying owners do not have the right to vote at the meeting.

The Certificate of the agreement approving the debt would be written evidence at Court of the outstanding sums.

The worst thing to do is to stay crossed arms, awaiting the debtor.

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.

Overseas tourists smash March spending record FOREIGNERS visiting the Canaries in March spent a whopping 3,615 million, which was a record.

It amounted to just under 36% of all foreign

spending in Spain, and was up 14.3% on the same period last year.

Figures published by the Tourism Spending Survey (Egatur) show that the average spending per foreign visitor was 1,158 euros, the majority of income coming from Scandinavians,

Germans and Brits. Ricardo Fernández de la Puente, Deputy Tourism Minister for the Canaries, described the figures as “very good”.

He is aware that the islands are in the middle of the traditionally “poor months” of April and May - as far as hotel

occupancy is concerned - but he is anticipating a “positive” summer campaign.

The Canary Islands saw Scandinavian and British visitors leading the entire Spanish market - the main contributors to growth during the month.

In the first three months of 2014, foreigntourist spending totalled 10,666m Euro - up 8.1% on the first quarter of 2013.

Average daily expenditure was 113 euros per person, up 2.5% on last year, and the average expenditure per tour-

ist increased by 0.8% to 999 euros. Overall, German visitors were the big spenders, accounting for 17.3% of the total (up 11.3% on 2013), although their numbers grew by just 0.3%. And their expenditure increased, even though their average visit was shorter.

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Monday 5th May, BBC1, 21.00 James Corden and Gary Barlow head out on a road trip for this BBC One documentary, as James gets up close and personal with the man behind the music of his youth and discusses Gary’s meteoric pop comeback.

Gary Barlow has had one of the most incredible stories in pop history. We follow Gary’s near-25-year career, from how his career began, the Take That phenomenon, the wilderness years as the industry he loves cast him aside, and the darker times which have inspired his lyrics.

James Corden has been a Take That fan since his teens; now he gets to spend quality time with one of his heroes as they visit key places in Gary’s career - from the Working Men’s Club where Gary first performed, to the nightclub where Take That first auditioned. Corden tags along as Gary surprises one of his own fans on their wedding day and even joins in band rehearsals.

Featuring contributions from Elton John, Chris Evans, Robbie Williams, Gary’s mother and members of the press and music industry, this documentary sees one of the nation’s best-loved musicians shed light on the real story of his remarkable career.

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Friday 06:00 ................................Breakfast 09:15 ...........................Fake Britain 10:00...................... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 ..................Don’t Get Done, Get Dom 11:30 .........................First Time on the Front Line 12:00....................... Bargain Hunt 13:00 .............. BBC News at One 13:45.................................. Doctors 14:15............................. Perfection 15:00..... Escape to the Country 15:45 .....................Spring Kitchen with Tom Kerridge 16:30 .....................................Flog It! 17:15................................ Pointless 18:00........... BBC News at Six 18:30 .......BBC London News 19:00 ..............The One Show 19:30.... A Question of Sport 20:00.................... EastEnders 20:30................... MasterChef 21:00 ......................Have I Got News for You 21:30 ..............Outnumbered 22:00 .......... BBC News at Ten 22:35.................. The Graham Norton Show 23:20 ............. Bad Education 23:55... EastEnders Omnibus

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06:20 ......... Homes Under the Hammer

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

07:20 ........... The Travel Show

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

07:45............. Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

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

08:30.......... The Great Interior Design Challenge

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

09:30 .........Mary Berry Cooks

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

10:00 .................................World Championship Snooker

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

12:00 .......... The Daily Politics 13:00................................. World Championship Snooker 18:00................. Eggheads 18:30 .........................Great British Menu 19:00 ........................ World Championship Snooker 21:00 ..........Natural World 22:00....... The Trip to Italy Villa Cimbrone, Ravello. Comedy series. Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan journey around Italy to review six restaurants.

Steve and Rob visit Pompeii and have lunch at Relais Blu on the Sorrento coast, overlooking the isle of Capri. En route to their next stop, Michael Buble is the talking point.

22:30............... Newsnight 23:05............... Later... with Jools Holland

11:25 ............................ITV News

13:30............................. ITV News and Weather 14:00 ................................Jo Frost Family Matters 15:00......................... Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00 .......................Ejector Seat 17:00 ..............................The Paul O’Grady Show 18:00...... ITV News London 18:30............. ITV News and Weather 19:00 ................ Emmerdale 19:30 ..... Coronation Street 20:00 ......Weekend Escapes with Warwick Davis 20:30..... Coronation Street 21:00.......................... Lewis 22:00................ ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:35....The Beatles: The CW Night That choice Changed America - A Grammy Salute

The Beatles: The Night That Changed America - A Grammy Salute ITV1, 22:35

Entertainment special celebrating the 50th anniversary of one of the most memorable moments in music and television’s joint history - the groundbreaking first appearance by the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964.

This musical celebration of that evening sees the two remaining Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, along with a host of huge musical names including Alicia Keys, Dave Grohl, Eurythmics, Katy Perry, Ed Sheeran, Pharrell Williams and Stevie Wonder performing Beatles classics, while various presenters and performers including Sean Penn, Johnny Depp and Eric Idle help contextualise andhighlight the musical, cultural and historical impact of the group. The programme also features David Letterman interviewing Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr at the iconic Ed Sullivan Theatre, as well as interviews with people who worked on the 1964 show and were in the audience.

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2nd May 2014 - 8th May 2014

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Friday

Friday

06:00 ...................... Countdown 06:45 ................. Will and Grace 07:10 ............ According to Jim 07:35 ............... King of Queens 08:00 .............Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00 .................................Frasier 10:00 ...Undercover Boss USA 11:00 ...... Come Dine with Me 12:05 ...... Come Dine with Me 13:40 ..........A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 14:40...................... Countdown 15:30............... Deal or No Deal 16:30 ..............Celebrity Fifteen to One 17:30 ...... Come Dine with Me 18:00 ............The Simpsons 18:30................... Hollyoaks 19:00........ Channel 4 News 19:30 .... Unreported World 20:00......Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. W 21:00.............Gogglebox Coi ch ce 22:00................... Alan Carr: Chatty Man

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

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May

06:10................... Total Wipeout

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

06:55 .....You’ve Been Framed!

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

06:25 ..................................90210

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

08:00 .......... Beverly Hills Pawn

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

08:00 ........................... Charmed

08:30 ................................The Bill

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

09:00 .............Made in Chelsea

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

11:00.......... Haunted Collector

11:10 .........Police Interceptors

10:00 .............................New Girl

09:30 ..... The Real Housewives of Orange County

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

10:30 ................Happy Endings

13:00 ................... Bondi Rescue

10:30 .............................. The Real Housewives of Miami

11:00 ........................... Charmed

13:30.................... Bondi Rescue

12:00 ... Rules of Engagement

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

12:30 ...........................Hollyoaks

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

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

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

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

12:10 .........5 News Lunchtime 12:15 .................... Benidorm ER 13:15 .............Home and Away 13:45 ...................... Neighbours 14:15 ...........Diagnosis Murder 15:15 ......... My Family’s Secret 17:00 .......................5 News at 5 17:30 ...................... Neighbours 18:00........ Home and Away 18:30 ......... 5 News Tonight

11:30 ..................The Millionaire Matchmaker 12:30........................ Emmerdale 13:00 ........................Emmerdale 13:30 .....You’ve Been Framed!

14:00 ..................The Millionaire Matchmaker

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

15:00 ....................... Cops Uncut

13:00 .......................... How I Met Your Mother

15:30 ....................... Cops Uncut

14:00..... The Big Bang Theory

16:00 ....................... Cops Uncut

15:00 ... Rules of Engagement

16:30....................... Cops Uncut

16:00 .............................New Girl

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

16:30 ................Happy Endings

18:00............. Bondi Rescue 18:30............. Bondi Rescue

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

19:00..... Beverly Hills Pawn

18:00....The Big Bang Theory

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

19:30..... Beverly Hills Pawn

19:00 .................. Hollyoaks

19:00 ......................... You’ve Been Framed!

20:00....................... Believe

21:00........................... NCIS

21:00 ......... Motorway Cops

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

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

20:00... Two and a Half Men

20:30....The Big Bang Theory

23:00........... The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door

21:00............... Underworld

22:00 ...................... Britain’s Bravest Cops

21:00................ The A-Team

23:30............... Take Me Out

23:00......... Motorway Cops

23:25......... 8 Out of 10 Cats

06:00....... Mission Implausible

06:00 .............Motorway Patrol

07:10 .............................Top Gear

06:00............. Thirtysomething

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

06:30..............Motorway Patrol

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

07:00....................... Blue Bloods

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

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

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

09:00 .......................Trawlermen

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

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

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

09:00 ............... Without a Trace

10:00.......... Football’s Funniest Moments

08:00... RSPCA Animal Rescue

10:00 ..................... World’s Most Stupid Criminals 11:00..............................Top Gear

11:00 ....................Hawaii Five-0

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

11:00 ............My Kitchen Rules

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

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

14:00.............. Emergency with Angela Griffin 15:00......... Last Man Standing 16:00............................ Futurama

18:55....... Peb: Plaid Cymru 19:00..........Bloody Tales of the Tower

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20:00...... Ice Road Truckers

10:00........... Sun, Sea and A&E

14:00................ Criminal Minds 16:00............ My Kitchen Rules

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

17:00 ................................. RSPCA Animal Rescue

17:30 ................ Modern Family

18:00... Nothing to Declare

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

19:00...... My Kitchen Rules

20:00.............. Star-Crossed

20:00.................. CSI: Miami

21:00.......... Modern Family

21:00.............. The Blacklist

21:30 ................A League of Their Own

22:00........ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

22:00................ Intelligence

23:00.......... Criminal Minds

15:00.. The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:10 .............................. The Real Housewives of Miami

12:00............................. Top Gear 13:00 ...............Motorway Cops 14:00 ..................... World’s Most Stupid Criminals 15:00 .............................Top Gear 17:00 ...............Motorway Cops

10:00....................... Blue Bloods 12:00 ............... Without a Trace 13:00 ..................................House 14:00 ..................................House 15:00 .......Star Trek: Enterprise 16:00 ............... Without a Trace 17:00 .......................Blue Bloods

09:00..................................... FL72 10:00 ............................. Ringside 11:00............... Sporting Greats 12:00 ............................... Premier League Darts 15:30......................................FL72 16:30 ............................. Ringside 17:30............... Sporting Greats 18:00..................Champions League Weekly

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

18:30................ The Fantasy Football Club

20:00 ............... Blue Bloods

19:30............ Rugby League

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

21:00 ............The Following

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

22:00 ..... Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

22:15 ................The Fantasy Football Club

18:00............... World’s Most Stupid Criminals 19:00........................... Suits

22:00.......... Russell Howard Live: Dingledodies 23:30....................Have I Got News for You

22:35 .....................The Wire

23:15 ........Barclays Premier League Preview

23:50 ................. Tell Me You Love Me

23:45..................Champions League Weekly

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Gogglebox Channel 4, 21:00

Some of Britain’s most opinionated viewers pass judgement on the week’s biggest and best TV programmes. Loveable Leon and June, posh tipplers Steph and Dom, hairdressers Christopher and Stephen, Brixton’s own Sandy and Sandra and other favourites share their opinions about what they’ve been watching during the week, alongside some new additions.

Bloody Tales of the Tower Channel 5, 19:00

Royals on the Block.

Documentary series.

Tudor historian Dr Suzannah Lipscomb and journalist Joe Crowley investigate the grisly history of the Tower of London with the aid of original historical sources and dramatic re-enactments, shedding new light on assumptions and legends through the stories of individuals and incidents.

Was the Tower really a slick one-stopshop for beheadings and if so why did it take five blows to decapitate King Charles II’s illegitimate son? Just how did the mob manage to get into the Tower to seize one of King Richard II’s key advisers during the Peasants Revolt of 1381?

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2nd May 2014 - 8th May 2014

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

06:00........................ Angel Face

06:00 ............................Dino Dan

10:00 ...Saturday Kitchen Live

07:30 ........ Great British Menu

06:10 ............................Dino Dan

11:30 ......................Nigellissima

08:00 ........ Great British Menu

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

10:00 .................................. World Championship Snooker

06:25........................ Matt Hatter Chronicles

12:45....... Saturday Sportsday 13:00 ..........................BBC News 13:15 ...................................World Championship Snooker 16:30........................ Final Score

Britain’s Got Talent ITV1, 19.15 The one and only Britain’s Got Talent returns for another action packed, fun-filled series this spring with a new addition to the judges’ desk in the shape of the brand new Golden Buzzer!

The dream judging panel of Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams, are back on a mission to unearth the most original talent around, searching for a winning act who can entertain the nation and capture the hearts and the imaginations of the Great British public.

Joining the judges are the UK’s favourite TV presenters, award winning duo Ant and Dec, who will be guiding viewers through all the acts as only they can.

Once again the judges will be saying yes to the acts that impress and buzzing off the acts that fail to make the mark, but this year they will also have the brand new Golden Buzzer for an act they think has that extra special something.

Leaving no stone unturned the Britain’s Got Talent auditions have scoured the country, visiting London, Cardiff, Manchester, Birmingham and, for the first time ever, Belfast. Viewers can expect to be amazed and astounded by an incredible line up of acts competing to be crowned this year’s winner, from comedians and contortionists through to singers and spoon players.

The lucky act who is crowned the winner in the live grand final will secure a life changing cash prize of £250,000 and the opportunity to perform at this year’s Royal Variety Performance.

17:10 ......................Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 18:30................... BBC News 18:40 .... BBC London News 18:50 ....................Pointless 19:40 .............. The National Lottery: In It to Win It

Saturday Numbers for 3rd May are: Bonus Ball

Who Cares? Dixie is given three months suspension by the Ambulance Trust and Connie makes Zoe question whether there was another procedure she could have tried in order to save a patient’s life.

21:20............ The Guess List Rob Brydon hosts the game show in which contestants are helped to guess the answers to some rather revealing questions by five celebrities. The famous faces this time are David Walliams, Kian Egan, Kate Silverton, Ronnie Corbett and Tess Daly.

22:00 .................. BBC News 22:20 ..................... Match of the Day 23:45 ...............The Football League Show

Channel 4, 20:00 Kevin McCloud presents the popular property show. Gwyn and Kate were desperate for more space for their growing family and had set on building a traditional new house for themselves. But their plans changed when they fell for a decaying classic 1920s cinema in the heart of their home town of Thorne in South Yorkshire. With little knowledge of either restoration or building, they boldly set about renovating and extending this wreck to make a family home. Their ideas about having a conventional place to live are thrust aside by their old school friend, an architect who convinces them to use concrete - and masses of it - to turn their dilapidated building into an unlikely homage to modernism. Behind the beautifully restored 1920s façade, brutal concrete walls emerge, as well as massive expanses of glass. Gwyn hopes some of it will go towards realising his ambitious idea for a hydraulic glass wall that opens up one side of the house to form an impressive UV filtered canopy.

06:50............................ Canimals 07:00 ............................ Canimals

12:00................. Spring Kitchen with Tom Kerridge

07:05................................... Sooty

12:45 .................Spring Kitchen with Tom Kerridge

07:45 .................... Horrid Henry

13:30................................Richard Attenborough: Talking Pictures A look at the life and work of Richard Attenborough, with vintage interviews and classic archive clips illustrating a career that has made him one of British cinema’s most popular and successful figures. Narrated by Sylvia Syms.

14:10............... Young Winston Lavish rendering of Winston Churchill’s early life, from his school days, through his adventures in Africa, to his first days in Parliament. It begins with Churchill as a junior officer in India out to make a name for himself.

It is suggested that becoming a war correspondent would be a good career move. His colourful, often controversial, reports make him a household name, aiding his passage into politics.

16:30.................................. World Championship Snooker 17:30 ..................Natural World 18:30....................... Flog It!

20:30..................... Casualty

Grand Designs

Saturday

19:00 ......................... World Championship Snooker 21:30........ Generation War: Our Mothers, Our Fathers 23:00 ...................What Just Happened Hollywood satire. A formerly successful Hollywood producer runs into trouble when his new movie, a thriller starring Sean Penn, receives a terrible response at previews. As he tries to navigate the conflicting pressures of soothing egos and appeasing unsympathetic business executives against a background of looming failure, his personal life also proves increasingly difficult to manage. Has the infallible darling of Tinseltown lost his magic touch?

07:20 ...............Digimon Fusion 08:00 ...............Adventure Time 08:25 ............................ITV News 08:30 ............................Weekend 09:25......... The Hungry Sailors 10:25......... Murder, She Wrote 11:25............................. ITV News and Weather 11:35 ........................ The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 12:30.......... The Unforgettable Norman Wisdom 13:00................... All Star Family Fortunes 13:45.............. A Touch of Frost 15:45 ............................Peter Pan 17:50............ ITV News London 18:00..................... ITV News 18:15......................... Let Me Entertain You Michael Underwood presents the series which invites ordinary members of the public to be the star of the show by submitting their most entertaining home videos or by visiting the show’s special Pop Pod as it goes on the road around Britain. This week’s show features people at Madame Tussauds as they Sing For Their Supper, the best clips of secret performers showing off at work and the Song of the Week - members of the public perform their own versions of Lady GaGa’s Poker Face.

18:45................ You’ve Been Framed!

19:15..................Britain’s CW Got Talent choice 20:30 .......... Amazing Greys 21:35............................ Prey 22:30 ...........The Americans 23:30 ............. ITV News and Weather 23:45 ..................... Through the Keyhole

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Saturday

Saturday

3rd

May

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

06:15 ................................The Bill

08:45...................... Rupert Bear

08:45 ............Coronation Street Omnibus

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

09:00 ................ Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

11:05 .......................... Tom Daley Goes Global

10:00 ...............Motorway Cops

09:15........................ Jelly Jamm

12:05 ................................Britain’s Got Talent

22:20 ......... Motorway Cops

06:00........................... Switched 06:25 ......................... Ugly Betty 07:10 .......... Make it or Break it 08:00 ........................... Charmed 09:00 ......................... Ugly Betty 10:00 .............Made in Chelsea 11:00 ..........The Mindy Project 11:30 ... Rules of Engagement 12:00 ... Rules of Engagement 12:30 ... Rules of Engagement 13:00.... Rules of Engagement 14:00 .......................... How I Met Your Mother 15:00..... The Big Bang Theory 16:00............. Made in Chelsea 17:00.......................... How I Met Your Mother 18:00 ....................... The Big Bang Theory 19:00 ...................How I Met Your Mother 20:00 ........... The Tomorrow People 21:00 ...................Predators 23:10........................ The Big Bang Theory

06:05......................... The Hoobs

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

06:30............ Transworld Sport

08:25 .............................Angelina Ballerina

07:30 ..... FIM Superbike World Championship 08:00........... The Morning Line

07:00................................ The Bill 09:00 ...............Motorway Cops

10:00..... The Big Bang Theory

09:30 .......................... LazyTown

10:25..... The Big Bang Theory

10:00 .................................Access

10:50 .......................... How I Met Your Mother

10:05 .......... The Dog Rescuers

13:25....................... Britain’s Got More Talent

Highway Robbery. Real life drama following the crime-busting work of Britain’s traffic police. PCs Griffiths and Toal are involved in a high-speed chase which takes them into Birmingham city centre.

10:30 ............. Beware! Cowboy Builders

14:30 ....................The Hot Desk

11:00............... Motorway Cops

14:40.............. The Perfect Man

12:00 ...............Motorway Cops

11:30 .................World’s Busiest Border Crossing

16:40........................ You’ve Been Framed!

Kids Special

13:00 ...............Motorway Cops

17:45 ............................Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Cheats and Chancers. Crimestopping action on Britain’s fastest roads. On the M6, the cops are cracking down on ‘white van man’ in a joint operation with the Vehicle Standards Agency.

09:00............ Weekend Kitchen with Waitrose

11:45 .................. The Simpsons 12:15 .................. The Simpsons 12:45 .......... Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 13:40........... Channel 4 Racing 16:10 ...... Come Dine with Me

12:30................. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

16:40 ...... Come Dine with Me

15:05 ..............................Sands of the Kalahari

18:40 ........ Channel 4 News

17:05 ....................... The Vikings

20:30................ Britain’s Got More Talent

14:20 ...............Motorway Cops 15:40 ...............Motorway Cops

17:00 ...............Motorway Cops

19:05...........For the Love CW 19:10 .......5 News Weekend of Cars choice 19:15........Sheriff Longmire 20:00......Grand Designs CWce 20:00 ........................... NCIS

21:35 ......................... You’ve Been Framed!

21:00 ........................... NCIS

22:50........... Crazy Beaches

22:00 ....................The Bone Collector

23:20....................... Britain’s Got Talent

06:00 .....................................Glee

06:00 ....... Emergency Abroad

07:10..................... Driving Wars

06:00 ........................Cleverdicks

06:00 ...............Sporting Greats

08:00 ....................... The Fantasy Football Club

07:00 ....... Emergency Abroad

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

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

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

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

07:00........................... Inside the Actors Studio

10:00 ..............Storage Hunters

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

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

09:00 .............. Obese: A Year to Save My Life USA

10:30.............. Storage Hunters

09:00....... Star Trek: Enterprise

12:00............... World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars

10:00 ................. America’s Next Top Model

11:00 .........................Rocket City Rednecks

11:00.... David Attenborough’s Galapagos

11:00 ............My Kitchen Rules

12:00.......... Lizard Lick Towing

12:00.... David Attenborough’s Galapagos

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

13:00 ......... Kingdom of Plants 14:00 ................Modern Family

12:00............ My Kitchen Rules

13:00........................ Iconoclasts

14:30 ................Modern Family

13:00............ My Kitchen Rules

15:00 ................Modern Family

16:00 ....................Fat: The Fight of My Life

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

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21:00 ............... Green Zone

23:10............... Escape From Alcatraz

09:00 .............Sky Sports Game Changers

17:00 ................................Robots 18:45................... Futurama 19:00................... Futurama 19:30............ The Simpsons 20:00 ................. Storm City 21:00 .................Revolution 22:00 .........................Arrow 23:00......... An Idiot Abroad

17:00 ....................Fat: The Fight of My Life

22:05........... Celebrity Juice

12:30 ..........Lizard Lick Towing 13:00....................... Traffic Cops 13:40.............. Storage Hunters 14:10............................. Top Gear 15:50............................. Top Gear 17:30 .............................Top Gear

18:00 ... Nothing to Declare

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

20:00 ........CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

21:00 ..........Mock the Week

21:00................ Elementary

22:20 ..........Mock the Week

22:00...............The Blacklist

23:00 ................ Crackanory

23:00 ....................Hannibal

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

21:40 ..........Mock the Week

18:00 ......... Motorway Cops 19:00 ......... Motorway Cops 20:00......... Motorway Cops 21:00 ......... Motorway Cops

14:00 ...................Urban Secrets 15:00....................... Blue Bloods 16:00 .......................Blue Bloods 18:00 ......... Without a Trace 20:00.......................... Vegas 21:00 ....................Mad Men 22:00 ............ The Sopranos

07:30.............. Barclays Premier League Preview 08:00 ....................... The Fantasy Football Club 09:00 .............. Game Changers 12:00 ..................FL72 Final Day

15:00 .................. Gillette Soccer Saturday 17:00 ................... Ford Saturday Night Football Live 19:30...... Coppa Italia Final

23:15 .................... The Chris Rock Show

22:00............................Fl72 Championship Final Day

23:45...................Entourage

23:00 ..................... Football

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For the Love of Cars Channel 4, 19:05

Car fanatic Philip Glenister and internationally renowned car designer Ant Anstead are on a mission: to scour the barns and lock-ups of Britain for wrecked treasures to bring to life, as perfectly as is humanly possible.

The Mk1 Ford Escort Mexico is the car that brought speed to the average lad on the street. It was perhaps the car that appealed to the boy racer and, forever after, meant that young blokes could show off by spinning their wheels on a mod-ed up second-hand runaround. The humble Ford Escort might have been created as a family car, but when it was taken rallying a legend was born.

Its victory in the 1970 London to Mexico Rally launched the Escort Mexico and British roads were never the same again.

Now it’s down to Phil Glenister and Ant Anstead to find, rescue and restore a rare Ford Escort Mexico back to the level that would make any boy racer proud.

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Sunday Sunday Sun 06:00 ............................Breakfast 07:35............ Match of the Day 09:00....................... The Andrew Marr Show 10:00................................ The Big Questions

Perspectives

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

ITV1, 22.00

13:00 ..........................BBC News

In this film, Will goes in search of Magritte the artist and Magritte the man, along the way peering through the window that famously appears in his work. Following in the footsteps of this most famous of Belgians, Will visits Magritte’s place of birth, the site of a tragedy that struck the Magritte family, and ends his journey at Magritte’s final resting place.

What Will discovers is a superficially conventional man who “lived quietly in a suburb of Brussels, dressed like a banker and married his childhood sweetheart”. But appearances can deceive. Magritte’s suit and bowler hat concealed a subversive nature and a deep desire to explore every day, ordinary objects in new and exciting ways.

Will visits the house, today a museum, where Magritte lived with his beloved wife Georgette for more than 20 years. He travels to Lessines where the young Magritte spent his early years with his two younger brothers and his parents, and then to Chatelet, where Will discovers an unhappy childhood - Magritte’s mother suffered from severe depression and eventually committed suicide by throwing herself in the river when her oldest son was just thirteen years old. The revelation moves Will deeply: “I can’t imagine what effect that would have had on him. I think if I was his age and my mother had left me in such a sad way as well, I don’t know if I would have ever recovered.”

But Magritte wasn’t a man who believed in psychology, despite its significance for the new artistic movement that was beginning to sweep Europe in the 1920s – surrealism. He studied at art school in Brussels but found himself rebelling against traditional art, instead believing passionately in mystery, in the impossibility of explaining things.

Belgian society wasn’t quite ready for Magritte. But his childhood sweetheart Georgette Berger certainly was. Will meets the custodian of the Magritte estate, and hears how the two young people met again by chance in the botanic gardens after the First World War and fell deeply in love. They married in 1922 and settled into a life of suburban bliss, with Magritte declaring to a friend: “I’m producing nothing for the moment.

I’m simply in love. As soon as I’ve secured our material future I shall find another to live by, and that will be to make Georgette as happy as possible.”

Magritte’s objective wasn’t easily met. With his first exhibition in Brussels a disaster, Magritte took his wife to Paris and became involved with the French surrealists led by Andre Breton. But the two men fell out and three years later the couple returned to Brussels. Struggling to survive, Magritte made money by setting up an advertising agency with his brother Paul – and the seeds of his influence on modern art were sewn.

The documentary draws heavily on rare archive footage featuring silent films and also Magritte’s own extensive stock of home movies. Trips to London followed – in Mayfair, Will gets measured up for a bowler hat at the famous Lock and Co, the better to emulate his hero. It was here that Magritte first started selling his pictures for significant sums of money.

Further exhibitions followed and eventually, in the 1950s, this most unassuming of artists found international fame and wealth.

12:15 ....................MOTD2 Extra 13:15 ....................Bargain Hunt 14:15................................ Flog It! 15:00.............................Escape to the Country 15:45 ................ Monkey Planet 16:45 ..................Points of View 17:00 ................Songs of Praise 17:45............................ Pointless 18:35 .................. BBC News 18:50 .... BBC London News 19:00 ................ Countryfile 20:00 .....................Antiques Roadshow 21:00..... The Crimson Field 22:00................... BBC News 22:15 .... BBC London News 22:25 .......... Have I Got a Bit More News for You 23:10 ................ Knife Crime ER - Reggie Yates’s Extreme South Africa

06:55 .................. None but the Lonely Heart

06:00............................ Dino Dan

08:45 ..................... Countryfile

06:25 ........................Matt Hatter Chronicles

09:45 .....................Beechgrove Garden

06:10............................ Dino Dan

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

10:15 ...........Saturday Kitchen Best Bites

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

11:45............... Spring Kitchen with Tom Kerridge

07:20............... Digimon Fusion

14:00................................. World Championship Snooker 18:00........... Australia with Simon Reeve Simon Reeve explores Australia.

His adventure starts in the ‘red centre’ of the continent and onwards through South Australia via the extraordinary Indian Pacific Railway, until he reaches the west coast city of Perth. On the way, he joins an Aussie rancher in the parched outback and takes part in a spectacular camel round-up - part of an ongoing effort to stop the damaging spread of feral camels across the country.

Simon also passes through Australia’s wine country and to the lucrative tuna fishing city of Port Lincoln, and he investigates the impact these trades are having on the environment.

19:00 ........................ World Championship Snooker

07:05................................... Sooty 07:45 .................... Horrid Henry 08:00 .................. Big Time Rush 08:25............................ ITV News 08:30............................ Weekend 09:25..................... May the Best House Win 10:25............................ Columbo 12:25. ITV News and Weather 12:30........ Big Star’s Little Star 13:35..... You’ve Been Framed!

14:05.......... Britain’s Got Talent 15:20 ..... Let Me Entertain You 15:50 ...................Licence to Kill 18:20...... ITV News London 18:30............. ITV News and Weather 18:45 .............. Catchphrase 19:30 .......Off Their Rockers 20:00........................Vera 22:00..........Perspectives

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23:00............. ITV News and Weather

23:45 ............ In Our Name

23:15...... Rugby Highlights

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nday Sunday Sunday 4th May 06:15..................The Avon Tyres British GT Championship 06:40 .......................... How I Met Your Mother 07:30 .............Everybody Loves Raymond

06:00..................... Children’s TV 08:20 ....... Milkshake! Bop Box

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

08:25 ..........Angelina Ballerina

06:45.................... The Hot Desk

08:45 ...................... Rupert Bear

06:55 ........................ Emmerdale Omnibus

09:00 ................ Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

07:55 .............Everybody Loves Raymond

09:15.........................Jelly Jamm

08:25 .................................Frasier

10:00 .................Power Rangers Super Samurai

09:00................................. Frasier 09:30 ................Sunday Brunch 12:35 .................... Secret Eaters 13:40........... Channel 4 Racing 16:10 .....The Big Bang Theory 17:05 .................. The Simpsons 17:35 ...............Deal or No Deal 18:30........ Channel 4 News 19:00 ................. Bear’s Wild Weekend with Stephen Fry

09:30.......................... LazyTown

10:35 .................Power Rangers Megaforce 11:10................................. Access 11:15 .......... The Dog Rescuers 11:45 ...................Secret History of UFOs 12:40 ...Aliens: Are We Alone?

13:45................... Thunderbirds 15:25................... Open Season 17:00................................. Mulan

20:00...For the Love of Cars

18:40 .......5 News Weekend

21:00 ......................... Fargo

18:45 .....................Stargate

22:00 .............. Underworld: Awakening

21:00...... War of the Worlds

23:45...........................Babel

23:10 ..... Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

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

06:00... RSPCA Animal Rescue

07:00 .....................................Glee

06:30... RSPCA Animal Rescue

09:00 ......... Kingdom of Plants

09:00 .....Sports Women Week

10:00 ...............World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars

09:30.. RSPCA Animal Rescue

11:00............ WWE Experience

11:00 ................. America’s Next Top Model

12:00 .....................The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - Spinning...

12:30 ................Hugh Jackman: Becoming Wolverine 13:00 ................................Robots 14:45 ................Modern Family 17:00 .................. The Simpsons

10:00 ................Four Weddings

12:00 ........... Sun, Sea and A&E 13:00........... Sun, Sea and A&E 14:00 ........... Sun, Sea and A&E 15:00........... Sun, Sea and A&E 16:00 ....... Emergency Abroad 17:00 ....... Emergency Abroad

09:40 ............Coronation Street Omnibus 12:05 ....................... You’ve Been Framed!

12:35........................ Beethoven 14:20.................... Funniest Ever You’ve Been Framed!

15:20 ....................... You’ve Been Framed!

16:20......... Britain’s Got Talent 17:45....................... Britain’s Got More Talent 18:45 ................You’ve Been Framed!

19:15 ................... Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

06:00 ................Seaside Rescue 06:25................Motorway Cops 07:10 ...............Motorway Cops 08:10 ...............Motorway Cops 09:10 ...................... Doctor Who 10:10...................... Doctor Who

08:30 .......................... How I Met Your Mother 08:55 ........................... Youngers

11:10 ...................... Doctor Who 12:10 ...................... Doctor Who 13:10 ...................... Doctor Who 14:10...................... Doctor Who

13:35 ............................ Revenge

Sci-fi adventure with Matt Smith as the time travelling hero. The Doctor must convince the terrified workers at the factory to trust their doppelgangers.

15:10 ...................... Doctor Who 16:30 ...................Pearl Harbour 20:00 ............Calendar Girls

10:00 .......Hollyoaks Omnibus 12:35 .............Made in Chelsea 14:35 .....The Big Bang Theory 15:05......The Big Bang Theory 15:30 .......................... How I Met Your Mother 16:00 .......................... How I Met Your Mother 17:00... The Tomorrow People 18:00.....Brooklyn Nine-Nine 18:30........................ The Big Bang Theory

Helen Mirren and Julie Walters star in this hit comedy drama, based on a true story. In Yorkshire, 12 Women’s Institute ladies decide to pose nude for a charity calendar.

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

22:50 ............. White Chicks

22:10 ........... Pretty Woman

23:05 ................. Rude Tube

07:10 ..........................Three Men in a Boat

06:00 ........................Cleverdicks

06:00 ............... Fl 72 Highlights

08:00...........................Three Men in a Boat

07:00 .............................. Seinfeld 07:30.............................. Seinfeld

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

22:00 .....................Viral Tap Caroline Flack hosts the topical comedy show which takes a sideways look at the week’s events using online clips and viral videos.

09:00 ....................... Traffic Cops 09:30 ....................... Traffic Cops 10:10 .............................Top Gear 11:50 .............................Top Gear 13:30 .............................Top Gear 16:00 ..................... World’s Most Dangerous Roads 17:20 ..................... World’s Most Dangerous Roads

08:00 ...................Urban Secrets 09:00......... Friday Night Lights 10:00........Star Trek: Enterprise 11:00 .......Star Trek: Enterprise 12:00 .......Star Trek: Enterprise 13:00 ... David Attenborough’s Galapagos 14:00.... Making of Galapagos 15:00 .......................Blue Bloods 16:00 .......................Blue Bloods

20:00 .............. Chicago Fire

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

18:00 ......... Without a Trace

20:30 ...................Futurama

21:00 ........ Obese: A Year to Save My Life USA

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

19:00 ......... Without a Trace

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

22:00 ............. Trying Again

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

20:00 ......... The Guest Wing

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

22:30 ...............The Moodys

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

23:00 ........ An Idiot Abroad

23:05 ........ Grey’s Anatomy

23:00 ................Have I Got a Bit More News for You

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

07:35........................... Charmed

09:25........................... Youngers

18:40............... World’s Most Dangerous Roads

19:00............... About a Boy

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

Sci-fi adventure with Matt Smith as the time travelling hero. In the United States in the 1960s, the Doctor fights an alien force called the Silence.

18:00 ...Emergency Abroad

18:00 ..........Modern Family

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

17:00 ............... Without a Trace

22:15 .......... Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead

20:00 ................. Bride Wars 22:00......The Inbetweeners

08:00 .............. Game Changers 09:00 ........................The Sunday Supplement 10:30 .............Goals on Sunday 12:30 .........Ford Super Sunday Arsenal v West Bromwich Albion.

Arsenal welcome West Bromwich Albion to the Emirates Stadium for this Barclays Premier League clash. The sides couldn’t be separated when they last met in the league.

15:30 .........Ford Super Sunday 18:30.........................La Liga 20:00...................... Football 22:00............. Ford Football Special 23:30.......... Premier League 100 Club

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Local arcade owner, Larry Crowe (Dave Hill) has a direct link to the family. His son Paddy died in a botched robbery at the Kenworthy home forty years ago. A witness saw him arguing with David on the night of the killing and a search of his property uncovers a bloodied baseball bat. But Larry has a watertight alibi and it’s clear he wasn’t the only person David met that night.

Convinced the answer lies within the family, Vera begins to dig into the Kenworthy past. Much to the frustration of David’s father, it’s not long before Vera discovers the long shadow Alan Kenworthy (John Woodvine) casts over his children’s lives.

Daughter Lorna (Teresa Banham) has been estranged from the family for many years and elder son Thomas (Michael Hodgson) is missing, his car keys found abandoned on the coastal path.

A second death leaves Vera faced with mounting pressure to crack the case. Why was David Kenworthy drawn to Whitley Bay seafront on the evening of his father’s retirement?

What is the corruption underpinning the family fortune?

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The Paul O’Grady Show ITV1, 17.00 The award winning Paul O’Grady is back for a second series of his much loved tea time chat show.

Featuring celebrity chat, international music stars, spectacular stunts and heart warming surprises, Paul will be mixing up the early part of weekday evenings with feel good entertainment and his unique blend of humour, wit and surprise.

Joined by a host of top celebrities, real people with extraordinary talents, and speciality acts never seen on British TV before, there is bound to be chaos and tons of laughs as Paul entertains the nation every weekday from 5pm.

Today, Paul is joined by Benidorm stars Steve Pemberton and Siobhan Finneran, plus there’s the usual mixture of fun and chat.

Prey ITV1, 21.00 The widespread hunt for Farrow (John Simm) gains momentum when Reinhardt (Rosie Cavaliero) receives a tip off about his whereabouts. But just when Reinhardt thinks she has finally nailed Farrow he manages to escape once again.

Farrow discovers some shocking truths about an old case and believes someone closer to home may know something about Abi and Max’s death.

2nd May 2014 - 8th May 2014

Monday Monday Mo 06:00 ............................Breakfast 09:00 .......................Fake Britain 09:45 ................... Homes Under the Hammer 10:45 ...............Don’t Get Done, Get Dom 11:30 ..................... First Time on the Front Line 12:00 ....................Bargain Hunt 13:00........... BBC News at One 13:15......... BBC London News 13:25 ............................. The Link 14:15 ............................Escape to the Country 15:00 ....... Spring Kitchen with Tom Kerridge 15:45 ........... National Treasure 17:45............................ Pointless 18:30 ........ BBC News at Six 18:45 .... BBC London News 19:00........... The One Show 19:30.................. Bang Goes the Theory 20:00 ................ EastEnders 20:30 .....................Miranda 21:00 .............When Corden Met Barlow 22:00 ....... BBC News at Ten 22:15 .... BBC London News 22:20 ...... Match of the Day 23:25 ..............Late Kick Off 23:55 ............... The Graham Norton Show

06:20 ...................Homes Under the Hammer

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

07:20 ......Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

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

08:35 ...... Goodbye, Mr. Chips 10:25 .............. The Importance of Being Earnest

09:25 ........................ The Jeremy Kyle Show 10:30 ............Storage Hoarders

12:00..................... The Pallisers

11:30 .......... The Unforgettable Joan Sims

13:45 .................................. Coast

12:00 ...................... Dinner Date

14:00 .................................. World Championship Snooker

13:00 .............................ITV News and Weather

18:00 .............Escape to the Continent 18:30.......................... Great British Menu Great British Menu is back and 24 of the nation’s top chefs are competing for the chance to cook at a glorious banquet marking the 70th anniversary of D-Day. Three of London and the south east’s superstar chefs, returning contender Adam Simmonds, Michelinstarred newcomer Tom Sellers and his former boss Adam Byatt, attempt to dazzle the mystery judge with their starter courses. Adam Simmonds is hoping that it will be second time lucky after his mistakes in the previous competition, but he is up against two newcomers who both have their sights set firmly on the prize.

19:00 ......................... World Championship Snooker 23:00 .........Amazon’s Retail Revolution: Business Boomers

13:15................... All Star Family Fortunes 14:00................................ Jo Frost Family Matters 15:00 .........................Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00 .......................Ejector Seat 17:00 ......................The Paul CW O’Grady Show choice 18:00...... ITV News London 18:15 .................... ITV News 18:30 ............... You’ve Been Framed!

19:00................ Emmerdale 19:30..... Coronation Street 20:00.............. Gino’s Italian Escape 20:30 ..... Coronation Street 21:00........................Prey

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onday Monday Monday 5th May 06:10...................... Countdown 06:55 .................Firehouse Dog 09:00 .................................Frasier 10:00....Undercover Boss USA 11:00...... Come Dine with Me 12:00 .............. Channel 4 News Summary 12:05 ...... Come Dine with Me 13:40 .......... A Place in the Sun 14:40 ...................... Countdown 15:30 ...............Deal or No Deal W 16:30.........................Draw it! Coi ch ce 17:00 ....................Four in a Bed 17:30 ...... Come Dine with Me 18:00............ The Simpsons 18:30................... Hollyoaks 19:00........ Channel 4 News 19:30 .............Shop Secrets: Tricks of the Trade 20:00 .............Britain’s Most Extreme Weather 21:00 .......... The Island with Bear Grylls 22:00.......Love for Sale with Rupert Everett 23:00................. Gogglebox

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

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

06:15 ...................... Doctor Who

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

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

06:25 ...........Coronation Street

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

06:25 ..................................90210

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

06:55........... Coronation Street

08:00 ...................... Doctor Who

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

07:25...... Funniest Ever You’ve Been Framed!

09:00 ...................... Doctor Who

07:55 ........................... Charmed

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

08:25 ....................... You’ve Been Framed Extreme!

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

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

09:30 ..............The Perfect Man

11:40 .........Police Interceptors 12:40 ........ Caught on Camera

11:30 ....................... You’ve Been Framed! Kids Special

13:15 .........5 News Lunchtime

12:30 ........................Emmerdale

13:20 ...................... Neighbours

13:00........... Coronation Street

13:50 .................................... NCIS

13:30........... Coronation Street

14:50 ....................... White Fang

14:00..... You’ve Been Framed!

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

15:00......................... The Jeremy Kyle Show

18:50 .....................Calendar Girls

18:00.......... Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

16:05 ........................ The Jeremy Kyle Show

21:00 ........... Pretty Woman

20:00........ The Woman with 40 Cats... And Other Pet Hoarders

17:10 .........................Beethoven 18:55................. Zookeeper 21:00 ............... Underworld

Hit movie starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts. When a ruthless corporate mogul is lost in downtown Hollywood, he a pays streetwise prostitute to be his companion.

21:00 ..... Britain’s Favourite Stand-Up Comedian

23:25...................... Two and a Half Men

23:20 .............. Booze Patrol Australia

23:50 ..........You Don’t Mess with the Zohan

23:55...................... Two and a Half Men

23:50 .............. Booze Patrol Australia

21:00 .................... Revenge

06:00 ........Football’s Next Star

06:00 .............Motorway Patrol

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

07:00.......... India with Sanjeev Bhaskar

06:00 .............Thirtysomething

06:30 .............Motorway Patrol

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

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

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

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

08:00 .. RSPCA Animal Rescue

08:00 ..................... World’s Most Dangerous Roads

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

09:00..................Inside Gatwick

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

10:00........... Sun, Sea and A&E

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

11:00 ............My Kitchen Rules

14:00............... Emergency with Angela Griffin

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

13:30.............. Storage Hunters

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

14:00 ................Criminal Minds

14:30 ..............Storage Hunters

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

15:00 ................Criminal Minds

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

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

16:00 ............My Kitchen Rules

15:30.............. Storage Hunters

17:30 ................Modern Family

17:00..... RSPCA Animal Rescue

16:00 ..............Storage Hunters

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

18:00...... Nothing to Declare

19:00 ......... The Road to Rio

20:30 ..........Modern Family

19:00 ...... My Kitchen Rules

20:00 ......... Motorway Cops

21:00 .............. About a Boy

20:00 .........................Bones

21:00 ..........Mock the Week

21:30 ................A League of Their Own

21:00 ......... Criminal Minds

21:40...........Mock the Week

22:00 ............. Star-Crossed

22:00........ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

22:20.....Would I Lie to You?

22:45 ................... Curb Your Enthusiasm

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

23:00..........................Bones

23:00......Live at the Electric

23:20 ........................ Weeds

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

23:55...................... Big Love

06:00 ..................Good Morning Sports Fans 07:00................. Good Morning Sports Fans 09:00..................... Soccer A.M. The Best Bits 10:00 ............Soccer Extra Bank Holiday Special 12:00 ................................ La Liga 13:00.......... Football’s Greatest 13:30.......... Football’s Greatest Teams 14:00 .......... Football’s Greatest Managers 15:00 ................... Football Gold 15:30........................ The Fantasy Football Club 16:00 ................Premier League 100 Club 19:00.............. Ford Monday Night Football 23:00 ..........FL72 Round Up

08:45....... Bananas in Pyjamas 08:55......... Milkshake Monkey

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

12:00.............. Storage Hunters 12:30.............. Storage Hunters 13:00.............. Storage Hunters 14:00 ..............Storage Hunters

10:00 ...................... Doctor Who 12:00 ...................... Doctor Who 13:20 ........................50 Greatest Magic Tricks 15:25 ...................Pearl Harbour Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett star in a WWII blockbuster from the director of Transformers. A US pilot travels to Britain to fight in the war just before the Japanese attack.

07:00 .......................Blue Bloods 09:00 ............... Without a Trace 10:00 .......................Blue Bloods 11:00 ................... Stargate SG-1 12:00 ............... Without a Trace 13:00 ..................................House 15:00 .......Star Trek: Enterprise 16:00 ............... Without a Trace 17:00 .......................Blue Bloods 18:00 .........................House 19:00......................... House 20:00.... Friday Night Lights 21:00....... Game of Thrones 22:15 .................Thronecast

09:00 .............Made in Chelsea 10:00 ................ Rude(Ish) Tube 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... Rules of Engagement 16:00 ................ Rude(Ish) Tube 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 22:00 ....... Made in Chelsea

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Let the doodle duel begin in the new daytime game show series Draw It! hosted by Mel Giedroyc.

Each week, two celebrities in the studio pair up with a different daily contestant in order to help them win a cash prize.

This week Nadia Sawalha and Anton du Beke compete against each other to see who can rack up the most wins over five days. The game itself consists of three rounds of timed drawing challenges in order to bank the cash. After three rounds, the contestant who banks the least is eliminated and the remaining contestant goes on to play with their celeb partner to try to double their money.

In the final round, the celeb and contestant choose who will guess and who will draw. Then with 60 seconds on the clock - they must identify three drawings correctly or risk walking away with nothing.

The two contestants who have the highest scores across the week and top the leader board come back to play on Big Money Friday where contestants have the chance to walk away with over £50,000.

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Tuesday 06:00 ............................Breakfast 09:15....................... Fake Britain 10:00 ................... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 ...............Don’t Get Done, Get Dom 11:30 ..................... First Time on the Front Line 12:00.................... Bargain Hunt 13:00........... BBC News at One 13:45 .............................. Doctors 14:15............................. The Link 15:00............................ Escape to the Country 15:45 ................. Spring Kitchen with Tom Kerridge 16:30 ................................ Flog It! 17:15 ............................ Pointless 18:00 ........ BBC News at Six 19:00........... The One Show 19:30................. EastEnders 20:00...................Holby City 21:00 ............. Happy Valley 22:00 ....... BBC News at Ten 22:35............. Party Election Broadcast by the UK Independence Party 22:40..Miller’s Mountain

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06:05 ...................Homes Under the Hammer 07:05 .....................First Time on the Front Line 07:35 ...................... Animal Park 08:20 ............. Countryside 999 09:05 .................. Collectaholics 10:05 ..... Mystery of the Moor 10:35 ...........................HARDtalk 11:00 ..........................BBC News 12:00............ The Daily Politics 13:00 ..........................The Super League Show 13:45 ............ One Man and his Campervan 14:15...................... The Pallisers 15:05................................... Coast 15:30................Planet Earth CW ch oi ce 16:30 ..............The Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour of Britain 17:15...... Antiques Roadshow 17:55................... Party Election Broadcast 18:00................... Eggheads 18:30............. Escape to the Continent 19:30.... Great British Menu 20:00 .....The Big Allotment Challenge 21:00 .... Watermen: A Dirty Business 22:00........ Later Live... with Jools Holland 22:30..................Newsnight

06:00................. Good Morning Britain 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 and Weather 14:00................................ Jo Frost Family Matters 15:00......Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00 .......................Ejector Seat 17:00 ..............................The Paul O’Grady Show 18:00...... ITV News London 18:25............ Party Election Broadcast by the Liberal Democrats 18:30 ............. ITV News and Weather 19:00 ................ Emmerdale 19:30 ........Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 22:20............. ITV News and Weather 22:55 ....................The Cube 23:55 ................ Wild Britain with Ray Mears

Miller’s Mountain BBC 1, 22.40 Miller’s Mountain is a new studio sitcom set around the antics of Jimmy Miller and his ragtag family of Mountain Rescue volunteers.

When the naïve and enthusiastic Conor reports for his first day as a volunteer, Jimmy, the shambolic old rescue hand, takes it upon himself to teach Conor the ways of the hills.

Conor’s education begins in the ‘Busted Femur’ pub where he’s introduced to no-nonsense barmaid Jules and fellow mountain rescuer Bill, who spends every living hour looking after his dogs, resulting in somewhat questionable social skills. And as if that’s not enough to contend with, Conor later meets Bernie, the mountain rescue team’s head of operations, a woman who’s happy to the point of delirium in her work.

When the actual mountain rescuing begins, things go from bad to worse, to even worse than that.

Jimmy Miller is played by Jimmy Chisholm, Conor by Kevin Guthrie, Jules

by Sharon Rooney, Bill by David Ireland, Bernie by Kathryn Howden. Also starring Sheila Reid and Jonathan Watson. Miller’s Mountain is a oneoff comedy for BBC One written by Donald McLeary and is part of the Comedy Playhouse season alongside Over To Bill and Monks.

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Tuesday

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06:00 ...................... Countdown 06:45 ................. Will and Grace 07:10 ............ According to Jim 07:35 ............... King of Queens 08:00 .............Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00 .................................Frasier 10:00....Undercover Boss USA 11:00....... Come Dine with Me 12:05....... Come Dine with Me 13:40 .......... A Place in the Sun 14:40 ...................... Countdown 15:30 ...............Deal or No Deal 16:30 ...............................Draw it!

17:00.................... Four in a Bed 17:30 ...... Come Dine with Me 18:00............ The Simpsons 18:30................... Hollyoaks 19:00 ........ Channel 4 News 20:00 ............ Embarrassing Bodies 21:00 .......Mr Drew’s School for Boys 22:00................ 16 Kids and Counting 23:00 ..................... Coppers

06:00..................... Children’s TV 09:00 ........................ Tickety Toc 09:15.............. The Wright Stuff 11:40 .........Police Interceptors 12:40 ............. Beware! Cowboy Builders 13:40..........5 News Lunchtime 13:45...................... Neighbours 14:15 .................................... NCIS 15:15.................... Montana Sky 17:00....................... 5 News at 5 17:30 ...................... Neighbours 18:00............. Freaky Eaters 18:30 ......... 5 News Tonight 18:55............. Party Election Broadcast 19:00 ....... Gibraltar: Britain in the Sun 20:00 .......... The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 21:00........................ Behind Closed Doors 22:00............ The Mentalist 23:00...........Law and Order: Special Victims Unit 23:55.............Body of Proof

06:00.........Football’s Next Star

06:00 .............Motorway Patrol 06:30 .............Motorway Patrol 07:00........ Nothing to Declare 07:30 ........Nothing to Declare 08:00 ................................. RSPCA Animal Rescue 09:00................. Inside Gatwick 10:00 ........... Sun, Sea and A&E 11:00 ............My Kitchen Rules 12:00 ............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 14:00................ Criminal Minds 16:00 ............My Kitchen Rules 17:00......RSPCA Animal Rescue 18:00 ... Nothing to Declare 19:00 ...... My Kitchen Rules 20:00 .........................Bones 21:00................ Elementary 22:00.....................Hannibal 23:00 .........................Bones

07:00..........Last Man Standing 08:00.................Modern Family 09:00............................Futurama 09:30 ...........................Futurama 10:00 ................... Hawaii Five-0 12:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 14:00 .............. Emergency with Angela Griffin 15:00..........Last Man Standing 16:00 ...........................Futurama 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 ................Twin Towns 22:00 ................. Storm City 23:00...... NCIS: Los Angeles

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

06:10 ...................Total Wipeout

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

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

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

08:00 .......... Beverly Hills Pawn 08:30 .......... Beverly Hills Pawn

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

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

09:30 ..... The Real Housewives of Orange County

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

11:30 ..................The Millionaire Matchmaker

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

12:30........................ Emmerdale 13:00............Coronation Street 14:00...................The Millionaire Matchmaker 15:00 ........................ The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:10 .............................. The Real Housewives of Miami 18:00 ............... Dinner Date 19:00... You’ve Been Framed!

20:00 .....Two and a Half Men 20:30 .....Two and a Half Men 21:00 ....The Vampire Diaries 22:00........... Celebrity Juice 22:50 ................40 Days and 40 Nights

07:10 .............................Top Gear 08:00 .............................Top Gear 09:00 ...............Motorway Cops 10:00 .......................Trawlermen 10:30....................... Trawlermen 11:00............................. Top Gear 12:00............................. Top Gear 13:00 ...............Motorway Cops 14:00 .......................Trawlermen 14:30....................... Trawlermen 15:00............................. Top Gear 17:00 ...............Motorway Cops 18:00........ Storage Hunters 19:00................. Traffic Cops 19:30................ Traffic Cops 20:00........ Storage Hunters 21:00 ...........................QI XL 22:00 ..........Mock the Week 23:20 .......... Never Mind the Buzzcocks

11:00 ..........Haunted Collector 13:00................... Bondi Rescue 13:30 ................... Bondi Rescue 14:00 ........ Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 15:00........ Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 17:00 ...........................Babylon 5 18:00..............Bondi Rescue 18:30 .............Bondi Rescue 19:00 .... Beverly Hills Pawn 19:30 .... Beverly Hills Pawn 20:00.... Dynamo: Magician Impossible 21:00 .......... Almost Human 22:00 ............... Dangerman 23:00 .......... Almost Human

06:00..............Thirtysomething 07:00 .......................Blue Bloods 08:00 .......Star Trek: Enterprise 09:00 ............... Without a Trace 10:00 .......................Blue Bloods 11:00 ................... Stargate SG-1 12:00 ............... Without a Trace 13:00 ..................................House 15:00 .......Star Trek: Enterprise 16:00 ............... Without a Trace 17:00 .......................Blue Bloods 18:00......................... House 20:00.......................... David Attenborough’s Galapagos 21:00 ....Networks of Power 22:00..... Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 22:35.................. Entourage 23:10 ..........Bored to Death 23:45 ..............How to Make it in America

May 06:00 ........................... Switched 06:25 ..................................90210 07:10.......................... Ugly Betty 08:00 ........................... Charmed 09:00 .............Made in Chelsea 10:00 .............................New Girl 10:30 ................Happy Endings 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... Rules of Engagement 16:00............................. New Girl 16:30................ Happy Endings 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...Crocodile Dundee II 22:15 .........Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

06:00................. Good Morning Sports Fans 09:00 .................... Ford Monday Night Football 11:30 ................Premier League 100 Club 12:00................ FL72 Round Up 13:30 .................... Ford Monday Night Football 16:00 ..................... Soccer A.M. The Best Bits 17:00.............. Barclays Premier League Review 18:00............. Football Gold 18:30 ...... Revista de la Liga 19:30 ..................... Football 22:15............. Ford Football Special 23:15 ......... Premier League 100 Club 23:45 ............ Football Gold

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W C ch o i ce Planet Earth BBC2, 15:30

David Attenborough narrates the final episode in the documentary series that shows our planet in all its glory. In this part, he looks at the largest of all habitats - the ocean. From the surface to the distant abyss, it encompasses 90 per cent of all the living space on our planet. Its depths plunge to over 11 kilometres down and it hides over 30,000 immense volcanic mountains, some taller by far, than Mount Everest. Much of this vastness is a virtual desert but the creatures that do live here include the most bizarre, most powerful, and most charismatic of all: not for nothing, is it the home of the greatest animal ever to have existed, the blue whale, twice the size of the largest known dinosaurs.

So, from the sinister ‘vampire squid from hell’ glowering in the depths, to the scintillating attacks of one hundred sabre billed sailfish speeding at the surface, explore the alien world of the open ocean in the safety of your living room.

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2nd May 2014 - 8th May 2014

Wednesday 06:00 ............................Breakfast 09:15 .......................Fake Britain 10:00 ................... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00................Don’t Get Done, Get Dom 11:30..................... First Time on the Front Line 12:00.................... Bargain Hunt 13:00 ............BBC News at One 13:30 ......... BBC London News 13:45 .............................. Doctors 14:15 ............................. The Link 15:00 ............................Escape to the Country 15:45................. Spring Kitchen with Tom Kerridge 16:30................................ Flog It! 17:15 ............................ Pointless 18:00 ................... BBC News at Six 18:30 .... BBC London News 19:00 ...........The One Show 20:00 ................MasterChef 21:00...................Vertigo Roadtrip

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22:00 ....... BBC News at Ten 22:25 .... BBC London News 22:40 ...... Match of the Day 23:40 .................. Room 101

06:00 ................. Homes Under the Hammer 07:00................... First Time on the Front Line 07:30 ....................Animal Park 08:15............Countryside 999 09:00 ....Antiques Roadshow 10:00...Bang Goes the Theory 10:30 .......................... See Hear 11:00.........................BBC News 11:30 .......... The Daily Politics 13:00 ....... Instant Restaurant 13:45 ..................One Man and his Campervan 14:15 ................... The Pallisers 15:05................................. Coast 15:30......... Life in Cold Blood 16:30............ The Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour of Britain 17:15.... Antiques Roadshow 17:55 ................. Party Election Broadcast 18:00 .................Eggheads 18:30............ Escape to the Continent 19:30.....Great British Menu 20:00.........Under Offer: W C Estate Agents on the Job choice 21:00....The Birth of Empire: The East India Company 22:00...............................QI 22:30................ Newsnight 23:20............Party Election Broadcast

Wedne 06:00 ................. Good Morning Britain 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 and Weather 14:00................................ Jo Frost Family Matters 15:00......Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00........................Ejector Seat 17:00... The Paul O’Grady Show 18:00 ...... ITV News London 18:2............... Party Election Broadcast by the Labour Party 18:30 .................... ITV News 19:00 ................ Emmerdale 19:30 ..... Coronation Street 20:00....Big Star’s Little Star 21:00........... Billy Connolly’s Big Send Off 22:00.......... ITV News at Ten 22:30............. Party Election Broadcast by the Green Party 22:35...................... The Boat That Rocked

W C ch o i ce Under Offer: Estate Agents On The Job BBC2, 20.00 With the numbers of so-called ‘property millionaires’ (owners of homes over £1 million) soaring, estate agents in the top end of the market are adjusting their patter.

In high-end Chelsea, where space the size of a doormat is worth a staggering £2,000 and even garages command five figure price tags, feisty Eileen Neville is desperate for stock. But she’s hoping her latest instruction, a half-built flat on a £1 million street isn’t a step too far, even for her rich buyers.

Across town in Dagenham, the cheapest London borough, it’s not low stock that’s the problem, it’s the quality of some of the punters. Darren Griffiths shows us the grittier side of estate agency as he attends another eviction and faces a cockroach-infested house.

In the rolling hills of the affluent Cotswolds, chocolate box cottages sell for more than £1 million but Mark Annett’s challenge is selling a modernised home alongside the period property charmers.

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2nd May 2014 - 8th May 2014

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Wednesday

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06:00 ...................... Countdown

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

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

06:10................... Total Wipeout

06:45 ................. Will and Grace

08:55......... Milkshake Monkey 09:00 ........................ Tickety Toc

06:30........................ Britain’s Got More Talent

07:00 .....MasterChef Australia

07:10 ............ According to Jim 07:35 ............... King of Queens

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

07:25 .....You’ve Been Framed!

08:30 .......... Beverly Hills Pawn

11:40 .........Police Interceptors

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

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

08:00 .............Everybody Loves Raymond

08:00 .......... Beverly Hills Pawn

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

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

12:40 ..............Gibraltar: Britain in the Sun

10:00 ...Undercover Boss USA

13:40......... 5 News Lunchtime

10:55 ...... Come Dine with Me

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

12:00 ...... Come Dine with Me

14:20 .................................... NCIS

13:30 ........... Channel 4 Racing

15:20 .........Backyard Wedding

15:30 ...............Deal or No Deal

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

16:30 ...............................Draw it!

11:30.................. The Millionaire Matchmaker

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

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

17:00 ....................Four in a Bed

12:30 ........................Emmerdale

18:00 ............ Freaky Eaters

17:30 ...... Come Dine with Me

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

13:00 ....................... Britain’s Got More Talent

15:00 ................. Cars, Cops and Criminals

18:30................... Hollyoaks

18:55 ............ Party Election Broadcast

14:00 ..................The Millionaire Matchmaker

16:00................. Cars, Cops and Criminals

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

19:00 ............. Benidorm ER

15:00 .... The Jeremy Kyle Show

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

20:00 .............The Supervet

17:10 .............................. The Real Housewives of Miami

18:00............. Bondi Rescue

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

20:00............ 7/7 Commuter Carnage: Minute

by Minute

19:00 .... Beverly Hills Pawn

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

20:00 .......... Almost Human

22:00......................... Derek

21:00 ........................... NCIS

19:00. You’ve Been Framed!

21:00 ........................ Grimm

22:30 .......... Cardinal Burns

22:00......................... Castle

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

22:00 ....................... Believe

23:00 ................... Alan Carr: Chatty Man

23:55...........Law and Order: Special Victims Unit

21:00... Through the Keyhole 22:00................. White Chicks

23:00 ................ Beauty and the Beast

06:00........ Football’s Next Star

06:00..............Motorway Patrol

07:10 .............................Top Gear

06:00 .............Thirtysomething

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

06:30............. Motorway Patrol

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

07:00 .......................Blue Bloods

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

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

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

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

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

08:00................................. RSPCA Animal Rescue

10:00....................... Traffic Cops

09:00 ............... Without a Trace

10:30....................... Traffic Cops

09:00..................Inside Gatwick

10:00 .......................Blue Bloods

11:00............................. Top Gear

10:00........... Sun, Sea and A&E

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

13:00...............Storage Hunters

11:00 ............My Kitchen Rules

12:00 ............... Without a Trace

14:00........................ Traffic Cops

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

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

15:00............................. Top Gear

15:00 .......Star Trek: Enterprise

16:00............................. Top Gear

16:00 ............... Without a Trace

17:00.............. Storage Hunters

17:00 .......................Blue Bloods

17:30 ..............Storage Hunters

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

18:00................ Traffic Cops

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

20:00..... Lizard Lick Towing

20:00.... Networks of Power

21:00.......... Have I Got a Bit More News for You 22:00 .................. Room 101

21:00.......... Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life

22:40.................................QI

22:00.................... Mad Men

23:20.........Russell Howard’s Good News Extra

23:00.......................... Game of Thrones

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

09:00 ...........................Futurama 10:00 ................... Hawaii Five-0 11:00 ................... Hawaii Five-0 12:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 14:00 .............. Emergency with Angela Griffin 15:00......... Last Man Standing 16:00 ...........................Futurama 17:00 .................. The Simpsons 17:30 ................Modern Family 18:30............ The Simpsons 19:00 ............The Simpsons

14:00................ Criminal Minds 16:00 ............My Kitchen Rules 17:00... RSPCA Animal Rescue 18:00.... Nothing to Declare 19:00...... My Kitchen Rules 20:00.............. Chicago Fire

20:30 ............The Simpsons

21:00......................... Bones

21:00 .......................24: Live Another Day

22:00 ........ Grey’s Anatomy 23:00.............. Trying Again

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

23:30 ...............The Moodys

08:30 ...................... Dinner Date 09:30...... The Real Housewives of Orange County 10:30............................... The Real Housewives of Miami

11:00 ..........Haunted Collector 11:30 ..........Haunted Collector 12:00 ...........................Babylon 5 13:00.................... Bondi Rescue 13:30 ................... Bondi Rescue

May 06:00 ........................... Switched 06:25 ..................................90210 07:10 ......................... Ugly Betty 08:00 ........................... Charmed 09:00 .............Made in Chelsea 10:00 .............................New Girl 10:30 ................Happy Endings 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... Rules of Engagement 16:00............................. New Girl 16:30................ Happy Endings 17:00.......................... How I Met Your Mother 18:00........................ The Big Bang Theory 19:00 .................. Hollyoaks 19:30.................... Youngers 20:00................... How I Met Your Mother 20:30 ....................... The Big Bang Theory 21:00............ The Tomorrow People

06:00...................Good Morning Sports Fans 07:00 ..................Good Morning Sports Fans 09:00..... Ford Football Special 10:00 ............ Revista de la Liga 11:00................ SPFL Highlights 12:00 .....Ford Football Special 13:00 ............ Revista de la Liga 14:00 ............... SPFL Highlights 15:00......Ford Football Special 16:00 ............ Revista de la Liga 17:00 ............................... Spanish Football Gold 18:00 ................ Boots ‘n’ All 19:00 ..................... Football 22:15............. Ford Football Special 23:15............. Football Gold 23:30.......... Premier League 100 Club

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Vertigo Roadtrip BBC1, 21:00

Five people with an extreme fear of heights set off on a once-in-a lifetime adventure to cure their debilitating phobia.

Accompanied by presenter Mel Giedroyc, the five sufferers confront their fears head-on as they undergo exposure therapy. From the dramatic peaks of the Alps to the world’s tallest building, they attempt a series of increasingly difficult height-based challenges that push them to their limits.

Shot in the UK, Austria, Switzerland, Abu Dhabi and Dubai, the show climaxes at the tallest building in the world - the 828m Burj Khalifa tower. It’s almost twice the height of London’s Shard will the five phobics be able to overcome their fear and climb it, or will it be mission impossible? Presenter Mel Giedroyc is joined by Oxford University psychologist Dr Jennifer Wild as they lead the group on this hair-raising and life-changing journey.

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2nd May 2014 - 8th May 2014

Thursday Thursday 06:00............................ Breakfast 09:15 .......................Fake Britain 10:00 ................... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 ...............Don’t Get Done, Get Dom 11:30 ..............First Time on the Front Line 12:00 ....................Bargain Hunt 13:00 ............BBC News at One 13:30 ......... BBC London News 13:45 .............................. Doctors 14:15 ............................. The Link

06:05................... Homes Under the Hammer 07:05......................First Time on the Front Line 07:35..................... Animal Park 08:20............ Countryside 999 09:05.................. Mind the Gap: London v The Rest 10:05 ...........Gardeners’ World 10:35 ..........................HARDtalk 11:00 .........................BBC News 12:00 ........... The Daily Politics 13:00 ........ Instant Restaurant

15:00 ............................Escape to the Country

13:45 ................... One Man and his Campervan

15:45................. Spring Kitchen with Tom Kerridge

15:05.................................. Coast

16:30 ................................ Flog It!

14:15..................... The Pallisers 15:30...........Life in Cold Blood

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

16:30 ..............The Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour of Britain

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

17:15..... Antiques Roadshow

18:30 .... BBC London News

17:55................... Party Election Broadcast For The European Parliament

19:00 ...........The One Show 19:30 ................ EastEnders 20:00............MasterChef

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21:00.............. Parking Mad

22:00 ................... BBC News at Ten 22:25 .... BBC London News 22:35............Question Time 23:35................... This Week

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18:00.................. Eggheads 18:30... Great British Menu 19:00..................... Football 21:30.......Blurred Lines: Battle of the Sexes

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22:30 ................ Newsnight 23:20 ................The Birth of Empire: The East India Company

06:00 ...Good Morning Britain 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................................ Jo Frost Family Matters 15:00.... Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00 .......................Ejector Seat 17:00 ..............................The Paul O’Grady Show 18:00 ...... ITV News London 18:25 ............ Party Election Broadcast by the English Democrats 18:30.................... ITV News 19:00 ................ Emmerdale 19:30 ...................... Tonight 20:00 ................ Emmerdale 20:30 ...... Paul O’Grady: For The Love of Dogs 21:00................... Wanted: A Family of My Own 22:00.......... ITV News at Ten 22:30 ............ Party Election Broadcast by the Conservative Party 22:35 .......... Billy Connolly’s Big Send Off 23:35.............Harbour Lives

Blurred Lines: The New Battle Of The Sexes BBC2, 21.30

From online abuse hurled at women in the public eye, bomb threats sent to campaigners agitating for more female heroes on bank notes, the sexually explicit portrayal of women in pop videos, to rape jokes - is there a new culture in society today in which men seem to think they have the freedom, and the right, to speak about, write about and portray women in a derogatory or even abusive way?

In Blurred Lines: The New Battle Of The Sexes, Kirsty Wark asks if women just need to ‘man up’, or if there is something new in the air that could have far-reaching consequences.

Misogyny is not new, but today, in our sexually explicit culture, age-old hostilities seem to be finding very contemporary forms. From pop videos to advertising, video games to TV shows - is what we’re seeing sexism, misogyny, or liberation?

Travelling across the UK meeting students, academics, campaigners, columnists and comedians, Kirsty explores the role humour can play in shaping attitudes, asks if lads mags have helped set in train the idea that sexism, even misogyny, could be rendered harmless with a knowing and ironic wink, and considers if it is a coincidence that the apparent rise of misogyny has happened in parallel with the rise of the online world.

Examining some incidents that have made headlines over the last year from the Stirling University hockey team singing a sexually explicit and derogatory drinking song on a public bus, to the barrage of abuse Professor Mary Beard faced following an appearance on Question Time – Kirsty finds what some people consider offensive, others consider harmless fun.

What does this mean for younger generations growing up in Britain today? Kirsty joins teens in sex education class as they discuss the influence of porn, the pressures they face and the behaviour they experience. She also meets three girls who are so concerned about their generation’s understanding of consent, that they’ve launched their own campaign for it to be taught as part of the national curriculum – just a few of the many taking action and standing up to sexism and misogyny.

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2nd May 2014 - 8th May 2014

Thursday Thursday 8th May 06:45................. Will and Grace 07:10 ............ According to Jim 07:35 ............... King of Queens 08:00............. Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00................................. Frasier 10:00 ...Undercover Boss USA 10:55 ...... Come Dine with Me 11:55 .............. Channel 4 News Summary 12:00 ...... Come Dine with Me 13:30........... Channel 4 Racing 15:30 ...............Deal or No Deal 16:30 ...............................Draw it!

17:00 ....................Four in a Bed 17:30 ...... Come Dine with Me 18:00............ The Simpsons 18:30................... Hollyoaks 19:00 ........ Channel 4 News 20:00 .................Posh Pawn 21:00........... Heston’s Great British Food 22:00 ...... Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 22:55 .......... The Island with Bear Grylls

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

06:10................... Total Wipeout

23:55 ........................ Access

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 Orange County 11:30.................. The Millionaire Matchmaker 12:30........................ Emmerdale 13:00 ...........Coronation Street 13:30 .....You’ve Been Framed!

14:00.................. The Millionaire Matchmaker 15:00 .. The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:10 .............................. The Real Housewives of Miami 18:00 ............... Dinner Date 19:00 ...You’ve Been Framed!

20:00... Two and a Half Men 21:00 .................. Tom Daley Goes Global 22:00 ...........Celebrity Juice 22:50 ..................... Viral Tap 23:35 ........................... Dads

06:00 ........Football’s Next Star

06:00 .............Motorway Patrol

07:10............................. Top Gear

06:00............. Thirtysomething

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

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

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

07:00 .......................Blue Bloods

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

08:00... RSPCA Animal Rescue

09:00 ..........Lizard Lick Towing

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

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

09:00..................Inside Gatwick

10:00....................... Trawlermen

09:00 ............... Without a Trace

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

10:00 ........... Sun, Sea and A&E

11:00............................. Top Gear

10:00....................... Blue Bloods

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

11:00 ............My Kitchen Rules

13:00.......... Lizard Lick Towing

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

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

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

14:00....................... Trawlermen

12:00................ Without a Trace

15:00 .............................Top Gear

14:00 ................Criminal Minds

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

14:00 .............. Emergency with Angela Griffin

16:00............................. Top Gear

15:00 ................Criminal Minds

14:00 ..................................House

17:00 ..........Lizard Lick Towing

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

16:00............ My Kitchen Rules

15:00 .......Star Trek: Enterprise

18:00 ............... Trawlermen

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

17:00......RSPCA Animal Rescue

16:00 ............... Without a Trace

18:00 ... Nothing to Declare

18:30................ Trawlermen

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

17:00 .......................Blue Bloods

17:30 ................Modern Family

19:00 ...... My Kitchen Rules

19:00................. Traffic Cops

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

18:00.......... Modern Family

20:00 ...........America’s Next Top Model

19:30 ..................raffic Cops

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

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

20:00 ................. The British

21:00 ........................... Suits

21:00 ............ Jews on Bikes

22:00 .......... Have I Got a Bit More News for You

22:00 ............... Blue Bloods

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

18:30 ............The Simpsons 20:00......................... Arrow 21:00............... Intelligence 22:00................. Revolution 23:00 ..... NCIS: Los Angeles

08:35.................................. Toby’s Travelling Circus 08:45....... Bananas in Pyjamas 09:00 ........................ Tickety Toc 09:15.............. The Wright Stuff 11:40..........Police Interceptors 12:40................. The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 13:40 .........5 News Lunchtime 13:45 ...................... Neighbours 14:15 .................................... NCIS 15:15 ..................Her Husband’s Betrayal 17:00 .......................5 News at 5 17:30 ...................... Neighbours 18:00 ............ Freaky Eaters 18:30 ......... 5 News Tonight 19:00.... Police Interceptors 20:00 ....... Beware! Cowboy Builders 21:00........... The Oap Killer: First Kill, Last Kill 22:00 ..... Person of Interest

21:00.............. Trying Again 21:30 ...............The Moodys 22:05 ................. CSI: Miami 23:05......................... Bones

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

07:00 .....MasterChef Australia 08:00 .......... Beverly Hills Pawn 08:30.......... Beverly Hills Pawn 09:00 ................................The Bill 10:00 ................................The Bill 11:00 ..........Haunted Collector 11:30 ..........Haunted Collector 12:00........................... Babylon 5 13:00 ................... Bondi Rescue 13:30 ................... Bondi Rescue 14:00 ........ Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 15:00 ....................Stansted: The Inside Story 16:00 ....................Stansted: The Inside Story 17:00........................... Babylon 5 18:00............. Bondi Rescue 18:30 .............Bondi Rescue 19:00 .... Beverly Hills Pawn 20:00......................... Grimm 21:00 ....................... Believe 22:00 .......... Almost Human 23:00 ..... Emergency Bikers

23:00 .......... Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead

06:00........................... Switched 06:25 ..................................90210 07:10......................... Ugly Betty 08:00 ........................... Charmed 09:00..............Made in Chelsea 10:00............................. New Girl 10:30................ Happy Endings 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 ... Rules of Engagement 16:00 .............................New Girl 16:30.................Happy Endings 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 ..............2 Broke Girls 22:00 ............. The IT Crowd

06:00 ..................Good Morning Sports Fans 09:00 ................Premier League 100 Club 10:00 .....Ford Football Special 11:00............ What’s the Story?

12:00 ................Premier League 100 Club 13:00 .....Ford Football Special 14:00............ What’s the Story?

15:00................ Premier League 100 Club 16:00 ............What’s the Story?

17:00................ Premier League 100 Club 18:00 .....................Ringside 19:00 ........Barclays Premier League World 19:30.....FL72-Championship Play-Off-Live 22:00...................... Football 22:30......................Ringside

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The cookery competition reaches its second semi-final. In the kitchens of Hever Castle, home to Henry VIII’s ill-fated second wife Anne Boleyn, the contestants must cook a menu that will push all of them to the very limits of their ability. Under the watchful eye of John Campbell, a chef who has held Michelin stars in three restaurants, the semifinalists have to cook an extremely difficult menu. Each of them will take on one of five courses designed

by John to really test what they can do. Afterwards, there’s no time for resting on laurels, as it is straight back to MasterChef HQ where the five remaining amateurs have a challenge that will really put their skills to the test. After the luscious surroundings of a royal place they must cook a sumptuous dish again - but this time out of rubbish scraps. It is the invention test, but this time their choice of ingredients consists of some scraps, leftovers and trimmings, including chicken giblets and skin, bones, a pig’s ear and fish heads.

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Entertainment

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GREASE... spread THE WORD

AS a working entertainer, it is sometimes difficult for me to get out to watch different artistes perform.

For some time, I have wanted to see the new Grease section in The Sound Of Musicals at Showtime. It has been almost a year since I have seen the show and there have been many changes.

In theatre, a show’s producer cannot make too many fleeting changes; they have to be subtle, and must fit in with the flow of the production.

Showtime now employs more dancers than ever before.

Five girls make up the troupe, three of whom double as vocalists alongside the lead roles.

The Grease section has been inserted in the second act and really puts the icing on the cake.

Every year, Tramps manager Ollie Fisher works hard to make sure his summer programme for the King Of Clubs is second-to-none.

The summer calendar on the right shows all the big celebrity names who have been booked for summer 2014.

In the last two weeks,

Everybody loves Grease! It was a nobrainer for the cast when they were asked about introducing the new routines to the show.

With the full complement of girls, and an extra ensemble cast member, this new format really captures the theatre experience.

The cast have obviously invested a lot of time in rehearsals, polishing up their act.

The girls take care to make sure their makeup and hair are perfect.

Ollie has booked Dan Osborne to visit Tramps.

Dan found fame through TV shows like the mighty T O W I E and, more r e c e n t l y, ITV’s Splash.

T r a m p s is already the envy of other clubs in the Canary Islands, and this summer’s events should get that envy raging again.

Although there are big celebs coming to Tramps this year, we must not forget the resident DJs. They deserve our applause because

Even their ponytails swing and swish at the same time.

Vocally, this show has always been extremely strong. Lead male vocalist Dominic James seems to get better and better, and his performance of Luciano Pavarotti’s Nessun Dorma gets me every time.

Dancer Lona has recently joined the Showtime Theatre Company after working in Las Vegas for many years, and she has fitted as though she has been there for years. they are the ones who support the big names and keep the party going up to, and after, the main event.

DJ Si Palmer and awardwinning DJ Snoopy are the mainstays and, we mustn’t forget Scott Page, who has a long list of accolades in the music business.

He has produced 10 top-20 albums and also produced the radio edit of Cha Cha Slide by DJ Casper for the UK. And Scott worked alongside Radio 1’s Scott Mills in promoting the song before it reached the top of the UK singles chart.

In addition to all the celebs, the exceptional staff at Tramps deserve a pat on the back.

As a resident of Tenerife, you may have been to see this show before. I’ve seen it more than 20 times, and if you have been before, I would urge you to go again.

You will notice the subtle changes, the new cast members and new routines, not forgetting the facelift to the entrance.

The proprietors of the venue, and the show producers, continue to strive to make your experience unique, and they will always endeavour to exceed your expectations.

Most have been there for many years and are dedicated to creating memories for all who

A Bridge from across the water WHEN Lisa finally arrived in Tenerife after trying to sell her house in the UK for nearly three years, it was all or nothing for her.

Lisa had been on holiday here for a few years before deciding to make Tenerife her home.

It was a gamble, obviously, but she has enjoyed a really successful first year here and has established herself.

She has been working in different bars, and on Saturday - at last - I had the pleasure of being in the audience at one of Lisa’s gigs for the first time.

I already knew that she had a good voice and that her banter with the audience was natural and matter-of-fact.

Her song choices were excellent, and her most brilliant asset is that she is able to alter her playlist as the mood changes in the audience.

Vintage or current, this performer is on top of every popular song of the moment, and timeless classics, and she delivers flawless vocals.

And from the word go, this girl puts in every ounce of effort she can muster to get the audience on their feet.

She is a dance specialvisit the venue.

This year is going to go off like never before, so make sure you Tramp

ist and knows exactly how to formulate a playlist. Whether it is Soul & Motown or Rihanna & Pharrell Williams, this singer has definitely got it.

Versatile Lisa, a vocalist, entertainer and personality, is becoming a much-loved entertainer on the Island. And it has to be said that she is always one of the first to volunteer her services for any charity event.

She actively supports the entertainment scene and, despite being a relative newcomer herself, she has been a friend to many other new artistes who have arrived here to work. She offers them assistance in getting work, and is generally helpful in every way.

Lisa Bridge is definitely a huge asset to these shores and this entertainment scene - and long may it stay that way! it up this summer and head down to The King Of Clubs at Starco, Las Americas.

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Tenerife Loves Karaoke

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HEAT 9: Tenerife Loves Karaoke at Mikeys Bar

Read all about Ellie!

SEVERAL familiar faces queued as registration began for the ninth heat at Mikeys Bar last Friday evening.

The bar was already busy when the TLK team arrived and 10 candidates elected to sing for a place in the final.

There were lot of returnees from previous heats, all attempting to discover that elusive “wow” factor to tempt the judges, but, as ever, there can be only one heat winner.

The fate of that person lay in the hands of the four judges: regular panellists John Zammit, sales manager for Emcan media, and Michelle Phillips, brought their judging experience to the table. And, representing the bar was local resident Philipa, a member of the general public, and Mikeys’ compere Luke Warne.

The criteria for the judges is quite simple: they have 50 points in total to award over

three categories - vocal ability accounts for 30 of those points and presentation and interpretation each have 10 points available.

The singers are selected randomly to perform

and the judges award their points as they see fit.

It sounds easy, but all judges who have been involved throughout the competition say the same: “That wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be.”

This particular heat was made all the more difficult for them because the standard was exceptionally high, with a grand finalist from last year’s event taking part.

And, after the first round, this was apparent in the scoring with only fractions separating the top five.

However only the top three would sing for the judges a second time - Christian, who works behind the bar

in Mikeys and seemed to be very popular with the younger ladies in the audience, Cassie Kemp, the 2013 TLK finalist, and Ellie Smith, who has also attempted to get through in previous years and, until now, had achieved a 2nd or 3rd placing only. It was her night this time, however, as she blew the judges away with her first song, Paloma Faith’s Picking Up The Pieces.

Her second song choice was Emeli Sande’s Read All About It pt3 which, incidentally, was Cassie’s first song in round one.

Whether or not this was a tactical decision or Ellie’s original plan, it worked - and now the 18-year-old joins the other eight finalists on 6th June at Showtime for the 2014 Grand Final of Tenerife Loves Karaoke.

The next heat takes place tonight (Friday) at Lazy Daze, in Las Americas. Jamie & The Droo Crew, from Oasis Fm, will be broadcasting between 3-6pm, when you can pre-register for the evening competition.

The TLK team will be at the bar from 9pm, and the competition gets underway 30 minutes later. You can also enter by calling 902 232 102 during office hours.

SONG TITLE It’s On Again The Man Feel Summer Clean Bandit & Sharna Bass Extraordinary

DJ Cassidy Callin all Hearts

Ed Sheeran Sing

Ellie Goulding Beating Heart

Elyar Fox A Billion Girls

Faul Changes

Foxes Let go for Tonight Haim If I Could change Your Mind

Indiana Solo Dancing

Jason Derulo Stupid Love

Jess Glynne Home

John Legend All Of Me

John Martin Anywhere for You

Josh Record For Your Love

Justin Timberlake Not a Bad Thing

Katy B Still

Kiesza Hideaway

Klaxons There is no Other Time

Lady Gaga G.U.Y.

Lily Allen Our Time

Lykke Li No Rest for the Wicked

Mr. Probz Waves

Passenger Scare Away the Dark

Pharrell Williams Marily Monroe

Prides The Seeds You Sow

Rita Ora I Will Never Let you Down

Saint Raymond Everything she Wants

Sam Smith Stay With Me

Shift K3Y Touch

Sigma Nobody To Love

Sub Focus Close

The Chainsmokers #Selfie

Tove Lo Stay High

ARTIST Alicia Keys Aloe Blacc Bombay Bicycle Club Calvin Harris

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Home

By Sue McDonald THE sofa is one of the most important items of furniture in the home - it certainly is in mine!

Modern lives have changed, and we actually spend more time sitting on the sofa than was previously the case.

This is because we can now use this area for many more activities. For example, the

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Size does matter!

advent of laptop computers and wireless connections means that some of the family can be surfing the internet while others are watching TV or reading.

I’m showing my age now, but in my day there were just three TV channels. Nowadays, with numerous satellite channels, and pretty much TV on demand, it is tempting to spend more and more time on that sofa!

And lots of families eat separately or snack in front of the TV, which adds up to more sofa time. So it is important that the

place where you spend so much time should be both comfortable and durable.

But when it comes to replacing your sofa, it’s not always simple to find exactly what you want. And size does matter! Any mistakes can prove costly.

Buy one that’s too big and it will look out of proportion in the room.

Buy too small and you won’t be comfortable.

And the space you have may often be limited as well.

The sofas and sofa beds we sell are made here in Tenerife, and we have been working with the same manufacturer for more than 20 years.

Because they are made locally, we are able to decide on the density of the cushions, the style and the material, and most importantly the size!

We are able to make sofas to order without any increase in price, and within about two weeks.

Recently, we had a client who wanted a

pair of two-seater sofas for her small apartment. Most sets come as a three- seater and a two-seater, so she hadn’t been able to find what we wanted.

We visited her property (which is part of our service), and by reorganising her lounge slightly, we found that she could fit in a threeseater and an armchair.

This gave her more room, but also enabled her to have a sofa bed, which has immediately increased her occu-

pancy potential and, therefore, her rental income.

Another client who wanted a corner sofa couldn’t find anything the right size. As our sofas are made locally, we were able to make him one that fitted exactly into the alcove available, and the corner extended exactly to the right length to fit the room.

Again, this sofa had a bed element, so was perfect for the room, and helped make

the most of the property.

Another positive note by ordering a madeto-order sofa is that you are able to change small design elements, such as the shape of the arms, or the height of the back cushions at no extra cost. You can also choose the density of the seating to suit your taste - and, of course, your combination of materials.

So you end up getting exactly what you want, with no additional cost.

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Garden

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By Margaret Tully A FEW weeks ago, I purchased a packet of black zucchini seeds which looked and sounded different from the normal courgette or zucchini.

I like to try different edibles because you can get bored with the usual ones, so I sowed four seeds, each in its own pot.

The 3in pots were filled with seeding compost and I flattened the earth down, laid each seed on top and, using a sieve, cov-

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ered the seeds with a layer of seeding compost, and flattened this down as well.

I then sat the four pots in water until the soil had taken up the liquid, removed them from the water and put them in a sheltered, sunny spot on a dry tray.

They were watered each day - I poured it into the tray, never from the top down and within about 10 days, the four of them had germinated successfully.

The seedlings unfurled and two leaves unfolded. Then four healthy heart-shaped leaves developed on each plant. The stem gained strength and soon, I had four plantable zucchini for my “hot bed”.

I created a raised bed next to my compost bin, which gets lots of sunshine and is sheltered from the sometimes harsh winds.

In the bottom of the bed, I laid some semicomposted garden waste, torn-up newspa-

per, and watered well.

Then, in a thick layer, I added some garden soil and topped it off with compost.

This is an ideal way of preparing a bed for summer squashes because they are greedy, and the food in this bed will last them all summer.

It is called a “hot bed” because it is situated in the sun, and also because the soil gets hot underneath and the semi-composted material breaks down at an accelerated rate.

I planted the zucchini in a block spacing, leaving just enough room for the plants to spread out.

This particular variety has a lovely open bush, which makes it easy to see the fruits forming. And picking them in their immature state, at just a few inches long, ensures a sweet and tender edible.

You can let them grow larger, to the size of a marrow even, but they are only good for stews at this stage.

In between the thensmall zucchini, I planted my pots of homegrown basil and rocket, again closely packed to keep them small and tender. They are just a cut-and-pick crop to add flavour, and as a garnish to salads.

The zucchini are coming along well, and I swear you can see them growing before your very eyes.

The flowers are starting to form, and there are plenty of pollinators around to encourage their opening. You can pick and eat the flowers as well, or make soup from them - so there is no waste.

As I have said before, try to grow plants which can be harvested and thrown on the compost heap when done.

It encourages the natural cycle of life: they come from the soil and they go back to the soil.

Remember, water every day because Zucchini are greedy feeders. But it’s worth it because this wonderful vegetable just keeps giving!

SOW IT… GROW IT… TASTE IT Zucchini Tagliatelle with Tomato and Basil Sauce

Ingredients *Fresh zucchini *Large, juicy tomatoes *Fresh basil *Salt *Olive Oil

Method *Pick and wash fresh zucchini *Cut into strips, lengthways with

a potato peeler or vegetable slicer *Boil pot of slightlysalted water *Plunge sliced zucchini

into water and let cook for a few minutes.

Remove and drain *Chop up several large, juicy tomatoes and

put into a pot with a handful of freshlypicked basil *Heat until warmed through

*Lay cooked and drained zucchini on to a plate and pour over the tomato sauce *Drizzle with olive oil

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Health and Beauty

By Val Sainsbury D E P R E S S I O N, stress or burnout is said to be responsible for 33% of people struggling to cope at work.

And 83% of those affected are experiencing isolation or loneliness as a result, according to a new survey.

Only half of those had confided in a colleague.

Yet 71% found that discussing their condition with a colleague helped them feel better.

The online research, involving 1,200 people, was published by the charity Depression Alliance as part of Depression Awareness Week.

It also highlights the

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How low can you get?

need for employers to take action to recognise the condition better and to support affected staff.

Another report, published by business leaders, shows how companies such as the Royal Mail, Barclays and Unilever, are helping depressed workers by implementing new policies to enable structured support and processes for them.

Tim Munden, Unilever UK Vice-President, said: “We firmly believe that addressing depression through our mental health policies benefits both our business and our employees.

“We aim for a 10% reduction by 2015 in workrelated mental ill-health cases, and working days lost to mental illhealth.”

Emer O’Neill, chief executive of Depression Alliance, said: “Depression is the biggest

mental health challenge among working-age people - and it often leads to considerable loneliness and isolation at work. “ H o w e v e r, many companies aren’t properly equipped to manage employees who suffer from depression, so providing support to these individuals in the workplace is essential.

“We have just launched Friends in Need, (www. friendsinneed.co.uk), which provides anyone suffering depression with a free and easy way to connect, either online or by meeting in groups and taking part in local activities, all of which help stop the feelings of loneliness and isolation.”

Norman Lamb, The British Government’s Care and Support Minister said: “I want to build a fairer society so that anyone with a mental health problem, such as depression, gets the support he/she needs when it’s needed.

“That’s why we’ve in-

vested £400 million in improving access to treatment for certain conditions - including depression and anxiety which support people to stay in work.”

He added: “We are looking at ways for mental health and employment services to work more closely together and support people both in and out of work - in building emotional resilience, developing well-being and getting support for their mental health problems.

“This is an incredibly important subject and there are some great employers already leading the way, such as BT. “We’ve also invested £16m in the Time to

Change programme to help reduce the stigma surrounding mental health. And last year we published a guide showing managers how to support employees with mental health problems in the best way possible.”

TNS Omnibus conducted online research among 1,215 British adults aged 16-plus, commissioned on behalf of Depression Alliance and conducted earlier last month.

Depression in the Workplace in Europe: A report featuring new insights from business leaders, is published by the Target Depression in the Workplace Advisory Group.

It is an initiative set up by several large companies to advise and support human-resources professionals across Europe on managing depression among employees.

No wonder you’re sneezing badly HAYFEVER rates have already hit record levels in Britain - and can only get worse in the coming years.

That’s the stark warning from the Allergy UK charity as the nation prepares for one of the most severe summers in years.

Some 30% of the population are now victims, and Professor Jean Emberlin, the charity’s scientific director, said: “We now have one of the highest rates worldwide.”

She believes a number of factors are fuelling

the surge, including excessive use of antibiotics in childhood, which has led to a generation at risk of allergies in general.

And in some parts of the country, 38% of children are blighted by the condition.

In the past, people would often “grow out” of their hayfever in their 20s and 30s. Now, though, not only is it continuing but people are getting “late-onset” hayfever in their 30s, 40s and even 50s.

Air pollution could be contributing to this factor, as well as a lack of micro-nutrients in the diet.

Prof Emberlin, who warns sufferers to expect one of the most severe seasons for years in the coming weeks, said: “Air pollution can make pollen more potent.

“We also have longer, more severe pollen seasons, so people are being more exposed, and the pollen is becoming more allergenic because of interaction with air pollution.

“So I think the numbers being hit will increase steadily through the next few decades.

There has been a general increase of just less than one per cent a year in the last eight to nine years.”

Her warning to Britain’s 18 million victims comes as Allergy UK reveals that people are increasing their hayfever problems because they are not taking their medication properly in a market worth £117million.

Some 60% of sufferers told researchers their current treatment simply made it bearable, while just 4% said their medication eliminated symptoms.

The research was released on Monday, to coincide with Allergy Awareness Week, which

started then. And the charity is calling on people to review their medication before the grass pollen season takes hold at the beginning of summer.

Prof Emberlin said: “Early indications are that it could be severe.

This year, the mild winter and warm spring resulted in the birch pollen season starting about four weeks earlier than in 2013.

“Birch pollen counts

increased rapidly in the last week of March throughout the South and Midlands, and the season spread northwards quickly.

“About 25% of sufferers are allergic to birch pollen and this year has been severe for them. And the oak pollen season, affecting one in five sufferers, also started earlier this year.”

Maureen Jenkins, director of clinical servic-

es at Allergy UK, said: “We are urging people to check whether they are using their medication correctly, rather than just soldiering on and prolonging their suffering.

“If symptoms aren’t improving with treatment, it’s so important they get medical advice to control this debilitating condition, which is also associated with the development of asthma.”

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Health and Fashion

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Colour

It’s hardly a dogs life

your life

By Carl from Robot

By Ruth Benson

A NEW client came into the salon this week, and I was a bit taken aback with how she wore her hair - and how unhappy it made her.

I’M looking at fashion from a different angle this week - and I promise you, it really is an unusual angle!

She didn’t like the colour, or the cut -and no wonder! She was in her mid-50s, well-dressed and didn’t look her age.

But the hair did her no justice at all.

I listened to what she had to say, and we agreed on one thing: she had not been looked after in her last salon. The treatment her hair had received really wasn’t what she wanted, or should have had.

She told me that she usually asked for a certain thing in the salon, which was given to her without even questioning whether it would suit her, or if she could create the look at home.

Her style was nonexistent and certainly wasn’t giving her the look she desired. She even went as far as to say that she spent nearly every day with her hair tied up on her head (as regulars to my column will know, this is my pet hate).

So we set to work to give her the colour she didn’t want. Yes, the one she didn’t want!

She wanted darker, but we sent her lighter because of the number of white hairs she had, and the colouring of her skin and eyes.

Soft, light highlights

were placed finely through her hair, with a background of a golden honey to give the lighter hair a base. It also gives the appearance of thicker hair to finer tresses.

After the colour process, we cut the longer length to her shoulders to thicken the broken hair. Longer layers gave her the oomph she wanted, and also took away some of the broken ends.

Her fringe was changed from a fuller fringe to a softer side-fringe, creating a better shape around her temples.

Now, none of what we did was what she wanted - or asked for. What she wanted was to keep the length with no layers and to go darker.

RESULT: one extremely happy makeo-

ver. All she needed was someone to pay her attention, and to look at what was staring us all in the face: even at 50 or sixtysomething, don’t give up!

There ARE stylists who will pay you a second glance and listen to you - it’s just finding the right one.

Don’t be fobbed off with any old style when you are more mature in years because we still care.

Just check out my two photos: the longer style is how NOT to grow older gracefully - too dark, too dragged back and way too long.

The shorter style isn’t cropped and oozes sexiness. The colour is just right and flatters her skin tone.

Softness is the key as you age, but finding someone to listen and look at you is the problem. But you must never put up with a second-rate cut because you are no longer a young thing.

EVERY woman deserves to feel her best in and out of the salon.

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The duo behind clothing brands Asos and house brands Achica have gone into a new line of fashion retail with their new company, astarpets.com.

And, believe it or not, the newly-launched website offers haute couture fashion … for pets!

The group has capitalised on a huge gap in the market since the recent closure of Harrods’ pet department We have all seen the celebrities with their pets, and Paris Hilton is certainly one who comes to mind.

But it is becoming more mainstream, with ordinary folk spoiling their pets with more than a “treat”.

You might think there is not much to be made in pets’ clothing and accessories, but business in the UK alone is worth over £4 billion annually.

On the website, there are products to groom your pets and dress them, as well as offer them gourmet food.

But don’t worry because not all the products have designer prices - the site includes products for all budgets.

The website has been launched to accommo-

date pet-pamperers so, I hear you say: “What’s this got to do with fashion?”

Well, the site has been launched by two leading fashion entrepreneurs, and it seems the £4bn I mentioned earlier consists mainly of fashion accessories for pets.

Fewer people in the UK are getting pets, but they are spending more on the ones they have.

Dogs, especially, have often been seen on the catwalk for Mulberry, where they have been wearing tie-dye parkas at £175 and oil-cloth rain-macs at £150.

Vivienne Westwood and Burberry also seem to be cashing in on the action with their

signature tartans for our four-legged friends.

There are plenty of websites for pet clothing, with most, seemingly, catering for cats and dogs. But in Japan, you can dress your hamster, guinea pig and even your tortoise.

And pet fashion is not just big business in the UK. In fact, it has gone global! The annual Pet Fashion week will be held in August in New York over three days, with numerous sponsors and exhibits over three days.

As this seems to be the next big fashion thing, I believe this calls for me to be there to write a press review.

Let me know when I can book my flight please, Editor!

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Food and Drink

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Gordon Ramsey here in Tenerife?

WORLD famous chef and TV personality Gordon Ramsey is hoping to come to Tenerife soon, as part of his new television programme.

His producers are looking for struggling British-owned restaurants, hotels or B&Bs for Gordon to work

his magic on and turn around.

It’s an expansion of the extremely popular Kitchen Nightmares, which has been a smash hit in the UK, Europe and, especially, in America.

The show has a simple format, which sees Gordon reorganising a struggling outlet from top to bottom.

This project will be the first time Ramsey has

expanded into Spain, and the expat community and the producers would love to come here!

So if you would like your restaurant, hotel or B&B featured, be quick because you must register your interest in the next few days.

And who knows? Maybe the love-him or hatehim Scotsman will be gracing our eateries!

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We wouldn’t be without our nice cup of Rosy Lee

By Monica Dyson TEA is to the British what wine is to the French.

It is an obsession, a lifeline - and it is all things to all men!

In fact, it’s surprising what a simple drink can mean to most people.

Although tea was possibly first introduced to this country around 1610 by the Dutch, the British rule in India actually left the Brits with two important things: tea and curry!

And both have more varieties and are better now than anything they would have known then.

I can’t get through many weeks without a curry, but I’m not sure I could get through a day without a cuppa! And I do prefer a nice strong cup of Yorkshire tea. I’m not an Earl Grey or Darjeeling person!

It also seems that my obsession is true for most people with an estimated 1.9 kg of tea being consumed each year per person, which is around 4lb to us pensioners!

That may be true of the older generations, at least, because it seems that younger people are spurning the good old

cup of tea in favour of water, soft drinks and jasmine, mint and green teas.

They are often influenced by the countries they visit, like Thailand and China, which has introduced them to teas very different from the traditional British breakfast tea.

Although one of the pensioner moans at one time was about the lack of a good cup of tea when travelling abroad, that is no longer relevant as every supermarket sells English tea.

I’m sure all the expats

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living in the Canary Islands don’t have to have tea sent out to them!

But for such a simple drink, tea can cause real controversy. Do you use tea bags or not? It seems that 99.5% of us have turned our backs on the traditional pot. Do you use a china cup or a mug?

And for how long do you let it brew?

Do you use a tea cosy?

Probably not something many households own these days, let alone a tea pot.

But in my mother’s day, a cosy was an essential part of the kitchen décor! People would even knit them and give as Christmas presents!

There is even a teadrinking etiquette. It is considered proper to sip your tea from a cup and then place it back into the saucer between sips.

Your fingers should be curled inwards, and it is not true that the little finger should be ex-

tended in an affected manner.

And the custom of drinking tea from a saucer is definitely not on, although, I must admit, I have never actually met anyone who did it.

But I’ve seen it done in old films - the sort where they often called it having a cup of “Rosy Lee”.

It’s at work that the arguments really came into their own - at least in those places which didn’t have the tea lady, complete with the good old tea trolley!

There have been many rows brewed over the kettle. Who boiled the kettle last? Whose turn is it to make the tea?

Who owes what to the tea club? Who is prepared to actually run the tea club?

And the crime, punishable by death, of using up the last water without filling the kettle up!

Not to mention using someone else’s mug.

There were even peo-

ple who deliberately made dreadful cups of tea just so they were not asked to do it again.

And the resentment when it was realised that some workers not only took a tea break but also went outside for a lengthy cigarette break!

Recently, it was reported that stressed-out and very sad workers have stopped making a drink for colleagues.

They say they would rather just quickly make themselves a drink and then get back to work, while employers have started slashing teabreaks to increase employee productivity.

Where’s the union when you need them?

Tea, or “the cup that cheers”, is a start to the day, an afternoon break, an accompaniment to a chat with friends, a nightcap and a refresher.

As pensioners, we take a flask of tea on our daytrips, and it seems that

tea can be a weapon against heart disease, clogged arteries and the superbug MRSA. To any self-respecting workman, a mug of tea is as much a part of his working day as his tools.

And it is considered the thing to do to ask anyone doing any work in your house if he would like a cuppa.

One of my neighbours even offers a cuppa to any workmen outside in the road! It’s one way to keep your road maintained, I suppose!

Tea is also a light afternoon meal around 4pm. It was invented by the Duchess of Bedford in the 1840s to ward off hunger pangs between lunch and dinner.

And there were many tea rooms in Britain over the years, including Lyons Corner Houses in London and, in Yorkshire, Bettys Tea Room in Harrogate.

Opened in 1919, it has become a British tradition, much loved by coach parties.

High tea was the evening meal of the lower middle and working classes, usually eaten between 5-7 pm.

They called their midday meal “dinner” and evening meal “tea”, whereas the upper social classes called their midday meal “luncheon” with a later dinner.

These class signifiers have largely diminished with time. And although most people refer to “having a lunch break”, there are “dinner ladies” in schools! It’s really a matter of personal choice these days!

Thankfully, though, one tradition remains the same.

Nice cuppa tea, anyone?

Wingate pull out the stops for poor Aaron AFTER weeks of funfilled activities, the whole of Wingate School - from Nursery to Sixth Form - were joined by parents and friends for a special Assembly last Wednesday.

The occasion was to announce the to-

tal raised for Aaron - the student who is fighting leukaemia thanks to sponsored spellings, cake sales, music-athons and a myriad of other events in school.

The parents went even further, with a walk along Los Cris-

tianos seafront, halfmarathons and incredible donations to our Grand Raffle.

In all, the amazing total (so far) is 18,366.81 euros and delighted administrator Jonathan Green said: “We, the Community of Wingate School,

would like to thank everyone who gave so generously of their time, gifts, money and support.

“We hope and pray that Aaron will make a speedy and full recovery to return to our Wingate family as soon as possible.”

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Community News

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Accion del Sol news

How to keep strays safe

WHAT do you do if you find an abandoned dog here on the streets of Tenerife?

Firstly, call the local police instantly stating where you found it, and the dog’s condition.

Communities such as Granadilla, San Miguel, Guia de Isora and Arona all have their own collection services, called Protection Civil, who all have the necessary equipment and authority to catch and collect the dog.

Initially, they will check the dog for a microchip which, if it has one, will be returned to its owner.

Only Protection Civil has the legal power to take dogs to the relevant animal refuge - Accion del Sol in those particular municipalities.

Please remember that if you do take in a dog or cat from the street, then it becomes your responsibility by law. But each municipality has

a legal responsibility to accept abandoned ani-

Charity market’s grand target arm THE monthly charity market, held on the Food Hall Terrace near Paradise Park Hotel, in Los Cristianos, will be held today (Friday).

It is staffed by volunteers and is held on the first Friday of each month (except August), raising money to help buy a bus to take local cancer

patients to Candelaria Hospital.

It features nearlynew clothes, furniture, household goods and any other items the stallholders believe will sell, and it is open from 12 noon to 7 pm. It is well worth a browse, and don’t forget to bring a bag for your bargains!

mals on their streets.

What happens to the dog once it arrives at a refuge? It is registered, and copies of the registration are kept there.

They are also given to Protection Civil and to the appropriate Town Hall from where the dog was collected.

The dog is then given water, followed by a shower to remove all fleas and ticks to prevent infecting the refuge.

The dog is kept in a special area with its own kennel and outside area.

It is then fed before being checked thoroughly

by the vet and given any emergency treatment necessary.

Over the next few weeks, the dog is vaccinated, tested for heartworm, micro-chipped, passported and finally castrated. Once it has a clean bill of health, physically and mentally, then the hard work begins of finding a new home for the abandoned animal, either here in Tenerife or in Germany.

Some days, as many as 12 dogs are brought into the refuge by Protection Civil so, understandably, Accion del Sol has an extremely hardworking team of staff.

Fun for the family On a happier note, our next fund-raising event takes place on Sunday (4th May) at the refuge, when a fun-filled family afternoon is guaranteed, from 2pm onwards..

Please support this worthwhile cause, and call 922 778 630 for any more information you might require.

Keep the dogs happy Towels, blankets, toys, puppy milk, collars and leads are always appreciated for our inmates, if you have any to spare.

Refuge opening times Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 2-5pm.

Saturday: 1-4pm. Closed Wednesday and Sunday.

How to find us The refuge is situated at the Granadilla Industrial Estate, Exit 51 on the TF1. It is right

by ITER, the ecological park with windmills, which can be seen clearly from the motorway.

Lorraine’s Easter BUN bonanza!

ICELAND has been running a special Easter competition between all its Spanish stores over the last few months.

The challenge was to see who could sell the most hot cross buns over the Easter period.

The Las Chafiras store finished an excellent

third, and one of its staff scooped the individual honours!

Popular Lorraine, known to just about everyone who shops there, sold the most hot cross buns in the whole of Spain.

Her reward was a rather tasty 200-euro cash prize.

Live Arico news Sangha fund-raiser TO help the Sangha Sanctuary in San Miguel, we are holding a fund-raiser on Wednesday at the Rendezvous Restaurant on Golf del Sur, where a delicious three-course dinner will be served, as well as some top-class entertainment.

Tickets cost 20 euros from Colin on 673 303 636.

Dog of the Week Jack came to us via San Miguel police after his owner was imprisoned.

Now, at seven months, he is a lovely boy, quite big, and a cross of Alsatian and Husky, we think.

He is fully vaccinated, sterilised and chipped, and our 110-euro adoption fee covers everything. Interested?

Call Sue on 629 388 102.

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Motoring

By Jav

2nd May 2014 - 8th May 2014

Silence of the

supercars

But turbo-charged F1 stars still heading in right direction WITH the 2014 Formula One season well underway, the Mercedes cars of Lewis Hamilton and Niko Rosberg are so far heading the field.

And the new V6 turboengined hybrid cars are certainly providing some of the closest racing we have seen in F1 for several seasons.

This bodes well for the future. However, this latest breed of F1 cars have been criticised for being too quiet, compared with the highrevving V8s, which were used until to the end of last season.

Sceptics claim that without the traditional loud engine note, the spectacle of F1 is diminished, which will cause sponsors and fans alike to desert the sport.

Among the most vocal opponents of these “quiet” engines are current world champion Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari boss Luca de Montezemola.

F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone also called for changes to avoid damaging the sport. But af-

ter visiting Melbourne for the first race of the season, he said the engines were louder than he first thought.

FIA president Jean Todt says plans are already underway to increase the engines’ volume. He claims that this can be achieved without major changes to the regulations, simply by redesigning the exhaust systems.

But, whatever the outcome of the noise issue, the magic of F1 in the future seems assured.

So much so that two new teams could line up on the grid in 2015.

Although not yet confirmed by the FIA, it is widely known that Gene Haas, joint owner of NASCAR’s successful Stewart-Hass racing team, is keen to join F1.

And he has already held in-depth discussions with the FIA. According to Bernie Ecclestone, the application from Haas has been accepted, along with one other.

Another new team could be Serbia-andGermany-based Stefan GP, run by former Hispano F1 and Midland racing team’s Colin Koller.

Although being considered for entry into F1, whether the team will make it on to the grid next year is not yet known.

However, the most interesting and exciting rumour recently is that giant US car manufacturer General Motors might be looking at F1 as a way to develop hybrid systems and technology, to raise the image of Opel as a morequality brand.

GM are withdrawing the Chevrolet brand from Europe in 2016, and the company have already committed

£1bn a year for the next three years, to promote the same kind of German precision engineering as VW, Mercedes, BMW, Audi and Porsche.

This is to develop Opel into a more mainstream and upmarket brand, producing highspecification and racier road cars.

One suggestion is that GM could strike a deal with Cosworth, who already have an F1 engine on their Northampton test bed and are ready to go with a secret partner.

There is also some evidence that GM could

enter F1 as an engine supplier, with a new management team and engineers, based in Detroit.

If true, this could be a huge boost for F1 in the US, where Bernie Ecclestone is keen to promote further races, possibly in New Jersey and Long Beach, to add to the current Austin race in Texas.

And a boost also for American drivers such as Alexander Rossi (set to move from GP2 to F1 shortly), and Simara Silvestro, the former Indycar driver who has recently joined the Sauber F1 team this year, preparing herself for an F1 future.

Could she beat the UK’s Susie Wolfe to become the latest girl to race in F1? The last F1 female was Italian Giovanna Amati, who drove for Brabham in 1992.

So 2015 could see some exciting changes to the F1 grid, creating even more headto-head racing than we have already seen this season.

Whatever transpires, rest assured that F1 is here to stay … with or without the loud rumble of exhaust noise!

Driving licence must stick to rules

By Emma at Motorworld

IF you have a Spanish licence, or are thinking of switching to one, you have to observe various rules and regulations, some of which apply to UK licences.

Three types of driving conditions apply throughout the world, dependant on where

you reside or are thinking of travelling within the EU or EEC, thirdparty countries with international reciprocal agreements or countries with no reciprocal agreements.

Over 300 million EU residents should now have a standard EU photo-card licence, which unifies all the validity information such as the expiry and/ or start dates, which are missing from some countries. All EU residents will obtain these licences upon renewal.

The EU photo card licence is valid within the EU (in all 28 countries) and in EEC countries.

The valid licences must adhere to the rules

from the country of issue, but some categories differ from country to country.

For example, a driver in Spain with a Bclass licence can ride a scooter up to 125cc in some circumstances (minimum of three years’ experience), but not in all EU and EEC countries.

For all other countries, an International Drivers Permit is required.

Spain issues International Drivers Permits in accordance with the Geneva International Agreement, and the International Permit is valid in all countries which signed the agreement - except the country of issue. That means

a Spanish International Driver’s Permit isn’t valid in Spain.

They are valid for one year from the date of issue, and to obtain one you would need to hold a valid Spanish licence which hasn’t be revoked or suspended.

These are obtainable from the nearest Tráfico office and are issued while you wait.

If, however, you live in a foreign country, you should ALWAYS adhere to the relevant laws of that country.

If you have a Spanish licence and are becoming resident in an EU or EEC country (residency is considered to be spending over 185 days a year in one country),

you should either exchange or register your licence (in some countries this is optional).

But if you lose your licence, have it stolen or it expires while you are living abroad, you would have to get a new one from your new country of residence.

Officials there would contact the DGT for verification or, in some cases, would ask you to obtain the relevant document, in person or via an authorised third party from the DGT, or through the nearest Spanish Consulate or Embassy.

If you are becoming resident in a third-party country with a reciprocal agreement, Spain

has signed numerous agreements of which a few are the Geneva International Convention and United Nations Vienna Convention.

In these countries, licences can be exchanged for local ones, but the process is sometimes a lot more complex. Also, more paperwork is required, as could be an official translation of the licence and documentation.

But if you are planning on driving in any countries which have no reciprocal agreements, you would need to contact the Spanish Embassy or Consulate for information on how to proceed.

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Puzzle

2nd May 2014 - 8th May 2014

PRIZE Godoku!

WIN! Tickets for bowling at Megabowl 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.

Email the answer to info@canarianweekly.com before 5pm on Wednesday 7th May and you’ll be in with a chance of winning.

Last Weeks winner (Issue 850): Tina Goulding Please come up to the OasisFm / Canarian Weekly offices to pick up your prize. You have until 30th May to pick up and use your vouchers.

This week’s letters: A C E H O R T V W This week’s mystery clue: Marc Guggenheim’s 2014 legal and espionage thriller has this title (9 letters).

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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

16

x4

-30

÷2

6

7

8

9

-3

x7

-12

3/8 of this

2

3

5

4

+11

÷4

Answer

Intermediate Starter Number

1

105

2/3 of this

+77

5/7 of this

6

7

8

9

+195

square root

-6

x12

1

2

3

5

4

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-22 Answer

Advanced Starter Number

240

55% of this

6

7

-19

÷7

-25 8

+13

4

x3 +105 9

x7

5

5/6 of this

Answer

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O R T H E 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.

9 3 7 8 1

8 1 2 7 2

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6

5

7 4 8

5 8 6 3

Last Issue's Answers:

4 1 5 8 9

Brain Training: Beginner: 13 Intermediate: 9

Advanced: 86

Making you think:

And 2 normal sudokus for you aswell...

4 9

6 1 4

1 8 3

8 5

3

9 7 1 6

1

6

2 9 6

9 3 7

9 7 5 2

1 3

4 6 8

7 1 5

4 8 2

2 5 1 8

8 6 4

2 1

5 7

9 3 2

Answer: 4. Working in rows, starting with the central row, add the left and right hand digits together and put the result in the central space. Repeat for the upper and lower rows, but put the result in the opposite central space.

Godoku:

Sudoku X:

2 6 8 1 3 4 5 7 9

4 3 7 5 6 9 8 2 1

5 1 9 7 8 2 4 3 6

3 4 5 6 2 7 1 9 8

6 9 2 4 1 8 3 5 7

7 8 1 3 9 5 6 4 2

9 2 6 8 4 3 7 1 5

1 5 4 2 7 6 9 8 3

8 7 3 9 5 1 2 6 4

Sudoku:

2 6 3 9 4 8 7 5 1

3 4 8 6 7 2 9 5 1

5 8 9 1 7 2 6 4 3

1 6 5 9 4 3 2 7 8

1 4 7 5 3 6 2 9 8

9 2 7 8 1 5 4 3 6

4 7 2 8 1 5 9 3 6

8 9 1 7 3 6 5 4 2

6 1 5 4 9 3 8 2 7

4 7 6 2 5 8 1 9 3

9 3 8 2 6 7 4 1 5

2 5 3 1 9 4 6 8 7

8 5 6 3 2 4 1 7 9

5 1 9 3 6 7 8 2 4

3 9 4 7 8 1 5 6 2

7 8 4 5 2 1 3 6 9

7 2 1 6 5 9 3 8 4

6 3 2 4 8 9 7 1 5

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British Consulate Address: Plaza Weyler, 8, 1º, 38003 Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Public opening hours: Tuesdays & Fridays: 08.30hrs – 13.30hrs Notarial services: Please consult our webpage or call 902 109 356 or alternatively +34 913 342 194 for further information on how to make an appointment. Please note, we are no longer able to provide notarial services without prior appointment.

Emergency Assistance: Assistance is available 24hrs a day, 7 days a week by calling us on 902 109 356 or alternatively +34 913 342 194 E-mail: info.consulate@fco. gov.uk Web:http//: ukin spain.fco.gov.uk Cosumer Office Tel: 922 76 16 00 Town Hall Tel: 922 76 16 00 Emergencies Emergency Services (All) Tel: 112

National Police - Tel: 091 Local Police Tel: 092 Ambulance Tel: 061 Fire Brigade Tel: 080 Guardia Civil Tel: 062 Multi-lingual police central office Tel: 902 102 112 Call this number and ask to speak to an English operator to make a report or official complaint.

Local Police Tel: 922 75 70 06 Red Cross Emergencies and Ambulances Tel: 922 28 18 00 Information and Blood Bank Tel: 922 28 29 24 International MEDSERVICE Tel: 922 79 05 63 Medical Benefits Agency Tel: (00 44) 191 218 7547 For if you find yourself in medical difficulties whilst on holiday and without the proper holiday insurance.

2nd May 2014 - 8th May 2014 Pharmacy Information and Locator (24 hours) Tel: 922 28 24 24 Citizen Information Tel: 010 Postal Services Tel: 902 19 71 97 International Operator Tel: 11825 Local Operator Tel: 11818 Tourist Information Tel: 922 60 55 90 Hospitals & Medical Centres (Answering Machine) Tel: 094 Hospital Las Americas, Playa de las Americas Tel: 922 75 00 22 Playa de Las Americas Centro Medicos Del Sur Tel: 922 79 10 00 Candelaria Hospital Tel: 922 60 20 00 Beach Safety Obey the beach warning flags and always supervise children when near water.

Red - Strong currents do not swim

Yellow - Strong winds and turbulent sea conditions.

Take care.

Green - Safe to swim Shopping Most shops open from Mon - Sat 09:00 - 13:00 then 16:00 - 20:00 Some shops may open for just Saturday Morning, and many shops are closed on Sundays and Tourist Offices, Bank Holidays, with the exception of souvenir shops which tend to open 7 days a week.

Tourist Offices Tenerife Sur Tourist Office (Main Tourist Office) Tel: 902 00 31 21 Santa Cruz de Tenerife Tel: 922 28 93 94 Santiago de Teide Tel: 922 86 03 48 Costa Adeje Tel: 922 75 06 33 Puerto de la Cruz Tel: 922 38 60 00 El Medano Tel: 922 17 60 02 La Laguna Tel: 922 63 11 94 La Orotava

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Tel: 922 32 30 41 Las Galletas Tel: 922 73 01 33 Los Cristianos Tel: 922 75 71 37 Los Llanos de Aridane Tel: 922 40 18 99 Playa de las Américas Tel: 922 79 76 68 Playa de las Vistas Tel: 922 78 70 11 Tour Operators TUI/ Thomson Tel: 922 77 77 20 Thomas Cook Tel: 922 757 409 Cosmos Tel: 922 793 802 Transport TFS - Tenerife Sur Airport (Reina Sofia) For flights from the Spanish mainland and nearly all scheduled international flights.

Telephone numbers: Flight Information 902 404 704 (lines open 24 hours) Airport Information Tel: 922 75 90 00 Tourist Information Tel: 922 392 037

TFN - Tenerife Norte airport (Los Rodeos) For all domestic flights and some scheduled international and mainland services.

Telephone numbers: Flight Information Tel: 902 404 704 (lines open 24 hours) General Information Tel: 922 635 800 Buses TITSA is Tenerife´s public bus company.

Tel: 922 53 13 00 The ´Bono-Bus´ discount card can be purchased from all TITSA stations and terminals of TITSA and reduces the cost of transport by up to 30%.

Radio Taxis Tel: 922 64 11 12 N.B. Taxi cabs display a special SP (Servico Público) licence plate.

Arona Taxis Tel: 922 74 75 11 National Ferry Services Fred Olsen Tel: 922 62 82 52

curtains, pillows, kitchen utensils, from 1-10 euros.

Electric griddle, 17 euros. Various tools, from 1-9 euros.

Patio furniture sets, from 5-70 euros. Lap top with strong shoulder case, 25 euros. Quality clothes: size 12-16 shoes, size 3-4, from 1-25 euros. All vgc. One week only! Tel: 627 219 001

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Deadline for Free ads is Tuesdays at 4pm. Up to 500 euros only.

Golf clubs Ping Irons 3, SW new grips, immaculate condition, offers over 100 euros. Wilson FG tour golf wedge, traction control 60 degrees, 10-degree bounce, brand new, 40 euros.

Tel: 922 794 495 Black Tule car roof box Karrite Odyssey 470 and Tule roof rack (foot pack and standard bars). Roof rack fits railing of Jeep Grand Cherokee Diesel model 2006. Box and rack vgc and working order, 200 euros. Headlights for Jeep Grand Cherokee Model 2006, (left and right headlight), suitable for left-hand traffic, 300 euros. Contact drgzza@gmail.com Kyocera A4 multi-function Laser B&W copier/printer colour scanner, (Model FS1118 MFP), perfect working order, 80 euros. Oki PC tower with Windows 7, perfect working order inc keyboard and mouse, 90 euros. Tel: 659 036 393.

Golf club sale, garage clear-out of good selection of drivers, fairway woods, all excellent condition, sensible offers accepted. Tel: 922 794 495 Picture-framing equipment: Morso foot-operated mitrecutter, 150 euros. Glass-cutter and large set-square, 5 euros. Framer’s staple gun and triangular staples, 5 euros.

Shrink-wrap equipment, inc 3 rolls of shrink-wrap plastic, 10 euros. Oval mount and glass-cutter, 5 euros. Various picture mouldings, all perfect lengths (approx 350metres), 350 euros. Artist’s studio easel, 20 euros. Tel: 922 797 638.

Quality external alarm, 99 euros. 6kg drying machine, 120 euros. 2 large pictures, nice frames, 40 euros each. Pair of quality long white curtains with blue border, 254cm x 214 cm, 28 euros. 2 large white-bordered mirrors, pure wool blankets satin bordered, sheet sets, hot tray table electric food warmer, 10 euros each. Sheets, towels, cushions,

Corner shower screen with curved sliding doors. 25 euros.

Golf balls second-hand, 15 for a euro. Tel: 676 654 253 Brass Cornet B&S Sonora (trumpet) in carry-case, 100 euros.

30lt elec boiler, 25 euros. Pine coffee table, 20 euros. Newborn baby car-seat 10 euros. New designer bag, black & pink, 40 euros. Large wall fan, 10 euros. White wash basin & pedestal, 15 euros. Large mean lean grilling machine, 25 euros. Small stainless steel elec chip pan, 10 euros. Tel: 699 199 392 or 922 794 790 Two pairs women’s mule-type sandals, different styles, both chocolate brown, unworn, size 8, 5 euros each. Man’s three-piece navy, thin pinstriped suit, slim-fit trousers, 38in, 10 euros. Large round bathroom mirror with beige plastic surround, 5 euros. Black-and-white leopard print squashy suitcase with wheels, 10 euros. Two pairs men’s jeans, 42in waist, 5 euros the pair. Pair of Brasil fluorescent yellow/green trainers, good condition, size 9/10, 5 euros.

Tel; 618 657 888.

Set of four blue-and-white striped folding patio/garden chairs. 15 euros. Set of four matching covers, 5 euros. Tel: 634 361 497.

Mercedes Benz aluminium wheel and tyres, 4 piece, 285/35 ZR 18, all 4 for 495 euros. Tel: 651 033 932 Sky-plus box with remote, 40 euros. Tel: 687 651 578 Alpinestars 2-piece racing leathers, medium, as new, 350 euros. Alpinestars ladies leather motor-cycle jacket, small, never used, 150 euros. Shoei crash helmet, small, never used, 200 euros. Shoei crash helmet, XL, open face, 50 euros. Shoei crash helmet, medium, full face, 30 euros.

Alpinestars riding boots, size 43, as new, 100 euros. Tel: 639 744 761 4ft-wide wardrobe, 3 doors, 5 drawers, wood effect, 40 euros ono. Computer desk, 39in wide, office style, 20 euros. White round table, 35 euros. Small pine dressing table, 2 drawers, 10 euros. Buyer collects. Tel: 634 042 025 or 634 138 975 1.5 litre Severin electric kettle, 15 euros. 1.7 litre gsc electric jug kettle, 10 euros. Tel: 922 733 299 Mobile phone, Samsung Galaxy S4, black, good as new,

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50cc Peugeot scooter, 400 euros. Tel: 670 877 158 Double bed settee with blue cover and 3 cushions. 100 euros. Tel: 634 056 845 3-in-1 games table for pool, ice hockey & table tennis with all accessories. Table approx 80cm high x 62cm wide x 1,200 cm long, vgc, 45 euros. Tel: 646 251 309.

Air-conditioning

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. Minioven, 20 euros. Tel: 686 336

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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.

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Jobs

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Garden. Parking. 750€ monthly. Tel: 627 219 001

Cars/BIKES

Mercedes Benz 500SL, 1994, convertible, 6,000 euros.

Tel: 647 928 223

Antiques ALADDINS CAVE. Antiques & Vintage Goods bought & sold Tel: 922 720 493

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Tenerife pay penalty

By Roscoe

Real Jaen 1 CD Tenerife 0 SCOUTS from Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United and, err, Newcastle, were in the stands to watch Ayoze Perez as Tenerife looked to extend their unbeaten record to six matches.

Unfortunately, the wonderkid had a quiet match, just like his team-mates. It was a poor spectacle and even though Tenerife controlled the first half - for me, they never really convinced.

The finishing was rushed, while the usual slick passing wasn’t there. Tenerife certainly missed the injured Suso, who spent most

of the match on Twitter, answering fans’ questions.

There was also a surprise debut in goal for Diego Rivas. He got the nod after Roberto went down with a flu bug, and he had a decent game.

Well, apart from one mad moment which we shall come to.

All of the sides around

Position

them dropped points, so Tenerife knew the importance of a win. But it just wasn’t there and, in the second half, the hosts looked the more likely winners.

They had former CDT players Ritchie Kitoko and Oscar Rico in their ranks. And even though they were in the relegation zone, they looked

Points

PLD

Won

1 RC Deportivo

63

36

18

Draw Lost 9

9

41

F A 27

2 SD Eibar

59

36

16

11

9

43

26

3 FC Barcelona B

57

36

17

6

13

49

39

4 CD Tenerife

54

36

15

9

12

46

41

5 UD Las Palmas

54

36

15

9

12

41

39

6 Real Sporting

53

36

13

14

9

55

47

7 RC Recreativo

52

36

14

10

12

47

47

8 Real Murcia CF

52

36

12

16

8

44

37

9 CE Sabadell FC

50

36

15

5

16

44

52

10 Córdoba CF

50

36

13

11

12

40

40

11 CD Lugo

49

36

13

10

13

37

42

12 CD Mirandés

48

36

13

9

14

36

44

13 Real Zaragoza

47

36

12

11

13

42

45

14 CD Numancia

45

36

9

18

9

36

35

15 SD Ponferradina

44

36

11

11

14

40

42

16 RCD Mallorca

44

36

11

11

14

42

53

17 AD Alcorcón

44

36

11

11

14

36

35

18 Real Jaén CF

43

36

11

10

15

37

42

19 Real Madrid CF Castilla

41

36

11

8

17

42

48

20 Hércules CF

41

36

10

11

15

38

52

21 Deportivo Alavés

41

36

10

11

15

48

50

22 Girona FC

40

36

9

13

14

44

45

the better team. Twice Rivas made fine saves, one from six yards, 10 minutes from time.

But it looked as though a good away point would be added to the tally until, in the final minute, Rivas lost the plot. Remember, he had already been sent off this season without entering the field of play.

A regulation cross was going harmlessly out of play, but for some reason Rivas went to push Mejia. There was the slightest of contacts.

Maybe.

And the ref David Perez pointed to the spot. Harsh? Certainly.

Stupid? You betcha!

Only Rivas knows what he was thinking.

Mejia spanked the ball past him from the spot and the Argentine striker lapped up the adulation.

It was a frustrating finish on a day to forget.

Every team can have an off-day - and let’s hope that’s all it was. To these eyes, the players looked “leggy”.

They travelled early for this match and, with a few players taking a couple of knocks and a little bug doing the rounds, it all led to this poor showing.

Nothing really changed in the table and, in reality, Tenerife are still third. Remember, Barca B do not count for promotion purposes.

It’s a good thing, too, as they are the best team in the league at the moment. They beat Las Palmas 2-0 last Saturday, and, trust me, it could have been more.

Denis Suarez, who they picked up from Man City in the summer for 4m quid, is looking a real player. And quite the bargain. Wouldn’t it be nice for Tenerife to spend 4m on a midfielder!

Talking of Las Palmas, the Tenerife clash is in Gran Canaria on Saturday week, with a 9pm kick off. And it will be live on TV Canarias.

This weekend, there is still some housekeeping to attend to, and Girona have to be beaten. They were excellent last year and were a little unlucky to lose the play-off final to Almeria.

And boy, have they had a hangover from that.

The squad remain essentially the same, but they haven’t got going at any stage.

Well, until last weekend when it all clicked and they accounted for

Real Zaragoza.

This came off the back of a fine effort in the derby with Barca B, and before that they mauled Mirandes 4-1 and Alcorcon 3-1.

They have hit form at the right time of the season and, whatever happens in Santa Cruz, I believe they will survive.

Former Tenerife favourite Juanlu Hens should start. He was a key player in the last side who won promotion to La Liga, and he will certainly get a good hand from the fans.

Gerard Bordas, if fit, is a wily old fox in the box and will be a threat, as will Juandro Costa,who has been scoring for fun recently.

In fact, he has now notched 34 in the last four seasons. Not bad for a 35-year-old central midfielder. Sunday will be no walk in the park.

Congratulations are in order! Alvaro Cervera is the manager of the month for April, while Ayoze Perez is the league’s player of the month.

Finally, this week saw the club’s annual meeting and, for once, it went rather well. Club president Miguel Concepcion says the club is on course to be debtfree by the end of 2016, and the club is ahead of its long term schedule.

He also puts on record his delight at what manager Alvaro Cervera has done. A new contract has been agreed in principle and he is “very hopeful” that the cream of the team will sign new deals.

He confirmed that Ayoze Perez is under contract until the end of next season and hopes the player will stay. But he did concede that if a “really big” club came in, then Tenerife would not stand in his way.

Also, young centre-half Bruno, out of contract in July and seemingly unwilling to sign a new one, could stay after all.

Deportivo

Eibar

CD Tenerife

Las Palmas

Recreativo

Real Murcia

Sporting Gijon

A vs Lugo

A vs Mallorca

H vs Girona

A vs Real Zaragoza

H vs Numancia

A vs Hercules

A vs Alcorcon

A vs Alaves

H vs Ponfferradina

A vs Las Palmas

H vs Tenerife

A vs Real Jaen

H vs Mirandes

H vs Hercules

H vs Eibar

A vs Deportivo

H vs Cordoba

A vs Castilla

H vs Girona

A vs Barca B

A vs Mirandes

A vs Numancia

H vs Alaves

A vs Sabadell

H vs Recreativo

A vs Las Palmas

H vs Real Zaragoza

H vs Barca B

H vs Real Jaen

H vs Lugo

H vs Real Murcia

A vs Mallorca

H vs Cordoba

A vs Tenerife

A vs Real Zaragoza

A vs Girona

A vs Numancia

A vs Sporting Gijon

H vs Ponferradina

A vs Sabadell

A vs Castilla

H vs Tenerife

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Double is still on Hammers

The Tenerife Pool Tables Cup final will be between Tenerife Hammers A and Inn The Pink B next month.

It’s a delicious final because both sides lead their respective divisions.

For the Hammers, it will be a chance to erase their heartbreaking cup final loss a year ago at the hands of Phoenix Knights.

They booked their place with a comfortable win over old rivals Gaffers A, who were without the influential Ashley.

Gaffers made a lightning start as bossman Neil seven-balled Jambo.

And when they went 2-0 up, they would have been confident.

This was swiftly 2-1, before Gary had a straight black to restore the two- frame lead. But he jawed it, Fritzel cleared up and Hammers put their foot down.

They won all the remaining frames to demoralise Gaffers,

whose season is effectively over now.

It was much harder for Inn The Pink B, who needed to show character to squeeze past James Place.

There was little between the teams and James is still working out how he lost all three of his frames. Ultimately, that proved the difference.

The Tenerife Pool Tables Plate final is an all-Division One affair.

Treehouse A were never in trouble against a strangely off-key Bluebell B, while again the second semi was much closer.

Inn The Pink A made a quick start, and even though Peacocks chased back, last year’s Plate runnersup were always behind the eight ball.

Pink got home in frame 10, only for Peacocks to make it respectable by taking the dead rubbers.

There were two Division One matches, and it was a mixed week for Dreamers A. On Monday, they were too strong for relegation favourites Terrace A. In fact, the 8-4 scoreline flattered the

Division 2 results

Division 1 Results Phoenix Potters Dreamers A

8-4 8-4

Dreamers A Terrace Bar A

Division 1 Table

Table P W D L F A +- PTS 1 Tenerife Hammers A 32 29 1 2 261 123 138 88 2 Gaffers A 31 25 3 3 244 128 116 78 3 Phoenix Knights 32 15 9 8 211 173 38 54 4 Dreamers A 32 15 5 12 204 180 24 50 5 Phoenix Potters 32 14 7 11 198 186 12 49 6 Inn The Pink A 32 13 6 13 203 181 22 45 7 Palms Bar A 32 12 8 12 189 195 -6 44 8 Bar La Cana A 32 13 5 14 177 207 -30 44 9 Exiles A 31 12 6 13 182 190 -8 42 10 Tenerife Hammers C 32 9 3 20 171 213 -42 30 11 The Peacocks 30 8 6 16 158 202 -44 30 12 The Treehouse A 30 8 5 17 162 198 -36 29 13 Terrace Bar A 32 8 4 20 158 226 -68 28 14 Toscales A 32 4 4 24 134 250 -116 16 Division 1 Top Ten standings Name

frames

won

win %

1. Tenerife Hammers A Jambo

88

72

81,82%

2. Gaffers A Neil

93

72

77,42%

3. Tenerife Hammers A Paul

82

63

76,83%

4. Gaffers A Ash

85

64

75,29%

5. Tenerife Hammers A Wez

90

62

68,89%

6. Gaffers A Lee

82

53

64,63%

7. Inn The Pink A John

86

55

63,95%

8. Phoenix Knights Harry

86

52

60,47%

9. Tenerife Hammers C Tony

96

58

60,42%

10. Dreamers A Tommy

78

47

60,26%

“suicide squad”. But a different match ensued 24 hours later, when they lost at Phoenix Potters. The scoreline was the same, but Potters were always in control. It was Dream-

ers’ second straight road defeat.

It’s as you were in Division Two, with both leading sides winning easily. Inn The Pink B, whose tails were up after their cup suc-

Bluebell B Dreamers B Exiles B Gaffers B Palms Bar B Shorty’s Gaffers C Next Door Hoppys Bar

8-4 Terrace Bar B 4-8 Picasso’s A 9-3 Next Door 2-10 Inn The Pink B 9-3 2JZ 8-4 Toscales B 4-8 Tenerife Pool Tables 8-4 Gaffers B 7-5 Treehouse B

Division 2 table

Table P W D L F A +- PTS 1 Inn The Pink B 29 23 4 2 231 117 114 73 2 Palms Bar B 29 23 2 4 227 121 106 71 3 Exiles B 29 18 6 5 222 126 96 60 4 James Place 27 19 3 5 208 116 92 60 5 Bluebell B 28 19 3 6 191 145 46 60 6 Terrace Bar B 29 16 5 8 195 153 42 53 7 Kandi 13 28 14 5 9 185 151 34 47 8 2JZ 30 13 6 11 186 174 12 45 9 Bluebell A 28 13 5 10 174 162 12 44 10 Gaffers B 28 12 5 11 172 164 8 41 11 Hoppys Bar 28 11 7 10 169 167 2 40 12 Gaffers C 29 11 5 13 174 174 0 38 13 Toscales B 28 9 4 15 152 184 -32 31 14 Next Door 29 9 3 17 154 194 -40 30 15 Tenerife Pool Tables 28 7 4 17 142 194 -52 25 16 Picasso’s A 30 6 3 21 137 223 -86 21 17 Treehouse B 27 6 1 20 124 200 -76 19 18 Shorty’s 28 3 1 24 110 226 -116 10 19 Dreamers B 28 1 2 25 87 249 -162 5 cess, smashed an under-strength Gaffers B 10-2, while secondplace Palms B were just as dominant over 2JZs. There is a good scrap for third place. Exiles B and Bluebell B kept the pressure up on James

Place with wins, while Next Door, Shortys, Picasso’s and Hoopys also drank from the victory cup.

Tenerife Pool Tables had a rare away win, thanks to young Harley, who completed a hattrick!

A different ball game next season WE’RE into the final couple of matches, and Oasis Fm’s Fantasy Football League has been a learning curve.

Next year, I suspect, we’ll see a much tighter, harder-fought competition because, as I have mentioned previously, you can certainly tell who has played fantasy football before.

In the fantasy world in general, this week’s top point-scoring team

featured three players from a resurgent Man Utd. How the fans must be wishing the United board had taken the decision earlier in the season to get rid of Moyes because their league position might just have been a little different.

Arsenal and Swansea were both represented by two players, including in-form Wilfried Bony.

The rest of the team comprised players from Chelsea, Southampton, Man City and Sunderland.

In the Oasis League, Steve Schofield has the title wrapped up, with a 97-point at the top.

He won’t be dropping that many points to his rivals over the final three-point scoring opportunities.

Team of the Week accolade goes to James Ferraby and his Turbin Terrorists, who scored a superb 87 points.

As a result, he charged through into second place, above Andy Palmer, but there are only a couple of points in it.

The battle of the DJs is also heating up. Ro-

scoe narrowed the gap on Adi to just 26 points, after the latter dropped from 10th position to 13th.

It is certainly going to be a tight finish, and Roscoe believes he has the momentum to come out on top.

Chris Elkington is 40 points adrift of Roscoe, and he’ll find that gap difficult to make up.

And Maggie has other things to worry about now, especially with her beloved Birmingham City facing relegation this weekend!

Top Ten standings Pos

team name

player

this week

1

Tenerife Hotspur

Steven Schofield

56

total pts 2,260

2

Turbin Terrorists

James Ferraby

87

2,163

3

Premier Sat Utd

Andy Palmer

41

2,160

4

Over land and sea

Paul Tregent

30

2,142

5

@Jony_TF

Jonay Diaz

39

2,134

6

Blacktower Finance

Laura Mann

55

2,127

7

Summerland Saints

Jeff Hall

46

2,126

8

The Spartans

Jamie Palmer

64

2,090

9

Shankly’s Best

Michael Dwyer

45

2,063

10

Burghill Rovers

Stephen Snook

54

2,030

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Ecclestone: My life’s work was in danger THE “bribery” trial of Bernie Ecclestone, the billionaire Formula One chief, is underway

It should go on until September and threatens to wreck his decades-long stranglehold on worldwide motorracing.

Prosecutors have accused the 83-year-old Briton of bribing banker Gerhard Gribkowsky by channelling £26 million to him. It was payment, they maintain, in return for him smoothing the sale of a stake in Formula One to CVC, a private equity company, eight years ago.

They say Ecclestone favoured CVC as the new F1 owner because it was committed to keeping him on as chief executive of the business.

Ecclestone, who denies the charge, became a billionaire by building motor-racing into a global money-spinner over the past four decades.

He is battling to save his job - and his reputation - but faces up to 10 years in jail if convicted.

Gribkowsky, who is expected to give evidence, was jailed for more than eight years in Munich in 2012 for tax evasion and corruption, in relation to payments from Ecclestone. Peter Noll, who presided over that trial, is also the head judge in this latest case.

Ecclestone told the court in a 100-page statement, read out in German by his lawyer Sven Thomas: “Gribkowsky did not tell the truth at crucial points.”

The pint-sized F1 boss, who has pleaded not guilty, is adamant

that he was the victim of coercion by Gribkowsky.

He said Gribkowsky was threatening to make damaging claims about his tax affairs, which could have cost him and his family much of their fortune.

“I saw my life’s work in danger,” he said in his statement, which was why he had paid the money to Gribkowsky.

Ecclestone, sat at a wooden desk flanked by his lawyers and with an interpreter at his side to translate for him on the first day of a case, which is scheduled to go on until September.

CVC remains the largest shareholder in the business, which generates annual revenues of over £893m from its series of grand prix races around the world.

The company’s cochairman, Donald Mac-

kenzie, has said he would axe Ecclestone if he were found guilty of wrong-doing.

Despite his age, Ecclestone attends almost every grand prix race, and is still central to the sport’s commercial success.

He has always dismissed talk of retirement, and there is no obvious replacement when he does finally quit, or is forced out.

Uncertainty over his future makes it hard to revive stalled efforts to launch a Stock Market flotation of Formula One, after a planned listing in Singapore was abandoned because of turbulent markets two years ago.

The trial will be held every one or two weeks because of Ecclestone’s business commitments and the next hearing takes place today (Friday).

It’s the Real thing for Madrid giants MADRID football fans were celebrating a unique double this week because Real and Atletico will face each other in the Champions League Final after two magnificent semi-final displays.

It will be the first time one city has provided both finalists, and they will square up at Portugal’s Lisbon Stadium on Saturday, 24th May. Atletico shocked just about everyone by beating Barcelona in the quarter-finals, drawing 1-1 away and then poaching the only goal at home to get through.

But when Chelsea squeezed a 0-0 draw at Atletico in last week’s semi-final first leg, it seem odds-on another

Champions League final for them.

Their dreams were shattered on Wednesday, however, as the Spanish side outplayed them in the second half at Stamford Bridge to win 3-1.

Real Madrid were always favourites to reach the semi-finals, especially with goal-king Cristiano Ronaldo in peak form.

But no one could possibly have foretold that they would whip defending champions Bayern Munich out of sight- especially not in Germany!

They limped through the first leg 1-0, and were thankful to do so, but what happened this week was nothing short of spectacular.

Bayern, rated the best team of all just 12 months ago, were humiliated 4-0 in front of their own fans, with Ronaldo - who else? picking up two goals.

These teams have already met four times this season, with Atletico winning once (1-0 September) on 28th and Real twice (both legs of their Copa del Rey semi-final). And they drew their most recent clash 2-2 on 2nd March.

Their Champions League history, however, is quite different.

Atletico haven’t reached a final since 1974, while Real Madrid, though winning nine European titles, haven’t got as far as a final since 2002.

To add spice to the occasion, both are also in the hunt for the La Liga title, with Atletico topping the table on 88 points and Real still in the running with 82 points, and a game in hand.

Atletico lack both the budget and overall depth of squads like Real and Barcelona, yet they could be in line for the double.

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PREMIER LEAGUE PREVIEW

By Adi Benson THIS time last week, my beloved Liverpool virtually had one hand on the trophy … and then they ran into the Chelsea team bus on Sunday.

They seemed to run out of ideas during their 2-0 defeat at Anfield, so have they also run out of steam and gifted the title to Man City?

West Ham v Spurs (Saturday, 12.45pm) West Ham fans have certainly let it be known in recent games that they are fed up with the dour face of Sam Allardyce, and the fact that his team’s football is about as attractive as Susan Boyle!

This is their last home game of the season, and they will want to finish on a high. But all I can see is more fans’ protests.

Spurs need to take four points from their final two games to ensure Europa League football, and this should be a step in the right direction.

Prediction: Away win Swansea v Soton (Saturday, 3pm) Wilfried Bony is a striker in form for Swansea, who will do well to hang on to him in the summer. But he has come good at the right time. Garry Monk may get the manager’s job permanently and if he does, I hope he keeps hold of his Bony, (you’ve got to love a good innuendo).

If the papers are to believed, there will be a mass exodus from Southampton in the summer: Lallana to Liverpool, Shaw to Man Utd, manager Pochettino to Spurs.

So St Marys could be a lonely place at the start of the season - even tea-lady Doris is linked with a move to West Ham (as a striker).

Yet Saints have had a good season this year and, with a bit more steel, they could have challenged for a European place. But

the summer is going to be tricky.

Prediction: Home win Stoke v Fulham (Saturday, 3pm) Stoke could well be the pantomime villain this weekend if they pick up a win here and results go against visiting Fulham, who could be relegated.

That said, Stoke are more like an ugly sister.

Their football has improved to a point under Mark Hughes this season, but they still like a tough game and a red card!

Fulham should have been out of the bottom three last week, but they threw away a two-goal lead against Hull, and you just can’t do that at this stage in the season.

They need to apply pressure to Norwich and Sunderland - and anything less than a win will be unacceptable.

Prediction: Draw Newcastle v Cardiff (Saturday, 3pm) Another club where the fans want the manager out - and you have to love their humour. At the Arsenal game on Monday, the fans were chanting: “Pardew, what’s your excuse this time?”

He has been at pains to blame everybody and everything. But the truth of the matter is that his players have been on holiday for some weeks. Surely this game against Cardiff, though, should see them finish the campaign off with a home win?

Cardiff are bottom of the pile, but just two points from safety, yet they are playing like a team who are down, Last weekend

against Sunderland compounded that, and they must now be planning for life back in the Championship.

Prediction: Home win Man Utd v Sunderland (Saturday, 3pm) The Giggs factor certainly worked last week, and there is no truth that he did it from his brother’s bedroom! They looked a different team against Norwich. Then again, I could have won three points against an awful Canaries side. Wayne Rooney and Juan Mata looked sharp as well.

Sunderland will offer a different type of test.

Connor Wickham is in the form of his life, and he will give the

brittle United defence something to think about.

Prediction: Draw Aston Villa v Hull (Saturday, 3pm) Villa are just three points above the relegation places, but they have a game in hand and may need it because over the last few months, they have been poor. They need every chance available to pick points up to stay safe, and they need money investing in the summer by Chairman Randy Lerner (no that isn’t another name for a trainee porn star).

For Hull, it is “mission accomplished” this season.

They have stayed up and earned

an FA Cup Final place - and with it, European football next season!

With some clever transfers once the window opens, they could well be a top-10 team next season.

Prediction: Away win Everton v Man City (Saturday, 5.30pm) For the first time in many years, the red half of Merseyside will be supporting their bitter rivals in blue.

Everton can still have a really big say in the title race, and could help out Liverpool.

So we have a situation where the Reds’ fans will be cheering Everton on, and the Everton fans will be screaming for City!

But Everton have been poor recently and, with a long injury list, they may be there for the taking.

City cruised past Palace at the weekend and know that three wins will give them the title again. But I think City will have to dig deep to grind a win out of this one.

Prediction: Home win (Ed: In your dreams.

Away win!)

Arsenal v West Brom (Sunday, 1.30pm) Arsenal looked back on track against Newcastle on Monday and that win cemented fourth place for them

- and a Champions League qualifier. West Brom just about fell over the finishing line like an asthmatic marathon runner in the race for survival, but they are safe.

Pepe Mel started the manager’s job a little shakily, but he has got them picking points up and, more importantly, has put them above Villa. Is he the man to take them forward next season?

Prediction: Home win Chelsea v Norwich (Sunday, 4pm) I don’t think Chelsea will need to park the team bus for this one because Norwich are certainly not a threat as an attacking force.

I have to say (and this really sticks in the throat) that Mourinho got his tactics right last Sunday. It wasn’t pretty, but football is all about the result, and they went home from Anfield with the points.

This game will be a little easier, but they know even after last week’s win, that they could still finish third.

Realistically, they should have been out of sight but Sunderland, Crystal Palace and Villa have cost them dearly.

Norwich have slipped into the bottom three and have a horrendous run-in, so I can’t see them staying up. They need to regroup, get the right manager in and, possibly, come straight back up next year!

Prediction: Home win C Palace v Liverpool (Monday, 8pm) Palace have been on a good run of late, but they were put in their place by Man City. The early goal they conceded threw the game-plan out of the window, but they should be sharper against a Liverpool side who could kick off in third place. What a difference a week makes!

Palace are still only a point behind Stoke, and how manager Tony Pulis would like to finish above his previous employers.

Liverpool know the league is now out of their hands. But as we have seen on so many occasions this year, twists and turns can still happen.

Prediction: Away win

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