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Issue 862 18th July - 24th July 2014

Road progress

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Inside this week...

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Vital North-South link will cut travelling times

THE eagerlyawaited Tenerife ring road will move a stride closer to completion next week when a vital stage of the ambitious development is opened to the public.

The project is grossly over budget - and so much past the original completion date that nobody could agree on when the finished road was meant to open.

There are still some large obstacles to overcome before everything is finished, including some costing issues, but progress is being made.

The crucial link between La Mancha, which is a kilometre north of Icod de los Vinos and Santiago del Teide, has now been completed, and we understand it will open next Saturday (26th July).

Our Cabildo source said: “There are still a couple of things to be signed off before everything is totally finished, but the road will be open by the end of the month.”

This stretch has proved to be one of the more problematic pieces of the jigsaw. The topography of the land around Santiago del Teide, which incorporates the Masca region leading to El Ta n q u e , is visually stunning. But it is also a logistical nightmare for a multilane motorway.

While the stretch has been nearing completion for a while, a separate problem developed on the easier stretch, from Icod to El Tanque.

This section is more than three months

past its completion date - it should have been signed off on 31st March.

It is understood that some last-minute changes to the original project have caused the delay on what will be one of the most frequented stretches of the project.

One of the jobs delaying the scheme is the integration of the La Vera tunnel, located in Icod, to the central stretch of road.

This seems to stem from a disagreement between the contractor and Jose Luis Delgado, Te n e r i f e ’ s Minister of Roads.

Apparently, the problem was not the road itself but the installation of a pedestrian walkway in the Los Moriscos region. A change of route would cost 300,000 euros, and neither side was prepared to pay for this.

Also, there were a few infrastructure issues in the town of Icod,

which took some time to resolve. And to date, the stretch of the road between Icod and El Tanque has cost over 130 million euros.

But the opening of this new motorway will have huge economic and social benefits for both the North and the South of Tenerife.

In an instant, the journey times will be slashed - and it is believed that a trip from Adeje to Puerto de la Cruz will take less than 45 minutes.

Currently, that journey involves going up the TF1 to Santa Cruz before switching to the TF5. It adds many kilometres to the trip and takes a good 80 minutes on average.

The greatly-reduced journey time really does open up the entire Island. One excursion owner told Canarian Weekly: “This is the news lots of us have been waiting to hear. If it’s only an hour from Puerto to Las Americas in a coach, all our trips and night excursions are suddenly available to a new market.

“It also means that having a night out in the North, or a lazy weekend away, is so much easier.”

While the opening of this “ring road” section is great news, there is some bad news on the stretch which, in theory, should have been opened a long time ago.

The “southern section” of the ring, between Adeje and Santiago del Teide, is no closer to being opened. And it is widely believed to be at least 18 months away from being fully completed.

There are many problems. Funding is the big elephant in the room, the link to set up a new port is dragging its feet, and there are still problems in getting the Erques viaduct sorted.

Juan Medina, CEO of the Road Infrastructure, said this week that the new link between Fonsalia and Guía de Isora “has only just started”.

He added: “By this point, we expected that the project would be ready by the end of the first quarter of this year.”

There have been problems between Santiago del Teide and Tejina, said Medina, because “it was necessary to move a major power line”.

Jose Luis Delgado criticised the South delays, saying: “It will be completed by the first quarter of next year at the earliest. This part will take about four or five months but it depends on a number of factors.

“Also, we have to get the Erques viaduct sorted, so everything is at a critical stage. Until all that is done, you cannot engage in the stretch between Adeje and Tejina.”

The Canarian Government put another four million euros into the pot recently for this job, but more than one million will help finance the viaduct project.

Spiralling costs, unrealistic expectations and a plethora of political arguments has hampered the project no end.

But at least there is some light at the end of the tunnel, and next week’s opening of the new section is a welcome boost.

Day trips to Puerto may fast become the fashion this summer!

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BBC sitcom will be shot in the Canaries A MAJOR new television sitcom will be filmed in Gran Canaria this year.

BBC One has confirmed that 75% of Woody will be shot in the Canaries in September and October.

The six-parter, set on a fictional Spanish island, features comedian Bradley Walsh, who has recently been in Law & Order: UK, and Fonejacker star Kayvan Novak.

Novak plays an undercover reporter called Woody, who is forced to go on the run from the British authorities after being set up by a corrupt newspaper editor.

He turns to the one man he can trust, his former mentor at the newspaper, Brutus, played by Walsh, now an ex-pat living a quiet life and running a restaurant.

Initially Brutus and Woody don’t see eye to eye, but they soon start working together.

Woody takes on a series of investigations on the island and, together with Brutus, they start to make their mark on the island, with hilarious consequences.

Respected comedy writers Neil Webster (8 out of 10 cats) and Charlie Skelton (Argumental, A League Of Their Own) are behind the show.

Webster will share directing duties with The Inbetweeners’ director Ben Palmer, and the programme is being made by Happy Tramp Productions.

Walsh said: “I can’t wait to start working on Woody. To be working with Kayvan again is great. To be working for the BBC, the iconic home of British sitcom is, for me personally, a lifelong ambition fulfilled. To say I’m thrilled is an understatement.”

The order for a six-episode series follows a successful pilot, which was shot last year. Kayvan Novak said: “Woody is the part I have dreamed of playing since I was

a kid. That and Boba Fett.”

Shane Allen, Controller of BBC Comedy Commissioning, has high hopes for the show.

“Woody is a really ambitious, colourful, feelgood comedy with two lovable rogues at the heart of it in Kayvan and Bradley,” he said.

“They’ll bring sunshine and laughs to BBC One.” Ben Palmer added: “Woody is a silly, bighearted piece of escapism that all the fam-

ily can enjoy. As well as Kayvan’s incredible talents as a character comedian, we can’t wait to let the double act of Kayvan and Bradley loose on the world. And we get to work in the sun!”

It is understood that most of the filming will take place in Gran Canaria, and location scouting is well underway. The central location is said to be based in Puerto Mogan and Maspalomas, and there will also be some filming

in the zoo at Palmitos Park, also in the south of Gran Canaria, The BBC has pencilled in a provisional airing for February.

José Miguel Bravo de Laguna. Gran Canaria Cabildo President, was delighted with the announcement, which was made with the Gran Canaria Film Commission.

He said: “We will provide logistical support to this great project, and this shows that we can be a world leader in the audio-visual in-

dustry.” At Tuesday’s press conference, Neil Webster was joined by production manager Karen Norton, local producer Denis Pedregosa and the Cabildo head.

Webster said: “We’re over the moon that BBC One has given us the opportunity to bring the lovable, lunatic Woody to life. It’s like all my Fletch/Magnum/Minder dreams have come true at once.”

Webster, when asked whether the ‘island” would be called Gran Canaria, said: “We are not sure because, as it is written now it’s an island without trace. But everyone in England, the press and viewers will know that this is Gran Canaria.”

Meanwhile, from the production Gran Babieka, Miguel Ruz said there will be a distribution that will keep track of the series to other territories worldwide.

Denis Pedregosa, asked about the tax incentives on such a project, said: “It has a massive importance to the Canary audio-visual productions.

It’s very important, and the favourable tax

deduction for the production is a very powerful tool to sell the island as a set and attract more projects.”

The Cabildo President was equally excited because it places a special emphasis on the island.

“We have here a miniature continent,” he said.

“We’ve a natural set to attract the filming of movies, drama series and audio-visual productions of any kind.

“It is a strong and firm commitment of the Corporation to convert the island into the set of film productions. We are in excellent condition, both climatic and technical. “This kind of project which is forming more and more on the islands, is creating a “film culture” - and this is very important.”

The BBC project is the latest in what is now becoming a long line of filming on the Archipelago.

The Clash of the Titans film a few years ago paved the way and already, film companies and now production houses are moving in.

Ron Howard filmed his latest film here, and even the Belgian sitcom Familie has been shot here this year.

Thousands pay homage to sailors’ Patron Saint ONE of the most important traditions on the archipelago saw a mammoth 130,000 people flock to Plaza del Charco in Puerto de la Cruz for the arrival of the Virgen del Carmen and San Telmo vessel.

Organising Councillor Juan Carlos Marrero described the festivities as magnificent. “Some things were improved over the last year and the influx was greater.” he said.

“It was an amazing response because, in recent years, there has been some trouble during the event.”

But Marrero said it all went off peacefully “The

city feared there could be what visitors experienced in 2011 and 2012” he admitted. “But people had fun and were respecting each other.

“The behaviour of our people has been exemplary, and I want to thank the citizens of Puerto de la Cruz.

The attitude was noteworthy.” The festivities marked the Patron Saint of Sailors’ Day, paying respect to the Virgin del Carmen. It’s a centuries-old tradition, involving lots of colour and song.

At the height of the celebrations, more than 50,000 people were singing Ave Maria.

The Mayor, Marcos Brito, who was delighted with the entire day, said: “The whole area of ​​ the Plaza del Charco was full of terraces with tables and chairs, and the people all enjoyed themselves.”

Police chief Luis Miguel Rodríguez added: “The

holidays this year were very safe. We have eradicated all evils of past holidays.

“There were no water guns, no water bombs and no major altercations. No water from balconies was thrown, and I hope that all that behaviour has been consigned to history.”

Previous years’ celebrations saw some overrefreshed youths and sailors engage in running “battles”, which had a knock-on effect, sparking some real fights.

This caused a tense atmosphere, but it seems the bad apples have decided to mend their ways.

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Inflation kept in check THE Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by just 0.1% year-on-year in June - one tenth of a point less than in May.

That’s the figure according to data published by the Spanish National Statistics Institute (INE).

This slight moderation in the rate of inflation corresponds mainly to foodstuffs and energy products.

It refers particularly to electricity and certain food items such as oils and fats, fresh fruit and potatoes, which continue to balance out the strong rise recorded last year.

Non-energy industrial goods have maintained their annual rate, while services have increased slightly. The general CPI rate in June has not changed from the previous month.

The year-on-year rate posted by the price of unprepared foodstuffs fell by 1.1% in June to -3.8%. This moderation is because of various items, such as potatoes and fresh fruit.

If you discount the strong increase posted a year ago as a result of the adverse weather conditions in the second quarter of 2013, the annual rate has moderated significantly.

The annual rate of fresh potatoes and potato preparations has fallen by 9.8% and fresh fruit by 4.1% to -19.7% and -9.6% respectively.

In general, the majority of the items under the heading of fresh foods have seen a moderation in their annual rates.

The price of energy products recorded a year-on-year rate of 2.6% in June - 0.4% less than in May. This decrease down to the electricity tariff because, in that month, consumers were reimbursed with the amounts overcharged in the first six months of the year.

The annual rate of this item has fallen from 9.4% to 7.1%, with a monthly fall of 2.1%.

The main component - solid and liquid fuels - rose by 0.3% year-onyear to 1.1%, a trend which is in line with the

increase in petrol prices.

Underlying inflation maintained a flat rate in June for the second consecutive month.

This stability, because of the slight increase in services, has been offset by a downward trend in prepared foodstuffs.

Non-energy industrial goods have also maintained a flat rate yearon-year.

Services posted an increase in annual inflation of 0.1% in June to 0.3%, largely through the heading of interurban public transport, which increased its annual rate by 0.8% to 4.3%, as a result of a new hike in air transport prices (3.1%).

Tourism and the hotel and catering industry maintained their annual rate of inflation at 0.5%.

Prices of non-energy industrial goods fell by 0.5% year-on-year, the same as in the previous month.

Prepared foodstuffs, including beverages and tobacco, moderated their annual rate in June by 0.4% to 0.2%.

This downward trend can be largely explained by the heading of oils and fats, which posted an annual rate of -14.4%, which was - 2.6% lower than in May. And, to a lesser extent, by the lower annual change of other headings such as sugar, alcoholic beverages and milk.

The CPI remained stable in June against the previous month, through the lower prices of prepared foodstuffs and non-energy

industrial goods, which fully offset the higher prices of services and fresh foodstuffs. There was no change in energy products.

Fresh foodstuffs increased by 0.4% in the month, while prepared foodstuffs fell by 0.3%, mainly as a result of cheaper prices of potatoes (-4.3%), fresh legumes and vegetables (-3.3%), oils and fats (-2.7%) sugar (-1.8%), and a 5.4% rise in fruit.

Services increased by 0.3%, mainly through tourism and the hotel and catering industry (0.7%). And, within this heading, by organised travel (4.3%) plus hotels and other accommodation (3.6%), as well as inter-urban public transport (1.6%), particularly air transport (3.1%) and car insurance (1.9%).

There was no change in the price of energy products in June, because of the 0.8% growth in its main item - solid and liquid fuels - which was wholly offset by the fall in the electricity tariff (-2.1%).

The price of non-energy industrial goods fell by 0.4% month-onmonth, mainly through clothing and footwear (down by 1.3%) in anticipation of the summer sales.

Four of the 17 autonomous regions posted a higher year-on-year rate of inflation than the national average in June.

The highest inflation was posted in the Balearic Islands and the Basque Country (both at 0.5%), followed by

Catalonia (0.4%) and Galicia (0.3%).

The CPI in Castile-Leon matched the national average (0.1%).

The remaining autonomous regions posted rates of inflation below the national average: Aragon, the Region of Valencia, Madrid and La Rioja with flat rates and the rest with negative

inflation; particularly worthy of mention being Extremadura as the most deflationist autonomous region (-0.5%).

The year-on-year CPI rate at constant taxes stood at 0.1% in June, the same as the general CPI rate, 0.1% lower than the previous month. Underlying inflation at constant tax rates posted a flat rate.

The year-on-year rate for energy stood at 2.7%, compared with 3% in May, while the year-on-year rate for unprepared foodstuffs was -3.8% (-2.7% in May).

Within the core of underlying inflation at constant taxes, the price of non-energy industrial goods was -0.5% year-on-year, prepared foodstuffs rose by 0.1%, compared with 0.5% the previous month, while the price of services increased by 0.3%, which was just 0.1% higher than in May. The INE also published the harmonised CPI (HCPI) for June, the annual rate of which is flat (0.2 points

lower than in the previous month). When compared with the annual rate estimated by Eurostat for the Eurozone as a whole (0.5%), the inflation differential remains positive for Spain at 0.5%, which was 0.2% less than in May. In summary, inflation moderated to 0.1% last month because of the price trends of some of the most volatile items of the CPI, such as nonprepared foodstuffs, and energy prices, particularly the electricity tariff.

This price containment is being welcomed as it will facilitate the ongoing wage moderation, which will have a positive impact on the competitiveness of domestic production and on exports.

Similarly, it will enable the purchasing power of wages and pensions to be maintained, which will foster domestic consumption and have a knock-on effect on fostering the recovery in production and employment.

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Bermudez to run again SANTA Cruz Mayor Jose Manuel Bermudez will be standing for office again next year.

He received the unanimous support of his Canary Coalition party to continue his reign in 2015.

His nomination came as no surprise, but it was rumoured that he might want a return to more national politics.

On Monday the Local Assembly of CC members in Santa Cruz voted to recognise Bermudez officially as their candidate for the capital’s municipality.

There was some bick-

ering in the ranks earlier in the year about Bermudez, with some senior figures suggesting he should step up to a wider platform.

But once the Mayor indicated he was happy to continue, the party closed ranks. He was given a unanimous support, with no votes against him! Mind you, he was the only candidate!

Bermudez said: “I feel supported, and not only from my party and its members, but also by many supporters who came because they believe in my project for Santa Cruz.

And this project is for everyone.”

Bermudez’s confirma-

tion begins what will be a long race, and he said: “We have 84 districts in this capital, so there is a lot of work to do to push across our message and our belief in the project.

“We must keep our feet on the ground because we have work to do. All I can say, with humility, is that I received the unanimous support to me and my project part.

There must be rigorous work for the good of all the residents of Santa Cruz.”

Bermudez, who has held office for three years, was parachuted into the Mayor’s job after his time as the Cabildo’s Tourism Minister.

But it has not been

the easiest of rides for him. Harsh budget cuts, high employment and a need to modernise have led to some tough decisions.

There is a feeling that he has been strong and that he is doing a good job. But there are still some obstacles to overcome, and his re-election is no shoo-in.

His councillors often seem at war, and there have been a few public spats recently which have not been addressed. properly.

But with his party’s backing, and the election ticket seemingly bullet-proof, he does have the time and now, the focus, to sort things out.

Minister Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría Antón, VicePresident of the Government, Minister for the Presidency and Government Spokesperson José Manuel GarcíaMargallo y Marfil Minister for Foreign Affairs and Co-operation Pedro Morenés Eulate, Minister for Defence Cristóbal Montoro Romero, Minister for the Treasury and Public Administration Services Jorge Fernández Díaz, Minister for Home Affairs Ana Pastor Julián, Minister for Public

Works · José Manuel Soria López, Minister for Industry, Energy and Tourism Luis de Guindos Jurado, Minister for Economic Affairs and Competition, Jorge Moragas Sánchez, Director of the President of the Government’s Office Gonzalo de Benito Secades, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Fernando García Sánchez, Chief of Defence Staff Francisco Martínez Vázquez, State Secretary for Security Félix Sanz Roldán, Director of the National Intelligence Centre.

New King gets down to work KING Felipe VI attended his first National Security Council meeting this week - his first taste of the serious business of being head of state.

He joined Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, together with the VicePresident, the Foreign Affairs Minister, the Defence Minister and the Home Affairs Minister, among others.

The King received the Council’s first annual report, which reviews the work carried out since it was set up in May 2013.

The report is ratified at the meeting before being presented to Parliament.

The National Security Council is a collegiate governmental body whose missions are principally to assist the PM in steering National Security Policy.

It also promotes the National Security Strategy, which prevents, manages and co-ordinates crisis management efforts.

This relatively new Council is now in its sec-

ond year and a report of the last 12 months has been drafted on the main actions undertaken.

In particular, discussions took place on the progress made regarding the National CyberSecurity Strategy and the National Maritime Security Strategy.

Meetings of this Council are called by the PM

at least once every two months.

This is the sixth session of the National Security Council, and the first anniversary of its constituent meeting, which took place under the leadership of King Juan Carlos.

Members of the National Security Council are: Mariano Rajoy, Prime

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Heatwave?

Just get the wellies out SO Britain finally has some summer weather. I loved the way Sky News were carrying a strapline on Thursday saying that the UK was hotter than Hawaii.

That was true. Mind you, it was midnight in Hawaii!

It took all of three seconds for the dogooders to come racing out with their sound bytes: warning against heat exhaustion, warning about skin cancer, warning about global warming.

All I know about the UK is that when “they” start bleating and the Met Office says we should stay indoors to avoid heat-stroke, you get the wellies and umbrella out.

Trust me, there will be an old man with a beard chopping down trees in the UK next week.

Closer to home, have you driven on Golf del Sur? For the first time since Liverpool were champions of England,

the roads have been repaired.

Well some of them, but it’s a start. Maybe this will encourage more Mayors to find the money to spruce up our everdegrading road surfaces.

I’d hate to be on two wheels on some of whatever passes for tarmac.

Years ago, they did some major repairs to the roads in San Eugenio, and the trench was as deep as something you read about from the Somme.

Anyway one night, the legend that is Dorian complete with full Gary Glitter costume, and after having a “few” - fell in this “moat”.

It took him about 10 minutes to clamber out, by which time half the occupants in St Eugene’s bar had nipped out to watch the event!

I’m sure all the cyclists can tell a similar story.

Finally, a big thank-you to everyone who played and to those who organised the Cyder Cup. It was a brilliant day and one I will always remember.

Especially for the German version of Vindaloo!

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Las Caleta’s ‘jewel’ will inspire a wave of surfers THE La Caleta wave is something really special - “the jewel in the Canarian crown for surfers”, according to Canarian Surf Federation President Ángel Lobo.

He was announcing details of the V Bodyboard Championship, a round of which will be staged at La Caleta this summer, at a press conference.

It is one of several rounds held throughout the Canaries on a weekly basis - waves permitting - some time between July to September, and will obviously depend on sea conditions.

Competitors will be advised by email in midweek if they get the green light.

The overall results determine the final rankings, and are relevant to next year’s national circuit.

The categories in La Caleta are the Open “singular”, in which the surfer stays lying down on the board throughout the ride, and the “drop-knee”, which is self-explanatory.

More than 100 surfers have competed in previous years, and the organisers are again expecting the same numbers.

Local surfers can also participate in parallel competitions, and further information is available from the federation web page: www. fcsurf.es.

Adeje Mayor José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga can’t wait the the La Caleta showdown, saying he will “defend and protect that ‘jewel in the crown’.

Local Sports Councillor Adolfo Alonso Ferrera spoke of the good working relationship Adeje Council has with the Canarian Surf Federation at sporting and training levels. Ángel Lobo thanked

the council for its support, saying it was “another example of Adeje’s backing for sport in general, and for surf and bodyboard events in particular.

“Adeje is an ideal place to practise these sports, because of its geographic location,” he added.

The Mayor said he was at the conference to add his personal support to the event.

“We give added value to sports along our coast, not too surprising perhaps, given that we are a tourist destination bordered by the sea,” he said.

“It is also important for the local population as it contributes to their health and well-being.” Ángel Lobo and Adolfo Alonso both stressed the high level of Canarians doing well on the world stage in this sport.

“There is nowhere else in the world with such a high number of topclass representatives

in the sport - between 20-25 people from the Canaries,” said Adolfo Alonso.

“Perhaps it doesn’t have the kind of international recognition it should through a lack of sponsors, but when international events take place here, it is Canarians who are on the winning podium.”

The Sports chief also mentioned with pride the two local worldclass surfers - Diego Cabrera and Alexandra Rinder.

Finally the Mayor used the occasion to remind people of the high returns from investing in people in the sporting, cultural or social arenas.

“This Council will continue to support and design these kind of initiatives, even if new laws attempt to restrict us doing so,” he said.

“That’s because we know they are a direct benefit to the quality of life and well-being of our residents.”

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Siam Park voted the world’s best!

JUST six years after opening, Siam Park is officially the world’s No.1 waterpark.

The Travellers’ Choice awards, created by TripAdvisor, honour the best sights and attractions in the world, according to the views and recommendations of the travellers themselves.

There were 300 winners for this year’s election, honouring parks in Asia, Canada, China, Europe, India, South America, the South Pacific, the UK and the US. And the No.1 award went to Siam Park, voted the best water park in the world.

These awards are based on the quality and quantity of millions of comments and views,

prove the recognition of our visitors.

“I thank all our park workers, and I hope for the same success with our upcoming project in Gran Canaria.”

Wolfgang Kiessling, President of Loro Parque, added: “I have been in Tenerife for 42 years and this award is much appreciated.”

Adeje Mayor José Miguel Rodriguez Fraga said: “Siam Park was always an ambitious project, right from the beginning. And here we are! To be recognised with this global award adds value to Costa Adeje and Tenerife.

“Great attractions like Siam Park help people all around the world to recognise us, and so this is important for our destination.”

received by travellers about the attractions in each destination.

This week, Torviscasbased Siam Park received its award from TripAdvisor representative Blanca Zayas.

She said: “TripAdvisor had more than 260 million visitors worldwide last year, with over 50 million new opinions.

This guarantees a level of quality which sets this award apart from any other.”

Siam Park boss Cristophe Kiessling accepted the award, saying: “We take great pride in this award and the fact that we are No.1 in the world.

“We say thank you for the praise, and we welcome the suggestions to help us to improve on our work. Our goal and challenge will be to im-

Civil Rights groups see red over new demo law THE Spanish Government has come under fire from Civil Rights groups after approving new fines for unauthorised demonstrations.

Following warnings from judicial authorities, Madrid watered down measures from an earlier bill.

But the Government has maintained tough penalties for non-sanctioned demos - if they

are seen as a threat to security.

Critics have branded the reform repressive.

But Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz insisted: “It will guarantee greater security for citizens with greater legal security … and protect the rights and freedoms of citizens.”

He addressed a news conference after the Popular Party Government approved the latest draft at last Friday’s cabinet meeting. It now heads to parliament,

where it holds a strong majority.

The new law sets fines of up to 600,000 euros for unofficial demos in public buildings which pose a threat to people, or disrupt public services.

And fines of up to 30,000 euros will be levied for unauthorised demos near the national or regional parliaments – again, if they are deemed to be a serious security risk.

Spain’s recent years of recession and tough economic reforms have

sparked mass street demonstrations. Some rallies near parliament in Madrid boiled over into clashes between protesters and police.

The new law also imposes a fine of up to 30,000 euros for obstructing authorities in their work - as many protesters have done in Spain while trying to stop bailiffs evicting poor home-owners.

The law also doubles the old 300-euro fine for climbing public buildings and monuments

without permission - a regular occurrence by the Greenpeace environmental campaign group.

And true to form, its members protested last Friday by scaling a 90-metre tower near the offices of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, unfurling a banner reading: “No to the gag law”.

The Government said the law on demonstrations “aims only to sanction violent, aggressive or coercive actions”.

And it stressed in a

statement: “The law expressly protects the right to demonstrate.”

For all that, a protest group called We Are Not a Crime, campaigning against the reform, vowed to demonstrate in central Madrid this evening (Friday) in anger at the proposals.

“The Government is trying to create a false impression of insecurity in society to justify toughening the laws at the expense of curbing citizens’ rights,” it said in a statement.

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Magician back behind bars A MAGICIAN, who skipped bail and fled to top holiday resorts in Spain after a failed attempt at robbery last year, was jailed for 14 months on Monday..

Curtis James Watson, wearing a monkey mask, demanded cash in March from a terrified shopworker at Booze Busters in his home-town Macclesfield, Chester Crown Court heard.

But the terrified woman refused to hand over any money and he left empty-handed, vowing to return later, unaware that he’d been caught on CCTV. The 23-year-old was arrested and confessed to the crime. But while on bail, he fled to Tenerife, Marbella and Barcelona, working as a street magician.

He spent months performing his magic outside the clubs and bars in Las Americas, making a decent living by entertaining tourists.

But police, having established his DNA from the black drawstring bag he discarded after walking away from the off-licence, traced him using his Twitter and Facebook accounts.

He was eventually picked up by the Guardia Civil on a European Arrest Warrant and extradited back to the UK. Watson, from Macclesfield, admitted attempted robbery and failing to surrender.

Judge Ian Trigger said: “For all I know, you are in the Magic Circle, but you weren’t acting as a magician when you went into that off-licence.

“You went there in a premeditated attempt to steal as much cash as you could find and, in doing so, caused anxiety, at the least, to a lone female shop assistant.

“She resolutely refused and then you moved towards the counter area.

She stood her ground and you fled without any

money. “You took yourself off, not on a magic carpet, but by plane, and you remained there to pay down a debt.”

John Chukwuemeka, prosecuting, said: “In his police interview Watson told police he had planned to rob a bookmakers, but decided the off-licence would be easier.

“He said he was a professional magician and gambler who needed money to go to work in Spain.”

Watson even bragged about his fabulous new lifestyle on Facebook, saying: “I can almost guarantee you will be stuck in your dead-end job with no drive or ambition. I’m in Marbella! It’s amazing.”

He was eventually picked up by Spanish police on a European Arrest Warrant and extradited back to the UK last month.

Watson, of Kendal Road, Macclesfield, admitted attempted robbery and failing to surrender at Chester Crown Court.

Sarah Badrawry, defending Watson, said: “He knew about the hearing but went to Spain. It was his intention to come back. He owed people money and one of them was a bar owner in Spain who said he could work it off.

“This person took the defendant’s passport so he wouldn’t leave.

Since then, he has set up his own magician business and it is doing well.”

Weeks before the incident, Watson told

his local newspaper that he had performed tricks for various stars.

They included former Manchester City player Mario Balotelli, exworld champion boxer Nigel Benn, actor Ross Kemp and various soap stars.

He even posted Facebook pictures of himself with them and, ironically, told the paper he wanted to use his magic skills to help the police catch criminals.

But the one piece of magic he simply couldn’t perform was to “disappear” himself.

By coincidence Wendy Byrne, manager of Booze Busters, said she was glad of the sentence, adding: “What he did was terrible and we are glad he was jailed.

“You simply cannot do things like that to other people and then run off to the sun to do magic.”

Oasis Fm DJ Jamie Drew, who also writes Canarian Weekly’s entertainment page, befriended Watson while he performed his magic in downtown Las Americas.

“I used to have a drink with him, and we’d sit for hours together, sometimes until 6am,” said Jamie. “He didn’t say much, but he came across as an extremely intelligent man who didn’t suffer fools gladly.

“I had no idea about his background, obviously, He was a bit of an introvert, but he came alive when he was doing his magic tricks.”

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In praise of the humble banana THE banana industry remains vitally important to the health of the Canarian economy, a new study has revealed this week.

Right now, it’s the most important agricultural activity, both economically and socially, in the Canary Archipelago.

Tens of thousands of people are employed either in the primary sector, via growing and packing of produce, or via local markets and, indirectly, via the mainland.

Despite the physical and economic constraints, plus limited production and a commercial ceiling of the archipelago’s agricultural potential, banana cultivation has traditionally played an important economic and social

role, which continues right now.

One of the reasons justifying its relevance is marked by a clear and strong export growth, which is the basis of the study conducted by the Department of Economics of Institutions, Economic Statis-

tics and Econometrics at the University of La Laguna.

The banana industry is one of the few that helps offset the strong dependence in the Canary Islands of tourism.

There are other Canary exports of goods and services, but the

banana production remains at the head of the field.

In 2013, the importance of the exports is shown by the harvesting of over one million kilos a day, of which 90% is sent to the overseas market. This represents 67% of primary sector exports in the Canaries.

Subsequently, these shipments have a direct impact in lowering the cost of goods imported by sea from the main-

land. The data provided by the University of La Laguna’s study shows that the link of the Canary-Peninsula container helps our economy.

The containers leaving the Archipelago laden with bananas return here full of imports but at a cheaper price because the travelling costs are greatly reduced.

Specifically, the goods being imported from the mainland in containers used for bananas are mostly commodity meats, fresh and frozen fish, dairy products, eggs, fresh fruits and fresh vegetables.

One of the conclusions of the study says that the effect of banana exports has resulted in lower prices, and saves us over 30 million euros per year.

This is a great saving.

Between 2009 and 2012, the price reductions resulting from these containers saw meat around 2, 5% cheaper, while the eggs were 8% less. Fruit and vegetables were around 10% less and there were sim-

ilar savings on most refrigerated goods.

This data shows that the banana activity throughout the year has a direct effect on the cost of living in the Canary Islands.

The report also shows that in addition to savings in sea freight, exporting bananas represents a powerful client for the cardboard industry and factories of pallets, as well as the packaging industry.

It also represents an important part of business for importers of machinery, fertilisers, pesticides, plastics, and the fuel market.

The University of La Laguna study found that banana producers disbursed nearly 32 million euros in the acquisition of fertilizers and plant protection products, plus a similar amount for water consumption.

In addition, growing and packing materials exceeded 43m euros per year, while repairs and maintenance of infrastructure growing and packing are around 9m.

Conforama customers flood in

MEGA furniture store Conforama has hit the South of Tenerife - and the opening few days can be summed up in one word: MOBBED! The Las Chafiras store was swamped on Wednesday when it first opened its doors.

And the following day, at the official opening, customers were queuing to get in.

Conforama’s La Laguna store is the top seller of all its stores in Spain, but already the new one here is matching those figures.

At the press invite this week, Manuel Estevez, General Manager

of Conforama Spain and José Miguel Rodriguez, Operations Director of Spain, were welcomed, along with the San Miguel Mayor and other dignitaries.

The shop features some amazing bargains and, judging by the first few days, Conforama has another success story on its hands.

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Selfie bull-run ‘idiot’ A MAN photographed snapping a selfie just metres from rampaging bulls during Spain’s famous San Fermin festival was labelled an “idiot” on Twitter.

The unknown runner, wearing a bright red sweatshirt, held his phone aloft as three of the half-tonne Pamplona animals charged towards him.

The picture was taken during last Friday’s run and, since then, Twitter users have been circulating the hashtag #eltontolmóvil, which means “the idiot with the mobile”.

Pamplona police have been hunting the

man - who faces a fine of several thousand euros - because a local law forbids photos while taking part in the dash. It is not known

whether he was injured.

The no-pics rule is designed to make the event slightly safer, and to stop people indulging in behaviour that might

hold up other runners.

Two Australians and a Spaniard were gored on Monday during the final - and longest - bull run of the festival.

Another four people also needed hospital treatment as the six bulls chased runners down the cobblestone streets in the chaotic, 848-metre dash to the city’s bullring.

One bull, named Olivito, separated from the pack and charged one young man repeatedly, lifting him up and pinning him against a wall.

Organisers said a 24-year-old Australian man suffered a “light goring” to his right thigh, while a 26-yearold Australian was gored three times - in his thigh, thorax and abdominal area.

A 21-year-old Spaniard was also gored in buttocks.

The festival’s website said some of the men’s injuries were “serious”

but not life threatening.

Last week, a British man was left vomiting blood after suffering four fractured ribs and a punctured lung, having been trampled.

An American, who wrote a book on how to survive the bull run, was also injured badly.

Bill Hillmann, a 32-year-old from Chicago, was gored twice in the right thigh, according to festival organisers on their website.

The encierro, or the Running of the Bulls, dates back to the Middle Ages and highlights daily Pamplona’s San Fermin festival.

Many people are injured there each year at the festival, while 15 people are believed to have died since record-keeping began in 1910.

Pope’s ‘paedophile clergy’ row POPE Francis has become embroiled in a controversy about Catholic priests being paedophiles.

He has been quoted as saying that reliable data suggests “about 2%” of clergy in the Catholic Church are paedophiles.

The Pope said that abuse of children was like “leprosy” infecting the Church, according to the Italian newspaper La Repubblica. And he pledged to “confront it with the severity it demands”.

But a Vatican spokesman has played it down by saying the quotes did not correspond to the Pope’s exact words.

BBC correspondent David Willey, in Rome, says there is often a studied ambiguity in off-thecuff statements by Pope Francis.

He wants to show a more compassionate attitude towards Church teaching than his predecessors. But this can sometimes cause consternation among his media advisers, says Mr Willey.

He adds: “When is a papal interview not an interview?

Sunday’s edition of La Repubblica devotes its first three pages to an account of a conversation between Pope Francis and editor Eugenio Scalfari, which took place last Thursday.

“Papal spokesman

Federico Lombardi said in a sharp note that it was not an interview in the normal sense of the word, although he admitted it conveyed the ‘sense and the spirit’ of the conversation.

“Mr Scalfari does not use a digital recorder, and Father Lombardi said Pope Francis never checked the accuracy of the interview.

“Until now, the Vatican has declined to quantify the extent of clerical sexual abuse scandals in the worldwide Church.

Statistics are usually available only for countries in the developed world. In the developing world, information is usually only sketchy.”

In the interview, Pope

Francis was quoted as saying that the 2% estimate came from advisers. It would represent around 8,000 priests out of a global number of about 414,000.

While the incidence of paedophilia as a psychiatric disorder in the general population is not accurately known, some estimates have put it at less than 5%.

“Among the 2% who are paedophiles are priests, bishops and cardinals. Others, more numerous, know but keep quiet. They punish without giving the reason,” Pope Francis was quoted as saying. “I find this state of affairs intolerable.”

Many Catholics feel the Church hierarchy

has not taken strict enough action against abusers.

Above the interview, La Repubblica ran the headline: “Pope says: Like Jesus, I shall use a stick against paedophile priests.”

Vatican spokesman Father Lombardi denied that Pope Francis had said there were cardinals who were paedophiles.

Last year, Pope Francis strengthened the Vatican’s laws against child abuse and earlier this month, begged forgiveness from the victims of sexual abuse by priests, during his first meeting with victims since his election.

Many survivors of abuse by priests are

angry at what they see as the Vatican’s failure to punish senior officials who have been accused of covering up scandals.

Asked in the same La Repubblica interview about the celibacy rule for priests, Pope Francis recalled that it was adopted 900 years after the death of Jesus Christ, and pointed out that the Eastern Catholic Church allows its priests to marry. ”The problem certainly exists, but it is not on a large scale,” he said. “It will need time, but the solutions are there and I will find them.”

Father Lombardi also denied that these were the Pope’s exact words.

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New profit limit on payday loans FBI nab US fraudster here A FUGITIVE wanted by the FBI for a $1.8 million fraud against the US Government has been arrested in Puerto de la Cruz.

National Police agents co-ordinated with the FBI and the US Embassy in Madrid to nab the unnamed man.

He is believed to have used the identities of dead people to receive tax refunds and was arrested in 2013 in Salt Lake City for the crimes, which took place between January and July 2013.

Together with other accomplices, he ob-

tained the names and Social Security numbers of dead people and presented statements to tax officials to claim a reimbursement.

The man filed false tax returns, requesting refunds of over 1.3 million, and was, ultimately, paid more than half-amillion dollars before the fraud unravelled.

On 18th June, the US District Court issued an arrest warrant based on the indictment of the 19 charges against him.

Once given the international indictment issued by the US authorities, investigators learned that he had fled America and was living in a Puerto de la Cruz apartment.

CAPS on payday loans, imposed by the City regulator, will be activated in January to tackle abuse in the quick-credit market.

The move will cost the lucrative industry some £420 million of its annual revenue.

The measure was a limit in the overall cost of a loan, which, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) insisted, should never exceed 100% of the total sum borrowed.

For example, if a borrower were to take out a £300 loan, the person’s liability would not be more than £600.

Fixed default fees will also be capped at £15, said the regulator, with interest on unpaid balances and default fees not exceeding 0.8% per day of the outstanding sum.

News of the restrictions prompted the in-

dustry body, the Consumer Finance Association (CFA), to warn that the limits could force many of its members out of business, driving customers towards loan sharks instead as lending criteria tightened.

The FCA admitted the measures were likely to cost the payday sector £420m annually, but its chief executive, Martin Wheatley, dismissed the industry’s claim as a “scare story”, telling Sky News the caps would kill off only those firms preying on their customers.

He said: “For the many people who struggle to repay their payday loans every year, this is a giant leap forward.

“From January, if you borrow £100 for 30 days and pay back on time, you will not pay more than £24 in fees and charges. And someone taking the same loan for 14 days will pay no more than £11.20. That’s a significant saving.

“For those who struggle with their repayments, we are ensuring that someone borrowing £100 will never pay back more than £200 in any circumstance.”

He added: “There have been many strong and competing views to take into account, but I am confident we have found the right balance.

“Alongside our other new rules for payday firms affordability

tests and limits on rollovers and continuous payment authorities the cap will help drive up standards in a sector which badly needs to improve how it treats its customers.”

The measures were announced 24 hours after Wonga - the country’s biggest payday lender - confirmed its new chairman was to lead a drive to improve standards in the wake of damaging revelations that the firm created fake legal letters to threaten borrowers in arrears.

Citizens Advice chief executive Gillian Guy said of the caps: “Until now, payday lenders have had the green light to send people into a spiral of unmanageable debt.

“The cap will help limit the scale of debts, but its success will depend on enforcement and is part of a raft of measures, including limiting rollovers, that the FCA must make sure lenders are sticking to.”

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Scotland is launched into a race for space THERE is a distinct possibility that Scotland could host Britain’s first dedicated base for spaceplanes.

Government Ministers say they want to establish a UK spaceport by 2018, which would be the first of its kind outside the US. Eight aerodromes have been short-listed and Scotland has six of the potential locations.

The Scottish government says independence is the key to a greater development of the country’s space industry.

For ministers and the space industry, the major interest in a UK spaceport is to enable satellite launches.

Hopefully, it would also become a tourist centre, with specialist operators such as Vir-

gin Galactic and XCor involved.

Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, hinted ahead of the announcement at this weekend’s Farnborough Airshow, that Scotland could become a key player in the Government’s plans for developing commercial space travel in the future..

“I am delighted the Government is pushing forward with its ambitious plans to open a spaceport in the UK by 2018,” he said. “Spaceports will be key to us opening up the final frontier of commercial space travel.

“Scotland has a proud association with space exploration. We celebrated Neil Armstrong’s Scottish ancestry when he became the first man on the Moon.

“And only last week, an amazing Scottish company was responsi-

ble for building the UK Space Agency’s first satellite.”

Earlier this week, UKube-1, a satellite built by Glasgow-based technology firm Clyde Space, was successfully launched on a test flight from Kazakhstan - the first-ever spacecraft to be assembled fully in Scotland.

Alexander added: “The UK space industry is one of our great success stories, and I am sure there will be a role for Scotland to play in the future.”

Business Secretary Vince Cable said: “Our world-leading and am-

bitious space sector is thriving.

“This week, we will announce the next steps for this country’s space race, outlining how we will take one giant leap towards establishing the first British spaceport by 2018 - making the UK the place for space.”

News of the plan was welcomed by the Scottish Government, which also stressed that its growing space industry would be strengthened by a “Yes” vote for independence on 18th September.

A spokeswoman said: “The space sector of-

fers huge economic potential for Scottish companies, indeed the first Scottish satellite, UKube-1, successfully launched on 8th July.

“It was a landmark occasion and a clear example of the scientific and engineering excellence being demonstrated by Scotland’s entrepreneurial innovators.

“That same day, a report published by Dr Malcolm Macdonald, from Strathclyde Space Institute at Strathclyde University, found that independence could be worth £15-20 million a year in the medium term - and as much as £100 million a year in the longer term to the space sector industry.”

She added: “Scotland is proving that it has the expertise to attract and support such a specialised, global industry, and, as such, an independent Scotland will

be an attractive option for spaceport pioneers.”

The potential Scottish space-base airports are Stornoway, Kinloss Barracks, RAF Lossiemouth, RAF Leuchars, Glasgow Prestwick, and Campbeltown.

England’s Newquay Cornwall airport, and the Llanbedr airport in Wales, will also be considered.

Government figures show that the space sector is one of the fastest-growing industries in the UK as a whole.

The latest data indicates it is now generating more than £11bn for the economy every year, and employs 34,000 people - an increase of almost 9% on employment figures from 2011.

Ministers hope to capitalise on this growth and capture 10% of the global space market by 2030, which could mean the creation of 100,000 additional jobs.

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Putin steps into the Falklands’ dispute

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin has involved himself in the Falkland Islands row.

Putin believes Britain must have fresh talks with Argentina to resolve the dispute.

The Russian leader, criticised internationally over the annexation of Crimea, and continuing tensions on the Ukraine border, said his country supported “the necessity” to find a solution to the 200-year-old feud.

Putin, at a dinner with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner during a oneday visit to the country, added: “I’d like to draw attention to the words of the president regarding double discourse in international affairs.”

Ms Fernandez has previously accused Britain of double standards

for criticising a proRussian secession vote in Crimea, while using last year’s Falklands referendum - in which islanders voted in favour of remaining British - to justify its rule of the archipelago.

She thanked the Russian leader at the dinner for supporting her country’s “national cause”, saying: “Colonisation is a dark cloud over the 20th and 19th centuries, and something that should be totally wiped out.”

She added: “We thank the position of Russia regarding the Falkland Islands, and I am going to call a toast in the name of, as you put it, a world without double discourse ... where the international rights are the same for everyone and applied the same way everywhere.”

Britain has controlled the Falklands since 1833 - except for 74 days of occupation in 1982 - but

Argentina claims it inherited rights to the Islands in 1816.

The Falkland Islands’ sovereignty has long been disputed. And more than 900 people were killed and 2,000 injured 32 years ago during the war triggered by an Argentine invasion.

Last month, a UN committee approved a resolution calling on the UK and Argentina to negotiate over the Falkland Islands.

Hector Timerman, Argentina’s Foreign Minister, told the UN special committee on decolonisation that the UK’s refusal to “fulfil its obligations to negotiate” over the Islands’ sovereignty went against the founding principle of the UN. However, Falklands’ residents gave speeches at the meeting, saying they were “happy with the current status and don’t want to change it”.

Iran critics facing many years inside AN Iran court has imposed jail sentences totalling 127 years on eight Facebook activists, who wrote critical posts about the ruling regime.

They were said by Iran’s IRNA news agency to have been convicted for spreading propaganda, trying to undermine national security and insulting the country’s leaders.

The jailed group are said to be administrators of pages on the social network, but the exact pages and the identity of those jailed

has not been revealed.

The court handed down sentences between 11 and 21 years, reported IRNA. The jail terms were passed in April after several court appearances, and they are understood to have appealed.

Social networks such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter are banned in Iran, although top officials such as Foreign Minister Javad Zarif have their own accounts.

But citizens with hightech knowledge often use proxy servers and other workarounds to get past the controls.

Authorities clamped down on social media in the wake of 2009 street

protests against the re-election of former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Sites such as Twitter were accused of being instrumental in organising the unrest.

In May, an Iranian court also ordered Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to appear to answer complaints that Facebook-owned applications Instagram and WhatsApp violated the privacy of individuals.

President Rouhani, who took power last year, had promised greater freedom on social and media issues, but traditionalists in key institutions are thought to have blocked reform.

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NASA believes there are 100 million worlds in our galaxy capable of hosting alien life.

And that’s merely a “conservative” prediction by the space agency.

It claims that we will be able to discover that life within 20 years, with a high chance it will be outside our solar system.

During a public talk in Washington on Monday, the space agency outlined a roadmap to search for life in the universe, using a number of current and future telescopes.

“I would venture to say that most of my colleagues here today say it is improbable that in the limitless vastness of the universe, we humans stand alone,” said former astronaut and Nasa Administrator Charles Bolden.

He added: “Do we believe there is life beyond Earth?

Mars and a number of moons in our solar system have been the focus of the search for alien life for decades.

The James Webb Space will be one of the primary instruments scientists use to continue the search for planets outside our solar system.”

Astronomer Kevin Hand recently suggested alien life could exist on Jupiter’s moon Europa.

But Nasa scientists on the panel spoke exclusively about looking for signs of life on planets around other stars outside our solar system.

“Sometime in the near future, people will be able to point to a star and say, ‘That star has a planet like Earth’,” said Sara Seager, professor of planetary science and physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

“Astronomers think it is very likely that every single star in our Milky Way galaxy has at least one planet.”

Nasa first began studying planetary systems around other stars with ground-based observatories.

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the Kepler Space Telescope.

These telescopes can determine if the planets are the right distance away from the star to have liquid water, the key ingredient to life as we know it.

Nasa is now hoping to launch the Transiting Exoplanet Surveying Satellite (Tess) in 2017, the James Webb Space Telescope in 2018, and, potentially, the proposed Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope - Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets, early in the next decade.

The Kepler space telescope finds planets using the transit method, which measures the dip in light from stars when a planet passes in front, from which the world’s size and orbit can be deduced Kepler has found many significant planets, including Kepler 296-f - a so-called “super Earth”, twice the

size of our planet but in the habitable zone of its star, meaning it could have liquid water on its surface “This technology we are using to explore exoplanets is real,” said John Grunsfeld, astronaut and associate administrator for Nasa’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington.

“The James Webb Space Telescope and the next advances are happening now. These are not dreams - this is what we do at Nasa.”

During a questionand-answer session, someone using social media, asked: “If scientists do find life on another planet, will the US Government let people know?”

Ellen Stofan, chief scientist at Nasa said: “Of course we would!

“That would be so amazingly exciting. We would try to get it out to the public as fast as

we can. We want everyone to share in the excitement of discovery.”

Finding smaller planets which are the Earth’s “twin” is difficult because they produce fainter signals.

Technology to detect and image these Earthlike planets is being developed now for use with the future space telescopes. The ability to detect alien life may still be years or more away, but the quest is underway.

“Just imagine the moment when we find potential signatures of life,” said Professor Mountain.

“Imagine the moment when the world wakes up and the human race realises that its long loneliness in time and space may be over - the possibility that we’re no longer alone in the universe.”

Since its 2009 launch, Kepler has dramatically changed what

scientists know about exoplanets, following its discovery of most of the 5,000-plus potential exoplanets, The Kepler observations have led to estimates of billions of planets in our galaxy, and shown that most planets within one astronomical unit are less than three times the diameter of Earth.

Kepler also found the first Earth-size planet to orbit in the “habitable zone” of a star the region where liquid water can pool on the surface.

“What we didn’t know five years ago is that, perhaps, 10-20% of stars around us have Earth-size planets in the habitable zone,’ said Matt Mountain, director and Webb telescope scientist at Baltimore’s Space Telescope Science Institute.

“It’s within our grasp to pull off a discovery

that will change the world forever.”

Nasa scientists on the panel spoke exclusively about looking for signs of life on planets around other stars outside our solar system.

Sara Seager, professor of planetary science and physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, said: “Some time in the near future, people will be able to point to a star and say, ‘That star has a planet like Earth’.

“Astronomers think it is very likely that every single star in our Milky Way galaxy has at least one planet.”

Nasa first began studying planetary systems around other stars with ground-based observatories.

It then moved to space-based assets like the Hubble, the Spitzer and the Kepler Space Telescopes.

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Mayday, Mayday over child sex-abuse inquiry HOME Secretary Theresa May has been grilled by MPs over her handling of claims of historical child abuse.

The barrage came after the inquiry process she launched was labelled “shambolic”.

Mrs May insisted at the Home Affairs select committee that she stood by her decision to appoint retired judge Lady Elizabeth ButlerSloss, who had earlier announced she was quitting, before she had even started to spearhead one of two key inquiries.

She was picked to examine whether alleged abuse by politicians and other powerful figures between the Seventies and Nineties was hushed up.

But her appointment proved controversial

because, as an establishment figure herself, victim groups and childprotection campaigners said she was the wrong person to head the investigation.

Also, Tory MP Sir Michael Havers, her late brother, was Attorney General and Lord Chancellor during the Eighties.

He is alleged to have had a row with former Conservative MP Geof-

frey Dickens in the Eighties to try to stop him using parliamentary privilege to make allegations about paedophilia.

Mrs May, in the face of a welter of questions from MPs on the committee, said she was “disappointed” by the peer’s decision and added that a replacement would be announced as soon as possible.

Committee chairman Keith Vaz said the peer’s resignation after just six days showed the inquiry process launched by Mrs May last week was becoming “somewhat shambolic”.

But Mrs May countered: “I reject any suggestion that it is, in your words, unravelling, “I continue to believe that Lady Butler-Sloss would have done an excellent job, given her ex-

perience, expertise and absolute integrity.”

Baroness Butler-Sloss, who had rejected calls to quit, said in a statement earlier that, following “a widespread perception” she was not the right person to chair the inquiry, “I did not sufficiently consider whether my background and the fact that my brother had been Attorney General would cause difficulties”.

Public figures have been accused of abusing children in Westminster, and the Baroness said: “Having listened to the concerns of victim and survivor groups, and the criticisms of MPs and the media, I have come to the conclusion that I should not chair this inquiry and have so informed the Home Secretary.”

Labour MP Simon Danczuk, who has been leading a campaign for a full investigation into

the claims, said she had made “the right decision”.

He told Sky News: “From the moment it was announced, I questioned the logic of having somebody who was so well-connected to the establishment.

“We always needed somebody who was more independent and could challenge the establishment like she never could.”

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said the probe was “in danger of losing direction unless a replacement who could maintain the confidence of victims throughout was appointed”.

Last week Mark Sedwill, top civil servant at the Home Office, admitted that more than 100 files containing allegations of child sexabuse at Westminster had probably been destroyed.

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By Mike Walsh ONGOING scandals revealing the sordid behaviour of Britain’s elite clearly suggest the establishment closes ranks to protect its accused.

Mainstream media are investigative, but whistle-blowers are under constant pressure to back off.

Media does name and shame, but those exposed are the tip of the foul iceberg. There are others who, so far, have been the untouchables.

They were certainly taboo while they were alive.

Critics who say it is unfair to attack those who cannot defend themselves do not understand the laws of libel.

Under British jurisprudence, one can tell the truth about a living person’s failings but still be sued for doing so under archaic laws of libel.

Once a person is dead, there is still means to clear his or her name, so it is not as one-sided as critics make out.

Those accused include Government ministers and the upper echelons of the legal and ecclesiastical circles.

Why are so many in public life sexually, politically and financially corrupted and compromised? The numbers of public servants involved in depraved and illegal sexual activities is out of all proportion to those whom they claim to serve.

Let us, for a moment, take a look at the wider implications. Imagine the power you would hold over an individual, especially in high position, if you had the evidence which would ruin him or her and the families if it were to be made public.

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over another country, there is a strategy known as setting honey traps.

The Soviets were good at them, but they were amateurs compared with practitioners in the West.

You befriend, win the confidence of the prey; you ply him with gifts, offer access to an elevated lifestyle, and impress with your social circle and your connections. Most of these people will already be in the trap.

The prey’s weaknesses are uncovered or he is simply exposed to temptation. He is then guaranteed discretion without legal redress. The egos of men hooked on power are often spiced further by ability to break taboos without fear of exposure.

Few of us would steal from a bank. Most will do so if given the opportunity - and assured that they will get away with it. This applies to anything from access to under-age children, drugs or riches.

Of course, there will be those who avoid or refuse temptation. If they discover indiscretions, they are left in no doubt that if they are loose-lipped, they will lose their careers.

We know what happens to whistle-blowers. What would you do?

Heads of State are well aware of what I describe as murky foreign interests. Stanley Baldwin, Benjamin Disraeli and David Lloyd George are just three prime ministers who referred to covert forces behind the theatre of Parliament and Congress.

American President Woodrow Wilson said: “There is a power so organised, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.”

And US President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) said: “Behind ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.”

Less- sophisticated

electorates cannot comprehend why their government is so out of touch with public feeling. Why is government so lacking when it comes to backing the national interest?

Despite the wishes of the electorate, the establishment forges alliance with deplorable allies, open the doors to the Third World, declare wars they never win, reduce Britain’s defence capability and are soft on law and order.

The list is depressingly wrong. Why are the people’s interests and the national interest cold-shouldered by parliaments?

Men and women are not drawn to public life for the salaries on offer.

Such modest income will never provide them with the lifestyle these elitists crave.

There are other reasons for their being attracted to positions of power. It is not necessarily a burning desire to serve.

Why would political lightweights be parachuted into ministerial roles to which they are woefully unsuited and inexperienced?

Why put forward the name of 21-year-old William Hague to the position of Special Advisor to the Treasury?

The man-child’s skills at numeracy are worse than mine.

Why was The Rt Hon Barbara Castle given the role of Minister of Transport? She had never held a driving licence.

It is because some may have already been financially, sexually or otherwise compromised, and so can be relied upon to carry out the wishes of those “covert forces” To a man whose personal survival is assured, the lure of sex is the strongest of his urges. Those who have already achieved much are constantly

looking for fresh experiences.

If no-strings-attached taboo sex is on offer, with every guarantee that the wrong-doer will be protected from exposure or legal redress, then for many the temptation to resist temptation is irresistible.

A token few, sordid individuals like Cyril Smith MP and Jimmy Savile, are fingered only after their deaths.

Alive, they are ringfenced protected, and the police told not to go there.

In March 2003, former PM Tony Blair placed a section of Operation Ore under the Official Secrets Act for 100 years. A police investigation delved into procured paedophilia for

those in high places.

Police and others knew that the highest figures in ministerial government, the judiciary, media and church were implicated.

Are many deliberately compromised as a control mechanism? If so, it explains much. When the Soviet KGB did it, they were called honey traps. Why else does Britain’s secret service protect the likes of Cyril Smith, the Kray twins, Jeremy Thorpe and far too many of the elite to name here?

Former Labour Home Secretary Roy Jenkins oversaw the decriminalisation of homosexuality. A miner’s son, Jenkins was seduced by public school toff Antony Crosland, MP. Such behaviour by that social set was almost procedural. It was rather like an actress expecting to be propositioned in return for a role part.

Card-carrying Communist and double agent Labour MP Tom Driberg, like Cyril Smith MP, was constantly arrested for gross behaviour in pub-

lic toilets. A telephone call was enough to get them away from the desk sergeant.

What of the debauched behaviour of playwright Noel Coward, novelist Somerset Maugham and cultist Aleister Crowley?

Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his close companion, Lord Boothby, constantly visited private gay parties in which the age of the “escorts” was both male and young. The latter would screw a mossy grid.

Many of these depraved individuals used the Kray twins and later, Jimmy Savile and others, to arrange “parties” of a nature that today shames Britain.

Yes, we should be concerned about such hedonism; we should be outraged for the abuse of innocence.

However, what should have sent public-eye men to the gallows was the evidence that, as a consequence of their weakness and corruption, they compromised the interests of their nation.

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Commonwealth Games: Opening Ceremony Wednesday 23rd July, BBC1, 20.00 The BBC brings audiences its most comprehensive coverage of a Commonwealth Games ever, as it broadcasts every moment from the 2014 Games live across TV, Radio and Online.

Gary Lineker, Hazel Irvine and Clare Balding today present the opening ceremony live from Celtic Park in Glasgow.

The ceremony will mark the end of the epic journey of the Queen’s Baton Relay, which has visited every Commonwealth nation in the lead up to the event, and Her Majesty the Queen will declare the Games officially open.

A cast of more than 3,000 volunteers will take part in what promises to be a spectacular occasion. The Parade of Nations will welcome the thousands of athletes from the 71 nations and territories across the Commonwealth. Huw Edwards joins Hazel Irvine in the commentary box.

Operation Cloud Lab: Secrets of the Skies Wednesday 23rd July, BBC2, 20:00 Two-part documentary following a team of scientists as they take to the skies in one of the world’s largest airships for a unique exploration of the earth’s atmosphere. Continuing their journey across the USA, the team questions how the atmosphere changes with altitude and how that has an impact upon the life found there. Microbiologist, Dr Chris van Tulleken and former paratrooper, Andy Torbet, search for living microorganisms in the ‘death zone’ of high-altitude. Aboard the airship, expedition leader Felicity Aston and Dr Jim McQuaid explore the impact of human behaviour upon the atmosphere, questioning whether cities can create their own weather. Plus, Dr Sarah Beynon paraglides for a close encounter with a hawk.

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Friday 06:00 ............................Breakfast 09:15 .....................Heir Hunters 10:00 ........... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00.....................Animal S.O.S. 11:30 ...............Street Patrol UK 12:15 ....................Bargain Hunt 12:38 ....................Bargain Hunt 13:00........... BBC News at One 13:30.......... BBC London News 13:45 .............................. Doctors 14:15 ......................... Perfection 15:00.............................Escape to the Country

BBC Proms 2014: The First Night Of The Proms BBC2, 20.05 The world’s largest classical music festival returns tonight for The First Night of the 2014 BBC Proms.

Katie Derham presents on BBC Two. What better way to open this season from London’s Royal Albert Hall than with Elgar’s biblical oratorio ‘The Kingdom’. The beautiful slow movement of a musical triptych that started with The Apostles, but that would remain unfinished at Elgar’s death.

Celebrated Elgar conductor Sir Andrew Davis, a Conductor Laureate of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, returns in his 70th-birthday year, joined by a distinguished cast of soloists.

15:45.................. Wanted Down Under 16:30................................. Flog It! 17:15 ............................ Pointless 18:00......... BBC News at Six 18:30..... BBC London News 19:00 ...........The One Show

20:30 .................... Celebrity MasterChef 22:00 ....... BBC News at Ten 22:35 ................. New Tricks 23:35 ................. EastEnders Omnibus

ITV1, 20.00 Cruise Director Sam has stiff competition from her power hungry Deputy, Dan. In a desperate attempt to become Cruise Director himself, he decides to create a Game Show to win the applause of his boss - but will his gamble pay off? New girl Kelly is still finding life at sea a struggle but finds comfort in the ship’s mother hen Liz

Frid

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

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

07:00.................. Animal S.O.S.

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

07:30.......................... The Great British Sewing Bee

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

08:30................... First Time on the Front Line

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

09:00 ................................... Golf Live coverage of day two of the 2014 Open Championship from Hoylake, presented by Hazel Irvine. US Open winner Martin Kaymer is at Royal Liverpool looking for his second Major triumph of the season.

In 2013, eventual winner Phil Mickelson’s title-bid stuttered with a second-round 74 while Miguel Angel Jimenez took the overnight lead. Rory McIlroy and Luke Donald missed the cut on day two in the 2013 Open and the big names will want to avoid a similar fate here.

10:30.................... This Morning 11:30 .................... This Morning 12:30 ...............Let’s Do Lunch...

With Gino and Mel 13:30............................. ITV News and Weather 14:00 ...............The Speakmans 15:00 .........................Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00.....................Tipping Point 17:00 ..........................The Chase

18:00..................... ITV News 20:00.............First Night W C London of the choice 18:30 ............. ITV News and Proms Weather 21:45 .........................QI XL

19:30.............The Village CW That’s Falling choice Into the Sea 22:30 ............... Newsnight 20:00 ................ EastEnders 23:05...................... T in the

22:25 .... BBC London News

The Cruise Ship

Friday

Park 2014

Greg James and Jen Long present some of the amazing performances from Scotland’s biggest music festival, T in the Park. With tracks from the Arctic Monkeys, Biffy Clyro, Paolo Nutini, Pharrell Williams, Calvin Harris and many more.

19:00 ................ Emmerdale 19:30..... Coronation Street 20:00.....The Cruise Ship

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20:30 ..... Coronation Street

21:00 .................Doc Martin 22:00 ................ ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:40 .............The Kingdom

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Friday

Friday

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06:00 ...................... Countdown 06:45 ...................3rd Rock from the Sun 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 ....................Four in a Bed 14:40 ...................... Countdown 15:30 ...............Deal or No Deal 16:30.............. Ultimate Dealer 17:00 ..................Couples Come Dine with Me 18:00............ The Simpsons 18:30................... Hollyoaks 19:00 ........ Channel 4 News 20:00 .................The Million Pound Drop 21:00 ......... 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 22:00...Friday Night Dinner 22:30 .....The Inbetweeners 23:05.................. Rude Tube

06:00..................... Children’s TV 08:35 ..............Toby’s Travelling Circus 08:45 .......Bananas in Pyjamas 09:00........................ Tickety Toc 09:15 ..............The Wright Stuff 11:10 ............. Beware! Cowboy Builders 12:10 .........5 News Lunchtime 12:15........................ Big Brother 13:15............. Home and Away 13:45 ...................... Neighbours 14:15 .................................... NCIS 15:15................... Burden of Evil 17:00 .......................5 News at 5 17:30 ...................... Neighbours 18:00 ........Home and Away 18:30 ......... 5 News Tonight 19:00 ............... Cricket on 5 20:00........ On the Yorkshire Buses 21:00 ............... Big Brother: Live Eviction 22:35...............Big Brother’s Bit on the Side 23:35.... Stand by Your Man

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

06:15 .... Beauty and the Beast

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

07:00..... You’ve Been Framed!

07:00 .....MasterChef Australia

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

07:25.......................... Girlfri3nds

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

08:20 ...................... Dinner Date

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

07:10.......................... Desperate Housewives

09:20 ..... The Real Housewives of New Jersey

11:00 ................... Covert Affairs

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

12:00 ...................... Who Do You Think You Are?

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

13:00 ........Masterchef Canada

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

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

12:00.......................... Hollyoaks

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

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

07:00 ........................... Futurama

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

07:00 .........................World’s Most Dangerous Roads

07:30 ........................... Futurama

08:00.. RSPCA Animal Rescue

09:00 ...........NCIS: Los Angeles

09:00 ....................The Real A&E

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

09:30 ....................The Real A&E

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

10:00........ Nothing to Declare

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

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

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

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

15:00 ..................................... Glee 16:00 ........................... Futurama 16:30 ........................... Futurama 17:00 ...................The Simpsons 17:30 ........................... Futurama 18:00.................... Futurama 18:30 ............ The Simpsons 20:00 .......... Modern Family 21:00 .........An Idiot Abroad 22:00 ................A League of Their Own 23:00...... NCIS: Los Angeles

13:00 ................Criminal Minds 14:00 ............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 17:00... RSPCA Animal Rescue 17:30... RSPCA Animal Rescue 18:00........ Cooks to Market 19:00...... My Kitchen Rules 20:00.... Nine Months Later 21:00................ Elementary 22:00.................. CSI: Miami 23:00.......... Criminal Minds

10:15 ..... The Real Housewives of Atlanta 11:10 ...................Big Rich Texas 12:10 ........................Emmerdale 12:45 ........................Emmerdale 13:15....................... You’ve Been Framed!

13:45......................... The Jeremy Kyle Show 14:50 ........................ The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:00 ..... The Real Housewives of Atlanta

15:00 ............................... Britain’s Bravest Cops 16:00 ............................... Britain’s Bravest Cops 17:00.......................Booze Patrol Australia 17:30.......................Booze Patrol Australia 18:00................ Doctor Who

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

19:00 ...Masterchef Canada

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

20:00 .... Beverly Hills Pawn

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

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

21:00 ................. GoldenEye 23:40........... Celebrity Juice

08:00................................. Top Gear 09:00............. Lizard Lick Towing 10:00......................... World’s Most Dangerous Roads 11:00................................. Top Gear 12:00..................................Top Gear 13:00 .............Lizard Lick Towing 14:00 .........................World’s Most Dangerous Roads 15:00 .................................Top Gear 17:00............. Lizard Lick Towing 18:00........................ Top Gear 19:00 .............................. QI XL 20:00 ............. Have I Got a Bit More News for You 22:00............ 8 Out of 10 Cats 22:35 .............Mock the Week 23:10.... Have I Got a Bit More News for You

20:30 .... Beverly Hills Pawn 22:20 ................ Traffic Cops 23:00 ...................... Britain’s Bravest Cops

06:00................... Stargate SG-1 07:00 .............Thirtysomething 08:00....... Star Trek: Enterprise 09:00................ Without a Trace 10:00........................... Inside the Actors Studio 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................... Making of Kingdom of Plants 21:00............ The Following 22:00 ..... Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 22:35 ............. Silicon Valley 23:10........................... Veep 23:45....................... Witness

10:00..................... Suburgatory

12:35.... Rules of Engagement 13:00........................... How I Met Your Mother 14:00..... The Big Bang Theory 15:00.... Rules of Engagement 15:30.......ules of Engagement 16:00..................... Suburgatory 17:00.......................... How I Met Your Mother 18:00........................ The Big Bang Theory 19:00 .................. Hollyoaks 19:30 .......... How I Met Your Mother 21:00....Coming to America 23:20......... 8 Out of 10 Cats

06:00 ..................Good Morning Sports Fans 09:00.................Premier League Legends 09:30............................ Football’s Greatest Teams 10:00 ..................... Soccer A.M. The Best Bits 11:00 .......................The Premier League Years 13:00 .......... Football’s Greatest Players 14:00 ................Premier League Legends 14:30 ................... Football Gold 15:00 .......................The Premier League Years 17:00 ................... Football Gold 17:30 .......... Football’s Greatest Players 18:30 ....... World Matchplay Darts Preview 19:30.... Super League Match 22:15............... The F1 Show

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The Village That’s Falling Into the Sea BBC1, 19:30

Thursday 5 December 2013 is a night the residents of the Norfolk seaside resort of Hemsby will never forget. That night homes fell into the sea during the worst storm surge to hit the East Coast for sixty years. BBC presenter David Whiteley witnessed the drama unfold. Seven months on he returns to find the community still fighting for the survival of their village. Hemsby is the site of one of the country’s first holiday camps, and tourists still flock there today to enjoy its beach. But with no hope of government money to protect it, villagers have seen almost 70 homes go over the edge and into the sea. Seeking advice from erosion experts and business gurus, and building their own defences, the residents are determined not to let Hemsby be lost to the sea. David joins the villagers in their latest campaign, meets the people about to buy a home on the threatened dunes and goes with the map man who’s quite literally been redrawing the map of the East coast over 40 years of erosion.

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Saturday

Saturday

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

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

10:00...................................... Golf

06:10 .........................The Falcon Takes Over

12:00 ..........................BBC News 12:10 ......................................Golf 17:25 ................... F1: Grand Prix Qualifying 18:40 .................. BBC News 18:50 .... BBC London News 19:00 ................. A Question of Sport Super Saturday. Jason Manford hosts the sports-themed family entertainment game show. Team captains Matt Dawson and Phil Tufnell are joined by pop sensation Pixie Lott, Citizen Khan star Adil Ray, EastEnders actor and comedian Terry Alderton and Countryfile presenter Helen Skelton

07:15 ...................... The Falcon’s Brother 08:15 ...........The Living Planet 09:10................... Fred Dibnah’s Industrial Age 09:40 ......................Great British Railway Journeys 10:10 ............ Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:40 ...............Food and Drink 12:10........... Rick Stein’s Spain 13:10 .................. Peter O’ Toole: Talking Pictures 14:00 ................................Becket 16:25......................... Hive Alive 17:25............................ Golf 19:45 ....................... Flog It! 20:30 ................Dad’s Army 21:00 ............ The Men Who Made Us Spend

22:30 .................. BBC News

Jacques Peretti investigates consumerism and confronts some of the men behind bestselling products and sales strategies in this three part series. In this episode, Jacques reveals how fear remains one of the most powerful drivers of consumer spending. At a neuroscience lab, a consumer psychologist explains how the human brain is much more responsive to negative stimuli than positive. Other experts have turned this knowledge into an art form, helping manufacturers make billions from our anxieties andd insecurities.

22:50 ..... Shanghai Knights

22:00 ....................... Zodiac

Saturday Numbers for 19th July are: Bonus Ball

19:40 .............. The National Lottery 20:30..Live at Edinburgh Castle

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06:00....................... Fort Boyard 06:25 ............................Dino Dan 06:35 ............................Dino Dan 06:50 ............................ Canimals 07:00 ............................ Canimals 07:05 ...................................Sooty 07:20............... Digimon Fusion 07:45 ............................. Mr. Bean 08:00 ...............Adventure Time 08:25............................ ITV News 08:30............................ Weekend 09:25 .........The Hungry Sailors 10:25......... Murder, She Wrote 11:20............................. ITV News and Weather 11:30 ............Storage Hoarders 12:30 .................................All Star Mr and Mrs 13:30 ...................... Dinner Date 14:30 ...................All Star Family Fortunes 15:15 ......................Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure 17:00 ..................Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed 18:35 ...... ITV News London 18:45 ............. ITV News and Weather 19:00 ............... You’ve Been Framed!

19:30............. Tipping Point 20:30 .....Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 23:00............. ITV News and Weather 23:15............Ocean’s Eleven

Live At Edinburgh Castle BBC1, 20.30 A spectacular concert Live at Edinburgh Castle with a glittering array of big names will be shown on BBC One HD, ahead of the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Presented by The One Show’s Alex Jones in front of one of Scotland’s most iconic landmarks, Edinburgh will be welcoming a wide range of international musical acts, including Jessie J, Kaiser Chiefs, Smokey Robinson, Culture Club, Rizzle Kicks, Paloma Faith, Ella Henderson, Katherine Jenkins, Il Divo, One Republic, Alfie Boe and Pumeza.

The music will also be interspersed with comedy on the night, as Bill Bailey performs his unique brand of musical humour with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and Fred MacAulay makes a special guest appearance.

Some of the performances will be accompanied by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and a house band, led by Mike Stevens, who has worked with artists including Gary Barlow and Annie Lennox.

The concert will also include the final leg of the Queen’s Baton Relay before it arrives in Glasgow for the Commonwealth Games.

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Saturday

Saturday

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

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

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

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

07:30............................... Mobil 1

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

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

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

09:00................................. Frasier 09:30 .................................Frasier 10:05............... Deal or No Deal 11:00......The Big Bang Theory 11:30..... The Big Bang Theory 12:00 .................. The Simpsons 12:30... The Tomorrow People 13:30........... Channel 4 Racing 16:10....... Come Dine with Me 16:40 ...... Come Dine with Me 17:10 ...... Come Dine with Me 17:40 ...... Come Dine with Me 18:15.................. Come Dine with Me 18:40 ........ Channel 4 News 19:05......... The Restoration Man 20:00.......... Grand Designs 21:00..............Rise of the CW Planet of the Apes choice 23:00.................. Predator 2

06:00 ..................................... Glee 08:00 ................. Harrow: A Very British School 09:00...... Ashley Banjo’s Secret Street Crew 10:00........................ Twin Towns 11:00.................... John Bishop’s Only Joking 11:30 .......................... What’s Up 12:00 ...............World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 13:00...................... Isle of Wight Festival 2014 15:00........................... Futurama 15:30........................... Futurama 16:00 ................ Modern Family 18:00 ............ The Simpsons 19:00................... Futurama 19:30 ............ The Simpsons 20:00 ................A League of Their Own 22:00..............Transporter 2

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July

At a high school party, four friends find that losing their collective virginity isn’t as easy as they thought, so enter into a pact to be the first to ‘score’ as the senior prom looms.

This crude but hilarious comedy from first-time director Paul Weitz contains some outrageous set pieces.

18:30........ World’s Weirdest Restaurants

23:00......... Big Brother’s Bit on the Psych

22:55 .................. The Matrix Revolutions

23:20............ The Catherine Tate Show

06:00 .......................... Desperate Housewives 06:50 .....................................Glee 07:35...........The Mindy Project 08:00 ..........The Mindy Project 08:35 ... Rules of Engagement 09:05 ... Rules of Engagement 09:35 ... Rules of Engagement 10:00.... Rules of Engagement 10:35.... Rules of Engagement 11:00 ................ Rude(Ish) Tube 11:35 ................ Rude(Ish) Tube 12:00..... The Big Bang Theory 12:35 .....The Big Bang Theory 14:00.......................... How I Met Your Mother 14:30 .......................... How I Met Your Mother 15:00 .......................... How I Met Your Mother 20:00 ......................The 100 21:00....Beverly Hills Cop III 23:10........................ The Big Bang Theory 23:40........................ The Big Bang Theory

06:00... RSPCA Animal Rescue

07:00 ................... Radical Highs

06:00 ........Devil’s Dinner Party

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

06:30... RSPCA Animal Rescue

07:15 ....... The World of Stupid Criminals

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

06:30 ................... Gary Newbon Interviews Phil Taylor

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

08:30.............................. Seinfeld

09:15 ........................Jelly Jamm 09:30 .......................... LazyTown 10:00 .................................Access 10:10 .......... The Dog Rescuers 11:10 ..............Big Brother: Live Eviction 12:40 ................... Car Crime UK: Caught on Camera 13:05 .................................... NCIS

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

06:10.................................The Bill

09:10 ............Coronation Street Omnibus

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

11:40 ..................... Take Me Out 12:50............................... I Wanna Marry Harry 13:50.............................. The Only Way is Essex

14:00 .... Britain’s Bravest Cops

18:10 ................You’ve Been Framed!

16:30.......... Beverly Hills Pawn

21:00 ............. American Pie

20:00 ..... Holiday Love Rats Exposed 21:00............Big Brother

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22:00 ........ Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole

08:00 .............. Obese: A Year to Save My Life USA 09:00 .............. Obese: A Year to Save My Life USA

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

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

11:00.......... Lizard Lick Towing

11:00 ............My Kitchen Rules 12:00............ My Kitchen Rules 16:30........ Nothing to Declare 17:00........ Nothing to Declare 17:30........ Nothing to Declare 18:00.... Nothing to Declare 18:30.... Nothing to Declare 19:00.... Nothing to Declare 20:00............ Unforgettable 21:00.................... Hannibal 22:00.................. CSI: Miami 23:00 ....... The Secret Circle

12:00 .............. The Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour of Britain

17:10 .......You’ve Been Framed Rides Again!

16:55............ Operation Pacific 19:55 .......5 News Weekend

10:00......... Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

13:00 .............. The Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour of Britain

15:05 ..........................Hell Boats 19:00............... Cricket on 5

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

15:20 ............. Beethoven’s 2nd

18:45 ........ Miss Congenialit 2: Armed and Fabulous

14:05.................................... NCIS

07:00 ................................The Bill

10:30 ..............Storage Hunters 12:00 ...................Megatruckers 13:00..............................Top Gear 14:00 .............................Top Gear

16:00.......... Beverly Hills Pawn 17:00......... You Gotta Eat Here 17:30 .........You Gotta Eat Here 18:00........ World’s Weirdest Restaurants

19:00................ Traffic Cops 22:00............ The Catherine Tate Show 22:40 ............ The Catherine Tate Show

08:00.............................. Seinfeld 09:00 .............................. Seinfeld 09:30 ...................Urban Secrets 10:30........... The Bachelor King 12:00........................ Making the Bachelor King

07:30 .............World Matchplay Darts Preview 08:30 .....................Super Rugby 11:00....................... The Premier League Years 13:00 .......... Football’s Greatest Players

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

13:00......... Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations

16:00 ...................Megatruckers

14:00............................ The Pitch

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

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

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

18:00.......... Without a Trace

16:30 ................Premier League Legends

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

19:00 ......... Without a Trace

17:00.................. Rugby League

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

20:00 ......................... Vegas

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

21:00 ...........True Detective

19:00....... World Matchplay Darts

22:20 ................................QI

22:15 ............. Silicon Valley

23:00.................. Darts Gold

23:00 .......... Russell Howard Live: Dingledodies

22:50 ........................... Veep

23:30......... Speedway Gold

23:25 .......Game of Thrones

23:45 ......... Speedway Gold

14:30................... Football Gold 15:00.......... Football’s Greatest Managers

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Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Channel 4, 21:00

Showing just as its sequel opens at cinemas, director Rupert Wyatt’s contribution to the iconic sci-fi saga is an origins story in which compassionate scientist Will Rodman finds that testing a cure for Alzheimer’s on apes has unexpected consequences.

Forced to take his research home with him after a catastrophic early experiment leads to the cancellation of the project, Will brings up infant Caesar in secret as part of his family which includes John Lithgow as Will’s father, whose dementia is Will’s personal motivation for his work. Caesar grows into an adult ape of heightened intelligence, which leads to moral questions concerning humankind’s treatment of our simian cousins, and hence inevitably to conflict.

Big Brother Channel 5, 21:00

Highlights of the latest events inside the house. Emma Willis hosts as the housemates ruthlessly attempt to seize power, keep it and impose their will on the others. As ever, behind every mirror, multiple cameras will be tracing the housemates’ every move.

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Sunday Sunday Sun 06:00 ............................Breakfast

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

06:00 ....................... Fort Boyard

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

06:40 ........................... A Walk in the Sun

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

10:00... Sunday Morning Live

08:30 ......Monty Don’s French Gardens

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

11:00 ........................... Fast Tales 11:30...................................... Golf 12:00 ..........................BBC News 12:10...................................... Golf 19:00................... BBC News 19:10 .... BBC London News 19:20 ................ Countryfile John Craven’s 25th Anniversary.

Countryfile takes a trip down memory lane with the legend John Craven as he celebrates 25 years on the show. To mark this quarter of a century, he’ll he acts as guest editor and decides exactly what goes into the programme. John meets fellow presenter and good friend Adam Henson on his farm to reminisce. They discuss the changes in farming over the years, the adventures he’s had and the people he has met along the way, from prime ministers to pig farmers.

John sets missions for the rest of the Countryfile presenters.

Back in 1989, John investigated the growth of organic farming on his first ever Countryfile appearance.

20:10 .....................Antiques Roadshow 21:10 ..... Seven Wonders of the Commonwealth A one-off special to herald the start of the Commonwealth Games. Some of the nation’s best-loved presenters - Clare Balding, Denise Lewis, Anita Rani, Dan Snow and Reggie Yates - travel around the globe to marvel at seven diverse natural wonders and meet some of the two billion members of the Commonwealth. They venture to the oldest desert on the planet, the most pristine rainforest, the world’s greatest waterfall, the largest mangrove swamp, the richest coral reef and the world’s most spectacular fjordland. The final wonder is found deep in a cave far closer to home. Along the way they discover what it means to part of the Commonwealth today.

22:10................... BBC News 22:35........ Murdered by My Boyfriend 23:35.... The Greatest Game Ever Played

09:30 ....................... Countryfile 10:30 ..................................... Golf 11:30 ............Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 13:00 ........... Rick Stein’s Spain 14:00 ................................ Flog it!

Trade Secrets 14:30 .......................... Escape to the Country 15:30 ...............................Lifeline Sam Smith presents an appeal on behalf of DEBRA, the UK’s leading charity supporting people who live with a painful genetic skin condition. Sam is one of around 5000 people in the UK with epidermolysis bullosa (EB), which means her skin is so fragile, the slightest touch or rub can result in painful blisters and open wounds.

The film features Jenna, who describes the value of having a DEBRA community support worker who helped her learn to care for her baby son Freddie and change his dressings, even when he is in pain. DEBRA also arranged a grant so the family could install carpet that wouldn’t chafe Freddie’s skin.

Sam relates to 11-year-old Josh, who is determined not to let his skin condition rule his life. DEBRA has enabled Josh’s family to go on holiday. The charity is appealing for support for its work giving direct help to people living with EB, and for the research it funds into a possible cure.

07:20 ...............Digimon Fusion 07:45 ............................. Mr. Bean 08:00 ............Deadtime Stories 08:25 ............................ITV News 08:30 ............................Weekend 09:25 ..................... May the Best House Win 10:25......... Murder, She Wrote 11:20 .............................ITV News and Weather 12:30 .............Long Lost Family 13:35 ............................Columbo 15:35 ........ Midsomer Murders 17:30 ....................Tipping Point 18:30...... ITV News London 18:45............. ITV News and Weather 19:00............... Catchphrase Stephen Mulhern hosts the classic game show which asks viewers and contestants to say what they see. Jane, Ady and Laura compete to guess the familiar phrases hidden in animated clues. One lucky contestant will go through to the Super Catchphrase for the chance to win fifty thousand pounds.

20:00................. Foyle’s War

16:15 .........................Grand Prix 20:30........Dragons’ Den

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

11:30........... Love Your Garden

15:40 ............... Songs of Praise 19:00.......F1: Grand Prix

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

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21:30..................... Britain’s Flying Past Passionate flying enthusiast and broadcaster John Sergeant celebrates the plane that some believe won the war - the Lancaster. The film tells the story of this mighty aircraft and the ordinary people whose lives were made extraordinary through their association with it.

22:30......... Mock the Week 23:00................... The Quiet American

Crime drama series set in the Cold War era. As Foyle returns from a stay in the USA, MI5 agents persuade him to go to their London HQ immediately. Foyle is told that a Soviet spy network called the Eternity Ring is at large in the capital and could involve the distinguished nuclear physicist Professor Michael Fraser. Foyle is not sure why he has been involved, until the deputy head of MI5 explains that his former assistant Samantha is working as Fraser’s secretary, and could be acting as a go-between with the Russians.

Foyle is shocked that MI5 are suggesting that Sam could be a traitor to her country.

22:00..................... ITV News 22:15 ......... Testing Britain’s Worst Drivers: Crash Course 23:15 ....................The Cube

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nday Sunday Sunday 20th July 06:10 ........................ The Hoobs

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

07:00 ..... FIM Superbike World Championship

08:20 ....... Milkshake! Bop Box

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

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

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

07:30 ...........................British GT

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

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

07:55 .............Everybody Loves Raymond 08:55 .................................Frasier 10:00................ Sunday Brunch 13:30 ........................ Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games 16:05 ..................Couples Come Dine with Me 17:10 ..............Channel 4 News 17:40.......................... Hugo 20:00...................... The Mill Channel 4’s highest-rating drama of 2013, The Mill, returns in a new six-part series covering 1838 to 1842 and focusing on the lives of the mill workers against a backdrop of turbulent social, political and industrial change.

This is a time of the great Chartist rallies and the birth of modern democracy, with the movement for the right for working class men to vote sweeping the country.

21:00..........Child Genius

09:00 ................ Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:15 ........................Jelly Jamm 09:30 .......................... LazyTown 10:00 .................Power Rangers Megaforce 10:35................. Power Rangers Megaforce 11:05 ............... Meerkat Manor 11:30 .................................Access 11:35 ....................... Big Brother 12:05 .......... The Dog Rescuers 12:35 .................................... Click 14:40.................... Lost in Space 17:10..... Big Momma’s House 19:00............... Cricket on 5 19:55 .......5 News Weekend

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20:00 ................. My Child is a Monkey

10:15 ............Coronation Street Omnibus 12:40 ..... America’s Got Talent 14:30..... America’s Got Talent 15:20 ............... The Very Best of You’ve Been Framed!

16:30........... Mr Bean’s Holiday 18:15........... Cats and Dogs Unknown to humans, a secret war has been raging between cats and dogs for eons, but a fragile truce has long held the order of the animal kingdom in place. Now the balance of power has tipped, as a researcher, Professor Brody, is about to invent a vaccine that will erase all human allergies to dogs. This is too much for the autocratic Mr. Tinkles, a white Persian kitty bent on world domination.

20:00 .......... Evan Almighty 22:00...................... The Only Way is Essex

22:00..................... Love and Other Drug

21:00 ................Big Brother

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

06:00... RSPCA Animal Rescue

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

06:30... RSPCA Animal Rescue

07:10........................... The World of Stupid Criminals

09:00.... Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Special

07:00... RSPCA Animal Rescue

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

08:00.................... The Real A&E

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

09:30................ Believe Special

08:30.................... The Real A&E

10:00 ...................Megatruckers

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

09:00........ Nothing to Declare

10:30................... Megatruckers

09:30 .........Emergency Animal Rescue

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

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

12:00 .........Would I Lie to You?

11:00............ WWE Experience 12:00 ...................... Isle of Wight Festival 2014 14:00 ...........................Futurama 14:30 ...........................Futurama 15:00 ................Modern Family

22:00 .......... The Book of Eli

11:00 ..................... Chicago Fire 15:00.....Obese: A Year to Save My Life USA

22:50..............American Pie

11:30 ..............Storage Hunters 12:40......... Would I Lie to You? 16:00...............Storage Hunters 16:30.............. Storage Hunters

15:30 ................Modern Family

17:00................. America’s Next Top Model

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

18:00...................... Hitched

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

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

19:00.. She’s Having a Baby

19:00 ................ Traffic Cops

20:30 ...................Futurama

20:00 ....Nine Months Later

21:00 ............ Hawaii Five-0 22:00...... NCIS: Los Angeles 23:00..................Cop Squad

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06:15..................... Real Rescues 07:00 ................... Bondi Rescue 07:30 ................... Bondi Rescue 08:00 .......... Beverly Hills Pawn 08:35 .......... Beverly Hills Pawn 09:05 .........You Gotta Eat Here 09:35 .........You Gotta Eat Here 10:00....The Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour of Britain 11:00....The Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour of Britain 12:00 ...................... Who Do You Think You Are? 13:00...................... Who Do You Think You Are? 14:00 .............Undercover Boss 15:00 .............Undercover Boss 16:00....... Million Dollar Intern 17:00...................... Best in Town 18:00.............. Jamie’s Great Britain 20:00................. Traffic Cops 21:00 ................ Traffic Cops 22:00 ......... Motorway Cops 23:00.............. David Blaine: Drowned Alive

06:00 ........................... Switched 06:25 ........................... Switched 06:45 .......... Make it or Break it 07:35........................... Charmed 08:30................ Rude(Ish) Tube 09:00 ................ Rude(Ish) Tube 09:30 .......................... How I Met Your Mother 10:00....... Hollyoaks Omnibus 12:30 .......................... How I Met Your Mother 14:30.......... Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 15:30 ..........The Mindy Project 16:00............................. New Girl 16:30 .......Brooklyn Nine-Nine 17:00............................... The 100 18:00.......... Rude(Ish) Tube 18:30 ..........Rude(Ish) Tube 19:00........................ The Big Bang Theory 20:00................. The Golden Compass 22:10........................ The Big Bang Theory 23:10.................. Rude Tube

06:00 ........Devil’s Dinner Party

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

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

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

08:00 ...............The Guest Wing

06:30 ................... Football Gold

09:00 .........Friday Night Lights

07:00................................... World Matchplay Darts

10:00 .........................Visionaries: Inside the Creative Mind 11:00 ...................Urban Secrets 12:00 ............................The Pitch 13:00 ......... Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations 15:00 .......................Blue Bloods 16:00 .......................Blue Bloods 17:00 ............... Without a Trace

11:00....................... The Premier League Years 13:00....World Matchplay Darts 17:00................ Premier League Legends 17:30 ................Premier League Legends 18:00 ......... Premier League Legends

18:00.......... Without a Trace

18:30 ......... Premier League Legends

20:00.....Would I Lie to You?

20:00................... Making of Kingdom of Plants

19:00 ....... World Matchplay Darts

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

20:40.....Would I Lie to You?

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

23:00.................. Darts Gold

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

21:20.....Would I Lie to You?

22:15...................... Banshee

23:30 ......... Speedway Gold

23:00......................... Bones

23:20.....Would I Lie to You?

23:30 ...................... Witness

23:45......... Speedway Gold

Dragons’ Den BBC2, 20:30

Series in which budding entrepreneurs pitch business ideas to multimillionaires. The Dragons return to pass their judgement on a toe tapping pitch which sees the panel up on their feet. Also this episode, Deborah Meaden goes for a slightly unconventional joy ride and Peter Jones thinks outside the frame with an offer the Den has never seen before. Will any of the entrepreneurs be able to entice the Dragons and secure that all-important investment?

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German Grand Prix - Highlights. Suzi Perry presents highlights from the German Grand Prix - the 10th race of the Formula 1 calendar at Hockenheim.

Last year’s race, held at the Nurburgring, saw Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel claim his first ever victory on home soil and the 30th win of his career.

He passed pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton before the first corner and held off Kimi Raikkonen to finish in first place.

Child Genius Channel 4, 21:00

In this brand new series, 20 of the most gifted youngsters in the UK battle it out to be crowned Britain’s brightest child in the Child Genius of the Year competition. Overseen by high IQ society British Mensa, this fourpart series follows some exceptional seven to 12-year-old children and their parents. In this first stage of the competition they face two gruelling rounds: Advanced Maths - where questions are beyond many an adult’s capability; and Memory Recall, where they have to memorise and then mentally navigate four zones of the London Underground map - a staggering 170 stations.

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Monday Monday Mo 06:00 ............................Breakfast 09:15 .....................Heir Hunters 10:00........... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00.................... Animal S.O.S. 11:30 ...............Street Patrol UK 12:15 ....................Bargain Hunt 13:00 ............BBC News at One 13:30 ......... BBC London News 13:45.............................. Doctors 14:15......................... Perfection 15:00.............................Escape to the Country 15:45 ....Wanted Down Under 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....How Safe is Your CW House? choice 20:00 ................ EastEnders 20:30.................. Panorama 21:00 .............John Bishop’s Australia 22:00 ....... BBC News at Ten 22:25 .... BBC London News 22:35............. Kevin Bridges Live at the Commonwealth 23:15..........Commonwealth City

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06:00 ...............This is BBC Two 06:05 ...........Homes Under the Hammer 07:05 ................... Animal S.O.S.

06:00................. Good Morning Britain 08:30............................. Lorraine

07:35 .............. Street Patrol UK

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

08:20 .............. Call the Council

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

09:05................... The Quest for Bannockburn

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

10:05 ..........................Watchdog Test House

12:30.........Let’s Do Lunch...

With Gino and Mel

10:35 ....................................Click 11:00 ......................... BBC News

13:30............................. ITV News and Weather

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

14:00...............The Speakmans

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

15:00..........................Dickinson’s Real Deal

13:00 ........................Breakaway

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

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13:45 ............The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

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

15:30.............. The Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour of Britain

18:00..... ITV News London

16:15 ....... Africa’s Magnificent Beasts 17:15.... Antiques Roadshow 18:00................... Eggheads 18:30... Flog it! Trade Secrets 19:00... Antiques Road Trip 20:00...University Challenge 20:30......... Food and Drink 21:00......Clothes to Die For 22:00................................ QI 22:30................. Newsnight 23:20.............Dragons’ Den

17:00 .........................The Chase 18:30 ............. ITV News and Weather 19:00 ............... Emmerdale 19:30..... Coronation Street 20:00 ............. Countrywise 20:30 .... Coronation Street 21:00 ...... Long Lost Family 22:00 ................ ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:40 ............You Saw Them Here First 23:40................. You Cannot be Serious!

Let’s Do Lunch...with Gino & Mel ITV1, 12.30

Gino D’Acampo and Melanie Sykes are back for some summer fun.

They’ll be joined every day by a celebrity guest, from Alan Carr to Anastacia, Keith Duffy to Katie Derham.

Gino of course will also be taking to the stove and cooking up delicious dishes that you can cook along with at home. He’ll also be challenged to take on a range of foodie experts – and going head to head with Mel this time as she flexes her culinary muscles.

As ever viewers will also be given the chance to choose the final dish that Gino cooks.

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onday Monday Monday 21st July 06:00 ...................... Countdown 06:45.....3rd Rock from the Sun 07:35 ............... King of Queens 08:00 .............Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00 .................................Frasier 10:00 ...Undercover Boss USA 11:00 ..... Celebrity Come Dine with Me: Ireland 12:05...... Celebrity Come Dine with Me: Ireland 13:40.................... Four in a Bed 14:40...................... Countdown 15:30 ...............Deal or No Deal 16:30 ...............Ultimate Dealer 17:00 ..................Couples Come Dine with Me 18:00............ The Simpsons 18:30................... Hollyoaks 19:00........ Channel 4 News W 20:00.............Dispatches Coice ch 20:30 ......Food Unwrapped 21:00.............Royal Marines Commando School 22:00....... Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

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

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

06:00 ..............................Oddities

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

06:30........... Coronation Street

08:55....... Milkshake! Bop Box

07:00........... Coronation Street

06:20........................ Beauty and the Beast

07:25 ..........................Girlfri3nds

07:00............................. Primeval

08:20...................... Dinner Date

08:00...................... Doctor Who

09:20..... The Real Housewives of New Jersey

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

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

10:15..... The Real Housewives of Atlanta

11:00 ................... Covert Affairs

12:15....................... Big Brother

11:10................... Big Rich Texas

12:00 ...................... Who Do You Think You Are? USA

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

12:10 ........................Emmerdale

13:00 ........Masterchef Canada

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

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

14:15.................................... NCIS

13:15 ...........Coronation Street

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

15:15................................ Tribute

13:45...The Jeremy Kyle Show

16:00 .......... Beverly Hills Pawn

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

14:50...The Jeremy Kyle Show

16:30 .......... Beverly Hills Pawn

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

15:55...The Jeremy Kyle Show

17:00............................. Primeval

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

18:00................ Doctor Who

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

17:00..... The Real Housewives of Atlanta

19:00............... Cricket on 5

18:00................ Dinner Date 19:00....You’ve Been Framed!

20:0.............. 0 Best in Town

20:00.... Police Interceptors 21:00 ........ Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole

19:30....You’ve Been Framed!

22:00.................Big Brother

21:00........ Tomorrow Never Dies

06:00 .....................................Glee 07:00 ...............Dog the Bounty Hunter 08:00 ...........................Futurama 08:30 ...........................Futurama 10:00........... NCIS: Los Angeles 14:00 .................. The Simpsons 14:30 .................. The Simpsons 15:00..................................... Glee 16:00........................... Futurama 16:30........................... Futurama 17:00.................. The Simpsons 17:30........................... Futurama 18:00 ...................Futurama 18:30 ............The Simpsons 19:00 ............The Simpsons 20:00.......... Modern Family 21:00....................... Trollied 21:30 ...................... Trollied 22:00............. Transporter 2

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

09:00 ........................ Tickety Toc 09:15 ..............The Wright Stuff 11:10................ Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

23:05...............Big Brother’s Bit on the Side

07:00 ........Nothing to Declare 08:00 ..................RSPCA Animal Rescue 09:00 ....................The Real A&E 10:00 ........Nothing to Declare 11:00 ............My Kitchen Rules 12:00 ............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 14:00 ................Criminal Minds 15:00 ............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 17:00... RSPCA Animal Rescue 17:30... RSPCA Animal Rescue 18:00........ Cooks to Market 19:00 ...... My Kitchen Rules 20:00.......................Hitched 21:00.......................... Nikita 22:00............ Unforgettable 23:00.................. CSI: Miami

20:00....You’ve Been Framed!

23:25............Celebrity Juice

07:00 ..................... World’s Most Dangerous Roads 08:00............................. Top Gear 09:00 ..........Lizard Lick Towing 10:00 ..................... World’s Most Dangerous Roads 11:00............................. Top Gear 13:00 ..........Lizard Lick Towing 14:00 ..................... World’s Most Dangerous Roads 15:00 .............................Top Gear 17:00.......... Lizard Lick Towing 18:00 .................... Top Gear 19:00........................... QI XL 20:00 .......... Have I Got a Bit More News for You 21:00 ...........................QI XL 22:00......... 8 Out of 10 Cats 22:35 ..........Mock the Week 23:10........... Have I Got a Bit More News for You

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

19:00....Masterchef Canada 21:00 ......... Motorway Cops 22:00 .....Being Human USA 23:00............ Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind 23:30............ Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind

06:00 ........................... Switched 06:25.................................. 90210 07:10................ Rude(Ish) Tube 07:55........................... Charmed 09:00 .....................................Glee 10:00..................... Suburgatory 11:00........................... Charmed 12:00 ...........................Hollyoaks 12:30 ... Rules of Engagement 13:00 .......................... How I Met Your Mother 14:00 .....The Big Bang Theory 15:00 ... Rules of Engagement 16:00..................... Suburgatory 17:00 .......................... How I Met Your Mother 18:00... The Big Bang Theory 19:00................... Hollyoaks 19:30 .....................New Girl 20:00 .... The Mindy Project 20:30 . Brooklyn Nine-Nine 21:00...................... The 100 22:00....... Virtually Famous 22:5................. 0 Rude Tube 23:55........... How I Met Your Mother

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

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

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

09:00 .............. Game Changers

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

10:00 ..................... Soccer A.M. The Best Bits

06:00................... Stargate SG-1

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 ............. Ray Donovan 22:00..................... Banshee 23:15.......Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net 23:45.................... Curb Your Enthusiasm

11:00 .......................The Premier League Years 13:00 .......... Football’s Greatest Players 14:30 ................... Football Gold 15:00 .......................The Premier League Years 17:00 ................... Football Gold 18:00 .............Super League Fulltime 19:00 ....... World Matchplay Darts 23:00...................Darts Gold 23:30..............Darts Special: Fry and Waddell

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BBC1, 19:30

Programme investigating household safety and hunting down shoddy workmanship. Across the UK there are approximately 30 million people living in rented accommodation and a million living with serious dangers in their homes.

Angellica Bell joins a housing officer in Peterborough to tackle a rogue landlord whose refusal to fix a family’s home is putting their health at real risk. In 2013 70 people were killed in the UK by faulty household electrics and hundreds of thousands more were injured.

Angellica and Mark tackle this deadly, invisible killer in a family home just outside Hull.

Dispatches Channel 4, 20:00

Are You Addicted to Your Doctor? When’s an emergency really an emergency?

How many times have you been to the doctor for something you could have sorted out yourself?

With the NHS under strain Dispatches investigates those who are over-using our health system, from the anxious woman who calls an ambulance 20 times a year, to the young mums who head to A&E with minor ailments and illnesses.

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

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

09:15..................... Heir Hunters

06:05 ...........Homes Under the Hammer

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

07:05 ....................Animal S.O.S. 07:35 ...............Street Patrol UK

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

11:30 ...............Street Patrol UK

08:20............... Call the Council

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

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

09:05 ..............Food Inspectors

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

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

10:05 ..........................Watchdog Test House

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

13:45 .............................. Doctors 14:15......................... Perfection 15:00 ............................Escape to the Country 15:45 .................. Wanted Down Under 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 ................ EastEnders 20:00.................. Holby City

10:35 ...........................HARDtalk 11:00 ..........................BBC News 11:30 .............BBC World News 12:00 ............ The Daily Politics 13:00...........................The Super League Show

13:30............................. ITV News and Weather 14:00............... The Speakmans

14:00 ........... Yellowstone Kelly

15:00 .........................Dickinson’s Real Deal

15:30 ..............The Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour of Britain

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

16:15 .................. Natural World 17:15.......Antiques Roadshow 18:00................... Eggheads 18:30 ........................Flog it!

Trade Secrets

17:00.......................... The Chase 18:00...... ITV News London 18:30 ............. ITV News and Weather 19:00................ Emmerdale

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22:00 ....... BBC News at Ten 22:25 .... BBC London News

20:00..............Hive Alive

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22:00 .... The Sarah Millican 22:45.........Sir Chris Hoy: W C Television Programme How to Win Gold choice 22:30 .................Newsnight 23:45............. John Bishop’s Australia

Sir Chris Hoy won a record-breaking six Olympic Gold medals for cycling before retiring after London 2012. Now, for a BBC One documentary, he looks at his journey and speaks to other outstanding medalwinning athletes to discover How To Win Gold.

Sir Chris Hoy says: “The success I had never stopped surprising me because I don’t think I was simply born a champion. I don’t think anyone is. I want to show you how champions are made, through endless hard work and determination, by victory and defeat, by brain as well as brawn, by great teams and amazing support. And if I can do it, anyone can, because we all start off with a chance of winning gold.”

Andy Murray, Sir Steve Redgrave, Rebecca Adlington, Lennox Lewis, and Graeme Obree all tell their story on what pushed them to the top of their game, while Sir Chris explains the physical and psychological process he underwent to make sure he was the best in his field.

Sir Steve Redgrave was picked out at school by a teacher for having big hands and feet to make him suitable for rowing. He pinpoints desire to succeed, outweighing skill level as the gold factor.

Meanwhile, Wimbledon Champion Andy Murray puts proving people wrong as a factor in his own determination, and discusses the pressure of expectation and how he dealt with the nation’s hopes for him.

Swimming gold-medallist Rebecca Adlington, who won one of her two gold medals by a fingertip, talks about the tiniest manoeuvres and decisions that can make the difference between winning and losing.

Meanwhile, for boxer Lennox Lewis, who retired as the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, it was all about tactics and psyching out the opposition.

For fellow cyclist Graeme Obree, the drive of fear of regret was the one thing that pushed him to his limit – and admits he would rather have died than let his opponent win the World Championships in 1995.

During the documentary, we also hear from Sir Chris’s family and team, who talk about the highs and lows of the years of hard work and preparation. We also follow Sir Chris as he starts on his new goal, to race for a professional motor racing team.

12:30 ............................... Let’s Do Lunch... With Gino and Mel

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

21:00................Crimewatch

BBC1, 22.45

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

11:00 ....................Animal S.O.S.

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

Sir Chris Hoy - How To Win Gold

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

23:20...... Clothes to Die For

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21:00 ..........................56 Up

22:40................... The Chase 23:40 ..................Tales From Northumberland with Robson Green

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Tuesday

Tuesday

22nd

06:00 ...................... Countdown 06:45. 3rd Rock from the Sun 07:35............... King of Queens 08:00............. Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00..................................Frasier 10:00 ...Undercover Boss USA 11:00 ...... Come Dine with Me 12:00 .............. Channel 4 News Summary 12:05 ...... Come Dine with Me 13:40 ....................Four in a Bed 14:40 ...................... Countdown 15:30 ...............Deal or No Deal 16:30 ...............Ultimate Dealer 17:00 ..................Couples Come Dine with Me 18:00 ............The Simpsons 18:30 .................. Hollyoaks 19:00 ........ Channel 4 News 20:00 ........ Kirstie’s Fill Your House for Free 21:00 .......Undercover Boss 22:00 ........................Utopia 23:05 ............Royal Marines Commando School

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

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

08:55....... Milkshake! Bop Box

06:30........... Coronation Street

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

07:00 ...........Coronation Street

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

07:25 ..........................Girlfriends

11:10 ........................Angry Brits: Caught on Camera

08:20 ...................... Dinner Date

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

09:20 ..... The Real Housewives of New Jersey

10:00 ................................The Bill 11:00 ................... Covert Affairs

10:15..... The Real Housewives of Atlanta

12:00 .......... Who Do You Think You Are? USA

11:10 ...................Big Rich Texas

13:00 ........Masterchef Canada

14:15 .................................... NCIS

12:10........................ Emmerdale

15:15 .......Murder 101: Locked Room Mystery

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

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

13:15........... Coronation Street

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

13:45...The Jeremy Kyle Show

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

14:50...The Jeremy Kyle Show

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

15:55...The Jeremy Kyle Show

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

17:00 ..... The Real Housewives of Atlanta

12:10......... 5 News Lunchtime 12:15 ....................... Big Brother 13:15 .............Home and Away 13:45 ...................... Neighbours

19:00............. Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away: Final Demand 20:00..... The Dog Rescuers 21:00........ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

18:00............... Dinner Date 19:00 ................You’ve Been Framed!

20:00....I Wanna Marry Harry

22:00 ................Big Brother

21:00 .............Hell’s Kitchen

23:00 ..............Big Brother’s Bit on the Side

23:00 ...........Celebrity Juice 23:45......Two and a Half Men

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

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

07:00............................... Dog the Bounty Hunter

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

08:00 ...........................Futurama

08:00... RSPCA Animal Rescue

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

09:00.....................The Real A&E

14:00 .................. The Simpsons

09:30.....................The Real A&E

14:30.................. The Simpsons

10:00 ........Nothing to Declare

15:00 .....................................Glee

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

16:00........................... Futurama 16:30 ...........................Futurama

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

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

13:00................ Criminal Minds

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

15:00 ............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

07:00...................... World’s Most Dangerous Roads 08:00............................. Top Gear 09:00.......... Lizard Lick Towing 10:00 ..................... World’s Most Dangerous Roads 11:00 .............................Top Gear 13:00 ..........Lizard Lick Towing 14:00 ..................... World’s Most Dangerous Roads 15:00 .............................Top Gear 17:00 ..........Lizard Lick Towing 18:00..................... Top Gear 19:00........................... QI XL 20:00.......... Have I Got a Bit More News for You 21:00 ...........................QI XL 22:00......... 8 Out of 10 Cats 22:35 ..........Mock the Week 23:10 .......... Have I Got a Bit More News for You

18:00 ...................Futurama 18:30.............The Simpsons 20:00...........Modern Family 20:30 ..........Modern Family 21:00 ........ An Idiot Abroad

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

17:00... RSPCA Animal Rescue 17:30 ............. Cooks to Market 18:30....... My Kitchen Rules 20:00.......... Criminal Minds

22:00 ............................Glee

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

23:00 .......................24: Live Another Day

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

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22:00 ....................Hannibal

Hive Alive BBC2, 20:00

Two-part documentary in which Chris Packham and Martha Kearney reveal the mysteries of the honeybee. This epiosde, Chris and Martha discover which of the show’s tagged bees have survived over the midsummer week, a frenetic nectar and pollen gathering period, and if any of them have collected enough food to see them through the winter. With the help of Prof Adam Hart, they also explore the Queen’s remarkably deadly mating ritual and look at how bees can help people medically, as well as how people help bees.

06:15 ........................ Beauty and the Beast 07:00 ............................. Primeval 08:00 ...................... Doctor Who

16:00.......... Beverly Hills Pawn 16:30 .......... Beverly Hills Pawn 17:00 ............................. Primeval 18:00 ............... Doctor Who 19:00................. Masterchef Canada 20:00 ............. Jamie’s Great Britain 21:00.......... Almost Human 22:00 .............. David Blaine 23:00 ........... Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind 23:30............ Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind

06:00.................... Stargate SG-1 07:00 .............Thirtysomething 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 14:00.................................. House 15:00 .......Star Trek: Enterprise 16:00 ............... Without a Trace 17:00 .......................Blue Bloods 18:00......................... House 20:00 ..................Petrol Age 21:00 ......... Alan Partridge’s Mid-Morning Matters 22:00............. Ray Donovan 23:10 ..... Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 23:45........Game of Thrones

July 06:00 ........................... Switched 06:25 ..................................90210 07:10 .......................... Desperate Housewives 08:00........................... Charmed 09:00 .....................................Glee 10:00..................... Suburgatory 11:00........................... Charmed 12:00.......................... Hollyoaks 12:35.... Rules of Engagement 13:00...How I Met Your Mother 14:00 .....The Big Bang Theory 15:00 ...............................Rules of Engagement 16:00 .....................Suburgatory 16:30 .....................Suburgatory 17:00.......................... How I Met Your Mother 18:00........................ The Big Bang Theory 19:00 .................. Hollyoaks 19:30 .......... How I Met Your Mother 21:00 .....................New Girl 21:30..... The Mindy Project 22:00.......... Jennifer’s Body

06:00 ..................Good Morning Sports Fans 09:00............... Game Changers 10:00 ..................... Soccer A.M. The Best Bits 11:00 .......................The Premier League Years 13:00 .......... Football’s Greatest Players 13:30 .......... Football’s Greatest Managers 14:00 .......... Football’s Greatest Teams 14:30................... Football Gold 15:00....................... The Premier League Years 17:00................... Football Gold 18:00 .............Gary Newbon Interviews Phil Taylor 19:00 ..........................World Matchplay Darts 23:30..............Gary Newbon Interviews Phil Taylor

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The Crimewatch team present the latest crime news, appeals and investigations. Including the case of Alan Jeal whose body was discovered washed up on a Cornish beach in February. For detectives, it triggered an investigation into a suspicious death, which five months on is still a mystery.

Now Crimewatch has been granted full access to the key evidence, including CCTV and interviews to piece together a case, which so far, has left everyone baffled. Also, with the summer holidays fast approaching Martin Bayfield investigates the rise in scams specifically targeting those looking for a good deal online. And Matthew Amroliwala has exclusive access to the counter terrorism team who were tasked with tracking down a white supremacist bomber in Birmingham.

Plus, the usual roundup of crimes caught on CCTV and a fresh collection of wanted faces.

Love Your Garden ITV1, 20:00 Alan Titchmarsh and his team transform unloved back yards into stunning oases. Alan, David Domoney, Frances Tophill and Katie Rushworth are in Bideford on the north coast of Devon, where they are helping out the Wood family.

Tamsyn Wood, her husband Alex and their four children were living the good life in the south of France, but then a terrible brain injury suffered

by Alex meant they had to give up that life and return to England. Alan and the gang get to work, transforming an overgrown plot full of weeds into a coastal haven full of colour and cheer. David recycles an old boat to create a bespoke daybed, while Katie turns some old fruit barrels into raised planters which Alex will be able to reach from his wheelchair.

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Wednesday 09:15 .....................Heir Hunters

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

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

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

07:00.................. Animal S.O.S.

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

07:30............ Street Patrol UK

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

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

11:00.................... Animal S.O.S.

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

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

10:00................... Tigers About the House

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

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

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

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

12:00 ....................Animal Park

14:15......................... Perfection

13:00............................. Lifeline

15:00............................ Escape to the Country

13:10 ...................... Breakaway

15:45 .................. Wanted Down Under

15:30............ The Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour of Britain

16:30................................ Flog It!

16:15................ Natural World

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

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

17:15.....Antiques Roadshow

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

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

18:00................. Eggheads

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

18:30 ............ Flog it! Trade Secrets

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

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

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

20:00....... Operation Cloud Lab: Secrets of the Skies

20:00.... All Star Mr and Mrs

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

18:30............... BBC London News 19:00........... The One Show 20:00..........Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony

This episode follows engineers building London’s brand new underground railway, Crossrail, as they take on a Great British obsession - building train tunnels under water. Linda Miller, an engineer more at home building space launch complexes at Cape Canaveral, battles to rebuild a Victorian tunnel under the Royal Docks in London’s east end. While a British tunneling dynasty - the Bermingham family - follow in the footsteps of the original father-son team of Marc and Isambard Kingdom Brunel to build a brand new tunnel under the river Thames.

One Born Every Minute Channel 4, 21:00 A startling family secret turns the world of a mum-to-be upside down, another mum considers converting religions to create her family and one couple finally make it to the delivery suite after four years of trying.

Emma, who’s 17, grew up living with who she thought was her mum, her dad and her sisters, until her mum was diagnosed with cancer and her family decided it was time to tell her the truth. She discovered that her sister was her biological mother, who’d had Emma when she was 16.

08:15............. Call the Council 09:00................. Fostering and Me with Lorraine Pascale

11:30................Street Patrol UK

The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway BBC2, 21:00

Wednes

13:55 ................ Dean Spanley

23:00 .................. BBC News

21:00..The Fifteen Billion W C Pound Railway choice

23:25 ............... BBC London News

22:00... Backchat with Jack Whitehall and His Dad

23:40.................. A Question of Sport

22:30 ............... Newsnight 23:20.................... Horizon

11:25.............................ITV News 12:30............................... Let’s Do Lunch... With Gino and Mel 13:30............................. ITV News and Weather 14:00 ...............The Speakmans 15:00 .........................Dickinson’s Real Deal

19:30...... Coronation Street 21:00..........Inside Death CW Row with choice Trevor McDonald 22:00 ................ ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:40.......Weight Loss Ward 23:40......................... Off the Beaten Track

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Wednesday

23rd

06:00 ...................... Countdown 06:45.....3rd Rock from the Sun 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.....................Four in a Bed 14:40....................... Countdown 15:30................Deal or No Deal 16:30................Ultimate Dealer 17:00...................Couples Come Dine with Me 18:00............ The Simpsons 18:30 .................. Hollyoaks 19:00 ........ Channel 4 News 20:00.... This Old Thing: The Vintage Clothes Show 21:00.....One Born Every CW Minute choice 22:00 ..................The Mimic 22:30 ......... 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 23:35.............. The IT Crowd

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

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

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

07:00 .....You’ve Been Framed!

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

07:25 ..........................Girlfriends

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

08:20 ...................... Dinner Date

11:10 ...... Black Market Britain

23:00 ..............Big Brother’s Bit on the Side

22:50............Celebrity Juice 23:35......Two and a Half Men

23:30............ Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind

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

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

07:00............... Dog the Bounty Hunter

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

08:00 ...........................Futurama

09:00.................... The Real A&E

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

09:30 ....................The Real A&E

14:00 .................. The Simpsons

10:00........ Nothing to Declare

15:00 .....................................Glee

10:30........ Nothing to Declare

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

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

17:00 .................. The Simpsons 17:30 ...........................Futurama

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

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

13:00................ Criminal Minds

18:30............ The Simpsons 20:00 ..........Modern Family

15:00............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

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

17:00... RSPCA Animal Rescue 17:30.............. Cooks to Market

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

18:30...... My Kitchen Rules

22:00.....Football’s Funniest Moments

21:00 ......................Scandal

07:00 ..................... World’s Most Dangerous Roads 08:00 .............................Top Gear 09:00.......... Lizard Lick Towing 10:00...................... World’s Most Dangerous Roads 11:00 .............................Top Gear 13:00.......... Lizard Lick Towing 14:00...................... World’s Most Dangerous Roads 15:00............................. Top Gear 17:00.......... Lizard Lick Towing 18:00..................... Top Gear 19:00........................... QI XL 20:00.......... Have I Got a Bit More News for You 21:00 ...........................QI XL 22:00......... 8 Out of 10 Cats 22:35.......... Mock the Week 23:10.......... Have I Got a Bit More News for You

06:00 ................... Stargate SG-1 07:00 .............Thirtysomething 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................... Making of Kingdom of Plants 21:00 ............. Silicon Valley 21:35 ........................... Veep 22:10...... Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 22:45 ...............Enlightened 23:20.......Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net

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

12:10..........5 News Lunchtime 12:15....................... Big Brother 13:15............. Home and Away 13:45 ...................... Neighbours 14:15 .................................... NCIS 15:15..................................Access 15:20 ................... Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder

06:15........................ Beauty and the Beast

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

07:00 ............................. Primeval 08:00 ...................... Doctor Who

07:10 .......................... Desperate Housewives

09:20 ..... The Real Housewives of New Jersey

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

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

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

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

10:15..... The Real Housewives of Atlanta

11:00 ................... Covert Affairs

10:00 .....................Suburgatory

11:10 ...................Big Rich Texas

12:00 ............ Who Do You Thin You Are? USA

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

12:10 ........................Emmerdale

13:00 ........Masterchef Canada

13:15 .....You’ve Been Framed!

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

12:35 ... Rules of Engagement

13:45 .... The Jeremy Kyle Show 14:50 .... The Jeremy Kyle Show

16:00 .......... Beverly Hills Pawn

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

15:55 .... The Jeremy Kyle Show

16:30 .......... Beverly Hills Pawn

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

17:00 ..... The Real Housewives of Atlanta

17:00 ............................. Primeval 18:00................ Doctor Who

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

19:00....Masterchef Canada

19:00....You’ve Been Framed!

20:00.......... Almost Human

19:30....You’ve Been Framed!

21:00..................... Ben Earl: Trick Artist

18:00 ........Home and Away 18:30 ......... 5 News Tonight 19:00 .........Mysteries of the Vampire Skeletons Revealed

20:00....You’ve Been Framed!

20:00..... Emergency Bikers

21:00... Through the Keyhole

21:00 ....Caught on Camera

22:00...................... The Only Way is Essex

22:00 ................Big Brother

08:00... RSPCA Animal Rescue

20:00.....She’s Having a Baby 22:00.......... Criminal Minds 23:00 .........................Bones

July

22:00............ Cars, Cops and Criminals 23:00............ Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind

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

12:00.......................... Hollyoaks 13:00...How I Met Your Mother 14:00................................ The Big Bang Theory 15:00... Rules of Engagement 16:00..................... Suburgatory 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 ........................ X-Men 22:05.................. Rude Tube 23:10 ......... Jennifer’s Body

06:00 ..................Good Morning Sports Fans 09:00 .............. Game Changers 10:00 ..................... Soccer A.M. The Best Bits 11:00....................... The Premier League Years 13:00 .......... Football’s Greatest Players 13:30 .......... Football’s Greatest Managers 14:30 ................... Football Gold 15:00 .......................The Premier League Years 17:00 ................... Football Gold 17:15 ................... Football Gold 18:00................ Boots ‘n’ All 19:00 ....... World Matchplay Darts 23:30........................ Time of Our Lives

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Inside Death Row with Trevor McDonald ITV1, 21:00

Trevor McDonald goes inside one of America’s most notorious maximum security prisons - Indiana State where he comes face-to-face with 12 condemned men awaiting execution.

In the first of two episodes, Trevor meets Benjamin Ritchie, who faces the death penalty for killing a policeman.

Ritchie talks about the moments before his capture and how he felt on hearing the sentence.

John Stephenson, who assassinated three people on the orders of a criminal gang, talks about friendships on death row and survival. Paul McManus murdered his family, Trevor accompanies him on his daily visit to the prison hospital for his insulin shot.

Among the wider prison population, the charismatic Ronald L Sanford committed a double murder when he was just a boy. He was committed to Indiana State at the age of 15, sentenced to 170 years inside.

And there is a visit to the prison’s 1950s-style barber shop.

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Thursday Thursday 06:00............................ Breakfast 09:00 .............. Commonwealth Games 2014 12:00 .............. Commonwealth Games 2014 13:00 ............BBC News at One

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Diamond Geezers and Gold Dealers ITV1, 21.00 Hatton Garden has been London’s jewellery quarter for over 200 years.

Located north west of the City, it is a half-mile stretch where millions of pounds of gold, silver and precious stones are bought and sold every day.

In Diamond Geezers and Gold Dealers, a new ITV documentary, cameras have been given exclusive, behind the scenes access to some of the distinctive characters who inhabit Hatton Garden; the wheelers and dealers and talented jewellery makers who make their living from this multi-million pound industry.

The area attracts everyone from millionaire clients who commission exclusive pieces, to those who are just looking for that extra special ring to propose to a loved one.

Among the characters featured in the programme are a gold trader who conducts the sale of a diamond ring in the back of a taxi, a bespoke jewellery maker who is seen working on an intricate diamond-studded bird, and a precious metal reclamation expert who gives a vivid insight into her often mucky job.

Michael Lynton has been creating bespoke jewellery for over 40 years. He has worked at some of the best jewellery houses in the country and uses techniques that have barely changed for hundreds of years. He began his career as an indentured apprentice and now works in a tiny windowless basement in Hatton Garden. His most recent commission from a client is an exclusive gold bird decorated with diamonds which will form part of a necklace.

Michael says: “These tools are like my children, I just know them. I’ve been working with these things for so many years.

He continues: “You’ve got to love what you do and I’ve always stuck to the maxim, if you don’t like what you do then you’re not really going to be very good at it. I mean even after 50 years I’m only as good as the last job that I’ve ever done.”

Leigh Stutman works in precious metal reclamation. A glamorous 25-yearold, she stands out in this predominately male world. Leigh works for her uncle’s company Presman Mastermelt, helping to extract bits of gold from dirty workshops by vacuuming up the gold dust.

The company also makes money by sifting through workshop drains for any bits of precious metal that have been washed down the plughole and by melting gold teeth which mostly come from dentists.

Leigh explains: “Anywhere that you would normally throw away waste in your workshop there will be metal in it, your clothes, seat covers, your shoes, we’ve had people give us their dog beds, anywhere.”

Amazingly thousands of pounds of gold can be reclaimed from these grimy workshops and Leigh enjoys presenting the companies with their winnings. She is asked to clean out Michael’s workshop and makes him just over £1,000 from the collected gold dust.

She says: “It’s rewarding when you know that you’ve shown someone there is money in what they consider to be rubbish. Or just maybe someone like Michael will see that he should invest in a hoover!”

Steve is a sole trader who makes a living by buying and selling gold. He’s always in search of treasure that he can sell and make his fortune with. He wheels and deals his way round Hatton Garden and travels the country looking for items.

He says: “You never know what you’re going to buy, you never know what’s going to come over the counter. And you’re just waiting for that one piece, and that’s what everyone hopes for.”

Steve makes money by selling on the gold he collects for a profit but as gold prices are fixed twice a day, profits can fluctuate.

He says: “The gold I’ve just bought is dropping very quickly so I need to sell it straight away just to try and get a days wages or get a profit.”

Hatton Garden punter Chris Eracleous, is a security guard who has commissioned a diamond ring and plans to propose to his girlfriend of four years. He chooses Karl Karter to make the ring. Karl is a new jewellery maker who creates modern pieces using traditional methods.

18:00......... BBC News at Six 18:30..... BBC London News 19:00 .........Commonwealth Games 2014 22:00........ BBC News at Ten 22:25 .... BBC London News 22:40................... Tonight at the Games 23:40..........Commonwealth Games Sportsday 23:55........................Holiday Weatherview

06:00 ...................Homes Under the Hammer 07:00 .............. Call the Council 07:45................... Escape to the Continent 08:45 ..........The Culture Show 09:15 .................... Heir Hunters 10:00 ...........Homes Under the Hammer 11:00................... Animal S.O.S. 11:30 .............. Street Patrol UK 12:15 ...................Bargain Hunt 13:00 ..............Commonwealth Games 2014 13:45 .........................Perfection 14:30........................... Escape to the Country 15:30.... Wanted Down Under 16:15 ................................Flog It! 17:15 ............................Pointless 18:00 ........ Commonwealth Games 2014 19:00 ...... RHS Flower Show Tatton Park 2014 19:30 ................EastEnders 20:00........Natural World CW ch oice 21:00 ........ The Honourable Woman 22:00 ........ Commonwealth Games 2014 22:30 ................ Newsnight 23:20 .....The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway

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............................... Let’s Do Lunch... With Gino and Mel 13:30 .............................ITV News and Weather 14:00 ...............The Speakmans 15:00......................... Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00 ....................Tipping Point 17:00.......................... The Chase 18:00..................... ITV News London 18:30............. ITV News and Weather 19:00 ................ Emmerdale 19:30 ...................... Tonight 20:00 ................ Emmerdale 20:30........Harbour Lives

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Thursday Thursday 24th July 06:00....................... Countdown 06:45.....3rd Rock from the Sun 07:35................ King of Queens 08:00 .............Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00..................................Frasier 10:00 ...Undercover Boss USA 11:00 ...... Come Dine with Me 12:00 .............. Channel 4 News Summary 12:05...... Come Dine with Me 13:40 ....................Four in a Bed 14:40...................... Countdown 15:30............... Deal or No Deal 16:30.............. Ultimate Dealer 17:00 ..................Couples Come Dine with Me 18:00 ............The Simpsons 18:30 .................. Hollyoaks 19:00 ........ Channel 4 News 20:00...Amazing Spaces: W C Shed of the Year choice 21:00...Embarrassing Bodies 22:00........... The Secret Life of Students 23:05...............Child Genius

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

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

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

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

06:30........... Coronation Street

07:00............................. Primeval

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

07:00 .....You’ve Been Framed!

08:00...................... Doctor Who

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

07:25.......................... Girlfriends

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

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

08:20...................... Dinner Date

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

09:20 ..... The Real Housewives of New Jersey

11:00 ................... Covert Affairs

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

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

07:00............... Dog the Bounty Hunter

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

08:00 ...........................Futurama 08:30 ...........................Futurama 10:00........... NCIS: Los Angeles 14:00.................. The Simpsons 14:30................... The Simpsons

12:15 ....................... Big Brother 13:15 .............Home and Away

10:15 ..... The Real Housewives of Atlanta

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

11:10................... Big Rich Texas

14:15 .................................... NCIS

12:10 ........................Emmerdale

15:15 ................. Fatal Acquittal

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

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

13:15 .....You’ve Been Framed!

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

13:45..... The Jeremy Kyle Show

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

14:50..... The Jeremy Kyle Show

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

17:00 ..... The Real Housewives of Atlanta

19:00 .......... Ultimate Police Interceptors 20:00 ..............Black Market Britain

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

21:00 ......Autopsy: The Last Hours of Michael Hutchence

19:45...... The Incredible Hulk

22:00 ................Big Brother 23:00 ..............Big Brother’s Bit on the Side

07:00 ........Nothing to Declare 08:00... RSPCA Animal Rescue 09:00.................... The Real A&E 10:00 ........Nothing to Declare 10:30 ............My Kitchen Rules

15:00 .....................................Glee

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

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

13:00................ Criminal Minds

16:30 ...........................Futurama

14:00................ Criminal Minds

17:00 .................. The Simpsons 17:30 ...........................Futurama

15:00............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

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

17:00... RSPCA Animal Rescue

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

17:30 ............. Cooks to Market

20:00 ..........Modern Family

18:30...... My Kitchen Rules

20:30 ..........Modern Family

20:00........... America’s Next Top Model

21:00 ............................Glee 22:00 ..........................Stella

21:00..............One Fine Day

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

23:05.......................Scandal

W C c h oice

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

22:00 .........................TV OD 22:30........... Celebrity Juice 23:20......Two and a Half Men

12:00 .......... Who Do You Think You Are? USA 13:00 ........Masterchef Canada 14:00 ........ Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 16:00 .......... Beverly Hills Pawn 16:30 .......... Beverly Hills Pawn 17:00 ............................. Primeval 18:00 ............... Doctor Who 19:00....Masterchef Canada 20:00..............Million Dollar Intern 21:00............ Cars, Cops and Criminals 22:00 .......... Almost Human 23:00 ........... Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind

23:45......Two and a Half Men

23:30............ Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind

07:00 ..................... World’s Most Dangerous Roads

06:00.................... Stargate SG-1

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

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

09:00 ..........Lizard Lick Towing 10:00...................... World’s Most Dangerous Roads 11:00 .............................Top Gear 13:00.......... Lizard Lick Towing 14:00 ..................... World’s Most Dangerous Roads 15:00 .............................Top Gear 17:00 ..........Lizard Lick Towing 18:00..................... Top Gear 19:00........................... QI XL 20:00 .......... Have I Got a Bit More News for You

07:00 .............Thirtysomething 09:00................ Without a Trace 10:00 .......................Blue Bloods 11:00 ................... Stargate SG-1 12:00................ Without a Trace

In a new series George Clarke discovers what is really happening in the Great British shed and uncovers a world of glorious eccentricity when he presides over this year’s Shed of the Year competition. Prepare to experience never previously seen designer sheds that are used as truly amazing spaces to live, work and play in. The sheds range from an intricate shell grotto built inside a World War Two bunker to a disco shed that plays the biggest festivals in the country.

09:00.............. Game Changers 10:00 ..................... Soccer A.M. The Best Bits 11:00 .......................The Premier League Years

14:30 ................... Football Gold

15:00 .............................Star Trek: Enterprise

15:00........................The Premier League Years

16:00 ............... Without a Trace

17:00................... Football Gold

17:00 .......................Blue Bloods

17:30 ................Premier League Legends

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

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

21:00 .................... God Save the Queens

23:10 .......... Have I Got a Bit More News for You

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

14:00 ..................................House

21:00........................... QI XL 22:35.......... Mock the Week

Natural World BBC2, 20:00

13:00 .......... Football’s Greatest Players

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

22:00 ..................... Banshee 23:15 ..................... Big Love

W C c h oice

06:00 ........................... Switched 06:25 ..................................90210 07:10 .......................... Desperate Housewives 08:00 ........................... Charmed 09:00 .....................................Glee 10:00..................... Suburgatory 11:00........................... Charmed 12:00............................Hollyoaks 12:35 ... Rules of Engagement 13:00.......................... How I Met Your Mother 14:00 .....The Big Bang Theory 15:00... Rules of Engagement 16:00 .....................Suburgatory 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 21:00 ..............Suburgatory 21:30 .....The Inbetweeners 22:00.............. The IT Crowd

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

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

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18:00....... Ringside: Review of the Year 19:00 ..........................World Matchplay Darts 22:30 ................. Darts Gold 23:30..................... Ringside

Penguin Post Office.

Welcome to the Penguin Post Office, a little bit of Britain in the heart of Antarctica. Inside, the post office has everything you’d expect; a postbox, stamps, postcards and some dedicated staff. Outside, things are a little bit different. Neighbouring the post office are 3,000 gentoo penguins. They are there to raise a family but their lives are far from picture postcard as adultery and robbery are rife.

The post office and its penguins attract thousands of visitors.

Amazing Spaces: Shed of the Year Channel 4, 20:00

Harbour Lives ITV1, 20.30

In today’s episode, Ben drops in on the larger-than-life husband and wife team running Poole’s oldest fish wholesalers. Ken and Clara Greenslade’s family business dates back four generations. Despite both being over eighty, neither are showing any sign of retirement and Ben’s keen what keeps them motivated to carry on working. Clara then sends Ben out to sea with two of her favourite fishermen in search of whelks, but with 240 pots to haul, he’s certainly got his work cut out.

Ben also travels to a village with an unique and extraordinary past. Tyneham was once much like any other Dorset village but in November 1943, the 225 residents were evacuated at short notice as Winston Churchill’s War Cabinet wanted to use the area for training in preparation for the D-Day landings. Despite believing one day they would be allowed to return to their homes, sadly this was never to happen - the Ministry of Defence ordered a compulsory purchase and the land has remained in military hands ever since. One of the people who sacrificed their home for the war effort was 86-year old Dougie Churchill, one of the few remaining villagers still alive, and he reminisces with Ben about what it was like to live in this now ghost village.

We also join a crucial wildlife count on the historic island of Brownsea, the largest of the harbour’s eight islands. Famous for being one of the few safe havens left in the UK for the endangered red squirrel, it’s a magnet for thousands of nature lovers every year, including 72-year-old island volunteer Richard Yeoman. He and the National Trust Volunteer Team are carrying out the annual bird and mammal survey of the island. Last year’s inspection threw up some worrying signs as a direct result of the terrible winter of 2012/13. Will the wildlife numbers have improved this year?

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Entertainment

18th July 2014 - 24th July 2014

By Jamie Drew DEL I V E R I NG comedy has to be the hardest aspect of entertainment because, to produce laughter, the comedian has to do or say something funny for starters!

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HA-HA... IT’S FUNNY BONES! Seventies glam-rock playboy. His costumes will make you smile immediately, along with the walk and talk of this funny man.

As Lou Rex, Brian draws on his many years of experience in entertainment - and his extensive song repertoire to bring his unique style to audiences.

The Lou Rex character was born after Brian performed in a comedy vocal group in the UK called The 4 Mations, and all four guys had characters similar to Lou Rex. When the group split, Brian decided to leave the UK for Tenerife. But he kept Lou Rex going, and fast became one of the most popular acts on the circuit.

What’s so good about this show is that venue owners can choose what they would like from Lou Rex. He offers a full comedy show in character (adults only) or a show packed full of songs from the Seventies.

Either way, laughter is inevitable.

Brian is a naturally funny guy, and even socially he is always the one to make people laugh.

He has an extensive vocal range and could easily cut it as a singer on any circuit. Brian also works as a com-

Laughter cannot be forced - is always spontaneous. An audience will applaud after a song, even if it is delivered badly.

It’s a natural reaction at the end of a song, and it encourages others to join in.

But this cannot be said for laughter. If something isn’t funny, there is no sympathy vote: people simply won’t laugh.

What they do, however, is sit in silence which is every comedian’s worst nightmare. Comedy is so unforgiving, yet so satisfying when the laughter flows.

One character who has always made me laugh is Lou Rex. He is played by entertainer Brian O’Neal, who has been on the Island for 14 years and has entertained the masses in many different ways.

Lou Rex is a living caricature of a typical

WHAT’S NEW

QUITE a few new acts have arrived on the Island this year.

Most of them have had success and are still enjoying the benefits of living and working on our sunshine isle.

This week, I have been contacted by an act in the UK for advice on moving their show here.

What sets them apart is that they are a comedy duo and, not only are they brothers but identical twins to boot!

They plan on coming early next year, which is not that far away.

I have watched You Tube videos of them working venues in

the UK and I am sure they will do very well here.

Right now, Geoff Aday, the new Meatloaf, is picking up gigs quickly. So far, every venue which has tried him out has ended up giving him a regular gig.

Geoff has been here just a short while, and his diary is wide open at the moment. He is actively seeking and gaining work.

But the only way to attract work on this circuit is to get out there in front of the bookers and comperes, and show them what you do.

Everyone can talk a good show at the bar,

or sit on Facebook and hope to get work by advertising.

But the real deals come when you are there in person and you are ready and willing to give a 15-minute preview of your show. It works better than any poster of video on social networks.

Geoff is old school.

He is doing things the right way, and I would like to welcome him officially to Tenerife’s entertainment scene.

This is a fabulous place to work, and it’s wonderful to be part of the entertainment scene.

Nearly 20 years ago a lady who, were she still alive, would be over 100 now, told me: “If you find a job you

pere and, again, uses his comedy skills to engage an audience and entertain them.

He is a dazzling allrounder in his field, and he knows just how important to be versatile on this circuit.

He also knows that more work can be gained if you are able to side-step into other roles.

Brian has been mixing his working life between Lou Rex and himself for a long time, and is wellrespected among his peers as an entertainer of the highest degree.

He is certainly one of the most experienced entertainers here, and he is always happy to help new acts on the Island.

I have first-hand experience of his generosity. When I arrived here just a few months after Brian, he was the first to help me get my name about, and he was responsible for helping get my first two regular spots.

I will always be grateful for his help and friendship in those early days.

And since then, I have held a deep respect for Brian and his work.

He is a thoroughbred entertainer, and definitely in Tenerife’s Hall of Fame.

enjoy, you will never work another day in your life.”

She went on to say that she thought I enjoyed my job immensely. She was right.

And I still do. And to this day, I thank my lucky stars that I have a job which involves no work - just sheer enjoyment.

As entertainers, we sometimes get used to being in this environment and forget how lucky we are. This can sometimes make you lose focus.

Entertainment can be fickle at times, but there is no feeling in the world that can match up to the buzz you get from a good night on stage.

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Legal Matters

18th July 2014 - 24th July 2014

BIENES GANANCIALES

(Marriage Community Assets)

By Mariano Zunino Siri

Sometimes legal jargon can be very hard to understand and for many people it’s rather off-putting.

But just like the very first time you walked into a French restaurant and discovered it’s all about learning the words. Then, hey presto, it’s not so daunting.

So lets see if I can help you a little...

Some of the phrases which can be difficult to understand are the meanings of “Bienes Gananciales”, “Sociedad de Gananciales”, “Matrimonio en Régimen de Gananciales” opposing the “Matrimonio en Régimen de Separación de Bienes”. The word “Bien”, as a noun, means Good (“Bienes” means “Goods” which would be the assets).

Assets could be “movables” or “immovables”, “fungible” or “not fungible”, “tangible” or “intangible”, etc. (see below a small list).

“Gananciales” would be the adjective. This

could be translated as Community of Wealth, or Community of Assets.

This is a marriage community in which the assets are common to the spouses, and at the time of its dissolution (ie: divorce) are divisible between them in equal shares.

It is confined to their future acquisition during the life of the marriage and the fruits (profits).

When husband and wife join their lives in “Sociedad de Gananciales” it means that everything (properties bought during marriage and profits) would belong to the “company” formed by the spouses.

At the time of dissolution, each would receive half of the “company”.

The word “ganancial” comes from the word “ganancia” or “ganar”, which would mean profit or earnings.

According to this, all the profits obtained by one of the spouses would belong the “company” (comunidad de gananciales) formed by the two spouses. Anyhow, not only are the profits “gananciales,

but all assets acquired during marriage (with exemptions).

The opposite system is “Separación de Bienes”, which would be “Separation of Wealth”. In this case, each person (spouse) owns his/her own assets during marriage.

Bear in mind that goods received by inheritance are not included

in these groups. The law says that all the assets are, presumably, “gananciales” (common), which means that if one of the spouses wants to prove that they are not, he/she should prove that.

I include a small list to clarify the meaning of some words. I hope it helps.

BIENES: goods, assets,

resources.

BIENES RAÍCES: real estate BIENES MUEBLES: movables, bona mobilia BIENES INMUEBLES: immovables, real estate, bona inmobilia BIENES MATERIALES: possessions IMPUESTO SOBRE BIENES INMUEBLES: property tax, rates (IBI) INMOBILIARIA: estate

agent, real estate professional BIENES COMUNES: common assets BIENES PROPIOS: own property 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.

Legal-aid bill reduced WE are all entitled to a legal defence, and the taxpayer often has to foot the bill.

This can be quite a drain on the Spanish Government, but last year saw a decline in money spent on legal aid.

In the Canary Islands, for example, the 2013 bill was one million euros lower than the previous year.

The Bar Association attributes the reduction to adjustments made by the Canarian Government on the remuneration of lawyers.

The Canary Islands’ legal-aid bill was 15.6 million euros in 2013, one million euros less than in the 2012 - and the equivalent of a 6.7% drop.

It comes after two years of continuous growth and makes the Islands only the fifth

community in Spain to drop from 2012.

This is reflected in

the Eighth Report of the Observatory for Legal Aid, prepared by

the General Council of Spanish Lawyers.

Asked about the ori-

gin of this decline, Victor Fernandez-Medina Aceytuno, dean of the College of Lawyers of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, explained that legal-aid lawyers are working for a lower hourly rate.

“The reduction has been made after consideration of the counsel, and the lower pay was approved by the Canary Islands Government,” said Medina, before detailing that the scales are the sums lawyers are paid when they perform services within framed legal aid.

He added: “The number of cases has not declined; in fact, it seems that more and more people are going for legal-aid fees. But the Canarian Government wanted to reduce costs, citing that it had to tighten the budget.

Lawyers’ representative Victor Medina was upset with the action

taken by the regional government.

“This is money that was taken away from the lawyers and it’s not right,” he complained.

“In the health sector if waiting lists are not met, they don’t pay those professionals any less. They could always get cheaper medical supplies.”

There is no real set amount for legal-aid lawyers - it depends on a case-by-case basis.

But some given examples showed that “Family proceedings” involving a fee, went from 417 euros to 300. A “standard hour” went from 281 to 253 euros and a general criminal procedure 448 to 414 euros.

Nevertheless, the General Council of the Judiciary’s report showed that the Canary Islands is the fifth-largest investor in Community Justice.

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Food

18th July 2014 - 24th July 2014

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The dangers of barbecued chicken THE sun is beaming down on us, and the barbecue season is in full flow - not just here but in the UK as well.

And that spells barbecue weather! But consumers are being warned about the potential risk to health when cooking chicken over the coals.

A spate of food poisoning in Scotland, linked to poultry, has led to more than 1,000 people

falling ill with vomiting and diarrhoea in the past few weeks.

That is 27% higher than the average figure for the same period over the past three years.

Following the illnesses, caused by the bacteria “campylobacter”, health experts are reminding barbecue-lovers about the importance of handling and cooking chicken properly.

NHS Scotland laboratories have confirmed a total of 1,073 infections with the bug, but the numbers are sure to

be higher because not every sufferer will have contacted the health service for advice.

The campylobacter bug is caused by people’s frequent contact with raw poultry, which leads to stomach pains, sickness and diarrhoea.

And though most people recover quickly, the symptoms can last for up to 11 days. In the worst cases, people can even die from complications, with young children and the elderly mostly at risk.

Dr Alison Smith-Palmer, epidemiologist for Health Protection Scotland, which monitors diseases, said: “One of the ways people get it is through mishandled poultry, such as washing it under the kitchen tap, or handling raw poultry and then bread products or salad.

“Another way is by not cooking poultry properly on the barbecue.”

Typically, cases of campylobacter increase in the summer months in Scotland. This is linked to the popularity of barbecues in the warmer weather, and people picking up the food poisoning when dining out on foreign holidays.

Dr Smith-Palmer added: “We know some of our cases are acquired abroad - people going over and bringing it back from holiday.”

However, there is no certainty about the cause of the surge in cases seen in Scotland since mid-June.

The infection is not passed easily from person to person, and the latest batch seems to be spread across the

country and across age groups.

“There are probably multiple reasons why it has gone up more this year than previous years, said the doctor.

“One could be warmer weather and barbecuing, and also people being out in the environment.”

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) launched a campaign about campylobacter last month, saying it was the most common cause of food poisoning in the UK. However, it is less well known than

E.coli or salmonella.

According to the FSA, about four out of five cases of campylobacter poisoning are caused by contact with raw poultry. It is promoting the message not to wash raw chicken, as splashed water droplets can spread the bacteria across hands, clothing, work surfaces and cooking equipment.

People who become ill with symptoms of food poisoning are advised to drink fluids and practise good hygiene, such as giving their hands a good wash.

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Health & Beauty

By Val Sainsbury

18th July 2014 - 24th July 2014

Snoring or groaning?

It still wakes you up!

THAT irritating “snore”, emitted by your partners every night, might not be what it seems - they may actually be groaning in their sleep!

And knowing the difference could be crucial to getting a decent sleep. Groaning at night, known as catathrenia, is a relatively new diagnosis.

It usually occurs in the latter part of sleep, with each groan lasting up to 50 seconds. The groans may be very loud and can occur hundreds of times a night, according to US research.

Not only do they cause problems with poor sleep and keeping partners awake, but groaners may also experience embarrassment and anxiety, because the noises they produce can sound sexual.

This might help explain why it takes an average of 11 years from when the symptoms start for people to seek help.

The good news is that scientists have now identified a ”gold standard” for diagnosing the condition, while other research has found that devices that hold airways open at night

could help stop it.

Catathrenia was first reported by Belgian doctors in 1983. Sufferers have repeated bouts of groaning or moaning while asleep, each of which lasts between two and 50 seconds, and usually ends with an abrupt snort, although the sufferer usually remains asleep.

The noise is produced when the sleeper is exhaling, which distinguishes it from the sound of snoring, which usually comes during inhaling.

The groaning bouts can come and go throughout the night, although they usually bunch together in the small hours, between

two and six hours after falling asleep.

Any one stretch of night-groaning can last as long as an hour and, in most people, symptoms occur every night.

It is not known how many people it affects, partly because it is a relatively recent medical discovery, but also because it may be confused with snoring and other sleep disorders.

What is known is that the condition is three times more common in men than woman, according to the British Snoring & Sleep Apnoea Association, and it often starts around the age of 19.

It may run in families,

and can occur with other sleep problems, such as sleep-walking.

And the noises appear to have nothing to do with what the groaner is dreaming about.

People with catathrenia usually have calm, facial expressions and seem to be sleeping peacefully, despite the loud noise, according to research from the American Sleep Association.

As for causes, one theory is that it is linked to other sleep-related disorders, such as sleepwalking or bed-wetting as a child.

A study of women with catathrenia found that 43% were sleep-walkers in childhood, or suffered

from night terrors or childhood bed-wetting.

These disorders can occur as a result of disruption to so-called rapid eye movement (REM) sleep.

There are different stages of sleep, which we repeat in cycles throughout the night, waking briefly between each cycle.

REM sleep comes at the end of each cycle and takes up about 20% of our sleep time.

Breathing becomes more rapid, irregular, and shallow, the eyes move rapidly - hence the name - and limbs are paralysed temporarily.

This type of sleep is associated with vivid dreams and increased brain activity, and it is believed that the temporary paralysis stops us acting out our dreams.

Like nocturnal groaning, we tend to have more REM sleep in the later sleep cycles in the small hours.

But other researchers are not convinced nocturnal groaning is related to sleep itself.

They feel it may have a more straightforward mechanical cause.

A study at Japan’s Osaka University suggests in some cases that it may be linked to contractions of the muscles associated with teeth

grinding (or bruxism).

Another study found women with the condition had particular physical characteristics, such as a narrow upper airway, large tongue and a small jaw.

Researchers at Stanford University speculated that the women had evolved an exhaling breathing pattern to get around these problems, which resulted in the nocturnal groaning.

Genes are another candidate. The Stanford University researchers have also found that in 14.8% of cases, there is a family history of groaning.

Perhaps, not surprisingly, nocturnal groaning is not good for health, with between 50-80% per of sufferers having problems related to their poor sleep, including next day fatigue, and chronic sore throats.

Depression and anxiety may also be more common in people living with the condition.

However, it’s often their distress and embarrassment about the noise that prompts people to seek medical help, according to scientists at the University of Bologna in Italy.

So the next time your other half is keeping you awake, it could be worth considering: was that a snore or a groan?

No wonder kids’ teeth CHILD neglect is to blame for “absolutely appalling” levels of children needing their teeth pulled in hospital.

NHS figures show it is the most common reason for children in England being admitted to hospital, with some needing all 20 baby teeth removed.

The British Dental Health Foundation said some parents were not paying enough attention to the importance of their children’s teeth.

Three years ago,

22,574 children aged five to nine were admitted for rotting teeth.

But provisional figures for the year beginning April 2013 show that the number has increased to 25,812.

Figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre show the next biggest cause of hospital admissions among the age group was tonsillitis, with 11,522.

Dr Nigel Carter, British Dental Health Foundation chief, told the BBC: “It is a case of child neglect. They’re

not giving the correct diet - they’re getting sugary drinks.

“There’s no attention to their oral hygiene regime, and parents are failing to take their children to the dentist when their first teeth come through. They wait until a child is in pain with a mouthful of rotten teeth.”

Fizzy sugar drinks, smoothies and fruit juices, already criticised as a cause of child obesity, are also being blamed.

Kathryn Harley, a paediatric dentist,

said: “We see an awful lot in the media linking sugar to obesity and other health problems, and not enough about the link between sugar in the diet and oral health.”

Last month, a group of scientists called for children to be given only water to drink to combat obesity and protect teeth.

Professor Susan Jebb, of the University of Oxford, said: “It comes back to simple advice to parents - encourage your children to drink water.

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Health and Fashion

18th July 2014 - 24th July 2014

HAIR KARMA

Great white Brits won’t get tanned with these cossies

By Ruth Benson IT seems that swimwear is the year’s mosttalked-about fashion item – and no wonder!

Those who read my column regularly will know about the Ta Ta Top, C-String and the Lateral Thong.

The one hitting social media this week is the long-sleeve swimsuit.

Rihanna has posted pictures of herself wearing one on her Instagram account this week while she was in Brazil.

She is seen one minute in jeans and the top with the legendary Pele, and the next it has transformed to a swimsuit.

The long-sleeved suit comes in two styles: the basic swimsuit with sleeves, or the crop top, which is what Rihanna chose.

The swimsuit originates from a Dallasbased company which is a sun-protectant clothing label called Cover.

The brand first started in 2012 and is now being stocked by Harpers Bizarre.

Lisa Moore, the brains behind the design, came up with the idea after her sister, who has melanoma, could never find a swimsuit to protect her skin.

Lisa went on to design and create more ideas with the intention of protecting the skin. Not only is this fantastic for sun protection, but the costumes are made out of spandex, so they can come in a range of styles and sizes.

Critics say it does not

completely protect you from the sun and, with stars such as Rihanna wearing them, it will just be this year’s craze.

Long-sleeve swimsuits or “rash guards” which they have also been known as have actually been around a long time.

They are usually worn by surfers as protection from all types of elements such as the weather and chaffing.

And similar products have also been designed for kids.

The long sleeve is more than protection for this summer; it is another swimwear must-have.

With a variety of styles, colours and designs, they are now being stocked in the high street - not just to be worn as swimwear but as a top to go out in as well.

At Fashion Week Swim this year in Miami, on display were styles which included long sleeve, threequarters and ones with zips and tassels. Need I say more?

The designers emphasised that they were not just for the beach and pool, but can be worn any time.

The long-sleever seems mainly to be doing well in America and Australia, with the UK not really taking off.

This may be because when there is any sun in the UK, the last thing people want to do is cover up!

h are rotting “Once they’ve been weaned, ‘Children should be drinking water’ is the message.

Milk is fine, but that

should be the mainstay of our advice.”

In June, the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition also

called for people to reduce their intake of added sugar by more than half.

The Committee said sugar added to food, or naturally present in fruit juice and honey, should account for 5% of energy intake.

But many people fail to meet the previous 10% target.

One 330ml can of fizzy pop will take a typical adult up to the proposed 5% daily allowance, and will exceed a child’s limit - without factoring in sugar from any other source!

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By Carl from Robot

WHEN it comes to looking after the condition of your hair, there’s nothing more sacred than what you put back into it that counts.

In the salon, I try to advise clients without trying to sell them products. And anyway, most of them sell themselves!

When I see hair damage and/or breakage, this is when I really ask: “What do you actually put on your hair?”

Some of the time, the reply is, “whatever’s nearest”, and it makes me kind of sad to think that someone doesn’t care enough about what’s on her head for all to see.

We have so many factors in Tenerife that can be attributed to the drying effects on your hair.

The solution is all about “replacement” whatever has been taken out, needs to be put back.

If you’ve coloured your hair, used irons or hairdryers, etc, these strip it of the building blocks it comprises, which gives it strength.

It’s a strength known as KERATIN PROTEIN and it’s what holds your hair together, stopping it from breaking off and drying out.

Forget words on cheap shampoo bottles and conditioners that say your hair will “feel” stronger. There’s a difference between “feel” and “will be”.

If it says it will be stronger, this statement claims that your hair will genuinely improve, and not be coated in some plastic gunk which makes it feel better, when underneath it’s still bone-dry.

This is how these products really work, coating your hair to “mask” the problem.

It’s rather like putting a plaster on your finger when you cut it. Yes, it’s still damaged underneath, but it looks better with the plaster on.

You have to get to the root of the problem, or stop it before it starts.

And keeping up with the needs of your hair doesn’t have to cost a fortune.

Quality products last longer than the cheap varieties because they are more concentrated.

Another way we tackle this problem is by applying one of our Kera-

tin treatments, which actually penetrate the hair shaft to rebuild the hair from inside out.

The hair is stronger instantly, is smoother and has more body.

There are so many products out there that it can be bewildering.

So always tell your stylist what you are using.

You may think you’re doing it the world of good by using what you’ve got, but it could all be a waste if it’s not the right one for your hair.

Talk to your stylists about what they recommend. Start from your shampoo and go right through your whole hair-care regime.

Without good back-up for your hair treatment, you could be on your way to drying it out all together.

Or, at worse, damaging more of it which could have been saved.

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A Senior View & Community News

By Monica Dyson WHEN I was growing up in the Fifties, we didn’t worry too much about decor, although my mother liked the house to look nice.

It was a council property, which meant that the outside was painted occasionally, but little you could do to the inside. You didn’t install fitted kitchens or new bathrooms, even if you could afford it - like many council tenants do today.

My mother did the decorating. Many women did at a time when it was sometimes difficult to work out exactly what men did do when they weren’t at work.

She papered the living room every year in time for Christmas. I don’t know why, but that’s what she did!

She favoured bright, often floral wallpaper, and at a time when you backed your text books for school in what was left over from a roll of paper, my sister and I always had very noticeable books.

One year when she decided to use flock paper, and, at school, we were thought of as very posh!

One thing my father did do was to cover the lovely panelled doors with hardboard. It was called “flushing”. It is funny to think that in later years, all the doors which had been flushed would be uncovered and stained, together with replacing the ceiling roses, coving and picture rails, which were also removed as being “too old-fashioned”.

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Mirrored ceilings?

Think Diana Dors

Our wonderful Yorkshire range, a giant in black lead which, in our house and many others, was ripped out in favour of a soul-less gas fire, became a collector’s item in the last decade or so.

It was interesting to read recently that there are certain things which make houses difficult to sell. Woodchip wallpaper came at the top of the list.

Thought of as an old person’s wall covering, but very popular in the Seventies, it was serviceable as it meant that walls could simply be emulsioned over it.

I don’t know what my mother would have made of it, though, because she loved her pat-

terned papers. Incredibly, in second place came mirrored ceilings!

Well, I don’t know about you, but I haven’t actually ever known anyone with one of those.

I always tend to think of Diana Dors in relation to mirrored ceilings.

She was an actress and sex symbol throughout four decades from the Forties through to her death in 1984 at the age of 53.

And she was known for her extravagant lifestyle, opulent mansions, flash cars, platinum blonde hair, abortions, husbands, high-profile lovers and curvaceous figure.

When dubbed the British Marilyn Monroe, she said that she’d rather be

thought as “The Hurricane in Mink” - she was often photographed in mink bikinis.

Her associates, less than savoury, included the Kray Twins and the notorious-crooked landlord Peter Rachman, whose nefarious activities gave a new word to the Oxford English Dictionary of “Rachmanism”.

Rachman had an insatiable appetite for women, counting among his mistresses Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice Davies. And he was an eager participant of the voyeurism at the home of Diana and her first husband, Dennis Hamilton, by means of the two-way mirrors on the ceilings.

Other features designed to put off wouldbe house-purchasers included avocado bathroom suites - once a must-have feature in everyone’s home; artex ceilings (it must have been the thought of taking the stuff off that deterred people); bidets, as many people confessed to be completely baffled by them, themed rooms (think Graceland); animal-print furnishings and, strangely enough, hot tubs!

Now I don’t actually know anyone with a hot tub. They have never seemed to me to be an essential part of my home décor. But I understand that the one thing worse than having a hot tub is having

neighbours who have one.

The noise of the thing running, the inane and drunken laughter, revelries going on until all hours of the night and the bright lights shining straight into your windows! What a thought!

Isn’t it funny how things have changed?

Top-selling features of houses now are a fitted kitchen, granite work surfaces, heated towel rails, roll-top baths, Aga cooker, American fridge freezer and neutral colour scheme.

For men, a must-have feature is a double garage, while every modern woman’s dream would be a walk-in wardrobe.

A far cry from my mother and her everchanging wallpaper. Fitted kitchens were just a dream in the Fifties. It was enough to be able to feed your family adequately after the limitations of the war years.

She thought she’d found Utopia when she got her new upright cooker with eye-level grill.

The fridge was a hole in the back garden with a piece of slate covering it, and she certainly wouldn’t have liked a neural colour scheme.

There was nothing quite like going down to Blaskeys and looking through the wallpaper books.

But I don’t think children today cover their text books. I’m not sure that our present education system runs to the cost of the personal provision of a text book for each child.

I must admit, they did make your satchels very heavy!

Put those lights out!

On 4th August 1914, Britain entered the “War to end all wars” and Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey said: “Lamps are going out all over Europe - we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.”

On 4th August 2014,

Britain is planning to mark the centenary with a candlelight vigil in Westminster Abbey, where the last candle will be extinguished at 11pm -exactly 100 years after the Great War began.

After the Common-

wealth Games, there will be a service in Glasgow Cathedral to mark the sacrifice of many soldiers from across the former British Empire.

British and German politicians will gather at the St Symphorien Mili-

tary Cemetery in Mons, Belgium, where soldiers of both nationalities are buried, for a Service of Reconciliation.

Pupils from every secondary school in the UK will be invited to visit the battlefields of Europe to learn their histo-

ry on the spot. And the Royal British Legion is inviting people all over the UK to join the act of remembrance on 4th August by extinguishing their lights between 10pm and 11pm, leaving just one burning in memory

of the fallen. Here in Tenerife, you might wish to do the same. Wars did not end 100 years ago!

Lest we forget.

To contact the Royal British Legion, Tenerife, telephone Don Young on 922 739 486

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Community News

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How you negotiate digitally ONE of the Spanish courses available at the Adeje Summer University will be “New challenges in digital negotiation and electronic commerce”, given

by Eduardo Parra López, professor at the University of La Laguna.

The University session runs from 21st-25th July and the aim of the course is to teach students the correct use and application of procedures and attitudes in the world of digital negotiation and electronic commerce, which is the evolving market place.

The course, to be held in the University campus in the Adeje Cultural Centre, will also focus on innovations in businesses which are already using these forms of commerce and

negotiations in their daily dealings with people.

The students will also learn to introduce evaluation, mediation and improvement systems in virtual situations to ultimately design, establish and promote marketing strategies via a digital company.

The course spans 20 hours and offers two mixed credits to students (CLE and ECTS).

Classes will be practical in nature and based on real and existing examples.

Those interested in the course, or looking for more information on the Summer University, should contact Adeje Council, Cultural Centre, Calle Príncipe Pelinor, S/N 38670 - Adeje, (922 756 246) or the University of La Laguna - Vicerrectorado de Relaciones Universidad y Sociedad Calle Viana, 50 - San Cristóbal de La Laguna (922 319 616).

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Sport, personal and social development Nutrition, looking after your body and the study of intercultural realities at national and insular levels will be featured in one of the courses on offer during the Adeje Summer University which runs from July 21st to 25th.

The course, in Spanish, “Deporte y desarrollo personal y social (sport and personal and social development)” will be taught by University of La Laguna professor Francisco Jiménez Jiménez, and looks at different ways

of integrating sporting values into social settings. It will also look at techniques regarding care of the body, and nutritional needs.

The course will look at the practice of sports within family settings as well as the relationships between trainers and athletes, or between rivals. In this way special attention will be given to the building of intercultural relationships and the existence of racism in sport and in other competitive situations, paying attention to the

personal and social advancement of students, and how that applies in sporting situations, to those competing, trainers and coaches, referees and institutional heads within the field of sports education.

The course will be held in the university campus, in the Adeje cultural centre and is 20 hours in total. Students can earn two credits (CLE or ECTS). Evaluation will be based on attendance and participation in theoretical classes and conferences, using

diverse audio visual media and concluding with a series of debates on issues raised.

Those interested in signing up for the course or looking for more information on the Summer University, should contact either the Adeje Council, Cultural Centre, Calle Príncipe Pelinor, S/N 38670 – Adeje, Tel 922 756 246 or the University of La Laguna, - Vicerrectorado de Relaciones Universidad y Sociedad Calle Viana, 50 - San Cristóbal de La Laguna Tel 922 319 616.

Live Arico news

Theatre School on way IN just three weeks, talented youngsters from The Gillian Banks Theatre School will be back in Tenerife, raising funds for Live Arico and the Helping Hands charity.

They are appearing at Restaurant La Cueva on Tuesday, 5th August, and at the Harbour Club, Los Gigantes on the 7th. Tickets for both events are 20 euros, to include dinner.

Anyone who has seen these shows in the past will tell they’re worth more than 20 euros alone! Call Sue on 629 388 102 for details.

Dog of the Week: Nacho Nacho is a young, mixed-breed dog, small-

medium and a super little chap.

He was found on the streets a year ago and has been with us since.

He is fully vaccinated, sterilised and chipped, and our usual 110-euro adoption fee covers all of this. Call Sue on 629 388 102.

Live Arico shops If you have quality unwanted clothes, cds, dvds, shoes, household items or children’s clothing, call Siobhan now on 630 85 7626.

We have shops in Los Cristianos, Calle Revron near Churchills Bar, and San Eugenio opposite Hotel La Nina by Amandas bar at las Carabelas complex.

They open from 104, Monday-Friday, and until 2pm Saturday.

Kel also opens the Los Cristianos shop on Sundays.

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Garden

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By Margaret Tully

IT is not always people with gardens who love plants, and especially flowers - as can be seen by the colourful balconies and patios around.

That’s why, in my weekly page, I always like to include plants which can also thrive in pots and containers, for people who have no garden.

Balconies, terraces and patios often have their own micro-climate, and they can sometimes be wonderful places for growing interesting or unusual plants successfully.

In the Canaries, people can be here for only months at a time and don’t want too many plants that may need taking care of in their absence.

This week, I am writing a little about the various types of pots and plants which are successful in such places, and are easy to maintain.

And I’ll also tell you how to go about creating a pot garden if you have a blank canvas.

Imagine your patio or roof terrace completely empty free from table and chairs/the barbecue/the outside, cupboard, etc.

Now you have a space that can be filled with plants.

The first thing to do is choose what pots you want for your plants. There are many colourful varieties on the market, so you are not restricted to brown or black plastic pots or clay pots.

If you like the rustic, farmhouse style with a traditional feel then clay, terracotta pots are definitely a good choice.

But I personally feel that the balcony or patio of a modern apartment is better suited to a selection of coloured, matching pots.

If you have a small area, be mindful of the space you need for your table and chairs, etc, and just have the

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Going potty about patios

number of plants which complement the space and not a mishmash of pots crammed in.

Group your pots in threes or fives and choose similar plants to sit side by side. They will need the same conditions so, logically, they are better in the same place.

For example, pelargoniums look excellent in pots, and they flower all season.

They come in many colours, so you can match your scheme perfectly.

Let’s take an example: three white plastic pots, two medium pots and one slightly smaller.

The smaller one is in the front, and they are all planted with redflowering pelargoniums.

Put maybe two plants in the larger ones, or you could add a plant just for foliage, such as Saxifraga stolonifera (Creeping Saxifrage), which trails down the side of the pot and complements the pelargoniums.

This arrangement makes a statement and you can then accessorise your table

with red candles or a red bowl, and cushions with red in them on the chairs.

You now have three pots which need watering. This is not difficult and not timeconsuming, but will give you pleasure.

From this three-pot arrangement, you can choose more pots and plants that work within the scheme.

This prevents you from buying every plant you like, and it also makes the space seem

bigger, rather than just cluttered.

At the opposite end is a large terrace. For this you must look at the whole space and, either split it into smaller areas or choose a large item as a focal point to place in the centre, or on one wall.

It could be a structure you can pot up, or perhaps a water feature.

This size of space gives you more opportunity, but it could also be daunting because terraces can be empty

spaces with just a few pots in one corner.

When buying pots, think large! Buy three large pots, three medium pots and three small ones and create three areas in three of the corners, which become the framework for the central space.

You can plant trees in the larger pots; anything from citrus fruit trees, palms or olive trees. Hibiscus are ideal for the medium pots, and the smaller ones can be planted with pelargoniums, mixing in some foliageonly plants to soften the look.

The central focal point can be a herb wheel or, if the focal point is against one wall, growing a bougainvillea or a passion flower will set it off.

Often, terraces can be very exposed to wind or high temperatures and these conditions have to be considered.

If you want to create a shaded area, build a trellis with natural wood, or erect a metal structure. These can become cool areas for plants which won’t tolerate strong sun, such as honeysuckle or a grapevine.

Here’s a check-list of things to remember before planning your patio or terrace garden: 1, How much space do you have for pots? This will determine how many pots and what size, you need to buy 2, Try to stick to a colour

scheme or specific look, such as modern or rustic. This helps focus the space and give it an identity 3, Consider how much time you have to be able to look after the plants, and think about fitting a timed irrigation system for your pots 4, Don’t put all your pots in one place, especially on a large terrace.

Create a framework for the entertaining space in the centre 5, Buy plants that will work in your conditions.

Ask at the garden centre for advice, and then make your selection 6, Use a suitable compost for pots as this has the right level of nutrients and will slowly release them into the plant roots. Always replenish the top of the soil with fresh soil after a year and re-pot if absolutely necessary 7, The main tip is not to get carried away at the garden centre and spend money on plants and pots that won’t fit or survive in your space. You will get downhearted and probably give up I guarantee that if you weren’t keen on gardening before, get a few pots on your patio or terrace and, by sticking to some basic rules, you will love your outside space and it will really lift your spirits.

Most people feel better for being around plants and remember, there are plants to suit all tastes.

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Motoring

By Jav FORD, always at the forefront of technology, have fitted their new Fiesta ST-3 with all the kit you would need - and more besides.

And that makes it just about faultless!

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Ford hatch so hot!

All the hot-hatches to emerge from rival manufacturers are generally compared with the Fiesta, but they always lag behind in the value stakes.

The ST-3 a far more engaging drive than its would-be competitors, with fantastic steering for those who like to put their foot down at every opportunity.

The willing 1.6 engine’s superb handling ensures that it is, indeed, an outstanding motor, and it is hardly surprising that Ford sold 20%

more STs for starters than forecast.

The ST has always been about giving more for less, with knockout performances at a knockdown price.

And now this new range-topping ST-3 model, packed with extra kit, is still cheaper than the Peugeot 208 GTi and Renaultsport Clio.

There has always been a slight niggle about the car’s standard kit - or rather, the lack of it and, following customer complaints, Ford have

introduced a fully loaded ST-3.

Added standard-fit goodies include keyless entry, sat-nav, cruise control, auto lights and wipers, plus climate control.

In return, Ford ask only £1,000 over the ST-2, at £19,250 – that’s £745 and £495 cheaper respectively than the Clio RS Lux and 208 GTi Prestige.

Wisely, Ford have left the mechanical side untouched. That means the 180bhp 1.6-litre EcoBoost engine re-

mains, twinned with the slick-shifting six-speed manual box. And from the moment you hit the starter button, the ST never fails to impress The raspy exhaust encourages you to press on as you rifle through the gears. In corners, the ST always feels composed as it bites into the tarmac and fires you out with zest.

There’s no escaping the overly firm ride, and around town the car can get a bit jittery, but faultless handling

and body control make amends. If you prefer a softer set-up with similar punch, Ford are also offering the standard Fiesta with a 138bhp version of the excellent 1.0-litre three-cylinder EcoBoost engine.

You can squeeze three adults into the back, but the 290-litre boot isn’t as accommodating as that of the Clio.

However, that’s a minor flaw, and the new flagship ST-3 builds on Ford’s reputation for producing outstandingvalue hot-hatches.

Cameron revs up for street racing DAVID CAMERON has announced plans to give local authorities the power to close public roads for motor sport events.

The Prime Minister confirmed at the official opening of the new Williams Formula One factory in Oxfordshire that the Government

plans to relax current restrictions, as long as relevant safety considerations are observed.

“We have a great tradition of motorsport in this country, and we are bringing British motor-racing back to British roads to benefit local communities,” he said, at the Grove ceremony.

“As part of our longterm economic plan, we are backing our world-

leading motorsport industry to support jobs, enhance skills and help us build a more resilient economy.”

Local authorities can authorise road closures for sporting and leisure events right now, but not for motor-racing.

And they cannot suspend the Road Traffic Act, which means speed limits, traffic signals, and road-legal vehicle regulations are

still enforceable. The Coalition hope this initiative will help boost the economy when it comes into effect, much like the current Tour de France.

The world’s most prestigious cycle race, still being contested, began in Leeds, moved down through Yorkshire and finished its third stage in London.

It attracted an estimated three million

spectators, who lined the streets along the entire route.

If motor sports can attract the same pulling power, this latest legislation could be worth as much as £40 million to local communities over the next five years.

That’s if, of course, the industry can live up to expectations and stage as many as 20 events nationwide

each year. But don’t expect to see F1 machines roaring around our towns any time soon. Formula One fuels its own industry, with crowds paying top dollar at every event, and huge sponsorships embraced by the top teams.

And anyway, the noise of the engines, though much quieter these days, would still not be tolerated by residents.

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Tel: 648 040 646 Patio chairs, as new, white whicker and chrome 25 euros each, Los Cristianos. Tel: 667 361 198 Small camping gas stove plus 2 gas bottles, plus small gas lamp. 20 euros. Tel: 922 785 868 or 606 343 246 Quality business card blanks, multiple colours, gloss finish. Ideal for arts and crafts, 1,000 in a box, 15 euros ono. Tel: 648 039 904 35-plus, clear-glass blocks, ex cond, 1.50 euros each. Buyer to collect from El Duque area. Tel: 634 310 135 Brass cornet (trumpet) in carry case, good con, 100 euros. 30ltr Elec boiler, surplus to requirements, 25 euros. Pine coffee table, 20 euros. New-born babycarrier car seat, 10 euros. Tel: 699 199 392 or 922 794 790 Designer bag never used, black & pink, made by My Flat in London, cost £150 (ideal as baby changing bag) inc changing mat in pink, 40 euros. Large wall fan, 10 euros. Large mean, lean grilling machine, 25

2 Grundig TVs, 22.5in and 34in wide screen, remote controls, scart sockets and further inlets for videos, etc., 35 euros each. Two single divan beds pocketed springs, 45 euros each. Large picture BATIK (printed on fabric) original frame, 45 euros. Juncker gas boiler, automatic, 75 euros. Tel: 922 729 042 LCD TV LE32R8 Samsung 32in with swivel base, flat screen. 100 euros. Callao Salvaje, Tel: 922 723 489, or 663 679 318.

Solid wood, heavy chest of drawers, stained sea green/driftwood effect & lacquered 5 drawers, plus rectangular heavy mirror, same wood & colour to make dressing table, 50 euros. Big box large acrylic paint tubes, quality artist brushes, new pencils & so much more, 45 euros. Heavy damask ivory & browns reversible bedspread or throw, king-size scalloped bottom edges, 40 euros ovno. Tel: 652 292 Garden roller 30 euros. Volvo estate car, good plus spares, 200 euros. Aluminium window, 3 panels, size 178 x 109, 400 euros. Single aluminium window 83 x 103, 200 euros. 3 toilet fans, 4 sinks and 2 pedestals, 50 euros. Tel: 685 427 826 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. 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 Under-counter fridge, 50 euros. Stainless-steel 4-ring electric hob, 50 euros. Stainless-steel electric kettle, 12 euros. Chest freezer, 120 euros. Kettle, Parasol 14 euros each. Computer monitor, 10 euros, Mountain bike, 85 euros. Video recorders, 20 euros.

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Table fan, 15 euros. 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: 686 336 904

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Jobs

International Distributor, work from home. Tel: 679 519 800 email: divalouisa@hotmail.com Tel: 634 043 086 email: herablepip19@gmail.com Telephone Consultants required for brand new office in Puerto Colon. Excellent working conditions, basic wage, contract and fantastic commissions given. Experience preferred. For more information call 609 806 308 or 620 071 611

50cc Scooter Peugeot. ITV until Jan 2016. 300 euros.

Tel: 670 877 158 IKEA child´s extendable bed with special mattress and fitted sheets, 50 euros. Girl’s line roller skates size 30-33. Ex cond, 10 euros. Children’s garden slide (also for pool), 30 euros. Tel: 676 812 864

Experienced telemarketers needed for established Resort in the south of the Island. Basic salary, great commissions, come and join the team. Please contact Barry on 663 556 873 or Justine on 627 107 631 CLC World Resorts & Hotels are currently looking for professional, motivated, British sales consultants and Managers to join their In-house and Fly-Buy teams. Successful applicants will enjoy high volume commissions and fantastic quality resorts. Full training is provided. For a confidential interview, please call Kinder Singh on 659 067 438 or Christine Gibson on 607 849 900.

Property for rent

Wanted Wanted: Inexpensive sewing machine. Tel: 620 066 207

2 bed bungalow near Las Galletas, big kitchen, garage, 700€ per month all inclusive. Call 609 531 178 GOLF DEL SUR - Charming 2-bed bungalow. Fabulous views.

Garden. Parking. 750€ monthly. Tel: 627 219 001

BLOCKAGES - Sink, bath, toilet, main drains, jetters, rods, cameras. Tel: 647 928 223.

BRITISH LOCKSMITH - New locks supplied and fitted, Lock out’s, Lost Keys, Extra security. Tel. 647 928 223 INFESTATION REMOVAL - Ants, cockroaches, mites, etc. Tel: 647 928 223

VW Polo 1.8 GTi Turbo 5 door.

2007, 104,000km, silver, full service history, ITV, 1 owner from new, all extras including air con, PAS, CD, alloys.

Excellent condition.

7,500 euros ono.

Can be viewed at Karting Las Americas.

Call 659 202 826 Opel Sinatra, 7 seater, needs matriculating or for parts, 600€. Tel: 647 997 488

Cars wanted CARS BOUGHT FOR CASH - Offer made once seen, we will come to you. WANTED small cars to medium cars, 4 X 4’s, small vans, people carriers, runners and non runners, accident damaged, etc. ANYTHING CONSIDERED.

Call us now on 678 451 641

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Cleaning (cont.)

Elite Cleaning Services is an established cleaning company who can provide a professional cleaning service for Apartments, Villas and Offices. Call us today on 922 789 795 or 696 922 597.

Computers

Telephone: 922 736 728 E-mail: Computer Service Provider BT Authorised Dealer Dell Registered Partner

info@act-tenerife.com

Web:

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Construction

Garden Furniture

Health & Beauty www.fitnesswithdebbie.com Tel: 664 576 779

Antiques

www.yogavibetenerife.com Tel: 678 71 21 51

ALADDINS CAVE. Antiques & Vintage Goods bought & sold Tel: 922 720 493

Blinds

Insurance

Cars

Kitchens & bathrooms Colin Taylor – Renovations & Maintenance, Bathrooms, Kitchens, Tiling, Plumbing etc. (e.g. complete bathroom & kitchen refurbishments, including all materials & labour from under 2000 euros) Tel 661 081 843 for quotation.

Lawyers

Chiropodist Ann Malpass M.A.F.H.P. M.C.F.H.P. Qualified Chiropodist. All your foot care needs solved in the comfort of your own home/hotel.

Tel 625 799 570 Elaine Watson Jones MSSCh MBChA - making happy feet between El Medano and Los Gigantes for 18 years. Tel: 608 029 790

Cleaning

Electrician

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Visiting massage for tensed up ladies only.

Call Rocky 625 832 848 Mechanics Boiler King: All plumbing works undertaken including boiler replacements, drain clearance, swimming pool pump repair & maintenance. Tel: 680 278 579

Translation

Pool tables

Patio Doors & Windows

Removals UNIVERSAL EXPORTS S.L. PROFESSIONAL REMOVALS TO AND FROM THE U.K. Email: info@removals-tenerife.com Transport Licence: No. 11572932 C.I.F. No. B38820395 Tel: 922 720 711

repairs

TENERIFE TRANSLATION SERVICES: Legally registered with over 25 years experience. Official, Medical, Notary, Wills, Utilities, Probate, Pensions, car paperwork and much more.

Professionalism and confidentiality guaranteed.

Transport available. Call Tracey on 666 857 991 or email on info@tenerifetranslationservices.com

TV and Satellite Menny Fix, Satellite TV Tel 922 792 116 Avnd; Antonio Dominguez 18, Edif: MarOLa Local 2, Los Cristianos. EST 1994, Repairs, Maintenance and Sales.

Second-hand Shops

Personal ServiceS SISSY LOS CRISTIANOS SLIM, SEXY, DOMINATING GOOD-LOOKING, PRIVATE APARTMENT, CALL : 634 273 126.

Nice, sporty, 30 plus, Spanish lady, certified masseur, toys and naughty lingerie also available. Discrete hotel/ home visits. Reasonable prices. English speaking. Viagra available. Las Americas - Buzanada. Tel: 602 506 793.

Las Galletas, 2 friends , sexy, slims, big breasts, all services, a soul dance. Make the mind lose it and the body will follow, simple sex. Tel: 669 738 298.

Nice looking, big breasts, West European lady, 37, speaks English. Comes to your hotel or apartment.

Hygiene is a must. Call me 603 245 826.

Erotic sexy blond in Ibarra Street in Las Galletas, all services, call 600 059 551.

Furniture & Household Items bought for cash Immediate decisions

Phone Freddie 609 303 634 security

Upholstery cleaning

Windows

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Oasis Fm retain Cyder Cup CYDER CUP 2 was another roaring success at Costa Adeje Golf on Sunday, with Oasis Fm again taking the honours.

A full complement of 72 players were split into two equal-standard teams in a two-man Texas Scramble format.

Every hole counted and, just like last year, there was little to choose between the two sides.

After the golf and, as the scorecards were coming in, both sides were confident of victory.

Sky Sports’ Chris Kamara, playing for Blacktower FM, was all smiles. His captain, Adi Benson, was extremely confident and even

started preparing his winners’ speech.

But he was left crestfallen when it was announced that Oasis Fm had got home 181161.

Their captain, Roscoe, said: “The competition was fierce and, like last year, it came down to just one or two holes per match.

“To win this again is special, and I’m sure we will complete the

hat-trick in 2015.” Individual honours went to James and Owen Kressinger-Dunn, Andy Palmer, Paddy Davies and Maria Teresa Dominguez.

A big thank-you to Chris and John at Oasis Fm, and Michel Lorenz, for their organisation, and to Ally Kerr and Laura Mann from Blacktower Financial Management for their continued support.

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to head in the annual singles knockout competition. These are the players going through to finals night.

Premier league.

At Bar 180, Mitch (phoenix). At La Cana, Steve (Target army) Division 1.

At Legends, Gary (Gaffers A).

At Picassos, Adam (Chipeque) Division 2.

At The Bar, Dave (Waterfall) and Paul (Phoenix) Ladies.

At Ourplace, Lynn (Bar

180) and Nora (Palms pool bar) The finals will be played on Friday 5th September.

PRemier division ResultS

Division 1 ResultS

Division 2 ResultS

Bar 180 A 8-0 Gaffers B INKSPOTS 0-8 PHOENIX BAR LA CAÑA PIRATES 5-3 BAR 180 B TARGET TITANS 4-4 BAR 180 D VIKINGS ENSECAN 2-6 Target Army

Chipeque 8-0 La Cana Lancers EMERALD SHAMROCKS 6-2 PICASSOS A GAFFERS A 3-5 TRAP DOOR NAUGHTY NAUTAS 5-3 PAS O NADAS OURPLACE PLAYBOYS 7-1 EMERALD LOUNGE SUNDOWNERS 5-3 CLOUSEAUS

Barracuda Hunters 6-2 Spear Chuckers MARILYNS 8-0 CHIPEQUE CHIPPERS PALMS SPORTS BAR 8-0 AMISTAD 2 PHOENIX FLIGHTS 5-3 OURPLACE PLAYGIRLS THE BAR 6-2 THE REBELS THE PALMS 6-2 WATERFALL WARRIORS

Premier Division Table

Division 1 Table

Table 1 TARGET ARMY 2 PHOENIX BAR 3 BAR 180 A 4 LA CAÑA PIRATES 5 TARGET TITANS 6 THE PUB 7 VIKINGS ENSECAN 8 BAR 180 D 9 BAR 180 B 10 GAFFERS B 11 INKSPOTS

Division 2 Table

Table P W D L F A +- PTS 1 GAFFERS A 7 5 0 2 40 16 24 40 2 OURPLACE PLAYBOYS 7 5 0 2 35 21 14 35 3 CHIPEQUE 6 3 2 1 30 18 12 30 4 EMERALD LOUNGE 7 3 2 2 28 28 0 28 5 4 1 0 27 13 14 27 5 EMERALD SHAMROCKS 6 PAS O NADAS 7 1 2 4 24 32 -8 24 7 NAUGHTY NUATAS 6 1 3 2 22 26 -4 22 8 PICASSOS A 6 1 3 2 19 29 -10 19 9 CLOUSEAUS 5 1 0 4 18 22 -4 18 10 SUNDOWNERS 7 1 1 5 18 38 -20 18 11 LA CAÑA LANCERS 6 1 2 3 14 34 -20 14 12 TRAP DOOR 3 2 0 1 13 11 2 13

Table P W D L F A +- PTS 1 CHIPEQUE CHIPPERS 7 6 0 1 41 15 26 41 2 WATERFALL WARRIORS 7 5 0 2 39 17 22 39 3 MARILYNS 7 4 1 2 34 22 12 34 4 THE BAR 7 5 0 2 33 23 10 33 5 THE PALMS 6 5 0 1 32 16 16 32 6 THE REBELS 6 4 0 2 27 21 6 27 7 BARRACUDA HUNTERS 6 3 0 3 24 24 0 24 8 PHOENIX FLIGHTS 6 3 0 3 23 25 -2 23 9 PALMS SPORTS BAR 7 1 0 6 20 36 -16 20 10 AMISTAD 2 7 2 0 5 18 38 -20 18 11 SPEAR CHUCKERS 7 1 1 5 17 39 -22 17 12 OURPLACE PLAYGIRLS 7 0 0 7 12 44 -32 12

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Curtain draws on another season We have reached the finale of what has been a brilliant season in the Direct Telecom pool league.

This Tuesday is finals and presentation night at Palms Bar. The pool action gets underway from 7pm and the presentation will follow around 10pm. Everyone is welcome!

The singles final has

12 players shooting it out to be crowned champion.

They are: Jambo Hammers A Paul Hammers A Harry Phoenix Knights Mark Treehouse A.

Geoff Phoenix Potters Johnny Peacocks James James

Place Craig Peacocks.

Graham Palms B Roscoe Palms A Neil Gaffers A Kev Gaffers A This season has seen Tenerife Hammers A sweeping all before them in division one, a nervous final day relegation scrap, Palms B winning division two for their captain

Michael ‘Eeyore’ Shaw and Neil finally taking division one honours.

Roscoe again winning the summer tournament and a brilliant Christmas event saw young Harley beating Treehouse Greg!

Kevin winning the 500e Christmas bounty and of course the dethroning of the Scotland boys in February!

DIRECT TELECOM POOL LEAGUE 2014 DIVISION ONE CHAMPIONS..............................................TENERIFE HAMMERS A DIVISION ONE RUNNERS UP............................................GAFFERS A DIVISION ONE 3RD PLACE.................................................PHOENIX KNIGHTS DIVISION TWO WINNERS...................................................PALMS A DIVISION TWO RUNNERS UP............................................ INN THE PINK B DIVISION TWO 3RD PLACE................................................ JAMES PLACE TENERIFE POOL TABLES CUP WINNERS....................TENERIFE HAMMERS A TENERIFE POOL TABLES CUP RUNNERS UP.............INN THE PINK B TENERIFE POOL TABLES PLATE WINNERS...............TREEHOUSE A TENERIFE POOL TABLES PLATE RUNNERS UP.......INN THE PINK A SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL MATCH TENERIFE PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT .....................................................................................................SERGIO – TERRACE A DIVISION ONE PLAYER OF THE YEAR..........................NEIL – GAFFERS A DIVISION TWO PLAYER OF THE YEAR.........................GRAHAM – PALMS B TPT SINGLES SUMMER WINNER....................................ROSCOE – PALMS A TPT SINGLES CHRISTMAS WINNER..............................KEV – GAFFERS A YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR........................................HARLEY - TPT

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By Adi Benson THE curtain has come down on the FIFA World Cup 2014, with the Germans claiming the golden prize.

It was their fourth World Cup success - and the first as a united nation - and they were the first European team ever to win the trophy on South American soil!

I’ve got to say that it has been one of the best World Cups I have seen.

It had everything, from a pantomime villain through to a national embarrassment, and let’s not forget the high standard of football.

The opening ceremony was shambolic on so many levels, but the football didn’t disappoint. And it was, in many cases, a real underdogs’ performance.

Teams such as Costa Rica and the US left Brazil with heads held high. But the Team of the Tournament had to Germany.

Had they not won the final, they would still get the accolade based on their 7-1 semi-final dem-

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olition of Brazil. It was a game nobody will forget: 26 minutes of sheer brilliance from the Germans, and a Brazilian master-class in how not to defend.

A nation was embarrassed by its team’s dreadful performance - the likes of which we may never witness again at a World Cup. Player of the Tournament award was given to Lionel Messi! Yeah; I’m still scratching my

head as well! For me, Columbia’s James Rodriguez epitomised everything that used to be good about Brazil.

He performed fantastically well for his team and deserved all the plaudits that came his way. He also picked up the Golden Boot as top goal-scorer with six.

And for me, he also scored goal of the tournament with his volley against Uruguay. It was absolutely world

class, and may just have earned him a move to Real Madrid.

Performance of the competition was difficult to pick after the Brazil-Germany game, but I’m going for the US against Belgium.

It was a real end-to end-game and, yes, America’s Tim Howard was the busier of the two keepers. But his brilliance inspired his team-mates, who fought until the final whistle of

extra-time. The American people were still not crazy about “soccer” before the tournament.

But this team have changed that perception. The MLS crowds will now get bigger, and more money will be invested in the game there.

Will the US ever win the World Cup? Don’t bet against it!

With so many good performances, what about the bad? Well, a certain Luis Suarez was up to his old tricks, and he was rightly banned for yet another biting incident.

At previous World Cups, his behaviour might have been the biggest story. But because of the excellent of Brazil 2014, it became old news fairly quickly.

England also fit into this category; I had to keep reminding myself that they had actually been in the tournament.

They arrived in Brazil without the usual expectations, or so the national press wanted us to believe. But it did

not help because three underwhelming performances saw them take an early plane home.

There were plus points against Italy, but only the 2-1 defeat will be remembered - same against a Suarez-inspired Uruguay and Costa Rica.

I believe we just have to face the facts that, as a nation, we are just not good enough at international level.

Much has been said about the German blueprint, but it will never be followed by the FA because we are not prepared to wait and build for 10 years, England supporters crave immediate results.

Now the dust has settled, FIFA have announced the latest world rankings - and England have dropped to 20th. Even the US are now above us, but, more worryingly, we are just seven places in front of Scotland.

And that’s the tormenting thought I will leave you with!

In the meantime, bring on the new Premier League season!

CD Tenerife news

Crespo in… and out!

By Roscoe THE day after the World Cup finished, the new football season got underway!

Well, it certainly did for the CD Tenerife players as they began the joy that is pre-season. Anyone who has played to a decent standard will tell you the first week is hell.

And that is where Tenerife’s director of football Alfonso Serrano was by late afternoon on Monday. He had managed just two signings, and before Ivan Crespo had walked into the training ground, the keeper was gone!

Officially, Crespo had his contract torn up be-

cause of “family problems”. But the whisper was that his medical examination was so bad, the club and the player decided to cut and run.

On Monday morning, all the players had a thorough going-over - and the men in white coats were not best pleased.

There was some comfort for Serrano later in the day when he signed decent centre-back Unai Albizua on loan from Athletic Bilbao.

He is still rated by his parent club, and he is tough no-nonsense defender. It’s a smart signing. There is still no news of a main striker to replace Ayoze, who seems to be blending into the Newcastle squad just fine, as our picture

shows. Long-time target Angel has joined La Liga new boys Eibar. Brighton’s David Rodriguez doesn’t seem keen on the move here, while Jona has joined the Tenerife old boys at Cadiz.

Compostela’s Joselu, who hit 30 goals in Segunda B, has snubbed us, Almeria and Albacete to join Racing Ferrol.

And on top of that, Nino’s return looks dead in the water. Osasuna have been trying to off-load him since January, but have, remarkably, now offered him a seasonlong deal.

But Tenerife did get Aday off the books. He has joined Girona, and Abel should join him out of Santa Cruz in the next few days.

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