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Issue 876 31st October - 6th November 2014

Atogo go-go-go!

Inside this week...

AS legendary commentator Murray Walker would say: “It’s “Go go GO!” for Tenerife’s very own race-track. The project has been the subject of rumour, claims and electioneering for decades, yet it appears that the project is now firmly on track.

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Tenerife track on the starting grid

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But don’t expect to see an F1 car blitzing down the track in the foreseeable future.

Tenerife Cabildo has agreed the project’s goahead, but this is simply the latest step in a long road. All the money must come from private investment.

This week, agreements with the Cabildo and local town halls were okayed, and a prospectus unveiled.

The brochure price for getting this project operational is a cool 25.7 million euros.

That’s a lot of money in the current climate, but it does include land rights and a 40-year operational licence.

Also, investors would receive a plethora of tax breaks and, it seems, a lot of help from the Cabildo and the community.

The proposed track in Atogo is based 2.5km from the South Airport and is in a great location. The circuit would cover 1.268.694m square metres and has

Proposed Track details

been designed by TN and GPO engineers, who are also responsible for the design of the Circuit Montmeló in Catalonia.

It’s a Type 2 track, which means it would not be suitable for F1 racing. It would be a tight track with an 819m straight with a width of just 15m.

There would be 15 curves, 10 left turns, five right and a potential maximum F1 speed of 310kph.

The track length of just a few metres over 4km is small compared with Silverstone (5.1km), Melbourne

(5.3km) and even new tracks like Sochi in Russia (5.8km).

This makes it impractical for F1 racing and even testing. However F1 testing is highly regulated and it’s unlikely it would have been possible in Tenerife, even if the track met the standards.

Also, in the cut-throat business world of F1, Tenerife wouldn’t have the economic pull to bring the sport here, and that’s before considering the Barcelona and Valencia tracks are already well-established.

On the plus side, the

circuit would be ideal for Motor GP, GP2, touring cars, superbikes and, of course, the most amazing race and track days.

There would be a market for supercar testing, and the climate would put the track ahead of many European competitors.

One motor expert told Canarian Weekly: “It’s certainly an exciting option. I would best describe it as a ‘Halfway House’ kind of circuit. Put it like this, it’s more Brands Hatch than Silverstone.

“That said, it would grab the attention of

many different types of racing organisations.

The proximity of the airport, the tourist attractions in the south and the winter weather ... it’s got a lot of potential.”

And all it needs now is some funding. The Cabildo, with elections just around the corner, is in no position to put hand in pocket.

There have been budget cuts recently and there is political pressure to sort out flood defences after recent storms.

So it’s in the hands of the private investor, and the prospectus paints a positive picture. The price is not especially high, when you consider the new Sochi circuit cost around 200m euros.

This project, which the Cabildo claims has already sparked high

interest, will surely attract plenty of offers.

Solo investors, investment companies and sporting groups will all take a close look.

Bids must be in by the start of February ,and there will then be a twomonth consultation and due diligence period.

Once a deal has been agreed and funds deposited, work will begin - in theory, quite quickly.

The prospectus states that building work on the circuit should take no more than 21 months. Infrastructure work, grandstand, paddocks, entrance and such should take no more than 15 months.

But work can be concurrent.

This would give the project an opening date of 2017, and the possibility of professional racing some time in 2018.

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Rajoy’s public apology for PP corruption slurs A MAJOR new bid-rigging revelation this week has shamed Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy into saying sorry for the corruption scandals affecting his party.

On Tuesday in the Senate, he told MPs: “I apologise in the name of the PP to all Spaniards for having given positions of responsibility to individuals who were not fit for it. I understand citizens’ indignation.”

He was repeating earlier statements made by senior party official Esperanza Aguirre, the first PP member to issue an apology.

The Spanish leader’s statement came a day after the bid-rigging scandal made headlines.

It coincided with senior PP figure Ángel Acebes’ court appearance to answer questions about his alleged role in covering up a secret party slush fund. Yet Party sources had earlier expressed surprise that their leader was not speaking out on the latest bribes-for-contracts case.

On Tuesday, the PM stressed that Operation Púnica, which has led to dozens of arrests in Madrid, Valencia, Murcia and León, did not reflect

any illegal party financing but merely “personal greed” by the alleged wrong-doers.

“This kind of behavior extends a generalised suspicion,” said Rajoy.

“But that unfairly tarnishes the image and the reputation of most party members.”

The PM asked Spaniards to trust in the rule of law because the latest cases prove that the justice system and democratic institutions “work”.

He also reiterated his commitment to “clean up public life” and enact anti-corruption measures, even if his party

has to do so alone - a reference to the Socialist Party’s recent refusal to reach a deal with the PP. “Democracy cannot allow anyone to play with the trust that people place in politicians,” said Rajoy. “That is why we are going to pass two pending anti-corruption measures as soon as possible.

“If we can reach consensus with the opposition, all the better. But if not, we will push ahead with anti-corruption measures with the PP’s votes.”

But Spain’s leader will find it difficult to undo the damage. That’s be-

cause PP heavyweight Rodrigo Rato, a former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief, has had his party membership revoked in recent days following his involvement in the Caja Madrid credit-card scandal. And former minister Acebes has been targeted in a large ongoing investigation into the party’s alleged secret accounts.

They have been labelled the “Bárcenas papers” after Luis Bárcenas, the former treasurer who kept the hand-written ledgers.

Bárcenas claims that money for this fund was

provided by illegal donations from builders and other entrepreneurs, and that part of the cash was used to pay underthe-table bonuses to PP executives, including Rajoy!

Meanwhile, the courts continue to delve into the Gürtel case, which is an older, bid-rigging scandal, which targeted 200 suspects across Spain. It led to several PP officials losing their jobs after it broke in February 2009.

This week’s bid-rigging scandal involved Francisco Granados, who was arrested on Monday on suspicion of political

corruption. The former top official in Madrid’s regional government, together with business partner David Marjaliza, accumulated at least 5.8m euros in Swiss bank accounts.

Granados and Marjaliza, a wealthy constructor and childhood friend of the Popular Party (PP) politician, kept their finances separate.

But Swiss authorities noticed transfers between their accounts, as well as similar, simultaneous transactions, which led to an investigation.

Switzerland informed Spain about the connections between the politician and the constructor, which became the origin of Operation Púnica.

Besides Granados, 34 other people were arrested, including six mayors from the Madrid region and the chief of the provincial authority of León.

Besides these two accounts, a third Swiss account was also held

by Granados at BNP Paribas, where the former secretary general of the Madrid branch of the PP had 1.5 million euros.

All 35 detainees in Operation Púnica, including Granados, remained under arrest on Tuesday awaiting interrogation and a court appearance.

Jailed - paedophile snared in Tenerife A BRITISH paedophile, discovered living in the Oasis del Sur area of Los Cristianos, has been jailed for eight years for historical sex offences.

Philip Gordon Knowles, from Merseyside, branded a “dangerous and determined sex offender” by police, was extradited back to Britain and put behind bars after being found guilty by jury of abusing a teenage boy and girl in the Seventies.

The 54-year-old was detained following a European Arrest Warrant being issued in April.

He was taken to Madrid, where officers from the Matrix Serious Organised Crime specialist Unity team transported him back to the UK. Knowles was found guilty of four counts of gross indecency with a boy under the age of 14, and eight counts of indecent assault on an under-16 girl.

Apart from his sentence, he was ordered to sign the Sex Offenders’ Register for life, and was disqualified

from working with under-16s.

Detective Inspector Bev Hyland said: “Knowles is starting a long prison sentence after a jury found him guilty of a number of offences, carried out over a 10-year period between 1970 and 1980 while he was living in the St Helens area.

“His victims have shown an immense amount of bravery in coming forward and having to relive the abuse they suffered at Knowles’ hands.

“I hope his sentencing gives them some sense of closure, and also pro-

vides wider reassurance that a dangerous and determined sex offender is now behind bars.

“I would like to reassure anyone who has been a victim of sexual abuse that any complaint will be taken extremely seriously and investigated by specially-trained officers, who will offer support every step of the way.

“I’d also like to thank officers and our partners in the Crown Prosecution Service for their dedication and commitment throughout what has been a long and complex investigation.”

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Spain’s new pact with Gibraltar and the UK SPAIN has agreed with Gibraltar and the UK to instigate a new, ad hoc forum to discuss matters relating to regional co-operation.

And the thorny issue of the British Overseas Territory’s status will be left aside for once!

The new arrangement comes two years after the current Spanish Government refused to accept the presence of Gibraltar at talks.

Since then, however, Prime Minister Mariano

Rajoy has taken a tough stance over the territory.

Diplomatic sources say that EU representatives will also be present, as well as those from the regional government of Andalusia and the seven Spanish towns within the Campo de Gibraltar.

No firm date has been set for the first meeting, which is expected to take place in Brussels early in November.

The Spanish delegation will be led by Ignacio Ybañez, the Foreign Ministry’s foreign policy director general, and Britain’s by Jill Morris,

head of the Foreign Office’s Europe division.

The agenda will address Spain’s concerns over fishing and “bunkering” (refuelling of ships at sea), as well as tobacco-smuggling.

Britain and Gibraltar say they want an end to the lengthy border delays.

Diplomatic sources say the first meeting is unlikely to produce any major agreements, but welcome all parties’ willingness to resume contact.

The ad hoc approach, whereby meetings are held to address specific issues of mutual

Copycat Robbie singer is no Angel in Tenerife TENERIFE tribute act James Crockett claimed £8,500 in incapacity benefit over here in 2012 while performing Robbie Williams hits in Tenerife .

The singer - stage name Andy James - was certainly no Angel. He admitted fraudulent claims and was told by Judge Jonathan Durham Hall that the public were “rightly outraged” by benefits cheats.

Copycat Crockett will be sentenced next month, and could be crooning in front of a different set of bars for a while.

The 43-year-old, from Skipton, North Yorkshire, claimed he was too ill to work, yet he was able to travel to the Canary Islands to perform chart-topping hits like Angel by the former Take That singer, and Michael Bublé.

Crockett, pleaded guilty to failing to tell the Department for Work and Pensions that he was no longer unable to work for most of 2012.

The court was told that he had been voluntarily paying back £40 a month since the start

of this year, but Judge Durham Hall was not impressed.

Crockett’s barrister, Charlotte Worsley, said the tribute singer, who claims to have “thrilled audiences across Europe”, was of previous good character and was no longer on benefits.

She said he had suffered medical difficulties for a number of years, including a stroke. He was, she added, advised by his GP to move somewhere warm because of problems with his back, for which he had surgery in 2002, when he was nearly paralysed.

Crockett’s website claims he performs Bublé’s hits with the

same “flamboyance and panache” as the man himself Crockett, admitting his failure to tell the authorities that he was unable to work for most of 2012.

Miss Worsley said Crockett had made a remarkable recovery over the years and was managing to keep himself relatively fit with a strict diet, physiotherapy and exercises. However, he still suffered from significant disabilities.

But Judge Durham Hall, hinting at a prison sentence, said be believed Crockett had no idea about the seriousness of his position and added: “I’ll be looking at your case with great care.”

interest, was proposed by then British Foreign Secretary William Hague in April 2012 - a suggestion Madrid accepted.

But no progress has been made since then, says Spain, because Gibraltar’s First Minister Fabian Picardo insisted on maintaining the Tripartite Forum, which was set up in 2005.

The UK and Spanish Governments agreed to allow the Government of Gibraltar equal representation in a new, open-agenda discussion forum. But it has not met since 2009.

Some observers have expressed surprise that Picardo agreed to new talks before next year’s elections in Gibraltar, but he now appears to have reached agreement with the UK on attending the ad hoc contact meetings.

Spain’s election to a two-year seat on the UN

Security Council, which begins in January, has also helped pave the way for a resumption of contact with the UK and Gibraltarian authorities.

During the campaign to garner support for its candidacy, Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel García-Margallo took a softly-softly approach, later suggesting that London backed Spain in the vote.

London and Madrid are currently putting the finishing touches to a joint resolution to be presented to the UN General Assembly.

It recognises the need for a “definitive solution” to the Gibraltar question, and will “take into account the interests and aspirations of the people of Gibraltar, in accordance with international law.”

It is not clear whether the resolution will

recommend resuming the Tripartite Forum, or whether it will build on the ad hoc approach.

Defiant Gibraltarians who feel hard done by, especially when the EU approved Spain’s increased checks at Gibraltar border, stress; “We are 100% kosher,” Last summer saw tensions flare over the activities of Spanish fishing boats in waters that Gibraltar says are under its sovereignty.

In response, seemingly, Gibraltar dropped more than 70 large concrete blocks in the disputed zone to create an artificial reef, thus preventing Spanish fishing boats operating there.

In response, Spanish police at the border crossing have been carrying out exhaustive checks on vehicles coming in and out of Gibraltar, creating delays of up to seven hours.

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Don’t panic! Ex-pat get winter fuel payments...

TENERIFE, as we all know, abounds with rumours and scaremongers, but it’s always easy to sort out fiction from fact. Recently there have been some scare stories on social media which have claimed as fact that ex-pats in Tenerife are not entitled to claim the Winter Fuel Payment. The Canarian Weekly can assure you that is rubbish.

There has been no change to the WFP for 2014-15 and no changes are planned for the foreseeable future.

The British Government’s Winter Fuel Payment, enables pensioners to claim between £100 and £300 tax-free annually to help pay for heating bills - if they were born on or before 5th July 1952.

It is a contentious issue because ex-pat pensioners can also pick up the annual payment, even though heating is far from our minds over here, whatever time of year.

And some people just don’t believe it’s fair.

Never mind that many of our ex-pats who have retired here are fully entitled to claim the benefit, having paid into the Income Tax and National Health systems all their working lives.

True, some haven’t, and that upsets some.

But it doesn’t mean the rest should be denied.

Most payments are made automatically between November and December, and according to the Government, you should get your money by Christmas.

You usually get a Winter Fuel Payment automatically if you receive the State Pension, or another Social Security benefit (not Housing

Benefit, Council Tax Reduction, Child Benefit or Universal Credit).

And any money you receive will not affect any other state benefits you receive. If you are a first-time qualifier, you should not have to make a claim because the Department of Work and Pensions will be aware of your state pension.

If you are still unsure simply Google the words Winter Fuel Payment claim forms and take it from there. The Government have a simple to understand website which will help you every step of the way.

One pensioner, who sold up in England and

moved here 10 years ago, turned 65 in 2007 and gave the English address where he stayed whenever he was over there, and where his mail was sent.

Unfortunately, his pal, who owned the house, was already claiming the allowance and promptly had £100 deducted because the DWP assumed they shared the home.

It was eventually sorted out, but only when the Tenerife man was able to prove that he actually lived here, visiting the UK occasionally to see friends and family.

“It’s brilliant,” he said.

“I still can’t get over the fact that I’m sent a pen-

sion every month, even though I always paid tax on my earnings.

“And the fuel payment is a fantastic Christmas bonus as far as I’m concerned. No one ever gave me a penny until I turned 65, so I’m in clover.”

Another pensioner was convinced he’d seen his last fuel payment in November 2013 after reading that the Government was considering stopping the allowance for overseas dwellers.

But it was a false alarm.

In fact, the 2014-5 money will be going out any time now, but as for a payment next year, that remains to be seen.

A spokesperson for the Department of Works and Pensions told Canarian Weekly this week: “The Winter Fuel Payment and various other financial issues are always revealed in the government’s annual budget review. No decision has been made about the payments for 2015-16. That means there is no decision on whether the payments will increase or who will and won’t be able to claim.”

All claimants will receive a letter telling them how much they’ll get, and an estimated payment date.

Most payments are made automatically between November and December into an account, such as a bank account.

Winter Fuel Payments How much you get depends on your circumstances during the qualifying week, which is always in September.

Any money you get is tax-free and won’t affect your other benefits.

If you are under 80 *£200 - if you were born on or before 5th July 1952 and live alone (or none of the people you live with qualify) *£200 - even if you get one of the benefits named *£100 - if you live with someone 80 or over who also qualifies *£100 - you live in a care home and don’t get one of the benefits named If you are over 80 *£300 - if you are 80 or over in the qualifying week *£300 - even if you get one of the benefits named *£200 - if you live with someone under 80 who also qualifies *£150 - if you live with someone over 80 who also qualifies *£150 - if you live in a care home and don’t get one of the benefits named

Thalidomide firm wins appeal against Spanish AN appeal by Grunenthal, German maker of banned pregnancy drug thalidomide, has been upheld by a Spanish court.

Madrid’s provincial court scrapped a previous ruling, ordering the company to compensate Spaniards who suffered birth defects from thalidomide in the Six-

ties. The court said the statute of limitations for the case against the pharmaceutical company had expired.

In November 2013, a lower court ordered the firm to pay 20,000 euros for each percentage point of disability suffered by the victims, as recognised by Spain’s health ministry.

It did not specify exactly how many plaintiffs there were, nor how much the compensation and costs would add

up to in total. The case was brought forward in 2012 by Avite, an association representing Spaniards born with severe defects after their mothers took the drug during their pregnancies.

Avite’s legal department is studying its options for an appeal and a group spokesperson said: “We cannot hide our huge disappointment and sadness.

“In this fight of David

against Goliath, this was one of the possible outcomes, But far from discouraging this group, we believe this is only a technical draw. We won the first assault, and they have won the second. The final outcome is missing.”

Thalidomide was originally marketed as a sedative. But from the late Fifties, it was prescribed to women around the world to combat morning sickness.

Many children of the

mothers who took the drug were born with abnormally-short limbs and, in some cases, without any arms, legs or hips.

In late 1961, the drug was withdrawn from the British and German markets. But sales were continued in other countries, including Spain, Canada and Japan, for several more months.

The drug is estimated to have caused deformities in 10,000-

20,000 babies in some 40 countries. Avite, which sought compensation of 204 million euros for its members, estimates that up to 3,000 babies may have been born with deformities in Spain because of the drug.

Dozens of Spaniards born with defects caused by thalidomide, many in wheelchairs or on crutches, attended the trial in Madrid last year. Grunenthal apologised in 2012.

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Fireworks, not a Fright Night!

TONIGHT (Friday) the Americanisation of the world continues.

Yes it’s Fancy Dress Night!

I guess most of you will call it Halloween, but believe me, most people will not be dressed in “scary” attire. Even the kids will be wearing Superman outfits.

It’s all harmless fun, and there is nothing wrong with letting your hair down. But whatever happened to celebrating Guy Fawkes Night? When did we stop making “Guys”?

I loved November the 5th as an ankle-biter. The night would take weeks of planning. The Dads would sort out who was buying what fireworks.

The Mums sorted the food, and us little ‘uns arranged the “Guys”.

And it was serious stuff, let me tell you.

My pals Pete, Nicky, Darren, Wozza and brother Scott would argue like cat and dog on how “Guy” should look. One year we had a split in the camp, and we made two separate “Guys”.

We placed them outside the local newsagent and we had the

mother of all battles to see who could beg the most money.

Back then it was less “Penny for the Guy” and more “ten pence for the Guy”. And we made a few quid as well. The key was to borrow a puppy and tie it next to the “Guy”. It was a foolproof plan.

Come nightfall and the lighting of the “bonny”.

All arguments were forgotten as we burned our hard-created work of art. This was swiftly followed by the licking of the home-made toffee apples, and the “oohhs” and “aahhs” as the Dads tried hard not to kill themselves letting off the fireworks.

And, of course, the betting on whose Mum would get drunk first on the homemade punch.

It was always mine!

I cannot believe that getting dressed up and walking around knocking on strangers’ doors was more fun.

If you explained that to today’s kids, they would probably say “Whatever!”

Remember, remember the fifth of November, Gunpowder, treason and plot.

I see no reason, why gunpowder treason, Should ever be forgot.

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Dear Editor, Representatives of Palm Mar have taken matters in their own hands to target particularly dog fouling.

Over the past month, volunteers have been cleaning up around their own complexes following a meeting chaired by Peter Clarke.

At a second meeting, held at El Mocan on Sunday, it was agreed that as many volunteers as possible would meet there on Sunday, 30th November at 10am, to start at the archway leading into Palm Mar and clean all the way down the Main Street.

We will be sporting red aprons, kindly donated by Karine Lecat, with a Clean-up logo written on the aprons.

Thank you

Dear Editor I stayed at the Oasis Mango Hotel/apartments on Francisco Ave, Los Christianos, between 1825th October.

They have two cages of birds in dreadful condition. I took some photos which are enclosed.

Their feet are sore and nails overgrown.

The cage near reception had no food or water - and no one cared. Well I do, and I noticed in your paper that you had a feature on animal welfare.

Could you pass this on to anyone and everyone who can help these poor creatures, please?

I have many pictures, and some of the birds’ nails were so long or feet so sore, that they could barely grip the perches.

They shouldn’t be treated like this, but I am back home in the UK now and need you’re help, please.

I showed these pics to a pet shop-cum-vet practice near the hotel and the staff were shocked.

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Cancer map’s danger zones!

THE most detailed map to date has been drawn up, showing mortality rates for six types of cancer throughout Spain - colon, stomach, bladder, breast, lung, and prostate.

It has been pieced together by Spanish scientists, whose findings reveal that in some areas, particularly those featuring heavy industry, the chances of dying from the disease are 50% higher than the national average.

The map, produced by researchers from the National Epidemiology Centre and published in the BMC Cancer health journal, is based on data relating to one million cancer deaths in Spain between 1989 and 2008.

It shows, for example, that the risk of dying from stomach cancer is higher in Burgos and Palencia, in northern Spain’s interior, than anywhere else.

Gonzalo López Abente, who has led the project, hesitates to form conclusions, but he suggests that diet could be a contributing factor.

“These are areas where people eat a lot more cured and smoked meat, and less fruit and vegetables, than say, those living on the coast,” he said.

Esteve Fernández, President of the Spanish Society for Epidemiology, says the health risks the map indicates are relative:.

“You can be three times at risk of dying from a certain type of cancer in one area, but the absolute risk is still minimal,” he said, reassuringly.

“Nobody should be moving to another area on the basis of the map.

After all, smoking is more dangerous than where you happen to live.”

The highest-risk areas for male lung cancer are Extremadura and the western parts of Andalusia, Asturias and Cantabria. The highest rates for women are found in a few towns in Galicia.

Although lung-cancer distribution is related to the number of smokers, the researchers say that air pollution is a big factor. In the case of Galicia, the cause seems to be radon, a radioactive gas produced by uranium decaying deep underground.

The Health Ministry is now working on legislation to alert people about the dangers of radon.

Around 300,000 buildings in Spain have been identified as, potentially, having dangerous radon levels inside them, and there is now technology capable of removing it.

Mapping cancer rates over time is vital for tackling the illness, say the report’s authors, who wrote: “The spatial distribution of death from tumours can reveal differences in the associated risk factors and contribute, significantly, to establishing policies to fight cancer.”

While López Abente says quick conclusions should not be made from the evidence the map suggests, previous surveys he has led show that people in communities close to open-cast coal mines have a 9.7% higher risk of dying from colon cancer than the rest of the population and are also 6.6% times more likely to die from lung cancer.

In Spain, such mines

are to be found in León, Palencia, Teruel, Ciudad Real and Córdoba.

López Abente’s team have also produced research showing that people in communities close to cement factories have a higher-than-average risk of dying from cancer.

Women living in towns or villages within a 10km radius are 10% more likely to develop colon cancer, while men are 7% more vulnerable.

Fernández said: “The important thing about this map is that it is not a snapshot, but instead shows how things have developed over the last 20 years.”

This has allowed the team to show how higher-than-average levels of breast cancer, for example, have spread from Catalonia and the Balearics to Andalusia, where women are now 10% more likely to develop breast tumours than in the rest of Spain.

The team’s previous maps have measured

Spain’s cancer mortality between 1978 and 1992, and from 1989 to 1998.

Although 50% of the 77,000 deaths from bladder cancer between 1989 and 2008 could be attributed to smoking, it also emerged that workers in the paint, metals, rubber and leather industries were also at risk.

And you can add truck drivers to that list, possibly as a result of their exposure to diesel-motor emissions.

Men make up 82% of bladder-cancer deaths in Spain, most of which occurred in Cádiz, Seville and Huelva provinces, which have significant chemical industries.

Bages, a town in central Catalonia, also showed high rates of bladder cancer.

Miquel Porta, a former president of the European Federation of Epidemiology and Chair of Public Health at Barcelona’s Hospital del Mar Institute of Medical Research, accuses the coun-

try’s health authorities of failing to promote better diet as a way of reducing cancer incidence.

“Eating more fruit and vegetables reduces the risk of stomach cancer and should not be seen as a luxury,” he said. “We need to raise awareness of the need for people to eat more healthily.”

The globe shows that in the last five years surveyed, growing numbers of women living in cities are developing lung cancer, which the team put down to a deadly combination of air pollution and smoking.

Porta stressed that this should send a warning to health authorities to take action, saying: “If we see more lung cancer among women in cities, and we know that tobacco and air pollution interact, the answer is to act on tobacco and air pollution by creating more open spaces and green areas in cities.”

“This data reminds us

that we need much more vigorous policies to protect health, and that society needs to demand this.”

Epidemiologist Porta added: “These maps make it clear that cancer is not a lottery.

When we vote, we need to be thinking about radon, about heavy industry, about vehicle emissions,” Colon cancer caused 225,000 deaths between 1989 and 2008.

Distribution throughout Spain is relatively homogeneous, although Porta highlights risk factors such as obesity, particularly among lowincome groups.

“We are failing in our policies to combat obesity,” he pointed out. “This isn’t just about accepting that individuals make decisions about how they live and must accept the consequences.

“The Health Ministry needs to be more active in monitoring geographic trends and in implementing new policies.”

Weekend of remembrance ADEJE council have been preparing the town cemetery for All Saints and All Souls day - Tomorrow (Saturday) and Sunday.

As well as maintaining the grounds in good condition, this year there have also been improvements in the garden and common access zones.

Esther Rivero Vargas, the councillor responsible, said: “These are important dates when we all remember those gone before us.

“And that’s why the council is always working to give the cemetery special attention in the lead-up

to the two feast days, so that when people come to visit, they find themselves in a place peaceful and harmonious.”

Included in the improvements are repainting, upgrades to the interior arch-

es and the planting of chrysanthemums in the patios, as well as two new decorative floral arrangements throughout the installation.

The parish churches in the borough will hold

Masses over the relevant weekend days: Today (Friday): Tijoco La Hoya (5pm), Fañabé (6pm), Los Olivos (7pm), San Sebastián (7.30pm) Tomorrow (Saturday), All Saints Day: Cemetery chapel, Adeje (9am and 7.30pm), Armeñime (10am), Adeje parish church (11am and 6pm), Callao Salvaje (12 noon), Fañabé (12.30pm), Los Olivos (7pm), Sunday, All Souls Day: Morning times as on Saturday.

Afternoon masses will be in Tijoco La Hoya (5pm), San Sebastián (6pm) and Cemetery chapel (7pm).

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Pink day at Our Place

It’s that time of the year again, when you need to think pink in Costa Del Silencio.

The annual fundraiser for the Amate breast cancer awareness charity is this weekend at Our Place bar in Coral Mar square.

There is a full day’s entertainment from 1245pm on Sunday as well as a BBQ, raffle, tombola, cake stall and massive auction.

You are encouraged to wear something pink, and bring what you can afford to give!

The line up is: 12.45 - Show opener with Gordon Slayney 1pm - Indianna 1.30 - Jacqui Peters 2pm - Pip Brown 2.30 - Emma Jensen 3pm - Nigel Walker 3.30 - Helena Campbell 4pm - Kerry Railton 4.30 - Arthur Petersen 5 till 6 - Auction 6pm - Janie Playford (Janie Jai ) 6.30 - Danny Ellis ( Vanilla Visage) 7pm - Phenomenon – Luke Carey & Showbiz Ollie 7.30 - Midnight Riders – Stephen Tyler & Ollie

Earth Wind & Fire here!

THE Earth Wind & Fire Experience, with Al McKay, are performing in concert on Tuesday (4th Nov) at the Magma Congress Suite in Las Americas.

Promoters Tenerife Concerts consider this musical extravaganza to be the biggest to hit

Tenerife this year.

The band, led by founder Al Mackay ,have been touring the big capitals of the world, receiving a unanimous welcome from the public and press.

They have filled local arenas with their spectacular show and brilliant sound from a band “more danced to” through the Seventies and Eighties.

It has taken them to the top of the worldwide music charts with hits

like September, Boogie Wonderland, Fantasy and Shining Star, to name but a few!

Al Mckay has won five Grammies and is still going strong. His All Stars play a distinctive Soul, Funk, Disco sound, which was such a success in their past musical lives.

Freddy Vespremi, artistic director of Tenerife concerts, said there has been lots of interest from South companies like Iberostar and Coca

Cola, with the prestige of these legends bringing their World Tour to Tenerife,.

It’s a one-off opportunity to get involved, not only for residents but tourists alike for this calibre of entertainment to come to our Island.

Most international radio stations have played their music, which most of us have danced to at one time or another in the last 30-40 years. And we’ll be dancing again on Tuesday!

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An end to travel document hell?

AT the start of the year, the Spanish Government announced a change to the some-time confusing “travel certificate” system.

Hard copies were to be replaced by an automated, computerised programme in an attempt to regulate a system which seems to be changed every year.

The new legislation come into effect tomorrow (Saturday), but it remains to be seen if it will be implemented properly in Tenerife and the Canaries as a whole.

Until now, travel carriers required a paper certificate of residence at the point of access and sale for because everyone claimed the “special discount”.

This “resident’s rate” required an in-date “Certificado de Empadronamiento para Viajar”.

From this weekend, though, a new system called “accreditation system self residence” (SARA) comes into place.

This computerised system should make life much easier for travellers as you simply give your details at the time of booking.

This number will verify that you are a registered resident and grant you the discounted fares.

The new legislation means you will not be asked to produce a “Certificado de Empadronamiento para Viajar” if you are boarding a plane or a ferry, for example.

However there are still a few flaws. Travel

empadronamientos will still have to be produced for under-14 children.

Also, you may be asked for the documentation if you have registered only recently.

This classic Spanish interpretation could still lead to over-zealous officials causing problems at travel gates.

But even though travel agents have been given 10 months to introduce the system and have it working properly, there is no official word on whether this has happened across the board.

SARA is used for residents from the Canary Islands, the Balearics, Ceuta and Melilla.

And it is hoped that this modern system will, eventually, end the countless travel nightmares experienced by residents.

Miss Sur sails home

THE Miss Sur contest, held over for a week through bad weather, filled Adeje’s Plaza de España last Friday and was held as part of the town’s annual Patronal Festival.

The winner, to the delight of many, was Judith Miguélez, an 18-year-old representing Adeje Council.

Ladies of honour were Lorena Medina, representing Flipper Uno,

and Gisela Araya, representing the El Embrujo Restaurant.

Judith, newly-crowned Miss Sur, will enjoy a year in the world of fashion, photography, television and more, under the guidance of the Joa Rubio y BeWater agency. She has also won a luxury cruise for two on a Royal Caribbean liner.

The spectacular event, directed by Sandro Pérgola and lasting 2½ hours, was given the thumbs-up by an enthusiastic audience.

It also included a number of promotional videos for Adeje, as well as

giving a boost to local fashion houses Javier Aguilar Couture, Bualá y Geyma.

The contest also helps promote the values and cultures of the participating borough and, as such, is recognised as much more than just a beauty contest.

Adeje Mayor José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga said before the event: “Miss Sur represents femininity and beauty, but she is also is marked out for her intelligence, her dedication and her ability to work with others, and that is why we in Adeje are delighted to host the event.”

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British troops wave goodbye to Bastion THE last UK combat forces in Camp Bastion began their withdrawal in the early hours of Monday morning.

Halloween high jinks A FREE Halloween party for under-13s in Las Torres Parque Urbano - formerly Ika Gardens - tonight (Friday) will be hosted by Adeje Council.

The celebrations take place between 5pm and 8pm, and kids can

take part in the costume competition, face-painting workshop and other themed activities.

“We want to bring together children from all the different nationalities who live here in Adeje, in an event outside school, so they can get to know each other and each other’s customs a bit better,” said a spokesman.

The Afghanistan camp, once the main base in Helmand for thousands of troops, was left occupied by just a few hundred UK soldiers and US marines.

The carefully-rehearsed manoeuvre had taken months to plan and, as British forces left their watchtowers, they were replaced by Afghan soldiers, who will now guard Bastion and fight the Taliban on their own.

Just before midday, the final wave of UK and US helicopters took off – and, in less than an hour, they had landed back in Kandahar. It was their final staging post before the long journey home.

American marines have also departed from their part of the site, known as Camp Leatherneck.

Brig Rob Thomson, the last UK commander in Helmand, expressed his pride and relief when they had all arrived safely.

It marks the end of their mission and also the end of Britain’s 13year war in Afghanistan.

And British forces have been reassured they will not be returning.

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said the troops were coming home with “heads held high”, having helped make Afghanistan a “much better place”.

He said the country was no longer a “safe haven” for extremist group al-Qaeda, and that Afghans now had a “chance of a better future”.

The Defence Secretary also admitted there was “no guarantee” that Afghanistan would “be safe and stable forever”, but he pointed out that the Afghan government now had 300,000 soldiers and police officers.

Asked if the Afghan army might collapse, as parts of the Iraqi army did in the face of Islamic State militants, Mr Fallon said: “Iraq’s forces were seen as sectarian, but the Afghan army had the support of the whole population.”

He added that the UK would continue to give help and support, including financial aid and military training.

Tragically, the Taliban insurgency continues, and Afghan police said four of its officers had been killed and at least 10 were taken hostage when militants attacked a compound in the northern Badakh-

shan Province on Sunday.

Elsewhere, Major General Richard Nugee, one of Britain’s highestranking commanders in Afghanistan, said Afghan forces had proved they could “hold their ground” and defeat the Taliban.

General Sir Mike Jackson, former Chief of the General Staff of the British army, told BBC News that Afghanistan was “without doubt a better place than it was in the aftermath of 9/11”.

He added: “Things are not perfect, of course, and there is a security problem which has not yet been resolved.

But I am not going to stand here and say I don’t believe Afghanistan is not the better for the blood and the treasure … that’s been expended.”

Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain should be “incredibly proud of all they have done to keep our country safe”.

Labour leader Ed Miliband said: “All those

who served did so to help ensure Afghanistan could no longer be used as a safe haven for terrorists.”

But former Labour Deputy Prime Minister Lord Prescott questioned whether the results “justified” the 453 UK deaths.

Lord Prescott, who was in the cabinet that sent British troops to Afghanistan in 2001, wrote in the Daily Mirror: “I respect the thousands of gallant men and women who went to Afghanistan and Iraq to save lives and restore peace.

“But they teach us that being the world’s policeman carries a heavy price and does not justify the heavy loss of lives.”

Ian Sadler, of the Military Families Support Group, said UK troops “could’ve come out a lot sooner”.

Mr Sadler, whose son Jack was killed in Afghanistan in 2007, said Britain should not have tried to “construct a new nation” in Afghanistan, and that UK forces should have left after driving al-Qaeda out of its training areas.

UK forces were part of a US-led coalition which toppled the ruling Taliban in 2001, following the 9/11 attacks in the US. Brig Thomson, added: “We can be proud of what we have achieved here. There is no doubt that we have contributed to a brighter future for Afghanistan.”

Mr Cameron stressed: “When al-Qaeda attacked the Twin Towers in 2001, they planned that attack from Afghanistan, operating freely under the Taliban regime.

“Our incredible servicemen and women have driven al-Qaeda out and they have built up and trained the Afghan forces, none of which even existed in 2001, so that the Afghans can take control of their own security.”

Polls conducted by the BBC revealed that 68% in the UK said involvement was not “worthwhile”, and 51% of Americans agreed.

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Greenpeace full-steam ahead to halt oil plans ACTIVISTS from Greenpeace, firmly against Repsol’s plan for more oil exploration off the Canary Islands, have stressed their point in no uncertain manner.

They have placed a 6mhigh replica of an extraction tower that simulates extracting oil off the Lanzarote coast, and have also unfurled a banner on the environmental ship Arctic Sunrise with the slogan “Renewable YES”.

It is a warning from the organisation to Repsol about the dangers it will expose to the coastlines of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura.

These are the selected areas where the giant oil company is planning offshore drilling - with approval from the Spanish Government. But activists say it could be harmful to the high, environmental fisheries and tourism there.

Greenpeace chose its demonstration there because they believe it will be one of the more vulnerable Canarian regions should there be a massive oil spill.

The organisation’s followers hope this symbolic action, off the coast of Lanzarote, will make it clear that there is only one viable alternative: renewable energy!

The environmental group has had its report “Economic recovery renewable”, prepared by the independent consulting company Abay Analyst.

It calls on Repsol to abandon hydrocarbon prospecting and agree that a 100% renewable energy system would be beneficial for employment.

It would, the activists believe, create more than three million jobs, produce an annual increase of 2% in Spain’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product) and reduce the country’s household bills by an average of 34%.

With this data in mind, they say it is possible

to change the current “dirty” energy model to one based on savings, efficiency and renewables, especially as the oil industry is “an inherentlydangerous activity”.

Greenpeace preaches the mantra that oil companies, throughout history, have displayed a large environmental irresponsibility worldwide, with thousands of accidents, spills and pollution spills over the years.

The organisation emphasises that there is no safe way to drill for oil in deep water - a spokesperson saying: “Deepwater wells pose enormous risks of spills, fires and pollution.

“In addition, oil extraction means further degrading of marine ecosystems and biodiversity.

“It also increases the pressure and risks in other economic sectors, such as fisheries and tourism, and is, in addition, severely damaging to local communities.”

He added: “Remember that the worst accident in the oil industry occurred in 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico, and that was in the exploration stage.

“Repsol has a history of pollutants in the world and in Spain, as Greenpeace has repeatedly denounced. And our government has given the

green light, despite such a curriculum.

“This is a reckless and foolhardy, and seriously endangers the socio-economic activity and the environment of the Canary Islands and much of the Atlantic coast

of north-west Africa.”

On Monday, Greenpeace announced that it had filed a complaint with the European Commission in denouncing the Government of Spain for breaching EU law on the protection of Communi-

ty Interest (SCI ) in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura.

A statement from the group said: “Among the various procedural irregularities, Greenpeace denounced Spain for intentionally delaying the declaration of this project to further the interests of the Repsol.

“This has caused serious procedural errors in the handling of the permit granted by the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism to the oil company.

“This action is included within our campaign, ‘The solution to the surveys’, which began on 18th October in Malaga and has had the backing of ice-breaker Arctic Sunrise in Malaga and the Canary Islands.

“In the final stretch of the campaign, the environmental ship is calling at the port of Fuerteventura and then Gran Canaria.”

Meanwhile the Minister of Industry and Energy, Jose Manuel Soria has been banging the pro

drilling drum. In a major speech in Bilbao he outlined the economic importance of oil production. The Government minister said the exploration of oil or gas, provided that they comply with environmental regulations, was “Something Spain cannot afford to ignore. We need to lower the costs of energy and that is our number one goal”.

Soria has been the biggest voice in the importance of the project and he revealed that Spain imports 99.8 percent of the oil it consumes. “This means we spend over 37 billion euros a year. In this environment, it has to be questioned whether Spain is able to afford to turn its back on our own oil.”

“Can we ignore the need of exploring; we can give back to the greater population our own oil.

In the United States their petrol at the pump is four times less than in Europe and these are luxuries we cannot afford.”

Border police handed anti-violence warning SPAIN has told police guarding its borders with Morocco not to harm those migrants climbing the fences into Spanish territory.

The warning follows evidence of abuse by officers, which has sparked outrage.

A video filmed by a rights group on 15th October showed Spanish Civil Guards beating an African migrant as he hung on the fence separating Morocco from the Spanish territory of Melilla. They then carried him, apparently unconscious, back to the Moroccan side.

The video angered rights groups and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. Yet the Spanish Government insisted its officers had acted legally, complaining that the border fence was under intense pressure from the flow of migrants.

The Interior Ministry said in a statement that it had drawn up new instructions for border guards,which will be included in a forthcoming immigration reform.

It said the guards’ mission was “to prevent the illegal entry of people” into Melilla and Ceuta, Spain’s other North African enclave which, together, have Europe’s only land borders with Africa.

The Ministry said surveillance and co-ordination with Moroccan security forces would be stepped up to provide early warnings of attempts by migrants to scale the seven-metre (23ft) triple-layer fence.

“In cases where migrants’ violent behaviour obliges officers to use equipment to keep order, their actions will conform to the principles of timeliness, coherence and propor-

tionality, taking care at all times to minimise injuries,” said statement said.

It also said officers should take care to avoid migrants and police falling from the fence - and must call for medical assistance for any migrants who get hurt.

The Spanish Government has been criticised for so-called illegal “on-the-spot deportations” of migrants, who have stormed the border fence in groups of hundreds over recent months. The Government denied that migrants who climb the fence should be considered as having reached Spanish territory, and said it had the right to return those intercepted while perched there.

It added that the new guidelines would consider immigrants to have reached Spain illegally

if they “get completely past the perimeter security system. In those cases, the immigrants will be taken to a police station to be registered.

Spain has demanded more help from the European Union to deal with the unceasing flow of migrants trying to get into Melilla and Ceuta, which has swelled in recent months.

In the latest attempt, two migrants were taken to hospital after some 200 of them tried to storm the fence into Melilla, Spanish Government officials in the territory said in a statement.

About 20 made it across, while dozens of others perched on top of the fence for hours.

So far this year, said the statement, nearly 2,000 African immigrants had managed to enter Melilla, a city of about 80,000 people.

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Canarian Challenge a big stride forward THE Canarian Mental Health Foundation “En Pié” (make a stand) had a day to remember recently when they helped celebrate World Mental Health Day.

The En Pie Challenge saw 68 participants from a variety of countries taking part, starting with a hike through Masca.

The sun was shining, the birds were singing, the views of the towering cliffs at times stopped the hikers in their tracks … no wonder this is one of the most stunning hikes on the Island.

Taking around three hours, the hike down the valley can be treacherous in places. However, they all made it to the beautiful Masca beach, where they treated their tired bodies to a well-earned dip in the

crystal-clear waters.

Once they were all rested and refreshed, it was time to get into a double kayak for the second part of the Challenge.

This included a wonderful group of people, who

met us at the port. They had come over especially from Germany with Hotel Mar y Sol. They had various physical conditions, which means they are unable to walk unaided. But it

did not stop any of them completing this part of the challenge.

Once contestants had safely mounted their kayaks, the whole group worked hard to make their way back to Los Gigantes Port, passing the incredible giant cliffs.

On arrival, they were met with a huge roar of applause. Their excitement was palpable and it was lovely to see the satisfaction on the faces of all these determined people, who had taken on and achieved this personal challenge.

There was live music from a range of artistes and a huge swing-dance exhibition!

The giant paella for over 150 people, well received, naturally, was followed by a giant raffle with some excellent prizes.

The Foundation thanks all who took part for their hard work, solidarity and generosity in the money they raised for the event.

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It’s comedy and dance in Adeje’s Cultural Centre ADEJE’S 14th Festival of Theatre and Dance will run throughout November in the town’s Cultural Centre.

All the performances take place on Fridays, with tickets at eight euros, five euros for people with an Adeje senior citizen’s card or youth card.

There will be one dance evening, Pieles, with the dance Compañia Paula Quintana, next Friday (7th Nov).

It is a fusion of modern and flamenco.

The other three shows are comedies. They are in Spanish and are Aeroplanos, from the Teraphy Koa company on 14th, El Enfermo Imaginario, from the Delirium Teatro and Cia Abubukaka companies on 21st and Eloisa esta debajo de un almendro, performed by the Morfema Teatro company on 28th Nayra Medina Bethencourt, Adeje’s Cultural Councillor, stressed Council’s ongoing commitment to the arts, mentioning the popular Adeje School of Music and Dance, and adding that the ticket prices were kept low because

the Council wants to make sure the shows are accessible to the public.

“The Council are maintaining our commitment to culture, in this

case with theatre and dance,” she said. “Theatre is a discipline we have been happy to support for more than 14 years through the Adeje

People’s University. and the theatre groups we have created.”

Severino García Noda, director of the Delirium company, said

that without the ongoing commitment and investment made by councils such as Adeje in providing festivals for Island-based firms, they would find it hard to survive, even though “many actors have had to leave the theatre and search for work elsewhere”.

He added: “These days, it is very difficult to produce theatrical works. We generally have to fund them ourselves and put our faith in them.”

Tickets for all the shows go on sale next week in the Adeje Cultural Centre.

Pistorius: Appeal against killer’s five-year sentence SOUTH African prosecutors will appeal against the conviction and sentence given to athlete Oscar Pistorius for killing his girlfriend.

Pistorius, who will not appeal against his fiveyear prison sentence for the culpable homicide of Reeva Steenkamp, he could be out in 10 months. But the double-amputee Olympic sprinter was cleared of murder.

The national prosecuting spokesman said.

“The appeal on conviction is based on the question of law.”

The athlete was also given a three-year suspended sentence for firing a gun in a restaurant - an unconnected incident. Reeva Steenkamp had been going out with Pistorius for three months before the fatal shooting “The prosecutors are now preparing the necessary papers to file,” said Nathi Mncube, from the National Prosecuting Authority, earlier this week. Pistorius was charged by the prosecution with the pre-meditated murder of Ms Steenkamp, a model and law graduate. He was acquitted

of this and the lesser murder charge of “dolus eventualis”.

In South African law, this charge - also known as commonlaw murder - applies if the accused knew he/she might kill someone but still went ahead with that course of action.

The judge’s critics have argued that dolus eventualis includes the possibility of meaning to kill one person and ending up killing another.

Pistorius maintains he shot dead Ms Steen-

kamp in the early hours of Valentine’s Day last year by mistake, fearing there was an intruder in the house.

But June Steenkamphas not said whether the family would support a state appeal.

“All we have ever said is that we want to know the truth - we owe it to Reeva,” she said in an interview ahead of the publication next month of her book, Reeva: A Mother’s Story.

In the book, rejecting his take on what happened, she describes

Pistorius as “pathetic”, “moody”, “gun-toting” and “possessive”.

“There is no doubt in

our minds that something went horribly wrong” she writes.

“Something upset her

so terribly that she hid behind a locked door with two mobile phones.”

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‘Execute’ lying ferry captain SOUTH Korean prosecutors want the death penalty for the captain of the Sewol ferry, which sank in April killing more than 300 people.

At the end of their summing up in a trial which began in June, they said Lee Joonseok, charged with homicide, failed to carry out his duty.

The sinking sparked nation-wide grief and led to severe criticism of both safety standards and the government’s handling of the rescue operation.

Many of those who

died when the ferry sank were teenagers on a school trip. The disaster was blamed on a combination of illegal redesigns, overloading of cargo and an inexperienced crew member steering the vessel.

There was public outrage after survivors testified that they had been told by the crew to stay where they were, even as the boat started to sink.

Prosecutors said Capt Lee “escaped the ship without making any efforts to rescue passengers. He made excuses and lied. He showed no repentance - and so we ask for the death sentence”.

No one has been ex-

ecuted in South Korea since 1997.

During the trial, in the southern city of Gwangju, Capt Lee repeatedly told the court that he was confused and not in a normal state of mind when the incident occurred.

But he conceded that he should have done more to get passengers to safety. He also admitted that he was

aware the crew member steering the ship at the time of the accident was relatively new to the job and did not have the skills and experience required.

Prosecutors asked for three crew members to be sentenced to life in imprisonment. They also recommended terms of between 1530 years for the other 11 crew members, who

were tried on lesser charges.

The court is expected to deliver its verdict and sentences for all 15 crew members shortly.

The Sewol had 476 passengers on board when it capsized and began to list, off the southern coast of South Korea.

Just 172 people survived the tragedy, with Capt Lee and his

crew among the first to climb into rescue boats.

A separate trial is ongoing for employees of the company which operated the ferry, Chonghaejin Marine Co. The owner of the company and billionaire businessman Yoo Byung-eun, who disappeared after the disaster, was later found dead.

Thai slave-traders caught TWO men have been arrested on charges of human trafficking following the discovery of 53 foreign workers on a rubber plantation in southern Thailand.

The group, who come from Bangladesh and Myanmar, also known as Burma, were discovered on Saturday. They are thought to be Rohingya Muslims.

If convicted, the two Thai men face up to 10 years in jail, but police are still looking for the gang leaders.

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have been forced to flee into Bangladesh. They are described by the UN as one of the most per-

secuted minorities in the world, and are not recognised as citizens

by Myanmar or even neighbouring Bangladesh.

Rights groups say the Rohingya people are particularly vulnerable to trafficking because they are considered stateless.

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who seized power in a military coup in May, promised to “prevent and suppress human trafficking”, but many say he has failed to keep his pledge.

In June, the US state department, which produces regular reports

analysing the trafficking situation around the world, dumped Thailand into its bottom category, having criticised authorities there for not responding to the dangers.

In its report, the state department said the Thai government had failed to comply with basic standards for ending trafficking.

Meanwhile, another group of 79 people were found on a remote island off south-west Thailand.

Thai official Churin Kwanthong said they were interviewing the group to determine how they arrived in Thailand.

“We have to wait for further information to see if they were tricked in to coming, or whether they came of their own volition,” he said.

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Our greatest pleasure, and how it all started!

A PRIMITIVE, bony fish called Microbrachius dicki is the firstknown animal to mate by having sex, rather than spawning.

The fish, about 8cm long, lived in ancient lakes about 385 million years ago in what is now Scotland, according to an international team of researchers,whose work is published in the Nature journal.

Lead author Prof John Long, from Flinders University, in Adelaide, South Australia, said: “We have defined the very point in evolution where the origin of internal fertilisation in all animals began.

And that is a really big step.”

The professor said the discovery was made as he was looking through a box of ancient fish

fossils. He noticed that one of the M. dicki specimens had an odd L-shaped appendage.

Further investigation

revealed that this was the male fish’s genitals.

“The male has large bony claspers,” he said.

“These are the grooves

they use to transfer sperm into the female.”

The female fish had a small bony structure at its rear, which locked

the male organ into place. However, hampered by their anatomy, the fish almost certainly had to mate side by side.

“They couldn’t have done it in a missionary position,” said Prof Long. “The very first act of copulation was done sideways, squaredance style.”

He added that the fish were able to stay in position with the help of their small, arm-like fins.

“The little arms are very useful to link the male and female together, so the male can get this large L-shaped sexual organ into position to dock with the female’s genital plates.

“They are very rough - like cheese graters - and they act like Velcro, locking the male organ into position to transfer sperm.”

The researchers, surprisingly, believe this first attempt to repro-

duce internally did not last long.

As fish evolved, they reverted to spawning, in which eggs and sperm to fertilise them are released into the water by female and male creatures respectively.

It took another few million years for copulation to make a comeback, reappearing in ancestors of sharks and rays.

Dr Matt Friedman, from the University of Oxford, UK, said of the research: “The placoderm group (which includes Microbrachius dicki), is a well-known group.

“The fossils are pretty common, and it’s not as if this one were found in some faroff, exotic part of the world. It was found in Scotland.”

He added: “It is very remarkable that we haven’t noticed this before.”

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Wednesday 22nd October 2014 ITV1, 21.00 Broadmoor, the most famous high secure hospital in the world, has allowed unprecedented access to television cameras for this new two-part ITV documentary.

For the first time in its 150 year history, the viewing public will see the innermost parts of this iconic institution in this two part series. The hospital in Berkshire, often mistaken for a prison, helps treat severely mentally disordered patients many of whom are violent offenders. It’s best known for its high profile patients such as Charles Bronson, Ronnie Kray, Peter Sutcliffe and Kenneth Erskine.

Filmed over the course of a year, with extensive access to the hospital, the programmes paint a picture of life inside Broadmoor for both staff and patients. It’s the first time that patients have been allowed to tell their stories themselves and cameras follow patients while they meet psychiatrists, open up about their violent backgrounds, visit the hospital shop and participate in workshops.

The result is an unprecedented insight into what really goes on behind those infamous red brick walls; how violent patients are treated, what they do each day and who the men and women are, who work with the country’s most dangerous men. It took five years to negotiate this unprecedented level of access.

In total the hospital treats around 200 of the most violent and mentally disturbed men in the country, aiming to prevent them from being a danger to themselves and to others. The men in Broadmoor are classed as vulnerable adults so not all of them were capable of giving consent to appear in the series. The most notorious patients have not taken part even though they were invited to.

In the first programme, cameras are present when one patient refuses medication and it has to be forcibly administered. Another patient with a history of violence on the intensive care ward refuses to return to his room and has to be physically restrained and moved by staff. In one interview, a patient reveals he has never been able to articulate the details of his violent offence and another man speaks about his frighteningly abusive childhood during a session with his psychiatrist. Interviews with staff reveal that on high dependency wards violent incidents occur every other day.

For patients in Broadmoor there is no fixed term for their stay so although it is hard to be committed there, it is even harder to get out. 35% of men come from prison, 35% from the court system, 25% from medium secure psychiatric units and 5% from other high-secure hospitals.

Whether patients have committed arson, torture, rape or murder, they undergo a combination of medication and psychological therapies.

Clinical Nurse Manager, Ken Wakatama says: “Our focus when working with these guys is actually telling them that they are here not because of the illness, they are here because of the violence and they will only progress from here if there is a reduction in that violence.”

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Friday Friday Frida 06:00............................ Breakfast 09:15 .................. Rip Off Britain 10:00 ........... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 ...............Call the Council

W C ch o i ce Educating Joey Essex – Reem Halloween ITV2, 21.00 “If I see a ghost, I won’t start praying, I’ll just look straight at it and say… what are you saying.” Joey Essex Your favourite intellectually challenged Essex boy is back as ITV2 tasks Joey Essex to face his fears and investigate the ghostly wonders of Wales, in a brand new Halloween instalment of Educating Joey Essex.

Joey’s paranormal education begins in Hay-on-Wye with a ghost hunting guide Joey describes as ‘something out of the Matrix’, and an over night stay in one of Wales’ oldest and most haunted pubs, and it doesn’t take long in his spooky surroundings before Joey is getting the jitters…

The terrifying search for the supernatural continues as Joey meets a practising pagan witch, who disappoints Joey by admitting she doesn’t fly on a broom. But Joey is eager for her to cast a spell that makes him clever – is the witch about to give Joey some much needed wisdom?

The ghostly adventure reaches its climax with a frightful ghost hunt in paranormal terror zone Bodelwyddan, a haunted castle and former war hospital. Having admitted that his greatest fear is becoming possessed, will Joey survive this petrifying pursuit of spirits unscathed?

Secrets From The Sky ITV1, 20.00 In this episode, we explore the mysteries of Stonehenge, the most famous prehistoric monument in Britain and an icon across the world.

Bettany says of the stones: “In purely physical terms they make such a massive muscular mark in the landscape. But as big a presence, is their enigma, and I’m sure this is partly why they’re so compelling because for centuries their meaning and purpose has been a mystery.”

Ben says: “How could people not wonder about it? It’s utterly unique.

There’s nowhere else like this in the rest of Britain. There’s nowhere like this in the rest of the world.”

As the octocopter rises high above Stonehenge, Ben searches for clues from the amazing aerial view it provides. A perfect circle surrounds the famous stones and Bettany meets with archaeologist Geoffrey Wainwright to discover more. Geoffrey explains that the circle significantly predates the arrival of the stones.

Geoffrey says: “This is the first Stonehenge. Here we have the ditch, well preserved. And the bank that we’re standing on. Inside were a series of pits and cremation burials. It was where people came and buried their dead.”

Stonehenge began life as prehistoric cemetery but then they decided to take things further and create the site which still exists today.

Looking through the octocopter, Ben says: “Stonehenge has a clear axis.

A line of symmetry that points towards one great purpose for this place.

Everything is set out to respond to this crucial alignment, this solstice alignment.”

The monument marks where the sun rises on the longest day of the year and sets on the shortest day. Our ancestors used the stones to mark these days to help with farming. They had to understand the seasons to plan their agricultural cycles.

From the sky, Ben continues to find more clues about the uses of Stonehenge. Hundreds of ancient burial mounds surround the site and there are traces of a prehistoric road the size of a dual carriageway. The road was a processional avenue leading towards Stonehenge created 200 years after the stone circle. The octocopter follows it backwards two miles to the River Avon and reveals an enormous ancient site, one mile upstream.

The area is called Durrington Walls and like Stonehenge it was joined to the River Avon and was a site for rituals. Experts believe Durrington Walls and Stonehenge would have hosted two halves of a ceremony, with the feasting at Durrington and a ritual at Stonehenge.

11:45 .........................Close Calls: On Camera 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 ................... Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 16:30 ............... Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 17:15 ............................ Pointless 18:00......... BBC News at Six 19:00........... The One Show 19:30................. A Question of Sport 20:00................. EastEnders 20:30..........Citizen Khan

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21:00 .................. Have I Got News for You 21:30............Not Going Out 22:00 ....... BBC News at Ten 22:35 ............... The Graham Norton Show 23:20................ The Secrets 23:50.................. EastEnders Omnibus

06:05 ......... Homes Under the Hammer 07:05 ............. call the Council 07:50 ................Close Calls: On Camera 08:20 ...........A Taste of Britain 09:05.................. £100k House: Tricks of the Trade 10:05 ............................Sea City 10:35 ........... The Travel Show 11:00 ........................BBC News 11:30 ...........BBC World News 12:00.......... The Daily Politics 13:00 .............................. Cash in the Attic 13:30 ................ Ready, Steady, Cook 14:15 ........The Rockford Files 15:00....... Cagney and Lacey 15:50 .................... Who Do You Think You Are? 16:50 .................... Great British Railway Journeys 17:20............................... Flog It! 18:00 .................Eggheads 18:30 ............Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 19:00 .............Mastermind 19:30 .......... Autumnwatch Unsprung 20:00 ......... Autumnwatch 21:00 ......... Tom Kerridge’s Best Ever Dishes 21:30 .... Gardeners’ World 22:00 ..............................QI 22:30 ............... Newsnight 23:05 .............. Later... with Jools Holland

06:00 ................. Good Morning Britain 08:30 ..............................Lorraine 09:25 ........................ The Jeremy Kyle Show 10:30.................... This Morning 10:55............................ ITV News 11:00.................... This Morning 12:30................... Loose Women 13:30 .............................ITV News and Weather 14:00 .........................Dickinson’s Real Deal 15:00.............................. The Alan Titchmarsh Show 16:00.....................Tipping Point 17:00 ..........................The Chase 18:00..................... ITV News London 18:30............. ITV News and Weather 19:00................ Emmerdale 19:30 .................Coronation Street 20:00.........Secrets From the Sky

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20:30................. Coronation Street 21:00.......................... Lewis 22:00................ ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:40 ................ The Job Lot 23:10 ................ Paranormal Activity

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Citizen Khan BBC1, 20.30 The popular family-based sitcom, Citizen Khan, set in the capital of British Pakistan - Sparkhill, Birmingham - returns to BBC One. The series follows the trials and tribulations of loud-mouthed, tight-fisted, self-appointed community leader Mr Khan (Adil Ray) and his long suffering family - wife Mrs Khan (Shobu Kapoor) and daughters Shazia (Maya Sondhi) and Alia (Bhavna Limbachia). Not forgetting Mr Khan’s son-in-law-to-be, Amjad (Abdullah Afzal).

When the family arrive back from a trip to Pakistan with Mr Khan’s mother-in-law in tow, Mr Khan is lumbered with looking after her. Then a miracle happens, she announces she wants to move into a home. When Sam (Sally Lindsay) – the head of a local care centre - arrives, Mr Khan is over the moon. That is, until he discovers the mother-in-law maybe worth a few bob. With the help of son-in-law to be Amjad, a ridiculous disguise and a spying mission, Mr Khan tries to stop Naani moving out - at all costs.

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31st October 2014 - 6th November 2014

ay Friday Friday 31st October 06:20 ............... King of Queens 07:10.. 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:00 .............Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00................................. Frasier 10:00 .................... Daily Brunch 11:00 .....The Big Bang Theory 11:30 ...... Come Dine with Me 14:10 ...................... Countdown 15:00................. Fifteen to One 16:00 ...............Deal or No Deal 17:00 ...... Come Dine with Me 17:30 .........................Coach Trip 18:00............ The Simpsons 18:30 .................. Hollyoaks 19:00 ........ Channel 4 News 19:35 .... Unreported World 20:00 .........Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 21:00 ................ Gogglebox 22:00..............Alan Carr: W C Chatty Man choice W 23:05.........Scrotal Recall Coi ch ce 23:40 ................Barclaycard Mercury Prize Awards Show

06:00............... Dog the Bounty Hunter 07:00 .............. Emergency with Angela Griffin 08:00 ........................... Futurama 09:00 ...........NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00.................... Hawaii Five-0 12:00 ..........Football’s Funniest Moments 14:00 ...........NCIS: Los Angeles 15:00........................ Airline USA 15:30.... Greatest Little Britons 16:30 .............. Emergency with Angela Griffin 17:30 ........................... Futurama 18:00 .......... Modern Family 18:30............ The Simpsons 20:00 ............. The Last Ship 21:00 ................A League of Their Own 22:00..........Freddy vs Jason

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

06:15 ...........................Babylon 5

06:00.......... The Mindy Project 06:30........................... Charmed

06:25..... You’ve Been Framed!

07:00 .............. Masterchef New Zealand

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

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

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

08:00 .....................Suburgatory

11:10............ Cowboy Builders

07:15 ........................Emmerdale

08:30 .......... Beverly Hills Pawn

08:30 ................Happy Endings

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

07:45 .....You’ve Been Framed!

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

09:00 ..........The Mindy Project

12:15 ................... Underground Britain

08:15 ........................... The Cube

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

09:30............ Melissa and Joey

09:15 ........Winners and Losers

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

10:00 ........................... Charmed

10:15 ...................... Up All Night

11:00 ..........A Place in the Sun: Home or Away

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

10:45 ...................... Up All Night

14:15 .................................... NCIS

11:10 ........................ Royal Pains

15:15 .................. Oliver’s Ghost

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

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

13:15 .....You’ve Been Framed!

14:30.................... Bondi Rescue

17:30........................ Neighbour

13:50 ........................ The Jeremy Kyle Show

15:00.......... Haunted Collector 16:00 ...................... Doctor Who

14:55 ........................ The Jeremy Kyle Show

17:00 .......... Beverly Hills Pawn

17:05 .....You’ve Been Framed!

18:00 .............Border Patrol

20:00......Rome: The World’s First Superpower

18:00 ................ Royal Pains

18:30............. Border Patrol

19:00........................ Casper

21:00.............. Alex Polizzi’s Secret Italy

19:00.MasterChef Australia

21:00..................Educating W 20:00 .... Dynamo: Magician C Joey Essex choice Impossible

08:50....... Bananas in Pyjamas

06:00 ................... Life’s Funniest Moments

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

18:00........ Home and Away 18:30.......... 5 News Tonight 19:00 ........... World War II in Colour

22:00............ Body of Proof

12:00 ... DIY SOS The Big Build 13:00 .....MasterChef Australia 14:00................... Bondi Rescue

17:30 .......... Beverly Hills Pawn

22:00... Release the Hounds

22:55..... NCIS: Los Angeles

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

23:00........... Celebrity Juice

23:55................. Poltergeist

22:00......... Jonathan Creek

23:50............. House of Wax

23:20 .......... Boston’s Finest

06:00 .............. Chopper Squad

07:10 ............................. Flip Men

06:00 ............. Stargate Atlantis

06:30.............. Chopper Squad

07:35 ............................. Flip Men

07:00.............. UK Border Force

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

07:00 ........................... Team Sky: Road to Glory

08:00........... Sun, Sea and A&E

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

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

09:00...................RSPCA Animal Rescue

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

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

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

10:00 .......................Blue Bloods

10:00............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

11:00............................. Flip Men

11:00 ..................................House

12:00............................. Top Gear

13:00 ............. Stargate Atlantis

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

14:00 ............... Without a Trace

14:00 ..............Storage Hunters

15:00........Star Trek: Enterprise

15:00 ............................. Flip Men

16:00 ..................................House

16:00 .............................Top Gear

18:00 ............... Blue Bloods

17:00 ..............UK Border Force

18:00........ Storage Hunters

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

18:00.Obese: A Year to Save My Life USA

19:00..... Lizard Lick Towing

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

20:00... Storage Hunters UK

22:00 ............. House of Lies

19:00..............Million Dollar Listing

21:00 ........Storage Hunters

22:35 ...............Enlightened

20:00.......... Criminal Minds

22:00.....Would I Lie to You? 22:40 ...........................QI XL

23:10 ..... Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

11:00................ Criminal Minds 15:00 ............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 16:00 ............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

21:00.............. The Blacklist 22:00 ...................... Dracula

23:35 .......... Never Mind the Buzzcocks

23:45.................... Curb Your Enthusiasm

07:15 .....................................Glee

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 ............... Melissa and Joey 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 20:00 ...The Big Bang Theory 20:30 ....Brooklyn Nine-Nine 21:00 .................... Limitless 23:05........................ The Big Bang Theory

06:00 .......................... WWE Raw 08:00 .....Mini Game Changers 08:15 ......... Football Freestyler 08:45 ................... Football Gold 09:00 ............................. Ringside 10:00 .......... Football’s Greatest Players 11:00 ................... Football Gold 12:00 .......................................NFL 13:00 .......... Football’s Greatest Players 14:00 ................... Football Gold 14:15 ............Fantasy Football The Highlights 14:45....................................... NFL 15:45..... Mini Game Changers 16:00 ......... Football Freestyler 16:30 ............................. Ringside 17:30 ................Premier League Legends 18:00............. Football Gold 18:30.................The Fantasy Football Club 19:30...................... Football

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Alan Carr: Chatty Man Channel 4, 22:00

In tonight’s show, Alan is joined by Dermot O’Leary, who dishes the dirt on all things X Factor and talks about his new book The Soundtrack to My Life. Hollywood superstar Elijah Wood also pops in to chat about his new film Set Fire to the Stars and supermodel Naomi Campbell joins Alan on the sofa, while music is from Paloma Faith who performs her latest song Ready for the Good Life live in the studio.

Scrotal Recall Channel 4, 23:05

An infectious six-part comedy series brimming with humour, heart and mild genital discomfort. Scrotal Recall follows the disastrous exploits of 20-something romantic Dylan who must contact all the girls he has ever slept with to inform them that he has chlamydia. In a flashback to four years ago, Dylan has been seeing Bethany for several months, but when she invites her protective big brother over to dinner a terrifying thought occurs to him that he has fallen into a serious relationship with her. Meanwhile, Luke drags Evie away from an important photography assignment to go to his work bowling night.

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31st October 2014 - 6th November 2014

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

06:15 .................Scarlet Thread

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

10:00 ...Saturday Kitchen Live

07:30 ................The Quick Gun

06:25 ..................... Pat and Stan

11:30 ...................James Martin: Home Comforts

09:00 ........................The Private Life of Plants

06:35 ..................... Pat and Stan

12:00 ..........................BBC News

09:50........................ The Private Life of Plants

12:10................. Football Focus 12:50....... Saturday Sportsday 13:00 ....................Bargain Hunt 14:00 ................... Homes Under the Hammer 15:00...Escape to the Country 16:00 ........................ Final Score 17:25 ..........................BBC News 17:40 ............................ Pointless 18:30........Strictly Come Dancing

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20:15 ............... Doctor Who 21:00 .....................Casualty 21:50 .............. The National Lottery Live

07:20 ................. Signed Stories: Share a Story

11:30.......................... Map Map

07:25................................... Sooty

12:00 ................. The Little Paris Kitchen: Cooking with Rachel Khoo

07:35 ............................. Mr. Bean

12:30 ....................Puttin’ on the Ritz: The Genius of Fred Astaire

08:30................ The Munch Box

12:45................................... That’s Entertainment!

14:45 ........................Show Boat 16:30 ...........The Great Interior Design Challenge 18:30...... Gardeners’ World 19:00 ...................Restoring England’s Heritage

Bonus Ball

22:00 .................. BBC News 22:20 ...... Match of the Day

07:05............................ Canimals

10:40 ........................The Private Life of Plants

17:30 ................................Flog It!

Saturday Numbers for r are: 1st Novembe

06:40............... Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures

19:30...............The Greatest Knight: William the Marshal 20:30................ Dad’s Army

07:50................ The Matt Hatter Chronicles 08:15 .................... Horrid Henry 09:25 .........The Hungry Sailors 10:20 ......... Murder, She Wrote 11:20............................. ITV News and Weather 11:25 ............Storage Hoarders 12:25 .............Surprise Surprise 13:25 .......The Unforgettable...

14:00 ........................ Doc Martin 15:00 ......Keep it in the Family 16:00 ........ The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 18:00...... ITV News London 18:30................ You’ve Been Framed!

19:00 ..................The Chase: 21:00.........Frankenstein Celebrity Special CW and the Vampyre: choice 20:00................The X Factor A Dark and 22:00 ............. The Jonathan Stormy Night Ross Show 22:00............ F1: Grand Prix 23:05............. ITV News and Qualifying Weather 23:15...........................QI XL 23:20...........Bloody Sunday

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Frankenstein And The Vampyre: A Dark And Stormy Night BBC2, 21.00 A fascinating exploration of one of the most significant moments in Gothic history: the night when Mary Shelley, Lord Byron and their cohorts gathered together in Lake Geneva to tell ghost stories. The night when Frankenstein was born.

Drawing on British Library manuscripts and archives, the one hour documentary will bring together a stellar cast of Gothic, horror, science-fiction writers and historians to discuss why one single night had such a significant impact on our culture.

All those involved in the events of the summer of 1816 wrote about their life-changing stay in Switzerland. This dramatised documentary is based on their letters, journals and diaries. The film will draw on British Library manuscripts and archive, and bring together a stellar cast of Gothic, horror and science fiction writers, including Neil Gaiman, Charlaine Harris and Margaret Atwood, to discuss why one single night had such a significant impact on our culture.

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31st October 2014 - 6th November 2014

Saturday Saturday 1st November 05:40........................................... NFL

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

06:05 ........................Helly Hansen Beauty and the Beast Marathon

08:40...............Zack and Quack

07:00 ................................... Cycling

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

07:55.............. The Morning Line

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

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

10:00...............Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

10:00 ................Everybody Loves Raymond

10:35................................. Access

10:30..................................... Frasier

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

10:50..................The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door

11:00.................................... The Big Bang Theory

11:50................ Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

11:30........ The Big Bang Theory

12:50...................... Alex Polizzi’s Secret Italy

11:55 ..................... The Simpsons 12:30 ...................Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 13:30 ..............Channel 4 Racing

13:50......... A Christmas Visitor 15:35........... A Carol Christmas

16:00 .........Come Dine with Me

17:15 ...... The Town Christmas Forgot

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

19:00 .......5 News Weekend

19:05.................... Speed with Guy Martin

19:05 ....... Marilyn Monroe: The Missing Evidence

20:00 ......................... Walking Through History

20:05 ............... World War II in Colour

21:00................................ Red

21:00...................... Gotham

23:10 ................ Babylon A.D.

22:00.... The New Daughter

06:00............... Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? 07:00 ..................................... Glee 08:00 ....................... The Fantasy Football Club 09:00..................... The F1 Show 10:00 ....................... Soccer A.M. 12:00 ...............World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 13:00 .........WWE SmackDown!

15:00 ..........................Inside RAF Brize Norton 16:00 ........................The Middle 17:00 ......... Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie 18:00 ............ The Simpsons 19:00 ..... NCIS: Los Angeles 20:00 .............Hawaii Five-0 21:00 .................. Miracle on 34th Street 23:10.........An Idiot Abroad: A Commentary

60:00......RSPCA Animal Rescue 06:30......RSPCA Animal Rescue 07:00......RSPCA Animal Rescue 08:00.................... The Real A&E 08:30.................... The Real A&E 09:00 ....................The Real A&E

06:00 ....................The Hot Desk 06:10 .....You’ve Been Framed!

06:35 ....Emmerdale Omnibus 09:15 ............Coronation Street Omnibus 11:45........ I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here Now! Best of the Bush 12:45 .....You’ve Been Framed!

13:50 ................................. Honey 15:45 .......... The Little Vampire 17:40 .................................Casper Visual effects-laden family fare about a lonely boy-ghost who befriends a young girl. Ghost-hunter Dr James Harvey is called to a mysterious old house by its new owner, grasping heiress Carrigan.

Carrigan wants the spooks cleared out of the house so she can safely search for the treasure supposedly hidden inside. But Dr Harvey’s daughter Kat discovers a new friend in boy-ghost Casper, and father and daughter are soon caught up in a fantastic adventure.

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

06:00........................... Smallville

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

06:45 .............................. The 100

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

07:30... Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts

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

07:40 .....................Suburgatory

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

08:05..................... Suburgatory

11:00............................... My FlatPack Home

08:35 ..........The Mindy Project

11:30 ........ My Flat-Pack Home

09:35 ... Rules of Engagement

12:00 ..............World’s Weirdest Restaurants

10:00 ... Rules of Engagement

12:30.............. World’s Weirdest Restaurants 13:00........................ MasterChef Australia 14:00 ........................ Masterchef New Zealand 16:00.............................. Sea City 16:30 .............................. DIY SOS 17:00............................... Atlantis 18:00 ...................... Atlantis 19:00......... Jonathan Creek

09:05 ... Rules of Engagement

12:00 .......................... How I Met Your Mother 13:00........Brooklyn Nine-Nine 13:30 ............... How the Grinch Stole Christmas 15:40... Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts 16:00............. Made in Chelsea 17:00.......................... How I Met Your Mother 18:00........................ The Big Bang Theory

20:20................ Traffic Cops

18:30........................ The Big Bang Theory

21:20................ Traffic Cops

21:00 .................. Footloose

22:00 .................. The Strain

23:10....The Big Bang Theory

23:00....................... Atlantis

23:40 .....The Inbetweeners

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

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

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

07:00 ..........Mortified Sessions

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

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

07:30 ..........Mortified Sessions

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

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

07:30 ............................. Ringside

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

08:30 .............. Barclays Premier League Review

19:35 ................. Back to the Future Part III 22:00 ..........The Xtra Factor 23:00 ...........Celebrity Juice 23:45 ................ The Job Lot

09:00 ...................Megatruckers 10:00 ..............Storage Hunters 11:00........ Storage Hunters UK

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

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

10:00....................... The Biggest Loser USA

13:00 .......................Man v Food 14:00.............. Storage Hunters

12:00 ............... Border Security

15:00 ..........Lizard Lick Towing

12:30 ............... Border Security

09:00................................. Smash 10:00................................. Smash 11:00 ..............Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets

09:00........................ The Fantasy Football Club 10:00 ....................... Soccer A.M. 12:00 .............................. Football

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

12:00.......... Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations

15:00........ Nothing to Declare

16:30................... Megatruckers

13:00 ...........................Fish Town

15:00....................................... NFL

15:30 ........Nothing to Declare

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

14:00........................... Fish Town

16:00 ............................. Ringside

18:00.......................Nothing to Declare

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

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

17:00 .............................. Football

16:00....................... Blue Bloods

18:30.... Nothing to Declare

19:00... Storage Hunters UK 20:00 ...........................QI XL

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

19:30 ....................Football’s Greatest

22:00 ............Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish

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

23:00.........Russell Howard’s Good News Extra

22:15 ................... The Knick

20:00.......... Criminal Minds 21:00.......... Criminal Minds 22:00.......... Criminal Minds 23:00.......... Criminal Minds

21:00 .... Boardwalk Empire 23:30 .............The Leftovers

14:30 ......... Football Freestyler

20:00 ..................SNF: Game of the Day 22:00..... SNF: Match Choice 23:30.....................Football’s Greatest

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Strictly Come Dancing BBC1, 18.30

The spookiest event in the Strictly calendar returns this weekend, as spiders, witches, broomsticks and ghosts haunt the Strictly ballroom.

If the celebrities thought that the dance floor was scary before, they’re in for a real fright this weekend.

Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman present what promises to be a spine-tingling show, as the remaining eleven couples face their fears. Deciding who was startlingly good and who was horrifyingly bad, judges Len Goodman, Darcey Bussell, Bruno Tonioli and Craig Revel Horwood will cast their votes over the 11 remaining couples. Lines open at the end of the show, when viewers can vote for their favourite couples.

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31st October 2014 - 6th November 2014

Sunday Sunday Sund 06:00 ............................Breakfast 07:30 ............Match of the Day 09:00 .......................The Andrew Marr Show 10:00... Sunday Morning Live 11:00 ................Sunday Politics 12:15 ....................MOTD2 Extra 13:00 ..........................BBC News 13:15 ....................Bargain Hunt 14:00 ................... Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 14:45.............. Lost Treasures of the Sikh Kingdom 15:15...Escape to the Country 16:00.................. Points of View 16:15................ Songs of Praise 16:50 ........................... Life Story 17:50 ..........................BBC News 18:10..... BBC London News 18:20 ................ Countryfile 19:20 ............. Strictly Come Dancing 20:00.....Antiques Roadshow 21:00 ..... Death in Paradise 22:00 .................. BBC News 22:20 .... BBC London News

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07:30 ....................... Countryfile

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

08:30 ........... Gardeners’ World

06:25 ..................... Pat and Stan

09:00..................... The Football League Show

06:35 ..................... Pat and Stan

10:20............ Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:50 ..................James Martin: Home Comforts 12:20 .......................... Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure 13:20 ........................... Waterloo 15:30 ................................ Flog it!

Trade Secrets 16:00 ..........................Inside the Animal Mind 17:00 .................Rugby League 18:00...................... Britain’s Classroom Heroes 19:00....... Human Universe

06:40 ........................... Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures 06:50 ............... Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures 07:05 ............................ Canimals 07:10 ............................ Canimals 07:20 ................. Signed Stories: Share a Story 07:25................................... Sooty 07:35............................. Mr. Bean 07:50.............................. Ultimate Spider-Man 08:15.................... Horrid Henry 08:30.................. Big Time Rush 09:00 .................. The Aquabats!

Super Show!

09:25..........................Dickinson’s 21:00...Afghanistan: The W C Real Deal Lion’s Last Roar? choice 10:25 . . .............................

Murder, 22:00.... Match of the Day 2 She Wrote 23:05....... Russell Howard’s 11:25............................. ITV News Good News and Weather 23:35.......................The Fall 11:40 ....................Carry on Jack 13:30 ...................All Star Family Fortunes 14:30...................... The X Factor 16:30 ............. Downton Abbey 17:30.......................My Tasty CW Travels with choice Lynda Bellingham 18:30..................... ITV News London

My Tasty Travels Lynda Bellingham

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ITV1, 17.30 Shown as a tribute to the late Lynda Bellingham.

Lynda goes on a gastronomic road trip around Britain in her trusty campervan Battenberg. She meets the locals and samples many of the local delicacies. She begins her trip in deepest Surrey where she meets the local WI ladies and has a Victoria sponge head to head with the results judged by the local junior cricket team. Later she visits the UK’s largest single estate vineyard where they make sparkling wine, and learns how to ‘throw’ a pot at a pottery.

19:00.................... Keep it in the Family Bradley Walsh hosts a show in which two families go head-tohead in a series of games to win all sorts of prizes. This week, week chart toppers McBusted face being dropped through a trapdoor as the families decide whether to swap a prize, drop it or keep it in the family.

20:00............... The X Factor Results Show 21:00 ........Downton Abbey 22:05 .................... ITV News 22:25 ............. Harry’s South Pole Heroes 23:25....... Rugby Highlights

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day Sunday Sunday 2nd November 06:40 .......................... How I Met Your Mother

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

07:05 .......................... How I Met Your Mother

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

06:00 ................Happy Endings

23:05................. The 40 Year Old Virgin

06:15......... Coastguard Alaska 08:00.............................. Sea City 08:30.............................. DIY SOS 09:00............................... Nature’s Weirdest Events 10:00 .........The Route Masters: Running London’s Roads 12:00 ..............World’s Weirdest Restaurants 13:00 ........................ Eastenders’ Greatest Exits 15:00................... James Martin: Yorkshire’s Finest 16:00 ..............Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan 17:00 ...............................Nature’s Weirdest Events 18:00 ........Countryside 999 19:00 ................ MasterChef Australia 20:00 ............Choccywoccydoodah: Starstruck 21:00 ........... The Dog Hotel 22:00 ................Doctor Who Explained 23:00 ...........Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers

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

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

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

06:00......... SNF: Match Choice

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

07:00 ............................The Pitch

07:30 ................... Football Gold

09:00 ..........................Hardliners

08:00 ..........Mortified Sessions

08:45 ................... Football Gold

08:00 .....................................Glee

06:30 ..................RSPCA Animal Rescue

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

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

09:30 .......................Trawlermen

08:30 ..........Mortified Sessions

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

10:00 .......................Trawlermen

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

09:00 .............................. Seinfeld

10:00..... Sports Women Week

10:30............... Extreme Fishing with Robson Green

09:30 .............................. Seinfeld

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

10:30 ............... Border Security

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

12:00 ...................Ashley Banjo’s Secret Street Crew

11:00 ....................... The Biggest Loser USA

12:00.............. Storage Hunters

13:00 ....................... The Middle

13:00..... Million Dollar Listing

14:00 ............ Bite Size Brainiac

14:00..... Million Dollar Listing

13:00 ..............Storage Hunters

14:10 ...........................Futurama

16:00 .....Million Dollar Listing

14:20 ...Miracle of 34th Street

17:00 ................Four Weddings

16:30.................. The Simpsons

18:00 ..........Four Weddings

07:35 .............................Paw Patrol

06:00........................ Emmerdale Omnibus 08:40............ Coronation Street Omnibus

07:30 .............Everybody Loves Raymond

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

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

08:25 .......Wanda and the Alien

14:10 ................... The Hot Desk

08:40 .................Zack and Quack

14:20.................... Totally You’ve Been Framed!

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

11:10 ..................... The X Factor 13:05 ................The Xtra Factor

08:55 .................................Frasier

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

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

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

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

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

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

13:00 .................. The Simpsons

15:50 ................................ Valiant

10:00 .................Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

17:25 .............................. The Lost World

13:30 .................. The Simpsons 13:55.................. The Simpsons 14:25.................. The Simpsons 16:50................... The Simpsons Movie 18:35 ........ Channel 4 News 19:00........... Secret History

10:35 .......................Chinese Food in Minutes 10:50 ............Police Interceptors 13:50 .........................The Ghost of Greville Lodge 15:35 ......The Canterville Ghost 17:25 ......................... The Witches

20:00......... Speed with Guy Martin

19:10 ......... 5 News Weekend

21:00 ................. Homeland

19:15 ................... Beetlejuice

22:00........................ Shame

21:00 ..................The Cabin in the Woods

23:55................... Alan Carr: Chatty Man

06:00 .........The Hour of Power 07:00 ...............Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old?

19:00 ...................Futurama 19:30.................... The Flash 20:30 ............The Simpsons 21:00 ............ Hawaii Five-0 22:00 ..... NCIS: Los Angeles

22:50.......................... Piranha

19:00 ..........Four Weddings 20:00 ......... Criminal Minds 21:00.......... Criminal Minds 22:00 ......... Criminal Minds 23:00 .........................Bones

When entrepreneur John Hammond reveals there’s another island populated with his prehistoric creations, a research team is sent in to observe the animals in their natural habitat.

But there’s soon a bunch of mercenaries in hot pursuit eager to capture the dinosaurs for the San Diego Zoo.

20:00 .................... Scorpion 21:00 ......... The Xtra Factor 22:05....................... Tricked

12:30.............. Storage Hunters 18:00 .............. Red Bull Cliff Diving 2014

07:35 ................Happy Endings 08:00 ... Rules of Engagement 08:30... Rules of Engagement 09:00............ Melissa and Joey 09:30............ Melissa and Joey 10:00....... Hollyoaks Omnibus 12:30 .............Made in Chelsea 13:35 .............................New Girl 14:00 .............Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who 15:45.............................Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts 16:00...................................... Troy 17:00 ............ Melissa and Joey 17:30 ............ Melissa and Joey 18:00 ....................... The Big Bang Theory 21:00 ...........X-Men Origins: Wolverine 23:10..... The Inbetweeners 23:40....................... Drifters

11:00................................. Smash

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

13:00 ......... Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations 14:00 .........Friday Night Lights

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

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

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

07:10 ................Happy Endings

12:00............. Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets

10:00 ................................. Smash

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

22:40................ Crackanory

06:45.................Happy Endings

2009 Premier League - Man Utd 4-3 Man City. A chance to relive the top-flight clash between Manchester United and Manchester City at Old Trafford from the 2009/2010 season. This highscoring game was decided by an injury-time winner.

18:40 .............. World’s Most Dangerous Roads

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

06:25 ................Happy Endings

17:00 ............... Without a Trace 20:00................ Blue Bloods 21:00....... Game of Thrones 22:15........................Flags of Our Fathers

A discussion of the latest football stories. Each week, four of Fleet Street’s most respected sports journalists will be in the studio to sift through the big talking points.

10:30 .............Goals on Sunday 12:30 .........Ford Super Sunday 19:00 .....................F1 Grand Prix: USA 22:30 ............. Ford Football Special

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Afghanistan: The Lion’s Last Roar?

BBC2, 21.00

In 2006 the British mission to secure and rebuild the southern province of Helmand had faltered in the face of a revitalised Taliban insurgency. Concluding this two-part series, generals, politicians and soldiers on the ground tell the story of their efforts to find a way out of an unwinnable war.

Key figures on the Afghan side - including an exclusive interview with a Taliban commander - help shed light on the mistakes the British made. As our military and civilian officials struggled to understand the culture of those they were fighting - and those they were seeking to protect - the miscalculations mounted.

An ill-fated truce led to the Taliban walking back into a town the British had previously fought and died to hold; nearly half a million pounds of British public funds were spent building a park (complete with its own Ferris wheel) in a middle of a war zone that was soon too dangerous for local residents to visit.

With their forces overstretched across the province, the military leadership were also faced with failing support from a sceptical British public who did not understand the mission.

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Monday Monday Mond 06:00 ............................Breakfast 09:15....The People Remember 10:00 ........... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 ...............Call the Council 11:45....Close Calls: On Camera 12:15.....................Bargain Hunt 13:00 ............BBC News at One 13:30 ......... BBC London News 13:45 .............................. Doctors

Gareth Malone’s All-Star Choir

14:15 ......................... Perfection

BBC 1, 21.00

15:45...Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman

This year, Pudsey has enlisted choirmaster Gareth Malone to bring together an array of untrained voices from the world of television, sport and theatre, to form Gareth Malone’s All-Star Choir, and to release the official 2014 BBC Children in Need single.

Actresses Alison Steadman and Linda Robson will sing alongside EastEnders actor Nitin Ginatra and Strictly Come Dancing Queen of Mean, Craig Revel-Horwood. Also searching for their inner songbird are Countryfile’s John Craven, Blue Peter’s Radzi Chinyanganya, Bake Off co-host Mel Giedroyc and comedian Jo Brand. Fabrice Muamba and Margaret ‘The Machine’ Alphonsi join the choir from the world of football and rugby respectively, and the line-up is completed by Radio 1 DJ Alice Levine and actor Larry Lamb.

In the first of this two-part documentary, Gareth assembles his motley choir, and the challenge he faces becomes abundantly clear. With just three weeks until they are set to record their track at the iconic, world famous Abbey Road studios, and with a promotional tour set to take the single to the top of the charts, time is of the essence and Gareth’s reputation is on the line.

15:00..... Escape to the Country

16:30................ Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 17:15 ............................ Pointless 18:00 ........ BBC News at Six 19:00 ...... The Passing Bells 19:30............The One Show 20:00 ................ EastEnders 20:30.................. Panorama 21:00............Gareth’s All CW Star Choir choice 22:00 ....... BBC News at Ten 22:25 .... BBC London News 22:35.......... Have I Got a Bit More News for You 23:20 ..............Citizen Khan

Grantchester ITV1, 21.00 When Sidney takes Geordie on a night out to Johnny Johnson’s London jazz club, they’re meant to be leaving their worries in Grantchester. But when Amanda turns up unexpectedly, the night takes a rather different turn. Determined not to let his true feelings show, Sidney and Amanda settle into a hazy night of dancing – but their reverie is interrupted by a scream from backstage – and Geordie and Sidney learn that if you’re a policeman or a vicar, you’re never truly off duty.

Claudette (Natasha Cottriall), Johnny’s sister has been murdered, devastating everyone close to her. Archie (Peter Egan), the owner of the club and Johnny and Claudette’s father, ropes in his friend, DCI Jacob Williams (Nick Sidi) to crack the case. Geordie immediately sniffs out that the London copper is as bent as a nine bob note, whilst Sidney makes a huge discovery about Claudette that she kept from all but those closest to her. As all the leads seem to come back to Archie’s violent past, recriminations within the family begin to play out – could Claudette’s murder have been avoided if Archie chose to live his life differently?

Things are complicated further by the arrival of Gloria Dee (Camilla Marie Beeput), an enigmatic jazz singer who threatens to cause chaos in the life of anyone who draws too close.

23:50 ............... The Graham Norton Show

06:00 ...........Homes Under the Hammer 07:00 .............. Call the Council 07:45...Close Calls: On Camera 08:15 ............ A Taste of Britain 09:00 ......... Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 10:00............. Lorraine Pascale: How to be a Better Cook 10:30 ..........................World War One - Beyond the Trenches 10:35.................................... Click 11:00 ......................... BBC News 12:00 ............The Daily Politics 13:00....Restoration Roadshow 13:30 .............Cash in the Attic 14:15......... The Rockford Files 15:00 ......... Cagney and Lacey 15:50 ......................Who Do You Think You Are? 16:50...... Great British Railway Journeys Goes to Ireland 17:20 ................................Flog It! 18:00.................. Eggheads 18:30............. Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 19:00........... Tom Kerridge’s Best Ever Dishes 19:30....Children’s Hospital 20:00...University Challenge 20:30 ............Only Connect 21:00 ................... Intruders 21:45 ............. Some Boffins with Jokes

06:00 ................. Good Morning Britain 08:30.............................. Lorraine 09:25........................ The Jeremy Kyle Show 10:30 .................... This Morning 10:55............................ ITV News 11:00 .................... This Morning 12:30.................. Loose Women 13:30 .............................ITV News and Weather 14:0............................Dickinson’s Real Deal 15:00.............................. The Alan Titchmarsh Show 16:00.................... Tipping Point 17:00 ..........................The Chase 18:00...... ITV News London 18:30............. ITV News and Weather 19:00 ................ Emmerdale 19:30 .................Coronation Street 20:00 .............. Countrywise 20:30 .................Coronation Street 21:00.........Grantchester

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23:20............. The Jonathan Ross Show

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Holiday lets: Ten top tips!

1. Get to grips with the local rules for receiving paying guests. Depending on the location, you may be required to give their passport details to the local police station, just as hotels must record these details. You may also need to collect a tourist tax from your guests.

2. Declare your rental income. The UK has doubletax treaties with most European countries, including Spain, so you won’t pay the same tax twice.

3. Choose your agent carefully. An agent can take away much of the hassle of rentals, so look for one who has a good reputation locally. Normally they will charge 15-20% of the rent received and, although this can seem a lot of money, they will ensure your property is well-maintained, supply cleaners, meet and greet visitors and be on call if there are problems.

4. If you manage your property, be prepared to work hard. You will need to be on 24-hour call for emergencies.

5. Present your property well. Cleanliness is paramount, and tourists from all over the world expect high standards.

Small things matter. TV, Satellite, Wi-Fi and DVDs are often expected these days!

6. Offer a welcome pack. Sometimes visitors arrive late, the shops are closed and they don’t want to go to out to eat.

7. Information about what is happening in your area is gratefully accepted. Little things can help your reputation.

8. Get suitable insurance. Your household and contents insurance policy should be provide adequate cover for holiday rentals, including the necessary third party liability and cover for vacant periods.

9. Price your property realistically. Find similar rental properties to yours on the internet to get an idea of rental rates, and what is included in those rates.

10. Plan for a rainy day. Things don’t always run smoothly so get the finances right from the start.

This includes making sure you are paid correctly and in all eventualities. Also, decide how you want payment of deposit, damage deposit and balance.

An example could be: 30% deposit to be paid upon booking by cheque, transfer or PayPal. Balance to be paid six weeks before arrival, via the same method. Damage deposit to be sent by cheque with the balance (or handed in on arrival in return for an upto-date inventory) and returned or destroyed once the apartment has been checked after the holiday.

As the Spanish economy starts to heat up and with property prices going in the right direction, there really hasn’t been a better time to look for your new home. And the Canarian Weekly Property Guide is the first place you will need to look for that great bargain!

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UK property prices fall...

THE falling value of property in the regions has now caught up with London’s demise, with homes in the Midlands, the North and the South East all feeling the pinch.

Prices in England fell 0.2% from August to September as prospective home-owners struggle to access finance.

Yet Redcar and Cleveland experienced the strongest monthly growth with an increase of 2.8%.

According to the Government’s Land Registry, the biggest drop came in Yorkshire & Humberside, where monthly prices were down 2.2%.

And other declines hit the West Midlands (-1.3%), followed by a 0.8% fall in the East Midlands and a 0.7% drop in London.

The only area not affected were the East, the South West and Wales, although Blaenau Gwent saw the most significant month-

ly price fall with a drop of 5.8%..

September data from the Land Registry, considered to compile the most accurate houseprice index based on sale values, showed an annual price increase of 7.2%, taking the average property in England and Wales to £177,299.

However the monthly 0.2% fall echoes a raft of other index figures released last month.

Data from Hometrack and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors both showed the housing market finally cooling.

It follows a year in which values and transactions were buoyed by pent-up demand, flowing credit and the Government’s Help to Buy scheme.

Private property buyer Henry Pryor, said: “This is a big monthly fall for Yorkshire & Humberside, which has not seen the same profit as the south of the country and, therefore, this drop is not easily digestible.”

Lack of access to finance, following a sixmonth spell of regulatory pressure on lenders

and buyers alike, has dampened house prices, he added.

The Mortgage Market Review was introduced in April, enforcing future interest-rate stresstesting, with reports of three-hour mortgage application meetings and limited finance for contractors, freelancers and entrepreneurs.

These new, strict rules were followed up Mark Carney’s policy to cap the high low-to-value mortgages, which came into play the end of June.

However, there were signs in October that the criteria is loosening again - although it will not show in the Land Registry data.

Talk of interest-rate increases, and uncertainty ahead of next year’s General Election, is also putting a damper on the housing market as a whole.

The average house price in London increased 20% in the year to August, according to the Land Registry, with luxury property in the capital’s core, by square footage, now deemed the most expensive in

the world.

However, the annual pace of growth in the mainstream market dropped back to 18.4% in the 12 months to September, with the monthly rate showing a 0.7% fall to £460,521 still more than double the national average!.

“These figures show there is still a disconnect between the sellers’ and estate agents’ asking prices, and they have to get with the programme,” said Mr Pryor.

“Even those who are bullish about the central London housing market have had to admit a drop in transactions over the last sixto-eight weeks.”

Peter Rollings, head of estate agents Marsh & Parsons, believes pricefalls in the capital could be a result of mansion tax worries.

“London’s economy thrives on its global standing as an unbeatable destination, both to live and to do business,” he said.

“And talk of a mansion tax and other populist wealth taxes threatens to erode this reputation.

“A quarter of all prime

London property purchases are made by overseas and foreign nationality buyers, though the vast majority have chosen to live and work here, adding hugely to the strength and vibrancy of the London economy.

“The uncertainty surrounding these proposals could shake the foundations of London’s property market as the political rhetoric picks up ahead of May’s general election.

“We’d enter dangerous territory, which could filter down to all sections of the market if these buyers packed up and turned their attentions elsewhere.”

The Land Registry even recorded a decline in sales values in the South East (0.2% to £236,996) which has been touted recently as the “new London”.

Even thriving estate agents Foxtons, based in London, said property sales commissions amounted to £16.4million for the three months to 30th September, showed a fall of 7.8$% from a year earlier after a drop in sales.

Last week’s report by property website Rightmove tipped Brighton, Southampton and Luton as the three hottest future house price locations for the next five years, after saying prices are now rising faster in the South East than London.

This has been the result of a ripple effect occurring as cash-rich Londoners move out of the capital and buyers seek better value for their money and more affordable properties.

Howard Archer, chief economist at IHS Global Insight, said: “With housing market activity clearly off its early-2014 highs, we suspect house prices will generally rise at a more restrained rate over the coming months.

“Specifically, we expect house prices to rise by around 1%, quarteron-quarter, in the fourth quarter of 2014. We see house prices rising by around 5% in 2015.’

And forecasts suggest that a price surge is predicted over the next five years as the commuter belt benefits from the capital’s overspill.

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Property for rent

31st October 2014 - 6th November 2014

3 bedroom villa for long term rental in Sun Blas, Golf del Sur - from €1.020 to 1.290 plus bills. Tel: 922 750 603

Roque Del Conde – 2 bed Duplex – amazing views, garage parking – 800€ Plus Bills – Tel. 922 797 438/693 713 686.

Summerland – Los Cristianos – 1 bed, fully renovated to a high standard – 750€ Inc 70€ Bills – Tel. 922 797 438/693 713 686.

Amarilla Golf : One bed bungalow with two terraces and sea views in tranquil location. €625 per month.

Tel: 678 010 524 or 922 737 044

1 bedroom apartment for long term rental in El Mirador, Chayofa - €750 including bills. Tel: 922 750 603

Golf del Sur, 1 Bed top floor apartment. Full roof terrace, refurbished, lovely views all round. 475€ + electric per month.

3 month minimum let. Tel: 611 216 197

Rental wanted Mature couple requires winter let. Villa or house preferred, but anything else considered. Cash deposit available. Tel. Brian 0044 1253 681524 or Luke 727 767 975

Property for Sale

BANK WON’T GIVE YOU A MORTGAGE... I WILL!!

FOR SALE, BY THE OWNER Semi Detached 3 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom Townhouse El Medano, Arenas Del Mar.

€160,000. €25,000 Deposit.

The rest €135,000 private finance @ 7%, over 5 to 10 years.

No offers. Fixed Price.

Tel: 922 714 560. Mob: 627 733 410

Central Los Cristianos – Available from 12th January, 1 bed, UK TV – 620€ Inc 40€ Bills – Tel. 922 797 438/693 713 686.

1 bedroom apartment for long term rental in Edif Ceila – Los Cristianos - €675 including bills.

Tel: 922 750 603 Los Cristianos II – 3 bed, very central, close to the church square and all amenities – 700€ Inc 50€ Bills – Tel. 922 797 438/693 713 686.

3 bedroom town house for long term rental in La Finca, Chayofa €975 including bills. Tel: 922 750 603 1 bedroom – El Mirador – Chayofa - €750 incl bills. Tel: 922 750 603

Adeje – Partly furnished 2 bed, brand new! Very close to the centre of the town – 450€ - Tel. 922 797 438/693 713 686.

Golf del Sur : 1 bed house with small back garden and two terraces giving all day sun situated on residential complex close to the Golf Club. €525 per month.

Tel: 678 010 524 or 922 737 044 Golf Del Sur – Pinehurst – 1 bed available from 1st January – 600€ Inc 50€ Bills – Tel. 922 797 438/693 713 686.

Amarilla Golf: Top floor, newly refurbished apartment with sea and marina views. €500 per month. Tel: 678 010 524 or 922 737 044 Studio – In the heart of Playa Paraiso – Now available! – 350€ Inc 30€ Bills – Tel. 922 797 438/693 713 686.

Los Lomas – Chayofa – 2 bed townhouse, private pool, stunning views, secure garage – 995€ Plus Bills – Tel. 922 797 438/693 713 686.

Golf del Sur : Large, west facing studio situated in popular complex, close to all amenities. €325 per month. Tel: 678 010 524 or 922 737 044 Chayofa Country Club – 1 bed, popular complex with pool – 475€ Inc 50€ - Tel. 922 797 438/693 713 686.

Los Abrigos: 3 bed apartment in local coastal village. €525 per month.

Tel: 678 010 524 or 922 737 044 Mirador Atlantico – Chayofa – 1 bed, partly furnished, secure parking, amazing views – 650€ Inc 50€ - Tel. 922 797 438/693 713 686.

Bungalow Chayofa – 3 bed, 2 bath, cottage feel, communal pool, ocean and mountain views – 1300€ Inc 70€ - Tel. 922 797 438/693 713 686.

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JARDIN TROPICAL, SAN EUGENIO. Studio apartment on front line apart-hotel complex.

136.000€

B1521.

SANTA MARIA, TORVISCAS. 1 bedroom apt with good-size terrace; views to the pool & sea.

C1567.

PALO BLANCO, SAN EUGENIO. 2 bedroom bungalow only a few minutes walk from the beach.

Communal pool.

240.000€

D1453.

ROQUE VILLAS, SAN EUGENIO ALTO.

3 bedroom beautiful modern detached villa that has fantastic view & enjoys sun all day. Private pool.

680.000€

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ay Monday Monday 3rd November 06:20 ............... King of Queens

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

07:10 ...................3rd Rock from the Sun

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

08:00 .............Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00 .................................Frasier

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

10:00 .................... Daily Brunch

11:10............. Cowboy Builders

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

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

13:40...Small Animal Hospital

09:15 ........Winners and Losers

14:10 ...................... Countdown

12:15 ........The Sham Wedding Crashers

10:15 ..........................The Chase

15:00 ................. Fifteen to One

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

16:00............... Deal or No Deal

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

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

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

14:15..................................... NCIS

17:30 .........................Coach Trip

15:15....Good Witch, Bad Witch

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

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

18:30 .................. Hollyoaks

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

19:00 ........ Channel 4 News

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

20:00.............Dispatches

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

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20:30............. Sarah Beeny’s How to Sell Your Home 21:00........... Make Leicester British 22:35 ........Toast of London 23:05 ............. The IT Crowd

06:15 ...........................Babylon 5

06:00 ...........................Hollyoaks 06:30 ........................... Charmed

06:25 .....You’ve Been Framed!

07:00 .............. Masterchef New Zealand

08:50 .......Bananas in Pyjamas

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

08:00 ......... Coastguard Alaska

07:15 .......................... Desperate Housewives

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

07:15 ...........Coronation Street

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

08:00..................... Suburgatory

07:45 ...........Coronation Street

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

08:30.................Happy Endings

08:15 ........................... The Cube

11:00 ..........A Place in the Sun: Home or Away

09:00.... Rules of Engagement

12:00 ...............................DIY SOS The Big Build

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

19:00...... The Gadget Show 20:00 .........Conspiracy: The Missing Evidence 21:00 ..................... Gotham 22:00....... Under the Dome

06:00 ................... Life’s Funniest Moments

11:10........................ Royal Pains 12:45........... Coronation Street 13:15........... Coronation Street 13:50...The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:05 .....You’ve Been Framed!

18:00 ................ Royal Pains 19:00....You’ve Been Framed!

20:00... Two and a Half Men 20:30... Two and a Half Men 21:00 ....................... Tricked 22:00........................... Plebs 22:30.......... Dapper Laughs: On the Pull

13:00 .....MasterChef Australia 14:00 ................... Bondi Rescue 15:00 ..........Haunted Collector 16:00 ...................... Doctor Who

10:00 ........................... Charmed 12:30... Rules of Engagement 13:00...How I Met Your Mother 14:00..... The Big Bang Theory 15:00 ... Rules of Engagement

17:00 .....Road Patrol Australia

16:00 ............ Melissa and Joey

17:30 .....Road Patrol Australia

16:30 .....................Suburgatory

18:00..... Beverly Hills Pawn

17:00...How I Met Your Mother

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

18:00 .The Big Bang Theory

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

19:30 .......Melissa and Joey

21:00 .............River Cottage Autumn

20:30.....Brooklyn Nine-Nine

22:00...... Motorway Cops: A Traffic Cops Special

19:00................... Hollyoaks 20:00......................New Girl 21:00 ....... Made in Chelsea 22:00 ........................... Glue

23:40..............................NFL

22:55............... Once Upon a Time in Mexico

23:00..................... Viral Tap 23:45................. The Job Lot

23:00......Being Human USA

23:05....The Big Bang Theory

06:00............... Dog the Bounty Hunter 07:00 .............. Emergency with Angela Griffin 08:00........................... Futurama 09:00.......... NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00 ................... Hawaii Five-0 13:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 15:00 ..............................Greatest Little Britons 16:00 .............. Emergency with Angela Griffin 17:00 .................. The Simpsons 17:30........................... Futurama 18:30............ The Simpsons 20:00 ..........Modern Family 20:30 ...................... Trollied 21:00 ....... Micky Flanagan’s Detour De France 22:00..........................Arrow 23:00...... NCIS: Los Angeles

06:00.............. Chopper Squad 06:30.............. Chopper Squad 07:00 ..............UK Border Force 08:00 ........... Sun, Sea and A&E 09:00... RSPCA Animal Rescue 10:00 ............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 11:00 ................Criminal Minds 12:00 ................Criminal Minds 15:00 ............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 16:00 ............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 17:00.............. UK Border Force 18:00..........Border Security 19:00.................The Biggest Loser USA 21:00 ......... Criminal Minds 22:00......... Mount Pleasant 23:00........ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

07:00 ................... Radical Highs 07:10 ....................... Traffic Cops 08:00 .............................Top Gear 10:00 ..................... World’s Most Dangerous Roads 11:00 ....................... Traffic Cops 12:00............................. Top Gear 14:00...................... World’s Most Dangerous Roads 15:00 ....................... Traffic Cops 16:00 .............................Top Gear 18:00 .............. World’s Most Dangerous Roads 19:00 ........ The Hairy Bikers Ride Again 20:00 ............Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish 21:00.................Have I Got a Bit More News for You 22:00 ........... Not Going Out 23:15 ........Russell Howard’s Good News Extra

06:00 ............. Stargate Atlantis

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

07:00 ........................... Team Sky: Road to Glory

07:00 .......... WWE Bottom Line

08:00 .......Star Trek: Enterprise 09:00 ............... Without a Trace

09:00 .................... Ford Football a Special

10:00 .......................Blue Bloods

10:30.......... Football’s Greatest

11:00.................................. House

11:00 ..........Football’s Greatest

12:00 ..................................House

11:30 ................... Football Gold

13:00............. Stargate Atlantis

12:00 .............Goals on Sunday

14:00................ Without a Trace

13:00 .....................................FL72

15:00....... Star Trek: Enterprise

14:00.......... Football’s Greatest

16:00 ..................................House

15:00..... Ford Football Special

17:00 ..................................House

16:30............ Fantasy Football The Highlights

18:00 ............... Blue Bloods 19:00 ......... Without a Trace 20:00................ Friday Night Lights 21:00 ................... The Knick 22:15..... Boardwalk Empire 23:30........Game of Thrones

08:00 .............Goals on Sunday

17:00 ..................... Soccer A.M. The Best Bits 18:00 ........................... FL72 19:00.............. Ford Monday Night Football 23:00 ........................... FL72

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Dispatches Channel 4, 20:00

Rice: How Safe is Our Food? We’re eating more rice than ever before. It’s in our ready meals, our breakfast cereals and in the food we feed our children.

But now some leading scientists and experts are warning that some types of commonly consumed rice contain a worrying level of naturally occurring arsenic. You can find very low levels of arsenic in most food and water but researchers are concerned that arsenic can reach much higher levels in rice. While there are strict limits for the arsenic level permitted in water, there are currently no maximum levels for our food and some scientists are now speaking out as they are concerned about the effects of long-term exposure.

As more evidence emerges about the harm high levels of arsenic might cause, particularly to children, new maximum levels are being proposed by the government and the European Union.

Morland Sanders investigates these new proposals and reveals the results of tests on some of our most popular rice products.

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Tuesday Tuesday T 06:00 ............................Breakfast 09:15......................... The People Remember 10:00................... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 ...............Call the Council 11:45 .........................Close Calls: On Camera 12:15 ....................Bargain Hunt 13:00 ............BBC News at One 13:45 .............................. Doctors 14:15......................... Perfection 15:00............................ Escape to the Country 15:45 ................... Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 16:30 ............... Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 17:15 ............................ Pointless 18:00 ........ BBC News at Six 18:30 .... BBC London News 19:00 ...... The Passing Bells 19:30 ................ EastEnders 20:00.................. Holby City 21:00...........The Missing

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

22:25 .... BBC London News 22:35 .................. Imagine...

23:40.. In the Valley of Elah

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06:00 ...................Homes Under the Hammer 07:00 ...............Call the Council 07:45....Close Calls: On Camera 08:15............. A Taste of Britain 09:00...... Antiques Roadshow 10:00 ...............Building Dream Homes 10:30 ..............World War One Beyond the Trenches 10:35........................... HARDtalk 11:00.......................... BBC News 12:00 ............ The Daily Politics 13:00....Restoration Roadshow 13:30 ............. Cash in the Attic 14:15.......... The Rockford Files 15:00 ..........Cagney and Lacey 15:50 ......................Who Do You Think You Are? 16:50 ..... Great British Railway Journeys Goes to Ireland 17:20................................ Flog It! 18:00 .................. Eggheads 18:30 .............Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 19:00..... The Great Interior Design Challenge 20:00....MasterChef: The W C Professionals choic 21:00 .......Human Universe 22:00 ....... Later Live... with Jools Holland

06:00 ................. Good Morning Britain 08:30 ..............................Lorraine 09:25 ........................ The Jeremy Kyle Show 10:30.................... This Morning 10:55............................ ITV News 11:00.................... This Morning 12:30.................. Loose Women 13:30 .............................ITV News and Weather 14:00..........................Dickinson’s Real Deal 15:00 ............................. The Alan Titchmarsh Show 16:00 ....................Tipping Point 17:00 ..........................The Chase 18:00..................... ITV News London 18:30............. ITV News and Weather 19:00 ................ Emmerdale 19:30 ....... UEFA Champions League Live 22:00 ................ ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:40....... UEFA Champions League: Extra Time 23:40.................... The Cube

MasterChef: The Professionals BBC2, 20:00 A new judge, two Michelin-starred chef Marcus Wareing, joins forces with Monica Galetti and Gregg Wallace to seek out the next culinary star. In the first heat, five chefs begin their bid for the coveted title with a total of three tests. The first challenge is the Signature Dish Test. The chefs have one hour to cook a plate of food that showcases what they can do, before one must leave. The remaining chefs then face the Skills Test, where they must impress Monica and Gregg in 20 minutes or less by attempting the notoriously difficult croquembouche. The chefs are put through their paces by Marcus for the first time, when he sets them the Invention Test. In their final chance to impress, the chefs have ten minutes to compose a quail dish and one hour to prove they are worthy of a quarter-final place. Marcus and Monica then decide which chef must go home and which three go through to the next round.

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Tuesday Tuesday 4th November 06:20............... King of Queens

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

07:10.... 3rd Rock from the Sun

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

08:00............. Everybody Loves Raymond

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

06:25..... You’ve Been Framed!

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

08:50 .......Bananas in Pyjamas

07:15 ...........Coronation Street

10:00 .................... Daily Brunch

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

07:45 ...........Coronation Street

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

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

08:15............................ The Cube

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

11:10............ Cowboy Builders

09:15........ Winners and Losers

13:40 .....Small Animal Hospital

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

10:15.......................... The Chase

14:10...................... Countdown

12:15 .......... Rome: The World’s First Superpower

11:10........................ Royal Pains

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

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

15:00................. Fifteen to One 16:00............... Deal or No Deal 17:00 ...... Come Dine with Me 17:30 .........................Coach Trip 18:00............ The Simpsons 18:30 .................. Hollyoaks 19:00 ........ Channel 4 News

13:45...................... Neighbours 14:15.................................... NCIS 15:15...... Garage Sale Mystery 17:00 .......................5 News at 5 17:30 ...................... Neighbours

20:00 ...................Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners

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

21:00............. You Can’t Get the Staff

19:00 .......... The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door

22:00......... 8 Out of 10 Cats 22:50................. Gogglebox

20:00 ........... Britain’s Worst Crimes

23:50 ......... Pokerstars.Com Shark Cage

21:00 .......... Miracle Babies 22:00............................ NCIS

06:00 ...............Dog the Bounty Hunter

06:00 .............. Chopper Squad 06:30 ............... Border Security 07:00 ..............UK Border Force 08:00 ....................... Airline USA 08:30 ....................... Airline USA 09:00 ..................RSPCA Animal Rescue 09:30 ..................RSPCA Animal Rescue 10:00 ............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 11:00................ Criminal Minds 15:00 ............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 17:00 ..............UK Border Force 18:00 .........Border Security 19:00... Million Dollar Listing 20:00 ......... Criminal Minds 21:00 ........ Mount Pleasant 22:00 ..............Rubenesque 23:00 ......... Criminal Minds

07:00 .............. Emergency with Angela Griffin 08:00 ...........................Futurama 09:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00 ................... Hawaii Five-0 13:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 15:00 ...Greatest Little Britons 16:00 .............. Emergency with Angela Griffin 17:00 .................. The Simpsons 17:30 ...........................Futurama 18:00 ...................Futurama 18:30............ The Simpsons 20:00.................... The Flash 21:00..... NCIS: Los Angeles 22:00 ................. Road Wars 23:00 .....................Legends

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

06:00 .............................. Hollyoaks

22:45 .................The 40 Year Old Virgin

06:15 ...........................Babylon 5 07:00 .............. Masterchef New Zealand 08:00 ......... Coastguard Alaska 09:00 ................................The Bill 10:00................................ The Bill 11:00 ..........A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 12:00 ... DIY SOS The Big Build 13:00 .....MasterChef Australia 14:00 ................... Bondi Rescue 15:00.......... Haunted Collector 16:00...................... Doctor Who 17:00..... Road Patrol Australia 17:30..... Road Patrol Australia 18:00....................... Beverly Hills Pawn 18:30................ MasterChef Australia 20:00............ The Dog Hotel 20:30............ The Dog Hotel 21:00................. Beauty and the Beast 22:00............ Derren Brown: Trick or Treat 23:00................ Doctor Who

06:00.............. Home Shopping

06:00............. Stargate Atlantis

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

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

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

07:00 ............... WWE Afterburn

07:10 ....................... Traffic Cops

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

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

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

08:00..................... Soccer A.M. The Best Bits

10:00 ............... The Hairy Bikers Ride Again

10:00 ................................. Smash

11:00 ....................... Traffic Cops

12:00 ..................................House

06:00................... Life’s Funniest Moments 06:45 ........................Emmerdale

12:15 ........................Emmerdale 13:15 ...........Coronation Street 13:50...The Jeremy Kyle Show 14:55...The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:05 .....You’ve Been Framed!

18:00................ Royal Pains 19:00............. Funniest Ever You’ve Been Framed!

20:00... Two and a Half Men 20:30... Two and a Half Men 21:00...The Vampire Diaries 22:00 ...........Celebrity Juice

12:00 .............................Top Gear 13:00 .............................Top Gear 14:00 ............... The Hairy Bikers Ride Again 15:00 ....................... Traffic Cops 16:00............................. Top Gear 18:00 ........ The Hairy Bikers Ride Again 19:00 ........Storage Hunters 20:00... Storage Hunters UK 21:00 ...........................QI XL 22:00 ..........Mock the Week 23:20 ....Would I Lie to You?

11:00 ..................................House 13:00 ............. Stargate Atlantis 14:00................ Without a Trace 15:00............................. Star Trek: Enterprise 16:00 ..................................House 17:00 ..................................House 18:00................ Blue Bloods 19:00 ......... Without a Trace 20:00 ............... Blue Bloods 21:00 .............The Leftovers 22:15 ................... The Knick 23:30 ..... Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

06:30............................... Charmed 07:15 ...Desperate Housewives 08:00 ........................ Suburgatory 08:30 ...................Happy Endings 09:00 ......Rules of Engagement 10:00 ............................... 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 ............... Melissa and Joey 16:30 ........................ Suburgatory 17:00...How I Met Your Mother 18:00....The Big Bang Theory 19:00...................... Hollyoaks 19:30.......... Melissa and Joey 20:00... The Big Bang Theory 21:00 ........................New Girl 22:00 .......The Mindy Project 22:30 .......Tattoos After Dark 23:00....The Big Bang Theory 23:30....The Big Bang Theory

09:00 ............... MNF Highlights 11:30 ................SPFL Round Up 12:00..................................... FL72 13:00......... Barclays PL Review 14:00 ............... MNF Highlights 16:30 .....................................FL72 17:30 ............Fantasy Football The Highlights 18:00.... Barclays PL Review 19:00 ............ Football Gold 19:10.....Football’s Greatest 19:40 ..................... Football 21:35............. Spanish Gold 22:00.... Barclays PL Review 23:00....... Darts Special: Fry and Waddell

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2006. Three days since Oliver’s disappearance. With little information to go on, suspicion immediately falls on a known paedophile living in the area.

With the police keeping Tony and Emily in the dark, Tony is tempted by ambitious journalist Malik Suri, who claims to have illegally obtained information about the suspect in custody. Then the suspect is released with a seemingly concrete alibi.

A benefactor reaches out to Tony and Emily when they are at their lowest ebb, offering a financial reward for anyone coming forward with information relating to Oliver’s disappearance.

In the present day, Tony’s attempt to reopen the investigation gathers momentum when he and Julien find the first piece of concrete evidence.

While Tony continues on his mission to find out the truth about what exactly happened to his son, both Emily and Julien have to deal with problems in their own lives.

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The Apprentice BBC1, 21.00 The candidates receive an early-morning phone call telling them to meet Lord Sugar at South Mimms. After much speculation on where they could be headed, they finally pull into a service station off the M25. Waiting for them are two luxury coaches.

Lord Sugar explains that the teams have two days to create their very own coach tours, persuading punters to part with their cash and take day trips to top tourist attractions outside London.

One team decides to take a tour of Oxfordshire, the other plans a pilgrimage to Canterbury. Half head off on the quest to sell tickets, while the rest negotiate knock-down entry prices, some more successfully than others.

On the day of the tour, one coach is far from full and some have to endure excruciating sing-songs, while a limp lunch leaves customers less than delighted.

A trip to the boardroom finds one candidate hung out to dry, while Lord Sugar is in no mood for excuses. It’s dressing downs and business lessons all round before one unlucky candidate hears the dreaded words ‘You’re Fired!’.

Waterloo Road BBC1, 20.00 The students are shocked when Gabriella Wark returns to school, while Olga’s birthday creates friction between Allie and Vaughan. Elsewhere, illicit attractions grow stronger.

Gabriella Wark returns to Waterloo Road and swears she’s changed her colours. Still reeling from her last encounter with Gabriella, Kacey leads the pupils in giving her a frosty welcome and Lisa and Shaznay soon mark her out as an easy target.

Leo and Justin look forward to visiting their mum on her birthday, but Vaughan’s preoccupation with the occasion causes ripples of anxiety in Allie.

Justin and Tiffany take advantage of their parents’ distractions to grow even closer, while Sue and Hector’s sizzling chemistry comes to a head.

06:00 ............................Breakfast 09:15....The People Remember 10:00 ........... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 ...............Call the Council 11:45 .........................Close Calls: On Camera 12:15 ....................Bargain Hunt 13:00 ............BBC News at One 13:45 .............................. Doctors 14:15 ......................... Perfection 15:00 ............................Escape to the Country 15:45......Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 16:30................ Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 17:15 ............................ Pointless 18:00 ........ BBC News at Six 18:30 .... BBC London News 19:00 ...... The Passing Bells 19:30............The One Show W 20:00......Waterloo Road Coi ch ce 21:00.....The Apprentice CWce ch oi 22:00........ BBC News at Ten 22:25 .... BBC London News 22:35 ..........More Power for London?: A BBC London Special 23:15................... Film 2014 23:45.......... Away From Her

06:00 ......... Homes Under the Hammer 07:00 .............Call the Council 07:45 ................Close Calls: On Camera 08:15 ...........A Taste of Britain 09:00 ........ Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve 10:00 ..............Building Dream Homes 10:30.......................... See Hear 11:00 ........................BBC News 11:30 .......... The Daily Politics 13:00 ......................Restoration Roadshow 13:30 ........... Cash in the Attic 14:15 ........The Rockford Files 15:00 ....... Cagney and Lacey 15:50.................... Who Do You Think You Are? 16:50.....Great British Railway Journeys Goes to Ireland 17:20 .............................. Flog It! 18:00 .................Eggheads 18:30 ............Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 19:00..... The Great Interior Design Challenge 20:00........MasterChef: The Professionals 21:00..... Great Continental Railway Journeys 22:00........ The Apprentice: You’re Fired!

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

Wednesd 06:00 ................. Good Morning Britain 08:30 ..............................Lorraine 09:25 ........................ The Jeremy Kyle Show 10:30 .................... This Morning 10:55............................ ITV News 11:00.................... This Morning 12:30................... Loose Women 13:30 .............................ITV News and Weather 14:00......................... Dickinson’s Real Deal 15:00 ............................. The Alan Titchmarsh Show 16:00 ....................Tipping Point 17:00 ..........................The Chase 18:00 ...... ITV News London 18:30 ............. ITV News and Weather 19:00 ................ Emmerdale 19:30 ..... Coronation Street 20:00..Surprise Surprise

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22:00 ................ ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:40...................... Through the Keyhole 23:40...............................The Unforgettable...

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Surprise Surprise ITV1, 20.00 Tonight, Mark Wright takes a music-loving community hero on the trip of a lifetime to see world-renowned violinist André Rieu. A dedicated former soldier who set up a go-kart racing team for injured ex-servicemen receives a gift to help him continue his good work. Michael Underwood delivers a special thank you to an inspirational cancer survivor who has devoted his life to saving others. And in the biggest reunion in Surprise Surprise history, a family from three continents come together to surprise a much-loved grandmother, including the brother she hasn’t seen in nearly 50 years.

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Wednesday

06:20 ............... King of Queens

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

06:45 ............... King of Queens 07:10.....3rd Rock from the Sun

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

08:00 .............Everybody Loves Raymond

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19:00 .. You’ve Been Framed!

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

21:00................... Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

20:00 .. Two and a Half Men

20:00 .............. Saving Hope

21:00 .....................Freshers

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

22:00................. Wentworth

22:00 .......................... Plebs

22:00................... The Strain

23:00......... Inside Holloway

22:30 ..........Happy Gilmore

23:00 ............... Doctor Who

06:00 ...........................Hollyoaks 06:30........................... Charmed 07:15..................... One Tree Hill 08:00..................... Suburgatory 08:30................ Happy Endings 09:00 ... Rules of Engagement 09:30 ... Rules of Engagement 10:00............................ Charmed 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 ............ Melissa and Joey 16:30 .....................Suburgatory 17:00...How I Met Your Mother 18:00...The Big Bang Theory 19:00................... Hollyoaks 19:30........Melissa and Joey 20:00.......St. Trinian’s 2: The Legend of Fritton’s Gold 22:10....The Big Bang Theory 23:10....................... Drifters 23:40........ Made in Chelsea

06:00 ............... Border Security 06:30 ............... Border Security 07:00........ Nothing to Declare 07:30 ........Nothing to Declare 08:00 ....................... Airline USA 09:00... RSPCA Animal Rescue 10:00 ............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 11:00 ................Criminal Minds 12:00................ Criminal Minds 15:00 ............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 17:00 ..............UK Border Force 18:00 .........Border Security 19:00... Million Dollar Listing 20:00........ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 21:00......... Grey’s Anatomy 22:00 ......... Criminal Minds 23:00 ........CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

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

06:00............. Stargate Atlantis 07:00 .............Thirtysomething 08:00....... Star Trek: Enterprise 09:00................ Without a Trace 10:00................................. Smash 11:00 ..................................House 12:00...................................House 13:00 ............. Stargate Atlantis 14:00 ............... Without a Trace 15:00 .......Star Trek: Enterprise 16:00.................................. House 17:00.................................. House 18:00 ............... Blue Bloods 19:00 ......... Without a Trace 20:00 ............... Blue Bloods 21:00 ............... Blue Bloods 22:00 .............The Leftovers 23:15 ..... Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 23:50.............. House of Lies

06:00.................... Football Gold 07:00 .................... WWE Vintage Collection 08:00 .....Mini Game Changers 09:00 .............. Barclays Premier League Review 10:00 .......................The Premier League Years 12:00................... Football Gold 13:00 .........Barclays PL Review 14:00 .......................The Premier League Years 18:00 ....Football’s Greatest 18:30 ......... Premier League 100 Club 19:00.... Football’s Greatest 19:30 ..................... Football 22:00 ........ Kings of Europe: The Chelsea Story 23:00.......... Premier League 100 Club 23:30.................. Darts Gold

06:00 ................... Life’s Funniest Moments

06:15 ...........................Babylon 5

06:25.... You’ve Been Framed!

07:00 .............. Masterchef New Zealand

08:50....... Bananas in Pyjamas

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

08:00 ......... Coastguard Alaska

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

07:15 .... You’ve Been Framed!

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

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

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

07:45 .... You’ve Been Framed!

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

09:30 .................................Frasier

11:10 ............ Cowboy Builders

08:15 ...........................The Cube

10:00.................... Daily Brunch

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

09:15 ........................Royal Pains

11:00 ..........A Place in the Sun: Home or Away

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

12:15 ......................Alex Polizzi’s Secret Italy

10:15 ......................... The Chase

12:05...... Come Dine with Me 13:40...Small Animal Hospital 14:10...................... Countdown 15:00 ................. Fifteen to One 16:00 ...............Deal or No Deal 17:00 ...... Come Dine with Me 17:30 .........................Coach Trip 18:00 ............The Simpsons 18:30 .................. Hollyoaks 19:00 ........ Channel 4 News 20:00 .............The Supervet 21:00.......Grand Designs

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22:00.......Grayson Perry: CW Who are You? choice 23:00......................24 Hours in A and E

06:00 ...............Dog the Bounty Hunter 07:00 .............. Emergency with Angela Griffin 08:00 ...........................Futurama 09:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00 ................... Hawaii Five-0 12:00 ................... Hawaii Five-0 13:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 15:00 ...Greatest Little Britons 16:00 .............. Emergency with Angela Griffin 17:00 .................. The Simpsons 17:30 ...........................Futurama 18:00 ...................Futurama 18:30 ............The Simpsons 20:00 ........ An Idiot Abroad 21:00 ................A League of Their Own 22:00 .....................Legends 23:00 ...................... Forever

12:00 ...............................DIY SOS The Big Build

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

11:15 ................... All Star Family Fortunes

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

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

14:15 .................................... NCIS

12:45 ........I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here Now! Best of the Bush

14:30 ................... Bondi Rescue

13:50 ....The Jeremy Kyle Show

17:00....... Road PatrolAustralia

14:55.... The Jeremy Kyle Show

17:30..... Road Patrol Australia

17:05 .... You’ve Been Framed!

18:00..... Beverly Hills Pawn

15:15....Dangerous Attraction 17:00 .......................5 News at 5 17:30 ...................... Neighbours 18:00........ Home and Away 18:30.......... 5 News Tonight 19:00.... Police Interceptors 20:00 ....... Gibraltar: Britain in the Sun

17:30 .... You’ve Been Framed!

18:00................ Royal Pains

07:10 ....................... Traffic Cops 08:00 .............................Top Gear 09:00 .............................Top Gear 10:00 ..............Storage Hunters 11:00 ....................... Traffic Cops 12:00 .............................Top Gear 13:00 .............................Top Gear 14:00 ....... Storage Hunters UK 15:00....................... Traffic Cops 16:00 .............................Top Gear 18:00... Storage Hunters UK 19:00................ Traffic Cops 20:00 .... Lizard Lick Towing 21:00 .......... Have I Got a Bit More News for You 22:00 .................. Room 101 22:40.............Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish 23:40.................................QI

13:00 ........................MasterChef Australia 15:00 ..........Haunted Collector 16:00 ...................... Doctor Who

18:30 .... Beverly Hills Pawn

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Grayson Perry: Who are You? Channel 4, 22:00

Grayson Perry explores identity and portraiture, spending time with people facing a crossroads or a crisis about their identity, and making portraits to reveal the truths about who we are. In the final episode, Grayson looks at 21st-century tribes. We live in an age in which everyone proclaims their individuality, but as he meets his subjects, Grayson discovers that the urge to band together with likeminded souls is as strong as ever. In Belfast, Grayson meets five Loyalists, who take part in a march to commemorate the founding of the Ulster Volunteer Force.

Grand Designs Channel 4, 21:00

Kevin McCloud returns to Devon for an update on one of the most inspirational builds Grand Designs has ever witnessed.

Marine Captain Jon White and wife Becky were living happily in a small cottage in Devon when in June 2010, while serving in Afghanistan, Jon stepped on an improvised explosive device. He lost both legs and his right arm. Every part of his and Becky’s lives had to change - starting with where they could live.

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Thursday Thursday T 06:00 ............................Breakfast 09:15 .........................The People Remember 10:00................... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 ...............Call the Council 11:45........................ Close Calls: On Camera 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

The Great Fire ITV1, 21.00 Thomas guiltily reveals that Sarah’s husband Will is not dead as she suspected. He is in fact alive having deserted to the colonies, leaving his family alone and penniless. Sarah’s shock turns to anger at Thomas. And it’s with a shadow hanging over them that they return to Moorfields.

Meanwhile, the King has retreated to drinking with his mistress when the Queen approaches to inform him James’ efforts are failing. It’s clear the King has no faith in himself anymore but the Queen reminds him of the man he was when they met.

Thomas and Sarah’s emotional reunion with their children is at once threatened by Denton’s men. As they’re preparing to leave, Hannah accidentally lets slip to David that his father is alive. Moments later there’s panic as Thomas and Sarah realise David has run off to the Navy yards to seek the truth about his father, and that Hannah has gone with him.

The streets are descending into chaos and a rabble, joined by Mr Bagwell, lynch the dance teacher Alfredo. This is witnessed by Pepys and Elizabeth, the shocking events overriding their marital problems. Meanwhile, an anxious King rides out to join an exhausted James on the streets, ordering that they starve the fire by using the gunpowder from the Tower to create fire-breaks. When the people protest, the King climbs off his horse and urges their help eye-to-eye.

Meanwhile, Sarah, Thomas and Mary, are back in the city in pursuit of Hannah and David. They take refuge from Denton’s men in a friendly Ropemaker’s house, but to their dismay are turned over to Denton’s men.

Thomas escapes with Mary as Sarah is dragged away.

On the streets, the King’s gunpowder strategy begins to work so he makes peace with James and returns to the palace. Pepys’ wife opens the door to see children on the doorstep – David and Hannah Farriner. When Pepys returns home he’s shocked to see the ‘criminal’ family his wife is harbouring. Thomas and Mary arrive and Thomas implores Pepys to help give him an audience with the King.

Sarah stands before the King, accused of treason, with Denton doing everything in his power to convince the King she’s guilty. Pepys and Thomas enter the court, Pepys pleading with the King to see the truth. Thomas confesses that he alone is responsible for the fire and that it is all an accident. Denton cleverly manipulates the King into believing his people will never accept such a weak reason – they want a sacrifice!

The King rides out to his people and as Sarah is readied for her execution Thomas confesses his love for her. When the King inspects the devastation he realises that scapegoats will not aid in rebuilding the city. He gives a rousing address. Fear is their enemy. There will be no more deaths because of this fire. Sarah is released and she, Thomas and their family return to where it all started, the remains of the bakery on Pudding Lane, to rebuild and start afresh.

George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces Channel 4, 20:00 The series that celebrates ingenious and eccentric small builds continues as George and Will Hardy struggle to bring ancient Roman technology back to life and the build on their log cabin in the wilderness begins in earnest. The road trip around Italy takes in possibly the coolest fire station in the world. George meets David Moreton, a former Paralympic swimmer hoping to transform an old air ambulance into an amazing amphibious crashpad for when he’s on the road for his charity fund raising tours. And DIY enthusiasts Ben and Michelle want to build a summerhouse for free using hundreds of disused shipping pallets.

15:45 ................... Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 16:30 ............... Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 17:15 ............................ Pointless 18:00 ........ BBC News at Six 18:30 .... BBC London News 19:00 ...... The Passing Bells 19:30................. EastEnders 20:00 ..................Watchdog 21:00...............Life Story

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

22:25..... BBC London News 22:35 ...........Question Time 23:35 .................. This Week

06:00 ...................Homes Under the Hammer 07:00 .............. Call the Council 07:45...Close Calls: On Camera 08:15............ A Taste of Britain 09:00............ Human Universe 10:00........... Gardeners’ World 10:30 ..............World War One Beyond the Trenches 10:35 .......................... HARDtalk 11:00......................... BBC News 12:00 ............The Daily Politics 13:00....Restoration Roadshow 13:30 .............Cash in the Attic 14:15......... The Rockford Files 15:00......... Cagney and Lacey 15:50 ......................Who Do You Think You Are? 16:50..... Great British Railway Journeys Goes to Ireland 17:20.................................Flog It! 18:00 .................. Eggheads 18:30 .............Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 19:00...... The Great Interior Design Challenge 20:00 ........MasterChef: The Professionals 21:00 ..........Peaky Blinders 22:00...Russell Howard’s CW Good News choice 22:30................. Newsnight 23:15 .......Afghanistan: The Lion’s Last Roar?

06:00 ................. Good Morning Britain 08:30.............................. Lorraine 09:25 ........................ The Jeremy Kyle Show 10:30 .................... This Morning 10:55.............................ITV News 11:00..................... This Morning 12:30 .................. Loose Women 13:30............................. ITV News and Weather 14:00......................... Dickinson’s Real Deal 15:00.............................. The Alan Titchmarsh Show 16:00.................... 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 .............Paul O’Grady: For The Love of Dogs 21:00.......The Great Fire

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22:00................ ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:40................... The Chase 23:40.......... River Monsters

Life Story BBC1, 21:00 David Attenborough explores how animals attempt to overcome the challenges that face them at each of the six crucial stages of life as they strive towards ultimate success - passing on their genes. Animals must find somewhere to live - a place that provides the necessities of life, shelter from the elements and a refuge from enemies. Home for a pack of African hunting dogs is a vast plain in Zambia, but it’s far from safe. They must protect their young from predators and battle their age-old enemy - the hyena. Hermit crabs on an isolated tropical island make their homes in empty snail shells. But there is a severe housing shortage. When a new property washes ashore the crabs form an orderly queue, in order of size.

It’s a housing chain. When the chain is complete each crab moves into the newly vacated shell ahead of it in the line. Chimps have made a home on the edge of the Sahara desert. They only survive by knowing how to find water even in the most extreme droughts.

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TV Guide

31st October 2014 - 6th November 2014

Thursday Thursday 5th November 06:20 ............... King of Queens

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

07:10 ............................. 3rd Rock from the Sun

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

08:00............. Everybody Loves Raymond

08:50 .......Bananas in Pyjamas

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

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

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

07:15 ...........Coronation Street

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

09:30 .................................Frasier

07:45 .....You’ve Been Framed!

11:10 ............ Cowboy Builders

08:15 ........................... The Cube

10:00 .................... Daily Brunch

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

09:15 ........................ Royal Pains

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

12:15 ..............Gibraltar: Britain in the Sun

10:15 ..........................The Chase

13:40...Small Animal Hospital 14:10 ...................... Countdown

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

11:15 ................... All Star Family Fortunes

15:00 ................. Fifteen to One

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

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

16:00 ...............Deal or No Deal

14:15.................................... NCIS

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

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

15:15....................... Arson Mom

13:15..... You’ve Been Framed!

17:30 .........................Coach Trip

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

13:50...The Jeremy Kyle Show

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

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

14:55...The Jeremy Kyle Show

18:30 .................. Hollyoaks

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

17:05 .....You’ve Been Framed!

19:00........ Channel 4 News

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

18:05 ................ Royal Pains

06:00 .............................. Hollyoaks 06:30 ............................... Charmed 07:15 ........................ One Tree Hill 08:00 ........................ Suburgatory 08:30 ...................Happy Endings 09:00...... Rules of Engagement 09:30...... Rules of Engagement 10:00 ............................... 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 ............... Melissa and Joey 16:30 ........................ Suburgatory 17:00...How I Met Your Mother 18:00 ...The Big Bang Theory 19:00 ..................... Hollyoaks 19:30 ......... Melissa and Joey 20:00 .......................... The Big Bang Theory 21:00 ......................... Drifters 21:30 .................2 Broke Girls 22:00 ........................New Girl 23:00 ....Brooklyn Nine-Nine

23:50........................ Tricked

06:15 ...........................Babylon 5 07:00 ........................ Masterchef New Zealand 09:00 ................................The Bill 10:00................................ The Bill 11:00 ..........A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 12:00.... DIY SOS The Big Build 13:00......MasterChef Australia 14:00................... Bondi Rescue 15:00.......... Haunted Collector 16:00 ...................... Doctor Who 17:00 ........................Road Patrol Australia 17:30 ........................Road Patrol Australia 18:00 .... Beverly Hills Pawn 18:30..... Beverly Hills Pawn 19:00................ MasterChef Australia 20:00 ............Choccywoccydoodah: Starstruck 21:00..................... Dynamo: Magician Impossible 22:00 .................. The Strain 23:00 ............... Doctor Who

06:00 ............... Border Security

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

06:00 ............. Stargate Atlantis

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

06:30 ............... Border Security

07:10 ....................... Traffic Cops

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

07:00............. WWE Experience

07:00 .............. Emergency with Angela Griffin

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

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

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

08:00 ...........................Futurama

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

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

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

08:00 .............. Barclays Premier League Review

08:00 ....................... Airline USA

10:00................................... Lizard Lick Towing

10:00 ................................. Smash

11:00....................... Traffic Cops

12:00 ..................................House

19:00...... The Gadget Show 20:00.....George Clarke’s CW Amazing Spaces choice 20:00...Underground Britain 21:00... 24 Hours in A and E 21:00...........Undercover CW Benefits Cheat choice 22:00 ............ Scrotal Recall 22:30......... 8 Out of 10 Cats

22:00....When Fred Met Rose

23:20....... Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

23:00................... Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

06:00 ...............Dog the Bounty Hunter

09:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 10:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00 ................... Hawaii Five-0 13:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 15:00 .............. Obese: A Year to Save My Life USA 16:00 .............. Emergency with Angela Griffin

08:30 ....................... Airline USA 09:00... RSPCA Animal Rescue

06:00 ................... Life’s Funniest Moments 06:25 .....You’ve Been Framed!

19:10 ..........Jurassic Park III 21:00 .................... Scorpion 22:00 ...........Celebrity Juice 22:50 .......................... Plebs 23:20 ......... Dapper Laughs: On the Pull

11:00 ..................................House

09:00 ................... Football Gold 10:00 .......................The Premier League Years 12:00 ................... Football Gold

10:00 ............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

12:00............................. Top Gear

11:00.................Criminal Minds

14:00.......... Lizard Lick Towing

15:00 ............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

14:30...........Lizard Lick Towing

15:00............................. Star Trek: Enterprise

15:00....................... Traffic Cops

17:00 ..............UK Border Force

16:00 ..................................House

16:00 .............................Top Gear

17:00 ..................................House

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

18:00 ............... Blue Bloods

18:00 .... Lizard Lick Towing

17:30 .............. Barclays Premier League World

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

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

18:00..................... Ringside

20:00 ............Game of Arms

20:00 ....... Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets

19:00............................ FL72

21:00 .........8 Out of 10 Cats

21:00 ................... The Knick

20:00 .................. Sky Sports Originals

22:00....... Gavin and Stacey

22:15 .............The Leftovers

21:00......................Ringside

23:20 ..........Mock the Week

23:30 .......Game of Thrones

22:00.............................. NFL

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

18:00..........Border Security

17:30 ...........................Futurama 18:30 ............The Simpsons

19:00 .............Million Dollar Listing

20:00 .........................Arrow

20:00 .............The Face USA

21:00...................... Forever

21:00 ......................Scandal

22:00 .............The Last Ship

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

23:00 ................. Road Wars

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

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

13:00............. Stargate Atlantis 14:00 ............... Without a Trace

13:00..................................... FL72 14:00 .......................The Premier League Years 16:00..................................... FL72 17:00 ................... Football Gold

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Undercover Benefits Cheat Channel 5, 21:00

Documentary in which investigative journalist Paul Connolly uncovers a world of illegal activity when he poses as a criminal living on benefits.

Beginning his investigation in Sheffield, he encounters thieves who steal to order from high street shops, a man who winds back his electricity meter to con power companies and another who sells him prescription drugs. Finally, he attempts to crack a huge get-rich-quick scam where all is not as it seems.

Russell Howard’s Good News BBC2, 22:00

Russell Howard returns with his unique and quirky take on the week’s global headlines and bizarre news stories. Sifting through over 60 international news channels, 140 newspapers from around the world and over 1,000 news clips, no stone is left unturned in his pursuit of the weird and wonderful stories that have been dominating the press this week. Russell is also joined by a special guest with an amazing story to tell.

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An Entertaining View

31st October 2014 - 6th November 2014

By Andy Briggs TENERIFE is a great place to live and to holiday for any number of reasons. A stand-out one for me though is the entertainment scene.

On an atlas, our little island is barely visible.

However, it boasts a nightly circuit of shows to rival anywhere I can think of.

Now, I know you can visit New York, Dubai, etc, and see some of the top artists in the world, but between flights, accommodation and tickets, the prices you have to pay are astronomical … but Tenerife is affordable!

It is humble in its pricing, from travel to drink prices, and let´s not forget, we have had many a top artist visit our sandy shores - From Elton John and J-Lo to Michael Jackson.

But this article is not to embolden the reputation of globally-renowned stars. It is to highlight and pay tribute to a group of people whose work ethic is relentless and that, together, they are the beating heart of a thriving, diverse and vibrant nightlife here in Tenerife.

To illustrate the diversity of the shows here, I’d like to take you on an imaginary journey. It´s 10pm and it´s a Sunday.

Picture yourself in front of Clinica San Eugenio and start walking towards Fañabe.

If you don´t know where I mean, it´s dead simple. This is a long, straight road with an abundance of excellent bars. First on the right we have a 7ft drag queen, known as Roxy Risque, hosting the evening in The Theatre Bar. As if Roxy is not entertainment enough, she will shortly be introducing on stage Paul Hazel, a hypnotist whose show is fast-becoming one of the best on the Island.

Continue forward now and we see a pavement overflowing with people ... Glaswegian gold

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It’s diverse, distinct… and devilishly brilliant (An entertainment scene like no other)

graces the stage in Starbar every Sunday in the shape of Billy Porter, arguably the finest comedian in the Canary Islands.

If we keep on course, we hear what sounds like a record playing, but the guitar you hear is live! Phil Francis in St Eugenes is extremely good, and you could be forgiven for mistaking his music for the original recordings (actually, Phil starts a bit earlier than 10pm).

This journey could go on forever, but I have just 1,000 words to try to encapsulate an evening which would need 10,000 at least.

From Skybar with Lee Rutter and AcousticChill Out, to Kaluna Beach Club with live DJs by the sea, to Blue Cactus, with a fourpiece rock band, and into the centre of town, to Unique-Bar” where you can hear the voice

of the prince of soul himself, Willy Ray and his unmistakable tones, singing Disco and Motown till the crowd can dance no more.

The previous paragraph really takes place! Hypnosis, Comedy, Acoustic-Chill Out, Rock n Roll, live DJs, Disco and Motown in less than a square mile.

That is what´s on offer! Perhaps this is part of the reason why this year has seen record numbers of tourists visiting Tenerife from all over the world.

Other than established and long-running shows, Tenerife has a permanent influx of exciting new talent. This year has seen the arrival of a young gentleman called Jamie Benkert.

Remember this name as he is sure to be prominent on the music scene in the coming year.

Less than three weeks on the Island and he has

gone from strength to strength with his tribute to Olly Murs. Jamie doesn’t stop at Mr Murs, though.

Into the show, he also incorporates a lot of modern chart stuff, like Sam Smith and Daft Punk, while maintain-

ing a vintage feel with classics like Eagle Eye Cherry and Outkast.

Jamie is not the only new face around the music bars, though.

Adam See has been taking a variety of shows to many a venue over the past 6-7 months. He is a versatile individual, to say the least. Performing most evenings in the hotels as part of a threepiece vocal group called The Three Tenors.

After his early performances, though, you will find Adam in the cabaret bars with either his tribute to Michael Bublé or his unique Brit-Rock show, which brings the sounds of the UK to the Tenerife shores.

An hour or more of music by timeless bands like The Beatles, all the way to modern-day music by the Arctic Monkeys - and everything in between!

Adam isn’t shy to do a

few acoustic numbers, either, and his Yamaha guitar is never far from his reach. Get into town and check out these shows!

But the glitz, glam and bright lights of the various strips over here are not for everyone! My presence on the music scene over here was born in a very different environment.

I used to visit various jam sessions with my guitar, playing my own music and trying to make a name for myself.

But when you want to make music your living, at the start, you have to do the covers (folk don´t come on holiday to hear songs they don´t know and perhaps won´t like).

But don´t worry! Live and original music is still a vital part of the Tenerife music scene.

The DJ circuit regularly produces great tracks.

With people as talented as Leon Cormack and Billy Blanco on the Island, though, it is no wonder.

Danny Darcy, from the fabulous Dubliner band, often ends his evenings relaxing and playing his own music - in a bar that shall remain nameless.

That’s because it is somewhat of a hide-out for the many artists and bar staff who finish work late and wish to end their evenings listening to Danny, and others like him, taking a break from their usual sets.

Not so long ago I moved back to Scotland for a while (before I continue and just to be clear, I LOVE Scotland), but bars with entertainment were few and far between.

If they had entertainment, it cost a fortune to get in, the drink prices were ridiculous and a lot of the time, the acts were mediocre. Here, though, we are spoilt for choice.

This little rock in the Atlantic offers an overwhelming number of quality shows every night of the week.

Now, I´m not asking you to agree. Just ask yourself: Is there anywhere better?

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Food News

31st October 2014 - 6th November 2014

Howard’s formu H O W A RD S Smokehouse, an eye-catching restaurant, has recently opened on Golf del Sur, and it’s not to be missed!

Formerly Big Al’s, at Terraza de la Paz, it is situated on the righthand side of the oneway circuit, just before the Sand Blas turn-off.

And my wife and I decided it looked well worth a visit, having passed it several times in the car.

We were greeted by waitress Sarah at the door and escorted to our table which, in my

opinion, offers the finest sight of any restaurant on the Island - a stunning, panoramic 180-degree vista, looking over to El Medano’s Red Rock and, to the other side, the blue Atlantic ... as far as the eye can see.

Howard, the owner, who runs the business with his partner, Louise, came over for a chat before the evening’s service started in earnest.

They have been in Tenerife for more than a decade and Howard has been managing restaurants since his arrival. He took the plunge and opened Howards Smokehouse just over three

Mandate una tapa

We are firmly in the ‘food’ season in Tenerife and after the joys of the Adeje Festival, we move down the coast this month.

Granadilla’s ‘Mandate una tapa’ is into it’s 13th year and this one should be the best yet. The official list of

those taking part is not out for a few days but organizers have hinted at a record number.

The month long festivities get underway on November 15 and runs until 15th December. These dates really make this Tapas event unique. Bars and restaurants almost go double bubble as they have two bites at the cherry.

Normally it’s tradition-

al produce until the end of the month. Then of course, the establishments unveil their Christmas and winter fayre! And it’s not just outlets. Food suppliers get into the spirit and showcase their talents.

As is traditional at these events all the tapas and drinks will be on offer at specially controlled and reduced prices!

months ago and, happily, has never looked back.

Louise is head chef and Howard, a gourmet chef and “magician”, who creates some stunning dishes.

We opted for a Gourmet Starter for two, which consisted of prawn fountain, homemade Madeira pate, home-made cod-filled goujons, oak-smoked mature cheddar, stuffed mushrooms and a side-salad, presented with accompaniments.

The taste sensation of all the flavours was astounding, and we picked and shared the starter while marvelling at the view – and the interior, which has a vaulted wooden ceiling.

While awaiting our main course, we were a bit nosey and had a peep at what some fellow-diners were having: sizzling platters, especially barbecued

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mula is stunning whole racks or ribs with hickory-smoked sauce and the Smokehouse tower burger, which was a work of art.

For the main course, we again opted for gourmet-sharing, comprising medium-rare fillet steak, spit-roast chicken, cod mornay, spit-jack roast pork with crackling, fresh asparagus, buttered carrots, blue cheese sauce and a superb bernaisse sauce.

Mouthwatering just to list them!

Everything was so succulent and perfectly cooked and the entire meal was seriously tasty. The spit-roast chicken was so juicy, and the pork tower came with slices of apple and stuffing in between the pork which was as tender as anything I’ve ever tasted.

When we had finally finished our feast and before dessert, Howard returned and told us about his plans for the restaurant.

They include catering for weddings, birthday parties, etc, and also a pick-up/drop-off service to and from home or hotel for groups of people dining there.

Howards also has entertainment four days a week, including Sundays, when he offers “Fabulous Sunday Dinners” from 1pm.

Booking for Sunday Dinner is advisable says Howard, “because when it’s gone, it’s gone”.

Then it was back to the sweet stuff, and we shared the vodkacaramel apple crumble with cream and ice-

cream, with a chapito glass of caramel vodka and cream with a wafer tube. Incredible!

Howards has an extensive menu, catering for all tastes. All the meat is bought fresh daily, and the vegetables are seasonal from the local farmers’ market.

And should you require something not on the menu, Howard says that if possible, they will tailor-make the dish for you.

Howards also do takeaway beer-battered cod, chips, peas and an ice-cold beer for 9.95 euros every evening.

The kitchen is open until 10.30pm every evening for late arrivals, which is an excellent idea because many restaurants are normally closing up at that time.

For more information on Howards Smokehouse, call 634 300 958 or 922 738 793

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Health & Home

By Val Sainsbury ELATED surgeons in Australia have performed the first heart transplant using a “dead heart”.

Donor hearts from adults usually come from people who are confirmed as brain dead, but with a heart still beating.

A team at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney revived and then transplanted a heart which had stopped beating for up to 20 minutes.

The first patient - to receive this revolutionary heart surgery - a 57-yearold woman, said she felt a decade younger.

Michelle Gribilas, who was suffering from congenital heart failure, had the operation more than two months ago.

Now, she says: “I’m a different person altogether. I feel like I’m 40 years old - I’m very lucky.”

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‘Dead heart’ gives new life to a 57-year-old sufferer!

The surgeons involved have experienced two further two successful operations since the breakthrough.

Prof Peter MacDonald, head of St Vincent’s heart-transplant unit, said: “This represents a major inroad to reducing the shortage of donor organs.”

The heart is the only major organ not used after it has stopped working, which is known as donation after circulatory death.

Beating hearts are normally taken from braindead people, kept on ice for around four hours and then transplanted to patients.

The novel technique used in Sydney involved taking a heart that had stopped beating and reviving it in a machine known as a “heart-in-abox”.

The heart is kept warm, the heartbeat is restored and a nourishing fluid helps reduce damage to the heart muscle. It is believed that the heart-in-a-box,

which is now being tested at sites around the world, could save up to 30% more lives by increasing the number of available organs.

And, as to be expected, the breakthrough has been welcomed around

the world, with the British Heart Foundation describing it as a “significant development”.

Maureen Talbot, a senior cardiac nurse at the charity, told the BBC: “It is wonderful to see these people recovering

so well from heart transplantation when, without this development, they may still be waiting for a donor heart.”

A special machine keeps the donor liver functioning at body temperature, and simi-

lar methods of warming and nourishing organs before transplant have been used to improve the quality of lung and liver transplants.

James Neuberger, associate medical director at the UK’s NHS Blood and Transplant service, said: “Machine perfusion (the process of a body delivering blood to a capillary bed in its biological tissue) is an opportunity to improve the number and quality of organs available for transplant.

“We look forward to more work being carried out to determine the impact of this technology on increasing the number of organs that can safely be used for transplant, and on improving the quality of those organs.”

He added: “It is too early to predict how many lives could be saved through transplantation each year if this technology were to be adopted as standard transplant practice in the future.”

Plan ahead for festive guests

By Sue McDonald ALTHOUGH it’s only November tomorrow (Saturday), Christmas items are already appearing in many shops.

I’m not a great fan of taking the festive sea-

son seriously so early, but there are some items for which it pays to plan ahead.

If you are thinking of having people to stay for Christmas (and we all know how many friends appear, once we move to a sunny climate), perhaps it is worth giving some consideration to a sofa bed.

These have been popular in Tenerife for more than 25 years - and for

obvious reasons. They can increase the occupancy of a property instantly, which is ideal for holiday lets especially.

However, in the UK, sofa beds weren’t really a big thing until recently. But nowadays, they seem to be more popular in those endless furniture adverts. This is almost certainly because new technology and products mean that having a sofa bed does

not detract from the comfort of the sofa itself.

After all, most people would not consider having a sofa bed in their permanent home if it compromised the comfort level of the sofa.

But if you can take that issue out of the equation, they are actually an excellent idea.

Today’s sofa beds are not noticeably different from normal sofas. And the use of better-quality

foams, including viscoelastic, for the cushions and for the mattress, mean that they can be extremely comfortable, and not just as a sofa but also as a bed.

The mechanisms are also much more robust, and far easier to use than was previously the case.

For example, an Italian mechanism, as shown in the photo, means that the seat and back cushions of the sofa stay

in place when the bed is pulled out, without touching the floor.

This is much more convenient than having to remove all the cushions, saving space and also making it much less cumbersome to get the bed out.

In addition, they open up to a full-size double bed, while folding away with little effort.

Choose a two-seater sofa or an armchair to match, and your lounge can be transformed.

If you already have a sofa bed in good condition, you could consider having it re-upholstered to give a whole new look to your room, and a new lease of life to the bed.

In any case, since there aren’t any obvious signs that the sofa actually contains a bed, you are not obliged to mention this to unwanted guests.

And they will be none the wiser if you choose to tell them you don’t have any spare room!

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Hair & Fashion

31st October 2014 - 6th November 2014

COLOUR BLIND!

Now our men are hogging the bathroom

By Ruth Benson

By Carl from Robot

AT long last ladies, it’s official: men are vainer than women! New research reveals that modern men take around six times longer than women to perfect their bodies.

AS we approach the festive season, there’s always a change -around, colour-wise, as the summer gets left behind.

Has your man ever complained that he can’t get in the bathroom? Well, research out this week shows that men take longer.

They spend four years of their lives perfecting their appearance, while women spend just three years.

The nationwide poll, which surveyed 2,000 Brits - male and female - addressed issues such as grooming, time spent in the gym, showering, hair-removal and nail maintenance.

The most unusual outcome from the survey is that men take up more wardrobe space than women. So ladies, when they tell you that you have too many clothes and shoes, just remind them whose takes up the most space.

A quarter of men surveyed claimed they could fill up to six average-size bin-bags with clothes and shoes they never wear, while 18% of women could fill the same

number. Men actually have more clothes, but they make women feel guilty of their purchases, with 54% of females feeling under pressure to throw out clothes.

Men have become more conscious of their image over recent years, with celebrities such as David Beckham at the forefront of male grooming.

David is forever changing his appearance and styling, and he’s not one to shy away from wearing something different.

Men now take more pride in their appear-

ance, their clothing and grooming. The survey also showed how women spent 30 days a year on nail care while men occupied 27 days.

I am all for it! Who would you rather look at: George Clooney or Benedict Cumberbatch suited and booted, or Onslow from the sitcom Keeping Up Appearances?

Obviously gents, the same applies for us ladies, too. I’m sure you wouldn’t want your lady to be Vicky Pollard from Little Britain. So taking care of our appearance seems to be on the rise for men and women.

However, it seems that men are becoming more vain - more rapidly!

Yet another survey found that men spent 335 days of their lives staring at the mirror.

The survey, conducted by bathroom specialists Betta Living, has even spawned a new name for men and their increase in vanity.

The name is, aptly, called “Reflectors” because of the huge increase of men staring at themselves.

A Betta Living spokesman said: “It is still a novelty for men and, potentially, that is why they spend so much time admiring themselves in the mirror substantially more than British women.”

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Now’s the time we consider our “autumnwinter” here on the Island. And as you change your colour wardrobe to match the season, think about some hair-colouring ideas as well.

We have seen a big switch in the salon towards more natural and warmer tones, and anything too brash has been calmed down with simpler colours to enhance and enliven our haircuts.

Natural browns have been mixed with warm blondes to blend and give an earthy feel to hair. Fine highlights have replaced chunky stripes to give a blended, more consistent colour.

Full-head colours give shine and gloss to any cut., and they are much less aggressive on the hair’s texture.

It’s all about being more natural-looking, even if the colour you choose isn’t your natural shade - if that makes sense!

We are still seeing “ombre” colours - a natural-looking base colour blending into a lighter colour on the ends, which looks so good on longer-layered, wavy hair.

Blondes should be

toned down a touch to take away that yellow, brassy look, with lowlights running through.

And if you’re going to be blonde, be ice blonde or warm blonde - which is the opposite - but never anything too false or overdone.

Less is more on the colour front this season - and if you are still unconvinced, then take a look around you. Most of you are heeding the current trends and calming things down a touch.

As for styling, it’s time to throw out your straighteners and get used to some bounce and movement - as predicted in my column about a year ago.

Even the biggest makers of hair-straighteners now sell a curling wand.

But do use the biggerbarrelled type for loose waves, or the smaller variety for hot, beachbabe curls.

Whichever way you choose, take on this year’s hottest look, and then make sure that, above all else, you are

paying special interest to the condition of your hair.

After the summer we have had - and are still having - your hair will definitely need some sort of moisture replacement.

Choose carefully what you apply to your hair, and check out the ingredients on the back.

Never use any product with a high sulphate or alcohol content because this will just dry your hair up more.

Instead, look for products containing natural oils, which will care and protect your tresses. If you are unsure of what to choose, then ask your regular stylist because it is time you put back what nature and you can take out of your hair.

Book a colour check-up at your salon, where you can be guided through any colour changes before you go ahead.

Accept the advice you are given, and your new colour shouldn’t be too much of a shock.

THINK NATURAL!

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A Senior View & Community News

By Monica Dyson OLD hippies never die. They just become rich and buy a camper van.

Funnily enough, when people think of hippies, camper vans are one thing they associate with them, together with flower power, free love… and John Lennon.

These are indelible images of the Sixties which are forever engraved on the hearts of My Generation (yes, that was a 1965 record

by The Who!) The vans were also called Kombis, Love Machines and Hippy Vans because of the laid-back and go-slow attitude which connected with the zeitgeist of the times.

They forced you to take it easy and slow down. If you were in a hurry, forget it!

They have always been associated, even today, with a much more exciting image than caravans, although, obviously, much less comfortable and linked with an alternative lifestyle away from the conformities of normal life.

But actually, given that the price of one in the mid-Sixties was around £900 and a good yearly wage in the UK

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Dreaming of a hippie lifestyle was possible £1,000, it seems unlikely that many young people did buy one, let alone hippies, as the popular belief was that they were the great unwashed as well as unemployed!

Probably very untrue! It may well have been that the owners of camper vans were the offspring of middle or upper-class parents who bought them for their children much in the way that they might buy them an Audi or Range Rover today!

The Sixties’ working class youngster would have probably been riding a scooter if a mod, a motor bike if a rocker, or a moped if neither of those!

When I was young, there was no one I knew who could even afford to buy a caravan, and having one would have been pretty pointless anyway because so few people had cars.

It seems more likely that camper vans were most popular and affordable in the Seventies when they were associated with the surfing scene in Newquay, Cornwall, although surfing wasn’t exactly a cheap pursuit, and most of the surfers then were locals who used improvised boards.

Certainly, the Beach Boys used a camper van to carry their surf

boards. We know that as every music video of them on Top of the Pops showed a van in the background.

They attained cult status and were subject to several celebrity endorsements from many well-known figures of the time, such as Roger Daltry.

In more recent times, comedian Mike Harding realised his lifetime’s dream and bought his first camper van.

No other vehicle has captured the essence of an era like the VW

All Saints Day service

SAN BLAS Catholic Church, on Golf del Sur, will celebrate All Saints Day tomorrow (Saturday) with a 10.30am Mass.

It will be preceded by the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Morning Prayers at 10am. Sunday Mass will be held at the usual time of 10am.

Camper Van, and the good news is that after 60 years, they are still going strong.

How do I know? Well, earlier this year we enjoyed a week’s holiday in the South of Cornwall, unfortunately travelling in a traditional car and staying in a traditional hotel!

But, on the road down there seemed to be every camper van ever made. How times have changed! The ones we saw were as likely to be driven by elderly people as youngsters. We even saw a sign in the back of one which said “Adventure before Dementia!”

Dawdling along the road, sunlight shining on the psychedelic symbols, the beautifullyrestored vehicles somehow fill motorists with envy and a feeling of, “I wish!”

No matter that they could be grossly uncom-

fortable to sleep and cook in, it was the association with a long-gone age that inspired the nostalgia.

Travelling down to Cornwall for the first time since I was young brought a bit of déjà vu.

There were no motorways then and it could take 12 hours or more, even when father insisted on driving there after midnight.

For us, Cornwall was a bit like going to the South of France - although we’d never been abroad - with its palm trees and miles of golden sand. It was

certainly different from the Northern seaside resorts we’d been used to.

Of course with no mobile phones, you had to arrange to meet up with friends at transport cafés on the way. If you chose the wrong one, panic would set in if you thought you couldn’t remember the camp-site you were going to.

It was a few years before we graduated to boarding houses and then hotels although, as children, we loved camping.

Camping gear, Gaz bottles and boxes of food were carried in the boot and on the roof rack. Once on the site, and often in pouring rain, it could take a few hours for the men to get the tent up and the women the kettle on.

It was certainly no holiday for our mothers, who were expected to produce big breakfasts and Sunday lunch on a two-ring camping stove.

The only concession to takeaways then was the local fish-and-chip shop. However, many years have passed, and we look upon the experiences with fond nostalgia. Cornwall always had a special place in our heart, no matter where else we travelled in the world. We never managed to acquire a camper van, - and perhaps it’s just as well.

It would have been difficult taking it to Tenerife!

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K9 news and events

Never a dull moment here!

TRADITIONALLY, November is a busy month in the K9 calendar - and 2014 is no different.

Lions find a sunny spot SAN Miguel Lions Club members enjoyed a stroke of luck with their first Charity event of the organisation’s new year.

The Sixties bash was set for Sunday 19th October but, as the rain poured down by the Coral Bar venue in Costa del Silencio, Secretary Ralph Solomon and bar-owner Colin agreed to take a chance and go ahead.

Ralph takes up the story: “Firstly, on arrival, we thought “OH NO” as it hammered down. But with 10 minutes to go before the one o’clock start, the rain became just a short shower - and then it cleared.

“We no longer anticipated Singing and dancing in the rain, and Aidy Evans did us proud, per-

forming various songs featuring rain in them.

“The food arrived on time as did the sun, and we had a brilliant turn-out against all expectations, so thanks to everyone for a super afternoon. My wife Susan probably had the biggest smile because her team won the quiz!”

The Lions’ next fundraiser is the traditional Christmas Fair on Sunday, 30th November. As usual, spaces will be available for people to sell their wares. It will be a midday start, so check your Canarian Weekly for all the details nearer the date - and make a note of it now.

The well-stocked Charity Shop, in The Dip at Silencio, is open Mon-Fri, from 10am to2pm.

If you would like to help, or are interested in joining, do have a chat to the Lions on duty there.

Church group’s craft varieties THE Craft Group at Silencio Family Church had its first winter meeting last month, with great success and some new ideas.

The next one is on Wednesday (5th Nov) from 11am to 2pm, and the group will meet on the first Wednesday of the month until April.

Last time there were many crafts, varying from wax art, one-

stroke brush painting, jewellery-making, soft toys and macrame.

We are a friendly group who are waiting to welcome you with your own craft, and we all learn from each other.

Or, if it suits you better, come along, learn a new one - and enjoy a cuppa and chat.

The cost is three euros, and we meet at Silencio Family Church, located at Coral Mar, Costa del Silencio, about 100m from the bus stop.

Contact Irene on 602 586 565 for more details.

Sunday (2nd) is our Kennels’ Open Day from 2pm. Come along and say Hola to the dogs and cats. There are stalls with cakes, crafts and books, as well as the sale of soft drinks, a BBQ and slices of yummy gateaux. There will also be a tombola, plus the sale of K9’s 2015 calendar for five euros.

Monday (24th Nov) is the annual Alcala to Playa San Juan and return sponsored walk from 10am outside the Medical Centre.

Dogs on a lead are welcome, but no more than one to each handler. , This is followed by a social afternoon at El Verilin Alcala Plaza, from 2pm. It will be hosted jointly by Stevie D, Christine and Muriel,

and the raffle features many prizes.

Saturday (29th) is the Friends of the Animals Christmas Buffet Dinner at El Marquese, in Puerto Santiago, from 8.pm. Tickets are now on sale at 20 euros.

Sunday (30th) is the Car Boot Sale at Los Gigantes Bus Station, from 9am to12.30pm.

There’s a large selection of second-hand clothing, bric-a-brac and books.

Also, after more than three years at the helm of the K9/Friends of the Animals shop in Alcala Plaza, Kenny and Maggie Williams have decided to retire with immediate effect.

Kenny has not been in the best of health recently and they have both reached the age of 70, so it was a sad but sensible decision to take. Having opened and closed the shop for six days a week (seven

in the early days), they will have time now to drive off and spend some quality time with Rosie (their rescue dog) and each other.

K9 staff are immensely indebted to the couple for all their hard work, and who, along with a terrific team of helpers, have ensured the lifeline given to the animal refuge in San Miguel has been maintained.

They leave the shop in good shape and Kenny, especially, is looking forward to more time to indulge his two favourite passions: Cider with Rosie!

A meeting will be held shortly with the Alcala team to determine the way forward.

The new phone numbers for anyone wishing to donate items for collection are 611 352 801 and 646 561 035.

The shop in Alcala Plaza, is open each day except Sunday from 10am to 2pm. Scores of

bargains and donated items come into the shop every day.

Tickets for the K9 Christmas Dinner at Restaurante Cueva “El Campesino” in Aldea Blanca, on 6th December, are now on sale at 20 euros. This includes drinks with the fourcourse menu. Cabaret is provided by Aidy Evans and Storm Duo. For further info about any of the above, please contact k9mikey@ gmail.com The K9 2015 calendar is now on sale at five euros from a number of outlets, including the shop, market stall and kennels. It is a fine, quality product, and will be an ideal Christmas gift.

The Kennels (phone 667 638 468) are open EVERY day from 11am to 2pm. If you have an hour or two to spare, please come along and walk a dog. They’ll love it!

Accion del Sol news

Fun day for all the family OUR next event, Aktiontier’s Fitness Sunday, takes place on 16th November at 9am at the refuge,

You will have fun, exercise, help the dogs and meet nice people, and the event is for children and adults alike.

We start with a Zumba lesson, then a kick-boxing lesson (for children) followed by a healthy breakfast and then a walk to the beach with some of the many refuge dogs.

The cost is seven euros for adults and five euros for children.

Please call 922 778 630 for more information, and to reserve your place.

Our Christmas event this year will be held on 19th December at Tasca Tierras del Sur in Granadilla. This beautiful

restaurant in the centre of the town will be providing a superb threecourse dinner and drinks.

The price is 27 euros per person and you will need to contact the refuge (922 778 630) to ensure your reservation.

On a sadder note, 10 new-born puppies, abandoned in Granadil-

la without their mother, were left to fend for themselves.

They are now at the refuge, fighting for their lives and, hopefully, with regular bottle feeds, love and care, their future looks brighter.

The owners of this sadlooking dog threw him out on the streets of El Fraile when they moved home.

He sat patiently by their front door, waiting for them to return, but

to no avail, so now he is looking for a loving new home. Please visit the refuge if you are looking to adopt, or if you would like to help the dogs.

Please call the number stated for more information about the refuge, or if you would like to help out in any way: towels and blankets are always needed for the dogs if you have any to spare.

Where to find us Accion del Sol is situated on the Granadilla Industrial Estate, Exit 51 on the TF1, directly next to the ITER ecological park and the windmills, which can be seen easily from the motorway.

Our opening hours The refuge is open to the public Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, from 2pm-5pm, and on Saturdays from 1pm-4pm.

It is closed on Wednesdays, Sundays and on Public holidays.

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Community Extra & Motoring

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Live Arico news

Scandal of the dumped dogs WE have had two similar cases in just a few days: dogs who start showing signs of illness who are simply put out on the streets.

Balu the German Shepherd is seven, but he appears much older.

We took him in, but medical checks have revealed that he is heartworm positive.

He also has a neurological disorder, which means he has pain in his rear legs and lower back, and he has an auto-immune problem.

Even though our vet,

Cesar Bertoldi, works at cost for us, the cost of diagnostics and drugs alone will amount to several hundred euros.

But we will do it, because we never give up.

Janis the Bulldog was found on the streets of Palm Mar dodging traffic. She is terribly thin and neglected, with several raw patches of skin on her frail body.

She was actually chipped, but the “owners” say she is not theirs, and we are working on addressing this legally.

Thankfully,m she has already found a home so that’s fantastic for her.

But both these cases are typical of what happens here.

Dogs need ongoing care, heartworm prevention and vaccinations. It is inexcusable to neglect their health care, and even worse to throw the dogs out like a broken toy when, inevitably, they become ill.

When Balu is fitter, he will need a loving home, so please consider him.

We will cover his vet care because that’s what we do because we are wellsupported by the ex pat community here in the South.

Please don’t stop ... or we will have to! Buy a Christmas raffle ticket for just two euros, and also support our shops and benefit nights.

Throw a coin into one of our yellow collection boxes, and even make regular payments through Paypal at www. livearico.com Every little helps, and the end result is that we can help dogs like Balu and Janis.

Sanctuary fund-raisers We have close ties with the Sangha Animal Sanctuary in San Miguel, so now and again we have a joint fund-raiser.

The next is on Wednesday (19th Nov), at Rendezvous Restaurant, Winter Gardens, Golf del Sur, from 8pm. Enjoy a delicious two-course dinner and quality entertainment for just

20 euros. Last time we were here we sold out the venue, so reserve your tickets now by calling Sue on 629 388 102.

Our Xmas raffle Want to be in with a chance of winning a great prize? Our Xmas raffle tickets are just two euros each and the draw is on Boxing Day. 1st prize, Samsung Tab 4; 2nd prize, Samsung S4 Mini Smart Phone; 3rd prize, Samsung Tab 3.

Tickets are now on sale in our charity shops, as well as directly from Sue or Eugenio, Vet Cesar Bertoldi, Hospivet Sur, Las Chafiras, Vet Yaiza Perez, Admiral Insurance, Los Cristianos,

Beauty Within, Los Gigantes and Don Perro, Las Chafiras.

Live Arico shops If you have quality, unwanted clothes, cds, dvds, shoes, household items or children’s clothing, call Siobhan on 630 857 626. And do come and see us in our shops in Los Cristianos, Calle Revron near Churchills Bar, and San Eugenio opposite Hotel La Nina by Amandas bar at las Carabelas complex.

Both shops now open from 10am-4pm, Monday to Friday, and until 3pm Saturday and Sunday. Have a browse, bag a bargain and help the animals.

Skoda’s revised supermini is aimed at the youngsters

By Jav SKODA’S new Fabia supermini, which replaces the current sevenyear-old model, has been revealed at the Paris motor show.

And it is obvious the company are hoping to attract younger buyers with a range of personalisation and tech features in their new model, which will cost from £10,600 when it arrives in the UK early next year.

The Fabia, Skoda’s best-selling model behind the Octavia, should give the Czech car-maker a significant boost in Europe’s vital supermini market, especially as sales of the current model slipped to under 200,000 sales last year.

The new Fabia is still under four metres long but is 30mm lower in height and, significantly, 90mm wider than the outgoing model.

This will improve cabin space, and should also give the car a more planted and contemporary look. A 330-litre boot is offered, which is some 15 litres larger

than that of the outgoing model.

And Jozef Kaban, Skoda’s chief designer, says the new model signifies a decisive shift in the brand’s design language.

“In recent years, Skoda have made a name for themselves by producing cars with great functionality and above-average interior space,” he said.

“But we sense that now is the right time to create a stronger connection between the functionality of our cars and an expressive design.”

Kaban added that Skoda had focused on creating a sportier vehicle and making the design crisper. “The result,” he said, “is a young, fresh and modern compact car that sets new standards in its segment.”

It is understood that the Fabia is based on the latest version of the Volkswagen Group’s PQ26 platform, first used on this year’s revamped VW Polo supermini.

The newly re-engineered platform has been modified to accept the VW Group’s latest range of engines and transmissions, as well as the most up-to-date safety and infotainment kit.

Improvements

in structural rigidity should also ensure improved handling and safety.

There will be a brace of EU6-compliant engines, starting with the 1.0-litre three-cylinder unit used in the VW Up and the Skoda Citigo.

Above that is a series of 1.2 turbo-charged fourcylinders thought to develop between 89bhp and 109bhp, depending on the state of tune.

The top new Fabia model is expected to be the Greenline diesel. By using a 74bhp 1.4 turbodiesel, it is expected to claim 82g/km on CO2 emissions with fuel economy of 91mpg.

But even the entry-level 1.0-litre model should provide impressive efficiency, thanks to a dry weight of around 980kg.

Skoda have revealed UK pricing and specifi-

cation information for the hatchback variant of the Fabia. Three trim levels will be offered: S, SE and Elegance, and six engine choices.

The 18-variant range will start at £10,600 for a 59bhp Fabia S 1.0 MPI and rise to £17,240 for a 89bhp Fabia Elegance 1.4 TDI, equipped with a DSG twin-clutch transmission.

The DSG option, offered on variants with four-cylinder engines, will command a premium of about £1,000 over the equivalent manual gearbox car.

Entry-level S models include DAB digital radio, Bluetooth, stopstart and electric front windows as standard, as well as electricallyadjustable and heated door mirrors.

The SE trim adds goodies including a

three-spoke leather steering wheel, a leather gearshift knob and handbrake lever, manual aircon, 15in alloy wheels and an uprated infotainment system that includes telephone control, Mirrorlink, a USB port and SD card slot.

Elegance builds on SE with a multi-function leather steering wheel, 16in alloys, automatically dimming rear-view mirror, climate control, cruise control, front fog lights, keyless entry and start and LED running lights.

The new model will also be the first offered with a range of personalisation options as the manufacturer seek to broaden the car’s appeal to younger customers.

Buyers will be able to select the colour of their wheel rims, door-mirror

surrounds and roof, as well as interior elements such as the dashboard and steering wheel trim. In total, 15 body colours and three interior trim styles will be offered.

“Customisation is the next quite important feature for us as we continue the evolution of our cars,” said Dalibor Pantucek, Skoda’s exterior designer.

Improved technology will also form a centrepiece of the new Skoda’s appeal to younger customers. It is the first car in Skoda’s range to feature Mirrorlink, a system that allows smartphone apps to be displayed on the infotainment screen.

Another new function is Smartgate, where vehicle-specific information such as fuel consumption, average speed and g-force readings can be transferred and recorded on a smartphone.

However, the Fabia’s bold new look hasn’t come at the cost of practicality.

An ice-scraper in the fuel filler cap, storage nets on the inside edges of the front seats, a smartphone cradle in the centre console and a rubbish bin in the side door are some of the more practical features.

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Puzzle

31st October 2014 - 6th November 2014

PRIZE Godoku!

WIN! Tickets for bowling at Megabowl

The rules of Godoku are simple just enter the letters stated below once in each row, column and 3 x 3 square within the puzzle grid.

When you have completed it, a word will appear.

Email the answer to info@canarianweekly.com before 5pm on Wednesday 5th November and you’ll be in with a chance of winning.

Last Week’s winner (Issue 875): William Ashworth Please come up to the OasisFm / Canarian Weekly offices to pick up your prize. You have until 28th November to pick up and use your vouchers.

This week’s letters: F I N O P R T U Y This week’s mystery clue: This is the title of John Maxwell’s debut novel featuring a 20-something guitarist held captive on a remote island (9 letters).

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Y U O N Sudoku X...

Just enter the numbers 1 - 9 once in each row, column and 3 x 3 square within the sudoku X puzzle grid. In addition to standard sudoku, the numbers must only occur once in each side of the ‘X’ that is marked on the grid.

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Caption Competition WIN! 2 tickets to see The Sound of Musicals Send us through your funniest caption to go with the photo below and you could win 2 tickets to see The Sound of Musicals at Showtime, Karting, Las Americas.

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30-Second Brain Training

What better way to train your brain. Starting at the left with the number provided, work across each of these lines applying the mathematical instructions to your running total. Don´t reach for the calculator - that´s cheating! Write your final answer in the last box of the line. Aim to complete each round in about 30 seconds.

Good Luck!

Beginner

Starter Number

4 6 1

2

40

1

2

20% of this

+57

÷5

6

7

8

9

-43

x3

3

+32

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12

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-78

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2 5 6 4

6

7

8

9

9

5 1 6

2 7 9

5

4

+74

2/3 of this

Answer

Intermediate

5 8 2

+59

15% of this

+71

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1

2

3

5

4

-189

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Please come up to the OasisFm / Canarian Weekly offices to pick up your prize. You have until 28th November to pick up and use your vouchers.

Advanced Starter Number

56

÷8

+78

x3

6

7

8

9

3/4 of this

-164

4

-199

+256 ÷7

5

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Answer

8 3 7

1

7 1 9 4 6

7 6

9 2 7

2 5 8

8 1

9 6

6 4 3

5 2 9

8 9 2

3 5 6 9 8

8 6 1 4

6 5 7 2 9

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Last Issue's Answers: Brain Training: Beginner: 42 Intermediate: 90 Advanced: 276

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Winning Caption (Issue 875): Camel: “You see I have the better teeth and the nicest breath!”

Winner: Adam Heliker

Answer

And 2 normal sudokus for you aswell...

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Godoku:

Sudoku X:

7 6 3 2 9 5 1 4 8

5

4 8 5 3 6 1 7 2 9

1 2 9 4 8 7 3 5 6

8 4 6 5 3 9 2 7 1

5 7 2 6 1 8 4 9 3

3 9 1 7 2 4 8 6 5

9 3 4 8 5 2 6 1 7

2 5 8 1 7 6 9 3 4

6 1 7 9 4 3 5 8 2

Sudoku:

2 4 9 7 3 6 5 8 1

5 6 3 1 9 7 4 8 2

3 1 6 5 2 8 4 9 7

1 9 8 5 4 2 3 7 6

5 7 8 4 9 1 3 2 6

7 4 2 8 3 6 5 9 1

1 3 5 2 4 9 7 6 8

9 1 5 6 2 3 7 4 8

8 9 4 3 6 7 1 5 2

6 8 7 4 5 9 1 2 3

6 2 7 1 8 5 9 4 3

3 2 4 7 8 1 9 6 5

9 6 1 8 5 3 2 7 4

2 7 1 9 6 5 8 3 4

7 8 2 9 1 4 6 3 5

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Two comfortable plastic reclining sunchairs with cushioned coverings, 25 euros each.

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Training package of 1,000 euros per month with commissions on top. Limited spaces available. Call Kinder on 659 067 438 or Christine 607 849 900 or email Kinder.singh@clcworld.com Elite administration staff required for a busy office environment in Adeje. Knowledge of travel agency background a distinct advantage. Great working conditions, flexible hours, easy parking. The best wages in Tenerife. Flexibility to work weekends.

Contact Sarah on 922 758 425 Monday to Friday, 09:30 to 17:30 Or Email admin@sloncemarketing.com Small Café in Fañabe are looking for a waitress/ waiter. Must speak good English, be willing to work under pressure and as part of a team. NIE required. For more information please contact Gordon on 616 808 540 Interviews are being held on Thursday 6th November An enthusiastic, outgoing person is required for a Sales and Customer Service position. Applicants should have experience in Excursions Sales here in Tenerife, be fluent in English with other languages an advantage and be self motivated with good communication skills. Applicants must be able to work both mornings and evenings, including weekends and be flexible.

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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.

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Electrician

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Cleaning

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

Flowers

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Mechanics

Pest control Tiling

Plumbing

Translation Patio Doors & Windows

Boiler King: All plumbing works undertaken including boiler replacements, drain clearance, swimming pool pump repair & maintenance. Tel: 680 278 579

Pool tables

TENERIFE TRANSLATION SERVICES: Legally registered with over 25 years experience. Official, Medical, Notary, Wills, Utilities, Probate, Pensions, car paperwork and much more.

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Transport available. Call Tracey on 666 857 991 or email on info@tenerifetranslationservices.com

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Furniture & Household Items bought for cash Immediate decisions

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31st October 2014 - 6th November 2014

Tenerife batter Barca

By Roscoe

CD Tenerife 2 Barcelona B 0 YOU don’t know how many years I have waited to write that headline! Okay, it may have been against the kids, but Tenerife dominated Barcelona last weekend.

They showed that on their day, they are as good as anyone in this league. And that is the annoying thing for the fans. In a league where you could throw a blanket over all the top sides, Tenerife have the team to challenge for honours.

The defeat in Osasuna was heart-breaking, but the spirit and the fight laid a real marker for the rest of the season.

Last weekend, Tenerife carried on from where they left off. In fact, it was just like the Las Palmas win from a few weeks ago.

The side is picking itself at the moment, but there was a big boost with star striker Diego Ifran able to make his home debut. He relished the lone striker

role and, even though still not fully fit, he was in fine form.

But the match belonged to Suso ... and what a player he has become! He was everywhere - and if he were a few years younger, he would be in every scout’s notebook.

His opener on 15 minutes summed him up.

His control in the area was first-class.

He feigned right, then left.

Stole a yard on the hap-

Position

Points

PLD

Won

less Patric and fired in an unstoppable shot off the underside of Ortola’s bar.

He raced to the dugout to celebrate with Alvaro Cervera. The coach had been under massive pressure beforehand, but not after the last two performances. Suso has said in the papers how much Cervera has improved him, and it was a nice touch by the club captain.

The goal should have Draw Lost

F A

1 Girona FC

23 10

7

2

1 18 7

2 Real Valladolid CF

21 10

6

3

1 14 8

3 Real Sporting

20 10

5

5

0 15 8

4

19

5

4

1

UD Las Palmas

10

18

8

5 Real Zaragoza

19 10 5 4 1 15 11

6 SD Ponferradina

17 10 5 2 3 13 10

7

17

Real Betis Balompié

10

5

2

3

14

12

8 RC Recreativo

16 10

4

4

2 11 9

9

14

4

2

4

FC Barcelona B

10

17

14

10 CD Lugo

14 10 3 5 2 10 11

11 CD Leganés

13 10 3 4 3 11 10

12 Deportivo Alavés

13 10 3 4 3 11 10

13 AD Alcorcón

12 10 4 0 6 13 19

14 RCD Mallorca

11 10 3 2 5 18 20

15 Club Atlético Osasuna

11

10

3

2

5

16

20

16 CE Sabadell FC

10

10

3

1

6

13

17

17 CD Tenerife

10 10 3 1 6 9 14

18 CD Mirandés

10 10 3 1 6 8 14

19 Real Racing Club

9

20 UE Llagostera

9 10 2 3 5 5 11

21 CD Numancia

8 10 2 2 6 10 15

22 Albacete Balompié

5 10 1 2 7 11 21

10

2

3

5

12

13

seen Barca push on, but they were strangely subdued. The stats would show they had nearly 67% of the play.

But knocking the ball around your own box doesn’t win games.

Tenerife cruised through the match and the only surprise was they had to wait until the hour mark to put the game to bed.

A corner wasn’t cleared, and Ifran was able to poke the ball home from a dozen yards.

Late on, Patric stupidly got himself sent off, but it made no difference. Hat-tips go to Aitor Sanz, who is in fine form at the moment and a new contract is close to being signed, and also to Hugo Alvarez.

He slotted in perfectly alongside Carlos Ruiz and they kept out the dangerous Dongou and the excellent Adama in some style.

Afterwards Cervera was happy with the win and the display, saying: “A home victory over Barcelona and a complete team game. It was pleasing. It’s probably the most complete game we have played all year.

“We needed to win that game and we managed it very well. We strengthened up in midfield and every day

is better. Suso is running a lot more and we have more freedom.

“With three players in the centre, we have won a lot of good possession and that’s important. And in Diego … well it is a coup to have him.

Results decide everything in football and we now have 10 points.

If we win this weekend, we will have 13 and be in a much better place.”

This weekend it’s a trip to in-form Real Zaragoza. But they are in all sorts of trouble off the pitch and the match could be played behind closed doors because the unpaid staff are set to strike.

They will do well to avoid bankruptcy and are surely there for the taking. Diego Ifran, who agrees, said: “Our team has been good recently and we know the situation we were in.

“We’re slowly putting it together and we needed that victory over Barca. I think everyone can see the improvement of the team, and we are looking forward to winning again this week. The league is very long, but we are getting to where we want to be.”

Canarian Weekly ratings CD Tenerife: Roberto

6, Moyano 7, Ruiz 7, Hugo Alvarez 7, Camara 6, Suso 9 (Cristo González 85min), Ricardo 7 (Guarrotxena 5 75min), Vitolo 7, Sanz 8, Martin 7, Ifran 7 (Aridane 6 67min).

FC Barcelona B: Ortola 6, Patric 4, Diagne 5, Bagnick 7, Grimaldo 6, Kaptoum 6 Gumbau 6 52 min), Halilovic 5 (Román 5 67min), Samper 7, Adama 8, Sandro 5 (Cámara 7 46min), Dongou 6.

Finally, another “welldone” to Ayoze Perez.

On Sunday, he made his full Premier League debut for Newcastle, scoring the winner against Tottenham at White Hart Lane.

It was a headed goal, which I don’t recall him ever getting for Tenerife!

The UK sports media have filled their pages with the story of the “unknown” striker all week. Even though most of the facts were wrong, it was still nice to read.

And then, a few days later, he won two awards at the LFP award ceremony. They are essentially the PFA awards. He won Segunda Division “Breakthrough” of the season and best striker awards.

It was quite a week for the lad!

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Look out, they’re behind you!

OH no they’re not. Oh yes they are! And it would be a fairy story fit to grace any pantomime if Trap Door could finally catch the top three.

Simon hit his second maximum on their way to an 8-0 whitewash.

That’s seven straight wins. Bravo!

The recent refurb in Gaffers hasn’t stopped the darts action, but maybe caused some distraction as they could only draw with Clouseaus, while Naughty Nautas took the last leg to claim a share of the spoils at Sundowners.

The Playboys, wary of the Trap Door threat, are hungry for points, and probably Jagermeister, and they claimed seven in a one-sided match with

It would cap a remarkable run that has seen them go from rock-bottom to fourth spot quicker than Jack climbed his beanstalk.

In their latest Divison 2 outing, they made Pas O Nadas feel like the Grimm brothers as principal boy

PRemier division ResultS

Bar 180 B Phoenix Bar Target Army

3-5 6-2 5-3

Target Titans Boothen Gaffers B

Bamboo Beach. First played third at the top of Division 2, and

as you would expect, it was a tight affair.

The Palms pushed the

leaders all the way to the trebles leg, which the Waterfall gang held to tie things up a four apiece.

Chipeque Chippers will be happy with that result, and their own 5-3 win at The Rebels, which was helped along the way by a cool 120 check-out by Paddy.

Having drawn their last two, Palms Sports Bar entertained the Playgirls. But the niceties ended there as they cruised to a 6-2 success.

Target Army are still clinging on to second spot in the Premier League, although on

Division 1 ResultS

Division 2 ResultS

GAFFERS A 4-4 CLOUSEAUS OURPLACE PLAYBOYS 7-1 BAMBOO BEACH SUNDOWNERS 4-4 NAUGHTY NAUTAS TRAP DOOR 8-0 PAS O NADAS

PALMS SPORTS BAR THE PALMS THE REBELS

6-2 4-4 3-5

goal-difference only after the latest round of fixtures. They seemed to make hard work of their 5-3 win over Gaffers B, and had to take the last rubber for victory.

Sam hit his second maximum for the Boothen during their match at Phoenix Bar. The 6-2 scoreline flattered the home team and Boothen should be proud of their efforts.

Elsewhere, Target Titans had skipper, George hitting a 180 and Pete finishing on 116 as they put five past Bar 180 B.

OURPLACE PLAYGIRLS WATERFALL WARRIORS CHIPEQUE CHIPPERS

Premier Division Table

Division 1 Table

Table P W D L F A +- PTS 1 BAR 180 A 12 10 1 1 74 22 52 74 2 TARGET ARMY 14 8 3 3 73 39 34 73 3 PHOENIX BAR 15 9 2 4 73 47 26 73 4 THE PUB 10 6 2 2 51 29 22 51 5 VIKINGS ENSECAN 11 5 2 4 49 39 10 49 6 TARGET TITANS 12 7 0 5 45 51 -6 45 7 GAFFERS B 12 3 1 8 36 60 -24 36 8 BAR 180 B 12 2 1 9 33 63 -30 33 9 BOOTHEN 14 0 0 14 14 98 -84 14

Division 2 Table

Table P W D L F A +- PTS 1 EMERALD SHAMROCKS 16 13 2 1 93 35 58 93 2 GAFFERS A 16 10 3 3 81 47 34 81 3 OURPLACE PLAYBOYS 15 10 3 2 78 42 36 78 4 TRAP DOOR 13 11 0 2 71 33 38 71 5 Bamboo Beach 16 6 4 6 63 65 -2 63 6 NAUGHTY NAUTAS 15 3 6 6 55 65 -10 55 7 EMERALD LOUNGE 16 5 1 10 55 73 -18 55 8 PAS O NADAS 17 2 2 13 50 86 -36 50 9 CLOUSEAUS 14 4 2 8 47 65 -18 47 10 PICASSOS A 15 4 3 8 45 75 -30 45 11 SUNDOWNERS 17 2 4 11 42 94 -52 42

Table P W D L F A +- PTS 1 WATERFALL WARRIORS 16 11 3 2 85 43 42 85 2 CHIPEQUE CHIPPERS 15 10 1 4 72 48 24 72 3 THE PALMS 14 8 3 3 68 44 24 68 4 MARILYNS 14 7 2 5 65 47 18 65 5 THE REBELS 14 8 1 5 64 48 16 64 6 PALMS SPORTS BAR 15 6 3 6 63 57 6 63 7 PHOENIX FLIGHTS 13 4 4 5 46 58 -12 46 8 SPEAR CHUCKERS 14 4 1 9 43 69 -26 43 9 BARRACUDA HUNTERS 12 4 0 8 37 59 -22 37 10 OURPLACE PLAYGIRLS 15 0 0 15 25 95 -70 25

Oasis Fm Fantasy Football League

Mike still leads the way IT’S safe to say that the majority of teams’ star strikers fired blanks over the weekend. That’s because it was a low point-scoring week in the Oasis Fm Fantasy Football League.

Again.

Chelsea’s Diego Costa didn’t feature and, with the likes of Sergio Aguero

and Graziano Pelle not getting on the score sheets, many managers were left wondering what could have been!

Let’s hope things return to normal this weekend.

The week’s notable winners were QPR, whose excellent result against Aston Villa enabled them to get three players into the pointscoring team of the week.

Swansea and Arsenal, who both won, provid-

ed two players apiece, and the rest of the team comprised players from Liverpool, Southampton, Man City and Everton.

Mike Edens’ Mikehammered team retained first place, and he increased his lead slightly to 22 points. The race is on to catch him.

Team of the Week were The Beast Squad, managed by Jordan Palmer. He amassed a decent 63 points, helped by Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez

scoring twice.

And because Diego Costa was automatically substituted out of his team, Sanchez was worth double points as captain in his absence.

At Oasis Fm Towers, Chris Elkington had a good weekend and remains out in front with a nine-point gap between him and Adi Benson, who stays second after a steady week.

John Zammit is closing the gap, though,

and is just six points behind Adi. Somewhere in the distance is Roscoe, who had a terrible week, managing

just 25 points. He is now 47 points adrift of the others and needs Costa back and scoring goals.

Fantasy Football League 1. MikeHammered

Mike Edens

39

493

2. Boomtown Rabz

Nick Abbott

35

471

3. Toffees

Frank Devaney

47

470

4. Kingsmead Krunchers

Stephen Snook

46

470

5. Crossfire Hurricanes

Warren Wilson

36

469

6. Dan United

Dan Lawton

36

467

7. Los Pollos Hermanos

Jay Merrick

39

466

8. Coffee shop karma

Gordon Wilson

48

463

9. Buddy FC

Michael Johnston

53

461

10. Addickted

Chris Ayliffe

43

458

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Baker has Jambo for breakfast WHAT a week it was in the Direct Telecom Pool League! All season the feeling among players was this was the hardest and best standard ever.

And the results are certainly showing that because every week, there are upsets and tight matches.

Division One leaders Tenerife Hammers A have been flying high over the last few weeks, but they had their wings clipped on Tuesday.

Stablemates Hammers C have ground out a few good results this month, but this was a new high. They started the derby well, taking the two big scalps immediately.

Ken H beat Paul and then Bobby Baker, God knows what he was drinking, beat Jambo (pictured).

This set the tone for the night and as much as Hammers A tried, the C team gave as good as they got and were always in front.

Baker won again and, with young Travis chipping in, the upset was on.

But the champions found a way back into the match, thanks to Fritzel. He took a few early frames and got the nod at 6-5 to beat Ken in the battle of the oldies and steal a point.

This opened the door to Gaffers A, who were down in Puerto Colon at Atmosphere 13.

There were no wobbles, though, from Neil and his team,who runaway winners, going level on points with Hammers A and back at the top with a better frame difference.

Jambo has been a bit of a poet on the League’s Facebook banter site recently,

and this seemed apt: Jambo has had a big fright, and the top of the table is tight.

He thought it was won, but the Hammers were done, by their own plucky C team last night!

In Los Abrigos the two Phoenix Bar teams are having a mini-battle themselves for third spot.

Harry, who captains The Phoenix, took his troops to Exiles A. They moved above their bar mates last week, but found Shammy and the boys in good form. Early frames were traded and the game ended all-square, which was a fair result.

Phoenix Potters turned their pacemakers up to full speed and seized the advantage by beating Exiles B, the three points won being enough to take them back in front. Cue the friendly banter.

Inn the Pink A are quietly going about their business and travelled to The Peacocks. They are a good, solid team and started really strongly and, before they knew what hit them, Peacocks were 7-0 down.

Dave then beat Richard to put their first frame on the board, but it was merely a blip as the Pink boys won the next four to get an eye-catching 11-1 win.

Terrace Bar B are also moving along well and this week saw them take a trip to Los Cristianos to face Dreamers A. There is, though, something not quite right with Dreamers at the minute because they can’t seem to get any momentum going.

This week was just the same as the three previous matches.

Again, they went into the last frame needing to win it for a draw, only to shoot them-

Division 2 results

Division 1 Results

Atmosphere 13 Dreamers A Exiles A Phoenix Potters Tenerife Hammers A Terrace Bar A The Peacocks Treehouse A Division 1 Table

2-10 Gaffers A 5-7 Terrace Bar B 6-6 The Phoenix 8-4 Exiles B 6-6 Tenerife Hammers C 7-5 Waterfall Rebels 1-11 Inn The Pink A 8-4 Palms Bar A

Table P W D L F A +- PTS 1 Gaffers A 9 7 2 0 78 30 48 23 2 Tenerife Hammers A 9 7 2 0 72 36 36 23 3 Phoenix Potters 9 6 0 3 61 47 14 18 4 The Phoenix 8 5 2 1 56 40 16 17 5 Inn The Pink A 10 5 2 3 66 54 12 17 6 Exiles A 10 4 4 2 63 57 6 16 7 Terrace Bar B 10 4 2 4 55 65 -10 14 8 Treehouse A 9 4 1 4 57 51 6 13 9 Palms Bar A 9 3 3 3 57 51 6 12 10 Palms Bar B 9 3 2 4 53 55 -2 11 11 Exiles B 10 3 2 5 52 68 -16 11 12 Tenerife Hammers C 9 3 2 4 44 64 -20 11 13 Dreamers A 9 2 2 5 51 57 -6 8 14 Waterfall Rebels 9 1 4 4 48 60 -12 7 15 Terrace Bar A 10 2 1 7 48 72 -24 7 16 The Peacocks 9 1 3 5 42 66 -24 6 17 Atmosphere 13 10 1 2 7 45 75 -30 5

selves in the foot again and give the points to Terrace B. Another team, strong on paper but misfiring, are Waterfall Rebels.

They pitched up to take on Terrace Bar A, who have problems of their own. But despite Sheepy getting a 7-ball finish off the break against Sparky, they were again off-form.

Credit to Terrace A, who shook themselves

down after last week’s loss and played some good pool to secure a much-needed three points.

Palms A had lofty aspirations just a few weeks ago on the back of a couple of wins, but they suffered the away-day blues up at the Treehouse.

It was just one of those nights when nothing went for them, and they couldn’t find

Gaffers B Hoppys Bar Inn The Pink B Tenerife Pool Tables Waterfall Jokers Bluebell A

9-3 Treehouse B 9-3 Sporting Jester B 12-0 Toscales Wildcards 6-6 James Place 9-3 Next Door 8-4 Dreamers B

Division 2 table

Table P W D L F A +- PTS 1 Sporting Jester A 9 9 0 0 78 30 48 27 2 Bluebell A 10 8 1 1 75 45 30 25 3 Waterfall Jokers 9 7 1 1 73 35 38 22 4 Inn The Pink B 9 6 3 0 70 38 32 21 5 Toscales Wildcards 9 5 1 3 55 53 2 16 6 Gaffers B 8 4 2 2 58 38 20 14 7 Inkspots 8 4 2 2 55 41 14 14 8 Picasso’s A 7 4 1 2 47 37 10 13 9 James Place 8 3 2 3 46 50 -4 11 10 Hoppys Bar 8 3 1 4 47 49 -2 10 11 Next Door 8 2 0 6 42 54 -12 6 12 Tenerife Pool Tables 9 1 3 5 40 68 -28 6 13 Treehouse B 9 0 3 6 42 66 -24 3 14 Dreamers B 8 1 0 7 30 66 -36 3 8 0 2 6 29 67 -38 2 15 Toscales Beer Chuckers 16 Sporting Jester B 9 0 0 9 29 79 -50 0 the extra gear they needed, Mark and John in particular played well. The boys up in Chayofa were in fine form and welcomed the 8-4 victory.

Division Two leaders Sporting Jester A had a night off, which gave Bluebell A a chance to narrow the gap at the top, and they didn’t fluff their lines against Dreamers B at home.

They showed no mercy to their Los Cristianos neighbours and took a routine three points, cutting the gap at the top to just two points.

Waterfall Jokers, keeping in the promotion mix down in third place, were able to chalk up another win against Next Door. The home team took full advantage of this and put their visitors to the sword with a straightforward 9-3 win.

While Sporting Jester A are going great guns at the top of the league, Sporting Jester B are the complete opposite. They are rooted to the bottom, having taken no points, and this week they took on Hoppy’s Bar. That elusive first

point just wouldn’t come, though, and it was another disappointing week for them. Keep your heads up boys - it will come!

Gaffers B are doing well and looking good to finish in the top half of the table finish. They added more points after taking a good win at home against Treehouse B. There was some good pool played and some close frames. But Gaffers B took inspiration from their A team and saw off the challenge.

It has been an upand-down few weeks for Tenerife Pool Tables, their first win being followed by a drubbing. But they had a good result against a strong James Place side.

Although Captain Nick lost all three of his games, Mark chipped in with a hat-trick of wins, earning them a draw and a good point, Harley played well again, though, He claimed another prize scalp with a great win against James, I’m sure they didn’t tease him too much. It was only James, after all!

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31st October 2014 - 6th November 2014

By Adi Benson IT was another one of those weeks where the usual form book was ripped up.

Unexpected results cropped up and teams missed opportunities to better their league positions.

Just eight points separate the relegation zone from the top four, and with the exception of Chelsea at the top, perhaps, no teams are putting results together consistently to climb.

Last week, my challenger Geoff Huxtable Beat Benson, but lightning will not strike twice. This week my foe is a local legend, even if he dresses like Bruce Willis in Die Hard. It’s Coventry- supporting Webby, owner of the Garden Bar! Newcastle v Liverpool Two wins on the bounce for the Geordies and a first start, and goal for ex-Tenerife player Ayoze Perez, has got the fans back behind the team and the manager. They are brimming with confidence and they will be looking forward to this fixture, believing they can win.

Liverpool were again lack-lustre against Hull, and a massive improvement is needed if they are to be a topfour team again this season. Goals are lacking and Balotelli looks devoid of confidence.

He needs to score a League goal, and I am sure he would be happy for the ball to go in off his backside.

Prediction: Away win Beat Benson: Away win Chelsea v QPR Chelsea will not have been happy with Sunday’s result, conceding a goal with almost the last kick of the game.

But despite their attacking quality, they couldn’t get more than one goal. I have said before that if Diego Costa were injured, they would struggle

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Chelsea just a class apart

and that was apparent against Man Utd. The Hoops scored an excellent win against Villa to lift them off the bottom and closer to safety. They really need to keep the momentum going, but they will run into a brick wall here.

Their defence is too vulnerable and Chelsea will rip them to pieces.

Prediction: Home win Beat Benson: Home win Stoke v West Ham Another game and another defeat for Stoke, who are now tumbling down the table. It seems the experiment in attacking football played on the deck has failed and they should get back to doing what they do best: defending strongly and getting stuck in. If they become difficult to beat, they will get the points which may get them a top-10 finish.

It looks like West Ham’s patience with Big Sam is starting to pay off as he has assembled a fine squad, playing good football.

Not many would have predicted them being fourth after beaten Liverpool and Man City.

They really are blowing bubbles.

Prediction: Away win Beat Benson: Draw Leicester v West Brom The Foxes were welcomed back to the Premier League with a series of difficult fixtures. They surpassed expectations and picked up points. They then hit an easier run from where they could have really kicked on, but they haven’t.

The goals have dried up and they now find themselves just above the relegation places.

This is a game they must win.

West Brom have blown hot and cold and were lucky to take a point from Crystal Palace last weekend. They have a good attacking line-up and, if they can stop conceding goals, could easily secure a top10 finish. Alan Irving has work to do, but they should be okay Prediction: Draw Beat Benson: Home win Hull v Southampton A point against Arsenal and a point against Liverpool will be seen as good results, but Hull looked two different teams. Against Arsenal, Hull attacked, put themselves about and were unlucky not

to win. But against Liverpool, they turned up and just put men behind the ball. Had they gone for it, they may have taken three points. This is a tricky fixture for them.

Saints are sitting second as they continue to rack up the points. I am not sure they are capable of staying in the top four but, with teams around them dropping points, anything is possible. What they are doing is making sure they win against teams they should beat.

Prediction: Away win Beat Benson: Home win Everton v Swansea Everton have been misfiring a little, but a decent win against Burnley should get them back on track.

Lukaku was on the scoresheet and, if he lives up to his potential, he should now start firing the goals to move them up the table.

Swansea are back to winning ways and have moved nicely up to sixth place in the table. They are evenlymatched against Everton and it could be a shoot-out between the big strikers, Lukaku

and Bony.

Prediction: Home win Beat Benson: Draw Arsenal v Burnley The Gunners took three points against Sunderland but again didn’t look really convincing. Their last opponents had conceded eight goals the week before and, although they were bound to be tighter at the back, Arsenal struggled to break them down and score. They got the result, but don’t look like title challengers.

Burnley are still looking for their first win and I think they will have to wait another week as I can’t see them beating Arsenal. They are slow at the back and, after a free-scoring Champkionship season, they are struggling for goals.

Prediction: Home win Beat Benson: Home win Man City v Man Utd City had a chance to move closer to Chelsea at the weekend but, as we have seen before, they are partial to a loss against a team they should beat. West Ham had a brilliant game plan and City just couldn’t find the

extra gear they needed.

Keep Aguero and Silva quiet, press them and you can beat them, but form goes out the window in a derby.

United will be buoyed with their late equaliser against Chelsea and, at times, they played some decent football.

But this is still their worst start in 23 years and the injury list is getting longer.

Prediction: Home win Beat Benson: Draw Aston Villa v Spurs It just goes from bad to worse for Villa! They had a good start to the season, but now seem to have put themselves in reverse gear, especially as they couldn’t beat Q.P.R. They are another team for whom goals have dried, and Benteke’s first start will give cause for a little optimism. Their squad is too small - and unless results go their way soon, it could be a difficult season.

Spurs, another of this year’s under-performers, have now dropped down into the bottom half of the table and they look nervous when they take to the pitch.

Without risk of keep repeating myself, they are another team who need goals.

Prediction: Away win Beat Benson: Away win C Palace v Sunderland This is one of those early-season six-pointers. Palace will still be kicking themselves after throwing away a two-goal lead against West Brom because all three points would have placed them in mid-table. But as it is, they are a point and a place off the relegation zone. There is now talk of a takeover, which can be distracting.

Sunderland have had a rough few weeks and need to go into this game with the right attitude - and they should be able to win.

Gus Poyet is trying to rebuild players’ confidence after the 8-0 drubbing, but he needs to do it quickly.

Prediction: Draw Beat Benson: Home win

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