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Issue 882 12th December - 18th December 2014

WE’RE IN THE PINK ...AGAIN!

Inside this week...

10th Walk for life, this Sunday!

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Pink-clad fund-raisers on 10th annual Walk for Life WHATEVER the weather, it will definitely be sunglasses all round on Sunday when an anticipated 3,000 fund-raisers take to the streets… bedecked in bright pink as usual!

Yes, it’s the annual Walk for Life (Carrera por la Vida), and the 2014 parade celebrates 10 years of collecting money to fight the most serious curse of all to good health: breast cancer research, and raising hope for victims and their families alike.

This extra-special milestone, which attracted more than 2,000 strollers last year, almost certainly means that even more supporters, families and friends will want to take part in this incredible, noholds-barred extravaganza, It starts at 10.30am at the Plaza CC City Centre in Arona (adjacent to Hotel Siesta), and the extended, six-kilometre route takes the walkers to Adeje’s Plaza de San Sebastián, in La Caleta.

Final details of Tenerife’s biggest charity event of all were announced at Tuesday’s press conference in Los Cristianos Cultural Centre.

In attendance were the respective Mayors of Adeje and Arona, together with representatives from the Spanish Cancer Association and Amate, who joined Walk for Life founder Brigitte Gypen at the top table.

Both Mayors, Arona’s Francisco José Niño and Adeje’s José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga, congratulated Brigitte on her decade-long work in setting up and continuing an event which grows and grows, becoming even more spectacular by the year and bringing in much-needed funds for the worthiest of causes.

They also spoke of the unifying nature of the walk, and Brigitte added that there were par-

ticipants - residents and tourists from many different countries - who were eagerly looking forward to walking together in harmony.

Rodriguez Fraga said: “This is an event based on solidarity that brings together businesses, institutions, persons and organisations, and also helps makes the issue a visible one.

“It also brings more than a touch of humanity to a tourist zone.”

However, Arona’s José Niño felt it went deeper than that. “This is about more than uniting Arona and Adeje,” he said. “This is about all of us, together!” And he promised we would see “a spectacular pink wave” this year .

In addition to the pink

strollers, events will be taking place both at the start of the walk and at the end, including live music and entertainment, a steel band along the way to keep the walking pace up, courtesy buses for those unable to manage the full distance, and many surprises.

Each person who registers, from 9.30am (get

there early), will receive some “pink” goodies, including the chance of getting a set of pink wings from TUI UK and Ireland.

Walkers will also be given a ticket, which will enter them into a draw featuring a host of excellent prizes, including weekends in many quality hotels in South Tenerife, as well as a

Fred. Olsen cruise for two people.

And if you like, you can also fill in an “I am walking for...” placard, which enables you name a person or association you are supporting. There will prizes available for the best pink male and female fancy-dress costumes, and even one for the best-dressed pet!

Brigitte also reminded participants to ensure they have adequate sun-cream - and, just as important, that there will be drinks and fruit available along the way to refresh them.

This 10th anniversary Walk for Life has already inspired several “pink” spin-off events, including Golf for Life at the nine-hole Los Palos course near Guaza, a Latin-American dance festival at the Auditorio Infanta Leonor, in Los Cristianos, a Soul for Life music festival at El Medano, which delighted many music fans, and last Sunday’s Cycling for Life.

So if you want to play your part without walking, come along and cheer on the parade, buy whatever you can afford to help swell the funds … and enjoy a colourful morning out.

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Whale of a problem THERE are plenty of unanswered questions surrounding the shock discovery of a whale on a Canarian beach this week.

Tenerife Cabildo’s Environment Department has confirmed that a a pygmy sperm whale was found on a beach at Barranco de La Torre, just three weeks after another whale washed up on another beach.

It is unclear what caused the beaching, but fingers are being pointed at the oil exploration off the coasts of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote.

Natalia Evora, Cabildo Environment Minister said: “Just like with the

last case, the whale’s body showed no outward signs of trauma.

Normally, these events are caused by maybe a ship collision or a propeller hit. This is the usual cause of death.”

This week’s whale discovery, off the east coast of Fuerteventura - just opposite an oil exploration site - certainly looks fishy.

Evora added: “These events bring a big concern, although at present it is not possible to establish a direct link between the two whales, let alone any connection with the exploration.

“It is necessary to have more scientific analysis before we can properly find out what has happened.”

The whale found this week was small in size, at 1.76m long and less

than 200kg, which suggests it was an infant.

The Environmental Agency moved the body to the Biological Station at La Oliva. It will remain in cold storage until the team from the Institute of Animal Health and Food Safety (IUSA), directed

by Antonio Fernández, Professor of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), conducts an autopsy.

A preliminary report issued by the same body on the whale stranded on 20th November showed that it was an

adult male and weighed over 300kg.

Initial findings of that pygmy sperm whale showed: “It had a serious chronic disease of the central nervous system, and this was the main cause of death.

The whale’s immune system was so compromised by this infection that death occurred shortly after the stranding on the beach.”

Scientists, institutions and citizens have warned repeatedly of the potential damage that oil exploration can have on the whale population.

The three authorised exploratory oil wells pose serious risks to populations of the 28 species of cetaceans in the area. These include some protected species, which are closely moni-

tored. Scientists have, repeatedly, denounced the lack of adequate assessment of the effects of underwater noise pollution in the drilling area.

And it’s worth pointing out that the pygmy sperm whale is among the species protected by the European Union through the Habitats Directive.

The pygmy sperm species has a unique head, and its mouth is in a lower position than most whales, which gives it a look not dissimilar to that of a shark.

The dorsal fin is small and, unusually, in the centre of the body.

Adult pygmy sperms have an average length of three metres and, though it is native to our waters, sightings are rare.

Russians’ Moscow to Tenerife

IN the past four years, Tenerife has become the go-to place for those seeking warmer climes, and there has been a notable increase in Russian visitors.

Official figures out this week show that in 2013, more than 180,000 Russians visited Tenerife - an increase on the previous year of over 32%. And 97% of them travelling to the Canary

Islands chose Tenerife.

Despite this upward trend, though, the current economic and political situation in Russia has slowed this year’s increase and officials expect the number of Canaries’ visitors to actually drop in 2014.

Nationally, the number of Russian tourists is down 8.7% so far compared with 2013, but Tenerife is just 2.7% lower. By the end of October, more than 152,000 travelled here.

But Miguel Becerra, Tenerife Cabildo’s co-

ordinator of Tourism and Strategic Projects, was happy enough with the numbers.

“The Russian market is the fourth-largest on our Island, with a share of 3.7%, so it remains an important segment,” he said.

“And it’s not only the overall figure. Russian spending is 22% higher than the average spending of tourists who come to the Island.

In fact, 6.8% of current revenue from tourism in Tenerife comes from Russia.”

The message is sim-

ple: the Russians spend on holiday, and Becerra added: “It’s clear that we are having it better than other parts of Spain. It’s tough at the moment for Russians, and those who want to come on holiday.

“The economic situation in Russia is hard.

There is the conflict with Ukraine and sanctions, falling oil prices, the bankruptcy of some tour operators and the devaluation of the rouble.

“This devaluation will hit resorts, as we are seeing in other destina-

tions such as Turkey or Egypt.”

Interestingly, the decline in 2014 of Russian tourists here is highest at the top end. Bookings in 5-star hotels are down 20%, while bookings in 3-star hotels and apartments are actually slightly up.

“One thing that has made the Russian tourism work well is the fact that they feel comfortable here,” said Becerra. “They like the facilities. This aspect is still working, we are a welcoming destination and we have a lot of tourist

loyalty.” So even though money is tight, Russians still want their Tenerife holiday, even if they have to downgrade a bit.

And Becerra is optimistic about the future of this market, saying: “The Island has great interest. I think, like everything, there will be a realignment and consolidation, and it’s wrong to expect the same growth as in previous years.

But I do not think we will get a crash. We expect the number of visitors to stabilise.”

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King’s brother-in-law is nearing fraud trial IÑAKI Urdangarin, husband of Spanish royal Cristina de Borbón, could be standing trial over the Nóos case next year.

It involves millions of euros in embezzled money, earned through no-bid contracts with the Balearics and Va-

lencia regional governments.

Anti-corruption attorney Pedro Horrach has complied a 500page document which blames King Felipe VI’s brother-in-law for Nóos, and acquits Cristina of any criminal wrongdoing.

The report, which investigating judge José Castro will receive on Tuesday, asks for prison terms of 18 years

for Urdangarin and 11 years for Jaume Matas, former premier of the Balearic Islands, under whose government the public contracts were awarded.

The report also asks for an 11-year sentence for former Balearics premier Jaume Matas The judge must now dissect the report before deciding whether to put Cristina de Borbón on trial as well

King bans royal freebies THE Spanish royal family have been explicitly forbidden from accepting favours or expensive gifts “that could jeopardise the dignity of their institutional tasks”.

The ban has been imposed by King Felipe VI, who says royals may not accept favours such as free flights or loans at low or zero interest.

They are also banned from accepting presents with a high economic value, or gifts given for commercial or advertising purposes.

The move is part of a campaign by the new monarch to clean up the royal household’s image following months of low popularity ratings.

He also wants to distance the royals from the numerous corruption cases affecting Spanish politics, often involving bribes for favours - two leading examples being Gürtel and Púnica.

When he took over from his father Juan Carlos in June, King Felipe said in his inaugural speech: “The Crown must constantly earn citizens’ appreciation, respect and trust.

Today, more than ever, citizens are rightly demanding that public officials lead by example.”

One of his first initiatives was to bar members of the royal family from working in the private sector. This was interpreted as a way of

preventing more cases like the one that ensnared his sister, Cristina de Borbón, whose husband Iñaki Urdangarin faces criminal charges in connection with his private business dealings.

The King also announced that the royal family’s accounts will undergo external audits to increase transparency.

Under this new gift ban, Felipe’s closest relatives will no longer be able to accept the kind of presents his father did when a group of businessmen presented Juan Carlos with a yacht worth 18m euros.

The former monarch also received two Ferraris from the prime minister of the United Arab Emirates. One

of them was recently handed over to the National Heritage Foundation, and the second one “will be soon,” according to royal palace sources.

The new rule does not prevent the royals from accepting “courtesy gifts,” and a palace spokesman refused to say what the price limit for these other presents might be, saying it would be left instead to “common sense.”

Since the proclamation of Felipe VI, the royal family has been reduced to his parents Juan Carlos and Sofía, his wife Letizia and his daughters Leonor and Sofía.

Felipe’s sisters, Elena and Cristina, are no longer considered part of the royal family.

for alleged tax evasion and money-laundering through a “front” company in which she and her husband were partners.

Horrach and Castro had a public fall-out over the Princess’s role in the affair; the former has always defended her innocence, while the latter forced Cristina to answer questions in court in February - an unprecedented situation for a member of Spain’s royal family.

Urdangarin created the Nóos Institute in 1999 with his partner, Diego Torres, who had been one of his teachers at Madrid’s ESADE business school and is now also a target in the investigation.

The non-profit entity, set up as a consulting group, began organising sporting events and tourism conferences for the Balearic Islands and Valencia regional gov-

ernments after winning no-bid contracts.

Urdangarin faces eight criminal charges, including embezzling around 6m euros in public money. The trial is scheduled to begin

a year from now. The investigation began in 2010 as an offshoot of the Palma Arena case.

This involved a sports arena, built over-budget by the government of Jaume Matas.

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STUDENTS of Adeje’s public infant and primary schools took to the “Cacharro” competition with glee and gusto.

The result was over 300 different works, made from used tin cans, and other recycled household items, being presented in the Councilbased competition.

The works could be prepared by the whole family and had to have a Christmas theme.

Andrés Pérez Ramos and Esther Rivero Vargas, respective Adeje Councillors for Education and the Environment, handed out the prizes on Wednesday evening in the Adeje Cultural Centre, where the winning entries are on display and can be seen by the public from Monday to Friday, 8am to 8pm.

Pérez Ramos, who was responsible for the

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Christmas ‘Cacharro’ crackers

initiative, welcomed the many students and their families to the centre, saying; “This is a lovely display of coexistence for the Adeje Together campaign.

“Harmonious co-exist-

ence is a very positive thing, as well, for our families, our parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters. Generational co-operation is one of the main objectives, too, of this competition.

When these children are adults and parents, they can pass the tradition on to their own children.”

He added: “Its lovely to see that we have revived a tradition within a family setting which values the past ,as well as looking to the future of our borough.”

Roll of honour These first-place winners from each school received a 40-euro voucher for school materials: Valentina Peroni (CEIP Armeñime), Gonzalo de León (CEIP Tijoco Bajo), J Leandro Vargas García ( CEIP Barranco Las Torres), Sara Morales Vargas (CEIP Los Olivos), Alejandro García Armenau, (CEIP Adeje casco) and Michelle Bautista Camacho, (CEIP Fañabé).

Second-place winners each received a 25-euro

voucher for school materials: Ricardo Alonso García (Armeñime), Ubay Dorta Sánchez (Tijoco Bajo), Aleksander Jurjans (Barranco Las Torres), Ramón A García Franco (Los Olivos), Daniel Barreto Dorta (Adeje casco) and Julia Aase (Fañabé).

Third-place winners each received a15-euro voucher for school materials: Sofía Katarina Melo Grützner (Armeñime), Luigi Felaco (Tijoco Bajo), Lie Li (Barranco Las Torres), Valery Arias Gallego (Los Olivos), Daniel Cheney Morales Plasencia (Adeje casco) and Nicholas Costanzo (Fañabé).

Some students, who also received a special mention from the jury as well as a diploma and a book, were Andrea Al faro Plasencia, Teresa y Donate Cruz and Paula Cruz Gonzáles, from Armeñime Walkiria; Nerea Pérez Cabello, Acoidán Medina López and Carla Tarife Vargas, from Tijoco Bajo; Dakota Gil Lalorenzo, Oscar and Claudia Martín Linares and Nick André Schmitt, from Barranco Las Torres school; Rania Chakkovz Atami, Nathan Iago Rodríguez Velor and Zahira López González, from Los Olivos.

The Beanky’s ballet good show THE Ballet Beanky has won the dance section on television’s Islasvision Fit Junior Talent 2014 programme.

The hit show, produced and broadcast

by Televisión Canaria, showcases the best young talent in the Canary Islands.

The Adeje-based Ballet Beanky group scooped the best Dance Group honours, while

Gran Canaria’s Celia Jimenez won the singing category.

Adeje Mayor José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga received the group and, during the meeting, told the youngsters: “You are an example to follow, and have shown that age is not a limit to the professionalism you showed through hard work, dedication and hours of trials.”

The final programme, broadcast this week, was recorded at the Municipal Sports Pavilion, in San Juan de la Rambla.

The Ballet Beanky have been together for three years, although their roots date back to 2000. The troop currently comprise more than 70 dancers of different ages.

They will be perform-

ing throughout December, and their first show since scooping the local honours will see them appear tomorrow (Saturday) as part of the Adeje Live Christmas show at five p.m Among other shows, they will be at the Botanical Gardens Park in Las Nieves on 27th December, and will participate in Adeje’s Grand Parade on 5th January.

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Adeje Mayor singing praises of European Citizens group

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Be honest… who really does enjoy the Xmas songs?

CHRISTMAS songs.

Two words that strike fear into the heart of any radio DJ. The oncea-year classics that give has-been pop stars five minutes back in the limelight, and a boost to the bank balance.

The staple at every office party and the oxygen behind the Christmas knees-up. Stick on Mariah Carey and watch the room explode.

And boy, do I hate them.

Before you start shouting “Bah, Humbug” at me, it’s not the fact that they are Christmas songs; it’s just that they are not very good songs.

I like Christmas and see it more as a reward for a hard year’s work rather than a religious thing.

But that’s a story for another column.

First of all, a Christmas song kills a career. Take Michael Barratt, or Shakin Stevens to give him his working title.

He has had a remarkable 33 UK Top 40 singles. That’s only three fewer than Tom Jones.

He’s had four No.1s but he is remembered only for Merry Christmas Everyone.

That song finished him, like a typecast actor. Ditto, Cliff Richard and Paul McCartney never recovered from the Frog Chorus. That song single-handedly ended the “who is the best Beatle”? argument. And it’s George Harrison, before you ask.

Talking of Beatles, John Lennon’s Christmas effort made you reach for the bucket in the Eighties and it sounds even worse 30 years on.

And why don’t we ever have any new Christmas tracks? Some have argued that the X Factor is to blame as it always has the Christmas No.1 - and there may be some merit in that. All we seem to get these days is third-rate cover versions.

Honestly, if they weren’t Christmas songs, how many of them would you actually want to hear?

There are exceptions, of course, and in some ways, The Fairytale Of New York gets better with age. But like white Christmases, I wonder if the festive song will soon be a thing of the past?

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ADEJE Mayor José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga was the key speaker at last week’s European Citizens’ meeting, held in Los Cristianos Cultural Centre.

The Mayor, welcomed in Spanish and English by association president Carol Salisbury, addressed the meeting briefly.

He outlined why he is so committed to the advancement of multiculturalism and harmonious co-existence, reflected in the longterm Adeje Convivencia programme.

He said his vision for Adeje was that it would become “a paradigm for the rest of the world, an example of how the global village can and should work in harmony”.

Rodríguez Fraga praised the group for bringing European citizens in South Tenerife together because, he said, it was important that we all worked together for the future.

“In Adeje, we have people who have settled from almost 120 nationalities, and we are

working to make sure we look ahead together.

An association such as this plays an important role and this is your home, the home for all our residents in South Tenerife.”

He added: “What is important at all levels is that we value people, not the state of the economy or the state of our politics, but the state of our people, the people we live with, our greatest resource.”

Questions from the floor followed his address, and the Mayor was asked whether the different councils in the South of Tenerife worked together.

He confirmed that they did on matters of mutual interest, and were very active as a co-ordinated group.

He was also asked how long the Adeje Convivencia programme would last.

He said it was “ongoing and an evolving project that originated in earlier campaigns, all with the same aim of increasing the levels of harmony and co-existence in Adeje”.

He also said that local government stability was a factor in working on important, long-

term projects such as this. He and the Council were praised by members of the group for the work they do in mak-

ing Adeje, “one of the best places in Tenerife to live”, and for his participation in the evening.

Your Emails Dear Editor, May I say a big thank you to Nele and everyone at Westhaven Bay in Costa del Silencio for their help with my fund-raising event last Friday.

I held a sale of personally hand-made crafts, including a variety of Christmas decorations and cakes.

It was my third Christmas sale to raise money to help fight cancer. which I particularly wanted to do in memory of a friend, Maggie, who died of cancer here in 2012.

Thanks to the help and generosity of many friends, shops and businesses in Las Galletas, and the tremendous assistance given by Westhaven Bay in providing space for my stall inside their restaurant area, I was able to make a donation of over 400 euros.

I would like to thank everyone who helped make it such an enjoyable and successful evening, and for their support for such an important cause.

Carole, Las Galletas

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Spain’s healthy, long-life outlook SPANISH citizens are generally healthy when it comes to life expectancy and infant mortality, according to a new report.

In fact, as far as Health at a Glance, the 2014 report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), for countries forming part of the European Union, Spain ranks above the average.

Spain, Italy and France lead the 28-strong group of EU countries, where life expectancy at birth exceeds 80 years.

Specifically, the people born in Spain achieved in 2012 a life expectancy at birth of 82.5 years - the highest in the European Union. Female life expectancy within the EU was highest in Spain (85.5 years), while male life expectancy was highest in Sweden (79.9 years).

The number of healthy life years expected from the age of 65 in 2012 was similar in the EU for men and women, at 8.5 years.

In Spain, these figures stand at 9.2 years for men and nine years for women. But although EU life expectancy is on the up, so is the burden created by chronic diseases such as diabetes and dementia.

A study, conducted by the International Diabetes Federation and used by the OECD, shows that 8.2% of Spanish citizens aged between 20 and 79 suffer from diabetes, compared with an EU average of 6%. As for de-

mentia, 7.5% of over-60s suffer some form of dementia, compared with the EU average of 7%.

The age-adjusted average rate of EU mortality stood at 1,500 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants.

The lowest mortality rates were posted by countries in northern, western and southern Europe, especially France, Spain, Italy and Switzerland, with about 900 or fewer deaths per 100,000 inhabitants.

Spain, together with France, Portugal, Greece and Italy, posted the lowest rate of death from ischemic heart disease in the EU, with rates below 115 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants.

Infant mortality in Spain is also below the average: 3.1 deaths per 1,000 live births in Spain in those under the age of one, compared with the EU average of 4. And Spain has reduced its infant mortality rate by almost 23 points since 1970.

The death rates relating to road traffic accidents have fallen by over 45% throughout the European Union since 2000: Spain, with Luxembourg, Ireland, Estonia and Latvia all lowering their mortality rates by 60% or more in this 10year period.

Spain is also among the countries with the lowest suicide rates, alongside other southern European countries Cyprus, Greece, Malta, Italy, Spain and the UK. Spain had the highest HIV-AIDS incident rate in the Nineties, but that rate has fallen significantly and now stands at 1.7 new cases per 100,000

inhabitants. As for tobacco consumption, Spain has a percentage of adult daily smokers slightly higher than the EU average (23.9% compared with 20.9%), but the Spanish smoking rate has dropped by 25% in the last decade.

Spain has 3.8 doctors per 1,000 inhabitants, which

is higher than the EU average of 3.4, and three hospital beds per 1,000 inhabitants, putting it on a par with Sweden, the UK and Ireland.

The quality of healthcare in chronic processes can be measured by hospital admission rates for pathologies such as asthma and diabetes.

In Spain, the hospital admission rate for asthma among adults per 100,000 inhabitants stands at 40, below the EU average of 51. In terms of the hospital admission rate for chronic diabetes, the Spanish rate of 85 per 100,000 inhabitants is one of the lowest in the European Union.

The mortality rate in hospital within 30 days of suffering a heart attack in Spain stands at 8.5%, which is slightly above the EU average.

And with rates of postoperative complications involving pulmonary embolism or deep-vein thrombosis at 307 per

100,000 cases after surgery, Spain is one of three countries with the lowest rates.

With 77% of the “atrisk” population covered, Spain is among the top five EU countries in terms of breast-cancer screening coverage.

Spain matches the EU average (20.9 DDD/1,000 inhabitants/day) in terms of primary healthcare anti-biotics prescription, as well as in terms of prescribing second-choice anti-biotics (19.6 DDD/1,000 inhabitants/year).

And Spain spends 9.3% of its GDP on healthcare, against the EU average of 8.7%.

Spanish new-borns are gathering pace THE number of births in Spain increased by 2,037 in the first six months of this year, to a total of 209,482.

It amounted to a 1% rise, compared with the same period in 2013, according to the latest figures published by Spain’s National Statistics Institute.

It was the first January-to-June increase since 2010, when the number rose by 0.7%.

Conversely, the number of deaths in the first six months of 2014 rose by 3.5% to 207,445, against the 2013 figures.

The downward trend in national population

growth - the difference between births and deaths - continued in the first half of 2014, falling 70.5% against that period last year.

Immigrants in Spain represented a disproportionately lower number of deaths, “because the foreign population is, generally, much younger than the Spanish population”, said the National Statistics Institute.

It also said the balance for 2014 would still probably be positive, yet figures published at the end of October predicted that natural population growth would turn negative in

Spain for the first time in 2015.

If so, it means that for the first time, the number of deaths in the country will be greater than the number of births.

In absolute terms, the Galicia region, in northwest Spain, is where natural population decline is occurring most quickly. In 2013, the region lost 10,706 citizens, and a further 6,138 in the first half of 2014.

Madrid is registering the highest, natural population growth.

There were 22,950 new Spaniards in that region in 2013, and a fur-

ther 9,601 in the first half of 2014.

The size of the Spanish population was estimated to be 46.7 million people at the end of 2013.

In that year, half-amillion foreign residents abandoned the country - an accelerating trend since 2011.

By nationality, British citizens living in Spain were the largest collective, with 87,880 departing.

The National Statistics Institute forecasts Spain will lose 1.02 million residents over the next 15 years, and over the next 50 years, a loss of 5.6m is projected.

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Outrage as ETA terrorists go free THE immediate prison release of two ETA terrorists by a national High Court tribunal in Madrid has met with outrage and disgust.

The court ruled that time served in a French jail by Santiago Arrospide Sarasola and Alberto Plazaola Anduaga should be taken into account in their Spanish sentences.

It followed a Council of Europe framework decision on the accumulation of sentences across several EU countries.

The Public Prosecutor’s Office will appeal the new ruling before the Supreme Court because it is “worried” by the different criteria applied by different sections of the same court to similar cases, and that the European framework decision is not a directive. Ángeles Pedraza, chairwoman of Spain’s Terror Victims’ Association (AVT), said on Spanish radio: “It seems to me to be the greatest indignity in a country where there has been more than 50 years of murders without any of the victims taking justice into their own

hands, and now they have to put up with this.”

She added that the government had fooled victims, and that “respecting the law now depends on the ideology of the judges”.

In a statement released by the FVT, the victims’ associations complained that another section of the national High Court has already denied identical petitions, and say the judge’s ruling is against current Spanish law.

“The aim appears to be none other that preventing terrorist prisoners from serving the full sentences handed down by Spanish courts, which represents an immense humiliation for each and every terror victim.

“As victims, we can only express our rejection of the lack of sensitivity towards our suffering, given that on innumerable occasions we have expressed our wish that terrorists

serve the full sentences handed down to them

by Spanish courts, and in which we have placed our trust in justice and the necessary reparations for the terrible damage terrorist activity has caused us.”

The associations have demanded Spain’s Supreme Court hear the Public Prosecutor’s appeal against the High Court decision to release the two convicted terrorists and “immediately” order measures

against this release.

A spokeswoman for Spain’s Terror Victim Federation (FVT), an umbrella organisation for the country’s victims’ associations, said the statement condemning the ruling had been “very easy, because we are all worried and hurt by what has happened”.

She added: “The only thing we want is to live in a democratic country with the rule of law applied to all. We un-

derstand Spanish rule of law should prevail in these cases faced with controversial rulings handed down by European courts.

“We understand the Spanish government is trying [to stop this happening], but not hard enough. We would like to see the decision reversed and the two terrorists back in prison.”

Arrospide, the 66-yearold known as Santi Potros, was arrested in France in 1987, three months after the bombing he ordered of Barcelona’s Hipercor supermarket, in which 21 people were killed and 45 injured.

He was sentenced by a French court to 10 years in jail in 1990 and extradited to Spain, where a Spanish court ordered a 790-year prison term.

Under Spanish sentencing rules, he was not initially set to be released until 2030. But this was brought forward to 2025 when the European Court of Human Rights struck down Spain’s Parot Doctrine on sentence reductions for terrorists last year.

Plazaola was sentenced to 46 years in jail in 1997 for terrorist activities and was not scheduled for release until 2026.

Madrid health chief sacked JAVIER Rodríguez, Madrid’s health chief, has been axed following his handling of Spain’s Ebola crisis in Spain.

He was extremely harsh on Teresa Romero, the Spanish nursing assistant who contracted the virus in October.

Yet last week he told the Europa Press Televisión news agency he was confident he would remain in his post.

“If I had done things badly, Teresa Romero would not be talking,” he said, adding that

were it not for his management of the Ebola crisis: “Spain would continue to have that disease.”

In fact, the country has

now been officially declared free of Ebola by WHO, the World Health Organisation.

Ms Romero became infected with Ebola while

treating two Spanish missionaries, who had been repatriated from West Africa.

Fortunately, she survived the virus and has since explained that she had no idea of when or how she could have contracted it.

Initial reports suggested she may have touched her face when removing her protective clothing.

Rodríguez caused a public outcry when the crisis started in October with his criticism of her.

Many people interpreted it as an attempt to shift the blame for the infection on to the

nursing assistant and away from the regional health authorities.

During a TV interview, he expressed doubts about Romero’s professional abilities, saying; “You don’t need a master’s degree to learn how to put on a suit.”

Some have “better abilities to learn than others,” he concluded.

Rodríguez also insinuated during an interview with radio network Cadena SER that the nursing assistant had lied about her condition before being admitted to Carlos III Hospital in Madrid.

When faced with criti-

cism for the regional authorities’ handling of the crisis, he said: “if I have to resign, I will resign,” adding that he had “come into politics with my affairs already in order”.

He stressed that he was not “bound” to his position within the regional government, given that he was a doctor, and, “fortunately, I have my life all sorted out”.

The statements prompted Javier Limón, husband of Teresa Romero, to begin legal proceedings against the now ex-health chief. She is seeking 300,000 euros in damages.

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Greenpeace faces ‘toughest’ trial yet!

GREENPEACE has weathered some 30 years of environmental protests in Spain, and is used to ending up in court.

Today, the activists’ group faces 19 proceedings in the country, with fines of around 623,000 euros at stake.

Mario Rodríguez, Greenpeace’s director in Spain, says with air of resign: “Our actions normally finish with a punishment for disorder, which we end up paying,” But the group’s actions at Valencia’s Cofrentes nuclear power plant could break the bank. If found guilty, it faces a 357,371-euro fine and imprisonment for those involved.

The Public Prosecutor has called for 16 Greenpeace activists, plus and prize-winning photo-journalist Pedro Armestre to be jailed for 32 months for entering the plant, painting graffiti and placing a placard in the early hours of 15th February, 2011.

Their actions, say prosecutors, led to a struggle with Cofrentes security guards.

The hearing began in Valencia yesterday (Thursday) and is expected to last a week.

The 17 are accused of public disorder and causing injury and damage.

Greenpeace calls it is the “toughest trial” is has yet faced in Spain.

The prosecution, which says the accused planned “to destabilise the organisation of the plant”, adds: “They“dressed in orange overalls bearing the inscription Greenpeace, they accessed the interior of the security perimeter,” cutting “three security access perimeter fences, making use of a circular saw and other tools they were carrying.”

Their actions activated the plant’s emergency plan and a struggle with Cofrentes security guards, who were hit, maintains the prosecution. It also alleges: “One of the group, after turning round with the saw in motion, cut the abdominal area of one of the guards,” who was slightly injured.

Once inside, three activists aresaid to have climbed the plant’s cooling towers, painting graffiti and placing a placard.

Once inside, activists climbed the plant’s cooling towers and painted graffiti and placed a placard It is also alleged that civil guards, attending the scene later, urged the activists on “repeated occasions” to change their attitude, but were ignored.

Greenpeace, whose doctrine is “peace”, says it did not resort to violence at Cofrentes - a claim plant owner Iberdrola rejects.

Mario Rodríguez believes the case is aiming to criminalise “peaceful protest” and that the punishments sought “are excessive and disproportionate”.

Armestre, an Ortega y Gasset Prize-winner who covered the Cofrentes protest, describes said: “There was tension, but no violence or blows.”

Rodríguez said the group’s biggest punishment to date in Spain was in 2005 when a Cádiz judge sentenced the captain of the organisation’s Rainbow Warrior ship over a protest against the Iraq War to six months in prison for disobedience. Another activist was given a 10-day jail term.

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Our high-flying airports!

SPANISH airports are booming with visitors - 183 million between January and November in those comprising the AENA network and up 4.5% more than in the same period last year.

The figure was announced by Ana Pastor, Spanish Minister for Public Works, who also said the number of passengers in November rose by 3.2% from the same period last year, which was the 13th consecutive

month of growth.

She stressed that the increase was particularly significant because international traffic has increased, as well as the number of domestic passengers.

The Minister said the total number of passengers passing through Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport in November rose by 9.3% against the same month’s figures last year.

At the closing ceremony of the 2014 Aeronautical Engineering Conference, Ana Pastor said that while air transportation was a strategic sector for any

country, it was even more so for Spain because of both social and economic factors.

These stemmed from the peninsular and island nature of the country; its regional connectivity, accessibility, structure and geographic location.

Also, Spain is acknowledged as an inter-continental gateway, and its position as the leading holiday destination in the world.

The Public Works Minister added: “Our leadership would be inconceivable without our infrastructure network - roads, railways, sea ports and, above

Protests can’t halt oil hunt REPSOL’S search for oil in the Canary Islands is set to continue, despite several protests by activists and a request from the regional government to suspend operations.

The Canaries’ regional High Court (TSJC) ruled against a precautionary suspension of the firm’s exploration work off the coasts of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura.

The Canarian Government wanted a temporary stoppage of Repsol’s activities, ahead of a ruling on an appeal against the green light given by the Industry Ministry.

Members of the TSJC met last Friday to debate the appeal filed by the Canary Islands’ government, and their decision was conveyed to the parties involved on Tuesday.

In total, all seven appeals filed against the

royal decree permitting Repsol’s exploration - which began two months ago - were rejected.

In June, the Supreme Court in Madrid ruled in favour of a 2012 royal decree passed by the central government, giving legal backing to Repsol’s oil exploration.

Magistrates rejected arguments against the activities presented by the Canarian Government, local councils in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, and environmental groups Ecologists in Action and the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF), among others.

Despite the rulings, the Canary Islands Government decided to continue with legal action against the exploration work, this time choosing to bring its appeal to the TSJC. On 30th October, it

filed an appeal at the Canarian court, warning of the environmental damage which could be caused by exploration activities.

Before doing so, the government - along with Greenpeace and the WWF - also filed an appeal with Public Works Minister José Manuel Soria, which was rejected as well.

Last month, two protesters were injured in a skirmish between Greenpeace activists and the Spanish Navy at the site of the exploration work.

The Spanish authorities rammed an environmental group dinghy after the latter refused to leave the area.

A 23-year-old Italian woman working with Greenpeace was left with a broken leg after the incident. Another environmentalist suffered a blow to the ribs.

all, airports.” Ana Pastor again stressed that the World Economic Forum has included Spain on the global ranking of the top-10 countries in terms of infrastructure.

The Minister for Public Works said her department was implementing comprehensive plans aimed at regulating, overseeing and stimulating the sector.

This policy is based on eight lines of action, as defined by the Aviation Sector Development Plan 2014-2017.

This action relates to improving safety; improving the quality of service and the protection of passenger rights; enhancing competitiveness in the sector and helping to strengthen economic development; improving the efficiency of airports and air navigation, as well as streamlining investment; balancing growth in the

sector with environmental- sustainability criteria; enhancing the aviation sector as a tool for strengthening the internal structure of Spain; boosting innovation and Spain’s international aeronautics leadership, as well as reorganising and modernising the public aviation sector in terms of administration and the companies managed under the Ministry of Public Works.

The Spanish minister also mentioned the State Operational Safety Programme (Spanish acronym: PESO), which will enable operational safety in Spain to be managed comprehensively and preventively in collaboration with all stakeholders in the sector.

This programme will be presented to the Lower House of Parliament in the near future for subsequent approv-

al by the Council of Ministers.

Ana Pastor went on to say that AENA, the leading airport manager in the world in terms of passenger numbers, has undergone a far-reaching transformation in recent years, adapting to an efficiency-based model, streamlining investment and making the best use of its infrastructures.

Thanks to these efforts, the company has entered the black for the first time and posted a 2013 net profit of 597 million euros.

Finally, she said airports, air navigation and aviation safety will receive a 535m-euro investment next year, airport fees will be frozen and tax-credit schemes launched during this legislature will be maintained next year, with an increased reduction for connecting passengers.

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Tesco on the skids?

IT is hard to believe that Tesco, once runaway leaders in the supermarket stakes, is ditching dozens of building projects across Britain in a bid to halt its dramatic slide.

The company is cancelling more than 100 planned superstores and mothballing two schemes in East Anglia as bosses announced yet another profits warning this week.

The grocer said profits for the financial year were likely to be under £1.4billion, which is down 60% on the previous year’s £3.3bn.

After Tesco issued its fourth profit warning of 2014, shares in Britain’s biggest retailer slumped to their lowest price in the 21st century.

And credit default swaps, which measure the chances of a company going bust, hit their highest since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008.

A return to the levels of that year is revealing, because the scale of the problems facing Tesco has increasing echoes with the turmoil that engulfed the banks at the peak of the financial crisis.

In a torrid 12 months, the firm lost its chief executive, suffered a devastating price war, lost market share to budget rivals - and eight senior executives were suspended over an investigation into bogus profit figures Even Black Friday, which provided a bounce in sales for all retailers, came with a sting in the tail.

That’s because the chain’s website froze and the police criticised executives for failing to employ enough staff to contain chaos and violence.

Analysts fear the chain will now be the “highstreet turkey” over the crucial festive period as shoppers continue to switch to cut-price competitors Aldi and Lidl.

Some retail industry leaders suggest Tesco and other chains may even have to close some existing superstores

as they lose custom to budget chains as part of a huge upheaval in the nation’s shopping habits.

Sainsbury’s has also indicated that it will shelve plans for 40 new large outlets.

The axed Tesco projects include a highprofile development in Margate, Kent, which was opposed by many locals and even the Government’s retail adviser Mary Portas - the selfstyled Queen of Shops - who feared it would destroy local trade.

Others on the list which will not go ahead include three Devon sites, at Brixham, South Molton and Holsworthy.

Tesco paid a premium price for many of the sites involved and some may now have to be sold at a loss. The firm’s property arm will try to get planning permission for housing estates on many plots.

Many schemes were secured by the company, despite bitter opposition from community groups and traders.

Others plans axed include Ipswich, Hadleigh in Suffolk, Romsey, in Hampshire, Sherbourne in Dorset, Tolworth in Surrey and Coleford, Gloucestershire.

The company has implemented a series of urgent remedies in the hope that they will shore up Christmas sales.

These include cutting prices on 1,000 grocery essentials, such as milk, bread and eggs. It has also taken on 6,000 extra staff since mid-October to improve service.

The entire accounts team has been sent for retraining to prevent any repeat of the false profit claims, and the company is drawing up new contracts with suppliers.

Chief executive Dave Lewis, who has just completed his first 100 days at the helm, said the firm’s priorities were to restore competitiveness, strengthen the balance sheet and rebuild “trust and transparency”.

He added: “We need to get back to core principles. We need to improve the service and availability, and that is what we are doing. For now, all the Tesco team is focused on delivering

the best Christmas for customers.”

But retail expert Julie Palmer, of businessrecovery firm Begbies Traynor, said Tesco’s problems were deepseated.

“Just as it has been cutting prices in a bid to compete in the ongoing supermarkets price war, the UK’s largest food retailer has surprised the market by slashing its profit forecasts for the full year by nearly £500million, compared with analyst expectations,” she said.

“For some time, UK consumers have been voting with their feet, preferring the combination of value and quality provided by Tesco’s smaller peers. And with today’s negative shareprice reaction, it seems investors too are heading for the check-out.’

But Lewis tried to present the latest profit warning as a “year zero” for him and the retailer.

He has effectively rebased the company by applying his own standards and strategy. This includes the price cuts, the extra staff on the shop floor, new relationships with suppliers, and the end of measures to “artificially” boost profits at the end of a financial period.

The Tesco boss believes this £500m plan, costing puts the grocer in a stronger position to compete over the longterm.

Some industry sources say it represents a backto-basics approach for Tesco, which wants to focus on just selling food again.

Rather than relying on clever deals with suppliers to make money - a tactic which, ultimately,

led to a £263m accounting scandal - Lewis wants the supermarket group to focus on generating profits from what it sells to shoppers.

“While the steps we are taking are impacting short-term profitability, they are essential to restoring the health of our business,” he said. “We will not engage in shortterm actions that compromise in any way our offer for customers.”

However, the shortterm impact of Lewis’ plan has rattled the

City, who were already braced for bad news.

Clive Black, analyst at Shore Capital, said the new profit warning suggests that Tesco will now lose £182m in the UK for the six months between the start of September and the end of February.

As a result, the company is unlikely to pay any more dividends for at least the next 18 months.

There could be even worse news to follow.

For all Lewis’s plans,

Tesco remains hamstrung with too many supermarkets in the wrong place and the wrong size.

There have been a string of warnings recently from Waitrose boss Mark Price, Sir Ian Cheshire, outgoing boss of Kingfisher, and analysts at Goldman Sachs that supermarket retailers need to close stores, which will be a painful process.

Sir Ian warned in an interview over the weekend that it has taken a decade for B&Q to manage its over-built estate, and that it still has an average of eight years to run on its leases.

As such, there is no easy answer to Tesco’s problems.

Last month, Sainsbury’s reported a £290m loss on the back of write-downs on its property.

However, Tesco’s losses could be worse, which is worrying news for a company lumbered with £7.5bn of net debt, a pension deficit of £3.4bn and lease liabilities of more than £11bn.

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Justo gusto doesn’t pay!

WORKERS, firefighters and local police officers at Barcelona Zoo used power hoses to fend off lions as they rescued a man who jumped into their enclosure on Sunday.

Justo José MP, a policeman dressed in military attire who had already staged a number of one-man protests throughout Barcelona, was taken to Vall d’Hebron Hospital with bites and scratches all over his body.

The Spanish citizen was mauled by three lions after climbing the security railings, scaling down the wall and being dragged into a tunnel by the animals.

On 23rd November, he was arrested for hanging two swastikas from the famous Antoni Gaudí-designed La Pedrera building in “an anti-abortion protest”.

One of the signs read

“Abortion murder.”

The other read: “40,000 children. Hitler [was an] amateur.”

Earlier, on 11th September, he burnt an estelada - an unofficial flag flown by Catalan secessionists - in front of a public monument, and on 4th November, he attempted to enter the regional government’s headquarters with a sign about officials accepting bribes.

Justo José MP is said to be a local policeman from the town of Gelida, in the Barcelona province, who is currently on leave.

The Sunday incident was far from being an accident because Justo José reportedly had a sign inside his backpack which he planned to unfurl inside the lions’ enclosure.

It read: “In order to fall in here, you need to enter.”

And a spokesman for the Barcelona firefighting service said: “This person meant to enter!”

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All-star Alex heads art exhibition

THE British School’s fourth annual Art Exhibition is underway at the English Library in Parque Taoro, Puerto de la Cruz.

It began on Wednesday, continues until 9th January. and is open to parents, friends and the general public to enjoy the stunning work produced by students over the 2013-2014 school year.

Headlining the event is prize-winning A-level student Alex Gunnarsson, who was awarded last year’s Best in Spain Cambridge award for

outstanding achievement. His work has this year been featured in prestigious magazine The Artist, along with an article he was asked to write describing his work and technique.

His set of work on display in this year’s exhibition gained Alex an A* at A-level, achieving a score of 100% for his extraordinary artwork. He is presently studying Art at his chosen university in London. The AS work will also be on show, displaying a wide range of subject matter.

Emma achieved a grade A for her hilarious pin-ups, which included burly rugby players doing the housework.

Denise was also awarded grade A for her portraits of adults and children, delicately drawn and painted in a variety of media.

Lea’s colourful, mixedmedia market paintings add a splash of excitement to the show, involving sacks of maize and peppers, piles of Arabian cloth and spices on market stalls. Yet another grade A awarded!

There will also be an opportunity to see the winning artwork from the Starmus competition.

Our joint winners, Josh and Andrea, attended the huge Starmus festival at the auditorium in Santa Cruz to receive their prizes, sharing a

stage with astronauts, cosmonauts and Stephen Hawking.

Some BST students, hoping for even greater success this year, have has their artwork selected for the Saatchi competition for schools, and it has already been uploaded to the Saatchi website.

Everybody is welcome to the exhibition, and do sign the visitors’ book because students would be delighted to read your opinions and comments.

Finally, the Art department thank The English Library for their collaboration in bringing the work of these talented youngsters people into the public eye.

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Speak German in your home!

BAVARIA’S governing conservatives have stirred up a storm of criticism by insisting that immigrants should not only speak German in public but also in the home.

The Christian Social Union (CSU), an ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, believes it is a matter for debate and is not yet official policy.

Critics launched a Twitter hashtag - #YallaCSU - which became a top-trending topic among German Twitter users.

Some have expressed alarm about politics reaching into the home, but the hashtag is an ironic joke at the CSU’s expense because “Yalla” is Arabic for “let’s go”!

The CSU draft proposal says: “People who want to remain here on a permanent basis should be encouraged to speak German in public and within the family.”

Andreas Scheuer, CSU general secretary, believed the proposal to be “well prepared and widely backed”.

But Yasmin Fahimi, general secretary of the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), said the

CSU had “arrived in Absurdistan”, adding: “It would be hilarious if it weren’t so dangerous.”

The SPD, like the CSU, is in coalition with Ms Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) at national level.

Natascha Kohnen, SPD leader in Bavaria, suggested the proposal would be impossible to enforce, saying: “All we need now is the CSU language police to control all of this.”

Peter Tauber, CDU general secretary, said: “It’s nothing to do with politics whether I speak Latin, Klingon or Hessian at home.”

And Eike Hallitzky, the Greens’ leader in Bavaria, joked that the CSU’s next move might be to tell citizens to furnish their homes with blue-and-white carpets - the colours of the Bavarian flag.

The CSU has played a prominent role in pushing immigration higher up the political agenda.

Data from the EU shows that Germany was the main European destination for immigrants in 2012 (592,200), followed by the UK (498,000), Italy (350,800) and France (327,400). Worldwide, Germany is also the top destination for asylum seekers.

German official data shows that Turks

formed the largest foreign-born group in Germany in 2013 (1.5m), followed by Asians, non-EU Europeans (including Russians and Bosnians), and immigrants from EU members Poland and Italy.

Paul Patel, a British expatriate in Munich, told the BBC he backed the CSU proposal. “I want my daughter to grow up bilingual and so we use both English and German with her,” he said. Why not also speak German at home, whatever your native language is?

“If we as immigrants see our long-term future in this very supportive country, then the old adage ‘practice makes perfect’ is appropriate here.”

But Steve Coombs, a Briton living in Wiesloch, said: “As far as the language goes, my employer considers me to be German.

However, the language I speak within my own four walls is my own concern.”

Hassan Saad, another immigrant resident in Germany, said: “The idea of speaking German at home is never implementable.

“We all have our freedom of language, and I believe this proposal reflects the failure of integration in Germany and the resulting frustration.”

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Murdered bride’s family left seething at husband’s release THE case of British businessman Shrien Dewani, accused of murdering his new bride during their South Africa honeymoon, was thrown out on Monday.

But Anni Dewani’s family were left outraged at the verdict, saying they had been failed by the justice system, and were considering a private prosecution.

Her tearful sister, Ami Denborg, said they were furious at “unanswered questions” as an unemotional Mr Dewani, of Bristol, prepared to fly back to the UK. Judge Jeanette Traverso said the evidence presented by the prosecution fell “far below the threshold” of what a reasonable court could convict on.

She also insisted that the evidence of the prosecution’s main witness was “riddled with contradictions”.

The judge, at Western Cape High Court in Cape Town, said the only reason not to grant the application would be in the hope that Mr Dewani would implicate himself if he gave evidence. But to do so would be a “manifest misdirection”.

Mr Dewani was extradited to South Africa this year to face trial, accused of planning the murder of his wife in November 2010.

He listened intently as key evidence against him was criticised by the judge as she gave her ruling after nearly three hours.

Mrs Dewani’s family, who had said it would it be a “nightmare” if the trial did not continue, immediately left the court room. They bowed their heads amid shouting from the public gallery.

Prosecutors said bisexual Mr Dewani had long planned to get out of the relationship to Swedish-raised Anni, arranging the attack in which he would escape unharmed and Anni

would be killed. Ami added: “We are deeply disappointed. We came here looking for answers and we came here looking for the truth - and all we got was more questions.

“We waited patiently for four years to hear what really happened to Anni and to hear the full story of what happened to our dearest little sister.

“All we wanted was to hear all the events and the hope of actually finding that out has kept us, as a family, going. Unfortunately, we believe that this right has now been taken away from us.”

Her uncle, Ashok Hindocha, said the family would be going through the case with their lawyers to confirm whether they can file a lawsuit against Mr Dewani in the UK. “We would have preferred to have known about his sexuality before he married our precious Anni,” he added.

“She gave herself to him, mind, body and soul and she hoped to have been cherished and loved. But she would not have married him if she had known about his secret sex life with male prostitutes, and the activities he engaged in.”

The judge ruled that it was not necessary for Mr Dewani to give evi-

dence, saying a defendant was entitled to be discharged if there was no possibility of conviction unless he entered the witness box and incriminated himself.

She said the evidence from the three criminals already convicted over Mrs Dewani’s murder was “so improbable, with so many mistakes, lies and inconsistencies that you cannot see where the lies ended and the truth begins”.

Mr Dewani, 34, has always denied plotting

with others to murder his bride, who was found shot dead in the back of their taxi after the couple were hijacked during a latenight tour of a township.

Cab-driver Zola Tongo, Mziwamadoda Qwabe and gunman Xolile Mngeni had already been convicted in their part of the murder Judge Traverso said it was crucial for the state’s case to prove that Mr Dewani entered into an agree-

ment with others to have Anni killed.

But Tongo was the only accomplice witness, she said, adding that such evidence should be treated with “caution”. And his version needed to be corroborated, specifically where it implicated the accused.

Details such as where he picked up and dropped off Mr Dewani and his wife did not provide corroboration, said the judge. It is what was said during these events which

is at issue and for that there is only the version of Tongo.

She said the same applied to phone calls between Tongo and Mr Dewani, adding: “This telephone communication does not, in itself, corroborate what was said during those calls; it merely confirms that communication took place.”

The prosecution had alleged the men carried out the killing for Mr Dewani for 15,000 rand (about £830).

The judge said Tongo and his accomplices were “intelligent men” and dismissed the prosecution claim that they would have carried out a contract killing for Mr Dewani for “a few thousand rand”.

South African National Prosecuting Authority spokesman Nathi Ncube said they were disappointed with the outcome but would respect the decision of the judge and not appeal.

“It is unfortunate that Mr Dewani has been acquitted because we believe he was involved,” said Mr Ncube.

“The court did not find that he was innocent - the court said it could not rely on the evidence given by three witnesses who themselves had been convicted of the crime.”

But Mr Ncube also denied that the case had collapsed because of a “shoddy police investigation”.

He said: “The judgement centres on evidence given by three people. Nothing has been said about the police, and nothing was said about how the prosecution could have done better.

The fact is that we were relying on people who were themselves involved and implicated in the case.”

Tongo is serving an 18-year jail term for his role in the murder and Qwabe was given a 25year jail sentence for his role.

Mngeni was serving life for firing the shot that killed Mrs Dewani, but died in prison from a brain tumour.

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Insomnia drugs could make criminals of you SLEEPING pills, prescribed widely in Britain and taken by such celebrities as Lindsay Lohan and Tiger Woods, have taken a fearful knock this week.

A leading American neurologist is convinced they could be blamed for numerous cases of dangerous and even criminal behaviour.

Zolpidem, handed out to around 750,000 NHS patients seeking treatment for insomnia each year, is definitely a factor in dozens of cases in which people have broken the law while sleeping.

They include 43 instances of driving, nine rapes, eight assaults, 10 murders or manslaughters, and burglaries.

The crimes were all, it is claimed, carried out while the perpetrators were, apparently, asleep. And in most cases, they also had no memory of the event.

Professor Mark Mahowald is a neurologist member of Sleep Forensic Associates, a USbased organisation of doctors who help those who break the law while still asleep.

He says: “It appears that one part of the brain responsible for complex activities, like driving or cooking, is awake, while another, involved in memory, is not.

‘In sleep-driving for

example, people take the drug, go to bed, and then wake up in the car with their pyjamas on. When the police pull them over, they do not know how they got there.’

Prof Mahowald, of the University of Minnesota Medical School, adds: “One of the difficulties in advising people about taking the drug is that it is really effective, and there does not seem to be any way of identifying people at risk of these uncommon side-effects.’

Some 82 medicationrelated cases worked on since 2006 involved “toxicity” through Zolpidem. In 79 of the cases, the defence was successful.

Zolpidem, also known by its American brand name Ambien, works by dampening the electrical activity of the brain.

Troubled actress Lohan has admitted to problems while taking Ambien.

Zolpidem was initially marketed two decades ago as a safer alternative to older, more addictive benzodiazepine drugs, including Valium.

But in recent years, Zolpidem, along with similar so-called Zdrugs such as zopiclone, have been linked to a raised risk of dementia and heart problems.

Numerous studies have reported rare instances of patients driving, eating, making telephone calls and even having sex while under the influence of the

medication. Some experts even recommend that patients secure their bedroom windows and get into bed before taking the drug, to reduce any possibility of harm.

One report, by doctors at the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, claimed that up to 1% of patients had a sleep-eating problem after taking the sedative. The only clues to their nocturnal feasting were morning left-overs

and crumbs in the bed.

Patients being prescribed Zolpidem are already warned that changes in sleep behaviour, including sleepwalking, are a possible side-effect, but this is the first time data on criminal behaviour linked to the drug has been collected comprehensively.

New US research shows that the drug is implicated in 10% of emergency department cases because of psychi-

atric drugs. In over-65s, it accounted for 21% of cases.

One theory is that the events actually occur while people are waking from deep sleep.

Although prescribing guidelines state Zolpidem should be used only in the short term, with an initial two-week course recommended, a recent study by herbal sleep-aid company Sleepio found that up to 42% of patients on sleeping pills had been

taking them for more than a decade, and a quarter for between three and five years.

And, according to the Economic and Social Research Council, 10% of us now take some form of sleeping tablet regularly.

Dr Guy Leschziner, consultant neurologist at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals in London, says: “These drugs tend to be habit-forming and can have unintended consequences, such as these unwanted behaviours.’

Mild and fleeting, so-called confusional arousals, such as waking up in a hotel room with no idea where you are, are common, especially in people who are over-tired.

Some researchers say the events seen in users of the drug occur during these arousals, and point out that no drug has ever been shown in laboratory studies to cause sleep-walking a phenomenon which happens when the cortex is asleep, but areas of the brain concerned with movement are active.

Dr Leschziner adds: “This sedative may, at least in some people, uncover an underlying predisposition to these sleep disorders, like sleep-walking.

“During these events, parts of the brain appear to remain asleep while other parts responsible for complex behaviours are awake.”

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By Mariano Zunino Siri

WHEN a non-resident sells property in Spain (including Tenerife, of course), the purchaser must withhold 3% of the price and pay it to the tax authorities to cover the vendor’s Capital Gain Tax.

In English, it is known as Capital Gain Tax retention, and the Spanish is “Retención sobre la venta de bienes inmuebles”.

The tax has to be declared in the vendor’s yearly income tax returns.

But this retention does not cover the vendor’s ‘plusvalia’ (Town Hall Tax) liability, which is paid to the Town Hall and is a separate matter.

After the sale, the

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Property sales taxation, and how it affects non-residents

buyer has one month from the date of sale to pay the 3% retention to the local tax office using the application form 211.

A copy of the submit-

ted application must be given to the vendor, so a refund can be claimed if applicable.

If the vendor believes he is owed a refund (that the tax liability

is less than the 3% retention), he has three months to present form 212 requesting a refund.

In many cases, the vendor`s tax liability is

greater than the retention (depending on the size of the liability).

For example, if a nonresident sells a holiday home in Spain for 100,000 euros, the ven-

dor would retain 3,000 euros and pay it to the tax office.

If the vendor originally bought the home for 50,000 euros, meaning a capital gain of 50,000 euros, and a capital gains tax of approximately 9,000 euros.

In this case, the vendor will not be entitled to a refund, and may be pursued for 6,000 euros back home by the Spanish Inland Revenue Office.

This is just an idea and not a proper liquidation (the taxation depends on other matters).

Note: This matter is applicable only to vendors who are considered non-resident by the Spanish tax authorities.

To be considered a tax resident, the vendor should get the appropriate certificate from the Inland Revenue Office.

For more information about property sales and the relevant taxation, contact me at marianozuninosiri@ gmail.com

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This year’s X Factor comes to a close this weekend with the series spectacular Live Final.

After thousands applied the competition is now down to the final three contestants, who are all one step away from being crowned the winner of X Factor 2014 and winning a life changing record contract.

Each of the final three will be singing for their lives in front of an audience of 10,000 at Wembley Arena as well as millions of viewers at home. Rounding off an amazing series of guest performances, a host of international superstars will take to The X Factor stage.

After a nail-biting wait the contestant with the lowest public vote will have to leave the competition in third position. The remaining two contestants will then compete in Sunday night’s show before the winner is crowned.

Ever popular Dermot O’Leary presides over proceedings, while judges and mentors Louis Walsh, Mel B, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and Simon Cowell take their seats behind the judges’ desk to battle it out with their contestants. As the competition hots up and the standard gets higher there is sure to be drama and disagreements between the judges.

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After a nail-biting wait the final the contestant with the most public votes will be crowned the series winner in front of an audience of 10,000 at Wembley Arena as well as millions of viewers at home.

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Friday Friday Friday 06:00............................ Breakfast 09:15 .......................Fake Britain 10:00 ........... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 ... Claimed and Shamed 11:30... Oxford Street Revealed 12:15.................... Bargain Hunt 13:00........... BBC News at One 13:45.............................. Doctors 14:15............. The Doctor Blake Mysteries 15:10...Escape to the Country 15:40........... Christmas Kitchen with James Martin 16:30................................ Flog It! 17:15 ............................ Pointless 18:00 ........ BBC News at Six 18:30 .... BBC London News 19:00 ...........The One Show 19:30 ....... The Two Ronnies Sketchbook 20:00 ................ EastEnders 20:30 ..............Citizen Khan 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 .......................Cuckoo 23:50.................. EastEnders Omnibus

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06:05 ......... Homes Under the Hammer 07:05 .Claimed and Shamed 07:35 .................. Oxford Street Revealed 08:20 .......... Glorious Gardens From Above 09:05 ..........The Great Interior Design Challenge 10:05 .......Children’s Hospital 10:35............ The Travel Show 11:00........................ BBC News 12:00.......... The Daily Politics 13:00......................... The A to Z of TV Cooking 13:10 .............The Blue Planet 14:10 ............The Great British Bake Off 15:10.. A Place to Call Home 15:55 ...........The World’s Most Photographed 16:25 ........Andrew Marr’s The Making of Modern Britain 17:25 ....Antiques Roadshow 18:00..................Eggheads 18:30............ Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 19:00................. The Home That 2 Built 20:00 .............Mastermind 20:30 ............. Mary Berry’s Absolute Christmas Favourites 21:00............Canterbury CW Cathedral choice 22:00.............................. QI

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............................... Let’s Do Christmas with Gino and Mel 13:30............................. ITV News and Weather 14:00 ...............Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover 15:00 ..................Secret Dealers 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....... The Martin Lewis Money Show 20:30 ..... Coronation Street 21:00...............A Night in with Olly Murs

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With unparalleled access to Canterbury Cathedral over the course of a year, this series takes audiences inside the community that is the beating heart of the Anglican Communion. Today and throughout the 1400 years since St Augustine founded the Christian community in Canterbury, those who run it live on site. As well as a place of worship, it is a place of hospitality - a world class destination for a million modern pilgrims every year, with and an international reputation to uphold.

The Archbishop of Canterbury is a regular visitor who will feature in the series. Viewers will also get an insight into the workings of the Cathedral, with access to the Dean, and Chapter together with the wider community of choristers, including the brand new all-girl choir, the stained glass conservationists, stone masons, apprentices, and the many pilgrims who come here. Discover Canterbury Cathedral’s rhythms, history, fabric, rituals, music and treasures, and some of its international visitors.

Canterbury Cathedral holds a unique place, both in the British imagination and throughout the world and the series will open the door to the majesty of its story and its people, through the eyes of some of its 300 staff and 800 volunteers.

As Canterbury Cathedral gears up for Christmas, from Advent Sunday onwards, viewers are taken behind the scenes to meet the virgers and clergy and to follow the famous choir as they prepare for a schedule of over 50 rehearsals, services and events in just four weeks.

The ancient rhythms of worship, first established in Canterbury by St Augustine in the year 597, are always maintained but Canterbury has always been at the forefront of change. Breaking 1400 years of tradition, the New Year sees the inaugural evensong of the Cathedral’s first girls’ choir. Follow the girls through their auditions and rehearsals before that first, historic service in a packed cathedral. The boys’ choir, on the other hand, take their talents all the way to sub-arctic Norway to visit one of the most far-flung shrines to Canterbury’s most famous martyr - Saint Thomas Becket.

Renewal is happening within the fabric of the building too. The Great South Window – almost the size of a tennis court – is having to be completely dismantled and rebuilt with every stone being carved by hand in the Cathedral’s workshops. Whilst the work is taking place on the stone frame, the priceless stained glass travels outside the cathedral precincts for the first time in its 800-year existence, to be exhibited in a city only half the age of the glass itself … New York.

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y Friday Friday 12th December 06:15 ............... King of Queens 07:05 ...................3rd Rock from the Sun 07:55............. Everybody Loves Raymond 08:55................................. Frasier 10:00 ......................Nigella Bites Christmas Special 11:00 ........... Jamie’s 15 Minute Meal 11:30...... Come Dine with Me 13:30 ........... Channel 4 Racing 15:30 ...................... Countdown 16:15 ...............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......... Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 21:00 ................ Gogglebox 22:00 ................... Alan Carr: Chatty Man 23:05 ........Toast of London 23:40 ................. Sightseers

06:00..................... Children’s TV 07:45 ...........Noddy in Toyland 08:00 ................ Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 08:15.......................... Peppa Pig 08:25.......................... Peppa Pig 08:35.............. Toby’s Travelling Circus 08:50 .......Bananas in Pyjamas 09:00........................ Tickety Toc 09:15.............. The Wright Stuff 11:35.....Hats Off to Christmas 13:20 .........5 News Lunchtime 13:25 .............Home and Away 13:55 ................ Hitched for the Holidays 15:40 ......... Battle of the Bulbs 17:30 ............................... 5 News 18:00........ Home and Away 18:30.......... 5 News Tonight 19:00 ......World Strongman Championship 20:00...... Ice Road Truckers 21:00.....Ben Fogle: New CW Lives in the Wild choice 22:00............ Body of Proof

06:00.................... The Real A&E

06:00........ Nothing to Declare

06:30 .................... The Real A&E

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

07:00 ............Sun, Sea and A&E

08:00 ............... Border Security

08:00 ........................... Futurama

08:30 ............... Border Security

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

09:00 .. RSPCA Animal Rescue

11:00 ....................Hawaii Five-0 12:00 ....................Hawaii Five-0

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

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

11:00................ Criminal Minds

15:00 ..........................Road Wars

12:00 ................Criminal Minds

16:00 ............Sun, Sea and A&E

15:00 ............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

17:00................... The Simpsons 17:30 ........................... Futurama 18:00 ................... Futurama 18:30 ............ The Simpsons 19:00 ............ The Simpsons 21:00 ................. A League o Their Own 22:00 .........An Idiot Abroad 23:00 ..Britcam: Emergency on Our Streets

17:00 ........Nothing to Declare 17:30 ........Nothing to Declare 18:00............ RSPCA Animal Rescue 19:00 .. Million Dollar Listing 20:00 ........CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 22:00 ...................... Dracula 23:00 .........................Bones

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

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

06:00 ...........................Hollyoaks

07:00 ...................Total Wipeout

06:30 ............ My Fair Wedding

06:25 .....You’ve Been Framed!

08:00 .. Total Wipeout Canada

07:20 .....................One Tree Hill

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

09:00 ..................... Best in Town

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

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

10:00 ...... Million Dollar Intern

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

07:45 .....You’ve Been Framed!

11:00 .........The Route Masters: Running London’s Roads

09:00 ........................... Charmed

12:00.....................Nick Knowles’ Original Features

11:00 .How I Met Your Mother

08:15 ........................... The Cube 09:15 ........................ Royal Pains 10:15 ..........................The Chase 11:15 ................... All Star Family Fortunes 12:15 ........................Emmerdale 12:45 ........................Emmerdale 13:15 .....You’ve Been Framed!

13:50 ........................ Royal Pains 14:45 ........................ The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:00 ................You’ve Been Framed!

19:00 ..............The Best Ever You’ve Been Framed 20:00..... I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

Coming Out

13:00 ............. Jamie’s Best Ever Christmas

12:00 ...........................Hollyoaks 12:30 ................Paternity Court

14:00................... Too Fat for 15: Fighting Back

13:00 .. How I Met Your Mother

15:00 .......Hollywood Treasure

15:00 ............ My Fair Wedding

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

16:00 ............ Melissa and Joey

17:00 .....Road Patrol Australia

16:30 .....................Suburgatory

17:30..... Road Patrol Australia

17:00.How I Met Your Mother

18:00 .... Beverly Hills Pawn

18:00. The Big Bang Theory

18:30............ James Martin: Yorkshire’s Finest

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

19:00 ....... Jamie’s Best Ever Christmas

20:00. The Big Bang Theory

20:00 ........Rick Stein’s Food Heroes Christmas Special

22:45... The Big Bang Theory

21:00..................... Hot Fuzz

21:00 ....................... Con Air

23:25................... Little Man

23:10......... Jonathan Creek

07:10 ............ American Pickers 08:00 .............................Top Gear 09:00 .............................Top Gear 10:00 ....................... Traffic Cops 10:30....................... Traffic Cops 11:00............ American Pickers 12:00............................. Top Gear 13:00..............................Top Gear 14:00 ....................... Traffic Cops 14:30 ....................... Traffic Cops 15:00 ............ American Pickers 16:00............................. Top Gear 17:00 .............................Top Gear 18:00................ Traffic Cops 19:00....... American Pickers 20:00 .................... Top Gear 21:00........ Storage Hunters 22:00.... Would I Lie to You? 22:40........................... QI XL 23:40 .........8 Out of 10 Cats

10:00 ... Rules of Engagement

06:00 ............. Stargate Atlantis 07:00........................Blue Bloods 08:00....... Star Trek: Enterprise 09:00................ Without a Trace 10:00....................... Blue Bloods 11:00.................................. House 13:00.............. Stargate Atlantis 14:00................ Without a Trace 15:00........Star Trek: Enterprise 16:00 ..................................House 18:00 ............... Blue Bloods 19:00 ......... Without a Trace 20:00 .......................... David Attenborough’s Galapagos 21:00................ Blue Bloods 22:00............. House of Lies 23:10 ................... Curb Your Enthusiasm 23:45 ............Urban Secrets

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

19:30....... Melissa and Joey 21:00............ The Waterboy 23:15... The Big Bang Theory 23:45.... Tattoos After Dark

06:00.................... Football Gold 06:30............... Sporting Greats 07:00 .......................... WWE Raw 09:00 ................... Football Gold 11:00 .......... Football’s Greatest Teams 11:30.................... Football Gold 12:30............................. Ringside 13:30................ Premier League 100 Club 14:00.................Premier League Legends 14:30............... Sporting Greats 15:00 ................Premier League Legends 15:30 ................Premier League 100 Club 16:00................... Football Gold 17:00.................Premier League 100 Club 17:30 ................Premier League Legends 18:00 ......... Premier League 100 Club

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A Night in with Olly Murs Channel 4, 21:00

Singer Olly Murs is joined by stand-up comedian and actor John Bishop, TV presenter - and Olly’s former Xtra Factor cohort - Caroline Flack, and actress and singer Nicole Scherzinger for a one-off entertainment extravaganza. Olly and John go head-to-head in a lip sync battle. Nicole and Olly go photobombing, and our host gives Caroline the surprise of her life when he tricks her into believing that cars can drive themselves. Olly also performs some of his biggest hits and material from his new album Never Been Better.

Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Channel 5, 21:00

Documentary series in which adventurer Ben Fogle meets people who have given up the rat race to start a new life in the wilderness. Ben meets a 40-year-old former communications manager who gave up her old life to train huskies in the Swedish Arctic Circle. Gaynor and her husband Milos live in a hand-built cabin with no running water and teach Ben how to handle himself and the dogs in temperatures of up to minus 30 degrees.

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

06:00..................... Timmy Time

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

06:25 ........... Shaun the Sheep

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

07:00.......... All Over the Place

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

06:30..................... Hacker Time 07:30............. Help! My Supply Teacher is Magic

06:00.................. The Aquabats!

Super Show!

06:25..................... Pat and Stan 06:40............... Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures 07:05............................ Canimals 07:10.................... Share a Story

12:50 .......Saturday Sportsday

08:00 ................ Marrying Mum and Dad

13:00 .Gymnastics World Cup

08:30 .........Junior MasterChef

07:25 ............................. Mr. Bean

15:00 ............................... Cycling

09:00 .........Junior MasterChef

16:30 ........................ Final Score

09:30..........Junior MasterChef

07:40.......................... Text Santa: Little Helpers

17:10...... A Question of Sport

10:00 .......Deadly Pole to Pole

17:40 ..........................BBC News

10:30 .......Deadly Pole to Pole: The Complete Journey

12:10 .................Football Focus

18:00 ....................Pointless 18:50.........Strictly Come Dancing

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Saturday Numbers for er are: 13th Decemb Bonus Ball

22:10 .................. BBC News 22:30 ...... Match of the Day

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11:00............... The Blue Planet 12:00 .................James Martin’s Food Map of Britain 12:20 ................. Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey 13:20......... The Rockford Files

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

07:45 ...... Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H 08:10.............. Text Santa: Little Helpers 08:15 .................... Horrid Henry 08:30 ............... The Munch Box 09:25...................... Dinner Date 10:20......... Murder, She Wrote 11:15. ITV News and Weather

14:05......................... Funny Girl

11:20............ Storage Hoarders

16:30 .........Andrew Marr’s The Making of Modern Britain

12:20............................ Columbo 13:55....................... Mannequin

17:30 .......Restoring England’s Heritage

15:50...... Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

18:00............. Secrets of the Castle with Ruth, Peter and Tom

18:30...... ITV News London

19:00 ....................... Flog It!

18:55. You’ve Been Framed!

20:00 ........ Perry and Croft: Made in Britain

19:25.................. The Chase: Christmas Special

20:30 ................Dad’s Army

20:30 ...............The X Factor

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

22:35............. The Jonathan Ross Show

21:45... Tomorrow’s Worlds: The Unearthly History of Science Fiction 22:45.................... Let Me in

18:40 ............. ITV News and Weather

23:40 ............. ITV News and Weather 23:55................Balls of Fury

Strictly Come Dancing BBC1, 18.50 The Strictly Come Dancing live semi-final is upon us and the glitterball trophy is all the more in sight. Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman welcome the five remaining couples back onto the dance floor.

This week the stakes are raised as each couple must perform not one but two routines in a bid to impress the judges. They will battle it out to see who will make it to this year’s final and go on to be crowned the Strictly Come Dancing 2014 Champion.

Judges Len Goodman, Darcey Bussell, Craig Revel Horwood and Bruno Tonioli will be watching very closely before delivering their verdicts on each dance. The voting lines will then open and the public must decide who they want to see in the Grand Final next weekend, and who will say goodbye at the last hurdle.

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Saturday Saturday 13th December 06:10 ...................................... NFL 06:35 ............Transworld Sport 07:30 ....Men’s Health Survival of the Fittest 07:55 ...........The Morning Line 09:00 ............Weekend Kitchen with Waitrose 10:00 .................................Frasier 10:30 .................................Frasier 11:00 .....The Big Bang Theory 11:30................... The Simpsons 12:00 .................. The Simpsons 12:30 .......... Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 13:30 ........... Channel 4 Racing 15:55 ...... Come Dine with Me 16:25...... Come Dine with Me 16:55...... Come Dine with Me 17:25...... Come Dine with Me 17:55.............. Channel 4 News 18:00..100 Greatest Toys W C with Jonathan Ross choice 21:00 ............ Hope Springs 23:00 .........An Officer and a Gentleman

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........ Middle Earth: There and Back Again 14:00 ......... Last Man Standing 15:00 ............... All Aboard: East Coast Trains 16:00....................... Penguins of Madagascar Special 16:30 ...........Get on Up Special 17:00 ....... Portrait Artist of the Year 2014 18:00 ..............The Simpson 19:00 ..... NCIS: Los Angeles 20:00............. Hawaii Five-0 21:00... Alien: Resurrection

06:00..................... Children’s TV 06:00 ....................The Hot Desk 08:10 ..........The Adventures of 06:10......................... Emmerdale Omnibus Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 08:50 ............Coronation Street Omnibus 08:25 .... Wanda and the Alien 11:20............................ The Cube 08:40.............. Zack and Quack 09:00 ................ Ben and Holly’s 12:20 .....You’ve Been Framed!

Harry Hill presents the comedy Little Kingdom clip show featuring the funniest 09:15.......................... LazyTown home videos sent in by viewers.

In today’s edition, Batman falls 09:45.............. Teenage Mutant off a roof, a dog meets a shark Ninja Turtles and a crotch meets barbed wire.

Plus Harry reveals the answer to 10:20 .................................. Acces the ultimate question - what re10:30........... World Strongman ally goes through Chris Tarrant’s mind during those long pauses Championship on Millionaire?

11:25.Ice Age: The Meltdown 12:50 ...................................Twins 13:00 ....The Christmas Bunny 15:00...................... Secret Santa 14:45 ........................ Angels and Made-for-TV family drama in Ornaments which a big city journalist is sent to a small town to try and 16:30.... Mrs Miracle 2: Miracle find out the identity of a ‘secret in Manhattan Santa’ who anonymously gives out presents to the needy every 18:30........... Mistletoe Over Christmas.

Manhattan 16:50 .....You’ve Been Framed!

20:15.................My Crazy W C Christmas Obsession choice 17:55 .....You’ve Been Framed!

19:00 ............Pearl Harbour 21:05 .......5 News Weekend 21:10......... TV’s 50 Greatest 22:35 ..........The Xtra Factor Magic Tricks 23:35 ...........Celebrity Juice

06:10.................. The Dog Hotel 06:35.................. The Dog Hotel 07:00.................. The Dog Hotel 07:30.................. The Dog Hotel 08:00 ................. The Dog Hotel 08:30 ................. The Dog Hotel 09:00.................. The Dog Hotel 09:30 ................. The Dog Hotel 10:00 ................. The Dog Hotel 10:30 ................. The Dog Hotel 11:00................. Cars, Cops and Criminals 12:00 ................. Cars, Cops and Criminals 16:00 ..............Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan 17:00. John Torode’s Australia 18:00............ Iceland Foods: Life in the Freezer Cabinet 19:00 ......... Jonathan Creek 20:00...... The Funny Side of Christmas 21:00................ Doctor Who 22:20 .................. The Strain 23:20 ............... Dangerman

06:00 ............ My Fair Wedding

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

07:10 ....Rocket City Rednecks

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

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

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

06:30 .. RSPCA Animal Rescue

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

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

08:00....... Emergency Abroad

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

06:30 .......... Football’s Greatest Teams

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

09:00....... Emergency Abroad

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

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

10:00............... Border Security

09:00.................................. Smash

11:00............ American Pickers

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

10:00 ................................. Smash

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

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

11:00 ..........Mortified Sessions

13:00 .......................Man v Food

11:30.......... Mortified Sessions

13:30 .......................Man v Food

12:00 .........Networks of Power

09:00 ................................... Game Changers

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

13:00 ...................Urban Secrets

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

14:30 ..............Storage Hunters

14:00 ......................... The British

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

15:00 ......................... Red Dwarf

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

14:30 .................................Cricket

15:40 ......................... Red Dwarf

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

15:30 .......................................NFL

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

17:00 .......................Blue Bloods

16:30 ......................... Darts Gold

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

18:00............ Urban Secrets

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

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

16:45 ................... Ford Saturday Night Football

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

21:00........... The Newsroom

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

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

23:20 ..........Mock the Week

23:15 .........................Falcón

13:00 ................Four Weddings 14:00 ............... Border Security 15:00 ........Nothing to Declare 16:30 ........Nothing to Declare 17:30 ........Nothing to Declare 18:00 ... Nothing to Declare 18:30 ... Nothing to Declare 20:30 ... Nothing to Declare 21:00 ......... Criminal Minds 22:00.......... Criminal Minds 23:00.......... Criminal Minds

20:00 ......... Without a Trace

06:50 ... Rules of Engagement 07:15 ... Rules of Engagement 07:40 .......................... How I Met Your Mother 08:05.......................... How I Met Your Mother 11:00 ............ Melissa and Joey 13:00 ................. First Daughter 15:15 .. Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts 15:30 .............Made in Chelsea 16:35............ Melissa and Joey 17:00............ Melissa and Joey 17:30 .......................... How I Met Your Mother 18:00........... How I Met Your Mother 18:30....The Big Bang Theory 19:00 ...The Big Bang Theory 19:30 ...The Big Bang Theory 20:00... The Big Bang Theory 20:30... The Big Bang Theory 21:00 ............The Mechanic 22:50.................. Rude Tube 23:55 .....The Inbetweeners

07:00 ................... Football Gold 07:30 .............. Barclays Premier League Review 08:00 ....................... The Fantasy Football Club

20:00 ............. SNF: Game of the Day 22:00 .... SNF: Match Choice 23:30 .... SNF: Match Choice

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100 Greatest Toys with Jonathan Ross Channel 4, 18:00

Gadget, gizmo and toy collector extraordinaire Jonathan Ross presents a three-hour countdown of the nation’s favourite toys and games. From Action Man to Yahtzee, and from Barbie to Trivial Pursuit, inventors and toymakers tell the inside stories of their creations and success. And to fully explain the impact of these toys and games, the children of yesteryear - celebrities, authors, actors and journalists - reveal exactly what it was that made them love a particular toy. The shortlist of 100 toys was selected by a panel of industry experts and the final countdown decided by a Channel 4 online vote.

My Crazy Christmas Obsession Channel 5, 20:15

First of a two-part documentary featuring people who take Christmas decorations to a whole new level. From a home infested with twinkling fully decorated Christmas trees and another covered in 200,000 lights to a couple competing for space with their collections of snowpeople and nutcrackers and the couple with America’s largest collection of Christmas inflatables.

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

06:00 ......................Animal Park

07:35............ Match of the Day

06:30 .................... Match of the Day at 50

09:00............ The Andrew Marr Show 10:00.......Fern Britton Meets...

11:00 ................Sunday Politics 12:15 ....................MOTD2 Extra 13:00 ..........................BBC News 13:15 ....................Bargain Hunt 14:15 ........... Homes Under the Hammer 15:15............................ Escape to the Country 16:15............................... Lifeline

Sports Personality Of The Year 2014 BB1, 20.00 After another fantastic year in British sport, Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan present the 2014 BBC Sports Personality Of The Year, live from Glasgow’s Hydro Arena.

This star-studded event features some of the greatest names in world sport and ends with the presentation of the famous trophy, with the winner chosen by viewers on the night.

There are 10 contenders for the main award and picking a winner will be tricky. Glasgow hosted a memorable Commonwealth Games with golden glory for many home nations’ competitors. In other sports, Rory McIlroy won two of golf’s majors, Lewis Hamilton became Britain’s record Grand Prix winner and Lizzy Yarnold struck Winter Olympics gold.

Seven other awards will be presented, made up of Team and Coach Of The Year, Young and Overseas Sports Personality, Unsung Hero, Lifetime Achievement and the Helen Rollason award, given for inspirational achievement in the face of adversity.

16:25 ................Songs of Praise 17:00............................ Pointless 17:50 ..........................BBC News 18:10............... BBC London News 18:20................. Countryfile 19:20............. Strictly Come Dancing

06:00.................. The Aquabats!

Super Show!

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

07:35 ............. Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein

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

08:05 ....................... Countryfile

06:50 ............... Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures

09:00 .....................The Football League Show 10:20 ............................Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:50 ........................Rick Stein’s Spanish Christmas

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

07:05............................ Canimals 07:10.................... Share a Story 07:15 ...................................Sooty 07:25............................. Mr. Bean 07:40.............. Text Santa: Little Helpers

12:50 ................ James Martin’s Food Map of Britain

07:45......Ultimate Spider-Man

13:00 ......... The Rockford Files

08:15.................... Horrid Henry

13:50...................... Funny Lady

08:30 .................. Big Time Rush

16:05 .................................Emma

09:00.................. The Aquabats!

Super Show!

18:00........................ Sports Personality of the Year at 60

20:00..Sports PersonalityCW of the Year 2014 choice 19:00 .............. James May’s Toy Stories 22:20................... BBC News 20:00 ............ What Women 22:35............... BBC London Want News 22:00 ...... Russell Howard’s 22:45 ..................... Match of Good News the Day 2 22:30 ........ Mrs. Henderson 23:45 ......... The Apprentice Presents

08:10 .............. Text Santa: Little Helpers

09:25 ............................ITV News 09:30......Dickinson’s Real Deal 10:25......... Murder, She Wrote 11:25............................. ITV News and Weather 11:30 ..................Problem Child 13:05 ....................Tipping Point 14:05..... You’ve Been Framed!

14:35...................... The X Factor 16:40....... Death Becomes Her Black comedy. When a novelist loses her man to a former friend, she ends up in a psychiatric hospital. Years later and looking radiant, she returns home to confront the now-married couple.

Her ex-husband’s new wife wants to know her secret, and discovers that she has been taking a mysterious potion which grants eternal life to the person who drinks it. However, the battling women soon discover that immortality has a price.

18:35 ...... ITV News London 18:45 .................... ITV News 19:00..........Catchphrase

Catchphrase Christmas special ITV1, 19.00 Stephen Mulhern gets you in the festive mood with this hilarious, celebrity special of the much loved game show. Celebrities Warwick Davis, Katie Price and Christopher Biggins ‘say what they see’ as they try to win an early Christmas present for their chosen charities.

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20:00............... The X Factor Results Show 22:05................ The Holiday 23:05............. ITV News and Weather 23:20................ The Holiday

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12th December 2014 - 18th December 2014

day Sunday Sunday 14th December 06:10...................................... NFL

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

07:10 .......................... How I Met Your Mother

08:20 .... Wanda and the Alien

07:35........................... How I Met Your Mother

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

08:00............. Everybody Loves Raymond

08:35 ............................ Mio Mao 08:50 ....Bert and Ernie’s Great Adventures

06:00 ........................ Emmerdale Omnibus 08:35 ............Coronation Street Omnibus 11:00 ..................... The X Factor 13:1.................. The Xtra Factor

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

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

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

09:00................................. Jamie’s Comfort Food

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

16:15 ....................... Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure

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

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

12:30 .....The Big Bang Theory

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

13:00 .....The Big Bang Theory

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

13:25.................. The Simpsons

10:45......... Police Interceptors

14:00.................. The Simpsons

11:45 .........Police Interceptors

14:30 .................. The Simpsons

12:40 ...........Dear Secret Santa

15:00............... 10 Things I Hate About You

14:30................. Deck the Halls

17:00....................... Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian 19:05........ Channel 4 News

16:20.................... Paper Angels 18:15........ A Christmas Kiss 20:00.....The ABBA Years

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21:00.......... Michael Buble’s Christmas Special

19:30.....Britain’s Wildest CW Weather 2014 choice 21:55 ....................... 5 News 22:00..... Britain’s Favourite 21:00.................. Homeland Christmas Songs 22:00 ....................Insidious

06:00 .........The Hour of Power 07:00.... Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? 08:00 .....................................Glee 09:00........ Middle Earth: There and Back Again 10:00 ...............World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 11:00 ............ WWE Experience 12:00 ..... Ashley Banjo’s Secret Street Crew 13:00 .........Last Man Standing 14:00 ................. Harrow: A Very British School 16:00........................... Futurama 16:30.................. The Simpsons 18:30................... Futurama 19:00 ................... The Flash 20:00 ..........Modern Family 20:30 ...................... Trollied 21:00 ............ Hawaii Five-0 22:00 ..... NCIS: Los Angeles 23:00 ................. Road Wars

06:00 ..................RSPCA Animal Rescue 07:00.................. RSPCA Animal Rescue 08:00 ....................The Real A&E 09:00.................... The Real A&E 10:00................. Sports Women Week 10:30............... Border Security 11:00................... The Face USA 12:00 ....................... The Biggest Loser USA 14:00 ....................Million Dollar Listing 15:00 .....Million Dollar Listing 18:00.......... Four Weddings 19:00.......... Four Weddings 20:00................ Elementary 21:00........................ Stalker 22:00 .........Forbidden Love 23:00 .........................Bones

14:25 ........................Santa Baby

18:00..................... The Polar Express A young boy who does not believe in Santa Claus is shocked to see a train stop outside his window on Christmas Eve destined for the North Pole. When he accepts an invitation from the conductor to climb on board, he embarks on a white-knuckle ride to Santa’s headquarters where he learns an invaluable lesson about the true spirit of Christmas.

20:00.................... Scorpion 21:00................... Educating Joey Essex 22:00.......... The Xtra Factor 23:00...................... Through the Keyhole

06:00 .......... Beverly Hills Pawn 06:25.......... Beverly Hills Pawn 08:20 ....Eastenders Christmas Fall Outs 09:40...................... Doctor Who 11:00 ................ The Funny Side of TV Talent 12:00 ........... The Funny Side of Animals 13:00 ........... The Funny Side of Christmas 14:00........... The Funny Side of Politics 15:00................ The Funny Side of Live TV 16:00 ..............Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan 17:00.....................John Torode’s Australia 18:00........ Countryside 999 19:00 ..... Who Repairs Wins 20:00 ............Choccywoccydoodah 21:00 ................. Eastenders Christmas Fall Outs 22:20 ............. The Toys That Made Christmas

06:00 ... Rules of Engagement 06:25 ... Rules of Engagement 06:45 ... Rules of Engagement 07:10 ... Rules of Engagement 07:30 ... Rules of Engagement 07:55 ... Rules of Engagement 08:30 .......................... How I Met Your Mother 09:00.......................... How I Met Your Mother 09:30 .......................... How I Met Your Mother 10:00....... Hollyoaks Omnibus 12:30............. Made in Chelsea 13:30.......................... Step Up 3 15:50............................ Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts 16:00 ............ Melissa and Joey 16:30............ Melissa and Joey 17:00........Brooklyn Nine-Nine 18:00........................ The Big Bang Theory 22:00 .....The Inbetweeners 23:10 ................Bad Robots 23:40 ...................How I Met Your Mother

07:10.... Rocket City Rednecks

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

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

07:35 ....Rocket City Rednecks

07:00 ...........................Love/Lust

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

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

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

06:30 ...............Sporting Greats

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

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

07:00 ......... SNF: Match Choice

10:35.......... Lizard Lick Towing

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

08:30 ................... Football Gold

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

10:00................................. Smash

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

11:30.......... Lizard Lick Towing

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

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

12:00................... Urban Secrets

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

12:30 ..........Lizard Lick Towing

10:30 .............Goals on Sunday

13:00 ..........Lizard Lick Towing

13:00 ............................Networks of Power

12:30 .........Ford Super Sunday

13:30 ..........Lizard Lick Towing

14:00......... Friday Night Lights

15:30 .........Ford Super Sunday

17:00 ....... World’s Most Stupid Criminals

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

18:30 . Sky Sports Originals

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

19:30 ....... Goals on Sunday

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

17:00 ............... Without a Trace

20:30 . Sky Sports Originals

18:30 ........Storage Hunters

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

19:00 .............. World’s Most Dangerous Roads

20:00 ....... Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets

21:30 ......... Premier League 100 Club

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

21:00 .........Olive Kitteridge

22:00 ............. Ford Football Special

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

23:20 ......................Game of Thrones

23:30 ......... Premier League 100 Club

22:00....................... Sin City

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Britain’s Wildest Weather 2014 Channel 4, 19:30

This year Britain has been hit by recordbreaking storms, by devastating tornadoes, floods and hurricanes, by the coldest August in over 20 years and by the hottest Halloween ever.

Through the shocking personal testimony and staggering eyewitness footage of the people who were there, this documentary reveals amazing human stories, explains the incredible science behind the wild weather events that devastated our nation this year, and discovers that there may be worse to come.

The ABBA Years Channel 5, 20:00

Documentary exploring the remarkable success of ABBA, featuring interviews with the band members, footage of tours and stage shows, digitally remastered archive footage and music from 26 of the band’s hit records. Filmed in both Sweden and London to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Mamma Mia stage production, this film is the story of chart-topping music, flamboyant outfits, successful spinoffs, marriages and break-ups - all told in ABBA’s own words.

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Monday Monday Mond 06:00 ............................Breakfast 09:15 ............... Operation Meet the Street 10:00 ........... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00. Saints and Scroungers 11:30.Oxford Street Revealed 12:15 ....................Bargain Hunt 13:00 ............BBC News at One 13:30 ......... BBC London News

Bette Midler: One Night Only ITV1, 21.00 In a showbiz career spanning half-a-century, multiple Grammy Awardwinning singer and legendary performer Bette Midler graces ITV screens in her first-ever UK television special, Bette Midler: One Night Only.

Hosted by Joanna Lumley, Bette Midler: One Night Only sees musical performances interspersed with candid chat with the leading lady, offering an insight into her life in the spotlight. And as a true comedy legend, we can expect a lot of laughs along the way.

The Grammy Award winner will be performing a selection of her classic hits, including Wind Beneath My Wings and From A Distance, as well as songs from her new album, including a cover of The Ronettes’ Be My Baby and TLC’s Waterfalls.

The Divine Miss M is preparing to release her first studio album in eight years, It’s The Girls! which is a collection of songs of the greatest girl groups of all time, covering everyone from The Supremes to The Shirelles.

‘I can’t believe this is really my first special in the UK,’ said Midler. ‘What have we been waiting for all these years? We’re going to have a ball. I’m looking forward to performing some of my favourite songs and also introducing some wonderful new songs that celebrate iconic girl groups. I love the music these women made. They say behind every great man, there’s a great woman. Well, I think that behind every great woman, there should be at least two other women singing and dancing in perfect unison.’

One of the world’s best-loved and most versatile entertainers, Bette Midler has garnered accolades in all quarters of show business. She’s earned four Grammy Awards including Song of the Year (1989: Wind Beneath My Wings; 1990: From A Distance) and Record of the Year (1989: Wind Beneath My Wings); two Academy Award nominations, three Emmy Awards, one Tony Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and nine American Comedy Awards. Bette Midler has recorded 13 studio albums and has gone on to sell over 30 million albums worldwide.

Let’s Do Christmas...With Gino & Mel ITV1, 12.30 Let’s Do Christmas...with Gino & Mel continues with a culinary food countdown to the big day itself.

Gino D’Acampo & Melanie Sykes bring great recipes and lots of fun in the days leading up to Christmas, taking the stress out of the festive preparations and having lots of laughs along the way.

Creating a Christmas menu to tantalise all taste buds, Gino cooks an array of festive food from a three-bird roast with all the trimmings to a delicious vegan dinner. He’ll also rustle up a traditional Italian feast and will share inspirational and tasty recipes for a low carb Christmas.

13:45.............................. Doctors 14:15 .............The Doctor Blake Mysteries 15:10.... Escape to the Country 15:40 ...Christmas Kitchen with James Martin 16:30 ................................ Flog It! 17:15 ............................ Pointless 18:00 ........ BBC News at Six 19:00 ...........The One Show 19:30 ............... Fake Britain 20:00 ................ EastEnders 20:30 ..................Panorama 21:00.........Wild Weather CW with Richard choice Hammond 22:00........ BBC News at Ten 22:35.......... Have I Got a Bit More News for You 23:20 ..............Citizen Khan 23:50 ............... The Graham Norton Show

06:05........... Homes Under the Hammer 07:05....Claimed and Shamed 07:35 ................... Oxford Street Revealed 08:20.............Glorious Gardens From Above 09:05 ......... Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 10:05....... Tom Kerridge’s Best Ever Dishes 10:35 ....................................Click 11:00 ......................... BBC News 12:00 ............The Daily Politics 13:00.................................. Coast 13:25..... Ready, Steady, Cook 14:10............. The Great British Bake Off 15:10 ....A Place to Call Home 15:55 ............ The World’s Most Photographed 16:25.... Andrew Marr’s History of Modern Britain 17:25 ..... Antiques Roadshow 18:00................... Eggheads 18:30 .............Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 19:00........... Tom Kerridge’s Best Ever Dishes 19:30 ................ The Perfect Morecambe and Wise Christmas Special 20:00 . University Challeng 20:30 ............Only Connect 21:00 ................ Canterbury Cathedral

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.....Let’s Do Christmas CW with Gino and Mel choice 13:30............................. ITV News and Weather 14:00 ...............Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover 15:00.................. Secret Dealers 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 ...................... Tonight 20:30 ..... Coronation Street 21:00..........Bette Midler: CW One Night Only choice 22:00................ ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:40 ............. The Jonathan Ross Show 23:45............ All Star Family Fortunes

The Office Xmas Party ITV2, 21.00 The Office Xmas Party follows three very different businesses as they prepare for their yuletide extravaganza.

The highlight of any office social calendar, the Christmas party is guaranteed to be a source of fun and frivolity.

With outlandish festive themes, venues transformed into winter wonderlands and outrageous entertainment all on the cards, each business is gearing up for a party their employees will never forget.

The three-part series follows a party-loving property company, a sex-toy warehouse, and the team that run a mansion-house, as they plan their extravagant events. The programme celebrates the great British tradition where companies across the country descend into a night of organised seasonal celebrations.

Kate Maddigan, Commissioning Editor, Comedy Entertainment, said: “Everyone loves a Christmas party, and some people spend months meticulously planning their events. This series will show just how much effort people put into their festive celebrations and exactly what people get up to at their office do’s!”

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12th December 2014 - 18th December 2014

day Monday Monday 15th December 06:20............... King of Queens 07:10................... 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:00............. Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30................................. Frasier 11:00..... Jamie’s Festive Feast 12:05.............................. Heston’s Christmas Feast 13:10 ...... Come Dine with Me 14:10 ..........A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 15:10 ...................... Countdown 16:00 ...............Deal or No Deal 17:00...... Come Dine with Me 17:30 ................. Coach Trip 18:00............ The Simpsons 18:30 .................. Hollyoaks 19:00 ........ Channel 4 News 20:00................. Dogs: Their Secret Lives 21:00........................... Skint 22:00...........Steph and Dom Meet Nigel Farage 22:30......... 8 Out of 10 Cats 23:35 .............................NFL

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

06:00 ....................The Real A&E 06:30 ....................The Real A&E 07:00........... Sun, Sea and A&E 08:00........................... Futurama 08:30........................... Futurama 09:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00 ................... Hawaii Five-0 12:00 ................... Hawaii Five-0 13:00.......... NCIS: Los Angeles 15:00 ......................... Road Wars 16:00........... Sun, Sea and A&E 17:00................... The Simpsons 17:30 ...........................Futurama 18:00 ...................Futurama 18:30 ............The Simpsons 20:00 ..........Modern Family 20:30 ...................... Trollied 21:00 ........ An Idiot Abroad 22:00 .........................Arrow 23:00..... NCIS: Los Angeles

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

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

07:35 ......Thomas and Friends 07:50 ...........Noddy in Toyland

06:25 .....You’ve Been Framed!

08:00... Total Wipeout Canada

08:00 .....Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

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

09:00 ..................... Best in Town

07:15 ...........Coronation Street

10:00 ...... Million Dollar Intern

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

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

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

09:15 ........................ Royal Pains

11:00..........The Route Masters: Running London’s Roads

08:50....... Bananas in Pyjamas 09:00......................... Tickety Toc

11:15 ................... All Star Family Fortunes

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

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

11:40 .......A Perfect Christmas

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

13:25......... 5 News Lunchtime

13:15 ...........Coronation Street

13:30............. Home and Away

13:50 ........................ Royal Pains

14:00............. The Real St. Nick

14:45 .... The Jeremy Kyle Show

14:00 ...................Too Fat for 15: Fighting Back

15:40 ........................Mr. St. Nick

15:50..... The Jeremy Kyle Show

15:00 .......Hollywood Treasure

17:30........................5 News at 5

16:55..... The Jeremy Kyle Show

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

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

18:00....You’ve Been Framed!

17:00 ...... Million Dollar Intern

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

19:00...... The X Factor: Your Top Ten

18:00 .... Beverly Hills Pawn

19:00 ..... The Gadget Show

10:15 ..........................The Chase

07:00................... Total Wipeout

12:00 ....................Nick Knowles’ Original Features 13:00 ......... Nigella’s Christmas Kitchen 13:30 ......... Nigella’s Christmas Kitchen

20:00 ...You’ve Been Framed!

19:00 ....Nigella’s Christmas Kitchen

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

21:00...............The Office Xmas Party

20:00............. The Toys That Made Christmas

22:00.... Greatest Christmas TV Moments

22:00........... Celebrity Juice

22:00 ......... Motorway Cops

23:00................... Little Man

23:00..... Being Human USA

06:00 ..............UK Border Force

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

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

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

07:10............ American Pickers

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

08:00 ............... Border Security

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

08:30 ............... Border Security

10:00...................... World’s Most Dangerous Roads

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

20:00 ..............Big Foot: The Missing Evidence

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

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

11:00............ American Pickers

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

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

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

11:00 ................Criminal Minds

14:00 ..................... World’s Most Dangerous Roads

12:00.................................. House

12:00................ Criminal Minds

15:00............ American Pickers

15:00.............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

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

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

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

17:00 ........Nothing to Declare

18:00............... World’s Most Dangerous Roads

18:00............ RSPCA Animal Rescue

19:00....... American Pickers

19:00................ The Biggest Loser USA

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

21:00 ......... Criminal Minds

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

22:00....................... Stalker

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

23:00........ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

23:15 ........Russell Howard’s Good News Extra

13:00 ............. Stargate Atlantis 15:00 .............................Star Trek: Enterprise 16:00.................................. House 17:00.................................. House 18:00 ............... Blue Bloods 19:00 ......... Without a Trace 20:00 ......................... Friday Night Lights 21:00..........Olive Kitteridge 23:20 ................... The Knick

06:00.............................. Hollyoaks 06:30 ...................Happy Endings 07:15 ........................ One Tree Hill 08:00 ........................ Suburgatory 08:30 ...................Happy Endings 09:00 ............................... Charmed 10:00 ......Rules of Engagement 10:30 ......Rules of Engagement 11:00 .. How I Met Your Mother 12:00 .............................. Hollyoaks 12:30 ...................Paternity Court 13:00 .. How I Met Your Mother 14:00 ....... The Big Bang Theory 15:00 ............... My Fair Wedding 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.......... Made in Chelsea 22:00..................... Rude Tube 23:05 ...The Big Bang Theory

06:00................... Football Gold 07:00 .......... WWE Bottom Line 08:00 .............Goals on Sunday 09:00 ................... Football Gold 10:00 ................Premier League 100 Club 11:30 ................... Football Gold 12:00 .......Sky Sports Originals 13:00..................................... FL72 14:00 .............Goals on Sunday 15:00 ...................... One2eleven 15:30 ................... Football Gold 16:00................ Premier League 100 Club 16:30............ Fantasy Football The Highlights 17:00 ..................... Soccer A.M. The Best Bits 18:00 ........................... FL72 19:00.... Ford Monday Night Football

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Richard Hammond travels the globe in an attempt to reveal the hidden world of weather. Richard Hammond investigates the crucial role temperatureplays.

Without heat, there would be no weather - no clouds, no rain, no snow, no dust storms, no thunder and lightning. Richard sets off to find out about hot air with the help of a quarry and a massive hot plate discovers just why it is so hard to pull a sword out of snow. He discovers, by building his own massive dust storm with the help of a few friends and dust specialist Dr Nigel Tapper, just how sand from the Sahara bounces its way to the UK. In Canada he creates his own ice storm. He also drops in on Dan Morgan who creates lightning bolts in his lab, where Richard is able to see thunder and hear lightning with the aid of some special cameras, light bulbs and a few candles.

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Tuesday Tuesday Tu 06:00............................ Breakfast 09:15............... Operation Meet the Street 10:00 ........... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 .......................... Saints and Scroungers 11:30.................... Oxford Street Revealed 12:15 ....................Bargain Hunt

The Choir: New Military Wives BBC2, 21:00 Two-part documentary following choirmaster Gareth Malone, as he forms a special Military Wives choir to perform at a WW1 centenary prom at London’s Royal Albert Hall, alongside the cast of War Horse. It’s three years since Gareth formed the first Military Wives choir and since then the organisation has mushroomed with over 2,000 members around the globe.

In this episode, Gareth sets out to audition as many of them as possible for his 100-strong choir. The wives usually sing pop songs, but Gareth has a repertoire of taxing classical pieces that were popular at the time of the First World War in mind. As rehearsals get under way, Gareth discovers that the wives’ dignity in the face of the constant threat of the death of their loved ones is as strong as ever, and the wives discover powerful parallels with their counterparts 100 years before them. The episode culminates in an performance at RAF Brize Norton for some of Britain’s last deployment of troops to return from Afghanistan.

13:00 ............BBC News at One 13:30 ......... BBC London News 13:45 .............................. Doctors 14:15 .............The Doctor Blake Mysteries 15:10 ....................Escape to the Country 15:40 ...........Christmas Kitchen with James Martin 16:30 ................................ Flog It! 17:15 ............................ Pointless 18:00......... BBC News at Six 19:00........... The One Show 19:30 ................ EastEnders 20:00 ..................Holby City 21:00................The Missing

Jamie at Home Christmas Special Channel 4, 11:00 Jamie Oliver returns to the garden of his Essex home to prepare a festive feast with help from his friend and mentor Gennaro Contaldo and Brian the gardener, as well as free-range turkey farmer Paul Kelly, and free-range goose doyenne Judy Goodman. They discuss how to choose the best and most succulent bird for your Christmas dinner and Jamie demonstrates how to cook up two fantastic Christmas birds with his best stuffing and gravy. His garden may be winding down for winter, but Jamie takes a wander to see what is on offer. He finds an abundance of greens and he shows how to make the best out of them with a delicious flavoured butter. And he reveals the foolproof way to make the perfect roast potato work every time.

Brian Pern: A Life In Rock BBC2, 22.00 Comedy actor and award-winning documentary filmmaker Rhys Thomas and fellow Fast Show comic Simon Day combine once again in the rock doc parody.

This year is the tenth anniversary of the twentieth anniversary of the fifth anniversary of the first anniversary of the non-release of his unheard debut solo album, Brian Pern’s Musical Version Of The Day Of The Triffids.

To celebrate, Brian plans to stage the entire album live from the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa with a host of special guests.

Brian Pern has allowed the BBC unlimited access backstage to this ground breaking show which not only reveals the technical challenges of performing live music - but the physical strains many rock stars of Brian’s generation are facing as they enter their winter years.

22:00........ BBC News at Ten 22:25 .... BBC London News 22:35 ......... The Apprentice 23:35 ....................Wreckers

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06:05 ...........Homes Under the Hammer 07:05.....Saints and Scroungers 07:35.................... Oxford Street Revealed 08:20 ............Glorious Gardens From Above 09:05...... Antiques Roadshow 10:05....Close Calls: On Camera 10:35........................... HARDtalk 11:00.......................... BBC News 12:00 ............ The Daily Politics 13:00 ...................................Coast 13:25 ......Ready, Steady, Cook 14:10............. The Great British Bake Off 15:10 .....A Place to Call Home 15:55 ............ The World’s Most Photographed 16:25...Andrew Marr’s History of Modern Britain 17:25 ......Antiques Roadshow 18:00 .................. Eggheads 18:30 .............Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 19:00 ..............Alex Polizzi’s Christmas Fix 20:00...............The Great W C British Bake Off - choic Masterclass: 21:00......The Choir: New W C Military Wives choic 22:00.............Brian Pern: W A Life in Rock C ch oi c

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 ............................... Let’s Do Christmas with Gino and Mel 13:30 .............................ITV News and Weather 14:00 .....................Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover 15:00 ..................Secret Dealers 16:00.....................Tipping Point 17:00 ..........................The Chase 18:00 .................... ITV News London 18:30.............. ITV News and Weather 19:00 ................ Emmerdale 19:30................ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 22:00................ ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:40.................Waterworld

The Great British Bake Off Masterclass: BBC2, 20:00

Christmas - Masterclass. In the countdown to Christmas, Great British Bake Off judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood are getting festive in the kitchen. They have six brand new recipes to bake for the family this Christmas, inspired by rich traditions from all over Europe. Paul kicks off the baking with St Lucia buns, which are saffron buns traditionally eaten throughout Advent in Scandinavia. He puts a twist on the traditional mince pie, making a mincemeat and marzipan couronne, while Mary makes a French galette and offers alternatives to traditional Christmas cake and Christmas pudding.

She makes a fruit-filled genoa cake and white chocolate and stem ginger cheesecake. The baking is topped off by Paul’s kransekake - a spectacular tower of rings of delicate mixture.

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12th December 2014 - 18th December 2014

uesday Tuesday 16th December 06:20 ............... King of Queens 06:45 ............... King of Queens 07:10.................................. 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:00 .............Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 .................................Frasier 11:00 .................Jamie at Home Christmas Special 12:05......... Jimmy’s Grow Your Own Christmas Dinner 13:05 ...... Come Dine with Me 14:10 ..........A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 15:10 ...................... Countdown 16:00............... Deal or No Deal 17:00 ...... Come Dine with Me 17:30..........................Coach Trip 18:00............ The Simpsons 18:30 .................. Hollyoaks 19:00 ........ Channel 4 News 20:00 .............The Supervet 21:00..........Black Mirror CW ch oi c 22:30 ................ Gogglebox 23:30 ...... Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

06:00..................... Children’s TV 08:00 ................ Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 08:15 ..........................Peppa Pig 08:35 ..............Toby’s Travelling Circus 08:50 .......Bananas in Pyjamas 09:00........................ Tickety Toc 09:15.............. The Wright Stuff 11:40......... Battle of the Bulbs 13:25......... 5 News Lunchtime 13:30............. Home and Away 14:00.... A Bride for Christmas 15:45............. Lucky Christmas 17:30 .......................5 News at 5 18:00........ Home and Away 18:30 ......... 5 News Tonight 19:00 ........World’s Ultimate Strongest Team 20:00 ....... Gibraltar: Britain in the Sun 21:00......... Kids’ Hospital at Christmas 22:00 ........ Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 23:00............................ NCIS

06:00.................... The Real A&E

06:00 ..............UK Border Force

07:10 ............ American Pickers

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

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

06:30 ....................The Real A&E

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

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

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

07:00............... WWE Afterburn

07:00 ........... Sun, Sea and A&E

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

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

08:00 ...........................Futurama

08:00 ............... Border Security

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

08:00 .............. Barclays Premier League Review

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

08:30 ............... Border Security

10:00 ......Man v Food Greatest Moments

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

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

09:00 .. RSPCA Animal Rescue

11:00 ............ American Pickers

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

09:00.................... Ford Monday Night Football

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

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

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

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

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

12:00 ..................................House

11:00 ................Criminal Minds

14:00 ......Man v Food Greatest Moments

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

15:00............ American Pickers

13:00.......... NCIS: Los Angeles 15:00 ......................... Road Wars 16:00 ........... Sun, Sea and A&E 17:00 .................. The Simpsons 17:30 ...........................Futurama 18:00................... Futurama 18:30 ............The Simpsons 19:00 ............The Simpsons 20:00 ................... The Flash 21:00 ..... NCIS: Los Angeles

15:00............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

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

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

06:25 ....................... You’ve Been Framed!

09:00 ..................... Best in Town

06:45........................ Emmerdale 07:15 ...........Coronation Street 08:15............................ The Cube 09:15 ........................ Royal Pains 10:15 ..........................The Chase 11:15................... All Star Family Fortunes 12:15 ........................Emmerdale 12:45 ...........Coronation Street 13:50........................ Royal Pains 14:45 .... The Jeremy Kyle Show 15:50 .... The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:55 .... The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:00................ You’ve Been Framed!

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

19:45 .............. Take Me Out 21:00 ................... The Office Xmas Party 22:00 .................The 40 Year Old Virgin

07:00 ...................Total Wipeout 10:00 ...... Million Dollar Intern 11:00 .........The Route Masters: Running London’s Roads 12:00................... Nick Knowles’ Original Features 13:00.......... Nigella’s Christmas Kitchen 13:30 ...................Jamie’s Family Christmas 14:00 ...................Too Fat for 15: Fighting Back 15:00 .......Hollywood Treasure 16:00 ...................... Doctor Who 17:00 ...... Million Dollar Intern 18:00..... Beverly Hills Pawn 19:00.....Nigella’s Christmas Kitchen 19:30 ............Jamie’s Family Christmas 20:00............ Memory Slam 21:00.... Heston Blumenthal’s Perfect Christmas 22:00................. Traffic Cops

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

17:00 ........Nothing to Declare

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

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

18:00............ RSPCA Animal Rescue

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

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

18:00................. Man v Food Greatest Moments

17:00 ..................................House

19:00 ...... American Pickers

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

18:30 ........... RSPCA Animal Rescue 19:00..............Million Dollar Listing

22:00..... Britcam: Emergency on Our Streets

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

23:00...... NCIS: Los Angeles

22:00.......... Criminal Minds

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

20:00 ...........................QI XL 21:00 ...........................QI XL 22:00.......... Mock the Week 23:20 ....Would I Lie to You?

18:00................ Blue Bloods 20:00.... Networks of Power 21:00......................... Falcón

06:00 ...........................Hollyoaks 06:30.................Paternity Court 06:50................ Happy Endings 07:15 .....................One Tree Hill 08:00 .....................Suburgatory 08:30 ................Happy Endings 09:00 ........................... Charmed 10:00.... Rules of Engagement 11:00...How I Met Your Mother 12:00.......................... Hollyoaks 12:30 ................Paternity Court 13:00...How I Met Your Mother 14:00..... The Big Bang Theory 15:00............ My Fair Wedding 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.................. Rude Tube 22:00.................Bad Robots 22:35....The Big Bang Theory 23:35..... Tattoos After Dark

11:30 .....................................FL72 12:30 ................SPFL Round Up 13:00 ........ Ford Monday Night Football 15:30 ...................... One2eleven 16:00................ Premier League 100 Club 16:30 .............. Barclays Premier League Legends 17:00................... Football Gold 17:30 .............. Barclays Premier League Legends

22:00 ................... The Knick

18:00 ........Barclays Premier League Review

23:00 .......Game of Thrones

19:30 .......................Footbal

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Black Mirror Channel 4, 21:00

Black Mirror: White Christmas is a chilling feature-length seasonal special of the critically-acclaimed drama series, starring Jon Hamm, Rafe Spall and Oona Chaplin. The most mind-bending episode yet consists of three interwoven stories brimming with near-future madness.

In a mysterious and remote snowy outpost, Matt and Potter, share a Christmas meal together, swapping creepy tales of their earlier lives in the outside world.

Matt is a charismatic American trying to bring the reserved, secretive Potter out of his shell. But are both men who they appear to be?

Along the way we see Jon Hamm offering an unusual form of romantic guidance to an inexperienced young man, watch Oona Chaplin thrust headlong into a nightmarish world of ‘smart’ gadgetry, and explore what might happen if you could ‘block’ people in real life, just as you can on Facebook or Twitter.

All three stories are bound together into a suitably unsettling whole.

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12th December 2014 - 18th December 2014

Wednesday Wednesd 06:00 ............................Breakfast 09:15 ............... Operation Meet the Street 10:00 ........... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00.......................... Saints and Scroungers 11:30 .................... Oxford Street Revealed 12:15 ....................Bargain Hunt 13:00 ............BBC News at One 13:45.............................. Doctors 14:15......................... The Doctor Blake Mysteries 15:10 ............................Escape to the Country 15:40 ...........Christmas Kitchen with James Martin 16:30 ................................ Flog It! 17:15 ............................ Pointless 18:00......... BBC News at Six 19:00........... The One Show 20:00 .......... Waterloo Road 21:00 ......... The Apprentice 22:00........ BBC News at Ten 22:35 ..... Live at the Apollo 23:05................. The League Cup Show

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23:50 ...................Film 2014

06:00 ......... Homes Under the Hammer 07:00........................ Saints and Scroungers 07:30.................. Oxford Street Revealed 08:15.......... Glorious Gardens From Above 10:00 ................Close Calls: On Camera 10:30 .......................... See Hear 11:00........................ BBC News 11:30.......... The Daily Politics 13:00 ............................. Lifeline 13:10 .................................Coast 13:25 ....Ready, Steady, Cook 14:10 ............The Great British Bake Off 15:10 .. A Place to Call Home 15:55.......The World’s Most CW Photographed choice 16:25................ Andrew Marr’s History of Modern Britain 17:25 ....Antiques Roadshow 18:00................. Eggheads 18:30............ Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 19:00........The 12 Drinks W C of Christmas choice 20:00 .......MasterChef: The Professionals 21:00... Secrets of the Castle with Ruth, Peter and Tom

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 ............................... Let’s Do Christmas with Gino and Mel 13:30 .............................ITV News and Weather 14:00............... Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover 15:00 ..................Secret Dealers 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 21:00............Hit and Run

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22:00................ ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:40..................Cliffhanger

The World’s Most Photographed BBC2, 15:55 Series which decodes the public image of ten of the world’s most photographed people by unearthing pictures previously lost or suppressed.

Queen Victoria’s accession to the throne in 1837 coincided almost exactly with the invention of photography. She would be the first woman in the world to live both her private and public lives in front of the camera. At first, photography was a private pleasure, a way of capturing images of herself and her family for their own personal amusement. But during the course of her 64-year reign, Queen Victoria began to use the camera as a way to win the affection and sympathy of her people, and an opportunity to establish her as the defining symbol of British imperial power. By the time Queen Victoria died in 1901, photography had transformed the relationship between the monarchy and the people. The private life of the monarch was more visible to more people than ever before. But Victoria still managed to take one photographic secret to the grave.

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12th December 2014 - 18th December 2014

day Wednesday 17th December 06:20 ............... King of Queens 07:10 ....3rd Rock from the Sun 08:00 .............Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 .................................Frasier 11:00 ............. Jamie’s Best Ever Christmas 12:05 ........... A Superscrimpers Christmas 13:05 ................Celebrity Come Dine with Me 14:10 ..........A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 15:10...................... Countdown 16:00................Deal or No Deal 17:00 ...... Come Dine with Me 17:30 .........................Coach Trip 18:00............ The Simpsons 18:30 .................. Hollyoaks 19:00 ........ Channel 4 News 20:00 ............. Posh Pawn at Christmas CW ch oi ce 21:00....The British Comedy Awards 2014 23:05.............. Rhod Gilbert: The Man with the Flaming Battenberg Tattoo

06:00.....................The Real A&E 06:30.................... The Real A&E 07:00........... Sun, Sea and A&E 08:00........................... Futurama 08:30 ...........................Futurama 09:00.......... NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00................... Hawaii Five-0 12:00.................... Hawaii Five-0 13:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 15:00 ......................... Road Wars 16:00........... Sun, Sea and A&E 17:00.................. The Simpsons 17:30........................... Futurama 18:30............ The Simpsons 20:00 .........All Aboard: East Coast Trains 21:00...... Tsunami: 10 Years After the Wave 22:00 ...................... Forever 23:00 ..... NCIS: Los Angeles

06:00..................... Children’s TV 08:00 .....Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 08:15.......................... Peppa Pig 08:35 ...Toby’s Travelling Circus 08:50 .......Bananas in Pyjamas 09:00 ........................ Tickety Toc 09:15 ..............The Wright Stuff 11:35 ....................Paper Angels 13:20 .........5 News Lunchtime 13:25 .............Home and Away 13:55...Angels and Ornaments 15:40................Christmas Song 17:30 .......................5 News at 5 18:00........ Home and Away 18:30.......... 5 News Tonight 19:00.... Living on the Edge: Blood in the Snow 20:00........ Gibraltar: Britain in the Sun 21:00......... Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 22:00......... Crazy Christmas Compulsives 23:00......... Kids’ Hospital at Christmas

06:00 ..............UK Border Force 07:00 ........Nothing to Declare 08:00 ............... Border Security 08:30 ............... Border Security 09:00 .. RSPCA Animal Rescue 10:00 ............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 11:00 ................Criminal Minds 15:00 ............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 16:00 ............. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 17:00.........Nothing to Declare 18:00............ RSPCA Animal Rescue 19:00..............Million Dollar Listing 20:00 .........................Bones 21:00 .................Dead Calm 22:50 ......... Criminal Minds 23:50 ......................... Nikita

06:00................... Life’s Funniest Moments 06:25 .... You’ve Been Framed!

06:45 .......................Emmerdale 07:15 .......Holiday Showdown 08:15 ...........................The Cube 09:15 ........................Royal Pains 10:15 ......................... The Chase 11:15 ................... All Star Family Fortunes 12:15....................... Emmerdale 12:45............................The Cube 13:50....................... Royal Pains 14:45.... The Jeremy Kyle Show 15:50 ....The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:55 ....The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:00... You’ve Been Framed!

19:00... You’ve Been Framed!

20:00 ............... The X Factor Class of 2014 21:00......... The Office Xmas Party 22:00.............. Keith Lemon: CW The Film ch oi ce 23:50.................... Two and a Half Men

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

06:00 .............................. Hollyoaks

07:00 ...................Total Wipeout

06:30 ...................Paternity Court

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

06:50................... Happy Endings

09:00..................... Best in Town

07:15........................ One Tree Hill

10:00...... Million Dollar Intern

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

11:00 .........The Route Masters: Running London’s Roads

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

12:00 ....................Nick Knowles’ Original Features

10:00 ......Rules of Engagement

13:00....................Jamie’s Family Christmas

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

07:10............ American Pickers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11:00 ............ American Pickers

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

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

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

13:00 .............................Top Gear 14:00.............. Storage Hunters 15:00............ American Pickers 16:00............................. Top Gear 17:00 .............................Top Gear 18:00........ Storage Hunters 19:00 ...... American Pickers 20:00 ........Storage Hunters 20:30 ........Storage Hunters 21:00 .......... Have I Got a Bit More News for You 22:00................... Room 101 22:40 ................................QI 23:20................................ QI

13:30....................Jamie’s Family Christmas

09:00 ............................... Charmed 11:00 .. How I Met Your Mother 12:30 ...................Paternity Court 13:00 .. How I Met Your Mother

14:00................... Too Fat for 15: Fighting Back

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

15:00 .......Hollywood Treasure

16:00 ............... Melissa and Joey

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

16:30 ........................ Suburgatory

17:00 ...... Million Dollar Intern

17:00 .. How I Met Your Mother

18:00 .... Beverly Hills Pawn

18:00 ...The Big Bang Theory

19:00 ............Jamie’s Family Christmas

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

20:00..... Christmas at River Cottage

20:00 .Edward Scissorhands

21:00................ Traffic Cops 22:00......... Motorway Cops 23:20................ Doctor Who

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............ Urban Secrets 21:00................ Blue Bloods 22:00 .......... The Newsroom 23:15 ............. House of Lies 23:50 ............. House of Lies

15:00 ............... My Fair Wedding

19:30 ......... Melissa and Joey 22:05....The Big Bang Theory 23:05 .....................The British Comedy Awards: Even More Awards

06:00................... Football Gold 07:00 .................... WWE Vintage Collection 08:00 ................... Football Gold 09:00 .............. Capital One Cup Football 10:00 ...... Darts Year in Review 12:00.............. Capital One Cup Football 13:00................ Premier League 100 Club 13:30.................... Football Gold 14:00 ................Premier League 100 Club 14:30 .............. Barclays Premier League Legends 15:00 ...................... One2eleven 15:30 ................... Football Gold 16:00................ Premier League 100 Club 16:30 .............. Barclays Premier League Legends 17:00....... Darts Year in Review

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Hit and Run ITV1, 21.00

In 2013, more than 1,500 people were killed or seriously injured on UK roads by drivers who failed to stop. The programme features contributions from those left seriously injured or bereaved by hit and run drivers, and looks into the task police collision investigators face in first tracing the vehicle involved, and then in securing convictions against the perpetrators. In Manchester, a car is shown on CCTV ploughing into a group of men before speeding off, leaving three of them badly injured including one with serious brain damage.

Detective Chief Inspector Mark Hudson, who led the investigation, said it stemmed from two groups of men who had indulged in some ‘tomfoolery’ outside a nightclub before events took a sinister turn, with the crash a seemingly deliberate act.

DCI Hudson says: “To have driven down the one-way system, contravening the traffic, accelerating through the junction, into the people is a premeditated act.”

Officers eventually traced the Vauxhall, which had been repaired and sold on in an obvious attempt to cover up the crime.

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12th December 2014 - 18th December 2014

Thursday Thursday T 06:00............................ Breakfast 09:15............... Operation Meet the Street 10:00........... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00.....Saints and Scroungers 11:30... Oxford Street Revealed 12:15 ....................Bargain Hunt 13:00 ............BBC News at One 13:30......... BBC London News 13:45.............................. Doctors 14:15 .............The Doctor Blake Mysteries 15:10.... Escape to the Country 15:40 ...........Christmas Kitchen with James Martin 16:30................................. Flog It! 17:15 ............................ Pointless 18:00......... BBC News at Six

A Night of Heroes: The Sun Military Awards

18:30 .... BBC London News

ITV1, 20.30

20:00......... DIY SOS The Big Build

A Night of Heroes: The Sun Military Awards, also known as The Millies, are the awards which recognise the excellence and sacrifice made by Britain’s Armed Forces.

Taking place at London’s National Maritime Museum, leading celebrities from film, television, sport and music will attend the gala evening honouring the achievements of our Servicemen and women. The eight awards will be presented to celebrate outstanding performances and contributions in the military.

The exceptional ceremony, now in its 7th year, is hosted by Phillip Schofield and Amanda Holden. This year’s awards include Saving Lives, The Firefight, Brothers in Arms, Bomb Hunters, Hero Abroad, Home Front Hero, Support to The Armed Forces and Judges’ Special Recognition Award.

The awards have been judged by a panel, which includes celebrities Jeremy Clarkson, Andy McNab, Lorraine Kelly and Penny Lancaster.

Since inception in 2008 The Millies have become one of the most important events dedicated to honouring the immeasurable contribution made by the Servicemen and women who serve Britain at home and abroad. The lavish star-studded evening has become established in the annual events calendar.

The event has previously been attended by senior members of the Royal Family including The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry.

Amanda Holden said: “The Millies is my opportunity to pay respect to the real life heroes of our armed forces who keep us all safe. It is a great honour to present such a prestigious show for ITV1 and highlight the amazing work which our service men and women do every single day of the year.”

Phillip Schofield said: “Once a year at The Millies I get chance to stand amongst the most incredible of people that make up the British Armed Forces. The stories I hear are truly inspiring, heroic and defy belief in the measures they will go to against all odds. It’s an evening I am incredibly proud to continue to be a part of.”

19:00............The One Show 19:30 ................ EastEnders

21:00 ..................Panorama 22:00 ....... BBC News at Ten 22:25 .... BBC London News 22:35 .........The Apprentice: Why I Fired Them 23:35................... This Week

06:05 ...........Homes Under the Hammer 07:05.... Saints and Scroungers 07:35.................... Oxford Street Revealed 08:20............ Glorious Gardens From Above 09:05........... The Great Interior Design Challenge 10:05...Close Calls: On Camera 10:35.......................... HARDtalk 11:00 ......................... BBC News 12:00 ............The Daily Politics 13:00 .................................. Coast 13:25..... Ready, Steady, Cook 14:10............. The Great British Bake Off 15:10 ....A Place to Call Home 15:55 ............ The World’s Most Photographed 16:25 .... Andrew Marr’s History of Modern Britain 17:25 ..... Antiques Roadshow 18:00 .................. Eggheads 18:30 .............Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 19:00.............. Nigellissima 20:00 ........MasterChef: The Professionals 21:00 ......................The Fall 22:30 ................ Newsnight 23:20 ..............Posh People: Inside Tatler

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 .......... Let’s Do Christmas with Gino and Mel 13:30............................. ITV News and Weather 14:00............... Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover 15:00.................. Secret Dealers 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...A Night of Heroes: W C The Sun choice Military Awards 22:00................. ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:40................... A Night in with Olly Murs 23:40........... River Monsters

Release The Hounds: Jingle Hell ITV2, 21.00 The scream out loud horror experience has upped the ante for its new series with gruesome and horrifying tests that aim to push contestants to the very edge.

Filmed in a remote forest from dusk through to the dead of night and hosted

by Reggie Yates.

In the spirit of charitable giving this Christmas, Diversity’s Ashley Banjo, Perri Kiely and Jordan Banjo are facing the scariest challenges ever endured on TV, aiming to win cash for their chosen charities, as they take part in Release The Hounds: Jingle Hell on ITV2.

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12th December 2014 - 18th December 2014

Thursday Thursday 18th December 06:20 ............... King of Queens 07:10 ............................. 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:00..............Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 .................................Frasier 11:00............ Jamie’s Christmas with Bells On 12:05............A Superscrimpers’ Merry Christmas 13:05..... Celebrity Come Dine with Me Christmas Special 14:10 ..........A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 15:10....................... Countdown 16:00............... Deal or No Deal 17:00 ...... Come Dine with Me 17:30 .........................Coach Trip 18:00............ The Simpsons 18:30 .................. Hollyoaks 19:00........ Channel 4 News 20:00.......... George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces

21:00..24 Hours in A and E CW ch oi ce 22:00..................... Babylon

23:05........................... Skint

06:00 ....................The Real A&E 06:30.................... The Real A&E 07:00........... Sun, Sea and A&E 08:00 ...........................Futurama 08:30 ...........................Futurama 09:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 10:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00 ................... Hawaii Five-0 12:00 ................... Hawaii Five-0 13:00.......... NCIS: Los Angeles 14:00 .......... NCIS: Los Angeles 15:00 ......................... Road Wars 16:00........... Sun, Sea and A&E 17:00.................. The Simpsons 17:30......................... Road Wars 18:30............ The Simpsons 20:00 .........................Arrow 21:00 .........................Arrow 22:00 .......................... Alien: Resurrection

06:00..................... Children’s TV 08:00 .....Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 08:15 ..........................Peppa Pig 08:35.Toby’s Travelling Circus 08:50 .......Bananas in Pyjamas 09:00 ........................ Tickety Toc 09:15.............. The Wright Stuff 11:40 ........................Mr. St. Nick 13:25 .........5 News Lunchtime 13:30 .............Home and Away 14:00 ... Mrs Miracle 2: Miracle in Manhattan 15:45 ..........Will You Merry Me 17:30 .......................5 News at 5 18:00........ Home and Away 18:30.......... 5 News Tonight 19:00...... The Gadget Show 20:00 ...... The Railway: First Great Western 21:00 .....Britain’s Bloodiest Dynasty 22:00 ......... Pothole Britain: Drivers Beware!

23:00 ..............Big Foot: The Missing Evidence

06:00 ..............UK Border Force 07:00 ........Nothing to Declare 08:00 ............... Border Security 08:30 ............... Border Security 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 ........Nothing to Declare 18:00 ........... RSPCA Animal Rescue 18:30 ........... RSPCA Animal Rescue 19:00 .............Million Dollar Listing 20:00 .............The Face USA 22:20 ......... Criminal Minds 23:15 .........................Bones

23:05 ..............American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile

06:15 ...........................Babylon 5 07:00 ...................Total Wipeout 08:00 .............. The Hairy Bikers’ Twelve Days of Christmas 09:00 ..................... Best in Town 10:00 ...... Million Dollar Intern 11:00 .........The Route Masters: Running London’s Roads 12:00 ....................Nick Knowles’ Original Features 13:00 ...................Jamie’s Family Christmas 14:00 ...................Too Fat for 15: Fighting Back 15:00 .......Hollywood Treasure 16:00 ...................... Doctor Who 17:00 ...... Million Dollar Intern 18:00 ....... The Hairy Bikers’ Twelve Days of Christmas 19:00 ............Jamie’s Family Christmas 20:00 ....... The Hairy Bikers’ Christmas Party 21:00 ............... Doctor Who 22:20 ..... Motorway Cops: A Traffic Cops Special 23:15................ Doctor Who

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08:00 .............................Top Gear 09:00 .............................Top Gear

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

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

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

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

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

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15:00 ............ American Pickers

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

06:00.................... Life’s Funniest Moments 06:25..... You’ve Been Framed!

06:45 ........................Emmerdale 07:15 ...........Coronation Street 07:45 .....You’ve Been Framed!

08:15............................ The Cube 09:15......................... Royal Pains 10:15 ..........................The Chase 11:15................... All Star Family Fortunes 12:15.........................Emmerdale 12:45........... Coronation Street 13:15..... You’ve Been Framed!

13:50........................ Royal Pains 14:45..... The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:00.................You’ve Been Framed!

19:45............. Ant and Dec’s Christmas Show 21:00.............Release the Hounds

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20:00..................... Top Gear 21:00......... 8 Out of 10 Cats 22:00 ...... Gavin and Stacey 22:40....... Gavin and Stacey

18:00................ Blue Bloods 20:00 ....... Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets 21:00................... The Knick 22:15......... Olive Kitteridge

06:00.......................... Hollyoaks 06:30................ Paternity Court 06:50 ................Happy Endings 07:15 .....................One Tree Hill 08:00..................... Suburgatory 08:30................ Happy Endings 09:00........................... Charmed 10:00... Rules of Engagement 11:00.............................. How I Met Your Mother 12:00 .............................. Hollyoaks 12:30 ...................Paternity Court 13:00 .. How I Met Your Mother 14:00 ....... The Big Bang Theory 15:00 ............... My Fair Wedding 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 .............Rude(Ish) Tube 20:00 ............... Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 23:00....The Big Bang Theory

06:00 ................... Football Gold 07:00 .............WWE Experience 08:00 ...............Big Bash Cricket 12:00 .............. Capital One Cup Football 13:00 .............. Barclays Premier League Legends 13:30 ................Premier League 100 Club 14:30 .............. Barclays Premier League Legends 15:00 .............. Capital One Cup Football 16:00 ................Premier League 100 Club 16:30.............. Barclays Premier League Legends 17:00 .............. Capital One Cup Football 18:00 ...... Ringside - Review of the Season 19:00..... Sporting Rivalries 19:30 ........Barclays Premier League World

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The RTS awardwinning documentary series continues from its new home, St George’s in south west London, which has one of Britain’s most advanced and busiest A&E departments. This episode, the last in this series, focuses on the bonds between patients and their families, as well as those between the staff in the A&E department. Retired builder Roger has fallen four metres from his daughter Lisa’s roof while doing some building work for her. The trauma team is concerned that he may have badly injured his head, back and neck in the accident.

Lisa heard him fall from her roof ‘like a sack of potatoes’.

Roger’s wife Ellen waits as he’s taken for a CT scan to find out how badly he’s been hurt. She talks about how Roger has always been a support for her, particularly recently when she lost four sisters. Folk musician Tad, who’s 29, has come to A&E after developing a dangerously high heart rate. Left untreated it could be very serious and possibly lead to a stroke.

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The show must go on

By Andy Briggs CHRISTMAS and New Year are almost upon us. It is a time that brings with it joy, sharing and, for most, some well-earned time off work.

For entertainers, though, the show must go on!

I’ve done some research into who is where and what he/she is doing over the festive season, and there is a bounty of spectacles to be seen. So here are just some of the fine acts you can watch, and where to find them.

Helena Campbell is one of my favourite female singers here. On Xmas Eve you can find Helena in the Soul Lodge in Pueblo Canario. And if you are dining out on New Year´s Eve, why not try The Chill Out restaurant, Los Cristianos promenade, where Helena will be gracing the Las Vistas seafront with her angelic voice from 8pm.

Like Helena, there is a young gentleman booked up to the eyeballs this year, which is brilliant because he can now afford to pay for his Mum to come and visit him on his first Christmas abroad … awww!

Jamie Benkert who featured on this page a few weeks ago, has arrived in Tenerife with his Olly Murs Tribute show. And, like the wine at the feeding of the 5,000, people can’t get enough of him - and his festive schedule does not suggest otherwise.

Christmas Eve sees Jamie singing at 8pm in The North Star bar in Puerto Colon, and then a second show just round the corner in Kandi Lounge at 9pm.

On New Year´s Eve, among other venues, he will be rocking out in Ye Olde Ocean on the Fañabe seafront at 9pm.

And although he has several other bookings that night, a stand-out gig for me is his 1am show at Leonardo´s, Las Americas. With this

venue dominant among party bars, it’s bound to be an incredible hour of music.

Straight from spending his summer brushing shoulders with the stars while performing at The Edinburgh Festival, fellow Scot Anthony Scott is back. Perhaps best-known over here for his Billy Connolly show, he has cleverly kept New Year´s Eve free from bookings as it isn´t really a night when folk want to sit in silence and listen to StandUp comedy … more an evening for boisterous gaiety.

So if you would like to catch some Billy Connolly, fused with Anthony´s own brand of comedy which saw him as one of the top breakthrough comedians this year in Edinburgh, visit The Rumpot, San Eugenio, on Christmas night (10pm) and prepare to have your sides officially split.

Ollie “showbiz” Cusack has a variety of shows in which he can display his guitar skills, and the festive fortnight has him booked for all of them.

The ever-wonderful Midnight Riders take the stage in Exiles, Costa del Silencio, on New

Year’s Eve and will see in the New Year with some banging Rock ‘n’ Roll anthems. On New Year´s daytime (also in Silencio), Ollie teams up with Luke Carey performing as Phenomenon in Our Place and in the evening as The Midnight Riders at Chillies bar, Las America.

This bar has a young, exciting host called Lucas Alexander. He’s been on the Island just four weeks and has a somewhat unique style of entertainment. I’m excited to see what he has to offer in 2015, so more about him in the future.

Christmas is a great time of year for versatile singers, those who cover all types of music, and Lisa Bridge is exactly that. Alongside Helena, she was one of the nominees for Best Female Singer at the Tenerife Entertainment Awards this year.

If you would like to listen to what this fine young lady has to offer, then drop into Bo’Jangles bar, Los Cristianos, at 11pm on Christmas Eve. If that doesn´t suit, at 9.45pm she will be performing at The Original Wigan Pier, Torviscas, on the eve of the New Year and

after that a 10.45 performance back at the outstanding Bo’Jangles, setting the place ablaze with joy right through the bells.

Lisa is still relatively new on the entertainment scene here but, like Mr Benkert, she is really making her mark on Tenerife´s musical landscape.

Versatile singers and mixed genre shows are one thing, but some prefer to hear music by an artist they know and love - and they want to hear it done well.

One of Tenerife´s finest tribute shows is performed by Keith George. Not only does Keith sing in an identical fashion to Boy George himself, but he really looks like him.

Boy George is regularly in touch with Keith and helped canvas votes online this year when Keith was nominated for Best Tribute Show at the TEAs. Most venues like to diversify over the two big nights, but Keith is so good at what he does that he will be singing in St.Eugenes, San Eugenio, at 11.30pm on Christmas Eve and 11.15 pm on New Year´s Eve. And multi-award-winning Pip Brown will be

performing his Michael Buble show over the festive period. But he has something new on the horizon.

Pip, in a continued example of the performer’s´s adaptability to any musical scenario, has united with Luke Carey to provide Tenerife with a tribute to Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.

He has, provocatively, been dropping hints for weeks on social media and creating immense intrigue. And he is now ready to debut his new show “The Jersey Boys” in time for Christmas.

I can´t allow performers alone to monopolise this column ...what about the venues?

One making some bold movements this year is Skybar, in Puerto Colon.

They are really making a name for themselves in their first few months as part of a fiercelycompetitive industry: showbars.

Christmas daytime creates difficult decisions for bar-owners.

Should we put acts on? Will people be hungover?

But those who run Skybar are not letting fear and uncertainty

phase them. They are providing their customers with a whole afternoon of live music.

From Abba, to swing, to guitar duos, it will no doubt be a fine way to spend Christmas Day, and I applaud their bravery for committing to such large outgoings.

I hope it will be beneficial for them and a fun day out for their customers.

But if we’re mentioning must-visit venues, the Magic Lounge Bar must be among them.

Upon entry, Magic screams class: the decor, the service, the quality and everything.

It will be the must-visit venue over the festive period and they have some of the finest acts booked.

Christmas Eve will be something special, as will New Year´s Eve. Magic will host a special party to welcome in the New Year: dancers, singers, sax, percussion … the works.

It is situated across from the Safari Centre, Las Americas. And I suggest you book early if you care to attend as they have an amazing offer. Entry is 60 euros, and that includes 40 euros of drinks of your choice.

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Well-dressed woolly jumper!

Christmas movie favourites

READERS of the Back To The Movies website has named Will Ferrell’s Elf as the nation’s favourite festive film.

It held off It’s A Wonderful Life, which polled second, with the 1994 version of Miracle on 34th Street in third place.

Home Alone came in fourth, and White Christmas completed the top five.

Jim Carrey’s The Grinch was at No.6, while Brit classic Love Actually made No.7. The brilliant Michael Caine starred in the No.8 film Muppets Christmas Carol. Eighties classic The Snowman made the list at No.9 and the Tom Hanks-voiced Polar Express rounded off the chart.

IT’S fair to say that it’s not every day you see a sheep walking down the high street wearing a Christmas jumper.

But the residents of Omaha in Nebraska enjoyed the sight this week, and the fashion-conscious animal has turned into something of a celebrity.

Eat your heart out, Rudolph, because Gage the sheep has been making the news headlines. He was finally captured looking none the worse for his adventure and taken to the Nebraska Humane Society (NHS), which put out an appeal to find his owners.

Their spokesperson, Pam Wiese, said she had encountered lost sheep before, but never any wearing a Christmas jumper!

“He came in wearing his own wardrobe, which is a first for us,” she said. “We’ve had lots of sheep and goats and other guys in, but never anybody in his own Christmas attire.

“I don’t think he went shopping at the mall to pick up his own Christmas sweater so, clearly, someone loves him. He’s very well socialised, and he’s a great sheep.”

After a Facebook campaign and some messages on Ewe, sorry, You Tube, the sheep, named Gage, was reunited with his owner Margaret “I believe someone chased him out of the garden,” she said. “I’m glad he wasn’t eaten. People eat these things at this time of year. He is my baby, and I’ve had him five months.”

As we go to print, there is still no news about why he was wearing a Christmas jumper - and his owners have been a little sheepish on the subject!

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Brighton’s Santa swim has been sunk this year

Spending Christmas in Adeje Friday, 12th of December 17:00 Blessing of the Armeñime Senior Citizens Nativity Scene Armeñime Cultural Centre.

18:00. La Gomera Crafts Market.

Plaza de San Sebastián, La Caleta.

19:00 Mass in honour of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

San Sebastián Church, La Caleta.

20:00 Homage to La Gomera.

Plaza de San Sebastián, La Caleta.

Saturday, 13th of December “Spending Christmas in Adeje”

17:00-24:00 ‘Degústame’ (Try Me) Christmas Special, Christmas Market, sports activities, bouncy castles, storytelling, music, theatre, etc…

Calle Grande, Adeje 21:00 “Sabandeños for Christmas” concert Plaza de España Sunday, 14th of December 11:00 Walk for Life/Carrera por La Vida, in association with the Spanish Breast Cancer Association and the Association of Women with Breast Cancer Departs from City Cen-

MANY seaside resorts have annual swimming events on Christmas Day. And Brighton Beach can trace its “Santa Swim” all the way back to 1860.

But the beach will be quiet this year, after the Swimming Club cancelled its annual event over safety fears.

Brighton and Hove City Council this week instructed swimmers to stay away from the sea over the winter, and, it confirms, the beach around Brighton Pier will be closed in a bid to stop swimmers entering the water on Christmas Day. Spokesman Chris Ingall said: “Inexperienced swimmers entering the water were an accident waiting to happen. Sea-swimming takes skill, stamina and knowledge of the physical dangers and should only be for the very experienced, using suitable wetsuits, in very calm conditions.

“The combination of the number of people and their inexperience, and some of the drinking as well, means it’s an accident waiting to happen - and accidents have happened!”

Brighton Swimming Club’s Fiona Southwell said “Those people jumping in on Christmas morning are totally unaware of the environment they’re jumping into, as well as the sea temperature.”

tre Commercial Centre.

Monday, 15th of December 17:00-19:00 Workshop – Breads of the World (December 15th – 19th) CDTCA 21:00. Carol singing with the Armeñime Parranda Boleros.

Streets of Armeñime.

Tuesday, 16th of December 21:00. Carol singing with the Asociación Cultural Imoque.

Streets of La Postura.

Wednesday, 17th of December 20:00 ”De las posadas a

No stopping this swim!

BUT there are no such problems on mainland Spain. This Christmas Day sees the 105th Copa de Nadal de Natació in Barcelona harbour.

This festive harbour swim is one of Barcelona’s oldest sporting traditions, dating back to 1907. The event has been held every year since apart from in 1937 and 1938, when the Spanish Civil War was being fought. The open-water swim is a 200m race in the harbour by the Rambla de Mar. This is the pier at the end of La Rambla, next to the statue of Christopher Columbus on the Portal de la Pau square. There are usually around 450 swimmers and always some swimming Santas!

The water temperature is around 55 degrees fahrenheit. los años nuevos: Nuestra Navidad” (From the inns of yesterday to the times that followed: Our Christmas) with the Adeje School of Folklore group, with the participation of the Guía de Isora Samara folk group.

Adeje Cultural Centre Theatre.

Thursday, 18th of December 21:00h Celebration of the Day of Hope and blessing of the Nativity Scene at the La Viña hermitage.

La Viña.

22:30h. Carol singing by the Adeje School of Folklore.

Calle Grande, Adeje.

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Kikiriki, it’s m just a cock-a-d MANY of you will Los Cristianos, probably know of and Cabo Blanco Kirikiki, this little before that.

Canarian treas- It is a long-term favourite with locals and ure which been es- tourists alike. And altablished for the though this family-run last nine years in eatery is famous for its various tasty chicken the Apolo Centre, dishes, this week we

decided to sample the other delights on their expansive menu.

To start with, we ordered the smoked salmon and onion tart, along with creamy spinach gratin. The tart came with a grilled topping and served with a crisp side-salad. The spinach

was smooth and cheesy with a hint of pepper.

They were an ideal combination for sharing.

For mains, we went for the Grilled loin of Cod, topped with garlic, as recommended by owner Antonio, and then it was a toss up between the Roast Suckling Pig or tender Leg of Lamb?

In the end the pig won, and it came crispy on the outside but with a melt-in-the-mouth inside after being slowroasted in the oven.

It was served with a traditional home-made apple sauce on the side, along with sautĂŠd potatoes and seasonal veg - plenty for even the heartiest of appetites.

The fish was a nice plump fillet that flaked easily at the touch of your fork. Be aware, though, that this dish is sure to keep away the vampires. If you’re not

such a garlic lover (or are on a hot date), then ask for the other fish op-

tions, simply grilled or with a light sauce.

As previously men-

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tioned, they still have their numerous chicken options available: delicious roast chicken as a half or quarter-portion, chicken breast with Pepper, mushroom or Roquefort sauce.

And not forgetting the amazing home-made desserts, almond cake, apple cake or lemon meringue to name a few.

All this was washed down with half a litre of their easy-to-drink house red, served in traditional terracotta jugs.

You may be wondering when you can sample these delights for yourself? Well, they are normally open Tuesday to Saturday, 5-10pm and Sundays from 1pm onwards. However, over

the festive period there are a few little changes, so take note.

Kirikiki will be closed on the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and also on New Year’s Day. But to compensate, they will be opening on Monday, 22nd and 29th December and 5th January.

More importantly,

at the time of this going to press they still had a couple of tables available for New Year’s Eve. Finally, as a thank-you to their loyal customers over the years they are offering a 40% discount (Yes, 40%!) on orders over 10 euros on Sundays between 1-5pm.

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By Val Sainsbury THE number of expectant mothers dying from eclampsia, blood loss or blood clots has almost halved over the past eight years.

Yet there has been no decline in the rate of “indirect” deaths from other causes, such as heart disease or post-natal depression. And 75% of those who died had medical or mental-health problems before they became pregnant.

But 50% of deaths in pregnancy and birth could be avoided, according to a new report published by the National Perinatal Epidemiolo-

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Simple solution for half the ‘indirect’ pregnancy deaths gy Unit. Its experts warn that increasing levels of obesity and older women giving birth could worsen the situation.

Marian Knight, from the Oxford Universitybased centre, who said half of deaths reviewed may have had a different outcome with better care, added: “However, it is very important to remember such deaths are very rare.”

Overall, deaths during pregnancy have gone down by 25% since 2006.

All 321 cases of women in Britain who died during or within six weeks of the end of their pregnancy between 2009 and 2012 were examined.

The review found that

doctors and nurses should watch for severe infection, because 25% of new mothers who died had sepsis or blood poisoning.

Pregnant women are also urged to have free flu jabs because around 9% of maternal deaths are caused by the virus.

More than half the women who died were overweight or obese, with many succumbing to blood clots.

The rate of deaths among mothers aged 40 and over was three times higher than those in their twenties: 23 per 100,000 compared with seven.

Prof Knight said the tragedy of Charlotte Bevan would be among the

occasions, led to their deaths.”

She advised women taking psychiatric drugs to see their doctor if they were considering having a baby or had become pregnant. Alan Cameron, of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, said: “The report shows a welcome decrease in the overall rate of maternal deaths in the context of a rising birth-rate and more complex pregnancies.

“However, more needs to be done to address maternal deaths from indirect causes, both from medical and mental health conditions, as deaths from these causes have not decreased over

the past 10 years.”

The professor added: “Sepsis can develop very quickly, and it is essential that the symptoms are recognised as early as possible. Healthcare professionals need to act quickly and remain vigilant to keep sepsis rates down.”

Tim Overton, of the British Maternal and Fetal Medicine Society, said: “Indirect deaths will be reduced with greater integration between primary and secondary care only.”

Experts at Public Health England said 36 pregnant women died with strains of the flu virus the current vaccine protects against.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

NO other season inspires us to decorate our homes as much as the last few months of the year.

The decoration is, of course, temporary, in the form of a Christmas tree, baubles, tinsel and lights, and with this in mind you can really experiment.

When looking for decorations, the colour is sometimes more important than the decorations themselves. What will be most noticeable

cases investigated for a special report next year.

The 30-year-old was found dead last week in the Avon gorge in Bristol, two days after leaving hospital in sub-zero temperatures with her newborn daughter Zaani, who also died.

The first-time mother had mental health problems and was believed to have made changes to her medication so she could breast-feed. The report shows 16 women died in 2012-2012 from psychiatric causes.

Prof Knight said: “Several women stopped taking their medication when they became pregnant. Their illness got worse and, on some

rather than each individual bauble, will be the overall colour scheme.

People respond to col-

our in various ways, and the first impression is often the one that will stay with them.

You may choose to go for a monochromatic scheme, where you pick one colour, in variations from light to deep. Add interest with proportion and texture.

You might even choose to colour-coordinate your present wrapping to the overall scheme. Alternatively, you may be the type of person who just wants to mix up all the colours and go for the full -on effect.

Whichever your preference, for a stylish mix of colours this Christmas, remember that most colours of equal depth will

“go” well together.

Pastels can be mixed with ease - pinks, peaches, buttermilks, misty blues, lilacs and mints. If you want something more dramatic, try the deep tones of gold or silver, with navy-blue and deep-rich red or green.

Colours have different meanings and effects on people, but at Christmas time, they also take on a different significance.

Red is a very Christmassy colour, associated with roaring fires, holly berries and, of course Santa Claus. It is a bold, exciting colour

and combines well with golds and silvers.

Gold stands for sunlight and radiance, opulence and wealth. It can be combined with other bold colours and metallics to great effect.

Green is the colour of Christmas trees, and is a symbol of nature, youth and the hope of new life and new beginnings.

Christmas is a feast of hope, lighting up the dim mid-winter (well, in most climates, anyway) with a new-born child symbolic of the future.

White is representative of purity, light and cleanliness. It is very present at Christmas in angels robes, Santa’s beard and, naturally, snow.

Whatever your choice, enjoy it. And as decorations are relatively inexpensive, don’t be afraid to experiment. Pick out your colour scheme in other small homeware items, such as scented candles, new cushion covers and table runners.

Sometimes, it is not easy to make Tenerife seem Christmassy with our lovely climate. Nevertheless, you can make it cosy, attractive and festive.

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The ‘money no object’ gifts...

‘Tis the season… to be looking your best

By Ruth Benson

By Carl from Robot

LAST week we looked at what gifts not to get family and friends this Christmas.

So what then do you get?

IF there’s one time of the year you should be looking your utmost best, it’s the party season.

There’s no way you’ll get away with not looking super-hot. Forget your excuses and your “didn’t have time” fib, there’s always a quick way to finish off that outfit superbly by making sure your hair looks fantastic.

The No.1 rule is; never cheat on your root colour. And do make sure there are no tell-tale signs when you’re going out because this always looks as though you just didn’t bother.

If you don’t have time to visit the salon for a special blow-dry, at least make sure you set aside time to make it look its best.

Leaving the house with drab, undone hair will only make your party appearance seem, well, undone. If you are off to

The Telegraph have tried to make it easier by putting the ideas into different groups such as kids, gardeners, men, women, pets, chocolate lovers, motorists, etc.

They even go into more details with categories such as handmade gifts and personal gifts. But what are the top gifts this year?

Well, for those of you for whom money is no object, here is a list of must-haves according to the International Business Times.

Firstly, for the ladies, how about a diamond encrusted USB, which can hold up to 32GB? And you can have a choice of pink sapphires for $16,500, or how about green emeralds for just $36,900?

This next one is for the gents to live out the fantasy of being James Bond. It’s not a sports car but a sports car submarine, which will set you back just over $2 million. But at least you don’t just use it on the road - you can actually go underwater to avoid jams!

We don’t want to forget the kids, so let’s start them while they are young with their own diamond dummy.

It comprises 28 pave cut white diamonds and

can be for a boy or girl - priced at just $17,000.

Flowers may not seem the most original of gifts, but what about ones dipped in gold?

They retail at $65 each and, obviously, only a dozen will do.

At the other end of the scale are the cheapest gifts. They say the best gifts are those which have been handmade, be they something crafted or baked and made with time and effort. But you may not be gifted enough to make your own, so what are the best-value presents?

According to Money Saving Expert, it’s more about being imaginative than money.

The most popular gift idea was The 12 Dates of Christmas, which involves planning one day a month for the year to do something as a couple or family, which is free - maybe visit a museum, go for a picnic ... the list is endless.

The ideas are fantastic, original and well worth a look. One in particular caught my eye, but if I received the Bling the Grim it would be placed somewhere irretrievable.

Basically, the idea is to jazz up your cleaning products, paint them and make them more exciting to use - really?

This column is about fashion so I should let you know about the best fashion gifts. For women, it seems that shoes, pyjamas and novelty jumpers are a sure winner, according to the Guardian And for men, say the Telegraph, it is man bags and slippers. Although not original, it seems we always go for what we know best.

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a special event, maybe having your hair put up will transform your everyday style.

You don’t need to have long hair for this because we put up even the shortest of hair lengths. There are so many quick and easy ways to change your look for a night out … curling what is normally straight, for example.

Putting up hair will always give you a glamorous image, even with the most simple of outfits.

It’s all about how you feel and how you want to be seen.

So don’t just go for your run-of-the-mill, everyday look. Be brave and try something different. There is no need to spend hours in the salon, either.

A quick, simple put-up can be done in less than half-an-hour. And if it’s more of an extravagant style you’re after, then 45 minutes is usual enough.

But if you are doing the styling at home, make sure you have an idea in your head before you start. Don’t be rushing out the door with your hair only half-done because you’ve not planned

it well, or have run out of time. Do have plenty of root-booster spray, lacquer and hair gloss to hand. These are your essential products for anything from a blow-dry to curling to a home-made up-do. Make sure your hair is clean and wellconditioned, and calm frizzies with a serum before you actually start the process.

If you are blow-drying, then don’t start from wet-through.

Instead, rough-dry hair until 80% dry and then start your styling.

And if you are curling hair, try to wash it the night before instead of on the day because slightlydirty hair curls better and also holds better.

Finally, don’t forget to hold everything down with a mist of gel-spray to make sure you look your best from start to finish.

However, if you need a helping hand, call your favourite stylist and he will be glad to give you that “party” look you’re after.

But do hurry … we are at our busiest time of the year, too!

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A Senior View & Community News

By Monica Dyson

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When the dolly lost a leg at Christmas!

THE toy retailers association recently unveiled its list of top-12 festive dream toys for children which, it says, retail at an average cost of under £12,

But this information, it seems, hasn’t reached those manufacturers advertising on our UK television screens.

Parents are being held to ransom by the plaintive faces of their children, whose future development may well be blighted if they don’t receive the latest musthave gadget costing mega bucks.

Certainly, many of the toys are well in excess of £60!

It’s a far cry from my childhood, although one of the things young people dislike about us oldies seems to be that we “harp on” about the good old days ... as if!

I must admit, though, when it came to Christmas and birthdays and amusing ourselves, things were very different.

There wasn’t the same amount of money around, and we didn’t have grandparents who could indulge us the way we do our grandchildren.

Not to mention the fact that there certainly wasn’t any television advertising - because of a lack of televisions, generally. And when commercial TV did arrive, it was usually things like toothpaste adverts that held our attention.

The recent craze for loom bands took me back to one of my favourite occupations as a

young girl: French knitting.

So simple when all you needed was an empty cotton reel, four pins to stick in and unwanted scraps of wool, which we cadged from almost anyone as there was always someone knitting a Fair Isle tank top or cardigan.

It was actually a pretty pointless thing to do as it just produced a long, sausage-like strip of knitted wool, which you could sew together to make a sort of circular mat only.

However, it was cheap and kept my sister and me occupied for hours.

We also loved to play tin-can telephones at a time when we didn’t know what a telephone was. That was even

more simple: Two empty cans joined together with a piece of string. I held one up to my ear and my sister held the other one to her mouth and vice-versa!

The Fifties were a time of intense activity and ingenuity. What we couldn’t make to play with, our fathers could and many a happy child woke up on Christmas morning to find a homemade desk or toy fort, with little soldiers.

One of my school friends had a sweet shop, complete with tiny bottles filled with things like dolly mixtures. How I envied that!

But my father did make me some stilts once, and I can remember being highly delighted. I was a sad child!

Some lucky little boys had mothers who were handy with a needle and made them cowboy or Indian outfits, or a Davy Crockett suit complete with fur hat.

No one ever threw away their old prams because they could be commandeered for racing trolleys. That was one of the most popular activities for boys, together with bows and arrows, catapults, whips and tops, yoyos and football, where piles of jumpers would serve as goalposts.

One prerequisite of the Christmas stocking was a selection box, which usually had a mesh cover over the chocolate bars, Even more popular was a smoker’s set made of

liquorice, with a pipe and candy cigarettes.

There was modelmaking, when we made an immense mess with moulds and plaster to turn out something like a garden gnome; a John Bull printing set, when you got ink all over your fingers trying to place the letters on to wooden blocks with a pair of tweezers; Post Office sets, complete with rubber stamps and toy money; Airfix sets, which meant bedroom ceilings had unidentifiable objects hanging from them gathering dust for years, and kaleidoscopes with wonderful, colourful shapes.

Mettoy toy typewriters were also a popular toy at that time. We

could pretend to be a secretary, and I can even remember having a nurse’s outfit. It was all a bit sexist because I can’t remember there being a doctor’s set for girls!

I also loved those cardboard dolls with paper clothes, and I spent hours mixing and matching the outfits.

Much more difficult for families to afford were Meccano, which also owned Hornby Trains, Dinky Toys and Bayko - all popular, if not quite-expensive children’s toys.

It wasn’t until 1957 that Scaletrix came out, but that remains a really expensive toy, with some cars costing anything up to £70 today.

We always had books for Christmas, usually Enid Blyton. And, of course, dolls and dolls’ prams, but the dolls never did much, unlike some of those today which seem like real babies.

In fact, my sister’s doll lost a leg one Christmas. She was devastated and we had to take it to a dolls’ hospital for surgery the week after. Not sure if anaesthetic was needed!

By the end of the Fifties, when we had outgrown all childish things, we were desperate for a Dansette record player for Christmas, and singles like Side Saddle by Russ Conway, and Cliff Richard’s Living Doll.

But somehow, Christmas was never the same again! How many expats sitting in the sun in the Canaries remember those good old days?

Arona Lions swinging along ARONA Lions Club International, Las Galletas, Costa del Silencio, would like to remind everyone that they have an afternoon of live entertainment on Sunday (14th Dec).

It is being held at the Rendezvous Bar and Bistro, in the WInter

Gardens, Golf del Sur, from 2-8pm. There will be a Raffle , Tombola, Bowls, Guess the number of Sweets and a BBQ supplied by the venue.

Your host and compère will be Derrick, of the Lions Club, and entertainment will be sup-

plied by Emma Jensen, Karen Holcombe, Hayley Butler, Kerry Railton, Danz Fever, Luke Carey & Pip Brown (as the Jersey Boys), Colin Stevens, Steve Delsey, Steve Tyler, Jamie Benkert and Abba Angels.

Please come along and support us so that we

can continue helping people in need.

The Lions still have tickets available for their Christmas Party tomorrow (Saturday) at Westhaven Bay, Costa del Silencio.

It starts at 7pm for a 7.30pm sit-down to a three-course meal,

with nibbles and Cava to start and coffee and cake to finish.

Our own Derrick will be host the event and entertainment will be provided by Cy Benson, Suzie Moore and Gary J. The cost is 25 euros, with a reduction for under-12s.

Tickets are available from our Coral Mar Square shop, from any member, or call Vicki on 628 799 901 We would also like to wish all our friends and followers a very Happy Christmas and hope you have a wonderful New Year.

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Accion del Sol news

Poinsettias can poison pets THE poinsettia is a beautiful Christmas plant, found in almost every home, shop and workplace.

It comes in a variety of colours and sizes, from pink to yellow, from mini to huge, and is stunning. But please be on guard because the plant comes from the spurge family and is highly toxic to animals and birds.

Dr Tina Holscher, the vet attached to our German charity sponsor Aktiontier, says symptoms include vomiting, salivation, diarrhoea, muscle spasms and, later, kidney failure.

So medical attention is required immediately if you think your pet has had a munch on this favourite Christmas plant. With Christmas fast-approaching, please think long, hard and carefully before giving a puppy as a pre-

sent. Remember, that cute little puppy is for life and not just the festive season.

How heartless!

Three desperate dogs, found abandoned by a heartless owner in a Costa del Silencio apartment, were in an extremely poor condition. Let’s hope they are lucky and find new homes so their pain and suffering will become a distant memory.

Sweet music for all Our Christmas celebrations begin next Friday (19th Dec) with a piano concert by the London-based Royal School Of Music.

They will be playing a variety of classics from Beethoven, Mozart, Kabalewsky, Schumann, Debussy, Chopin, Tchaikovsky and Cervantes.

It will be held at Cabo Blanco Cultural Centre at 7.30pm, and a threeeuro donation per person will be charged on admittance, all takings to be donated to Accion del Sol. This is followed

by our Christmas dinner the next day (20th Dec) at 7.30pm at Tasca Tierras del Sur, in the centre of Granadilla, next to the church.

The evening will include a delicious fayre, plus local wines, beers and soft drinks, and romantic tunes from Tomas will ensure a fantastic evening.

The cost per person is 27 euros, and if you would like to make a reservation and pay a deposit to secure your booking, please call the refuge on 922 778 630 for more information.

Your help wanted We would appreciate any towels, sheets or blankets to aid our dogs’ comfort. Please call 922 778 630 if you can help out in any way at the refuge.

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.

Live Arico news

‘Tis The Season to be exceptionally cruel JUST when you think you have seen it all ... we have been involved in some really unusual and disturbing cases of animal cruelty lately.

Tamo was found in the North, suspended from a motorway bridge. His ears had been cut to points with a blunt instrument and his tail cruelly docked.

To make things worse he is blind. Thanks to a volunteer from Refugio Internacional, near Puerto de la Cruz, he has been nursed back to health, but is heartworm positive.

Thanks to our kind supporters, we have been able to send 200 euros to the refuge to cover his treatment.

We have also been looking for a permanent

home for Tamo here in the South, and think we may have found someone. We will keep you posted.

Teo is another disturbing case. Found last Sunday in Gran Canaria, he had been stabbed in the head several

times and a screw inserted into his paw.

At the time of writing he is stable and we are organising moving him here to Tenerife to get him back into good health.

We feel it is time the authorities looked more

closely into bringing the perpetrators of such heinous acts to justice, instead of it being “just an animal”.

Even if this is your view, is it not highly possible that such monsters can go on to torture humans? Worrying

times indeed. We are using the excess money from Tamo’s fund to buy a wheelchair for a dog found knocked down a couple of weeks ago.

Noel is paralysed, but we don’t want to put him to sleep. He deserves better. I will write his story in more detail next week. For now, we just want to ask for your ongoing support so that we can carry on helping dogs like Tamo, Teo and Noel.

Because without you, we simply can’t. Donations welcome at our charity shops, or via Paypal to livearico@ gmail.com Christmas raffle Want 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, Sam-

sung Tab 3. Tickets are now on sale in our charity shops, as well as directly from Sue or Eugenia; 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.

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Motoring

By Jav LAND ROVER buffs not on the ball at this time of year might well hear that the new Land Rover Discovery Sport is a replacement for the Freelander.

But they will soon learn that there is far more to this Disco dancer than that.

Yes, it is another Halewood-built off-roader, and a rival for the BMW X3 and Volvo XC60, costing up to £40,000.

But Land Rover have made it longer and fitted five-plus-two seating to its more spacious cabin. They have also leant heavily on the Evoque for styling, and redefined it as a member of the emerging Discovery family, which stresses versatility and practicality.

Land Rover’s 4x4 range has been dominated by the Evoque, whose 120,000-a-year sales more than double the initial volume perceived.

The Freelander, closely related to the Evoque under the skin, was in danger of being glossed over, not least because its name carries little clout in the US or China.

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Disco right on the beat!

The company also need a more modernlooking model to take on the X3 and XC60, while continuing to use existing manufacturing processes and share many common components. So here comes the Disco Sport, for which it is worth making a song and dance.

The Sport is nowhere near an Evoque lookalike under the skin.

True, it has the same front suspension and transverse-engined mechanical layout, and the steel chassis is nearly identical back to the Bpillar.

But there’s a new rear structure which extends the Sport’s length (by 91mm) and wheelbase (by 80mm) and introduces a sophisticated new multi-link rear suspension which, along with the extra length, helps preserve interior space.

This means the Sport’s second row of seats can move back and forth, to make a huge boot or provide second-row knee-room close to that of a Range Rover.

For the first six to eight months of production, the only engine will be the 188bhp SD4 diesel,

complete with the ZF’s silky, nine-speed automatic gearbox - shared with the Evoque and Freelander.

Traction has been enhanced by continued improvements to the Terrain Response system, which configures throttle, gear-selection, torque-distribution and ABS/traction control in four modes, according to conditions.

In less a year, the Sport will adopt JLR’s advanced four-cylinder engine range made in their new Wolverhampton works, which should improve fuel consump-

tion and cut CO2 emissions.

A two-wheel-drive version will then become available, and the entry price will drop from today’s £32,395 for a base manual model to just under £30,000 for the two-wheel-drive version.

But it is clear from the start that the design team have made this an obvious Land Rover and not a Range Rover or Land Rover.

It’s not exactly plush or posh, and the theme is logic rather than luxury.

Yet a big centre screen supplies a new infotain-

ment system, with new levels of remote-control versatility.

And the ultra-comfortable front seats, the surrounding trim and the amply-proportioned second-row sit high enough to give occupants an excellent forward view.

The sixth and seventh seats, plainly for youngsters not quite in their teens, fold into the boot floor when not needed.

This isn’t the softestriding off-roader around and its firm damping does a fair bit to justify the “Sport” part of its name.

But it’s quite nifty, covering 0-62mph in 8.4sec, with a top speed of 117mph and 44.8mpg economy.

Its polished interior, infotainment system and impressive off-road ability create a pleasing all-round package.

The Disco Sport’s combination of beauty, versatility and good driving characteristics could bring a new sophistication to this class.

Land Rover’s biggest problem could be what to concentrate on making, when Evoque demand is still so so high.

But they have cope with this niggle for some years - and they seem to enjoy it!

Ferrari’s fearsome road blaster THIS is the production version of Ferrari’s uberexclusive Sergio, which has been secured by the SBH Royal Auto Gallery in the United Arab Emirates’ capital of Abu Dhabi for an estimated 2.5m euros.

And even if you have saved a good few euros in your piggy bank for that special Christmas treat, don’t bother calling Ferrari because the other five versions have already been snapped

up. The Sergio, penned

by Pininfarina, was created to mark the 60-year relationship between the Italian design house and Ferrari.

Its name is also taken from the company founder’s son, Sergio Pininfarina, who sealed the long-standing relationship between the

two Italian brands.

Needless to say, the Pininfarina styling is the real focus, giving a handful of owners the opportunity to enjoy

concept-car styling in a road-legal machine.

The Sergio, based on the mechanics of a Ferrari 458 Spider, was previewed as a concept at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show.

Slight visual tweaks were necessary to make the car road-legal, including a windscreen.

But all the best parts of the concept car appear to have made it through to production, including the eye-catching, forward-swept rollbar and the stylish black element, which defines the profile.

The road version also preserves its open-top cabin, transparent boomerang headlights and

two-tone exterior colour theme.

Fully-functioning rear lamp clusters have been added, as well as a roadlegal exhaust system.

The Sergio also shares with the 458 its 597bhp, 4.5-litre naturally-aspirated V8 engine, powerful enough to get from 0-62mph in three seconds.

The example delivered to the first owner in Abu Dhabi featured contrasting red stitching in the cabin, as well as Alcantara inserts on the seats and carbon-fibre on the doors. Natch!

Can’t wait to see it roaring past our new office, just down the road from the old one!

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Puzzle

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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 17th December and you’ll be in with a chance of winning.

Last Week’s winner (Issue 881): Christine Sheldrick Please come up to the OasisFm / Canarian Weekly offices to pick up your prize. You have until 9th January 2015 to pick up and use your vouchers.

This week’s letters: A D E F G I L O S This week’s mystery clue: This is the title of an October 2010 stand-alone thriller by Gerald Hammond (9 letters).

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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

9 3 1 2 9 8 4 2 5

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7 2 5

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And 2 normal sudokus for you aswell...

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Winning Caption (Issue 881): “so am I Brian May or Anita Dobson?”

Winner – Asked to remain anonymous!

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Last Issue's Answers: Brain Training: Beginner: 20 Intermediate: 31 Advanced: 108 Godoku:

Sudoku X:

7 8 2 5 4 1 3 9 6

1 3 4 2 6 9 5 7 8

5 6 9 3 7 8 1 2 4

2 1 3 6 9 5 7 8 5

6 5 8 1 2 7 4 3 9

9 4 7 8 3 5 6 1 2

4 2 5 9 1 3 8 6 7

8 9 1 7 5 6 2 4 3

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Sudoku:

4 6 5 8 7 9 1 3 2

6 5 9 3 1 2 7 4 8

1 8 9 4 3 2 7 5 6

7 3 8 5 6 4 1 9 2

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4 2 1 9 7 8 3 5 6

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8 4 6 2 1 7 3 9 5

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5 2 3 9 8 4 6 1 7

8 7 4 2 3 6 5 1 9

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Emergency Assistance: Assistance is available 24hrs a day, 7 days a week by calling us on 902 109 356 or alternatively +34 913 342 194 E-mail: info.consulate@fco. gov.uk Web:http//: ukin spain.fco.gov.uk Cosumer Office Tel: 922 76 16 00 Town Hall Tel: 922 76 16 00 Emergencies Emergency Services (All) Tel: 112

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Tourist Offices Tenerife Sur Tourist Office (Main Tourist Office) Tel: 902 00 31 21 Santa Cruz de Tenerife Tel: 922 28 93 94 Santiago de Teide Tel: 922 86 03 48 Costa Adeje Tel: 922 75 06 33 Puerto de la Cruz Tel: 922 38 60 00 El Medano Tel: 922 17 60 02 La Laguna Tel: 922 63 11 94 La Orotava

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Assorted putters, 5 euros each. Tel 922 797 888 Set of 4 bowls - Size 5, carrying case and measure, suit beginner, 25 euros. Tel: 922 712 834 Ladies watch, genuine Calvin Klein (not copy), gold, face white with 3 diamonds, 250 euros ono. DKNY watch unisex gold & white with diamante front, 200 euros ono. Genuine Lady Chloe sunglasses, dark green, 50 euros. Binoculars: 1 x 7 x 50 navy Artillery, 350 euros ono. Zenith 7 x 50 like new, coated optics field 71, 250 euros ono. Vacuum cleaner, Ufesa 2,000 watt, as new, 40 euros. Shoes, dark-blue leather and material, size 43-44, Prada new, 75 euros.

Set exercise walking sticks, new Millle, 25 euros. Bag of new indoor golf training gear, 35 euros. Bag of video games, 50 euros. Framed shirt, XL black, Torro Rosso Red Bull infinite team with all decals, original new, 100 euros. Tel: 645 089 774 PS3 games (all originals in box) huge variety, 10 euros each or 6 for 50 euros. Star Wars Flacon (with light and sounds), 20 euros.

Girls line roller-skates (30-33) 10 euros. Nenuco doll, 5 euros. Harry Potter 6 DVD box set, 8 euros. 2 giant floor puzzles, 2 euros each.

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Washburn electric guitar with padded carry case, strap and spare set of strings, used once, 260 euros. San Eugenio area. Tel: 603 135 477.

Disney Frozen card-collector tins with 26 cards and stickers, 10 euros each, Disney Frozen rolls of wrapping paper 1.25 euros each roll, or discount for all. Tel: 636 563 051 2 single white wrought-iron bed-heads, 10 euros for both.

Large wooden rectangular mirror, 5 euros. Phillips 18in TV with remote control, 10 euros. Ufesa coffee machine, 10 euros .

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Mobility scooter, 4 wheels, about 4 years old, 350 euros. Tel: 922 733 987 or 609 133 893 Quinny double in-line, fold-up buggy, clean, good cond, 65 euros.

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Sport

12th December 2014 - 18th December 2014

The old boy strikes again

By Roscoe CD Tenerife 1 Racing Santander 0

II’S the oldest adage in football: beware the old boys. They always come back to haunt you, and the script was certainly written for Vitolo when his faced his former charges.

A week after Icodborn Iriome struck the winning goal for Lugo against Tenerife, so Vitolo did the same to the side who gave him topflight football.

It has been a while since Vitolo pulled on a Racing jersey, but this was his first match since leaving the club and he played like a man on a mission. He has been Tenerife’s best player for a while now after a sticky start.

Maybe it was the expectation that surrounded his long-awaited return, but he just didn’t seem to be on the bunny at the beginning of the season.

He started on the bench, looked a yard off the pace, and his trademark passing was nowhere to be seen.

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Vitolo simply doesn’t miss from 12 yards. This spot-kick was his third of the season, and I cannot find a record of him ever missing in a competitive match.

He scored five out of five for Panathinaikos and also all five for PAOK, and he is perfect from three efforts for Tenerife. In fact, I believe he has scored just one goal from open play against Celta Vigo - and that was during his early days in Santa Cruz.

Vitolo’s goal always looked like being enough, although RacPoints PLD Won Draw Lost F A ing did finish strongly.

Deep into injury-time, 33 16 9 6 1 27 13 Carlos Abad pulled off 32 16 8 8 0 21 10 the save of his career to 30 16 9 3 4 24 13 keep the visitors at bay.

29 16 8 5 3 18 12 The young keeper is starting to find his feet 27 16 8 3 5 23 19 and, dare I say it, looks a better prospect than 26 16 7 5 4 25 23 the injured Roberto, 26 16 8 2 6 22 23 who must be kicking the 24 16 6 6 4 26 24 cat.

22 16 6 4 6 21 18 It was a pleasing win, a clean-sheet, and it 21 16 5 6 5 15 17 moves Tenerife out 21 16 6 3 7 13 17

If anything, he was trying too hard to impress, perhaps.

But those early struggles are gone and, along with Suso, he is now the first name on the team sheet.

There was a real feeling before the match that Tenerife would get the job done. The performance against Lugo showed the side had the spirit, and that was again on display against Racing.

I’ve noticed that under Alvaro Cervera, Tenerife are a spurt side. They are capable of going on

Real Betis Balompié

6 SD Ponferradina 7 AD Alcorcón 8 Real Zaragoza 9 CD Numancia 10 CD Lugo 11 CD Mirandés

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a poor run and then, suddenly, it just turns around. And when they find their groove, or, more importantly, their determination, they take some stopping.

Racing did okay and I’m sure, injuries aside, they will be safe this season. They have a good spine and a bit of spirit.

That said, Tenerife were just that bit better last weekend. Yes, it took a penalty to separate the sides, but the hosts were good value for it.

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of the drop zone. Delighted captain Suso Santana said: “We have ended the poor run and hope to continue forward from here. During the first minutes we started well, and we just kept getting better and creating more chances than them. The end result is well deserved.

“I felt we threw everything at Racing and we have our reward when Vitolo scores. The goal was important and we finished the job.

“We cannot rest on this win as we have to follow the same lines of work this weekend and see if we can get another result - I feel we compete very well and we are very solid.”

The Racing match saw Uli Dávila given a rare start and, though he didn’t score, he played much better. He will get the nod again against promotion chasing Alcorcon “I needed this match and the team needed

this victory,” he said. “It was for the fans. Every game is complicated and tough in the Second Division, so to win a game is good.

“The three points is what you always want to take. You prepare all week to play, and I want to play, but you never know in the end if you will - and that is down to the coach.

“Against Racing we had more space, and when they were tired we settled better. I have heard the rumours about me leaving, but I do not plan to leave Tenerife, “I have a contract until June and want to stay here and do something important. I want to help the team out of this slump.”

Davila’s words countered some talk, as we brought you here last week, that the Mexican may be moved on.

But with star striker Diego Ifran still not having a Spanish residencia (that may not come through until March), there have been juggling problems behind the scenes. The plan was for Ifran to become “Spanish”, thus freeing up a non-Spanish squad place.

That plan has sailed, and with it the idea to bring Juan Carlos Garcia into the fray. As I wrote last week, he has trained well, was keen to stay and was fiercely popular among the players.

But Ifran’s situation has killed Garcia’s stay before he ever played a match. He has gone back to Wigan and is expected to be loaned out again in a few weeks.

Uli Davila even posted a picture of him with Garcia, Ifran and Hugo Alvarez, which wished him well. It ends what has been the strangest of strange stories.

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The Pub are Speared!

AS promised in last week’s round up, I can report some hefty giant-killing in the John Lowe team handicap knockout.

This really is an excellent competition, and it gives the chance for the weaker teams, if you will pardon the expression, to take on the big boys and, maybe, snatch a bit of glory later in the season.

It also provides an opportunity to play different teams, go to other venues, meet new people and make new friends. And that is what this darts league is all about.

Not too sure, though, if Premier Leaguers The Pub, made any

new friends as they faced a Division 2 outfit, the aptly-named Spear Chuckers.

Turning up with only four players and a huge 360-point deficit didn’t do them any good, and they were promptly dumped out of the competition, losing the

PRemier division ResultS

TARGET ARMY THE PUB VIKINGS ENSECAN

good. But it’s a bit soul-destroying, being 300 points behind when your opponent checks out on 170. Well done Craig.

So the Chippers go through with a 5-2 win, as do Phoenix Bar after beating plucky Palms Sports Bar, whose 315-point head start appeared to be too much for Phoenix.

Palms took a 1-0 lead and Phoenix had to up a gear - and boy did they! Mitch fired in three maximums, as did Bubbles in a 26dart leg that gave him a three-dart average of 104. Phil who?

So the Phoenix earn a last-eight spot, as do Waterfall Warriors, who came back from 3-1 down to beat Phoenix Flights.

Trap Door’s league form suggested they

first four games. Laura might have celebrated with a drink or two, I don’t know!

Another notable result came at Chipeque Chippers as they hosted Target Army with a 300-point advantage.

Target’s Bryn hit a maximum, all well and Division 1 ResultS

5-3 7-1 7-1

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had too much for Vikings Ensecan, but the San Lorenzo team held on to book their place with a tight 4-3 victory.

Elsewhere, Division 2’s Palms Pool bar beat Division 1 leaders

Emerald Shamrocks 4-3, and the Premier League’s Target Titans were knocked out

by Ourplace Playboys.

The quarter-finals will be played on Friday, 23rd January.

Cant wait!

Trophy results Spear Chuckers 5-2 The Pub Naughty Nautas 2-5 Gaffers A Ourplace Playgirls 2-5 Marilyns Waterfall 4-3 Phoenix Flights Chipeque Chippers 5-2 Target Army Phoenix Bar 5-2 Palms Sports Bar Vikings Ensecan 4-3 Trap Door Emerald Shamrocks 3-4 The Palms Plate results Clouseaus 5-2 Picassos Bar 180 A 5-2 Pas O Nadas Barracuda Hunters - bye Gaffers B 1-6 Bar 180 B Target Titans 1-6 Ourplace Playboys Boothen - bye Summerlands 1-6 The Rebels Sundowners 5-2 Emerald Lounge Division 2 ResultS

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GAFFERS A SUNDOWNERS CLOUSEAUS SUMMERLANDS OURPLACE PLAYBOYS

OURPLACE PLAYGIRLS PHOENIX FLIGHTS THE REBELS WATERFALL WARRIORS

2-6 3-5 5-3 6-2

CHIPEQUE CHIPPERS THE PALMS MARILYNS SPEAR CHUCKERS

Premier Division Table

Division 1 Table

Division 2 Table

Table P W D L F A +- PTS 1 BAR 180 A 15 13 1 1 95 25 70 95 2 TARGET ARMY 17 11 3 3 91 45 46 91 3 PHOENIX BAR 17 11 2 4 87 49 38 87 4 THE PUB 15 10 2 3 79 41 38 79 5 VIKINGS ENSECAN 15 7 3 5 68 52 16 68 6 GAFFERS B 17 4 2 11 50 86 -36 50 7 TARGET TITANS 15 7 0 8 49 71 -22 49 8 BAR 180 B 16 2 1 13 37 91 -54 37 9 BOOTHEN 17 0 0 17 20 116 -96 20

Table P W D L F A +- PTS 1 EMERALD SHAMROCKS 19 14 2 3 102 50 52 102 2 OURPLACE PLAYBOYS 19 14 3 2 101 51 50 101 3 TRAP DOOR 18 15 0 3 100 44 56 100 4 GAFFERS A 20 13 3 4 99 61 38 99 5 EMERALD LOUNGE 20 7 1 12 73 87 -14 73 6 SUMMERLANDS 20 6 4 10 73 87 -14 73 7 NAUGHTY NAUTAS 20 4 6 10 70 90 -20 70 8 PAS O NADAS 20 4 2 14 63 97 -34 63 9 CLOUSEAUS 18 5 2 11 58 86 -28 58 10 SUNDOWNERS 20 4 4 12 56 104 -48 56 11 PICASSOS A 18 5 3 10 53 91 -38 53

Table P W D L F A +- PTS 1 WATERFALL WARRIORS 20 14 4 2 106 54 52 106 2 CHIPEQUE CHIPPERS 19 13 2 4 93 59 34 93 3 THE PALMS 19 12 3 4 93 59 34 93 4 PALMS SPORTS BAR 18 9 3 6 80 64 16 80 5 THE REBELS 18 10 1 7 78 66 12 78 6 MARILYNS 18 7 2 9 77 67 10 77 7 BARRACUDA HUNTERS 15 5 2 8 53 67 -14 53 8 SPEAR CHUCKERS 18 4 1 13 53 91 -38 53 9 PHOENIX FLIGHTS 16 4 4 8 51 77 -26 51 10 OURPLACE PLAYGIRLS 17 0 0 17 28 108 -80 28

Joyful Jay takes advantage PREMIER League superstars certainly had a bad time this week, with many of them not firing on all cylinders, and some looking at a lengthy spell in the treatment room.

This will now prove a difficult juggling act for

all of us budding Oasis Fm Fantasy football league managers, especially as we approach the busy festive period.

As there were no real stand-out performances this week, the point-scoring team of the week is a proper mix-and-match from clubs across the league, But QPR did manage to sneak two players in.

The rest of the players came from Hull, Aston Villa, Spurs, Liverpool,

Stoke, Man City, West Ham, Man Utd and Newcastle.

At the top of the table, Frank Devaney’s Toffee’s held on to top spot, despite a poor scoring week.

However, the chasing pack didn’t take of advantage of this and he now leads by 17 points, if Frank can hold the spot into the New Year, he may have a chance of league glory. But he needs to keep an eye on

his team for injuries and suspensions.

To reflect the poor points’ period, the team of the week goes to Jay Merrick’s Los Pollos Hermanos, with a respectable 55 points, assisted by goals from Benteke and Bony.

The January transfer window is not too far away, but don’t forget you can tweak your team weekly with a couple of free transfers.

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Pink aim for bronze AS we approach the Christmas break in the Direct Telecom Pool League, things are looking rosy for Inn the Pink A.

It will be difficult to chase down the top two in Division One, but they are looking good for a third place finish.

On Tuesday they hosted Waterfall Rebels, who have been on a good run themselves recently. The home team raced into a 5-0 lead, but the Rebels finally nabbed a frame through Adie and quickly added two more.

The Rebels were clearly missing captain Bubbles and, though they launched a comeback, the home team were always going to take another three points.

The teams behind them lost a little ground as the PalmsPhoenix battle went the way of the Torviscas teams. The Phoenix suffered a rare defeat away at Palms Bar B in a close match, with neither team giving an inch.

Palms B have been nicking wins recently, and maybe their late-frame mentality helped them just get over the line - inspired as well by Graham, the league’s most in-

form player.

Meanwhile, in Los Abrigos, Palms A were in top form against a struggling Phoenix Potters. The home side actually made a fine start, taking their chances to sneak ahead 3-1 at the pieand-chips break.

But there must have been something in the gravy because Palms roared back.

After mopping it up, they then mopped up the frames, taking six on the trot for an 8-4 victory, with Penguin getting a long overdue hat-trick.

Treehouse A, who are going nicely in fifth spot, faced a tough game in Los Cristianos at Dreamers A, who had a superb win last week and were full of confidence.

But Mark and the visitors are a good team, who know how to get a result. There was nothing between them on the night, though, and it seemed fitting that the game ended in a draw.

It was a good night for the teams from Exiles, both taking three points. Exiles B, at home against Tenerife Hammers C, were always in control and secured a 9-3 win, which was enough to move them above their opponents.

Exiles A went to Amarilla Golf to face Terrace Bar A, and it was another night on

Division 2 results

Division 1 Results Dreamers A Exiles B Inn The Pink A Palms Bar B Phoenix Potters Tenerife Hammers A Terrace Bar A The Peacocks

6-6 Treehouse A 9-3 Tenerife Hammers C 7-5 Waterfall Rebels 7-5 The Phoenix 4-8 Palms Bar A 11-1 Atmosphere 13 4-8 Exiles A 3-9 Gaffers A

Division 1 Table

Table P W D L F A +- PTS 1 Gaffers A 15 13 2 0 128 52 76 41 2 Tenerife Hammers A 15 12 2 1 123 57 66 38 3 Inn The Pink A 15 9 3 3 104 76 28 30 4 The Phoenix 14 8 2 4 95 73 22 26 5 Treehouse A 15 7 3 5 94 86 8 24 6 Terrace Bar B 15 7 3 5 84 96 -12 24 7 Palms Bar A 15 6 4 5 95 85 10 22 8 Phoenix Potters 15 7 0 8 89 91 -2 21 9 Exiles A 14 5 5 4 86 82 4 20 10 Palms Bar B 15 6 2 7 87 93 -6 20 11 Dreamers A 15 4 3 8 86 94 -8 15 12 Exiles B 14 4 3 7 77 91 -14 15 13 Tenerife Hammers C 15 4 2 9 71 109 -38 14 14 Waterfall Rebels 14 3 4 7 75 93 -18 13 15 The Peacocks 12 2 4 6 60 84 -24 10 16 Terrace Bar A 15 2 2 11 68 112 -44 8 17 Atmosphere 13 13 1 2 10 54 102 -48 5 which Lady Luck deserted the home team.

Try as they might, they just could not get a foothold in the game.

Exiles A welcomed the points and were even happier with the pie, chips and gravy!

The two top teams never looked like dropping points against opposition from the bottom of the table.

Hammers A, who are chasing Gaffers A down, played Atmosphere 13 and it looked like as though it would be a whitewash. but the Hammers’ Fritzel dropped a game, losing to his younger son!

Well done Ryan! However, it was merely a consolation frame for Atmosphere.

Gaffers A were away at Peacocks and, though the scoreline was a little more respectable, the league leaders still had a comfortable win.

In Division Two, it was a quiet night in terms of games. But the tie of the night saw league leaders Sporting Jester A take on second-place Bluebell A. Victory for home side Bluebell would have put them in top spot, but they seemed to let the occasion get to them. Jesters, on the other hand, were in fine form and looked like champions-elect as they enjoyed a com-

Bluebell A Hoppys Bar Sporting Jester B Treehouse B

1-11 Sporting Jester A 12-0 No Team 3-9 James Place 7-5 Dreamers B

Division 2 table

Table P W D L F A +- PTS 1 Sporting Jester A 12 11 1 0 110 34 76 34 2 Bluebell A 13 9 2 2 91 65 26 29 3 Waterfall Jokers 12 8 2 2 90 54 36 26 4 James Place 12 7 2 3 90 54 36 23 5 Inn The Pink B 11 6 5 0 83 49 34 23 6 Gaffers B 12 6 3 3 84 60 24 21 7 Hoppys Bar 12 6 1 5 78 66 12 19 8 Next Door 11 5 0 6 69 63 6 15 9 Picasso’s A 12 4 2 6 71 73 -2 14 10 Tenerife Pool Tables 12 4 2 6 65 79 -14 14 11 Treehouse B 12 2 3 7 65 79 -14 9 12 Dreamers B 12 2 1 9 61 83 -22 7 13 Sporting Jester B 12 2 0 10 51 93 -42 6 14 No Team 13 0 0 13 0 156 -156 0

TPT Cup draw

Gaffers A v Hammers A The Phoenix v Hammers C Inn The Pink A v Gaffers B Next Door v Terrace A James Place v Exiles A Treehouse A v Inn T Pink B Peacocks v Waterfall Jokers Waterfall Rebels v TPT Terrace B v Palms B Hoppys v Jester B Exiles B v Picassos Dreamers B v Atmosphere 13 Palms A v Treehouse B Jester A v Dreamers A Byes: Phoenix Potters, Bluebell A (Matches to be played on 13th January) manding 11-1 win.

Should they achieve promotion, they will more than hold their own in the top division.

Treehouse B have not had the best season so far, but they have come close to winning in recent weeks. They played Dreamers B, with both teams neck-and-neck in the league.

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It was again a close game, with plenty of frames being swapped, but Treehouse held their nerve, taking the points to move above Dreamers in the table.

Elsewhere, James Place got back to winning ways. They were too strong for Sporting Jester B and the 9-3 score was about right. The draw has been made for the Tenerife Pool Tables Cup first round, There are some juicy ties, but none spicier than the one that sees the two big guns colliding.

Tenerife Hammers A will go in search of revenge when they travel to face Gaffers A, while a few secondtier sides will be eyeing an upset.

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Bragging rights

By Adi Benson WE have emerged from a period in which the clubs have played three times in a sevenday period in the Barclays Premier League.

It’s obviously not what they want with the festive period about to descend on us and the games coming even thicker and faster.

And at this time of the year, the bookings start to mount up and injury and fitness concerns kick in.

This week I’ve a special challenger on Beat Benson. it’s the old ball and chain. The wife (and our fashion correspondent Ruth) believes she can beat me. The loser washes up until Valentine’s Day so wish me luck!

Burnley v Southampton The Clarets have had a slight purple patch, picking up a few points and a couple of victories, but that came to an end last weekend.

They never did manage to climb out of the relegation zone but they will be looking to get back on track here, especially knowing that their opponents have just had a tough few games.

It was welldocumented that the Saints hadn’t faced a real challenge in the league, but the last three games have seen them take on some bigger clubs.

Unfortunately, they failed the test, losing all three. They should have beaten Man Utd but didn’t take their chances, but they can get back on track right here!

Prediction: Away win Beat Benson: Away win Chelsea v Hull So Mourinho’s Chelsea are beatable. I did say in last week’s column that I thought they would lose sooner or later but I was surprised it was against Newcastle. They will be keen to ensure lightning doesn’t strike twice, and being at home gives them a big

advantage. It has been a difficult few weeks for Hull and positive results have been hard to come by. And this fixture will certainly be no different.

They could do with an easier game, but they just have to get it out of the way.

Prediction: Home win Beat Benson: Home win Crystal Palace v Stoke Palace, still dangerously close to the relegation zone, will be trying to get points to put space between themselves and their rivals. This gives them a good chance of adding to their tally but they will have to be defensively strong and not allow themselves to get bullied.

I said Stoke would beat Arsenal last week because I thought they had a win coming after going close against Liverpool and United - and I got it spot-on!

They played good, intelligent football and a repeat performance here will see them head back to the Potteries with all the points.

Prediction: Away win Beat Benson: Draw Leicester v Man City Poor old Leicester cannot buy a win, and they will not relish this fixture, especially as their opponents look to close the gap on Chelsea. But if they could pull off a win, the confidence levels would soar and give the club a much-needed boost in their quest to survive.

Just three points now separate City from leaders Chelsea, and they will now look to take points from every game to keep the pressure on. Aguero’s injury is a blow, though, and if they can’t replace his goals, they could struggle. But they have strength in depth and should be okay.

Prediction: Away win Beat Benson: Away win Sunderland v West Ham Draws against Chelsea and Liverpool will have Sunderland believing they can get a result, especially as they were based on strong, defensive displays. What is worrying, though, is their attacking play and their inability to score goals. If they can address that, they will stay up.

West Ham are proving to be a resilient, surprise package this season. Some shrewd acquisitions in the summer have added depth to the squad and the form of Downing, in particular, should stand them in good stead. But there won’t be a fairytale fourth-spot finish.

Prediction: Draw Beat Benson: Draw West Brom v Aston Villa The Baggies are five points behind their rivals going into this game and will want to narrow that gap, never mind the bragging rights a win would bring. But they will have to up their game because they are not

playing well. A lack of goals and too many draws are starting put them under relegation pressure.

Villa sit mid-table but have had an up-anddown season, starting well but dropping right off the form table. Yet a couple of good results recently has galvanised their position for now.

There is still a long way to go, though, and Paul Lambert knows he needs investment in his ageing squad come January.

Prediction: Draw Beat Benson: Draw Arsenal v Newcastle After a dreadful performance last week, Arsenal redeemed themselves with a good midweek Champions League win. But they are facing a side full of confidence.

Sanchez has carried them in recent weeks, but Ramsey is now back among the goals, and Podolski must surely get a start after a brace against Galatasary. But you can never secondguess Wenger.

The Magpies ended Chelsea’s unbeaten run and got back to winning ways, and maybe the fans are starting to warm again to Alan Pardew. In fairness, they played perfect counterattacking football and were strong in defence.

If they can replicate that performance, then Arsenal are there for the taking.

Prediction: Home win

Beat Benson: Away win The Dog & Duck v The Black Swan How Man United managed to beat Southampton is a mystery. It was as bad as I have seen them play all season, and that is saying something.

They were a shambles in defence and gave the ball away far too often.

They need to improve all over the pitch if they are too hold on to a topfour spot.

Fortunately, Liverpool are just as bad, crashing out of the Champions League with a lacklustre display against Basel.

Will Brenda be fired if Liverpool lose this one?

This is a derby match, though, and you can guarantee both sides will be up for this, I’m not sure it will be like a Sunday league game, as Gary Neville said. But it

should be good for the neutrals.

Prediction: Away win Beat Benson: Home win Swansea v Spurs Swansea are still holding on towards the top, but they will not be happy with how they played against West Ham last weekend, especially after taking the lead. Their opponents in this game are just a point behind them, and they will not want them leapfrogging them in the table.

Spurs may be a little leggy after a Europa League game last night (Thursday) and the manager may rest a few players. But this is an evenly-matched affair and Swansea are dangerous on the break, the Spurs defence will have their work cut out.

Prediction: Away win Beat Benson: Home win Everton v QPR It’s not been a great season so far for Roberto Martinez and his team, and I can’t help thinking it may be the European distraction. They do get an extra day’s rest, though, with playing on a Monday night, and they will look to use home advantage. They need Lukaku to start repaying his transfer fee and getting himself on the scoresheet. QPR are out of the bottom three after a well-deserved victory against Burnley and if they can carry the momentum on, dependent on other results, they could start to open a gap up on their rivals. But will they have recovered from their Christmas party!

Prediction: Home win Beat Benson: Away win

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