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Issue 884 9th January - 15th January 2015

ARTS gets Green light

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WORK will begin this weekend on a multi-million-euro development called ARTS in Playa de las Americas.

It will be built on “the last sea-front opportunity in the south”, which will become “The Jewel in the Crown”.

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New multi-million-euro complex for Las Americas

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Local entrepreneur Diego Cano, who has been responsible for a plethora of ventures in the south of Tenerife, is the owner and developer of the ARTS centre.

The ambitious project will take 20 months to complete. The final documentation and legal requirements were finalised only a few days ago, and interim work is about to begin.

As you see from the artist’s impressions, the ARTS centre is a unique concept in the South, an area where Diego says: “You can chill out after a hard day’s work, enjoy the centre’s ambience, do a little shopping, maybe have a bite to eat, enjoy a drink at the bar or simply sit by the fountains and watch the stars or listen to the ocean.”

The ARTS centre will be in what is the last undeveloped ocean-side site in Las Americas.

The crescent-shaped peninsula is the link between the Las Vistas beach in Los Cristianos and the beach cove behind the Sir Anthony hotel, which links around to the Parque Santiago complexes.

Diego told Canarian Weekly “This is an area which has always been privately owned. But three years ago, the owner passed away and his family were not keen on keeping it.

“Of course, all the usual developers and business people tried to buy this when they discovered it was for sale. So I went and had a look. I

thought that if a regular developer got hold of it, he would destroy it.

“This area is in between two beaches. I thought we had to do something so I developed an architectural project, and my main concern was to protect the coast, the landscape and make it naturefriendly. By the ocean, there are natural pools and natural areas and I wanted to maintain these and protect these.

“When I spoke with the owner’s family and told them my plans, they recalled how they use to play as children in these areas by the ocean.

They also wanted this natural beauty protected. So they chose me.

We shared the same vision.”

This vision is the latest in a line of leading projects Diego has brought to the South. His company has brought over big-name concerts starring the likes of Rod Stewart, he was the driving force behind El Faro nightclub, he owns

the popular Bushido Japanese-style restaurant in Los Cristianos, which has the jazz club Be Flat incorporated inside, and last year he brought Sotheby’s to Tenerife. ARTS promises to be something different. It will not be a commercial centre as we know it, but will encompass a “Lifestyle & Shopping” philosophy.

The waterfront will be developed with different moods in mind.

One of the waterfall areas has a specific astronomical design, which will see it created at the perfect angle for the summer solstice!

Another waterfall uses natural water designed for sunset views, with hidden built-in speakers which will have specific mood music.

A different area will have a variety of mood water fountains, which will change with the light, heat and seasons.

Other fountains will be motion sensitive.

No fewer than 82 palm trees will ring the cen-

tre, and there will dozens of seating and resting areas. There are different sections outside to relax while inside, the whole concept is based on an arts ideology.

The centre will always be a constant 20 degrees Celsius. The shops will be strictly limited in number, and there will be major outlets exclusively in ARTS. Canarian Weekly has been told the name of some of these companies coming to Tenerife, and it would be headline news in its own right.

Shops will also be individualistic. For example, there will be just one female boutique. Only one shoe shop.

Also, the shops will be in touch with the feel of the ARTS centre, so don’t expect to see a souvenir or mass electronic product shop.

“This will be the centre piece of the Golden Mile. The Jewel in the Crown.” Diego told us. “I feel we don’t have many landmarks in the south of Tenerife, and certainly

nothing that will be here for decades to come.

“The whole philosophy of ARTS is to show that Tenerife can do something like this, and show the world that we have this culture. I want it to be a place which would feel in place in New York, Miami, London or Dubai. We need to aim higher.

“There is a generation of people in business who are looking to take things further, to go to the next level, and this project will show that we can do that.”

It is hoped that 18,000 people a day will enjoy the centre, and Diego hopes the new development will signal the start of better times for the Island.

“It has been hard for people in the crisis, but the strong survive.” he said. “A lot of millionaires here have gone.

You have to do something new, move with the times. When the going gets tough, the tough get going. This is the fightback for us after

the crisis. “If you want a future in Tenerife, bet on quality and the quality of not just materials but also of staff. Make them the best you can, invest in people. Give good service and have a smile.

“We are a holiday island. From Day One, smile, from the person doing the luggage to the policeman in the street to the guy on reception: ‘Hi, welcome to Tenerife. How can I help you?’

It’s all about service, quality.”

It has been three years in development and it seems as though this ambitious project is now entering the final furlong. There have been a few bumps in the road, but Diego told us that a lot of people, especially from different Government departments, have been keen for this project to succeed.

So what can we expect to experience in August 2016 when we walk through the doors at ARTS? “That you are not in Tenerife!” Diego told us. “We have been speaking with Garik Israelian, the astrophysicist who did Starmus.

He will help us create the atmosphere in the centre that will make people want to stay. not just 20 minutes but for hours.

“It will be a place you will want to go to after work, with your family, after an argument with your missus, with your friends or ‘I’m taking a book and off to enjoy the arts’. That will be the ARTS.”

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Adeje to renovate 80 homes in Las Rosas ADEJE Council is continuing to renovate and upgrade social housing in the borough.

The Department of Works, Planning and Urban Infrastructure has received an investment of over one million euros in 10 buildings in the Las Rosas-Armeñime zone. The work will affect 80 homes and will start immediately.

At a recent Council session, the plans were approved under the overall national 20132016 scheme to encourage renting of homes and urban renovation.

The plan is supported by the autonomous community and the Cabildo ,with Adeje bearing almost 40% of the cost. The regional authorities will contribute 16%, the Cabildo 10% with the remainder coming from the national department for development.

Gonzalo Delgado, Adeje Councillor for Ur-

ban Development and Works, said: “At the start of this term of office and over recent years, the local government has taken on board the need to help upgrade and renovate social urban housing most in need of attention.

“For us, this is of pri-

mary importance, a vital help to our residents who are most in need. and we are fully aware that what is important to them is the availability of adequate housing.

“We have used and adopted all the national plans available to us, as well as investing local

funding to make this possible.”

He added: “The agreement between the different authorities allows us carry out reforms and renovations in those buildings that need it, and over recent years we have been able to attend to a number

of buildings in different parts of Adeje, improving the quality of life for the residents of our borough”, He said national Ministry for development had advanced the monies to Adeje as they had met all the requirements laid down.

“We are very aware of

the need to adhere to the plan as to not do so would have direct repercussions on our residents. We also recognise the benefits of working in conjunction with the other administrations and are delighted to be able to begin this work now”.

Euro hits a nine-year low against US dollar THE euro, as volatile as it has been for a long period, fell to a nine-year low against the dollar last week.

It had investors predicting that the European Central Bank (ECB) could act to stimulate the economy.

The euro weakened by 1.2% against the dollar to $1.1864 - its poorest level since March 2006 before recovering slightly to $1.19370.

The drop follows ECB president Mario Draghi’s comments indicating the bank could soon start quantitative easing.

Although the ECB has already cut interest rates to a record low level, and also bought some bonds issued by private companies, a full-scale programme

of quantitative easing (QE) has not yet been launched.

But on Friday, Mr Draghi hinted in a newspaper interview that the bank might soon start a policy of QE by buying government bonds, thus copying its counterparts in the UK and US. The idea would be to inject cash into the banking system, stimulate the economy and push prices higher.

During an interview with German newspaper Handelsblatt, Mr Draghi said: “We are making technical preparations to alter the size, pace and composition of our measures in early 2015.”

Political turmoil in Greece also weighed on the euro, with fears that the general election on 25th January, could see the anti-austerity Syriza

party take control of the country.

The possibility has sparked fears about whether Greece will stick to the terms of its international bailout and stay in the eurozone. On Saturday,

Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine said the German government believed the eurozone would be able to cope with a Greek “exit” from the euro, if the Syriza party wins the Greek election.

A spokesman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel said there was no change in German policy and her government expected Greece to fulfil its obligations under the bail-out terms..

French president Francois Hollande said it was now “up to the Greeks” to decide whether to remain a part of the single currency.

“Europe cannot continue to be identified by austerity,” he added, suggesting that the eurozone needs to focus more on growth than reducing its deficit.

Analysts said the euro was likely to remain volatile for the next few weeks.

Senior FxPro analyst Angus Campbell said: “The market is readying itself for action from the ECB. “The first meeting of the year takes place on 22nd January, so the euro is likely to remain in focus and see heightened volatility as we approach that date, which is also a few days before the Greek General Election.”

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Bargain-buyers’ taxing problem BRITISH expats who cashed in on the recession and bought Spanish homes for a song are being hit with shock tax bills.

Spain’s cash-strapped government is probing thousands of sales which took place over the past four years because it believes the owners got too good a deal.

Since the 2008 financial crisis, house prices have fallen by nearly 50% in some areas, and the country is recovering from a deep recession.

Estate agents’ windows are packed with homes going for a pittance as anxious sellers seek buyers.

A five-bedroom country house with a large private pool, 10 miles from Malaga in the town of Cartama Estacion, has dropped from £214,500 to £184,000.

A four-bedroom country house in Olula del Rio town, Almeria, is going for just £43,272.

Spanish mortgage rates have also fallen dramatically and it is possible to get a variable-rate deal at 2.75%, says mortgage broker Simon Conn.

Buyers with an eye for a bargain have been haggling prices even lower because they know many sellers are desperate to sell.

But expats who snap up their dream homes at rock-bottom prices risk falling foul of the tax trap.

In Spain, as in Britain, the buyer must pay sales tax on the property. This is known as Impuesto de Transmisiones Patrimoniales (ITP).

It is paid as a percentage of the value of the house. The exact figure varies, depending on what type of property is being bought and where it is in the country.

But since the property market crash, this tax flowing into the Government’s coffers is merely dribbling in.

Now, tax authorities are combing through home sales completed the past four years and comparing the declared sales price with what they believe the real value is.

If a house sale price does not match the taxman’s own official valuation, the owner is asked to pay the difference in stamp duty. In some cases, this can run to thousands of pounds.

Bob and Kay Rogers have been asked for an extra £1,500 sales tax three years after buying a home in Miramar, near Valencia.

The semi-retired couple, who work parttime as English teachers in a local school, bought the two-bedroom house near the sea in 2011. They haggled the price down 2,000 euros to 83,000 euros (around £65,300).

They put down £18,100 and took out a mortgage worth £47,200. Having bought in Spain before, they took care to make sure they paid their ITP, worth around 7% per cent of the price tag handing £4,571 to the authorities.

Three months ago, they received a letter from the local government of Valencia, which estimated the house was, in fact, worth £81,627 and the Rog-

ers should hand over an extra £1,100 in sales tax. The couple tried to protest but have been told they must pay up.

The sum they owe has now climbed to £1,500 after the local authorities applied interest because of the delay.

Bob, 60, says: “We have made every effort to do things by the book and are honest, upstanding citizens. If anything, the house is worth even less than we paid for it today as prices are still tumbling.

“We have since found there are a huge number of people in this position - retirees on low, fixed incomes who suddenly find themselves having to pay this new tax out of dwindling savings, despite having done nothing wrong.’

Although the Spanish authorities have had the power to review sale prices for years, experts say the number of letters sent to expats and locals has soared since the financial downturn.

Peter Esders, director and Spanish property law expert at legal services firm Judicare, says: “You can find some great bargains in Spain. But the authorities sometimes do not believe that the buyer got such a great deal.

“Also, they desper-

ately need more tax revenue and are now looking at transactions which they would probably not have looked at previously.”

It is possible to appeal f you receive such a bill, but make sure you have all papers relating to the transaction.

If you are in the process of buying a house in Spain, speak to the local tax authorities about how much to declare.

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Tenerife’s tip-top for holiday-maker Brits TENERIFE and Lanzarote are among the best bargains for postholiday breaks for Brits, thanks to a stronger pound.

It is making top winter sun destinations more affordable for UK tourists, with those visiting the two Canary Islands cashing in.

For a seven-night package holiday, including evening meals, Lanzarote offers the best value-for-money deal with that deal costing just £278 per person.

The next-best resort is Phosphine Cyprus (£283), followed

by Tenerife (£309) and Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt, where the package costs £408, de-

spite a 1.2% dip in the pound’s value there since last year.

Britons heading for

sunny Cancun in Mexico, home to luxurious accommodations, will get 8.2% more for their

money than last year.

And Tokyo-bound travellers will cash in by 9.1% more than in

2014, research has revealed. But holidaymakers heading to the US will get 4.3% less

for their money, as the pound has dipped against the US dollar in the last year.

Andrew Brown, of Post Office Travel Money, said: “Although European winter sun holidays are unbeatable on price, the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh is also great value with packages pegged at 2013 levels to make them a compelling proposition for bargain hunters.

“Further afield, the continuing strength of sterling against currencies for some of the most popular long-haul beach destinations will make these attractive to wallet-watchers as well - particularly in Mexico and Jamaica, where the pound has risen in value recently.”

Spain’s 50-year Thalidomide compensation battle goes on FIFTY years on and the struggle for justice over Thalidomide birth defects continues in Spain the only European country with victims yet to be compensated.

Unfortunately, Spain never had a compensation fund for sufferers or their parents, and most have been unable to get compensation from the drug’s manufacturer.

Thalidomide was once prescribed to pregnant women, from the late Fifties, before doctors realised it caused severe birth defects.

These defects affected still-born babies, those born without limbs, or with malformed ones.

Tens of thousands of babies suffered worldwide, before the drug’s German manufacturer, Grunenthal, withdrew it from the market in 1961.

Most victims and their families received compensation from either

Grunenthal, local distributors of thalidomide, or their governments, even though it took years in some cases.

But Spain failed to set up a permanent compensation fund for its survivors - believed to number thousands.

One survivor, 49-yearold Rafael Basterrechea, who works as a buildings’ supervisor in Madrid, said: “I am a very, very typical case of Thalidomide. I have two arms that are shorter than those of a normal person, and my left arm is shorter than my right arm.”

Mr Basterrechea, interviewed in a local bar, could grip his beer glass between one of his arms, which is about eight inches long, and his neck.

His elbows don’t bend, he can’t lift his arms very high, he has limited movement in his shoulders as well as other health issues with his eyes, ears, teeth, kidneys and pancreas.

Yet he stresses: “I’m a

privileged man. I have good work with a good salary. I am married and I have a son, so I am a happy man.”

Thousands of babies were born worldwide with similar abnormalities after their pregnant mums took Thalidomide.

Doctors prescribed the drug to help Mr Basterrechea’s mother sleep, while many others took it for morning sickness.

The Thalidomide tragedy in the US prompted the Food and Drug Administration to revamp its safety rules.

The drug was never approved for sale in that country, but there were several cases of American thalidomide victims, where the drug is believed to have originated from Canada or elsewhere.

President John F Kennedy said in 1962: “Every doctor, every hospital, every nurse has been notified. Every woman in this country, I think, must be aware that it’s most important that they check their medi-

cine cabinets and that they do not take this drug,” But not all women in Spain were made aware.

While Thalidomide supplies were destroyed rapidly in the rest of Europe, plus Japan, Australia, Brazil and Canada, many Spaniards had never heard of the drug’s dangers, including some victims themselves.

Mr Basterrechea said: “I never knew I was a victim. I discovered this problem when I was 40 years old because I saw a TV programme.”

In Spain, the drug was sold under various names. And there is proof that the Spanish state health service did not destroy its thalidomide supplies immediately.: Grunenthal pulled the drug from the market in late 1961, but Mr Basterrechea was born in 1965. Spanish doctors prescribed thalidomide to his mother earlier that same year.

José Riquelme, who was born without a

right leg, now heads a Spanish association of Thalidomide victims.

“We have documents showing that Thalidomide was sold in Spain until 1975 - much longer than in any other country,” he said.

“I was 16 when I heard the word ‘Thalidomide’ for the first time.

There was no Internet in Spain then. We didn’t even have telephones in our homes.

“During an X-ray, a doctor asked me if my mother had taken Thalidomide. So I started asking around, researching in the library and I learned what the rest of the world already knew.”

For the past decade, Mr Riquelme has been searching for other Spanish Thalidomide victims, and his association has 300 members so far.

But he believes thousands were born in Spain. Most have not been diagnosed, and many of them dying now, 50 years on, from complications of their

disability.

The group won a legal claim against Grunenthal, but it was overturned on appeal in late 2013.

Only 23 Spaniards have received Thalidomide compensation from the Spanish government - a lump sum that worked out at about 45,252 euros each.

Certainly not enough to pay for the lifetime of home care which many victims need.

And the fund is closed now to new applicants, no matter how disabled they are.

“German victims have received about $740 million in compensation,” said Mr Riquelme. “We just want the recognition and dignity that victims in other countries have.”

Spain’s health ministry did not reply to NPR’s request for an interview.

The Health Minister recently resigned in a corruption scandal, and a new one is taking over.

Mr Riquelme hopes to meet the new boss soon.

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I hope you haven’t seen it. He is stricken on the pavement, bleeding from a bullet wound pleading for his life as a masked gunman hovers over him. Ahmed Merabet raises his hand and says: “Do you want to kill me?”

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253,000 reasons to be cheerful JOBLESS people registered with the Public Employment Services in Spain fell by 253,627 in 2014.

The -5.39% year-onyear decrease is the largest ever recorded in December since 1998 and puts the total unemployment figure at 4,447,711.

This is the second drop in recorded unemployment at the end of the year since 2006, following the decrease of 147,000 posted in 2013.

And it means that the overall total decrease for the last two years exceeds 400,000.

In the previous five years, the jobless total recorded had increased by an average of 314,000 on the previous year.

At the end of December, the number of unemployed fell by 64,405 on the previous month.

This represents the second-largest decrease in December since current records began.

In seasonally-adjusted terms, recorded unemployment fell by 5,404 - the fifth consecutive decrease.

Unemployment among workers from the service sector fell by 65,275 (down 2.23%) and from the agriculture sector by 2,639 (down 1.23%).

Meanwhile, unemployment among workers from the construction sector increased by 12,689 (up 2.39%) and from the industrial sector by 2,435 (up 0.54%).

Finally, the number of

first-time job-seekers fell by 11,615 (-2.99%).

Recorded unemployment fell in 12 autonomous regions, led by Andalusia (-24,901), the Region of Madrid (-13,528) and the Region of Valencia (-10,939). In contrast, unemployment rose in five regions, led by Galicia (3,286) and CastileLeon (1,274).

Yet the number of new employment contracts recorded in December totalled 1,384,062, representing an increase of 7.22% on the same month of 2013.

The accumulated number of employment contracts in 2014 as a whole amounted to 16,727,089, which was 1,934,475 more (13.1%) than in the previous year.

A total of 99,853 permanent employment contracts were recorded in December 2014, up by 19% on the same month last year.

An accumulated total of 1,350,331 permanent contracts were recorded in 2014 overall, adding up to an increase of 19.2% compared with 2013.

Training and apprenticeship contracts have maintained their upward trend in December, with 12,077 such contracts reported.

That’s a 10% increase on the same month last year and a 32% increase in the accumulated total for the last 12 months.

Along the same lines, 4,770 work-experience contracts were signed

last month, which is an increase of 44.9% on the same 2013 period. Over the last 12 months, 30.2% more contracts of this nature were signed than in the previous period.

There was a total of 2,462,329 unemployment benefit recipients

in November 2014, with the sum of benefits paid out by the system amounting to 1.93 billion euros.

Employment Secretary Engracia Hidalgo stressed that the data, published on Monday, demonstrated the positive effects of reforms

carried out by the Spanish Government, especially the labour reform, and are in line with recent Spanish economy trends.

“They are positive figures that encourage us to keep working,” said Ms Hidalgo, who hopes 2015 will be an impor-

tant year for boosting job creation.

“Today, we have more than 253,000 reasons to be more optimistic, but we still have many more reasons to keep working on the recovery and towards stable, quality employment in our country.”

Activate a healthy lifestyle THE newlyopened Activate Sports Club, billed as the most innovative, dynamic and original sports club on the Island, opens its doors in Costa Adeje tomorrow (Saturday).

An “Activation” day of sports and free activities is available for the whole family, to promote the development of healthy lifestyles and funds for the fight against breast cancer (www.carreraporlavida. com).

The free event runs from 11am-6pm and is open to residents and tourists, who can take part in various activities, including cycling, zumba, pole dancing, yoga and scuba-diving; padel tennis, beach volleyball, petanque and skating.

There are also a few exhibits and interactive workshops. And for youngsters, the organisers have planned rec-

reational activities, entertainment and many surprises.

In addition, physiotherapy, drinks and fruit throughout the day will be offered to

everyone. Also planned is a spectacular closing ceremony with live music on the spectacular beach chill-out, in the heart of this magnificent facility.

It promises to be a unique celebration in which sport, family, solidarity and enjoyment will generate positive well-being vibes for the new year.

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Celtic’s Gran challenge CELTIC are in Gran Canaria this week to take part in the annual Maspalomas Cup because, under SPL rules, they are allowed to postpone one weekend match to take part in a money- spinning trip.

Last year, Celtic visited Turkey to play in the Antalya Winter Cup against Trabzonspor and Galatasaray. And this time they will spend 12 days in Gran Canaria for their mid-season break. Manager Ronny Deila who says the warm weather-matches are worthwhile, adds: “The climate certainly helps the training. We have five or six players from our Development Squad in Gran Canaria with us and they

are going to get their chances over here. It will be exciting to see the games.”

Celtic face Dutch and Czech opposition in a four-team competition which sees all sides

playing twice.

PSV manager Phillip Cocu said: “It’s a good place to go to at this time of year. We play Celtic and Shakhtar Donetsk - both good teams and opponents who will

give us a good test.”

This year’s event is the 30th anniversary of the tournament. PSV played in the Maspalomas Cup last year when Bulgaria’s Lokomotiv Plovdiv and Chinese

outfit Shanghai FC took part. while Augsburg of Germany lifted the Cup. All matches are played in the Maspalomas stadium. Celtic will play PSV Eindhoven on Sat-

urday (kick off 12.15pm) and face Sparta Prague next Tuesday.

Liam Henderson,who made a name for himself playing in the Antalya Cup last January, told Celtic’s website he was looking forward to another warmweather away trip.

“It always good to play against foreign teams,he said. I have been playing against them at youth level in the Premier League Cup, so I know how to adapt my game. It always good to get a different taste from the league fixtures. You get a bit more time on the ball, but you have to have a higher concentration as they will try different things. It another learning experience for me and I’m looking forward to it.

We will be doing a lot of double sessions out there and a lot of work in the gym and pool as well so we will be busy.”

It’s sales season!

THE winter sales are officially underway in Tenerife, giving the economy a shot in the arm and bargains galore for punters.

Around 1,800 jobs will be created in the Canaries, an increase of around 5% on last year, according to estimates

by Adecco.

They believe that, nationally, some 35,000 will be given shortterm work contracts -10% more than a year ago.

The sectors in which more jobs will be created during the sales period is linked to consumption, so shops that sell perfumery and cosmetics, electronics, toys and food will need extra staff.

And even hotels and restaurants will see an upturn in staff numbers.

Adecco also notes that labour supply for the next few months could increase by around 60% for some companies and employment in some sectors like human resources.

In the Canary Islands, the post-Christmas and New Year sales are expected to see sales traffic around 7% higher than in 2014. The number of sales has increased steadily over the past five years.

Gustavo Matos, the Cabildo’s Director General of Commerce, said: “I’m satisfied with the positive data on how the economy will increase over this sales season.

“Not everyone can

talk about an economic recovery in the Islands as such because there are many families going through great difficulty, but this will help. An increase in sales and people working is always welcome, especially at this time of the year.

“Traders have had it bad over the recent, difficult years, but it is the hard work of traders which has kept us going. I have lots of admiration for the workers.”

The official sales season goes on into March and savings are everywhere. Some outlets have already advertised reductions of up to 75% in an attempt to drive business forward.

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Gibraltar row sparks a bust-up between Britain and Spain

BRITAIN should take Spain to the European Court of Justice over its flagrant breaches of sovereignty in Gibraltar - at sea and in the air!

That’s the view of some angry British MPs, and it puts Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond under further pressure after criticism that he has failed to deal with the issue properly.

The issue has come to a head followings an ultimatum by the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, which gave the Foreign Office six months to take action.

Committee chairman Richard Ottaway MP said: “We have been a soft touch for long enough. We told the Government that if there was no improvement in six months, Article 259 of the Lisbon treaty should be invoked, and we should take Spain to the European Court of Justice.

“Well, six months have passed and little has changed: the delays are still going on, Spain is still illegally intruding in British territorial wars and air space, and Madrid is unwilling to enter into even ad hoc talks with Britain.”

In October, Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo QC, told the United Nations that Spain had made 245 illegal incursions into British waters in just two months.

In a separate development, Madrid was accused of “shameful” behaviour after us-

ing its support of the war against the Islamic State terror group to persuade US politicians to drop plans to back Britain’s claim over Gibraltar officially.

The move comes just weeks after a series of barbaric beheadings of US and British citizens by IS, including aid workers David Haines and Alan Henning.

In September, the Sunday Express revealed plans by senior US politicians to propose a Resolution in Congress which would back Gibraltar’s right of selfdetermination officially.

But a panicking Spain was this week accused to resorting to “dirty tricks” in efforts to persuade Democrat and Republican Congressmen supporting the Resolution to back down.

The veiled threat was contained in a letter penned by Spain’s Ambassador to the US to the Resolution’s chief sponsor, Congressman George Holding.

In the letter, Ambassador Ramon Gil-Casares writes: “Leaving aside the political opportunity of such a Resolution, precisely when my country is an active member of the United States-led coalition against ISIL, as Ambassador for the Kingdom of Spain to the United States of America, I respectfully and deeply regret that such a text has made its way to the Venerable House of Representatives.”

The letter goes on, inaccurately, to refer to Gibraltar as a “colony”.

Andrew Rosindell MP, chairman of the parlia-

mentary Overseas Territory group, reacted furiously to the news.

“To use the war against terror as a lever over the issue of Gibraltar, a situation of its own causing, and so soon after the beheadings of British and American citizens, is absolutely shameful.

Spain is behaving in an appalling way.”

Gerald Howarth MP added: “How dare Spain play the terror card in this tasteless fashion.

“Where are Spanish fighter jets as Britain and the US and other coalition members bomb ISIL positions over Iraq? This was a tasteless and, frankly, desperate ploy by Spain.”

But Congressman George Holding, behind the Resolution, pledged to continue his support, despite Spain’s intervention.

“The citizens of Gibraltar have freely and democratically expressed their wish to remain a British Overseas Territory, and it is certainly my intention to support them moving forward,” he told the Sunday Express.

A Foreign Office spokesman said: “The Government welcomes Parliament’s focus on Gibraltar.

“We are continuing to take robust action to defend Gibraltar’s interests, including protests at the highest levels against continuing incursions into British Gibraltar Territorial Waters and delays at the border, both with the European Commission and the Spanish Government.”

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Vet Yaiza’s dream clinic WHEN Yaiza Perez set out to be a veterinary surgeon several years ago, she dreamed of one day owning her own clinic.

Today, the 34-year-old from Barcelona, who spent much of her early life here in the South, is living that dream.

Last month she opened Clinica Veterinaria Yaiza - beautiful, double-fronted premises in Los Seres, Oasis del Sur, in the Los Cristianos area.

Yaiza has all the latest equipment to give the pets she treats every possible advantage, including blood-testing and ultra-sound machines plus an X-ray service. And she even provides pet grooming.

“I work from the heart because I love all the animals who are brought to me,” said the petite Spaniard. “And I have spent a lot of money on this quality equipment to ensure I can cater for all their needs.”

It has been an exciting, eventful journey for Yaiza, who had previously been a mobile vet.

She returned to Barcelona after 14 years in Tenerife and spent years studying for the necessary qualifications at college, before graduating to the prestigious Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB).

There, she undertook a gruelling five-year course, in search of a Bachelor’s Degree in Veterinary Medicine, which trains students to work in the traditional areas of veterinary science: medicine and surgery, together with animal production and health, food hygiene, safety and technology.

The determined youngster passed with flying colours and went straight on to working for a vet in the city for the next five years.

But Tenerife was always her goal, and she moved back here in 2009, working for two vets in succession in the South.

She then decided to branch out on her own as a mobile vet to further her experience and, from this platform, she built up solid support from customers.

In fact, so successful was Yaiza, working day and night whenever required, that she realised the only way to handle her business was to open a clinic.

Now, at 34, she has realised her ambition and, thanks to her professionalism over the years, she already has a customer base of around 100 clients (and their pets, of course) pledging their support for her new business.

One look around her spacious, brightly-lit clinic will almost certainly convince them they have had made the right choice, Not only does Yaiza own the premises rather than renting, but she has veterinary contacts all around the Island if there is a medical problem she cannot handle.

“For example, I have a vet that is a brokenbone surgeon in Alcala that I can turn to because I am not trained in that department, and I have another vet who specialises in exotic pets,” she said.

“But I am qualified to perform soft-tissue operations on those animals which need it.”

Last year, Yaiza gained a great ally in Suzanne Hinchliffe, who deals in property management and sales locally, and is a genuine animal lover, with a houseful of stray pets which have all been rescued.

Suzanne’s little cat Jasmine, became very ill in January 2014. Her own vet was on holiday so she called Yaiza, who had been recommended, to see if she could help.

“Yaiza examined her and Jasmine was diagnosed with PKD (Polycystic kidney disease), a horrible genetic disease that cannot be cured,” said Suzanne “She then sought the opinion of other vets, but they all told her there was no hope for Jasmine and that it would be humane to put her down.

“But Yaiza decided there was hope and put her on a course of hormone treatment, which extended her life for another year. I was so grateful, and realised that Yaiza had special qualities.”

Suzanne added: “She is exceptionally knowledgeable in pet welfare, and I was so impressed with her that I wouldn’t go to another vet now.

In fact, we’ve become really good friends and I want to help her as much as I can.”

So modern is Yaizas’s clinic that she even has tables and chairs outside for customers, who can enjoy a coffee in the sunshine while they wait to have their pets treated.

The business opens Monday to Friday, from 9am-2pm, and again from 4-8.30pm, and Saturdays from 9am-2pm.

A big advantage for her is that there is plenty of parking space within yards of the clinic.

For more details or appointments, call Yaiza on 922 169 381, or email yaiza.vet@hotmail.com Facebook : Clínica Veterinaria Yaiza She also provides an out-of-hours emergency service and can be contacted on 698 374 444 January Special Offers: *Castration male cats 45 euros *Castration female cats - 60 euros *Teeth-cleaning dogs 50 euros

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Golden find for a treasure-hunter ONE of biggest hoards of ancient coins ever found in Britain is believed to have been unearthed near Aylesbury, Bucks.

Paul Coleman, from the Weekend Wanderers Detecting Club discovered more than 5,000 coins buried inside a lead bucket, just 2ft under a field.

The huge hoard, containing specimens dating back to the 11th Century - the late Anglo Saxon, early Norman period - will be examined by the British Museum.

Mr Coleman, from Southampton, was taking part in a dig in the Padbury area on 21st December when he found the 5,251 coins,

depicting the heads of kings Ethelred the Unready and Canute.

A spokesman for the national club said those on the dig had agreed it was “the most exciting day of their detecting lives”.

He added: “Without a doubt, this is the best find ever made in the Club’s 25-year history.”

Peter Welch, who was at the dig, said Mr Coleman had seen some fragments of lead and had picked off the top one and saw the layers of coins. “He didn’t touch them,” said Mr Welch. “He knew it was important.”

A coroner will now decide if the hoard is regarded as “treasure” under the Treasure Act, while Mr Welch was “shellshocked” when he realised te find was real.

“There was general si-

lence and a sharp intake of breath by the people watching,” he said.

“This is something you dream of witnessing, let along digging up.

“They looked almost

uncirculated, as though they were straight from a mint.”

The old Buckingham mint would have been within a day’s walking distance, so a possible

link with that will be explored, he added.

A museum could then buy them, with the proceeds being split between the landowner and the finder.

The largest UK hoard of Anglo Saxon treasure was found in a field near Lichfield, Staffs, in July 2009, by metal detector enthusiast Terry Herbert.

The 7th Century hoard of 1,600 items including sword pommels, helmet parts and processional crosses was valued at £3.285m.

Anglo-Saxon refers to settlers from the German regions of Angeln and Saxony, who began attacking Roman Britain in AD410.

The continental invaders were generally called “Saxons” by their neighbours. By AD500, many had settled in England, east of a line from the Humber to the Isle of Wight The Anglo-Saxon period lasted about 600 years and ended in 1066 with the Norman Conquest

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French call to ease pressure on Russia THE French government is calling for Western sanctions on Russia to be lifted if progress is made in talks on the Ukraine conflict this month.

French President Francois Hollande did not specify any particular sanctions, imposed by the EU, US and Canada after Russia annexed Crimea in March.

Mr Hollande is certain Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn’t want to annex eastern Ukraine. “He told me that,” he said.

Sigmar Gabriel, Germany’s Vice-Chancellor, has warned against further sanctions on Russia.

Gabriel, a centre-left politician like Mr Hol-

lande, said the sanctions were aimed at making Russia negotiate to resolve the Ukraine conflict. But some “forces” in Europe and the US wanted sanctions to cripple Russia, which would “risk a conflagration”.

The German ViceChancellor added: “We want to help get the Ukraine conflict resolved, but not to push Russia on to its knees.”

The OSCE security organisation has reported sporadic shelling between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, despite a ceasefire agreement in which, late last month, several hundred prisoners were exchanged.

There have been calls elsewhere in the EU for an easing or lifting of the Russian sanc-

tions, which have hit its banks, energy industry and arms manufacturers, as well as targeting powerful figures close to Putin.

Politicians in Italy, Hungary and Slovakia are also among those who want the sanctions

eased. That’s because many EU countries rely on imports of Russian gas, so the sanctions have raised fresh concerns about energy security.

Russia’s retaliatory ban on most imported Western food and drink

has also hurt many European businesses, and economic hardship means fewer Russians are going on holiday in European resorts.

“The sanctions must be lifted if there is progress,” said Hollande.

“If there is no progress,

the sanctions will stay in place.” He confirmed that a France-Germany-Russia-Ukraine summit would be held in Astana, Kazakhstan, next Thursday (15th Jan), focusing on the Ukraine conflict.

But he said he would go to Astana on condition tbat there was a genuine prospect of progress.

The West accuses Russia of sending heavy weapons and troop reinforcements to the separatists in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

Russia admits that “volunteers” have gone there, but denies boosting the rebel ranks with regular troops and hitech equipment.

It accuses the Ukrainian government of indiscriminate shooting in a “punitive” military campaign in the east.

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Irish beef’s back Spanish police

nab ex-IRA pair

IRISH beef will soon be back on sale in the States for the first time in almost 16 years.

It follows the removal of a ban on European beef imports, in place since the Nineties’ BSE crisis.

And it means the Republic of Ireland will be the first European country to be granted full access for its beef to be displayed in the US again.

The news will amount to a multi-million-euro boost for the beef industry there. It has been welcomed by the main people involved in the Irish agriculture industry, from minister Simon Coveney to the Irish Farmers Association. Irish cows are grass-,fed and the industry is confident there is a market in the US for its “green beef ”, as the Americans call it.

Minister Coveney is sure the beef will attract American consumers - and not just in Boston and New York,

TWO former IRA members whose active service unit went on a killing spree around Europe have been arrested in Spain.

traditional cities associated with Ireland.

The fact that Ireland is the first EU country to be allowed back into the US market after so long is seen as giving the industry a head start on its European counterparts.

It is a feather in the caps of Coveney and his department,who have worked for the past two years to reopen the door for Irish beef in the states.

The minister said the announcement was a huge prize, given the size of the US market and its demand for premium grass-fed beef.

And be believes the large Irish-American community will now be a key target for the promotion of Irish beef.

The US decision clears the way for the department to approve individual beef plants in Ireland to export to the US. Meat Industry Ireland said clarification was still needed on some aspects, according to Irish state broadcaster RTE. It said the decision represented a “further endorsement of our food industry standards and our quality management systems”.

A suspected tobacco smuggler, also from Northern Ireland, was caught in the swoop as well.

It is believed that they were detained as part of a major Spanish police operation against tobacco-smuggling, linked to south Armagh.

Those arrested include

husband and wife Donna Maguire and Leonard ‘Bap’ Hardy, who served prison sentences in Holland and Germany for their parts in IRA attacks on the continent in the late Eighties.

Hardy, 54, and 57-yearold Maguire, have four children and live in the Mount Pleasant area of Dundalk. Sources said the former convent girl from Newry, once described as the most dangerous woman in Europe, no longer has any involvement in republican politics.

One of the other Irish nationals arrested in operations across Murcia, Alicante and Gran Canaria last week is a Co Antrim man who has been living in the north Louth area in recent years. He was previously questioned over a major cigarette-smuggling operation after Irish police (Gardai) and customs stopped a lorry in Co Louth in September 2013. The lorry was loaded with cigarettes worth

£3.4m on the retail market. The latest arrests were said to have been made after a major investigation into smuggling and money-laundering by the Spanish Policia Nacional.

Hardy and Maguire were arrested at a Malaga apartment last week.

She was later released without charge.

Hardy received a sixyear sentence in Germany in 2006, after admitting his role in a failed IRA bomb attack on a British Army barracks at Osnabruck in August 1989. He walked free because the offence happened before 1998.

Maguire received a nine-year sentence in Germany in 1995 after being found guilty of attempted murder and explosive offences over the same attack.

Hardy was one of around 100 former onthe-run republicans who received letters of comfort from the Government.

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The 3 Kings we TENS of thousands of people enjoyed the 3 Kings events all over the Canary Islands last Monday.

There were various events to celebrate the arrival of Baltazar, Gaspar and Melchor!

In Santa Cruz over 20,000 children waited patiently to get a glimpse of the Kings during a mammoth two-hour procession through the city which culminated with an extravaganza at the Heliodoro football stadium.

They waited even longer in La Laguna, where the oldest 3 Kings celebration started at 4pm and the cavalcade was still going at 8pm!

In Santa Cruz in La Palma, they had a special reason to celebrate as this year marked the 100th anniversary of their first Kings Parade.

In Adeje, the 3 Kings arrived by helicopter at the Football stadium, where they received the key to the city from mayor Fraga.

In Granadilla, Their Majesties arrived in three convertible, classic cars before parading through the main streets of the city, while in Los Cristianos, the Kings arrived by boat!

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Queen heads for Germany again

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THE Queen, despite cutting down on royal visits, will make a threeday state visit to Germany with the Duke of Edinburgh this summer.

Britain’s 88-yearold monarch, and her 93-year-old husband, will travel in June at the invitation of German President Joachim Gauck, a human-rights campaigner and former East German dissident.

The royal couple last made a state visit to Germany in November 2004.

The trip follows soon after the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, and it will be the couple’s fifth state

visit to Germany. Prince Philip saw wartime service in the Royal Navy, while the Queen joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) as a mechanic.

In July 2000, during an official visit to Berlin, the Queen opened the new British embassy.

Buckingham Palace said in a short statement: “The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, will make a state visit to the Federal Republic of Germany from 24 to 26 June.

“Her Majesty and His Royal Highness are visiting at the invitation of the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Joachim Gauck.”

Mr Gauck and his partner, Daniela Schadt, were guests of the Queen and Duke at a November

2012 lunch at Buckingham Palace.

News of the state visit comes just two days before German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits London for talks with Prime Minister David Cameron.

The Queen and Prince Philip have scaled back their overseas trips in recent years, allowing other members of the royal household to represent them, including Prince Charles, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince Harry.

Last year, they attended the 70th anniversary commemorations of DDay in France, and they also made a one-day trip to Rome.

Prior to that, the monarch had not left Britain since visiting Australia in October 2011.

Premium start for the million-pound women

TWO Premium Bonds holders got their New Year off to the happiest of starts by each winning £1,000,000 in the January draw.

One of the lucky winners is a female from Leeds, who holds just £400 in Bonds.

Her winning bond, 141NA438633, was bought in August 2008.

The second winner is also a female, living in Bristol. Her winning bond, 140SC232994,

was bought in July 2008 and she has total holdings of £30,000.

For the January 2015 draw, ERNIE paid out over two million prizes, amounting to over £59m.

The annual Premium Bonds prize-fund rate is currently 1.35% and the odds of each individual Bond number winning a prize are 26,000 to 1. The chances of all bonds winning are the same, regardless of when or where they were bought.

There is no time limit for claiming prizes, and

holders can reduce the chances of their prizes becoming unclaimed by managing their Premium Bonds online, or opting to have any prizes paid directly into their bank accounts by BACS, with notification by email.

To sign up, holders should visit: http:// www.nsandi.com/register Customers can visit the Premium Bonds prize checker on the NS&I website to see if they have won. You can also download the free official prize checker app from NS&I.

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Help-to-Buy Brits set cracking pace BRITISH firsttime home-buyers in 2014 recorded the highest level in seven years, says one of the UK’s largest lenders.

The Halifax estimates that 326,500 people bought their first house or flat last year, amounting to a 22% rise against the previous year’s total.

It was the highest total since 2007, when the international financial crisis kicked off.

The main reason was cheap mortgage rates, and UK Government schemes like Help to Buy, which require small deposits.

Craig McKinlay, mortgages director at the Halifax, said: “Economic conditions and rising employment levels have boosted confidence among those thinking about getting on to the housing ladder for the first time.”

Yet though house prices rose significantly last year, first-time buyers still found homes more

affordable, mainly because mortgage rates fell. And the Halifax said average deposits also dropped by 7%.

In 2014, first-time buyers, generally, had to find a £29,218 downpayment, compared with £31,582 the year before.

And they spent a smaller proportion of their income on the mortgage than in previous years, thanks to lower borrowing rates.

In the third quarter of 2014, first-time buyers were spending an average of 32% of their disposable incomes to pay the mortgage, according to the Halifax. That compares with 50% of their incomes back in 2007.

However, prices actually went up. The average first-time buyer paid £171,870 in 2014, up 9% on the previous year.

And house prices as a whole rose by 8.5% in that period.

Help to Buy enables people to put down a deposit for as little as 5% of the selling price, which is a tremendous incentive for first-timers..

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Firefighters’ hospital visit

ADEJE’S Volunteer Firefighters showed their Christmas spirit with a special visit to the paediatric ward of Hospiten Sur in Playa de Las Americas on Monday.

They were fully kitted out and gave presents to the children in the ward. Upon arrival at the hospital, they were received by infirmary director Thomas Febles Palenzuela and nursing director Maria Lopez Salazar.

They both thanked the firefighters for giving up their time and the kind gift of the presents.

There was much excitement among the children, and the firefighters’ visit raised spirits and created a special atmosphere.

The visit was a surprise to the children, and their parents burst into applause as the firefighters arrived with armfuls of gifts and toys.

Many small children hugged and asked for pictures with the fire-

fighters. The fire department in Adeje was established in 1986 and is staffed wholly by volunteers. This group of firefighters are trained in Santa Cruz and recently, they have had

extra specialist training in Unterhaching in Germany.

In 2014 they were called out to 450 separate situations. They rely on public generosity to cover costs and

pay bills and expenses.

They also raise money for the end-of-year hospital visit and, as the smiles on the children’s faces shows, it’s an effort which is thoroughly rewarding.

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

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

07:35 .............Rip Off Britain

11:00 .................. Caught Red Handed

08:20 ...............Oxford Street Revealed

11:30............. Rip Off Britain

09:05 ...................... The Great Interior Design Challenge

12:15 .............. Bargain Hunt 13:00...... BBC News at One 13:30.... BBC London News 13:45......................... Doctors 14:15.............. Father Brown 15:00 ............................Escape to the Country 15:45 ..............James Martin: Home Comforts 16:30 ........................Antiques Road Trip 17:15 .......................Pointless 18:00 .... BBC News at Six 18:30 ........... BBC London News 19:00 .......The One Show 19:30 .........A Question of Sport 20:00 ............ EastEnders 20:30 ..............Room 101 21:00.... The Musketeers 22:00 ... BBC News at Ten 22:25 ........... BBC London News 22:35 ........... The Graham Norton Show

09:25 ...................The Jeremy Kyle Show 10:30 .............. This Morning 10:55 ...................... ITV News 11:00.............. This Morning 12:30............ Loose Women

10:05............................ Could I Get Ebola?

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

10:35 ........ The Travel Show

14:00.............. Judge Rinder

11:00.................... BBC News 11:30 ........BBC World News 12:00 ....................... The Daily Politics 13:00 ..............................Darts 16:15 ...................... The Great British Winter 17:15........................... Flog It! 18:00 .............. Eggheads 18:30 .......... Great British Railway Journeys 19:00 .......... Great British Garden Revival 20:00........... Mastermind 20:30 ................Food and Drink 21:00.................... The Big Allotment Challenge 22:00 ........................... QI 22:30............. Newsnight

15:00 ..............Tipping Point 16:00 ........................Fat Pets Slimmer of the Year 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 .............. Benidorm 22:00............ ITV News at Ten and Weather

23:25...... Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am

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06:00 .................Countdown

06:00 ............. The Wotwots!

06:45 .......According to Jim

06:10..................Igam Ogam

07:10.......... King of Queens

06:20 .............. Fireman Sam

07:35 ..........King of Queens

06:30 ................Toot the Tiny Tugboat

08:00 ........................... Frasier 08:30............................ Frasier

06:45 .....................Peppa Pig

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

06:50..................... Peppa Pig 07:00 ......................Pip Ahoy!

09:30.........Everybody Loves Raymond

07:05............. Little Princess

10:00....... Undercover Boss

07:35 .Thomas and Friends

11:00............ Shipping Wars 11:30 ............Shipping Wars 12:00 ......... Channel 4 News Summary 12:05 ................... Come Dine with Me 13:05............... Four in a Bed 14:10 .....A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 15:10 .................Countdown 16:00......... Deal or No Deal 17:00 .Come Dine with Me 17:30 .............The Simpsons

07:20 ....The Mr. Men Show 07:45... Milkshake Monkey 07:50...... 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 08:45.....................Bananas in Pajamas 09:00 ...................Tickety Toc 11:10 ...................... The Hotel Inspector

18:30 .............. Hollyoaks

12:10... 5 News Lunchtime

19:00 .... Channel 4 News

12:15 ................ Celebrity Big Brother

On the menu this week, rapper Tinie Tempah learns to cook his favourite Nigerian street food classic, Suya - a delicious spicy beef kebab. Jimmy serves up authentic Italian gelato from his DIY ice cream maker made from old junk. Jamie makes his ultimate salt and pepper squid. And the boys discover the best kept secret in egg farming - the delicious tiny ‘pullet eggs’ that you won’t see on supermarket shelves.

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06:00 ........ UK Border Force

07:10......The Gadget Show

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

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

07:35................... Rocket City Rednecks

07:00....... WWE Main Event

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

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

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

20:00 .........Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast

06:00 ..............Life’s Funniest Moments 06:25 ................. You’ve Been Framed!

06:45...................Emmerdale 07:45.................. You’ve Been Framed!

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

13:45 .................. Royal Pains 14:45 ...................The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:00 ........... You’ve Been Framed 20:00............... Two and a Half Men 21:00 ..... Happy Gilmore 22:55 ..........Take Me Out 00:00.......... Take Me Out: The Gossip

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

10:00 ................Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 11:05 ...River Cottage Bites 11:30 ................... Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 13:25................... Time Team 14:30................... Time Team 15:35.... A Place by the Sea 16:40......A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 17:45 .....A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 18:50 .Homes by the Sea 19:55....... Grand Designs 21:00...... Charlotte Gray 23:25 ............ Gogglebox 00:30... Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 01:30................ Homes by the Sea

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

08:00 ..............Greatest Little Brittons

14:15 ..... NCIS: Los Angeles

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

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

10:00 .......... Premier League Legends

15:10 ................Broken Trust

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

11:00.................. Traffic Cops

12:00 .................................NFL

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

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

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

13:00 .................................NFL

17:30 .................Neighbours 18:00.... Home and Away

15:00............ Harrow: A Very British School

14:00...... American Pickers

14:00 ............. Football Gold

18:30 ..... 5 News Tonight

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

15:00 ................. Traffic Cops

15:00 .......... Premier League Legends

19:00 ....Race to the Pole

16:30 ..................... Futurama

16:00................. Trawlermen

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

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

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

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17:30 ..................... Futurama 18:00............... Futurama

17:00 .......................Top Gear 19:00................ American Pickers

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

20:00 ..................Red Bull Soapbox Race

20:00 ................ Show Me Your Garden

21:00....... Not Going Out 22:20...... Mock the Week

21:00...... Karl Pilkington: The Moaning of Life

23:00........................... QI

22:00 ........ Hawaii Five-0

00:20..... Mock the Week

23:00................ Gremlins 01:05 ........ Hawaii Five-0

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

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08:00 .................................NFL

15:30 .......... Premier League Legends 16:00................................. NFL 18:00............ The Fantasy Football Club 19:00............ Rugby Club 19:30 .................... Top 14 Rugby Union 22:00 ........... The Fantasy Football Club

01:00 ... Storage Hunters

23:00.... Barclays Premier League Preview

01:55...American Pickers

23:30.........Football Gold

The award-winning gang show returns for a new series, live on Friday nights. Adam Hills and co-hosts Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker review the main talking points of the week with irreverence and satire. Each week they are joined by a live studio audience and in the first show Dara O Briain is the guest. The show sees the return of the all-encompassing question: Is It Ok? Viewers at home and the studio audience are encouraged to ask questions about anything from the week, without fear of judgement. Once again, our three hosts step into the minefield of sometimes difficult and delicate areas to answer the questions with their own inimitable insight.

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Britain’s Tudor Treasure: A Night at Hampton Court BBC2, 21:00

Lucy Worsley and David Starkey celebrate the 500th anniversary of Britain’s finest surviving Tudor building, Hampton Court. Together, they explore how Tudor art, architecture and ritual came together to help define the most important event at Henry VIII’s pleasure palace - the christening of Prince Edward on October 15th, 1537. Drawing on historical records and with the help of a team of experts, they recreate key elements of the christening ceremony - including a magnificent set piece procession through Hampton Court involving nearly 100 people in full Tudor costume.

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S at u rda y 06:00....................... Breakfast 10:00........................ Saturday Kitchen Live 11:30 ..............James Martin: Home Comforts 12:00 .....................BBC News 12:10 ............Football Focus 12:50 ........................Saturday Sportsday 13:00 ....................... Athletics 14:35.............................. Darts

08:45 .................The Maggie

06:20 ......... Bottom Knocker Street

10:15 ...............Fred Dibnah’s Building of Britain 10:45 ...............Fred Dibnah’s Building of Britain

06:35 ......................Dino Dan 06:45...................... Dino Dan 07:00...................... Canimals 07:10............................. Sooty 07:25 .............. Share a Story

12:05 ..............James Martin: Home Comforts

07:35 ..................... Nerds and Monsters

18:20 ........... BBC London News

12:50 .............Michael Caine: Talking Pictures

07:50.................... Adventure Time

18:30............Now You See It

13:45 .......... The Ipcress File

08:30 ...............Horrid Henry

15:30............... Escape to the Continent 16:30.............................. Darts

08:50 ................Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H

18:00................ Flog it! Trade Secrets

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

18:30.................... Sacred Wonders of Britain

10:20.......................... Murder, She Wrote

19:30 ............The Last Days of Anne Boleyn

11:25................. Ejector Seat

Take Me Out ITV1, 20.05

19:00......... The Voice UK 20:30.......... The National Lottery 21:20................ Casualty 22:10.............. BBC News 22:30..................Match of the Day 00:00 .......... The Football League Show 01:20................Kevin and Perry Go Large

Chatterbox Live invites viewers to enter the wonderful world of Sarah Millican. Recorded at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London, Millican discusses, in her trademark warm and convivial style, how living alone drives your parents to put you on suicide watch and how a bath-time cup of tea is the epitome of luxury. The comedian also offers advice for life including a non-fattening form of stress relief, the alternative to marriage, and the acceptable face of adultery.

06:10 ......... Bottom Knocker Street

18:10.............. BBC News

Fast-paced entertainment series voiced by Mel Giedroyc, featuring the best and worst of magic and other incredible performers from around the world.

Dynamo features alongside the next generation of incredibly talented people who share their skills via social media. Plus the moments some of them would rather forget when their magic failed to work.

Channel 4, 22:50

07:10 ......................... Private’s Progress

07:30 ..................Scrambled!

17:20 .......................Pointless

Sarah Millican: Chatterbox Live

06:00 ......... Bottom Knocker Street

11:15 .............. British Isles: A Natural History

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

King of Dating Paddy McGuiness returns for a brand new series of the smash hit programme where 30 single girls battle it out for a dream date to the Isle of Fernandos.

Paddy McGuinness arranges more dates for his returning line up of 30 single girls. Braving the love lift tonight are Peter - a chocolate factory worker from Birmingham, Liam - a city slicker from Essex, Colin - an oil rig engineer from Nottingham, and Chris - a Gymnast from Tunbridge Wells. Plus, dating action from last weeks couples on the Isle of Fernandos.

06:00 .......................... Apache Territory

Writers and historians give their own unique interpretations on the last days of Anne Boleyn, one of the most famous and controversial women in British history. In 1536 she became the first queen in Britain’s history to be executed. The brutal speed of her downfall and the astonishing nature of the charges against her - treason, adultery, even incest - retain their power to shock. We know how Anne died but the story of why she had to go and who authored her violent end has been the subject of fiery debate across six centuries.

20:30.............Dad’s Army 21:00.....Britain’s Tudor CW Treasure: choice A Night at Hampton Court 22:00............... The Other Boleyn Girl 23:50 ......................Darts 00:40......... Lady Caroline Lamb

11:15 .............. ITV News and Weather 12:25................. Britain’s Best Back Gardens 13:25................. Who’s Doing the Dishes?

14:25 ..............Tipping Point 15:25 ..............Diversity Live 16:25 ....................... ITV News London 16:35 .............. ITV News and Weather 16:55 .............. Mamma Mia! 19:00...........Harry Hill’s CW Stars in choice Their Eyes 20:05........Take Me Out

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06:10 ..................... How I Met Your Mother 06:35 ..................... How I Met Your Mother 07:00.......................... Cycling 08:00 ..... The Morning Line 09:00.......... King of Queens 09:30 ........Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 ........Everybody Loves Raymond 10:30........................... Frasier 11:00............................ Frasier

06:00 .....................Peppa Pig 06:05...................... Roary the Racing Car 06:15.... Angelina Ballerina 06:30...................... Pip Ahoy!

06:40.....The Mr. Men Show 06:55............. Chloe’s Closet 07:05............... Olly the Little White Van 07:10 ....................Bananas in Pajamas 07:25 ...............Make Way for Noddy

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

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

12:00........................... The Big Bang Theory

08:05 .......... The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky

12:30 ...................Speed with Guy Martin 13:30 ......Channel 4 Racing 16:00................... Come Dine with Me

07:50 ............. Little Princess

08:20 ...................Wanda and the Alien 08:35......... Zack and Quack

17:00........................... The Big Bang Theory

08:50........... Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

17:30............. The Simpsons

09:05....................Jelly Jamm

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

09:25..................... LazyTown

18:30 .... Channel 4 News

09:50 .........Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

19:00 .....The Restoration Man 20:00 ...........Tsunami: Ten Years on The story of the tsunami that devastated parts of South and South East Asia on 26 December 2004. This documentary presents a definitive account of how and why the tsunami - one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history - happened. It reveals the very latest developments in how to understand and forecast tsunamis, and looks into the disasters of the future.

21:00 .......... Bad Teacher 22:50.....Sarah Millican: CW Chatterbox Live choice 23:50 ................. Cocktail 01:50 ........ Queer as Pop: From the Gay Scene to the Mainstream

10:25........................... Access 10:30...... Ice Road Truckers 11:25...... Ice Road Truckers 12:20...... Ice Road Truckers 13:20 .......Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star 15:15 .........Columbo: Grand Deceptions 17:15 ................ Storm Night: Deadliest Storms 18:10.......... Storm Night: Scariest Weather 19:00.......... Storm Night: Worst Weather Ever?

19:55 .........Secrets of the Egyptian Pyramids 20:55... 5 News Weekend 21:00 ..........Celebrity Big Brother 22:00 ... Mr. & Mrs. Smith 00:15......... Super Casino

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

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

08:55 .....A Place in the Sun

06:25.................. You’ve Been Framed!

07:00 .......................... The Bill 11:00.......... The Blue Planet

09:35 ...........Kirstie’s Vintage Gems

06:45................... Emmerdale Omnibus 09:35 ...... Coronation Street Omnibus 12:05 ......................The Cube 13:10....................Richie Rich 15:05.................. You’ve Been Framed!

17:35........................Mr Bean’s Holiday 19:20 ...... Evan Almighty 21:20 ..........Take Me Out: The Gossip 22:05.......... Blue Go Mad in Ibiza 23:05 .................... Ocean’ s Eleven 01:30...................... Mom 01:50....... Fake Reaction

06:00 ......... Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? 07:00 ................................Glee 08:00.................. The Fantasy Football Club 09:00..... Football’s Funniest Moments 10:00................. Soccer A.M. 12:00 ..................A League of Their Own 13:00 .............. The Theory of Everything 13:30 ........... Into the Woods Special 14:00 ... Last Man Standing 15:00 ............Harrow: A Very British School 16:00 ... Last Man Standing 17:00................ The Fanatics 18:00........ Show Me Your Garden 19:00........ The Simpsons 20:00 ......................David Attenborough Conquest of the Skies 21:00 ................Gremlins 23:05 ............A League of Their Own

12:00.......... The Truth about Killer Dinosaurs

09:40.................... Time Team Special

13:00 .......................... Britain’s Bravest Cops

10:45 ....................... True Grit 13:25 ...............Four in a Bed

14:00 .................................. The Restoration Man

16:05 .....A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun

19:00 .... Motorway Cops

17:15 ................... Come Dine with Me

20:00 ............ Road Patrol Australia 20:30 ............ Road Patrol Australia 21:00............ Traffic Cops 22:00............ Paranormal Witness 23:00 ........... Traffic Cops 00:00.... The Happenings 01:00....... Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind 01:30 ....... Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind

19:55... Walking Through History 21:00 ............ The World’s Most Extreme: Railways 22:05 ..........World’s Most Extreme...

23:10 ............ Gogglebox 00:15......... Britain’s Most Extreme Weather 01:20 ............ The World’s Most Extreme: Railways

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

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

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

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

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

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

10:00...... American Pickers

06:45 ............. Football Gold

11:00 ........ Storage Hunters 12:00 .... Lizard Lick Towing

07:00 ..................The Fantasy Football Club

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

08:00 ....Football Freestyler

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

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

14:00 .... Beverly Hills Pawn 14:30 .... Beverly Hills Pawn 15:00 ........ Storage Hunters 15:30 ........ Storage Hunters 16:00 ........ Storage Hunters 16:30 ........ Storage Hunters 20:00 ...................Would I Lie to You? 22:00 ............. Reginald D Hunter: Live 23:20............Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

09:00.................. The Fantasy Football Club 10:00................. Soccer A.M. 12:00........................ Football 14:30............................. Pro 12 Rugby Union 16:45 ..............Ford Saturday Night Football Live 20:00 ............. SNF: Game of the Day 22:00...SNF: Match Choice

00:25.. Would I Lie to You?

23:30...SNF: Match Choice

01:40.... Storage Hunters

01:00...SNF: Match Choice

Harry Hill’s Stars In Their Eyes ITV1, 19.00

This exciting new revival of the hit series will see Harry unleash his unique wit on this much loved British TV favourite and reveal all-new extraordinary transformations and exceptional musical imitations.

Emerging from the iconic smoky doors, members of the public will take centre stage in a brand new arena, having been morphed into global music icons by the industry’s leading make-up and wardrobe stylists.

On the first show of the new series we have a dog groomer from Stroud, a barmaid and electrician from Morden in London, a nurse from Slough, a labourer from Stoke and finally a Bread Demand Planner from Cardiff all hoping to earn that coveted place in the final. Harry Hill said “Without a doubt, appearing on Stars in their Eyes as Morrissey all those years ago (although beaten, unfairly in my view,

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Last Tango In Halifax BBC1, 21.00

Following last week’s surprising revelation, an emotional Alan tells Celia they need some distance.

Alan knows her well enough to understand that she’s finding it hard to adjust, and she needs to meet Gary before making a judgement. The next day, feeling isolated in her misery, Celia drives to the farm to see Alan, and after a heart-to-heart agrees to join everyone for a Sunday lunch. Despite her initial reservations she can’t help but warm to the charming Gary.

Later John and Gillian fall into the familiar trap of midday drinking and sleeping together. In the morning, under a cloud of regret, Gillian asks John to leave, telling him to forget the romantic notion he has of making things work between them, as she has every intention of making a go of things with Robbie.

On the morning of Caroline and Kate’s wedding Celia determinedly refuses to attend the ceremony. Caroline is hurt but refuses to let her mum’s selfish behaviour ruin her big day. After the wedding the guests return to the house to enjoy the reception. Later, when the last of the guests leave, Celia attempts to make peace but Caroline is still upset and walks away. The next day Caroline receives some devastating news from the police and calls Celia immediately. Kate’s been in an accident and doctors are desperately trying to save her life. Will she pull through?

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Granville’s big ambitions to open his very own coffee shop cause quite a stir in the neighbourhood. Mrs Dawlish, a snobbish local, pays a visit and cannot believe such a corner shop still exists - can Granville find a clever way to make some money from her? Meanwhile Eric looks after his depressed brother-in-law all day.

20:00 ................ Antiques Roadshow 21:00............Last Tango CW in Halifax choice

The Kyle Files ITV1, 22:15 Brand new series in which Jeremy Kyle confronts current issues of the day. In the first programme, he investigates the latest drug craze of legal highs which mimic the effects of illegal drugs. Some of the shops that are selling these substances to underage minors are put under the spotlight.

22:00 .............. BBC News 22:20 ........... BBC London News

06:15 .................Great British Garden Revival

06:00 ...........................Bottom Knocker Street

07:15 ....... Glorious Gardens From Above

06:10 ...........................Bottom Knocker Street

08:00................... Countryfile

06:20 ...........................Bottom Knocker Street

09:00................. The Football League Show 10:20 ........Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:50.......... Food and Drink 12:20...............James Martin: Home Comforts

06:35 ......................Dino Dan 06:45 ......................Dino Dan 07:00 ...................... Canimals 07:10............................. Sooty 07:25.............. Share a Story

12:50 ....... Masters Snooker

07:30.................. Scrambled!

17:00 ...................Ski Sunday 17:45 ..............................Darts

07:35..................... Nerds and Monsters

20:00......... Kate Humble: Into the Volcano

07:50 ........................ Ultimate Spider-Man

21:00...............Racing Legends In the final episode, Paul Hollywood meets one of his heroes, John Surtees the only man to win World Championships with both bike and car. To get an insight into the life and times of one of Britain’s greatest living sportsman, Hollywood takes to the Isle of Man circuit to recreate some of Surtees’ finest races. He learns how Surtees went from humble beginnings to working for the aristocrats of Italian racing, Ferrari and Agusta. Now in his 80th year, John Surtees looks back on a life filled with danger, glamour and intrigue. It is a life that has seen both triumph and devastating personal tragedy. With contributions from Surtees’ wife and daughters as well as rivals and commentators, the programme gives an intimate and enthralling portrait of a complex man who survived and succeeded in an era when death and injury were an ever-present danger in racing.

22:00 ...................... QI XL

22:30 .................Match of the Day 2

22:45 ............ Billionaire’s Paradise: Inside Necker Island

23:35 ......... The Celebrity Apprentice USA

23:45.... Masters Snooker Highlights

01:00......... Weatherview

00:35................... Masters Snooker Extra

01:05 .............. BBC News

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08:30.............. Horrid Henry 08:50 ......................Deadtime Stories 09:25....................... ITV News 09:30...................... Columbo 11:25 .............. ITV News and Weather 11:30 .......................... Murder, She Wrote 12:30 .................... Harry Hill’s Stars in Their Eyes 13:30 ............... Catchphrase 14:15...................... Midsomer Murders 16:15.............. Diamonds are Forever 18:35................ ITV News London 18:45 .........ITV News and Weather 19:00 ....... All Star Family Misfortunes 20:00 ............ Foyle’s War 22:00 .........ITV News and Weather 22:15.......The Kyle Files

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06:20 ........... How I Met Your Mother 06:45 ........... How I Met Your Mother 07:10 ........... How I Met Your Mother 07:35 ........Everybody Loves Raymond 08:00........ Everybody Loves Raymond 08:30 ........................... Frasier 09:00 ........................... Frasier 09:30.......... Sunday Brunch 12:30........................... The Big Bang Theory 13:00 ...........................The Big Bang Theory 13:30 ..................... Astro Boy 15:15 .................The Princess Diaries 17:30........ Channel 4 News 18:00 ......... A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 19:00 ..........Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 20:00 ...............The Hotel 21:00.............Walking the Nile

06:00 .....................Peppa Pig

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

06:10......... Planet Dinosaur

08:55 .....A Place in the Sun

07:00.......... The Blue Planet

09:30 ...River Cottage Bites

06:20 ...................Emmerdale Omnibus

08:00.......... The Truth about Killer Dinosaurs

09:45 ............ Selling Houses with Amanda Lamb

06:30 ......................Pip Ahoy!

09:05 ...... Coronation Street Omnibus

09:00 .......... The Restoration Man

10:50 ........... Grand Designs

06:40.... The Mr. Men Show

11:35.................Take Me Out

06:55 .............Chloe’s Closet

12:50 ................Take Me Out: The Gossip

14:00 .... Dynamo: Magician Impossible

12:25.................... Coach Trip

06:05...................... Roary the Racing Car 06:15 ........................Angelina Ballerina

07:05 ...........Bert and Ernie’s Great Adventures 07:10............... Olly the Little White Van 07:15.................... Bananas in Pajamas 07:30 ...............Make Way for Noddy 07:45.................... Paw Patrol 07:55 ............. Little Princess 08:10 .....The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 08:25 ...................Wanda and the Alien

13:35 ................. You’ve Been Framed!

14:05 ...........................Valiant 15:35............Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium

18:00 ................ Dynamo: Magician Impossible 19:00............ Traffic Cops 20:00.........Road Patrol Australia

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17:30.................... King Kong

21:00 ............Cops Uncut

21:00 .................Shaun of the Dead

22:00.......................Crisis

11:55 ...................... oach Trip 14:35 ...............Four in a Bed 15:10............... Four in a Bed 17:15 ................... Come Dine with Me 20:00......... River Cottage Australia 21:00............... Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 22:05 ............ Gogglebox

00:00 ................Sky Cops

23:10... Rhod Gilbert: The Man with the Flaming Battenberg Tattoo

01:05 ...................... Mom

01:00 ....... Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind

00:20... Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

01:30 ........................Fake Reaction

01:30 ....... Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind

01:20................Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners

08:00 ................................Glee 09:00 .............. The Theory of Everything 09:30........... Into the Woods Special 10:00...................A League of Their Own 11:00..................... WWE Raw 12:00.......Ashley Banjo’s Big Town Dance 13:00... Last Man Standing 14:00 ............Harrow: A Very British School 15:00 ... Last Man Standing 16:00......... Emergency with Angela Griffin 17:00.............. Ashley Banjo’s Secret Street Crew 18:00........ The Simpsons 18:30 .............. Futurama 19:00 ..... Modern Family 20:00 ............A League of Their Own 21:00 ..... Karl Pilkington: The Moaning of Life 22:00................. Show Me Your Garden

07:10 .................. Man v Food Presents

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

07:35.................. Man v Food Presents

07:30.................... SNF: Match Choice

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

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

23:05 ...........Not Another Teen Movie

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

08:35 .........Zack and Quack 08:50 ........... Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:05 ...................Jelly Jamm

British explorer Levison Wood is walking the River Nile from source to sea on a nine-month journey through jungles, savannah and deserts in some of Africa’s most spectacular locations. Along the way, he encounters modern Africa, its people and its wildlife face-to-face and at ground level. Lev and his guide Boston are 1100 miles and four months into their journey, in the world’s newest nation, South Sudan. Arriving in the capital, Juba, Lev and Boston are arrested by secret police and after several days are allowed to continue and enjoy a highlight of the journey: a few days living with the famous Mundari tribe on spectacular cattle camp islands in the river.

09:25 .....................LazyTown

22:00 ..... 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

22:00 ....... A Lonely Place to Die

23:05 ......... Machine Gun Preacher

23:55........... Winter Road Rescue

01:30...........The Last Leg

00:55..........Super Casino

09:50 .........Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:25 ........................... Access 10:30 ................ Monkey Life 11:00...........................The Hotel Inspector 12:00.... The Hotel Inspector 13:00 .............. Mrs Caldicot’s Cabbage War 15:10.............. The Pursuit of Happyness 17:30 .........................Aladdin 19:10... 5 News Weekend 19:15 .......The Medallion 21:00 ..........Celebrity Big Brother

09:00 .......................Top Gear 10:00........ Storage Hunters 10:30 ........ Storage Hunters 11:00 ........ Storage Hunters 15:00 .... Lizard Lick Towing 19:00................... Storage Hunters UK 20:00.............. Red Dwarf 20:40 ............. Red Dwarf 21:20 ............. Red Dwarf 22:00 ..... Mock the Week 22:40 ..... Mock the Week 23:20 ............. Red Dwarf 00:00 ............. Red Dwarf 00:40 ............. Red Dwarf 01:20 ... Storage Hunters 01:55 ... Storage Hunters

River Cottage Australia More 4, 20:00

Hugh FearnleyWhittingstall takes his experiment in downshifting Down Under as he hands the River Cottage baton to an Australian counterpart, Tasmanian former chef Paul West, who is setting up a farm in New South Wales and aiming to grow his own produce, raise livestock and live self- sufficiently.

In the second episode, with Hugh back in the UK, Paul finds himself alone at River Cottage Australia, though not for long. He’s about to welcome a new best friend to the farm - Digger the Border collie pup.

10:30......................... Goals on Sunday 12:30 ....................Ford Super Sunday 15:30.................... Ford Super Sunday 19:00 ..............Sky Sports Originals 20:00.................. Goals on Sunday 21:00...............Sky Sports Originals 22:00 ......... Ford Football Special 23:30 ................... Sunday Supplement 01:00.................. Goals on Sunday

Sky Sports Originals Sky Sports 1, 21:00

The Making of Ronaldo.

Sky Sports Originals travels to Portugal to find out how Cristiano Ronaldo realised his dream of becoming the best footballer in the world.

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

07:05 .................. Caught Red Handed

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

07:35 .............Rip Off Britain

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

11:00.................. Caught Red Handed

08:20 ...............Oxford Street Revealed

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

11:30 .............Rip Off Britain

09:05........................ Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

11:00 .............. This Morning

12:15 .............. Bargain Hunt 13:00...... BBC News at One 13:30.... BBC London News 13:45......................... Doctors In a 3-part Horizon special, BBC Science, together with Britain’s leading obesity scientists, will investigate the latest weight loss theory: that the best way to lose weight successfully – and keep it off - is a personalise d diet that addresses individual causes of overeating.

In Britain today, 11 million people are on a diet. Yet the vast majority of them will fail.

Most diets are a one-size-fits-all approach. But each of us puts on weight for different reasons and scientists are currently investigating how differences in our biochemistry, psychology and our genes affect our weight.

In a ground-breaking national experiment - the first of its kind - Dr Chris Van Tulleken and clinical psychologist Professor Tanya Byron, together with Britain’s foremost nutrition and weight loss scientists from Oxford and Cambridge universities, put the latest theory to the test. They’ve selected 75 overweight volunteers from across the UK who will be put on personalised diets to explore three particular causes of overeating: genes, gut hormones, and emotion-related eating.

Can science succeed, where other diets have failed?

Packed full of science tips and general diet advice, the programme offers credible, useful information for everyone.

Viewers at home can also find out which diet might be right for them by trying the online diet test, available from January 12 at bbc.co.uk/ rightdiet.

This unique television experiment is led by a team of world class scientists: from Oxford University, Professor of diet and population Susan Jebb, and Professor of behavioural medicine Paul Aveyard; and from Cambridge University, geneticist Dr Giles Yeo; and gut hormone specialist Professor Fiona Gribble.

The Experiment: Scientists put 75 overweight volunteers through a series of tests to find out why they eat too much and are overweight.

They are divided into three groups, each based on different reasons for over eating: Feasters - produce less of a gut hormone which tells them when to stop eating so they don’t realise when they are full during meals.

Constant Cravers – have ‘hungry’ genes that increase their risk of obesity and can make them feel hungry all the time.

Emotional Eaters - eat in response to negative feelings, such as unhappiness or stress.

The volunteers are then allocated one of three tailored diets, designed to address the causes of their overeating and the scientists track their progress over three months.

Episode 1 In episode 1, we follow the hopeful dieters as they go through an intensive 5-day analysis at a residential diet lab at Liverpool Hope University. They undergo a series of experiments run by the obesity scientists to look at whether the volunteers’ eating behaviour matches biological and psychological test results.

First up, the volunteers are secretly filmed at a non-stop sushi banquet. From a nerve centre, they’re closely observed by gut hormone specialist, Professor Fiona Gribble. She wants to test the theory that people who produce less of a gut hormone that signals to the brain when we’re full will eat more at a meal times than other people.

Next, behavioural scientist, Professor Paul Aveyard, tests the power of emotional eating. He assesses how individuals in the Emotional Eaters group - those who turn to food when anxious, depressed or stressed – react to a stressful experience compared to those in a different group.

Finally, the third group – the Constant Cravers – are put to the test by geneticist Dr Giles Yeo. The latest genetic research into eating behaviour shows that within the human body, there a number of key obesity genes, which - if you have them - can make you want to eat constantly.

After confirming that the three groups match the eating behaviour they anticipated, they reveal which groups the volunteers are in and the personalised diets which will best address their overeating.

06:05 ..............Homes Under the Hammer

14:15.............. Father Brown 15:00 ...............Escape to the Country 15:45 ..............James Martin: Home Comforts 16:30 ........................Antiques Road Trip 17:15....................... Pointless 18:00 .... BBC News at Six 18:30 ........... BBC London News 19:00....... The One Show 19:30 ............. Inside Out 20:00............ EastEnders 20:30...............Panorama 18:30...Silent Witness Nikki and Jack investigate a man run down and killed by a tube train.

When a female vicar is then murdered after being followed on the Underground, the team face the difficult prospect of building a case against her distraught husband.

Nikki forms a bond with high-flying DI Luke Nelson (Richard Rankin), impressed by his intelligence and compassion, and Nelson asks her help to re-evaluate the details of his father’s murder when he was a child.

10:05 ................ Claimed and Shamed 10:35 ............................... Click

22:32 ......... BBC Weather 22:35 ......Waterloo Road 23:35 ........... The Graham Norton Show 00:20...................... Klute

14:00.............. Judge Rinder

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

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

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

13:00 ....... Masters Snooker 18:00 .............. Eggheads 18:30 .......... Great British Railway Journeys 19:00 .......... Great British Garden Revival 20:00 .............. University Challenge

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18:30......... ITV News and Weather 19:00 ........... Emmerdale 19:30 .............Coronation Street 20:00..............Richard Wilson on the Road Richard Wilson follows the Shell Guides, first published in the 1930s, to explore the British countryside by car. In the second programme, Richard finds his way around County Durham with the help of the 1937 guide.

He investigates the local history of coalmining and goes down the last surviving pit in the county. Then he picks out a tune on the organ in the city’s ancient cathedral and visits the 200-acre deer park at Raby Castle in Teesdale. Driving in the rain and on unknown roads has its problems!

20:30 .............Coronation Street

22:00 ... BBC News at Ten 22:25 ........... BBC London News

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

16:00 ................Mel and Sue

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

21:00....Horizon Special

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

15:00 ..............Tipping Point

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

20:30 ........ Only Connect

10:55 ...................... ITV News

21:00 ......... Broadchurch 22:30..............Newsnight 23:20.... Masters Snooker Highlights 00:10 .................. Masters Snooker Extra

22:00 ..... ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:40 ............... The Cube 23:40........ A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys Jones 00:05 ........... Jackpot247

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06:00 .................Countdown

06:00............. The Wotwots!

06:45 .......According to Jim

06:10 .................Igam Ogam

07:10 ..........King of Queens

06:20 .............. Fireman Sam

08:00 ........................... Frasier

06:35 ................Toot the Tiny Tugboat

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

06:45..................... Peppa Pig

10:00 .......Undercover Boss

06:50..................... Peppa Pig

11:00 ............Shipping Wars

07:00 ......................Pip Ahoy!

12:00 ......... Channel 4 News Summary

07:10 ............. Little Princess

12:05 ................... Come Dine with Me

07:35 ..........................Thomas and Friends

13:10 ...............Four in a Bed 14:10 ...................... A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 15:10 .................Countdown 16:00 ......... Deal or No Deal 17:00................... Come Dine with Me 17:30............. The Simpsons 18:30.............. Hollyoaks 19:00 .... Channel 4 News 20:00........Dispatches

07:50...... Noddy in Toyland 08:00 ........... Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 08:10 ...........Bert and Ernie’s Great Adventures 08:15 .......................eppa Pig 08:25......................Peppa Pig 08:30 .....................Peppa Pig 08:35 .........Toby’s Travelling Circus 08:45 ....................Bananas in Pajamas

06:25 ................. You’ve Been Framed!

06:45 ..................Emmerdale 07:15 .....Coronation Street 08:15...................... The Cube 09:15 .................. Royal Pains 10:10 ....................The Chase 11:15 ..............All Star Family Fortunes 12:15 ..................Emmerdale 12:40 .....Coronation Street 13:45................... Royal Pains 14:40................... The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:00............ You’ve Been Framed!

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

20:00 ...............Two and a Half Men 21:00 ..... Jurassic Park III

06:15 .....................Babylon 5 07:00 ................ Doctor Who 08:00 .. Masterchef Canada 09:00 .......................... The Bill 11:00 ..........DIY SOS The Big Build 12:00 ......................... Choccywoccydoodah 13:00................. Cops Uncut 14:00.............. Bondi Rescue 15:00................. DIY SOS The Big Build 16:00 ......................... Choccywoccydoodah 17:00................ Doctor Who 18:00................. Dynamo: Magician Impossible 19:00 .............Masterchef New Zealand 20:00 ........... Traffic Cops 21:00.......... Airport 24/7 22:00 ....... Cars, Cops and Criminals 23:00..... Motorway Cops

08:55.... Double Your House for Half the Money

07:10 .....The Gadget Show

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

07:35.................... Rocket City Rednecks

07:00 .................... WWE Raw

10:00.... Location, Location, Location 11:00 ...Great Expectations 13:25................... Time Team 14:30 ...................Time Team 15:35.... A Place by the Sea 16:40 .....A Place in the Sun 17:15 .....A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 18:20................ Homes by the Sea 19:25 ...... Grand Designs 21:00 ......... A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 22:00 ..... One Born Every Minute 23:10 ............ Gogglebox 23:55... Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 00:55 ......... A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun

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

With just months to go until the greatest changes to the pensions industry in a generation, Michael Buerk, fresh from the jungle, investigates whether we can really be trusted with our savings or are we going to blow the lot? From April, those over 55 will have complete freedom to take as much as they want from their private pensions. They will be taxed but no longer tied in to poor deals offering terrible returns on their savings.

A potential vote-winner in election year, but Dispatches examines whether this great pension experiment will actually work.

09:15........ The Wright Stuff 11:10 ...................... The Hotel Inspector 12:10 ....5 News Lunchtime 12:15................ Celebrity Big Brother 13:15 ........Home and Away 13:45 .................Neighbours 14:15 ............................... NCIS 15:15 ...................High Noon 17:00 ..................5 News at 5 17:30 .................Neighbours 18:00.... Home and Away

20:30.. Food Unwrapped 21:00.The Undateables

07:20 ....The Mr. Men Show

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

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18:30 ..... 5 News Tonight 19:00 ...............Criminals: Caught on Camera

22:00....... Bodyshockers

19:30 ..........Car Crash TV

23:00..................Shut-Ins: Britain’s Fattest People

20:00 ......... Storage: Flog the Lot!

00:00......... The American Football Show 01:05...................Walking the Nile

21:00 ..........Celebrity Big Brother 22:00 ......... Closing Time 23:00 ..........Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side

06:00 ........ Brainiac: Science Abuse 07:00 ........ UK Border Force 08:00 ....Emergency Animal Rescue 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 15:00 ............Harrow: A Very British School 16:00 ..................... Futurama 17:00 .............The Simpsons

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

08:00........................... Sunday Supplement

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

09:30 ....... Goals on Sunday

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

10:30 ............... Ford Football Special

11:00 ................. Traffic Cops 12:00 .......................Top Gear 14:00 ...... American Pickers 15:00 ................. Traffic Cops 16:00 .................Trawlermen 17:00 .......................Top Gear 18:00................ Top Gear

12:00 ...Sky Sports Originals 13:00 ...............................FL72 14:00 ....... Goals on Sunday 15:00............... Ford Football Special 16:30 .......... Premier League 100 Club

17:30..................... Futurama

19:00...American Pickers

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

20:00.... Storage Hunters

20:00 ............. Road Wars

21:00 ..............Room 101

21:00 ....... 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy

22:20 ..... Mock the Week

22:00....Air Ambulance ER

00:20...... Mock the Week

23:00........ Hawaii Five-O

01:00.... Storage Hunters

00:00........ Hawaii Five-O

22:00.............. Sky Sports Originals

01:55...American Pickers

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

23:00........................... QI

17:00..........Fantasy Football Club Highlights 17:30 ........Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits 18:30 .......................FL72 19:30................. Football

The Undateables Channel 4, 21:00

Finding love can be tricky. Add disability to the equation and it can sometimes seem almost impossible.

This uplifting series follows extraordinary singletons as they look for love.

It’s not just girls who dream about their wedding day - 35-year-old Tim, who has a mild learning disability, has been planning his wedding for years.

When he meets Laura, 27, will he reveal that he’s already planned every detail of his wedding day?

Twenty-two year-old Essex boy Ali has achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism. At four foot two inches he’s often the centre of attention on a night out, but has never had a girlfriend. When he meets Kirsty, will his nerves ruin his chances of a successful date?

Tw e n t y - s e v e n year-old raver Alec has Saethre-Chotzen syndrome, a rare genetic condition characterised by the fusion of cranial features.

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Cockroaches ITV2, 22.00 Cockroaches, a 6 x 30 post-apocalyptic romantic-comedy written and created by Freddy Syborn (Bad Education) and from multi-award winning producers Big Talk Productions (Rev, Him & Her) arrives on ITV2 in the

New Year.

Daniel Lawrence Taylor (Uncle, Hunderby) and Esther Smith (Cuckoo 2, Skins) play Tom and Suze, two nineteen-year-olds both dreaming of the future. When nuclear war strikes, they do the thing we’d all do if we knew we were about to die. They have sex. Unfortunately, they then survive. Awkward.

Nine years later, they’re wandering the wasteland where England used to be. They’re joined by Laura (Jessica Emily Rose), the child they conceived on the night of the nuclear war. They end up at a camp of survivors, where it turns out that a lack of food and water is merely the start of their problems.

Cockroaches is a post-apocalyptic comedy about one family trying to survive in a wasteland of cannibals, perverts and one insufferable ex.

Our heroes struggle with boredom, fear and the ethics of cooking with their own body fluids.

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T u esda y 06:00 ...................... Breakfast

05:00 ............... History Hunt

09:15 .............Wanted Down Under

06:05 ...... Homes Under the Hammer

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

07:05.................. Caught Red Handed

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

11:00 .................. Caught Red Handed

07:35............. Rip Off Britain

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

08:20............... Oxford Street Revealed

10:55...................... ITV News

09:05 .................James May’s Toy Stories

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

11:30............. Rip Off Britain 12:15.............. Bargain Hunt 13:00...... BBC News at One 13:30.... BBC London News 13:45......................... Doctors 14:15 ..............Father Brown 15:00 ...............Escape to the Country

11:00.................... BBC News 11:30........ BBC World News 12:00 .......The Daily Politics

16:30 ........................Antiques Road Trip

18:00.............. Eggheads

18:00 .... BBC News at Six 18:30 ........... BBC London News 19:00 .......The One Show 19:30 ............ EastEnders 20:00.........Holby City Hospital drama. Jac considers the possibility of a new start with Emma in the USA. Sacha is shocked when his daughter is admitted into Holby. Sparks fly between Harry and Mary-Claire. Was their New Year assignation really a one-off?

ITV1, 20.00 To celebrate his 50 years as a gardener, Alan Titchmarsh has been on a year-long search for the best back gardens in Britain. Over the past twelve months, more than 600 applicants nominated their gardens from which he has chosen his top 30. Many of them are gardens that have never been filmed and Alan’s search has taken him from the northernmost point of the UK to the heart of Britain’s biggest cities, discovering people from all walks of life doing amazing things with their outdoor spaces at every turn.

In this episode, Alan shows us his ten favourite working gardens. These are plots that do more than just look nice, they enhance the lives of their owners in other ways. From a vegetable garden grown to aid in the recovery of a cancer survivor to a Japanese garden built for meditation, we’ll hear amazing stories of gardens that are more than just a place for pretty flowers.

10:35 ..................... HARDtalk

15:45.............. James Martin: Home Comforts

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

Britain’s Best Back Gardens

10:05 ................ Claimed and Shamed

21:00 ....... Silent Witness 22:00 ... BBC News at Ten 22:35 ......... Count Arthur Strong 23:05........... Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights 00:05 ................Primeval 01:35...... Weather for the Week Ahead

13:00 ....... Masters Snooker 18:30 .......... Great British Railway Journeys 19:00........... Great British Garden Revival 20:00...................Nature’s Weirdest Events 21:00 .... Horizon Special 22:00 .......................W1A 22:30 .............Newsnight 23:20.... Masters Snooker Highlights 00:10................... Masters Snooker Extra

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

11:00.............. This Morning 13:30............... ITV News and Weather 14:00............... Judge Rinder 15:00.............. Tipping Point 16:00................ Mel and Sue 17:00 ....................The Chase 18:00................ ITV News London 18:30......... ITV News and Weather 19:00 ........... Emmerdale 19:30....River Monsters

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Blue Go Mad In Ibiza ITV2, 21.00

The four part series follows Duncan, Simon, Lee and Antony as they all rise to the challenge of working in a beachfront bar in Ibiza’s favourite party destination, San Antonio.

Though all is not what it seems for Blue, who soon find themselves at the mercy of a chauvinistic head bar man and a flamboyant PR representative as they become embroiled in amusing gaffes and situations at the partying hotspot.

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06:00 .................Countdown

06:00 ............. The Wotwots!

06:45 ..................... According to Jim

06:10................. Igam Ogam

07:10 ........................... King of Queens

06:30 ................Toot the Tiny Tugboat

07:35 ........................... King of Queens

06:45 .....................Peppa Pig

08:00 ........................... Frasier

07:10............. Little Princess

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

07:20................. The Mr. Men Show

09:00 ........Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 ........Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00........Undercover Boss 11:00 ............Shipping Wars 11:30 ............Shipping Wars 12:00 ......... Channel 4 News Summary 12:05 ................... Come Dine with Me 13:05 ...............Four in a Bed 14:10 ...................... A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun

06:20............... Fireman Sam

07:00 ......................Pip Ahoy!

07:35 ..........................Thomas and Friends 07:50 ......Noddy in Toyland 08:00 ........... Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 08:10........... Bert and Ernie’s Great Adventures 08:15..................... Peppa Pig 08:35......... Toby’s Travelling Circus 08:45.................... Bananas in Pajamas 09:00................... Tickety Toc 11:10 ...................... The Hotel Inspector

16:00 ........................... Deal or No Deal

12:10 ....5 News Lunchtime 12:15 ................ Celebrity Big Brother 13:15 ........Home and Away

17:30..............The Simpsons

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

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

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

18:30 .............. Hollyoaks

15:15 ........ Deadly Isolation

19:00 ...............Channel 4 News

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

20:00 ..........Weighing Up the Enemy

18:00 ... Home and Away

21:00 ............ 24 Hours in Police Custody

19:00 ....... Benefit House: Me and My 26 Kids

17:30 .................Neighbours 18:30 ..... 5 News Tonight

22:00................. Ramsay’s Hotel Hell

20:00 ........ The Secrets of the Tea Chimps

22:55... The Undateables

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

23:55..... Pokerstars.Com Monte-Carlo Casino Ept Grand Final 00:55......... The American Football Show 01:50 ..........KOTV Boxing Weekly

06:15 .....................Babylon 5 07:00 ................ Doctor Who 08:00 .. Masterchef Canada 09:00 .......................... The Bill 11:00 ................. DIY SOS The Big Build 12:00 ......................... Choccywoccydoodah 13:00 ......... Masterchef New Zealand 14:00 ..............Bondi Rescue 15:00 ................. DIY SOS The Big Build 16:00 ......................... Choccywoccydoodah 17:00................. Doctor Who 18:00 ................ Dynamo: Magician Impossible 19:00..... Masterchef New Zealand 20:00 .... Motorway Cops 21:00 ...............The Route Masters: Running London’s Roads 22:00 .................. Britain’s Bravest Cops 23:00..... Motorway Cops

08:55 ........... Grand Designs

06:00 ........ Brainiac: Science Abuse 07:00 ........ UK Border Force 08:00 ...................Emergency Animal Rescue 09:00 ..... NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00 ..............Hawaii Five-0 13:00 ..... NCIS: Los Angeles 15:00............ Harrow: A Very British School 16:00 ..................... Futurama 17:00 .............The Simpsons 17:30..................... Futurama 18:30........ The Simpsons 20:00 ..... Modern Family 21:00....Air Ambulance ER 22:00...................Britcam: Emergency on Our Streets 23:00 ........ Hawaii Five-0 01:00 .....Taken 3 Special 01:30 .............. Dumb and Dumber to Special

07:10 .....The Gadget Show

06:00 ............. Football Gold 07:00....WWE SmackDown!

08:00 ........Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits 09:00 .........Barclays Premier League Review 10:00 ...............................FL72 11:00 ............. Football Gold 11:30 .........Fantasy Football Club Highlights 12:00.................Soccer A.M. The Best Bits 13:00 .........Barclays Premier League Review 14:00................................FL72 15:00 .......... Premier League 100 Club 16:00 .........Fantasy Football Club Highlights 16:30 ................Soccer A.M. The Best Bits 17:30 .........Barclays Premier League Review 18:30.....Fantasy Football Club Highlights 18:55.......... Copa Del Rey Football

10:00 ....Location, Location, Location

22:00..................Suspects 23:00...........Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side 00:00.......Law and Order: Criminal Intent 00:55..........Super Casino

07:35................... Rocket City Rednecks 08:00 .......................Top Gear 10:00 .................Trawlermen 11:00 ................. Traffic Cops 12:00....................... Top Gear 13:00 .......................Top Gear 14:00 ...... American Pickers 15:00.................. Traffic Cops 16:00 .................Trawlermen 16:30 .................Trawlermen 17:00 .......................Top Gear 19:00...American Pickers 20:00 ...................... QI XL 22:00............Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled 23:00 ........................... QI 00:20 ..... Mock the Week 01:00 ... Storage Hunters 01:55 ...........Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

River Monsters ITV1, 19.30

11:05 ...........Kirstie’s Vintage Gems 11:15 ..........Donovan’s Reef 13:25 ...................Time Team 15:35 .... A Place by the Sea 16:40 .....A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 17:45 .....A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 18:50................ Homes by the Sea 19:55....... Grand Designs 21:00........Selling Houses with Amanda Lamb 22:00....... Grand Designs 23:10............. Gogglebox 00:00... Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 01:00........Selling Houses with Amanda Lamb

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

15:10 .................Countdown

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

07:15 .....Coronation Street 08:15...................... The Cube 09:15.................. Royal Pains 10:10 ....................The Chase 11:15 ..............All Star Family Fortunes 12:15.................. Emmerdale 12:40......Coronation Street 13:45 .................. Royal Pains 14:40.......... The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:00............ You’ve Been Framed!

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

20:00........... Dinner Date 21:00........Blue Go Mad W C in Ibiza choice W 22:00........Cockroaches Coi ch ce 22:35 ......................Plebs 23:35............... Two and a Half Men 00:55....................... Mom

When a corpse turns up with extensive and unusual bruising, freshwater detective Jeremy Wade decides to investigate. In a remote part of the Amazon he soon uncovers more stories of unexplained disappearances, and begins to suspect the cases are linked. The most likely attacker, however, is a huge and terrifying predator that can’t be caught with a rod and line. If he’s going to solve this monster mystery, Jeremy has no choice but to strap on air tanks and plunge into the murky lair of the beast.

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W ednesda 06:00 ...................... Breakfast 09:15 .............Wanted Down Under 10:00 ...... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00.Caught Red Handed 11:30..............Rip Off Britain 12:15............... Bargain Hunt 13:00....... BBC News at One 13:30.....BBC London News

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

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

07:00.................. Caught Red Handed

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

07:30 .............Rip Off Britain 08:15 ...............Oxford Street Revealed

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

09:00 ...............................Great Continental Railway Journeys

11:00 .............. This Morning

10:00 ................ Claimed and Shamed

13:45..........................Doctors 14:15...............Father Brown 15:00....................... Escape to the Country 15:45.............. James Martin: Home Comforts 16:30 ...Antiques Road Trip

10:30 .......................See Hear 11:00 .....................BBC News 11:30....... The Daily Politics 13:00 .......................... Masters Snooker 17:55 ...............Party Political Broadcast by the Conservative Party

17:15....................... Pointless 18:00 .... BBC News at Six 18:30 .BBC London News

18:00.............. Eggheads

19:00 .......The One Show 19:30 .......... Match of the Day Live 22:00.... BBC News at Ten 22:25.BBC London News 22:32.......... BBC Weather

18:30 .......... Great British Railway Journeys

01:00...... Weather for the Week Ahead 01:05............... BBC News

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19:00........... Great British Garden Revival

19:30 .............Coronation Street

20:00................Nature’s CW Weirdest Events choice

20:00 ...............Midsomer Murders

22:35...........A Question CW of Sport choice 21:00 .... Horizon Special 22:00........................W1A 23:05............... Film 2015 23:35.....Keeping Up with the Steins

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

22:30..............Newsnight 23:20.... Masters Snooker Highlights 00:10................... Masters Snooker Extra

22:00 ..... ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:40 ..............Bring Back Borstal 23:40 ..........I Never Knew That About Britain 00:10............ Jackpot247

Nature’s Weirdest Events BBC2, 20:00

Documentary series exploring bizarre and extraordinary natural events. Using eyewitness footage, first-hand accounts and scientific explanations, presenter Chris Packham unpacks the stranger-than-fiction facts behind what really happened. An abandoned island in Japan is home to thousands of rabbits which chase down tourists and mug them for food. Horseshoe crabs invade the beaches of New York, and are harvested by humans and milked for their life-saving blue blood. And the mystery of the stones which move across the desert is finally unravelled, and the answer surprises everyone.

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06:00 .................Countdown

06:00............. The Wotwots!

06:45 ..................... According to Jim

06:10................. Igam Ogam

07:10 ........................... King of Queens

06:30 .........................Toot the Tiny Tugboat

07:35 ........................... King of Queens

06:45 .....................Peppa Pig

08:00 ........................... Frasier 08:30 ........................... Frasier 09:30 ........Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 .................. Undercover Boss 11:00 ............Shipping Wars 11:30 ............Shipping Wars 12:00......... Channel 4 News Summary 12:05................... Come Dine with Me

06:20 .............. Fireman Sam

06:50 .....................Peppa Pig 07:00 ......................Pip Ahoy!

07:10............. Little Princess 07:20 ....The Mr. Men Show 07:35 .Thomas and Friends 07:50 ......Noddy in Toyland 08:00 ........... Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 08:10 ...........Bert and Ernie’s Great Adventures 08:15 .....................Peppa Pig 08:25 .....................Peppa Pig

13:05 ...............Four in a Bed

08:30 .....................Peppa Pig

14:10 ...................... A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun

08:35......... Toby’s Travelling Circus 08:45 .Bananas in Pajamas

15:10 .................Countdown

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

16:00 ......... Deal or No Deal

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

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

11:10 .The Hotel Inspector

17:30............. The Simpsons 18:00 ....... The Simpsons

12:15 ................ Celebrity Big Brother

18:30 .............. Hollyoaks

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

19:00 ..................Channel 4 News

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

20:00..... The Restoration Man

15:10 ............When Calls the Heart

21:00 ............ 24 Hours in A and E

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

22:00.......... Angry, White and Proud

18:00.... Home and Away

23:00 .............. Steph and Dom Meet Nigel Farage 23:30..............Sex Party CW Secrets choice 00:30............Launched at Red Bull Studios 01:00................. Ramsay’s Hotel Hell 01:50....................The Girl Next Door

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12:10 ....5 News Lunchtime

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

17:30 .................Neighbours 18:30 ..... 5 News Tonight 19:00... Cowboy Builders 20:00 ........He Left Me for My Mother...And Other Betrayals 21:00 ..........Celebrity Big Brother 22:00................ Suspects 23:00.......... Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side 00:00.......... Closing Time 01:00..........Super Casino

A Question of Sport BBC1, 22:35

Sue Barker presents the light-hearted sports quiz.

Regular team captains Matt Dawson and Phil Tufnell are joined by England rugby star Ugo Monye, British heptathlete Katarina JohnsonThompson, European champion swimmer Jazz Carlin and footballing great Matt Le Tissier.

06:00 ..............Life’s Funniest Moments 06:25 ................. You’ve Been Framed!

06:45 ..................Emmerdale 07:15.................. You’ve Been Framed!

08:15 .......................The Cube 09:15................... Royal Pains 10:10.....................The Chase 11:15 ..............All Star Family Fortunes 12:15 ..................Emmerdale 12:40 ...............Funniest Ever You’ve Been Framed!

13:45.................. Royal Pains 14:40 ......... The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:00............ You’ve Been Framed!

20:00 ...............Two and a Half Men 20:30 ...............Two and a Half Men 21:00...Friends with Kids 23:10 ......... Cockroaches 23:40................Two and a Half Men

06:15 .....................Babylon 5 07:00 ................ Doctor Who 08:00 .. Masterchef Canada 09:00 .......................... The Bill 11:00 ..........DIY SOS The Big Build 12:00 ......................... Choccywoccydoodah 13:00 ......... Masterchef New Zealand 14:00 ..............Bondi Rescue 15:00 ................. DIY SOS The Big Build 16:00 ......................... Choccywoccydoodah 17:00 ................ Doctor Who 18:00................. Dynamo: Magician Impossible 19:00 .... Masterchef New Zealand 20:00..... Motorway Cops 21:00 ........... Who Do You Think You Are? 22:00 ......................Crisis 23:00 .... Motorway Cops

08:55........... Grand Designs

06:00......... Brainiac: Science Abuse

07:10 .....The Gadget Show

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

07:35 ................... Rocket City Rednecks

07:00....... WWE Experience

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

10:00 ....Location, Location, Location 11:05....Breakfast at Tiffany’s 13:25................... Time Team 14:30 ...................Time Team 15:35 .... A Place by the Sea 16:40 .....A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 17:45 .....A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 18:50.....Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages 19:55....... Grand Designs 21:00...... George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 22:00..........Big Fat Gypsy Weddings 23:10............. Gogglebox 23:55...... George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 01:00..........Big Fat Gypsy Weddings

08:00........ Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits

08:00 ...................Emergency Animal Rescue

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

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

11:00.................. Traffic Cops

09:00 .........Barclays Premier League Review

11:30 ................... Traffic Cop

10:00 ...............................FL72

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

11:00 ................................ SPFL Round Up

11:00.............. Hawaii Five-0 13:00 ..... NCIS: Los Angeles 15:00 ............Harrow: A Very British School 16:00..................... Futurama 17:00 .............The Simpsons 17:30 ..................... Futurama 18:30 ....... The Simpsons 20:00 ..........The Fanatics 21:00 ....... 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy 22:00...... Karl Pilkington: The Moaning of Life 23:00..... Taken 3 Special 23:30........ Hawaii Five-0 01:30....NCIS: Los Angeles

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

14:00 ...... American Pickers 15:00 ................. Traffic Cops 16:00 .................Trawlermen 17:00 .......................Top Gear 19:00...American Pickers 20:00.... Storage Hunters 21:00...................... QI XL

11:30 ........Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits 12:30.............. Ricky Ponting Masterclass 14:30........... Cricket: The Big Bash

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

18:00..... Premier League Legends

22:40 ...........Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

18:55 ......... Copa Del Rey Football

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

23:00 ..... Premier League 100 Club

00:20 ..... Mock the Week 01:00.... Storage Hunters 01:55...American Pickers

01:00.....Fantasy Football ClubHighlights

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As the popularity of exclusive arranged orgies rises, Sex Party Secrets takes viewers inside the hidden world of the UK’s selfproclaimed ‘sexual elite’, with access to the most exclusive sex parties of the moment.

This frank and compelling documentary provides an insight into the lives of the most selective party planners and their meticulously vetted, often wealthy and beautiful guests.

As the partygoers sip on champagne and fulfil their wildest fantasies behind the doors of multi-million-pound mansions and country estates, the programme explores the motivation behind the desire that drives married couples, young single friends and seasoned sex addicts to seek fleeting sexual experiences and group sex with strangers.

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The Super Rich And Us BBC2, 21.00

The rise of the Super Rich has meant that wealth in the UK is polarising at an extraordinary rate. But how and why did it happen? In this two-part series, Jacques Peretti explores the far-reaching effect the Super Rich are having on the transformation of the very fabric of British society.

What is the private world of the Super Rich really like; why have they flocked to Britain; and why does it matter to us? Jacques explores how their wealth does not exist in a bubble, but directly affects our lives.

Jacques is invited into the amazingly strange and opulent private world of the Super Rich and for the first time, some of the richest people on earth talk candidly about why they’ve really moved their money to Britain.

Are we simply a great tax haven to park the private jet? Or were the Super Rich deliberately wooed by successive governments under the mistaken belief that their wealth would trickle down to all of us?

Jacques investigates the secret sell-off of Britain to foreign investors, meeting cheerleaders like Boris Johnson and detractors like economist Thomas Pikkety. And questions how the Super Rich are transforming our cities? Will they be glittering citadels or socially cleansed zones where the poor have been removed?

A revolution is taking place, but is the 99% to 1% divide the inevitable price we’ll pay for attracting the global Super Rich to Britain, or will, as one multi-millionaire puts it, the masses ‘come for us with pitch forks’?

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T h u rsda y 06:00 ...................... Breakfast 09:15 .............Wanted Down Under 10:00 ...... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00................... Caught Red Handed 11:30............. Rip Off Britain 12:15.............. Bargain Hunt 13:00 ...... BBC News at One 13:30 ....BBC London News

05:45................ Guin and the Dragon 06:05.............. Homes Under the Hammer 07:05 .................. Caught Red Handed 07:35............. Rip Off Britain 08:20................Oxford Street Revealed 09:05 ...... The Great Interior Design Challenge

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

10:05................ Claimed and Shamed

14:15 ..............Father Brown

10:35 ..................... HARDtalk

15:00............... Escape to the Country

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

15:45 ..............James Martin: Home Comforts

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

16:30 ........................Antiques Road Trip

18:00............... Eggheads

11:30 ........BBC World News 13:00....... Masters Snooker

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

18:30 .......... Great British Railway Journeys

18:00 .... BBC News at Six

19:00... Masters Snooker

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

20:00 ..................Nature’s Weirdest Events

19:30............ EastEnders 20:00.............. Watchdog 21:00.................. Death in Paradise 22:00... BBC News at Ten 22:35 ...... Question Time 23:35 ..............This Week

21:00....The Super-Rich and Us

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22:00.......Never Mind the Buzzcocks 22:30..............Newsnight 23:20.... Masters Snooker Highlights

06:00 ............ Good Morning Britain 08:30........................ Lorraine 09:25................... The Jeremy Kyle Show 10:30.............. This Morning 10:55...................... ITV News 11:00.............. This Morning 12:30 ............ Loose Women 13:30.............. ITV News and Weather 14:00 .............. Judge Rinder 15:00 ..............Tipping Point 16:00.................Mel and Sue 17:00 ....................The Chase 18:00 ................ ITV News London 18:30......... ITV News and Weather 19:00 ........... Emmerdale 19:30 ........ The Kyle Files 20:00 ........... Emmerdale 20:30 ...................Birds of a Feather 21:00...........Bring Back CW Borstal choice 22:00...... ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:40 ...........The Brits are Coming 23:40.............. Ade at Sea

Bring Back Borstal ITV1, 21.00 In a unique experiment, 14 young troublemakers, half of whom have criminal convictions, have volunteered to become borstal boys, spending four weeks in a castle in Northumberland to bring the borstal back to life. Between them they have around 60 criminal convictions and many have served time in prison. But under the guidance of experts, can they handle the dreaded institutional regime of the past?

Taking on the role of Borstal Governor is one of the UK’s leading criminologists, Professor David Wilson, who will oversee the troublemakers to see if they can break their cycle of bad behaviour. David says: “I’m taking part in this experiment because seven out of ten young people who went through Borstal in the 1930s never committed crime again after their release.”

Last week after being force fed fitness, discipline and hard work, four of the Borstal Boys found the regime too tough to handle and left.

In the second week of the experiment, the nine remaining lads have to learn to take responsibility for cooking, laundry and washing duties.

Tensions between lads and staff reach breaking point as London rioter Valero kicks off about the borstal food and the Kearney brothers clash with Matron.

The Governor hopes the intervention of reformed 70’s gangster Noel “Razor” Smith and a visit from the local vicar can keep the boys on the straight and narrow and start to turn their lives around.

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06:00 .................Countdown

06:00............. The Wotwots!

06:45 .......According to Jim

06:10..................Igam Ogam

07:10 ..........King of Queens

06:20 .............. Fireman Sam

07:35 ..........King of Queens 08:00 ........................... Frasier

06:30 ................Toot the Tiny Tugboat

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

06:45 .....................Peppa Pig 06:50 .....................Peppa Pig

10:00 .......Undercover Boss

07:00 ......................Pip Ahoy!

11:00 ............Shipping Wars

07:10............. Little Princess

12:00 ......... Channel 4 News Summary

07:20 ....The Mr. Men Show

12:05.................... Come Dine with Me 13:05............... Four in a Bed 14:10 .....A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 15:10..................Countdown 16:00 ......... Deal or No Deal 17:00 ................... Come Dine with Me

07:35 .................Thomas and Friends 07:50 ......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

17:30 .............The Simpsons

08:45 ....................Bananas in Pajamas

18:30 .............. Hollyoaks

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

19:00.... Channel 4 News

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

20:00................ Location, Location, Location

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

21:00 ............ Cyberbully

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

22:20 .......My Granny the Escort 23:20 ............ 24 Hours in Police Custody

12:15 ................ Celebrity Big Brother 13:15 ........Home and Away 13:45 .................Neighbours 14:15............................... NCIS 15:15 ....................When Calls the Heart 17:00 ..................5 News at 5 17:30 .................Neighbours 18:00 ......................Home and Away 18:30 ..... 5 News Tonight 19:00 ............. Nightmare Neighbour Next Door

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 10:10 ....................The Chase 11:15 ..............All Star Family Fortunes 12:15 ..................Emmerdale 12:40..... Coronation Street 13:15.................. You’ve Been Framed!

13:45............................. Psych 14:40 ...................The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:00 ........... You’ve Been Framed!

20:00 ...............Two and a Half Men 21:00 ... The Dark Knight

06:15 .....................Babylon 5 07:00 ................ Doctor Who 08:00... Masterchef Canada 09:00 .......................... The Bill 11:00................. DIY SOS The Big Build 12:00..............Choccywoccydoodah 13:00.................... Masterchef New Zealand 14:00 ..............Bondi Rescue 15:00 ................. DIY SOS The Big Build 16:00 .............Choccywoccydoodah 17:00 ................ Doctor Who 18:00 ................ Dynamo: Magician Impossible 19:00 .............Masterchef New Zealand 20:00 ...... Motorway Cop 21:00 ................. Heston’s Fantastical Food 22:00........ Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind

08:55 ........... Grand Designs

06:00........ Brainiac: Science Abuse

07:00 .........................Carpool

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

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

07:10 .....The Gadget Show 07:35 ................... Rocket City Rednecks

08:00 .......... Premier League Legends

08:00 ...................Emergency Animal Rescue 09:00 ..... NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00 ..............Hawaii Five-0 13:00 ..... NCIS: Los Angeles 15:00 ............Harrow: A Very British School 16:00 ..................... Futurama 16:30..................... Futurama 17:00 .............The Simpsons 17:30 ..................... Futurama 18:00 .............. Futurama

20:00 ................. Benefits

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

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

20:00 ......................David Attenborough Conquest of the Skies

22:00 ............Botched Up Bodies 23:00.......... Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side

22:00 ............A League of Their Own 23:00 ............A League of Their Own

08:00 .......................Top Gear 10:00 .................Trawlermen 11:00 ................. Traffic Cops 12:00 .......................Top Gear 14:00 ...... American Pickers 15:00 ................. Traffic Cops 16:00 .................Trawlermen 17:00 .......................Top Gear 18:00................ Top Gear 19:00...American Pickers

10:00 ....Location, Location, Location 11:05........................... Kirstie’s Vintage Gems 11:10 ............. The League of Gentlemen 13:25 ...................Time Team 14:30................... Time Team 15:35 .... A Place by the Sea 16:40 .....A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 17:45......A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 18:50 ....Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages 19:55....... Grand Designs 21:00 ...... Grand Designs 22:00........... The Hoarder Next Door 23:10 ............ Gogglebox 23:55... Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

10:00 ............. Football Gold 11:00.......... Premier League Legends 13:00 ............. Football Gold 13:15............. Football Gold 13:30............. Football Gold 13:45............. Football Gold 14:00........................ Sporting Greats 14:30 ...............Dubai Racing Carnival

20:00..... Extreme Fishing with Robson Green

18:00 ..................Barclays Premier League World

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

18:30 ......... Copa Del Rey Football

22:00....................... Suits 23:00........................... QI 23:40........................... QI

My Granny the Escort, Channel 4, 22:20

21:00 ......... Copa Del Rey Football 23:00............ A League of Their Own

Aw a r d - w i n n i n g filmmaker Charlie Russell offers a frank, intimate and revealing portrait of three of Britain’s mature escorts: older women who choose to sell sex from hotel rooms and their homes, all completely legally. As well as topping up their pensions, all of these women seem to be enjoying themselves in their chosen and often new profession, but the film also questions how such a lifestyle can co-exist with their family lives and their roles as mothers and grandparents. Their clients are men of all ages, sometimes as young as 20; what is the motivation behind some men’s desire to have sex with older women?

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What’s On in Tenerife

9th January - 15th January 2015

WHAT’S ON

in Tenerife

Cirque du Soleil QUIDAM is the new Cirque du Soleil show, relating the journey of a young woman to an imaginary world.

Zoé is bored and her parents, distant and apathetic, ignore her. Her life has lost all meaning.

Seeking to fill the void of her existence, she slides into an imaginary world - the world of Quidam - where she meets characters who encourage her to free her soul.

In Quidam, there’s a nameless passer-by, a solitary figure lingering on a street corner, a person rushing past and swallowed by the crowd. It could be anyone, anybody.

Someone coming or going at the heart of our anonymous society. A member of the crowd, one of the silent majority. The one who cries out, sings and dreams within us all.

This is the “quidam”, whom this show allows to speak. This is the place that beckons - a place for dreaming and genuine relations where all quidams, by proclaiming their individuality, can finally When: emerge from anonymity.

Until Sunday (11th Jan) In a minimalist setting, Where: reminiscent of a station Pabellón Santiago Martín, or a major airport, there is La Laguna a wide selection of songs, along with balancing Tickets: acts, juggling and aerial www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/ acrobatics in a stunning shows/quidam/tickets/santashow which captivates the cruz-de-tenerife.aspx audience.

Contact: 902 150 025

Art Exhibition LA LAGUNA is often home to some stunning art exhibitions, and this month is no exception. A selection of works from Óscar Domínguez, one of the most important artists in the 20th Century art world, is on display.

He’s a key figure in the history of European surrealism and has linked his native Tenerife experiences into his work. This exhibition, funded by several public and private collections, reflects the different painting styles and achievements of the artist.

When: Until 31st January Where: Fundación Cristino de Vera, La Laguna Tickets: Free entry

Canary Islands’ Music Festival

Canarias Folk Festival Traditional folk music floods the streets of Arona every week with rhythm, dance and colour. Enjoy the local When: traditions every Thursday in Los Cristianos, Until 27th March every Friday in Las Americas and on the second Where: Saturday of each month in Las Galletas.

See above Besides music and dance, you can visit craft fairs and taste local food which accompany Tickets: each event, and participate in the workshops of Free traditional crafts.

THE Canaries’ 31st annual International Music Festival gets underway in Santa Cruz this weekend. The popular event, featuring a plethora of acts, takes in a variety of music genres.

Among those performing are the St. When: Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, 11th Jan to 13th Feb the Britten Sinfonia, Les Musiciens Where: du Louvre, I Turchini and the Auditorio de Tenerife Adán Akademie für Alte Music, plus the Martín, Santa Cruz Tenerife Symphonic Orchestra and Tickets: the Philharmonic Orchestra of Gran www.festivaldecanarias.com Canaria.

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Go compere, if you can!

IF you have read any of my articles over the past couple of months or so, it will be apparent that music is my life.

In my opinion, there is nothing on God’s great earth that can surpass the emotions music can ignite.

A wise (if not slightly drunk) guitarist once told me that I should be careful who I invite into my life, because the love I have to give will always be splintered between that person and music.

So it was with humility and gratitude I accepted the opportunity to write for Canarian Weekly, a chance and excuse for me to research and enjoy something I love even more than music … live music!

What makes a great night of live music, though … talented singers, top-class musicians, creative souls?

Yes, you need all these things and several more, but there is one single aspect you cannot do without: a compére.

Taken from the French language, it means “accomplice” or “partner” and that´s what this profession involves - partnering up with other entertainers to provide a full afternoon or evening of showmanship.

A compére is the foundation of any great show, the underlying current which decides the direction of the entertainment that day or night.

In 2014, Ray Wilde was voted the best of the best when it comes to comparing here in Tenerife. He was the recipient of the Best Compére Award at the TEAs (Tenerife Entertainment Awards), and he’d also been nominated the previous two years.

He is a flamboyant character, which is an automatic must when

hosting entertainment.

However, what sets Ray apart (among many of his traits) is his broad and entrepreneurial way of thinking.

Ray is resident compére in St Eugene’s bar in San Eugenio, where he is held in such high regard that he is entirely responsible for the acts that grace his stage.

Unlike some hosts and venues set in their ways and fearing change, Ray is willing to try new things and new shows.

If we all just did the same thing, our little paradise would become stagnant.

Ray Wilde was one of the few who provided the duo I work with a stage to showcase what has now become a successful show.

Yet it never would have been noticed if it weren’t for people opening their minds to new possibilities.

But it is more than a broadened way of thinking that leads to being one of the best compéres in Tenerife.

Ray has an effortless way of making people laugh. His presence on stage is so natural, and creates a fun and friendly atmosphere, paving the way for the acts and musicians that follow him on stage in the awesome St Eugene’s.

Beyond these skills, Ray, like me, is a lover of music and this is clear to see when he sings.

Flawless bass-filled notes fill the room when he performs.

And he was called away from St Eugene’s and Tenerife back to the British shores to spend Christmas as part of a three-piece harmony group called The Tipsy Kings.

Together with fellowTenerife performers Gus Myers and James Darling, they have received rave reviews for their show. Now, though, we can all be glad to have Ray back in Tenerife, where we can revel in the crazy world that is the life of Ray Wilde a bit closer to home.

Talking about top comperes, Jamie Droo gave me my first mention as a musician in this very column and I read with quiet modesty as he spoke with such praise about me, as he did so many.

It is with a sense of irony, but deserved recognition then, that I now find myself writing about Jamie Droo.

His name is synonymous with Tenerife showbiz. From DJ to entertainment journalist, he has touched every edge of Tenerife´s musical landscape.

For now though Jamie has chosen to focus more of his time on music and compéring.

Never dressed in less than his best, Jamie is a commanding force on stage, a true performer.

He has a dry and inyour-face style of comedy.

It is not stolen or copied comedy though; what you see on stage

during Jamie´s evenings is all Jamie. Improvised or written and prepared, Jamie will find a way of making the audience enjoy themselves.

He brings innate charisma and confidence to any venue lucky enough to have him.

It is, unquestionably, the task of any person who earns money through entertainment to create good times for those in the audience. Some try, some fail and some flourish. I have tried hosting evenings because I know it is something I would relish. But I have to be honest with myself: I just don´t have “it”.

Whatever “it”, is, I don´t have it.

An hour with guitar or two 45-minute sets singing is no problem. But

faced with three hours of hundreds of people staring at me to provide a good time, I just freeze.

These are the reasons I have such admiration for Jamie. I have sat and watched him for literally hours and it feels like minutes. How it is done, I just don’t know.

Like Ray Wilde, Jamie is responsible for booking the fortunate few that work alongside him, and there is a powerhouse of line-ups performing throughout the week in Ye Olde Ocean.

Among this line-up are singers most would shy away from singing with or after. This is Jamie´s hidden ace.

For me, it is the reason he is one of the standout compéres on the Island. Yes, I´m talking

about his impeccable singing voice. All hosts should be able to hold a tune, I believe, and over here, most actually have fabulous voices, But not like Jamie Droo.

Perhaps it is diversity in his voice that allows him to have crowds dancing to an Olly Murs’ song, then in their seats crying to Pavarotti.

I’m not sure, but his talent deserves applause, and I hope this piece on him can go a small way in acting as that applause.

Though I’m unaware of what people like Jamie Droo and Ray Wilde possess that makes them the best at what they do, I’m just happy they do it here.

So, bewildered and on behalf of the whole of Tenerife, thanks guys.

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Food and Drink

9th January - 15th January 2015

Bombay Babu tandoori restaurant

It’s the YOU just know you’ve discovered a fabulous restaurant when it’s buzzing with excitable energy and is comfortably full, with satisfied customers.

And that’s exactly what we found at the Bombay Babu tandoori restaurant in Torviscas, together with spicy offerings and excellent, friendly service.

The décor allows the simplistic beauty of the food to really shine - though beauty isn’t the only thing bringing customers to Bombay Babu.

As with any Indian meal, we started the evening off with some Papadums. It was accompanied by a pickle tray, followed by our starters, the Bombay Babu especial!

This dish, made for sharing, comprises onion bhaji, chicken barra kebab, chicken tikka, pudina tikka, vegetable pakora, sheikh kebab and chicken pakora.

Although we could not fault any of the starters (confirmed by the clean plate which went back), there were a few items that stood out.

The first was the truly remarkable pudina tikka - a mouth-watering starter with a delectable mint flavour, stemming from the succulent mint paste coating the paneer tikkas.

The second, the vegetable pakora, is es-

sentially a deliciouslyspiced combination of assorted vegetables, deep-fried in chickpea batter to golden perfection.

For the main course, I went with the Rogan Josh Bombay Babu special: a mixture of chicken, lamb tikka and prawns. My partner ordered chicken pathia, which consisted of the bitter-sweet flavour with mango and coconut.

The Pathia dish is a popular curry, served for special social functions such as births or marriages among the Parsi population in India.

This is a sweet, sour and spicy curry - the

result of normal Gujarati curry spices, added with mango and coconut.

The spicy heat comes from fresh, green, hot chili peppers and dried red chili peppers.

The dish was executed perfectly, like all the dishes we had, and the bright colours of the ingredients, peeking through the curry sauce, made it a feast for the eyes … as well as the stomach!

The mango flavour balanced the spiciness of the tender chicken very well, although this dish was a bit too spicy for my liking, unlike the Rogan Josh.

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the spice of life! pay top dollar for a dish like that. The servings were plentiful, reasonably priced and both extremely tasty. To accompany the main dishes, we had some old favourites: Pilau rice (an Indian basmati rice with three colours, flavoured with onions, cinnamon, cloves and herbs), some cheese nann and something we had never tried before - tandoori roti, which is thin

Indian bread cooked in the tandoor. It’s already a new favourite we will certainly have again,.

We also had two other diners joining us - our boys! One will try anything, but the other is extremely fussy? I am pleased to say that we had a peaceful dinner, with everyone enjoying the food served and sending back clean plates.

The eldest tried everything on our starters’ plate. He particular enjoyed the chicken barra kabab, and was mesmerised by the “green chicken”, as he called it (what is it with green food and kids?), but he enjoyed that as well.

For their main course, there was no budging the youngest. He opted for something from the kids’ menu: freshly-breaded chicken with chips.

He did, however, try some of the other food on the table, and enjoyed the various types of bread we had ordered.

The eldest had the chicken tikka. We ordered the starter’s portion, which was ample, along with the Pilau rice and bread. He, too, enjoyed his meal, and

everyone sat there fully satisfied. The Bombay Babu deliver exactlywhat they have aimed to achieve, and we will certainly make this one of our regular dining-out establishments.

The restaurant is located along one of the main walkways down to the sea front, just before the fashionable Kaluna Beach.

And whatever direction

you approach this area, you cannot fail to see Bombay Babu because of its modern signage.

For bookings, or further information,call 922 719 463 (Torviscas) or 922 723 514 (Callao Salvaje).

The restaurant, which opens seven days a week, supplies take-aways, with free delivery from El Medano to Los Gigantes.

And you can even order your food online.

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Health and Beauty

By Val Sainsbury PARENTS are being encouraged to cut back on the sugar they feed children in a new health campaign.

The Public Health England (PHE) Change4Life campaign offers “sugar swap” tips, including swapping ice cream for yogurt and sugary drinks for sugarfree alternatives.

Health guidelines advise that 10% of a person’s energy or calorie intake should be made up of sugar. But officials fear children between four and 10 are consuming far more.

Professor Kevin Fenton, national director of health and wellbeing at PHE, said: “Reducing sugar intake is important for the health of our children, now and in the future. We are all eating too much sugar and the impact this has on our health is evident.

“This campaign is about taking small steps to address this. We know from past campaigns that making simple swaps work and make a

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Mums too sweet on their children

real difference.” Meanwhile, a Netmums survey suggests two-thirds of parents are worried about the amount of sugar in their children’s diets.

Nearly half believe their family consumes too

much sugar, the survey also indicates. Eating too much sugar can lead to obesity, which can cause heart disease, cancer and type 2 diabetes in later life. It can also cause dental problems. The Epidemiology Programme for

England found tooth decay was one of the most common reasons for hospital admissions in children aged five to nine in 2012-13. Further, figures found more than one in five (22.5%) children in reception class were

classified as overweight or obese in 2013/2014.

The Health and Social Care Information Centre figures also suggested over a third (33.5%) of those in year 6 were overweight or obese the same year. Ahead of the

campaign launch, PHE worked with Netmums and the University of Reading to advise 50 families on sugar swaps.

It found on average their sugar intake was reduced by 40% over a month.

Cancer? It’s purely bad luck MOST cases of cancer are the result of “bad luck” rather than unhealthy lifestyles, diet or even inherited genes.

Scientists claim that for two out of three cancer victims, the cumulative effect of random mistakes in genes is to blame for the disease rather than poor lifestyle or how they “chose” their parents.

Previously, experts estimated that 30-40% of cancer cases would be avoided given a better lifestyle. But there has been no similar calculation about whether the remainder can be prevented.

Researchers in the US have now made the first attempt to quantify the proportion of cancer cases that are unavoidable.

They looked at the random mistakes, or mutations, which occur

in DNA when cells divide during an average person’s lifetime.

The more of these mutations that accumulate, the higher the risk the cells will grow unchecked, which is the hallmark of cancer.

The actual contribution of these random mistakes to the development of the disease was previously unknown.

Professor Bert Vogelstein, from America’s Johns Hopkins University School of Medicinem said: “Cancer-free longevity in people exposed to cancercausing agents, such as tobacco, is often attributed to their ‘good genes’ but the truth is that most of them simply had good luck.”

Although lifestyle can add to the “bad luck” factor for some specific

cancers, the researchers call for more effort to go into early detection, when surgery increases the chances of cure.

Almost 332,000 people were diagnosed with cancer in the UK in 2011. And the biggest risk-factor for the disease is simply getting older - because there’s more time for the cells in our body to accumulate genetic damage.

Prof Vogelstein said: “This study shows that you can add to your risk of getting cancers by smoking, or other poor lifestyle factors.

“But many forms of cancer are never down to genes, regardless of lifestyle and heredity factors. The best way to eradicate these cancers will be through early detection, when they are still curable by surgery.”

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Hair and Fashion

9th January - 15th January 2015

By Ruth Benson

Heavage is busting out everywhere

By Carl from Robot

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CLONE WARS!

I START this year’s first column with something I’ve noticed over the years .. . something that used to happen so much in the salon doesn’t happen any more.

Sometimes, it used inspire me and, sometimes, annoy me. Clients would bring in photos of celebrities who had new or interesting haircuts.

There were times when we did four or five “Princess Diana” styles every day. We’d see Madonna’s face two or three times a week. And we would still not get bored with the expectations of our clients’ needs.

Even if the client had no chance of looking like that person, we would do our best to achieve something near.

Yet those days of trying to emulate the stars seem to have gone.

So why has this era come to an end? Maybe it’s because WE have become the celebrities!

It takes nothing and little talent to call yourself a “CELEBRITY”.

How many times have you seen Celebrity Big Brother or I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here and wondered: “Who’s that?”

This is what I mean: everyone is famous nowadays. There are few genuine stars the general public want to copy, yet a lot of people walk around “cloning”

IT’S the start of the New Year and the time to make resolutions, maybe to lose weight, drink less or get to a size 10.

You may have already cleared out your wardrobe, ready for the new you, and are ready to hit the sales.

Fashion journalists are already predicting what will be hot for 2015, but one particular article stood out for me because it applies to men and women.

This year sees the rise (excuse the pun) of the “heavage”. What is this, you may ask?

This week, it has hit the headlines as BBC One’s Tuesday programme The One Show received complaints that Rita Ora and her own display of “heavage” was unsuitable for 7pm viewing. But the heavage is actually becoming something for men, rather than women.

Jimmy Bullard, exfootballer and I’m a Celebrity star, has been seen sporting the look, and it seems that age is not a factor, either, with One Direction’s Harry Styles carrying off the heavage.

So what exactly is a heavage? Well men, it’s the open shirt showing chest hair, if you have any. For ladies, if you haven’t seen Rita Ora, then think of Kylie Minogue’s Can’t Get You Out of My Head video and you’ll get the idea.

Gentlemen, to finish the look off, as Jimmy did on this week’s Match of the Day, and as Mr Styles does regularly, you need a bit of the old Saturday Night Fever look by having a medallion.

Obviously, only a few men can carry this look off - you don’t want to start looking like Peter Stringfellow.

Retro-masculinity is key to the heavage, and the “rock star” look of long hair and confidence helps.

If you have a partner. this is something you can both go for, as did Kanye West and wife Kim Kardashian - no surprise there!

But again, style is everything. The veteran male heavage is probably Russell Brand, who is so confident in his own skin, and with his persona, that it oozes out of him.

So gentlemen, it’s time to tan up the chest, unbutton those shirts ... and let your heavage out!

themselves on anyone they might have seen on TV, or in a magazine.

We get told what’s fashionable and what’s “in”. But where have all the fashionistas gone?

Where are the style icons, who not only inspired the next clothing rage but also gave us the next hair fashion?

I get tired of seeing long, wavy hair on people who appear on TV. Do they all go to the same salon? Year after year, it seems that we wait for someone to step out of the mould, yet few do.

So what am I harping on about now, I hear you ask? What’s this got to do with my hair? Well, we can all just carry on

as we are in this clinical fashion world, where no one dares to shock or inspire.

Or we can try to be a little more daring with not only what we wear but with what we put on our heads, hair-wise.

There was a saying I heard years ago: “Don’t save your best for a special day - be special every day.”

Even if you make just a slight change to yourself in 2015, let it be a statement about you and who you are.

From making a vow to get fit or diet, to throwing out those items you’ve worn since arriving here in Tenerife.

And to having a good look in the mirror and saying: “What is my hair saying to the world about me?”

If it’s not doing you any favours, then maybe it’s time you consulted your stylist for a make-over.

Even small adjustments can make huge differences.

So go on … it’s out with the old and in with the new in 2015. Dare to make a change in your image.

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Community News

By Monica Dyson

9th January - 15th January 2015

Inkwell-filler monitor wielded such power...

THE nativity play at my grandson’s school made me wonder just where the years had gone since I was at primary school!

Starting school in the Fifties was a shock. Until then, we stayed at home with our mothers, who usually didn’t go out to work, with no nursery places or pre-schools to wean us in , like the children of today.

As children turning five, it was often the first time we had been away from mother, and that first day at school was one of tears for us both.

I lived close to school, but, in the days before anyone owned a car, many children walked quite a distance.

It’s a far cry from today, when it is estimated that 43% of primary school children are taken to school by car. A recent survey stated that many children had never even been on a bus.

My sister and I went home for lunch and nev-

er experienced school dinners, but dire stories are told of them. I can remember the steel containers being delivered - and the unappetising smells that came from them, usually of cabbage!

School dinners then were basic and filling.

There would be a plain main course with a pudding of rice, semolina or tapioca. There were no menus, as today, and children were expected, just as they were at home, to eat what was put in front of them. Or go hungry.

We, however, exempt from the one-third pint of milk we were expected to drink each day to supplement our diet.

Although some people may remember these little bottles of milk with

fondness, they seemed mostly to be detested by all. They were often left outside in the sun in crates and, so, developed a thick layer of cream on top.

However, there was always someone who welcomed yours, if you could pass it over before the teacher saw you.

During winter, the bottles would be completely iced up, the milk would be solid and you had to thaw it out near the radiators. The best way to drink the milk was by gulping it down while holding your nose so that you couldn’t taste it.

In 1971, school milk was withdrawn by Margaret Thatcher’s government for children over seven, and for this she was dubbed “Thatcher, Thatcher, milk snatch-

er”. It was a great honour if you were chosen to be milk monitor, or even straw monitor. For the well-behaved pupil, there were a number of such roles, including blackboard monitor, when you could bang the rubber against the outside wall, getting a cloud of chalk dust on your clothes; pencil-sharpener monitor, or even inkwell-filler monitor! Power indeed!

Even for young children, corporal punishment was considered permissible and could involve a cane or simply a ruler, which could cause a great deal of pain across the knuckles.

Generally, we had it instilled into us that we had not only to be wellbehaved but also polite and respectful.

In those days parents sided with teachers, who were considered to be omnipotent. They thought that if you’d been punished, then you must have done something to deserve it.

Class sizes in the Fifties were large, often with over 30 pupils in one,. We were the Baby Boomer generation, born during or after the war.

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Children sat at desks with the teacher facing them and the blackboard behind.

The “Three Rs”, reading, writing and arithmetic were the backbone of learning, much of it by chanting aloud.

Although we didn’t know it at the time, we were subjected to a teaching method called Mnemonics.

For instance, the word HOMES would help us to remember the Great North America lakes.

Huron/Ontario/Michigan/Erie and Superior.

Now that was okay, but when it came to “My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nothing” as a means of remembering the planets – Mercury/Venus/Earth/Mars/ Jupiter/Saturn/Uranus/ Neptune - that got a bit more complicated, especially when you couldn’t remember the original phrase anyway!

There was a strong sense of Britishness in early schooldays. We learnt the history and geography of the Commonwealth, and mine being a Catholic school, great importance was placed on religion, with weekly visits from the priest to

hear Catechism. However, only the Catholic religion. We didn’t learn about any others. They weren’t a consideration.

The daily routine was broken up by visits from the school nurse, who seemed preoccupied with nits, Her Majesty’s school inspectors, who gave us warnings about truancy, and the collection of money for our Post Office Savings Account.

We also had collections for the Little Black Babies in Africa, although not knowing where the money went, and for “Sunny Smiles”, which was to help support children in orphanages in the UK. You collected photos of happy, smiling children who had been helped by your generosity.

Before the age of 11, we were streamed into those most likely to pass the Eleven-Plus exam, always a contentious method of school selection, and the others.

Those children not thought of as Grammar School material were often ignored by the teachers, although many went on to become extremely successful in life.

Dogs to strut their stuff!

OUR dog show, in collaboration with San Miguel Town Hall, will take place on 25th January, next to the Cultural Centre at Llano del Camello, from midday.

It costs just two euros to enter your pooch, so come along and have a great afternoon with us.

We have chartered the Mustcat catamaran on Sunday, 21st February, and will be having a pri-

vate party from 2,30pm, sailing from Las Galletas.

If the sad fact of whales and dolphins being kept in captivity and performing tricks for food bothers you, come out with us and see them in their natural environment.

We ask just 20 euros per ticket, which includes drinks, for the three-hour excursion, which is less than half the normal price.

A donation from the proceeds will be made to Sea Shepherd, to

recognise the outstanding work they do to preserve our oceans and marine life.

For more information on either of the above events call Sue on 629 388 102.

Bag-packing fortune A huge thanks to Iceland, Las Chafiras, for again allowing us to pack shoppers’ bags throughout Xmas Week, in collaboration with Helping Hands.

Again, we were rewarded handsomely by kind customers, who threw just over 2,000 euros into our collection buckets, to be shared equally by the charities.

Heartfelt thanks!

Top Square joy We enjoyed an excellent fund-raiser on Boxing Day on the San Blas Top Square, Golf del Sur, raising 700 euros.

Suzy Q was unable

to be there following a horse-riding accident the previous week, but the show still went on!

Thank you to all the entertainers and, of course, to our Golf del Sur faithful for digging deep.

Live Arico Shops If you have quality unwanted clothes, cds, dvds, shoes, household items or children’s clothing, call Siobhan now on 630 857 626.

And do come and see us, we have shops in Los Cristianos, Calle Revron, near Churchills Bar, and San Eugenio, opposite Hotel La Nina

by Amandas bar at las Carabelas complex.

Both shops open from 10am-4pm, Monday to Friday, and until 3pm on Saturdays and Sundays.

Do have a browse, bag a bargain and help the animals.

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Community News

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Arona Lions off to a flier ARONA Lions Club International, of Las Galletas and Costa del Silencio, wish all our supporters and friends a Happy and Prosperous New Year.

We get off to a flying start with our afternoon entertainment on Sunday (11th Jan), from 2pm until 5pm at the Albatros Bar, in Si-

lencio. Compere as always is the Lions’ own Derrick, with entertainment provided by Chris James, Lisa Bridges, John Ashford, Kerry Railton and Deby D. There will also be a raffle and, hopefully, you will support us so that we can continue helping worthy causes on the Island.

Be a Lions’ specsaver!

SAN Miguel Lions Club are carrying out a special one-week project from tomorrow (Saturday) involving spectacles.

It acknowledges the countdown to celebrate the International Lions’ century of Lionism by the group’s founder, Melvin Jones.

The project is “The Collection of Spectacles”, and until next Friday, the San Miguel Lions branch is asking readers to rummage through their drawers and dig out those old glasses which are no longer used.

Club secretary Ralph Solomon says: “No matter how old, broken or even new, They will be sent to volunteers in Madrid, who will repair them”.

This project covers

one of the Lions’ worldwide projects, Sight First.

Ralph adds: “We have always collected spectacles, but only on a small scale. We ask you to donate your old specs where you see our notice for this project in bars and shops.

“There’s a notice in our Charity Shop In The Dip, Costa del Silencio, and you can receive futher information from Lions on duty. The shop opens from 10am-2pm, Monday to Friday.

“If you run a bar, a shop or are an individual, would you be prepared to become a collection point for the specks?

“It is a really important project and we ask everyone to join in and help.

“It doesn’t cost anything, but it goes a long way to help those in need to see properly again.”

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K9 news and activities

Pat the Cat’s fond farewell AT K9’s recent AGM, Pat Bate decided it was time to call it a day.

Affectionately known as Pat the Cat, the 76-year-old was aware that her poor mobility was affecting her contribution to the association.

In the early days of her involvement, Pat was an active participant in the physically-demanding role of helping to run the kennels near Las Chafiras, along with her other roles.

Until three years ago, Pat was K9 treasurer and the driving force behind organising the monthly car-boot sales at Los Gigantes and Costa del Silencio, the monthly good-as-new sale at Callao Salvaje and the quarterly auction of goods, also held at Silencio.

Elsie Clinton-Leslie, K9 President, presented Pat with a Certificate of Appreciation of all her hard work over the years, a huge bouquet of flowers and a silver necklace with an appropriate pendant a cat!

Pat will continue to receive telephone calls regarding the collection of K9’s red donation boxes from bars and other businesses. But

she will now delegate the actual collecting to those physically able to do so.

Committee meetings somehow will never be the same.

Our thanls to all It has been a year of changes and challenges, and we have many people to thank for all their efforts in improving the conditions, walking the dogs, cleaning the kennels and supporters of the shop who both donate and buy.

Without you, we wouldn’t be here and the animals would surely suffer - you are our backbone!

Such a busy schedule Life here never stops, not even for Christmas or New Year. So here’s what we have been up to until lately, Some 152 guests attended our Christmas

Dinner, and we can safely say it was a huge success, with everyone having a fantastic time.

The entertainment was provided by Aidy Evans and Storm Duo and we raised 1,500 euros, which went a long way to looking after the long-stayers and the newcomers who call K9 Refuge their home.

We have also been busy re-homing so let’s remember all the deserving pets, and what great success we have had in placing them in good homes throughout the year.

However, empty kennels are a rarity, so if you are looking for a new dog in a new year, have a look at our website http://www.k9tenerife. com/ We have an everchanging family of dogs and cats, young and old, tall and small, looking for a second chance and a happy life.

Other ways to help Support the K9 Shop in Alcala Plaza, which is open each day from 10am-2pm, except Sunday.

All monies raised from sales go towards the upkeep of our many dogs and cats at the refuge.

The quality of the

goods is excellent, and as soon as new stock comes in, it is flying off the shelf.

So please, please, if you have anything you can offer, then Lin, Muriel and the staff will be happy to receive it.

If anyone wants to donate something and it needs collecting, contact either 611 352 881 or 646 561 035 to arrange.

We have a clothing stall at Alcala Market each Monday, and a secondhand bookstall each Thursday at Fanabe Market.

Both are mornings only.

Dog-walkers are always welcome to spend a couple of hours getting fit, meeting people (and dogs) out in the fresh air.

At K9, we always strive to do our best and see that every animal is loved and cared-for, both physically and emotionally, until their forever home is found.

Therefore, to the volunteers, new and old, in South Tenerife and beyond, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for everything you do to make our shelter a safe haven for all our four-legged friends.

The kennels are open every day between 11am2pm. 667 638468 is their number.

Accion del Sol news

Our huge comings and goings

IT was yet another extremely busy year for Accion del Sol in 2014, with 480 dogs collected by Protection Civil from our streets. of Tenerife.

Some 350 of those dogs were adopted, either here or in Germany, but that still leaves almost 200 dogs still at the refuge waiting, hopefully, for the day when they, too, will have a new loving home.

So if you are considering adopting a dog, please visit the refuge. No adoption fee is charged, but donations are welcomed. Every dog is fully inoculated, micro-

chipped, passported, castrated/sterilised, is free from heartworm and parasites and has a clean bill of health.

Reporting strays Please remember that if you do find a dog abandoned on the streets, the number to call is 010 to arrange collection.

How about walkies?

Now the Christmas festivities are over and maybe you have indulged in a mince pie too many, please remember that there are so many dogs at the refuge who would love a walk and a bit of well-deserved tlc in the natural landscape surrounding the

refuge. It’s a healthy way to start the new year and, maybe, lose a kilo or two in the process.

Arona spot-checks Arona Town Hall has been conducting spotchecks in various areas, ensuring dogs have all the legal required paperwork and that owners are picking up their dogs’ mess.

So please be aware and extra careful to make sure you do not incur a large fine by failing to meet the legal requirements of being a dog-owner here.

Our thanks to you Accion del Sol staff thank everyone who has helped out and

supported the refuge over the last year.

Without your help, we would not be able to continue our work here on the Island.

Please call 922 778 630 for more information, or if you would like to help out in any way.

Towels and blankets are always needed for the dogs if you have any to spare, and they would be much appreciated by our four-legged friends.

Where to find us The refuge is situated at the Granadilla Industrial Estate, Exit 51 on the TF1, directly next to the ecological park where the windmills are.

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Motoring

9th January - 15th January 2015

Rio’s even sunnier

By Jav KIA’S updated Rio model, previewed at last year’s Paris Motor Show, has been given a light facelift for 2015.

The Rio was Kia’s best selling nameplate in 2013, and updated styling and interior features are tipped to maintain the popular model’s competitiveness, both in the UK and overseas.

The supermini features revised looks, new trim and improved standard equipment.

It also benefits from new front and rear bumpers, as well as a redesigned lower air intake.

The fog-light housings now feature twin chrome bars, while there’s a new number plate strip and restyled reflectors at the back.

Kia say the interior has also made a welcome jump in quality.

All versions now sport high-gloss black trim, while top-spec ‘3’ and ‘4’ models also boast a seven-inch touchscreen sat-nav.

DAB radio is standard on all Rio models, as are electrically-adjustable heated door mirrors.

Upgrade to the ‘1 Air’ and you’ll add all-important air-conditioning, but most buyers will opt for trims ‘2’ and above.

Buyers of this model gain 16-inch alloy wheels, front fog lights,

a cooled glove box and electrically adjustable folding door mirrors.

The ‘3’ spec adds 17inch wheels, automatic air-con, LED daytime running lights and rainsensing wipers.

Cruise-control, heated

front seats and tinted windows are also included.

The range-topping ‘4’ model, introduced last year, adds keyless ‘go’, an electric sunroof, heated steering wheel and leather seats.

In addition, every Rio comes with the same level of safety kit.

Electronic stability control, electronic brake-force distribution and hill-hold assist are all standard, as are a host of front, side and

curtain airbags. The engine line-up is unchanged, which means buyers get a choice of two petrol and two diesel units.

The most economical is the 1.1-litre diesel, with stop-start technology as standard.

The basic ‘1’, without air-conditioning, will provide a handsome 88.3mpg and emit just 86g/km of CO2, which makes it one of the most economical superminis on the market.

But even the more powerful 1.4 diesel will return more than 70mpg.

Prices start from £10,345 for the basic three-door petrol, some £900 more than before.

Th top-of-the-range five-door ‘4’ model ,with the 1.4-litre diesel engine, costs £17,445.

All, it’s a nice-looking range, and the basic model seems a snip at that price, even though it’s costlier than the previous edition.

New driving licence laws

By Emma at Motorworld

A WHILE ago, I informed readers of the imminent law changes relating to driving licences, which come into effect on 19th January.

Tráfico have now received official confirmation covering several points regarding the legislation to achieve unity with each of the 28 EU member states.

Firstly, until 19th January, 2015 licences

can still be inscripted, but this will cease on that date. Any inscriptions currently valid or processed before then will be legal until the licence’s expiry date, which differs, dependant on individual circumstances.

Secondly, for Spanish residents (those who hold a Certificado de Registro de Ciudadano de la Unión - Residencia), who have held them for more than two years, will be obliged to exchange their current EU licence for a Spanish EU version.

This is applicable to all licences with an expiry date longer than 15 years, or no expiry date at all.

Apart from superior

categories, in which the expiry date is longer than five years, this applies to UK licences as they do not expire until the holder is 70.

This is also applicable to renewals because a UK licence should not be renewed in the UK while the holder is resident abroad.

Tráfico has also stated that the law is applicable to those who currently hold an expired licence (be this just the photo, this is considered expired) or a licence set to expire shortly.

The application process hasn´t changed from before, and the licence still has to be verified in the country of origin before the exchange can take place.

However, all licence exchanges processed after 19th January will require a medical, regardless of the holder’s age or circumstances, though until now, this was age dependent.

But the documentation required is the same as before: *Certificado de Registro de Ciudadano de la Unión (Residencia) *In-date passport * Photo card driver’s licence or old paper licence *Photograph (DNI sized 32mm x 26 mm) *Medical certificate With regards to obtaining a medical, these must be applied for in the registered medical centres called Reconocimientos Médicos.

There are quite a few around and the medicals cost around 50 euros. There is, however, a slight issue with some medical centres when they issue the medicals.

There are two groups of medicals: 1 and 2.

Group 1 consists of categories AM, A1, A2, A, B, BE, while Group 2 consists of categories BTP, C1, C1E, C, CE, D1, D1E, D, DE. If you have a group 2 category on your licence, for example, a C1 category (for a small commercial vehicle), and you obtain a medical for Group 1 only, you will have to sign a declaration stating that you are renouncing any and all superior categories, and that you will

retain those categories covered only under Group 1 (such as cars and bikes).

It is important that when you go to the medical centre, you know what the highest category you require is and wish to keep, because all lower categories are automatically covered by a superior medical.

According to Tráfico, failure to comply will result in a fine, which they believe is around 200 euros.

As stated before, for this process and any other, a Trafico appointment is necessary if you are going yourself.

As always, if you have any questions, email me at emma@motorworldtenerife.com

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Puzzle Page

9th January - 15th January 2015

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 13th January 2015 and you’ll be in with a chance of winning.

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Competition

Last Week’s winner (Issue 883):Barbara Scent Please come up to the OasisFm / Canarian Weekly offices to pick up your prize. You have until 13th February 2015 to pick up and use your vouchers.

This week’s letters: E G I M N O R T W This week’s mystery clue: In the title of this 2005 romantic thriller by Andrea Kane, someone is at the wrong place at this (9 letters).

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Just enter the numbers 1 - 9 once in each row, column and 3 x 3 square within the sudoku X puzzle grid. In addition to standard sudoku, the numbers must only occur once in each side of the ‘X’ that is marked on the grid.

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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!

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History-maker Reyes our own darts king CRISTO Reyes, has put Tenerife firmly on the darting map.

Lots of top player regularly visit Tenerife but the man from La Laguna, stunned the darts world and made history by reaching the third round of the World Championship at London’s Alexandra Palace.

Amid a raucous atmosphere, he stamped his mark on the event by becoming the first Spaniard to progress so far in the William Hill event, having fought his way through the preliminary qualifier.

Unfortunately, his grand adventure came to a halt in the last 16 when he lost to eventual champion Gary Anderson after taking the first set.

But Reyes had already become the talk of the town after flattening Kevin Painter, one of the sport’s big names, in the second round.

The 27-year-old had to battle just to get to the world stage and he had to make his way through a field of 154 players in the Iberian Qualifiers just to reach the televised finals. But once at Ally Paly he made his mark. He beat

No.13 seed Wes Newton in the first round after a sudden-death shootout in the final leg, then stunned the player known as “The Artist”, battling back from 3-1 down to triumph 4-3 against the 2004 runnerup Painter.

Such was the huge upset that Reyes had to cancel his flight back to Tenerife, booked for the same night - and find somewhere to stay!

The Tenerife player, celebrating Spain’s finest moment in darts, said: “It’s incredible.

I’m speechless really. I will always fight right until the end, and even though I was 3-1 down, I was always going to fight until the last dart.

“Until the referee calls the final shot, I always think I can win, and until the last dart goes in,

I will always keep going - that’s the way I always play and that won’t change.”

He added: “All my friends are watching darts!”

Painter had an average of 90.22 against the Spaniard’s 88.41, but Reyes hit nine 180s and won the match on double six after taking the last set 3-0.

The No.20 seed, a sour loser, said: “I lost to a bloke with an 88 average.

It’s embarrassing, comical. I was in control all the way through it.

“I was 3-1 and cruising, but I never hit 60 with my first dart, which is what you need to do to punish the boys. But even though I was playing a qualifier, I gave the fellow respect.”

That victory guaranteed Reyes an £18,000 pay-day and will change his life forever after his

appearance in the last 16. That ensures his pro card and automatic entry into all the major events. His arrival at Alexandra Palace meant an opening night preliminary clash against Christian Perez, of the Philippines, which he won 4-0. And later that same evening he saw off Newton 3-2 in the first round proper.

But never in his wildest dreams could he have imagined playing Scotland’s Anderson for a quarter-final place, or even taking the opening set from him. And he did it without losing a leg whilst averaging 115.62.

Anderson said: “I was going all right but Cristo played well at some points. First set I thought, ‘here we go again, he’s going to pinch a couple of sets and it’s going to go a long way’, but I got the job done and that’s the main thing.”

Anderson went on to beat the great Phil Taylor - winner of 16 world titles - in a thrilling final at Alexandra Palace.

And the man from Tenerife will be rubbing shoulders with all the darting giants next season - without the pitfalls of having to qualify.

Three time world champion John Lowe who is on holiday here at the moment said “He did great didn’t he? He has put Tenerife on the map!”

Valencia kids hit jackpot VALENCIA won the XIX Torneo Internacional La Liga Promises tournament in Arona over the festive period.

The popular competition drew decent-size crowds and was full of famous faces, with Spain manager Vicente del Bosque among the interested observers.

Valencia’s kids triumphed in a competition which brings together the best football academies in the world. They beat Atletico Madrid 3-1 in the final, having previously eliminated Sevilla and Real Madrid in the knockout stages, and Espanyol and Chelsea in the group stage.

This event has produced household names and World Cup winners and, interestingly, Real Madrid’s Theo Zidane, son of Zinedine, was the tournament’s top scorer!

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A Sporting draw

By Roscoe CD Tenerife 1 Sporting Gijon 1 TENERIFE started the new year in good heart, thanks to a threematch unbeaten run before the Christmas break.

And after the visit of high-flying Sporting Gijon, they extended that sequence to four without loss.

In a fine contest, there was little to choose between the two sides.

It was easy to see how Sporting were in second place and, as they launched a spirited second-half fightback, you could see the spirit which has seen them go undefeated all season.

They have a nice blend of youth and experience.

They play good football, yet still have a sound defence. They look a class above everybody else, but Tenerife gave as good as they got.

The hosts have looked much more solid over the last six weeks, and there is no doubt the side are settled. There are good days ahead.

Despite all that, there are still some real problems. But as always, you need to focus on the positives first. Manager Position 1. UD Las Palmas 2. Sporting Gijon 3. Real Valladolid CF 4. Girona FC 5. Real Betis 6. SD Ponferradina 7. Real Zaragoza 8. CD Mirandés 9. AD Alcorcón 10. CD Numancia 11. Osasuna 12. CD Leganés 13. RCD Mallorca 14. Deportivo Alavés 15. CD Lugo 16. CD Tenerife 17. RC Recreativo 18. FC Barcelona B 19. Racing Santander 21. Sabadell 22. Albacete

another kid debutant.

There is a great story about Senegalese midfielder Younou Diop, who is like a teenage Patrick Viera, but that can wait for another day.

Saenz came in for Carlos Ruiz and handled himself well. He still needs to fill out - put on some muscle - and his positioning needs sharpening up. But it was a fine debut.

Tenerife took the lead through Diego Ifran’s gorgeous free-kick. He seems to be enjoying

his football and the season will revolve around his fitness. If he stays healthy, Tenerife will climb the table.

Which brings us to a negative. I dread to think what could happen if Ifran gets injured again, or if the red mist descends. We simply have no back-up. Chelsea loanee Uli Davila, a major disappointment, has been shipped out.

That leaves Aridane as the only other striking option, and he could leave. It’s no secret that Hercules want him, and if it’s not this Points PLD Won Draw Lost F A month, it will be in 39 19 11 6 2 34 17 June.

Attempts this week 37 19 9 10 0 25 13 to sign main transfer 35 19 10 5 4 28 14 target Chuli have flown 34 19 10 4 5 29 18 out of the window. Despite gaps in the squad 34 19 10 4 5 26 19 from the departures of 30 19 8 6 5 29 27 Jacobo, Juan Carlos Garcia, Ruso and now 28 19 7 7 5 29 28 Uli Davila, it seems we 28 19 8 4 7 20 20 can’t afford him.

28 19 8 4 7 23 25 It’s strange how, without four senior players, 25 19 6 7 6 29 26 we can’t afford one. The 25 19 7 4 8 25 29 Real Betis striker has now gone to Leganes, 23 19 6 5 8 19 19 who with all respect, are 23 19 6 5 8 26 28 not in the same “league” 23 19 5 8 6 21 23 as us.

A long-mooted move 23 19 5 8 6 21 24 for former favourite 23 19 6 5 8 16 21 Angel seems to have stalled, even though 20 19 5 5 9 20 27 he is not getting a kick 20 19 5 5 9 25 34 for Eibar. Another old 18 19 4 6 9 19 21 boy, Omar, has been released by Valladolid 18 19 5 3 11 24 32 and has been offered to 15 19 4 3 12 21 36 Tenerife. But we seem

Alvaro Cervera blooded another local kid, the 10th in just 18 months, and young centre-back Jorge Saenz did very well. He turned 19 in November, but the Cervera mantra is: “If you are good enough, you are old enough.”

Forget the Busby Babes, it’s more like Cervera’s Children in the Heliodoro.

Saenz is the kid brother of former striker German, who is currently at Las Palmas B in the third tier. And Saenz was nearly joined by

to have enough wide players at the moment.

That’s assuming Maxi Perez doesn’t leave.

He is said to be frustrated at the lack of minutes he plays. His cause would be aided if he played better and scored a few goals, of course!

Back to the match and Tenerife looked comfortable at halftime with their 1-0 lead.

Sporting were always going to roar back and Dani N’Di’s equaliser was well-taken. It was the Cameroon youngster’s first-ever senior goal - and it will not be his last. He caught the eye.

Both teams traded chances, but Carlos Abad, in front of scouts from Real Madrid, Newcastle and Liverpool, never really looked like getting beaten in goal.

The point keeps Tenerife in mid-table and the goal must be to reel in the seven points to that final play-off spot.

We are too good to go down.

This weekend it’s an old-boys reunion as we travel to Seville to face Real Betis. Managed by former Tenerife and WBA boss Pepe Mel, they are primed for a promotion charge. Nicely-placed in the playoffs, they have slowly been getting their act together over the last few weeks.

They have kept five clean sheets, partly thanks to the form of ex-Tenerife centre-back Bruno Gonzalez.

“It will be weird to face Tenerife, but I’m a professional,” he said in a press conference this week. “I keep in contact every week with those from Tenerife.

“It’s the first time I will have faced my former team. But I am Real Betis and we will have 30,000 fans, and that is amazing to play in front of.

“The goal is to get promotion. Over the last few weeks we have found the right formula. It’s working very well. We have had three coaches already, but Pepe knows what we need to do. When he was here before, he took the team from this league to European football.”

Bruno is, of course, correct and Real Betis under Pepe Mel were a joy to watch. He has already got the team settled, the fans onside and they are flying.

Most WBA fans wanted him to stay, and they wonder what he would have done for them this season. It’s been the same for Betis fans over the last year, but they are now finding out that a good manager is always a good manager.

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Ourplace take pride of place!

THE 18th of July is when Emerald Shamrocks hit top spot in Division 1 and stayed there - until now!

A poor run of form, culminating in a 7-1 thrashing by the Playboys, has seen them caught, and now overtaken by Fluff and his merry Ourplace men.

In fact, Shamrocks are now down to third with Trap Door breathing down their necks. Only Paul notched anything for the Shamrocks, hitting a 124 finish along the way, while Playboys’ Andy fired in his first maximum.

Gaffers A certainly can’t be ruled out be-

cause they put five past Sundowners and face the Playboys next. Emerald Lounge enjoyed a comfortable win over Clouseaus, and Picassos took the last rubber to draw at Naughty Nautas.

All four matches in Division 2 went down to last-leg deciders, and we even saw a bit of cross-dressing!

Quite why Bill and Davy turned out for the Playgirls is a bit of a mystery, but each to his own, I suppose. This somewhat dented The Palms promotion push, as they were held to a draw.

On the same theme,

PRemier division ResultS

BAR 180 A GAFFERS B TARGET TITANS THE PUB

4-4 3-5 6-2 7-1

TARGET ARMY PHOENIX BAR BAR 180 B VIKINGS ENSECAN

Waterfall Warriors captain Dave has been known to wear a kilt. Of course, nothing is worn under the kilt - it’s all in perfect working or-

der, as were the Warriors’ darts during a 5-3 success at Barracuda Hunters.

Chipeque Chippers nicked the trebles leg

for a win at The Rebels, and Phoenix Flights did likewise to beat Marilyns.

No doubting match of the day in the Premier League. It came at leaders Bar 180 A as they entertained second-place Target Army.

And it was a closelycontested affair, going right down to the last leg, taken by Target Army to tie things up at four apiece. Bossman Richard hit a maximum for the hosts, but still lost his singles 3-0.

Gaffers B hosted Phoenix Bar, with both sides fielding just four players. But I can assure you that a top

Division 1 ResultS

Division 2 ResultS

EMERALD LOUNGE 6-2 CLOUSEAUS NAUGHTY NAUTAS 4-4 PICASSOS A OURPLACE PLAYBOYS 7-1 EMERALD SHAMROCKS SUMMERLANDS P-P TRAP DOOR SUNDOWNERS 3-5 GAFFERS A

BARRACUDA HUNTERS PHOENIX FLIGHTS THE PALMS THE REBELS

night was had by all.

Now, the last time yours truly played Gaffers skipper Neil, the game took well over an hour! And no one was volunteering to chalk as the draw came out exactly the same. But with Neil in good form, we finished in time for last orders!

So, a 5-3 win for Phoenix Bar and a 7-1 victory for The Pub against Vikings Ensecan, which puts them within touching distance of third place.

Elsewhere, Target Titans proved to be too strong for Bar 180 B, running out 6-2 winners.

3-5 5-3 4-4 3-5

WATERFALL WARRIORS MARILYNS OURPLACE PLAYGIRLS CHIPEQUE CHIPPERS

Premier Division Table

Division 1 Table

Division 2 Table

Table P W D L F A +- PTS 1 BAR 180 A 16 13 2 1 99 29 70 99 2 TARGET ARMY 18 11 4 3 95 49 46 95 3 PHOENIX BAR 18 12 2 4 92 52 40 92 4 THE PUB 16 11 2 3 86 42 44 86 5 VIKINGS ENSECAN 16 7 3 6 69 59 10 69 6 TARGET TITANS 16 8 0 8 55 73 -18 55 7 GAFFERS B 18 4 2 12 53 91 -38 53 8 BAR 180 B 17 2 1 14 39 97 -58 39 9 BOOTHEN 17 0 0 17 20 116 -96 20

Table P W D L F A +- PTS 1 OURPLACE PLAYBOYS 20 15 3 2 108 52 56 108 2 GAFFERS A 21 14 3 4 104 64 40 104 3 EMERALD SHAMROCKS 20 14 2 4 103 57 46 103 4 TRAP DOOR 18 15 0 3 100 44 56 100 5 EMERALD LOUNGE 21 8 1 12 79 89 -10 79 6 NAUGHTY NAUTAS 21 4 7 10 74 94 -20 74 7 SUMMERLANDS 20 6 4 10 73 87 -14 73 8 PAS O NADAS 20 4 2 14 63 97 -34 63 9 CLOUSEAUS 19 5 2 12 60 92 -32 60 10 SUNDOWNERS 21 4 4 13 59 109 -50 59 11 PICASSOS A 19 5 4 10 57 95 -38 57

Table P W D L F A +- PTS 1 WATERFALL WARRIORS 21 15 4 2 111 57 54 111 2 CHIPEQUE CHIPPERS 20 14 2 4 98 62 36 98 3 THE PALMS 20 12 4 4 97 63 34 97 4 THE REBELS 19 10 1 8 81 71 10 81 5 PALMS SPORTS BAR 18 9 3 6 80 64 16 80 6 MARILYNS 19 7 2 10 80 72 8 80 7 BARRACUDA HUNTERS 16 5 2 9 56 72 -16 56 8 PHOENIX FLIGHTS 17 5 4 8 56 80 -24 56 9 SPEAR CHUCKERS 18 4 1 13 53 91 -38 53 10 OURPLACE PLAYGIRLS 18 0 1 17 32 112 -80 32

Boom Boom Abbott!

THE festivities are over for another year and we can now get back to normality - and back to regular football, as opposed to games seemingly every couple of days, not that we are complaining.

There was plenty of chopping and changing in the Oasis Fm Fantasy League, making it an interesting few weeks.

Looking at Game Week

20, though, which was the last point-scoring week before the FA Cup ties, the team of the week reflected Spurs’ fantastic result against Chelsea, with three players featuring; Southampton and Man City also had good performances, contributing two players each.

The rest of the team featured players from Aston Villa, Liverpool, Newcastle and Hull.

Prior to Christmas, Warren Wilson had held top spot for a few weeks, but his team didn’t perform well and he has now slipped to 8th po-

sition, 30 points off the lead.

Top of the pile is now occupied by Nick Abbott’s Boomtown Rabz, who hold a slender four-point lead over Harri Lobban’s Thunderstars.

Nick has been towards the top for most of the season, and it’s the third time he has topped the table. However, nobody is opening up a large gap, so there is still plenty to play for.

The league team of the week award goes to exTenerife resident Dan Lawton, whose Dan Utd team amassed a decent

tally of 74 points, assisted by Diego Costa and Harry Kane, who were both big point-scorers.

With just 100 points separating the top 30 teams, the table will chop and change a lot, and it really is all to play for.

The use of the captain’s armband could decide the final outcome and what is certain is that there are more upsets on the cards as we get down to the business end of the season.

In the battle at Oasis Fm Towers, it looks like a two-horse race be-

tween Chris Elkington and Adi Benson. They traded places several times in recent weeks and Chris just got his nose back in front by three points after the last week.

John Zammit is 56 points adrift and Roscoe is still bringing up the rear, some 132 points behind. I am sure he will find a nice spot for the wooden spoon!

Fantasy Football League 1. Boomtown Rabz

Nick Abbott

49

1057

2. Harri’s thunderstars

Harri Lobban

52

1053

3. Kingsmead Krunchers

Stephen Snook

38

1045

4. Coffee shop karma

Gordon Wilson

49

1036

5. Dan United

Dan Lawton

74

1034

6. Tiptoppers

Lesley Bradley

38

1032

7. Fc Twenty

Anthony Cracknell

38

1028

8. Crossfire Hurricanes

Warren Wilson

38

1027

9. Toffees

Frank Devaney

41

1026

10. Inter Malone

Ray Malone

65

1018

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Sport

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Gaffers’ rally pays off THE Direct Telecom pool league returned to action this week after the festive break, and at the top of the table it was business as usual.

But Gaffers A and Tenerife Hammers A were both made to work hard for their results.

Gaffers A, who still lead the way, were in action against Inn the Pink A, who fancied their chances of causing an upset. The first few games were tight affairs and it was soon 2-2, Pink then found an extra gear and, going into the final four games, they led 5-3 and the upset was on.

However, Gaffers are not league leaders for nothing and Neil rallied his troops. They took the final four games to get the win and three points, but it was a close thing.

Tenerife Hammers A, who are chasing hard, travelled to Amarilla Golf to play struggling Terrace Bar A. However, this wasn’t going to be a walk in the park for them as Terrace dug deep and produced some excellent pool, with all the games being tight.

Again, the upset didn’t come as Hammers got over the line with a 7-5 scoreline, although they admitted that Terrace A should have taken a point.

But it wasn’t to be, despite Marky P - back from his ever-growing holidays producing a seven-ball finish against Paul. If the Terrace lads can produce that form over the second half of the season, they will start to move up the table.

The Phoenix stole a march in the battle for third spot, with Inn

the Pink A losing. They now have a three-point lead over their rivals after recording a win over Exiles B. It was another close match, but Harry and his Los Abrigos team are proving difficult to beat and had enough in the tank to take this one.

Treehouse A, still in the mix as well for that coveted third spot, hosted the Peacocks on Tuesday night in what was another tight encounter.

Both sides had chances to get their noses in front., but the home team eventually triumphed and added another three points to their tally.

Terrace Bar B have lost ground on their rivals after a poor performance at the Waterfall Rebels. Without captain Finn to inspire them, they turned in a lacklustre performance.

But that’s not taking away from the Rebels, who played good, solid pool and are now starting to produce the results everybody expected of them.

It was derby night in Torviscas as Palms A faced off against Palms B for bar-bragging rights. The A team had the better start and were soon putting frames on the board at will. But then the match turned around.

Owner Shai must have told Bobby Baker to put something in the food as the A team wilted and the B team struck gold. With Stevie Geddes getting two frames back, the B team went from 5-2 down to 6-5 up.

The A team took the last frame to earn a draw and, after winning the first contest on the opening day, it means they have the season’s bragging rights!

Dreamers A, who always do better after the Christmas decorations come down, got

Division 2 results

Division 1 Results Exiles A Gaffers A Palms Bar A Terrace Bar A The Phoenix Treehouse A Waterfall Rebels The Phoenix Exiles B

4-8 Dreamers A 7 - 5 Inn The Pink A 6-6 Palms Bar B 5-7 Tenerife Hammers A 7-5 Exiles B 7-5 The Peacocks 9-3 Terrace Bar B 6-6 The Peacocks 6-6 The Peacocks

Division 1 Table

Table P W D L F A +- PTS 1 Gaffers A 17 15 2 0 146 58 88 47 2 Tenerife Hammers A 17 14 2 1 140 64 76 44 3 The Phoenix 17 10 3 4 115 89 26 33 4 Inn The Pink A 17 9 3 5 114 90 24 30 5 Treehouse A 17 9 3 5 108 96 12 30 6 Terrace Bar B 17 8 3 6 96 108 -12 27 7 Palms Bar A 17 6 5 6 105 99 6 23 8 Dreamers A 17 6 3 8 103 101 2 21 9 Phoenix Potters 16 7 0 9 94 98 -4 21 10 Palms Bar B 17 6 3 8 94 110 -16 21 11 Exiles A 16 5 5 6 92 100 -8 20 12 Waterfall Rebels 16 4 5 7 90 102 -12 17 13 Exiles B 17 4 5 8 94 110 -16 17 14 The Peacocks 16 3 6 7 85 107 -22 15 15 Tenerife Hammers C 16 4 2 10 74 118 -44 14 16 Terrace Bar A 16 2 2 12 73 119 -46 8 17 Atmosphere 13 14 1 2 11 57 111 -54 5

off to a winning start in 2015 after an away trip to Exiles A, despite suffering hyperthermia on a cold night in Silencio.

After thawing out, they let their pool do the talking and grabbed an excellent win on the road to move three places up the league.

In Division Two, it seemed as though the league leaders still hadn’t shaken off their hangovers, the Waterfall Jokers were in town and they were determined to have the last laugh in this fixture.

But try as the Sporting Jesters A might, they could not open up any sort of a gap as the Jokers took the match to the leaders. In fact, the Jesters had to dig deep to scramble a draw. The Jesters are still unbeaten and favourites to

secure promotion, but they still have work to do.

Bluebell A, their nearest challengers, kept up their own promotion charge with a win against Tenerife Pool Tables.

The TPT boys had been in decent form prior to Christmas but couldn’t carry it forward into the New Year.

James Place, in fourth spot, were not in action this week, which gave a chance for Gaffers B and Inn The Pink B to catch up. These two teams were in action against each other in what promised to be a great game, and it didn’t disappoint. It was difficult to separate the teams. but Inn The Pink B made home advantage count and they

Bluebell A Dreamers B Inn The Pink B Picasso’s A Sporting Jester A The Crown James Place

8-4 Tenerife Pool Tables 8-4 Next Door 7-5 Gaffers B 7 - 5 Sporting Jester B 6-6 Waterfall Jokers 4 - 8 Hoppys Bar 7-5 Next Door

Division 2 table

Table P W D L F A +- PTS 1 Sporting Jester A 14 12 2 0 127 41 86 38 2 Bluebell A 14 10 2 2 99 69 30 32 3 Waterfall Jokers 13 8 3 2 96 60 36 27 4 James Place 13 8 2 3 97 59 38 26 5 Gaffers B 14 7 3 4 101 67 34 24 6 Inn The Pink B 12 6 6 0 84 60 24 24 7 Hoppys Bar 14 7 2 5 92 76 16 23 8 Picasso’s A 13 5 2 6 78 78 0 17 9 Next Door 13 5 0 8 78 78 0 15 10 Tenerife Pool Tables 14 4 2 8 70 98 -28 14 11 Dreamers B 14 3 1 10 72 96 -24 10 12 Treehouse B 12 2 3 7 65 79 -14 9 13 Sporting Jester B 14 3 0 11 65 103 -38 9 14 The Crown 14 0 0 14 4 164 -160 0 did enough to edge a 7-5 victory.

Dreamers B have moved up the table nicely after picking up a good three points against Next Door bar.

This result should give them confidence moving forward, and they will be looking forward to their next game to keep the momentum going.

With Next Door losing, Picasso’s A moved up a place after beating Sporting Jester B. They now have Hoppy’s Bar in their sights and have the advantage of a game in hand.

In the night’s final fixture, we welcomed newcomers The Crown, who started their introduction to the league with a home fixture against Hoppy’s Bar. Unfortunately, there was no fairytale start for the Valle San Lorenzo team and league regulars Hoppy’s, always ahead, wrapped a 8-4 victory.

This week. we take a break from league action as we begin the Tenerife Pool Tables Cup. And there are a few cracking fixtures.

None are bigger than holders Tenerife Ham-

mers A’s trip to arch-rivals Gaffers A. It should be quite a contest.

There are potential upsets all over the place.

Sporting Jester A will look to scalp Dreamers A, while James Place should give Exiles A lots to think about.

Waterfall Jokers could shock Peacocks, while Next Door have nothing to lose against Terrace A. Tenerife Pool Tables Cup 1st round 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 Sporting Jester B Exiles B v Picassos Dreamers B v Atmosphere 13 Palms A v Treehouse B Sporting Jester A v Dreamers A The Crown v Phoenix Potters Bye: Bluebell A (Matches to be played on 13th Jan)

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By Adi Benson WHAT a great festive period in terms of the Premier League.

I am not an advocate of the winter break because I enjoy my Christmas and New Year football.

And also, because of the number of games teams have to play, it makes for some interesting results.

When heading into January, the league normally starts to become clear-cut at the top and bottom. But not this time around, it is still too close to call, which makes predictions even more difficult!

Last time, I was put in my place by Editor Roscoe, who beat me fair and square. So this week I’m trying to hit a target of six correct calls. Wish me luck!

Sunderland v Liverpool It wasn’t a particularly good period for Sunderland as they managed just four points from a possible 12. And although they are 14th in the league, they are only three points off the relegation places. They need to strengthen in January by finding a striker who can come in and score goals, which is what they are missing.

Liverpool fared better and were unbeaten, but a sloppy draw against Leicester highlighted the fact that they still have defensive problems. They believe they can snatch a Champions League spot, yet they are seven points off fourth place.

Prediction: Away win Burnley v QPR Burnley have been playing well of late, especially with decent draws against Man City and Newcastle. Those results should give them confidence going into the second half of the season, and they have also welcomed Sam Vokes back from injury. If he can start

Liverpool still so optimistic

scoring like he did in the Championship, they may survive, but they need to win this one.

Speaking of goalscorers, ex-Burnley player Charlie Austin has been in form for QPR and is responsible for quite a few of their recent points. They are still not great across the back but, with the transfer window, ‘Arry can do a bit of wheeling and dealing. Defeat at Burnley, though, could put them back in the relegation zone.

Prediction: Home win Chelsea v Newcastle Chelsea had been going about their business with confidence, and had a points cushion going into Christmas over rivals Man City. A draw with Southampton looked to have let City in, but they stuttered against Burnley so it was as you were. But a limp performance against Spurs cost them as City drew level on points and goal difference, so the league is well and truly wide open.

The majority of Newcastle fans got their Christmas wish as Alan Pardew left the club to join Crystal Palace, where he is somewhat of a club hero. Newcastle are now managerless and mid-table, but they are not in danger of getting dragged into the relegation battle, so their season so far

is probable viewed as a success.

Prediction: Home win Everton v Man City After the heights of last season, Everton fans are certainly experiencing a different time, especially as they are currently bottom of the form table and struggling for a result. The pressure is mounting on Roberto Martinez and, if he doesn’t turn things around quickly, they will fighting against relegation battle because they are just four points above the drop zone.

Man City have their tails up at the minute and are level on points with Chelsea at the top of the league. But, apparently, they still have a striker crisis.

They are also about to lose influential midfielder Yaya Toure as he goes off to the African Cup of Nations, but they have strength in depth and this shouldn’t affect them too much.

Prediction: Away win Leicester v Aston Villa The Foxes need a win or they are in real danger of being cast adrift at the bottom of the league. Their earlyseason form is just a distant memory, and the gamble on Ulloa seems to have backfired as the goals have dried up. They are dipping into the transfer

window early as they look to bring in another striker, but they are looking overseas when what they need is a proven Premier League goalscorer. This is a sixpointer for them.

Villa could also do with a win as they could also get dragged down.

Fortunately for them, there are several teams currently playing worse football. If Benteke can start scoring regular goals again they will be okay, but have they got the creative players to help him do this?

Prediction: Draw Swansea v West Ham Swansea have had a good season so far and are still in the hunt for a European place. But it looks like they will lose Wilfried Bony in the transfer window. His goals will be difficult to replace, and this could be a big blow for them.

We will now see how good a manager Garry Monk really is.

West Ham have gone off the boil a little lately and are starting to slip backwards through the league, But they are looking at one or two players in this window to shore things up.

They are playing good football and will create and score goals; I fancy them for a Europa League place.

Prediction: Draw West Brom v Hull The Baggies are

another club who recently parted company with their manager, but have they pulled off a masterstroke in getting Tony Pulis straight in? We saw what he did at Crystal Palace last season, but can he do it again with this squad of players? It looks like Berahino will be sold to raise funds for squad investment, but they are just a point off relegation and, if results this weekend go against them, they could drop down.

Hull are not much better off, but they will be buoyed by a couple of decent performances recently. This is a mustwin match for them - well, for both teams - and a result could see them take a big step towards safety.

Prediction: Home win Crystal Palace v Spurs When a new manager comes in, it normally lifts the team and results start to go their way, but can Alan Pardew have this effect, though? He has taken on a big task but he has an affinity for the club.

However, if they end up relegated, that could all go. The transfer window is open, but he needs a little time to assess his squad and see what he requires. But this could work against him.

Spurs will be full of confidence after an outstanding result

against Chelsea, and Harry Kane is in fine goal-scoring form. This game cannot come quickly enough for them. Yet they have a busy fixture list coming up because of European football, and that could prove costly.

Prediction: Away win Arsenal v Stoke Arsenal could miss out on a Champions League spot this season as their form continues to stutter. I have said before that Alexis Sanchez is carrying the team, and that has continued in recent games. His team-mates certainly need to pull their socks up! Wenger has let Podolski go, but will he spend the money and bring in the players the fans crave? I doubt it!

Stoke, who are hard to beat, have had some good results in recent matches. Their game is still physical and this will cause Arsenal problems. They have also been scoring goals and will fancy their chances of pulling a result off here.

Prediction: Away win Man Utd v Southampton United are sitting in third spot, but their fans are still not happy with their level of performances, and I have to agree, I think they are where they are because other teams are poor. That said, they have players coming back from injury, and they could prove pivotal to their season.

S o u t h a m p t o n struggled in their recent games against rivals, but they have had to play them again because of the way the fixtures came out. They got a good result against Arsenal and they will believe they can beat Utd. If so, they will move into third spot and really galvanise their chances of a Champions League place.

Prediction: Away win

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