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Policing levels at ‘crisis’ point Issue 890 20th February - 26th February 2015

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THE number of Guardia Civil officers responsible for the policing of the south of Tenerife is at a “worryingly low level”.

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Policing levels at ‘crisis’ point Continued from front.

The union that represents officers, The Unified Association of Civil Guards (AUGC) claims that staffing levels must be increased immediately to cover an overloaded burden on the police force.

The AUGC believes that the current squad of guards is insufficient to meet the needs of the main station, based in Las Americas.

This covers the entire municipality of Arona and the headquarters of Granadilla, which includes San Miguel, Granadilla and Arico.

In the Playa de Las Americas base, there are just 66 agents to cover an official population of 56,326. And, of course, that number doesn’t include holiday-makers.

In a statement this week, the AUGC in Santa Cruz demanded the number of agents be increased in southern Tenerife as a matter of urgency.

The union estimated that the number of staff employed in these units is insufficient to meet the needs of citizens.

A spokesperson said: “It’s wrong. Staffing levels have remained the same over the last few years, yet the population has expanded.

The demands for security is increasing and there is only so much we can do.”

AUGC believes that “in the main post in Las Americas, 66 agents are left to cover a registered population of 56,326 people.

“This is not counting the large floating population in this popular tourist town. As it stands, just on resident figures we have one policeman assigned to cover up to 853 people.”

And it is worth pointing out that the number of officers, 66, doesn’t tell the whole story. In the LA police station, there are 34 agents on call for Public Safety duty. This covers street

patrols, responding to situations and general law and order. The 34 includes officers on sick leave, or who are not serving for whatever reason.

These agents are then divided into the respective shifts and assigned to patrol the streets of the 13 villages which make up the municipality of Arona.

When you consider that there are three shifts a day, and days off every week, holiday time, fiesta holidays and unforeseen absences, it is easy to see why the AUGC is calling for an increase in numbers.

Taking away the 34 patrol officers, the other 32 are assigned to various departments.

Some are assigned to bureaucratic tasks in different offices in the Las Americas station.

It is understood that as many as 12 are nothing more than desk jockeys.

Of the rest, for example, the AUGC notes that just two police officers are assigned to the office of domestic violence. This section covers an average of 450 cases per year. With just two officers!

To highlight the problem this causes, the AUGC has revealed the Commissioner of the National Police for the South of Tenerife (whose district covers Los Cristianos, Playa

de las Americas, Costa Adeje, La Caleta, the district of Miraverde and Fañabé among others) has five officers to serve an average 100 cases of sex attacks each year.

The lack of staff is also replicated in the Granadilla station.

The AUGC claims the lack of officers and, especially, boots on the streets, has seen crime rise sharply in Arico.

The number of of-

ficers who patrol that town has been cut back to deal with problems in the bigger town of Granadilla. These cutbacks have not gone unnoticed by criminals and robberies - unsurprisingly, break-ins are soaring!

The reduced number of Guardia Civil at Tenerife South’s Reina Sofia airport has also been noted. The AUGC says there is an insufficient number of agents

to meet the needs of such an important airport and infrastructure for the Island.

The most serious problems arise at night, and there are just two guards to cover the entire terminal, according to the AUGC. And the difficulties for officers are not just confined to the over-stretched staffing problems in the south of Tenerife. In La Palma, the police force

does not have enough motorbikes!

It is understood that cops in Santa Cruz have been unable to do bike patrols because the machines have all been sent to their garage in El Fuerte, in Brena Baja.

This occurred after the main police garage in Santa Cruz suffered major structural damage which, in turn, caused damage to the bikes.

The force head decided that his staff had to use cars and vans only for the foreseeable future. It is also believed that the removal of bikes from the barracks happened over a month ago, but was kept quiet.

The Santa Cruz force has, firstly, to find the funds for the bike repairs and then, somehow, find the time and money to transfer the “bike cops” all the way to the new temporary depot and back, every single shift.

AND, somehow, they have to find cash in the already-depleted funds to repair, if possible, the damaged barracks.

The AUGC said: “We all knew about this problem. It needs major investment to the barracks.”

In Election Year, the subject of police-funding and numbers is sure to be a major talking point.

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Beheaded woman was left ‘powerless’ to halt assault THE 60-year-old woman beheaded in a Tenerife shop nearly four years ago was powerless to stop the “absolutely abhorrent” attack, an inquest heard this week.

Jennifer Mills-Westley, a retired road-safety worker, was shopping in a Los Cristianos shop in the Valdes shopping centre when she was brutally attacked on 13th May, 2011 by Deyan Deyanov.

Her daughter, Sarah Mills-Westley, who sat with other family members at Norfolk Coroner’s Court, Norwich, wept as gruesome details of the horrific incident were read out during the hearing.

Deyan Deyanov, a homeless, drug-addict from Bulgaria, was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia when he attacked Mrs Mills-

Westley, who lived on the Port Royale complex in Los Cristianos.

Coroner Jacqueline Lake read out excerpts of the jury’s verdict, saying Ms Mills-Westley, originally from Norwich, had been rendered defenceless by the brutality of the attack.

She added: “Mr Deyanov picked up a hamslicing knife from a shelf. He attacked her from behind, stabbing her repeatedly in the

neck until her head was completely severed.

“He then picked up her severed head and walked outside. Her capacity to react and defend herself, or even run away, was completely impaired by the defendant. He ensured he could kill his victim without any risk to himself.”

Ms Lake said postmortem reports showed Ms Mill-Westley bled to death. She added

that the court found Deyanov had been in an “acute” phase of his schizophrenia at the time, meaning he could not discern reality.

He was later sentenced to 20 years in a secure psychiatric unit in Seville following the attack. The coroner returned a narrative conclusion that Ms Mills-Westley died after an attack by a person she did not know, from which she could not de-

fend herself. “This was an absolutely abhorrent event,” she said.

The family would not comment as they left the inquest.

Deyanov had previously been admitted to the Ablett psychiatric unit at Glan Clwyd Hospital, Bodelwyddan, near Rhyl, in June 2010, while he stayed at a relative’s home in Flint, Wales.

An independent report, published by Healthcare Inspectorate Wales, concluded that there were “clear shortcomings” relating to the care provided in North Wales.

The report noted: “It is difficult to determine how these deficiencies may have directly influenced and led to the events of May 2011.

“However, we do believe that had the issues we identify within the report been addressed, the likelihood of such an incident occurring might have been significantly reduced.”

Sarah and her sister Samantha, said after

the report that had staff not missed his serious medical problems, their mother might still be alive today.

They added: “The Health Inspectorate of Wales report has highlighted a number of significant, basic, medical, best-practice failures.

These failings are far worse than we had imagined.

“We are shocked to learn that the clearlyprejudicial views of the medical staff severely compromised the diagnosis and, therefore, subsequent treatment of Deyan Deyanov.”

Immediately after the tragedy, Sarah said: “Mum retired a number of years ago and was fully enjoying her retirement, travelling between Tenerife and France, where she spent time visiting her daughter and grandchildren, and her other daughter in Norfolk.

“She was full of life, generous of heart, would do anything for anyone.”

Prime Minister of Justice MARIANO Rajoy, whose Government is backing “justice” to the tune of 77m euros, says it will revise court fees and increase the number of those seeking legal aid.

The Spanish Prime Minister, during a visit to the building works on the Courts of Justice in La Rioja, stressed that justice was “a cornerstone of the rule of law and a bastion of our well-being”.

He also said that La Rioja - an autonomous community and a Spanish province in the north of the Iberian Peninsula - falls within the European Union’s regional incentives.

During his visit to the building works taking place on the Courts of Justice there, Rajoy said they were an important example of co-opera-

tion between public authorities, involving the Ministry of Justice, the Regional Government of La Rioja and Logroño City Council.

“Without them, these works could neither be completed, nor enjoy continuity,” he added.

The budget for modernising Spàin’s justice system has risen to 77m euros, and Rajoy defended the need for “more user-friendly, more accessible, faster, more efficient and, above all, fairer justice”.

In terms of the reforms undertaken, Rajoy said: “They are already bearing fruit and will, in the future, be more plentiful and better.”

He stressed that the Draft Constitutional Law on the Judiciary, soon to be approved, “will strengthen the structural role of justice”.

And to ensure more user-friendly justice accessible to the needs of

all, he said: “The system of court fees will be revised and the number of beneficiaries of legal aid increased.

The PM also announced that the State will be provided with new instruments to combat certain criminal

offences, such as hatred and gender-based violence, and in the fight against corruption.

“From the Criminal Code to the Criminal Procedure Act, the idea is to undertake reforms so that justice is adapted to the present needs

of society,” he underlined.

“A clear commitment will also be made to modernisation, and to the implementation of new technologies in the administration of justice.

“In 2015, for the first time, we have increased the budget allocated by the Ministry of Justice to these items to a total of 77m euros, while we are also increasing the number of prosecutors and judges - and this important!”

Rajoy also said: “The Government has fought a successful battle in Europe, so that La Rioja participates in the system of regional incentives on the new map of regional aid, approved by the European Commission, which is unprecedented.

“This means that 61 municipalities in this region, and more than 40% of the population, will benefit from aid to their companies to in-

centivise investment and job creation.”

In relation to the floods recently affecting La Rioja - especially in the areas of Calahorra and Alfaro - he said various authorities, including the La Rioja Regional Government, were already working to repair the damage caused.

He said his Government, in the near future, will approve a royal decree “to process aid in the swiftest and most effective manner possible”.

Finally, Rajoy said: “La Rioja and the city of Logroño have been able to become benchmarks in terms of citizen well-being and social progress in the eyes of the people of Spain.”

He added: “The whole population of La Rioja should feel proud because their region has achieved worthy prestige, having found a way to combine economic development and quality of life.”

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Scotsman’s festival gore A SCOTTISH man felt the sharp end of a set of horns during a bullfighting festival in Spain.

The man, who has not been identified, was participating in Ciudad Rodrigo’s Carnaval del Toro festival when he became one of three men gored by a bull. An American and a Spaniard from nearby Salamanca were also injured.

Of the trio, 20-year-old Benjamin Miller, from Georgia, was hurt most seriously.

It took a three-hour

operation to repair damage to his thighs, sphincter and back muscles, and he is recovering in a hospital’s intensive-care unit.

It is understood that Mr Miller was gored and tossed by a large fighting bull last Saturday, the festival’s opening day.

Fiestas featuring bulls are common in Spain, and critics and aficionados agree that the events, which attract international audiences, are dangerous.

Town Councillor Pedro Munoz said that up to 50,000 people were attracted over the weekend to the four-day fiesta, which included

afternoon bullfights and bull-running events.

Ciudad Rodrigo, with a population of 14,000, is a

small cathedral city close to the Portuguese border. It is a popular tourist destination.

It retains its ancient defensive walls and was the site of key battles between Napoleon’s army

and British forces under the command of the Duke of Wellington from 1810 to 1812.

Los Cristianos Craft Market LOS Cristianos hosts a Multicultural Craft Market tomorrow (Saturday), organised by Arona Tourist Board.

The all-day event, from 10am until 6pm, takes place outside the Cultural Centre and has 40 stands. But it’s not

a one-off because plans have already been made for a similar market on 28th March.

Tourism Minister Evelin Santos said: “The intention is to merge traditional Canarian manifestations, such as pottery and basketry,

with expressions of different cultures.”

Plenty of gastronomy stalls are planned, along with musical performances and a traditional games’ workshop.

There will also be a few parallel events from 11am, including a musi-

cal performance by the Senegalese community of Arona, and the “South Group” occupying the stage at 4pm.

Santos added: “The Craft Market will be multicultural and is part of a revitalisation plan for the historic

town and the region of Arona.

“The project has come at the request of the commercial sector. And after several meetings with businessmen, tour operators and agents, we opted for this initiative, which should

excite tourists and our visitors.

“With 40 stands, this will reflect the quality of handicraft products of our land, and combine with workshops and musical performances, which enrich our tourism product.”

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This is your captain speaking, - I’m flying with my daughter

IT was deemed a fluke, but Captain Peter Elliott flew to Tenerife with the co-pilot he knows best of all - his daughter Laura!

The 59-year-old pilot, who has clocked up more than 15,500 hours of flying time, made a special announcement recently to passengers travelling from Birmingham to Tenerife to tell them who was seated beside him.

Senior First Officer Laura Elliott has been flying for six years, but had never before worked with her father, who inspired her to fly by getting her a trial flight for her 18th birthday.

“It’s a dream come true, even if Dad was still checking up on me,” said Birmingham-based Laura.

The father-daughter pairing at the controls was definitely a fluke, but 30-year-old Laura hopes

to fly with her father again before he retires.

It seemed unlikely the pair would ever co-pilot the same aircraft because Laura learned to fly on Airbus planes when she joined the company in 2009, while her father flew Boeings.

However, when Laura took a break from Thomas Cook to work for another company, her father retrained to work on the Airbus fleet, enabling them to pair up eventually.

“Until that trial flight, becoming a pilot was never something I had considered, even though Dad had been a pilot since before I was born,” she said.

“But I was already preparing to go to university, so I headed off to study sport and exercise science, like I’d always planned.

“It was only when I graduated four years later that I considered following in my Dad’s footsteps. “I applied for a flying course and spent

14 months in southern Spain getting my licence, and then I started with Thomas Cook in 2009.”

Proud Peter, a training captain for 23 years, revealed to his passengers aboard the Airbus that the 6th February flight was particularly special for him because his daughter was beside him.

“Dad and I are really similar,” added Laura.

“He hadn’t planned on being a pilot at the beginning, either. He was an accountant before, but Mum encouraged us both.”

They are the first father-daughter team at Thomas Cook, but that doesn’t surprise Laura.

“Female pilots are still very unusual,” she admitted.

“The airline industry is still a bit of a mystery for some people and nationally, just 3% of pilots are women.”

The father-daughter flying duo found themselves in the cockpit together because of a

quirk in the roster. But after a hassle-free flight, both said they hoped to fly together again.

Laura said: “I thought Dad would have retired by the time I got back to work with Thomas Cook, so we thought we’d never get the opportunity.

“But after just a year I went back to the company and, in my time away, Dad had retrained on the Airbus.

“It was only my second flight back and it just popped up on the rota that we were due to fly together, simply by chance.

“It was quite a surprise because Dad’s based in Birmingham and my base is East Midlands Airport. But when we realised, I was so pleased that I’d finally get to fulfil my wish.”

Laura confessed to being nervous, initially, flying with her father and said it was like going for a driving lesson with him.

She passed her test with flying colours!

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The buffalo theory

THIS week, I met up with a couple of people who lived in Tenerife “back in the day”.

The general topic of conversation was how much the Island had changed.

I’m sure most will agree that Tenerife is improving all the time and is streets ahead of where it was 10, 15 or even 20 years ago. “The Wild West” days are long gone, taking a host of bars, venues, outlets and Brits with it.

There is no doubt that the last eight years have been harsh for our community and there are considerably fewer bars, restaurants and Brits living here.

I have all the sympathy in the world for those who have lost homes or businesses. But as we start to see the green shoots of recovery, it may well be a long-term blessing.

As I thought of this, my mind sprung to an urban myth. I’m a massive fan of TV show Cheers. And even though he never said it, the ‘words’ of the bril-

liant Cliff Clavin came to me when I thought of the “Tenerife natural selection” situation.

“Well, you see, Norm, it’s like this. A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it’s the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first.

“This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members.

“In much the same way, the human brain can operate only as fast as the slowest brain cells.

“Now, as we know, excessive intake of alcohol kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first.

“In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine.

“And that, Norm, is why you always feel smarter after a few beers!”

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Dear Editor, Having spent several winter holidays in Los Cristianos, I have observed the huge rise in the number of places renting out mobility scooters to healthy people of all ages.

At times, the seafront walkway from Los Cristianos to Adeje resembles a race-track, with people of all ages going as fast as they can. One day, someone will be killed or seriously injured, unless the Council and local police put a stop to it.

For the enlightenment of D. Brunton, featured in last week’s letters’ page, the seafront walkway was not built for the use of these things. There are notices in Spanish in several places along the walkway that state it is for pedestrians only.

Clearly, D. Brunton either can’t read Spanish or, like so many others - including huge numbers of bicycle riders - just ignore them.

There are many bars, restaurants, shops, supermarkets et al, not on the walkway, so it’s not true to say that those who genuinely need to use a mobility scooter will be deprived of such services.

I have an 80% War Disability Pension, which includes deafness in both ears, and I have 40% vision only, so I can neither hear or see these things very well.

I am sure that many other pedestrians on the walkway have visual, audio and mobility problems, but choose not to, or who can’t afford to rent these things.

And having these machines on what is supposed to be a pedestrian-only walkway causes them problems that should not be there.

The Council and police should enforce the regulations and crack down on mobility scooters being used on the walkway, and prevent them being rented out to joyriders, or people too bone-idle to walk.

From what I can see, a bit of walking would do some of these people a lot of good.

These machines should be rented out to those with a genuine need for them only, and not to idlers or joy riders. And those hiring them should have to produce a doctor’s letter, complete with doctor’s name, surgery address and phone number, so that spotchecks can be made.

Otherwise, the wasters and joy riders will simply present fake letters to enable them to carry on using these things.

Sean Dobson, Bury, Lancs

Dear Editor After last week’s letter about the local police and their “one rule for one and one rule for another system”, I agree with what was said.

I believe the outlook of Adeje Council and the local police seems to be small-minded and concentrated towards the big hotels, with no consideration to smaller businesses and bars, which are just as important to tourism.

However, I strongly disagree with his comments about Kaluna Beach Club.We are also receiving constant denuncias, most of which we suspect are being placed by jealous bar-owners, or miserable people who do not want to see the area moving forward or developing.

We have the sensation of being persecuted by the local police, even though we are constantly requesting licences to put on special events, which we have to pay for accordingly.

When we have actually complained to the police and asked why other places are allowed to have live music and we are not, we are told by them to place a denuncia against the other businesses, which is obviously something we would not do.

I find this very petty. I do sympathise with all the other bars and small businesses experiencing the consequences of this smallminded attitude and am, albeit reluctantly, happy for those who seem to get away with it!

I just wish I knew their secret!

Paula

Get well Stephanie!

THIS weekend’s eagerly-awaited Mediumship night at Showtime has been cancelled as Stephanie Carr is unable to fly to Tenerife.

At the start of the week, she suffered a blood disorder, which has spread to her ankle.

Her doctor denied her permission to fly and she will spend the next few weeks on medication to fight the problem. Stephanie told us: “I’m so sorry for everyone who had tickets. I hate having to cancel an event, but I feel awful and this has knocked me for six. But I’m looking forward to getting better and coming to Tenerife really soon.”

Showtime’s Chris Elkington was equally disappointed. “There is nothing we can do about it,” he said. “Stephanie has had this problem since the start of the week, but she was hop-

ing it would be swiftly resolved so she could fly over and do the event.

“But the doctors have told her she cannot fly as the ankle is badly swollen, and I respect that.

It’s a shame because we were literally sold out!

But we will reschedule, and I know that Stephanie is looking forward to coming over as soon as she is well enough.”

Tickets booked online will be automatically refunded. Those who have actual tickets should go to the offices of Oasis Fm in Las Chafiras for a full refund.

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Win a Fred. Olsen Cruise!

FRED. Olsen Cruise Lines and Tenerife Sunshine Travel, a British-owned travel agency based in Tenerife, have been working together for over three years.

As the exclusive partner for Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines in the Canary Islands, Tenerife Sunshine has an excellent understanding of the Fred. Olsen experience.

Fred. Olsen’s fleet of four cruise ships - Black Watch, Braemar, Boudicca and Balmoral - are ideally suited to the traditional British cruise guest, with everything on board priced in pounds sterling, which adds a definite of “home-from-home” feel throughout the fleet.

All four ships offer a friendly and welcoming “country house” atmosphere, where friendships are forged with fellow guests and crew alike.

Fred. Olsen ships offer a relaxed and informal style of cruising, yet retain those aspects that make a cruise such a “special” form of holiday, such as dressing for formal dinner evenings.

Tenerife Sunshine and Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines have decided to partner with Tenerife Sur Lions Club to offer one lucky winner a cruise for two people.

Raffle tickets, to win the prize, are available for one euro each and can be purchased at all Tenerife Sunshine travel offices, as well as at the Lions’ Costa del Silencio and Los Cristianos charity shops.

All proceeds will go to-

wards local Canary Island charities, and the lucky winner will be informed on 12th April.

The prize on offer is Fred. Olsen’s five-night “Sea is for Comedy” cruise. The winners will spend five wonderful, laughter-filled days at sea on board the 929-guest Braemar, on a leisurely cruise from Southampton to Tenerife.

They will enjoy all the fantastic facilities on board Braemar, and there is a great line-up of performers, offering a range of comedy styles.

From start to finish, the cruise is set to be a blast - a journey filled with good humour and a wonderful atmosphere on a never-to-be-forgotten holiday.

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines and Tenerife Sunshine will be hosting some exciting cruise information events very soon - next week, in fact!

You will be guided through the Fred. Olsen Cruise experience, given an insight into how this company runs a few things a little differently from the norm, and you will also be informed of

the Tenerife departure programme for next Winter at the following venues: On Wednesday, at Paddy´s Lounge Restaurant, in the centre of

Los Gigantes, at 3pm; Thursday at the Winter Gardens Bowling Club, on Golf del Sur, at 1pm, followed by Manhattan’s Bar, in the Passarella Centre, Los

Cristianos, at 5pm. Although these are FREE events, pre-booking your place is essential.

For more information on how to book your place at one of

the cruise information events, or to purchase a raffle ticket, please contact Tenerife Sunshine on +34 922 751867 ext.1, or email info@tenerife sunshine.com

The search for Ben never stops BEN NEEDHAM was just 21 months old when he went missing during a family holiday on the Greek island of Kos in 1991.

And despite more than 300 possible sightings and the occasional raised hopes over the years, Ben, born on 29th October 1989 and now 25 if still alive, has never been found.

His 42-year-old mother Kerry, from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, has always maintained her son was probably abducted and is alive.

She has now written a message on her web-

site asking anyone who thinks he might be Ben to get in touch.

The message, also translated into Greek, reads: “This is a direct appeal to anyone who is around 25 years old and possibly living with a family who you look nothing like, I beg you to get in contact with me.

“I promise to cause no problems for your family, who you live with. I just want you to know the truth about what happened to you, and to know you are healthy and happy.

“A simple DNA sample can be taken from you without causing any distress to anyone. So, if you think you were

born in 1989 and you have blue/grey eyes and a possible birthmark on your leg, YOU could be Ben! “Twenty-three years have gone by, Ben, and I love you just as much today as I did the day you were born. Please, anyone, get in touch and end all this pain your family feel living without you.”

Last month, the Home Office agreed to fund a team of British detectives to help search for Ben after South Yorkshire Police asked for financial help to follow up information the family believe has never been investigated properly.

The funding is for the fi-

nancial year from April 2015 and totals up to £700,000.

Ben’s family want police to investigate leads, which include a file they have handed in that lists eight separate sightings from unconnected people of a boy with the same Greek family, who could, potentially, be Ben. The Home Office backed a police operation in 2012 when land was excavated on Kos, near the farmhouse where Ben went missing. But no trace of him was found.

Last year, sadly, a DNA test on a young man featured in video footage shot in Cyprus proved negative.

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Carnival curtain THE Santa Cruz carnival comes to its grand finale this weekend after another highly-successful event.

Attendances have been above expectation at the various competitions, and large crowds swelled the streets for the night-time street celebrations.

The Island celebrated with a fiesta Bank Holiday on Tuesday, and tens of thousands enjoyed the sensational parade.

There is still a weekend of festivities to go before the curtain falls.

The carnival season then switches to Candelaria, before the Los Cristianos celebrations begin on 3rd March.

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Dance performances by major orchestras Children Coso Hours: 18:00 Location: Avenida Francisco La Roche The Song of Laughter Hours: 20:30 Location: Teatro Guimerá Dancing with performances by major orchestras Location: SCENARIO AVENUE PLAZA FRANCISCO LA ROCHE Hours: 23:00 – 00: 30h LEED JACKS Hours: 00:30 – 01: 00h CANARY SOUL Hours: 01:00 – 01: 15h Hours: 01:15 – 03: 15h RAY CASTILIAN Hours: 03:15 – 05: 00h DJ JAMES Location: SCENARIO PLAZA LA CANDELARIA Hours: 23:00 – 23: 30h ANIMATION Hours: 23:30 – 00: 30h SUPER 5 Hours: 00:40 – 01: 50h ORCH. DINACORD Hours: 02:00 – 03: 30h MOISE GLEZ & HIS ORCHESTRA Hours: 03:30 pm – 05: 00h ORCH. DINACORD Location: PLAZA DEL PRINCIPE Hours: 23:00 – 01: 00h ORCH. GOMERAY Hours: 01:00 – 03: 00h

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Adeje cemetery upgrades ADEJE Council has invested more than 3,500 euros on renovating various cemeteries in the borough.

Councillor Esther Rivero Vargas, responsible for the area’s cemeteries, has spelled out what improvements have been carried out in recent months.

“We are working in the best way possible to upgrade these areas used by people during very emotionally-difficult times,” she said.

“For that reason we want to make these changes, and we have bought new furniture and equipment (for the rooms used by the families in mourning before a funeral, etc.) as well as carrying out small repairs where necessary in each of the cemeteries.”

Included in the work completed was the renovation of fire extinguishers, new kitchen fittings, modern and comfortable furniture, heating and air-conditioning as well as other improve-

Nine priests avoid sex-abuse justice POPE Francis will be none too pleased that a Granada court in Granada has dropped charges against nine of the 10 Catholic priests accused of sexually abusing an altar boy.

ments. Each of the borough’s crypts has a small kitchen area, bathrooms and a room where family and friends will spend time together in the day and night before the funeral, often sitting with the coffin of the deceased.

Councillor Vargas added: “The mainte-

nance of these areas is hugely important because they offer an essential service during what can be very sensitive times for the affected families, suffering the death of a loved one.

“And bearing that in mind, we see it is very important that these

areas are in the best possible condition to give people the comfort they need at this time.”

Cemeteries which have been spruced up were those in Fañabe, Armeñime, Tijoco La Hoya and the one at Tijoco Alto (Cultural Centre).

The pontiff had intervened in the case, urging an investigation.

And last November, he even telephoned the alleged victim, now aged 24, to offer his apologies.

But the charges, which included “sexual abuse with penetration, exhibitionism and concealing evidence” were wiped out because the crimes fell within the statute of limitations.

Charges were also dropped against two laymen accused in the case.

The abuse is alleged to have taken place between 2004 and 2007.

The Granada court said 11 of the 12 suspects would not be charged because too much time

had passed between the alleged crimes and the complaints being made.

Yet the lawyer representing the main accuser said his client had been unable to report the crime until he had moved out of Granada.

Following the Pope’s call to the alleged victim, the Archbishop of Granada, Francisco Javier Martinez, and fellow priests, prostrated themselves in front of the altar of Granada’s cathedral to seek pardon for sexual abuse in the Church.

Many survivors of abuse by priests are angry at what they see as the Vatican’s failure to punish senior officials, who have been accused of covering up scandals. Yet the pontiff has pledged zero tolerance of child sex-abuse.

Last July, Pope Francis begged forgiveness from the victims of sexual abuse by priests, and condemned the Church’s “complicity” in hiding the “grave crimes” committed by clerics.

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Floating weatherman is sunk without trace

TELEVISION’S former “floating” weatherman, Fred Talbot, is a pervert, says a jury at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court.

The 65-year-old was this week found guilty of indecently assaulting two teenage boys when he was a schoolteacher.

He was cleared of eight other indecent assault charges, but it can now be reported that a number of similar complaints against Talbot have been passed by police to the Procurator Fiscal about alleged offences said to have been committed in Scotland.

Until now Talbot, from Bowdon in Greater Manchester, was best known for presenting the weather forecast on a floating map in Liverpool’s Albert Dock for ITV’s This Morning programme.

He was accused of abusing four former pupils at Altrincham Grammar School, in Greater

Manchester, and a fifth schoolboy from the Newcastle area.

Talbot, remanded in custody for sentencing on 13th March, was told

by Judge Timothy Mort that his sentence should start immediately, bearing in mind his “abuse of trust”.

The Edinburgh-born, former ITV star, displayed no obvious reaction while the verdicts were read, and he nodded at the judge as he was taken down to the cells.

He had denied abusing boys aged 14 to 17, but

was found guilty of two counts relating to former pupils at Altrincham Grammar School on canal boat trips.

The jury heard that Talbot staged a naked orgy involving 10 drunken schoolboys on a canal barge.

He was said to have asked some of the pupils to pretend they were girls and lie on top of each other as photographs were taken.

One victim, who said he thought he was 14 at the time, said Talbot abused him after he was told to share a bed with him.

Another boy was abused on another barge trip in similar circumstances. He said boys would take turns to sleep in Talbot’s bed during the trip. And when it was his turn, Talbot “started talking to me about sexual stuff”.

The incidents are said to have taken place on school trips in the Sev-

enties. Talbot was also questioned by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) about a serious sexual assault, allegedly committed on a former pupil. But the matter was withdrawn after the complainant died.

Talbot worked as a biology teacher at the boys’ school until May 1984.

But the court heard his teaching career came to “an abrupt end” following an indecent proposal he made to two pupils he invited to his home to look at his telescope.

The jury heard he was said to have been “obsessed” with teenage boys throughout his teaching career and “could not help himself around them” when under the influence of drink.

During the investigation, police seized a number of diaries Talbot kept during his teaching career. They

found entries “highly suggestive of inappropriate behaviour”.

Det Con Chris Doggart, of GMP, said: “Talbot was an extremely popular and well-liked individual - both as a celebrity weatherman and formerly as a science teacher - who earned not only the trust and adulation of many of his peers and pupils, but also much of the nation.

“Now, he has been exposed as an opportunistic sex offender, and that reputation is, rightly, in tatters. He seized upon opportunities he had orchestrated.

“Even when he was not committing offences against the two vulnerable young boys, his behaviour was wholly inappropriate and so far removed from his duty as a teacher to nurture and safeguard those under his care that it really does defy belief.”

The investigation be-

gan in December 2012, following publicity into a separate, historical abuse inquiry at another Altrincham school, St Ambrose College, which led to a nine-year jail term for the Rev Alan Morris, an ex-teacher.

Nazir Afzal, chief prosecutor for the North West of England, said Talbot’s offences were a “gross betrayal” of the trust placed in him.

“Parents and pupils saw him as a popular, likeable teacher, who was willing to give up his time to take children away on school trips,” he added.

“In fact, he used those situations as opportunities to sexually assault two teenage boys.”

In a statement, Altrincham Grammar School for Boys said: “These awful events took place over 30 years ago and, naturally, our thoughts go out to those former pupils subjected to this abuse.”

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Those official answers from Canary officials THE British Consulate, the Healthcare Team and representatives from local authorities are staging public meetings throughout the Canary Islands, with answers to all those niggling questions.

These will almost cer-

tainly include healthcare queries, how to register on the “padron”, lost or stolen passports, and many more.

Officials will be installed at the Auditorio Infanta Leonor in Los Cristianos on Wednesday (25th Feb) in time for a 6.30pm start.

Hopefully, they will have recovered their breath after visiting Lanzarote and Fuerteventura the previous day. A spokesperson says: “Don’t miss out on this opportunity and let us know in person what your concerns are. We are all ears.”

Canarian beaches get the thumbs up THREE Canarian beaches have been voted into Spain’s top 10, but there was no place for those in Tenerife.

The beaches of Las Canteras in Las Palmas, Cofete in Morro Jable (Fuerteventura) and Papagayo (Lanzarote) have been cho-

sen by Tripadvisor users. Las Canteras has been described by users as “the best beach in the world”, “An exceptional urban paradise” and “the most beautiful beach city in the world”.

And Cofete attracted similar praise, being hailed as “an amazing beach destination”, “a paradise” and “has a

stunning and amazing landscape”.

Of the Papagayo it was said to be “the jewel in the Lanzarote crown”, “a real gem” and “one corner of heaven”.

In Spain nationally, the best beach is Illetas beach in Formentera.

This is ranked as the fifth best beach in the world.

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Carry on cockfighting!

C O C K F I G H TING in the Canaries, which has been protected under a cultural heritage legal clause,will not be banned, thanks to the Spanish Government.

The ruling Popular Party (PP) in Congress ruled out a text from the proposed penal code reform which would have banned the blood sport, to the relief of organisers.

Catalan Republican Left (ERC) law-makers had submitted two amendments calling for severe penalties, including six months to two years in prison, for those convicted of organising cockfights.

The leftists wanted up to two-year jail sentences for those involved in running the shows.

The Canary Islands and Andalusia are the only two Spanish regions where the age-old betting sport is legal.

The 1991 Animal Pro-

tection Law permits it by acknowledging it as part of the archipelago’s culture, going back some 500 years.

As with bullfights, though, this has not stopped the heated debate between animal rights groups and organisers.

Pedro Hernández, a member of the campaigning NGO El Gincho, believes that this “chapter in history” needs to be closed.

“We cannot keep falling back on the argument that it is a tradition when we are talking about the lives of animals,” he said. “In the same way that our society has changed its values toward the environment, it also changed its opinions when it comes to the lives of animals.”

Manuel Ojeda, a 55-year-old resident of Telde, Gran Canaria, has been raising roosters all his life - just like his father before him - and has passed down the tradition to his sons.

He calls it “a gentleman’s sport”.

Mr Ojeda, who owns about 70 fighting birds. adds: “Roosters have an instinct to fight, which is carried in their genes.

“They begin fighting with their brothers when they are small,

and we have to keep on separating them so they won’t hurt themselves.”

Roosters are ready to fight from the age of about 18 months. Some can lose their eyes in the ring, and one in 10 dies

after a match. “If we didn’t hold these fights, the Canary fighting rooster species would become extinct,” argues José Luis Martín, President of the Canary Cockfighting Federa-

tion, which comprises some 700 members.

“There is no species because it doesn’t possess any distinctive phenotypes - they are only products of continuous inbreeding.”

But María Luisa Fernández, Vice-President of the Veterinarians Association of Tenerife capital Santa Cruz, rejects that argument.

He says: “There is no such species because it doesn’t possess any distinctive phenotypes; they are only products of continuous inbreeding.”

The penal code reform has now reached the Senate, where the ERC will have another chance to include the cockfighting ban as part of the new law. But the lobbying efforts against it will continue.

José Luis Martín plans to write to the Senate explaining his position, and will try to persuade law-makers that cockfights cannot be compared with “dog-fighting.”

He stresses: “Our sport is legal.”

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Japan’s Yen for jeopardy!

JAPAN, the world’s thirdlargest economy, came out of recession in the last quarter of 2014, but it’s not as good as it sounds.

There really was a downside because, although the economy expanded by an annualised 2.2% in the three months to December, forecasts predicted a 3.7% increase.

But at the least the country’s growth in that period came after it had contracted in the two previous quarters.

Japan has actually been recovering from a sales tax hike, which dampened spending.

The economy grew 0.6% in the period from the previous quarter, but that also fell below forecasts of 0.9% growth.

The data showed a fragile recovery in the country where consumer sentiment remains soft, even after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delayed a second increase to the sales tax, set for

this October. Private consumption, accounting for some 60% of the economy, increased 0.3% in the fourth quarter, which again, was less than the 0.7% rise expected by economists.

Glenn Levine, senior economist at Moody’s Analytics, said exports

“added solidly” to economic growth, accounting for about half of the expansion, while the rest of the economy remained relatively subdued.

Exports rose 2.7% in the fourth quarter compared with the third quarter, while imports were up 1.3%.

But one quarter of positive Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth is not a trend-setter.

So, nearly two years after Abe’s economic policies, what has really changed?

Vast sums have been thrown in to the Japanese economy, which has forced two big im-

pacts. It has pushed up real estate and stock prices, and forced down the value of the yen.

The first has made rich Japanese richer and the second has made big Japanese exporters wealthier. But it has stopped there.

There has been virtually no trickle-down of cash to the rest of Japan. Stagnant wages and rising prices throughout most of 2014 mean that most of the Japanese people actually feel poorer.

One ray of hope is that unemployment has fallen to just 3.5%, and a tightening labour market could finally force Japan’s corporations to start parting with some of their vast cash piles via real wage increases.

But that is unlikely to happen.

The most disappointing component of the GDP figures was the “paltry” increase in business investment.

Moody’s Mr Levine said: “Japan’s corporate sector is enjoying record profit levels and sits atop a mountain of cash, with export-facing

firms, in particular, benefiting from better export sales linked to the cheaper yen.

“Yet so far, firms have been reluctant to deploy any of this cash and invest in additional capacity.”

This “issue of confidence”, added Mr Levine, shows that companies do not believe the domestic economy is improving, which is a reflection of whether Prime Minister Abe’s economic policies, termed “Abenomics”, are succeeding.

Japan’s weaker-thanexpected growth comes despite a series of stimulus measures by its government.

In December, the government approved an £18.8bn stimulus package to help businesses and consumers, just two weeks after the Prime Minister’s victory in a snap election.

Yet markets reacted positively to the growth figures, with the benchmark Nikkei 225 hitting a near eight-year high of 18,047.07 in early trade - its highest level since July 2007.

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IF you’re living in Spain, or thinking about moving to our sunny shores, you will be pleased to learn that the Spanish economy is thriving, and that it’s on course to become one of 2015’s fastest -growing larger European economies.

Spanish economic growth has recovered to levels not seen since the start of the financial crisis seven years ago, according to official data.

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Cyber gang’s golden theft AS many as 100 worldwide banks and financial institutions have been attacked in an “unprecedented cyber robbery, which has reaped around £648m since 2013.

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Kaspersky, which has worked with Interpol and Europol on the investigation, also says the attacks have taken place in 30 countries, including financial firms in Russia, US, Germany, China, Ukraine and Canada.

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It added in a statement: “We cannot comment on individual actions our members have taken.

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06:00 .................Countdown 06:45 ..........King of Queens 07:10 ..............3rd Rock from the Sun 07:35 ..............3rd Rock from the Sun 08:00 ........................... Frasier 08:30 ........................... Frasier 09:00 ........Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 ........Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05 ........Everybody Loves Raymond 10:35 .................. Undercover Boss Canada 11:30 ............Shipping Wars 12:15 ......... Channel 4 News Summary 12:20 .............Couples Come Dine with Me 13:05..... A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 14:10................. Countdown 15:00......... Deal or No Deal 16:00................... Come Dine with Me 17:00 ...............Four in a Bed 17:30 .............The Simpsons 18:00 ....... The Simpsons 18:30 .............. Hollyoaks 19:00 .... Channel 4 News 20:00 .............The Million Pound Drop 21:00 ............ Gogglebox

22:00 ..........The Last Leg 23:10 .......... Catastrophe 23:40 ................ Brooklyn Nine-Nine 00:10.............. Rude Tube 01:00 ....... Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny

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

06:10................. Igam Ogam 06:20 .............. Fireman Sam 06:30 ................Toot the Tiny Tugboat 06:45 .....................Peppa Pig 06:50..................... Peppa Pig 06:55...................... Pip Ahoy!

07:10 ............. Little Princess 07:20 ....The Mr. Men Show 07:35................. Thomas and Friends: Thrills and Spills 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 09:15 ........ The Wright Stuff 11:10 ...................... The Hotel Inspector 12:10 ........................... 5 News Lunchtime 12:15 ... Police Interceptors 13:15........ Home and Away 13:45................. Neighbours 14:15..... NCIS: Los Angeles 15:15...... Patricia Cornwell’s Deadly Encounter 17:00.................. 5 News at 5 17:30 .................Neighbours 18:00.... Home and Away 18:30..... 5 News Tonight 19:00... The Billion Dollar Wreck Hunt 20:00........... Secrets of St Paul’s Cathedral 21:00 .............. NCIS: New Orleans 22:00 .......................NCIS 22:55 ......Law and Order: Special Victims Unit 23:50 ....True Crimes: The First 72 Hours 00:00..........Super Casino

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

07:00.................. Emmerdale 08:00 ................. You’ve Been Framed!

08:25 ................ Dinner Date 09:30 ............... Catchphrase 10:15..... The Little Vampire 12:10.................. Emmerdale 13:15 ................. You’ve Been Framed!

13:40 ................ Dinner Date 14:40....................The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:00 ........... You’ve Been Framed!

20:00............... Two and a Half Men 21:00...Shaun of the Dead 23:05.......... Take Me Out 00:15....Take Me Out: The Gossip 01:05.......... Cockroaches

06:00 .....................Babylon 5 06:45 ................ Doctor Who 07:35 ...................MasterChef Australia 09:00 .......................... The Bill 11:00 ... Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 12:00 ................Hart of Dixie 13:00......... Masterchef New Zealand 14:00...............Bondi Rescue 15:00 ... Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 16:00 ......................... Who Do You Think You Are? 17:00................ Doctor Who 18:00 ......... Hart of Dixie 19:00 .... Masterchef New Zealand 20:00 ........... Traffic Cops 21:00 ......................Crisis 22:00 .......... Zombieland 00:00......... Border Patrol

08:55 ...........Kirstie Allsopp’s Home Style

06:00 ..........Dog the Bounty Hunter

07:10 ....................... Flip Men 07:35 ................... Rocket City Rednecks 08:00....................... Top Gear 10:00........ Storage Hunters 11:00.... Lizard Lick Towing 12:00....................... Top Gear 14:00........ Storage Hunters 14:30 ...... American Pickers 15:30 ........ Storage Hunters 16:00 .... Lizard Lick Towing 17:00 .......................Top Gear 19:00.... Storage Hunters 21:00....... Not Going Out 22:20..... Mock the Week 23:00 ............. Yes Ma’am 23:05 ........................... QI 23:45....................Would I Lie to You? 00:20...... Mock the Week 01:00 ... Storage Hunters 01:35...Lizard Lick Towing

06:00 ............. Football Gold 07:00....... WWE Main Event 08:00 ....................... Ringside 09:00 .......... Premier League Darts 12:30 ..................The Premier League Years 14:30 ............ Best of Gillette Soccer Saturday 16:00....................... Ringside 17:00........ Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits 18:00 ..... Premier League 100 Club 18:30............ The Fantasy Football Club 19:30.. World Club Series 22:30............ The Fantasy Football Club 23:30 ... Barclays Premier League Preview 00:30...World Club Series Highlights 01:30...... Premier League 100 Club

06:30.......... Dog the Bounty Hunter 07:00 ............. Ashley Banjo’s Secret Street Crew 08:00......................... Sun, Sea and A&E 09:00..... NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00.............. Hawaii Five-0 13:00..... NCIS: Los Angeles 15:00 .............The Simpsons 16:00..................... Futurama 17:00............. The Simpsons 17:30..................... Futurama 18:30........ The Simpsons 20:00 ..... Flintoff: Lord of the Fries 21:00...................... Stella 22:00 ........... Quiz Nights 23:00 .....Bruce Almighty 00:55........ Hawaii Five-0

10:00........................... A Place in the Sun 10:35 ................................Tora!

Tora! Tora!

13:25 ...................Time Team 14:30 ...................Time Team 15:35 ....... Walking Through History 16:40..... A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 17:45 .....A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 18:50........... Building the Dream 19:55 ...... Grand Designs 21:00......... The Bank Job 23:10 ............ The Golden Rules of Porn 00:50 ......Ramsay’s Costa Del Nightmares 01:55 ...... Grand Designs

Bear Grylls: Mission Survive ITV1, 21:00

Bear Grylls presents the series in which eight celebrities face a 12day survival mission through the rainforest of Costa Rica. To stay alive, they must learn to navigate the terrain, build shelters, make fire and supplement their meagre army rations with whatever they can forage.

At the end of each episode, one of them faces elimination. At the end of the series, three finalists will remain, of whom just one will be acclaimed Mission Survivor. Actors and cousins Emilia Fox and Laurence Fox, singer and actor Max George, double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes, TV presenter and singer Jamelia, comedy actor Tom Rosenthal, DJ, model and presenter Vogue Williams and former England rugby international Mike Tindall make up the team. On the ground, Bear is assisted by expedition leaders mountain guide Meg Hine and former commando Scott Heffield.

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S aturday 06:00...................... Breakfast

07:25 .......... Summer Magic

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

09:10 ......Fred Dibnah’s Age of Steam

11:30 ....................Mary Berry Cooks

09:40 ........................ The Fred Dibnah Story

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

10:10 .............. British Isles: A Natural History

12:10............ Football Focus 12:50.........................Saturday Sportsday 13:00....................... Athletics 16:30 ...................Final Score 17:20....................... Pointless 18:10.............. BBC News 18:20 ........... BBC London News 18:30....... Now You See It 19:00......... The Voice UK 20:25 .......... The National Lottery 21:15 ................ Casualty 22:05.............. BBC News 22:25..................Match of the Day 23:50 .......... The Football League Show 01:10............. EastEnders Omnibus

06:00 ......... Bottom Knocker Street 06:10 ......... Bottom Knocker Street 06:20 ......... Bottom Knocker Street 06:35...................... Dino Dan

11:00 ................... Six Nations Rewind

06:45...................... Dino Dan

12:00 ..........Food and Drink

07:10 .............................Sooty

12:30....... A Taste of Britain 13:00....... A Taste of Britain 13:30 .... On the Waterfront: Talking Pictures 14:00 .... On the Waterfront 15:45....... The Go-Between 17:35 .........The Great British Sewing Bee 18:35 ................... Flog It! 19:30 .......How We Got to Now with Steve Johnson 20:30............ Dad’s Army 21:00...........Reginald D CW Hunter’s Songs choice of the South 22:00................... Gambit 23:20.....................Spider

07:00 ...................... Canimals 07:25 .............. Share a Story 07:30 ..................Scrambled!

07:35 ..................... Nerds and Monsters 07:50 .........Adventure Time 08:30 ...............Horrid Henry 08:50 ................Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H 09:25 ...................The Jeremy Kyle Show 10:20................... The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:20 ...................The Jeremy Kyle Show 12:25.............. ITV News and Weather 12:35.......... The Jeremy Kyle Show 13:35. The Unforgettable...

Reginald D Hunter’s Songs of the South BBC2, 21:00

In the first of a three-part road trip Georgiaborn but London-based Reginald D Hunter returns home to explore the south both past and present through its world-famous songs. Reg begins by exploring the sounds of Kentucky and Tennessee, and the disturbing tradition of blackface minstrelsy. Hunter is led through the south by its signature songs, including Dolly Parton’s My Tennessee Mountain Home, Knoxville Girl, Blue Moon of Kentucky, Chattanooga Choo Choo and minstrel songs such as My Ol’ Kentucky Home and Old Folks At Home. On his voyage Reg visits Dollywood, a slave plantation in Bardstown, Nashville, a moonshine distillery in Gatlinburg and a string band festival in Mount Airy.

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14:05.................... The Chase 15:05 .................. Doc Martin 16:05........................ Big Star’s Little Star 17:05..... ITV News London 17:15 .............. ITV News and Weather 17:25.................. You’ve Been Framed!

18:30 .................. Planet’s Got Talent 19:00......Ant and Dec’s CW Saturday Night choice Takeaway 20:25.......... Take Me Out 21:40 .........The Jonathan Ross Show 22:40......... ITV News and Weather 22:55....I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry

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2 1 st 06:35 ........... How I Met Your Mother

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

07:00...... Transworld Sport

06:05 ...................... Roary the Racing Car

07:55..... The Morning Line

06:15 .... Angelina Ballerina

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

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

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

06:55............. Chloe’s Closet

10:00 ........Everybody Loves Raymond 10:30 ........................... Frasier 11:00............................ Frasier 11:30........................... The Big Bang Theory 11:55........................... The Big Bang Theory 12:25 ............... Child Genius 13:30 ......Channel 4 Racing 16:15 ................... Come Dine with Me 17:15........................... The Big Bang Theory

06:40.... The Mr. Men Show 07:05 .......................Mio Mao 07:10 ...............Olly the Little White Van 07:15 ....................Bananas in Pajamas 07:30 ...............Make Way for Noddy

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

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

08:55 ...................Time Team

08:40................... Coronation Street Omnibus

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

10:00 ...................Time Team

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

11:05 ... Von Ryan’s Express

11:00 ..........The Blue Planet

13:25 ...............Four in a Bed

12:00 ............... Resurrection

14:00 ...............Four in a Bed

13:00 ......... Masterchef New Zealand

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

14:00............... Border Patrol

17:10 .Come Dine with Me

14:30 .............. Border Patrol

17:40. Come Dine with Me

16:55.................. You’ve Been Framed!

15:00 .............. Border Patrol

18:15 .....Come Dine with Me

17:25........................... Back to the Future

19:00 .... Motorway Cops

11:15............... Babe 2: Pig in the City 13:10................... Richie Rich 15:00 ...........Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium

15:30 .............. Border Patrol

18:50 .....Come Dine with Me

19:45 ...... Evan Almighty

20:00 ............ Road Patrol Australia

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

21:40 ..........Take Me Out: The Gossip

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

20:30 ............ Road Patrol Australia

22:25.... The Keith Lemon Sketch Show

21:00.......... Zombieland

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

22:55...........Reality Bites 23:35 ...Ibiza Weekender

00:00 ..... Guinness World Records Gone Wild

23:05 .......Sex on Wheels

00:35 ........ The Invention of Lying

01:00 ... My Breasts and I

00:15 .... 8 Out of 10 Cats

01:55 .........A Gifted Man

01:00....... Secret History

06:00 ............Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? 07:00 ................................... Glee 08:00 .................Hawaii Five-0 09:00 .....................The Fantasy Football Club 10:00 .....................Soccer A.M. 12:00 ........................What’s Up 12:30 ...... Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 13:00..................Hawaii Five-0 14:00 ........................Inside RAF Brize Norton 15:00 ........Sun, Sea and A&E 16:00 ............... The Simpsons 16:30 ............. Modern Family 18:30 ..........The Simpsons 19:00 ...NCIS: Los Angeles 20:00 ...........Hawaii Five-0 21:00....... Bruce Almighty 22:55 ...........Hawaii Five-0 23:55 ...NCIS: Los Angeles 00:55 ...........Hawaii Five-0

07:00 .........................Carpool

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10:00 ...... American Pickers

07:00.................. Football Freestyler

07:40.................... Paw Patrol

08:40......... Zack and Quack 08:55 ........... Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

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

19:25......Come Dine with Me 19:55......... Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons 21:00........ Secret History

09:15....................Jelly Jamm 09:30..................... LazyTown 10:00 .................. SpongeBob Squarepants 10:18 .................. SpongeBob Squarepants 10:35.............. Chinese Food in Minutes 10:55 .....The Dog Rescuers 11:20 ......Ice Road Truckers 12:15 ......Ice Road Truckers 13:10 ......Ice Road Truckers 15:05 ...... Columbo: How to Dial a Murder 17:45 .............The Simpsons

16:35 ..... Columbo: Murder, a Self-Portrait

18:10 ....... The Simpsons

18:25 .......................NCIS

18:40..... Channel 4 News

19:05 .......................NCIS

19:00............Homes by CW the Sea choice

20:00... 5 News Weekend

20:00............. The World’s Weirdest Weather

21:00.....CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

21:00 .........Silver Linings Playbook

20:05 ...... Law and Order

23:25........... Green Zone

22:00.......................World Championship Boxing: Live From Monte Carlo

01:35 ..........The Last Leg

00:15..........Super Casino

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11:00 ........ Storage Hunters 11:30 ........ Storage Hunters 12:00.... Lizard Lick Towing 13:00 ................. Man v Food 14:00.... Beverly Hills Pawn 15:00 ....................Red Dwarf 18:20............. Red Dwarf 19:00... Storage Hunters 19:30 ... Storage Hunters 20:00 ..............Room 101 20:40.............. Room 101 22:00.... 8 Out of 10 Cats 23:00........ Alan Davies as Yet Untitled

07:30.... Barclays Premier League Review 08:00............ The Fantasy Football Club 09:00.... Game Changers 10:00........... Soccer A.M. 12:00............... FL72 Live 14:30 .............Darts Gold 14:45 ................ Ringside 15:45 .............World Club Series Highlights 16:45 ........Ford Saturday Night Football Live 19:45.... World Club Series

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

22:00...SNF: Match Choice

00:40............. Red Dwarf

01:00...SNF: Match Choice

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Homes by the Sea Channel 4, 19:00

For generations the seaside has been a place where many Brits dreamed of living.

Today more than three million people across the land have realised that ambition. In this series, architectural designer Charlie Luxton embarks on a nationwide journey to visit some of Britain’s best homes by the sea and find out what makes the perfect coastal property.

From renovated cottages to brand new builds, converted lighthouses and grand seafront terraces, Charlie explores the remarkable variety of styles and architecture that shape our coastal towns and villages.

He also designs his own fantasy home in each amazing location, taking inspiration from the local architecture and spectacular scenery. In the first episode, Charlie travels to south-west Wales to visit some fantastic homes built on the rugged and breathtaking Pembrokeshire coast.

Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway ITV1, 19.00

Global superstar Ed Sheeran, pop princess Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and popstar Olly Murs are just some of the stars joining Ant and Dec on their brand new series of Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway The only series on TV that says ‘Don’t just watch the ads – win them!’ returns to the our screens with a host of jaw-dropping stunts, hilarious surprises and brand new shocks for the studio audience and viewers at home.

On the first show of the series Troublemaker singer, Olly Murs becomes the latest celebrity to fall foul to Ant & Dec as they unleash a brand new Undercover. The dastardly duo infiltrate Olly’s final session for his very own wax figure which is going to reside in Madame Tussauds in Blackpool and set about causing havoc as Madame Tussauds’ new caretaker Sean (Ant) and inventor Gareth (Dec).

‘A’ list superstars will also be joining the fun live in the studio, but even the biggest stars are not safe as the Geordie duo lead some of their most extravagant and ambitious celebrity set-ups to date.

This series sees Ant & Dec unveil brand new pranks and a host of TV’s stars follow Ant & Dec’s lead in the hilarious I’m A Celebrity Get Out…of Me Ear! Ashley Roberts will be back to challenge the pair to the ultimate duel in Ant V Dec, and whilst Little Ant and Dec may have already rubbed shoulders with Mayor Boris Johnson, Hollywood superstars Samual L Jackson and Scarlett Johansson and the cast of Mr Selfridge, this series will see them spring more cheeky questions on their new celebrity chums.

One lucky member of the studio audience will also be given the chance to play for the contents of a commercial break in Win the Ads, with spectacular prizes including cars and holidays on offer.

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20th February - 26th February 2015

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BBC1, 18.00

The first episode sees our ten artists visit Alnwick Castle in Northumberland - known to most as Hogwarts.

As we see their unique painting styles unfold on the canvas in front of them, we learn about the artists’ backstories, what drives their passion for painting - and why they want to win.

There’s a quick-draw challenge sketching a delphinium flower and a four hour task painting the grand castle from across the River Aln. This opening episode will see the ten artists put through their paces, highlighting in some an inexperience of landscape painting, whilst revealing the confidence and skills of others who thrive using acrylic paints and capturing subjects en plein air.

Each week, judge Lachlan Goudie offers audiences his own top tips on a particular drawing skill to encourage audiences at home to pick up a pencil themselves – this week offering insight on drawing flowers.

Una heads to the V&A to meet Fraser Scarfe, looking at Constable’s The Hay Wain and reflecting on his influence on the genre of landscape painting.

At the end of a tough opening weekend, and with the judges only able to base their decision on three pieces of work, we lose the first of the artists from the competition.

06:00 ...................... Breakfast 07:35 ...... Match of the Day 09:00 ................. The Andrew Marr Show 10:00 .... The Big Questions 11:00...... Homes Under the Hammer 11:30 .............. MOTD2 Extra 12:15 .............. Bargain Hunt 13:00 .....................BBC News 13:15 ........................The Link 14:00 ...............Escape to the Country 14:45 .......Eat Well for Less?

15:45 .............. Your Home in Their Hands

06:00 ...................A to Z of TV Gardening

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

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

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

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

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

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

06:35 ......................Dino Dan

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

07:10 .............................Sooty

11:50 ........ The Great Comic Relief Bake Off

07:25 .............. Share a Story 07:30.................. Scrambled!

12:50........Cycling: World CW Track choice Championships

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

08:50 ...... Deadtime Stories

17:30.................... BBC News

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

17:50 ....BBC London News 18:00..The Big Painting W C Challenge choice

10:25 ...................The Jeremy Kyle Show

19:00........Countryfile

Jonathan Edwards introduces coverage from the final day of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, staged at the Velodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, near Paris.

Today’s action includes the conclusion of the women’s omnium, in which Great Britain’s Laura Trott will be hoping to win gold, having claimed silver in the event at last year’s Championships in Colombia.

GB’s men will be eager for an improved showing after failing to earn a medal in Cali.

In the men’s sprint, hopes rest with three-time Olympic champion Jason Kenny, who claimed the coveted rainbow jersey in 2011 and 2013, winning the sprint and keirin respectively. As well as live coverage there will be the best of the action from earlier in the Championships.

Commentary comes from Simon Brotherton and Chris Boardman.

07:50 ........................ Ultimate Spider-Man 08:30................Horrid Henry

16:55.......... Songs of Praise

BBC2, 12.50

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

10:20 ........Saturday Kitchen Best Bites

16:45 .......................... Lifeline

Track Cycling World Championships

06:45...................... Dino Dan

11:30................... The Jeremy Kyle Show

Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison are in Suffolk finding out how erosion has shaped the landscape, swallowed up whole towns and inspired award-winning authors. Matt takes to the sea with scientists using the latest technology to get a look at Britain’s Atlantis, the lost town of Dunwich, swallowed by the sea centuries ago. Ellie finds out how erosion plays its part in recreating important saltmarsh habitats.

16:30............ The Wonder of Animals

18:40................. ITV News London

20:00 ... Call the Midwife

17:00.............. Alaska: Earth’s Frozen Kingdom

18:45......... ITV News and Weather

21:00 ............. The Casual Vacancy 22:00.............. BBC News 22:30 .................Match of the Day 2 23:40 ...............The Super League Show - World Club Series Special

12:35.............. ITV News and Weather 12:40 .The Unforgettable...

13:10............... Mel and Sue’s Best Bits 14:15 ....................The Chase 15:10 ..............Tipping Point 16:15 ................... Octopussy

18:00 ...... Speed Dreams: The Fastest Place on Earth 19:00 .............The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway 20:00 ................Top Gear 21:00 ........ Dragons’ Den

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00:25 ......... The Celebrity Apprentice USA

22:00..............Meet the Ukippers

01:50 ..... Weather for the Week Ahead

22:50 ............ Blackthorn

01:55 .............. BBC News

01:25 ............. Holby City

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00:30............ Countryfile

19:00........... Get Your Act Together 20:15........ All Star Family Fortunes 21:00.......... Mr Selfridge 22:00..........ITV News and Weather 22:20............ Bear Grylls: Mission Survive 23:20..................... Rugby Highlights 00:15 ...............The Store

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F ebruary

06:20 .................................NFL

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

06:45 ........... How I Met Your Mother

06:05...................... Roary the Racing Car

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

06:15 ........................Angelina Ballerina

07:30 ........Everybody Loves Raymond 07:55 ........Everybody Loves Raymond

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

06:40.... The Mr. Men Show 06:55............. Chloe’s Closet

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

07:05 .......................Mio Mao

09:00........................... Frasier 09:30 .......... Sunday Brunch

07:10 ...............Olly the Little White Van

12:30.... Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast

07:15 ....................Bananas in Pajamas

13:30 ............... The Big Bang Theory

07:30 ...............Make Way for Noddy

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

07:40 ....................Paw Patrol

14:25 ............ Love Happens 16:35 ....Location, Location, Location 17:35 .....A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 18:30..... Channel 4 News 19:00 ...........Four Rooms 20:00............ The Auction House 21:00 ... Indian Summers

07:55............. Little Princess 08:10.......... The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 08:25 ...................Wanda and the Alien

08:55 ........... Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:30 .....................LazyTown 10:00.................. SpongeBob Squarepants 10:35......................... The Dog Rescuers 11:00 ...... Robson’s Extreme Fishing Challenge 12:00...... Robson’s Extreme Fishing Challenge 13:00 ...................Innerspace

23:05 ................Moonrise Kingdom 00:50... Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 01:40............. The Million Pound Drop

06:10............ Toughest Place to be a...

08:55 ............ Selling Houses with Amanda Lamb

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

10:00........... Grand Designs

08:00 .........Planet Dinosaur

11:05 ....Tiny House Nation

09:00 ......... Masterchef New Zealand

12:05 ............Shipping Wars

10:00 ......... Masterchef New Zealand

13:05 ............Shipping Wars

06:00 ... The Hour of Power

07:00 .......................Top Gear

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

07:00 ................The Fanatics

08:30....................... Top Gear

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

10:05................. Trawlermen

07:00.......... Premier League 100 Club

09:00...............Hawaii Five-0

10:35................. Trawlermen

10:00 .............Chris and Wes: Let’s Do This

11:05 ................. Traffic Cops

11:00 .................... WWE Raw

12:40 ................. Traffic Cops

14:00 ................ Doctor Who 19:00 ..... One Born Every Minute 20:00 ............ Road Patrol Australia 20:30............ Road Patrol Australia 21:00 ................... Grimm 22:00 ......................Crisis 23:00 ........... Traffic Cops 00:00 ...... Deals From the Dark Side 00:30....... Deals From the Dark Side 01:00............Doctor Who

12:35 ............Shipping Wars 14:05 ..........Jamie’s Comfort Food 14:35............... Four in a Bed 15:05 ...............Four in a Bed 17:15. Come Dine with Me 18:20 ............. Come Dine with Me 20:00 .........River Cottage Australia 21:00 ................Car S.O.S 22:00 ...............Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 23:05.. 40 Year Old Virgins 00:10................ Car S.O.S 01:10 .....Shameless USA

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

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

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

06:00 ..............Life’s Funniest Moments 06:20 ...................Emmerdale Omnibus 09:10 ...... Coronation Street Omnibus 11:45 ................Take Me Out 13:00 ....... Take Me Out: The Gossip 13:45 ................. You’ve Been Framed!

14:10 .......................Scorpion 15:05 .............. Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway 16:35 .......... Nanny McPhee 18:30 ......... Jurassic Park 21:00 ...Ibiza WeekenderCW ch oi ce 22:00.... The Keith Lemon Sketch Show 22:30......... White Chicks 00:50 .......Fool Britannia 01:20 ....... Fake Reaction 01:55........ Life’s Funniest Moments

12:00.......... Inside RAF Brize Norton 13:00 ....Emergency Animal Rescue 14:00 ...........Modern Family 17:00 .............The Simpsons

15:20.................Stand by Me

18:00.......... About a Boy

16:55.......... Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

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

18:45 .............WarGames

19:00 ..........................The Holidaymakers

20:55.....................5 News Weekend

20:00............... The Flash

21:00 .................Top Gun

22:00 ...NCIS: Los Angeles

23:15 ...........Young Guns

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

01:15 .........Super Casino

01:00 ............. Road Wars

21:00......... Hawaii Five-0

11:40 ................. Traffic Cops 15:40 .......................Top Gear 17:20....................... Top Gear 19:00 ... Storage Hunters 19:30 ... Storage Hunters 20:00....................... QI XL 21:00 ...................... QI XL 22:00 ..... Mock the Week 22:40...... Mock the Week 23:25 ......Have I Got a Bit More News for You 00:20...... Have I Got a Bit More News for You 01:20 ... Storage Hunters 01:45 ... Storage Hunters

07:30........... Premier League 100 Club 08:00 ... SNF: Match Choice 09:30 .................. The Sunday Supplement 11:00 ....... Goals on Sunday 13:00... Ford Super Sunday 16:00 ...Ford Super Sunday 18:45 .............World Club Challenge 21:00 ................. Goals on Sunday 22:00 ......... Ford Football Special 23:30 ................... Sunday Supplement 01:00 ..... Premier League 100 Club 01:30 ................. Goals on Sunday

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Meet The Ukippers BBC2, 22.00

UKIP is riding on a wave of success in by-elections and polls, but coverage normally focuses on just one man leader Nigel Farage. This film goes to the beating heart of UKIP, the party stalwarts who work day in and out to try and propel their leader to Parliament.

With long-term access to the UKIP activists of Thanet, the film explores, through their views and personalities, why this party seems to be making such an impact on voters who feel disenfranchised from Westminster politics. In June last year UKIP made huge gains across Thanet, winning a 46 percent share of the vote in the European elections their highest share in any UK borough. Thanet represents many parts of Britain. There are complaints about unemployment and immigration and a feeling that it has been forgotten by the metropolitan elite.

But not everyone in Thanet sees UKIP as the answer, and there is a fierce campaign against the party and its quest for election success.

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1000 Heartbeats ITV1, 16.00

1000 Heartbeats is a brand new quiz show format for ITV Daytime airing weekdays on ITV. Presented by Vernon Kay, the series will see contestants compete against the clock – which is 1000 of their own heartbeats – to win a cash prize.

Players will each start the game with 1000 heartbeats. As they play each of the seven rounds, their heart rate is measured: every single beat of their heart makes one of their 1000 heartbeats disappear. The aim of the game is to answer questions and accummulate as much of the big cash jackpot as their 1000 heartbeats will allow. They need to stay calm under pressure to win big as if a player runs out of heartbeats, their game is over.

20th February - 26th February 2015

M onday 06:00 ...................... Breakfast 09:15 ............... Heir Hunters 10:00 ...... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 ........Countryside 999 11:45 ...................... Real Lives Reunited 12:15............... Bargain Hunt 13:00 ...... BBC News at One 13:40 ....BBC London News 13:45......................... Doctors 14:15......................... WPC 56 15:00.........................The Link 15:45 ...............Escape to the Country 16:30 ..........Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 17:15 .......................Pointless 18:00.... BBC News at Six 18:30. BBC London News 19:00 .......The One Show 19:30 ............. Inside Out 20:00............ EastEnders 20:30 ...... Children of the Great Migration 21:00 .............New Tricks 22:00 ............... BBC News at Ten 22:25 .BBC London News 22:45...... Waterloo Road 23:45........... The Graham Norton Show 00:30 ...................... Heist

06:05 ...... Homes Under the Hammer 07:05 ........Countryside 999 07:50...Real Lives Reunited 08:20 .............Wanted Down Under 09:05 .... Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 10:05................. Great British Railway Journeys 10:35............................... Click 11:00 .....................BBC News 12:00 .......The Daily Politics 13:00 ...................A to Z of TV Gardening 13:05.... Cagney and Lacey 13:50 .......The World at War 14:45 ............................. Africa 15:45 .......... Open All Hours 16:15.... To the Manor Born 16:45 ...................... Hi-De-Hi! 17:15 ...........................Flog It! 18:00............. Two Tribes 18:30.............. Eggheads 19:00 ................Top Gear 20:00............... University Challenge 20:30 ........ Only Connect 21:00 ..... A Cook Abroad 22:00 ...... House of Fools 22:30 .............Newsnight 23:20 ........... Alex Polizzi: The Fixer 00:20 ............... Inside the Commons

More Tales from Northumberland with Robson Green ITV1, 20.00 Robson Green returns to his home county of Northumberland for this second series - and, having visited many of the county’s most famous landmarks on his last trip, this time he’s uncovering the hidden gems of one of the most beautiful parts of England.

Robson explores parts of the county he’s never been to before - and some he didn’t even know existed - from its remote valleys and mystical ruins, to the hidden history of its castles and stately homes.

The series sees Robson take on exciting new challenges - from shipwreck diving at the Farne Islands to wild camping in the Cheviot Hills and digging for Roman relics at Hadrian’s Wall, to skinny-dipping in the North Sea. Along the way he’ll discover a whole new side to Northumberland - and find out just why it’s known as Britain’s best-kept secret.

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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.....1000 Heartbeats

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18:00................ ITV News London 18:30 .........ITV News and Weather 19:00 ........... Emmerdale 19:30. Coronation Street 20:00...........More Tales CW From Northumberland choice with Robson Green 20:30 .Coronation Street 21:00......... Broadchurch 22:00..... ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:40...............ICC Cricket World Cup Highlights 23:40......... The Jonathan Ross Show 00:40........... Jackpot247

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

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

06:45 ..........King of Queens

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

07:10 ..............3rd Rock from the Sun

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

07:35.............. 3rd Rock from the Sun

06:30 ................Toot the Tiny Tugboat 06:45 .....................Peppa Pig

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

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

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

06:55...................... Pip Ahoy!

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

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

09:35 ........Everybody Loves Raymond

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

10:05........ Everybody Loves Raymond

07:50 ......Noddy in Toyland

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

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

10:35.................. Undercover Boss Canada

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

11:30 ............Shipping Wars

08:20......................Peppa Pig

12:15 ......... Channel 4 News Summary

08:25......................Peppa Pig

12:20............. Couples Come Dine with Me 13:05 ...................... A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun

08:35 .........Toby’s Travelling Circus 08:40 .................... Milkshake!

Bop Box 08:45 ....................Bananas in Pajamas

14:10 .................Countdown

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

15:00 ......... Deal or No Deal

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

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

11:10....................... The Hotel Inspector

17:00 ...............Four in a Bed

12:10... 5 News Lunchtime

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

12:15 .....Secrets of St Paul’s Cathedral

06:00 ................. You’ve Been Framed!

06:25.............................. Psych 07:10 ..................Emmerdale 07:40......Coronation Street 08:40................ Dinner Date 09:40 ............... Catchphrase 10:25.............................. Psych 11:20.................. Royal Pains 12:10...................Emmerdale 12:40..... Coronation Street 13:40 ................ Dinner Date 14:40 ......... The Jeremy Kyle Show 15:50 ......... The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:00............ You’ve Been Framed!

19:00..... The Very Best of You’ve Been Framed!

20:00 ...............Two and a Half Men 21:00 ...........Through the Keyhole

06:15 .....................Babylon 5 07:00 ................ Doctor Who 08:00 ...................MasterChef Australia 09:00 .......................... The Bill 11:00.... Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 12:00................ Hart of Dixie 13:00 .........................Heston’s Fantastical Food 14:00 ..............Bondi Rescue 15:00 ... Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 16:00 ..... Who Do You Think You Are? 17:00 ................ Doctor Who 18:00 ......... Hart of Dixie 19:00 .... Masterchef New Zealand 20:00 ........... Traffic Cops 21:00 ..... Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities 21:30 ................One Born Every Minute 22:30............ Traffic Cops 23:30 ........ Border Patrol

08:55 ...........Kirstie Allsopp’s Home Style 10:00.. Come Dine with Me 11:05............ Hugh’s 3 Good Things 11:20 .....A Place in the Sun 11:50 ..................7th Cavalry 13:25....................Time Team 15:35...Nazi Megastructures 16:40 .....A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 18:50 ...........Building the Dream 19:55 ...... Grand Designs 21:00 ......... A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 22:00....My Big Fat Gypsy Christening 23:05 ........ My Phone Sex Secrets 00:10 ........ Embarrassing Bodies 01:15....My Big Fat Gypsy Christening

06:00............ Dog the Bounty Hunter

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

07:00..................Greatest Little Britons

07:35 .. The World of Stupid Criminals

06:00............. Football Gold 07:00..................... WWE Raw 08:00 ....... Goals on Sunday 09:00 ............... Ford Football Special 10:30 .........Barclays Premier League Legends 11:00 .......... Premier League 100 Club 11:30............. Football Gold 12:00 .Sky Sports Originals 13:00 ...............................FL72 14:00 .........Barclays Premier League Legends 14:30 ....... Goals on Sunday 15:30 .........Barclays Premier League Legends 16:00 .......... Premier League 100 Club 16:30............. Football Gold 17:00 .........Fantasy Football Club Highlights 17:30 ........Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits 18:30 .......................FL72

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

08:00................ Ashley Banjo’s Secret Street Crew

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

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

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

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

20:00............ Dispatches

15:15 ...................The Perfect Assistant

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

20:30 ....................... Food Unwrapped

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

21:00................NHS: £2 CW Billion a Week choice and Counting

18:00.... Home and Away

18:00........ The Simpsons 18:30.............. Hollyoaks 19:00.... Channel 4 News 19:55 ...The Political Slot

22:00.......... Catastrophe 22:35 ....... Bodyshockers 23:40 ............ 24 Hours in A and E 00:35................. Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 01:25............. After Lucia

17:30 .................Neighbours 18:30..... 5 News Tonight 19:00 ....Criminals: Caught on Camera 19:30.......... Car Crash TV 20:00.. Police Interceptors 21:00 .... Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 22:00.............. 10,000 BC 23:00.............. The Jackal 01:20 .........Super Casino

13:00 ........NCIS: Los Angeles 15:00 ............... The Simpsons 16:00 .........................Futurama 17:00 ............... The Simpsons 17:30 .........................Futurama 18:30.......... The Simpsons 20:00 .............................The Holidaymakers 21:00 ....................... Arrow 22:00 ........Modern Family 22:30 ........Modern Family 23:00 ...NCIS: Los Angeles 01:00........... Hawaii Five-0

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

08:00....................... Top Gear 10:00........ Storage Hunters 11:00 .... Lizard Lick Towing 12:00 .......................Top Gear 14:00 ........ Storage Hunters 14:30 ...... American Pickers 15:30 ........ Storage Hunters 16:00 .... Lizard Lick Towing 17:00 .......................Top Gear 19:00 ... Storage Hunters 20:00........ Idris Elba King of Speed 21:00 ..............Room 101 22:20 ..... Mock the Week 23:00 ........................... QI 23:40 ............. The Best of Would I Lie to You? 00:15...... Mock the Week

NHS: £2 Billion a Week and Counting, Channel 4, 21:00

A perfect storm is forming that is testing the NHS like never before.

A growing population, increased life expectancy, expensive drugs and poor lifestyle choices are all contributing to a predicted £30 billion-plus funding gap in just over 10 years’ time.

Against this backdrop, this interactive series challengers viewers to put themselves in the position of doctors, managers and other NHS professionals as they try to determine where to allocate scarce resources. The series follows people seeking treatments across the NHS, including a liver transplant, breast reduction and new cancer drugs. Some will receive the life-changing or life-saving treatments they desperately want, while others will not.

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T uesday 06:00...................... Breakfast 09:15 ............... Heir Hunters 10:00 ...... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 ........Countryside 999 11:45...................... Real Lives Reunited 12:15.............. Bargain Hunt 13:00 ...... BBC News at One 13:40 ....BBC London News 13:45 .........................Doctors 14:15 ......................... WPC 56 15:00 ........................The Link 15:45 ...............Escape to the Country 16:30 ..........Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 17:15 .......................Pointless 18:00.... BBC News at Six 18:30 ........... BBC London News 19:00 .......The One Show 19:30 ............ EastEnders 20:00 ............. Holby City 21:00 ................. The Gift 22:00 ... BBC News at Ten 22:25 ........... BBC London News 22:45 ....... All or Nothing 23:35 ........... Growing Up Down’s 00:35........... Houseguest

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06:05 ...... Homes Under the Hammer 07:05........ Countryside 999 07:50...Real Lives Reunited 08:20 .............Wanted Down Under 09:05 .......Nature’s Weirdest Events 10:05................. Great British Railway Journeys 10:35 ..................... HARDtalk 11:00 .....................BBC News 12:00........The Daily Politics 13:00................... A to Z of TV Gardening 13:05 ......The Super League Show - World Club Series Special 13:50 .......The World at War 14:45 ............................. Africa 15:45 .......... Open All Hours 16:15 ... To the Manor Born 16:45 ...................... Hi-De-Hi! 17:15 ...........................Flog It! 18:00 ............. Two Tribes 18:30 .............. Eggheads 19:00 ...............Wanted in Paradise 20:00....... Natural World 21:00 ............... Inside the Commons 22:00 ........Rhod Gilbert’s Work Experience 22:30 .............Newsnight 23:20 ........ Dragons’ Den 00:20 .............. Film 2015

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 ................................1000 Heartbeats 17:00 ....................The Chase 18:00................. ITV News London 18:30......... ITV News and Weather 19:00............ Emmerdale 19:30....................UEFA W C Champions choice League Live 22:00 ................ ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:40........................UEFA Champions League: Extra Time 23:40.................. Carry on Henry 01:15............ Jackpot247

UEFA Champions League Live ITV1, 19.30

Mark Pougatch introduces live coverage of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 on ITV. Manchester City and Barcelona meet at this stage for the second year in a row - with City looking to avenge the Catalan side’s 4-1 aggregate victory last time out. After their escape from Group E with wins over Bayern Munich and Roma following a slow start, City are fighting on two fronts as they scrap with Chelsea for the Premier League title.

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

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

06:45 ..........King of Queens

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

07:10 ..............3rd Rock from the Sun

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

07:35 ..............3rd Rock from the Sun 08:00........................... Frasier 08:30........................... Frasier 09:00 ........Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 ........Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05........ Everybody Loves Raymond

06:30 ................Toot the Tiny Tugboat 06:45 .....................Peppa Pig 06:50 .....................Peppa Pig 06:55 ......................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

10:35 ........ Undercover Boss Canada

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

11:30 ............Shipping Wars

08:25 .....................Peppa Pig

12:15......... Channel 4 News Summary 12:20............. Couples Come Dine with Me 13:05 .....A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun

08:20..................... Peppa Pig 08:30 .....................Peppa Pig 08:35......... Toby’s Travelling Circus 08:45 ....................Bananas in Pajamas 09:15 ........ The Wright Stuff

15:00 ......... Deal or No Deal

11:10 ...................... The Hotel Inspector

17:00 ...............Four in a Bed 17:30............. The Simpsons 18:00........ The Simpsons 18:30............... Hollyoaks

12:10... 5 News Lunchtime 12:15 .......Cowboy Builders 13:15........ Home and Away 13:45..................Neighbours 14:15 ............................... NCIS

19:00..... Channel 4 News

15:15 ..........................The Boy Next Door

19:55....The Political Slot

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

20:00.......Mary Portas: Secret Shopper

17:30 .................Neighbours

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21:00.......The Romanians are Coming 22:00 .......... Immigration Street 23:00......... Kid Criminals 00:05...... Pokerstars.Com European Poker Tour

06:15 .....................Babylon 5 07:00 ................ Doctor Who 08:00 ...................MasterChef Australia 09:00 .......................... The Bill 11:00 ... Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 12:00 ................Hart of Dixie 13:00 ......... Masterchef New Zealand 14:00 ..............Bondi Rescue 15:00 ... Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 16:00 .................Who Do You Think You Are? 17:00................ Doctor Who 18:00 ......... Hart of Dixie 19:00 .... Masterchef New Zealand 20:00............ Traffic Cops 21:00 ...............Bin There, Dump That 22:00................... Grimm 23:00 ........... Traffic Cops 00:10 ........ Border Patrol

08:55 ...........Kirstie Allsopp’s Home Style

06:00 ..........Dog the Bounty Hunter

07:00 ..............Radical Highs 07:10....................... Flip Men 07:35.. The World of Stupid Criminals 08:00....................... Top Gear 10:00........ Storage Hunters 11:00..... Lizard Lick Towing 12:00 .......................Top Gear 14:00........ Storage Hunters 14:30...... American Pickers 15:30 ........ Storage Hunters 16:00 .... Lizard Lick Towing 17:00....................... Top Gear 18:00................ Top Gear 19:00... Storage Hunters 20:00...................... QI XL 22:00.............Alan Davies as Yet Untitled 23:00 ........................... QI 23:40.. Would I Lie to You? 00:20........ Mock the Week 01:00 ..... Storage Hunters 01:25 .. Lizard Lick Towing

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 .......... Premier League 100 Club 11:30 ..........SPFL Round Up 12:00 ........Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits 13:00 ............. Football Gold 14:00 ...............................FL72 15:00 .....Football’s Greatest Teams 16:00 ........Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits 17:00 .........Fantasy Football Club Highlights 17:30 .....Football’s Greatest Teams 18:00 ........Football Gold 19:00 ............... Football’s Greatest Players 19:30..................Football

10:00.. Come Dine with Me 11:05....River Cottage Bites 11:20 .................. First Men in the Moon 13:25................... Time Team 15:35...Nazi Megastructures 16:40......A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 17:45..... A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 18:50........... Building the Dream 19:55....... Grand Designs 21:00........Selling Houses with Amanda Lamb 22:00....... Grand Designs 23:10..........Secrets of the Living Dolls 00:15... Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 01:15....... Grand Designs

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

14:10................. Countdown 16:00 ................... Come Dine with Me

06:00 ................. You’ve Been Framed!

06:25 ............................. Psych 07:10 ..................Emmerdale 07:40 .....Coronation Street 08:40................ Dinner Date 09:40............... Catchphrase 10:25............................. Psych 11:20.................. Royal Pains 12:10.................. Emmerdale 12:40..... Coronation Street 13:40 ................ Dinner Date 14:40.......... The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:00 ........... You’ve Been Framed!

20:00 .......... Dinner Date 21:00 ........ Hell’s Kitchen 22:00 ...Ibiza Weekender 23:00 ..........Reality Bites 23:40.... The Keith Lemon Sketch Show 00:15 ...............Two and a Half Men

18:00.... Home and Away

06:30.......... Dog the Bounty Hunter 07:00 ..............Greatest Little Britons 08:00.............. Ashley Banjo’s Secret Street Crew 09:00...... NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00...............Hawaii Five-0 13:00...... NCIS: Los Angeles

18:30..... 5 News Tonight

15:00 .............The Simpsons

19:00 ......................Police Interceptors

16:00 ..................... Futurama 17:00..............The Simpsons

20:00.................Costa Del Casualty

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

21:00 .Killer Psychopaths

20:00................The Flash

22:00 .............. 10,000 BC 23:00 ..... World’s Biggest Hips

01:00 ..........KOTV Boxing Weekly

00:00............ GPs: Behind Closed Doors

01:30...Transworld Sport

01:00..........Super Casino

18:30 ....... The Simpsons 21:00................... Critical 22:00............. Ross Kemp: Extreme World 23:00..NCIS: Los Angeles 00:00..NCIS: Los Angeles

Mary Portas: Secret Shopper Channel 4, 20:00

Mary Portas is back for a second series, as she attempts to transform four businesses, where the customer comes anything but first, in this heart-warming and engaging series that demands better for Britain’s shoppers. Mary has long championed British retailers.

But she thinks that all too often customer service in this country is terrible and we’re being massively underserved. And with the boom in online shopping, if the high street wants to keep consumers coming back, offering brilliant customer service is key.

In this episode, Mary heads to Burnham, near Slough, to visit Hallmark Foods, a local convenience store located in the heart of the village. This family run business is struggling, and profits are falling, as locals choose to shop elsewhere.

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The Story Of Women ch o i ce And Power BBC2, 20.00

Historian Amanda Vickery uncovers Britain’s longest war, the 300 yearlong campaign by women for political and sex equality in Britain, revealing the largely forgotten heroines (and a few heroes) who fought for the cause.

The series begins by considering the legal, social and political oppression that women suffered in the years before the Suffragette campaign began. From torturous implements designed to stop an ‘unruly’ woman from speaking in public, to the lack of legal claim a wife would have over her own children, property or wealth; this episode paints a clear picture of the reality for women pre-feminism. Paving the way for the Suffragettes, Vickery will then reveal the key characters of the 18th and 19th centuries who made fundamental steps in the long journey towards a society that can recognise women in equal standing to men, including authors Mary Wollstonecraft and Hannah More who advocated women’s right to an education. Vickery also considers the role of women in other political movements, such as the abolition of slave trade, the Great Reform Act and the Peterloo Massacre, and what this visibility on the political stage did for the feminist movement.

20th February - 26th February 2015

W ednesday 06:00 ...................... Breakfast 09:15 ............... Heir Hunters 10:00 ...... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 ........Countryside 999 11:45 .. Real Lives Reunited 12:15 .............. Bargain Hunt 13:00 ...... BBC News at One 13:40 ....BBC London News 13:45......................... Doctors 14:15......................... WPC 56 15:00........................ The Link 15:45 ...............Escape to the Country 16:30 ..........Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 17:15 .......................Pointless 18:00.... BBC News at Six 18:30 .BBC London News 19:00 .......The One Show 20:00..The Great Comic CW Relief Bake Off choice 21:00........The People’s W C Strictly for choice Comic Relief 22:00... BBC News at Ten 22:25. BBC London News 22:45 .........A Question of Sport 23:15............... Film 2015 23:45............ Having You 01:20...... Weather for the Week Ahead

The People’s Strictly For Comic Relief BBC1, 21.00 For the first time in its history, Strictly Come Dancing is throwing open the sparkly doors of its ballroom to the Great British public.

From thousands of nominations, six lucky people were chosen to take part in their very own Strictly experience. Over the next few weeks, they will become completely immersed in all things Strictly. They will become the new stars of the show.

Each of the six contributors has been chosen for their tireless and selfless work which has helped change so many lives for the better.

Presented by Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman, episode one will focus on three contributors - Cassidy Little, Heather Parsons and Michael Pattie. The programme hears from their friends and family about why they deserve to take part.

Each contributor will receive the surprise of their lives when they are greeted by a Strictly celeb and pro-dancer as part of a spectacular flash-mob dance, and discover that they are about to embark on a very special Strictly journey. These celebrities will continue to mentor the contributors throughout the series, guiding them through the whole glittering experience.

The contributors’ professional dance partners will also take them to locations across the UK and Europe, as they explore the history of their individual dances

01:25 .............. BBC News

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06:00 ...... Homes Under the Hammer 07:00........ Countryside 999 07:45.. Real Lives Reunited 08:15 .............Wanted Down Under 09:00 ......... Horizon Special 10:00 .................Great British Railway Journeys 10:30 .......................See Hear 11:00 .....................BBC News 11:30 .......The Daily Politics 13:00 .......................... Lifeline 13:10 .... Cagney and Lacey 13:55 .......The World at War 14:50............................. Africa 15:45........... Open All Hours 16:15 ............. Three Up, Two Down 16:45 ...................... Hi-De-Hi! 17:15........................... Flog It! 17:55 ...............Party Political Broadcast by the Labour Party 18:00 ............. Two Tribes 18:30.............. Eggheads 19:00............... Wanted in Paradise 20:00........Suffragettes CW Forever! The Story of choice Women and Power 21:00..............Wolf Hall CWce ch oi 22:00...... Up the Women 22:30............. Newsnight 23:20............... Inside the Commons

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 ........1000 Heartbeats 17:00 ....................The Chase 18:00................ ITV News London 18:25 ........ Party Political Broadcast by the Labour Party 18:30 .........ITV News and Weather 19:00 ........... Emmerdale 19:30 .............Coronation Street 20:00 .................. The Brit Awards 2015 22:20 .........ITV News and Weather 23:00 ......... Perspectives 00:00...... River Monsters 00:25........... Jackpot247

Wolf Hall - Crows BBC2, 21.00

Anne accuses Cromwell of betrayal when she finds out that he tried to protect Mary and not Elizabeth at a time of crisis. But Anne’s power is rapidly dissolving and her enemies are gathering.

Anne argues with Jane Rochford but in her anger Anne divulges that the musician Mark Smeaton and the nobles Francis Weston and Harry Norris have all declared their love to her, a treasonable offence.

Jane Rochford takes great pleasure in reporting these events to Cromwell. She further insinuates that her husband, George Boleyn’s unhealthy sexual appetite extends to his sister. Cromwell is dumbfounded by such accusations, but brings Mark Smeaton in for questioning. Smeaton foolishly boasts of his own exploits with the Queen and under duress he starts to spill other names including Norris, Weston and William Brereton. Cromwell now has enough information to act and these men together with Anne and George Boleyn are brought to the Tower of London.

As Cromwell visits each Gentleman in his cell, he thinks back to Cardinal Wolsey’s demise and remembers how each of Norris, Weston, Brereton and George Boleyn had cruelly mocked his master. Cromwell has extracted the ultimate revenge.

Anne is also found guilty and sentenced to death. But with so many heads removed, who now stands between Cromwell and the King?

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ednesday 2 5 th F ebruary 06:00 .................Countdown

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

06:45 ..........King of Queens

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

07:10.............. 3rd Rock from the Sun

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

07:35 ..............3rd Rock from the Sun 08:00........................... Frasier 08:30 ........................... Frasier 09:00........ Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30.........Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05 ........Everybody Loves Raymond 10:35 ........ Undercover Boss Canada 11:30 ............Shipping Wars 12:15 ......... Channel 4 News Summary 12:20 .............Couples Come Dine with Me

06:30................ Toot the Tiny Tugboat 06:45......................Peppa Pig 06:50 .....................Peppa Pig 06:55...................... 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 08:15 .....................Peppa Pig 08:20 .....................Peppa Pig 08:25 .....................Peppa Pig 08:30 .....................Peppa Pig 08:35 .........Toby’s Travelling Circus

06:00.................. You’ve Been Framed!

06:25............................. Psych 07:10 ..................Emmerdale 07:40.................. You’ve Been Framed!

08:40.................. Dinner Date 09:40............... Catchphrase 10:25.............................. Psych 11:20 .................. Royal Pains 12:10.................. Emmerdale 12:40 ......................The Cube 13:40 ................ Dinner Date 14:40 ...................The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:00 ........... You’ve Been Framed 19:00 .................. The Brit Awards 2015 20:00.......... Dante’s Peak 22:20 ..... The Brit Awards 2015: Afterparty 23:20.......................Plebs

06:15..................... Babylon 5 07:00................ Doctor Who 08:00 ...................MasterChef Australia 09:00.......................... The Bill 11:00.... Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 12:00 ................Hart of Dixie 13:00 ......... Masterchef New Zealand 14:00 ..............Bondi Rescue 15:00 ... Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 16:00 .................Who Do You Think You Are? 17:00................ Doctor Who 18:00.......... Hart of Dixie 19:00 .... Masterchef New Zealand 20:00............ Traffic Cops 21:00.................... Grimm 22:00 ......................Crisis 23:00 ........... Traffic Cops 00:00......... Border Patrol

08:55 ...........Kirstie Allsopp’s Home Style

06:00 ............. Football Gold 07:00....... WWE Experience 08:00........ Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits 09:00 ............. Football Gold 10:00......... Barclays Premier League Legends 10:30 .......... Premier League 100 Club 11:00.....Football’s Greatest 11:30................ One2eleven 12:00 ............. Football Gold 12:30 ..................The Fantasy Football Highlights 13:00........ Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits 14:00 ............. Football Gold 15:00 .........Barclays Premier League Legends 15:30 .......... Premier League 100 Club 16:00 ....Football’s Greatest 16:30 ................ One2eleven 17:00 .........Barclays Premier League Legends 17:30 .......... Premier League 100 Club 18:00............ Boots ‘n’ All

13:05 ...................... A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun

08:45 ....................Bananas in Pajamas

14:10 .................Countdown

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

15:00 ......... Deal or No Deal

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

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

11:10 ...................... The Hotel Inspector

17:00 ...............Four in a Bed

12:10 ....5 News Lunchtime

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

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

06:00 ..........Dog the Bounty Hunter

12:15 .......... Britain’s Biggest Primary School

06:30 ..........Dog the Bounty Hunter

13:15.........Home and Away 13:45 .................Neighbours

07:00 ..............Greatest Little Britons

07:35................ The World of Stupid Criminals

14:15 .....................NCIS: New Orleans

08:00 ............. Ashley Banjo’s Secret Street Crew

15:15......... Still Life: A Three Pines Mystery

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

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

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

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

19:00..... Channel 4 News

17:30 .................Neighbours

19:55........... The Political Slot

18:00.... Home and Away

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

20:00 .....The Restoration Man

19:00... Cowboy Builders

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

21:00 ............ 24 Hours in A and E 22:00 ..... Junk Food Kids: Who’s to Blame?

23:05.........CITIZENFOUR 01:10... Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

18:30..... 5 News Tonight 20:00............ GPs: Behind Closed Doors 21:00..... Jack the Ripper 22:00 .................Autopsy 23:00.....Trauma Doctors 00:00..............Emergency Bikers 00:55..........Super Casino

10:00.............. Hawaii Five-0

16:00..................... Futurama 17:00..............The Simpsons 17:30 ..................... Futurama 18:30 ....... The Simpsons 20:00 ..........The Fanatics 21:00 ..................... Stella 22:00...... Flintoff: Lord of the Fries 23:00....NCIS: Los Angeles 01:00 ........ Hawaii Five-0

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

08:00....................... Top Gear 10:00 ........ Storage Hunters 10:30 ........ Storage Hunters 11:00 .... Lizard Lick Towing 12:00 .......................Top Gear 14:00 ........ Storage Hunters 14:30 ...... American Pickers 15:30 ........ Storage Hunters 16:00 .... Lizard Lick Towing 17:00 .......................Top Gear 18:00.................Top Gear 19:00 ... Storage Hunters 21:00 ...................... QI XL 22:00 ..... Mock the Week 22:40 ....... Alan Davies as Yet Untitled 23:40.. Would I Lie to You? 00:20...... Mock the Week

10:00.. Come Dine with Me 11:05 .....A Place in the Sun 11:40 ......................Gideon of Scotland Yard 13:25................... Time Team 14:30................... Time Team 15:35................................. Nazi Megastructures 16:40 .....A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 18:50 ...........Building the Dream 19:55...... Grand Designs 21:00...Tiny House Nation 22:00 ......Ramsay’s Costa Del Nightmares 23:00.... My Daughter the Teenage Nudist 00:10......... Embarrassing Bodies 01:10...Tiny House Nation

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The Great Comic Relief Bake Off BBC1, 20:00

The Great British Bake Off returns with four special Comic Relief programmes. In the third episode, Jo Brand welcomes David Mitchell, Michael Sheen, Jameela Jamil and Sarah Brown to the tent. The nervous bakers get off to a crumbly start in the signature challenge (24 portions of shortbread), face one of Paul’s notoriously difficult recipes in the technical challenge (six mini pork pies) and put their unique stamps on the showstopper bake (triple-tiered pavlova with fruit).

Tensions are high and confusion is rife, but who will impress and who will miss the mark?

Judged by legendary cookery writer Mary Berry and acclaimed master baker Paul Hollywood, these four will have to pull out all the stops to impress the judges and be crowned Comic Relief Star Baker. Comedian Ed Byrne visits a Comic Relief-funded project in Uganda, showing how the money raised on Red Nose Day really does help change people’s lives.

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TV Guide

Reinventing The Royals BBC2, 21.00

The final part of this two-part series looks at how the experience of growing up in the media spotlight has affected Princes William and Harry and their attitudes to the press and media.

Seismic events like the phone-hacking scandal - which started with the royal princes - and the impact of the Leveson Inquiry that followed, have tipped the balance of power in their favour.

The relationship between the Royal Family and the BBC is also examined. So-called ‘Queengate’ – where a trailer for a royal documentary was edited as if to show the Queen storming out of a photoshoot with the American photographer Annie Leibowitz. The programme recounts how, in the aftermath, another, still unseen, documentary celebrating the life of Princess Diana was shelved by the corporation.

The programme also looks at the question of succession. For Prince Charles, it is now not so much his private life as his personal views that are under the microscope, and their potential impact on his upcoming Kingship is explored.

Interviewees include: Tom Bradby, former ITN royal correspondent and friend of the Princes; Richard Kay, former Daily Mail Royal Correspondent; Will Wyatt, former BBC deputy Director-General.

20th February - 26th February 2015

T hursday 06:00 ...................... Breakfast 09:15 ............... Heir Hunters 10:00...... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 ........Countryside 999 11:45 .. Real Lives Reunited 12:15 .............. Bargain Hunt 13:00...... BBC News at One 13:40 ....BBC London News 13:45 .........................Doctors 14:15 ......................... WPC 56 15:00........................ The Link 15:45 ...............Escape to the Country 16:30...........Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 17:15 .......................Pointless 18:00 .... BBC News at Six 18:30 .BBC London News 19:00....... The One Show 19:30............ EastEnders 20:00 ........... DIY SOS The Big BuildCW

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21:00 ................. Death in Paradise 22:00 ... BBC News at Ten 22:25 .BBC London News 22:45....... Question Time 23:45 ................ his Week

06:05 ...... Homes Under the Hammer 07:05 ........Countryside 999 07:50 .. Real Lives Reunited 08:20 .............Wanted Down Under 09:05 .... Pets: Wild at Heart 10:05 .Great British Railway Journeys 10:35 ..................... HARDtalk 11:00 .....................BBC News 12:00 .......The Daily Politics 13:00 ...................A to Z of TV Gardening 13:05 .... Cagney and Lacey 13:50....... The World at War 14:45............................. Africa 15:45 .......... Open All Hours 16:15 ............. Three Up, Two Down 16:45 ...................... Hi-De-Hi! 17:15 ...........................Flog It! 18:00............. Two Tribes 18:30.............. Eggheads 19:00............Wanted in W C Paradise choice 20:00..The Great British CW Sewing Bee choice 21:00.........Reinventing CW the Royals choice 22:00....Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe

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................................ 1000 Heartbeats 17:00.................... The Chase 18:00................ ITV News London 18:15 .........ITV News and Weather 18:45............ Emmerdale 19:45...........UEFA Europa League Live 22:10................ ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:55 ............... The Great War: The People’s Story 23:55...... River Monsters

The Great British Sewing Bee BBC2, 20:00 The Great British Sewing Bee returns for a six-part series presented by Claudia Winkleman. Some of the country’s best home sewers face three challenges to make or alter an item of clothing under intense time pressure.

Each week, their creations are judged by Savile Row’s Patrick Grant and sewing expert May Martin, until one of them is crowned Britain’s best amateur sewer. Claudia Winkleman opens the sewing rooms doors to the seven remaining amateur sewers as they prepare to take on a set of sewing tasks designed to test their ability to add shape and structure to clothing.

The sewers try to keep track of the twelve pieces of fabric needed to make a boned corset, then it’s back to the 80s to deconstruct a power suit. Finally they face the most demanding made to measure challenge yet, making a traditional kilt from scratch.

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TV Guide

20th February - 26th February 2015

2 6 th F ebruary 06:00 .................Countdown

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

06:45 ..........King of Queens

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

07:10 ..............3rd Rock from the Sun

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

07:35 ..............3rd Rock from the Sun 08:00 ........................... Frasier 08:30 ........................... Frasier 09:00 ........Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30........ Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05 ........Everybody Loves Raymond 10:35 ........ Undercover Boss Canada 11:30............ Shipping Wars 12:15.......... Channel 4 News Summary 12:20 .............Couples Come Dine with Me 13:05 .....A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 14:10 .................Countdown

06:00 ................. You’ve Been Framed!

06:25............................. Psych 07:10 ..................Emmerdale 07:40..... Coronation Street 08:10.................. You’ve Been Framed!

08:40.................. Dinner Date 09:40 ............... Catchphrase 10:25 ................................Psyc 11:20 .................. Royal Pains 12:10 ..................Emmerdale 12:40..... Coronation Street 13:15 ................. You’ve Been Framed!

13:40 ................ Dinner Date 14:40 ...................The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:00 ........... You’ve Been Framed!

20:00 ...............Two and a Half Men 21:00 ................ScorpionCW

06:15 .....................Babylon 5 07:00 ...................MasterChef Australia 09:00.......................... The Bill 11:00 ... Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 12:00 ................Hart of Dixie 13:00 ......... Masterchef New Zealand 14:00 ..............Bondi Rescue 15:00 .........................Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 16:00 .................Who Do You Think You Are? 17:00 ................ Doctor Who 18:00.......... Hart of Dixie 19:00 .... Masterchef New Zealand 20:00 ................... Grimm 21:00 ................. Heston’s Fantastical Food 22:00 ... My Breasts and I 23:00 ........... Traffic Cops

08:55 ...............Secret Eaters

06:00 ............ Dog the Bounty Hunter

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

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

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

06:30............ Dog the Bounty Hunter

07:35 .. The World of Stupid Criminals

07:00 ............................... WWE SmackDown!

07:00 .................Greatest Little Britons

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

15:10 ..................Cedar Cove

08:00 .. Ashley Banjo’s Secret Street Crew

11:00 .... Lizard Lick Towing

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

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

17:30 .................Neighbours

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

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

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

06:30 ................Toot the Tiny Tugboat 06:45 .....................Peppa Pig 06:50 .....................Peppa Pig 06:55 ......................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 08:15 .....................Peppa Pig 08:25..................... Peppa Pig 08:35 .........Toby’s Travelling Circus 08:45 ....................Bananas in Pajamas 09:00 ...................Tickety Toc

15:00......... Deal or No Deal

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

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

11:10...................... The Hotel Inspector

17:00 ...............Four in a Bed

12:10 ........................... 5 News Lunchtime 12:15.........The Billion Dollar Wreck Hunt 13:15........ Home and Away 13:45 .................Neighbours 14:15 ............................... NCIS

18:30..... 5 News Tonight 17:30............. The Simpsons 18:00........ The Simpsons 18:30 .............. Hollyoaks 19:00 .... Channel 4 News 20:00 ................ Location, Location, Location 21:00.............. Cucumber 22:00 ............ Gogglebox 23:05 ......The Romanians are Coming

19:00.............. The Classic Car Show 20:00.................. Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 21:00..... Britain’s Biggest Primary School 22:00........ The Mentalist 22:55 .....................Castle 23:55 ....................Access

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15:00 .. David Attenborough Conquest of the Skies 16:00..........................Futurama 17:00................ The Simpsons 17:30 .........................Futurama 18:30...........The Simpsons 20:00 ....................... Arrow 21:00 ...............Ross Kemp: Extreme World 22:00 ..............Quiz Nights 23:00....NCIS: Los Angeles

10:00 ........ Storage Hunters 12:00....................... Top Gear 14:00 ........ Storage Hunters 14:30 ...... American Pickers 15:30........ Storage Hunters 16:00..... Lizard Lick Towing 17:00 .......................Top Gear 18:00................ Top Gear 19:00 ... Storage Hunters 20:00 ..American Pickers 21:00 ......Have I Got a Bit More News for You 22:00....................... Suits 23:00........................... QI 23:40................... Would I Lie to You?

10:00 ................... Come Dine with Me 11:05 ...........Kirstie’s Vintage Gems 11:25 ........ The Violent Men 13:25 ...................Time Team 14:30................... Time Team 15:35 .................................Nazi Megastructures 16:40 ...................... A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 17:45 ...................... A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 18:50........... Building the Dream 19:55 ...... Grand Designs 21:00 ..........................The Good Wife 22:00 ........ The Bank Job

08:00 .........Barclays Premier League Legends 08:30 .......... Premier League 100 Club 09:00............. Football Gold 10:00 ..................The Premier League Years 12:00 ............. Football Gold 13:00 ...............................FL72 14:00......... Barclays Premier League Legends 14:30............... Dubai Racing Carnival 18:30.... Barclays Premier League Legends 19:00 ..... Premier League Darts 2015 22:30 ............A League of Their Own 23:30................. Ringside

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Wanted in Paradise BBC2, 19.00

Barbados.

Families considering a permanent move to somewhere exotic are given a taste of what it’s really like to move to a country very different from the UK. Alan Springer has been yearning to return to his native paradise for fifty years.

But Alan’s British wife Amanda has huge emotional ties at home in London, with key responsibilities for her elderly mother. For their teenage son Sekani, leaving his life-long pals and young nephew would mean massive sacrifices too.

During a weeklong trial in Alan’s Caribbean homeland, Barbados, can he convince Amanda and Sekani that a new life on a tropical island is worth the heartache?

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What’s On in Tenerife

20th February - 26th February 2015

‘Aida’ by Zeffirelli When: 3rd, 5th and 7th of March Where: Auditorio de Tenerife in Santa Cruz More info: auditoriodetenerife.com

One of the major events in the 2014-2015 opera season is this performance of ‘Aida’ by Verdi, in the version conceived by Franco Zeffirelli, with the musical direction of Massimiliano Stefanelli and with Micaela Carosi, Giancarlo Monsalve, Marianne Cornetti and Damiano Salerno.

Quantum Ensemble This concert features a new approach to classical music. It’s a modern way of interpreting classical music - more flexible and directed to a wider audience. Quantum Ensemble shows take place in a friendly atmosphere in which a direct dialogue with the public is set to place the works in context, through the experiences of musicians.

WHEN: 19th March, 30th April, May 28th WHERE: Auditorio de Tenerife, Santa Cruz MORE DETAILS: www.auditoriodetenerife.com

Dorada Brewery Tour

Carnival in Candelaria

The local beer company opens its doors to unveil the manufacturing process of Dorada beer, from the collection of raw materials to bottling. It’s a guided tour through the facilities explaining each stage of the brewing process. And at the end of the visit you will be invited to a Dorada or two in the Tasting Room. Booking is highly recommended.

When: Every Tuesday Where: Avenida de Ángel Romero in Santa Cruz More info: doradatour.es

With the slogan ‘A todo ritmo’ the carnival is arrives in Candelaria on Friday, February 26. The party begins with the Opening Gala. One of the most important days is Sunday 28, when the Daytime Carnival takes over Plaza de la Patrona with one of the most anticipated events, the 14th edition of the regional meeting of the ‘Murgas’ which are traditional choirs.

When: From 26 to 28 February Where: Candelaria More info: www.candelaria.es

Tegueste Tour Enjoy the scenery and explore the history of the town of Tegueste through over thirty thematic routes that take place throughout the year. Specialized guides will show you the most beautiful scenery of the town, its historical, artistic and archaeological heritage and, of course, vineyards and everything related to its great wine tradition. There are hiking trails, dramatized routes that will transport you to the past or night routes for a unique experience under the moon.

When: Every Day More Info www.tegueste.org

Tenerife Symphony Orchestra VIOLIN concertos and the symphonic works of Mahler are among the highlights of the 2015 season of the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra, under the leadership of Polish maestro Nesterowicz Michal.

When: Until 26th June Where: Auditorio de Tenerife in Santa Cruz More details: www.ost.es

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Entertainment

20th February - 26th February 2015

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Danny Darcy… a man apart LIVE music is the essence of almost every article I write. The quality of the live music in the Canaries plays an overwhelming role in the success of these islands, regarding the holiday industry.

It is the primary source of income for Tenerife and every other Island. But what draws so many talented, musical souls to such a small paradise as this? More importantly, what is the gift of musical talent?

Is it a unique voice? Is it a powerful and soulful voice? Is it spending years perfecting your craft and playing a multitude of instruments?

Or is it the ability to write and create your own original masterpieces?

If the answer to all these questions is Yes, then perhaps Danny Darcy is the embodiment of the perfect artist.

Danny Darcy: a name you cannot escape.

Everywhere I go, people know who Danny is, they know the band he plays with and the bar he plays in. It is no won-

der really because Danny possesses magnetic qualities few can mimic or master.

What Danny does with music cannot be taught, it is innate to some, and enhanced through a heartfelt adoration of music.

Playing most evenings in The Dubliner Bar in The Patch, Las Americas, Danny and the boys who form The Dubliner Band - Daniel Cavanagh and Leon Cormack have such a following that it is the only Tenerife bar which can boast consistently-busy, funfilled evenings.

Danny has played all over the world, yet the residencies he has occupied have, predominantly, been in Europe.

From solo acoustic performer to playing with big bands, this man has done it all.

Of course, he plays a lot of typical and classic Irish songs and anthems … it comes with the turf! His ability to diversify, though, is what makes him one of

the best musicians you are ever likely to see in a live environment.

From Ed Sheeran to George Ezra to Daft Punk, Danny has adapted with the times, fusing timeless and modern effortlessly.

A vintage-sounding Celtic voice, which can sing anything and make it his own, means Danny takes versatility to new heights.

Most musicians/singers in Tenerife rely on an arsenal of cover material in their shows and performances, and what sets Mr Darcy apart is his song-writing.

Song-writing is an art form nobody can teach.

It is like painting, but with words … emotions that flow from within and turn into something beautiful.

The year 2008 saw the release of Danny´s album Building Churches on Northbank records, a collection of music which cemented Danny´s reputation as a musical genius.

It is an album of sim-

Keep me in the loop EACH week, I look forward to researching and writing the entertainment page. It is great fun and I hope it keeps you, the the public, informed about who is good to see, and who to look out for in the future, etc.

But I can´t be everywhere. So if you´ve seen a brilliant act you believe deserves recognition, or you know of an event you feel deserves exposure, please let me know.

Even if you are just getting on your feet as a

new artiste or performer, or if you are a veteran of the arts but new to the Island, I want to hear from you.

These are delicate times for these little pearls of paradise in the ocean that are the Canary Islands. Global finances and all-inclusive resorts mean it is hard pulling the crowds out of the hotels and into the venues putting on live shows and music.

It appears that in 2014 and this year so far, things have been getting better, and that’s

partly because of the high standard of entertainment offered in Tenerife and the other Canary Islands.

But we have to stay diverse to maintain this success - and if there are performers or events out there that can help, I want to shine a journalistic spotlight on them.

Contact me by email: briggsyboy16@hotmail. com PS: Can someone remind me to upgrade from my childhood email at some point.

ple delights, incredible melodies combined with captivating lyrics - songs that are true to his Irish roots but inspired by his travels and music from around the world.

Look out for Danny´s tracks Coldest Night in Galway and Barcelona Sky on Youtube because these are some sublime sounds you don´t want to miss out on.

So what is Danny Darcy doing in 2015? Apart from performing every night with The Dubliner

Band, he has just released a cover of the unforgettable Never Tear Us Apart by INXS. He has taken a song that holds a sacred place in musical history and added subtle changes.

It is the reincarnation of an outstanding song by a supremely-gifted individual.

I believe INXS encapsulate Danny Darcy and his prestigious career in music. INXS are more of a cult group than global superstars like Queen or The Beatles, but they have a huge following.

And INXS have the sort of back catalogue which is admired but rarely covered - U2 being another example. The songs are so delicate that they are hard to reinterpret, but Danny has done something quite amaz-

ing. He has always teetered on the edge of “stardom”, but is modest and happy enough to remain an underground hero of the live music scene. A “secret sensation” if you will.

From Tenerife to Mallorca and England to Ireland, Danny has captured the hearts and minds of innumerable people, who can´t get enough of what he has to offer. It is appreciation truly deserved.

Never Tear Us Apart is getting regular plays on Oasis Fm and has had coverage all over the continent.

Danny is set for a couple of UK gigs in the near future and, with St Paddy’s Day just a few weeks away, it’s a busy time for the likeable Irishman.

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Wine and Dine

20th February - 26th February 2015

La Cava The restaurant is tucked away up a few steps from the harbour car park and has been owned and operated by Chef Ludo since 1979.

La Cava is proof that expertise and experience add up to excellence. The restaurant is rusticly decorated - unpretentious and welcoming - with a pleasant terrace and a split-level interior. And the lighting is neither too stark, nor too subtle.

By the Harbour, Los Cristianos

Open: Closed Sundays

Call: 922 790 493

Leo’s Italian & Grill

The Swan

Come and taste the fine Italian cuisine served at Leo’s restaurant in Oasis Paserella.

Authentic Italian cuisine with a modern twist with a set 3-course daily menu for just 9.95 euros (served until 5.30pm) plus a fantastic selection from the a la carte. You can’t fail to find something that will delight your taste buds.

Try the amazing pastas, pizzas, fresh meat or fish and maybe indulge yourself in one of the homemade desserts.

Try our new homemade menu from our new chef Tim, with all your favourites including: fish and chips, roast dinners, lasagne, steak pie, plus daily specials. If there’s anything you fancy t hat’s not on the menu, j ust give us 24hr notice and we will do it for you!

Or just pop in for a drink, with live entertainment every night, 9pm - 12midnight, and your favourite quiz on Sunday evenings.

C.C. Pasarella, Los Cristianos

In front of Margarita Apartments, Los Cristianos

Open: daily, 11am - 12am

Open: 10am - Late. Food until 8pm

Call: 922 788 872

Call: 698 396 367

James’ Place

Lupita

Newly-refurbished James’s Place just got bigger & better, adding a games room & stylish dining area. The only British bar in La Caleta has launched a new menu along with the ever-popular Sunday Roast & Summer BBQ’s.

We just haven’t met you yet!

Parque de la Reina has a secret - Lupita restaurant is fast becoming the place to eat, and it has a well-deserved reputation.

All the usual Mexican specialities are on offer, but from midday until 4pm, check out their 3.95euro menu. You can have a bowl of soup, main meal (selection of 16) and espresso coffee, which is excellent value for money.

La Caleta

Open: 10am - 10pm

Call: 922 168 139

Cañada Blanca 2, Parque de la Reina

Open: daily, 12noon - 11.30pm

Call: 677 381 869/645 581 621

The Bistro Mike’s Bistro has been established for over 20 years and is known for quality food at excellent prices.

Specialities include their perfectly cooked belly pork with crackling, unique traditional homemade pies and our new range of tenerife wines from Vilaflor.

Los Cristianos Open: Mon - Sat, 6pm - late. Sun, midday - late

Call: 922 795 823

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Wine and Dine

20th February - 26th February 2015

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Deli-liscious - Coming Soon!

We serve hearty dishes homemade from the best fresh locally sourced produce, but then all of those dishes made as a healthy version. Yes, that’s right, your favourite dishes how your grandma used to make them, or a healthier tasty version for those calorie conscious people.

Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, deliliscious serves food to suit all tastes.

Phone your order through so it’s ready when you arrive!

Up from Iceland, behind Aqualand, San Eugenio

Open: Everyday, 9am - 9pm

Call: 922 714 326

Otelo Otelo restaurants serve traditional Spanish cuisine specializing in delicious crispy garlic chicken and Canarian potatoes, plus all the tasty sauces. Try out our canarian night, with our staff all dressed in national costumes and live canarian music, at otelo 1 , with its gorgeous mountain views, on ,Monday night. Or Thursday night at otello 2, our beach front restaurants.

Nutters Full English breakfasts, home-cooked food, home-cooked chips, freshly prepared sandwiches and baguettes.

A variety of cakes served with tea or coffee for 4.95 euros, after 3pm everyday.

Drinkers welcome!

Food served all day, takeaway available.

Otelo I: Baranco Inferño. Otelo II: Fañabe Beach front

Middle square, San Blas, near taxi rank

Open: Otelo I: 12noon - 11pm Otelo II: 11am - 11pm

Open: Mon-Sat, 8.30am-6pm.

Sun, 8.30am-4pm

Call: 922 780 374 / 922 716 342

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Health

By Val Sainsbury AN analysis of 52 individual studies has discovered that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) increases the risk of ovarian cancer.

The University of Oxford research, published in the respected Lancet magazine, found an extra case for every 1,000 women taking the drugs for five years, from the age of 50.

Lead researcher Sir Richard Peto says claims that there was no risk for short courses of HRT “simply isn’t true”.

A leading cancer charity said this was a “modest increase on a relatively uncommon cancer.”.

Medical charities said

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HRT: The big risk!

the findings were robust, but believed the risk did fall after HRT stopped.

The HRT drugs are used to alleviate the symptoms of the menopause, which can be so severe that they interfere with day-to-day life. *Women have a onein-50 chance of developing ovarian cancer *Taking HRT for five years is linked to one extra case of ovarian cancer per 1,000 women *That takes the expected incidence from 20 women in 1,000 to 21 per 1,000 *One million women in the UK are on HRT *There are 7,000 cases of ovarian cancer in the UK each year *Women in Britain take HRT mostly for between two and five years True, there is an increased risk of breast cancer, which has been well-documented. However, the drugs have also been found to reduce

the risk of osteoporosis and bowel cancers.

But the impact on ovarian cancer has been debated, particularly for those taking the drug for less than five years.

Scientists behind the latest study, which looked at data from 52 separate studies, including 21,500 women with ovarian cancer, say it proves there is a link.

Prof Sir Richard Peto told the BBC News website: “It’s a risk, that about a million women in this country have HRT, and that 1,000 will get ovarian cancer from it.”

He specified that there would be one extra death for every 1,700 people taking hormone replacement therapy.

Sir Richard also said that although the risks would be reduced for those taking it for a shorter period of time, they were still there.

He added: “If it were me and I had really bad symptoms, I’d worry

more about those than any possible risk.”

Theresa Chaffey, from Bournemouth, told the BBC News website: “I wasn’t actually given any information in regards to any breastcancer risk or ovariancancer risk.

“Hearing this latest news is very worrying because of actually being on HRT for so long - and with GPs continually saying I need to stay on it for my bones as well as any symptoms.”

But Val Weedon, from Chatham in Kent, said: “I have been taking HRT in one form or another since 1997, when I had a full hysterectomy.

“My life would be unbearable if I didn’t have HRT - and for a number of other women who suffer severe menopausal symptoms, it is the same.

“We have to weigh up the quality of life alongside the risks and, therefore, HRT is a risk

we’d rather take than have no life.”

Ovarian cancer is often difficult to diagnose because the symptoms are similar to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and other conditions.

The main symptoms include: *Increased abdominal size and persistent bloating (not bloating that comes and goes) *Persistent pelvic and abdominal pain *Difficulty eating and feeling full quickly, or feeling nauseous Prof Montserrat Garcia-Closas, from the Institute of Cancer Research in London, told the BBC of the findings: “There’s been a question for a long time about how solid the evidence was, and this paper shows really very convincingly that there is an association.”

But she cautioned: “It’s a modest increase on a relatively-uncommon cancer.

“For the general impact on a woman of average risk, then breast cancer will be a more important consideration than ovarian cancer.”

Katherine Taylor, from the Ovarian Cancer Action charity, said: “Every woman is different, though, and each may have different risk-factors.”

She stressed that some women would be at increased risk because of their family history, and the inheritance of some cancer risk genes, such as BRCA1 and BRCA 2.

“Knowing her BRCA (breast cancer) status could affect a woman’s decisions around her health care,” added Ms Taylor. “It could help her to decide whether HRT is the right path, for example.”

The UK’s medicine’s regulator said it advised using the lowest doses for the shortest possible time.

Five more ways you can kill yourself by smoking FIVE diseases and health conditions not previously linked to smoking are now thought to be caused by the habit.

The link between cigarettes and lung disease, some cancers, artery disease, heart attacks and stroke is well-documented.

But scientists at the Washington University School of Medicine have identified that smoking is also linked to significantly-increased risks of infection, kidney disease, intestinal disease caused by inadequate blood flow, and heart and lung illnesses not previously attributed to tobacco.

The group studied health data from almost

one million people, following them for 10 years. And their findings suggest the number of people dying worldwide from smoking each year is seriously under-estimated.

Health officials in the US reckon smoking kills around 480,000 people each year.

Research has already established 21 diseases caused by smoking, including 12 types of cancer, six categories of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and pneumonia, including influenza.

That figure is around 100,000 in the UK, while the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates the global figure stands at six million taking into account second-hand smoke.

However, the Washington University scientists believe those figures could be considerably higher, especially with counting deaths

from the five additional health problems they now believe are linked closely to smoking.

Dr Eric Jacobs, coauthor of the study, estimates smoking could be killing around 60,000 extra Americans each year - around 13% of the 480,000 annual deaths attributed to the habit.

If applied to the global figure, their theory suggests an extra 780,000 across the world could be dying from the effects of smoking each year.

Dr Jacobs, said: “The

number of additional deaths potentially linked to cigarette smoking is substantial.

“In our study, many excess deaths among smokers were from disease categories not currently established as caused by smoking.

“And we believe there is strong evidence that many of these deaths may have been caused by smoking.

“If the same is true nationwide, then cigarette smoking may be killing about 60,000 more Americans each year

than previously estimated.”

He added: “The number is greater than the total number who die each year of influenza or liver disease.”

Those taking part in the study were men and women, all aged 55 or older. And over the course of the decadelong study, more than 180,000 of the participants died.

Researchers found current smokers, as predicted, had death rates almost three times higher than those who had never smoked.

Their findings show the majority of excess deaths in smokers were through diseases established as being caused by smoking, including 12 types of cancer, coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

The study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Lifestyle

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Fringes with the benefits

Verdeal

the real deal IF you are curious about wine, you will want to discover Verdeal, which emanates from the district of Rueda, located north of Spain in the provinces of Valladolid, Segovia and Avila.

The Duero River runs through the north of the wine region. The soils are sandy, clayey and covered in rich scree gravel.

This ensures good ventilation and irrigation of the soil, and gives the life to the high quality of wines from Rueda.

The continental climate ensures short but hot summers and cold winters. The local joke is: nine months of winter and three months of hell! The vineyards grow between 600-800 metres of specialised land. When talking about wines from Rueda, we think especially of the white wine because this is where the famous Spanish variety, Verdejo, not only originates but dominates the mind.

In fact, this variety of wine has sent Rueda to the top of the list of preferred white wines of Spain.

In 2007 Eduardo Poza, a young entrepreneur with a profound love for the Verdejo grape variety, started an ambitious project with the goal of recuperating Verdejo’s truest identity under a new and thoroughly modern brand name. Simply named “VERDEAL”, his vision quickly caught the imagination.

His Verdeal is “a continuous quest for the satisfaction of the contemporary palate, within that idea of creating a brand name with solid roots within a given geographical

area and a steady quality over the years, a true symbol, a sheer identity for both the region and the grape…”

It’s an impressive boast! But it has been well backed up because the wine has been winning awards every year.

It scooped the Gran Bacchus de oro 2014 - for the best white wine; the Vivir el Vino 2014 best young white wine. It also won gold medals in 2011 with Mundus Vini and 2012 in Brussels, among other honours.

With its strawyellow colour and a vivid green tinge, it is clean, neat and brilliant. It’s such an inviting wine. On the nose it has medium intensity, showing a rich and complex aroma, with abundant varietals notes.

Fresh and fruity (green apple), it has also some fine citrus fruit notes (grapefruit, lime, lemon rind) that boost its

fresh and youthful character and leans the expression towards balsamic and wild herbs nuances, as well as to an intense floral (white petals) aspect, all of which afford formidable elegance, with a delicate finish of aniseed and spices.

On the palate, you will discover fresh, rich and elegant taste, with great structure. It shows also good weight and acidity, a rich, long and highly-aromatic finish with lovely bitter nuances typical of Verdejo, that help to increase length, and a fine after-taste of citrus fruits, balsamic herbs and mineral.

The vines that yield the fruit to make this wine are over 25 years of age and dryfarmed in both bush and trellis systems.

Relatively low yields account for higher concentration and, ultimately, greater wines.

This 100% varietal wine goes perfectly with white fish, appetisers, rice and seafood.

The Verdeal Verdejo, one of the best wines in Spain, is available in the finest restaurants - or in your wine cellar.

So come and taste it with us in Las Chafiras.

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By Carl from Robot

THERE’S nothing more beneficial to anyone than a fringe. And whether you have a smaller forehead or a fuller one, fringes are a girl’s best friend.

There is a fringe to suit most face shapes, so read on and see if you can find the one that suits you best. If you’ve never tried a fringe, you must consider a few things first before you take the plunge.

Even if you lust after a fringe that you’ve seen on someone else, take these considerations on board before you make a move with those scissors.

Firstly, take into account your face shape.

If it’s square, your bestsuited to a side-sweeping fringe. This takes away that square look and softens the face perimeter. Never go for a full fringe as this can make the face even more cube-like.

Smaller foreheads can

get away with a fuller fringe, but not too deep because this can “shrink” the face down even more.

A finer, whispy one gives softness, but still enables some forehead to be seen. But if you wear your hair in a centre-parting, stay away from half-fringes as this hair hanging on either side can widen the face too much.

Instead, go for a heavier one to frame the face more and take away the severity of that centreparting.

Please stay away from those “permanently surprised fringes” You know, the ones you see here which are cut halfway up the forehead to “last” that bit longer.

Should you like, we do have a free fringe cut in between your visits to keep that fuller fringe just on your eyebrows.

Never take a fringe above because this can look a little startling.

For the more mature clients, there is nothing better than adding a fringe to any cut.

It softens lines around the temples and sides - there’s nothing worse than longer hair on a mature lady with too much forehead. This can look ageing and way too severe.

Anything that brings softness to the face is perfect, and even fuller fringes on the right shaped face can pull years off.

All in all, fringes are one sure-fire way to change your look completely in a matter of minutes.

You can keep the rest of your hair the same, but adding a fringe will make you as though you’ve restyled your entire hair.

Don’t be afraid to give one a try, and, if it’s not what you wanted, there is always a way to style it differently until it grows.

You’re never stuck with any shaped fringe. They hide a multitude of sins, change face shapes and even take years off. So the next time you are in the salon, ask your stylist to show you which shape would suit your face best.

Do NOT attempt to do it at home as a tooshort fringe can rarely be corrected. And you don’t want to be walking around looking as though you have been attacked with the kitchen scissors.

Leave it to your stylist to give you the fringe you want - and show you how, by just adding this minor change to your style, it can really give you “fringe benefits”.

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Community News

By Monica Dyson MARK Twain said: “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, then it doesn’t matter!”

I admit to have been a little unkind when I read about the wedding of Stephen Fry - although he is one of my favourite people - and saw the pictures of him smiling proudly, almost like a father at his son’s graduation.

I thought: “Why didn’t he simply adopt him”, and then I realised that, silly me, the young man already had parents with his father being exactly the same age as his new husband. And his parents, it seems, are delighted with the whole thing.

And that was when I

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Is age just a number? had another very unkind thought … and it was to do with pound signs!

I’ve nothing whatsoever against gay marriages. Spread the love, I say. There isn’t enough of it in the world.

It’s more the fact that marriages where there is a vast age difference fills me with a slight sense of unease.

The 30-year age difference between Stephan and his new partner fell into insignificance besides the couple who appeared on breakfast television sofas last week.

He an Austrian billionaire of 82 years, and she’s a former Playboy bunny girl of 25. But who am I to scoff? As she said: “The money is nice, but it is a love match!”

Of course it is!

Mind you, her former boss, Hugh Hefner, also married last year. His new wife was 27 to his 87. Surely at that age, it’s a nurse they need and not a wife?

But perhaps it is unfair of me to be so cynical.

The list of older men with young wives is endless - and I’m not saying anything - but they do often seem to be famous and quite comfortablyoff.

Our own Peter Stringfellow - from my hometown Sheffield - who had a baby at 74 with his 33-year-old wife, was probably not involved in the night feeds.

Paul Daniels, at 76, has been married for over 20 years to his 20-yearyounger wife ‘‘The Lovely Debbie McGee’. She has proved wrong the cynic who said to her: “Tell me Miss McGhee, exactly what do you see in your short, ugly, balding, millionaire husband?”

The ultimate has to be this week with the announcement of the wedding between 80-yearold Charles Manson and his 26-year-old fiancée.

With no possible chance of a parole, it’s unlikely the age-gap will matter very much!

It now almost commonplace for older men to “attract” much younger women. Look at Ronnie Wood and Jimmy Page, but it doesn’t always seem to be as acceptable the other way round, although such a marriage, with a large age difference, doesn’t have to be unsuccessful.

Barbara Windsor and her husband have a considerable age gap of 26 years, and have been married 15 years, while Joan Collins raised a few eyebrows with the 30-year-or-more agegap with her husband, Percy.

When asked at the time of her wedding, which was, admittedly over 13 years ago, if the age difference bothered her, she was reported to have said: “If he dies, he dies!”

It was Mae West who said: “It ain’t the men in your life, it’s the life in your men!”

Love may be blind, however, but what about crows’ feet, saggy

skin and all the other things that appear with old age?

I remember reading the autobiography of David Jacobs, a very popular radio presenter and disc jockey, who died in 2013 at the age of 87. His third wife was 19 years younger than him, and a very beautiful model.

He described how he tried to wake up before her each morning so that he could clean his teeth, moisturise his face and comb over his hair. However, there is no evidence that the marriage wasn’t a happy one.

A recent study states that a larger age-gap is related to a higher divorce rate and that the figures are as much as 95% for a 20-year gap.

It would seem that people from different generations may have different cultural reference points and opposite tastes in music and film, not to mention friends.

There was actually

quite a large age-gap in my parents’ marriage.

My father was 21years older than my mother. Whether they were particularly happy or not, I’ve no idea. If they weren’t, my sister and I didn’t pick up on it.

When you are young, you don’t necessarily think about things like that and, in any case, it was very much the case of sticking with a marriage in those days.

You’ve made your bed sort of thing. However, my mother certainly wasn’t after his money!

We were never conscious that he was an older father. Maybe if we’d been boys, we might have wanted to play football with him.

But the things he was interested in, like books, music and theatre, he shared with us.

And so, perhaps, I should stop being unkind about Stephen Fry and wish him and his partner well.

After all, age is but a number!

Helping Hands’ five-star show!

HELPING Hands raised a whopping 6,372.70 euros at its St Valentine’s Dinner-Dance, held at the Hotel Villa Cortes.

The evening was a great success and organiser Liz Montague, who runs the charity, was overwhelmed with the result.

She said: “A big thankyou to our sponsors Woods Estate Agency, Bamboo Hair Design, Paint Magic, DeCotta Law, Al Paradise, CBAS, Issan Thaifood in the WonderFood Market, and Hestria Administrators - who all contributed to this successful event.

“The five-star Hotel again pulled out all

the stops and we had a fabulous evening. The food was delicious, the service flawless and the venue perfect for a ro-

mantic evening.”

Entertainment came from saxophonist Fermin Rivero and talented singer Hollie Bourne, who had everyone on the dance floor with her beautiful voice.

The raffle and auction were roaring successes, with fabulous donations from many friends and businesses around the Island.

Liz was supported by friends Steff Tudge and

Gil Patterson, who performed miracles by selling mountains of raffle tickets.

The money raised will be used for sponsoring under-privileged children of the Guardyl Centre in Granadilla once they complete their schooling at 17.

It will go towards funding Academy courses, helping them further their education and securing apprenticeships,

giving the children a chance for a brighter future.

Helping Hands proudly announces that, since its 2009 inception, a total in excess of 100,000 euros has been raised towards helping many of the Island’s under-privileged youngsters.

Over the last year, the charity has purchased a minibus for Guardyl Centre and funded all its summer activities and general necessities, Academy fees and even Christmas presents and parties for the children.

In addition, equipment worth over 20,000 euros has been purchased for Guargacho’s CEE Disabled School, plus the cost of play-area refurbishment, the school’s complete redecoration and a new Sensory Room with specialised equipment.

A grateful Liz thanks you all for your continued support of Helping Hands.

If you would like to learn more about its charity work, please take a look at the website www.helpinghands tenerife.org

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Community News

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Accion del Sol news

Please home our precious pets WE have more than 400 abandoned dogs a year arriving at the refuge via Protection Civil, so it is important that we adopt as many of them as possible to enable our continued support here in Tenerife.

and has a clean bill of health before leaving the refuge.

There is no adoption fee, but donations are well received towards the care and running of the refuge.

Adopting a dog is the best way to give these abandoned and illtreated animals a second chance in life.

Please call 922 778 630 for more information or if you would like to help out in any way, or maybe you have some spare time and would like a spot of dog-walking they just love it!

Pictures of delight Our next fund-raising event will be at the refuge on 9th May, and the theme is spring flowers, pets and children.

Please take a photo of your pet or child with flowers and submit it

Two of our many dogs decided to share the love on Valentine’s Day in the hope of finding new homes.

If you are interested in adopting a dog, then please call or visit the refuge during our opening hours. Every dog is fully vaccinated, heartworm-free, sterilised/castrated, microchipped, passported

to teneriffa@aktiontier. org where they will be printed out and displayed.

The three best winning pictures will be awarded prizes at the spring event - and you can submit as many pictures as you like.

Where to find us The refuge is situated at Granadilla’s Industrial Estate, Exit 51 on the TF1, directly next to ITER, the ecological park which houses the windmills.

Opening hours We are open to the public on Mondays, Tu e s d a y s , T h u r s d a y s and Fridays between 2-5pm, and on Saturdays from 1pm to 4pm. The refuge is closed Wednesdays, Sundays and on Public Holidays.

Live Arico news

Have a party with us COME and check out our new shop, which opens on Monday (23rd Feb) from 1pm, when we will be throwing an opening party.

We are situated at Golf Park which is on the loop road, just before the lottery kiosk. We are proud of our latest shop and hope you will like it.

Do drop in. Of course, we also 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 Saturday and Sunday.

Have a browse, bag a bargain and help the animals.

Dog of the Week Russell is just over a

Another Fayre time at Church TENERIFE Family Church is staging its second Craft Fayre on Thursday, 5th March, on the back of the members’ successful Christmas effort.

A variety of splendid, home-made handicrafts will be available, and if you fancy displaying your

own wares, a table costs just three euros.

Contact Irene on 672 917 298 for further details.

The event, taking place at the Coral Mar Church in Costa del Silencio, runs from 10am to 1pm and includes tea, coffee and fresh cakes.

year old and has grown into a medium-to-largesized dog. He has been with us his whole life, so really needs the chance to live in a real family environment.

He is very friendly, so could you give him a chance?

For more information call Sue on 629 388 102.

Whale and dolphin trip The MustCat is now full, and we are set for a great day out tomorrow (Saturday).

Please don’t be late. We sail at 1.15pm sharp, so be at the port of Las Galletas no later than 1pm.

Unlimited drinks are included in the 20-euro ticket price, but no food, so do bring a picnic if you like. Call Sue on 629 388 102 if you would like to join us, just to check if there are cancellations.

If, so we might be able to fit you in.

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.

See you there - dolphins ahoy!

Fun doggie weekend As you know, our dog show is now a weekend event, starting on Saturday, 7th March, with a basic obedience course from 3pm, along

with an “Ask the Vet” session.

This will be followed at noon the next day by our Fun Dog Show, in collaboration with San Miguel Town Hall.

Both events will be held next to the Cultural Centre at Llano del Camello. It’s

just two euros to enter your pooch, so come and have an enjoyable afternoon with us.

As our last dog show was so successful, we have added a fancy dress category, which should be fun.

For more info, call Eugenio on 633 717 480.

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Motoring

By Emma at Motorworld

AS most drivers know and expect, they have to pay annual road taxes (Impuesto de Rodaje or Impuesto sobre vehículos de tracción mecánica), in Tenerife.

The sum owing varies, depending on the size of the engine, the cv, and now, sometimes, on the emission rates specified by certain town halls.

Each town hall has slightly different rates and, generally, has different times of the year when these can be paid - known as a “voluntary period”.

You can normally check out the dates at the local SAC centres or online at the relevant town hall’s official web page - eg: www.arona. org for the municipal-

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ity of Arona. Town halls usually provide a period of six to eight weeks in which these taxes can be paid without incurring fines or interest payments.

If, however, you forget to pay during this time and cough up after the end of that year, a charge of 5% or more is normally levied when the payment is eventually paid.

If the sum remains unpaid and you wish to sell your car and arrange a transfer of ownership, this is now “blocked” by Tráfico until the road tax is paid.

Some town halls automatically advise Tráfico directly when payment has been made. But others don’t, and the original road tax receipt must be shown at Tráfico for them to erase the block (embargo) from their system.

Most town halls automatically advise Tráfico of outstanding taxes at the beginning of each new calendar year - on or around 1st January.

Failure to pay can result in your bank account being embargoed to col-

lect the money that way.

It happens when the town hall places notifications in the Official Bulletin showing the debt outstanding, with the sums and the individual’s NIE/DNI or company CIF number.

This is usually published twice, at which point the debt is then sent to Hacienda to deal with. They will send you

letters, generally two or three, so it is important that both Tráfico and Hacienda have your correct address.

Otherwise, you will not receive any of these letters. The last one from Hacienda generally comes with a Carta de Pago, which is like a payment receipt, and can be paid in to any bank.

By this time, however, not only will you owe the road taxes plus a fine, but also interest and costs. So it will prove to be considerably more than in the first place.

If you do not receive these letters or choose to ignore them, Hacienda will advise those banks with which you hold accounts, and a stock (embargo) will

be placed, preventing you from withdrawing money.

This process is normally carried out within a 15-day period from notification to the money actually being taken.

You can, if you notice this, go to the bank, which will be able to reveal the reference number for you to contact Hacienda to find out what it is.

At this point, there is no way of stopping Hacienda taking the money. And if there has been an error, which occasionally happens, you would have to make a reclamation, which can take considerable time and paperwork.

The moral here is to be aware that although there are no tax discs displayed in cars, road taxes are due and payable annually - and that it is in your interest to pay them. And remember, they are generally considerably cheaper than the UK. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me at emma@motorworld tenerife.com.

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Puzzle Page

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PRIZE Godoku!

WIN! Tickets for bowling at Megabowl

WIN! 2 tickets to see The Sound of Musicals

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 25th February 2015 and you’ll be in with a chance of winning.

Please come up to the OasisFm / Canarian Weekly offices to pick up your prize. You have until 20th March 2015 to pick up and use your vouchers.

This week’s letters: A B C H K L O R U This week’s mystery clue: Lori Rader-Day’s 2014 thriller set in a Chicago college has this title, with “The” (9 letters).

___________________________________________________ The Bridge Four men want to cross a bridge. They all begin on the same side. It is night and they have only one flashlight with them. At most two men can cross the bridge at a time and any party who crosses, either one or two people, must have the flashlight with them. The flashlight must be walked back and forth: it cannot be thrown, etc. Each man walks at a different speed. A pair must walk together at the speed of the slower man. Man 1 needs 1 minute to cross the bridge, man 2 needs 2 minutes, man 3 needs 5 minutes, and man 4 needs 10 minutes. For example, if man 1 and man 3 walk across together, they need 5 minutes.

The Question: How can all four men cross the bridge in 17 minutes?

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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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-49

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-68

3/4 of this

+79

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Riddles: If you have written down a full paper of mathematical formulas, you have been thinking too complicatedly...

It is obvious that the cork does not move relatively to the water (i.e. it has the same speed as the water). Therefore, if the swimmer is swimming away from the cork for half an hour (upstream), it will take him another half hour to swim back to the cork again. Because the swimmer is swimming with constant effort, his speed is constant relatively to the speed of the water. You can look at it as if the water in the river does not move, the cork does not move, and the swimmer swims a certain time away from the cork and then back. Consequently, in that one hour time, the cork has floated from 1 kilometer up stream to the bridge.

Conclusion: The water in the canal flows at a speed of 1 km/h.

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Last Issue's Answers: Cork in the Canal

And 2 normal sudokus for you aswell...

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Table for Two You are sitting with one opponent at an empty, round table. Taking turns, you should place one euro on the table, in such a way that it touches none of the coins that are already on the table. The first player that is not able to place a euro on the table has lost. By tossing a coin, it has been decided that you may start.

The Question: Which strategy will you follow to make sure you are guaranteed to win?

Beginner Starter Number

2

Riddles Cards with Crosses You have a stack of 23 cards. Each card has an image of a cross on one side and an image of a circle on the other side. You know that 14 cards in the stack are lying with the cross up, and therefore 9 cards are with the circle up.

However, you do not know in which order the cards are.

Moreover, you are in a completely dark room, so you cannot see anything.

The Question: How can you, without seeing anything, divide the stack of cards in two smaller stacks, in such a way that both stacks have the same number of cards with a cross up?

Last Week’s winner (Issue 889): Kathleen Adams

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It is given that x = y. So x - y = 0, and therefore in the last step we divide by zero, which is not allowed!

Three Taps

The smallest tap fills 1/20 water-cask in 1 minute. The middle tap fills 1/12 water-cask in 1 minute. The largest tap fills 1/5 watercask in 1 minute.

Together they fill 1/20 + 1/12 + 1/5 = 1/3 water-cask in 1 minute. Therefore, the whole water-cask is filled in 3 minutes.

Godoku:

Brain Training: Beginner: 7 Intermediate: 196 Advanced: 268

Sudoku X:

4 1 8 2 6 3 7 5 9

2 3 5 1 7 9 4 6 8

6 7 9 4 5 8 1 2 3

1 2 3 5 4 7 8 9 6

7 5 4 9 8 6 2 3 1

9 8 6 3 2 1 5 4 7

3 9 2 7 1 5 6 8 4

8 4 1 6 3 2 9 7 5

5 6 7 8 9 4 3 1 2

Sudoku:

4 2 9 1 7 6 8 3 5

3 9 5 8 6 1 7 2 4

6 5 7 8 3 2 9 4 1

6 8 4 5 2 7 1 9 3

8 1 3 5 4 9 7 6 2

1 2 7 4 3 9 6 5 8

1 6 2 7 9 4 3 5 8

4 7 9 2 8 3 5 1 6

9 7 8 3 2 5 4 1 6

8 3 6 7 1 5 2 4 9

5 3 4 6 8 1 2 9 7

2 5 1 6 9 4 3 8 7

7 8 6 4 5 3 1 2 9

9 4 3 1 7 2 8 6 5

3 9 1 2 6 8 5 7 4

7 1 8 9 5 6 4 3 2

2 4 5 9 1 7 6 8 3

5 6 2 3 4 8 9 7 1

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By Roscoe

Mirandes 1 CD Tenerife 1 IT is now seven matches since Tenerife recorded a win, but there were signs last weekend that they are starting to turn a corner.

Manager Raul Agne promised a more physical approach for this match, and I’m sure Mirandes boss Carlos Terrazas had heard that, too, because his side fought fire with fire in a robust encounter.

Tenerife were no angels, but Mirandes got away with murder at times. Referee Jose Figueroa had a poor game - they always do in Tenerife matches, it seems - and a stronger official would have surely given Tenerife a win they probably deserved.

Agne pulled of a sur-

prise to the line-up with Maxi Perez getting a rare start. He replaced the suspended Suso for his first start since the defeat at Leganes on 5th October.

Perez was set to leave during the transfer window but couldn’t find a move. But he seems to be back in favour, and he did okay against Mirandes.

And 22-year-old Santi finally made his firstteam debut when he replaced Victor Garcia for the last 30 minutes. He was a shrewd Quique Medina signing in the summer of 2013, and has paid his dues in the B team ever since.

Tenerife took the lead on the half-hour with a rare Aitor Sanz goal. It was only his second for the club, the previous one coming in the 3-2 reverse at Osasuna.

Mirandes equalised just three minutes into the second half, thanks to Urko Vera’s 11th of the season. He was a key part to Eibar’s promo-

tion campaign last season, and his goals have propelled Mirandes to safety this campaign.

The draw keeps Tenerife in the relegation zone, and they have a couple of tough fixtures coming up. This weekend they host Real Valladolid, who are in second place. And, of course, it’s the league leaders Las Palmas in the Canarian derby in a week.

Valladolid are a great club and always bring a few fans away. They have been rewarded with some spanking wins in the last few weeks. They won 5-1 at Mallorca, and then left Racing Santander with a 4-1 smile.

They are full of La Liga-standard players and have been boosted by the transfer window signing of striker Jonathan Pereira from Rayo Vallecano. He has already hit four goals in six matches.

They also have three former Tenerife players.

Alfaro has been injured

since October and will not travel, but Omar Ramos and Jeffren should both play.

Jeffren is better than Position

this standard, while Omar was offered to Tenerife in the transfer window. Tenerife were unable to afford him Points

PLD

Won

and, since then, he has forced his way back into the team. And every fan is aware of the curse of the old boy!

Draw Lost

F A

1

UD Las Palmas

50

25

14

8

3

44

24

2

Real Valladolid CF

48

25

14

6

5

40

18

3

Girona FC

48

25

14

6

5

36

19

4

Real Sporting

48

25

12

12

1

35

18

5

Real Betis Balompié

6

25

13

7

5

35

23

6

Real Zaragoza

41

25

11

8

6

41

33

7

SD Ponferradina

36

25

9

9

7

34

34

8

CD Leganés

35

25

10

5

10

27

23

9

CD Numancia

34

25

8

10

7

37

33

34

25

9

7

9

25

28

10 CD Mirandés 11 AD Alcorcón

31

25

8

7

10

30

37

12 Club Atlético Osasuna

30

24

8

6

10

27

32

13 Deportivo Alavés

29

24

6

11

7

24

26

14 UE Llagostera

29

25

8

5

12

19

26

15 RCD Mallorca

28

25

7

7

11

30

37

16 CD Lugo

28

25

6

10

9

25

33

17 FC Barcelona B

27

25

7

6

12

32

43

18 Real Racing Club

25

25

6

7

12

24

28

19 CD Tenerife

25

25

6

7

12

20

30

20 Albacete Balompié

25

25

7

4

14

31

43

21 RC Recreativo

23

25

5

8

12

22

34

22 CE Sabadell FC

21

25

5

6

14

27

43

Ñandu still on top

THE second part of Ñandu rugby club’s epic journey has ended in more success as they retained their position at the top of the league after another weekend double-header.

On Saturday, they beat Vilanova 36-0, then clung on to a 21-20 lead against Tarragona the following day.

As before, the Catalan teams’ hospitality was exceptional, with Ñandu players, trainers and parents being made to feel like part of the family.

Weekend match reports Ñandu 36 Vilanova 0 VILANOVA were not going to be pushover and, despite the scoreline, they provided Ñandu›s sternest test so far in the competition.

After a nervous start, a yellow card added to

CR Tarragona 20 Ñandu 21 FOLLOWING their hard-fought battle and just one night of recuperation, the challenge of the perennial champions commenced.

After a rousing team talk by coach Jamie Whelan, the boys came out of the blocks firing on all cylinders and scored an unanswered 21 points with tries from Facundo Patsouris (2) and Gabriel Mendez, all of which

the visitors’ nerves, yet 12 points were scored while they were down to 14 men and this gave Ñandu a platform for victory.

The team found their rhythm and made forays into the opposing 22 , with the sin-bin prop Gregorio Prieto returning to the

field and scoring the first of many tries.

This was followed closely by Chema Patino Gil scoring a try, converted by Gabriel Trujillo Mendez.

The second half was a completely different story, with two tries in the first two minutes, by the juggernaut

Gregorio and Gabriel Córdoba, converted

by Chema and Gabriel Mendez.

The forward dominance in setpieces added to the revival of the back division, leading to scores from backs Deklan Banister Wells and Gabriel Mendez.

were successfully converted by Chema & Gabriel.

The physical and attritional rugby continued into the second half, and the physicality of playing successive, brutal matches started to take its toll on Ñandu as Tarragona fought back to get to within a point of their opponents.

But a defensive platform was created by Ñandu›s forwards, and the backs comple-

mented this with powerful tackles of their own.

These systems were backed up with controlled discipline, and a ferocious appetite to win the ball back.

With Tarragona entrenched on the fivemetre line for the last 10 minutes, Ñandu battled to preserve their one-point lead.

It was a defensive master-, with all 15 players putting their bodies on the line and using every ounce of

energy to achieve another success.

As previously mentioned, none of this is possible without the help and support of our current sponsors.

But we still have a long way to go, with three trips ahead, and are looking for more help if this incredible journey is to continue.

If you can help in any way, please phone 664 361 086, or email nandurugbytenerife@ gmail.com

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Friday the 13th, Part One! THE above date is unlucky for some, so they say, and it could mean do u b l e -t r ou ble for Division 2 leaders Waterfall Warriors.

top two, and with two matches left to play, there is no margin for error.

Down in the basement, Ourplace Playgirls put in a stirling performance to claim a draw with Barracuda Hunters, while Phoenix Flights dropped just one singles leg as they whipped the Spear Chuckers.

There were just two matches played in Division 1, and those Playboys were at it again, wiping the floor with Naughty Nautas, and opening up a hefty 20-point lead over the chasing pack.

Of course, Trap Door

They slipped to a 5-3 home defeat against Palms Sports Bar last Friday, and will play the same team next month.

And the date? Yup, Friday 13th! Let’s hope they don’t suffer from Triskadekaphobia.

With The Palms enjoying a 5-3 win over Chipeque Chippers, just two points separate the

PRemier division ResultS

BAR 180 A GAFFERS B TARGET ARMY

8-0 3-5 4-4

BAR 180 B VIKINGS ENSECAN THE PUB

and the Shamrocks each have three games in hand, but the Playboys are looking good.

Even Fluff!

The other tie ended

up all-square as Emerald Lounge nicked the last rubber at Summerlands.

The Premier league has a new look to it at

the top end, apart from Bar 180 A, that is. They showed no mercy to their stablemates, Bar 180 B, inflicting an 8-0 defeat.

Biggest clash of the week came at Target Army as they hosted a four-man team from The Pub. The Army, with Bryn firing in a 180, looked home and hosed at 4-2, but a strong rearguard action by The Pub saw them pull it back to 4-4. All of this means that Phoenix Bar have now slipped to fourth spot.

Elsewhere, Gaffers B lost 5-3 against Vikings Ensecan, but the

Division 1 ResultS

Division 2 ResultS

EMERALD SHAMROCKS P-P PAS O NADAS NAUGHTY NAUTAS 0-8 OURPLACE PLAYBOYS PICASSOS P-P TRAP DOOR SUMMERLANDS 4-4 EMERALD LOUNGE SUNDOWNERS 8-0 GAFFERS A

OURPLACE PLAYGIRLS PHOENIX FLIGHTS THE PALMS WATERFALL WARRIORS

match will be fondly remembered by Gaffers skipper Neil, as he hit his first maximum of the season.

It’s the John Lowe team handicap semifinals this week, and the draw has thrown up some interesting fixtures. The highlight will surely be the Playboys’ visit to Bar 180 A. Good luck to all teams.

John Lowe Trophy Marilyns (576) v Waterfall Warriors (636) The Palms (621) v Phoenix Bar (891) Plate Bar 180 A (936) v Ourplace Playboys (801) The Rebels (561) v Barracuda Hunters (531)

4-4 7-1 5-3 3-5

BARRACUDA HUNTERS SPEAR CHUCKERS CHIPEQUE CHIPPERS PALMS SPORTS BAR

Premier Division Table

Division 1 Table

Division 2 Table

Table P W D L F A +- PTS 1 BAR 180 A 21 17 3 1 131 37 94 131 2 THE PUB 21 15 3 3 119 49 70 119 3 TARGET ARMY 22 13 6 3 115 61 54 115 4 PHOENIX BAR 21 14 3 4 111 57 54 111 5 VIKINGS ENSECAN 21 10 4 7 95 73 22 95 6 TARGET TITANS 20 8 0 12 59 101 -42 59 7 GAFFERS B 22 4 2 16 58 118 -60 58 8 BAR 180 B 21 2 1 18 45 123 -78 45 9 BOOTHEN 21 1 0 20 27 141 -114 27

Table P W D L F A +- PTS 1 OURPLACE PLAYBOYS 26 20 4 2 143 65 78 143 2 TRAP DOOR 23 18 1 4 123 61 62 123 3 EMERALD SHAMROCKS 23 16 3 4 122 62 60 122 4 GAFFERS A 26 14 5 7 116 92 24 116 5 EMERALD LOUNGE 27 12 3 12 109 107 2 109 6 SUMMERLANDS 27 8 6 13 101 115 -14 101 7 NAUGHTY NAUTAS 27 6 9 12 94 122 -28 94 8 PAS O NADAS 25 4 4 17 79 121 -42 79 9 SUNDOWNERS 26 5 4 17 76 132 -56 76 10 CLOUSEAUS 24 6 4 14 75 117 -42 75 11 PICASSOS A 24 6 5 13 74 118 -44 74

Table P W D L F A +- PTS 1WATERFALL WARRIORS 25 17 5 3 129 71 58 129 2 THE PALMS 25 17 4 4 127 73 54 127 3 CHIPEQUE CHIPPERS 25 16 4 5 120 80 40 120 4 PALMS SPORTS BAR 23 13 3 7 106 78 28 106 5 MARILYNS 23 8 2 13 92 92 0 92 6 THE REBELS 23 10 1 12 90 94 -4 90 7 PHOENIX FLIGHTS 23 9 5 9 88 96 -8 88 8 BARRACUDA HUNTERS 23 7 3 13 78 106 -28 78 9 SPEAR CHUCKERS 23 5 1 17 68 116 -48 68 10 OURPLACE PLAYGIRLS 23 1 2 20 46 138 -92 46

Oasis Fm Fantasy Premier League

You need skill for the kill THE Oasis Fm Fantasy Premier League is back this weekend as we enter the business end of the season.

With just 100 points separating the top 22, there really is all to play for, and the table will change a fair bit before the final round of matches in May. With the transfer window gone, and also the free wild-card chan-

ges, skill is now paramount and there are so many issues to contend with.

European football is back, so managers will keep a close eye on the Friday injury bulletins. The long flights will lead to real managers using their squads, and Fantasy managers must keep a close eye on this.

Also, the long season will increase the chances of injury - and then there are the bookings.

Lots of players will be

walking a tightrope at this stage of the campaign. And then there is the biggest decision of all: who gets the captain’s armband for double points?

This week, Chelsea welcome back Diego Costa to league football, and lots of managers will want him. But is there enough money in the kitty? Wayne Rooney is playing as a central midfielder, but is striker in this game. Is it time to axe the England captain?

And what of the cheap players? Danny Ings, Charlie Austin and Ayoze have gone through a dry spell, while Harry Kane’s lucky streak surely has to run out!

Nicky Abbott leads the way, but he is just the rabbit to chase. Will his Southampton players keep their form going? Second place Inter Malone also rely on the Saints, while the midfield looks a little light.

And then there is the scattergun approach

of Kingsmead Krunchers. Their manager has had a lot of luck with his cheap buys, but will that continue?

Any squad featuring Bruce, Hamer, Haidera and Wasilewski must get found out in long term.

Fantasy Football League 1. Boomtown Rabz

Nick Abbott

57

1347

2. Inter Malone

Ray Malone

76

1344

3. Kingsmead Krunchers

Stephen Snook

51

1323

4. Toffees

Frank Devaney

46

1320

5. Dan United

Dan Lawton

45

1319

6. Crossfire Hurricanes

Warren Wilson

53

1313

7. Harri’s thunderstars

Harri Lobban

42

1307

8. Tiptoppers

Lesley Bradley

49

1305

9. Coffee shop karma

Gordon Wilson

41

1304

10. PJs Plodders

Paul Jones

53

1298

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Peacocks’ strut frustrates champs WAS this the week we saw Tenerife Hammers A grip on the Direct Telecom Pool League trophy slip?

They have been chasing Gaffers A all season, and had stayed within touching distance until, on Tuesday, they played host to the Peacocks.

On paper, it should have been a routine win. But the Peacocks can produce quality pool, and this is exactly what they did.

The Hammers were always in front, but they just couldn’t shake off their opponents. The match was tight all night, but at 5-1, the hosts were home and hosed. Or were they?

Paul then lost two matches and the fightback was on. Peacocks rallied and Carl took the 12th frame to steal a point and make it three without defeat against Hammers A - surely gifting the crown to Gaffers A. The gap is now five points and I don’t think Gaffers will drop that many.

With things seemingly finished at the top, the bottom is now looking like an interesting runin.

True, Peacocks snatched a great point, but things didn’t go

according to plan for Hammers C or Terrace Bar A, with both Palms teams standing in their way.

Palms A were the opposition for Tenerife Hammers C and all eyes were on Heineken, who had defected from the Palms the previous week. However, he decided not to play against his former team – but his new comrades could have done with him.

It was a tight fixture, but an assured Palms were strong favourites at 5-1. But as is often the case in this league, the visitors roared back to make it 5-4, only for Palms, with new-signing Darren, to get over the line. Happy Days!

Palms B were the visitors down on Amarilla Golf, taking on Terrace Bar A, and they rode into town on the back of Lady Luck.

Terrace, knowing they needed a result, allowed their opponents to take an early lead.

But they fought back and started putting frames on the board.

They had a chance to level things up at 5-4, but it wasn’t to be as Palms guaranteed themselves the draw.

Con, for the home team took the next frame, which meant that Terrace Captain Adi could force a draw in the final game against Shi. It was a tight game,

Division 2 results

Division 1 Results Dreamers A Palms Bar A Tenerife Hammers A Terrace Bar A Treehouse A

7 - 5 7-5 6-6 5-7 8-4

Phoenix Potters Tenerife Hammers C The Peacocks Palms Bar B Terrace Bar B

Inn The Pink B Sporting Jester A The Crown Waterfall Jokers

8-4 8-4 6-6 8-4

Next Door Treehouse B James Place Hoppys Bar

Division 1 Table

Division 2 table

Table P W D L F A +- PTS 1Gaffers A 18 15 3 0 154 62 92 48 2 Tenerife Hammers A 18 13 4 1 139 77 62 43 3 The Phoenix 18 10 3 5 119 97 22 33 4 Inn The Pink A 18 9 3 6 117 99 18 30 5 Treehouse A 19 9 3 7 119 109 10 30 6 Palms Bar A 19 8 4 7 118 110 8 28 7 Terrace Bar B 19 7 4 8 101 127 -26 25 8 Palms Bar B 18 7 3 8 100 116 -16 24 9 Waterfall Rebels 17 6 5 6 100 104 -4 23 10 Dreamers A 17 5 4 8 98 106 -8 19 11 Phoenix Potters 17 6 1 10 98 106 -8 19 12 Exiles B 18 4 5 9 96 120 -24 17 13 The Peacocks 17 3 7 7 92 112 -20 16 14 Terrace Bar A 19 3 3 13 91 137 -46 12 15 Tenerife Hammers C 18 3 2 13 78 138 -60 11

Table P W D L F A +- PTS 1 Sporting Jester A 17 15 2 0 153 51 102 47 2 Waterfall Jokers 17 11 3 3 121 83 38 36 3 Bluebell A 17 11 2 4 115 89 26 35 4 James Place 16 9 3 4 117 75 42 30 5 Inn The Pink B 15 8 6 1 106 74 32 30 6 Gaffers B 16 8 3 5 112 80 32 27 7 Picasso’s A 16 8 2 6 103 89 14 26 8 Hoppys Bar 18 7 2 9 107 109 -2 23 9 Next Door 16 6 0 10 97 95 2 18 10 Tenerife Pool Tables 16 5 2 9 83 109 -26 17 11 Treehouse B 15 3 3 9 81 99 -18 12 12 Sporting Jester B 15 4 0 11 72 108 -36 12 13 Dreamers B 16 3 1 12 76 116 -40 10 14 The Crown 16 0 1 15 13 179 -166 1

with neither player wanting to lose, and so it came down to the black. Shi had the first attempt and missed the pocket by a country mile.

Adi thought he was in, but as the black cannoned off six cushions, it made a track straight for the bottom bag. Shi was apologising before it even dropped, but that’s the way the game goes!

Phoenix Potters will feel safe, eight points off the bottom, but anything is possible in this league. They travelled to Los Cristianos with their hot-water bottles to take on Dreamers A. Over the first 10 frames there was nothing to separate them, with Potters’ Geoff putting

in a real captain’s performance by winning all three of his games.

But his rearguard let him down and Dreamers’ Mark and Tommy took the final two frames for victory.

Treehouse A kept up their winning run against Terrace Bar B, but it could have been a different result had half the Terrace team not gone on holiday.

They arrived in Chayofa with three players and were always up against it. Treehouse took advantage of already being three games to the good and never looked back, eventually cruising to an 8-4 victory.

In Division Two, Sporting Jester A are champions-elect after another victory against Treehouse B. They are now 11 points clear of their nearest rivals and cruising to the title - and they are going to shake things up in Division One next season!

Waterfall Jokers, looking to join them, took advantage of Bluebell A not being in action by taking three points from Hoppy’s Bar and moving up to second place.

They look to have hit form at just the right time, and they hold a

Tenerife Pool Tables Cup Quarter-finals Gaffers A v Inn The Pink A Waterfall Jokers v Bluebell A The Phoenix v Waterfall Rebels Palms B v Phoenix Potters

Tenerife Pool Tables Plate

Quarter-finals Inn The Pink B v Sporting Jester A Terrace B v Gaffers B Tenerife Hammers A v Peacocks Hoppys v Next Door Matches will be played on Tuesday March 10th one-point lead over Bluebell.

However, they will need to continue this run if they are to be promoted.

Inn the Pink B could still enter the promotion mix as they have games in hand over the teams above them, and they took a step closer on Tuesday.

They were playing Next Door bar, who themselves had been faring well recently, but they made home advantage pay as they took early frames to win 8-4 eventually.

League new boys the Crown had cause for celebration as they got their first point - and what a point!

James Place made the trip from La Caleta to Valle San Lorenzo and would have been confident of winning, but it wasn’t to be as the

home side played some great games and kept pace.

The match was eventually drawn and will make the Crown buoyant going forward.

Watch out, next week’s opponents!

The draw has been made for the next round of the Cup and the Plate, and there are some juicy match-ups.

Favourites Gaffers A have home advantage But they face the dangerous Inn The Pink A. Palms B will start slight favourites at home to Phoenix Potters, while there is a grudge match in Los Abrigos as The Phoenix host Waterfall Rebels.

And there is an allDivision Two clash as well. Tenerife Hammers A face bogey side Peacocks in the Plate.

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Swans to glide away

By Adi Benson AFTER the FA Cup distraction, we are back to Premier League action this weekend and, with just 13 games left to play, the league is really starting to take shape.

It looks like being an exciting run-in at both ends as well, with several teams fighting for Champions League places at the top and several teams trying to avoid relegation.

Swansea v Man Utd The Swans have now drifted into mid-table obscurity after a good start, but it doesn’t help when you sell your best striker in the January transfer window. They have had a good break, though, and a chance to regroup. And the way their opponents having been playing of late, Swansea know they can win this game.

United are not playing well. Yes, they are still in third spot but they have a difficult run of games coming up over the next few weeks. If they continue to play the way they are, they could start to move backwards. On paper they have a good team but, for whatever reason, on the pitch they look disjointed, slow and devoid of attacking intent. It certainly is a case of “must do better!”

Prediction: Home win Sunderland v West Brom Sunderland are in disarray, and being knocked out of the cup by Bradford hasn’t helped. Pressure on manager Gus Poyet is building, and they are fighting a relegation battle. Winning games at home is key, and this one is most important for them. Three points could put a little daylight between them and their rivals. West Brom are still in that fight as well, sitting just above the home team. They are in form, though, and come into this game on the back of a few good results.

Confidence

and momentum is everything, and that should give them the belief that they can win here.

Prediction: Away win Hull v QPR This is another clash of vital importance to both sides. Hull have been in the bottom three, but have just managed to climb out, only by a point, though.

They are another team whose home form has been wretched.

They’re normally a good defensive unit, but they have been leaking goals and have suffered from a lack of scoring them.

The Hoops finally won away from home last time out, and they will be looking for a similar performance again, especially as it is so close at the bottom. Chris Ramsey is in temporary charge, and, if he has ambitions for the job full-time, he must keep them in the Premier League.

Prediction: Draw C Palace v Arsenal As it stands, Palace should stay up this season.

They are currently five points clear of the relegation places and Alan Pardew has had the new-manager effect, which has seen them pick up points.

This is not an easy game for them, but they have home advantage and if they score early on, they

might have a chance.

Arsenal still have a lot to do if they are to qualify for the Champions League, yet a win here would move them into the top four.

How long they would stay there depends on other results, but it puts the pressure on their rivals. They have Theo Walcott back from injury and he’s scored a couple of goals. He could be key for them.

Prediction: Away win Chelsea v Burnley It is now Chelsea’s league to lose and this fixture looks like another routine three points for them. But they must avoid complacency. With this in mind, they will look for early goals to kill the game off. Expect more mind games from Jose Mourinho, though, as he completes his transition from respected manager to Pantomime Dame.

Burnley have offfield distractions, with speculation about where striker Danny Ings will be playing next season. With a relegation scrap on their hands, this is the last thing they need, but they must concentrate and hope they can pick up a point.

Prediction: Home win Aston Villa v Stoke Tim Sherwood’s record as Spurs manager is actually one of the best

in their recent history.

But now he is tasked with keeping Villa up and it is not going to be easy. He can’t bring any of his own players in, so he must work with the squad he has inherited.

He needs to get them tighter at the back, and if he can get Benteke scoring, maybe they will pull off a great escape.

Stoke, who have enjoyed a decent season, have faded in recent weeks, coinciding with Bojan’s injury, who was their most creative player. A poor FA Cup result will have hurt and they will be looking to make amends here.

Prediction: Home win Man City v Newcastle If City are to have any hope of retaining their league title, they must now win all their games and hope Chelsea drop points, But they don’t look the same side they did last season. That ruthlessness is missing and they have been unable to kill off teams.

This has led to them losing and drawing too many games.

Newcastle have nothing left to play apart from a respectable league position, and you suspect one or two players may already be flicking through holiday brochures. Points mean prizes in this league, though, and owner Mike Ashley will want as high

a finish as possible to swell his coffers even further.

Prediction: Home win Spurs v West Ham Spurs were in the Europa League last night (Thursday) and sometimes, this can leave players with tired legs, I am not sure they have a large enough squad to rotate too many players, which could impact on their performance. But they know a win is vital as the teams around them could leave them behind after the weekend’s fixtures.

The Hammers need to get their season back on track after promising so much. A win here would not improve their league position, but it would draw them closer to the top four and go a long way, hopefully, to secure a Europa League spot.

Prediction: Draw Everton v Leicester Everton are another team who should be safe, but it is imperative that they win this game or they could be right back in trouble.

A Europa Cup run, for me, is too much of a distraction. There is also talk in the press that Lukaku is unsettled after just one season just another distraction they don’t need. This is a must-win match for the Foxes because,

if results go against them, they could be seven points drift of safety - a huge hill to climb.

After heavy investment in the squad, they have, sadly, under-performed and Nigel Pearson is another manager under pressure. Newspapers reported his sacking a while back, only for the club to refute the stories. But how long has he left?

Prediction: Draw Southampton v Liverpool The home fans welcome their reserves to St. Marys!

What a season the Saints have had! They’re still sitting fourth and looking more and more likely to play European football next season.

This is a big match for them as their record against their rivals hasn’t been good. But they will be confident at home, where results at St Mary’s have been good.

Liverpool have been reborn lately and are unbeaten in 16 games in all competitions. But they haven’t beaten any higher-placed teams.

This will be a big test of just how far they have come, and a win would take the Reds a step closer to breaking into the top four. Not an easy place to visit, though!

Prediction: Away win

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