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Re-Bourne in Tenerife

26th June - 2nd July 2015

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TO quote main man Jason Bourne: “This is real!� Another major Hollywood film will be shooting in Tenerife in September. The highly-anticipated fifth edition of the Jason Bourne franchise will be filming in Santa Cruz... and some of the biggest names will be flying in.

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Hollywood heads here!

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Oscar-nominated Matt Damon will be returning to the role of Bourne after sitting out the last film in the series. Jeremy Renner took over the main character in the Bourne Legacy, but he will not return to the latest instalment.

Paul Greengrass, the Oscar-nominated director, is set to direct the as yet untitled film. He was also in charge of the second and third Bourne films, and this new movie is seen as a return to the original plans for the series.

According to Hollywood trade insiders, Julia Stiles and former Lord of the Rings star Viggo Mortensen will also star.

It’s believed that most

of the Tenerife filming will be on the streets of Santa Cruz. Mayor Jose Manuel Bermudez revealed this week that he chaired a meeting with representatives of his cabinet, councillors, police chiefs and Universal Pictures, the US company behind the project.

This meeting covered the infrastructure of the planned Autumn shoot.

The Mayor described this as “an extraordinary event for Santa Cruz, since it will mean a near five-week shoot of an international blockbuster in our city, which will also have an impact at all levels to promote the town, also in terms of investment and certainly for employment, trade and the

hotel industry.”

Bermudez said that getting a film like this to come to Tenerife “is the result of many negotiations and several years of work”.

He added: “We are witnessing the first time Santa Cruz hosts a production of this calibre and we have competed and beaten off many other locations internationally and nationally.”

Production is scheduled to last five weeks and a team of about 600 people will be flown in.

Furthermore, the project will need to hire nearly 400 local extras.

The Mayor said; “Of course we asked the producer to prioritise unemployed residents in Santa Cruz.”

The producers have confirmed that

this will be the largestever urban-environment shoot in Spain.

But it will lead to major disruptions to the road system, and the Mayor hopes to keep this to a minimum.

“There will be discomfort and significant changes in terms of traffic and city services,” he confirmed.

“Although we will try to make sure that this will be as few as possible, and we will ensure that everything takes place under the best conditions of security, we must all understand that this is a unique opportunity that Santa Cruz cannot miss.”

It is thought that a lot of the filming will be carried out at night, although producers have indicated

that they will need to change the appearance of the city.

Construction of sets, buildings and the displacement of street infrastructure will be among the issues for which Santa Cruz is preparing.

Bermudez revealed that one of the reasons the capital was chosen for this shoot was “our ability to organise large, mass events like the Carnival. They know we are accustomed to managing large safety devices, traffic and that experience has tipped the scales in our favour.”

The new Bourne film will see a rebooting of the franchise. The fourth film, Bourne Legacy, was based on Ren-

ner’s character Aaron Cross. This fifth edition will see Jason Bourne being tracked down by an assassin, played by Viggo Mortensen. Julia Stiles will return as Nicky Parsons, Bourne’s confidant and reluctant right-hand woman.

Swedish actress Alicia Vikander has signed to play an unnamed love interest.

According to Deadline magazine, Universal plans to release the film in America on 29th July 2016. Damon and Greengrass are writing the screenplay themselves, along with Christopher Rouse.

Damon and Greengrass are also producing, alongside Gregory Goodman and Frank Marshall.

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Consul pair’s brief

CHARMAINE ARBOUIN, British Consul for South Spain and the Canary Islands, was in Tenerife for a few days, meeting with officials and various volunteer groups.

She also took time, with Vice-Consul Helen

Keating, to pay a courtesy call to Adeje Mayor Jose Miguel Rodriguez Fraga.

Clio O’Flynn, who has been working with Adeje on improving ex-pat communication and information links, was also present.

The visit served a number of important purposes, and it was also an opportunity for the Consul to congratulate the Mayor on his recent local election

Mayor puts an end to ‘crazy’ Arona policies JOSÉ Mena, following his first full week as Arona Mayor, has pledged and end to the borough’s “crazy”, urban policy, He issued a reassuring message to residents, saying: “We want to have a stable, majority government to ensure the management that this situation requires of the municipality.

And with his Council already at work, he added: “We will maintain dialogue and start to develop projects and implement measures.

“It seems to me that

things were bad in the past. The urban policy in Arona has been crazy and had turned its back on the citizens.

This changes now.”

José Mena has been busy touring the municipality- owned buildings and centres, and holding a raft of meetings with workers.

“We must start talking about tourism investment,” he stressed.

“We must be an attractive focus for investors, which requires we provide the tools that offer guarantees.

Arona needs a working society.”

success. Both Charmaine and Helen were also anxious to find out more about the ongoing Adeje projects to improve integration, and to look at how the two bodies can work together to advance ex-pat participation in Adeje. And, alongside, to help British residents there get the most out of their chosen home.

It was pointed out that too often, ex-pats look for help only when they have a problem: health, social welfare, etc.

Therefore, one strand of the Council’s work, which would help the British consular office hugely, is getting people into the system before the problems begin.

Mayor Fraga spoke about the Adeje Convivencia/Harmonious Co-existence programme, which is a borough-wide activity to strengthen links between its various communities.

It is a cross-cultural, international, crossgenerational campaign, which has been working to reflect the many different nationalities living there.

The Mayor also confirmed that Council officials were preparing a campaign to help more people register on the “padrón”.

They are also working in various ways to break down the walls of fear that many nonSpanish residents, including Britons, agreed the Consul, have about approaching their local

town halls to register.

The Mayor also detailed the many different services available to the town’s senior citizens - useful information because many ex-pats are older residents.

For instance, Adeje has a geriatric care centre and an Alzheimer’s centre for all residents.

There is also a host of

leisure-based, all-yearround activities for retired individuals from folk-dancing to model-making, visits to other islands, theatre trips and so much more.

The Consular visit ended with a promise of future co-operation, which can only be good news for Adeje ex-pats.

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Starmus returns with a host of Nobel winners

Pouring in to Tenerife THE Canary Islands has recorded its finest May tourist figures with the arrival of 810,243 foreign visitors, which was the highest since records began.

Of more importance, perhaps, was that this bounce followed two months of decline in the tourist sector.

According to Frontur (the Ministry of Industry’s tourist movements border of statistics), the influx of visitors from other countries grew last month by 4.3% on the islands against last year’s stats, after falling 1.6% in March and 5.5%

TENERIFE’s Starmus Festival next year, from 27th June to 2nd July under the slogan “Beyond the Horizon: tribute to Stephen Hawking”, will bring together a dozen Nobel prize winners in the physics and medicine categories.

The distinguished dozen comprises Harold Kroto and Eric Betzig (Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry 1996 and 2014); biologists Carol Greider and Elizabeth Blackburn (shared Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2009); Robert Wilson and David Gross (Nobel Prize winners for Physics in 1978 and 2004); Adam Riess and Brian Schmidt (shared Nobel Prize in Physics in 2011), and the married couple Edvard and May-Britt Moser (Nobel Prize winners in Physiology or Medicine in 2014).

The Festival will also feature astronomers, astrophysicists and renowned scientists, among them astronauts Michael Lopez-Alegria, Garrett Reisman, Chris Hadfield and Russell Schweickart; cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Sergey Volkov; astrophysicists Neil deGrasse Tyson, Kip Thorne, Martin Rees, Jill Tarter, Robert Williams, and physicist Neil Turok.

The programme will be dedicated to Stephen Hawking, the theoretical physicist and science publicist renowned in history.

Professor Hawking, who has acquired 12 honarary degrees, said of the tribute: “The vision of Starmus has already become an incredible reality with its two historic, previous editions.

“This next edition is consolidated as a single chamber of debate for the future of humanity.”

Garik Israelian, founder and director of Starmus, said:

“The organisers and guests are very proud, and it is an honour to have the blessing of Professor Hawking to pay this tribute which, next year will be a historic milestone to the height of which this theoretical physicist represents.”

This international meeting will focus on multiple scientific disciplines, not only on astrophysics and astronomy, but on biology, neuroscience, chemistry, physics and the space race and the great challenges all these materials still entail for man.

Besides Prof Hawking, acknowledged astrophysicist Brian May, also known worldwide for his career as a guitarist and composer in the band Queen, will be attending his third Starmus Festival.

He says: “Professor Hawking would highlight many things about Starmus, but especially the closeness with which the Festival welcomes all the public.”

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in April. As a result, the first five months of the year closed with a balance of 4,859,434 foreign tourists - slightly higher than the 2014 figure, which was the industry’s best year ever.

The Canaries benefited from the record arrival of German tourists.

And the numbers were boosted by the growth of the French and Dutch markets, which saw a sharp increase, against last year.

In May, Spain reached 6.5 million foreign tourists - 6.8% more than in 2014 - bringing the sector to an accumulated growth so far this year of 5.1%. And it has now reached 22.5m visitors from other countries.

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Rajoy: Spain can help tackle global starving SPANISH Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy believes Spain has much to offer in the global battle to beat hunger and malnutrition.

The Premier also praised the strength of the Spanish food industry - “a key sector in the Spanish economy” - which accounts for 8.4% of the country’s domestic output.

Rajoy was attending Spain Day at Expo 2015, held in Milan with the theme “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life”.

He defended the ideal enshrined by the universal exhibitions like that of Milan, saying: “Since the mid-19th century, they have helped

create a more inter-communicated world that is more tolerant, more cosmopolitan and, therefore, more prosperous.”

These events, he added, show that “development and progress are only possible within a context of co-operation and concord”.

The PM said he must be present at the Milan Expo “for reasons of conviction and coherence”,

because of its track record.

He also highlighted the show’s success and congratulated the Italian authorities for having prepared “a project as ambitious in its content as it is a model in organisation and execution”.

Rajoy described the Spanish pavilion in Milan as “a real Spanish home, showing a country that opens up its doors because we want to know you, and we want you to know us better.”

In addition to thanking everyone who had made the pavilion possible, he said: “It has been built on the foundations of a clear example of Spanish talent, an architecture that emerges from this cross-current of genius that flows between Madrid and Barcelona.”

In particular, Rajoy referred to the Expo 2015 theme, insisting that Spain had a great deal to offer in this debate, in which the stakes for global

society are high. Key issues include food security, innovation to feed the planet, sustainable, environmental development, the implications of diet on health and the economic impact of the food industry.

The Spanish Premier stressed that agriculture was a strategic sector, as highlighted by the Millennium Goals subscribed by the members of the United Nations.

“The first of these is to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger,” he said.

“The experience and practice accumulated

by Spain in this area can make for a positive contribution.”

Rajoy said Spain had a food industry “more cutting-edge and competitive than most”, and a leader in many areas.

For example, it is the world’s biggest producer and exporter of wine and olive oil, and also tops the list of exporters of fruit and vegetables.

He added: “The Spanish food industry is as competitive as it is efficient, and accounts for 8.4% of Spain’s GDP. “It is a key driver of job creation which, following the crisis, is breaking alltime records in Spain.”

He clarified that the boost from the Span-

Jobs’ drive a bonus for the unemployed MORE than 3,000 people and 25 companies gathered last week at the fairgrounds in Santa Cruz for an employment drive as part of Expoempleo 2015.

This was a meeting point between employers and the unemployed, organised by the Cabildo and the provincial Chamber of Commerce.

Cabildo chief Car-

los Alonso praised the event, saying: “The turn-out shows that this is the first and not the last one of its kind.”

The programme comprised workshops, conferences and network

meetings.

And the main objective was for it to become a meeting point between the business sector, unemployed people, agents linked to employment and the general public.

Carlos Alonso said: “This initiative contributes to promote employment. The number of companies here has increased, and the number of attendees is also expected to be higher than in previous years.”

Jose Luis Garcia, provincial Chamber President, stressing the im-

portance of training, said: “The great concern of the Chamber is that no one be unemployed on the Island.”

Throughout the day a number of lectures, communications and workshops of interest to unemployed and companies, took place.

There were also network meetings - between companies and job-seekers, among entrepreneurs, to conduct recruitments.

These took place on a short-term basis, with potential candidates for such posts.

ish food industry has, in turn, been driven by innovation.

The PM praised the “excellence” of Spanish raw materials, saying they were a fundamental part of the Mediterranean diet.

“Their importance was acknowledged by UNESCO in 2010 through its recognition as part of the world’s Intangible Cultural Heritage,” he said.

It is for these reasons, said Rajoy, that Spain had a great deal to say in the fight against hunger and malnutrition, which affects over 800 million people around the world.

“They can count on

Spain to help achieve this great goal,” he promised. “We have the knowledge, we have the experience, and we want to make them available to everyone.

“The world must generate food for all the people, wherever they live. And today, we know that it is possible to do so.”

He said Spain fully supported the United Nations’ World Food Programme, and added: “My country’s work as an international player in the area of food cooperation is an effort which is as substantial as it is prolonged over time.”

Going to Greece? Take cover, and lots of cash!

BRITISH tourists heading to Greece for their holidays should not be disrupted as a result of the country’s financial turmoil.

But UK travel organisation ABTA, still monitoring the Greeks’ situation repeated its advice for visitors to carry some euros in cash -and make sure they are fully-covered by insurance.

The latest travellers’ advice comes as hopes were raised of an 11thhour deal being reached in Brussels to avoid Greece exiting the single currency.

An ABTA spokesman said: “We do not anticipate any need for tour operators to rebook their customers to a different destination.”

The organisation was also unaware of any plans to evacuate holiday-makers from Greece, a spokesman saying: “Any changes in Greece would be highly unlikely to happen overnight, and any switch to a new currency would take time, so euros would likely be accepted in the interim.

“Holiday-makers heading out to Greece this summer are advised to take some cash in euros with them as well as other payment methods (credit/debit cards) so they are cov-

ered for all situations.”

He added: “We would also advise them, as we would with any destination, to take out travel insurance as soon as they book their holiday to provide protection should they need to cancel.

“At present, we have no indication that holiday-makers will be disrupted, but as with all destination matters, we will continue to monitor the situation and work with our members on any developments.”

Foreign Office (FO) advice to Britons travelling to Greece has stayed the same since 6th May. It said travellers should carry more than one method of payment, and make sure they have enough cash to cover emergencies and any unexpected delays.

The FO said: “Our travel advice is based on objective assessments of the risks to British nationals.

“These are made by drawing on expert sources of information available to the Government, including intelligence, local knowledge and experience of our overseas staff.

“Advice is under constant review, especially for volatile regions or developing crises.”

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A load of Bull I’VE thought long and hard about this. On Wednesday, a 43-yearold Spanish man died after being gored by a bull at an event in Coria, which is in southern Spain.

It is understood that the man was standing behind a protective fence at a bullring when the bull charged.

Somehow, one of the bull’s horns slipped through the barrier and caught the man in the abdomen and chest. He died a few hours later.

This tragedy will again see calls from all over the world for the sport to be banned. And I use the word “sport” in its broadest possible terms. Every year, there are stories of matadors being killed or seriously injured by bulls, and often the response is “Good!”

But that is someone’s son, or father who has lost his life.

Personally, I feel it is something that belongs to a bygone era like cock-fighting or bear-baiting.

However, I am an advocate for boxing and the Grand National.

I will argue until the cows come home for their rightful place on the sporting calendar.

If you don’t like those sports, then don’t watch.

And in a strange kind of way, that is the same point with bull-fighting.

Just because nonSpaniards don’t like it doesn’t mean the tradition should be banned because some people are offended. It is our right, as a civilised, grown-up society to maintain our values and traditions if we so choose.

It is why we live in a free country.

In Ecuador they eat Guinea Pigs, while in England they have them as pets. In England they eat Cows, while in India they have them as pets. In India they eat Snakes, while in Korea they have them as pets. In Korea they eat dogs, while in America they keep them as pets. In Spain they eat rabbits and have them as pets.

I could go on.

Who are we to tell people how to live their lives in their country?

We wouldn’t stand for it. And isn’t that what the current world conflict is really about?

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MORE than half of jobless Spaniards are still dependent on family, friends or acquaintances to help them find work.

A new survey by the National Statistics Institute (INE) also shows that the country’s network of staterun employment offices place just 2.5% of positions, with private agencies faring a little better on 3.6%. The remaining posts are filled by jobseekers sending their résumés to companies.

Public and private job centres find work for even fewer non- Spaniards than nationals: just 1.34% and 3.25% respectively.

The figures show that 46.7% of those who have been working in Spain during the last five years

owe it to their contacts.

And just 22.2% earned their position purely on the basis of merit, after applying to a company or organisation directly.

More worrying is that job centres are responsible for finding work for such a small percentage.

But private agencies are not much more successful. The percentage of employees who found work through advertisements, either online or in the press, is almost twice that of private agencies, at 6.9%.

The data comes from a specific survey carried out by the INE on people in employment last year to discover more about the situation of first-and-second-generation immigrants within the workforce.

Last month’s figures for the Spanish job sector show new signs of recovery. But the detailed analysis shows

that foreigners rely even more on contacts to find employment, with 61.4% gaining work this way.

Yet public and private employment offices find jobs for even fewer non-Spaniards than nationals - just 1.34% and 3.25% respectively.

The survey also asked why immigrants had come to Spain. The majority - 2,086,900 out of 4.7 million (44.45%) said they were looking for work. The remainder came there to join a spouse or family mem-

ber. The data collected by the INE also shows differences in education and training between Spaniards and immigrants. In both groups, around 40% have a highschool diploma, while among foreigners, the number of people who studied up to age 18 is 32%, compared with 22.5% of Spaniards.

But 33.8% of homegrown people have a higher education qualification, compared with 25.5% of those not born in Spain.

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Dear Editor, Siam Mall has had lots of publicity, so I looked up the Internet for bus service’s, and found it was quite good.

Unfortunately, it was Siam Mall in Bangkok!

Tenerife is suppose to be a “holiday island”, and not all tourists hire cars. But you certainly need one to get to Siam Mall.

I have lived in Tenerife for almost a decade, and the nearest bus I got to it was the Bus Station near the Magma.

This leaves a fairly long trek uphill, past the Magma, across the motorway and the road passing Siam Park.

I choose not to own a car - but Siam Mall, like Las Chafiras, seems to have been built with motorists in mind.

Alistair Stars, Los Cristianos

Dear Editor, I would like to thank the following people: The people of Valle de San Lorenzo, Canarian & British; Doctors in El Valle, Mercedes (Doctora) and staff; Farmacia; Candelaria Hospital; Dr. Fuente (Claudio), Dr. Lourido and staff at Mojon; Correos staff; Valeriano, (mechanic); Mercedes and family; Alfonso, Candy and family.; My friend Domingo-Fernando; Texaco Garage - Enrique and staff; Juan, Elba and family; Bar Nestor; Bar Amistad; Bar Lotteria; Bar English Rose (Ken & Gill); “Denis”, Teflon Tony, Paul (Santa Barbara), Phyl (Telf) and Cheryl.

After 27 years here, Gracias and Thank You Clive

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Village ‘kills’ its old name

A SPANISH village has had its name changed following a referendum and local government approval after the orginal name translated as “Fort Kill Jews”.

Castrillo Matajudios has now reverted to its previous title of Castrillo Mota de Judios (“Jew’s Hill Fort”) after its 50 inhabitants voted for the switch last year.

The controversial name might have been adopted in medieval times by Catholic converts from Judaism, keen to show their loyalty to the state.

Castrillo Mota de Judios, founded in 1035 by Jews fleeing persecution, has a long Jewish heritage. Lorenzo Rodriguez, the village Mayor, said after last year’s vote: “The phrase ‘Matajudios’ did not correspond to the way this village thinks or acts these days; nor with our village flag, which has the Star of David on it.”

Spain still has a village called Valle de Matamoros, or “Kill Moors Valley” - a reference to the North African invaders who conquered parts of southern Spain - but there are no plans to change its name.

Spanish hit holiday trail

ALL but 14% of Spaniards will be on their travels this summer, as opposed to the 82% who hit the road last year.

A study by online travel agency website lastminute.com has highlighted the increase, and revealed that 45% of the Spanish have already booked their holidays, while the remaining 55% will leave it until the last minute.

The analysis also shows that Spain is the place most reserved this summer for holiday-makers, which is probably why 52% of Spaniards choose to stay at home.

Among the destinations most booked by the Spaniards is mainland Spain (33%) the Canary and Balearic Islands (20%), followed by Italy (7%) and the Caribbean (5%). As for how long, the report states that the Spanish will spend more time away - 12.64 days on average compared with the 12.48 days registered in 2014.

Thus, 41% enjoy 15 days or more away from home compared with the 37% of last year.

NASA reveals space mystery SPACE experts have been left bewildered by a three -mile -high pyramid-shaped mountain and “mysterious bright spots” shining from craters on the distant, dwarf planet of Ceres.

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, orbiting 2,700 miles above the planet. spotted the triangular peak.

The massive mountain, towering three miles above Ceres’ flat

surface, is more than half the height of Everest!

After taking images, NASA tweeted of the mystery mountain: “Curiouser & curiouser. @ NASA_Dawn sees pyramid-shaped peak.”

As the craft drew closer to Ceres - the largest object in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter - more and more features were beginning to reveal themselves.

They included “mysterious bright spots” in a 55-mile-wide crater.

At least eight spots can be seen in the largest bright area, which scientists believe is about

six miles wide. Ceres, named after the Roman goddess of agriculture, was discovered in 1801, and the NASA boffins believe a highly-reflective material is responsible for the spots, and main possibilities include ice and salt.

Dawn’s infra-red mapping spectrometer allows scientists to identify specific minerals on Ceres by looking at how light is reflected.

Each mineral reflects light wavelengths in a unique way, allowing experts to determine the planet’s rock and ice composition.

As the spacecraft con-

tinues to send back more images and data, NASA will learn more about the bright spots.

Experts have also identified numerous craters of varying sizes, many of which have central peaks.

They say there is “ample evidence” of past activity on the planet’s surface, including landslides and collapsed structures.

“The surface of Ceres has revealed many interesting and unique features,” said Carol Raymond, deputy principal investigator for the Dawn mission, based at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

in Pasadena, California.

“For example, icy moons in the outer solar system have craters with central pits. But on Ceres, central pits in large craters are much more common.

“These and other features will allow us to understand the inner structure of Ceres that we cannot sense directly.”

Dawn, the first mission to visit a dwarf planet, arrived at Ceres on 6th March. It will remain at its current 2,700-mile altitude until Monday (30th June, and will then descend to 900 miles in August.

Same-old, same-old summer

THIS summer will be warmer than normal, with rainfall in the whole of the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands around normal levels for this season.

But Canary Islanders, can expect the same as they have experienced for the last four decades.

That is predicted by Antonio Mestre, head of AEMET (Climatology of

the Meteorology State Agency).

“A moderate trend in temperatures from July to September shows they will be slightly above normal, which

may be only as much as one degree Celsius above average, he maintained.”

Ana Casals, AEMET, spokesperson, said: “There is a greater likeli-

hood that the temperature reaches just aboveaverage, and that the Canary Islands will be normal, after the fourthwarmest, and driest, spring since 1961.”

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Greenhouse gold for drug growers FORTUNES to be gained from the sale of marijuana has seen an incredible growth in the number of “greenhouses” in Spain.

Authorities say the number of cannabis plantations they have found and dismantled has increased fivefold across the country, with greenhouse hotspots in Andalucia, Catalonia and the east coast.

They claim the plantations are usually hidden in storage rooms, homes and garages, or even in larger greenhouses on industrial sites.

National Police seized a total of 86,000 marihuana plants in 2014, yet in the first five months of 2015, they have already confiscated a mind-blowing 60,000.

Meanwhile, Guardia Civil seized a total of 105,000 plants in 2013 and, between January and October of 2014 the most recent data released by the military police - they confiscated

nia, 14 in the Valencian Community and nine in Catalonia.

A National Police representative said: “Each plant can go through three harvesting procedures. In the legal market, you can find everything you need: lamps, humidifiers, irrigation systems and others, and for less than 2,000 euros, you could have

Referendum in the hands of protesters 90,300. The amount of cannabis grown in the country and impounded by law-enforcement teams has increased by an astonishing 532% between 2009 and 2013.

Spain is not the only country where the drug trade is increasingly green-fingered: the greenhouse trend invading Europe. Between 2003 and 2013, EU police forces have gone from seizing 1.5 million plants per year to 3.7 million, according to the latest European

report on drugs this year.

Planting cannabis is easier than trafficking, according to the chief inspector of the National Police drug squad, who said that this business had a lower level of risk, did not involve crossing borders, was cheap and accessible with a consumption culture supporting it.

Youths in Spain come fourth in levels of cannabis consumption in Europe, so growing marijuana for sale has

a ready, profitable market.

In addition, marihuana cultivation is increasingly viewed by society as an acceptable activity, and, curiously, it is not compared with trafficking cocaine, say.

Together with Malaga, Murcia, Alicante and Valencia, Granada is where most plants have been seized, in seven police operations. Of the 58 sizeable police raids in Spain so far this year, 20 were in Catalo-

Canaries receive 99m to boost electrical network THE Ministry of Industry anticipates that its electric transmission network investment between now and 2020 will stand at 4.4bn euros, of which 99m will be spent on the Canary Islands.

That’s the findings of a report by the National Commission on Finan-

everything.” He added: “Imagine having 100 in a single room; each plant generates 50 grammes, three harvestings are 150 grammes and 100 plants produce 15,000 grammes.

Each gramme is sold for around seven euros, which adds up to 105,000 euros in a year ... a profitable business with low risk.”

cial Markets and the Competition (CNMC) on planning the network until 2020.

The largest item of these investments, 1.3bn, will focus on improving the backingmesh of the network, while 980m will go to security supply, 971m for inter-connections and 706m to support the distribution.

Geographically, the 2.8bn-euro total corresponds to Spain, 885m to the Canaries and 245m to the Baleares.

And the latter will be given an extra 383m euros for connections between the Balearic islands, 129m for the connection between Ceuta and mainland Spain and 106m for connections between islands in the Canaries.

More than half of the planned investments - 2.6bn - corresponds to work already underway, while the rest are down to needs identified by security supply, connection requests or networks required by

the high-speed railway, among others.

In its report, the CNMC cut the electricity demand forecasts from the proposal to an average annual increase of 1.7% between 2015 to 2020, compared with 2.3% proposed

by Industry for 20132020.

And as such, the committee calls for “the planning document update” every three years to assess the economic and environmental efficiencies achieved.

THOUSANDS of people, campaigning for a referendum on the Basque region’s independence, made their voices heard in northern Spain on Sunday.

Demonstrators, holding long lengths of cloth, formed human chains across several Basque cities, including the capital of Vitoria, Bilbao and San Sebastian. And many protesters wore red, white and green, which are the colours of the Basque flag.

The demo, organised by the pro-independence Gure Esku Dago (“It’s In Our Hands”) group, was backed by several separatist parties and local figures.

Spain’s Basque community has long asserted that it should be independent of the country and, in recent years, pro-Basque parties have made significant gains in local elections.

The Basque region, which has its own distinct language and culture, has also been inspired by pro-independence gatherings in the Catalonia region.

Pello Urizar, head of separatist coalition Bildu, told reporters at the gathering: “More and more people believe that the right to decide concerns all of us, and that we have the right to decide our future.”

While recent Basque separatist groups have been largely peaceful, the movement has a history of violence. The armed separatist Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (“Basque Country and Freedom” or ETA) group is accused of killing over 800 people across a four-decade campaign.

The killings were halted when its members agreed to stop using violent tactics in 2011. However, the group still refuses to disarm or surrender, as demanded by both the Spanish and French governments.

A joint raid in May by Spanish and French authorities in a French town found a cache of weapons, allegedly linked to the ETA. A referendum vote on the issue was scheduled for 2008, but it was blocked by Spain’s Supreme Court at the behest of its government.

The decision triggered widespread criticism and protests.

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Horror as sharks maul young kids TWO shark attacks within 90 minutes of each other left two American teenagers badly injured after being mauled by the fiercesome predators on Sunday.

Authorities raced to get people out of the water in Oak Island, North Carolina, after the first shark attacked a 14-year-old girl, tearing part of her arm off, at around 4pm.

Then, two miles down the beach, a boy of 16, who was attacked shortly afterwards, had his left arm ripped off.

The girl, who was visiting the area with family, was airlifted to a hospital for urgent treatment, said Oak Island

Mayor Betty Wallace, who wrote on Facebook: “One of the things we hope we never have to hear from a beach community; the shark-bite victim is a teenage girl.

“Confirmed that she has lost part of her left arm and may lose her left leg. Please keep this girl and her family in your prayers.”

Mayor Wallace confirmed on Monday that the male victim had lost his left arm in the attack.

New Hanover Regional Medical Centre said both teenagers were in a fair condition after undergoing surgery.

Steve Bouser, who was beginning a week-long holiday, said: “I saw someone carry this girl out of the water and people were swarming around, trying to help. It was quite nightmarish.”

His wife Brenda added.”It was like a scene from Jaws.”

Randy Milligan, who saw the boy being attacked, said: “I tore off my shirt and tied it around his arm. He was screaming, ‘Is this real, is this a movie?’ and he just kept on screaming.

“Some guy came running up and we took the shirt off and put his belt around him really tight.

“I’ve never seen anything like it. It was like a movie. There was stuff hanging down.”

Both victims were thought to have been in waist-deep water, around 20ft from the shore, when the attacks happened. It was unclear what type of shark or how many were involved, but the beaches were reopened on Monday.

The incidents happened just a few miles up the coast from Ocean Isle Beach, where a 13-year-old girl was bitten by a shark on Thursday, suffering lacerations to her right foot.

Red flags have reportedly been hoisted at most Brunswick County beaches, and a helicopter has been scouring the waters for the shark.

Trigger pulled on Colt gun-makers THE loss of a lucrative US military contract, and a fall in popularity, has left gunmaker Colt Defense filing for bankruptcy.

The firearms manufacturer, which supplied M4 carbines and M16 rifles in the past for the US military, listed debts of as much of $500m (£323m) when it filed in bankruptcy court in Wilmington, Delaware, on Sunday.

Existing lenders have agreed to provide $20m to enable the company to continue operating while in bankruptcy, subject to court approval.

Under the scheme, the

company, based in West Hartford, Connecticut, would be allowed to restructure its balance sheet.

Keith Maib, chief restructuring officer, said: “Colt remains open for business.”

Sales in modern sports rifles and handguns fell 30% in 2014, and delays in US government sales have also hit the business.

Colt has struggled since November, when it took out a $70m rescue loan from Morgan Stanley to make an interest payment.

The company tried to restructure out of court, announcing in April an exchange offer for loans, which expired on 12th June.

Colt supplied the US military with M4 car-

bines used by front-line troops in the late Nineties and early 2000s, but the contract ended in 2013.

Founder Samuel Colt, a pioneer in the revolver’s mass production, opened his first plant in Paterson, New Jersey, in 1836.

He went on to become one of the 10 wealthiest businessmen in the US, according to the company website.

One of its rifles, the Winchester Model 1873, became known as “the gun that won the West” in the 19th century, with more than 700,000 being produced.

Colt died in 1862 at the age of 47. Armsmear, his home, still stands in Hartford and is a national historic landmark.

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Orcas back in the swim

LORO Parque has reopened Orca Ocean after carrying out maintenance and renewal work to guarantee the excellence and quality that characterises Europe’s No.1 park.

True to its commitment towards constant innovation, Loro Parque has updated Orca Ocean, ensuring the welfare and comfort of the six animals - and the thousands of visitors who visit the park daily.

Over four ton of paint,

11.000 kilos of waterproofing material and cement and around 1.500 square metres of ceramic were some of the materials used by more than 30 workers who with effort and enthusiasm, completed the maintenance work that renews the commitment to quality that characterises Loro Parque.

Skyla, Keto, Tekoa, Kohana, Morgan and little Adán surprise adults and children with their intelligence and peculiarities in a unique exhibition, packed with the fun adventures of the caregivers and renovated music that conquers everyone’s heart. The

proximity between the public and the animals allow the visitors to discover Orca Ocean’s wonders awakening the people’s love for nature and their desire to protect the orcas, as ambassadors of their species for future generations.

In addition to the public presentations, the orca family at Loro Parque participate in numerous scientific and conservation projects in which researchers worldwide and reputable academic institutions take advantage of the opportunity to deepen their knowledge on this specie and help its conservation in the wild.

Tourists love our hotels THE Canary Islands, Madrid and the Balearic Islands, with an occupancy rate higher than 60% of their hotel capacity in May, were top of the regions attracting most visitors.

According to the National Statistics Institute (INE), hotel overnight stays enjoyed a 5% increase against the same month in 2014, and the hotels billed a daily average of 71.2 euros per room, which

was an annual increase of 5.7%.

The Canaries had the highest occupancy by places (64.8%), followed

by Madrid (63.9%) and the Balearic Islands (61.9%), while Asturias and Castilla-La Man-

cha stood at 28%. By tourist areas, Barcelona had both the highest level of occupancy rate (75.9%) and the highest weekend occupancy (83.2%).

Tourists spots with more overnight stays

were Barcelona, Madrid and Benidorm, the latter reaching the highest level both in occupancy rate (80%) and the highest occupancy at weekends (87.4%).

Hotel prices rose

6.8% annually in the Balearic Islands, 6.5% in Madrid and 6% in Cataluña, while they went down in Asturias and Navarra and the two autonomous cities, while prices remained stable in the Canaries.

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San Juan blazes are over the top TENERIFE firefighters were called out to 58 separate sites on Tuesday as a result of San Juan’s traditional night of bonfires.

Over 120 personnel, including professional and volunteer firefighters, formed part of the service set up to extinguish or control blazes.

The Central Fire Coordination for Tenerife registered a total of 192 calls, between 4pm on

Tuesday and 8am on Wednesday.

Specifically, the park in Santa Cruz and the San Miguel de Abona borough recorded the highest number of call-outs - 14 and 12 respectively, and all of these had uncontrolled stubble fires, or blazes, caused by the spread of the fires themselves.

The biggest blaze was in an area of Adeje golf course in La Caleta, which required a couple of fire engines and fire crew using breathing equipment.

Our shrinking police forces THE Guardia Civil and the National Police have lost a combined total of 425 officers in the past five years. And that’s in the Canary Islands alone.

This astonishing data was provided by the central government in a parliamentary response to a request by the Socialist PSOE party into policing numbers. And the revelation tallies with recent public concerns over policing levels.

So while the two state security forces on the islands numbered 7,664 agents in 2011, this number dropped to about 7,239 troops this year, which represents a 5.5% decrease in the combined number of both forces.

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And this decline has been progressive since 2011. Between 20112012, 53 policemen and 73 Guardia Civil were lost; from 20122013, 78 National officers and 97 Guardia Civil; from 20132014, 52 police officers and 30 agents of the Meritorious, and from 2014 to March or February 2015 (the latest data available for each other, respectively) another 32 policemen and 10 Guardia Civil vanished.

These decreasing figures should be of great concern to the public, and the one unanswered question on most people’s lips must be: “Why have all these officers left?”

This should be revealed by the authorities, and efforts surely made to stem the outward flow.

THE cleaners’ strike at Tenerife North airport is in it’s second week, with travellers and airport workers experiencing overflowing rubbish bins and general untidiness.

This all down to the cleaning staff strike, called by the contractor following threatened lay-offs.

Workers are also demanding better working conditions, and there is no sign of it ending

in the next few days.

The airport’s controller, AENA is hoping to find a solution as quickly as possible as the image of the airport is being damaged. Travellers are seeing overflowing bins

the moment they leave customs.

One flyer said: “It looks like an episode of Fraggel Rock where Mrs Trash welcomes you all.

It feels the same here.”

In the Departures hall

there have been lots of complaints about the bad smell, while in the arrivals hall there is rubbish, bottles, papers and liquids scattered on the floor.

“I did not even attempt to go to the bathroom. I entered and left immediately because if I stayed a little more time I would have vomited,” said another angry traveller.

Outside the main concourse things are no better. Waste bins are flowing and there is rubbish strewn all over the place.

All-night Tube map rubs salt into drivers’ wounds JUST as London’s Tube drivers make plans to strike, an official map showing which Underground stations will operate 24hour services over weekends has been published.

The drivers are prepared to strike over pay and conditions for the all-night service, which begins on 12th September.

And ASLEF union members will make their protests known with a 24-hour walk-out from 9.30pm on 8th July.

They could be joined by members of the RMT and TSSA unions, with the results of a ballot for industrial action being released at the end of this month.

Gareth Powell, director of strategy and service development for London Underground, described the company’s map as a “historic step in our modernisation of the Underground”.

He said: “The Night Tube map shows our customers exactly when and where they can use this landmark service, which will make their

late-night journeys quicker and easier than ever before.

“As well as making life easier for people, the Night Tube will also boost London’s nighttime economy - supporting thousands of jobs and stimulating hundreds of millions of pounds in economic growth.”

But Mick Cash, RMT union general secretary, accused Transport for London of having the wrong priorities.

“Instead of hyping up route maps and publicity stunts, Transport for London should be addressing the staffing, pay and safety issues

at the heart of the current dispute over night running on London Underground,” he said.

“That should be their priority.”

Finn Brennan, ASLEF’s district organiser for the Tube, said: “It’s easy enough to produce a map, but if London Underground management want to have an all-night service in September, they need to sit down and negotiate a fair deal for the staff they expect to provide it.

“Last week, train drivers on London Underground voted by a record 97% to strike over London Underground’s

refusal to negotiate on new rosters that would mean they could have to work an unlimited number of weekend and night shifts for no extra pay.

“ASLEF aren’t opposed to all-night services, but they have to be introduced in a way that is fair, and protects the work life balance of the hard-working staff, who have delivered the improved service that Underground management boast of.”

Night Tubes will run on Friday nights and the early hours of Saturday and Sunday mornings on selected routes.

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Mystic Agadir on our radar AGADIR is set to become a popular tourist destination for people living in Tenerife! That is the Moroccan tourist board’s belief after another link with the Island was signed off.

The gorgeous 10km of natural sandy beaches, running along the Moroccan coast of Agadir, will, from August, be less than two hours away from Tenerife.

This is thanks to a new, direct connection which Binter Airlines will launch from 5th August until 23rd September.

Flights will leave at 11.15am on Wednesdays from Tenerife North airport, and head back at 1.55pm local time.

And the Moroccan beaches are just 25 kilometres from the city centre and airport.

Agadir is a young city, which was totally reconstructed in 1960 after an earthquake destroyed it, leaving thousands of people dead.

It also has a major port divided into three areas:

a social marina, an industrial port and a fishing port.

This tourist city is the second-busiest in Morocco after Marrakesh, and welcomes around one million visitors annually.

The attractions are the Moroccan culture, heritage and excellent cuisine. The main tour-

ists arriving in the region are English and German, but the significant increase of the middle-class in the country in recent years has also increased the number of Spanish visitors.

The Tenerife flights will join the one already operating from Gran Canaria, which has two

weekly departures. Hotels of three, four and five stars are dotted along the coast of the city, which has expanded recently to a total of more than 27,000 accommodation places, with an ambition to

r e a c h 30,000. Bernardo Martel, director of Club Hotel Riu Tikida Beach, says: “Agadir has grown and changed dramatically in the last 5-6 years.

“Much has been built, and tourism in the last four years has grown, especially from England, because the tour operators have chosen this destination for those who are looking for beaches and the mystical part of Morocco.”

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THERE were more births in the Canaries during 2014 than in any other Spanish region - a 3.1% increase, according to provisional data from the National Statistics Institute (INE).

Extremadura had the second-best figures, and only the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla surpass these with increases of 10.6% and 7.6% respectively.

Specifically, Canaries recorded 16,356 births in 2014, compared with the previous year’s 15,859 tally.

As for deaths, The Canary Islands also heads the list, with 5.18% more, having recorded over 13,621 deaths in 2013, rising to 14,327 last year. The national average increase is

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1.18%.

The life expectancy of a Canarian in 2014 stood at 82.2 years - just beneath the

Fattest man fades away CARL Thompson, the UK’s fattest man, has died weighing a staggering 65st (412kg), just weeks after pleading on daytime TV for help to slim down.

The 33-year-old had been bedbound for more than a year, with one takeaway outlet said to be making deliveries using a key to his flat.

He was found dead on Sunday morning, and emergency services in Dover were seen

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cordoning off a section of the road so they could remove his body through a window.

A Kent Police spokesman said: “Officers do not believe the death to be suspicious. The coroner will be notified.”

Mr Thompson said in April that he needed to lose 45st - more than two-thirds of his body weight - otherwise doctors predicted his demise.

He is thought to have began suffering from an eating disorder after losing his mother to brain cancer in 2012, putting on more than 32 stone since then.

national average of 83 and below the 84.4 years of Madrid, the region with the oldest citizens.

Some 426,303 children were born in Spain last year, 588 more than in 2013, and a rise of 0.1% - the first after five

years of consecutive declines.

However, deaths increased in the same period by 1.2%, a total of

395,045.

It left a natural increase of 31,678 people, which was the lowest balance since the year 2000.

Despicable dog-meat fiesta

DESPITE a huge campaign against it, an annual dog-meat festival in southern China has gone ahead, with around 10,000 dogs being slaughtered at Monday’s Lychee and Dog Meat Festival in Yulin.

The dogs, many of which are suspected to be stolen pets or guard dogs, were slaughtered by hundreds of meat vendors in the city.

Eating dog meat is an ancient tradition in some parts of China, where it is said to contain many nutrients.

A social media campaign with the hashtags #StopYuLin2015 and

#itsnofestival attracted international attention, calling for the festival to be stopped. And a UK online petition received more than three million signatures.

And even within China, there is an increasinglypowerful dog welfare movement beginning to change attitudes.

One woman, Yang Xiaoyun, paid nearly £700 to “buy back” and save 100 dogs at the beginning of the festival.

But all to no avail.

Dog meat is not widely available in China, and festivals like Yulin are exceptions. But in some provinces and among

some people, dog meat remains a delicacy.

Festival organisers and vendors dismissed calls for them to stop the slaughter, claiming the animals were killed humanely, and that eating dog was no different from eating pork or beef.

But many of the dogs appear to be stolen rather than farmed, and are killed with clubs in desperately-unpleasant slaughterhouses.

Welfare charity Animals Asia conducted a three-year undercover investigation and said it had never come across large-scale dog farms,

which suggests many animals are stolen.

Jill Robinson, who runs the charity, said: “Our investigations strongly point to what everybody familiar with the industry has long suspected – that the vast majority of China’s dog meat comes from stolen companion animals, and that misinformation and illegality is rife at every stage of the industry supply chain.”

Sky News spoke to one dog welfare activist, who splits his time between an office job and a quest to save as many dogs as possible.

Mr Yao has been rescuing dogs for two years with a group of fellow activists, who intercept vehicles known to be carrying dogs destined for slaughterhouses.

Many are heading to cities in north-eastern China, where dog meat is popular among the ethnic Korean population.

“It is hard to encourage people to join organisations like ours in China,” said Mr Yao. “The dog meat dealers are well established and organised. We are just small groups of people who love dogs.”

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Major companies blown away in a puff of smoke CIGARETTE smokers in Quebec have shocked tobacco companies by winning more than £8bn in damages after the biggest class action lawsuit in Canadian history.

Titanic composer dies in tragic plane crash JAMES Horner, the Titanic composer who won an Oscar for that score, has died after a singleengine plane registered to him crashed in southern California.

It happened at around 9.30am local time on Monday near Ventura County’s Quatal Canyon, in Los Padres National Forest.

No one else was on board the plane, which was one of several owned by the 61-yearold composer.

Ian Gregor, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman, said the aircraft was an S-312 Tucano MK1 turbo-prop with two seats.

Mr Horner was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, winning two for Titanic, the Best Picture of 1997.

He composed the film’s score and its enduring theme song, My Heart Will Go On, sung

by Celine Dion.

In a statement on her website, Dion said: “Rene and I are deeply saddened by the tragic death of James Horner.

“He will always remain a great composer

in our hearts. James played an important part in my career and we will miss him. We offer his family and friends our deepest sympathy.”

Mr Horner’s scores for Aliens, Apollo 13, Field Of Dreams, Braveheart, A Beautiful Mind, House Of Sand And Fog and Avatar also earned Oscar nominations, as did his original song, Somewhere Out There, from An American Tail.

His next film to be released on 24th July, is Southpaw, which stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Rachel McAdams.

Director Ron Howard wrote on Twitter: “Brilliant Composer James Horner, friend & collaborator on 7 movies, has tragically died in a plane crash.

My heart aches for his loved ones.”

Russell Crowe, Oscar-nominated for A Beautiful Mind, tweeted: “My sincere condolences to the family, loved ones and friends of James Horner #abeautifulmind.”

Kirstie Alley wrote: “I’m so sad to hear about James Horner ... He scored the first movie I did ... Star Trek 2 ... great composer ... great person ... huge loss.”

Most of the compensation will be dished out to about 100,000 current and former smokers.

And some £69m is to be split between 900,000 people who became addicted to tobacco and could not stop smoking.

They alleged that three of the world’s biggest brands did not give adequate warning to the public that cigarettes could cause cancer and other illnesses - even though the industry was aware of the dangers in the Fifties.

Although JTI-Macdonald, Imperial Tobacco and Rothmans, Benson & Hedges have announced their intention to appeal the ruling, the court has ordered them to deposit £517m within 60 days.

The lawsuit began in 1998. Tens of thousands of documents were reviewed, and the court

began sitting only in 2012. An anti-smoking lobby group, representing the one million plaintiffs, said: “It’s a great day for victims of tobacco, who have been waiting for this moment for 17 years.”

Andre Lesperance, one of the lawyers representing the smokers, described the ruling as a “great victory for society in general”.

He added: “These three companies lied to their customers and hurt their right to life.”

Lise Blais was one of those waiting for a verdict. Her husband, JeanYves, died in 2012 from lung cancer after attempting but failing to quit smoking six times over a 14-year period.

Imperial Tobacco Canada, which was ordered

by Superior Court Justice Brian Riordan to cover 67% of the damages, has said in a statement that the decisions of consumers are not its responsibility.

The company’s spokeswoman, Tamara Gitto, added: “The judgment ignores the reality that both adult consumers and governments have known about the risks associated with smoking for decades, and seeks to relieve adult consumers of any responsibility for their actions.

“We believe there are strong grounds for appeal and we will continue to defend our rights as a legal company.”

Meanwhile, JTI-Macdonald, a subsidiary of Japan Tobacco Inc Group, added: “Since the 1950s, Canadians have had a very high awareness of the health risks of smoking.

“That awareness has been reinforced by the health warnings printed on every legal cigarette package for more than 40 years.”

Imperial Tobacco Canada is part of British American Tobacco plc, while Rothmans, Benson & Hedges is a subsidiary of Philip Morris International.

All three companies saw their share prices plunge following the verdict.

Deborah Arnott, the chief executive of ASH, is hoping that “where Canada leads, the UK will follow”.

She said: “The tobacco industry’s products are lethal when used as intended, yet it has largely avoided having to pay for those crimes against humanity.

“Of course we expect the industry to appeal, but as this is only the first of a set of cases, further rulings against the industry could drive it out of business in Canada.”

Kennedy rubbished by bully-boy critics CHARLES Kennedy, the late Liberal Democrat leader, received vile, social-media abuse and vandalism in the three weeks running up to his death.

The Scottish Daily Mail reported that Kennedy, who lost his parliamentary seat of Ross, Skye and Lochaber, on 7th May, returned home after Election Night to a nasty “welcome home” present.

“It was a Friday morning, when the rubbish gets taken out in and around Fort William,” Kennedy’s campaign

manager, Conn O’Neill, told the paper.

“When Charles got back to the cottage, he discovered his bins upturned and left at the end of his driveway. It seemed as if someone had gone through them and spread the contents everywhere.

“It’s a form of bullying that would not be tolerated in any playground.

Charles tried to rise above it, but he couldn’t always. It must have hurt.”

Most of the social-media abuse appeared to come from Scottish nationalists - or cybernats as they became known - because of his opposition to Scottish independence.

And most of it was focused on his well-known drink problems.

When Kennedy shared a tweet urging supporters to “display a poster in your window in support of Charles”, a cybernat responded: “Just put an empty old whisky bottle in your window. It’s the same thing.”

On a Facebook chatroom for Scottish National Party supporters in Skye, one user said he should “get back in the pub”. Another called him a “useless mess”.

On Kennedy’s own Facebook page someone said he was “pished”, while another said he had been “on the

drinky-poos again”.

A Twitter user, whose profile carried an SNP logo, dubbed him a “drunken alcoholic a**ehole”, while another called him an “alkie c**t”.

One of Scotland’s most senior Lib Dem officials told the paper: “I have never known aggression like it in 30 years of politics. He and his staff were shouted at on doorsteps, and had leaflets thrown in their face. But the worst of it happened online, where he was just monstered.

The official himself declined to be identified because of fear of SNP cyber-bullies and vandalism.

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THE finest goods from the Canarian Islands, featuring a multitude of talented artists, craftsmen and designers, went on display at Saturday’s first Canarian Soul show.

And curious customers, who visited the colourful event at Costsa Adeje’s Baobab Suites and its sports club Activate, were not disappointed.

Various parts of the hotel complex were transformed into a pop-up Market Square, together with pop-up stores, nomad boutiques, an art gallery and makeshift fashion catwalks, and some Eno-gastronomic areas.

Among the enticing wares displayed were handcrafts; goods made from recycled materials; costume jewellery; art; jewellery fashion; casual wear; swimwear; evening wear; children’s clothes; skincare; gastronomy and wine!

The traditional and timeless materials, treated with the latest techniques and constructed by passionate craftsmen and women,

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resulted in some unique designs.

They included a few genuine eye-openers, like a drum kit made from wood and chains, together with other hugely-detailed, standout pieces.

And the busy programme of activities included fashion shows, face-painting for the kids, belly-dancing and lots more to occupy a steady stream of visitors throughout the day.

26th June - 2nd July 2015 The pre-show press conference featured (left to right): Filip Hoste (Baobab Managing Director), Beatriz Soliva (Alma Canaria organiser), Efraín Medina, (Tenerife Cabildo Councillor), Ermitas Moreira, Adeje Council Deputy Major).

They all agreed that it was so important to promote Canarian produce and designers to the tourism industry.

And staging the event in a hotel, they said, was an excellent idea because it opened doors to all types of public, giving them a chance to get to know the people making our clothes or jewellery.

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WEALTHY foreign investors are behind the recovery of the Spanish property market, according to figures released

by Spain’s registrars’ society and published by the Financial Times.

Spain’s real estate market has been stuck in the doldrums since 2008, when it crashed following the global financial crisis. House prices lost more than 35%, and some parts of the country saw prices tumble more than 40%.

However, recent statistics suggest that the property market is stabilising, especially in areas around the Mediterranean coast which are more popular with overseas buyers.

The struggling euro has made it even cheaper for international investors to buy property in Spain.

Since the European Central Bank embarked on its quantitative easing programme earlier this year, the euro has plunged to an eightyear low when compared with the British pound.

Foreign investors are enjoying the lowest rates they’ve seen in years, and there’s anecdotal evidence that Swiss and American buyers are coming to Spain in increasing numbers.

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Foreign currency fueling property market revival investors are snapping up property, probably because of the rouble’s dizzying collapse, while stricter rules on currency transfers will have kept out investors from some other countries.

Spain’s “golden visa” scheme is also helping to boost the market. More than 500 foreigners have taken advantage of it so far, and it’s likely to encourage more buyers from overseas.

The scheme, introduced in October 2013, grants non-EU foreigners citizenship if they invest at least 500,000 euros in Spanish property.

The requirements were recently relaxed to allow a greater number of people to enjoy the benefits it offered.

And it is not only the residential market that’s flooded with foreign money. The commercial sector has seen a huge impact from foreign investment funds.

According to CBRE Spain, half of the 10.2bn euros invested in commercial real estate last year came directly from foreign funds.

Another 2.5bn came from SOCIMIS (sociedades cotizadas de inversión en el mercado inmobiliario). That’s the Spanish equivalent of a real estate investment trust (REIT) - investments in property that can be traded like shares on exchanges, and often backed heavily by foreign investors.

Patricio Palomar, director of research at CBRE Spain told the Financial Times: “With their arrival three years ago, opportunistic international

fund managers made a market at a time when we had hit bottom.”

Whether you’re moving to the Canary Islands or

transferring money overseas, keep on top of the currency market.

The friendly experts at Currencies Direct are only a phone call away whenever you need them.

At home in Spain since 1999, they have nine offices across the country, including one in Tenerife, and are set t o open more

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For more information, give them a call or visit currenciesdirect.com their friendly team are always on hand to help.

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Carolina is new President CAROLINA Darias is new leader of the Canarian Parliament.

For the first time in three decades, the leader of the regional chamber is female, and her appointment is seen as something of a surprise. The 49-year-old, deputy head of Gran Canaria’s PSOE, says her appointment ushered in “a new era in which transparency, social

commitment and ethics will be part of our daily life”.

In her first speech as President, Darias said: “There are so many women and men who have struggled to achieve a proper Canary way of life. I demands solutions and improvements in their daily lives.”

Darias was described by one commentator as being a president “of consensus and understanding. She has

the vision and ambition for a sustained course of action to ensure the Canary Islands moves forward”.

She is a well-seasoned politician and is a fine, compromise leader after negotiations between PSOE and CC dragged on for weeks. Darias has a Law Degree from the University of La Laguna, and has been a Councillor in Las Palmas. She then became a Member of Parlia-

ment of the Canary Islands, holding a job in the Health department.

Later, she became Director of Planning, Urbanism and Housing before becoming a Government Delegate in 2011. Darias, a previous member of the Gran Canaria Cabildo, is seen as a tough but fair politican who has the difficult job of uniting a politically devided local government.

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The 7/7 Bombing Survivors’ Stories Tuesday 30th June, ITV1, 21.00

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“The driver’s dead, you’ve got no guard. We’re stuck down in the underground. I think, ‘George this could be it mate – this could be where it all ends for you.’” - 7/7 survivor George Roskilly On the morning of July 7, 2005 four British-born suicide bombers launched an attack on London’s transport system. Within an hour 52 people were killed and over 750 injured in the deadliest attack on the capital since the Blitz.

Ahead of the tenth anniversary of the 7/7 bombings, survivors, victims and rescuers remember the events of that morning in this new documentary for ITV. Combining the eyewitness testimony of more than 20 individuals, including some who have not spoken about it before, The 7/7 Bombing - Survivors’ Stories focuses on the hour between the first three explosions on the tube system at 8.50am and the final explosion just before 9.50am on a bus in Tavistock Square.

Commuters on a Circle line train which was devastated by a bomb at Edgware Road give their personal insights into the moment the explosion happened, and its aftermath. Passenger Jacqui Putnam describes the immediate aftermath of the explosion, as the windows were blown out. She says: “The air was full of tiny shards of glass – and they glittered.”

Tim Coulson was travelling on a tube train going in the opposite direction and was among a group of passers-by who broke out of their train to try to help those injured by the blast. He says: “Instinct alone drove me to help, not knowing where I was going really.”

Tim entered the bombed carriage to find a scene of devastation. He says: “What I did see immediately on the floor was a passenger lying conscious on the floor. A gentleman I now know is David.”

With minimal first aid skills and no equipment Tim had little to offer the seriously injured man other than the presence of another human being. David says: “He was just a voice to me, Tim.” Having made David as comfortable as he could, Tim was then confronted by the sight of a charred corpse - which he later found out was the remains of the bomber Mohammed Sidique Khan.

At almost the same time, also on the Circle line, another bomb detonated in the second carriage of a train just outside Aldgate. Michael Henning, who was in the carriage next to the bomber, described being caught in a yellow and orange explosion. He says: “It was so quick, there was no time to blink.”

Fellow passengers Thelma Stober and Kira Mason were both in the bombed compartment. Just three feet from the explosion, Kira was flung backwards and pinned to the wall of the buckled compartment by metal and debris. Thelma was blown through the doors of the still moving train and landed between the tracks. She says: “I opened my eyes and found myself on the train track partially underneath the train – partly outside. I could see people on the floor of the train and I could see people lying around. People were screaming and crying.”

Kira was just three feet away from the bomb when it exploded and was blown back by the blast, leaving her left arm trapped in the tangled remains of the carriage. She says: “I think I’m in this terrible dream.

It’s very quiet, I can’t hear anything and I can’t move. Then in this dream this voice comes and says, ‘What’s your name?’’

Stephen was in the line of evacuated passengers walking along the tracks back to Aldgate, when he was compelled to try and offer assistance. He entered the bombed carriage, and tried to look after Carrie Taylor, a young woman who had been blown backwards onto the laps of two passengers still in their seats.

He says: “She seemed relatively peaceful. Every now and again she would try to communicate. I would just do my best to keep her calm and tell her everything was ok – and that we would be out of here soon.”

When the emergency services reached Aldgate they discovered that Carrie had died as result of her injuries. Her father John describes the terrible wait he and his wife endured before learning of the loss of his daughter. He says: “We never thought that she had been seriously injured or lost her life. You were hoping beyond all hope that she was stuck somewhere – helping other people. It was ten days after the event that Carrie was formally identified.”

Just a few seconds after the two explosions on the Circle line there was a third blast 70ft below ground on the Piccadilly Line near Russell Square. The bomb on the packed train in the confines of the narrow tunnel killed 26 passengers and injured more than 340. Sajda Mughal was one of the hundreds of passengers trapped underground near Russell Square, and recalls terrified passengers screaming and banging on the windows. She says: “I believe I shut down because I was waiting for death to come.”

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26th June - 2nd July 2015

F riday 06:00...................... Breakfast 09:15 ................ Crimewatch 10:00 ...... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 ................ Claimed and Shamed 11:30 ............Family Finders 12:15.............. Bargain Hunt 13:00 ...... BBC News at One 13:45......................... Doctors 14:15 ....................Perfection 15:00............... Escape to the Continent 16:00 .........................The Box 16:30 ...........................Flog It! 17:15 .......................Pointless 18:00 .... BBC News at Six 19:00 .......The One Show 19:30.. Would I Lie to You? 20:00 ............ EastEnders 20:30..............Celebrity MasterChef

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22:00.... BBC News at Ten 22:25... BBC London News 22:35........... The Graham Norton Show 23:25 ................. Suntrap 23:55 .....................Fallen 01:55...... Weather for the Week Ahead

06:00...... Homes Under the Hammer 07:00 ................ Claimed and Shamed 07:30 ............Family Finders 08:15 .................... Gardeners’ World 08:45 .............. Cowboys and Angels 09:15 .......................... Victoria Derbyshire 11:00.................... BBC News 11:30 ........BBC World News 12:00 .......The Daily Politics 13:00............................ Tennis 17:15........................ Antiques Roadshow 18:00............... Eggheads 18:30 ........... Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial 19:30............Glastonbury 2015 20:30.............. Gardeners’ World 21:00........... Arthur Ashe: More Than a Champion 22:00............Glastonbury 2015 22:30..............Newsnight 23:00............Glastonbury 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............... Jeremy Kyle’s Emergency Room 15:00................... Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00 ..............Tipping Point 17:00.....................The Chase 18:00................ ITV News London 18:30................ ITV News 19:00 ........... Emmerdale 19:30..Coronation Street 20:00 ..........Gino’s Italian Escape 20:30..............Coronation Street 21:00............. Doc Martin 22:00..... ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:40....................Vicious 23:10...... Bloody Sunday

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

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

06:45 ............Will and Grace

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

07:10 ............Will and Grace

06:20............. Lily’s Driftwoo Bay

07:35 ........Everybody Loves Raymond

06:30.............. Fireman Sam

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

06:40 ................Toot the Tiny Tugboat

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

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

09:00........................... Frasier

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

09:30 ..........................Jimmy’s Australian Food Adventure

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

10:30 ................... Come Dine with Me 11:00 ................... Come Dine with Me 11:30 ................... Come Dine with Me 12:00 ......... Channel 4 News Summary 12:05................... Come Dine with Me 12:40................... Come Dine with Me 13:10 ................Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 14:10 .................Countdown 15:00......... Deal or No Deal 16:00........................... A Place in the Sun 17:00 .............Couples Come Dine with Me 18:00 ....... The Simpsons 18:30.............. Hollyoaks 19:00.... Channel 4 News 20:00 ...... Shipping Wars 21:00 ............. 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 22:00...........The Last Leg 23:10 .............Man Down

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

07:35................. Thomas and Friends 07:45 ......................Milkshake Monkey 07:50 ......Noddy in Toyland 08:00........... Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 08:15..................... Peppa Pig 08:35......... Toby’s Travelling Circus 08:45.................... Bananas in Pajamas

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06:00 ..............Life’s Funniest Moments 06:20 ............................. Psych 07:05...................Emmerdale 08:10 ................. You’ve Been Framed!

08:35 ................ Dinner Date 09:35 ............................. Psych 10:25 .........................The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:10 ..................Emmerdale 13:15 ................. You’ve Been Framed!

13:45................ Dinner Date 14:40.............. Judge Rinder 15:50 ...................The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 ........... You’ve Been Framed!

20:00............... Two and a Half Men 21:00.. The Back-Up Plan 22:00 ................ FYI Daily 22:05 . The Back-Up Plan 23:10 ...... Celebrity Juice 23:55............... Two and a Half Men

06:15 ......................Perception 08:00 ............. One Born Every Minute 09:00 .................... DIY SOS The Big Build 10:00.............................. The Bill 11:00....................... New Tricks 12:00 ..................Escape to the Country 13:00.............. One Born Every Minute 14:00 .................... DIY SOS The Big Build 15:00 ..............................The Bill 16:00 .......................New Tricks 17:00 ....... Who Do You Think You Are? 18:00 ............Escape to the Country 19:00 ............Real Rescues 20:00 ..............Traffic Cops 21:00 .......Motorway Cops 22:00 ...................Sherlock 00:00............... Paranormal Witness

08:55 ....Location, Location, Location

06:00 ......................... The Flash

07:00 ........ Storage Hunters

07:00 ................RSPCA Animal Rescue

07:25 ................. Traffic Cops

07:30 ................RSPCA Animal Rescue

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

06:00 ............. Football Gold 07:00 .......WWE Main Event 08:00............... World Rugby 08:30 .............. Rugby Union 10:30... Super League Gold 11:30 .......... Premier League Legends 12:00................. Soccer A.M. 13:00.............. Hockey World League 14:45... Super League Gold 15:00.............. Hockey World League 16:45 ............. Football Gold 17:00......... Premier League 17:30............. Football Gold 18:00 .... Premier League 19:00 ........... The Fantasy Football Club 19:30 ............Fight Night 23:30 .......... Boxing Gold 00:00 ....... Challenge Cup Highlights 01:00 ........... The Premier League Years

12:10 ....5 News Lunchtime 12:15 ............The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 13:15 ........Home and Away 13:45................. Neighbours 14:15..... NCIS: Los Angeles 15:15........... Jesse Stone: No Remorse 17:00.................. 5 News at 5 17:30 .................Neighbours 18:00.... Home and Away 18:30..... 5 News Tonight 19:00 .............. World War II in Colour

08:00 ................... Monkey Life 09:00 .................Hawaii Five-0 11:00 ........NCIS: Los Angeles 13:00 .................Hawaii Five-0 15:00 ...... Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie 16:00...... Last Man Standing 17:00 ............... The Simpsons 17:30 ......Last Man Standing

08:10 .......................Top Gear 11:00 .... Lizard Lick Towing 12:00 .......................Top Gear 14:00...... American Pickers 15:00........ Storage Hunters 16:00 ................. Traffic Cops 17:00 .......................Top Gear 19:00...American Pickers 20:00................... Storage Hunters UK 20:30.... Storage Hunters

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

21:00............ Big Brother: Live Eviction

21:00 .............. A League of Their Own

22:30........... Big Brother’s Bit on the Side

22:00 .... Cricket’s Funniest Moments

01:00......... Supernatural

23:30............ Big Brother

23:00...... An Idiot Abroad

01:00.... Storage Hunters

01:50............... The Hotel

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

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

01:30.... Storage Hunters

00:35 ................... The Big Bang Theory

11:05............... The 39 Steps 13:00................... Time Team 14:05 ...................Time Team 15:10................... Time Team 16:10............... Four in a Bed 16:40............... Four in a Bed 17:15 ...............Four in a Bed 18:50........ Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses 19:55...... Grand Designs 21:00 ...... The Saboteurs 22:00......................... Nazi Megastructures 23:05 ............ 24 Hours in A and E 00:10.................. 8 Out of 10 Cats 01:00...................... Grand Designs

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

20:00 .....Conspiracy: The Cold War Files

23:40........... Greg Davies: The Back of My Mum’s Head

10:00 .............. Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses

09:00 ...................Tickety Toc 11:10 .......Cowboy Builders

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19:00 ..........The Simpsons

21:00 ...................... QI XL 22:00..... Hoff the Record 22:40 ........................... QI 23:20....................... QI XL 00:20 ..... Mock the Week

Celebrity MasterChef BBC1, 20:30

The second week of heats continues as the four remaining celebrities fight for a place in the semi-finals.

Their first challenge is a relay invention test.

Each team must create a main course and a pudding between them. Each team member has 30 minutes to make their contribution to the dishes, but they can’t communicate with one another.

Next, the teams are sent out on their first mass catering challenge. They have to make lunch for over 100 members of staff at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club home to the Wimbledon tennis tournament. Finally, they must cook a faultless two-course meal that will not only be judged by John and Gregg, but also by past Celebrity MasterChef champion Phil Vickery, and previous finalists Christopher Biggins, and Andi Peters, who know exactly what standards they expect.

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26th June - 2nd July 2015

S aturday 06:00 ...................... Breakfast 10:00 ........................Saturday Kitchen Live 11:30 .........................The Box 12:00 .....................BBC News 12:15 .............. Bargain Hunt 13:00 ...... Homes Under the Hammer 14:00 ..............Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 14:30 .............Rugby League Challenge Cup 17:05 ...............Escape to the Country 17:50 .......................Pointless 18:40.............. BBC News 19:00.......... Prized Apart 20:05 .......... The National Lottery: Who Dares Wins 20:55 ................ Casualty 21:45 ................ The John Bishop Show 22:30 .............. BBC News 22:50....... Not Going Out 23:20.............. Room 101 00:00 ....... The Hot Chick 01:40 ..... Weather for the Week Ahead 01:45............... BBC News

06:10......................... The Lost Squadron 07:30 ..............East of Sudan 09:00.............Wimbledon Classics

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06:00 .................. Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge 06:25 ................Pat and Stan 06:35 ......................Dino Dan

11:00 ...................... Kangaroo Dundee

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

11:30 ...................... Kangaroo Dundee

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

12:00 ............ James Martin’s Food Map of Britain 12:15.................. Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial 13:15 ............................Tennis 16:00 ...........................Flog It! 16:30 .................Glastonbury 2015 18:00 ............. Gardeners’ World 18:30.... Edwardian Farm 19:30......... Japan: Earth’s Enchanted Island 20:30 ............Dad’s Army 21:00 ..... Mock the Week 21:30............Glastonbury 2015 01:00............. The Infidel

Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages Channel 4, 20:00

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Penelope travels through the rugged hills and valleys of north Wales and on to the industrial heartland of north-west England, as she explores how the landscape has defined and shaped Britain’s villages. She finds a secret Victorian garden in the shadow of a nuclear power station; scales the highest peaks of Snowdonia, where communities are embracing the new industry of tourism; and is plunged into the crowds at her very first music festival. In Cheshire, Penelope rubs shoul-

07:00 ...................... Canimals 07:30 ......................... Super 4 07:45 ......................... Super 4 08:00 ..................... Nerds and Monsters 08:10 ..................... Nerds and Monsters 08:25 ...................... ITV News 08:30 ......................Weekend 09:25................... The Jeremy Kyle Show 10:20 ...................The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:20 ...................The Jeremy Kyle Show 12:20.............. ITV News and Weather 12:30................... The Jeremy Kyle Show 13:35......................... Surprise Surprise 14:35 ................................1000 Heartbeats 15:35 ..............All Star Family Fortunes 16:20................ Scooby-Doo 18:00................ ITV News London 18:10......... ITV News and Weather 18:30............ You’ve Been Framed!

19:00.... Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 21:40 ............ Black Work 22:40 .........ITV News and Weather 22:55 ........ FIA Formula e Championship Highlights 23:55 ..............The Chase 00:50 ........... Jackpot247

ders with the rich and famous in Alderley Edge, before ending her journey an ancient fertility festival in Staffordshire.

Wimbledon Classics BBC2, 09:00 Goran Ivanisevic v Pat Rafter - 2001 Final. Sue Barker introduces highlights from one of the greatest Wimbledon matches of all time. The 2001 men’s final saw Australian third seed Pat Rafter take on threetime beaten finalist Goran Ivanisevic, who was aiming to become the first wildcard to win the men’s singles title. What followed was one of the most spirited matches ever seen at the All England Club, ebbing and flowing with each point. This is the first of three programmes which will be showing classic Wimbledon finals from the BBC archives ahead of this year’s Championships.

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26th June - 2nd July 2015

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06:10 ........... Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research Blenheim Palace Triathlon 07:05 ........Mobil 1 The Grid 07:30............. FIM Superbike World Championship 08:00 ................The Morning Line 09:00 ........................... Frasier 09:30 ........................... Frasier

06:00..................... Peppa Pig 06:05 ....................Bananas in Pajamas 06:20 .... Angelina Ballerina 06:30...................... Pip Ahoy!

06:45.... The Mr. Men Show 06:55 .............Chloe’s Closet 07:05 ................Roobarb and Custard Too 07:15............... Make Way for Noddy 07:25 ....................Paw Patrol 07:40 ............. Little Princess 08:00 ........... Wanda and the Alien

10:00 ...........................The Big Bang Theory

08:15 .........Zack and Quack

10:25 ...........................The Big Bang Theory

08:30 ........... Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

10:50 ...........................The Big Bang Theory

08:45................... Jelly Jamm

11:20............. The Simpsons

09:30 ...... Dora and Friends

11:50............. The Simpsons

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

12:25 .............The Simpsons 12:55 ...........Rude(Ish) Tube 13:25 ..................... Channel 4 Racing 16:10 ................... Come Dine with Me 16:45 ................... Come Dine with Me 17:15 ................... Come Dine with Me 17:50................... Come Dine with Me 18:15 ............. Come Dine with Me 18:40 ...............Channel 4 News 19:00 ..................Walking Through History 20:00.............Penelope CW Keith’s Hidden choice Villages

09:05..................... LazyTown

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

06:15 ...................MasterChef Australia

08:55.......................Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals

08:35 ...... Coronation Street Omnibus

08:00 .........Motorway Cops

09:30................... Time Team

11:00............... Catchphrase

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

10:35................... Bear Island

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

12:55............... Four in a Bed

11:00.......................... The Bill

13:30............... Four in a Bed

12:00 .......................... The Bill

15:40 ............ Selling Houses with Amanda Lamb

12:00........ Music and Lyrics 14:10 ...........Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium 16:05 ........... Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 16:35 .............. Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway

14:00 .....Emergency Bikers 15:00 .....Emergency Bikers 16:00 .....Emergency Bikers 17:00 .....Emergency Bikers

18:20 ........... A Cinderella Story

18:00..............Emergency Bikers

20:10.... Along Came Polly

19:00 .............Emergency Bikers

22:00 ............Love Island 23:00 ......... Bachelorette 00:50.... The Keith Lemon Sketch Show

20:00 ..................Atlantis 21:00 ................ Sherlock 23:00......................... Silk

16:45 ........... Grand Designs 17:50 ........... Grand Designs 18:55 ...... Grand Designs 20:00... The Million Pound Necklace: Inside Boodles 21:00.............. The Billion Pound Hotel 22:00....The World’s Most Expensive Food 23:05 ........ Inside Jaguar: Making a Million Pound Car

01:20.... The Keith Lemon Sketch Show

00:20 ............Paranormal Witness

01:45.............Love Island

01:20............ Paramedics

01:15....The World’s Most Expensive Food

06:00 ......................The Flash

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

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

12:50 ...................... Columbo: Playback

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

08:00 .................... Scrapheap Challenge

07:00................ One2eleven

14:20..................... The Green Berets

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

00:10...Sex Party Secrets

10:35........................... Access 10:50 .................. Stop! Police Interceptors 11:45 .................. Stop! Police Interceptors

17:05........................... 5 News Weekend 17:10 ..................GPs: Behind Closed Doors

08:00 ..............Hawaii Five-0 10:00 ... Terminator Special 11:00 .... Football’s Funniest Moments 12:00 ............. Ashley Banjo’s Secret Street Crew

18:10...........Nightmare CW 13:00 ..................The Holiday Tenants, Slum choice Makers Landlords 15:00 ................ Monkey Life 19:00...Can’t Pay? We’ll CW 17:00 ..... NCIS: Los Angeles Take it Away! choice 18:00...Mr Holmes Special 20:00 ............... Celebs on 18:15 .... Minions Special Benefits: Fame to Claim 18:30 ....... The Simpsons 20:00 ............ Guitar Star

22:55 ......... Babylon A.D.

22:00............The 80s: The Best of Bad TV

21:00...................Cricket’s Funniest Moments

00:40 ..........Street Sound and Style

23:30.................. Jackass

22:00....NCIS: Los Angeles

23:55.....................Access

23:00......... Hawaii Five-0

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

01:00....NCIS: Los Angeles

01:05 ..........The Last Leg

13:00 .......................... The Bill

18:05 ...Minion Madness

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

21:00 ..................Taken 2

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09:00 .................... Scrapheap Challenge 10:00 ...... American Pickers 11:00 ........ Storage Hunters 11:30 ........ Storage Hunters 12:00.... Storage Hunters UK 12:30.... Lizard Lick Towing 13:00.... Lizard Lick Towing

08:00 .......... Premier League 100 Club 08:30 .............. Rugby Union 10:30... Super League Gold 11:00 ..................Viral Videos 11:30 .......... Premier League 100 Club 12:00........................ Football

13:30..... Beverly Hills Pawn

12:30 .......... Premier League 100 Club

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

13:00 ..................Fight Night

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

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

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

19:00 ............Fight Night

22:00........ Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish 23:00........ Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish 00:00.......Have I Got a Bit More News for You

23:00 ..............Sky Sports Originals Luke Campbell-the Golden Boy 00:00.......... Boxing Gold 00:30........... Boxing Gold 01:00.... Sporting Heroes

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Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords Channel 5, 18:10

This episode features a couple who bought a second property as an investment, only to have their managing agent change the locks and withold all of the rent the tenants were paying, while another couple discovered their tenant was using the property to scam students out of deposits. In south London, the housing team from Lewisham Council investigate the dire conditions endured by tenants in a cramped, cold flat.

Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

Channel 5, 19:00

Documentary series revealing the work of bailiffs and repossession agents. Paul Bohill, Steve Pinner and Ben Pinner have a tough case on their hands as they move to evict a large group of squatters from an office block in central London. Stewart McCracken and Iain Taylor, meanwhile, arrive at a house to enforce a writ to find only the debtor’s wife at home.

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Surprise Surprise ITV1, 20.00

In the second show of the new series, a mother who set up a charity following the tragic death of her 12-yearold son receives a well deserved surprise.

Jenna Speirs, 20 from Scotland, is nominating her mother Caroline Speirs, 48 for setting up a charity after Jenna’s twin brother Calum passed away in 2007.

Caroline and her husband Duncan had twins Jenna and Calum in 1994.

In 2006 the family’s world was turned upside down when Callum, aged 12 was diagnosed with a brain tumour. After time in the hospital they discovered that Calum’s tumour was inoperable and sadly after a 13 month battle they lost their son.

Calum had spoken to his mother before he passed away about an idea of setting up a place where people who have children who are getting treated for cancer can escape to - a place where families can have quality time away as a family without the worries of hospital visits, treatments and operations.

Inspired by her son, Caroline decided to set up a charity called Calum’s Cabin and build a cabin for families to stay in, and spend quality time which each other. The cabin was going to cost more than she had expected and cost more than her family could afford. As a result, Caroline started to work with the local community of the Isle of Bute to help this dream become a reality. The community spirit was unbelievable and people were donating everything from a bathroom to a kitchen, to donating their time and their skills.

Calum’s Cabin has had over 500 families staying since opening in 2009, and has given so many families that much needed break together.

Other stories in this episode include: Diversity give an amazing mother a wonderful surprise; a leukemia sufferer is reunited with her mother who she hasn’t seen for 12 years and two men who have dedicated their time and money to setting up a charity to help rehabilitate wounded or sick service personal through the game of golf get a nice surprise.

Each hour-long episode in the series will feature heartwarming surprises and dramatic family reunions, as Holly celebrates ordinary people who do extraordinary things.

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06:00 ...................... Breakfast 09:00 ................. The Andrew Marr Show 10:00 ...........................Sunday Morning Live 11:00 .......... Sunday Politics 12:15 .............. Bargain Hunt 13:00......................BBC News 13:15 ................Prized Apart 14:20 ..............Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 14:50 ...........................Flog It! 15:2........................ Escape to the Continent 16:25 .......... Songs of Praise 17:00 ....Nigel Slater: Eating Together 17:30 ........Nature’s Greatest Dancers 18:30 .............. BBC News 19:00 ............Countryfile 20:00 ................ Antiques Roadshow 21:00.....Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell 22:00............... BBC News 22:30....................A David Attenborough Special 23:05.................Don’t Tell the Bride

06:05 .................Animal Park 06:35 ...........................The Big Allotment Challenge 07:35 .................. Countryfile 08:35 .................... Gardeners’ World 09:05 ......... The Beechgrove Garden 09:35 ........................Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:05 .........................The Box 11:35 .................. Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial 12:35 .................. Wimbledon Review 2014 13:35............... From Here to Eternity 15:30 .............Rugby League Challenge Cup 18:15 ...........Glastonbury 2015 20:00..............Top Gear 21:15...............Odyssey

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22:40............Glastonbury 2015 01:00 .............. Treacle Jr.

06:00 .................. Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge 06:25 ................Pat and Stan 06:35 ......................Dino Dan 07:00 ...................... Canimals 07:15 .............................Sooty 07:30 .................. Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge 08:25...................... ITV News 08:30 ......................Weekend 09:25 ...................The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 .............. FIA Formula e Qualifying Live 13:15...................... ITV News 13:30....... Long Lost Family 14:30....... Off Their Rockers 15:00.............. FIA Formula e Championship Live 17:45 ..... Love Your Garden 18:45.. ITV News London 19:00......... ITV News and Weather 19:15...........Catchphrase 20:00................Surprise W C Surprise choice 21:00............. Black Work 22:00................. ITV News 22:20......... FIA Formula e Championship Highlights

Top Gear BBC2, 20.00 This week’s episode of Top Gear features two films that were shot for the last series. In the first film, Jeremy, Richard and James immerse themselves in the lifestyle of the traditional classic car enthusiast.

Armed with affordable classics including a Fiat 124 Spyder, a Peugeot 304 Cabriolet and an MGB GT, the trio set off on an adventure that includes brown beer, breakdowns and a hair-raising classic car show.

In the second film, Clarkson, Hammond and May try to become lifestyle leisure enthusiasts with the help of some incredibly cheap lifestyle leisure vehicles. Restricted to a maximum budget of £250, the trio buy three massive mileage SUVs - a Vauxhall Frontera, a Jeep Cherokee and a Mitsubishi Shogun - and embark on a series of action-packed challenges that include battling with the Stig’s ‘Leisure Activity Cousin’ and a race which has terrifying consequences for the loser.

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26th June - 2nd July 2015

2 8 th 06:15 ........... How I Met Your Mother

06:00................Children’s TV

06:40 ........... How I Met Your Mother

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

07:05 ..................Ginetta GT5 Challenge 07:30 ........Everybody Loves Raymond 08:30 ........................... Frasier 09:30.......... Sunday Brunch 12:30...................... Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast 13:30............................The Big Bang Theory 14:30 .......................... Edward Scissorhands 16:35 ....Location, Location, Location 17:35..... A Place in the Sun 18:30 .... Channel 4 News 19:00..... Kevin Mccloud’s Escape to the Wild

07:35.................... Paw Patrol 08:00....... Wanda and the Alien 08:10.... Zack and Quack 08:25 ......Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

06:00 ........... Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 06:45 ...................Emmerdale Omnibus 09:35 ...... Coronation Street Omnibus 12:00 ............... Catchphrase

J une 06:15 .....Emergency Bikers 07:00 .....Emergency Bikers 08:00 .....Emergency Bikers 09:00 .....Emergency Bikers 10:00 .....Emergency Bikers 11:00 .....Emergency Bikers

08:55.....Location, Location, Location Australia 10:00 ............ Selling Houses with Amanda Lamb 11:00 ........Ainsley Harriott’s Street Food 12:05................ Gadget Man

12:00 ................ Doctor Who

12:35................ Gadget Man

08:45 ............ Jelly Jamm

12:40.................Take Me Out

13:00 ................ Doctor Who

09:00 .............. LazyTown

13:40 ......................Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals

09:30...Dora and Friends

13:50................ Take Me Out: The Gossip

14:00 ................ Doctor Who 15:00 ................ Doctor Who

14:40 ...............Four in a Bed

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

14:35 .................. Love Island

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

17:15.. Come Dine with Me

15:35 ....... Minion Madness

17:00 ................ Doctor Who

10:35............... The Secret Life of Pets

15:50 ...........Despicable Me

20:00 ..... One Born Every Minute

20:00... Ainsley Harriott’s Street Food

11:05.............Stop! Police Interceptors

17:45 ............The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

12:05................. The Land Before Time

21:00............ Love Island

22:00 ................Sky Cops

22:00 ........The Break-Up

23:00 ................... Grimm

00:15....... Crazy Beaches

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

00:40 ............Love Island

01:00 ...........Doctor Who

01:40 ....... Fake Reaction

01:50 ...........Doctor Who

06:00 ... The Hour of Power

07:10 .........Motorway Cops

07:00 ......................The Flash

08:00 .........Motorway Cops

08:00.... Terminator Special

09:00 ........ Storage Hunters

08:30 .... Entourage Special

09:30 ........ Storage Hunters

09:00 ....Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie

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

10:00.................................Glee

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

13:20.The Princess Bride 15:15.......... Spies Like Us 17:05... 5 News Weekend

20:00.... Amazing Spaces: Shed of the Year

17:10............. Beetlejuice

21:00..................Humans

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

22:00.................. The Cold Light of Day

22:00............Greatest 80s Movies

23:55.............. Rude Tube

00:50................... Jackass

00:50....... Blue Valentine

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

21:00 .............. Sense and Sensibility

21:00 ......7/7: The Angels of Edgware Road 22:00.......... 9/11: Ground Zero Underworld 23:05 ............ 24 Hours in A and E 00:10..... 8 Out of 10 Cats 01:00.......7/7: The Angels of Edgware Road

18:55........ Dirty Dancing

11:00..................... WWE Raw 12:00 ................ Monkey Life 12:30 ................ Monkey Life 13:00 ................ Monkey Life 15:00 ..... NCIS: Los Angeles 18:00........ The Simpsons 18:30........ The Simpsons 20:00.. Kings and Queens of Speech 21:00.............A League of Their Own 22:00..NCIS: Los Angeles 23:00.............. Road Wars 00:00.............. Road Wars 01:00.............. Road Wars

10:30........ Storage Hunters 11:30 ........ Storage Hunters 12:00 ........ Storage Hunters 12:30 ........ Storage Hunters 16:00 .........Motorway Cops 18:00................ Top Gear 19:00 ................Top Gear 20:00 ......Have I Got a Bit More News for You 21:00.......Have I Got a Bit More News for You 22:00 .... Hoff the Record 22:40............. Red Dwarf 00:00 ............. Red Dwarf 00:40 ............. Red Dwarf 01:20 ............. Red Dwarf

06:00 ............. Football Gold 07:00 ..................The Premier League Years 09:00 .......... Premier League Legends 10:00 ..................The Premier League Years 12:00 .....................Sky Sports Originals - Luke Campbellthe Golden Boy 13:00 ..............Hockey World League 14:45 ............. Football Gold 15:00 ...................Goodwood Festival of Speed 17:00 ..............Hockey World League 18:45 ........Football Gold 19:00 ..............Sky Sports Originals - Le God The Le Tissier Story 20:00...... Premier League Legends 22:00......... Major League Soccer

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During a mission with her special ops Task Force 24 team in Mali, North Africa, Sgt Odelle Ballard stumbles upon encrypted files that prove a major American corporation called the SOC is secretly funding terrorists. She copies it onto a flash drive before the untrustworthy private military group, OSELA, show up. After an attack on her unit, she becomes the sole survivor and must make the gruelling journey back home.

Meanwhile, former US Attorneyturned-Business Investigator Pete Decker uncovers corruption in the private sector at his new job.

Also, G8 protest organizer Harrison Walters suspects a government cover-up when a fellow activist hacks into Sgt Ballard’s webmail account and finds her distress signal.

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Tennis: Wimbledon 2015 BBC2, 11.30

Sue Barker brings live coverage of the opening day of the Wimbledon 2015 Championship, kicking off 13 days of unmissable tennis across 153 hours of TV coverage on the BBC. Novak Djokovic will begin the defence of the title he won on Centre Court in an epic final against Roger Federer. After a surprise quarterfinal exit last year Great Britain’s Andy Murray will be looking to win back the title he won in 2013. Live Wimbledon coverage also takes place from 1.45pm to 6pm on BBC One.

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M onday 06:00 ...................... Breakfast 09:15 ................ Crimewatch 10:00...... Homes Under the Hammer

08:30 ........................ Lorraine 09:25................... The Jeremy Kyle Show

11:45 .....................Helicopter Heroes Down Under

08:15 ..................Demolition 09:15 .......................... Victoria Derbyshire

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

12:15.............. Bargain Hunt

11:00 .......The Daily Politics

13:00 ......................BBC News at One

11:30..........................Tennis

13:30.... BBC London News

21:30. The RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show

18:30 ........... BBC London News 19:00....... The One Show 19:30........... Nigel Slater: Eating Together

After Freddie and Stuart have a falling out, Stuart moves in with Ash and Violet moves in with Freddie. It doesn’t take long, however, before the new flatmates begin to drive each other crazy. Violet and Ash devise a plan to return things to normal.

Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi and Frances de la Tour return to ITV in the second series of hit comedy Vicious.

The new 6 part series returns viewers back into the boisterous world of Freddie Thornhill (played by Ian McKellen) and Stuart Bixby (played by Derek Jacobi) as we follow more of their adventures and mishaps.

The loving (and bickering) couple of over 50 years soon discover it’s all change amongst their close circle of friends. Violet (played by Frances de la Tour) has married a mystery man who now seems to have gone AWOL. Ash (played by Iwan Rheon) is all loved up with new girlfriend Jess (played by guest star Georgia King). And ditzy Penelope (played by Marcia Warren) and no nonsense Mason (played by Philip Voss) continue to be baffled by everyone around them.

Throughout the new series we’ll see our family of friends try ballroom dancing, discover what the inside of a gym looks like and try sushi for the very first time.

07:00 ................ Claimed and Shamed 07:30.............Family Finders

18:00.... BBC News at Six

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

11:00 ......... Call the Council

13:45 ............................Tennis

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

20:00 ............ EastEnders 20:30.............. Panorama 21:00...............The Met: CW Policing London choice 22:00.... BBC News at Ten 22:25............ BBC London News 22:35 ....... Have I Got Old News for You 23:05........ Have I Got Old News for You 23:35........... The Graham Norton Show 00:25 ..... Weather for the Week Ahead 00:30............... BBC News

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22:00.............Episodes Comedy series. Helen continues to be threatened by Carol’s relationship with Beverly. She is convinced that Beverly holds a candle for her girlfriend, so Carol and Beverly are forced to keep their friendship under wraps. Matt is still furious at Sean and Beverly for reneging on their offer to let him star in their new show. He refuses to speak with either of them, and it seems the rift may be irrevocable. Meanwhile, Matt continues to be plagued by financial woes.

Running out of solutions, he considers selling his house in Malibu. However, the potential buyer turns out to be one of the last people on earth he would want to sell it to.

22:30..............Newsnight 23:20..................Odyssey 00:05..................Odyssey 00:50............... Napoleon 01:50 ..............Watchdog

10:55...................... ITV News 11:00 .............. This Morning 12:30............ Loose Women 13:30.............. ITV News and Weather 14:00............... Judge Rinder 15:00 ............Secret Dealers 16:00.............. Tipping Point 17:00.....................The Chase 18:00 ................ ITV News London 18:30 .........ITV News and Weather 19:00 ........... Emmerdale 19:30 .............Coronation Street 20:00 ......... Countrywise 20:30 .............Coronation Street 21:00.................Vicious

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21:30 .............It’s a Funny Old Week 22:00 ..... ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:40 ......................Plebs

23:10..... The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 00:05............ Jackpot247

The Met: Policing London BBC1, 21:00 Documentary following the officers of Britain’s biggest and busiest police service as they deal with life, death, crime and its victims, all across the capital. On an average night, the Met receives over 4000 emergency calls.

In the residential streets of North London, a burglar has been caught in the act. It’s down to PC Waz Din to literally talk him down when the suspect is found hanging from a first-floor window. On the busy streets of Soho, Detective Superintendent Kevin Southworth has been gathering evidence on the thieves and drug dealers exploiting the area. Tonight, with the help of 400 riot-trained officers, he’ll make his move.

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

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

06:45 ............Will and Grace

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

07:10 ............Will and Grace

06:20 ...........Lily’s Driftwood Bay

07:35 ........Everybody Loves Raymond

06:30 .............. Fireman Sam

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

06:40 ................Toot the Tiny Tugboat

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

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

09:00 ........................... Frasier

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

09:30 ...........................The Big Bang Theory

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

10:00 ...........................The Big Bang Theory

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

10:30 ................... Come Dine with Me

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

11:00 ................... Come Dine with Me

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

08:00........... Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 08:15 .....................Peppa Pig

11:30................... Come Dine with Me

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

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

08:30 ... Milkshake Monkey

12:05................... Come Dine with Me 12:40................... Come Dine with Me 13:10 ................Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 14:10 .................Countdown 15:00......... Deal or No Deal 16:00....................... A Place in the Sun 17:00..............Couples Come Dine with Me 18:00........ The Simpsons 18:30.............. Hollyoaks 19:00.... Channel 4 News 20:00...........Dispatches

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21:00......Kevin Mccloud’s Escape to the Wild 22:00..............Man Down 22:35.......... Tattoo Fixers 23:35............. 24 Hours in A and E 00:35... Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 01:25...Spying on Hitler’s Army: The Secret Recordings

08:25 .....................Peppa Pig 08:35 .........Toby’s Travelling Circus 08:45 ....................Bananas in Pajamas

06:00 ..............Life’s Funniest Moments 06:20 ............................. Psych 07:05 ..................Emmerdale 07:35 .....Coronation Street 08:35 ................ Dinner Date 09:35 ............................. Psych 10:25 .........................The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:10 ..................Emmerdale 12:40 .....Coronation Street 13:45 ................ Dinner Date 14:40 ...................The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:00 ........ Judge Rinder 19:00 ........... You’ve Been Framed!

20:00............... Two and a Half Men 21:00 ...Ibiza Weekender 22:00 ............Love Island 23:00 ...... Celebrity Juice 23:45 ...............Two and a Half Men 00:40........... The Vampire Diaries

06:15 ...................Perception 08:00 ...........One Born Every Minute 09:00......................... DIY SOS 10:00 .......................... The Bill 11:00 ................... New Tricks 12:00 .................Who Do You Think You Are? 13:00........... One Born Every Minute 14:00 .........................DIY SOS 15:00 .......................... The Bill 16:00 ................... New Tricks 17:00 .................Who Do You Think You Are? 18:00 ...........Doctor Who 19:00......... Real Rescues 20:00. Emergency Bikers 21:00........ The Catherine Tate Show 21:40 ..........Him and Her 23:00 ......... Real Rescues 00:00 ............Paranormal Witness

08:55 ....Location, Location, Location Australia

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

07:00........ Storage Hunters

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

07:20 .........Motorway Cops

07:00............. RSPCA Animal Rescue

08:10 .......................Top Gear

08:00................ Monkey Life

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

06:00 ............. Football Gold 07:00..................... WWE Raw 08:00................ One2eleven 09:00 ................. Soccer A.M. 10:00.................. The Premier League Years 12:00 ..................The Fantasy Football Club 12:30.......... Premier League 100 Club 13:00................. Soccer A.M. 14:00 ..................The Premier League Years 16:00 ............. Football Gold 17:00 .......... Premier League Legends 18:00........... Soccer A.M. 19:00..... Premier League 100 Club 19:30............ Elite League Speedway 21:30..... Speedway Gold 22:00............ Soccer A.M. 23:00............ Elite League Speedway

10:00 .............. Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses 11:10 ......... Arizona Raiders 13:00 ...................Time Team 14:05 ...................Time Team 15:10 ...................Time Team 16:10 ...............Four in a Bed 16:40 ...............Four in a Bed 17:15 ...............Four in a Bed 17:45 ...............Four in a Bed 18:50 ........ Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses 19:55 ...... Grand Designs 21:00.... A Place in the Sun 22:00.................One Born Every Minute 23:05........Inside Britain’s Fattest Man 00:10..... 8 Out of 10 Cats 01:00.... A Place in the Sun

08:55 .. Milkshake! Bop Box 09:00................... Tickety Toc 09:15 ........ The Wright Stuff 11:10....... Cowboy Builders 12:10... 5 News Lunchtime 12:15 ..................GPs: Behind Closed Doors 13:15 ........Home and Away 13:45................. Neighbours 14:15 ............................... NCIS 15:15 ...............King of Texas 17:00 ..................5 News at 5 17:30 .................Neighbours 18:00.... Home and Away 18:30 ..... 5 News Tonight 19:00 ............Stop! Police Interceptors

09:00...............Hawaii Five-0 11:00 ..... NCIS: Los Angeles 13:00 ..............Hawaii Five-0 15:00.... Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie 16:00 ... Last Man Standing 17:00..............The Simpsons 17:30 ... Last Man Standing 18:30........ The Simpsons

20:00.............Kicking Off: Caught on Camera

20:00...... Modern Family

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

22:00... Extreme Phobias, Extreme Cures

22:00....Under the Dome 22:55........... Big Brother’s Bigger Bit on the Side 00:20.......Psycho Pussies: When Cats Attack

21:00... 7/7: Ten Years on

23:00 ....................... Glee 00:00............ A League of Their Own 01:00......... Hawaii Five-0

09:00....................... Top Gear 10:30......... Storage Hunters 11:00..... Lizard Lick Towing 12:00........................Top Gear 13:00....................... Top Gear 14:00...... American Pickers 15:00 ........ Storage Hunters 16:00 .........Motorway Cops 17:00 .......................Top Gear 19:00...American Pickers 20:00 ... Storage Hunters 21:00....... Not Going Out 22:20 ........... Undercover 23:00 ........................... QI 00:20 ..... Mock the Week 01:00.... Storage Hunters 01:30.... Storage Hunters

Dispatches Channel 4, 20:00

Britain’s blood pressure is going through the roof, linked to heart attacks and strokes costing the NHS £2 billion a year.

Part of the solution is to eat less salt but Dispatches asks if this is a battle we are really prepared for.

Making the effort to watch what you are eating might not be enough.

Testing a number of Britain’s best-known food brands, reporter Tazeen Ahmad reveals surprising evidence that suggests worrying inaccuracies in the labelling of salt content.

Nearly two thirds of the products tested contained more salt than stated on the label, including some aimed at children.

Dispatches also uncovers evidence that suggests the government’s salt reduction plan has been influenced by food companies, some of whom said lowering salt content would compromise the taste of their product. A new study, featured in the programme, asks if we’d notice the difference if the salt content of food was halved.

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T uesday 06:00 ...................... Breakfast 09:15 ................ Crimewatch 10:00.............. Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 ......... Call the Council 11:45 .....................Helicopter Heroes Down Under

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

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

07:00......... Call the Council

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

07:45 .....The RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show

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

08:15............... Japan: Earth’s Enchanted Island

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

12:15 .............. Bargain Hunt

09:15 .. Victoria Derbyshire

13:00...................... BBC News at One

11:00 .......The Daily Politics 11:30 ............................Tennis

13:30..................BBC London News

20:30... Wimbledon 2day

13:45 ............................Tennis 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 Syndicate 22:00 ............... BBC News at Ten 22:25 ........... BBC London News 22:35...........Imagine...

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21:30..........The Bank: A Matter of Life and Debt In this episode, staff and customers alike open up about how they juggle their financial affairs with those of the heart and about who calls the shots with money in their home: from Victoria and Matthew, who have just moved in together and want to open a joint account to test out their relationship; to Helen is working through her financial situation following a divorce; Kevin is looking after his father’s pension money so the 79 year-old can go looking for love in Africa; and deputy bank manager Claire, who is living at home until she and her boyfriend can afford to get on the property ladder.

10:30 .............. This Morning 11:00.............. This Morning 12:30............ Loose Women 13:30.............. ITV News and Weather 14:00.............. Judge Rinder 15:00 ............Secret Dealers 16:00 ..............Tipping Point 17:00.................... The Chase 18:00................ ITV News London 18:30......... ITV News and Weather 19:00............ Emmerdale 19:30......... A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys Jones 20:00.............Love Your Garden

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21:00.................... The 7/7 Bombing: Survivors’ Stories 22:00...... ITV News at Ten and Weather

01:20 ............Weather for the Week Ahead

22:30..............Newsnight

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

23:15...............The Chase

23:20 ........................ Live

00:10............ Jackpot247

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imagine… Jeff Koons: Diary Of A Seducer BBC1, 22.35

Gigantic balloon dogs, rows of vacuum cleaners, the colourful, the commonplace, the shiny and ephemeral - American artist Jeff Koons makes ‘poor’ objects into something rich people desire. As his retrospective travels from the Whitney Museum in New York to the Pompidou in Paris, and now the Guggenheim in Bilbao, imagine… examines the controversial artist.

Raised by his furniture-maker father and seamstress mother, and spending his childhood selling wrapping paper and sweets door-todoor for pocket money, Koons took up an apprenticeship at the cutting edge Arts Institute in Chicago and embarked on a career chalking up the highest prices ever recorded for modern art.

This film looks at just who Jeff Koons is and what it is that makes his work so different. Will his balloons float above the art market bubble and hold their place in the history of art?

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3 0 th 06:00..................Countdown

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

06:45 ............Will and Grace

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

07:10 ............Will and Grace

06:20.....Lily’s Driftwood Bay

07:35 ........Everybody Loves Raymond

06:30.............. Fireman Sam

08:00 ........Everybody Loves Raymond 08:30........................... Frasier 09:00 ........................... Frasier 09:30 ...........................The Big Bang Theory 10:00 ...........................The Big Bang Theory

06:40 ................Toot the Tiny Tugboat 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

10:25 ................... Come Dine with Me

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

11:00 ................... Come Dine with Me

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

11:30 ................... Come Dine with Me

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

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

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

12:05.................... Come Dine with Me 12:40.................... Come Dine with Me

08:20..................... Peppa Pig 08:30 ... Milkshake Monkey

08:45.. Bananas in Pajamas 08:55...Milkshake! Bop Box 09:15......... The Wright Stuff

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

12:10.....5 News Lunchtime

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

12:15....Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords

17:00..............Couples Come Dine with Me 18:00........ The Simpsons 18:30.............. Hollyoaks 19:00 .... Channel 4 News 20:00 ...............Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 21:00.......... Child Genius 22:00.................. Not Safe for Work 22:50...... 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 23:55.............. Rude Tube 00:50...........KOTV Boxing Weekly 01:20......... Gillette World Sport 01:50........ FIM Superbike World Championship

06:00 ..............Life’s Funniest Moments 06:20 ............................. Psych 07:05 ..................Emmerdale 07:35 .....Coronation Street 08:35 ................ Dinner Date 09:35 ............................. Psych 10:25 .........................The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:10 ..................Emmerdale 12:40 .....Coronation Street 13:45 ................ Dinner Date 14:40 ...................The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:00 ........ Judge Rinder 19:00 ........... You’ve Been Framed and Famous!

20:00 ...............Two and a Half Men 21:00 ............Love Island 22:00 ...... Celebrity Juice 22:50 .... Bad Bridesmaid 23:50 ...............Two and a Half Men

06:15 ...................Perception 08:00 ...........One Born Every Minute 09:00......................... DIY SOS 10:00 .......................... The Bill 11:00 ................... New Tricks 12:00 .................Who Do You Think You Are? 13:00 .......................One Born Every Minute 14:00......................... DIY SOS 15:00 .......................... The Bill 16:00 ................... New Tricks 17:00................. Who Do You Think You Are? 18:00 ...........Doctor Who 19:00 ......... Real Rescues 20:00 .......... Airport 24/7 21:00 ........... Who Do You Think You Are? USA 22:00 ................... Grimm 23:00......... Real Rescues 00:00............ Paranormal Witness

08:55.....Location, Location, Location Australia

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

07:00........ Storage Hunters

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

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

07:20 .........Motorway Cops

07:00....WWE SmackDown!

07:00 ....Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie

08:10....................... Top Gear

08:00................. One2eleven

08:00 ................ Monkey Life

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

08:15................. One2eleven

11:00 .... Lizard Lick Towing

08:30................. One2eleven

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

08:45................. One2eleven

14:00...... American Pickers

09:00.................. Soccer A.M.

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

10:00...................The Premier League Years

10:00 ............................Jamie’s Comfort Food 10:30.................The Tall Men 13:00 ...................Time Team 14:05 ...................Time Team 15:10 ...................Time Team 16:10............... Four in a Bed 16:40 ...............Four in a Bed 18:50........ Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses 19:55....... Grand Designs 21:00........Selling Houses with Amanda Lamb 22:00......... Million Pound Properties 23:05..................24 Hours in A and E 00:10........................8 Out of 10 Cats 01:00........Selling Houses with Amanda Lamb

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

13:10 ................Phil Spencer: Secret Agent

16:00...................... A Place in the Sun

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13:15 ........Home and Away 13:45 .................Neighbours 14:15 ............................... NCIS 15:15 ................. Polar Storm 17:00 ..................5 News at 5 17:30 .................Neighbours 18:00.... Home and Away 18:30...... 5 News Tonight 19:00.............Stop! Police Interceptors 20:00...The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies

09:00 ..............Hawaii Five-0 10:00 ..............Hawaii Five-0 11:00 ..... NCIS: Los Angeles 13:00.............. Hawaii Five-0 15:00.....Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie 16:00.... Last Man Standing 17:00............. The Simpsons 17:30..................... Futurama

21:00.......OAPs Behaving Badly

18:00 .............. Futurama

22:00............ Big Brother

20:00 ..... Modern Family

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

20:30 ..... Modern Family

00:00...Celebs on Benefits: Fame to Claim

23:00 ........ Hawaii Five-0

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

01:00........ Hawaii Five-0

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

22:00 ............ Strike Back 00:00..NCIS: Los Angeles

16:00 .........Motorway Cops 17:00 .......................Top Gear 18:00................ Top Gear 19:00...American Pickers 20:00................... Storage Hunters UK 20:30.... Storage Hunters 21:00............ Undercover 21:40............................ QI 22:20...... Mock the Week 23:00............................ QI

12:00.................. Soccer A.M. 13:00................. One2eleven 13:15................. One2eleven 13:30................. One2eleven 14:00...................The Premier League Years 16:00.................. Soccer A.M. 17:00....................Goodwood Festival of Speed 19:00.............Fight Night

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

23:00............ The Premier League Years

01:00.... Storage Hunters

01:00............ Soccer A.M.

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Alan Titchmarsh and the makeover team surprise a couple whose lives and garden have been turned upside down by the disaster.

Sheila and her Husband Alex Colquhoun were preparing to retire in 2014 but instead they suffered one of the worst years of their lives. Sheila was diagnosed with breast cancer and had to undergo exhausting treatment. After returning home from hospital to recuperate – she woke up to discover their home knee deep in flood water. Sheila was too weak to be evacuated but as the waters rose it became unavoidable. Since then the couple have been homeless – sleeping in their grandchildren’s bedrooms and various rental properties. Alex’s plans for their retirement were put on hold. Now that they have moved back home, in the year that the couple will finally retire and celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary, Alan and the team have come to the rescue.

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26th June - 2nd July 2015

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

06:00...................... Breakfast 09:15 ................ Crimewatch

07:00 ......... Call the Council

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

07:45 ......Helicopter Heroes Down Under

10:45........................... Call the Council

08:15 .......................See Hear 08:45 .............. Cowboys and Angels

11:30 ............................Tennis 13:00 ......................BBC News at One

09:15 .......................... Victoria Derbyshire

13:30................. BBC London News

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

13:45............................ Tennis

13:00 ............................Tennis

18:00............... BBC News at Six

20:30... Wimbledon 2day 21:30...................The RHS Hampton Court Palace

18:30........... BBC London News 19:00 .......The One Show 20:00 ................Don’t Tell the Bride 21:00.......................The Interceptor

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Monty Don, Joe Swift and Rachel de Thame are joined by Carol Klein and James Wong at the 25th RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. Rachel de Thame reveals the winner of Rose of the Year. Joe takes a look around this year’s conceptual gardens based on the senses. James takes a tour of the Growing Tastes Marquee and Carol has everything you need to know about Clematis.

22:35 ................. Suntrap

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............ Secret Dealers 16:00 ..............Tipping Point 17:00.................... The Chase 18:00................ ITV News London 18:30 .........ITV News and Weather 19:00 ........... Emmerdale 19:30 .............Coronation Street 20:00............... The Cube 21:00 ............... Long Lost Family 22:00...... ITV News at Ten and Weather

23:05 ................. The Met: Policing London

22:40........The Mafia with Trevor McDonald

00:05.............Weather for the Week Ahead

22:30..............Newsnight

23:40 ..............More Tales From Northumberland with Robson Green

00:15 .............. BBC News

23:20......................... Live

00:10............ Jackpot247

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The Interceptor BBC1, 21.00

The Unit’s war of attrition on Roach (Trevor Eve) and his gang is beginning to take effect.

Under pressure and low on drugs and money they’re forced to turn to a new foreign supplier, a Norwegian nicknamed The Viking. The Unit know how vital The Viking (Christian Rubeck, pictured) could be in learning more about the crew they’re targeting, but he’s proving frustratingly hard to pin down. Clever and terrifyingly ruthless, The Viking thwarts the Unit at every turn and the team find themselves at odds with each other about the best way to proceed.

Meanwhile, Ash’s (O-T Fagbenle) old friend Stacey (Ruby Wild), a former addict indebted to him for his help in getting clean, thinks she might have found a way to pay him back for his kindness. But when her attempt to help Ash with the case puts her life in danger, Ash’s search for the Norwegian becomes deeply personal.

Unable to leave his anger at work, Lorna (Jo Joyner) is no longer sure she recognises the man she married. While Kim (Anna Skellern) gets closer to Martin (Charlie De Melo), she finds herself questioning, like Lorna, whether this job and a personal life are compatible. With Stacey on his conscience, Ash and his colleagues close in on The Viking. If they fail this time, the city will be flooded with a ton of dangerous drugs and Roach will be a step closer to achieving his ambitious expansion plans.

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

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

06:45 ............Will and Grace

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

07:10............ Will and Grace

06:20 .Lily’s Driftwood Bay

07:35........ Everybody Loves Raymond

06:30.............. Fireman Sam

08:00.........Everybody Loves Raymond 08:30............................ Frasier 09:00 ........................... Frasier 09:30........................... The Big Bang Theory 10:00 ...........................The Big Bang Theory 10:30 ................... Come Dine with Me 11:00 ................... Come Dine with Me 11:30................... Come Dine with Me 12:00 ......... Channel 4 News Summary 12:05 ................... Come Dine with Me 12:40 ................... Come Dine with Me

06:40 ................Toot the Tiny Tugboat 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 08:30 ... Milkshake Monkey 08:35 .........Toby’s Travelling Circus 08:45 ....................Bananas in Pajamas 08:55..................... Milkshake!

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06:00 ..............Life’s Funniest Moments 06:20............................. Psych 07:05.................. Emmerdale 07:35...................... The Cube 08:35................ Dinner Date 09:35 ............................. Psych 10:25 .........................The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:10 ..................Emmerdale 12:40 ......................The Cube 13:45 ................ Dinner Date 14:40 ...................The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:00......... Judge Rinder 19:00............ You’ve Been Framed!

20:00............... Two and a Half Men 21:00 ............Love Island 22:00 ...... Celebrity Juice 22:50........... The Vampire Diaries 23:45 ...............Two and a Half Men

06:15 ...................Perception 08:00 ...........One Born Every Minute 09:00......................... DIY SOS 10:00 .......................... The Bill 11:00 ................... New Tricks 12:00 .................Who Do You Think You Are? 13:00 .......................One Born Every Minute 14:00 .........................DIY SOS 15:00.......................... The Bill 16:00 ................... New Tricks 17:00 .................Who Do You Think You Are? 18:00 ...........Doctor Who 19:00 ......... Real Rescues 20:00 ........... Traffic Cops 21:00 ....... Derren Brown 22:00...Dynamo: Magician Impossible 23:00.......... Real Rescues 00:00 ............Paranormal Witness

08:55.....Location, Location, Location Australia

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

07:00 ...........Storage Hunters 07:25 ........... Motorway Cops 08:10 ..........................Top Gear 10:00........... Storage Hunters 11:00 .......Lizard Lick Towing 12:00 ..........................Top Gear 13:00 ..........................Top Gear 14:00 .........American Pickers 15:00 ... Storage Hunters UK 15:30 ...........Storage Hunters 16:00 ........... Motorway Cops 17:00 ..........................Top Gear 19:00 ..................... Storage Hunters UK 20:00 ...................Top Gear 21:30 ....... Mock the Week 22:50 .............................. QI 00:10........ Mock the Week 00:50...................... Storage Hunters UK 01:20...... Storage Hunters 01:50...Lizard Lick Towing

06:00 ............. Football Gold 06:15............. Football Gold 07:00 .......WWE Experience 08:00 ............. Football Gold 09:00 ................. Soccer A.M. 10:00 ..................The Premier League Years 12:00 ..............Hockey World League 13:45............. Football Gold 14:30 ..............Hockey World League 16:15 ............. Football Gold 17:00 ................. Soccer A.M. 18:00............ Boots ‘n’ All 19:00 ........... The Fantasy Football Club 19:30 ........... Elite League Speedway 21:30 .............Darts Gold 22:00 ............A League of Their Own 23:00............ Elite League Speedway 01:00..............Darts Gold

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

12:10 ....5 News Lunchtime

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

12:15 .........Trauma Doctors

16:00 ...................... A Place in the Sun

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

17:00 .............Couples Come Dine with Me

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

07:00.... Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie

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

08:00 ................ Monkey Life

15:15 .......................Sub Zero

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

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

11:00 ..... NCIS: Los Angeles

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

13:00 ..............Hawaii Five-0

18:00.... Home and Away

15:00.....Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie

19:00.... Channel 4 News 20:00............ The Auction House 21:00 ............ 24 Hours in A and E 22:00......Kids in Crisis?

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23:00 ........... On the Edge and Online

00:00...........Disclosure at Wild Life Festival 00:30.......... My Daughter the Teenage Nudist 01:25...... One Born Every Minute USA

10:00............... Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses 11:05....River Cottage Bites 11:20.......................20 Million Miles to Earth 13:00 ...................Time Team 14:05................... Time Team 15:10 ...................Time Team 16:10 ...............Four in a Bed 16:40 ...............Four in a Bed 17:15 ...............Four in a Bed 18:50......... Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses 19:55....... Grand Designs 21:00............. Great Canal Journeys 23:05..................24 Hours in A and E 00:10..... 8 Out of 10 Cats 01:00....... Grand Designs

09:00 ...................Tickety Toc 09:15 ........ The Wright Stuff

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

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13:10 ................Phil Spencer: Secret Agent

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

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

18:30 ..... 5 News Tonight

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

19:00 .....The 12-Year-Old Shopaholic... And Other Big Spending Kids

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

20:00............. 90 Cats and Counting: Cat Crazies

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

21:00.............. Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 22:00............ Big Brother 23:00........... Big Brother’s Bit on the Side 00:00.......OAPs Behaving Badly

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16:30...................... Futurama 17:00 .............The Simpsons 18:00............... Futurama 18:30 ....... The Simpsons 20:00... Extreme Phobias, Extreme Cures 21:00............. Strike Back 22:00......... Hawaii Five-0 00:00....NCIS: Los Angeles 01:00......... Hawaii Five-0

Kids in Crisis?

Channel 4, 22:00

Across the UK parents are being separated from their sick children.

Some, as young as 13, are being placed hundreds of miles from home. Cuts to mental health services mean in some places the right treatment is just not available locally. This programme tells the story of four families struggling to get the best care for their children.

Three quarters of all mental illness begins in childhood. But only six per cent of the mental health budget is spent on under-18s. Oli is 13 and lives in Cornwall. He has autism, epilepsy and severe anxiety. If Oli’s condition deteriorates further he may need inpatient psychiatric care. But there are no psychiatric beds in Cornwall so Oli could be sent to another county. Beth is 15, and home is in Hull. But she has severe mental health issues and since her local psychiatric unit was closed due to NHS restructuring she is being treated 120 miles away from her family.

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Exposure: How To Buy Your Way Into Britain

26th June - 2nd July 2015

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As the Government looks to take an increasingly hardline approach to immigration, Exposure investigates a massive loophole that remains at the heart of our system – sham marriage.

In March this year new rules were introduced to tighten up regulations and cut the number of sham marriages taking place in Britain.

Featuring undercover filming, How to Buy Your Way into Britain reveals that despite the promised Government crackdown, racketeers are still making millions by organising sham marriages, forging passports and human trafficking.

The programme includes covertly filmed footage of sham marriage fixers, with one describing fake brides as ‘puppets’ and boasting about the number of illegal weddings they are able to organise every year.

They tell an undercover reporter they couldn’t care less about the change in the law, and plan to carry on regardless, exploiting vulnerable women and making huge amounts of cash at the taxpayers’ expense. One says: “It’s too soft here, the system… This whole game is peanuts.”

Eminent lawyer and former CPS chief crown prosecutor Nazir Afzal views the footage, and says: “All of it is criminal… And it demonstrates how big a scale of the problem we face.”

Superhospital ITV1, 21.00 Superhospital is a brand new documentary series set in the Royal Derby Hospital, which provides healthcare on a massive scale.

Over eight thousand staff treat one million patients a year. It’s a place where lives begin and lives are saved every day of the week. This series offers a peek behind the scenes at one of the newest and largest single sited hospitals in the country, telling the stories of those people – from surgeons to security guards, doctors to domestics, who all play a part in helping patients and keeping the hospital running. Through intimate and revealing footage, the series gets under the skin of staff as they share patient’s moments of drama, joy and sadness.

Episode 2 features the hospital maintenance boys Martin and John, who also double up as the hospital fire and rescue team. Helicopters can’t land until the boys are in their positions so when they get a call about an incoming emergency, they must drop everything and run. Susie is one of the most experienced A&E consultants working with both adults and children. One minute she is treating a man with a life threatening haemorrhage, the next she is trying to understand why 2-year-old Frank has been fitting. Susie reveals that even consultants can have self doubt, but that she’d rather ask for help from her colleagues than be an arrogant know it all! In the Macmillan unit, consultant Venkata is meeting one of the hospital’s newest inpatients, Glynn, who has just been diagnosed with a tumour in his lung. Only time will tell if the treatment will be successful and Venkata knows that a difficult time lies ahead for Glynn and his family. Elsewhere in the hospital, consultant surgeon Arthur uses a Motown soundtrack to create a relaxed atmosphere in his theatre, housekeepers Collette and Sarah are keeping up spirits on the elderly ward, and the domestic team reveal an unusual cleaning method. We see how all of the staff in different departments care for patients who come to the Royal Derby in their own unique way.

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

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

09:15 ...........Crimewatch

06:15...... Homes Under the Hammer

10:00..........Homes Under the Hammer 11:00.................... Call the Council 11:45............... Helicopter Heroes Down Under

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

07:15......................... The RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show

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

08:15 ..........................Animals Unexpected

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

10:30.............. This Morning 11:00 .............. This Morning

12:15......... Bargain Hunt

09:15........................... Victoria Derbyshire

13:00................ BBC News at One

11:00 .......The Daily Politics 11:30 ............................Tennis

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

13:30 ........... BBC London News

20:30............ Wimbledon 2day

14:00.............. Judge Rinder 15:00............ Secret Dealers

13:45.................... Tennis

21:30..The RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show

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

18:00................ BBC News at Six 18:30............ BBC London News 19:00........The One Show 19:30............. EastEnders

22:00.......Mock the Week Dara O Briain and the team return for another series of the topical comedy featuring guests Rob Beckett, Miles Jupp, Romesh Ranganathan and Tiff Stevenson.

20:00...... Britain Beneath Your Feet

23:35...............This Week

18:00 ..................ITV New London 18:30......... ITV News and Weather 19:00............ Emmerdale 20:00 ........... Emmerdale 20:30 ................... Big Box Little Box

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

22:35....... Question Time

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

19:30...................Tonight

21:00................. Celebrity MasterChef

22:25............ BBC London News

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

21:00.....Superhospital 22:30............. Newsnight 23:20.............The Bank: A Matter of Life and Debt

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

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

06:45 ..........................Will and Grace

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

07:10 ..........................Will and Grace

06:20........... Lily’s Driftwood Bay 06:30.............. Fireman Sam

07:35 .................... Everybody Loves Raymond

06:40 ................Toot the Tiny Tugboat

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

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

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

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

09:00........................... Frasier

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

09:30........................... The Big Bang Theory 10:00 ...........................The Big Bang Theory 10:30................... Come Dine with Me 11:00 ................... Come Dine with Me 11:30 ................... Come Dine with Me 12:00 ......... Channel 4 News Summary

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

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

12:40 ................... Come Dine with Me

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

13:10 ................Phil Spencer: Secret Agent

12:15 ......................Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

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

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

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

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

16:00...................... A Place in the Sun

15:15 ................................ NYC: Tornado Terror

17:00 .............Couples Come Dine with Me

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

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

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

19:00...................Channel 4 News 20:00 .............Dogs: Their Secret Lives 21:00................ The Tribe 22:00..................Career Criminals

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23:05.........Scientologists at War

06:00 ..............Life’s Funniest Moments 06:20 ............................. Psych 07:05 ..................Emmerdale 07:35 .....Coronation Street 08:10 ................. You’ve Been Framed!

08:35 ................ Dinner Date 09:35 ............................. Psych 10:25 .........................The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:10 ..................Emmerdale 12:40......Coronation Street 13:15 ................. You’ve Been Framed!

13:45................ Dinner Date 14:40 ...................The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:00......... Judge Rinder 19:00 ........... You’ve Been Framed!

19:30......... Jurassic Park 22:00 ............Love Island 23:00 ...... Celebrity Juice

06:15 ...................Perception 08:00........... One Born Every Minute 09:00 .........................DIY SOS 10:00.......................... The Bill 11:00 ................... New Tricks 12:00 ..... Who Do You Think You Are? 13:00 ...........One Born Every Minute 14:00......................... DIY SOS 15:00 .......................... The Bill 16:00 ................... New Tricks 17:00 .................Who Do You Think You Are? 18:00........... Doctor Who 19:00.......... Real Rescues 20:00 ........... Traffic Cops 21:00 ................ Dynamo: Magician Impossible 22:00.................One Born Every Minute 23:00.......... Real Rescues

08:55.....Location, Location, Location Australia

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

07:00 ....................... Flip Men 07:20 .........Motorway Cops 08:10 .......................Top Gear 09:00 .......................Top Gear 10:00 ........ Storage Hunters 10:30........ Storage Hunters 11:00..... Lizard Lick Towing 11:30.... Lizard Lick Towing 12:00....................... Top Gear 13:00....................... Top Gear 14:00 ...... American Pickers 15:00 ........ Storage Hunters 16:00 .........Motorway Cops 17:00....................... Top Gear 18:00................ Top Gear 19:00...American Pickers 20:00 ...................... QI XL 21:00..... Hoff the Record 21:40 ........... Undercover 22:20....................Would I Lie to You? 23:40..... Hoff the Record

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

10:00...........Jamie’s Comfort Food 10:30....River Cottage Bites 10:55...............Prince Valiant 13:00 ...................Time Team 14:05 ...................Time Team 15:10 ...................Time Team 16:10 ...............Four in a Bed 16:40 ...............Four in a Bed 17:15 ...............Four in a Bed 17:45 ...............Four in a Bed 18:15 .........Four in a Bed 18:50 ........ Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses 19:55....... Grand Designs 21:00.....Kirstie and Phil’s Love it or List it 22:00....... The Good Wife 23:00............. 24 Hours in A and E

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

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

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

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

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

18:30 ..... 5 News Tonight 19:00................... Trauma Doctors 20:00...... Broken Britain: 37 Years on the Dole 21:00............ Big Brother 22:00................ Person of Interest 23:00..................... Big Br

06:30 .............. The Real A&E 07:00 ...............Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie 08:00................ Monkey Life 09:00...............Hawaii Five-0 11:00 ..... NCIS: Los Angeles 13:00 ..............Hawaii Five-0 15:00 ....Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie 16:00..................... Futurama 17:00 .............The Simpsons 17:30..................... Futurama 18:30 ....... The Simpsons 20:00 ..... Modern Family 20:30 ..... Modern Family 21:00 ....................... Glee 22:00 ............A League of Their Own 23:00...... Karl Pilkington: The Moaning of Life

06:15 ............. Football Gold 07:00 ...WWE SmackDown!

08:00 .................. Boots ‘n’ All 09:00 ................. Soccer A.M. 10:00 ..................The Premier League Years 12:00 ................. Soccer A.M. 13:00................. Elite League Speedway 15:00 ............. Football Gold 15:15 ............. Football Gold 15:30 .................. Boots ‘n’ All 16:30 ................. Soccer A.M. 18:00 ........Football Gold 18:15 ........Football Gold 19:00 ........... The Fantasy Football Club 19:30....... Rugby League 22:15 ..........The F1 Show 23:45 ........ Super League Gold

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Career Criminals Channel 4, 22:00

Twenty per cent of criminals are believed to be responsible for more than 80% of the crime in the UK. Tackle these hardcore ‘career criminals’ and crime rates will tumble; at least that’s the theory.

This programme meets two brothers, neither of whom are strangers to the law.

Tom is 27 and has spent more than six years behind bars. His younger brother Ben is just 19 and hasn’t yet seen the inside of a prison cell. With help from a specialist team of police officers with one of the best success rates in the county for tackling reoffending, Tom is finally trying to go straight and turn his life around, just as Ben starts to follow in his criminal footsteps.

Can Tom and the cops prevent Ben from making the same mistakes Tom did before it’s too late? And, after years behind bars, what hope is there of getting a regular job and building a ‘normal life’, even when you want to?

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What’s On in Tenerife

26th June - 2nd July 2015

FMX Tenerife – the 2015 Freestyle Motorcross event The Las Americas stadium will come alive as some of the biggest names in Freestyle rev it up! Red Bull world champion Maikel Melero is joined by Libord Podmol, Pedro Moreno and Rayco Diaz plus other big stars!

When: 18th July Where: Las Americas More details: www.fmxtenerife.com

IFAMT The International Festival of Arts Movement Tenerife covers the different artistic disciplines related to moveWhen: ment. The meeting, which goes beUntil 28th June yond the dance audience discovers new and innovative proposals on the bodWhere: ies and movements arising from them.

Santa Cruz, Guia de The festival was founded with an intenIsora, Puerto de la Cruz, tion to consolidate in time and expand its La Laguna and Arona future programming to other fields like More details: the circus, physical theatre and object auditoriodetenerife.eu theatre.

Santa Cruz museum of fine arts This museum consists of 14 rooms and the collection is made up mainly of paintings, although there are also exhibits of sculptures and of the lesser arts. It has both its own pieces and a deposit of the works of the Prado Museum in Madrid from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.

Where: C/ Jose Murphy, 12 Plaza del Principe in Santa Cruz When: Tuesday to Friday, from 10:00 to 20:00h Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 to 15:00h (Monday closed).

More details: 922 274786

Dorada Brewery Tour 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

Monje wine tour

Tegueste Tour Enjoy the scenery and explore the history of the town of Tegueste via over 30 thematic routes that take place throughout the year. Specialised 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, dramatised 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

Visit the Monje Winery and test the wine and gastronomy of Tenerife. The landscape all around the winery is a delight to behold: vineyards, mountains, the sea and the sun. It is a perfect spot to live and nurture our wines. Built in 1956, the winery was modernised in 1983 but still holds the original oak barrels, nearly 200 years old, where the traditional red wine is left to ferment and mature.

Ageold practices go hand in hand with modern-day technology.

The winery accommodates all the grape harvesting requirements with its capacity to hold 160,000 litres.

Where: El Sauzal When: Every day from 10am More details: www.bodegasmonje.com

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By Jamie Droo FOR many years in Tenerife, artistes could come to the Island with their show and there would be an abundance of work available, providing, of course, it was entertaining.

Around six years ago things seemed to change, and where venues were forced to close through lack of custom, and others cancelled their entertainment programme to survive, there would be artistes out of work.

Not such a long time ago, many entertainment venues would advertise two shows, and they’d be busy at 9pm, ready for a 10pm show, followed by another one at 11pm.

As this format has been tailored to suit visitation and custom, there has been a lack of balance in the ratio of time slots for shows and acts.

And as work has become more difficult to source, some have decided to return to their homelands. Others have been lucky enough to be one of the more popular shows and haven’t really experienced any hardship.

There are a select few, however, who have been so passionate about staying here and working that they have reinvented themselves, or collaborated with fellow-performers in other projects.

This week I’m writing about those who have, in the face of adversity, applied their talent to these new projects and enjoyed huge success.

I must add that these collaborations and new projects have not always occurred because there’s been no work. For the most part, they have come from two professional entertainers wanting to try something new and gain more experience - or even to realise a

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I’ll start with a couple of lads who have worked as individuals, but have gained great success by forming a duo two years

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They have even won awards as Best Newcomers at the Tenerife Entertainment Awards.

Phenomenon were formed after Ollie Cusack and Luke Carey

wanted to do something different.

And before long, they were picking up gigs all over the place as a party duo, covering all kinds of songs featuring Ollie on guitar and Luke on lead vocals.

Phenomenon are still gigging here, but both guys have side-stepped in to various projects with other artistes.

Ollie and Stephen Tyler were founder members of the Midnight Riders, a similar set-up to Phenomenon but with a completely different style of music, drawing on their rock genre experience.

After a while, Stephen was offered the lead singing role with the Vagabonds at The Bulls Head, Parque de la Paz. Meanwhile, the Midnight Riders kept the same format, but Simon Roberts joined Ollie, and they continued with the same success.

Going back to Luke Carey, he and Pip Brown have been getting great reviews for their Jersey Boys Show, featuring the songs of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.

Pip also performs a Michael Buble tribute and, at some of his venues, the show has been adapted to include Sam Saxo, Tenerife’s No.1 saxophonist.

Sam also works alongside Shiel Campbell in a relatively new show, The Soul Commitments, tributing songs from The Commitments film.

This coming and going really does demonstrate why the entertainment scene is referred to as a “circuit”. Things move around a circuit and,

whether it be a race car or an entertainer, the word means the same thing, and it is wonderful to see artistes able to keep things fresh and new - and keep re-inventing themselves.

It makes the entertainment scene one of the most vibrant in the world of holiday destinations.

At Amandas bar in Torviscas, Sean King, an Elvis act and resident compere, has teamed up with Neil Diamond tribute singer Charlie Hodge to form a show featuring Showaddywaddy songs.

This Leicester band had a string of hits throughout the Seventies and early Eighties and, along with their “Teddy Boy” attire, they were hugely popular. And these two experienced Tenerife performers portray their style so well.

Years ago, John Hylton used to work as a Neil Diamond tribute and, on his recent return to Tenerife, he and his two sons, Alan and Harry, have formed a harmony trio called Volcanic.

The three guys cover a wide range of songs and are a brand-new show to the scene, currently looking to fill their diary for the summer.

But what is being promoted and talked

about on social networks is a new collaboration, and a complete change of direction for both involved in The Memphis Belles.

Vanessa Vee, a hugelysuccessful performer, was an original member of comedy duo The Sisters Of Doom years ago.

She has also seen success as a comedienne, as well as tributing Bette Midler.

Now, though, she has teamed up with another female vocalist, Jacqui Peters, who has been a Shirley Bassey tribute act for many years in Tenerife, to form this unique and exciting new harmony duo.

They feature songs from the likes of the Andrews Sisters, such as Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy. I believe this will be a brilliant show, even before I have seen or heard them.

I imagine the quality will be exceptional, knowing what both performers have put in to their own shows. And with the talent they possess as individuals, it can be nothing but a roaring success.

The re-invention of artistes seems to be trending here right now, and it also contributes to demonstrating how diverse the talent is in Tenerife.

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Wine and Dine

26th June - 2nd July 2015

The Bistro Bistro Restaurant is now open for lunch, serving the most famous pies, sausage rolls, quiches, sandwiches and different specials every day. All homemade and freshly baked, plus drinks offers every lunchtime including local wine at 1 euro per glass, 1.50 euros for Torres wines, 1 euro a pint and 2 euros for local spirits.

Ed. Florin, Calle Valle Menendez, behind the Cultural Centre, Los Cristianos Open: Mon - Sat, midday - 4pm, 6pm - late. Sun, midday - late.

Call: 922 795 823

The Swan

Mama Mia A classy restaurant, which offers among its specialties, pasta and pizza in Italian style.

In a fine environment, you can enjoy Italian dishes that will surely leave you fully satisfied. It is characterised by homemade pasta, offering a wide variety that can be combined with different sauces. It features a selection of Italian quality wines, in a traditional family, based on the quality and hospitality of professionals.

CC Americas Plaza, Las Americas

Call: 922 797 082

Fresh food served 7 days and week, all with good quality produce. We also cater for any special requirements.

Daily Specials. Friday: Cod and chips night.

Sunday Lunch: 12noon - 8pm.

24hr notice for paella, lamb shank, fillet steak or ask us for anything you fancy.

Or just pop in for a drink, with live entertainment every night, 9pm - midnight, and your favourite quiz on Sunday evenings. Great entertainment, even greater value!

In front of Margarita Apartments, Los Cristianos

Open: 10am - Late. Food until 8pm

Call: 698 396 367

The Waterfall Live Entertainment every Thursday and Sunday. Come and see our poster boards to find out who’s on.

Full-size snooker table, pool tables and dart boards.

Restaurant open 11am, all day to 9pm.

Pint of beer and large wine from 2 euros.

A lovely place to be!

Las Adelfas 2 complex, Golf del Sur

Open: All day everyday

Call: 922 737 779

Belgabar Belgabar has very quickly become a favourite for diners. Our selective menu includes the finest prime steak, fresh seafood and vegetable dishes and a tropical dining experience not to be missed. There is an extensive wine menu, which includes local produce, and a range of international beers.

Belgabar menu is popular, so reservations are recommended.

You must try the house special!

Open 7 days a week Every day (9am - 5pm) For breakfasts, lunches, snacks & cakes.

Beer, wine, spirits, coffee & a proper pot of tea.

BBQ Wednesday Nights (6pm to last orders 9pm) Don’t like BBQs? - Full menu available. (booking strongly advised)

Every Sunday (12noon - 6pm) Traditional Sunday Roast - Beef - Chicken - Pork

Every Friday Best ‘Cod & Chips’ with our own beer batter

Beachfront, The Patch, Las Americas, next to Burger King

Open: 12pm til late

Call: 674 578 413

*Try our Homemade liqueur ice-creams

Pueblo Canario, Las Americas

Call: 603 153 580

* Try our Sangria - one of the best on the island * Try our home-made cakes & desserts - baked on the premises

barraquito A traditional after dinner drink that is particular only to Tenerife. Cut out this advert & try a FREE barraquito for yourself.

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Otelo Otelo restaurants serve traditional Spanish cuisine, specialising in delicious crispy garlic chicken and Canarian potatoes, plus all the tasty sauces.

Try 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 Otelo 2, our beach-front restaurants. Otelo 1: closed 22nd June - 7th July. Otelo II: open as usual with the same specialities during this time.

Otelo I: Baranco Inferño. Otelo II: Fañabe Beach front

Open: Otelo I: 12noon - 11pm Otelo II: 11am - 11pm

Call: 922 780 374 / 922 716 342

Leo’s Italian & Grill

Hacienda Miranda

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.

Hacienda Miranda offer the richness and variety of Mexican food. A cuisine full of flavour and colour, made with the finest ingredients authentic to Mexico. Nachos, fajitas, tacos, quesadillas, burritos and a myriad of top quality dishes.

With huge terrace and two interior rooms with a typical Mexican hacienda decor, it will become a culinary experience accompanied by the best margaritas.

C.C. Pasarella, Los Cristianos

Open: daily, 11am - 12am

CC Americas Plaza, Las Americas

Call: 922 794 699

Call: 922 788 872

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.

9€

Litre Sangriapm after 3

Middle square, San Blas, near taxi rank

Open: Mon-Fri, 8.30am-6pm.

Sat & Sun, 8.30am-5pm

Thai Botanico Experience contemporary Oriental dining at it’s finest. Ingredients are delicately and skilfully prepared and presented in gourmet dishes that embody the colours and tastes of Thailand. The colourful menu is more than complimented by the cool surroundings.

The stunning botanical dining terrace is filled with a rich mixture of beautiful plants and decorated with authentic imported artefacts from the Eastern regions giving you the feeling of being in a restaurant perched on a hillside in Thailand.

Las Americas Open: Mon - Sat, 1.30pm - 11.30pm. Sun, 5pm - 11pm

Call: 922 797 759

Rumours Rumours has recently re-opened after refurbishment. It’s a friendly bar serving fabulous homemade English food.

With breakfast, light lunches and evening meals plus Sunday lunches from 1pm. The menu combines the traditional with the more adventurous, or just enjoy a drink on our sunny terrace. With entertainment nightly from 10pm including Karaoke. Plus don’t miss Buddy Graham’s award-winning comedy show every Saturday. There really is something for everyone at Rumours. Great food great beer, great entertainment!

Paloma Beach, Los Cristianos

Open: 9am til late

Call: 922 792 608

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26th June - 2nd July 2015

Venture’s Char-ming brand new restaurant PICTURESQUE La Caleta is famous for its lazy pace, gorgeous sunsets and fine dining.

Most of the restaurants focus on ocean fayre, and this has left a gap in the market.

The hugely successful Venture Restaurants noticed this and last week they opened their newest restaurant Char.

This restaurant will do to Spanish cuisine what the excellent Empire in the Safari Centre did for British food. The menu encapsulates the spirit of a traditional Spanish restaurant, but blends it with a modern feel, incorporating dishes from a variety of regions.

The first surprise you will have at Char is the decor and feel of the restaurant. I don’t want to spoil it for you, but I can tell you it is the only restaurant in Tenerife which gives you that “capital” feeling.

For me, it was like being back in London - the sight and warmth of the arrival, combined with the open-plan kitchen, took me back to the West End. There are two types of experience in Char. You can have a traditional table which has comfort because Char’s capacity is kept to a cosy level, rather than cramming in extra seats.

The second option is to take a seat at the Show Kitchen. This is

where the real fun is as you relax with a glass and watch the kitchen staff at work. And even though it’s very early days, they work like a well-oiled machine.

Head chef Samuel Hernandez needs no introduction, and the owner, Rob, always had him in mind for Char. He works with a soux chef and a couple of assistants.

One of the signs of a quality head chef is the way he organises the kitchen, maintains control and remains on top of every aspect of the cooking process.

It was a joy to watch Samuel and his attentive team. A couple of the dishes demanded a higher standard of presentation and the concentration the chefs gave

was amazing. One dish saw an interesting tower of king prawns and scallops in a rich broth. It took some skill to get the shellfish to stay upright without falling into the bisque!

Char features a stateof-the-art Josper charcoal oven. This is a brilliant tool in the modern kitchen because it is part-grill and part-oven.

The Josper can cook up to 800 degrees Fahrenheit, but Samuel uses a 300f setting. This enables him to control the cooking to the second, and it’s especially helpful with meat dishes.

My dining companion, for example, wanted his steak done crispy on the crust but rare in the centre. The Josper helps the chef control the process

easier than with a conventional grill, while retaining the BBQ taste.

As with all the Venture Restaurants, the only problem is what to order from the stunning menu.

For the review, I went for a variety of starters. The menu gives you over halfa-dozen choices in each section, so you can try a hot or cold starter, different salads or signature options.

The garlic prawns were large and had been cooked in halfcloves, which gave them a fresh taste. Samuel also cooked them just through so they were still moist. There is nothing worse than a dry prawn!

The salt-and-pepper chicken wings I’m sure will become a restaurant favourite. They were big and tender, with that home-cooked feel. The sign of a good flavour is when you have to ask for some bread to mop up the sauce afterwards!

The next two starter dishes were something you have probably never tried before. I like a good cerviche dish, and Char has a variety of options.

I watched a party next to us enjoy the tuna and salmon cerviche, so I went for the market fish and grapefruit option.

On this night, the fish was pompano, which is not a usual offering in restaurants here. It is a deep-sea fish and thus, a lazier species, which

means the meat is leaner and tastier.

Served raw with an onion, pepper and crunchy corn salad, it is the fresh grapefruit which gives the dish the tang that brings it all alive: the full flavour of the fish with the citrus of the grapefruit and the crunch of the corn. Superb.

Finally, the Char-style Canarian roast pork rounded off the starters.

This is the closest you will get to pork carpaccio. It’s served waferthin, with fine olive oil, rock salt, cracked fresh pepper and a dusting of paprika.

All the pork produce is sourced direct from a local farm, and the pigs are reared with a special, bespoke diet.

They are then prepared to Char’s recommendations, which ensures all the pork dishes are made to the house standard.

And the difference shines through.

After a brief rest, it was on to the main course and the 50-day aged ribeye, on-the-bone steak which like all Venture Restaurants comes from Meat Boutique butchers. Tastes do vary, but for me it has to be rare - and this is where the Josper really comes into its own, as I’ve previously explained.

The dish comes with a heating plate, so you can tweak to your exact requirements and keep

the steak warm. Not that I needed the plate too long! When it is aged this way and properly rare it is a real treat as the flavour shines through.

The steak was accompanied by some brilliant mini-fries, which are flash fried and as thin as string. Well-seasoned, they are a lovely sidedish.

The main menu has lots of meat options, and the tables around me were raving about the pork chops. I wonder why!

While Char could easily be called the first steakhouse in the Adeje region, it is so much more than that.

The desserts list demands inspection, with its chocolate three-way and special toffee-based cortado - fine choices!

And a special word for the cheese board, which is a real Canarian affair. La Palma and La Gomera cured and smoked cheeses are served alongside the only hand-made manchego in the world. This is imported from central Spain and is worth the trip itself.

When you add the famous Venture Restaurant wine list, which includes a magnificent chateauneuf du pape, it’s easy to see how well Char will be received.

Reservations are strongly advised and can be made by calling 922 168 222.

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By Vanessa Vee THIS week’s article is quite amusing to say the least because last year, at the TUI Charity Open Day, I was the lucky winner of a seven-night stay at the Costa Los Gigantes hotel, right here on the West coast of the Island.

For those who don´t know me personally, my life is somewhat busy to say the least. I run a business with many offices, have a part-time sales job, as well as singing on the cabaret circuit on a night. And on top of all that, I have two young children!

So, as much as I have been anxious to visit this hotel, I’ve just never had the time to rearrange and take a whole week off.

Anyway, the prize was heading for its expiry date - and that had already been kindly extended by the hotel.

Thus, we decided we would go as a family for the week, and what whatever couldn’t be rearranged, we would simply have to commute.

Check-in was just me and the kids because the other half was working on a boat party, so I ventured up with suitcases - a decent car park, and porters to assist.

We checked in with ease, and were taken to our apartment in the “Holiday Village” by electric buggy, much to my little girl’s amusement.

A good-sized, onebed suite, immaculately clean and wellequipped for us, was to be our home for the week. It was a good 10-minute stroll from the thick of it all, which proved to be a slight problem when

What a stroke of luck!

I broke my toe later in the week by stubbing it on the pram!

The entertainment programme is massive, because, basically, First Choice use this as their Holiday Village through the summer months.

That’s why they provide a large entertainment team, and the hotel also have an inhouse animacion team, so during the evening, we had choices of live entertainment, starting from 7pm right through to 11pm. After that, there was a piano bar for final drinks, which was open until 1am.

The hotel has a capacity of around 1,700 occupants, and has been purpose built, which becomes obvious when wandering around because virtually everything has been thought through with care.

Our room was near the children’s waterslide baby pool, and there is a large swimming pool where a lot of the daytime activities take place.

A large buffet restaurant is near to the pool for the lunchtime trade, but there is also a daytime snack bar with a daily barbeque choice, as well as paella and the usual burgers, pizza, pasta etc.

There are another two pools in this area, and these did tend to be a little quieter. For those resting and recuperating, it is possible to hire out private Balinese beds at 20 euros a day, and the views are quite breathtaking, with La Gomera in very close eyeshot.

As we wand e r e d

around the village, we saw a large, soft play area, tennis courts, beach volleyball, zipline and wall-climbing.

Activities are on offer all day for the children, though I must point out that the First Choice programme is not useable if you book through the hotel because you must be a guest of the tour operator.

There is a creche which takes babies from six months to three years for a twohour session, for which you pay. But it does include a baby sleepclub from 8 till 11, three nights a week. The crèche nannies were absolutely fantastic and my little one just loved going there.

Evening entertainment was also top standard, with the hotel team probably the best I have ever experienced. The mini-disco, the in-house show and the other live acts were all at the top of the scale.

The buffet was excellent, with a wonderful variety and standard of food on offer. Every night has a theme, whether it be Oriental, Italian, Mediterranean etc, but what I also liked was the fact that depending on the length of your stay, there is also an a la carte restaurant which you can book into.

I am not a lover of allinclusive hotels - I’m a massive believer in supporting the economy and local businesses.

However, this was a gift because, with having two children, I totally get why families do opt to go all-inclusive.

For reservations and residents discounts, you can contact Tenerife Sunshine Travel on 922 751 867 ext 1 - or email t r a v e l @ tenerifesun shine.com

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THE BALD TRUTH...

By Carl from Robot

IF it’s a woman she gets sympathy, but if its a man, he is ridiculed. I’m talking baldness, and the plain old truth is that you either accept it or you don’t.

When I started losing my hair at 32, I was devastated. It was not only my pride and joy but a symbol of my work.

I wouldn’t go into crowded areas or sit in bright lights, and I even spent thousands on laser therapy to save what I had left - to no avail.

I get asked all the time by guys losing their hair what they should do, but there simply aren’t many solutions.

Okay, you could wear a wig - sorry, toupee. You could get implants or have hair tattooed on to your scalp to resemble what you had before.

But why bother?

I’ve seen few good cover-up jobs and often, they look worse than thinning or bald heads.

Yet many strive to find a solution to what is a disturbing problem for some.

Actually, I wouldn’t want my hair back because I prefer being bald. No one here has seen me with hair, and couldn’t imagine me with it. So, what to do if this is happening to you?

My advice is to go as short as you dare. Keeping it as short as pos-

sible will make it appear thicker.

But any sort of growth at the sides or back will only enhance the thinner top - and so will sticking any products on it to create volume.

I always say that if there were a cure, we wouldn’t see bald celebs, or people with money, walking around with thinning tops.

Yes, you can have implants to fill-in certain areas, but there is NO cure for baldness. I even have an acquaintance who wears baseball caps every day to cover up what he doesn’t like. It’s amazing what lengths some people will go to.

Look at Prince Wil-

liam! Will someone please lend him a pair of clippers because he looks ridiculous. Yet his stylist hasn’t the guts to tell him so.

I know it’s harsh, but if it is going, then get rid of it! There’s nothing worse than seeing someone trying to hold on to the last few strands of hair, trying to give the illusion that they still have his crowning glory.

Yes, I know it’s a big thing to lose your hair.

I’ve been through it myself - but trust me, shorter is better than any comb-over.

So if someone you know is suffering with this shortage, please don’t ridicule him. You may find it funny, but to many guys, losing their hair can feel like losing there manliness.

And to you guys out there going through it, many people find a shaved or bald head sexy - so don’t lose all faith.

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By Monica Dyson AS a youngster, my daughter suffered a certain amount of abuse.

It wasn’t sexual or racial abuse, but a kind that can often be just as hurtful, particularly to young people.

She was the victim of Gingerism, and it seems absolutely unbelievable that people can abuse someone for being a redhead. But believe me, they always have … and are still doing it.

It got so bad in her case that one day, I managed to intercept her purchase of a bottle of hair dye. She was going to dye her hair brown.

Luckily, she withstood the taunts and became popular when a group called T’Pau came on the scene with a beautiful red-haired lead singer called Carol Decker.

She has really never looked back, but she hasn’t forgotten. If you mock someone’s ethnicity, religion or sexuality, you can be called to account. But taunting someone because of the

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colour of his or her hair is often deemed acceptable.

The perpetrators get away with it because the victim has not yet achieved protection of the law. But it should be taken just as seriously.

I know children can be cruel about fat classmates, or those who wear spectacles, and I experienced a few instances when starting to wear glasses at a young age, of getting called “four eyes” on a few occasions.

By and large, teachers pick up on this, but they are less likely to pick up the “Ginger” taunts.

It’s a fact that this bullying exists mostly at school. A year or so ago a number of pupils at a Yorkshire school or-

ganised a “Kick a Ginger Kid” Day. Inspired by the South Park cartoon programme, young people with ginger hair were set upon on their way to school and even kicked to the ground.

Some of the injuries sustained were quite serious. What kind of upbringing have bullying children like these had?

Carrot-top, coppertop, ginger minger, Ronald McDonald, Simply Red, Queen Elizabeth just some of the milder taunts in a typical redhead’s life.

Reading striker Dave Kitson was furious when a Daily Star headline stated: “Kitson’s a right ginger whinger!”

As was Steve McClaren when a radio caller described him as “a typical useless ginger bloke!”

And yet redheads are distinctive,

their colour having great cultural resonance. Red is the colour of heat, danger and warnings. And when applied to women, it is said to be the colour of sensuousness, excitement - and sometimes a fiery temper.

There are some theories about persecution of redheads.

Some claim that it could be a throwback to antiIrish sentiment from the 19th century when the Irish, with a greater prevalence of red hair, were regarded as ethnically inferior.

But others simply see it as a way of picking on someone different from what is perceived to be the norm.

But redheads are fighting back and there is now an annual Worldwide Redhead’s Day. In 2013, some 5,000 redheads from 80 countries attended a global event in the Netherlands and obtained a place in the Guinness Book of Records for the biggest gathering ever of redheaded people.

And there are Facebook groups like “Ginger with Attitude” to give support to other redheads.

And at the

moment, redheads are definitely sought by television and cinema, such as: Oscar-winning actress Julianne Moore; Damien Lewis, who played Henry VIII in the superb Wolf Hall; the beautiful Eleanor Tomlinson, who plays Demelza in Poldark; Sally Ann Matthews, as Jenny Bradley in Coronation Street; Christina Hendricks, in Mad Men; Geri Halliwell, from The Spice Girls, and Rita Hayworth, one of the most beautiful actresses of all.

Other famous redheads through the years have included Alexander The Great, Napoleon Bonaparte, Cleopatra, Winston Churchill, Florence Nightingale, Mary Magdalene and, of course, Elizabeth I. And who can ignore Prince Harry, and that “very interesting” snooker player Steve Davis, although he’s now more of a silver fox?

Yet one of his fellow players who did well in Sheffield at the World Snooker Championships this year, Anthony McGill, was called a “Ginger Ninja” by a commentator.

Despite the prejudice these people often have to contend with, red hair is popular and rare - just 1% of the world’s population are true red.

It has become fashionable in the past few years for women to dye their hair lurid shades of red, but they will never emulate the real thing.

By and large, men are fascinated by red-haired women, with their hair, freckles, skintones and personality. And they are much sought after in Australia, being regarded as extremely beautiful there.

So, Gingers everywhere, stand up for yourselves against the mousey masses … and celebrate your uniqueness!

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King Fit is fit for a king SOMETIMES in life, it’s all about having the right advice. And the best advice is from someone who has been there and done it.

That motto applies to King Fit, which is owned by Daniel Gonzalez. King Fit, the King in Sport supplements, opened its doors on 13th Februray and hasn’t looked back.

Daniel has more than 30 years of experience in the fitness industry and has owned two gyms in Tenerife.

Now, all this knowledge and experience can be gleened by a trip to King Fit. He has a long list of sporting accomplishments. It all began un-

der the guidance of his uncle, Barry Davies, a former Mr New Zea-

land. He used to take a seven-year-old Daniel to the gym, and he was

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enthralled by all the big men lifting some monster weights!

It left a mark on the youngster, who decided he wanted to do the same thing. He started training at the age of 11 and by 13 he entered his first contest coming 3rd in the bodybuilding and 5th in power lifting.

At the age of 16, Daniel won the Junior East Midlands title and at 17, he became junior British champion.

Back in Tenerife, he was heavyweight Canarian champion, and then Spanish heavyweight body-building champion.

Eventually after a plethora of injuries, broken bones and torn tendons, it was time for him to call it a day. Or so he thought.

Because at the tender age of 43, he has just competed in the Spanish national arm-wrestling championship!

Daniel finished third in the Masters section in his first contest.

As a result of his new sporting ventures, Daniel has created an arm-wrestling club from the King Fit shop.

Arm-wrestling days are on Tuesdays and Thursdays (6-8pm) and Daniel said: “This is not just for the biggest and strongest arms.

There are a lot of techniques involved and also, there are different weight classes.

So if you want to have a go, come and visit us!

It’s fun, something different and, who knows, you may be good!”

Daniel also helps with personal training and fitness advice, along with supplying the best products and knowledge available.

So if you want to change that body, come to the King ... King Fit!

Be prepared for fun night OUR quarterly visit to Golf del Sur’s Top Square is here again tonight (Friday), from 8pm, so get set for another night of mayhem and madness.

Enjoy acoustic guitar with Reis Hinchey, a dazzling visual show from Harley Fox, direct from the UK, firm favourite Colin Stevens plus Slam, with Robbie Dominic.

Be early, or reserve a table at your favourite bar or restaurant. See you there.

It’s Blackie again When will someone see Blackie for the gorgeous boy that he is? This young spaniel-cross is constantly overlooked, yet he is a joy. Please meet him in our San Eugenio charity shop

Lions’ big night out

SAN Miguel Lions Club is celebrating its annual President’s Night tomorrow (Saturday) at the Chicken Shack Restaurant, Costa del Silencio.

Tickets are 18 euros each, to include a threecourse meal (from the menu). There will be cocktails and canapes on arrival, and live entertainment, which always proves lively!

The evening begins at 7pm sharp, so call Jackie to book your tickets on 630 615 437, or get them from our charity shop in the dip at Silencio.

Club Secretary Ralph Solomon says: “Have a great night with new friends and old.”

and see for yourself, as he doesn’t photograph so well and is far more handsome in the flesh and fur. Further information from Sue, on 629 388102.

We have a selection of rescue dogs needing homes, so if you would consider adopting one, we will give you a friend for life.

Live Arico shops All is going well at our new charity shop on the Golf and remember, our vet Cesar Bertoldi is with us every Wednesday morning from 10am-12pm offering advice on all aspects of your pet’s healthcare.

Come and have a chat with him.

We are situated at Golf Park, on the loop road, before the lottery kiosk. We are open 10am-4pm, Monday to Saturday.

We also have shops in Los Cristianos, Calle Revron near Churchills Bar, and San Eugenio opposite Hotel La Nina by Amandas bar at the Las Carabelas complex. Both shops open from 10am-4pm, Monday-Friday, and until 3pm Saturday and Sundays.

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It’s in the best possible taste!

Doctor’s orders? We have got no chance!

By Sue McDonald

By Val Sainsbury

THE property sales market is still relatively slow, although we are definitely seeing signs of recovery. But many people are giving their property a bit of a facelift anyway.

MY blood is boiling as I write this, and here’s the reason why. This week, in a leading, British, national newspaper, a jubilant reader has written to its resident doctor, saying how “enormously well” she feels.

This lady has overcome all her health problems, which were wrongly attributed to irritable-bowel syndrome and coeliac disease by her own GP, whom she had visited several times.

Dissatisfied, she paid to see a private nutritionist, who diagnosed her with having candidiasis, which is the overgrowth of a type of yeast called candida.

This was responsible for all her pain, bloating, nausea and a variety of other symptoms.

The nutritionist advised her to eliminate yeast, dairy, soya, gluten, peanuts, caffeine, sugar and starchy veg-

It’s either to make it easier to sell, just to update it, or because some items need renewing.

What was fashionable 20 years ago, when we first started in the business, can sometimes look outdated now.

Together with natural wear and tear, particularly if the property is rented out, this means that many of the apartments we originally furnished are now in need of some tender, loving care.

Many of the properties then featured busy, patterned fabrics, and there was lots of matching going on with curtains and bedspreads from the same material. Swags and tails were the order of the day with scoops of fabric and full-draped curtains.

Much of the furniture we fitted all those years ago is still going strong, and we are now respraying lots of sideboards, etc, in whites and creams to make everything look more modern - at a fraction of the replacement.

Personally, I prefer today’s more simplistic

styles, with eyelet curtains which use far less fabric, just a slight wave instead of a full gather, and the use of roller blinds and Japanese panels.

These are 5-6 flat panels of material, which can be pulled across the window to create a simple panel effect.

The advantages of these type of window dressings means that they collect less dust, and can be moved right off the window, which enables us to reveal our lovely views and fresh air over here.

We can also suggest other uses for window dressings.

In Royal Palm, particularly, and also in other studios, we have used Japanese blinds and vertical blinds not only at the windows, but also to create a division between the sleeping and living areas.

Likewise, we have used rigid, vertical blinds

above a breakfast bar to section off the kitchen when not in use (and to hide those dirty dishes).

Many of the sofa beds sold many years ago are still in good condition, and reupholstering them can be considerably cheaper than buying new.

Mattresses should be replaced about every five years, and there are lots of new styles, including sprung-core and viso-elastic, which offer a fabulous combination of support and comfort without being too hot.

At the end of the day, it´s all a question of taste and what you need to update. So whether you need a new mattress, your sofa recovered, your furniture resprayed, or some curtains replaced, call Deco Nuevo.

We will come to your property and give you a free estimate, without obligation!

etables from her diet.

After 12 weeks, she had lost 14lbs and felt wonderful.

All she wanted to know, from the national-paper’s doctor, was for how long she should stay on this new eating plan.

Was the doctor thrilled by the reader’s newfound good health?

Was she grateful for the information, so she could spread the word and, thereby, help other readers?

No. Not a bit of it. The nutritionist was vilified as possibly not being qualified, and we were told that cutting out the aforementioned foods would lead to this lady being “deprived of essential nutrients”.

Since when did humans need yeast, dairy, soya, peanuts, gluten, caffeine, starchy vegetables and sugar to be healthy?

Absolutely never!

When several diabetic associations across the world advocate the eating of carbohydrates in the form of bread, cereals, etc, what chance have we got of turning round the global popu-

lation’s health? Our suffering is the big pharmaceutical companies’ bread and butter. What good are we to them if we are all glowing with health?

If everybody were to adopt a low-carbohydrate way of eating, respected American doctor Joseph Mercola says that six of these companies would go out of business overnight.

The demand for insulin would plummet, as would the demand for many other drugs prescribed to treat obesity-related conditions.

A very good friend of mine was “thrown off ” a diet forum, because she wanted to tell the members about her success in coming off all her medications for high blood pressure, high cholesterol and, most importantly, diabetes.

Were the forum members delighted to hear her news, which should have given them hope because they, too, might have suffered the same health problems?

Again, NO! Not a bit of it. She told everyone how she had “gone lowcarb”, but the bigots disliked her for that.

Maybe they were jealous of her success. Maybe they just wouldn’t be told.

Her main “crime” was to speak up and criticise the theme of this particular forum, which involved people fasting for part of the week, and eating whatever they wanted on the remaining days.

But, for whatever reason, off she jolly well had to go. Never mind that many of the forum’s dieters subsequently adopted a lowcarb regimen.

They did this to speed up their weight loss, or kick-start it when they had reached a plateau.

Some needed to reverse an actual weight gain, because this fasting method just wasn’t working for them, and was having the opposite effect for which they had hoped!

She is such a beautiful, gracious lady, just wishing to share her joy, in the hope of helping others.

What a weird, strange world we inhabit when others just don’t want to listen and learn.

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By Emma at Motorworld

TYRES form an integral part of the car, and the types recommended and permitted in both wear and depths of tread are for all-round safety of the vehicle’s occupants and other road-users.

Most people will replace worn tyres with second-hand rather than new, which could be as bad as, or worse than, the old ones in some instances!

Currently, there is pressure on the Spanish Government by professionals to ban the sale of used tyres, sparked by their safety fears.

Latest figures available show that around 300,000 cars are being fitted and driven with second-hand or worn tyres.

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And manufacturers say that in some cases, over 80% of their sales feature these types, partly because of cost.

Tyres are inspected routinely at each ITV for sizing and tyre depth, and the police may also inspect them to check that they comply with the current depth measurement of 1.6 millimetres across the centre of the tread, around the complete circumference.

If they fail, you can be fined 200 euros per tyre - a costly outcome if you thought you were saving money when buying second-hand ones.

Tyres, of course, must be of the correct size and fit for the vehicle, and information about options (if any exist) to those currently fitted to your car can be found on your Ficha Técnica.

It is also important to make sure that the tyre pressures are correct, in accordance

with the manufacturer’s guidelines.

You often find a sticker on the door, door-post or petrol flap of your car, showing recommended tyre pressures, or you can always ask your mechanic or look them up online.

Although the minimum depth permitted by law is 1.6 millimetres, most manufacturers recommend changing the tyres when

they are worn down to three millimetres. This ensures that the car remains safe and is able to stop in the required time and distance.

Differing weather conditions affect stopping distances: for instance, in wet conditions it would take a car with a tread of 1.6 millimetres an extra eight metres to stop when travelling at 50mph than if the tread were

three millimetres. Quite often, just by looking, you can identify badlyworn tyres because the principal grooves (the wide ones) will be much slimmer.

The weight of the vehicle and the number of passengers and, or, goods being carried will also affect how quickly you can stop in the event of an

impending incident. So it is important to leave what is generally known as a safety gap from the car in front of you - and to take care when driving in differing conditions.

When buying new tyres, be aware of their date of manufacture, which is shown on the tyre. For example, 5208 means the tyres were made in week 52 of the year 2008. So although they are new, often being sold “on offer”, they can be quite old, with possible degradation to the rubber.

Most reputable garages and tyre companies will ensure the best deals for their customers.

But if buying secondhand tyres, this information may be quite useful.

Ask to inspect any second-hand tyres you purchase to ensure the depths are within the legal limits - and are not too old!

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Beginner Starter Number

5

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DOWN. 1 CALL OFF, 2 TORPOR, 3 HALO, 4 PLOYS, 5 INTERNET 6 GARGLE, 7 TOWER, 12 GEMSTONE, 14 TYPHOON, 16 WONDER, 18 FOIBLE, 19 GRASP, 20 PASSE, 22 GAME

Brain Training: Beginner: 14 Intermediate: 51 Advanced: 192 Godoku:

Sudoku X:

4 1 7 2 5 8 9 3 6

8 6 3 4 1 9 7 2 5

2 9 5 6 3 7 8 4 1

6 8 4 3 9 1 5 7 2

9 5 2 8 7 6 4 1 3

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Intermediate

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DOWN 1 Signalling system (9) 2 Beginning (5) 3 Story teller (8) 5 Behind schedule (4) 6 Fleeced (7) 7 Bitumen (3) 8 Grieve, lament (5) 13 Spanish city (9) 14 Painfully tormented (8) 16 Trample (5,2) 18 Counterfeit (5) 21 Ladder treads (5) 22 Merriment (4) 23 Spider’s mesh (3)

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Over 200 paperback books, good condition. 50 euros. Tel: 676 149 540 Eurowave microwave oven, small coffee table (bamboo with glass top), 2 reclining white sunbeds, terrace table, 4 carling terrace chairs with steel legs. Due to moving, 30 euros or nearest offer. Buyer must collect, on or before 30th June. Tel: 669 385 107 Balay electric oven, 50 euros. 2-ring electric ceramic hob, 50 euros. Candy under-counter fridge (silver), 50 euros. Junkers gas boiler, 50 euros. All vgc. Tel: 661 081 843 Wrought-iron display shelf, IKEA (4), 20 euros.

Senseo coffee machine, 15 euros. Panasonic upright cleaner, 20 euros. Carrefour juicer, still in box, 14 euros. Cordless iron, still in box, 20 euros.

Transport TFS - Tenerife Sur Airport (Reina Sofia) For flights from the Spanish mainland and nearly all scheduled international flights.

Telephone numbers: Flight Information 902 404 704 (lines open 24 hours) Airport Information Tel: 922 75 90 00 Tourist Information Tel: 922 392 037 TFN - Tenerife Norte airport (Los Rodeos) For all domestic flights and some scheduled international and mainland services.

Telephone numbers: Flight Information Tel: 902 404 704 (lines open 24 hours) General Information Tel: 922 635 800 Buses TITSA is Tenerife´s public bus company.

Tel: 922 53 13 00 The ´Bono-Bus´ discount card can be purchased from all TITSA stations and terminals of TITSA and reduces the cost of transport by up to 30%.

Radio Taxis Tel: 922 64 11 12 N.B. Taxi cabs display a special SP (Servico Público) licence plate.

Arona Taxis Tel: 922 74 75 11 National Ferry Services Fred Olsen Tel: 922 62 82 52

Coffee percolator, 15 euros. Portable hanging rail for clothes, 15 euros. Large George Foreman grill, as new, 25 euros. Cointreau table lamp with shade, new, 25 euros. Pine set of 3 drawers, vgc (can be used as bedside table), 25 euros.

Wrought-iron table lamp, 18 euros. Playstation 1 with games and controller, 40 euros. PSP game station, 20 euros. Tel: 659 190 064 Events management level 3 course from www. openstudycollege.com, 300 euros including name change. 2 x XL mens, left hand golf gloves, 10 euros each. Timberland jumper, XL, 10 euros. Tel: 637 206 026

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Roy’s Pizza & Indian Tandoori is looking for a driver with a full driving licence. Must have been living on the island for over 2 years, with a good knowledge of the south of Tenerife. Basic Spanish required, minimum age 27. Must be physically fit. Please email your CV to admin@ royspizza.com or call Fran on 922 715 242

REQUIRE AN ENGLISH CHILDMINDER? Qualified with HNC/ HND in Childhood and Youth Studies. For a caring and reliable service. Call Maria on 634 351 530 Waitress is required for Roy’s Pizza and Indian Tandoori. Must speak English and Spanish and have a knowledge of Indian food. Please email your CV to Admin@royspizza

REF: B1551.

OCEAN PARK, SAN EUGENIO.

Very attractive 1 bed 1 bath apt has been totally refurbished & rewired.

145.000 Euros

C1673. TINERFE GARDEN, SAN EUGENIO. End terrace town house with private garden, 2 bedrooms.

Communal pool.

275.000 Euros

Male requires a female to assist him following major hip surgery on a live-in basis for a minimum of 1 month from either the 7th or 14th July. The following will be required: Cooking, cleaning washing ironing and shopping etc. Must have a driving license, car provided to take to physiotherapy and general driving when required. Living accommodation in a luxury town house in the San Blas area. 1 day off a week apart from night-time in case of a fall. All food provided and no bills. Salary from 1,000 to 1,200 euros per month.

Contact Graham on (0034) 603 237 719 email: gdexter247@btinternet.com

B1542. CLUB ATLANTIS, SAN EUGENIO.

1 bed 1 bath apt with built-in dining area, lounge, kitchen, & a terrace with sea views. Aircon. Sold furnished.

249.000 Euros

D1522.

CHAYOFA. Attractive villa on 2 floors which has been totally renovated. 3 bed, 2 bath.

450.000 Euros

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Call (0044) 789 680 529 for more information B Funky fashion shows are looking for International girls to model swimwear in the South of Tenerife for an immediate start. Must be presentable and speak good English, other languages an advantage.

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Tel 625 799 570 Elaine Watson Jones MSSCh MBChA. Based in Los Cristianos.

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Cleaning

Elite Cleaning Services is an established cleaning company who can provide a professional cleaning service for Apartments, Villas and Offices. Call us today on 922 789 795 or 696 922 597.

Furniture New Bed Bases & Mattresses for sale at Tenerife Auction Rooms, Las Chafiras. Excellent Quality, Low Prices, Next Day Delivery. Call 609 303 634

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Professional Painter and Decorator.

All types of work.

Free Estimates. Tel: 603 350 713 Patio Doors & Windows Boiler King: All plumbing works undertaken including boiler replacements, drain clearance, swimming pool pump repair & maintenance. Tel: 680 278 579

Tiling

Pool tables

Translation Property services

TENERIFE TRANSLATION SERVICES: Legally registered with over 25 years experience. Official, Medical, Notary, Wills, Utilities, Probate, Pensions, car paperwork and much more.

Professionalism and confidentiality guaranteed.

Transport available. Call Tracey on 666 857 991 or email on info@tenerifetranslationservices.com

TV and Satellite Menny Fix, Satellite TV Tel 922 792 116 Avnd; Antonio Dominguez 18, Edif: MarOLa Local 2, Los Cristianos. EST 1994, Repairs, Maintenance and Sales.

Removals UNIVERSAL EXPORTS S.L. PROFESSIONAL REMOVALS TO AND FROM THE U.K. Email: info@removals-tenerife.com Transport Licence: No. 11572932 C.I.F. No. B38820395 Tel: 922 720 711

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House, Apartment & Villa Clearances Everything bought for Cash Immediate Decisions

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Call Freddie on 609 303 634 Long & Short Term Storage also available.

Storage Short and Long Term Storage available at Tenerife Auction Rooms, anything from a suitcase to complete removals. Collection available. Call 609 303 634

Personal ServiceS

repairs

Las Galletas Novelty, 2 Slim Friends, with big breasts, fulfill your fantasies. Erotic massage and services. Tel 669 738 298

Windows

Patricia returns from Venezuela. Larges breast, different positions, vibrators, sado, fetishism, private room or home visits.

Calle Noruega. Tel 602 383 409.

Canarian MILENA, 21 years, SLIM, NICE provides all services in a PRIVATE APARTMENT. Tel. 608 103 319 Sissy, Los Cristianos. Slim, sexy, domination, good looking, Private Apartment, Call: 634 273 126 LOS CRISTIANOS Brunette, tall, thin, massage, KISSES, fantasies, ALL SERVICES. 634 126 638

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Vitolo stays!

By Roscoe THE madness that is CD Tenerife continued last week. Just 24 hours after saying he was quitting to return to Greek football, Tenerife captain Vitolo performed a Uturn and signed a new contract.

Stating that it was never about money he just wanted to feel wanted - he got his contract extension.

Nobody comes out of this well. If Vitolo didn’t want to leave and didn’t want a new contract, why say he is leaving, then say he is happy to

sign a new deal? If director of football Alfonso Serrano didn’t want Vitolo to leave, why say

he was happy to rip up his contract?

We have not heard the last on this story.

Meanwhile, we are another week down the road and still no new signings.

Local media claimed that Pedro Martin was going to sign a two-year contract worth 200,000 euros a season. The young striker tweeted that he was on holiday and signing nothing.

Then Tenerife were linked with every locally-born player in professional football, excluding Barcelona’s Pedro and Real Betis defender Bruno.

Omar Ramos said he wasn’t keen after Tenerife said they didn’t want him in January. Ayoze Garcia is loving life at New York Cosmos, alongside Raul and Marcos Senna, while Jeffren is more likely to sign for Wolves!

Then there is the curious case of Iriome. He has just completed his best season in years at CD Lugo, and seems

to be one of Serrano’s main targets.

He has always said he wanted to return to Santa Cruz one day, but he is well-liked at Lugo and seems settled. He is under contract for another season and Lugo are asking a fee starting at half-a-million euros.

Tenerife, as Lugo knows, do not have any money to spent on players. So that move looks dead in the water.

CDT has, like every club in the second division, been chasing Chuli. Real Betis will sell him for half-a-million.

See above!

Finally, Tenerife have been looking at three players based in Argentina. Pisano, Moreira and Tagliafico are the players involved.

They sound more like an Italian law firm!

Beaten Hamilton turns sour LEWIS Hamilton, who feels he was “cheated” out of winning the Monaco Grand Prix, made fans aware of his feelings after finishing runner-up to team-mate Nico Rosberg in their F1 Austria clash on Sunday.

The Formula One world champion, who made a poor start from pole position and allowed Rosberg to take control of the race, claimed the German had beaten him only twice in eight races this season.

In fact, Rosberg’s victory was his third, with Hamilton winning four and Sebastian Vettel finishing on top in the other showdown.

But Hamilton simply refuses to concede he was beaten in Monaco, where he dominated the whole weekend - and the race itself - only to lose after making an unnecessary extra pit stop.

But he and Mercedes were jointly to blame for a shocking error of judgement.

Although Hamilton has dominated qualifying this season, Rosberg has won three of the past four races and trails the British driver by just 10 points, with the Silverstone Grand Prix coming up on Sunday week (5th July).

When told he couldn’t shrug off Rosberg in the fight for the F1 title, a defensive Hamilton said: “Not really.

When you think about the places where points have been lost, it has been a pretty good year so far. He has done Barcelona and here - two out of eight isn’t too bad really. I’m happy with that.

Hamilton added: “I have only had a couple of weekends where I have not been the strongest. Seven poles out of eight is pretty decent and perhaps, without Monaco, it wouldn’t be as close as it is now.”

But he at least had had the grace to admit Rosberg was quicker in Austria and “did a fantastic job”, adding: “I’m not sure if he was quicker all weekend, but he was definitely quicker in the race.”

In fact, Rosberg looked more convincing on all three days at the Aus-

trian Grand Prix, and was set to take pole in Saturday’s final qualifying session before spinning off.

The German said: “We’ve been developing the clutch so that’s a lot better now, more consistent, and I’ve had a lot of great starts lately in the last four races and Sunday as well.”

Following much criticism of Formula One being boring this season, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes former Ferrari and Mercedes technical director Ross Brawn could be the man to breath new life into the

sport - for drivers and fans alike.

Horner said: “I think the strategy group is fairly inept. I keep saying that the commercial rights holder and governing body (FIA) should decide what F1 should be, and then put it on the table to the teams and say, ‘This is what we want the product to be; these are the rules; this is the entry form’.

“Maybe you need an independent observer; someone not involved; someone like Ross Brawn, who understands the challenges and knows the business,

to write a specification for what a car or technical regulations should be.”

Horner, the most impressive team chief in the paddock, has been identified by some as the most likely man to take charge of the headless sport, in which the FIA does not seem interested, while Bernie Ecclestone, 85 this year, appears incapable of reviving the sport he built up into a £1.5bn business.

Horner added: “Formula One has a huge amount of following around the world, but we need to do a better

job. We have gone too far and it is too complicated. We need to bring it back to basics.

“The cars are too easy to drive, and you don’t see drivers working as hard as they did a few years ago. You never hear a driver complaining about his neck these days. They want cars to be more of a challenge for drivers and, therefore, more of a spectacle.

“For the teams to follow and understand is complicated enough.

But for the fans, we need to keep it simple and get Grand Prix racing back to basics.”

Yigit marches on ANTHONY Yigit, Tenerife’s professional light-welterweight boxer, confirmed his potential with a one-sided victory over England’s Tony Owen in Copenhagen on Saturday.

The referee called a halt late in the seventh

round to prevent the Surrey fighter from suffering more damage after Yigit had pounded him throughout.

The Swedish-born southpaw predicted a “slugfest” in defence of his WBC Baltic title, and it was! But the game Brit, who came forward at every opportunity, was tailor-made for the speedy champion’s persistent attacks.

Yigit, who has a per-

manent home in Tenerife and trains at El Gym, in Las Chafiras, is now looking ahead to contest the European Union.

“I promised an exciting fight and that’s exactly what I delivered,’’ said the Stockholm fighter. ‘’Tony was tough, but I was better. I pushed the pace and didn’t give him a chance to get into the fight.

“But I’m in no rush

because I’m only 23 and still learning. I’m being guided carefully by my trainer and coach, Vassili Boguslavsky, and I am confident there are even better things to come.”

His training partner, Adasat Rodriguez, the Spanish light-heavyweight champion from Santa Cruz, fights for the European Union title in France tonight (Friday).

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Pete’s Hopping good night YOUNG Pete, now playing out of Hoppys Bar in Torviscas, has continued his fine start to the season with a second maximum and a 102 checkout as his team beat Emerald Shamrocks 7-1.

Something about “new tricks” springs to mind! And also maintaining his excellent early displays was Exiles skipper Jamie.

His team’s 6-2 success at Bar 180 B included Jamie’s second 180 and a 120 finish, while visiting player Tony fired in his first

maximum. A 106 out from Craig helped leaders Boothen Army stay at the summit as they crushed Waterfall Warriors 7-1, and Bar 180 A cruised through the gears to whitewash the Playboys. But Fluff will be kicking himself after missing three darts at double top to beat boss man Richard.

The Palms A v Palms B derby was nicked in the last rubber by the Pool Bar gang, while Emerald Shamrocks just pipped Pas O Nadas to retain fifth spot.

Two more maximums came at The Phoenix for visiting Boothen Titans, one for John, and another for Jim. But only one point resulted

division 1 ResultS

division 2 ResultS

Bar 180 B 2-6 Exiles Bar Boothen Army 7-1 Waterfall Warriors Emerald Shamrocks 5-3 Pas O Nadas A Ourplace Playboys 0-8 Bar 180 A Palms Sports Bar 3-5 Palms Pool Bar The Phoenix 7-1 Boothen Titans Hoppys Bar 7-1 Emerald lounge

Bar Leones 2-6 Phoenix Flights Barracuda Hunters 3-5 Clouseaus Gaffers Jucee Girls 2-6 Picassos Marilyns 2-6 Summerlands Naughty Nautas 7-1 Ourplace Playgirls Sundowners 4-4 Spear Chuckers Waterfall B 1-7 Sandys Chippers division 2 Table

division 1 Table Table

P W D L F A +- PTS

Table

P W D L F A +- PTS

1 Boothen Army

5

37

1 Phoenix Flights

5

18

29

35

2 Barracuda Hunters 5 3

1 1 24 16 8

24

5 4

0 1

0 37 0 35

3 5

34 30

5

0

0 29

11

2 Bar 180 A

5

3 The Phoenix

4 4 0 0 30 2 28 30

3 Spear Chuckers

5

1

3

1 22

18

4

22

4

3

1

5

2

0

3 21

19

2

21

5 Emerald Shamrocks 5

4

0

20

6 Gaffers

2

20

26

4 Naughty Nautas

1 0 24 16

8

24

5 Picassos

5

2

2

1 20

20

2

6

19

6 Shandys Chippers 4

2

1

1 19

13

6

19

7 Ourplace Playboys 5 2 0 3 18 22 -4 18

7 Marylins

5

2

1

2 19

21

-2

19

8 Emerald Lounge

5

1

1

3 17

23

-6

17

8 Sundowners

5

2

1

2 19

21

-2

19

9 Boothen Titans

5

2

0

3 16

24

-8

16

9 Clouseaus

4

2

2

0 18

14

4

1

2 2 18 22 -4

18 17

4 Hoppys Bar

4

0 26 0 19

6 13

10 Exiles Bar

5

1

1

3 16

24

-8

16

10 Gaffers Jucee Girls 5

11 Palms Pool Bar

4

2

0

2 11

21 -10

11

11 Summerlands

4

1

2

1 17

15

10

12 Bar Leones

5

1

0

4 15

25 -10

12 Waterfall Warriors 4 0 0 4 10 22 -12

2

18

15

13 Palms Sports Bar 5

1

0

4

9

31 -22

9

13 Ourplace Playgirls 4 2 0 2 14 18 -4 14

14 Bar 180 B

5

0

1

4

7

33 -26

7

14 Pas O Nadas B

3

15 Pas O Nadas A

5

0

0

5

5

35 -30

5

15 Waterfall B

4 0 0 4 8 24 -16 8

as Stokey Joe beat a slightly off-form Bubbles.

Two matches were played last week by new Division 2 leaders Phoenix Flights.

A catch-up match gave them a 5-3 win at Naughty Nautas on Thursday, and they went one better to

beat Bar Leones on Friday to put them five points clear.

Barracuda Hunters had a minor setback as they lost at home to Clouseaus, while Spear Chuckers were held to a draw at Sundowners.

Brian hit a new high checkout for this sec-

tion, albeit by a single point, with a 115 during Naughty Nautas’ 7-1 victory over Ourplace Playgirls.

After a decent start, Gaffers Jucee Girls have now lost backto-back matches, this week’s being a 6-2 slump at home against Picassos.

0

1

2

9

15

-6

9

Marilyns have also seen the wheels fall off a bit and they, too, experienced two defeats on the spin with a 6-2 loss at the hands of Summerlands.

Elsewhere, Sandys Chippers put seven past Waterfall B, and rocketed five places up the table to sixth.

Surprise? It’s anyone’s title THERE are always shocks and upsets in the annual end-of-season singles’ tournament in the Direct Telecom Pool League. And this year was no different.

The open draw can lead to a few lopsided fields, but you still have to beat the players in front of you. There are a few surprise names among those who have

made it through to the finals night at Palms on 7th July. And those competing are: Gaffers Scott - Jester A Penguin - Palms A

Phoenix Adi - Waterfall Jay - Treehouse Treehouse Baker - Hammers C Paul - Hammers A Jester

Mark - Treehouse Shammy - Palms B Crown John - Pink A Colin - TPT Bluebell Tony - Hammers C

Kev - Gaffers A They will join the four seeded players in the last 16: Neil and Ashley from Gaffers A, Jambo from Hammers A and Sporting Jesters’ Carl.

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EZE does it for the Blues TENERIFE leisure company EZE Group are the new shirt sponsors for Birmingham City’s 2015-16 Championship season, having agreed a six-figure deal.

It is the Group’s second such sponsorship with the football club and continues a four-year commercial relationship between the organisations.

The new season marks the 140th anniversary of the founding of Birmingham City and, along with welcoming back their 2012-13 sponsors, they will wear a revamped club crest to commemorate the occasion.

Ian Dutton, head of commerce at Birmingham City, said: “Over the previous four-year relationship with us, and through their various positive initiatives, our supporters have truly embraced EZE Group.

“We are absolutely delighted to have secured this magnificent, principal partnership with the club’s great friends and sponsors. And, collec-

tively, we couldn’t wish for a better brand to help us celebrate 140 years of Birmingham City Football Club.”

During the new season, EZE Group will organise travel and hotel accommodation for the players and staff at away fixtures. and the company is also keen to use the sponsorship to promote its business concierge services to other major corporate organisations.

Dominic O’Reilly, CEO of EZE Group, said: “As well as raising awareness of our brand, over the last few seasons we have worked hard to connect with the people that matter - Blues supporters.

At the sponsorship launch, Mr O’Reilly presented a cheque for £15,583 to Colin and Becky Doyle, from Liam’s Smiles charity.

It was set up by Becky to fight meningitis after Liam contracted the disease, and he is still receiving treatment.

The funds were raised through the EZE Group Foundation at a golf day in Tenerife, and during a raffle at the end-ofseason Player of the Year Awards.

Cruyff coaching our youngsters DUTCH legend Johan Cruyff, one of the biggest names ever in football, is coming to Tenerife next month with other star names to conduct a coaching academy in Santa Cruz.

Cruyff will be joined

by Christian Karembeu, Patrick Kluivert and

Luis Garcia, who will run this first series of Tenerife International Football Camps.

The summer course, from Monday-Saturday (6th-11th July) is for children from six to 16 years of age.

The RG Consultant & Sport Solutions company is responsible for organising this new initiative, which is based not only on education, development and skills.

The youngsters will

also be schooled in discipline, together with how to foster personal relationships and positive attitudes among team members. In short, this activity aims to instil important values associated with football, and the development of the youngsters as individuals and socially.

The campus, under the watchful eye of co-ordinator Zeben Hernandez, will also pass on expert advice on training and

nutrition. Places are limited to 150 participants and the price is 120 euros. However, families who want to register two or more children will receive a family discount, which trims the enrolment fee to 100 euros for the second child.

The price includes liability insurance, training and equipment, and a balanced breakfast at mid-morning.

For more information, call 609 890 546.

Paris chase Games again Female flops flip SPAIN’S female footballers are demanding the coach be sacked after their poor World Cup showing in Canada.

Ignacio Quereda has coached the national side for 27 years, but they hold him responsible for the solitary point they gained from three matches.

As a result, the ladies, ranked 14th, have failed to qualify for next year’s Olympics in Rio. In contrast, though not quite at this level, Granadilla Ladies made up

for a last-gasp, 2014 disappointment by gaining promotion to their First Division with a nail-biting, play-off win against Betis.

They beat them 3-1 at home in the first leg, then scored the vital goal after Betis had raced into a 2-0 lead in front of their own fans.

It meant a 3-3 overall scoreline, but the El Mecano-based team went through because away goals counted double.

PARIS is bidding to stage the 2024 Olympics, which would mark 100 years since it previously hosted the event.

The city has lost three previous bids:10 years ago it was beaten by London for the 2012 Olympics, and also failed to land the 2008 and 1992 Games.

The French capital last held the Olympics in 1924, which subsequently became labelled the “Chariots of Fire” Games after the film celebrating the achievements of British runners Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell.

World Rugby chief Bernard Lapasset, who has been appointed chair-

man of Paris 2024, said in a statement: “Paris is delighted to officially confirm its bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games - an

important first milestone as our host city campaign journey commences.

“We believe that this bid, and our goal to host

the 2024 Games, will excite, unite and enthuse the people of Paris, our entire nation and lovers of Olympic and Paralympic sport all over the world.’

Denis Masseglia, President of the French national Olympic committee (CNOSF), said the bid would be planned in line with the IOC’s new “Agenda 2020” strategy, aiming for more flexible, less costly event.

He added: “In line with the IOC’s Agenda 2020 strategy, Paris 2024 promises a feasible and flexible Games concept that will be an authentic reflection of the diverse and dynamic cultural, social, environmental and sporting traditions of our local communities, the city and the French people.”

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