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Issue 914 7th August - 13th August 2015

STILL GOING STRONG

Inside this week...

THE local elections in May brought a raft of changes to the Canary Islands but, in the South of Tenerife, one man showed that he will not be moved. Jose Miguel Rodriguez Fraga has been Mayor of Adeje since 1987, and he remains as popular as ever.

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Fraga full of ideas, even after 28 years Continued from front The self-titled “Adejero” won with an increased majority and had the pleasure of watching his protégé, Jose Julian Mena, take over as Mayor of Arona to give the socialist PSOE both key southern councils.

In his first interview with Canarian Weekly since winning, he looks relaxed and content as he answers a variety of questions on a range of topics, most of which have been requested by our readers.

Fraga is now 68, but to my eyes he appears more at ease than when I last saw him a few months ago. The stress of a mayoral campaign has melted away and his welcome is warm and honest.

The Mayor is easy to interview, as you would expect from a career politician. He is 90 minutes late because urgent council business drags him away from his office. But despite the delay, he is conversational and expansive with his answers.

He is a busy man, who works a full day’s shift - and then some! I ask him how he manages to get everything done especially at his age. “I do what I have to do as the job needs to be done,” he said. “Also I have great people around me, and that helps. I love what I do, and that drives me forward.”

Even so, it would be a taxing job for a fortysomething. Does the family ever try to get him to slow down? “My family is use to what I do! I have a one-yearold grandson and he hasn’t asked me to slow down or stop doing this … yet!”

His laugh is genuine, and when I push him on whether the family have asked him to retire after this four-year term, he laughs again. “The family wanted me to retire ages ago! I always make a commitment for four years, and after the four years I will then decide.

So it’s not a Yes and it’s not a No. Retirement?

It’s hard for me to think what I’d do. I can’t imagine just doing the gardening!”

While Fraga was always going to be re-elected, it was still a surprise to see such a long-sitting mayor increase his vote percentage and number of councillors.

“The election result has reinvigorated me as it reaffirms everything that we have been doing,” he said. “The result was hugely satisfying. The changing face of Spanish politics throughout the country means you are never sure exactly what will happen.

“I learned from the election that people want stability, and the challenge now is to live up to the expectations the public have.”

Fraga was delighted to see Mena win in Arona as he had spent many years around his office.

“On a personal level, it was hugely satisfying.

But it’s also great for the tourism sector.

“We can now start to work together on projects, and we have already started that process. A political line exists between Adeje and Arona, but it’s the same tourist destination.”

The Mayor speaks warmly about Mena, and it’s clear there is a lot of respect. So what advice has he given?

“There are a couple of very important lessons you learn in politics,” he said. “Humility. The ability to listen and take advice. When you take a decision, you take it firmly and never be scared to make the tough decisions. You surround yourself with the best people.”

It will be interesting to see where the big changes will come but, when pushed on naming a few ideas, Fraga instantly nailed the big one: “The Hospital. This is such an important project for all of us.”

What else? “The motorway. It’s what connects us all. We have to get the roads right and, of course, the airport.

But this isn’t just with Arona but with Granadilla and San Miguel. I also think there is a lot we can do culturally.

“We should certainly be looking to work together to put on some really big events. There should be a synergy between us.”

Ever the seasoned politician, Fraga is not giving too much away. But

being in his company, I sensed that there is a host of ideas in his head.

The national election is now just a couple of months away, and campaigning will get underway soon. Even though Fraga is not directly involved, he knows he will get caught up in various national issues.

One of the big ones will be security and policing.

Recently, there have been reports about dangerously-low numbers of police on the beat, and it’s something of which he is aware.

“There is not a problem here, but what we could do with is more resources and betterequipped police,” he said. “Because that is where the problem is.”

One of the main topics in the Canarian Weekly mailbag is about tourism and, recently, the explosion of bicycles, buggies and motor scooters.

In some areas the pavements resemble a motorway, and Fraga is fully briefed “Yes I am aware of this,” he said.

“Also, the big concern of people renting disability vehicles illegally.

“We are all aware of the problems on the pavements, and the police

are also looking into this. I am looking at ways of dealing with the problem. And it’s something that Adeje will control. Literally, as we speak, we are working on it.”

Recently, Santa Cruz abolished the hated “table tax”, which saw bars and restaurants being charged for putting tables and chairs on public pavements. Trade has boomed since, but Fraga is not planning to make such changes in Adeje.

In some areas, such as the main streets of Adeje town, businesses can freely put their tables on the walkways. But it’s a different rule elsewhere. Mayor Fraga was adamant: “In the ‘tourist areas’, the bars can use the public area or street, but they will pay something to go back into the public coffers.”

When pushed, it was not something he felt needed to be addressed.

But I’m sure the issue will return in the near future.

One of the biggest complaints from businesses in the south is the rules regarding opening licences. This includes different rules from council to council

on matters such as noise levels, height of locals, emergency access and a hundred other strange demands. So does Fraga have any plans to try to set up a “one size fits all” model with Mayor Mena in Arona and find some uniformality?

“Yes. Harmonisation on those issues is one of the main things I want to discuss.”

General planning for Adeje is also being looked at, and Fraga wants to have more cycle lanes to improve safety on the roads.

The increase in the sport’s popularity is causing some problems on the local roads. And talking of roads, the San Eugenio improvements are on schedule and the Mayor is also looking into solving another big problem. Parking!

Adeje is an old town, and Las Americas centre is all built up, so what can he do to solve this big issue?

“As our region expands, we have to address the parking problems,” he agreed. “I understand the huge problems with parking.

“The new commercial centres will have their own spaces, and I’ve been talking to the hotels as well to make sure that, as they grow, they put parking in place.

Short-term there some new projects coming to Adeje and we have started to look at mid to long term solutions.”

The regeneration of La Caleta is well under way, and the newly-opened Siam Mall has been a raging success.

Fraga, who is keen for his region to continue to grow, modernise and evolve, said: “The La Caleta project is being built to meet tourism needs without harming existing businesses. It will be a superb centre, which will complement the existing area and natural beauty of La Caleta.”

A smile and a firm handshake ends our brief interview, as Fraga has business to attend to. Always working.

It should be his motto.

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Holy Saint! brothel donation is accepted by Guardia Civil

THE astonishing revelation about Spain’s Guardia Civil accepting donations from a Navarra brothel, “for a good cause”, has left the country’s Interior Minister flummoxed.

The unusual funding arrangement came to light when citizen group Observatory Against Corruption filed a complaint over a donation provided by a local brothel to Guardia Civil agents in Tudela, a city with a 35,000 population in Navarra.

The money was used to throw a celebration dedicated to Our Lady of the Pillar, the patron saint of the Guardia Civil.

Group members, who noted the close friendship between the owner of the brothel and a high-ranking member of the local Guardia Civil unit, directed their complaint to the central government, demanding an investigation.

Interior Minister Jorge Fernandéz Díaz, who said he had learned of the donation through the press, told reporters in Vitoria: “Such donations will no longer be accepted. We don’t think this is right, al-

though the money is being used for good.

“We cannot, we should not and we won’t, accept donations from an establishment of these characteristics.”

Despite complaints in recent days that controversial changes to the country’s security laws are being used to crack down on the practice, prostitution in Spain exists in a kind of legal limbo. While not illegal, it is often not regulated in any way.

Amaiur, a left-wing political party from the Basque region, said it had put a series of written questions to the governing People’s Party, to clarify the total sum of the donation, whether the brothel had funded celebrations on other occasions and whether other events had been funded by the brothel for Guardia Civil agents.

Previous attempts by the Guardia Civil to pay tribute to its patron saint have also, at times, sparked outcry, such as in 2012, when the police’s highest honour was granted to Zaragoza’s Our Lady of the Pillar.

At the time, Fernandéz Díaz explained that the award was meant to pay tribute to the “deep roots of the patronage of the Virgin of Pillar, which remains part of the heritage of the Guardia Civil”.

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Rajoy’s No brea SPANISH Premier Mariano Rajoy, just months away from the country’s General Election, has issued another stern warning to Catalonia that the north-eastern region will never break away.

After a glowing review of the economy, Rajoy insisted on speaking of the Catalan issue, and of the plans by regional premier Artur Mas to declare unilateral independence from Spain if his secessionist bloc Junts pel si wins the regional elections on 27th September.

Though formally held to elect a new regional assembly, the ballot is being cast by secessionists as a plebiscitary vote (a direct vote in which the entire

electorate is invited to accept or refuse a proposal) that will express Catalans’ level of support for the sovereignty drive.

Rajoy said: “The government is going to keep a watchful eye to ensure the law is obeyed, and we will continue to defend the law.

“There won’t be any plebiscite vote, just in the same way there was no independence referendum held, despite all the propaganda.”

The Prime Minister added: “No self-respecting country can allow the law to be broken just for political benefit.”

Catalans held an informal referendum last November in which 1.8 million people voted for independence.

Rajoy says his government will not allow Catalans to be “deprived” of their Spanish citizenship or Eu-

ropean Union membership.

At the same time, he warned of the possibility that the current political situation in Greece could send shock waves to Spain.

His message was seen as a clear warning against the intentions of the anti-austerity Podemos party, which has made inroads in many municipalities and regions since the 24th May elections.

“Government leaders are here to solve problems, not create them,” he said, referring to Alexis Tsipras’ Greek government, to which Podemos has aligned itself.

“And one way of creating problems is when you make promises to people that are impossible to keep.”

At the 111th news conference held during his term, the Popular Party (PP) leader said the future for Span-

iards appears much brighter than it was two years ago and added that more people are “congratulating” his government’s efforts as they see the fruits of the recovery.

Rajoy, predicting that Spain will post the highest economic growth in the euro zone this year, said: “I want to point out that today, things have improved and Spaniards can look forward to a more secure future with more optimism than ever.”

Even though he will raise pensions by 0.25% under next year’s budget plan, he said that more social security contributions were needed to help pay pensioners, and that his government would continue with efforts to bring down the near26% unemployment rate.

Last Friday, the Cabinet approved the projected 2016 budget,

PM is striking out against terrorists MARIANO Rajoy has stressed the urgency to combat terrorism because, he says: “It jeopardises the security and freedom of our citizens.”

The Spanish Prime Minister, speaking at the start of a meeting of the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee, defended the need for “global responses and strategies”, saying: “Terrorism constitutes a global phenomenon that affects security, political, economic and financial, cultural, educational, social

and humanitarian issues. It also affects co-existence, religious tolerance and the possibilities for economic growth and development.”

The Premier said it was worthless trying to contact terrorists because, “dialogue with them is impossible as they have totalitarian and exclusive personalities.

“And that is why we need joint action and collaboration from all levels of government, the administration services and society to combat terrorism.

“There can be no short-cuts in this fight, and any action must fully-respect human rights and the princi-

ples of the Charter of the United Nations.

“The existence of foreign terrorist fighters is currently taking on a special dimension and a radicalised nature because of the spectacular development of telecommunications and widespread use of social media networks.”

Rajoy believes one of the most serious aspects of this problem is that terrorist group DAESH controls areas of Syria, Iraq and Libya, thereby “facilitating its propaganda and adding momentum to the actions of other groups, as well as inspiring “lone-wolf terrorists”.

A determined Ra-

joy added: “I am convinced that terrorism can be thwarted if we act with determination and fight together.”

And Spain, in a bid to strip the DAESH terrorists of their entire territorial base, has joined an international coalition of 60 countries standing against this organisation. He has defended the support being provided to the legitimate government of Iraq.

“We need to ensure that terrorist actions encounter an adequate response from lawenforcement agencies, and that effective jurisdictional mechanisms exist to bring terrorists to justice,” said Spain’s political leader.

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warning: reakaways! which also contains measures aimed at reducing the public deficit from the current 4.2% to 2.6% by the end of 2016.

The early budget presentation is seen by many as an election strategy to help boost the PP at the polls when the general election is called before this year ends.

The budget also includes some additional spending on public-work projects, as well as research and development, which had been held up in previous years.

According to the latest CIS government research centre poll, the PP’s approval rating has dropped to 25.6% from 44.63% in November 2011, when Rajoy w o n the

In-debt parties still raking it in LOCAL political parties have been getting more financial help than ever before, with Coalición Canarias (CC) and Nueva Canarias (NC) in 2013 received more than 1.3 million euros in public subsidies.

Yet they still closed that year with debts

of about 583,000 euros, according to the Court of Auditors report, which has been submitted to Congress.

The account, detailing both public and private resources received by the parties and, for CC and NC, specifies that through fees and contributions from its “affiliates and supporters” also managed to bring in revenues of 451,457 euros.

The total registered

income of Coalición Canarias in 2013 added up to 1.3 million euros, of which 854,086.04 euros correspond to public funding and 415,982.24 euros to private income.

In the case of Nueva Canarias, the 2013 revenues registered by the political party totalled 552,611.89 euros, of which 499,920.05 euros correspond to public funding and 52,691.84 euros to private income.

election with a landslide victory.

But the Rajoy administration, plagued by a string of corruption scandals throughout his term, has struggled to regain voter confidence and has, so far, been unsuccessful, as seen by the May elections, where the PP lost important strongholds including Madrid and Valencia.

Now, though, as the PM’s term draws to a close, the Rajoy administration is facing a new corruption scandal involving PP leaders in Madrid.

Reporters asked Rajoy about the revelations contained in the court report on the Púnica illegal kickb a c k s - f o r- c o n t r a c t s case, which has en-

snared a group of topranking and mid-level PP officials, including former Madrid senior official Francisco Granados, who is being held in preventive custody.

Current revelations from court documents allege that public funds were used under the PP regional government of Ignacio González to “pay favours” to a computer expert to fill the internet with positive coverage about the premier’s administration.

Rajoy called the allegations “absolutely reproachable” and added: “We would have preferred never to have learned about them.

We have to try to ensure that these things never happen again.”

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Arona’s tender is in the millions

ARONA Council has unanimously agreed the tender for management of the maintenance services and conservation of municipal buildings and roads.

Mayor José Julián Mena, along with José Luis Gomez and Jose Luis Garcia, Councillors for Environment and Works and Planning respectively, thanked the opposition groups for their unanimous support for the new proposal, which includes the adoption of new administrative and technical clauses.

The basic tender budget will be 2,234,076 euros plus IGIC for each year, with a contract until August 2019.

The city also gave the green light to the payment of two important areas. The first, for Comsa, is related to the Sports Complex Cruz del Guanche and represents a payment from municipal funds of 86,488 euros.

The second, concerns the Zentral Center and involves a 1,494,533euro payment.

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Cabildo bids for a coastal facelift

TENERIFE Cabildo is hoping to get more funding to improve the Island’s coastline, appealing for funds from the regional and central government.

The aim is to get enough dosh to start a new project next

year, which will spark improvements over the next decade. Ministers are seeking a 100-million-euro investment for more than 130 separate operations, spread throughout Tenerife. Some 138 coastal points have been iden-

tified at the moment by the Government as being in need of action - the last coastal upgrading programme was in 2002.

The project will, calculates the Cabildo, generate 1,500 direct jobs, and it is hoped

that the initiative will be part of the 2016 State Budget.

This would see the rehabilitation of the beach of Martianez, in Puerto de la Cruz, and Santa Cruz’s Valleseco beach, among other plans.

Tenerife has 358km of perimeter shoreline: more than 57% of the coast is steep, just 4% comprises sandy beaches, while 12% are crook beaches. The rest of the coast is occupied by coastal shallows.

Given this situation, and the rocky nature of the coast, the Cabildo has committed to operations to adapt the orographic (change in atmospheric conditions) and coastline with more access, tide pools and coastal trails.

Ring road is on No work, no income, no hope! the right track “EVERYONE understands that the No.1 priority on the roads is the completion of the ring road,” said Cabildo president Carlos Alonso at a meeting of all Tenerife mayors and regional government heads.

The purpose of the meeting was to try to reach a final funding agreement.

Alonso, speaking with the media afterwards, put the focus on the “Pact for Tenerife” and the fact that there was funding in the State Budget for 2016.

“15 million euros have been set aside, and this meeting showed that we have a message of unity, and the agreed document is creating the necessary result,” he said.

In addition, he stressed that the new infrastructure will lead to job opportunities being generated in the South, which can also be used by people in the North, while tourism will move easily between the different areas of the island as traffic is reduced.

“The agreement is between the Government of the Canary Islands, the Cabildo and the State, so the work can advance as quickly as possible,” said Alonso.

Of the infrastructure, for which an estimated 300m euros are required, it will have the longest tunnel in the Canaries - linking El Tanque and Santiago del Teide - Canary Islands President Fernando Clavijo, signed the documentation, saying: “It’s a meeting which, I think, can make history.”

THE fundamental recovery in the country’s economy is hardly benefiting Spain’s long-term unemployed.

That’s because there are 1.2 million Spanish workers who have not been employed for the last four years or more.

This is the stark reality of Spain’s unemployment status, according to the latest figures from the Active Population Survey (EPA).

Since the crisis began in 2008, when a global downturn was compounded by the collapse of Spain’s booming real estate market, the ranks of the longterm jobless have multiplied by 12.

The situation is particularly drastic for 180,000 of them because they are living in households which are not receiving any kind of income at all, either generated by them or by other family members.

Spain’s unemployment plight hit historic highs in 2013, with nearly 6.3m workers without jobs. Since then, the figure has fallen by more than a million.

Practically all sectors have benefited from the improved situation, except the long-term unemployed.

The latest EPA figures show that 1,201,459 people have not had a job since the start of January 2011 at least.

This data says a lot about the crisis in Spain and its duration. It also serves to illustrate perfectly the difficulties the unemployed face: to return to work once they

have been out of the job market for a long time.

The length of the crisis in Spain and the lack of opportunities is reflected in the data. At the beginning of the first recession, in mid-2008, just 7.3% of the unemployed - 115,229 workers - had been out of work for more than a year.

By 2011, the number of those who had been out of work for more than four years was barely 6% of the total.

The latest data, covering the second quarter of 2015, shows that nearly one in every four unemployed (23.4%) has been without a job for four years or more.

To deal with the situation, Enrique Negueruela, a researcher for labour union CCOO, suggests “very powerful employment policies and a lot of investment”.

He argues that the government has wasted a lot of time in recent years, and that the active policies “are inexistent,” and that those that do exist are using funds in an incorrect manner.

“More than 1.5 million jobs from the construction sector have been destroyed,” he says.

“There are many unemployed workers from this sector and there are still courses on offer to train carpenters from scratch. It doesn’t make sense - this money is being thrown away.”

Negueruela also argues that the long-term unemployed should be protected with higher subsidies. “Only one in every five people who is out of work receives any kind of assistance,” he says. “That’s where the pockets of poverty lie.”

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Heath now caught in sex-abuse radar

The editor says...

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Dishing dirt is so easy on the dead IT’S August and we are now in the middle of summer. It’s darker in the mornings, the evenings are a little more sticky and in the media world, it’s the silly season.

The time of the year when “soft” stories get more coverage than they really should. With the MPs on the sort of holiday only teachers can truly enjoy, the national newspapers are left with one-off events, weather and a bit of gossip to fill their reduce number of pages.

A prime example is the coverage of the slaying of Cecil the lion. As sad a story as it is, it’s still just the loss of one wild animal.

It has not been the biggest of stories here in Spain because proper news continues to flow. As you’ve been reading, the politicians in Spain are having just a few days off as the business of re-election needs to be addressed.

In Britain, the only political story this

week has been the ongoing allegations surrounding former Prime Minister Ted Heath.

Those of a certain age will tell you that there have always been rumours about Heath, and now the floodgates have opened.

Let’s see what the police do from here, and comment should be reserved for when all the facts have come out.

But what is certain is that in the same way entertainers were in the spotlight a few years ago for their conduct, now the focus has shifted to those who were in power.

The key to all this is evidence. Britain has very strict laws, maybe the toughest in the world when it comes to libel.

Freedom of speech only goes so far.

It’s interesting that the stories about Jimmy Savile and now Ted Heath have come out only after their passing. It’s the first law of Fleet Street. You can’t libel the dead.

Law No.2?

The truth will always out.

Especially in a quiet month.

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NO fewer than FIVE police forces are investigating claims by people who say they were abused by former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath.

Detectives in Wiltshire, London, Kent, Jersey and Kent and Hampshire are probing sex-abuse allegations linked to late Conservative leader.

A Hampshire police spokesman said: “We are investigating allegations; we have nothing further to add at this stage.

“Please call the NSPCC on 0808 800 5000 or email help@nspcc.org.uk as they have dedicated staff in place to deal with victims, or if you have information that may help police, please call us via 101.”

Wiltshire Police sparked initial inquiries, appealing on Monday for potential victims or witnesses to come forward after a retired senior detective claimed previous allegations had been hushed up.

A spokeswoman for Wiltshire Police said: “The investigation team will be reviewing the information and following up any lines of enquiry as a result.

“In addition, the NSPCC will continue to take

calls via their helpline on 0808 800 5000. They will be referring any information through Operation Hydrant to the relevant force, including to Wiltshire Police.

“We continue to appeal to anyone who has information or may have been a victim of child sex abuse to come forward.”

The spokeswoman was unable to confirm how many people had made contact, and the “validity” of the calls was not yet known.

They have received a mixture of “intelligence” and “third-party” calls, she added.

Jersey Police, who launched the child-abuse investigation after the death of Jimmy Savile, have included Sir Edward in its long-running probe Operation Whistle, an inquiry into historic abuse on the island.

A spokeswoman for the force said: “Sir Edward Heath does feature as

part of Operation Whistle, currently investigating historical allegations of abuse in Jersey.”

Officers said Operation Whistle began against a backdrop of increased reports of historic abuse since Jimmy Savile’s death in 2011.

And 2014 saw the launch of the independent Jersey Care Inquiry, looking into allegations of widespread abuse in the island’s care-homes.

Police said in June that the Jersey operation had six investigators looking at 45 suspects, some of whom are dead or as yet unidentified, with 13 “people of public prominence”.

Jersey’s involvement came just after Scotland Yard revealed its child sex-ring investigation, Operation Midland, was also looking into the former Prime Minister.

Sir Edward’s name was dramatically linked to historic paedophile claims on Monday, when the police watchdog announced an inquiry into allegations by the former detective that a prosecution against an individual was shelved after a threat was made to “expose” the late Prime Minister.

A woman in charge of a brothel had been set to stand trial, but said she would expose him, according to reports.

An alleged victim said this week he was preyed on by Sir Edward in 1961 as a child after he ran away from home.

The man, now 65, added he was “fobbed off” and branded a “fantasist” when he told social workers.

Wiltshire Police, following the retired detective’s complaint, called in the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).

In a statement on the IPCC website, the watchdog said: “It is alleged that a criminal prosecution was not pursued, when a person threatened to expose that Sir Edward Heath may have been involved in offences concerning children.

“In addition to this allegation, the IPCC will examine whether Wiltshire Police, subsequently, took any steps to investigate these claims.”

The IPCC is also looking into whether Wiltshire Police followed up the claim in the Nineties against Sir Edward, who was Prime Minister between 1970-1974, The Sir Edward Heath Charitable Foundation said: “We welcome the investigation by Wiltshire Police, which we wholeheartedly believe will clear Sir Edward’s name, and we will co-operate fully with the police in their inquiries.”

Spain’s big drones’ plan SPAIN’S Defence Ministry will next year have drones at its disposal, which can fly for periods of more than 24 hours, and above altitudes of 10,000 metres.

It has included a 25meuro item in its 2016 budget, for the “acquisition of the RPAS, unmanned air system, for joint use by the armed forces”. And it will cost the Ministry a total of 171m euros between 2016 and 2020.

The Government de-

partment has its eyes on four drones, with two ground-control stations - one fixed, another mobile. It has chosen the MQ-9 Reaper, from US firm General Atomics, and the Heron TP, from Israel Aerospace Industries, with Spanish technology company Indra as their domestic partner.

While Defence Ministry chiefs will be responsible for the system, because it is a joint programme, the Air Force is mainly interested in the Reaper

- also known as the Predator B. This model is already used by the UK, France, Italy and Holland, which will enable the countries to share procedural knowledge, or even act together in operations.

Spain already counts on mini-drones, such as the Raven. They weigh less than 15kg, have a range of 50km and have been deployed by its forces in Afghanistan.

Defence chiefs plan to use the unmanned

aircraft with radar systems only. But right now, Spain lacks operational or strategic drones, such as those that can fly above commercial airliner routes, weigh several tons and take off and land like conventional aircraft.

While the Spanish drones on order can be equipped with bombs and missiles, the Defence Ministry is planning to use them with radar systems and other surveillance equipment only.

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carte menu, or savouring tasty bites with your afternoon tea.

Our team of expert chefs, who were recently awarded the Holiday & Cruise Channel’s Telly Award for “Britain’s Best Cruise Line for Food” - painstakingly plan mouth-watering menus, designed to make food one of the

highlights of your holiday.

To start your day there’s everything, from fresh fruit to a hearty, cooked breakfast, with eggs made just how you like them; at lunch, choose a light bite, or opt for something totally indulgent; follow that with a selection of freshly-made treats with your afternoon tea; and for the main event, a five-course à la carte dinner, with desserts created to test even the strongest willpower.

There’s even a latenight buffet for those who, somehow, are still a little peckish. We have tempting dishes for vegetarians and healthier choices, too, with an emphasis on fish dishes, inspired by our Norwegian heritage.

Should you have any special dietary requests, just let us know when you make your booking. Of course, there are limits to what we can do on board, but we’ll do our best to make sure that your needs are met whenever we can.

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Cecil slaughter leads to a ‘trophies’ ban

British shipwreck diver found dead AN unnamed British diver has been found dead inside the shipwreck of a British steamship in Spain, sunk by a German U-boat during the First World War.

The unnamed 50-year-old’s body was discovered after a five-hour search by specialist police divers, in the submerged wreck of SS Stanfield in a marine reserve near La Manga sports resort.

The deceased, understood to be a diving instructor, lost contact with three other divers - all thought to be British - with whom he accompanied on Tuesday morning.

A major air and sea search ended with the discovery of his body at around 4.30pm local time.

The 120-metre-long vessel, a favoured attraction for divers in the area, lies nearly 200 feet below the sea at the northern point of the Islas Hormigas marine park, in southeast Spain. It was torpedoed in 1916 and hit the sea-bed bow first, splitting open.

The diver was wellknown in the area because he visited every summer with his family The submerged ship, one of several in the area, is described as a paradise for wreck divers because it is close to the ancient port city of Cartagena, which has been

the site of active trading for more than 3,000 years.

It has also been an important military base for the past 2,000 years and continues to be a major naval base today.

David Alcazar, spokesman for the Murcia Region Dive Centres, said the four men were using equipment which regulated their oxygen supply, depending on their depth, and meant they had to return to the surface every so often.

The Brit divers noticed their companion was missing during one of their returns to the surface around midday.

Mr Alcazar said: “Investigators will determine what has happened because the spot where the divers were is outside the recreational diving area.”

In another tragedy, yachtsman Philip Walwyn died after being swept out to sea in Cornwall, while setting off for an attempt on his 17th transatlantic crossing at the age of 68.

It was to be his final effort, but his 40ft boat was discovered bobbing about, unmanned, in the harbour at Coverack Cove, a fishing port in Cornwall.

Rescue teams scrambled boats and the coast guard helicopter, which pulled him from the water and flew him to the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

THREE major airline companies, Delta, United and American Airlines, have banned the shipment of big-game trophies following the illegal killing of Zimbabwe lion Cecil.

They are adamant they will no longer transport the remains of lions, rhinoceros, leopards, elephants or buffalos, but have so far not given an official reason.

Delta, which flies direct to a

number of African cities, was subjected to an online petition to ban such shipments.

American Airlines and United fly to fewer subSaharan cities than Delta. but United tweeted that its decision was “effective immediately”, company spokesman Charles Hobart saying: “We felt it made sense to do so.”

Cecil, a major tourist attraction in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, was shot illegally in July by US dentist Wa l t e r

Palmer of Minnesota.

Zimbabwe is seeking his extradition, and that of a Pennsylvania doctor named as Jan Casimir Seski, who is suspected of killing a lion in April.

Palmer, understood to have paid about £32,000 to hunt Cecil in Hwange National Park, says he thought the hunt was legal and was unaware Cecil was protected.

But the heartless killing triggered a huge online backlash.

On Monday, Delta would not tell journalists why it made its decision: nor would it detail h o w

many hunting trophies it has transported in recent years.

Instead, it issued a brief statement saying: “Effective immediately, Delta will officially ban shipment of all lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo trophies worldwide as freight.”

Its announcement came as several other airlines indicated that they are - or will soon be - stopping the transport of all trophy-hunting kills.

Yet as recently as May, long before the Cecil controversy, Delta said it would continue to allow such shipments.

La Palma reigns as driest island!

LA PALMA was the driest territory in Spain from June 2014 to the same month this year, says the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET), which means the island is the only place in the country in official drought.

And the situation has not changed because, in the last month there has been no rainfall, at least in the area where the agency conducts its tests: the airport of Villa de Mazo.

The island is 2½ points below what Aemet says is “normal” - a limit where the rest of the Canary Islands is found - except Lanzarote, where it has rained more than anywhere else in the archipelago.

The AEMET data was

presented as part of a long-term weather report which goes to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment.

The AFE provides the financial support necessary to invest in transport infrastructure and water storage in the island, and it has safeguards to ensure the water demand is met.

The AEMET maps show that the lack of rainfall on the island has been gradual, until

the last 18 months or, at most, two years. The drought is causing restrictions on watering crops and that concern is growing among farmers.

The Ministry of Environment revealed that the lack of rain in La Palma goes back decades. Between 1971 and 2000, the average annual rainfall on the island was 324.7 millimetres (1mm equals one litre of water per square me-

tre), whereas in 2014 it reached just 261.1.

It did not rain at all in June, and rainfall in July and August was also scarce in 2014. In March, May and October, there was less than half the usual, just as occurred in November.

But the bottom line of 2014 could be much worse had it not been for the December rainfall, which doubled the average of the previous year to reach 145.2mm.

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Water waste of our money

TENERIFE is leaking. Literally!

The public water system in Los Llanos de Aridane is like a sieve - 75% of its water is lost which, experts estimate, is “600,000 euros the taxpayers are losing every year.”

After meeting with Mariano Hernandez, the Councillor in charge

of the Island’s water system, a report out this week is quite damning.

It states: “The lack of interest in implementing proposals that will solve the problem is disappointing. Over a year ago, we raised this with the now Mayor, Noelia Garcia Leal, and advised her that emergency work was required in the supply network.

“We wanted to hire a technician to analyse the overall state of the network. But there is still no plan to improve

the efficiency of the network.”

The report continues: “The area does not have the services of a skilled worker, engaged in finding solutions. They seem to be waiting for all this to be solved by the Island Water Board.”

For their part, the Bureau of the Water of Los Llanos has countered, saying: “An initiative by the local government will be offered, and we want to participate and help improve this dire situation.”

Poris party leaves residents shocked THE community of the small coastal village of El Poris de Abona, in the municipality of Arico, have not had the best of weeks.

On Sunday morning, they rose from their beds with a nasty surprise. The streets were blocked by the rubbish left from the previous night’s flash party, which followed a Saturday night fiesta.

Photographs of piles of waste, and doors covered in urine, circulated through social networks from early in the morning, generating many comments by angry residents. “The barbarians arrived in El Poris” …

“Embarrassing, I had to run away” ... “Shameful” ... “The people in this town are disgusted” ...

“I couldn’t walk my dog for all the mess”.

These are some of the comments posted on

forums, Twitter and Facebook.

The Fifth Summer fiesta began at about 2pm on Saturday and at first, it attracted just 200 people - but the turn-out increased rapidly!

The event has snowballed in recent years and its popularity hit new heights last weekend. Jairo Cedrés, the man in charge and head of the festival’s promotion company, said: “We did not expect so many people.

“As an outdoor activity, we could not control the infrastructure.

We recognise that it got out of hand. We apologise and promise that it will not happen again. I myself have apologised to the neighbours while helping to collect rubbish.”

One of the main commitments of the festival, according to the official website, was “care for the environment”.

It is believed that there was a clean-up team

booked for 5am, but they were overwhelmed when they reached the village.

The municipal government will now consider what action to take.

The anticipated attendance was of 2,0003,000 people, but, according to official data provided by the Cabildo, at 7.30pm, there were 7,500 people. Most were dancing and enjoying the party on the board-walks, and it seemed to be a raging success.

But the after-parties got a bit out of hand with loud music and littering, but the police say there was no notable incident to record.

The event ended at 1am and the main problems incurred because the area was far too small for so many people.

There were hardly any toilet or rubbish-collation facilities, which led to the “surprise” encountered by residents on Sunday morning.

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Dambuster pilot PROOF that Spain’s economic recovery is ever-strengthening comes with the news that service companies last month hired staff at the fastest rate for eight years.

LES MUNRO, last of the legendary Dambuster pilots, has died in his native New Zealand at the age of 96 following heart problems.

The New Zealand Bomber Command Association announced that Sqn Ldr Munro had passed away in hospital on Monday.

The World War Two Dambusters’ operation flew from RAF Scampton, near Lincoln, in 1943 and successfully used “bouncing bombs”, devised by Barnes Wallis, to attack German dams.

Of the 133 crew, just 77 returned, and there are now only two surviving crew members of the Dambusters’ incredibly brave missions - Canadian former front-gunner Fred Sutherland and British former bombaimer George Johnson. line Sqn Ldr Munro’s aircraft was hit by flak, but he managed to limp home after the hit had destroyed communications in his Lancaster bomber over the Netherlands.

Dave Homewood, of the New Zealand Association, described Les Munro as a “down-toearth man” who was “very modest about what he did during the war”.

He added: “I think

he was pretty proud to have been part of the Dambusters, although he was disappointed he never got to drop his weapon.

“He went on to be a flight commander, and flew a lot of important operations after the dam raid, although these are often forgotten because the Dambusters were world-renowned.”

Sqn Ldr Munro, patron of the NZ Bomber Command, was still flying at the age of 95 and had even co-piloted an Avro Anson plane in January, said Mr Homewood.

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key’s Twitter tribute read: “Really sad to hear of Les Munro’s death; New Zealand has lost a remarkable man who led a remarkable life.”

In a BBC interview on the 70th anniversary of the Dambusters raid, Sqn Ldr Munro said he had not worried about the dangers of the mission. “I approached most operations with a

thought, ‘If I’m going to cop it, so be it,’” he said.

Earlier this year, he put his medals up for auction to help pay for the upkeep of the Bomber Command Memorial in London.

A day before the sale, they were bought for £75,000 by British peer Lord Ashcroft, who promptly donated them to the Museum of Transport and Technology in Auckland.

On the night of 16th May 1943, 19 bombers left RAF Scampton in three waves. The first headed to the Mohne and the Eder Dams, the second and third to the Sorpe dam.

Sqn Ldr Munro had been briefed to attack the Sorpe Dam by flying parallel to its wall and releasing the bomb from the lowest possible height, while flying at 180mph.

The Sorpe Dam was damaged - but the Mohne and Eder Dams destroyed, flooding the Ruhr valley and killing an estimated 1,300 people, mostly civilians.

The subsequent film

The Dam Busters, starring Michael Redgrave and Richard Todd, was released in 1955 and still resonates with people who saw the black-andwhite classic war film.

And who can forget that memorable Dam Busters March theme?

It looks as though we are heading for a bumper tourism season with new business also picking up, and Markit’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) survey of service companies, released on Wednesday, hit 59.7 in July - up from 56.1 in June.

It marked the 21st consecutive month of the index rising above the 50 line, separating growth from contraction. The employment sub-index rose to 55.3.

And in the AprilJune period, Spain’s economic output ex-

panded at the fastest quarterly rate since 2007.

Record numbers of tourist arrivals in Spain in the first half of 2015 are heightening expectations of a busy season for the services sector, which should feed into thirdquarter growth.

It is also helping to create jobs at a time when Spanish unemployment is still at 22.4% - among Europe’s highest rates.

“We can expect to see further reductions in the unemployment rate in coming months,” said Andrew Harker, senior economist at Markit. “This, hopefully, will feed through into improving demand.”

Services companies increased their prices for the second month in a row, said Markit, as their own costs increased, including staff expenses and especially in the hotel and restaurant sector.

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Milk deal turns sour!

THE cheap price of milk in Britain’s supermarkets reflects the price they pay to suppliers, say dairy farmers, who are seething.

So much so that they have been clearing supermarket shelves by buying milk in bulk and giving it away over the past few days.

They maintain they are being paid less than it costs to produce the milk, and some have gone out of business because shops have reduced prices.

But supermarkets insist there is no link between the price of milk on the shelves and what farmers are paid.

West Midlands dairy farmer Michael Oakes, from the National Farmers’ Union (NFU), said: “We’ve got to the point where we’re getting an unsustainable price for our milk.

“I’m getting paid 24p a litre, and it’s costing me 28p to produce.

So we thought we’d go along to the retailer.

We’ve bought the milk and we’re going to give it away to the consumer and explain why.”

Graeme Kilpatrick, chairman of the NFU

Scotland’s milk committee, said: “I receive many calls from affected dairy farmers, and it can be tough going mentally.

“My family have been in farming for several generations, and the current crisis has had a major impact on our cash-flow.”

Protests have taken place at supermarkets in Kilmarnock and Ayr; at Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Asda in Coleraine, Northern Ireland; Morrisons in Bideford, Devon, and Bude, Cornwall, and at Asda in Telford.

Dairy farmer Bryce Cunningham, who

Could a stag beetle be your favourite?

AN online poll has been set up by the Royal Society of Biology to find the UK’s favourite insect.

The group wants to emphasise the “vital” environmental role played by more than 20,000 species found in Britain.

It also wants to highlight the threats they face from pesticide use, habitat destruction and climate change.

The RSB experts have come up with a shortlist of 10, including the small tortoiseshell butterfly, the emperor dragonfly and the stag beetle.

The seven-spot ladybird, garden tiger moth, marmalade hoverfly, black garden ant, bufftailed bumblebee, large bee-fly and green shield bug are also in the running.

helped organise protests in Scotland, said the current situation was “extremely difficult”.

He added: “At the moment, we’re being being paid 15p a litre for every litre of milk that we produce. It’s costing me 24p to produce this milk,”

A Sainsbury’s spokesman said: “Our retail price is not related to the price we pay our farmers. Our milk prices are competitive for our customers, while also paying our dedicated dairy farmers a fair price that protects them against volatile mar-

kets.” Darren Blackhurst, Morrisons Group commercial director, said: “We try to pass on lower prices to our customers wherever possible. But we recognise that, due to reduced global demand, this has created an oversupply of British milk, creating difficult conditions for many dairy farmers.”

Asda said the price farmers get is set independently and there is no link between retail prices and farm-gate

prices (the price direct from the producer).

Andrew Opie, director of food and sustainability at the British Retail Consortium, said shops were not to blame.

“The global market at the moment is oversupplied,” he said. “We haven’t seen the pickup in demand that we might have expected from places like China and India, which were growing quite rapidly.

“So until that picks up, there will be problems. But it’s absolutely wrong to look at retailers here. Retailers are actually doing the right thing - they are paying the best prices - but these are global conditions outside their control.”

British dairy organisation AHDB Dairy said the the average UK farm-gate price was 24.06p per litre in May, a decrease of a quarter over 12 months.

Breakthrough may help cancer victims PA N C R E AT I C cancer could be detected much earlier much earlier by a simple urine test, which has has been developed by scientists.

This form of cancer is often very advanced by the time it is diagnosed - and only 3% of patients are alive five years afterwards. But the researchers have discovered a protein “signature” present only in people with the disease.

Cancer charities welcomed the study, published in Clinical Cancer Research, saying a test was “much needed”.

Nearly 9,000 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the UK every year, and it has the lowest fiveyear survival rate of any common cancer - one that has hardly improved in 40 years.

More than 80% of peo-

ple with the disease are diagnosed when it has already spread, so they are not eligible for surgery to remove the tumour, which is the only potential cure right now.

Those at higher risk include people with a family history of the cancer, heavy smokers, obese people and people over 50 who are newly diagnosed with diabetes.

The scientists who developed the test, from the UK and Spain, hope that if its early promise is realised, then it could be possible to diagnose patients much earlier and offer them treatment.

There has been little progress in improving pancreatic cancer survival, and innovative approaches are needed The researchers looked at almost 500 urine samples: just under 200 were from patients with pancreatic cancer, 92 from patients with chronic pancreatitis and 87 from healthy volunteers.

The rest of the samples were from patients with benign and cancerous liver, and gallbladder conditions.

Of 1,500 proteins found in the urine samples, three - LYVE1, REG1A and TFF1 - were seen to be at much higher levels in the pancreatic cancer patients, providing a “protein signature” that could identify the most common form of the disease.

The signature was found to be 90% accurate, and patients with chronic pancreatitis were found to have lower levels of the same three proteins.

More research is now planned, and scientists will focus particularly on people whose genes put them at particular risk of pancreatic cancer.

Co-author Prof Nick Lemoine, of the Barts Cancer Institute, said: “It’s really exciting because, for the first time, we might be able to bring forward the window of opportunity for patients with pancreat-

ic cancer - from something that is advanced and late stage to something that is early stage and potentially curable by surgery.

“Patients are usually diagnosed when the cancer is already at a terminal stage, but if diagnosed at stage 2, the survival rate is 20%, and at stage 1, the survival rate for patients with very small tumours can increase up to 60%.”

The Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund said: “This is an exciting finding because an early diagnostic test was much needed.”

Fiona Osgun, of Cancer Research UK, said: “At the moment, we’re a long way from knowing if this research could lead to a test that would help detect pancreatic cancer at an early stage, or who that test might benefit.

“But research like this is vital as there’s been little progress in improving survival for pancreatic cancer, and innovative approaches are needed.”

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G I B R A LTA R ’ S government is at loggerheads with its Spanish counterparts again, having reported a “serious incursion” on Saturday evening.

It says a Spanish state vessel attempted to assert its authority, not only inside British Gibraltar Territorial Waters (BGTW), but within a few metres of the shoreline.

At around 6.30pm, a Spanish customs vessel (SVA), the Aguila IV, chased a Gibraltarregistered pleasure boat within BGTW and inside the demarcated buoys at Camp Bay. The pleasure boat had been stationary, about one nautical mile off Europa Point, when it was circled by the Aguila IV, which had approached from the Bay, making its way past the North Mole.

It had earlier been given the United Nation Convention on the Law of Sea (UNCLOS) warning over radio and did not respond.

The Spanish crew, when approached by launches from RGP and GDP and by a Navy

Gibraltar see red again

RHIB, claimed that the pleasure boat had been off Estepona earlier and had failed to stop when asked to do so.

Having been informed that it had no jurisdiction inside BGTW, the Aguila IV was then escorted into Spanish waters.

The two occupants of the pleasure boat later claimed that they were fishing off Europa Point when the SVA vessel had requested their documentation.

They had moved into Camp Bay and called for assistance.

“This is another glaringly obvious example of a Spanish state vessel attempting to assert its authority well inside our territorial limits,” said Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia.

“It could hardly be clearer that the vessel had no jurisdiction to operate at Europa Point, and even less

just a few metres from a beach at Camp Bay.” He added: “Quite apart from the serious political issues raised by this matter, it is also dangerous for a state vessel to operate in this

way inside a demarcated bathing area. This is illegal in the face of internationally-recognised Laws of the Sea.” This latest development adds to the a l rea dy- c o m pl i c a t ed

relationship between Britain and Spain, after the sinking of concrete blocks last year for Gibraltar’s artificial reef project.

Spain complained that these blocks would

Drop of the hard stuff!

CHINESE distillers have given new meaning to the term “a stiff drink” by adding Viagra to thousands of bottles of spirits and telling customers it had “health-preserving qualities”.

More than 5,300 bottles of alcohol were seized by food safety officials in the southern city of Liuzhou. They also found packets of a white powder called Sildenafil, better known as the anti-impotence drug Viagra.

Police in the Guangxi region are now inves-

tigating two distillers, and the Liuzhou Food and Drug Administration said the powder was added to three types of “baijiu” - a strong, clear spirit which is China’s most popular drink.

They also said the haul was worth up to £72,000.

Doctors recommend that adults requiring prescription should

take just one dose of Viagra a day, with a lower dose for over-65s.

China continues to face widespread food safety problems.

In June, police in cities across the country seized more than 100,000 tonnes of smuggled meat, some of which was several years old.

And in 2008, the nation was outraged when around 300,000 people were affected and at least six babies died after consuming milk adulterated with melamine.

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cause problems for their fishing industry, and, shortly afterwards, imposed strict controls at the border with Gibraltar.

Britain and Gibraltar argued that these checks were politically motivated, but the European Commission ruled that the border checks had not infringed European law.

Europe Minister David Lidington said last year: “According to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the waters around Gibraltar are indisputably British territorial waters, under United Kingdom sovereignty, in which only the United Kingdom has the right to exercise jurisdiction.

“Her Majesty’s Government takes a grave view of any attempt by Spain to exert authority or control within British Gibraltar territorial waters, and it considers such incursions as a violation of our sovereignty.”

He added: “Her Majesty’s Government will continue to take whatever action we consider necessary to uphold British sovereignty and the interests of Gibraltar, its people, its security and economy.”

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A PICASSO masterpiece valued at 25m euros (£17.5m) was considered a cultural treasure by Spanish authorities, who barred it from being exported.

THE death of a young South London woman while bungee-jumping in Spain has led to two people being charged with manslaughter.

Kleyo De Abreu, 23, was killed on 21st July in Lanjaron, Granada, while jumping from the Tablate Bridge.

The Guardia Civil has charged the owner of an adventure company and a bungee-jump supervisor with her death.

Police investigators found there was miscommunication between the supervisor and Miss De Abreu, who jumped before the equipment had been made safe.

One supervisor had been left to monitor 14 people taking part in the bungee jump, which was “not enough” to guarantee customer safety, the police discovered.

Their report said the monitor’s role was to secure the ropes and harness before authorising the person to jump.

But after attaching the harness to Ms De Abreu and moving away to tighten the ropes, it was

understood that there was a “lack of communication or understanding”, and Ms De Abreu jumped before being told to do so. The police report stated: “This jump, performed before the ropes were properly tensioned, could be the cause of the accident.”

Investigators believed the monitor “did not execute the function with due care and precautions.”

There are two bridges at the site - a modern bridge from which bungee jumps are launched, featuring an ancient Roman bridge underneath.

It is believed that Ms De Abreu hit the lower bridge, causing fatal injuries, after jumping.

Her father, Bernard Atwell, described his daughter as “sweet, caring, bubbly and focused” and added that relatives were “in shock” over her death.

Kleyo, an aspiring fashion student from Brixton, had been visiting her aunt in Spain, who was watching when the tragedy occurred.

But it was seized from a boat docked at Corsica, according to French authorities, following an attempt to export the painting, Head of a Young Woman, to Switzerland last Thursday.

It “drew the attention of French officials”, said the country’s customs authority in a statement, its agents on the French island boarding the vessel the following day.

The ship’s captain was only able to present two documents regarding the work of art, said the statement - one of which was a May 2015 Spanish court judgement labelling the painting a work of art and ordering that

it not be taken out of the country.

The painting, which French customs said was valued at “more than 25m euros”, is owned by Jaime Botin, a well-known Spanish banker, whose family was involved in the Santander banking group.

The 79-year-old, once vice-chairman of the banking giant, was not

on board the vessel, which was owned by the company and flying a British flag, said a customs’ spokesman. He said the export demand was not in Botin’s name, either.

An export demand, filed for the painting in December 2012 to move it to London, was opposed by Spain’s Culture Minister.

And this year, a Spanish court sided with the authorities and declared the work of art “unexportable” on the grounds that it was of “cultural interest” and could not leave the country.

French customs officials are now awaiting an official Spanish request to recover the painting.

Teenager dies after gay-pride stabbing A TEENAGE girl died after being stabbed during a gay pride parade in Jerusalem by a homophobic extremist.

Shira Banki, 16, who was knifed in the back, was one of six people attacked during last Thursday’s event. She later died in hospital and her organs, said a

spokesman, would now be donated to help others.

Her attacker was later identified as Yishai Schlissel, an ultraOrthodox Jewish man who had been released from prison just three weeks earlier and had spoken out against the parade.

Schlissel had been serving a 10-year jail sentence after attacking a gay pride parade

in 2005, injuring three people.

Shira’s family said in a statement that the “magical” teenager had been “murdered because she was a happy 16-year-old - full of life and love - who came to express her support for her friends’ right to live as they choose”.

They added: “For no good reason and, because of evil, stupidity and negligence, the life

of our beautiful flower was cut short. Bad things happen to good people, and a very bad thing happened to our amazing girl.”

Jerusalem’s residents are mostly conservative in their views about religion - be it Islam, Christianity or Judaism - but, although previous parades have prompted threats, violence towards homosexual people are rare.

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Police could join forces SOME of Britain’s 43 forces might have to amalgamate because budget cuts could leave them with no alternative.

The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) told Sky News police must make “fundamental changes” to save cash.

The NPCC’s Chair, Sara Thornton, said in a statement.”Most would agree that fewer forces is the best option, but if the desire is to maintain 43, then forces will need to collaborate more.”

She added: “That collaboration process would be helped by there being a new statutory provision that allows forces that want to work together to amalgamate.”

The Association of Police and Crime Commissioners estimates that up to £300m could be saved within a few years if forces collaborate in the purchase of equipment.

Nottinghamshire Con-

stabulary is one force leading the way in cooperation with some of its East Midlands’ neighbours.

The force, which has a strength of just over 2,000 officers, has begun sharing some specialist services with Northamptonshire and Derbyshire police.

The three forces have also set up a joint procurement division to

buy equipment like uniforms.

The man in charge of that programme told Sky News it saved £3m in its first year of operation.

Ronnie Adams, commercial director of the East Midlands Strategic Commercial Unit (EMSCU), said the culture of different equipment for different forces needed to be addressed if chief constables were

serious about driving through more efficient practices.

“When I came to join the police, one of the things I couldn’t understand was that there were 43 police forces in England and Wales, and those 43 police forces have got 43 different uniforms,” he said.

“It’s crazy. I can understand why it’s happened. But it has been

driven because forces have been looking after their uniforms locally.

Really, we just need to have a single specification of police uniform.”

Police forces in England and Wales currently spend around £1.7bn on equipment annually - 13% of their total budget. But the price for similar pieces of equipment can vary considerably. For standard issue handcuffs, the cost can range from £14 to £43. The disparity is even wider for policeissue boots - from £25 to £114.

Paddy Tipping, Nottinghamshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, is part of a nationwide steering group examining ways in which forces can co-operate more closely.

It concluded that potential savings of £300m could be achieved through greater coordination on procurement.

“Forces know they have got to do it,” said the Crime Commissioner. “Chief Constables who like to be, dare

I say it, barons in their own kingdom, know they want to protect the local policing, and the penny has dropped.”

While backing the proposed collaboration measures, the NPCC, formerly the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), warned there may not be enough to help forces deal with the budget cuts.

The NPCC’s Sara Thornton said: “We’ve dealt with cuts of 25% in Government grants in the last five years and are set for similar following the Comprehensive Spending Review in the Autumn.

“We’re likely to have lost around 70,000 police posts by 2020. This means we have to make fundamental changes to the way we police or we will fail in our service to the public and unacceptably stress our staff.

“Improving the way we procure equipment and services will save us some money, as will sharing more within and outside policing.

But they won’t solve the problem alone.”

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AS predicted, the Greek Stock Market, which re-opened on Monday after a five-week closure, showed all shares down by as much as 16%.

Huge losses, close to 30%, were experienced

Interest rate holds firm

by the four banks in Greece, whose economy has a long way to go to before recovering a positive position for its factory input - after the Greek Markit Purchasing Managers’ data showed at 30.2% for July.

Super Thursday (yesterday) saw the release of the Bank of England interest-rate decision and the latest inflation report, together with minutes of the MPC (Monetary Policy Committee) meeting.

It was thought the minutes would reflect that at least one member of the MPC voted

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EUROZONE inflation held steady in July as falling energy prices offset increases in industrial goods, and the annual inflation rate stayed at 0.2%.

That’s the outcome of a flash estimate from Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, which saw energy prices fall 5.6%, compared with a 5.1% drop in June, while food, alcohol and tobacco prices rose 0.9%.

Eurostat also said that for the third month, the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 11.1% in June.

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said the figures were not positive: “Worryingly, surveys of employment intentions have weakened recently, suggesting that the labour market recovery will remain pretty weak,” he said.

He also pointed out that the European Central Bank (ECB) still had a lot of work to do to hit its inflation target of “below, but close to, 2%”.

In March, the ECB began a massive 1.1-trillion-euro bond buying programme in an attempt to stimulate the eurozone economy.

Policy-makers spent much of last year in fear of deflation. The worry is that if price falls become entrenched, consumers and businesses will delay purchases and investment in the hope that prices will fall further.

for a rate increase later this year, or early in 2016 - which is supporting Sterling at the moment.

However, UK Markit PMI figures were still short of average on Monday, which meant investors had to wait until yesterday to learn that interest rate has remained the same.

Analysts at Standard & Poor (S & P) believe Spanish house prices will increase at approximately 2.5% over the rest of the year, with a similar boost in 2016.

They anticipate further growth in the next 12 months and a forecast of 4% rise the following year.

The credit-rating agency’s announcement follows Kyero.

com suggesting an increase in people interested in buying homes in Spain.

S&P believes that Spain’s ongoing economic recovery is help-

ing stimulate the property market, as more and more expats regard the country as an attractive place to live and work.

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Netflix offers one-year break for new parents NETFLIX, the video-streaming service which already offers its employees unlimited holidays if they meet their job requirements, is to give new parents fully-paid leave for a year.

The company, whose offer applies to its global workforce, from customer-service workers to the highest-paid software developers, announced the move in a blog post.

It is a smart move because US tech firms are desperate to keep their main staff, with so many top-line positions around in the industry.

Chief talent officer

Tawni Cranz said it enabled mums and dads to meet their commitments at home and in the workplace.

“We want employees to have the flexibility and confidence to balance the needs of their growing families, without

worrying about work or finances,” she added.

“Netflix’s continued success hinges on us competing for, and keeping, the most talented individuals in their field.

“Experience shows that people perform

better at work when they’re not worrying about home.

“This new policy, combined with our unlimited time off, allows employees to be supported during the changes in their lives and return to work more focused and dedicated.”

The employee benefit is generous, even by the high standards of Silicon Valley, where free meals and other perks supplement lavish salaries in the fiercely-competitive battle for computer programmers and other technology workers.

Google offers biological mothers up to 22 months of paid leave, while Apple gives 18 months. Facebook gives four months to both mothers and fathers.

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Thursday 13th August, ITV1, 21.00 In episode four, Julia looks at our Royal story. Britain has an almost continuous monarchy stretching back over 1000 years, which give us a unique royal story that has shaped our national identity. Julia’s list reflects this long running royal soap opera and begins with the supposed home of legendary King Arthur.

Real man or myth, the ruins at Tintagel mark the birthplace of our Royal story and here Julia learns the sword skills any Dark Age king would have needed.

Next is Britain’s oldest and most famous royal building, The Tower of London. Here the thick walls have seen over a millennium of royal history, and Julia checks out the armour of one of our ‘biggest’ royals – Henry VIII. With greed and excess a running theme, Julia’s list includes the massive kitchen of Hampton Court where she cooks a meal fit for a king.

Next stop is the over the top splendour of Brighton’s Royal Pavilion. Here the unique oriental design, mixed with tales of fabulous parties and huge excess, perfectly reflects the personality of the playboy Prince Regent, George IV. Julia’s next choice is the site where our most famous queen, Elizabeth I, chose duty over love. Kenilworth Castle is a glorious ruin and the place lovelorn Lord Robert Dudley tried, but failed, to win the heart of the Virgin Queen.

Queen Victoria is best known for being the widow who was ‘not amused’, but Julia’s list includes a place associated with happier times, Osbourne House on the Isle of Wight. Here the joyful young queen fell in love and raised her family before Albert’s death. Julia’s final wonder embodies one of the things us Brits do best – a bit of pomp and pageantry. Going behind the scenes at the Household Cavalry, Julia discovers what it takes to prepare to parade in front of our present day Queen Elizabeth II.

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F rida y 06:00 ...................... Breakfast 09:15 ................. Fake Britain 10:00 ...... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 ............ Close Calls: On Camera 11:30............... Heir Hunters 12:15 .............. Bargain Hunt 13:00 ...... BBC News at One 13:45......................... Doctors 14:15 ........................The Link 15:00 ...............Escape to the Country 15:45................... The TV That Made Me 16:30 ..........Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 17:15 .......................Pointless 18:00 .... BBC News at Six 18:30... BBC London News 19:00 .........Animal Super Parents 20:00............. EastEnders 20:30................Would I Lie to You?

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21:00......... Ripper Street 22:00.... BBC News at Ten 22:35...............Room 101 23:15..........Frankenstein 01:15...... Weather for the Week Ahead

06:00 ...... Homes Under the Hammer 07:00 ............ Close Calls: On Camera 07:30 ............... Heir Hunters 08:15 ...... Gardeners’ World 08:45 ....Nigel Slater: Eating Together 09:15... Victoria Derbyshire 11:00 .....................BBC News 12:00 .................Britain’s First Photo Album 12:30 ............Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo 13:00 .... The Rockford Files 13:50 ........Cash in the Attic 14:35 ................Yes, Minister 15:05..................... ‘Allo, ‘Allo!

15:30 ..............Are You Being Served?

16:00................... Swimming 18:00............. Two Tribes 18:30............... Eggheads 19:00 ... The Hairy Bikers’ Asian Adventure 19:30.. Great British Menu 20:00........... Mastermind 20:30...Gardeners’ World 21:00...The Great British CW Bake Off: An Extra Slice choice 21:30...... Rick Stein From Venice to Istanbul 22:30..............Newsnight

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 ......Guess This House 13:30 .............. ITV News and Weather 14:00 ................... Dickinson’s Real Deal 15:00............ Secret Dealers 16:00 ........... Hello Campers 17:00 ...................Freeze Out 18:00 . ITV News London 18:30......... ITV News and Weather 19:00............ Emmerdale 19:30..............Coronation Street 20:00 ..........Gino’s Italian Escape 20:30..Coronation Street 21:00............BBQ Champ 22:00 ..... ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:40 .......The Chronicles of Riddick 00:45 ........... Jackpot247

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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 ..........King of Queens 08:00 ........Everybody Loves Raymond 08:30 ........Everybody Loves Raymond

06:30.............. Fireman Sam 06:40 ................Toot the Tiny Tugboat 06:50..................... Peppa Pig

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

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

09:30 ........................... Frasier

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

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

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

10:30 ...........................The Big Bang Theory

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

11:00 .............The Simpsons

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

11:30 .............The Simpsons

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

12:00 ......... Channel 4 News Summary 12:05................... Come Dine with Me Abroad 13:10 ................Phil Spencer: Secret Agent

08:15 .....................Peppa Pig 08:25..................... Peppa Pig 08:35 .........Toby’s Travelling Circus

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

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

15:00............ Fifteen to One

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

16:00 ............................French Collection

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

17:00 .............Couples Come Dine with Me

12:10 ....5 News Lunchtime

18:00........ The Simpsons 18:30.............. Hollyoaks 19:00.... Channel 4 News 20:00.... Celebrity Fifteen to One 21:00................... 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 22:00...........The Last Leg

12:15 ........Stop! Roadworks Ahead 13:15 ........Home and Away 13:45 .................Neighbours 14:15............................... NCIS 15:15.............................. Social Nightmare 17:00.................. 5 News at 5 17:30 .................Neighbours 18:00 ... Home and Away 19:00........... Cricket on 5

00:05................ Killer Joe 01:50................Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners

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

08:35 ................ Dinner Date 09:35 ............................. Psych 10:25 .........................The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:10...................Emmerdale 13:15 ........... Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 13:40................. Dinner Date 14:40 .............. Judge Rinder 15:45 ...................The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 ........... You’ve Been Framed!

20:00............... Two and a Half Men 21:00.... Fast and Furious 23:10....... Celebrity Juice 23:55................Two and a Half Men 00:50................. Viral Tap

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06:10 ................ Doctor Who 07:00 .. Masterchef Canada 08:00..... Beverly Hills Pawn 09:00.............. Nick Knowles’ Original Features 10:00.......................... The Bill 11:00 ................. Traffic Cops 12:00 ..... Who Do You Think You Are? USA 13:00 .... Beverly Hills Pawn 14:00 .............. Nick Knowles’ Original Features 15:00 ................. Traffic Cops 16:00.......................... The Bill 17:00..... Who Do You Think You Are? USA 18:00........... Doctor Who 19:00..............Masterchef Canada 20:00 ............ The Glades 21:00 ................. Heston’s Fantastical Food 22:00 ................The Rock 00:35.......... Saving Hope

08:55 ....Location, Location, Location 10:00 ............... Small Animal Hospital 10:30 ...River Cottage Bites 10:55 .......................Above Us the Waves 12:55 ...................Time Team 14:00 ................... Come Dine with Me 14:35 ................... Come Dine with Me 16:40 .....A Place in the Sun 17:45 .....A Place in the Sun 18:50 .....The Restoration Man 19:55....... Grand Designs 21:00........... Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 23:30......... Embarrassing Bodies 00:35... Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 01:35....... Grand Designs

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

18:30 ..... 5 News Tonight

23:10.............. Rude Tube

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06:00.................. Live Netball World Cup

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

07:45 .....Inside Out Special

08:10 ...... American Pickers

08:00 ................................Glee 09:00 ......................The Flash 10:00.............. Hawaii Five-0 11:00.............. Hawaii Five-0 12:00...... NCIS: Los Angeles 13:00...............Hawaii Five-0 14:00 ..............Hawaii Five-0 15:00.......................The Flash 16:00 .............The Simpsons

07:20 ...... American Pickers 09:00 .......... Sin City Motors 10:00 .......... Sin City Motors 11:00.......... Sin City Motors 12:00.......... Sin City Motors 13:00 .......... Sin City Motors 14:00 .......................Top Gear

06:00 .......... Premier League 100 Club 06:30 .......... Premier League 100 Club 07:00 ..................The Premier League Years 15:00 ......... Premier League 17:00 ............. Football Gold 17:15 ......... Premier League

15:00....................... Top Gear

17:45 ..................The Fantasy Football Club

19:00... Storage Hunters

19:00................. Football

19:30.... Storage Hunters

22:00.. Facebook Premier League Preview

20:00 ......Weather Terror

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

21:00 ......The Best of Bad TV: The 90s

18:00 .............. Futurama

20:00 .................. Storage Hunters UK

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

20:30... Storage Hunters

22:30...... Lip Sync Battle

20:00 ..... Modern Family

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

22:55 .....................Tattoo Disasters UK

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

22:00 ......Have I Got a Bit More News for You

23:25..................... Tattoo Disasters: UK

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

23:00.... 8 Out of 10 Cats

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

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

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

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

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

01:00.... Storage Hunters

01:00..NCIS: Los Angeles

01:30.... Storage Hunters

23:30. Sky Sports Boxing Gold 2013 00:00 ..... Premier League 100 Club 00:30......... Super League Highlights 00:45.........Football Gold 01:00..... Premier League 01:30..... Premier League

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice BBC2, 21:00

Sister series to The Great British Bake Off, in which Jo Brand is joined by three celebrity fans to take a look at the most recent episode, with interviews and unseen footage. Kicking off the series, Jo and her panel of Bake Off fans give their take on the 12 brand new bakers and their attempts in cake week.

Would I Lie to You? BBC1, 20:30

Rob Brydon hosts the award-winning comedy panel show with David Mitchell and Lee Mack as the lightning- quick team captains.

Over the course of the show, celebrity guests reveal amazing stories about themselves, some of which are true and some of which are not.

The aim of the game is to fool the opposition into mistaking fact for fiction and fiction for fact. This time, the guests are Bob Mortimer, Gabby Logan, Katherine Parkinson and Steve Backshall.

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S aturda 06:0......................0 Breakfast

06:30 ................... Gunga Din

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

08:25 ........................... Stick It

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

11:30 .........................The Box

10:00................. Animal Park 11:00............More Creatures Great and Small

06:35 ......................Dino Dan 06:45 ......................Dino Dan

11:30 ...........More Creatures Great and Small

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

13:00.............. Bargain Hunt

12:00 ... Great British Menu

07:30 ......................... Super 4

14:00 ...... Homes Under the Hammer

12:30 ... Great British Menu 13:00 ... Great British Menu

15:00 ...............Escape to the Continent

13:30 ...... Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial

16:00................... Final Score

14:30 ...........................Flog It!

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

15:30 ...................Swimming

18:05 .............. BBC News

17:30 .................Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth

12:00 .....................BBC News 12:10.........Football Focus

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18:15 .BBC London News 18:25 ........ Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 20:15 .......... The National Lottery 21:10................ Casualty 22:00 .............. BBC News

18:30 ............. Gardeners’ World 19:00.... Proms Extra 2015 19:40...... Edwardian Farm 20:40............ Dad’s Army

01:20............... BBC News

07:15 .............................Sooty 07:45 ...................Fish Hooks 08:00............. Young Justice: Invasion 08:25...................... ITV News 08:30 ......................Weekend 09:25 .......................... Murder, She Wrote 10:20................... The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:20 ...................The Jeremy Kyle Show 12:25.............. ITV News and Weather

21:10 ..........The Duchess

12:30................... The Jeremy Kyle Show

23:55 ........... Last Orders

14:35.........................Celebrity Squares

22:20...............Match of CW the Day choice 22:50 ..... The Many Faces of Dame Helen Mirren 23:40 ............... Disturbia 01:15 ................. Weather

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

Super Show!

01:35....... Brighton Rock

13:35 ..............Tipping Point

15:20...................... Midsomer Murders 17:15 ............... Catchphrase

Keep It In The Family ITV1, 19.00

18:00................ ITV News London 18:15......... ITV News and Weather 18:30............ You’ve Been Framed!

Bradley Walsh hosts a brand new series of the 19:00..............Keep it in CW popular family gameshow, the Family choice Keep It In The Family.

20:00 ............... The Cube Thousands of families ap21:00 ............ The Bourne plied to take part in the Identity seven part series, which features new rounds, some death-defying acts, and a showcase for some of the most talented kids in Britain. Two families compete to win a selection of incredible prizes ranging from a brand new car or an exotic family holiday....to 23:10 .........ITV News and a year’s supply of sprouts! As always, it’s the Weather kids who are in control.

But of course, some of the old favourites are 23:25...............The Chase back...with a bang. The beloved Nanas, with a 00:20 ........... Jackpot247 few new additions to the team, return to give their hilarious take on modern day phrases and topics. And the dreaded trap-floor is back to haunt our host of celebrities. Facing the drop last year were the cast of Coronation Street and Emmerdale, supergroup McBusted, popular X Factor contestants and jungle survivors from I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here, all attempting to help the families solve a series of cryptic clues and pleading not to be dropped. This time round, once you’ve been dropped, there’s no coming back!

In the first episode of the new series famous celebrity couples including, former X Factor contestants Stevi Richie and Chloe Jasmine, dancer Flavia Cacace-Mistry and actor husband Jimi Mistry and champion gymnast Louis Smith and his former Towie star girlfriend Lucy Mecklenburgh prepare to take on the dreaded drop as they help two families win a star prize.

This week see’s the Robinson family, daughter Reece, mum Michelle, dad Matthew and great aunt Shaz from Canterbury take on the Downie family son Gary, mum Michelle, dad Mark and Grandpa Gerry from Glasgow as they compete for prizes including a luxury family car, a high tech entertainment package including a top of range TV, a weekend break to Rome for the family or a year’s supply of tea & biscuits.

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05:50 ........... How I Met Your Mother 06:15 ........... How I Met Your Mother 06:40 ................Tri Liverpool 07:35 .............FIM Superbike World Championship 08:00 ................The Morning Line 09:00 ........................... Frasier 09:30 ........................... Frasier 10:00 ...........................The Big Bang Theory 10:30 ...........................The Big Bang Theory

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

06:00 ..............The Hot Desk

06:05 ....................Bananas in Pajamas

06:10 ...................Emmerdale Omnibus

06:20...................... Pip Ahoy!

09:15....... Coronation Street Omnibus

06:30 ...........................The Mr. Men Show 06:55 ...............Make Way for Noddy

10:00 .......................... The Bill 14:00.............. Tipping Point

07:20............. Little Princess

08:05 ........... Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 08:20 ...................Jelly Jamm

10:55........................... The Big Bang Theory

08:40 .....................LazyTown

11:20........................... The Big Bang Theory

09:35 .........Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

09:05 ...... Dora and Friends

11:45............. The Simpsons

07:30 .........Betty White’s Off Their Rockers

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

07:05 ....................Paw Patrol

07:50 .........Zack and Quack

07:00......... Betty White’s Off Their Rockers

08:00 .........................Heston’s Fantastical Food

06:40 .............Chloe’s Closet

07:35 ...................Wanda and the Alien

06:10 ...................Beauty and the Beast

11:35.................Take Me Out 12:45 ...............Dragonheart

15:00.............. Tipping Point 18:00.....Betty White’s Off Their Rockers

14:50 ............ Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

19:00............. Beauty and the Beast

16:40................. The Mummy Returns

21:00................ The Rock

19:05.............Jack and Jill 21:00...... The Shawshank Redemption 23:50..............The Matrix

12:15............. The Simpsons

20:00.................. Atlantis 23:30 ................Sky Cops 00:30 ......The Funny Side of Politics 01:30 ......The Funny Side of Live TV

08:55 ...........Kirstie’s Vintage Gems 09:25 ...................Time Team 10:25 ...Great Expectations 12:45 ......Channel 4 Racing 13:50 ............ Hugh’s 3 Good Things 14:00............... Four in a Bed 16:40 ............ Selling Houses with Amanda Lamb 17:45................. Four Rooms 18:50 ...... Grand Designs 20:00...... The Unsinkable Titanic 21:35................ Treasures Decoded 22:40 ........................ Nazi Megastructures 23:45...... 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 00:50......... Embarrassing Bodies 01:55...... The Unsinkable Titanic

12:50 .............The Simpsons 13:20 ...........Rude(Ish) Tube 13:50 .........................Channel 4 Racing 16:15 ................... Come Dine with Me

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

16:45................... Come Dine with Me

11:55....... Cowboy Builders

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

11:00....... Cowboy Builders 12:55....................... Cahill U.S. Marshal 14:55 .......................Rio Lobo

17:45 ................... Come Dine with Me

17:05 ............The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door

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

18:05 .............. Can’t Pay? Benefits Special

18:40 ..................Channel 4 News

19:00 ...........Cricket on 5

19:00............... Homes by the Sea 20:00...................Walking Through History 21:00 ........... The A-Team 23:25............ The Fighter 01:30 ..........The Last Leg

19:55.....................5 News Weekend 20:00........................Killer Landslides 21:00..... Football League Tonight 22:25.............. The Best of Bad TV: The 90s 23:50 ....................Access 00:00 .........Super Casino

06:00 ......... Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? 07:00 .................... What’s Up 07:30.............................. Inside Out Special 07:45 ...............The F1 Show 08:45 ..................The Fantasy Football Club 10:00 ................. Soccer A.M. 12:00 .............Gillette Soccer Saturday 18:00............ Yonderland 18:30 ....... The Simpsons 19:00........ The Simpsons 19:30........ The Simpsons 20:00........ Hawaii Five-0 21:00 ........ Hawaii Five-0 22:00 ........................Final Destination 3 23:50......... The Last Ship 00:50 ........ Hawaii Five-0 01:40................ NCIS: Los Angeles

07:10 ..........Extreme Fishing with Robson Green

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

08:00 ..........Extreme Fishing with Robson Green

06:45 ......... Premier League

09:00 .......................Top Gear 10:00 .......................Top Gear 14:00...................... Parks and Recreation 14:30 ...................... Parks and Recreation 15:00.. Storage Hunters UK 15:30.. Storage Hunters UK

06:15 ......... Premier League 07:15 .........Barclays Premier League Review 07:45 ......Facebook Premier League Preview 08:45 ..................The Fantasy Football Club 10:00 ................. Soccer A.M. 12:00 ........................ Football

16:00.. Storage Hunters UK

14:45 ............ Championship Rugby League

17:30 .................. Storage Hunters UK

17:00 ........Ford Saturday Night Football

19:00.. Would I Lie to You?

20:00 ............. SNF: Game of the Day

21:00....................... QI XL 22:00............ Taskmaster 23:00............Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled 00:00.......Have I Got a Bit More News for You 01:00........................Suits

22:00..............SNF: Match Choice 23:30..............SNF: Match Choice 01:00..............SNF: Match Choice

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Football Focus BBC1, 12.10

The weekly magazine programme returns as Dan Walker and guests look ahead to the opening day of the new season in England.

AFC Bournemouth provide the romanticism in the Premier League, with the south coast club embarking on a first season in the top division only seven years after almost going into liquidation.

Match Of The Day BBC1, 22.20

Gary Lineker introduces the best of the action and reaction from the opening day of the Premier League season.

Chelsea began their title defence at home to Swansea, who had not won this fixture for 90 years, while an expensively revamped Manchester United side hosted Tottenham. The three promoted sides were all in action: Bournemouth made their top-flight debut against Aston Villa, Norwich welcomed Crystal Palace to Carrow Road, and Watford travelled to Everton.

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Salvage S.O.S More 4, 20:00

Salvage S.O.S sees Robert Kulp and Mike Whiteside, co-owners of a premier US architectural salvage operation, visit homes and buildings that have been condemned to be demolished. Their goal is to secure the remarkable pieces of America’s past that are hidden inside these old structures before they are lost for ever. These salvaged vintage items include everything from doors and windows to mantelpieces, stairwells and bathtubs. Once they are recovered, these valuable pieces can be used to restore other historical buildings and add character to newer structures. In the first episode, Robert, Mike and their crew salvage items from Izard Farmhouse in Copper Hill, Virginia, which was initially built as a two-room cabin in 1892 and subsequently expanded to serve as a school and post office. The team removes a box bay window in one piece, and other key finds include a Dixie Oak stove and some vintage poplar wood. Mike also delivers a Victorian doorway to be used in a log cabin.

Dragons’ Den BBC2, 20:00 Series in which budding entrepreneurs pitch business ideas to multimillionaires. Dragons’ Den is back with three new multimillionaires ready to breathe fire into the Den. In this episode, a technology entrepreneur brings a sports car into the Den to demonstrate his vehicle security app, a pair of hoteliers are looking to expand their business empire with a gluten-free food range and a duo are looking for investment in their luxury chocolate company. But will any of the businesses be to the Dragons’ tastes?

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06:00 .......Big Dreams Small Spaces 07:00 ................... The Instant Gardener 07:45.................. Countryfile 08:45 ...... Gardeners’ World 09:15.......... The Beechgrove Garden 09:45........ Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:15 ... Great British Menu 12:15.............. MOTD2 Extra

15:00 ..................Animal Odd Couples

13:00.... A Distant Trumpet

16:00 .........The Great British Bake Off

15:25 ...................Swimming

17:00 .......... Songs of Praise

14:55.................... Two Tribes 17:30 ................ The Olympic Journey

17:35 .............Earth’s Natural Wonders

18:00........................ Hair

18:35 .............. BBC News

19:00 ...Locomotion: Dan Snow’s History of Railways

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

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21:00...............Partners in Crime

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22:00............... BBC News 22:30.. Match of the Day 2 23:40............ The Lookou 01:15.................. Weather 01:20............... BBC News

18:30........................ Hair

CW 20:00.......Dragons’ Den choice 21:00 .................Odyssey

21:45 .............The Javone Prince Show 22:15 ............ Family Guy 23:20 ................Up There 00:35 ............... Deceived

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

Super Show!

06:25............... Pat and Stan 06:35...................... Dino Dan 07:00...................... Canimals 07:15 .............................Sooty 07:30 ......................... Super 4 07:45 ...................Fish Hooks 08:00 ............. Young Justice: Invasion 08:25...................... ITV News 08:30...................... Weekend 09:25 ....Murder, She Wrote 10:20 ......... The Jeremy Kyle Show 12:25...................... ITV News 12:35..... Love Your Garden 13:35 ......................Columbo 15:25 .........Never Say Never Again 18:00 .. Off Their Rockers 18:30.. ITV News London 19:00....Nature Nuts with Julian Clary 20:00............... Midsomer Murders 22:00 ............... ITV News 22:15 ...........The Nation’s Favourite 80s Number On 23:45........ Piers Morgan’s Life Stories

Partners In Cri Countryfile BBC1, 19:00

John Craven travels to Llandudno to look at what it takes to make a great summer holiday. He meets the farmer-turned-entrepreneur who’s breathing new life into Llandudno’s Victorian pier, strolls along the prom, has an ice cream and finds out why Llandudno has been a top destination since Victorian times. And, like generations before him, he takes the tram to the Great Orme - a tourist getaway that’s home to some of the country’s rarest flora and fauna. He joins the conservationists on the hunt for a rare butterfly - the silver-studded blue - meets the farmer whose herd has been chosen to help conserve the natural beauty of the Orme, then heads back down to town for the ultimate seaside treat. The team look back at other summer holiday ideas Countryfile has featured, including Ellie Harrison paddleboarding off the Dorset coast, Matt Baker taking a sightseeing ride on a motor trike, and Anita Rani walking part of the Pennine Way in its 50th anniversary year.

BBC1, 21.00

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9 th 06:15 ........... How I Met Your Mother

06:00................Children’s TV

06:35 ........Everybody Loves Raymond

07:20............. Little Princess

07:00..................... British GT 07:30 ... Armoy Road Races 08:30 ........................... Frasier

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07:05.................... Paw Patrol 07:35 ........... Wanda and the Alien 07:45 .........Zack and Quack

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

06:10 ........... The Funny Side of Politics

08:55.......Help! My House is Falling Down

06:20............ Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records

07:00........... The Funny Side of Live TV

11:00... Selling Houses with Amanda Lamb

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

08:00 .......................Sky Cops 09:00 ..............Tipping Point

12:05......... Kirstie and Phil’s Love it or List it

10:00...............Tipping Point

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

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

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

08:15................... Jelly Jamm

12:00 ..............Tipping Point

12:30 ........Amazing Spaces: Shed of the Year

08:35..................... LazyTown

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

13:30 .............The Simpsons

09:30 .........Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

14:00 .............The Simpsons 14:30 .............The Simpsons 15:00 .............The Simpsons 15:25 ................Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 16:30 ....Location, Location, Location 17:35......A Place in the Sun: Home or Away

09:00...... Dora and Friends

10:05 ......... Football League Tonight 11:35.... Police Interceptors 13:30............... Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 15:10.................Getting Even with Dad

11:00 ..............Tipping Point

10:00....... Coronation Street Omnibus 12:25 ................Take Me Out 13:35 ................. You’ve Been Framed!

22:00....Walking the Nile

18:15 ..........The Amazing Spider-Man

21:00 ............ The Glades

23:05 ........ Embarrassing Bodies

19:00............Cricket on 5 20:00.......................Police Interceptors: Unleashed

worries about Tommy who, with his cover blown, is being driven to a remote location by Brown’s gang. Tommy’s given a job to do for Brown on pain of the death of his son, George. He must steal a specific file from under Major Carter’s nose on the Third Floor. He succeeds, with Tuppence’s help, but they redeem themselves by solving the mystery of the location of the secret recording that will identify Brown. But before they can listen to it, it’s ripped from their grasp

by Jane Finn’s uncle Julius, who had appeared their friend until now.

When Julius claims to be Brown, our heroes smell a patsy and must penetrate Julius’s lies to reveal Brown’s identity, find out where he’s keeping Jane Finn, and foil the potential assassination of a visiting American dignitary of incredible importance to the British government.

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21:00 ................Car S.O.S

20:00......... Experimental

ponders the cryptic message she discovime Tuppence ered in the Soho den at the end of episode two, and

18:25 ............. Come Dine with Me

20:00 ............ The Glades

23:55 ........... The Faculty

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

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

16:25........... Nanny McPhee

19:00.... The Dambusters’ Great Escape

23:10..............The Losers

17:50 ................... Come Dine with Me

20:00.....Salvage S.O.S

18:55... 5 News Weekend

01:25... Channel 4 Comedy Gala 2015 - Best Bits

17:15. Come Dine with Me

19:00 ............ The Glades

18:30..... Channel 4 News

21:00.....................Takers

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

15:10............... Four in a Bed

18:00........... Doctor Who

21:00...... 21 Jump Street

23:30............ Broken City

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

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

14:35 .........Beethoven’s 2nd

17:20................Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

21:00................. Life of Pi

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

13:05 ............... Small Animal Hospital

23:10 ...............Safeword

06:00 ... The Hour of Power 07:00 ................................Glee 09:00........... Modern Family 10:00 ............. RSPCA Animal Rescue 11:00 .................... WWE Raw 12:00 ...Man From U.N.C.L.E Special 12:30 .......................... Mission Impossible - Rogue Nation 13:00 ...........Modern Family 13:30..................... Futurama 16:00............. The Simpsons 18:00.. King of the Nerds 19:00...Cricket’s Funniest Moments 20:00 ........ The Last Ship 21:00 ............A League of Their Own 21:30.....An Idiot Abroad 22:30.............A League of Their Own 23:30......... Hawaii Five-0

00:00 ............Paranormal Witness 01:45......The Truth about Killer Dinosaurs

choice

00:05... Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 01:05.................Car S.O.S

07:10.......... Extreme Fishing with Robson Green

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

09:00.... Storage Hunters UK

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

09:30.... Storage Hunters UK 10:00.... Storage Hunters UK 10:30.... Storage Hunters UK 11:00.... Storage Hunters UK 11:30.... Storage Hunters UK 12:00.... Storage Hunters UK 14:00....... American Pickers 15:00....... American Pickers 16:00....... American Pickers 17:00....... American Pickers 19:00..... Motorway Cops 20:00 ................Top Gear 21:00 ......Have I Got a Bit More News for You

09:00 .................. The Sunday Supplement 10:30 ...............................Goals on Sunday 12:30 ....................Ford Super Sunday 15:30.................... Ford Super Sunday 19:00....................... FL72 20:00.................. Goals on Sunday 21:00 ........ Major League Soccer

22:00................ Parks and Recreation

23:10................... Premier League 100 Club

23:00...... Mock the Week

23:40.........Football Gold

23:40...... Mock the Week

00:00......... Major League Soccer

01:00........................Suits

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The Dambusters’ Great Escape Channel 4, 19:00

Christened ‘The Beast’ by Churchill, Tirpitz was Nazi Germany’s most powerful and dangerous battleship. Protected by an elite squadron of German fighters, it was seen as invincible. After 34 attempts to sink it in its Norwegian lair had failed, the RAF sent in the 617 ‘Dambusters’ Squadron and 9 Squadron, and in a spectacular raid on 14 November 1944 they slipped through German defences and sank Tirpitz. With eyewitness accounts from surviving RAF crew, one of the Luftwaffe fighter pilots and German sailors who were on Tirpitz that day, this Secret History documentary tells this extraordinary story from a uniquely intimate and personal perspective and offers intriguing evidence to explain the raid’s improbable success.

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Life In Squares BBC2, 21.00

Twenty years have passed when we rejoin the friends in 1937.

Duncan and Vanessa, now played by Rupert PenryJones (Spooks, Silk) and Eve Best (The Honourale Woman, Nurse Jackie) remain at Charleston Farmhouse, painting, living and loving alongside each other, along with Vanessa’s children Julian, Quentin and Angelica. Charleston remains an idyll, a ‘convent dedicated to art’ yet one seemingly under siege from the outside world.

A defiant Julian announces his determination to fight against Franco in the Spanish civil war, while Angelica, who remains unaware of her true parentage, escapes to London to become an actress. While there she becomes close to Duncan and Vanessa’s old friend, David ‘Bunny’ Garnett.

Vanessa’s worst fears are realised when Julian is killed in Spain. Unable to process her grief, she cuts herself off from those around her, with the exception of Virginia, by now enjoying huge public acclaim, who nurses her with great care and compassion.

Cut off from her mother, Angelica finds herself falling in love with Bunny. Duncan and Vanessa are appalled. Not only is Bunny more than 20 years older than Angelica, he was the source of so much anguish in their early years living together at Charleston. Vanessa attempts to reach out to Angelica but her heavy-handed intervention only serves to push her daughter further away.

As the Second World War rages, Virginia finds herself engulfed in mental turmoil while Vanessa and Duncan come face to face with the very human consequences of their own experiments in living.

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M onda y 06:00 ...................... Breakfast

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

09:15 .............Wanted Down CW Under Revisited choice 07:00 ............ Close Calls: On Camera 10:00 ...... Homes Under the Hammer 07:30 ............... Heir Hunters 11:00 ............ Close Calls: On 08:15 ...............Escape to the Camera Continent 11:30 ............... Heir Hunters 09:15... Victoria Derbyshire 12:15 .............. Bargain Hunt

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

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

12:00...... The Great Caruso

13:30 ....BBC London News

13:45 ................Yes, Minister

13:45 .........................Doctors

14:15 .....................‘Allo, ‘Allo!

14:15 ........................The Link

15:15 ..............Are You Being Served?

15:00 ...............Escape to the Country

15:45 ...........Monkey Planet

15:45 .................. The TV That Made Me

16:45 .................Great British Railway Journeys

16:30...........Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

17:15 ...........................Flog It!

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

18:30.............. Eggheads

18:00....... BBC News at Six

18:00 ............. Two Tribes

18:30... BBC London News

19:00........... Carol Klein’s Plant Odysseys

19:00....... The One Show

19:30.. Great British Menu

19:30 ...........Fake Britain 20:00 ............ EastEnders

20:00............... University Challenge

20:30 ................ Sherlock

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

22:00 ... BBC News at Ten

21:00.....Life in Squares

22:25... BBC London News

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

22:35 ......Have I Got a Bit More Old News for You

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

23:20.......Have I Got a Bit More Old News for You 00:05...... Weather for the Week Ahead 00:10............... BBC News

CW

choice

23:05...........The Women’s Football Show

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 ..............................Guess This House 13:30 .............. ITV News and Weather 14:00 ................... Dickinson’s Real Deal 15:00 ..............Tipping Point 16:00...........................Hello W C Campers choice 17:00....................Freeze Out 18:00................ ITV News London 18:30 .........ITV News and Weather 19:00............ Emmerdale 19:30 .............Coronation Street 20:00..............Vet School 20:30............. Coronation Street 21:00......Travel Guides

CW

choice

22:00............ ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:40 ......................Plebs

23:35......... Dragons’ Den

23:10 ......................Plebs

00:35..................Odyssey

23:40..... The Jeremy Kyle Show USA

01:15.......... Dara O’Briain Meets Stephen Hawking

00:25............ Jackpot247

Hello Campers ITV1, 16.00 With a sprinkling of light-hearted competition, the series will see five new couples head out to a different European campsite each week, with the aim of winning a £1000 prize.

Over six weeks, the show will travel to Spain, France, Italy and Portugal with a new group of ‘happy campers’ arriving each week. On arrival, the couples have to set up camp, pitch their tents and meet their fellow holiday makers before carrying out camp duties and joining in for group activities such as ice cream making, parasailing, cheerleading and yoga. Each afternoon sees some healthy camp competition when each camp couple will be able to win points during allocated activities, with the losing couple having to clean camp that night. There will be nominated cooks whose task it is to rustle up some tasty grub on the campfire and another couple will be in charge of organising the camp entertainment, which will be judged and scored by their fellow campers. The remaining couples will take part in traditional, cultural activities like paella-making, flamenco dancing, sculpture or streetdance and will be judged by local experts. At the end of the week, the couple with the most points wins the cash prize.

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

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

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

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

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

06:05 ................ Doctor Who 07:00... Masterchef Canada 08:00.... Beverly Hills Pawn 09:00.............. Nick Knowles’ Original Features 10:00 .......................... The Bill 11:00 ................. Traffic Cops 12:00 ..... Who Do You Think You Are? USA 13:00 .... Beverly Hills Pawn 14:00 .............. Nick Knowles’ Original Features 15:00 ................. Traffic Cops 16:00 .......................... The Bill 17:00 ..... Who Do You Think You Are? USA 18:00 ...........Doctor Who 19:00....... Cars, Cops and Criminals 20:00 ............ The Glades 21:00..... Motorway Cops 22:00............ Traffic Cops 23:00.......... Saving Hope 00:00........... Booze Patrol Australia

08:55 .................................. The Restoration Man

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

06:20 ...........Lily’s Driftwood Bay

06:20 ............................. Psych 07:05.................. Emmerdale

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

07:35 .....Coronation Street

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

08:35 ................ Dinner Date

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

07:00 ................... Rocket City Rednecks

06:00 ................ One2eleven

06:30............... The Real A&E 07:00 ......Sun, Sea and A&E

07:20 ...... American Pickers

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

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

08:10 ...... American Pickers

08:00....... Goals on Sunday

09:00 ......................The Flash

09:00 ...... American Pickers

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

10:00 ...... American Pickers

09:00 ............... Ford Football Special

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

12:00 ..... NCIS: Los Angeles

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

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

13:00 ..............Hawaii Five-0

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

18:00.... Home and Away

14:00 ..............Hawaii Five-0

15:00 ........ Storage Hunters

18:30 ..... 5 News Tonight

15:00 ......................The Flash

15:30 ........ Storage Hunters

19:00 ...........Cricket on 5

16:00 .............The Simpsons

21:00............. 24 Hours in olice Custody

20:00.... Stop! Roadworks Ahead

18:00............... Futurama

22:00............Brits Behind Bars

21:00.......Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild

20:00 ........... Yonderland

23:00......... Tattoo Fixers

22:00....Under the Dome

00:05............ Confessions of a Teacher

23:00............... Can’t Pay? Benefits Special

01:00..... Kirstie’s Fill Your House for Free

00:00....... The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door

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

21:30................. Last Man on Earth

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

22:00........................Suits

01:55................. The Food Hospital

00:50 .....................Tattoo Disasters UK

00:55......... Hawaii Five-0

23:00........True Romance

01:50....NCIS: Los Angeles

01:30.... Storage Hunters

07:35...........King of Queens 08:00........ Everybody Loves Raymond 08:25........ Everybody Loves Raymond

09:35 ............................. Psych

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

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

10:25 .........................The Real Housewives of Atlanta

09:30 ........................... Frasier

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

12:10 ..................Emmerdale

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

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

12:40 .....Coronation Street

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

13:40................ Dinner Date

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

15:40 ...................The Jeremy Kyle Show

10:30 ...........................The Big Bang Theory 11:00 .............The Simpsons 11:30 .............The Simpsons

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

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

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

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

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

13:10 ................Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 14:10 .................Countdown 15:00............ Fifteen to One 16:00 ......French Collection 17:00 .............Couples Come Dine with Me 18:00 ....... The Simpsons

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

08:45 ....................Bananas in Pajamas 09:00 ...................Tickety Toc

21:00.... Fast and Furious 23:10 ................ Derailed 01:15 ...................... Mom

12:55 ...................Time Team 14:00....Come Dine with Me 16:40......A Place in the Sun 17:45......A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 18:50...........................The Restoration Man 19:55....... Grand Designs 21:00......... The Supervet 22:00............. 24 Hours in A and E 23:05......... Embarrassing Bodies 00:10... Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 01:10......... The Supervet

12:10 ....5 News Lunchtime 12:15 ......The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies

14:15 ............................... NCIS 15:15 ....................Dangerous Company

20:00.. Flying to the Ends of the Earth

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

10:50..............The Bridges of Toko-Ri

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

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

19:00 .... Channel 4 News

19:00............ You’ve Been Framed!

10:35....River Cottage Bites

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

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

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

14:40 .............. Judge Rinder

10:00 ............... Small Animal Hospital

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

18:30 ....... The Simpsons 20:30 ....... The Simpsons 21:00 ..... Modern Family 22:00....................... Glee

18:00.... Storage Hunters 20:00 ............... Parks and Recreation 20:30................ Parks and Recreation 21:00................. Last Man on Earth

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

10:30.. Sky Sports Originals: Froome-Back in Yellow 11:30 ............. Football Gold 12:00 ................ One2eleven 12:30 ...............................FL72 13:30 ....... Goals on Sunday 14:30 ............... Ford Football Special 16:00..........Fantasy Football Club Highlights 18:00 .......................FL72 19:00 ......... Ford Monday Night Football 23:00 .......................FL72 00:00 .....SPFL Round Up 01:30 .... MNF Highlights

Travel Guides ITV1, 21.00

Travel Guides is an entertaining new travel series that sends five ordinary British households to review some of the world’s most popular holiday destinations – from an all-inclusive in Tenerife to a five star hotel in Dubai.

This week they hit Dubai, one of the fastest growing tourist destinations on earth. Over a million Brits flock here on holiday each year, tempted by year round sun and the glamorous five star lifestyle it offers.

But this modern metropolis in the desert doesn’t appeal to everyone.

Burnley bar owner Linda and her painter husband Pete find not only the hotels but their prices ‘out of this world’.

Bikini clad model Riah can’t understand why Arabic women should have to ‘cover up’, and hairdressers Craig ChapmanBlackwell and Stuart McDonald are uncomfortable about travelling to a country where it’s illegal to be gay.

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T uesda y 06:00 ...................... Breakfast 09:15 .............Wanted Down Under Revisited 10:00...... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00............ Close Calls: On Camera 11:30 ............... Heir Hunters 12:15.............. Bargain Hunt 13:00 ...... BBC News at One 13:30 ....BBC London News 13:45 .........................Doctors 14:15 ........................The Link 15:00............... Escape to the Country 15:45................... The TV That Made Me 16:30.......... Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 17:15....................... Pointless 18:00 .... BBC News at Six 19:00....... The One Show 19:30 ............ EastEnders 20:00 ............. Holby City 21:00 .............New Tricks CW 22:00 ... BBC News at Tenchoice 22:35 .... Nature’s Boldest Thieves 23:25 ....... The Hand That Rocks the Cradle 01:10...... Weather for the Week Ahead 01:15............... BBC News

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06:00 ...... Homes Under the Hammer 07:00 ............ Close Calls: On Camera 07:30 ............... Heir Hunters 08:15 ...........The House That £100k Built 09:15... Victoria Derbyshire 11:00 .....................BBC News 12:00 ......The Super League Show 12:45 .................Animal Park 13:45 ...Yes, Prime Minister 14:15 .....................‘Allo, ‘Allo!

15:15 ..............Are You Being Served?

15:45........... Monkey Planet 16:45..................Great British Railway Journeys 17:15........................... Flog It! 18:00............. Two Tribes 18:30 .............. Eggheads 19:00.... The Hairy Bikers’ Asian Adventure 19:30.. Great British Menu 20:00 ......The House That £100k Built 21:00........... Are Our Kids Tough Enough?CW choice Chinese School 22:00.............. Scrappers 22:30 .............Newsnight 23:05............Back in Time for Dinner

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 ......Guess This House 13:30 .............. ITV News and Weather 14:00 ................... Dickinson’s Real Deal 15:00 ..............Tipping Point 16:00 ........... Hello Campers 17:00 ...................Freeze Out 18:00................ ITV News London 18:30......... ITV News and Weather 19:00 ........... Emmerdale 19:30 .............. The Dales 20:00.............Love Your Garden

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21:00 ..............Road Rage Britain: Caught on Camera 22:00..... ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:40..... UEFA Super Cup Highlights 23:25............... Benidorm 00:15............ Jackpot247

Love Your Garden ITV1, 20.00

This week Alan Titchmarsh and the garden makeover team are in Dorset creating an exciting garden for a young family coping with a terminal illness.

Student Rachel (27) met Dorset farm worker Andrew (29) out clubbing six years ago and became an item instantly.The couple, were making plans for their future when Andrew had the shock diagnosis of bowel cancer – something very rare in someone so young.

The couple postponed their wedding in order for Andrew to have treatment and faced the possibility that they may not be able to have children. Despite this, Lucas (known as their little miracle) was born – but another wedding had to be postponed.

Andrew’s treatment continued but when he was told in October 2014 that his condition was now terminal the first thing on his bucket list was to finally marry the love of his life which he did in January 2015.

Andrew’s battle is now becoming tougher but he’s determined to be around to forge memories with Rachel and his 18-month-old son Lucas.

So Alan is more determined than ever to give them the garden that will let them do that.

Alan’s idea for the Drakes is to give them an outdoor space that reflects Andrew’s love of the great outdoors and his passion for working with wood so he opts for a garden with a frontier-land theme.

He and the team create a spectacular prairie inspired back yard of big scale rustic wood structures, agricultural motifs with craftsmanship and the spirit of adventure at its core.

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7th August - 13th August 2015

1 1 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

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

20:00 ...............Two and a Half Men 21:00 ........ Hell’s Kitchen 22:00 ........... The Faculty 00:10 ...............Two and a Half Men 01:00........ Fake Reaction

06:15 ................ Doctor Who 07:00 .................Booze Patrol Australia 08:00 .... Beverly Hills Pawn 09:00 .............. Nick Knowles’ Original Features 10:00 .......................... The Bill 11:00 ................. Traffic Cops 12:00 ..... Who Do You Think You Are? USA 13:00 .... Beverly Hills Pawn 14:00 .............. Nick Knowles’ Original Features 15:00.................. Traffic Cops 16:00 .......................... The Bill 17:00 ..... Who Do You Think You Are? USA 18:00 ...........Doctor Who 19:00 ....... Cars, Cops and Criminals 20:00 ............ The Glades 21:00 ......Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends 22:00...Dynamo Revealed

08:55 .......... The Restoration Man

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

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

12:10 ....5 News Lunchtime

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

12:15 .........Trauma Doctors

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

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

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

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

09:00...................... The Flash

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

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

21:00.............Christian CW Louboutin: choice The World’s Most Luxurious Shoes

15:15................ Stolen Child

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

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

12:00..... NCIS: Los Angeles

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

13:00.............. Hawaii Five-0

22:00.....................How to Get a Council House

18:00.... Home and Away

14:00.............. Hawaii Five-0

18:30 ..... 5 News Tonight

15:00...................... The Flash

19:00.Police Interceptors

16:00............. The Simpsons

20:00...The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies

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

21:00.... The Great British Benefits Hotel

18:00............... Futurama

07:00 ................... Rocket City Rednecks 07:20 ....... American Pickers 08:10 ................World’s Most Dangerous Roads 09:00 ................World’s Most Dangerous Roads 10:00 ................World’s Most Dangerous Roads 14:00 .................... Scrapheap Challenge 20:00................... Storage Hunters UK 20:30 .................. Storage Hunters UK 21:00....................... QI XL 22:00............. Taskmaster 23:00 ....... Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish 00:00........................QI XL 01:00 ................ Last Man on Earth 01:30................. Last Man on Earth

06:00................. One2eleven 06:30 ............. Football Gold 07:00 ...WWE SmackDown!

09:00 ......... MNF Highlights 11:30 ............. Football Gold 12:00 ................ One2eleven 12:30 ..........SPFL Round Up 13:00 ......... MNF Highlights 15:30 ..........SPFL Round Up 16:00 .........Barclays Premier League Review 17:00 ..........SPFL Round Up 17:30 .......... Premier League 100 Club 18:00........ Football Gold 18:30 .....SPFL Round Up 19:00.......... Bpl Legends 19:30 .................Football 22:00 .......... Bpl Legends 22:30.... Barclays Premier League Review 23:30...... Premier League Speedway

07:35 ..........King of Queens 08:00 ........Everybody Loves Raymond 08:30 ........Everybody Loves Raymond

06:30 .............. Fireman Sam 06:40 ................Toot the Tiny Tugboat 06:50 .....................Peppa Pig

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

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

09:30........................... Frasier

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

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

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

10:30........................... The Big Bang Theory 11:00 .............The Simpsons 11:30 .............The Simpsons 12:00 ......... Channel 4 News Summary 12:05 ......... Come Dine with Me Abroad 13:10 ................Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 14:10 .................Countdown 15:00 ............Fifteen to One 16:00 ............................French Collection 17:00 .............Couples Come Dine with Me 18:00........ The Simpsons 18:30.............. Hollyoaks 19:00 ..................Channel 4 News 20:00........ The Three Day Nanny

23:00......................... Brits Behind Bars 00:05...............Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure 01:00.......... KOTV Boxing Weekly 01:25.................... Gillette World Sport 01:55.......... Tri Liverpool

07:35.......................... Thomas and Friends 07:45.................... Milkshake!

Bop Box 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

10:00.....Location, Location, Location 11:05 ............ Hugh’s 3 Good Things 11:15....Son of Robin Hood 12:55....................Time Team 14:00.. Come Dine with Me 16:40......A Place in the Sun 18:50......The Restoration Man 19:55....... Grand Designs 21:00........Selling Houses with Amanda Lamb 22:00......Kevin Mccloud’s Escape to the Wild 23:05......... Embarrassing Bodies 00:10... Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 01:10........Selling Houses with Amanda Lamb

08:45 ....................Bananas in Pajamas 09:00 ...................Tickety Toc 09:15 ........ The Wright Stuff

22:00...........The Boy with iant Hands

17:00............. The Simpsons 18:30........ The Simpsons 20:00...... Modern Family

23:00............. On Benefits and Proud

21:00.. Final Destination 3

00:00.............Undercover Benefits Cheat

00:50......... Hawaii Five-0

22:50..NCIS: Los Angeles 01:50..NCIS: Los Angeles

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Christian Louboutin: The World’s Most Luxurious Shoes Channel 4, 21:00

Christian Louboutin is the most famous shoe designer in the world. His vertiginous stilettos with their signature lacquerred soles grace the feet of the rich and famous and can cost up to £6000 a pair.

Now, for the first time, Louboutin has allowed the cameras to spend a year filming behind the scenes of his extraordinary world. Acclaimed filmmaker Michael Waldman reveals the determination, hard work and remarkable creativity that have seen Louboutin revolutionise contemporary footwear, turning the shoe into an icon of eroticism, sexual fetish and fun. Twenty years after founding the empire that bears his name, Louboutin is trying to expand his business empire into new super-rich markets in Asia.

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The Great British Bake Off

7th August - 13th August 2015

Wednesda

BBC1, 20.00

With Cake week under their belts, the 11 remaining bakers must now prove themselves - with biscuits.

The Signature Challenge is to create 24 biscotti. Twice baked, these Italian specialities have to be crammed with flavour with a crisp crunch.

It’s a delicate balance between under-baked and bendy or over-baked and rock hard.

Paul chooses the Technical Challenge, Arlettes, a labour intensive, reverse puff pastry biscuit from Southwest France. Wafer thin, flaky and swirled with cinnamon, delicious to eat but devilishly difficult to make.

And finally the Showstopper is to create and build an edible biscuitbox filled with 36 biscuits of a different flavour.

Judges Mary and Paul want to see the bakers exercise their creative muscles with clever construction and beautiful decoration whilst not forgetting that flavour is king. The pressure is on and the clock is ticking. Who will claim Star Baker and who will be leaving the Bake Off tent?

06:00...................... Breakfast 09:15............. Wanted Down Under Revisited 10:00 ...... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 ............ Close Calls: On Camera 11:30 ............... Heir Hunters 12:15 .............. Bargain Hunt 13:00 ...... BBC News at One 13:45 .........................Doctors 14:15 ........................The Link 15:00 ...............Escape to the Country 15:45 .................. The TV That Made Me 16:30...........Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 17:15 .......................Pointless 18:00.... BBC News at Six 19:00 .......The One Show 19:30......................Pound Shop Wars 20:00...The Great British W C Bake Off choice 21:00........Earth’s Natural Wonders 22:00.... BBC News at Ten 22:35..............A Question of Sport 23:05......................Live at the Apollo

06:00 ...... Homes Under the Hammer 07:00............ Close Calls: On Camera 07:30 ............... Heir Hunters 08:15 ................ Claimed and Shamed 08:45... Antiques Roadshow 09:15 .. Victoria Derbyshire 11:00 .....................BBC News 12:00 ............ The War Lover 13:45 ...Yes, Prime Minister 14:15 ......................Allo, ‘Allo!

15:15.............. Are You Being Served?

15:45 ...........Monkey Planet 16:45 .................Great British Railway Journeys 17:15 ...........................Flog It! 18:00 ............. Two Tribes 18:30 .............. Eggheads 19:00 ... The Hairy Bikers’ Bake-ation 19:30.. Great British Menu 20:00 ................. Horizon 21:00 ......Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Inside the Post Office CW 22:00............Scrappers choice 22:30 .............Newsnight 23:05 ...........Back in Time for Dinner

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 ......Guess This House 13:30.............. ITV News and Weather 14:00................... Dickinson’s Real Deal 15:00.............. Tipping Point 16:00 ........... Hello Campers 17:00 ...................Freeze Out 18:00.. ITV News London 18:30 .........ITV News and Weather 19:00............ Emmerdale 19:30..Coronation Street 20:00............. Foyle’s War 22:00...... ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:40.............Exposure: Making the Grades

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Exposure: Making the Grades ITV1, 22.40 “Because of Government policy, schools… are almost invited to manipulate controlled assessment marks in order for them to hit their targets, and if they hit targets they get money.” - Former chief examiner John Neild This new documentary in the Exposure current affairs strand investigates allegations of exam malpractice by some teachers and schools.

Reporter Julie Etchingham hears concerns that increasing pressure on schools has resulted in the establishments dishonestly ramping up marks in order to push them up the league tables and get more money from the Government.

Critics say that this ‘money-for-marks’ culture is piling on pressure to achieve unrealistic results - either by teachers over-marking or getting students to sit the same test again and again until the desired outcome is achieved.

One former inspector says he has seen teachers and teaching assistants finishing coursework on behalf of students.

And experts say the combination of league tables, Ofsted inspections, and financial penalties applied to schools which are not seen to be doing well have led to a change in teachers’ mindsets, leading them to focus on results over quality of education.

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7th August - 13th August 2015

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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

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06:00 ..............Life’s Funniest Moments 06:20.............................. Psych 07:05 ..................Emmerdale 07:35 ................. You’ve Been Framed!

08:35 ................ Dinner Date 09:35 ............................. Psych 10:25 .........................The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:10.................. Emmerdale 12:40 ......................The Cube 13:40................. Dinner Date 14:40 .............. Judge Rinder 15:40....................The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 ........... You’ve Been Framed!

20:00 ...............Two and a Half Men 21:00...... 21 Jump Street 23:15 ...............Safeword 00:00 ...............Two and a Half Men

06:15 ................ Doctor Who 07:00 .......................Sky Cops 08:00 .... Beverly Hills Pawn 09:00.............. Nick Knowles’ Original Features 10:00 .......................... The Bill 11:00.................. Traffic Cops 12:00 ..... Who Do You Think You Are? USA 13:00 .... Beverly Hills Pawn 14:00 .............. Nick Knowles’ Original Features 15:00 ................. Traffic Cops 16:00 .......................... The Bill 17:00 ..... Who Do You Think You Are? USA 18:00........... Doctor Who 19:00 ................Sky Cops 20:00............. The Glades 21:00...Dynamo Revealed 22:00.....Dynamo Top Ten Greatest Moments 23:00.......... Saving Hope 00:00........... Booze Patrol Australia

08:55.................................. The Restoration Man

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

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

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

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

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

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

12:10... 5 News Lunchtime

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

12:15................... Supersized

09:00 ......................The Flash

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

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

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

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

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

12:00 ..... NCIS: Los Angeles

15:15............... Black Widow

13:00.............. Hawaii Five-0

19:00.... Channel 4 News

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

14:00 ..............Hawaii Five-0

20:00............ Supervet in the Field

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

15:00 ......................The Flash

18:00.... Home and Away 18:30...... 5 News Tonight

16:00 .............The Simpsons

21:00...... One Born Every Minute 22:00 ..............Witnesses 23:05 ........... Sex in Class

20:00....... The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door

00:05 ....................Four to the Floor

21:00.............Undercover Benefits Cheat

00:35......... Embarrassing Bodies

22:00.Wentworth Prison 23:00.... Capital One Cup

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

01:30............. 24 Hours in A and E

00:00.... The Great British Benefits Hotel

01:40......... Hawaii Five-0

07:00 ................... Rocket City Rednecks 07:20 ...... American Pickers 07:45 ...... American Pickers 08:10.................... Scrapheap Challenge 09:00 .................... Scrapheap Challenge 10:00 .................... Scrapheap Challenge 11:00 .................... Scrapheap Challenge 14:00....................... Top Gear 15:00 .......................Top Gear 16:00 .......................Top Gear 19:00 ...................... QI XL 20:00....................... QI XL 21:00 ..............Room 101 22:20 ........... Taskmaster 23:20...... Mock the Week 00:00 ...................... QI XL 01:00...............Room 101 01:40 ..............Room 101

06:00 ................ One2eleven 06:30 ............. Football Gold 07:00 .......WWE Experience 08:00 .........Fantasy Football Club Highlights 09:00 ........Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits 10:00 .........Fantasy Football Club Highlights 11:30............. Football Gold 12:00 .........Fantasy Football Club Highlights 13:00 .........Game Changers 14:00 ......Time of Our Lives 15:00 .......... Premier League 100 Club 16:00 ................ One2eleven 16:30 .......... Premier League 100 Club 17:00 .................................GAA Championship Review 18:00............ Boots ‘n’ All 19:00........... Bpl Legends 19:30..................Football

07:35 ..........King of Queens 08:00 ........Everybody Loves Raymond 08:30 ........Everybody Loves Raymond

06:30.............. Fireman Sam 06:40................ Toot the Tiny Tugboat 06:50 .....................Peppa Pig

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

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

09:30 ........................... Frasier

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

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

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

10:30........................... The Big Bang Theory

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

11:00 .............The Simpsons

07:45 .................... Milkshake!

Bop Box

11:30 .............The Simpsons 12:00 ......... Channel 4 News Summary 12:05......... Come Dine with Me Abroad 13:10 ................Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 14:10 .................Countdown 15:00............ Fifteen to One 16:00.......French Collection 17:00 .............Couples Come Dine with Me

18:00 ....... The Simpsons 18:30 .............. Hollyoaks

07:50 ......Noddy in Toyland 08:00 ........... Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 08:15 .....................Peppa Pig 08:25 .....................Peppa Pig 08:30 ......................Milkshake Monkey

10:00.....Location, Location, Location 11:05....River Cottage Bites 11:20 ................... Decision at Sundown 12:55................... Time Team 14:00 ................... Come Dine with Me 16:40......A Place in the Sun 17:45 .....A Place in the Sun 18:50 ..........................The Restoration Man 19:55....... Grand Designs 21:00............Four Rooms 22:00...... 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 23:10......... Embarrassing Bodies 00:10... Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 01:10............Four Rooms

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

19:00.....Trauma Doctors

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16:30..............The Simpsons 17:00 .............The Simpsons 18:00............... Futurama 18:30 ....... The Simpsons 20:00 .......... Desi Rascals 21:00.... An Idiot Abroad 00:50..NCIS: Los Angeles

Scrappers BBC2, 22:00

Back in the Yard.

You Can’t Get the Staff. Documentary following straighttalking scrapyard owner Terry and his glamorous wife Lyndsay as they fight for the future of their business and their family. With Lyndsay unhappy that Terry publicly sacked their son Jon, all is not well at the Walker home. The yard is a refuge for Terry, who is concentrating on what he does best: making money. He is on a mission to get the lads to remove every valuable part before cars get crushed - but even offering them financial incentives doesn’t work, and Terry loses his temper. Terry reaches out to Jon and apologises to Lyndsay, but there are more problems in store when Terry ventures into the sales office and sees some of the staff getting things wrong. Lyndsay and Terry decide to hold proper job interviews to find new staff.

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7th August - 13th August 2015

T hursda y 06:00...................... Breakfast 09:15 .............Wanted Down Under Revisited 10:00 ..............Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 ............ Close Calls: On Camera 11:30 ............... Heir Hunters 12:15 .............. Bargain Hunt 13:00...... BBC News at One 13:45 .........................Doctors 14:15 ........................The Link 15:00 ...............Escape to the Country 15:45 .................. The TV That Made Me 16:30 ..........Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 17:15....................... Pointless 18:00 .... BBC News at Six 19:00 .......The One Show 19:30............ EastEnders 20:00........... The Housing Enforcers 21:00.........Who Do You W C Think You Are? choice 22:00 ... BBC News at Ten 22:35 ......... Parking Mad 23:35..... Britain Beneath Your Feet

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06:00 ...... Homes Under the Hammer 07:00 ............ Close Calls: On Camera 07:30 ............... Heir Hunters 08:15.............................. Coast 09:15... Victoria Derbyshire 11:00 .....................BBC News 12:00 ..........Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 13:45 ...Yes, Prime Minister 14:15..................... ‘Allo, ‘Allo!

15:15.............. Are You Being Served?

15:45.... Pets: Wild at Heart 16:45................. Great British Railway Journeys 17:15 ...........................Flog It! 18:00.............. Two Tribes 18:30 .............. Eggheads 19:00.... The Hairy Bikers’ Bake-ation 19:30.. Great British Menu 20:00...................... Coast 21:00............Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth 22:00..............The Javone Prince Show 22:30..............Newsnight 23:05............Back in Time for Dinner

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.......Guess This House 13:30.............. ITV News and Weather 14:00 ................... Dickinson’s Real Deal 15:00 ..............Tipping Point 16:00 ........... Hello Campers 17:00 ...................Freeze Out 18:00.. ITV News London 18:30......... ITV News and Weather 19:00 ........... Emmerdale 19:30.... Real Stories with Ranvir Singh 20:00............ Emmerdale 20:30............Flockstars

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21:00............ The Wonder of Britain 22:00 .... ITV News at Ten 22:40 .......... John Barnes: Sports Life Stories 23:40...Murder, She Wrote

Who Do You Think You Are? BBC1, 21.00

Paul Hollywood is best known as a judge on The Great British Bake Off. He learned his trade at his father’s bakery where he worked as a teenager and has been baking ever since, progressing to become head baker at a number of hotels (including The Dorchester) before turning his talents to television. He lives in Kent with his wife Alex and their son.

“Everyone wants to know where their family’s from. I know we’ve got family in Scotland and bits round the country, so what makes me tick? What’s my genetic structure, where did it come from? I’d be fascinated to find out. I felt close to my Grandad. I think it was just part of the way our family was. I know during the war he spent time in North Africa, and I know he spent time in Italy, Anzio, and that is pretty much it. To find out what he did, and what he went through, emotionally that will affect me but I’d love to find out.”

Paul became very close to his maternal grandfather Norman (pictured) when his own parents divorced. He grew up near them in Wallasey, but despite this he knows little about his Grandfather’s life, and particularly his experiences during World War II. Paul remembers that his Grandfather had a facial tic, and wants to know if it was caused by his war-time service.

Paul’s journey takes him first to North Africa. Norman had only just completed his training when he found himself in Tunisia as part of the Light Anti-Aircraft division tasked with protecting infantry from enemy air attack during a major Allied offensive to take Tunis from the Germans. Paul then travels to Italy where he discovers his Grandfather Norman was part of the landing force that became surrounded by German forces and trapped on the beaches at Anzio for four months, under constant aerial bombardment.

Having gained an understanding of his Grandfather’s experiences during World War II, Paul travels to the Highlands of Scotland on the trail of his great, great, great, great, Grandfather – who he discovers has a very unusual – and demanding – job!

“I always said to myself that I wouldn’t get emotional – it’s difficult to know that he was here. It winds me up that I can’t talk to him about it because I feel now, I feel closer to my Grandad now than I have since he died. He’s been here. I just want to talk to him about it and it’s so frustrating that I can’t.”

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7th August - 13th August 2015

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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 ..........King of Queens 08:00 ........Everybody Loves Raymond 08:30 ........Everybody Loves Raymond

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

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!

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

20:00 ...............Two and a Half Men 21:00......... Hell’s Kitchen 22:00................Safeword 22:45...Final Destination

06:10 ................ Doctor Who 07:00 .......................Sky Cops 08:00.... Beverly Hills Pawn 09:00 .............. Nick Knowles’ Original Features 10:00 .......................... The Bill 11:00 ................. Traffic Cops 12:00 ..... Who Do You Think You Are? USA 13:00 .... Beverly Hills Pawn 14:00 .............. Nick Knowles’ Original Features 15:00 ................. Traffic Cops 16:00 .......................... The Bill 17:00 ..... Who Do You Think You Are? USA 18:00........... Doctor Who 19:00 ................Sky Cops 20:00 ............ The Glades 21:00 ...... Beauty and the Beast 22:00...... One Born Every Minute 23:00.......... Saving Hope

08:55 .................................. The Restoration Man

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

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

12:15.................. Undercover Benefits Cheat

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

07:00 ................... Rocket City Rednecks

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

07:20 ...... American Pickers

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

08:10 ...... American Pickers

09:00...................... The Flash

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

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

10:00 .......................Top Gear

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

11:00 .......................Top Gear

12:00 ..... NCIS: Los Angeles

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

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

13:00.............. Hawaii Five-0

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

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

14:00 ..............Hawaii Five-0

14:00 .... Lizard Lick Towing

15:00 ......................The Flash

14:30.... Lizard Lick Towing

18:30 ..... 5 News Tonight

16:00 .............The Simpsons

15:00 .... Lizard Lick Towing

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

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

15:30 .... Lizard Lick Towing

20:00............... Sinkholes: Buried Alive

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

06:00 ................ One2eleven 06:30............. Football Gold 07:00 ...WWE SmackDown!

08:00 .......... Premier League 100 Club 08:30......... Premier League 09:00......... Capital One Cup Football 10:00 .......... Premier League 100 Club 10:30 ..............Gary Newbon Interviews Carl Lewis 11:30.............. Football Gold 12:00 ................ One2eleven 12:30 .......... Premier League 100 Club 13:00 .................. Capital One Cup Football 14:00 ......Time of Our Lives 15:00 .......... Premier League 100 Club 15:30 ............Premier Leagu 16:00 ................ One2eleven 16:30 .......... Premier League 100 Club 17:00 .................. Capital One Cup Football

06:30.............. Fireman Sam 06:40 ................Toot the Tiny Tugboat 06:50 .....................Peppa Pig

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

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

09:30........................... Frasier

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

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

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

10:30 ...........................The Big Bang Theory 11:00 .............The Simpsons

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

11:30..............The Simpsons

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

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

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

12:05 ......... Come Dine with Me Abroad 13:10................ Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 14:10 .................Countdown 15:00.............Fifteen to One 16:00 ......French Collection 17:00 .............Couples Come Dine with Me 18:00 ....... The Simpsons 18:30 .............. Hollyoaks 19:00 .... Channel 4 News

08:25 .....................Peppa Pig 08:35 .........Toby’s Travelling Circus 08:45 ....................Bananas in Pajamas 09:00 ...................Tickety Toc

21:00............Very British Problems

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

23:00............. 999: What’s Your Emergency?

12:55 ...................Time Team 14:00....Come Dine with Me 14:35....Come Dine with Me 15:05....Come Dine with Me 15:40....Come Dine with Me 16:10....Come Dine with Me 16:40......A Place in the Sun 17:45......A Place in the Sun 18:50...........................The Restoration Man 19:55....... Grand Designs 21:00........The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds 22:00............. 24 Hours in A and E 23:05......... Embarrassing Bodies

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

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

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

10:35....Great Expectations

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

20:00................ Location, Location, Location

Very British Problems is a celebratory new show that sees some of Britain’s most famous faces share how they struggle against the endless capacity for social awkwardness which comes with being British. Narrated by Julie Walters, the show features contributions from James Corden, Jonathan Ross, Ruth Jones, Johnny Vegas, Vic Reeves, Paul Chowdhry, Nigel Havers, Freddie Flintoff, and insight from non-Brits Rich Hall and Aisling Bea. How can we be furious enough to tut, but shudder at the thought of complaining? Why do we spend so much of our lives apologising to inanimate objects?

10:00 ............... Small Animal Hospital

13:45 .................Neighbours 15:15 ................Broken Trust 17:00.................. 5 News at 5

21:00............ Supersized

18:00 .............. Futurama 20:00 ..........OAP Internet Virgins

22:00 ................Person of Interest

20:30...... Modern Family

22:55 ................Person of Interest

22:00........................ Glee

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

21:00........................ Glee 23:00................. NCIS: Los Angeles

16:00 .... Lizard Lick Towing 19:00.... Storage Hunters 19:30.... Storage Hunters 20:00 ...................... QI XL 21:00....................... QI XL 22:00...... Mock the Week 22:40...... Mock the Week 23:20 ........................... QI

Flockstars ITV1, 20.30

In the third episode of this knockout competition, the opening heats continue with two more Flockstars. Along with their four-legged friends, they enter the Flockstars’ showground, attempting to guide a flock of sheep around the trialling course in the quickest time and qualify for the next round.

Stepping up to the plate this week are acclaimed actress and Coronation Street legend Wendi Peters alongside sheepdog Bill who go head-to-head with ten-time Paralympic Gold medallist Lee Pearson and his dog Skye.

As training gets underway for Wendi, she struggles to form a bond with Bill and as the weeks pass, uses every trick in the book to get him onside. It is a case of one step forward and three steps back for the Corrie legend.

Wendi explains: “Just when you think you’ve got it and you’ve cracked the voice, everything goes horrible wrong.”

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What’s On in Tenerife

7th August - 13th August 2015

World Windsurfing Championships The best windsurfers in the world are once again in El Medano to participate in the PWA World Cup in ‘waves’ modality, with female, male and junior categories.

When: Until 9th August Where: Playa del Cabezo, El Medano More info: www.pwaworldtour.com/ index.php?id=920

Los Abrigos Beer and Tapas Festival The fiercely popular Los Abrigos Beer and Tapas festival is back this weekend. Now in it’s 6th year the festival is a key date in the Los Abrigos social calendar. Beer is just 1e and there are a plethora of different tapas dishes to sample and enjoy. There is live music all day as well!

When: Saturday

Where: Paseo Marítimo, Los Abrigos More info: www.granadilladeabona.org /...festival-de-la-cervezade-los-abrigos

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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Entertainment

7th August - 13th August 2015

By Jamie Droo THE last 12 months have flown by on the Island’s entertainment circuit and soon, the scene will be buzzing with the excitement of the annual Tenerife Entertainment Awards.

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TEAs’ nod to the Nineties The event is now in its ninth season, and the organisers always come up with a theme to go along with the awards.

Last year, being the eighth, was obviously going to be the decade of distinct Eighties’ music - a play on words and a great 10 years of music from which to draw its theme.

It seems that this

Here is a quick guide to the categories for this years event, and how an act or artist qualifies to be in that category!

1. BEST MALE SINGER Classification: male solo singer, can be resident in a venue.

Billed as themselves.

Last years winner: Mikey Mike 2. BEST FEMALE SINGER Classification: female solo singer, can be resident in a venue.

Billed as themselves.

Last years winner: Hayley Butler 3. BEST TRIBUTE ACT Classification: act of one or more members, billed as the tribute or them as the tribute.

Last years winner: Rock DJ 4. BEST BAND Classification: two members or more with instruments. Can be resident in a venue.

Last years winner: Vagabonds 5. BEST GROUP Classification: two members or more without instruments can be resident in a venue.

Last years winner: T2K 6. BEST SOLO PERFORMER Classification:one person with an instrument. Can be resident in a venue.

Last years winner: Sam Saxo 7. BEST COMPERE Classification: one person who is resident in a bar, karaoke bar, cabaret bar or hotel, that hosts the evening with or without instruments.

Last years winner: Ray Wilde 8. BEST VARIETY ACT Classification: a variety show act such as dancers, drag artists, mime artists, hypnotist, magic show, comedian, etc.

Last years winner: Mr Sister 9. BEST DJ Classification: any Tenerife based DJ in a club, fun pub or radio station.

Last years winner: DJ Snoopy 10. BEST NEWCOMER Classification: any new act for any category within the last 12 months.

Last years winner: Suzie Moore 11. THE ENTERTAINERS ENTERTAINER Classification:Any entertainer working in Tenerife. Being voted for by the entertainers only.

Last years winner: Robbie Dominic

year’s event has used the seed of 2014’s success and decided to adopt the Nineties’ era.

The TEAs show is the biggest thing on our entertainment calendar and creates so much attention on social media, radio stations and newspapers.

It’s not just the entertainers who get involved but local businesses, tourists and residents, who all get in to the buzz of it.

Some entertainers choose not to involve themselves with all the fuss and, for whatever reason, it is a personal choice. At the end of the day, the TEAs promote what is a unique circuit of entertainers who work so hard.

The need to gain acknowledgement for an award is higher in some than in others.

And because self-promotion is what every entertainer must do to gain work in the first place here, it has become the same to gain an award.

The process is quite simple. There are two stages before the actual event. The nominations, in which the topfour nominated entertainers in their respective categories then get hugely publicised

for the next phase, which is the voting.

Then, of course, whoever achieves the most votes wins on the day.

Every year, however, there is a live performance from one of the categories, which is announced on the day of the event.

It is actually achieved by audience vote in the venue - and we are talking 1,000 people.

Last year, the audience were treated to the female singers and we saw two songs each, delivered by nominees Helena Campbell, Lisa Bridge and eventual winner Hayley Butler.

There was a fourth nominee but, because the birth of her baby

was imminent, Bleu Travelle had to withdraw from the live performance.

There is always a huge buzz around the whole event, but the live category always carries the most credibility for the winner.

This is solely because what you see is what you get, and the audience in front of the performer at the time will decide who they believe is the person deserving of the award.

I have heard a whisper of the possible live category this year and, if the organisers do decide on those rumours, the performances will be outstanding.

Also, some of the oth-

er live performances on the day, which fit in with the Nineties’ theme, ensures that all who attend should have their expectations hugely exceeded.

The nominations’ phase begins on Monday and all details will be available on Facebook, via the official Tenerife Entertainment Awards’ page, and also the website.

But I felt it would be a good idea to define the categories here on the entertainment page. So, on behalf of Canarian Weekly, good luck to every entertainer on the Island, and all those involved.

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Wine and Dine

7th August - 13th August 2015

Wishes Come and dine at Wishes Bar and enjoy all your favourites...

Sushi from Oriental Gardens, steaks from La Martina, pasta from Mamma Mia and tapas from Embrujo, or just come and enjoy a cocktail, the coldest beer in town or a glass of champagne!

And to entertain you, listen to the sounds of resident DJ – DJ Snoopy CC Americas Plaza, Las Americas

Call: 922 78 78 75

The Swan

The Bistro

Fresh food served 7 days a week, all with good quality produce. We also cater for any special requirements.

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.

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!

Ed. Florin, Calle Valle Menendez, behind the Cultural Centre, Los Cristianos

In front of Margarita Apartments, Los Cristianos

Open: 10am - Late. Food until 8pm

Open: Mon - Sat, midday - 4pm, 6pm - late. Sun, midday - late.

Call: 922 795 823

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

*Try our Homemade liqueur ice-creams

Open: 12pm til late

Pueblo Canario, Las Americas

Call: 674 578 413

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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The real spice of life!

IT used to be an apple a day that kept the doctor away, but if you want to remain healthy these days, spicy food is the answer.

A seven-year study of nearly 500,000 Chinese people aged between 30 and 79, found that those who scoffed spicy food most days were 14% less likely to die early than those who ate the same flavoured food less than once a week.

A spicy diet also lowered their risk of dying from cancer, heart disease and respiratory problems significantly.

The key ingredient is capsaicin, a chemical found in chilli peppers, which is commonly known to have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.

After tackling each of the 487,000 participants about their general health and eating habits, scientists tracked them over the next sev-

en years. The researchers, whose findings were published in the British Medical Journal, stress that the Chinese have a very different diet and lifestyle from people living in the West.

They also said that the benefits of spicy food were even more marked in those who didn’t drink alcohol.

The American Association for Cancer Research says capsaicin has the ability to kill some cancer cells. It is not found in any other

foodstuff and is so potent that our taste buds can identify it, even when the concentration is a mere one part per million.

And turmeric, the yellow spice found in curry power and some mustards, is thought to slow down the spread of cancer and the growth rate of tumours. Some experts claim it has the same effects on the body as certain cancer drugs.

Sprinkle turmeric on kebabs, roast veg or in soup and combine it with black pepper to increase your absorption of turmeric by 2,000%.

Chilli peppers can help to reduce cholesterol and are a good source of betacarotene and potassium. And size does matter with chilli peppers, Generally speaking, the smaller the pepper, the hotter because the most eye-watering peppers in the world are

all under three inches long.

When Beyoncé wanted to lose weight in a hurry, she drank maple syrup with chilli for a couple of weeks. She was spot-on with the chillies because they really can help you to lose weight.

Capsaicin has a thermogenetic effect, meaning it makes the body produce more heat and cranks up your metabolic rate. That means you carry on burning more calories for 20 minutes after you’ve finished eating.

Also, if your weightloss regime is boring, adding chillies to enliven your meals means you are more likely to stick to your diet.

The heat that chillies generate in the body increases blood flow, which makes for a strong cardiovascular system.

One study showed that adding red pepper

to soup made people eat fewer calories.

Spicy foods can also help to ease depression and stress because they boost the production of serotonin, the body’s own home-made feelgood hormone.

But why does biting into something spicy make you feel as if your mouth is on fire? It’s because capsaicin binds to the thousands of pain receptors in the tongue, known as VR1 receptors.

This sets off a sensation similar to the burning feeling you get when your mouth comes into contact with something that is hot in temperature, which is why we refer to spicy food as being “hot”.

Most of us try to counteract that burning feeling by drinking water, which is a big mistake.

Capsaicin is an oilbased compound, so it won’t dissolve in water.

Instead, sloshing water around your mouth just disperses the burning even more.

In fact, you are much better off drinking milk or yoghurt, which contains casein protein, that will bind to the capsaicin and prevent it sticking to the pain receptors on your tongue.

Eating anything fatty or sugary is always good for cooling yourself down after a particularly spicy meal.

Though careless ingestion of chillies might cause discomfort, capsaicin is also a pain reliever, because of its warming effect on soft tissue.

This is why it is so often used in creams for treating pain in muscles and joints.

So don’t shy away from those spicy foods you say don’t agree with you. There’s medical magic in this hot stuff.

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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.

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9€

Litre Sangriapm after 3

Middle square, San Blas, near taxi rank

Open: Mon-Fri, 8.30am-6pm.

Sat & Sun, 8.30am-5pm

Rumours

Niu Cafe Bar Newly-opened cafe specialising in traditional home cooking mixed with Thai & Chinese cuisine. Our menu covers our best meals developed from over 30-years cooking experience. Free prawn crackers to every customer that dines in with us. Receive a Free drink with every food order throughout August. We cater for private parties and charity events for 10 to 50 guests.

Calle Oregon, Los Cristianos (opposite La Pepa food market)

Open: Mon-Sat, 9am-10pm

Call: 922 087 282

A friendly bar serving fabulous home-made English food with breakfast, light lunches and evening meals.

Also, now famous for their Sunday lunches with a choice of meats and all fresh vegetables.

The menu combines traditional with the more adventurous and truly home-made.

Or maybe just stop for a drink on their sunny terrace.

With entertainment nightly, including Karoke.

Plus don’t miss BG´s award-winning comedy show every Saturday.

At Rumours there really is something for everyone, great food great beer, great entertainment!

Paloma Beach, Los Cristianos

Open: 9am til late

Call: 922 792 608

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Lifestyle

7th August - 13th August 2015

When in

By Vanessa Vee ALWAYS on the search for exciting direct destinations, this week we take a sneaky peek at the beautiful city of Rome.

I have visited Rome on quite a few occasions and always love a chance to explore this magical city, though, unfortunately, I tend only to get day-trips there from cruise ships visiting the nearby port of Citiviettchia.

Though the primary aim of the trips has been for sight-seeing, I have discovered that there is a lot more to Rome than meets the eye.

Undoubtedly, its majestic ruins form a large basis for the appeal. Wandering among them, it is incredible to consider that this city was once at the centre of a vast, highlysophisticated empire, with public and private buildings easily comparable with the most lavish of today’s palaces.

The so-called “Eternal City” today is, as it has always been, the sort of place where there is a surprise around every corner - and where one is continually aware of its long and vibrant history. It is something for which neither written descriptions nor photographs can prepare you.

Often glimpsed unexpectedly at the end of long, narrow backstreets is Rome’s most famous monument, the Colosseum, the sheer scale of which will take

Rome!

your breath away. And a guided tour around the Colosseum is an absolute must!

The guides will have you believing you really are transported back in time as you actually begin to relive the life they must have led in ancient times.

Sharing Rome’s surprises with family and friends for the first time is a joy in itself and, undoubtedly, the most satisfying is introducing someone to the Trevi Fountain for the first time.

The fountain has been seen so often in films that you would expect this to lessen its impact.

But this is actually impossible.

The sudden appearance of this romantic landmark, after a short stroll through a series of narrow Roman streets, evokes such surprise and delight in firsttime visitors and Rome veterans alike that it’s easy to see why it is so famous.

The roaring waters of the fountain, supplied by an ancient Roman aqueduct from a source 20km away, combine with its breathtaking scale to overwhelm the small piazza in which it

is situated.

No visit to Rome is complete without the obligatory ritual of tossing a coin over one’s shoulder into the waters of the Trevi, said to ensure good luck and your return to Rome.

A visit to the Vatican City is also an absolute must because, you never know, you may get to glimpse the Pope.

I haven’t yet, unfortunately, but all my other co-cruisers have at some stage.

This independent city within a city has its own railway station, stamps and post office, national anthem, flag, own security service and a real police force. A minimum of one full day is really because of the enormous tourist numbers, you may spend time in line for the Basilica, Sistine Chapel and the Vatican Museum.

I have touched on just a few of the well-known sights, but Italy is a country that oozes history and romance. We only live once, and this city should be on your bucket list, believe me.

I’m always happy when I’m in Rome: I love the climate; the food and wine; the cool, crystal-clear drinking water which flows from the innumerable fountains that always seem to crop up when most needed, plus the hustle and bustle of city life.

And I love checking out the amazing shops. A day-trip is certainly not long enough, because this is one city that needs to be given the time to be discovered in depth.

Visit Rome direct from Tenerife this November from only 459 euros per person (based on two sharing). Price includes return flights, resort transfers and 7 nights in a central 4* hotel on a bed-and-breakfast basis.

Contact the Tenerife Sunshine Travel Team for further information on 922 751 867 ext 1, or email travel@ tenerifesunshine.com

By Carl from Robot

IF you are a regular to this column, then you know that I am direct and to the point - no lies or false information but honest advice about your hair.

While watching British TV here in Tenerife, I saw an advert for a new colour by a well-known company, which claims to perform a genuine miracle on your hair.

It’s a product so advanced that I don’t even have it on my shelves: a new product which has revolutionised the hair industry.

What am I dribbling on about, I hear you ask? Well, to my disbelief, it’s about a hair-colour claim from an actress used in the advert that her own hair was transformed from orange to blonde by just one easy-touse-at-home colour!

Shake me awake and tell me I have been asleep for five years, because this claim is not only FALSE but defies the laws of any form of colouring.

It’s like saying you can cover an orangepainted wall at home with one coat of white emulsion. We all know this isn’t going to work.

If you are going to lighten orange hair to blonde, it has to be “stripped”, firstly by using a pre-lightener, then possibly pigment-

ed with a base to kill any left-over orange, and then another lightener used to take the hair to the blonde level.

This, quite clearly, is a professional process that should be carried out in a salon only and NOT in your home, where the application will give you a patchy look at the very least.

Some hairdressers wouldn’t even attempt to do this for fear of destroying the hair entirely. Lightening hair is a very delicate procedure, and I honestly do not know how the company has managed to get around the Advertising Standards Authority.

It is pure fabrication,

that will leave many users with a mish-mash of colour which, in the end, will need repairing in a salon.

If it’s difficult to carry out the procedure in a salon, then it is impossible to do at home!

I cannot stress enough the dangers and that’s exactly what they are - of chemicals you can just buy off the shelf to try to recreate salon results at home.

If you want to go ahead, then please do.

But I am sure that if all goes wrong, some salons will not even try to correct what has been done.

Colouring hair is an art that we, as stylists, train years to acquire learning the science of colouring and gaining knowledge from our years of salon experience.

It’s not something that can be done by tipping a liquid on your head and hoping for the best!

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Community News

By Monica Dyson TO tip or not to tip, that is the question! It would seem that it’s not really so straightforward.

If you tip and give too little, you can be thought of as a cheapskate, and if you tip too much you are ostentatious and showy!

Today, the only people I tip seem to be the paper boy who delivers my Star before eight o’clock each morning, come rain or shine, and to whom I give an appreciative tip at Christmas - but maybe I should tip him more often?

And my hairdresser. Although I know people who would prefer that they had a staff box in the salon so the money is shared out.

That in itself can be contentious.

Some years ago my daughter, eking out her spending money, worked as a waitress at a prestigious hotel/restaurant near our home at that time, and one visited by football managers when their team played Shef-

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The tipping minefield

field Wednesday. The tips were quite good but, unfortunately, the ruling was that they were handed over to the Head Waiter, who shared them out evenly … between his own pockets!

I remember a holiday in Austria many years ago when my husband got confused with the currency and realised only too late that he had probably tipped the waiter the equivalent of a week’s wages. Luckily, he did it near the start of the holiday because

we received excellent service from then on!

Tipping seems to vary according to nationality. Only 60% of Americans tip, but Brits come nearly at the bottom of the list in recent research carried out over eight countries.

Yet on a recent holiday in Greece, our local restaurant considered Brits to be the best tippers, with Italians at the bottom of the list!

New Zealanders are considered the most miserly, while the Japanese are the biggest tippers.

Tipping seems to have originated in 16th century England, when guests at English mansions were expected to give a “vail” - a small sum of money - at the end of their visit to compensate the owner’s servants for the extra work.

As there were footmen, valets and gentlemen’s servants, to name just a few, the expense was considerable. But when an attempt was made to abolish it in London, there was rioting in many big houses among the staff.

Tipping soon spread to hotels, bar and restaurants. One theory about the origin of tipping comes from the time of Samuel Johnson, who frequented a coffee house where there was a bowl with a notice saying: “To insure promptitude”. This

was shortened to TIP. Before 1840, Americans did not tip. But after the American Civil War, when rich Yanks started to visit England and learnt gentile ways, they started the practice back home.

By the 1900s it had become the norm, but, ever over-the-top, Americans were heavily criticised for over-tipping! It seems you can’t win.

President Benjamin Franklin, on visiting Paris, said: “Too overtip is to appear an ass; to under-tip is to appear an even greater ass!”

However, it seems that we are stuck with the practice of tipping, but it can still be a minefield, and many people would like to see it

abolished. Emily Post was America’s etiquette queen. Her 1950 guide was called “Emily Post’s Etiquette”, which became the bible of everything - from social graces to social networking - for generations of Americans.

It was reprinted four times between 1965 and 1995 by the Emily Post Institute, a unique family business run today

by Elizabeth Post, her grand-daughter-in-law Emily said in her original guide, “Tipping is undeniably an undesirable system”, believing that people should get a decent living wage and not have to rely on tips.

Unfortunately, in many cases, tips can be wages with very-low-

paid workers in bars and restaurants working 12-hour shifts and totally relying on the tips they get to live on.

Many of the world’s richest people can be extremely stingy when it comes to tipping, with others really going over the top.

At the last Oscars in America, a group of stars - including top TV host, actress and comedian Ellen DeGeneres - tipped a pizza delivery man $1,000 when he brought the food, while Russell Crowe, when filming Robin Hood in England, visited the kitchens in a local restaurant, performed an impromptu rock concert on his guitar and then left a £600 tip to be shared out. David Beckham’s $1,000 tip on a $100 restaurant bill puts him well and truly in the Top 10 of all celebrity tippers, and other generous ones include Barack Obama, Johnny Depp and Charlie Sheen.

Unfortunately, two of the world’s richest stars are also thought to be among the meanest. Mick Jagger, worth $225m dollars, left $10 on a $90 tab, with Madonna, possibly the world’s richest female performer, leaving $18 on a $400 bill.

They obviously don’t believe in that old adage: “You can’t take it with you!”

Mighty afternoon with Arona Lions ANOTHER fun afternoon is upon us ... this Sunday, Arona Lions Club International, Las Galletas Costa del Silencio, in conjunction with Palm Mar’s Clouseaus, are holding an afternoon of live entertainment.

It runs from 2pm until 8 pm with host and compere Derrick, of the Lions Club, and entertainment will be provided by a galaxy of taent in the shape of Dave G Tracey, Hyltons, Lee St Lawrence,

Suzi Moore, Mighty Wads, Uproar, Ged Bolton, Chrissy Dean, Debbie Diamond, Keith George and Aidy Evans.

The menu also features a Raffle and Tombola, plus a Buffet supplied by the venue, so please support us and enjoy an excellent fund-raiser for charity.

Incidentally, tickets for our President’s Night are now available from members and volunteers, and also at our Coral Mar Square shop

in Costa del Silencio. It will be held on Saturday, 5th September, at Silencio’s Westhaven Bay restaurant from 7pm, with a threecourse meal, including nibbles and Cava at beginning and coffee and cake to finish.

It costs 25 euros for adults, discount for children, with entertainment from Cy Benson, Hayley Butler and Emma Jensen . Tickets are also available by contacting Vicki on 652 296 669.

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Community News & Fashion

7th August - 13th August 2015

K9 news update

Hollie’s huge thank-you IN the spring of 2012, while the Rowson family from the Midlands were enjoying a family holiday on Golf del Sur, they came across a small, black, stray dog, which they took to our animal refuge.

They visited the dog (now called Lucy) each day and became attached to her. Arrangements were made for Lucy to fly to the UK as part of their loving family, and off she went that summer.

Sadly, one year ago, Mrs Rowson passed away and family members decided to hold a collection during the funeral service, with all proceeds going to K9.

Last week, daughter Hollie visited the kennels, accompanied by her boyfriend and K9’s Mikey, and she presented Kennel Manager Hazel with a cheque for a magnificent 1,418.02 euros. Needless to say, K9 are immensely grateful for this wonderful gesture.

Specials needed Though ALL the K9 volunteers are amazing, we are recruiting at least two more special volunteers to help.

We need a kennel maid (or male) to assist with kennel cleaning and other associated tasks for at least one morning a week. It’s hard work for four hours but

GYM FASHION

FIX you will just love it! For further information, please contact Hazel on 667 638 468 or 822 106 195 The second person (male or female) is needed to drive, or assist the driver, in collecting donated items for our shop from anywhere between the Golf and Los Gigantes. Our transit van is based next to the shop in Alcala.

Our present team are aged 70-plus and fantastic but, realistically, someone younger would be ideal. If you are able to help or might be persuaded, please contact Muriel for more info on 646 561 035 or Mikey at k9mikey@gmail.com Shop lifeline Our second-hand shop in Alcala has become the life support machine for the refuge, and we require anything saleable, from books to

bedroom suites, shoes to stereos, and everything in between.

Small items can be taken to the kennels, where space is limited, or directly to the shop in Alcala Plaza (both close at 2pm). Larger items can be collected by contacting any of the above numbers.

Atmospheric Fund-raiser There will be a fundraiser on Thursday afternoon (20th Aug) at the Atmosphere Bar, Sunset Harbour, in Torviscos (opposite the old market). Live entertainment will be supplied, plus a Tombola. More info from the kennels (667 638 468).

Christmas celebration The Christmas Dinner has been arranged for Saturday, 12th December, at El Campesino Restaurant, Aldea Blanca. Arrangements

are the same as last year with tickets priced at 20 euros, to include drinks with the meal. Entertainment is yet to be confirmed. Tickets will be on sale from 1st September.

Our daily plea Our Kennels are open EVERY day of the year, from 9am to 1.30pm, for exercising the dogs.

If you have a couple of hours to spare, please come along and take some of them for a walk.

No appointment necessary; just turn up with sensible footwear and a drink for yourself - and maybe a treat or two for one of your new friends.

Big woof from all Many thanks to all our supporters for their continued concern about animal welfare. The four-legged inmates really appreciate everything you do on their behalf.

Accion del Sol news

Dusty days such a choker CONSTRUCTION of the new Granadilla Port, which is being built near our refuge, is causing a few problems for our staff and dogs.

The trucks and heavy plant machinery are creating an enormous dust cloud continuously, so our staff now have to wear dust masks.

We are asking for help for donations of brown shade netting, which we can cover the outdoor recreational areas to help reduce the dust to protect the dogs.

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It can be bought at any DIY department store for around 16 euros a roll - and you can also call the Infrastructure Department to express your concern for the animals’ welfare on 922 605 400.

The company is meant to water the area before digging, but it is failing to do so. With work forecast to continue for the next three years, we really need your help. So if you have any spare time and would be prepared to help us with the

endless, extra cleaning needed, please contact us on 922 778 630 (from 8am-5pm) for more information.

All about adoptions Call the same number for more information about adoptions, or if you would like to help out in any way. Maybe you have some spare time and would like to walk one or two of our many dogs, which would be much appreciated by our inmates.

We are always in need of blankets, towels, dog leads, collars and puppy

milk, if you have any to spare.

Opening hours We are open to the public on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays between 2-5pm, and on Saturdays from 1-4pm. The refuge is closed Wednesdays, Sundays and on Public Holidays.

Where to find us The refuge is situated at Granadilla’s Industrial Estate, Exit 51 on the TF1, directly next to ITER, the ecological park which houses the windmills.

By Carl Pattison WHILE working-out in my usual gym recently, I noticed that there are those who take care in how they look, and those who don’t ... those who bother to think about their image, even in in the gym, and those who throw on anything.

I’m not here to tell people what they should or shouldn’t be wearing for a work-out.

If you are comfortable in an old T-shirt and some shorts and your regular trainers, that’s great.

If you care a little more about how you look while sweating your brains out (that’s what you do there, yeah?), maybe you should think about what you’re wearing and why you’re wearing it.

Is it suitable for what you are going to be doing there? Will it be comfortable while your putting your body through its paces?

I tend to think that if you’re going to perform your best, then you can’t go wrong if you’re feeling good about how you look.

You guys sometimes tend to overdress - too many clothes - especially here in Tenerife.

Sweat pants in summer with a thick Tshirt won’t help your body stay cool as you work out. And neither will under-dressing, with too much flesh on show putting off others working-out with you.

Okay, if you have an amazing body and are proud of what you have achieved, that’s fine.

But just remember that you will be touching the equipment, and maybe others helping you in the gym.

There’s nothing worse than transferring your sweat to another person, even by accident.

Ladies, if you are working-out in a class and feel body-conscious, wear a looserfitting vest. Don’t overload your body with layers because this will make you look bigger.

Just keep it simple.

Keep those leggings simple, too, because gaudy colours and patterns will exaggerate any parts you are not too keen about.

And, guys and girls, keep to the golden rule of wearing clean clothes for every gym visit. You don’t want to be working-out on your own because no one will come near you.

If you feel comfortable in what your wearing, that’s all that matters. But you are there for a reason, and that’s to change your body. If you don’t like what’s staring back at you in the mirror, you’re not going to be inspired to push yourself more.

No one has to spend a fortune - just basics that keep you flexible and allow you to move easily.

Give what your wearing a little more thought and see how much better you feel once you’re in the gym.

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By Val Sainsbury BRITISH hospitals are among the worst in the Western world for leaving surgical instruments in patients after surgery.

The UK has the sixthworst record among industrialised nations for surgeons leaving in “foreign bodies” after procedures, with 5.5 cases per 100,000 people discharged from hospital.

A report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development shows the rate is three times that of Poland, with 1.9 cases per 100,000 patients, and twice that of Slovenia, at 2.9 cases.

Experts say leaving items such as swabs, dressings and parts of hypodermic needles in patients’ bodies increases the risk of deadly infections and other

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complications. It can also result in fatal blood poisoning and organ failure.

The NHS classifies such incidents as “never events” because they should be avoided by systems of checks. Despite this, there were 102 cases in England in 2014/15.

Joyce Robins, co-director of pressure group Patient Concern, said more needed to be done to protect patients from such risks.

“It should be made a legal requirement that the check-list of instruments be read out loud and ticked off at the end of each surgical procedure,” she said.

“It should not be a matter of pot-luck whether some instrument is left inside the patient.”

The OECD report said the chances of foreign bodies being left in people were reduced by checks to count instruments after surgery, and effective communications between surgical teams.

The data, which com-

pares 16 OECD countries, shows that Belgium records the fewest cases, with 0.5 per 100,000 hospital discharges.

Switzerland fares worst, with 11.6 cases.

In 2009, a mother of four was left with seveninch forceps inside her for three months following an operation.

Donna Bowett, a former nurse, went to Alexandra Hospital in

Worcestershire to undergo keyhole surgery to remove her gall bladder. In the months that followed the surgery she suffered ‘excruciating’ pain, she said.

Doctors could not explain her pain and sent her for an MRI scan, but the magnetic field from the scan caused the metal inside her body to move. The scan was stopped when Miss Bowett started scream-

ing with pain.

Afterwards, she said it felt as though the instrument was trying to “pull through her skin”.

The error was eventually picked up on an X-ray.

Katherine Murphy, chief executive of the Patients Association, said: “The NHS is recognised around the world as an unrivalled health service, but its clinical performance is achieved against day-in day-out

pressure on its staff.”

A spokesman for NHS England said: “Any mistake of this kind is one too many. We are determined to make the NHS the safest healthcare system in the world - and have one of the most open-and-transparent reporting systems in place.

“We are working hard to identify practical ways to ensure such errors are eradicated.”

in your new house or apartment will give you a much better idea of just how you will live in it, and what you need.

You may find for example, that you spend much more time sitting outside than you expected, so you might, subsequently, choose to spend more on your terrace furniture and econ-

omise on a dining table inside.

The Move In pack includes beds with the type of mattress requested, all linen items such as sheets, pillows, blankets, towels, a full kitchen pack of crockery, cutlery, utensils etc, and curtaining to provide privacy, as well as basic lighting.

If the customers already know how they want to go with the sofa or sofa bed, this can also be provided.

In this way, the customers can stay in the property immediately, and, calmly, take time to choose the remaining items, both in terms of style, colour, design etc, together with the designer from the furniture store.

The additional items can be installed during their stay if they are in stock on the Island, or ordered for delivery after the owners have gone home.

That means they have had maximum input into the design of their new home, but stressfree, and without any problems of language - or the inconvenience of waiting in for deliveries or worrying about fitting.

The Move In pack gives you the ideal opportunity to furnish a property in a considered way, and ensure you get the effect you want, while saving money on alternative accommodation.

The Move In pack is available from Deco Nuevo on 922 789 729.

New property ...what now?

By Sue McDonald MANY people who buy a property here in Tenerife then face the task of furnishing it. Sometimes they don’t know where to start, whereas other people might have a really good idea of what they want but don’t know how to go about it.

If you are buying the property for investment, you might be happy for a reputable furnishing company to sort out the design, the inventory and the preparation of the apartment for rental.

If however, the property is for your own use, you may have stronger ideas about what you want in terms of content, colour and design.

The problem is that if you don’t live in Tenerife, how do you go about achieving your ideas, especially when you may

only be able to come out for a brief time, and don’t speak the language?

The latest development is the “Move In” pack, which includes the basics you will need to stay in your new property, therefore saving the expense of a hotel for your first visit.

In addition, staying

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WE simply don’t like spending money unnecessarily on our car.

But by the same token, to most people it is an important part of their life and they find it difficult to live without one!

Or at the very least, if it’s not working, then it is a real inconvenience. Regular checks, some of which you can do yourself, may mean the car functions better and lasts longer.

One of the most important parts of a car, apart from the engine and gear box, is the battery. And for this to function, it should be charged.

Car batteries are all built from the leadacid design, which was invented in 1859 by a French physicist. This

design is actually the oldest rechargeable battery design in existence and has changed very little over the years.

However, the one thing the lead-acid battery does is supply a high amount of current in one go. The battery’s ability to produce a substantial surge makes it useful in meeting the electrical requirements of a

vehicle’s starter motor.

A car battery is rechargeable and powers all the essential electrical support systems of the car. Without charge, a car will not start. Most car batteries deliver roughly a 13.1 volt output, which is a composite voltage delivered by six leadacid cells, connected in series.

The operation of these lead-acid batteries in-

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Charging induces chemical reactions, which store the electrical energy in chemical form. The chemical energy is then converted back to electrical energy when the battery output is used by the car.

Normally, a battery

is charged by the car alternator. However, if there are certain problems with the alternator, or if the car has not been in use for some time, the battery may become totally discharged and require external charging.

Here in Tenerife, you normally don’t get notice that the battery is failing, unlike in the UK, where starting will be sluggish.

Here, for example, you may leave the car parked, go shopping, return and … nothing!

This is quite common and, of course, most frustrating.

The solution then is to ask someone for a jump-start, or call your Grua, who will often jump-start it for you, or take the car to the garage of your choice.

Either way, it is important that you use a garage to have the battery tested. It’s a simple, straightforward test, completed in a matter of minutes. If the battery does not give the appropriate reading, then a new battery is in order.

If you are out and about, you may purchase a battery from a petrol station. But you need to make sure of buying the right one to fit your vehicle - and it needs to put out enough amperage.

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Yellow - Strong winds and turbulent sea conditions. Take care.

Green - Safe to swim Shopping Most shops open from Mon - Sat 09:00 - 13:00 then 16:00 20:00 Some shops may open for just Saturday Morning, and many shops are closed on Sundays and Tourist Offices, Bank Holidays, with the exception of souvenir shops which tend to open 7 days a week.

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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%.

Transport TFS - Tenerife Sur Airport (Reina Sofia) For flights from the Spanish mainland and nearly all scheduled international flights.

Beach Safety Obey the beach warning flags and always supervise children when near water.

Red - Strong currents do not swim

Tourist Offices Tenerife Sur Tourist Office (Main Tourist Office) Tel: 902 00 31 21 Santa Cruz de Tenerife Tel: 922 28 93 94 Santiago de Teide Tel: 922 86 03 48 Costa Adeje Tel: 922 75 06 33 Puerto de la Cruz Tel: 922 38 60 00 El Medano Tel: 922 17 60 02 La Laguna Tel: 922 63 11 94

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Mobility scooter, just had full service, with new all-weather cover, 295 euros. Tel: 690 197 081

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Electric scooter, new batteries, perfect cond. 300 euros. Tel: 602 624 855 4 sport alloy wheels with tyres (ultra sport NS-II) UK made, size 175/60R13 7H - 180 euros. Toaster, perfect working order, 10 euros.

Steering-wheel cover, good cond, 10 euros. Stunning 14k gold bangle with 3 emeralds and 4 diamonds, 495 euros. Costa del Silencio, Tel: 608 653 260

Chayofa - 750€

Mirador Del Atlantico, 2 bed 2 bath apartment with spacious lounge, fully fitted kitchen, south facing balcony with sea views plus spiral staircase leading to roof terrace, garage parking space.

Altos Del Roque - 600€

Roque Del Conde, 2 bed apartment with fully fitted kitchen, balcony from lounge and master bedroom with stunning views, pool on complex and garage parking space.

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Travel cot in black. Excellent cond, hardly used, 30 euros. Tel: 659 036 393.

Electric mattress raiser with hand set to fit on own single mattress, cost 400 euros, will accept 40 euros. Cottage-style chair, as new, 20 euros. Tel: 922 785 894 Babyliss wet & dry straighteners, never used, 15 euros. Sony Ericsson XPeria arcS, excellent cond, 20 euros. Glass coffee table with shelf (IKEA), 30 euros. Uoward standard lamp and shade, 15 euros. 2 concrete parasol stands, 15 euros each. Wooden oval coffee table, with claw feet, 100 euros. Pool inflatables - recliner chair, 10 euros, small chair & ring, 8 euros. Lateral thigh trainer/ stepper machine, 50 euros. Calor Mobile gas heater, as new, 70 euros. Calor gas bottle, 40 euros. Indoor palm house plant 5ft, 10 euros. Electric fire, 10 euros.

Spanish compact discs - learn Spanish, basic & advanced, 16 CDs, 10 euros. Tel: 664 825 596

Duque 1 - 650€

Fanabe Village, 3 bed 2 bath apartment with independent fitted kitchen, fitted wardrobes throughout, access to a separate roof terrace, garage parking space and trastero for storage.

Cabo Blanco - 375€

Edif. Alzola, 2 bed apartment in a residential complex, both bedrooms are of double size with fitted wardrobes, independent fitted kitchen within walking distance to all amenities.

Local 1, Edif Sur Y Sol, Av Londres, Los Cristianos Property for Sale

FOR SALE: Fabulous 2-bed, 2-bath penthouse

Lady's mountain bike, Shimano gears, good con, 80 euros. Silencio Tel: 603 288 253

*Large lounge, unique kitchen. *Great views looking down to the sea... *Two super pools, and one for toddlers, with beautiful surroundings, on Las Chafiras complex. *Secure underground car park. *Lift takes you down to exit, car park and swimming pools from front door. *Six mins from airport, Los Cristianos, Las Americas and 2 top golf courses.

Bic Tobago 2.seater kayak complete with deluxe padded seats, oars and life jackets. Has mooring space in Los Cristianos sailing club (on the beach), 400 euros. Tel (after 10am) 617 454 787

£89,000 (126,000 euros).

Brand-new awning for apartment. Still in box, yellow/gold and white.

Size 295 x 200cm. Buyer to collect from Silencio. Tel: 680 366 217

Phone 922 737 048 (evenings, or leave message) or 0044 7793 627 954

Commode, chair-style, brand new, 40 euros ono. Tel: 618 869 709.

Pair of curtains, suit patio doors, each curtain measures with gathering length 194cm x 350cm width (200cm when gathered), pale-blue one side, self-lined white other side. 30 euros. Lexmark printer/scanner, needs refills for printer, inc instruction book, 20 euros. Pair of speakers, ideal for computer, 8 euros. Adult's red child back-carrier with storage pockets, 15 euros. Baby front-carrier navy-blue, 5 euros. Large picture in wood & paper wall fan, 10 euros. Electric desk-top fan, 20 euros.

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Jobs Full time Chef is required for busy British Bar in Torviscas.

Call 638 125 019 Established resort in the south of Tenerife require UK reps and working T.O. for an exciting new in-house operation.

Please e-mail your CV and contact telephone number to: jobs@destinationtenerife.com or telephone 922 714 632 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. Sales or PR experience essential. Daily work, salary, commissions paid and contracts given. Call José between 11am & 5pm on 606 181 946 Robot Hair and Beauty now require a full time beautician and or nail technician for immediate start in busy salon. Full clientele awaiting the right applicant on a self employed basis. Contact Carl on 922 789 058 in confidence

Cars wanted CARS BOUGHT FOR CASH - Offer made once seen, we will come to you. WANTED small cars to medium cars, 4 X 4’s, small vans, people carriers, runners and non runners, accident damaged, etc. ANYTHING CONSIDERED.

C1672.

SAN MIGUEL. Old house with a wine cellar in the village of San Miguel.

105.000 Euros

B1559. PARQUE SANTIAGO I, PLAYA DE LAS AMERICAS.

1 bed duplex apartment by the seaside.

Communal pool.

179.000 Euros

Call us now on 678 451 641

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LAS LOMAS, CHAYOFA.

Very attractive town house; 3 bedrooms, large lounge, fully fitted kitchen, 2 bathrooms, 2 terraces, large garage.

235.000 Euros

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Spacious penthouse apt with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, fully fitted kitchen, lounge, terrace, roof terrace and garage.

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Chiropodist

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Ann Malpass M.A.F.H.P. M.C.F.H.P. Qualified Chiropodist. All your foot care needs solved in the comfort of your own home/hotel.

Tel 625 799 570 Elaine Watson Jones MSSCh MBChA. Based in Los Cristianos.

I offer perosnal visits to the South of Tenerife. Tel: 608 029 790.

Email: canarianfeet@gmail.com

Air-conditioning

Cleaning Garden Furniture

Elite Cleaning Services is an established cleaning company who can provide a professional cleaning service for Apartments, Villas and Offices. Call us today on 922 789 795 or 696 922 597.

Computers

Telephone: 922 736 728 E-mail: Computer Service Provider BT Authorised Dealer Dell Registered Partner

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Health & Beauty www.fitnesswithdebbie.com Tel: 664 576 779 www.yogavibetenerife.com

Home removal

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Construction

Kitchens & bathrooms Colin Taylor – Renovations & Maintenance, Bathrooms, Kitchens, Tiling, Plumbing, Decorating, Plastering etc. Tel: 661 081 843 for quotation.

Lawyers

Antiques ALADDINS CAVE. Antiques & Vintage Goods bought & sold Tel: 922 720 493

Blinds Marble flooring

Cars

Mechanics

Electrician All ELECTRICAL WORK CARRIED OUT. Fully qualified, 25 years experience. Reliable, Clean, conscientious worker. Very competitive rates. Specializing in fault finding. For expert advice/ free estimates Phone Danny, Los Cristianos 822 901 384.

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Pool tables

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Transport available. Call Tracey on 666 857 991 or email on info@tenerifetranslationservices.com

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By Roscoe THE new season is almost upon us and this week, Tenerife finally completed another signing. It has been a largely frustrating summer for fans as lots of players have been linked, but only three new players have been inked.

Honduras international Anthony Lozano is known as “Choco”, and I’m not sure how that would go down with the British press.

He did okay last season at Olimpia, but had a horror spell with firstly Valencia and then Alcoyano in the 2011/12 season. He could be anything and is a real gamble.

It seems a left-back, strongly rumoured to be Alex Martinez from Real Betis, is close to joining, while there is no doubt we need one more winger.

The Numancia match is looming fast and it seems the policy for the first half of the season will be to play the kids.

Centre-back Jorge should get a run, as will the players who have returned from loan.

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Return of the

loan stars

They all did okay in the leagues below, Abel especially, and there comes a stage when

you have to trust the management.

If they weren’t showing signs of hitting the

required level, then Tenerife would surely have been busier in the transfer market.

Players In Anthony Lozano: Striker, from Olimpia German Sanchez: Centre-back from Olot Pedro Martin: Centre-back, from Mirandes Alberto: Centre-back/ midfield, returns from Valencia Jairo: Attacking midfielder, returns from Real Murcia Abel: Central midfielder, returns from La Roda Nano: Forward, returns from Hospitalet Nata Barreto: Forward, returns from Fuenlabrada

German

Top to Bottom: Jairo, Nata, Alberto and Abel

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Hoppys get the heave-ho!

THE headline fixture in Division 1 came at the home of the then top-placed Boothen Army, as they entertained Hoppys Bar, in fourth spot place.

What followed was a match littered with maximums and high checkouts - and a bit of a tonking for the Hoppys gang.

For the Army, Chris, Steve and Ray fired in 180s, and Sam took out a fine 118, while Hoppys’ Pete replied with a cracking 143 finish.

Given the strength of the surrounding teams, the Army’s 6-2 victory would seemingly dash any title hopes Hoppys may

have had, even at this early stage.

So, the Army stay top ... er, no they don’t! Bar 180 A claimed that after ruthlessly swatting aside local rivals Emerald Lounge in an 8-0 whitewash that included a first 180 for the green men’s captain, Darren.

Phoenix Bar’s 7-1 success at Waterfall A keeps them handily placed with games in hand, while Emerald Shamrocks won a tight 5-3er against Boothen Titans.

Exiles Bar (the good-looking ones) gained revenge for their earlier defeat by the Playboys, beating them 6-2 to claim the Silencio bragging rights. But they surely won’t keep on about it, will they?

Meanwhile, Palms Sports Bar’s trip to

division 1 ResultS

division 2 ResultS

Bar 180 A 8-0 Boothen Army 6-2 Emerald Shamrocks 5-3 Ourplace Playboys 2-6 Pas O Nadas A 3-5 Waterfall Warriors 1-7

Emerald Lounge Hoppys Bar Boothen Titans Exiles Bar Palms Sports Bar Phoenix bar

Bar Leones 4-4 Picassos Clouseaus 4-4 Summerlands Mad Hunters 3-5 Pas O Nadas B Naughty Nautas 4-4 Spear Chuckers Phoenix Flights 7-1 Gaffers Jucee Girls Sandys Chippers 8-0 Waterfall B Sundowners 4-4 marilyns division 2 Table

division 1 Table Table

P W D L F A +- PTS

Table

P W D L F A +- PTS

1 Bar 180 A

9

63

1 Phoenix Flights

10 10

0

0 61

19

42

61

62

2 Shandys Chippers 9

7

1

1 49

23

26

49

4

4

2 49

31

18

49

8 9

1

3 The Phoenix

8 8 0 0 58 6 52 58

3 Spear Chuckers

10

4 Hoppys Bar

9

4 Summerlands

9 4 3 2 43 29 14 43

5 Picassos

9 5 3 1 41 31 10 41

44

6 Sundowners

10

4

3

3 41

39

2

41

10

3

2

5 38

42

-4

38

10

4

2

4 38

42

-4

38

2 49

18

54

10

1

1 62

9

2 Boothen Army

6

0

0 63

23

44 26

49

5 Emerald Shamrocks 10 7 1 2 47 33 14 47 6 Boothen Titans

10

6

0

4 44

36

8

7 Exiles Bar

10

5

1

4 42

38

4

42

7 Bar Leones

8 Gaffers

8

3

2

3 33

31

2

33

8 Marylins

9 Waterfall Warriors 9 3 0 6 29 43 -14 29

9 Clouseaus

9

4

3

2 37

35

2

37

10 Ourplace Playboys 8 3 0 5 27 37 -10 27

10 Mad Hunters

10

4

1

5 37

43

-6

37

11 Emerald Lounge 10

1

1

8 25

55 -30

25

11 Naughty Nautas 8

3

1

4 34

30

4

34

12 Palms Sports Bar 10

3

0

7 24

56 -32

24

12 Gaffers Jucee Girls 9 1 2 6 26 46 -20 26

13 Palms Pool Bar

8

2

0

6 17

47 -30

17

13 Pas O Nadas B

14 Pas O Nadas A

9

0

0

9 14

58 -44

14

14 Ourplace Playgirls 7 2 0 5 20 36 -16 20

15 Bar 180 B

8

0

1

7 10

54 -44

10

15 Waterfall B

Pas O Nadas A earned them a third win of the campaign, although they left it until the final rubber to claim victory.

The dividend on the Division 2 pools coupon didn’t pay out a great deal after four of the seven matches ended all-square. But it shows that this is a fairly well-balanced table, apart, maybe, from Phoenix Flights, who hold a 12 point

9 9

lead at the top after a 7-1 success over Gaffers Jucee Girls.

They could, however, be challenged by Sandys Chippers, who made it six wins in a row with an 8-0 whitewash of Waterfall B, and holding a match in hand. That result sent them above Spear Chuckers, who took the trebles leg to tie their match at Naughty Nautas.

Summerlands and

1 0

1 0

7 24 9 14

48 -24 58 -44

24 14

Picassos also lost their trebles legs to finish all-square at Clouseaus and Bar Leones, respectively, while Sundowners held their nerve in the last leg to share the spoils with Marilyns.

So the only other match to mention, an important one for Pas O Nadas B, was their 5-3 win at Mad Hunters. It was their first success of the season.

Well done, Sheena!

Fantasy Football is back!

THE waiting is nearly over and now it’s time to get serious. All over the Island, Fantasy Football managers are watching the latest transfer developments.

In their heads, they are focusing on which

players they want for their all-conquering squad.

The Oasis Fm Fantasy League returns with a bang and this year there are some exciting twists. Changes to the new campaign include a triple-point captain, an all-new 2/5/3 formation option plus a bonus week when your bench will score points as well!

As always, it’s free to enter. All you need is 10 minutes to register and pick your squad! It’s that simple.

Well, until your players turn into donkeys or sicknote Andertons!

To register, simply go to fantasy.premierleague.com where you will be asked some basic details. Once your name is chosen and squad picked, go to the

enter leagues option.

You will be then asked to enter a code. The Oasis Fm League code is 313966-83519 Remember, you can make as many changes to your squad as you like until the opening day of the season.

So dust down your tracksuit, cut up some oranges and show us your managerial skill!

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Palms A set the early pace NEVER mind the return of football, this week saw a return to action in the Direct Telecom Pool League - and what an opening night it was.

With many close games taking place, it is going to be an interesting season in both divisions.

Gaffers A started their title defence against Gaffers B, newly-promoted to the top flight.

And the B team fancied their chances after taking the first frame. That proved to be the only time they were in front after the champions roared back into a 4-1 lead.

The B team chipped away and managed to get close at 5-4, but Neil and his boys know what is required and took the last two frames for the win.

Tenerife Hammers A, last seasons runners-up and hoping to get back to top spot this season, opened their campaign at Terrace Bantams, who just avoided relegation last season.

With Marky P back on board, though, the Bantams raced into a 3-1 lead and were brimming with confidence.

Hammers shook off the cobwebs to take the next set by the same score to level the game at 4-4. Bantams put up a spirited fight, but Hammers got over the line 7-5, when a draw would have been a fair reflection.

There are several teams looking to break the monopoly of the top two, Treehouse A, Phoenix Potters and The Phoenix all had a go last year.

Treehouse A travelled to Tenerife Hammers C for their first game and, again, it was close.

The visitors made the brighter start, taking a 3-1 lead, despite Tony Macaroni clearing up from the break against debutant Scott. Welcome to Division One! With nothing between them in the next four frames, the game was poised at 5-3. Heineken and then James for the Hammers grabbed two frames to level it, and the finish was in sight.

But Paul and then Jay fought back to give Treehouse the win.

The Phoenix side, who have changed a little from last season, hosted promoted Bluebell A in yet another close match. The home team felt confident, but the Bluebell boys can play pool and eventually won to stick a nice early three points on the board.

Down in Los Cristianos, Dreamers A welcomed old adversaries Phoenix Potters to town. Dreamers are normally renowned for their slow starts, and it looked like business as usual as the Potters took a 3-1 lead.

But they then collapsed as Dreamers took the next four frames to lead. Dreamers’ captain Steve opened the final session with a clearance from his break and this gave the home team

at least a draw. Dave clawed one back for the Potters before Mark A took the deciding frame, which capped his fine performance of winning all three of his games.

There has been a little friendly banter between the two teams from the Palms Bar. With the B team finishing higher than the A team last season, they wanted a change of name, understandably. But the A team, still living on past glories, refused, so we now have Palms A and Palms Elite!

The latter started this season away to Exiles A, which is never an easy place to go. But they picked up where they left off last season and, despite losing the first two frames, they soon took a 5-3 lead.

Exiles A tried to rally but Stash and Ben lost to give the win to Palms, although Tel and Blair did hit back to give the score more respectability.

Palms A had a much easier time as they took on Terrace Roosters, the majority of whom are on holiday. You can only beat what is put in front of you, though, and Palms A made few mistakes as they raced into a 7-1 lead, taking the points quickly.

Roosters took a cou-

ple of dead rubbers to make the score a little more respectable, but the damage had been inflicted quickly.

Division Two welcomes a few new teams this year, and it looks like being a difficult division to predict. One or two of last year’s sides will really fancy their chances, but the new teams are unknown entities, and I wouldn’t like to call this one!

Tenerife Pool Tables, who travelled to face off against old foes Picasso’s, are certainly looking for an improvement this season. The first round of frames went to TPT as they moved into a 3-1 lead.

Second round went to Picasso’s and the score was 4-4. Colin took one for TPT to edge them in front, but Pete and Jack struck back - 6-5 to Picasso’s, and just one more for the win.

But up stepped Harley for TPT. For those who don’t know, he is just 10 years old and was up against Fran.

But he showed no signs of nerves and there was little Fran could do as he took the frame, the game ending in a fair draw.

Treehouse B were also under-achievers from last season, but they have picked up a few new players and played host to Splash Bar, who are an experienced team. Early frames were traded and after eight games there was nothing between the two teams. It looked like heading for a draw, but Treehouse dug deep with Ben and Alan giving them a 6-4 lead.

Rod hit back for Splash, but Paul held his nerve for Treehouse and the points were theirs.

Hoppys Bar, back this

division 1 ResultS Dreamers A Exiles A Gaffers B Palms Bar A Tenerife Hammers C Terrace Bantams The Phoenix

7-5 5-7 5-7 9-3 5-7 5-7 5-7

Phoenix Potters Palms Bar B Gaffers A Terrace Roosters Treehouse A Tenerife Hammers A Bluebell A

division 1 Table Table

P W D L F

A +- PTS

1 Palms Bar A

1

1

0

0

9

3

6

3

2 Bluebell A

1

1

0

0

7

5

2

3

3 Dreamers A

1

1

0

0

7

5

2

3

4 Gaffers A

1

1

0

0

7

5

2

3

5 Palms Bar B

1

1

0

0

7

5

2

3

6 Tenerife Hammers A

1

1

0

0

7

5

2

3

7 Treehouse A

1 1 0 0 7 5 2 3

8 Rewind A

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

9 Exiles A

1

0

0

1

5

7

-2

0

10 Gaffers B

1

0

0

1

5

7

-2

0

11 Phoenix Potters

1

0

0

1

5

7

-2

0

12 Tenerife Hammers C 1

0

0

1

5

7

-2

0

13 Terrace Bantams

1 0 0 1 5 7 -2 0

14 The Phoenix

1 0 0 1 5 7 -2 0

15 Terrace Roosters

1 0 0 1 3 9 -6 0

division 2 ResultS Hoppys Bar Picasso’s A Sabores Treehouse B

4 - 8 6-6 4-8 7-5

Bluebell B Tenerife Pool Table Dreamers B Splash Bar

division 2 Table Table

P

W D

L

F

A

+- PTS

1 Bluebell B

1 1 0 0 8 4 4 3

2 Dreamers B

1 1 0 0 8 4 4 3

3 Treehouse B

1 1 0 0 7 5 2 3

4 Picasso’s A

1 0 1 0 6 6 0 1

5 Tenerife Pool Tables 1 0 1 0 6 6 0 1 6 New Team 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

7 New Team 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8 The Crown

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

9 Splash Bar

1 0 0 1 5 7 -2 0

10 Hoppys Bar

1

11 Sabores

1 0 0 1 4 8 -4 0

season, took on Bluebell B in the opening fixture. It was a tough match with some good pool being played, but Bluebell want emulate their A team and get promoted.

And when they went through the gears, they were just too much for Hoppys, picking up the first three points to make them early frontrunners.

For the first time, we have welcomed an El Medano bar into the

0

0

1

4

8

-4

0

league, and Sabores opened their account against Dreamers B. It will be a night they want to forget, however.

League games can be very nervy and it may take a couple of fixtures to get settled, but Dreamers have already experienced this and made a great start to the season in picking up a win. But I am sure there is much more to come from the Medano team!

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United need an OJ lift!

IT has been a long, hot, couple of months. But finally, we get to say: “Welcome back to the Barclay’s Premier League; How you have been missed!”

It has been another summer of change in terms of players in and out, but it all comes down to this now.

Man Utd v Spurs United have been big-spenders in the summer transfer window, but they still look weak across the back, in fact, even OJ Simpson had more of a defence than they do. They played well in this fixture last season, though, and will start with confidence.

I’m trying to work out if Spurs will have enough players for a team. They have moved a lot on, but replacements have been thin on the ground and there is a huge burden on Harry Kane to reproduce last season’s goalscoring form. They may have all their eggs in one basket there.

Last season: 3-0 Prediction: Home win

Bournemouth v Aston Villa Bournemouth will have been happy getting a home fixture for their first Premier League outing, and will also have been happy facing Aston Villa, who flirted with relegation last season. The Cherries have strengthened and they will hope to get points on the board early.

Villa have suffered a couple of big losses in the summer, with Delph and Benteke moving on to pastures new. Tim Sherwood hasn’t splashed too much of the cash on big names, but he has made a couple of shrewd signings. For me, Rudy Gestede is the one too watch.

Last season: N/A Prediction: Draw

Everton v Watford I fear for Everton this season because I believe they have a worse squad, and a manager who doesn’t inspire. I didn’t tip them to go down in my previous column, but they have a difficult fixture list up to Christmas, which could see them in real trouble going into 2016.

The Hornets make a welcome return to the Premier League and this is a good game for them to open the campaign. They have now bought in 10 new players, some with PL experience, but they need them to gel quickly.

Last season: N/A Prediction: Away win

Leicester v Sunderland Who can forget the flying start Leicester made last year? A few, probably, as they completed the season with a flying finish and managed to stay up. Hit by a scandal in the summer which saw players and the manager leave, they have turned to Claudio Ranieri. He has experience, but has he been away too long?

Sunderland, for me, should be a mid-table team, Dick Advocaat has spent more time with the squad and bought in some good players to strengthen it.

They will be a more mature team, less prone to make mistakes.

Last season: 0-0 Prediction: Away win

Norwich v Crystal Palace The Canaries were a good, strong unit in the Championship and difficult to beat. But they have lost some of that steel as players have gone. With the exception of one, all the newcomers have played at this level before. But there are no genuine, inspirational names on the list and it could be a long season for their fans.

Palace could be a surprise package. They have cut a lot of deadwood from their squad and bought in some quality replacements, most notable Yohan Cabaye from PSG. But the one to watch for me is Patrick Bamford, the loanee from Chelsea.

Last season: N/A Prediction: Away win

Arsenal v West Ham Is this the year the Gunners finally win another Premier League trophy? They have showed good pre-season form and have invested wisely in Petr Cech, who, many have said, could be the final piece to the jigsaw. But I feel they need another proven goal-scorer to take the burden off Olivier Giroud.

Hammers have backed new manager Slaven Bilić in the transfer market, but I have a feeling it could go one way or the other - and he could be a Paolo Di Canio at Sunderland. They need a big season with the Olympic Stadium move casting a large shadow.

Last season: 3-0 Prediction: Home win

Newcastle v Southampton It is hoped that Steve McClaren can turn the Geordies’ fortunes around and, for me, he has made the signing of the summer with Aleksander Mitrovic, who is a complete nutter, not averse to head-butts and rude goal celebrations.

He wants to emulate Shearer; I think he is more a cross of Tino Asprilla and Temuri Ketsbaia.

Saints, who have become transfer-window specialists, have bought in more great players, with Jordy Clasie the pick of the bunch. They will again be sniffing around the top four and should have a good run in Europe.

Last season: 1-2 Prediction: Away win

Stoke v Liverpool Gone is the long-ball Tony Pulis era, and now comes a time of skill and flair at the Britannia, with Mark Hughes bringing in players who can change games. Strangely, the Potters have a good relationship with Barcelona and have picked up some great players. They now have more Champions League winners in their squad then City, Arsenal and Liverpool.

The Reds will be hoping for a better start than last year after big buys again in the summer. The saga of Raheem Sterling has overshadowed certain aspects of their business, and I think Roberto Firmino could be the stand-out player this season.

Last Season: 6-1 Prediction: Away win

West Brom v Man City The Baggies must be willing the transfer window to close as Saido Berahino continues to be linked with a move away from the club. They haven’t got the biggest of squads and his loss, especially if it comes near the end, could be a huge problem. This is a difficult fixture to open with and they will just want it out of the way.

City will be eager to take the crown back from Chelsea, but they could be distracted by the Champions League as they have never had a good showing.

More flair players have been bought in but, like their neighbours, defence worries me. They need Sergio Aguero fit!

Last season: 1-3 Prediction: Away win

Chelsea v Swansea Nice to see Jose Mourinho start the season with more moaning than a fishwife after defeat against Arsenal in the Community Shield. They have not been as active in the transfer market as I would have thought, but maybe there is a surprise still to come. As for Falcao, he looked the same as last season ... well, apart from the haircut. Did Swansea peak last season with their high finish, or can they go a step further this time around? With a squad investment of less than £10m, I’m not convinced they can produce the same form. Garry Monk could go from hero to zero.

Last season: 4-2 Prediction: Home win

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