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Issue 981 25th November - 1st December 2016

THEY JUST CAN’T STOP SPEEDING!

MOTORISTS zooming up and down the motorways and highways of Tenerife have kept the Guardia Civil Traffic cops extremely busy this year, with more than 9,500 drivers stopped so far.

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Inside this week...

Red and White festive season See page 10

Canaries biggest drug-bust See page 4

CD Tenerife Win See page 54

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have a field day Continued from Front

For the most part, offenders were caught on the South motorway, on six sections of the TF-1, and two TF-5 stretches, as well as on the road between Guaza and Las Galletas (TF-66) and the one connecting Palm Mar (Arona) roundabout with the junction towards Guargacho (TF653).

So far this year, the cops have also handed out fines to 423 speedsters between the Las Chumberas link and La Laguna access to La Trinidad.

Some 419 fines were dished out on Adeje’s South motorway section, and 398 drivers were also penalised for speeding on the TF-1 between Guaza and Las Americas.

Another 297 motorists were fined for excess speed between Las Chafiras and Parque de La Reina, and 291 drivers were also snaffled between Guaza and Las Galletas.

For some peculiar reason, many drivers seem to think they HAVE to go fast.

From a window in our Canarian Weekly office,

on the Las Chafiras industrial estate, we have clear view of the TF-1, where vehicles cars, coaches, lorries and even motorbikes - zip by, both ways, at vast speeds.

Nearer to our window is the back road from Las Chafiras to Los Cristianos, running parallel to the motorway. And many motors rush by, in either direction, as fast as they can.

And right outside our window runs a narrow, slip-road on the edge of the industrial estate on which, in places, vehicles are parked either side, and motors

join from, or come off, the side road.

This busy little road should be tackled with extreme caution, and, in fairness, some motorists do take care. But the remainder use it as a race-track, gambling on

beating the incoming/ outgoing traffic.

The police would have a field day if they spent a few, incognito, hours in this area, and their coffers would certainly fill up quickly.

As well as fines for

Anthelia’s top accolade COSTA Adeje’s five-star Iberostar Anthelia, just 100 yards from Fañabe beach, has been voted Spain’s best “allinclusive” hotel at the TripAdvisor AllInclusive Travellers Choice Awards.

The annual awards are based on the millions of reviews and opinions from travellers around the world, who share their experience, reviews and ratings on the web.

speeding, there have been various, vehiclerelated offences in the province of Santa Cruz (the Western Isles: Tenerife, La Gomera, El Hierro, and La Palma).

These include an astonishing 7,799 chancers without a current Technical Vehicle Inspection (ITV) for their motors.

Also, despite several awareness campaigns by the General Traffic Directorate for years, a total of 3,112 drivers were caught using their mobile phones on the roads in the province – one of the most dangerous offences of all.

Even more worrying for the Provincial Traffic Headquarters is the 2,469 drivers “caught” under the influence of drugs or alcohol. And those caught driving without a licence, or with maximum points, came to 2,378.

A further 2,347 behind the wheel were snared for not wearing a seatbelt.

But when it comes to fines, it gets somewhat confusing, ranging from 100 euros right up to 2,500 euros, depending on whether the offence is Minor, Major or Very Serious.

Speeding fines start at 100 euros and can mount rapidly to 600 euros, depending on how fast you are driving above the designated speed limit, and on which road you are using.

Having no ITV on your vehicle is a straight 200euro fine; drink-driving is obviously classified as Serious, as is having no licence, or using a mobile phone while moving along.

The worst possible scenario is driving under the influence of drink or drugs, while not wearing a seatbelt and also driving the wrong way on a motorway. You are looking at a maximum fine of 2,500 euros, and a lengthy ban.

Incidentally, Cataluna police have reported on their latest recklessdriving incident: a drunken, 26-year-old woman drove 26km down the wrong side of the motorway near the French border at 7am last Sunday … with a wheel missing from her car!

Traffic cops drove parallel to the car on the correct side of the road, signalling the woman to stop as lorries swerved to avoid hitting her. She ignored them, so they trapped her with a road block.

She was taken before a judge, who released her with charges after confiscating her badlydamaged car, and her driving licence.

So, with the Christmas period fastapproaching, you really have been warned!

And don’t think you’ll get away with any driving offence if you’re a Brit, whether on holiday or living here!

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Teno road repairs lead to traffic ban JUST four short months ago, scores of people could have been killed in Punta de Teno when a section of the TF-445, just past Buenavista del Norte, collapsed.

One person said it was “a miracle nobody was killed” after this major tourist road crumbled over a cliff and into the ocean. In fact, no one was even injured.

But, as the pictures show, it really was a major collapse, with a large portion of the Teno road (8m x 4m) spilling down the hillside.

It happened on the stretch held in by the retaining sea wall, about 100m before the La Monja rock, and forced traffic to a halt in both directions.

Now, however, the road has been restored, and all is well again. Or is it?

Cabildo President Carlos Alonso, who stayed with staff at the scene until the early hours back in July, helping to co-ordinate the operation, has imposed a ban on traffic

using the road. He told a press conference this week: “The road will no longer be open to regular traffic and will be accessible by using public transport service only.” The concession has been given to a private company.

But Punta Teno Nautical Club Association, adamant

the road should be open to all, has collected more than 3,000 signatures opposing Alonso’s decision with this message to the Cabildo and Buenavista Town Hall: “Listen to the residents.

Stop privatising Teno.”

Yet back in July, Alonso had demonstrated his grit by throwing

his heart and soul into rescuing trapped people.

He even activated the Island’s emergency plan, which led to an air operation being launched.

It involved three Army helicopters, another from the Guardia Civil, an aircraft from the Canarias’ Emergency and Rescue Group (GES), and help from Tenerife fire-fighters’ Consortium, Guardia Civil, Civil Protection and National Police, all mucking in to perform a huge rescue job to ensure the safety of everyone.

And, that time, Alonso was even concerned about the sale of local produce.“There is a lot of agriculture around here, and the farmers rely on this road for transporting their produce,” he said.

“Thankfully, we are off-season for, say, the tomatoes. But that’s only until the season starts in August, and we have to have action by then.”

He must have overlooked the farmers’ current plight, and his own determination to get the stricken road reopened as quickly as possible.

Canaries biggest drug-bust of all!

THE largest drug-trafficking organisation ever in the Canary Islands, controlled by drug lords in Northern Europe and Asia, has been busted by National Police and the Guardia Civil.

An 18-month investigation, called “Gladiator-Yeti”, focused on various drug-trafficking

activities in Tenerife, specifically in El Fraile, next to Las Galletas, plus Taco and El Cardonal, both in La Laguna.

Police have seized around eight kilos of heroin, more than 13kg of cocaine and around

5.5 tons of different chemicals, supplied to other national and international drug gangs.

During the operation, 15 houses and warehouses were searched and 27 people were arrested: 20 Nigerians, three Spanish, three

Romanians and one from Sierra Leone, all aged between 30 and 60.

The narcotics sold in these areas consisted mainly of heroin and cocaine, mixed with other products to increase the quantity

and maximise profits.

The drug lords coordinated several groups, comprising individuals of Nigerian origin, to form a highlyspecialised criminal organisation.

It smuggled the narcotics through

“mules” of different nationalities, retrieving them from gang members in Europe and Asia. The drugs seized have an estimated street value of more than 3.6m euros.

In order to dismantle the Nigerian gang, and to unravel all the sales points within Spain, the judge on the case, and the prosecution’s anti-drug unit, devised a strategy to track and intervene other illegal substances appearing in various drugdealers’ laboratories on Tenerife.

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Shooting range ‘too noisy’ for residents

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VILLA owners on the luxurious Abama resort have added to the environmental complaints against Adeje’s municipal claypigeon shooting range, which concerns the noise level and contamination.

They want the range shut down, and have forwarded their objections, formally, to the Adeje and Guia de Isora town halls.

Investors in the area are unhappy with the noise, which affects the concentration of golfers, and prevents some residents from resting.

Also, the build-up of lead particles from the cartridges is polluting the Callao Salvaje beach because, when it rains, the heavy metal is washed down the barranco and into the sea.

The shooting is also having a negative effect on the countryside, damaging flora and

Bargains galore at Exposaldo fair LAST week’s 20th bargain-buy Exposaldo, held in the Recinto Ferial in Santa Cruz, closed its doors on Sunday after an outstanding success.

The cut-price event, dedicated to the sale of liquidation products including fashion, home appliances, used cars, decoration and toys, among other items, attracted a total of 46,600 visitors to what the Cabildo describes as “the largest outlet event in the Canaries”.

Efraín Medina, the Economic Minister and Cabildo VicePresident, said: “The fair has returned to be a resounding success.

“We have again managed to organise an event with a cheap entry fee of one euro, and with great retail bargains.”

fauna. And, for these reasons, locals want the range closed down.

Adeje Council would not comment, but a Callao Salvaje resident said: “I haven’t noticed any pellets, or anything else, from the range along shore-line, or on our beach. Are they quite sure of their facts?”

TENERIFE will again be hosting a convention on the subject of mummies, 25 years after hosting the first international “Athanatos Immortal”.

It is an exhibition dedicated to the Guanche funerals, and other similar rituals from around the world.

The convention, held every two years in different parts of the world, now returns to

its place of origin for the 2017-2018 version.

It is expected to attract around 300 experts on the subject, and will cost some 300,000 euros to stage the event.

The exhibition, scheduled for 24th November next year in Santa Cruz, at the Museum of Nature and Man, will cover death or immortality in past populations.

It runs until 4th June, 2018, and will be available to tourists and residents, with a special emphasis on school excursions.

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Car-crash death A WOMAN died and three other people were injured last Sunday evening after two vehicles collided on the road to Las Galletas.

Firefighters freed one of the passengers, who was trapped in the car.

Missing hiker is found safe

A WOMAN hiker, who lost her bearings while out walking on Monday night, was airlifted to safety by helicopter hours later after being rescued by firefighters.

San Miguel firefighters, along with bombardero volunteers from Adeje and Santiago del Teide, discovered her in the Cherfe barranco in Buenavista del Norte.

Emergency services were alerted, and the firefighters searched a vast area during the night until they found her in early hours of Tuesday.

Chinaman’s slippery meals MALAGA Airport’s Guardia Civil officers seized a Chinese citizen who was, allegedly, trying to smuggle seven kilos of sea cucumbers home with him.

The man was caught going through airport security with plastic bags full of the sea cucumbers - slippery creatures - in his handluggage. He told police he wanted them for his personal consumption.

These bizarrelooking creatures are considered to be a delicacy in many Asian countries, where they are also known for their aphrodisiac qualities.

They are also used in various medicinal treatments.

But fishing for sea cucumbers is prohibited in Andalucia, and sneaking them across borders is equally illegal, so the Chinaman was arrested and handed over to the appropriate authorities.

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Let’s get cracking on South Hospital again JESUS Morera, the Canarian Government’s Health Minister, is anxious to “speed up” the termination of building company Sacyr’s contract so that necessary work on the South Hospital can be put out to tender again.

Following last week’s news that the contractors had downed tools for over a month, after an ill-fated plea for more money, Morera said: “We still maintain

that the hospital will be completed in time, despite the inconveniences that have arisen.”

Sacyr, a prestigious multi-national organisation, asked for a budget increase of 10% (800,000 euros) because, it admitted, it had underestimated its own costings.

To date, it has spent just 7,000 euros of the 7.9m million budget which clinched the deal, according to Canarian Health Service Director Roberto Moreno.

A 390,000-euro was retained from the building company, and, should the Health Service win its “breach

of contract” case, the fine could reach 600,000 euros, says the Canarian Government.

The company saw off other rivals to clinch the contract by undercutting its rivals, and guaranteeing to complete the work in 19 months, against the anticipated 30 months.

The Canarian Health Department was seeking bids of nearly 10½m euros to build four operating theatres, three labourand-delivery wards and another ward to complete the hospital.

Sacyr’s bid of less than 8m euros was accepted by the Health

Department, and work began the end of June.

Its contract was, allegedly, cancelled after “unsuccessful negotiations” in which the Health Department (Sanidad) stuck rigidly to the initial, legallysigned deal.

Little has gone right for the new South Hospital complex, first mooted two decades ago.

Now the hospital, also known as El Mojon Hospital del Sur now and on the verge of seeing the dream completed, has hit another stumbling block.

But lawyers from local administrations have confirmed that if Sacyr

does not comply with the contract, “it risks paying compensation to the Health Ministry”.

Finance Minister Rosa Davila is backing Morera all the way. “The decision to terminate the contract is correct because we cannot tolerate this behaviour,” she insisted.

“The priority is to finish building the hospital, but we will not be blackmailed. Sacyr did not act ethically with the rest of the companies that went to tender.”

She added: “The work can go tender again quickly so that we do not need to extend the deadline.”

Hunt goes on for Trio’s violent assault Police in missing Carmelo LOCAL Arona arrested C A R M E L O Antonio Díaz Pezcoso, who has been missing from his Tenerife home since 7pm on Wednesday, 9th November, has bad eyesight and other ailments, and could be disorientated.

The search for Carmelo, which has been going on since his disappearance, has been extended to cover the whole of

Tenerife, thanks to the help of volunteers and the assistance of all the Local Police branches around the Island.

Unfortunately, there is no news yet.

Carmelo, last seen near Sagrera Canarias, in Adeje, was wearing orange trousers, a green shirt with black shoes and glasses. He is also a diabetic and has a degenerative disease.

If you have seen him, or know of his whereabouts, please call 112 or the Policia Local in Adeje, on 922 716 508.

three Moroccan men on suspicion of violent robbery, and intimidating a Swedish tourist, in Las Américas last Thursday.

The happened

incident on the

Francisco Andrade Fumero walkway the pedestrian area between Veronicas and the beach.

Officers patrolling the area saw three men struggling with another man, and beating him.

When the trio realised the police were there, they released the victim and tried to make an escape.

The three suspects, who were intercepted almost immediately, were identified as EHEA, aged 24; MLL, 35; and AT, 28. They lived in different areas of Arona.

The battered tourist was later found by another police patrol, about 500m from Managua Street, where he was assaulted.

Baby zebra shark causes such a stir UDRA, named after a little cove in Pontevedra, Galicia, was born on 24th October.

Her parents are called Elvis and Marilyn, and she is the first zebra shark to be born in Loro Parque.

Her birth is a wonderful achievement for the aquarium staff, because, after monitoring the egg’s evolution for months, they had to perform a caesarean on Marilyn once the embryo was fully developed.

Had the birth occurred in the wild, the baby shark wouldn’t have survived because the egg would

have decomposed, or been devoured by other fish.

And Ester Alonso, the aquarium conservator, stressed that: “Using scissors, we did it fast because we had to get her out.”

This is the first baby for Marilyn, a young shark who laid two fertilised eggs successfully.

And the other one should hatch next April, according to calculations.

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A new building for Guaza high school

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Just why is THIS Friday so black?

I’ve just come back from a week in the UK, and it seems that there, and here, everyone is going Black Friday crazy, so what is the background to this phenomenon we seem to have jumped on the band wagon with?

For millions of people Black Friday is the time to do some serious Christmas shopping as it’s one of the major shopping days of the year in the United States, falling anywhere between November 23rd and 29th. While it’s not recognized as an official US holiday, many employees have the day off -except those working in retail of course!

The term “Black Friday” was coined in the 1960s to mark the kickoff to the Christmas shopping season.

“Black” refers to stores moving from the “red” to the “black,” back when accounting records were kept by hand, and red ink indicated a loss, and black a profit.

In the 1960’s, police in Philadelphia griped about the congested streets, clogged with motorists and pedestrians, calling it “Black Friday.” In a non-retail sense, it also describes a financial crisis of 1869: a stock market catastrophe set off by gold spectators who tried and failed to

corner the gold market, causing the market to collapse and stocks to plummet.

As retailers began to realize they could draw big crowds by discounting prices, Black Friday became the day to shop, even better than those last minute Christmas sales.

The most shopped for items are electronics and popular toys, as these may be the most drastically discounted.

Black Friday is a long day, with many retailers opening up at 5 am or even earlier to hordes of people waiting anxiously outside the windows.

There are numerous ‘doorbuster’ deals and loss leaders, prices so low the store may not make a profit, to entice shoppers. Most large retailers advertise their Black Friday offers beforehand to give consumers time to find out about sales and plan their purchases.

Other companies take a different approach, waiting until the last possible moment hoping to create a buzz and keep customers eagerly checking back for an announcement.

As for me, I’m a man so all my Christmas shopping will be done on Christmas Eve!

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GUAZA high school, known popularly as The Barracks, is set to close in two years, the Education Department having started the countdown.

It is the only prefabricated high school in the Canaries, housing 400 students and 40 teachers, and the deficiencies are really showing, with two floods in the last month.

The Canarian Government has plans for a new facility, to be built in Parque de La Reina on a 13,120sq/m plot, which was given up by Arona Town Hall in 2009.

Ana Dorta, General Manager of Education Infrastructure, confirmed that the Canar-

ian Government has included an initial budget of 800,000 euros to build a replacement school.

“This represents a huge step forward,”she said. “It will fulfil a great educational

need in the South of Tenerife, as the current facility is not up to the appropriate standards.”

She added: “Thanks to the students’ families and the faculty members, they have

helped get this project going.

“And both teachers and students deserve a medal for persevering this long - the centre has been operating for 14 years in conditions that leave a lot to be desired.”

Gibraltar chief ‘ordered’ new Vox leader’s torture FABIAN Picardo, Gibraltar’s Chief Minister, will be investigated over allegations that a leader of a far-right Spanish nationalist party was tortured by police on the Rock.

In June, Nacho Minguez unfurled a huge Spanish flag on the British Overseas Territory in a protest stunt.

He is the Madrid leader of new political party Vox, which has copied

Donald Trump’s motto and vows to “make Spain great again”.

Minguez was promptly arrested and claims to have been held for more than seven hours, denied access to a lawyer and food, and frisked

“disproportionately”.

He alleges that his treatment was “by the direct order of the chief minister’ and carried out “for political reasons”.

Minguez further claims that his show-trial, several days, later had to be delayed to allow lawyers to tell him what the charges were. Spain’s National Court, which has accepted the complaint, will now launch a full investigation for “alleged crimes of torture and against the moral integrity of persons”.

For his part Fabian Picardo has ridiculed the claims of Spain’s modern-day Gandhi, describing them as “frivolous”, “reckless”, and a “clear abuse of process” over which he ‘won’t lose a moment’s sleep”

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FROGS and ducks are looking forward to the return of flowing water at one of the most attractive, historic plazas in Santa Cruz.

Plaza de 25 Julio is referred to as Plaza de Los Patos (ducks) because of its central water feature, ringed with sculpted frogs around a duck in the middle, which once spouted water.

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has set aside 500,000 euros to restore the plaza to its former glory - in time for its 100th birthday next year!

It was built in 1917, and the official name refers to Lord Nelson’s failed attack on the city

on 25th July 1797, when the bold Admiral lost his arm to musket fire.

It is a lovely, restful, shaded area, with a ring of 20 concrete benches, covered in ceramic

tiles depicting old advertisements.

The shade is both a blessing and a curse.

That’s because the Indian Laurel trees have spread their roots

to undermine the pond.

But part of the revamp will include trimming them back to let the beauty of the plaza shine through.

Many people enjoy the

charms of Parque Garcia Sanabria next door, and this back-water, which has been overlooked in recent years, will soon be enjoying similar attention.

Research vessel sparks a Navy flare-up in Gib! THE Royal Navy aimed several flares at a Spanish research vessel, which wandered into the Bay of Gibraltar last Sunday.

The

HMS

Sabre

attempted, initially, to make radio contact with the Angeles Alvariño. There was no response, so it fired several flares at the ship, which was conducting a study on the state of the area’s sea bed.

But this was not the first incident of a Spanish vessel

making an appearance in the bay over the last few weeks, and many feel the manoeuvres may be political in nature.

Specifically, some locals and officials have argued that the increased sightings may be indicative of Spain attempting to stake its claim over the area.

Following Sunday’s incident Dr. John Cortes, Gibraltar’s Environment Minister, released his frustration on Twitter, writing: “It hurts to see scientists being forced/ tricked into playing dangerous games, falsely, in the name of science.”

But Spanish

researchers were quick to retaliate, scientist Diaz-del-Rio insisting that the ship had been conducting important research - and that it had been operating in Spanish waters previously before going off-course.

Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian

Picardo was made aware of the incident rapidly.

And he commended the Royal Navy for its quick thinking and successful defence of British waters.

Picardo then lamented the the Spanish vessel’s “reckless disregard for safety”.

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Red and white festive season

By Colin Kirby

ONE of the colourful joys of a Tenerife Christmas is the explosion of poinsettia flowers, of which thousands are planted around the Island and never fail to impress.

Council workers have been busy the last few weeks, and the result is stunning.

The Flores del Pascua originate from Mexico, but are very happy to put down roots on our little rock.

Santa Cruz always leads the way with a campaign of almost military scale. This year, 50,000 euros has been allocated to the bright

wonders by Santa Cruz Council.

They are divided into 33,390 red flowered plants, 13,565 white, and a small sprinkling of the pink variety, all sown in flower beds and hedgerows around the capital.

Parque Garcia Sanabria, just to the north of the shopping heart of the city, has one of the biggest spreads.

Its centre-piece is the flower clock, which takes on a pleasing mixture of the blooms.

Look out for an abundance of poinsettias around the southern resorts, especially on roundabouts, and small, potted versions for sale in florists.

They make a smashing addition to any apartment.

Island could be so flushed with pride WHEN you gotta go, you gotta go… so let´s stand up (or sit down) for the best places to answer the call of nature.

The Toilet Tourism Awards are looking to praise the places which are your salvation in time of need, and there are several categories.

How about Best Location? There must be plenty in Tenerife where their setting makes them almost worth snapping to send a picture home.

Best Design: Has someone shown a flair for creativity, maybe something modern and futuristic? Well some places really like to splash out with their essential facilities..

Quirkiest Toilet Experience: Strangelyplaced, amusing signs, etc. Maybe you nearly wet yourself laughing.

The awards, launched last Saturday, are being promoted by mytravelresearch.com and you have until 1st April next year to download your entry.

And, with an encouraging note from the organisers, Bronwyn White, co-founder of the TravelResearch website, said: “This is the chance for toilet owners in tourism to wipe the floor with the competition.

“I like to think of the Tourism Awards as the industry’s own Game of Thrones.”

Runners safer without any cushioned trainers WE see them in the street, or on the seafront every day, and they look so healthy.

But joggers are warned that they are more likely to injure themselves by running in cushioned trainers.

That’s because they tend to land on their heels, which increases their “loading rate” - the impact of them hitting the ground. And experts say this force makes them more likely to suffer.

But those who run barefooted, or with minimal support, put most of their body weight on to the ball of their foot and are at much lower risk of hurting.

Researchers from the University of Exeter

have compared how quickly the force acts when joggers’ feet hit the ground, which has previously been shown to influence injury risk.

They assessed 29 runners and found significantly lower rates for those who wore socalled minimal trainers, landing on the balls of their feet.

This action was compared with those in normal running shoes, regardless of how they landed: on their heels or the front part of their feet.

Lead researcher Dr Hannah Rice said: “So many people use running as a means of reducing the risk of chronic diseases. But about three-quarters of runners, typically, get injured in a year.

“Footwear is easily modifiable, but many runners are misguided when it comes to buying new trainers.

“This research shows

that running in minimal shoes, and landing on the balls of your feet, reduces loading rates and may, therefore, reduce the risk of injury.”

Though jogging continues to grow in popularity, injury rates have not fallen, despite

decades of research aimed at reducing them.

Modern-day runners in cushioned footwear tend to land on the heel, known as a “rearfoot strike”, while those who run barefoot are more likely to employ a “forefoot strike”, landing on the ball of

the foot. But previous research has shown that forward/backwards and sideways forces can be higher with a forefoot strike, meaning the total force is similar.

Total force seems to be similar between foot-strikes if wearing modern, cushioned

trainers, and Dr Rice said: “This appears to suggest that, for runners in traditional, cushioned, running shoes, the foot-strike pattern may not matter for injury risk.

“However, we have suspected that the same may not be true of runners who use minimal shoes, which don’t have the cushioning provided by traditional running shoes.

“Our research tells us that becoming accustomed to running with a forefoot strike, in shoes that lack cushioning, promotes a landing with the lowest loading rates, and this may be beneficial in reducing the risk of injury.”

She added: “Any transition to new footwear, or to a different foot-strike pattern, should be undertaken gradually, and with guidance.”

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POWDERED alcohol is said to be smuggled into British prisons for offenders to slip into their drinks while relaxing in their cells.

Female visitors are believed to be hiding the small packets in their clothes and, perhaps, even knickers to get around security checks.

The product is generally made using micro - encapsulation (small capsules). And, when mixed with water, they are transformed into an alcoholic beverage.

In March 2015, the United States Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) approved four product labels for specific powdered-alcohol products, making vodka and rum cocktails, which opened

the doors for legal sales.

However, from 4th January this year, the powdered product has not been available for sale, and legalisation remains controversial, because of public health and other concerns.

But the Daily Star Sunday says inmates have been using what they call “dry booze” inside two prisons in Yorkshire.

Officials there fear its use could lead to increased violence among inmates.

A source told the newspaper that the packets were seized, if spotted, but staff, seeking an easy life, sometimes turned a blind eye.

To make matters worse for officials, inmates at Guys Marsh prison in Dorset, boasted of steak dinners, alcohol and drugs, and posted images on Facebook.

The pictures also showed games consoles and stereos in cells.

Queen’s elite Guard are on the back foot THE elite infantry regiments who protect the Queen are facing a recruitment crisis said to be the worst in their history.

The Foot Guards, who defend the main royal palaces, are failing to meet manpower targets in three of their five regiments.

In addition, the Scots, Irish and Welsh Guards all have fewer Guardsmen - the equivalent rank of private - than needed to be defined as “operationally effective”.

The manpower target for a battalion is 330, but the Scots and Irish Guards can each muster just 230 Guardsmen.

Meanwhile, the Scots Guards has only 260 Guardsmen, according to Ministry of Defence figures seen by The Sunday Express.

Sources told the newspaper that recruits often see newer regiments as more attractive than the Guards, while others blamed money-saving

measures for damaging morale.

Military chiefs sometimes respond to manpower shortages by moving men between different regiments.

This happened during a tour of Afghanistan, when numbers in the Welsh Guards were bolstered by soldiers from the Scots Guards.

In 2011, there were plans to disband the Coldstream Guards - the oldest regiment in the British Army - because of defence cuts.

But these were avoided after Army chiefs were lobbied by the Queen’s close advisers.

Buckingham Palace and the Household division, comprising the seven regiments

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Bone-dry deserts reveal drinking-water miracle

AT the edge of the unforgiving Sahara Desert, gigantic “fogcatcher” nets are snaffling water droplets from the air, bringing drinking water to the people in an arid mountainous region of Morocco.

The project is the largest in the world using these nets to harvest moisture. It serves to ease water pressure from intense droughts, which have already caused limited stores of ground-water to dwindle.

The South-West Moroccan scheme uses 600sq/m of netting to harvest moisture from fog in the mountains near Ait Baamrane. And it provides drinking water for more than 400 people, occupying five villages, through an extensive network of pipes.

Catching fog has proved successful in arid regions around the world for a number of years.

This is particularly true of Chile, where dwellers on the edge of the high-altitude Atacama Desert - the driest place on Earth have used the system successfully to irrigate their crops.

More recently, a system of fog-catchers has been installed in South Africa’s Limpopo province, helping to bring drinking-water to inhabitants.

The project relies on the abundant fog, carried into the

which protect the Queen - including the two which make up the

mountains by ocean winds for six months of the year.

As the fog hits the huge spread of nets, at an altitude of 1,225m above sea level, it condenses the water droplets collecting at the bottom of the vast net surface and flowing through piping.

Filtered water is stored in reservoirs, which can hold a total of 539,000 litres (118,563 gallons).

The fog-catcher system, since being launched in March 2005, captures an average of 6,300 litres (1,660 gallons) per day.

And, though all these arid regions are lacking in water, air-currents can bring waves of condensed moisture to the surrounding mountains in the form of fog.

It then flows through thousands of metres of piping to villages, delivering clean, drinking water into homes.

The Moroccan project was set up by local, non-governmental Household Cavalry - are said to remain opposed to any attempts to restructure the Guards.

A senior officer working with the Royal Household told The Sunday Express that this Royal endorsement puts the Guards “above any sanction or future plans to disband them”.

An Army spokesman said: “The Infantry, including the Division of Foot Guards, are sufficiently manned to de-

organiser (NGO) Dar Si Hmad, who has spent 10 years researching and developing the infrastructure.

Once collected, the water is cleaned by passing it through UVlight and sand filters, powered by solar panels.

The incrediblysuccessful Moroccan project has been awarded the UN’s Momentum For Change award, which highlights efforts underway to tackle climate change, and implement sustainable technologies.

Dar Si Hmad says the villages in the region are mainly made up of women and children, because the men have migrated to urban regions to find work.

Water pressure in the arid region has increased since the Eighties as waves of drought have hit the villagers.

Dar Si Hmad’s boss, Jamila Bargach, told CNN: “Before we installed the nets, liver their operational and ceremonial requirements.’

The Queens Guards are charged with protecting the monarch’s residences in London as well as Windsor Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.

Also making up the Household Division are the two regiments of the Household Cavalry: the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals.

villagers had to walk three hours a day to go to distant, depleted wells, which is what people still do every day in the region where we don’t operate.”

The entire network is maintained and funded by the grateful recipients, paying affordable water fees.

They are also involved in the building and maintenance of the system.

Dar Si Hmad presented the project at the UN’s recent Marrakesh climatechange conference … where it was awarded the UN’s Momentum For Change award.

The system is set to be upgraded in January to a newer version of the technology, called CloudFisher nets.

These advanced nets will enable the project to capture even more fog over the same area.

Further plans include connecting another eight villages to the pipeline, enabling these residents to enjoy running water as well.

All seven regiments of the Household Division pre-date the English Restoration in 1660.

They have been guarding the sovereign’s palaces since the reign of King Charles II. Ceremonial duties include the Trooping the Colour, marching on Remembrance Sunday and providing a guard for the Queen’s Birthday Parade and the State Opening of Parliament.

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Black Friday’s golden reward SPANISH retailers, including those in Tenerife, are all set for today’s fifth annual Black Friday, a major cut-price shopping event which has met with significant success.

The tradition began in Spain in 2012, when a small group of stores

decided to introduce a pre-Christmas sale day, mirroring America’s hugely popular Black Friday.

In the following two years, they were joined by some of the country’s largest retailers, including department store chain El Corte Inglés, fashion giant Mango and several brands in the Inditex group - parent company of clothing chain Zara.

It is now spreading like

Fancy that! Brits’ dress up to thrill BENIDORM’S annual British Fancy Dress Day took place last Thursday, with hordes of expats and holidaymakers again taking to the streets, wearing an array of weird and wonderful garb.

The party, held the day after the official end of the town’s fiesta, is reckoned to have attracted some 40,000 revellers, which was 10,000 more than last year.

As always, events were centred on Calle Gerona and the British Square, with bars blasting out music,

to the delight of the colourful crowd.

The celebration, thought to be the biggest fancy-dress party in Europe, dates back 20 years, when a local bar began offering a free drink to those turning up in costume.

A new addition for 2016 was a parade of floats, with local bars and hotels taking part.

Mayor Toni Perez, plus a selection of his Councillors, also made an appearance.

With an incredible display of colourful costumes on display, and even a foam party outside one bar, the friendly fancy-dress day appears to be going from strength to strength, the Local Police more than happy to report no hint of trouble.

wildfire by the year, with major brand-names holding promotions throughout the weekend

and into Monday. And some now favour online cuts against in-store discounts.

Online retail giant Amazon hopes to increase sales by 80% on its 2015 figures by selling more than one million products in 24 hours.

A spokesman said it sold 560,000 units during 2015 Black Friday, and it’s offering discounts on over 10,000 items until Monday.

Furniture giant Ikea has distributed special leaflets detailing its Black Friday offers, which will be available

until Sunday, with up to 50% reductions.

Other brands prefer to keep their deals under wraps to drum up interest.

El Corte Inglés has yet to reveal its plans, but a spokesperson said its ticket sales service would enjoy 50% discounts through to Sunday.

Toys ‘R’ us will reduce price tags by 50% on a wide range of children’s products, also up to Sunday.

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Car parks pushing aside smaller cars Police orders not to be sniffed at…

POLICE chiefs in the Philippines have warned their officers not to take selfies or pick their noses … when on duty!

A memo issued by the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) reminds them not to do anything that might upset the public.

And police in Manila, the capital, have been told not to play online games, smoke or chew gum during their shifts.

The list also specifies that any bodily itches must remain unscratched, and that officers should not adopt “unseemly postures”, such as standing on one leg.

The orders are a response to officers post-

ing photos of themselves on social media while on duty in the city.

Police leaders have, repeatedly, issued “noselfie” instructions, especially after the 2013 Typhoon Haiyan, when some cops posted pictures from the disaster zone.

But at least Manila residents will have seen an increase in police activity because the NCRPO says 85% of its force is now on patrol.

President Rodrigo Duterte recently announced a major increase in government funding for the national police, as part of his controversial war on drugs.

He is committed to boosting its budget by 24.6% next year, so more officers can be taken on - and to buy more vehicles and guns!

A NEW study has determined that the average parking space is no longer big enough to cater for today’s modern cars, amid an increasing number of accidents.

The study maintains that the average parking space is 4.8m long and 2.4m wide. But popular, larger vehicles such as the Audi Q7 and the Mercedes-Benz GL-Class measure more than 5m long and just under 2m wide.

Even many smaller cars are larger than

they used to be, with the latest Vauxhall Corsa now 16% bigger than it was 15 years ago, for example.

Scott HamiltonCooper, director of operations at Accident Exchange, which produced the study, said: “Drivers are having to squeeze increasingly large cars into spaces that, generally, haven’t got any larger for a very long time.

“This could be contributing to the rise in car-parking incidents we are seeing.”

Mr Hamilton-Cooper also said that the sports utility vehicles (SUVs) have become extremely popular, outselling smaller hatchbacks,

while older, smaller cars are being taken off the roads.

And car-parking accidents have increased by some 35% since 2014, now accounting for more than 30% of all accidents, said Accident Exchange.

This adds up to around 1,859 such accidents every day in Britain. Accident Exchange calculates that the figure results in an average repair bill of £2,050, meaning that parking prangs are costing Britons around £1.4bn a year.

In response, the National Car Parks (NCP), Britain’s largest, private car-park operator, has announced that it

is making many of its spaces larger.

The move has angered those driving smaller vehicles, who resent the reduction in the number of spaces to accommodate these bigger cars.

An NCP spokeswoman told The Times: “We are moving towards making the bays wider because we recognise that vehicles are growing in size, especially SUVs.” She admitted there was an “extremely fine balance” between demand for bigger spaces and the number of spaces available, particularly in very busy car parks, such as those at railway stations.

Susan Boyle heartache SUSAN Boyle, who shot to fame in 2009 on TV’s Britain’s Got Talent after stunning the judges - including Simon Cowell - with her outstanding voice, fears she may never again sing live.

In a candid interview with Sunday Mirror, the 55-year-old Scot said her daily struggle with Asperger’s syndrome had already forced her to rule out a new tour, at least for now.

As for performing in front of audiences, she admitted: “You can feel like death, but you have to put it on. The audience wants to see someone smiley.”

Susan, who has shunned the limelight for nearly two years, has, instead, been working on a new album, A Wonderful World. It was released last Friday and includes a selection of Christmas classics.

She has also improved her health, having lost more than two stone after being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.

And she was more than confident to reveal her new, slim-line shape.

But the singer has no regard for the high life. She’s just as happy living in her childhood home at Blackburn, West Lothian.

However, she is definitely coy when asked about rumours of her first adult relationship, with a doctor she met in Florida.

“It’s nothing serious at

the moment,” she said. “I will send him a picture of my weight loss - if he’s a good boy!”

Earlier this month, Susan spilled the beans about her potential partner to Event magazine, saying: “He’s a nice man. He took me out for a meal and we got friendly, you know.

Everyone was going daft looking for me, and there I was with this lovely guy.”

She added: “Potentially, it’s not finished. I’d like to see him more, but I’m very busy, and it’s been a long time. But I would like someone.

I’m very sensitive. I can be loving and loyal, and then, sometimes, I can be pretty hard to get.”

Susan has also spoken of her desire to become a mother, but revealed her anxieties about this while owning a cat.

“I would love to adopt a child, too, but my cat might get jealous,” she said. “I don’t want to see a cat and a baby fighting.”

Professionally, Susan, who captured the hearts of a nation on Britain’s Got Talent, has achieved more success than she could ever have dreamed.

She has released six albums, - selling 20 million worldwide - and is believed to be worth around £25m.

There’s even talk of a film of her life, with Meryl Streep tipped for the starring role.

But feisty Susan admits she’d prefer Brit actress Julie Walters.

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Old-folk care could become social crisis BRITAIN is in danger of “sleep-walking into a social care crisis”, warns the former Pensions Minister Ros Altmann.

She has urged the UK Government to use tax breaks to help people save for later-life care because, she believes, the cost of funding provision is pushing the NHS in England to breaking point.

And she revealed that she warned other ministers of looming problems last year.

The Department of Health said it was significantly raising the funds accessible to local authorities for care.

But Lady Altmann, Pensions Minister under David Cameron, said: “This should have been done years ago, but successive governments have failed to offer any help.

“The Government spends billions on private-pension taxbreaks, and there is a state pension to provide a base level of support.

But there are no incentives to set money aside for care costs.”

Cuts in social-care

funding in England have been blamed for a sharp increase in the number of patients stuck in hospital beds because care cannot be arranged elsewhere.

But a DoH spokesman said: “This government is committed to making sure older people throughout the country get affordable and dignified care.”

Lady Altmann, who left her government post in Theresa May’s July reshuffle, said the NHS could not carry on picking up the pieces of a “broken care-system”, adding: “Care has been

left to cash-strapped councils, who keep cutting provisions.”

Lady Altmann told the BBC she had sent a memo around Whitehall when she was appointed after the May 2015 General Election, warning that the carecost issue could cause significant social and economic distress.

The DoH said local authorities in England had been given powers to raise extra money for social care through higher council taxes, and that other funding would be available from next April.

Russians flocking back RUSSIAN tourists are on the move again after six years of decline in the sector. And nine out of 10 people taking holidays in the Canary Islands invariably choose Tenerife.

The Russian market has registered a positive evolution in this year’s January-October period, with a 3.3% increase of holiday-makers staying in Tenerife accommodation, and an overall 19% rise in arrivals.

Deputy Tourism Minister Cristobal de la Rosa, said: “this is a huge market, offering more than 170 million potential customers.”

This week, nearly 350 travel agents from Russia, the Baltic countries, Belarus, Bulgaria and Romania were in Tenerife for the international convention of Tez Tour, one of the most important tour operators in Eastern Europe.

Spain’s unhealthy 46m-euro penalty SPAIN must cough up a multi-million-euro fine for failing to process sewage adequately in 17 mainland communities.

The EU Commission demands that the Spanish Government pay 46.5m euros because of its lack of action.

The Commission said its negligence could cause “serious risks to human health and the environment” in all the communities.

Nine of them are in An-

dalucia, the country’s worst-affected region, and the remainder in the south.

News of the fine came as the Commission said it was taking the country to the EU Court of Justice for the second time, five years after first highlighting failures in 37 communities.

It also wants the court to impose a daily fine of 171,217.20 euros if Spain does not pay up by the time it reaches a ruling.

In fact, Spain has left it 16 years late to build the adequate watertreatment infrastructure, following an EUwide directive in 2000.

It was enacted to “prevent serious risks to human health and the environment”.

Costa del Sol’s Benalmadena and Torrox, which featured in the 2011 list, were removed because water-treatment plants had been installed.

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Cornwall’s banning more second homes FOLLOWING a successful ruling for St Ives, more Cornwall communities could enforce bans on second homes.

Some 25% of properties in the seaside town are believed to be second homes, and, earlier this year, residents voted overwhelmingly to ban the construction of new properties unless they were reserved for locals.

A Penzance-based architectural firm appealed the decision, claiming Cornwall Council should not have allowed the vote in the first place.

But the High Court has backed the residents of St Ives, allowing the ban to remain. In addition, since that ruling, five parishes of the Rame Peninsula have suggested they want to follow suit.

This area, often known as the “forgotten corner of Cornwall”, is an area of outstanding natural beauty, close to Plymouth.

Unsurprisingly, residents are concerned that second-home ownership is pushing house prices up and creating a ghost town in the winter months.

Rame resident Brian Smith is well aware that the area has altered. “I used to be an errand boy and I knew every person in the village,” he said. “But it has changed drastically.

“People let their houses out for £2,000 a week, yet our local people can’t afford to buy or rent. It has spoilt the village, it really has. When I was young, everyone was equal here.”

But for second-home owners like Jonathan Pilgrim, who divides his time between London

and the South West, a change of current rules could have devastating implications.

He told Sky News: “It’s an economic benefit for me. It means I don’t have to go to local hotels, and I feel that I am now a part of that community.

“I can contribute to it by buying all my groceries locally, and it’s a beautiful part of the world, from which I wouldn’t want to be shut out.”

Local councillor George Trubody has said people in the Rame peninsula have strong views about secondhome ownership, and that action needed to be taken for the future, to enable locals to own their properties.

In recent years, the Yorkshire Dales, the Peak District and Exmoor have imposed similar rules to those in St Ives.

And, given the current High Court ruling, it is likely many other communities across the country will soon follow suit.

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Loo rolls wipe out road-tar problems AUT HOR I T I E S in an American city are flushed with success after a unique plan to utilise toilet paper has helped fix cracks in the roads, and prevented cars being spattered with fresh tar.

Workers in Littleton, Colorado, are sealing cracks in roadways around several neighbourhoods, and their task has made easier by mild, autumn temperatures. The maintenance

crews are using biodegradable loo rolls over freshly-sealed areas to keep the tar in place, and off bicycles, cars, tires and shoes.

Locals thought it was a practical joke when they woke to find the toilet paper on their roads.

But the city council opted to use loo paper, rather than shut down streets for 40 minutes while the tar dried … and everyone knows its blotting potential, which works really well without being costly.

One resident, Holly Robbins, told local TV: “I’ve never seen it done this way before, and I

was kind of surprised.”

The city could have used other used other material to cover the seals, but officials say that old-fashioned lavatory paper is significantly more economical.

A local council spokesman said: “The tar used for cracksealing is really sticky and doesn’t dry quickly.

So, rather than close freshly-sealed areas to keep it in place, we decided to place toilet paper over the cracks to mesh with the sealant.

“It is cost-effective, and rain and traffic will help it dissipate in a few days.”

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By Mariano Zunino Siri Registered lawyer at the Tenerife Bar Association.

A CLIENT recently asked me about the issue of payment of tax due on the increased value on land or property, known as Municipal Plusvalia Tax to his town hall, following the transfer of ownership of his property as a result of it being repossessed by the bank.

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Municipal Plusvalia tax on foreclosures

Besides losing his residence, this person was also forced to make a settlement payment of Plusvalia tax.

This particular situation occurred numerous times until Law 18/2014 of 15th October, approving urgent measures for growth, competitiveness and efficiency, took effect from 1st January 2014.

This act provides an exception to the payment of the Municipal Plusvalia Tax as referred in Article 105.1 of the law of regulation of local financing.

So paragraph c) of that

article provides as an exception: “Transmissions made by individuals as per the payment in the family home of the mortgagor or guarantor for the cancellation of debts secured by mortgage, falling upon it, contracted with credit institutions or any other entity that, professionally, perform the activity of granting loans or mortgage loans.

“Also, transmissions are exempt in presenting the above requirements, made in judicial or notarial foreclosure.”

That is the case of a

property of someone who has a mortgage (or the guarantor), if in payment for debt cancellation or repossession, such a transfer is exempt from the Municipal capital gains tax.

According to the Law: “To enjoy the right for exemption, the debtor or guarantor, transferor or any other member of the family is not available at the time to avoid the foreclosing, other property or rights in amount enough to meet the entire mortgage debt.

“Compliance with this requirement is automatically

presumed, but if it is found later to be the opposite, that changes the situation with the corresponding tax assessment. For this purpose, it is considered that the family home in which the taxpayer has registered with the Town Hall census continuously for at least two years prior to the transmission, or from the time of acquisition if that term is less than two years.

“Regarding the concept of family unity, this is subject to the provisions of Law 35/2006 of November 28th of Return Tax of Individuals and Partial

Modification of the Corporation Tax Law, Non-Residents Return Tax and Wealth Tax. “For this purpose, the marriage and legally registered domestic partnership are considered to be the same.

“Due to these special circumstances, ie losing the family home by way of foreclosing, the Law accepts to minimise the effect of the payment of this tax as the transmission is not voluntary. The client of the case presented an objection and the liquidation was nullified with nothing to pay.”

Tobacco faces higher costs in 2017 Budget

EMERGING centre-right political group Ciudadanos, which gave the Popular Party the vital support it needed to continue leading Spain, will accept hikes on tobacco and diesel fuel as part of Mariano Rajoy’s 2017 budget.

But only on condition that the Prime Minister agrees not to increase sales or income tax.

“We can accept these increases if that’s the case,” said a member of the Ciudadanos economic team.

Party leader Albert Rivera has also called on the government to raise more revenue by cutting spending on regional administration, to overhaul company taxes, and to claw back money from people who benefited from the PP’s 2012 tax amnesty.

That just about raised 50% of the 2.5bn euros in back-taxes and, instead, shed light on at least 25bn euros estimated to be hidden away in offshore

accounts.

Finance Minister Cristóbal Montoro, who would prefer not to increase sales or income tax, has already signalled a willingness to up the price of cigarettes, as well as taxing sugary drinks.

So-called green taxes are another revenue-raising route, which would see the generation of nuclear waste, hydro-electric energy, gas, coal, heating oil and diesel being taxed.

Spain has just a week to present a package of measures to Brussels to meet demands to cut 5.5bn euros to reduce the country’s structural

deficit - debts it believes it can avoid.

Rajoy’s government says it intends to lower the current 21% sales tax on concerts and theatre shows to 10% part of the deal struck with Ciudadanos which returned the PP to power.

It has also agreed not to raise sales tax from 10% to 21% in the tourism and hospitality industries.

But even with Ciudadanos support in Congress, the PP does not have the necessary votes to pass its 2017 budget.

It will be looking for support from the Basque National Party and the

Canaries Coalition. But the Socialists (PSOE) have already said they will not support Rajoy’s public accounts.

In a Financial Times interview last Sunday, Economy Minister Luis de Guindos said the government was not planning to raise sales or income tax, and that corporate tax would make up the bulk of any revenue shortfall.

He said that in 2007, Spain collected some 40bn euros in company tax, and that this year’s figure would total half of that.

Guindos attributed the drop to the ongoing economic crisis. But he added that Spain’s

economy was picking up, with company profits returning to similar 2007 levels.“That’s because many companies have accumulated a negative

tax base, and you can deduct that,” he said.

He also admitted that the government would now close some of the “loopholes and deductions” used by companies.

In the run-up to the June elections, Rajoy said he wanted to cut corporate tax, depending on the evolution of tax revenues.

Guindos also referred in the interview to the privatisation of Bankia, the former Caja Madrid savings bank and financial group, which was bailed-out and nationalised in 2012.

He said that next year’s deadline could be extended, a decision depending on market conditions.

Woman, 63, dies after home blaze A WOMAN aged 63 died during a blaze in her caravan-cumshack in an area commonly known as “The cheap houses”. near El Puertito, on the Adeje coast.

The fire, in the early hours of Tuesday, quickly spread to an adjacent shack, and to the woman’s car. Two

men, sleeping close by, noticed the smoke and helped the victim escape.

Two fire engines and paramedics attended the scene after an Emergency Services’ alert. But the woman was in cardiac arrest, and they were unable to resuscitate her.

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Saturday 26th November, BBC2, 22.30 During the 1980s Britain was convulsed by social and cultural change: massive unemployment, strikes and rioting, then an economic boom where designer brands and labels fuelled a new, aspirational Britain.

Soul II Soul frontman and entrepreneur Jazzie B witnessed this change from both sides of the divide.

The decade saw him progress from being a teen targeted by the stop and search laws to an international superstar, as Keep On Movin and Back to Life’ topped the charts here and in America and his fashion line sold to the world.

It’s the against-the-odds story of a successful young black British businessman and musician in a time of mass unemployment and recession.

It’s also a tale of identity: personal identity - in the decade defined by image and aspiration, Jazzie created his own unique style, the ‘Funki Dred’ which set him apart, coining the first definitively British black street style and a Soul II Soul fashion brand - as he says “before we knew what branding was”.

Jazzie explores the 1980s giving his perspective on aspects of the era - from Thatcherism to fashion, racism to TV shows, hairstyles to warehouse parties.

The programme features a stellar cast of contributors that include Lenny Henry, Ian Wright, Sir Viv Richards, Tony Hadley, Lord Tebbit, Sir Lenny Henry, DJs Trevor Nelson MBE, Judge Jules and Norman Jay MBE, Caron Wheeler (singer, Soul II Soul), Caryn Franklin (founder, i-D Magazine), Sheryl Garratt (editor, The Face), Ian Wright MBE and writer, Lloyd Bradley.

The Big Food Rescue Monday 28th November - Friday 2nd December, BBC1, 09.15 The Big Food Rescue follows a new charity, as they try to make a dent in the 10 million tonnes of food thrown away in the UK every year.

Robin Aitken and David Cairns aim to stop edible food going to landfill and instead deliver it to charities and people that are in need.

They use a business model that’s worked for their organisation in Oxford - but can they make it work in London, a city 55 times the size?

The series also showcases inventive schemes from around the country aimed at reducing food waste.

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Fri 25th Nov 06:00...................... Breakfast 09:15.......... Ill Gotten Gains 10:00 ...... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 ........ Secret Life of the Hospital Bed 11:45 .............Rip Off Britain 12:15.............. Bargain Hunt 13:00...... BBC News at One 13:45......................... Doctors 14:15................ The Coroner 15:00............... Escape to the Country 15:45... Money for Nothing 16:30........................... Flog It! 17:15....................... Pointless 18:00 .... BBC News at Six 18:30 .BBC London News 19:00 .......The One Show 19:30 ............... Still Open All Hours 20:00 ............ EastEnders 20:30 ......... Citizen Khan 21:00..... Have I Got News for You 21:30..............Walliams W C and Friends choice 22:00.... BBC News at Ten 22:35 ........... The Graham Norton Show 23:25....................Would I Lie to You? 23:55......The Apprentice 01:00............... BBC News

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06:00 ............ Good Morning Britain 08:30 ........................ Lorraine 09:25 ......... The Jeremy Kyle Show 10:30 .............. This Morning 12:30 ............ Loose Women 13:30............. ITV Lunchtime News 13:55..... ITV News London 14:00.............. Judge Rinder 15:00......................... Tenable 16:00.............. Tipping Point 17:00 ....................The Chase 18:00................ ITV News London 18:30............ ITV Evening News 19:00 ........... Emmerdale 19:30 .............Coronation Street 20:00 ......... Countrywise 20:30............. Coronation Street 21:00 .......I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

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Walliams And Friend BBC1, 21.30

Walliams & Friend features a different guest ‘Friend’ every episode, creating a one-off, brand new double act with David Walliams each week.

This week, it’s award-winning comedian Jack Whitehall who joins David Walliams for a variety of comedy sketches.

See Jack Whitehall as you’ve never seen him before. This episode includes Jack and David’s inappropriate take on Sherlock and Watson; the world’s worst dating show contestant and Jack doing something David has never done before - dressing as a woman.

Also includes the launch of Britain’s cruelest reality TV show, Celebrity Slammer, in which David finds himself locked up with the likes of The Chuckle Brothers and Bob Carolgees.

The series also features a talented support cast including Morgana Robinson, Mike Wozniak and Jason Lewis.

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06:00................. Countdown 06:45 .................................. The Goldbergs 07:05.................................. The Goldbergs

06:00......... Toby’s Travelling Circus 06:10 ...........Lily’s Driftwood Bay 06:20 .............. Fireman Sam

07:30.................................. The Goldbergs

06:30 .....................Peppa Pig

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

06:40 ..........Bob the Builder

08:25........ Everybody Loves Raymond 08:55.................... Formula 1 10:35.......... Jamie’s Comfort Food 11:05....................... Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

06:35..................... Peppa Pig 06:50 ............. Little Princess 07:05 ......................Pip Ahoy!

07:20................. Thomas and Friends 07:35.......... Noddy: Toyland Detective 07:50........... Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 08:00 .........................Wissper

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

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

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

08:35 ....................Paw Patrol

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

12:55 .....................Formula 1

08:45 ................Toot the Tiny Tugboat

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

09:00.................... Bananas in Pajamas

16:00 ........................... Coast v Country

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

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

12:10........................... 5 News Lunchtime

17:30................... Come Dine with Me 18:00........ The Simpsons 18:30.............. Hollyoaks

13:15 ........Home and Away 13:45 .................Neighbours 14:15 ............................... NCIS 15:15 ............. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus 17:00 ..................5 News at 5 19:00.................. Channel 4 News 19:30............ Unreported World 20:00 ....................... Food Unwrapped 21:00 ............ Gogglebox 22:00 ..........The Last Leg 23:05 .............First Dates 00:10.................. Drifters 00:35.............. Married at First Sight

06:00 ................ Dinner Date 06:50 ....................... The Ellen DeGeneres Show 07:35 ..................Emmerdale 08:35..... Coronation Street 09:05............................. Psych 09:55............... Catchphrase 10:40 .... I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

11:40.................. You’ve Been Framed!

12:15 ..................Emmerdale 13:15..... Coronation Street 13:45 ....................... The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:35 ...................The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:00........I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

19:00............ You’ve Been Framed!

20:00................Two and a Half Men 21:00............. Family Guy 22:30........I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

23:35.......American Dad! 00:00.......American Dad!

06:00 ......... Dynamo Top 10

06:00 ..............Hawaii Five-0 08:00 ............. RSPCA Animal Rescue 09:00...................... Zoo Tales 10:00................ Monkey Life 11:00 ..................Police Force Australia 12:00 .......... All Aboard: East Coast Trains 13:00 ..............Hawaii Five-0 15:00 ...........Modern Family 16:00 ............. A Town Called Eureka 17:00 .............The Simpsons 17:30 ..................... Futurama 18:30........ The Simpsons 20:00............. Harry Hill’s Tea-Time 20:30...... Modern Family 21:00.....An Idiot Abroad 23:00 ...... White Noise: 2: The Light 00:55.......Most Shocking

14:00 ................... Strongman Champions League 2016

06:15 ........... Beauty and the Beast 07:00.... Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 08:00 ................. Traffic Cops 09:00...... Brother v Brother 10:00 .......................... The Bill 11:00 ..............Tipping Point 13:00........ MasterChef USA 14:00....... Brother v Brother 15:00....... Brother v Brother 16:00.... Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 17:00.................. DIY SOS The Big Build 18:00......... Tipping Point 19:00......... Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 22:00............. EastEnders 22:45....... V for Vendetta 01:20.......... Saving Hope

08:55.... Kirstie’s Handmade Treasures 09:15................................ Food Unwrapped 09:40... Selling Houses with Amanda Lamb 10:45...........North to Alaska 13:10....................Time Team 14:10....Come Dine with Me 14:40....Come Dine with Me 15:50....Come Dine with Me 16:50............George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 17:55...............The Supervet 18:55.................Car S.O.S 19:55....... Grand Designs 21:00............Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 23:35............. The World’s Greatest Spy Movies 01:05... Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

11:15 .............House Doctor

12:15............ The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door

17:30 .................Neighbours 18:00.... Home and Away 18:30 ....................5 News Tonight 19:00............. The Gadget Show 20:00..... Secrets of Great British Castles 21:00....Britain’s Greatest Bridges 22:00.............. The Best of Bad TV: The 80s 00:45..........Super Casino

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15:00............... Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge 18:00..............Strongman Champions League 2016

19:00......... Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge 01:40............... Have I Got a Bit More News for You

06:00 ............. Football Gold 07:00 .......WWE Main Event 08:00 .........Barclays Premier League World 08:30............. Football Gold 08:45 ........... Live Abu Dhabi GP: Practice 10:50 ................La Liga Gold 11:00.......... Premier League Match Pack 11:30 ................La Liga Gold 12:00 .........Barclays Premier League World 12:30 ... Sporting Triumphs 12:45.... Live Abu Dhabi GP: Practice 14:50.................La Liga Gold 15:00........NFL: Minnesota@ Detroit Highlights 16:00........... Premier League Legends 17:00.................La Liga Gold 17:30........... Premier League Match Pack 18:00............ The Fantasy Football Club 19:00..................Football 22:15............ The Fantasy Football Club

Rick Stein’s Long Weekends BBC2, 21:00

Cadiz.

Rick’s series of culinary city breaks continues with a trip to the historic city of Cadiz in southern Spain.

Rick is captivated by its narrow winding streets as he walks in the footsteps of Phoenician and Arab traders who made a lasting impression on the city.

Tavernas offer tantalising tapas including chickpea stews, cured pork lardons, freshly grilled mackerel and rice dishes flavoured with garlic, saffron and parsley.

Rick times his visit perfectly to enjoy the city’s two most revered culinary stars fresh tuna and manzanilla. At home, Rick cooks arroz verde - green rice - and flamenco eggs, a dish of eggs with tomatoes and vegetables.

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Sat 26th Nov 06:00...................... Breakfast 10:00 ........Saturday Kitchen Live 11:30 ..............James Martin: Home Comforts 12:00 ............Football Focus 13:00 .....................BBC News 13:15 ........................Snooker 14:00.............. Rugby Union 16:30................... Final Score 17:20 ........................Celebrity Mastermind 17:50 .....................BBC News 18:00 .BBC London News 18:10 ................Pointless 19:00......... Strictly Come Dancing 20:10................... Michael Mcintyre’s Big Show 21:10 ................ Casualty 22:00 .......... The National Lottery Live 22:10.............. BBC News 22:30... Match of the Day 23:50........ The NFL Show 00:20..................... Shifty 01:45...... Weather for the Week Ahead 01:50............... BBC News

06:00........................... The Las Vegas Story

06:00 ...........Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids

07:25 .................Underwater

06:10........... Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids

09:00 .............Natural World 10:00............................. Secret Britain

06:20.......... Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures

11:00.............................Homes Under the Hammer

06:35 ..........Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures 06:45 .............................Sooty

12:00 ......................The Good Cook

06:55.............. Share a Story

12:30 .........................The Best Dishes Ever

07:15 .............. The Oddbods Show

13:00 .......................The Hairy Bikers’ Best of British 14:00........................ Snooker 17:00.............. Rugby Union 19:30 .........Rugby Union 20:30 ............ Sold! Inside the World’s Biggest Auction House

07:25 ..................Scrambled!

07:30..................... Nerds and Monsters 07:50.............. Horrid Henry 08:10 ......................... Looped 08:30 ......................... Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! Mystery 101 09:05 .........Adventure Time 09:25...................... ITV News

21:30......The Brits Who W 09:30 ....Murder, She Wrote C Designed the choice 10:25 ....Murder, She Wrote Modern World 11:20 .... Wild Australia with 22:30................. Jazzie B’s Ray Mears 1980s: From 11:50 ............. Cash Trapped Dole to Soul 12:50.............. ITV News and 23:30..................Snooker Weather 00:20..................Snooker 13:00.. This Time Next Year

Fantastic Beasts and JK Rowling’s Wizarding World ITV1, 16.30 Warwick Davis explores the phenomenal popularity of JK Rowling’s Wizarding World, with exclusive access to the cast and creators of her new film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. He meets star Eddie Redmayne on the set of the new movie, and catches up with JK Rowling at the world premiere in New York.

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07:00 ......................... Super 4

14:00 .......50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments 16:00............... Thunderbirds are Go 16:30....................Fantastic CW Beasts and JK Rowling’s choice Wizarding World 17:30 ..... ITV News London 17:45.............. ITV News and Weather 18:00 ........ Tipping Point 19:00 .. Meet the Parents 20:00 .......... The X Factor 21:50....... I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

22:50......... ITV News and Weather 23:10 ..... Carry on Henry 00:50........... Jackpot247

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W C choice 06:10........................... Gillette World Sport

06:00 ... Milkshake Monkey

06:40 .......................Sandman Triathlon

06:10..................... Peppa Pig

07:05........................... Mobil 1 The Grid 07:30........................... Frasier

06:05...Milkshake! Bop Box 06:15.... Angelina Ballerina 06:25 ..........Bob the Builder 06:40 ........... Wanda and the Alien

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

06:00.......... Dynamo Top 10

08:30 ...... Coronation Street Omnibus

06:10 ................. Traffic Cops

08:55.... Kirstie’s Handmade Treasures

06:35

09:15.......Food Unwrapped

07:30.................. Traffic Cops

09:40.............Tony Robinson Down Under

11:20 ............ I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

08:25 .......................... The Bill 09:25.......................... The Bill

12:50 ..................... Step Up 3

10:25 .......................... The Bill

15:00 .............The Waterboy

11:25 .......................... The Bill

07:05 .............. Fireman Sam

16:55.... I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

12:25 .......................... The Bill

09:00................ The Morning Line

07:15 ......................Pip Ahoy!

18:25 ..........The Mummy

07:30 ............. Little Princess

20:45................ Scorpion

09:55.................... Formula 1

07:50 ....................Paw Patrol

21:50 ..... The Xtra Factor

11:25............... Lee Mckenzie Meets...

Mark Webber

08:10 ...............Blaze and the Monster Machines

11:55 .....................Formula 1

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

07:55 ........................... Frasier 08:25 .............Murray Walker Meets Jenson Button

14:30 ..................... Channel 4 Racing 16:10 ............................Jamie’s Super Food

06:50 .........Zack and Quack 07:00............ Seaside Antics

08:35 ......Noddy in Toyland

16:00.... Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

12:40....Come Dine with Me 13:15.......Channel 4 Racing 14:30.......Food Unwrapped 14:40............ Grand Designs 16:10....Come Dine with Me 17:15....Come Dine with Me

22:20............ Family Guy

17:00 ................ Supernanny

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

22:50....... I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

18:00 .......... Supernanny

18:55.................Car S.O.S

19:00.............. My Family

20:00.................Car S.O.S

19:40.............. My Family

21:00............. The World’s Weirdest Weather

23:50............ Family Guy

09:00....................... Shimmer and Shine

20:20.............. My Family

00:20 ............ Family Guy

21:00..... Jonathan Creek

09:30 .....................Peppa Pig

00:50 ......American Dad!

22:20.................... Luther

01:20 ......American Dad!

23:40 ....Secrets and Lies

01:50 .......... Bordertown

00:40 ............ Code Black

01:00..... Deutschland 83

07:00 .................Trawlermen 08:00 .......................Top Gear 09:00 ...... American Pickers 10:00 .............. Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge 11:00............... Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge 12:00 .......................Top Gear 13:00...... Ice Road Truckers 15:00 .................Trawlermen 16:00 ... Storage Hunters UK 17:00 ........ Storage Hunters 18:00.... Storage Hunters 19:00...............Room 101 20:20.. Would I Lie to You? 21:00.......Have I Got a Bit More News for You 22:00........ Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish 23:00....................... QI XL 00:00............Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled 01:00...............Room 101

06:00 ............. Football Gold 06:30 ............. Football Gold 07:00 ... Sporting Triumphs 08:00......... Game Changers 08:30......... Barclays Premier League Preview 09:00.................. The Fantasy Football Club 10:00 ................. Soccer A.M. 11:30 .........Barclays Premier League Preview 12:00........................ Football 14:30 .............Gillette Soccer Saturday 17:15 .................Football 20:00............... EFL Goals 20:30...... Nissan Game of the Day 22:30.......... Nissan Match Choice 23:30..................Football 00:00..................Football 01:30................EFL Goals

09:40 .....................Peppa Pig 09:50 ........... Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

10:40 ...................... Fail Army 11:05............. House Doctor 12:10 .................. A Puppy for Christmas 13:55..... Wishin’ and Hopin’ at Christmas 15:35 .................Guess Who’s Coming to Christmas 16:35...... 5 News Weekend 16:40................. Guess Who’s Coming to Christmas 17:25 .....Finding Mrs Claus 18:25... 5 News Weekend 18:30. Finding Mrs Claus 19:10....................... NCIS 20:00.. NCIS: New Orleans 20:55... 5 News Weekend 21:00 .........Football on 5 22:00..........Football on 5 22:25.............The Freddie Mercury Story: Who Wants to Live Forever?

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

22:00..... 8 Out of 10 Cats 22:50.............. Father Ted 00:00. The Naked Village

10:05......... Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

16:40 ....................... Location, Location, Location 17:40 ...................... A Place in the Sun 18:35 ...............Channel 4 News 19:00 ...... China Between Clouds and Dreams 20:00................. Britain at Low Tide 21:00 ..................Fast and Furious 6 23:40.................... Speed 01:45............... Hollyoaks Omnibus

13:30 ....................EastEnders Omnibus

10:35....Come Dine with Me

06:00 ......... Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? 07:00 ............. Ashley Banjo’s Secret Street Crew 08:00..........Game Changers 08:30 .........Barclays Premier League World 09:00 ..................The Fantasy Football Club 10:00 ................. Soccer A.M. 11:30 ...............The F1 Show 12:00 ..................... Futurama 13:30 ...........Modern Family 16:00.. Harry Hill’s Tea Time 16:30.................. Yonderland 17:00....................... Supergirl 18:00................The Flash 19:00........ The Simpsons 20:00.... Landscape Artist of the Year 2016 21:00.............A League of Their Own 22:00.....An Idiot Abroad 23:00.............. Harry Hill’s Tea-Time 23:30.............A League of Their Own

The Brits Who Designed The Modern World BBC2, 21.30

If there was an Olympic league table for design, Britain would be right at the top.

Since the Second World War British designers have revolutionised our homes, our workplaces, our roads and our public institutions.

Now, as the Design Museum opens its new home in Kensington, BBC Arts will mark this great moment for British design with The Brits Who Designed The Modern World.

Featuring interviews with an illustrious panel of celebrities whose lives have been transformed by British design - including Will.i.am, Jeremy Paxman, Pete Waterman, Ade Adepitan and Jenny Eclair - Arts reporter Brenda Emmanus will meet and profile our Top 10 great living British designers, finding out what inspires them to make such phenomenal objects.

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06:00 ...................... Breakfast 07:35 ........................Match of the Day 09:00....... The Andrew Marr Show 10:00 ..................Fern Britton Meets...

11:00.......... Sunday Politics 12:15.............. Bargain Hunt 13:00 .....................BBC News 13:15 ...................Enchanted 14:55 ...........................Flog It!

06:00 ...................A to Z of TV Gardening 06:45........Big Dreams Small Spaces 07:45 ......... Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein 08:15........Carol Klein’s Plant Odysseys 08:45.................. Countryfile 09:45 ........Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:15 .............. Rugby Union

15:35 ...................... Escape to the Country 16:20 .............Planet Earth II 17:20 .......... Songs of Praise 17:55 .....................BBC News 18:10........... BBC London News 18:20............ Countryfile 19:20......... Strictly Come Dancing 20:00......Planet Earth II

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21:00............. My Mother and Other Strangers 22:00.............. BBC News 22:20 ........... BBC London News

22:30 .................Match of the Day 2 23:50................. Sunny D 00:15 ......... Citizen Khan 00:45 ..... Weather for the Week Ahead 00:50............... BBC News

12:15 .............. MOTD2 Extra 13:00 ........................Snooker 18:10 ......... Deep Impact 20:00 .......The Mayflower Pilgrims 21:00 .....Whites v Blacks: How Football Changed a Nation 22:00............. Black is the New Black 22:30 ...................... QI XL 23:15................. Snooker 00:05................. Snooker

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Planet Earth II choice Deserts BBC1, 20.00

The world’s deserts are lands of extremes, forcing animals to come up with ingenious ways to cope with the hostile conditions and giving rise to the most incredible survival stories on Earth.

A pride of desert lions is so hungry they risk hunting a giraffe several times their size, while male sand grouse fly 120 miles each day to the nearest waterhole and dice with death to collect water for their chicks.

Filmed for the first time, a tiny bat does battle with one of the world’s deadliest scorpions. And in Madagascar a locust swarm of biblical proportions is revealed as never before.

06:00............Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids 06:10............Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids 06:20.......... Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures 06:35.......... Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures 06:45 .............................Sooty 06:55 .............. Share a Story 07:00 ......................... Super 4 07:15 .............. The Oddbods Show 07:25.................. Scrambled!

07:30 ..................... Nerds and Monsters 07:50.............. Horrid Henry 08:10......................... Looped 08:30............... Thunderbirds are Go 09:05......... Adventure Time 09:25...................... ITV News 09:30.................... Bear Grylls Survival School 10:00 .....Peston on Sunday 11:00 ................ Gino’s Italian Escape: Hidden Italy 11:30..... Let’s Do Christmas W C choice with Gino and Mel 12:30.............. ITV News and Weather 12:40....... Best Walks with a View with Julia Bradbury 13:10 ................The X Factor 15:00 ..................... Midsomer Murders 17:00 ..............Tipping Point 18:00................. ITV News London 18:10......... ITV News and Weather 18:30...............Off Their CW Rockers choice 19:00 ...... The Next Great Magician 20:00............The X Factor Results Show 21:00........I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

22:30......... ITV News and Weather 22:45................Peston on Sunday 23:45..................... Rugby 00:40............ Jackpot247

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06:10 ..................Motorsport

06:00 ... Milkshake Monkey

06:35 ..........Le Mans Classic

06:05 .. Milkshake! Bop Box

07:05 ........Everybody Loves Raymond

06:10..................... Peppa Pig

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

06:25 ..........Bob the Builder

08:00........................... Frasier 08:30........................... Frasier 09:00.......... Sunday Brunch 12:00 .....................Formula 1 16:40 .................Guy Martin’s Wall of Death 17:40 ...................... A Place in the Sun 18:40.... Channel 4 News 19:00 .............. The Secret Life of the Zoo 20:00...............Escape to the Chateau Dick and Angel Strawbridge continue their French adventure in a second series. It’s 18 months since they left their Southend flat for a new life in a fairytale castle in France, but restoring the dilapidated 45 room chateau which cost them only £280k has not proved easy. With just nine rooms renovated so far and areas in the vast 12-acre estate still to explore, they’ve only just scratched the surface of the renovation. But the chateau must start paying for itself. The couple have grand plans for staging weddings and also to feed themselves through crops and livestock. The adventure has only just begun. In the first episode, Dick and Angel host their first ever paid event at the chateau.

Dick tries to turn an old oil-tank into a pig-roaster.

Angel creates a Versaillesinspired downstairs loo.

And Dick seeks to harness the energy of the searing summer sun.

21:00 .................Humans 22:00 ..... 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 23:05 .....Jon Richardson: Nidiot 00:05.......... The Last Leg 01:10................... Beyond the Hills

06:15 .... Angelina Ballerina 06:40 ........... Wanda and the Alien 06:50......... Zack and Quack 07:00............ Seaside Antics 07:05.............. Fireman Sam 07:15 ......................Pip Ahoy!

07:30 ............. Little Princess 07:45 ....................Paw Patrol 08:05 ...............Blaze and the Monster Machines 08:30 ......Noddy in Toyland 08:45........... Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:00 .Shimmer and Shine 09:25..................... Peppa Pig 09:35..................... Peppa Pig 09:45........... Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

06:00.............. The Hot Desk 06:10................... Emmerdale Omnibus 08:35....... Coronation Street Omnibus 11:25................ The X Factor 13:10.... I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

14:15.............. The Hot Desk 14:30............... Catchphrase 15:30.................. You’ve Been Framed!

16:00....The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 18:05........I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

19:10 ....... The Waterboy 21:00 ..... The Xtra Factor 22:00 ............ Family Guy 22:30 .......I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

23:30............ Family Guy 00:30 ......American Dad! 01:30 ........The Cleveland Show

01:40 ..........Iceland Foods: Life in the Freezer Cabinet

08:55.... Tiny House Nation 09:55....................... Car S.O.S 10:55............. Vet on the Hill 11:55.. Come Dine with Me 13:00.. Come Dine with Me 14:05.. Come Dine with Me 14:40................Four in a Bed 15:40................Four in a Bed 16:45................Four in a Bed 17:15.. Come Dine with Me 18:25.............. Come Dine with Me 19:25.............. Come Dine with Me 20:00............. The World’s Weirdest Weather 21:00.............. Father Ted 21:35.............. Father Ted 22:05......It Was Alright in the 1990s 23:10............. Very British Problems 00:15.......Sex Toy Stories

06:00 ............................. DIY SOS The Big Build 06:50 ......Your Home in Their Hands 08:10.. EastEnders Omnibus 10:40.................... Cops Uncut 11:10...... Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 13:10 ................... Doctor Who 14:10................... Doctor Who 15:10................... Doctor Who 16:10 ................... Doctor Who 17:10 ................... Doctor Who 19:00 ................ My Family 19:40 ................ My Family 20:20 ................ My Family 21:00........... Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 00:00............... The Animal

09:55 .........Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:30.............. Football on 5 11:25 .............. Football on 5

06:00.... The Hour of Power

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

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

12:00 .....The Gadget Show

07:00 ..................... Futurama

07:30....................... Top Gear

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

13:00 ........... Twelve Trees of Christmas

09:00 ...................... Supergirl

08:20........................Top Gear

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

14:40 ................Once Upon a Christmas

10:00 ......................The Flash

11:00 .........Motorway Cops

07:30........................ Football

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

12:20... Storage Hunters UK Celebrity Special

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

16:25 ..............Annie Claus is Coming to Town 17:25 ...... 5 News Weekend 17:30 ..............Annie Claus is Coming to Town 18:10 ........... Santa Who? 19:10... 5 News Weekend 19:15 ........... Santa Who? 20:00.. Ice Road Truckers 20:55... 5 News Weekend 21:00........ Saving Private Ryan 22:00.... 5 News Weekend 22:05........ Saving Private Ryan 00:20............ Flight of the Phoenix

12:00 ...............Drone Racing League

13:20......... Storage Hunters

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

13:00...................... Futurama

13:50......... Storage Hunters

14:00...................... Futurama

14:20....... American Pickers

11:30....... Live Nissan Super Sunday

14:30 ...........Modern Family

15:20....... American Pickers

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

16:20........................Top Gear

18:00............. Harry Hill’s Tea-Time

19:00..Jay Leno’s Garage

18:30............ Yonderland 19:00 ....... The Simpsons

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

20:00 ............A League of Their Own

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

22:00................. Football

21:00 ....An Idiot Abroad

23:00 .................Football

22:00 ...............The Force

23:00........ Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish

23:00................ The Force Manchester

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

00:00... Goals on Sunday

01:00....... Not Going Out

00:00............. Strike Back

01:40....... Not Going Out

01:00........ Live NFL: New England @ NY Jets

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

14:00 .......Live Nissan Super Sunday 16:15........Live Nissan Super Sunday 19:00 ................ EFL Goal 19:30................. Football 22:30................. Football 23:30 .................Football

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W C choice Off Their Rockers ITV1, 18.30

This week Dave records an unforgettable video message for his wife and Keith has some indispensable career advice.

Meanwhile special guest Kym Marsh reveals her soft spot for Seb. The hidden camera show sees an ensemble of fun loving and fearless golden oldies turn the tables on unsuspecting members of the public.

While they may be advancing in their years, these mischievous OAPs prove they’re still razor sharp when it comes to a finely tuned sense of humour. This time round, the Rockers have roped some famous faces in to help them have the last laugh – Joey Essex, Katie Price and Louis Walsh all become honorary Rockers as they get involved in the pranks.

Whether they’re asking the younger generation to decipher dirty text messages, or scattering ashes in the most inappropriate of places, Off Their Rockers shows that you should never act your age, no matter how old you are….

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Two Doors Down BBC2, 22.00

Alarm bells are ringing at the start of episode two, when a car’s security system awakes the neighbours in the middle of the night.

After wandering around the street in search of the culprit, Colin and Christine invite themselves in to Beth and Eric’s for a cup of tea with Cathy and Sophie not far behind. Soon, an impromptu late-night party is underway.

Pregnant Sophie asks Beth and Eric to be her baby’s godparents - but she could be risking the wrath of mum Christine by not running the plan by her first.

Meanwhile, Colin goes back out in search of news about the alarm, and when he comes back with some stolen rolls everyone is soon demanding snacks.

Just before the alarm finally stops, Sophie feels her baby move for the first time. Finally, it’s bedtime, but Cathy has other plans, insisting Colin take her out for a late-night burger.

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06:00 ...................... Breakfast 09:15 ............... The Big Food Rescue 10:00...... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00......... Secret Life of the Hospital Bed 11:45 .............Rip Off Britain 12:15 .............. Bargain Hunt 13:00 ...... BBC News at One 13:30 ....BBC London News 13:45......................... Doctors 14:15.............The Coroner

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15:00 ................... Think Tank

15:45 ...............Escape to the Country

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

06:45............... Secret Life of the Hospital Bed

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

07:30..................... Junior Bake Off

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

08:00.............. DIY SOS at Great Ormond Street Hospital 09:00 ...................Victoria Derbyshire

20:30 ..............Panorama 21:00 .... The Last Miners 22:00.... BBC News at Ten

13:55..... ITV News London 14:00 .............. Judge Rinder

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

13:00................. Snooker

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

20:00............ EastEnders

13:30............. ITV Lunchtime News

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

18:30......... Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two

19:30........... Fake Britain

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

15:00 .........................Tenable

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

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

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

11:00.......BBC Newsroom Live

16:30 ...........................Flog It! 18:00.... BBC News at Six

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06:15.................... My Life in Books

19:00................. Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 20:00............... University Challenge 20:30......... Only Connect

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16:00 ..............Tipping Point 18:00................ ITV News London 18:30............ ITV Evening News 19:00 ........... Emmerdale 19:30 .............Coronation Street 20:00 ...The Martin Lewis Money Show 20:30........I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

22:45.......... Walliams and Friends

21:00........Back in Time for Brixton

23:15.......Have I Got a Bit More News for You

22:00..Two Doors Down

22:30.. ITV News London

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

22:45............The Agenda

00:00............ The Graham Norton Show

23:15................. Snooker

23:25......................Fierce

00:05..................Snooker

00:20............ Jackpot247

Back In Time For Brixton BBC2, 21.00

In episode two, the Irwin family leave the 60s behind and enter the 70s - and go on to discover how a new generation of Black Britons forged their way through the next three decades of British history.

The family is guided by presenter Giles Coren and social historian Emma Dabiri, who introduce them to the first house they will own and the events of the time.

In 1976 the family bat an over with cricketing legend Sir Clive Lloyd, and learn about the famous cricket tour in which Sir Clive led West Indies to victory.

Moving forward to the 1980s, the Irwins reflect on the Brixton Riots; ‘Lovers Rock’ star Janet Kay brings a gift to the Irwin’s home and the family join her in a sing-along.

To see out the decade, daughters Breanne and Tiana invite their friends along to experience a typical party in 1989 style with DJ and producer Jazzie B. Finally, the family experience the Notting Hill Carnival in 1999 as they reflect on what they have learnt from their time-travelling experience.

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

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8 t h 05:55 .............. Salvage S.O.S 06:20 .............. Salvage S.O.S 06:45 ..........King of Queens 07:10 ..........King of Queens 07:35 ..........King of Queens 08:00 ........Everybody Loves Raymond 08:30 ........Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00 ........................... Frasier 09:30 ........................... Frasier 10:00 ........................... Frasier 10:30 ............................Jamie’s Super Food 11:00 ........................... A Place in the Sun 12:00 ......... Channel 4 News Summary 12:05 ................... Come Dine with Me

N ov e mb e r 06:00......... Toby’s Travelling Circus 06:10........... Lily’s Driftwood Bay 06:20 .............. Fireman Sam 06:30..................... Peppa Pig 06:35..................... Peppa Pig 06:40 ..........Bob the Builder 06:50 ............. Little Princess 07:05...................... Pip Ahoy!

07:20................. Thomas and Friends 07:35.......... Noddy: Toyland Detective 07:50 ........... Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 08:00 .........................Wissper 08:15 .....................Peppa Pig 08:25..................... Peppa Pig 08:35.................... Paw Patrol

13:10 ........................... Deal or No Deal

08:45 ................Toot the Tiny Tugboat

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

09:00..........................Bananas in Pajamas

15:00 .........Coast v Country 16:00 ...................... A Place in the Sun 17:00 ...............Four in a Bed 17:30 ................... Come Dine with Me 18:00 ....... The Simpsons 18:30 .............. Hollyoaks 19:00 ..................Channel 4 News 20:00 .......Supershopper 20:30 ..................Tricks of the Restaurant Trade 21:00...................Our Guy in China 22:00..............First Dates 23:05.....................The Lie Detective 23:55 ...................60 Days in Jail 00:50........... Flying to the Ends of the Earth 01:45...................Stephen Hawking: A Brief History of Mine

06:00 ................ Dinner Date 06:50 ....................... The Ellen DeGeneres Show 07:35 ..................Emmerdale 08:05 .....Coronation Street 09:05 ............................. Psych 09:55 ............... Catchphrase 10:40 .... I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

12:15.................. Emmerdale 12:45......Coronation Street 13:45 ....................... The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:35.......... The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:00........I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

19:30 ........... You’ve Been Framed!

20:00 ...............Two and a Half Men 21:00............ Family Guy 21:30.......American Dad! 22:00........I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

23:00............. Family Guy 00:00.......American Dad!

06:00......... Dynamo Top 10 06:15 ........... Beauty and the Beast 07:00.... Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 08:00 ................. DIY SOS The Big Build 09:00 ...... Brother v Brother 10:00.......................... The Bill 11:00.............. Tipping Point 13:00 ........ MasterChef USA 14:00 ................ Supernanny 15:00 ...... Brother v Brother 16:00 ... Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 17:00................. DIY SOS The Big Build 18:00........ Tipping Point 19:00.......... Supernanny 20:00............... Inside the Ambulance 21:00 ........Stacey Dooley Investigates 22:00............ EastEnders 22:40........ The Catherine Tate Show 00:00.............. Traffic Cop

08:55... Selling Houses with Amanda Lamb

06:00.............. Hawaii Five-0 08:00 ............. RSPCA Animal Rescue 09:00 ......................Zoo Tales 10:00 ................ Monkey Life 11:00 ..................Police Force Australia 12:00 .......... All Aboard: East Coast Trains 13:00 ..............Hawaii Five-0 15:00........... Modern Family 16:00 ............. A Town Called Eureka 17:00 .............The Simpsons 17:30...................... Futurama 18:30 ....... The Simpsons 20:00 ............... Supergirl 21:00.................. Trollied 21:30 ............A League of Their Own 22:00..... Prison: First and Last 24 Hours 23:00................The Force 00:00.......Air Ambulance

07:00 ....................... Flip Men 07:25 ......Ice Road Truckers 08:10....................... Top Gear 09:00..... Jay Leno’s Garage 10:00. Storage Hunters UK 11:00 ...... American Pickers 12:00 .......................Top Gear 13:00 .....................Deadly 60 14:00 ................... Strongman Champions League 2016 15:00.............. Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge 16:00..... Jay Leno’s Garage 17:00 .......................Top Gear 18:00................... Storage Hunters UK 19:00......... Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge 20:00.......Have I Got a Bit More News for You 22:00....... Not Going Out 00:00.......Have I Got a Bit More News for You

06:00 ............. Football Gold 07:00 .................... WWE Raw 08:00 ....... Goals on Sunday 09:00........................ Football 11:00.. Super League Gold 12:00 ........................ Football 14:00 ............ Great Sporting Moments 14:30........................... Premier League Gold 15:00........................Football’s Greatest Teams 16:00........................ Football 18:00................ Football’s Greatest 18:30...... Premier League Gold 19:00....... Soccer AM: The Best Bits 2016/17 19:30..................Football 22:00......SPFL Round Up 22:15....... Great Sporting Moments 22:30.......NFL Highlights 01:30..... Live NFL: Green

10:00............ Grand Designs 11:05.... Run Wild, Run Free 13:10....................Time Team 14:10....Come Dine with Me 14:40....Come Dine with Me 15:15....Come Dine with Me 15:50....Come Dine with Me 16:20....Come Dine with Me 16:50............George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 17:55...............The Supervet 18:55 ................Car S.O.S 19:55...... Grand Designs 21:00....... Vet on the Hill 22:00 ............ 24 Hours in A and E 23:05..... 8 Out of 10 Cats 23:55..........Big Fat Gypsy Weddings 01:00..... Deutschland 83

09:15.................... The Wright Stuff 11:30............ Twelve Trees of Christmas 13:10............................ 5 News Lunchtime 13:15.........Home and Away 13:45..................Neighbours 14:15 .....................NCIS: New Orleans 15:15 .....................A Fairytale Christmas 17:00.................. 5 News at 5 17:30 .................Neighbours 18:00...................... Home and Away 18:30..... 5 News Tonight 19:00........ Tour De Celeb 20:00........ All New Traffic Cops 21:00 ...........Mps: Behind Closed Doors 22:00............... Gangland 23:05............... Gangland 00:05..............Adulthood 01:45..........Super Casino

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W C choice The Coroner BBC1, 14.15

An anonymous phone call from someone who claims to know the whereabouts of missing teenager Sophie Marsh’s body prompts a forensic search of Dartmoor. Much to her mother’s distress, no body is found.

Jane (Claire Goose) and Davey (Matt Bardock) are both called in to investigate the death of an inmate at a nearby prison.

When addict Charlie MacKendrick is found dead in his cell by another prisoner, Davey assumes it’s a straightforward drug overdose. But when the new prison governor Maggie Fordham Bryce (Michelle Austin) fills Jane in on Charlie’s background as a burglar with a possible stash of cash on the outside, Jane suspects something more.

Searching Charlie’s cell for answers, Jane finds a letter addressed to her from Charlie’s cellmate, the chilling Sydney Stone (Matthew Marsh) who is appealing his conviction for Sophie Marsh’s murder.

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T u e sd a y 06:00 ...................... Breakfast 09:15 ...........................The Big Food Rescue 10:00 ...... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00........ Secret Life of the Hospital Bed 11:45 .............Rip Off Britain 12:15 .............. Bargain Hunt 13:00...... BBC News at One 13:30................. BBC London News 13:45..........................Doctors 14:15................ The Coroner 15:00 ................... Think Tank 15:45 ...............Escape to the Country 16:30........................... Flog It! 17:15....................... Pointless 18:00.... BBC News at Six 18:30........... BBC London News 19:00 .......The One Show

06:00........................... My Life in Books 06:30........................... The Big Food Rescue 07:15 .....................Secret Life of the Hospital Bed 08:00 .........................DIY SOS 09:00 .......................... Victoria Derbyshire 11:00 ...........BBC Newsroom Live 12:00....................... The Daily Politics 13:00........................ Snooker 18:00............... Eggheads 18:30......... Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 19:00................ Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 20:00............ MasterChef: The Professionals

19:30 ............ EastEnders 20:00...........Holby City 21:00..Rillington Place

22:30............ BBC London News

01:30...... Weather for the Week Ahead 01:35............... BBC News

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09:25 ...................The Jeremy Kyle Show 10:30 .............. This Morning 12:30...............................Loose Women 13:30............. ITV Lunchtime News 13:55 ....................... ITV News London 14:00............................. Judge Rinder 15:00 .........................Tenable 16:00 ..............Tipping Point 17:00 ....................The Chase 18:00................ ITV News London 18:30............ ITV Evening News 19:00............ Emmerdale 20:00............ You’ve Been Framed!

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

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22:00.... BBC News at Ten

23:50....................... Le Cri Du Hibou

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

20:30....... I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

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22:45 .............. Imagine...

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

21:00.............The Choir CW choice 22:00......................Live at the Apollo 22:30 .............Newsnight 23:15 ........................ NFL 00:05 .................Snooker

22:30................ ITV News London 22:45....... Judge Rinder’s Crime Stories 23:45................... Murder, She Wrote 00:35............ Jackpot247

Rillington Place BBC1, 21.00

Based on the real life events, this tense and impactful thriller explores the crimes of John Christie and the subsequent tragic miscarriage of justice in 1940s and 50s London.

The drama is presented over three episodes from three different perspectives, as our characters’ lives tragically converge at 10 Rillington Place.

Christie and his estranged wife Ethel are reunited after a nine year separation and move into 10 Rillington Place. As war breaks out, the fractures in their relationship begin to reappear, with deceit, suspicion and violence never far below the veneer of married respectability.

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29th 06:00 .................Countdown 06:45 ........................... King of Queens

N ov e mb e r 06:00 .........Toby’s Travelling Circus 06:10 .Lily’s Driftwood Bay

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

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

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

06:35 .....................Peppa Pig

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

06:50............. Little Princess

08:30 ........Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00 ........................... Frasier 09:30 ........................... Frasier 10:00........................... Frasier 10:30 ...............Jamie’s Super Food

06:30 .....................Peppa Pig 06:40 ..........Bob the Builder 07:05 ......................Pip Ahoy!

07:20................. Thomas and Friends 07:35........... Noddy: Toyland Detective 07:50 ........... Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 08:00 .........................Wissper

11:00 ...................... A Place in the Sun

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

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

08:35.................... Paw Patrol

12:05 ................... Come Dine with Me 13:10 ........................... Deal or No Deal 14:10 .................Countdown 15:00 ........................... Coast v Country 16:00 ...................... A Place in the Sun

08:25..................... Peppa Pig 08:45................ Toot the Tiny Tugboat 09:00 ....................Bananas in Pajamas

13:10........................... 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 ........Home and Away 13:45 .................Neighbours 14:20............................... NCIS

19:00 ..................Channel 4 News 20:00 .............. The Secret Life of 5 Year Olds 21:00.............. Life on the Psych Ward 22:00 ............ Gogglebox 23:05 ............ 999: What’s Your Emergency?

00:10 ....... Bodyshockers 01:05..... Pokerstars.Com European Poker Tour

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08:55............................Kirstie’s Handmade Treasures

06:00 ..............Hawaii Five-0 08:00 ............. RSPCA Animal Rescue 09:00.......................Zoo Tales 10:00 ................ Monkey Life 11:00...................Police Force Australia 12:00........... All Aboard: East Coast Trains 13:00...............Hawaii Five-0 15:00............Modern Family 16:00.............. A Town Called Eureka 17:00..............The Simpsons 17:30...................... Futurama 18:00............... Futurama 18:30........ The Simpsons 20:00................The Flash 21:00.......Air Ambulance 22:00.............A League of Their Own 23:00.....An Idiot Abroad 00:00...............Hard Time

07:00 ....................... Flip Men 07:25 ......Ice Road Truckers 08:10 .......................Top Gear 09:00.. Storage Hunters UK 11:00....... American Pickers 12:00........................Top Gear 13:00......................Deadly 60 14:00.. Storage Hunters UK 15:00............... Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge 16:00...... Jay Leno’s Garage 17:00........................Top Gear 18:00................... Storage Hunters UK 19:00......... Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge 20:00................... Storage Hunters UK 21:00.......Have I Got a Bit More News for You 22:00........ Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish 23:00...... Mock the Week 00:20.. Would I Lie to You?

06:00 ............. Football Gold 07:00 ...WWE SmackDown!

08:00 ..........SPFL Round Up 08:15 ............. Football Gold 08:30 .......... Premier League Gold 09:00 ..................The Premier League Years 11:00............ Soccer AM: The Best Bits 2016/17 11:30.... Football’s Greatest 12:00 ... Sporting Triumphs 13:00 .......... Premier League Gold 13:30 ............. Football Gold 14:00 ............ Great Sporting Moments 15:00 ..................The Premier League Years 17:00 .......... Premier League Gold 18:30...............Sky Sports Originals 19:30..................Football 22:00......... La Liga World 22:30......... Spanish Gold 23:00...... Premier League Review 00:00..Efl Cup Highlights

09:25 ............................... Food Unwrapped 09:50........................... Patton 13:10 ...................Time Team 14:10................... Come Dine with Me 16:50 ...........George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 17:55 ..............The Supervet 18:55 ................Car S.O.S 19:55...... Grand Designs 21:00.................Car S.O.S 22:00.............. 8 Out of 10 Cats Ep4 22:50... Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 23:50............... My Big Fat Gypsy Holiday 00:50... The Undateables 01:55.................Car S.O.S

11:30 ................Once Upon a Christmas

17:30................... Come Dine with Me

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

06:00 ........... Beauty and the Beast 07:25.... Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 08:20 ................. Traffic Cops 09:00 ...... Brother v Brother 10:00 .......................... The Bill 11:00 ..............Tipping Point 13:00........ MasterChef USA 14:00................ Supernanny 15:00...... Brother v Brother 16:00 ... Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 17:00 ................. DIY SOS The Big Build 18:00........ Tipping Point 19:00........... Supernanny 20:00 ............... Inside the Ambulance 21:00.....Secrets and Lies 22:00............. EastEnders 22:40.... Russell Howard’s Good News 23:40............ Traffic Cops

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

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

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

06:00 ................ Dinner Date 06:50 ....................... The Ellen DeGeneres Show 07:35 ..................Emmerdale 08:05 .....Coronation Street 08:35 ................. You’ve Been Framed!

09:05 ............................. Psych 09:55 ............... Catchphrase 10:40 .... I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

12:15 ..................Emmerdale 12:45 .....Coronation Street 13:15................. You’ve Been.

Framed!

13:45........................ The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:35................... The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:00........I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

19:30............ You’ve Been Framed!

20:00................Two and a Half Men 21:00............. Family Guy 22:00........I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

23:00............. Family Guy 23:30.......American Dad!

15:20.................. A Christmas Promise 17:00.................. 5 News at 5 17:30 .................Neighbours 18:00 ... Home and Away 18:30 ..... 5 News Tonight 19:00 ........All New Traffic Cops 20:00......... The Yorkshire Vet 21:00...... Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 22:00.......... The Boy Who Can’t Stay Awake 23:05................. Celebrity Botched Up Bodies 00:00......................Tattoo Disasters

Holby City BBC1, 20:00

The arrival of Italian stallion Matteo immediately irritates Jac, but when she discovers Matteo’s past misdemeanours, she throws down the gauntlet.

Dominic gets emotionally embroiled in a challenging case which exposes cracks in his relationship with Isaac. Is Isaac all he seems?

Bernie is shocked to discover that her son Cameron is now an F1 on her ward. Can she put their splintered relationship back on track?

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W C choice The Choir BBC2, 21:00

Gareth Malone aims to find Britain’s most entertaining amateur choir. It is the semi-final of Gareth Malone’s contest to find Britain’s most entertaining, undiscovered amateur choir. The four groups Gareth has handpicked from across the country are being brought together for the first time at bootcamp, before they go head to head to stay in the contest.

They face intensive mentoring as part of a challenge designed to target and overcome their musical weaknesses.

Two choirs grapple with picking the perfect soloist, while another must tackle their lack of self-belief. It is a race against the clock to perfect their semi-final performances before the groups sing live in front of an invited audience and a jury of musical experts.

The jury’s votes decide which groups will go through to the grand final and which choir will leave the contest for good.

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How To Remember Everything

25th November - 1st December 2016

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ITV1, 22.45

The average human brain is capable of remembering four things at a time. So why can some people remember four hundred?

In this one hour documentary we explore the incredible world of competitive memory by following the stories of a group of British hopefuls as they take on the challenge of competing against the world’s leading memory athletes at the World Memory Championships in China.

By following their training, we learn more about the simple techniques that the best mental athletes use to radically boost their ability to memorise anything from strings of numbers thousands of digits long to the order of a full deck of shuffled playing cards in less than 25 seconds.

06:00 ...................... Breakfast 09:15 ............... The Big Food Rescue 10:00...... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00......... Secret Life of the Hospital Bed 11:45..............Rip Off Britain 12:15............... Bargain Hunt 13:00 ...... BBC News at One 13:30 ....BBC London News 13:45..........................Doctors 14:15 ................The Coroner 15:00 ................... Think Tank 15:45 ...............Escape to the Country 16:30........................... Flog It! 17:15 .......................Pointless 18:00..... BBC News at Six 18:30... BBC London News 19:00 .......The One Show 20:00...............Watchdog 21:00............The Missing 22:00.... BBC News at Ten 22:30.BBC London News 22:45..............A Question of Sport 23:15............... Film 2016 23:45............ Who Do You Think You Are?

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00:50............... BBC News

24 Hours in A and E Channel 4, 21:00

The RTS award-winning documentary series follows more patients being treated in the same 24-hour period at St George’s in south west London: a place where stories of life, love and loss unfold every day. Eighty-year-old Frances is rushed to St George’s by air ambulance after falling three metres into her empty swimming pool while gardening.

Consultant Rathan is concerned that a significant head wound may conceal a potentially life-changing bleed on her brain. Frances’s son Clive talks about how she’s fiercely independent, continuing to mow the large lawn on her tractor and even re-felting the garden shed roof. With her independence at risk, the medical team work quickly to identify France’s injuries.

06:00 ........ My Life in Books 06:30 ...........................The Big Food Rescue 07:15 ........ Secret Life of the Hospital Bed 08:00 ......... Coast: The Great Guide 09:00 .......................... Victoria Derbyshire 11:00 ...........BBC Newsroom Live 11:30........The Daily Politics 13:00 ........................Snooker 18:00 .............. Eggheads 18:30......... Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 19:00................. Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 20:00..... MasterChef: The Professionals 21:00................ Black and British: A Forgotten History 22:00............ The Premier League Show 22:30..............Newsnight 23:15....No Such Thing as the News 23:45..................Snooker 00:35..................Snooker

06:00 ............ Good Morning Britain 08:30........................ Lorraine 09:25.......... The Jeremy Kyle Show 10:30.............. This Morning 12:30 ............ Loose Women 13:30 .............ITV Lunchtime News 13:55..... ITV News London 14:00 .............. Judge Rinder 15:00 .........................Tenable 16:00 ..............Tipping Point 17:00.................... The Chase 18:00................ ITV News London 18:30 ........... ITV Evening News 19:00 ........... Emmerdale 19:30 .Coronation Street 20:30 .......I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

22:00...... ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:30.. ITV News London 22:45..................How to CW Remember choice Everything 23:45................... Murder, She Wrote 00:35............ Jackpot247

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06:00................. Countdown 06:45............................ King of Queens 07:10............................ King of Queens 07:35........................... King of Queens

06:00 .........Toby’s Travelling Circus 06:10 ................................ Lily’s Driftwood Bay 06:20 .............. Fireman Sam 06:30......................Peppa Pig 06:35......................Peppa Pig

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

06:40.......... Bob the Builder

08:30........ Everybody Loves Raymond

07:05 ......................Pip Ahoy!

09:00........................... Frasier 09:30........................... Frasier 10:00 ........................... Frasier 10:30 ............................Jamie’s Super Food 11:00 ...................... A Place in the Sun 12:00..........................Channel 4 News Summary 12:05.................... Come Dine with Me 13:10........................... Deal or No Deal 14:10................. Countdown 15:00 ........................... Coast v Country 16:00 ...................... A Place in the Sun 17:00 ...............Four in a Bed 17:30 ................... Come Dine with Me 18:00........ The Simpsons 18:30 ................Hollyoak 19:00 ..................Channel 4 News

06:50 ............. Little Princess 07:20 .................Thomas and Friends 07:35 .......... Noddy: Toyland Detective 07:50 ........... Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 08:00......................... Wissper 08:15 .....................Peppa Pig 08:25 .....................Peppa Pig 08:35 ....................Paw Patrol 08:45 ................Toot the Tiny Tugboat 09:00.....................Bananas in Pajamas

13:10 ........................... 5 News Lunchtime 13:15........ Home and Away 13:45................. Neighbours 14:15............................... NCIS 15:15................. On Strike for Christmas 17:00 ..................5 News at 5 17:30..................Neighbours 18:00.... Home and Away 18:30...... 5 News Tonight

21:00..........24 Hours in W C A and E choice

20:00............ GPs: Behind Closed Doors

22:00.................... Kids on the Edge

21:00.......Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

00:50 ............... The Great Songwriters 01:45.........The Way Back

08:55 ......Food Unwrapped

06:00 ..............Hawaii Five-0 08:00 ............. RSPCA Animal Rescue 09:00...................... Zoo Tales 10:00 ................ Monkey Life 11:00 ..................Police Force Australia 12:00 .......... All Aboard: East Coast Trains 13:00 ..............Hawaii Five-0 15:00........... Modern Family 16:00............. A Town Called Eureka 17:00............. The Simpsons 17:30 ..................... Futurama 18:30 ....... The Simpsons 20:00 .....................Arrow 21:00 ..................... Stella 22:00 ...............The Force 23:00.............Prison: First and Last 00:00.............A League of Their Own

07:00.. Storage Hunters UK 07:25.......Ice Road Truckers 08:10........................Top Gear 09:00.. Storage Hunters UK 11:00....... American Pickers 12:00 .......................Top Gear 13:00.................... Deadly 60 14:00.. Storage Hunters UK 15:00............... Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge 16:00...... Jay Leno’s Garage 17:00........................Top Gear 18:00................... Storage Hunters UK 19:00......... Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge 20:00..... Motorway Cops 21:00.......Have I Got a Bit More News for You 22:00...............Room 101 23:20............................ QI 00:40.......Have I Got a Bit More News for You 01:40...............Room 101

06:00.............. Football Gold 06:30........... Premier League Gold 07:00 .......WWE Experience 08:00 .......... Premier League Legends 08:30......Efl Cup Highlights 09:00...................The Premier League Years 11:00........... Premier League Review 12:00.... Sporting Triumphs 12:15........... Premier League Gold 12:45.... Sporting Triumphs 13:00......Efl Cup Highlights 13:30........... Premier League 100 Club 14:00............. Great Sporting Moments 15:00...................The Premier League Years 17:00....Sky Sports Originals 18:00....Efl Cup Highlights 18:30................... Premier League Gold 19:00.... Barclays Premier League World 19:30..................Football

09:35 ........... Grand Designs 10:40 ..............The Cowboys 13:10 ...................Time Team 14:10....Come Dine with Me 15:15....Come Dine with Me 16:20....Come Dine with Me 16:50 ...........George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 17:55...............The Supervet 18:55.................Car S.O.S 19:55....... Grand Designs 21:00.............. 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 22:00...8 Out of 10 Cats W C Does Countdown choice 23:05..Ramsay’s Kitchen W C Nightmares USA choice 00:05..........Big Fat Gypsy Christmas 01:10...........................The Undateables

11:30 .....Finding Mrs Claus

19:00........ Ben Fogle: The Great African Migration

00:05 ................. Carl Cox

06:00.......... Dynamo Top 10 06:10.................. DIY SOS The Big Build 07:00.... Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 08:00 ................. Traffic Cops 09:00 ...... Brother v Brother 10:00.......................... The Bill 11:00.............. Tipping Point 13:00 ........ MasterChef USA 14:00 ................ Supernanny 15:00...... Brother v Brother 16:00.... Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 17:00...........................DIY SOS The Big Build 18:00......... Tipping Point 19:00........... Supernanny 20:00................ Inside the Ambulance 21:00............. Code Black 22:00................... Life and Death Row 23:00............ Traffic Cops 00:40....Emergency Bikers

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

20:00 ..........................The Supervet

23:05 .............First Dates

06:00................ Dinner Date 06:50 ....................... The Ellen DeGeneres Show 07:35 ..................Emmerdale 08:35.................. You’ve Been Framed!

09:05 ............................. Psych 09:55 ............... Catchphrase 10:40 .... I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

12:15 ..................Emmerdale 13:15 ................. You’ve Been Framed!

13:45........................ The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:35 ...................The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:00........I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

19:30............ You’ve Been Framed!

20:00................Two and a Half Men 21:00............. Family Guy 22:00........I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

23:00............. Family Guy 00:00.......American Dad!

22:00.............Undercover Benefits Cheat 22:30..........Football on 5 00:00....................Bamma Highlights 01:00..........Super Casino

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Gordon Ramsay blasts a path through some of the scariest kitchens Stateside in a bid to rescue their owners from imminent disaster and provide them with a recipe for success.

Giuseppi’s is a family-owned Italian restaurant in Macomb Township, Michigan, run by fatherand-son team Joe and Sam Borgia.

They’re constantly at each other’s throats and as a result the place is in uproar. Chaos in the kitchen is matched by the lack of customers.

Can Gordon get the family back on track?

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown More 4, 22:00

Host Jimmy Carr presides, while Jon Richardson and Bob Mortimer take on Sean Lock and Vic Reeves for the penultimate show in the current series. Jack Whitehall joins Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner, while comedian Joe Wilkinson ‘helps’ the queen of numbers, Rachel Riley.

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The Apprentice BBC1, 21:00

Virtual Reality Game.

After a leisurely morning in the house, the candidates are shocked when Karren and Claude appear at the front door to give a briefing that is ‘out of this world’. For the next task, the teams have to push their imagination and design skills to the limit to create a new virtual reality game, before pitching it to a huge audience of gaming enthusiasts at the world-famous Comic Con exhibition.

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T h ursd a y 06:00 ...................... Breakfast

06:00.........The World’s Most Photographed

09:15 ...........................The Big Food Rescue

06:30............................The Big Food Rescue

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

07:15......................Secret Life of the Hospital Bed

11:00......... Secret Life of the Hospital Bed

08:00....... Great Continental Railway Journeys

11:45..............Rip Off Britain 12:15 .............. Bargain Hunt

09:00........................... Victoria Derbyshire

13:00 ...... BBC News at One 13:45 .........................Doctors

11:00............BBC Newsroom Live

14:15................ The Coroner 15:00 ................... Think Tank

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

15:45................Escape to the Country

13:00.........................Snooker 18:00............... Eggheads

16:30 ...........................Flog It!

18:30.......... Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two

17:15 .......................Pointless 18:00............... BBC News at Six

19:00..................Snooker

18:30 ........... BBC London News

20:00............ MasterChef: The Professionals

19:00 .......The One Show 19:30 ............ EastEnders

Close to the Enemy BBC2, 21:00 Drama. Kathy and Callum successfully prevent a war criminal from leaving the country, but is he too important to prosecute? Callum is instructed to get rid of all information pertaining to individuals of interest, while also having to court the imperious Frau Bellinghausen who holds the key to an infamous perfume. Callum juggles these new demands as his relationship with Rachel becomes more compromising.

Victor and Kathy make the most of Callum’s distractions to find whatever his department has been hiding. Callum’s dealings inside the hotel bring him closer to an ex-Foreign Office official and hotel regular who reveals some startling truths about the outbreak of the war.

Meanwhile, the friendship between Dieter and Callum is threatened as it is believed that Dieter may have stood by as innocents in labour camps perished under the rule of the Nazi party.

Hedgehog Hotel ITV1, 23:10 A rare and magical glimpse into the mysterious moonlit world of one of our best loved but lesser-known animals - the hedgehog. Set in a garden paradise designed to provide the perfect conditions for rescued hedgehogs to thrive, the film follows a cast of prickly characters as they prepare for their return to the wild. Cameras capture hedgehog Max’s noisy courtship, and Spike’s bristling battles as well as a fascinating peek inside Amber’s cosy nest as she tends to her precious new-borns.

Some of the older youngsters take their first tentative steps outside.

With numbers in steep decline, each hedgehog guest must grow fit and well enough to survive beyond the hotel grounds.

20:00.........Who Do You Think You Are? 21:00...The Apprentice

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

21:00................Close to the Enemy

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22:00......The Apprentice: You’re Fired!

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

22:45....... Question Time

23:15............................. In Conversation...

23:4.................This Week

23:45..................Snooker

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06:00............. Good Morning Britain 08:30 ........................ Lorraine 09:25 ......... The Jeremy Kyle Show 10:30 .............. This Morning 12:30 ............ Loose Women 13:30............. ITV Lunchtime News 13:55..... ITV News London 14:00 .............. Judge Rinder 15:00......................... Tenable 16:00.............. Tipping Point 17:00.................... The Chase 18:00................ ITV News London 19:00............ Emmerdale 19:30...................Tonight 20:00............ Emmerdale 20:30........I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

22:00...... ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:30................. ITV News London 22:45.................. The Late Debate 23:10...........Hedgehog W C Hotel choice

Who Do You Think You Are BBC1, 20.00

Amanda Holden has always heard stories about rumoured French ancestry on her mum’s side. Her investigation uncovers an extraordinary Napoleonic-era cross-channel romance.

On her dad’s side, Amanda’s grandfather’s suicide has always loomed large.

But when his story takes Amanda to France once again, she’s moved to discover how he helped others through a harrowing tragedy.

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TV Guide

25th November - 1st December 2016

1 st 06:00 .................Countdown

D e c e mb e r

06:00......... Toby’s Travelling Circus

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

06:10.. Lily’s Driftwood Bay

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

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

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

06:35......................Peppa Pig

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

06:50.............. Little Princess

08:30.........Everybody Loves Raymond

07:20...........................Thomas and Friends

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

07:35........... Noddy: Toyland Detective

06:30......................Peppa Pig 06:40...........Bob the Builder 07:05.......................Pip Ahoy!

09:30........................... Frasier 10:00........................... Frasier

07:50............ Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

10:30............... Jamie’s Super Food

08:00........................... Wisspe

11:00....................... A Place in the Sun

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

08:15......................Peppa Pig 08:35.....................Paw Patrol

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

08:45.................Toot the Tiny Tugboat 09:00.....................Bananas in Pajamas

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

11:30...............Annie Claus is Coming to Town

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

13:10............................ 5 News Lunchtime

15:00............................ Coast v Country

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

16:00....................... A Place in the Sun

13:45..................Neighbours 14:15................................ NCIS

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

15:15.............. The Christmas Switch

17:30.................... Come Dine with Me

17:00...................5 News at 5 17:30..................Neighbours

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

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

18:30 .............. Hollyoaks 19:00 ..................Channel 4 News

18:30...... 5 News Tonight 19:00.................. The UK’s Strongest Man 2016

20:00 .............. The Secret Life of the Zoo 21:00...................... Grand Designs

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23:00............. 24 Hours in A and E

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06:00 ............Dynamo Top 10 06:10 .................Singing in the Rainforest 07:00 ..... Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 08:00 .................... Traffic Cops 09:00......... Brother v Brother 10:00.............................. The Bill 11:00................. Tipping Point 13:00 ...........MasterChef USA 14:00 ...................Supernanny 15:00 .........Brother v Brother 16:00...... Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 17:00.DIY SOS The Big Build 18:00........... Tipping Point 19:00..............Supernanny 20:00...................Inside the Ambulance 21:00.........One Born Every Minute 22:00................EastEnders 22:45............... The Animal

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

13:10............................ Deal or No Deal

22:00................60 Days in Jail

06:00 ................ Dinner Date 06:50 ....................... The Ellen DeGeneres Show 07:35.................. Emmerdale 08:05 .....Coronation Street 09:05 ............................. Psych 09:55 ............... Catchphrase 10:40..... I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

12:15...................Emmerdale 12:45......Coronation Street 13:45........................ The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:35....................The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:00........I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

19:30............ You’ve Been Framed!

20:00................Two and a Half Men 21:00..........Family Guy CW choice 22:00........I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

23:00............. Family Guy 23:30.......American Dad!

08:55................................ Food Unwrapped 09:35............ Grand Designs 10:35.............. For Whom the Bell Tolls 13:10 ...................Time Team 14:10....Come Dine with Me 14:40....Come Dine with Me 15:15....Come Dine with Me 15:50....Come Dine with Me 16:20....Come Dine with Me 16:50............George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 17:55...............The Supervet 18:55.................Car S.O.S 19:55....... Grand Designs 21:00............. Great Canal Journeys 22:00..... 999: What’s Your Emergency?

23:05...... Britain’s Benefit Tenants

06:00 ..............Hawaii Five-0 08:00 ............. RSPCA Animal Rescue 09:00 ......................Zoo Tales 10:00 ................ Monkey Life 11:00 ..................Police Force Australia 12:00........... All Aboard: East Coast Trains 13:00.............. Hawaii Five-0 15:00........... Modern Family 16:00............. A Town Called Eureka 17:00 .............The Simpsons 17:30 ..................... Futurama

20:00....... The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door

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

21:00......... Jack Taylor: In Purgatory

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

23:05............... Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild

22:00 ..........Duck Quacks Don’t Echo

20:00..... DC’s Legends of Tomorrow

23:00 .................. Trollied

60 Days in Jail Channel 4, 22:00

In this US documentary series, Sheriff Jamey Noel of Clark County, Indiana, has devised an unprecedented programme to root out crime and corruption in his jail. He is sending seven volunteers into the Clark County Jail as undercover inmates, hoping to gain a unique perspective on what’s going on within the walls of the facility. Jeff, a security officer in a department store and the last of the seven participants, is booked into the jail as part of Sheriff Noel’s covert operation. As the participants find their footing in their new environment, some blend in while others stand out. Isaiah and Robert are both struggling with life inside, and fear their covers may be blown. Robert takes matters into his own hands by making a risky move, forcing Captain Maples to follow through with the consequences. Meanwhile, Zac is on the hunt for illegal drug use in C-pod and, in the female pod, Tami clashes with another inmate, leading to a blow-up.

07:00........ Storage Hunters 07:20...... Ice Road Truckers 08:10 .......................Top Gear 09:00.. Storage Hunters UK 11:00....... American Pickers 12:00........................Top Gear 13:00......................Deadly 60 14:00.. Storage Hunters UK 15:00............... Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge 16:00...... Jay Leno’s Garage 17:00........................Top Gear 18:00................... Storage Hunters UK 18:30................... Storage Hunters UK 19:00......... Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge 20:00....................... QI XL 21:00.......Have I Got a Bit More News for You 22:00.......Have I Got a Bit More News for You 23:00........ Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish

06:00 ............. Football Gold 07:00 ...WWE SmackDown!

08:00 .......... Premier League Legends 08:30 .....Efl Cup Highlights 09:00 .........Barclays Premier League World 09:30 ................... Darts Gold 10:00 ..................The Premier League Years 12:00......Football’s Greatest Teams 12:30 .......... Premier League 100 Club 13:00 .....Efl Cup Highlights 13:30 ... Sporting Triumphs 14:00 .....Football’s Greatest Players 15:00............. Great Sporting Moments 16:00 .....Football’s Greatest Players 16:30 ................Boxing Gold 17:00......... Barclays Premier League World 17:30 .....Efl Cup Highlights 18:00 ..... Premier League Match Pack 18:30...............Sky Sports Originals

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Family Guy ITV2, 21:00

Animated comedy series about family life. When Peter runs up a tab at the local pharmacy, the only way out of paying the bill is to sell Meg to the owner’s son, Neil, who has been stalking her for months.

But when Neil starts dating another girl, Meg becomes jealous and goes on the hunt to find a boyfriend of her own. Meanwhile, Stewie goes gaga over his hot new babysitter, Liddane.

Family Guy ITV2, 21:30

Animated comedy series about family life. When Lois is short on cash and can’t pay her grocery store bill, she resorts to stealing.

The adrenaline rush from shoplifting sends her on a stealing spree that spirals out of control and leaves her behind bars. Back at home, the family is a mess without Lois, so Peter and the kids decide to break her out of the clinker to get things back to normal.

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What’s On

25th November - 1st December 2016

November/December

This weekend

VII Route Tapa 2016 “Tapeando Isora”

Black Friday at Siam Mall On Friday November 25th comes the most anticipated day by many: the Black Friday. This day our visitors not only will enjoy shopping at incredible prices, also many surprises as concerts, DJs, dancers, face painting for the little ones, children’s characters and two unique surprises: at 19:30h the lights of the Christmas tree will be on to officially open the happiest time of the year and our Christmas competition will open so our visitors can record a greeting to wn a 300 euros gift card.

From Thursday to Sunday, you can taste delicious tapas and drink in the participating restaurants of the municipality.

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December

Grand opening party at the Hard Rock Hotel Tenerife The new five-star resort in Tenerife celebrates its opening with a large outdoor concert which will undoubtedly be the event of Christmas. Children of the 80’s brings to Tenerife Village People, Blackbox, C + C Music Factory, Rozalla, and the trio of DJ’s Dream Team Reload. As the tradition demands at the opening of the Hard Rock hotels and casinos around the world, the legendary ‘Guitar Smash’ will be held marking the real start of Hard Rock Hotel Tenerife.

10th December

2nd, 3rd, 4th Dec

26th NOvember, 20.00

playa paraiso

Los Cristianos

La Laguna

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December

This weekend

This weekend

December

MAGMA ICE RINK

Soho Burger tour

Tarzán el Musical

Opening this weekend until January 2017, the Ice rink in Magma, Las Americas, is back for another year.

A new mini burger route in the capital. The gastronomic initiative will take place in ten establishments of Soho, Santa Cruz from 15 to 27 November.

TARZAN, the musical, is a theatre spectacular, that children will love.

With dancing and singing, watch the show to see the man of the jungle and friends.

Moscú Ballet - The Nutcracker

The Moscú Ballet will be returning to the Infanta Leonor Auditorium in Los Cristianos, this December. Don’t miss this amazing show.

8th December, 7pm

From 4th Nov

until 27th NOvember

3rd December

Los Cristianos

Las Americas

Soho, Santa Cruz

Theatre Guimar

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Community News

K9 News

Meet Annoushka

Annoushka arrived at the refuge after being found wandering the streets of Los Cristianos, a week ago. She isn’t keen to stay around for too long, and would like to be reunited with her family.

If that isn’t possible, we would like to find her a new, forever home as soon as we can. She is a beautiful girl, and is very affectionate and sweet natured.

She is about 18 months old and small; she loves her walks and is eager to please. Over the last few days, she has been doing a little bit of work on her training, and we are pleased with her progress.

If you recognise Annoushka, or would like to provide her with

a safe, secure and loving home, please get in touch.

As always, we have many other dogs, in all shapes and sizes, who are eager to be your faithful friend.

Why not visit us at K9 Refuge on Calle Chimbesque, between Las Chafiras and Las Zocas, any day of the week between 10am and 2pm. Alternatively, you can get in touch by telephoning us on 667 638 468, or emailing info@k9tenerife.com You will find all our dogs, their antics and stories of happy rehomings here: On our website www. k9tenerife.eu/2015/ or on Facebook, by following Diary of a K9 Tenerife Dogwalker and also K9 Tenerife.

25th November - 1st December 2016

Monster Travel’s fund-raising joy KEEN staff at Monster Travel, the Fanabe Plaza company, have been especially busy fund-raising recently, and the money has rolled in!

The K9 animal refuge will receive the 300 euros raised on Halloween. Staff each made a two-euro donation, and a miniraffle bumped up the proceeds.

The company’s Macmillan Coffee Morning was a huge success, each person being charged three euros for coffee and cake.

There was also an auction for all the wonderful gifts donated by local businesses, including Café Del Conde, Coco Beaux, The Bakery, The Pantry and Picasso Pool Bar, to name but a

few. The overall result was a super 600 euros for the cancer support organisation.

Then, last Friday, a further 150-euro sum was raised for Children in Need, while Nathan sang a tribute to Take That, which brought in another 150 euros.

In addition to these efforts, Monster Travel has an on-going sponsorship of the “Business & people against poverty” campaign, which is proving extremely popular with the recipients.

As well as all these efforts, they raised 65 euros for the Royal British Legion by selling poppies.

Remembrance Services to honour all the fallen THE annual Royal British Legion’s Remembrance Service, held at Westhaven Bay, Costa del Silencio, attracted up to 400 people, all honouring those from the past, and those who had passed away in recent years.

In their thoughts were the servicemen and women, young and old, who had fought wars so that we might have the freedom to live our lives as we would like.

Poppy Appeal organiser Kelly said: “Thanks must go to Rita and Nellie, and all their staff at Westhaven Bay, for allowing the use of their complex for this annual event, and for all the help and hard work they put in.

“Also, thanks to Rick Sweeney for leading the Service, along with his team of readers, musicians and collectors.”

Other Services, or Acts, of Remembrance, were held in Costa del Silencio, Los Cristianos, Las Americas, Callao Salvaje, Los Gigantes and on Golf del Sur. Later, in the afternoon,

a special event was held at The Albatros, in Costa del Silencio, when the magnificent sum of 716.40 euros was raised through a BBQ, raffle and Race Night.

Kelly added: “Many thanks to Don and his staff and helpers, for making this a lovely afternoon.

“The collecting tins for this year’s Poppy Appeal have been gathered over the past week or so by helpers.

And when the proceeds have been counted, the total sum raised this year will be published.

“Thanks to all those who helped, and those who gave generously.”

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25th November - 1st December 2016

Accion del Sol News

Cute pup quartet!

Four gorgeous sisters, who we have named Betsy, Barby, Brisi and Bini, arrived at our refuge after being abandoned by some heartless person.

They will soon be up for adoption, and, hopefully, we will be able to find them new, loving homes. Please do come and visit, if you might be interested in adopting one of them.

We have had another busy week with our educational programme, which we believe is the best way to improve the lives of the dogs.

The children who attend are our future, and, with a better knowledge and understanding, people’s attitudes and mentalities will change.

They will learn that animals are sensitive, loving and loyal, and man’s best friend.

With Christmas on the way, please find it in your hearts to help us.

A tin or two of dog food, bought with your local shopping, would be very much appreciated by our four-legged friends.

Competition time Please do take part in our Christmas photo competition.

E-mail your favourite Christmas pet pics to teneriffa@aktiontier.org Winners will be notified at our Christmas event.

We need raffle prizes, so, if you would like to donate a prize to our worthy cause, please contact us on the number below.

Assistance required Please contact us if you can assist in any way on 922 778630. We always need tinned dog-food for our older animals, plus blankets, towels, sheets, dog toys,

collars and leads. You can call into the Accion refuge on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons, from 2-5pm, and Saturdays from 1-4pm.

Find us here Accion del Sol is situated directly under the Ecological Park (exit 52) on the northbound TF-1. Head for the giant windmills, and you’ll find us in the buildings on the righthand side. E-mail the refuge at teneriffa@ aktiontier.org or, for further details, visit our Facebook page: action tier Accion del Sol.

Live Arico News

Dog of the Week - Smirnoff Smirnoff is just six months old, and was stuck in an apartment with 25 other dogs.

His coat was dirty and matted. See how handsome he is, now that we have cleaned him up and groomed him.

All he needs now is a lovely, forever home.

Could that be you? For more information, or to arrange a meeting, please call Elaine on 678 015 653.

Live Arico’s Xmas Party Night TICKETS ALMOST SOLD OUT! Come and join us on Wednesday,

14th December at Taboos, Golf del Sur, for our Xmas Party.

Enjoy a Cava reception, followed by a three-course Xmas dinner. Be entertained

by James Harper, Pip Brown as Michael Buble, and Alejandro as

Lions Christmas Fair SAN Miguel Lions Club members are staging their annual Christmas Fair on Sunday, 4th December, outside their Costa del Silencio charity shop, in The Dip. The fair, which runs from 11am to 3pm, features a barbecue, live entertainment

throughout, as well as the usual raffle, tombola and craft stalls.

There is also and a fantastic prize of a week’s accommodation for four people, worth 1,500 euros, donated by the Club Marina resort, in Silencio.

Bruno Mars.

Tickets are strictly limited, and are selling quickly at just 22.50 euros. Get yours at any of our charity shops before they sell out.

Let’s get festive and give the dogs a good Christmas.

Live Arico Shops Come and bag a bargain at any of our three shops: San Eugenio - opposite Hotel La Nina, at Las Carabelas, near Amanda’s Bar. Open Monday-Saturday (104pm) Los Cristianos - Calle Revron, near Thistle and Dragon Bar and play-park. Open daily (10-4pm) Golf del Sur - Golf Park, just before the lottery kiosk. Open Monday-Friday (10-6pm), Saturday (10-4pm), Sunday (10-3pm) Don’t throw things away!

Call us on 629 388102, and we’ll sell your unwanted items to help the dogs.

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Cats Welfare News

Don’t forget the adults!

So, today’s the day... you’re going to ring Cats Welfare about adopting a kitten.

Congratulations!

You’ve probably given some thought as to what kind of kitten you want; tabby, black, ginger, male or female. But have you considered adopting an adult cat?

We have lots waiting for homes, so take a minute to think about it. You may be glad you did.

Here are five reasons why you should adopt an adult cat, instead of a kitten.

What you see is what you get When you adopt an adult cat, you know what you are getting.

Sure, kittens are cute, but you never know how their personalities will develop.

High-mileage cats still run well Used cats aren’t like used cars. They aren’t looking for a new home because they are defective, or worn out.

They may simply need new homes because their owners are in

hospital, or just not able to look after them any more.

Adult cats aren’t as chewsy Kittens are like children, and everything goes in their mouths.

Kittens chew on shoes, the corners of books, electrical cords, plants, and much more. Adult cats would rather sleep, or cuddle up on your lap.

Grooming Few kittens have mastered the art of self-grooming.

Adult cats spend up to half their waking hours licking their fur, whereas kittens are just too busy enjoying life to clean themselves properly.

When you consider that kittens are really just dust-mops with legs, a clean, adult cat is much more appealing.

But the most important reason to adopt an older cat is: It might be their last chance, and many adult cats end up with us due to no fault of their own.

They may be separated from their loved ones,

and are confused and sometimes frightened.

Sadly, for adult cats, most people who adopt gravitate towards the adorable, bouncy, bigeyed kittens.

For the abandoned and forgotten adult cats, you just might be their last chance to have the love and warmth of a home, where they can live out their years in comfort.

Plase consider adopting an older cat. When cared for properly, they can live well into their late teens, and, sometimes, early twenties.

All adult cats go on a two-week trial, so you can be sure you’ve made the right decision.

They are microchipped and neutered, and have been given their first year’s injections.

Whether it’s an adult or a kitten you are looking for, ring or Whatsapp Maria on 646629129 (seven days a week, 9-6pm), message us on Facebook, or contact us on our website www. cats-welfare -tenerife. com.

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Wine and Dine

25th November - 1st December 2016

The Swan

Adeje Chicken in Buzanada

Fresh food served 7 days a week, all with good quality produce. We also cater for any special requirements.

Adeje chicken in Buzanada has re-opened its doors with the new owners Bryan and his mum Chemy in the kitchen. You can still enjoy her home chicken recipes of fried, spicy, garlic, home made honey or even plain chicken breast together with her BBQ and special Canarian sauces. Now they also have meat and fish dishes available and much more. They have a menu of the day for only 6.80 euros plus a drink (Tues - Fri, 1pm - 4pm). A pint of beer for 1 euro and now offering sorbets of lemon, coco, cherry and mango.

Now doing Southern Fried Chicken Kentucky style!

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.

Book your pre-christmas party with us! group bookings catered for and various menus available

Buzanada Roundabout, Buzanada.

In front of Margarita Apartments, Los Cristianos

Open: Tues-Sun 9.30am-10.30pm, kitchen closes 4pm-6pm. Closed Mondays.

Open: 10am - Late. Food until 8pm

Call: 602 601 634

Call: 922 728 290 / 629 331 124

James’ Place

Swedish Corner

The only British bar and the jewel in the crown in La Caleta. Something for all the family with stylish dining area, sun drenched terrace, games room, all your Live Sport and a fantastic menu.

Freshly beer-battered fish and home to ‘The Best’ Sunday Roast in the area!

1pm-6pm James’s Place - Where we just haven’t met you yet!

More than just meatballs!

The Swedish Corner is situated in the heart of Los Cristianos and only a stone’s throw from the beach. They have a 3-course special between 125pm for only 10 euros.

Serving modern classics with a Swedish twist including meatballs, Gravalax, possibly the best homemade burgers in Tenerife and new to the menu; hake and salmon fish stew, with horse radish alioli, not forgetting the extensive wine list to accompany it all.

La Caleta

Open: Food served Mon-Sat: 10am - 10pm.

Sun: 10am - 6pm. Open til late.

Behind Burger King in Los Cristianos

Call: 922 168 139

Call: 922 788 525

Open: Everyday, 12 noon - 11pm

Roy’s Pizza Indian and Tandoori Looking for the best pizza restaurant in Las Americas? Roy’s is the best option for takeaway and deliveries.

Now celebrating 24 years in the business, Roy’s Pizza offers the largest selection of food delivery options in Tenerife South, and has many unique dishes to offer for your pleasure.

Whether its delicious currys or fabulous American pizzas, our food always hits the spot.

Just give us a call and we can deliver to your home or hotel.

San Eugenio Alto, Costa Adeje Open: Everyday, 12pm - 2am

Tel: 922 71 41 83

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Wine and Dine

25th November - 1st December 2016

Lucky 7’s Bar and Burger Joint Specialising in burgers made with the finest, freshest, selected cuts cooked to your liking. Delicious cocktails and the most amazing views.

Burgers, booze and views!

Now taking bookings for christmas day

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Coral Bar Come down to Coral Mar Square and see us at the Coral Bar with a full menu all day, every day, you don’t want to miss out.

We have our fabulous carvery on Sundays 3pm - 9pm, with a choice of 3 hand-carved meats, and help yourself to homemade Yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes, fresh vegetables, stuffing and roast meat gravy, all for only 8.95 euros. And if you bring this advert along with you we will give you a free glass of wine to go with your carvery.

Coral Mar Square, Costa Del Silencio Open: 10am - 10pm. Food until 9.30pm

Tel: 634 395 548

Lupita Parque de la Reina has a secret - Lupita restaurant is fast becoming the place to eat, and it has a well-deserved reputation. All the usual Mexican specialities are on offer, but from midday until 4pm, check out its 3.95-euro menu. You can have a bowl of soup or garlic bread, main meal (selection of 20) and ice cream or coffee to finish, which is excellent value for money.

Also, evening and weekend menus are available from 4.95-euros. Now open Mondays!

Special offer: Mixed Grill for 2 people with a bottle of wine only 20 euros.

San Telmo Strip, Los Cristianos

Cañada Blanca 2, Parque de la Reina

Open: Mon; 7pm - 10pm. Tues - Sun; 1pm - 10pm

Open: 12noon - 11pm. Closed Tuesdays

Call: 922 17 35 25

Call: 922 739 250

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Wine and Dine

25th November - 1st December 2016

Superb food Fusion!

By Gordon Slayney

THE dictionary defines the word “Fusion” as “the process, or result, of joining two or more things together to form a single entity”.

And I couldn’t agree more, when it comes to describing the Fusion Restaurant on Amarilla Golf. In fact, it has many entities which you notice as soon as you enter the restaurant, those being friendly, welcoming, comfortable and spacious.

As the saying goes, you get one chance to make a first impression, and those are the attributes you notice, as soon as you go inside.

As we walked in, we were welcomed with a smile, and taken to our table. We had a lovely view of the brightly-lit pool, which belongs to the adjoining Fairways Resort and Complex.

I had asked my good friend Sarah to accompany me, which was a chance she jumped at. She had always wanted to dine here, and it was also my first time.

Drinks were ordered while we perused the menu. The first thing we noticed was the perfect

spacing between the tables, giving us plenty of room.

For starters, I chose Cheesy Garlic Bread with a side portion of onion rings. It was, without doubt, the best I had ever tasted. The cheeses were literally “ infused “ inside the bread, and not just melted on top, like you seem to be given most of the time elsewhere.

Sarah opted for the Mussels in Champagne Sauce with crusty bread. She assured me that they were delicious, and the biggest she had ever seen!

The lovely Carole then came to say hello. She owns the restaurant, which is now in its 19th month. She has a hands-on role, including waiting, serving and working in the kitchen.

To top it all, she then took to the stage, after we had eaten, to sing classic Andrew Lloyd Webber songs to the full audience of diners.

This was a perfect choice of music to suit the occasion, and we were all blown away by her brilliant voice. A modern-day wonderwoman, is our Carole!

I have known her for many years, and it was lovely to see her again, and how well her restaurant was doing.

While we waited for our

main courses, Carole showed us the new “chill-out” area, which she had created on the roof of the restaurant.

There were sofas in the centre, and private

dining areas in each corner; a perfect setting for a romantic occasion.

We went back downstairs, and it wasn’t too long before our main courses

arrived. I had chosen the Duo of Duck, which is confit of duck-leg and pan-seared duckbreast, served on a bed of green beans.

This worked very well, and was accompanied by a poached pear and dauphinoise potatoes, all drizzled with an orange sauce. It was absolutely delicious.

Sarah chose the slowroasted belly of pork, topped with an apple puree. This came with parsnip crisps, buttered savoy cabbage and smoked bacon, served with creamy mashed potatoes and red-wine jus.

It all looked and smelled amazing, and Sarah’s empty plate paid testament to that.

We were both beginning to feel full, but we just had to try the desserts.

Sarah had a large portion of stickytoffee pudding with toffee sauce, and I had the lemon-andlime cheesecake with strawberry sauce.

It just melted in my mouth, but I couldn’t finish it as there was so much. Sarah, who had eaten all her dessert quite happily, helped me out with mine !

The restaurant has theme nights, which include BBQs and fish-and-steak nights, as well as a hog roast

on Sundays. It was a Wednesday when we went, which was Tapas night. A tapas platter arrived at a nearby table, and it looked divine.

There were garlic langoustines, spicy meatballs, mussel marinera, pedron peppers, chicken skewer, canarian potatoes with olives, as well as dips and bread.

A free glass of sangria was included.

All in all, it was a memorable dining experience. I remember thinking to myself after dinner, and listening to Carole singing, that I really do need to explore the island’s culinary delights a lot more.

You can find Fusion Restaurant on Ave Maria de Los Angeles, Amarilla Golf, just down from the main entrance to Fairways Resort.

It is open from 9am midnight.

To avoid disappointment, you can reserve a table by calling 922 708 069 or 639 990 476. OPen 9am - midnight. They have a Facebook page called Fusion Restaurant Amarilla Golf, and you can also check out the testimonials on Trip Adviser.

I would like to say a big thank you to Carole and her hard-working staff. I will, most definitely, be back!

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Behind the Mic...

Interview by Val Sainsbury FOR a beautiful, young lady to be almost laughed off the stage, just because her feminine assets weren’t up to scratch, would be unthinkably cruel.

Surely, that kind of thing doesn’t happen here on our wonderful island. But happen it did, the night that Miss Angel Dust, one half of popular act Dragalicious, had forgotten to put her boobs in!

“The costume changes have to be made very quickly,” said her alterego, Oasis Fm DJ Elliott (pictured right). “I was doing a number from the musical, Hairspray, and, when I appeared, everybody just burst out laughing.

“I hadn’t even done anything funny. I carried on, and some people were, literally, on the floor. And then I looked down … there was nothing there! The dress was skin tight, and I was just flat. I’d had a huge chest for the previous number!”

The other half of this entertaining double act is Miss Charity Case, aka Oasis Fm DJ Danny.

He and Elliott were married in Scotland 18 months ago. “It was the first gay wedding in Ayr, and we were in the local paper!” said Elliott.

Danny, 36, who was born in Sidcup, Kent, trained in drama at London’s BRIT Performing Arts School.

“I used to be a manager for a children’s theatre company,” he said. “We toured round primary schools in the UK, putting on pantomimes and classical-literature plays for the children.

Elliott, who is 22, and was born in Dudley, West

Midlands, studied Performing Arts, as well as Travel and To u r i s m , at college in Ayr. “When I was 11, Mum got a job as a marketing manager at a theatre, so we moved up there,” he said.

“After college, I worked as a travel agent with Thomas Cook for a couple of years, on an apprenticeship.”

The couple came here last September, and have known each other for about 4½ years.

“We put the Dragalicious show together in Scotland, and did a preview in front of friends and colleagues,” recalled Danny. “It was really like a dress rehearsal, before arriving here.”

They are the only double drag act on the island, and have been performing here since October 2015.

“We were interviewed on Oasis by Jenny T, after we had been nominated for the Best Newcomer Award at the 2016 TEAs,” said Danny.

“Oasis boss Chris Elkington approached us afterwards, and asked if we’d ever thought about being DJs and presenters, and having our own radio show.

“Neither of us had done any DJ work before, but we just couldn’t turn it down!”

The lads are on air every Friday, from 3-6pm, and, said Elliott: “We chit-chat about what’s been happening during the week, and include different topics such as The X Factor, which we’re a little bit addicted to!”

Danny added: “We try to get guests on the show

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with

dragalicious

The night our show went flat

between 4-5pm, such as singers, comperes and entertainers; people we can chat with, and relate to.”

The boys perform their drag act at venues all over the South, doing seven shows a week.

“We absolutely love everything we do,” said Elliott, “and it doesn’t feel like work.”

Danny added: “And we get to perform together, which is the main thing.

It’s the opposite to when we were living in Scotland.

“I was away a lot, for up to three weeks at a time.

I travelled up and down the country, staying in bed-and-breakfasts, and hotels.”

Elliott lamented: “Then Danny would have weekends off, and I would be working because that was my busiest time.”

Danny, changing the subject, said: “Doing the drag show is like acting and performing. I’m good at the music and editing side of things, and Elliott’s very creative

when it comes to stuff like the wigs and makeup. We meet in the middle.”

I suggested that Danny didn’t look anywhere near his age. “People call me Peter Pan, and say that I look a little bit younger than I am,” he said with a chuckle.

“Hopefully, that will always stay the same!

“I’m enjoying life, and doing the Dragalicious shows keeps me young.

It’s like having a workout every time.”

Every sketch they perform has a gimmick, and they really do put o n a

comedy show. It is very popular with the audiences, who are encouraged to participate.

“This is our passion, and we love living here,” said Danny. “A lot of people who come to Tenerife have gay clubs or bars in the UK, and they invite us to perform over there.”

Elliott explained: “Our show’s more for holidaymakers. If we took it back to the UK, I don’t think it would go down as well as it does here.

We’d have to change a lot of it.”

When asked if they really admired any performer, Danny replied: “I h a v e

always looked up to Lily Savage [Paul O’Grady].

“I bumped into him once in a London theatre, and we got chatting.

He invited me to join him, and a gang of us went to an exclusive club in Soho.”

I asked the lads what they most missed about the UK. “I have a sister who has three lovely children over there,” said Danny, “and my parents.”

Elliott added: “My Mum and Dad are in Scotland, and I have two younger sisters, as well as nephews and nieces.

“We miss them all.”

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Lifestyle

25th November - 1st December 2016

Under-12s damaged by phones and tablets

ALL IN A LATHER!

By Carl from Robot

By Val Sainsbury

Bubble bath, shower gel and soap… I’ve been hearing, in the salon, that these are what you guys have been using to wash your hair, drying it out and causing damage and irritated scalps!

THE number of children using mobiles and tablets is on the increase, and parents often give them to very young tots, to keep them quiet in restaurants and on planes.

Unfortunately, though, there are many reasons why the under-12s shouldn’t be playing with them.

For many years, technology has developed and enhanced our lives, but these hand-held devices are damaging children in several ways.

Their use should be limited, to avoid developmental consequences, yet many adults continue to support their unrestricted use.

When a child is between 0-2 years, the brain triples in size and continues in a state of rapid development until he or she is 21. And early brain development is determined by environmental stimuli, or lack of it.

Over-exposure to tech-

Your hair shouldn’t be washed in something which is little better than pure detergent.

It’s not just another part of your body; it’s your hair and scalp.

I know it can be difficult to choose from the vast array of products, but it’s not hard to find one you like and can

stick with. Gents you should be using a medicated shampoo if you have a greasy scalp or dandruff. If you have a regular scalp and hair, a moisturising shampoo will be fine.

After shampooing, if the hair tends to be dry and fly-away,

a little conditioner will do the trick.

Stay away from anything that’s NOT for hair, and buy a product that will cleanse and care for your locks. There’s no point in keeping up to the cut, if you’re going to abuse it with cheap bubbles.

BE-JEWELLED

By Carl Pattison

With Christmas just round the corner, and the partying season starting just next week, it’s high time you started putting together your outfits.

Apart from that must-have dress you have bought, your accessories need to be thought about, too.

This year, it seems that things have been toned down, and over-the-top bling isn’t such a big hit.

Metals and stones bring “sheen”, rather than too

much sparkle. Layers of chains and subtle diamantes have been seen in many of the

stores preparing their Christmas stock. The appearance of it being real, rather than too fake, seems to be the inlook.

Nothing brings a simple dress to life more than a good choice of jewellery. One simple item can transform the feel of a plain, simple outfit.

Look for bronzes, dull silvers and muted golds … sparkles should be minimal, but tasteful.

As Coco Chanel once said, put on your jewellery and then take off one item. Excessive use can cheapen the look of your favourite jewels.

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nologies has shown to be associated with attention deficit, cognitive delays, impaired learning, an increase in impulsive behaviour, and a decreased ability to control behaviour.

Technology restricts movement in children, which can result in delayed development. Onein-three children’s development is delayed when he or she starts school.

This has a negative impact on literacy and academic achievement, and lack of movement affects attention and learning abilities.

Children who are allowed to have devices in their rooms have a 30% increased risk of obesity. One-in-four Canadian children and onein-three US children are obese.

Of the obese children, 30% will develop diabetes. And obese individuals have a high risk of early stroke and heart attack, which shortens life expectancy. Children in the 21st century may be the first generation not to outlive their parents.

Some 60% of parents don’t watch their children’s technology usage,

while 75% of children are allowed to use technology in their bedrooms.

And 75% of children aged 9-10 years are sleep-deprived to the extent that their grades are impacted.

When technology is over-used, it can be responsible for rising rates of child depression, anxiety, attachment disorder, attention deficit, autism, bipolar disorder, psychosis, and problematic child behaviour. One-insix Canadian children has diagnosed mental illnesses.

Violent media can cause child aggression.

Young children may be exposed to incidences of physical and sexual violence, which portray sex, murder, rape, torture, and mutilation, as do many TV shows.

When parents add more technology, they’re becoming detached from their children. When parental attachment is absent, detached children may depend on devices, which can result in addiction. And one-in-11 children, aged 8-18 years, is addicted to technology.

In May 2011, the World Health Organisation (WHO) classified mobiles as 2B, (possibly carcinogenic), because of radiation emission.

Doctor Anthony Miller, from the University of Toronto’s School of Public Health, recommended in 2013 that, based on research, radio-frequency exposure should be reclassified as 2A (probably carcinogenic).

It is common for children to suffer eye-strain after staring at screens for hours. This can be avoided by limiting screen use to 30 minutes at a time.

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Exterior and Interior Blinds, Security Shutters and Garage Doors

We all love the sun, but there are occasions when we need the shade or a bit more privacy as well.

Prestige Sun Blind Company has been offering solutions since 1999. They manufacture, install and repair all types of Sun Blinds and Awnings, both electric or manual. You can even have them wind sensitive, so they retract in strong winds and sun sensitive, so that when the sun shines they come out. All the sun blinds are made to measure and there is a fantastic range of colours to choose from. All systems have a 2 year structure guarantee, a 5 year material guarantee and a 15 year stitching guarantee. The Prestige Group is proud to be an authorized installer of Llaza products. They offer advice and a no obligation quotation on site and are happy to spend time discussing your individual requirements.

For inside your property they have a complete range of interior blinds. Verticals, Venetians, Roller Blinds and Roman Blinds etc. All are made to the exact measurements with a large range of materials and colours to suit your decor. These can be manual or electric.

The Canary Islands are well known for their all year round temperate climate, so the outdoor living space is sometimes more important than the inside.

Comfortable and stylish outdoor furniture is a must for any property and The Prestige Group has designs to suit every taste.

A new purpose built, 2 storey showroom, has been added to the existing showroom and has a large range of tables, chairs, sofas and sun loungers from quality designers such as Kettal, Kettler, Skyline and Joenfa Nature. These are available for immediate delivery.

For many of the items in stock, there are variations in size and colour so that you can get the perfect fit for your outside space. These can be ordered from the extensive catalogues, together with a choice of cushions and parasols.

Security is unfortunately an essential these days. Prestige Security Company can install different types of Roller Security Shutters, both Industrial and Domestic in many different colours. They also have a range of Garage Doors, Gates and Grilles. All are again made to measure and can be electric or manual. You can secure your whole house with the touch of a button. The Roller Security Shutters are now in great demand as more and more people want peace of mind that their property is secure when they are out.

The Prestige Group, which incorporates the Sun Blind, Security and Garden Furniture Companies, has been in business since 1999 and has gained a reputation for quality and service.

The 300m2 showroom in ArmeĂąime, Adeje incorporates all three departments, showing a range of Sun Blinds, Interior Blinds, Shutters and a large stock of Garden Furniture. Open from 9-5 Monday to Friday, it is situated just off the main road with parking directly outside.

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25th November - 1st December 2016

Quick quiz CW crossword Which number replaces the question mark?

Godoku!

This week’s letters: A C E H O R T V W This week’s mystery clue: Matthew Betley’s first Logan West thriller has this title (9 letters).

A V

R W H V C

C E T V W E

O R A H

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ACROSS: 1.-Hurt 5.-Make a selection 8.-Frank 12.-Legal hold 13.-Bad grade 14.-Gambling city 15.-School group (abbr.)

16. Became more profound 18.- That woman 19.-River mouths 20.- House locations 22.-Large antelope 25.- Washington, DC time zone 26.-Food allotment 28.-Knife feature 31.-Australian dog 32.-Witty reply 34.-Chaps 35.-Poetic work 36.-Big, hairy spider 41.-India’s Mother _____ 43.-Abnormally sensitive 46.-Linger 47.-Little piggies 48.-Self 49.-Broadcasts 50.-Egg on 51.-High explosive (abbr.)

52.-Scottish loch

V R E

DOWN: 1.-First Greek letter 2.-Used footnotes 3.-Listened to 4.-Printers’ measures 5.-Most bizarre 6.-Rinds 7.-Wobble 8.-Unrefined metals 9.-Writing instrument 10.-Compass direction (abbr.)

11.-Drift off 17.-Rose Bowl city 19.-AWOL soldier 21.-Make over 22.-Card game 23.-Yule drink 24.-Pedro’s “one” 27.-Hue 28.-Sis’s sibling 29.-Directed 30.-Ingested 33.-Archer’s goal 34.-Team’s symbol 37.-Royal rule 38.-Loosen laces 39.-Those who fib 40.-Chasm 41.-Try out 43.-One ____time (2 wds) 44.-Toss 45.-Rebel general 46.-____Juan

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30-Second Brain Training

Sudoku X...

Just enter the numbers 1 - 9 once in each row, column and 3 x 3 square within the sudoku X puzzle grid. In addition to standard sudoku, the numbers must only occur once in each side of the ‘X’ that is marked on the grid.

8 6 4 1

Beginner Starter Number

2 9

48

4 9 2 7 5

What better way to train your brain. Starting at the left with the number provided, work across each of these lines applying the mathematical instructions to your running total. Don´t reach for the calculator - that´s cheating! Write your final answer in the last box of the line. Aim to complete each round in about 30 seconds.

Good Luck!

6

1

2

3

÷4 +114 ÷6 7

8

9

1

2

3

-15

Can you name the three famous faces in this picture?

Top ______________________

squared Middle ______________________

Answer

+57 ÷11 +74

÷4

5

4

Face Mix

4 Intermediate

Starter Number

3 2

8 7 1 4

145

of this

3/5

+67

of this

6

7

9

+69

8

of this

5/6

-87

6/7

5

4

-123

Bottom ______________________

squared

Answer

Last Issue's Answers:

÷19

Crossword:

Advanced

9 6

Starter Number

2 5 1 8

2

3

45

of this

+277

of this

6

7

8

9

+341

And 2 normal sudokus for you as well...

1

2/9

3/5

of this

-72

4/7

4

-86

5

÷2

Answer

Brain Training: Beginner: 25 Intermediate: 6 Advanced: 63

5/6

of this

1 4 5 8

2 1 5 9

9 6 3 7

8 3 1

6 9 3 1

2 8 6

8 6 2 5

5 4 7

Quick Quiz Answer: 11. Split the left and right hand circles in half, vertically. The sum of the numbers in the left hand half of the left circle appears in the top left hand segment of the middle circle, and the sum of the numbers in the right hand half of the left hand circle appears in the bottom left hand segment of the middle circle. Repeat this pattern for the right hand circle.

Face Mix: Adam Thomas Carol Vorderman Wayne Bridge

Godoku:

Sudoku X:

1 3 6 2 5 7 9 8 4

9 8 4 3 6 1 7 2 5

7 2 5 9 8 4 3 6 1

5 4 8 7

3 5 9

2 6 1 3

2 1 8

4 2 3 9

3

5 1 2 6

7 1 8

4

5

6 7 2 2

5 1 7 4

8 9 3 6 1 5 4 7 2

4 6 7 8 9 2 1 5 3

2 5 1 7 4 3 8 9 6

5 7 8 4 3 6 2 1 9

3 1 2 5 7 9 6 4 8

6 4 9 1 2 8 5 3 7

Sudoku:

7 2 3 1 9 4 5 6 8

8 3 4 9 1 6 5 2 7

4 1 5 8 7 6 2 9 3

6 1 7 2 8 5 9 3 4

6 9 8 5 3 2 4 1 7

2 5 9 7 3 4 1 8 6

1 3 6 4 2 8 9 7 5

5 7 3 4 9 2 6 1 8

9 8 4 7 1 5 6 3 2

4 2 1 3 6 8 7 9 5

2 5 7 3 6 9 1 8 4

9 6 8 5 7 1 3 4 2

8 7 2 9 5 1 3 4 6

1 8 5 6 4 9 2 7 3

5 4 9 6 8 3 7 2 1

3 9 6 8 2 7 4 5 1

3 6 1 2 4 7 8 5 9

7 4 2 1 5 3 8 6 9

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Lupain Properties, estate agency in Los Cristianos, require Admin staff. Applicants must have good administrative experience using Word, Excel, e-mails and have a professional but friendly telephone and office manners.

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25th November - 1st December 2016

Minor slip by Gaffers A

R E I G N I N G champions Gaffers A took another step towards retaining their Direct Telecom Pool League Division One title, despite dropping points this week.

Treehouse A welcomed them to Chayofa, and, when the visitors raced into a 4-1 lead, it looked as though the home side would suffer their second successive home defeat.

But they rallied and Scott, Paul and Jay won three in a row to level the score, only to lose the next two. That meant Gaffers A were, at least, worth a draw.

Treehouse A were not done,though. Mark grabbed one back to give Scott the opportunity to take a point, which he took with both hands by beating Lee - and the points were shared.

The race for second heated up when Tenerife Hammers A, just clinging on to the spot, lost a hard-fought contest against Palms Elite.

The Hammers were again fielding a depleted team, with Fritzel jetting off on holiday. And, try as they might, they couldn’t really get their game going. Palms Elite took early control and never looked back, helping themselves to a welcome three points.

Phoenix Potters are now breathing down their necks after another win against Rewind Rewired in what was an extremely tight game.

Both teams were not

giving an inch, and it looked as though the game was heading for a draw at 5-5. But Potters won the 11th frame for a slender lead. Into the last frame and Rewind Rewired were fighting for the draw, but it wasn’t to be, Potters keeping their nerves to take the win.

After a couple of sticky weeks, Palms A are back in the hunt for second place. They were ruthless at times against a Bluebell A side who will feel their luck must change. They played okay, but were always playing catch-up after shipping the first four frames.

Alan stopped the rot in frame five, and repeated the trick in frame nine.

But Palms were rocksolid. Simon and Roscoe completed hat-tricks as the Palms’ posse recorded their biggest win of the season. They will go second if they can defeat Treehouse A in a rearranged match on Tuesday.

Dreamers A are also in the running for the coveted second spot, picking up three points on the road at Amarilla Golf against Terrace Roosters. The evening started well for the home side, with Chris A back and beating Steve for the first frame. But from then on it was all downhill as Dreamers A took the next 11 frames for a convincing win. The Fluke wanted a hat-tip to himself for winning all three! He must have forgotten that team-mates Mark and Paul also won three each.

Gaffers B, looking to improve their league po-

division 1 ResultS Bluebell A Exiles A Gaffers B Rewind Rewired Tenerife Hammers A Terrace Roosters Treehouse A

2 - 10 7-5 6 - 6 5 - 7 4 - 8 1 - 11 6-6

Palms Bar A Rewind A Terrace Bantams Phoenix Potters Palms Elite Dreamers A Gaffers A

division 1 Table Table

P W D L F

1 Gaffers A

17 13

4

0 135 69

66

43

2 Tenerife Hammers A

16

9

3

4 115 77

38

30

3 Phoenix Potters

16

9

2

5 107 85

22

29

4 Palms Bar A

15

8

4

3

88

4

28

5 Dreamers A

17

8

3

6 109 95

14

27

6 Rewind Rewired

16

5

7

4

96

0

22

7 Treehouse A

16

5

6

5 102 90

12

21

8 Palms Elite

16

6

3

7 101 91

10

21

9 Exiles A

18

6

3

9 100 116 -16 21

10 Terrace Bantams

16

6

2

8

11 Rewind A

17

5

2

10 91 113 -22 17

12 Gaffers B

15

3

7

5

13 Terrace Roosters

17

3

3

11 74 130 -56 12

14 Bluebell A

16

1

5

10 66 126 -60

sition, were up against a Terrace Bantams team seeking their fourth win in a row. It was close across the opening games, but Gaffers B got the rub of the green in the second session, opened a 5-3 lead, and things were looking good for them.

But Bantams hit back as Mal and Con tied the game at 5-5. It was then Graham for the home side, against Paul for the second time.

Graham won the first and Paul doesn’t normally get beaten twice.

But his opponent was in good form and rolled the black in to ensure his team a point.

That left Wilson against Pete, and the nerves seemed to have kicked in. Wilson should have put the game to bed, but nervy shots came back to haunt him and, when Pete rolled in the black, it was points shared.

With the Bantams drawing, Exiles A managed to move a place up the table after a good win against Rewind A. It was a close

92 96

93 87

A +- PTS

99 93

-6 -6

20 16 8

match, but Exiles A are always tough to beat at home, and, try as they might, Rewind A couldn’t get their noses in front, the points going to the home team.

Picasso’s A are the front-runners in Division Two, but they are just holding on to the place as rivals drop points. They had a tricky game against James Hammers C, which could have gone either way.

The opening session was all-square, but Picasso’s opened up a lead and it was 5-3 with four frames to play.

James reduced the deficit to 5-4, only for Alex to beat Ken H to make it 6-4. And Picasso’s had the draw. But the match wasn’t finished.

Tony beat Steve and it came down to Mark v Ken. Both players were down to the black, but with Ken at the table, he appeared to have pinched the draw as the black rolled towards the pocket. But it rattled and stayed out.

division 2 ResultS Hoppys A Palms Rebels Picasso’s A Splash Bar The Crown

5 - 7 7-5 6 - 6 4-8 8 - 4

Exiles B Yates Bar James Hammers C Bluebell B Treehouse B

division 2 Table Table

P

A

+- PTS

1 Picasso’s A

18 10

W D 5

3 129

87

42 35

2 Yates Bar

18 10

4

4 126

90

36 34

3 Bluebell B

16

9

5

2 108

84

24 32

4 James Hammers C

17

9

3

5 108

96

12 30

5 The Crown

16 9 2 5 104 88 16 29

6 Exiles B

18

6

3

9

95

121 -26 2

7 Splash Bar

17

6

2

9

97

107 -10 20

8 Palms Rebels

18

5

3

10 91

125 -34 18

9 Hoppys A

15

3

2

10 79

101 -22 11

10 Treehouse B

17

1

5

11 83

121 -38 8

Mark just needed to roll it in for a Picasso’s win. He took his shot and down went the black. But in a cruel twist of fate, the white dropped in the middle bag, and it was honours even!

With Picasso’s dropping points, Yates Bar had a chance to go top.

All they had to do was win at Palms Rebels, which is no easy task.

The Rebels, with home advantage, took an early 3-1 lead and kept their nerve in the second session to be 5-3 with four to play.

Yates Bar hit back early with wins from Dan and Terry, and the comeback was on.

It didn’t last, though, because the Rebels’ M&Ms fought back.

Mick G won a frame, and when Mick beat Chubbs, it was game over and the Rebels celebrated a great win.

With their rivals dropping points, Bluebell B took full advantage and moved to within three points of the top, with two games in hand over the top two!

They just had the small matter of an away game against Splash Bar to overcome. The visitors took the first three frames and were look-

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F

ing good. but Splash regrouped and took the next three to make it level at the halfway stage.

But Bluebell B are good under pressure and knew what they needed to do, producing some excellent pool to win the next four games and the points.

Jimmy was player of the night, winning all three of his games.

The Crown, in fifth place with games in hand, are by no means out of the title race.

They had a home match against Treehouse B which turned into a straightforward victory for them - and another welcome three points cemented their league position.

Hoppy’s A were hoping to improve their league position as they played host to Exiles B in Puerto Colon. It was a real to-and-fro match and, after six frames, the score was level. Jeff then won to give Exiles B the lead, but Kev won two in a row, and Hoppy’s A were back in front and looking for the win.

But the away team dug deep. Tomas won his third frame to be followed by Jason and Callum … and the win was theirs!

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Picassos painted over!

THE race for honours at the summit of Division 2 seems to take a new twist every week, and last Friday's matches were no exception.

Our artistic friends from Picassos were well and truly twisted as they crashed to a 5-3 defeat at Bar 180, putting a serious dent in any title ambitions they may have had.

Bar 180's Wayne was held to blame with his first maximum! So, a 6-2 win at Bar Leones gives The Tavern a 12-point cushion at the top.

But, rather ominously, Palms Pool Bar put seven past the Playgirls to move into third place, above Emerald Lounge on goal-difference, and they still hold three games in hand.

Interestingly, the

top three in Division 2 have yet to play each other, so some crunch matches are coming up!

Elsewhere, Clouseaus and Legends won their matches on the last rubber, while Marilyns A held the trebles to tie at Nauta Nomads.

But we can't leave Division 2 without mentioning our lovely committee member, Sheena.

Despite a hefty defeat

by Naughty Nautas, Sheena will be proud to have claimed her first 180 of the campaign for Pas O Nadas B. Match of the day in Division 1 came at third-placed Scruffy Macs, who entertained second-placed Spear Chuckers.

And Scruffy's Tom was in fine form, notching another maximum and inspiring his team to a crunching 6-2 victory.

Over at Gaffers, the Jucees hosted the Jagers during

division 1 ResultS

division 2 ResultS

Gaffers Exiles Scruffy Macs The Pub

8-0 Ourplace Playboys P-P Sandys Reborn 6-2 Spear Chuckers 5-3 Phoenix Bar

Table

P W D L F A +- PTS

1 Pas O Nadas A

18 12

5

1 98

46

52

98

2 Spear Chuckers

21 12

4

5 98

70

28

98

Bar 180 5-3 Picassos Bar Leones 2-6 The Tavern Legends 5-3 Waterfall B Marilyns B 3-5 Clouseaus Nauta Nomads 4-4 Marilyns A Ourplace Playgirls 1-7 Palms Pool Bar Pas O Nadas B 1-7 naughty Nautas Rood B-B BYE Sundowners Bar 1-7 Emerald Lounge

3 Scruffy Macs

19

7

3 95

57

38

95

division 2 Table

4 Gaffers

18 12 2 4 90 54 36 90

Table

P W D L F A +- PTS

5 The Pub

20 11 2 7 90 70 20 90

1 The Tavern

20 15

6 Phoenix Bar

18

2 Picassos

19 11 4 4 96 56 40 96 17 13

3

1 89

47

42

89

division 1 Table

9

9

4

5 87

57

30

87

3

2 108 52

56

108

7 Boothen

17 8 1 8 73 63 10 73

3 Palms Pool Bar

8 Exiles

18

6

2 10 59

85 -26

59

4 Emerald Lounge

20 10

4

6 89

71

18

89

9 Ourplace Playboys 16

1

3 12 41

87 -46

41

5 Sundowners Bar

20

7

6 85

75

10

85

20 7 7 6 85 75 10 85

7

10 Palms Sports Bar 18

3

2 13 41 103 -62

41

6 Waterfall B

11 Sandys Reborn

0

2 15 28 108 -80

28

7 Clouseaus

21

9

5

7 85

83

8 Rood

20

7

7

6 81

after going 3-0 up, with maximums from Mitch, London and Pod, it was looking good for the Los Abrigos outfit.

However, I believe that old saying, “the wheels came off ”, can be applied here because, somehow, The Pub ran out 5-3 winners. Oops!

9 Bar Leones

21

6

6

9 81

10 Bar 180 B

18

9

4

11 Naughty Nautas 18

6

6

12 Marilyns B

20

6

4 10 72

88 -16

72

13 Pas O Nadas B

19

7

2 10 69

83 -14

69

17

an evening of much merry-making … if my sources are to be believed! But I am sure the Playboys' 8-0 defeat didn't dampen their spirits.

Finally, Phoenix Bar's trip to The Pub gave them a chance to avenge two earlyseason defeats by Grizzly's men. And,

Formula One: The final showdown

2

85

79

2

81

87

-6

81

5 75

69

6

75

6 72

72

0

72

14 Legends

19

3

7

9 66

86 -20

66

15 Marilyns A

19

6

3 10 64

88 -24

64

16 Nauta Nomads

19

1

8 10 61

91 -30

61

2 16 34 110 -76

34

17 Ourplace Playgirls 18 0

Can Hamilton topple his main rival again?

IT must be pretty obvious to Formula One drivers, officials and and fans alike that there is no love lost between Mercedes teammates and deadly rivals Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg.

And sticking them together in a confined space is a definite recipe for tension. True

to form, the two drivers stuck to the script when they lined up together in Abu Dhabi yesterday (Thursday) ahead of Sunday’s final showdown.

Three-time world champion Hamilton, with a chance of completing a hat-trick of F1 crowns should title favourite Rosberg slip up, made little attempt to hide animosity towards his German team-mate.

His body language alone suggested he would rather be anywhere else than standing beside his rival

for one more time this season. Two years ago, the pair shared a frosty handshake at the same venue after Rosberg had extended a hand. But there was no chance of an action-replay this time.

The Mercedes duo go head-to-head in the United Arab Emirates in a bid to be crowned champion as the season reaches its climax.

This time, the German holds a 12-point lead and, it must be said, most of the aces, as they head into the Yas Marina Grand Prix decider.

Despite the fierce

Middle-East heat, the pair looked icy-cool as they turned up for presentation day, along with their other F1 companions.

Here’s the equation: for Hamilton to retain his title, he must win the race and hope his Mercedes team-mate finishes below third.

The Brit kept his phone close at hand while touring the track and chatting with Mercedes staff. Rosberg took the opportunity to test out a different set of wheels as he went for a cycle ride to explore the surroundings.

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Cristo in the swing

By Colin Kirby

WITH his Justin Beiber hairstyle restored, Cristo Gonzalez was the big hit as Tenerife came from behind to secure three valuable points.

It wasn’t the greatest of team displays, the second half in particular dragging on, but two wins and two draws from the last four games has lifted the mood in the Heliodoro camp.

Cristo and Amath were an encouraging choice for the forward pairing, and inspirational Carlos Ruiz was back in central defence, his mask protecting a damaged cheek-bone which is on the mend.

German was dropped, with Alberto holding his role alongside Ruiz, Raul Camara at rightback and Inaki taking the left side.

But the new rearguard was found wanting just two minutes into the game. A Murcia break down the right exposed Alberto and back-tracking Vitolo, as Collantes nipped between them to score, with Camara trying in vain to hook the ball away.

To their credit, Tenerife put this early upset behind them and

Tenerife 2 Murcia 1 started again. Aaron launched an assault down the right, and Amath pressured the visiting keeper, who came out and blocked him well.

The midfield was again a problem area, and Aitor Sanz was dreadful.

His passing was sloppy, he was slow, and he lacked ideas. And when presented with a good chance to shoot, he struck the ball as if he were wearing slippers.

The rest of the home team were clicking into gear, however. Inaki had a fine game on the left, his overlapping runs from deep causing Murcia lots of problems.

Cristo has given his coach headaches this season with his moodswings, but he is a genuine talent. And when Aaron slung in a long ball, he controlled it with a deft touch to beat two defenders and pop it past the keeper.

Suso and Aaron swapped wings to make more inroads into the Murcia defence, and Cristo kept tormenting his markers. One shot brought a half-save from the keeper, with a defender mopping up the loose ball.

A few minutes later, he was in the thick of the

action for the second goal. Inaki was forward again, and, when Tekio fumbled a clearance, he took the ball around him and squeezed it into the box, where a neat backflip from Cristo set up Amath to score.

The crowd were screaming at the ref for a penalty because Inaki had been flattened after releasing his pass. But it was more a collision by two committed players than a foul - and Amath wasn’t hanging about waiting for the ref’s verdict!

A half-time lead was just reward for a good recovery by Tenerife, who really should have pushed on to punish a poor Murcia side. But they didn’t!

The second half saw some of Tenerife’s old, bad habits creep back.

Juanma headed wide from a strong position for the visitors, and their captain forced a finger-tip save from Dani.

Marc Crosas replaced Aaron, but the bearded midfielder again failed to make any impact.

Hoping to hold on to a lead for 45 minutes seemed risky, but it was the best Tenerife could offer.

The biggest secondhalf distraction was the

booing of sub Natalio, still remembered as dressing-room poison when he played for the blanquiazules.

Omar came on for Suso with 10 minutes to play, but it failed to spark a late charge for more goals. Raul Camara found a new friend in Juanma, and twice the Murcia player bowled him over off the ball, the Position

just seven minutes left, Ana scored a solo

Won

Draw

Lost

F

A

Levante UD

31

15

9

4

2

22

12

Girona FC

24

15

6

6

3

22

14

3

Sevilla Atlético

24

15

6

6

3

19

15

4

Real Oviedo

23

15

6

5

4

15

11

5

CF Reus Deportiu

23

15

6

5

4

13

10

6

SD Huesca

22

15

6

4

5

20

16

7

CD Lugo

21

15

5

6

4

22

19

8

Cádiz CF

21

15

5

6

4

17

15

9

Getafe CF

21

15

5

6

4

11

13

10

Real Zaragoza

20

15

5

5

5

21

20

11

RCD Mallorca

19

15

4

7

4

16

14

12

Elche CF

19

15

5

4

6

23

23

13

CD Tenerife

19

15

4

7

4

14

16

14

Córdoba CF

19

15

4

7

4

15

18

15

Real Valladolid CF

18

15

5

3

7

14

15

16

UD Almería

17

15

4

5

6

18

20

17

CD Numancia de Soria

17

15

3

8

4

17

20

18

Rayo Vallecano de Madrid

16

15

4

4

7

17

20

19

CD Mirandés

16

15

3

7

5

16

23

20

AD Alcorcón

16

15

4

4

7

7

15

21

UCAM Murcia CF

15

15

3

6

6

15

18

22

Gimnàstic de Tarragona

13

15

2

7

6

14

21

Egatesa Granadilla 2 Oiartzun 1

nervous wait to get the winner, but with

PLD

1

It’s hot and cold

But things didn’t look so promising for the Tenerife side after 14 minutes when the visitors took a 1-0 lead.

Granadilla ladies dug deep, however, and came back into it, Virgy Garcia equalising after 25 minutes.

There followed a long,

Points

his debut for the four minutes of added time.

He failed get a touch, but a couple of runs showed his pace.

The young striker is part of the future - but his “present” still needs some work!

With Tenerife now in 13th place, it’s on to high-flying Lugo tomorrow (Saturday) at 3pm.

2

Women’s football

HOME form is keeping Egatesa Granadilla riding high in the Spanish Primera division, this latest victory at El Medano putting them in fifth place.

referee failing to spot the fouls. Juanma found Carlos Ruiz a tougher proposition, but, as he closed in to unleash a shot, the masked avenger robbed him with a perfectly-timed tackle. It was good to have him back.

As the match fizzled out, Giovanni, another product of the Tenerife youth set-up, made

goal to seal the points.

Victory gave Egatesa a chance to qualify for next season’s European competition.

Tenerife´s other Primera team, La Laguna’s Tacuense, capped a bad week with a 5-1 defeat at Rayo Vallecano, which keeps them anchored at the bottom.

Tacuense sacked the coach earlier in the week and are awaiting a new, full-time leader.

At 5-0 down, they scored a last-minute, consolation goal from the penalty spot, courtesy of Tania.

Female footie fisticuffs A WOMEN’S football match descended into a fracas in Gran Canaria as both teams slugged it out on the pitch.

So bad was the rumpus between home side Las Coloradas and Las Majoreras that the game was abandoned with six minutes remaining.

With the score at 0-0 and time running out, a penalty was awarded to the home side, which rather upset the visitors.

Harsh words were then transformed into

flying fists and feet in a ruck involving 15 players.

But it still wasn’t over because the disorder spread among spectators, who were ordered out of the ground as recriminations threatened to escalate the conflict.

The Spanish FA are studying recordings of the incidents before deciding on the teams’ punishment.

Both clubs have expressed their regret and apologised for the fracas, but they can still expect a strong penalty.

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Basketball

Tenerife smash a points record SOME team were going to get it!

Three defeats on the trot, Iberostar Tenerife were hurting, and poor Fuenlabrada were the whipping boys, losing 9650 against their rampant hosts in La Laguna.

It was a recordwinning margin for Tenerife in their years in the top tier of Spanish basketball. And it was no coincidence that captain Nico Richotti (pictured) was back in top form with 15 points.

His top tally was matched by Davin White, but man of the match was Javi Beiran, who scored 14 points, his overall play edging him above his teammates.

All this was achieved without Fran Vazquez, who limped off early on.

And it wasn’t a case of Tenerife racing away and then easing off.

At the halfway stage they led 40-27,and then piled on the points with final quarters of 19-12 and a mammoth 37-11.

The fans and the team’s cheerleaders played their part, and the Pabellon Santiago Martin arena, nicknamed “the hamburger”, was turned into a red-hot zinger by 4,416 fans, determined to help get their team back on track.

Tenerife faced a much tougher test a few days later when they travelled

to Italy to continue their European League adventure, against Avelino.

After matching each other foul for foul, and shot for shot, Tenerife clinched the thriller with a hotly-disputed Davin White basket, which took the score from a 73-75 deficit to a 76-75 success with just 2.6 seconds remaining.

The ref awarded harsh fouls to both sides in the final minutes and probably won’t get Christmas cards from either team coach.

Georgios Bogris was Tenerife’s star man with 22 points, but they owed a lot to Rodrigo San Miguel for some sterling defensive work to keep them within touching distance throughout. *Arona Council is offering free transport and entrance for the 30th December home European League game against Serbia’s Mega Leks. It’s part of the Council’s Juventud youth programme and they tip-off at 7.30 pm on the Wednesday.

Places, which are limited, can be reserved via juventud@arona. org or by phone to Telefonica service number 010, or 922 761 600. The age bracket is 14-35 years and you need to be an official Arona resident.

Many thanks to Arona Town Hall for the generous promotion, and even bigger thanks for flattering the mature youth with that morethan-generous, upperage limit.

Just stand up for yourself!

DO you stand up to paddle your surfboard? If so, get along to Las Teresitas beach, just beyond Santa Cruz, tomorrow (Saturday) for the first Stand-Up Paddle festival, from 9am4pm.

This relatively new way to employ a surfboard is growing

fast, and Tenerife is a hotbed of activity.

There are various disciplines at competition level, but it works equally well as a fun, off-shore experience for the lessadventurous.

The festival will also offer related fitness techniques such as yoga.

Marino’s promotion fight hits the buffers CD Tenerife 2 CD Marino 0 THINGS are getting extremely tight in the Canarian section of Spain’s Tercera division following Marino’s defeat by their close, Tenerife rivals.

It not only dented their good run but brought their hosts up to fourth place - just two spots behind Marino. Callum and Brian Martin did the damage with a goal in each half This Sunday, Marino will look for their home form to keep them in with the leading pack.

Lanzarote’s Union Sur Yaiza are the visitors for a noon kick-off.

Las Palmas Atletico are six points clear at the top, but Marino have a game in hand, and coach Toni Dumpierrez will make full use of his squad.

He has plenty of bright, young players in the clubs’ youth programme pushing for a first-team run-out.

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