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European court overturns Spain mortgage ruling Banks facing 7.5bn-euro payback

Issue 985 23rd December 2016 - 5th January 2017

MANY British home-owners in Tenerife will be celebrating their best Christmas ever because they can expect mortgage refunds from their banks, thanks to this week’s ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ).

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Inside this week...

El Gordo Fills ‘em up

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Christmas greetings from our President See page 8

Bumper Christmas & New Year TV Guide See page 19 - 38

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Owners’ mortgage bonanza Continued from Front Several banks, including Sabadell/Solbank, Caixabank, BBVA and Banco Popular, were deemed to have been over-charging mortgage interest for years under their “Clausula Suelo” (floor clause). Now, collectively, they are facing a mighty 7.5bn-euro pay-out.

This was a collaborative scheme between banks, which blocked interest rates from falling below a certain figure.

The ruse, though not illegal at the time, has been termed “abusive” and on Wednesday, the ECJ ruled in favour of those who had been given a controversial Clausula Suelo mortgage without knowing.

The affected banks were, initially, ordered to repay the excessive sums (plus interest) made by home-owners for a period of exactly three years, dating back to the Supreme Court’s initial judgement of 9th May 2013.

It meant that those with longer-running mortgages could not extend the repayments further back.

That seemed unfair, and many mortgagors and legal experts felt so, arguing that the reclaim should go right back.

Their thinking was mirrored in the law courts, and the ECJ has now taken into account a report from the European Commission, stating that there should be full repayment, from the start of the mortgage.

The 40-plus banks involved have been wriggling every which way for many months to save their skins, but to no avail.

If you are uncertain about which type of mortgage you have - one based solely on the Euribor (the official European bank rate), Fixed, Variable or Clausula Suelo - just ask your bank for clarification.

The key to a claim is, obviously, the controversial Clausula Suelo mortgage. If, in recent months, you have already been contacted by your bank, offering an enticinglylow, fixed-rate interest on your mortgage, it tells you of the banks’ desperation, trying to hang on to all the extra euros you’ve already paid them since signing the mortgage contract.

Myra Cecilia, who represents the Citizens Advice Bureau, Spain, said: “We’ve known for a while that a certain bank has been contacting its homeowner clients and offering to remove the clause if they sign for a fixed-rate mortgage - and sign away their rights to make claims for repayments of the excess they’ve already paid.”

And a Canarian Weekly reader told us of her surprise at receiving a phone call in April from her bank manager - they’ve never even met offering a near-2%, fixed-rate drop in her mortgage. And, he stressed, it would save her all of 25 euros a month!

His call was followed up, almost immediately, by an email spelling out the deal in full, and saying this bargain offer was valid until the end of the month only - and that there was no need for her to attend the notary office.

Our reader, who has

since received another communication from her bank, mentioned it to a neighbour, who said he’d heard about the Clausula Suelo.

As many as three million people in Spain could be affected - and of them, who

knows how many in Tenerife?

Ms Cecilia said: “Even if they do sign a disclaimer, lawyers with expertise in this field say that if a letter of agreement has been signed with the bank for the fixed rate and/or giving up your right to claim, it will

probably be considered null and void by the courts.”

As a footnote, it is interesting to learn that shares in all four banks mentioned earlier dropped around 11% following Wednesday’s great news for mortgagors.

UNDERSTANDING THE LAW OF THE CLAUSULA SUELO RULING

By Mariano Zunino Siri IN May we were expecting the decision of the European Court in relation to the retroactivity of the nullification of the “floor clause” which was supposed to be published on the 21st December 2016. We may recall that the Supreme Court of Spain had said that the effects of the nullification could only be turned back up to 9th May 2013, leaving aside those instalments paid before that date.

But on Wednesday the European Court delivered and has ruled that the “floor clause” can now be claimed back to the start of the mortgage.

I will now clarify what this means from a legal point of view.

WHAT IS FLOOR CLAUSE? It is a clause stated in Mortgage Loan Deeds, which establishes a minimum payment in mortgage instalments although the interests agreed with the bank are lower. In general, mortgage loans subscribed in Spain have an interest based on a reference rate, such as Euribor . Therefore, the floor clause sets a minimum percentage to be charged by the bank.

LEGALITY OF THE FLOOR CLAUSE In principle, these types of clauses are not in breach of law, unless they are abusive, or when the bank does not inform about the existence of such clauses in the loan.

HOW TO IDENTIFY IT The floor clause is identified in the Mortgage Deed under titles like “limits to

the application of variable interest” or “floating rate”, and within that section states that the interest may never be less than a certain percentage.

HOW TO ACT ON A FLOOR CLAUSE Firstly, send a letter to the bank branch asking for nullification of the abusive floor clause. If possible have proof of reception of the letter, so it is advisable to make the bank to seal a copy of it and if the entity refuses, send a burofax.

Secondly, if there is no reply, present an application complaint to the bank. In some cases this can be done online, using a form addressed to the Customer Services Office. Indicate that you have not received a response to your request regarding removal of floor clause.

Thirdly, if still no response, address a complaint to the Bank of Spain reporting all proceedings.

If there is still no sign of resolution in this way, sue the bank.

WHAT DOES JURISPRUDENCE SAY? There are several judgments that have nullified the floor clause, including the Supreme Court judgment of 9 May 2013.

However, in February 2015, the said Court ruled that the condemned banks should return retroactively only the interests charged from the date of its first judgment, ie from 9 May 2013.

This means, the retroactive limit was fixed in such date and cannot be claimed back

beyond this date.

The main question is not the nullification of the cláusula suelo (floor clause) but its retroactivity. The matter of limiting the retroactivity of the nullity of the floor clause has been questioned before the European Court, in order to determine whether it is possible, or not, to limit the annulment to a date after the signature of the mortgage loan (contracts signed before 9 May 2013) which could be incompatible with Directive 93/13 / EEC of 5 April 1993 .”.

THE EUROPEAN COURT DECISION The European Court in judgement of 21 Decembrer 2016 basically says that the national jurisprudence that limits in time, the effect of an abusive clause in consumer contracts, is in breach with Council Directive 93/13.

Consequently, the floor clause is null and void and the refunding of the monies irregulary charged can be claimed from the very beginning with no time limit.

The ruling means a victory to those clients that have denounced mortgage abuses, and the European Commission were in favour of the customers.

The banks, the Bank of Spain, as well as the Supreme Court has been defeated.

Those ones that were thinking of suing the bank to claim full nullification of the floor clause, are now free to go to Court and get a favourable judgment held up by the European Court.

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Vargas suspect El Rubio admits: ‘I had to make him disappear’ THE mysterious disappearance of seven-year-old Yeremi Vargas, from near his Gran Canaria home nearly 10 years ago, may have been solved.

Antonio Ojeda, main police suspect in what they believe to be the boy’s murder, and serving time in a Gran Canaria prison, confessed to his cellmate that he made Yeremi “disappear”.

In the cell-mate’s statement, Ojeda, known also as “El Rubio”, was said to have broken down in the Juan Grande prison cell after being found guilty of sexually abusing another child in 2012, and sentenced to five years His cell-mate, referring to Yeremi, asked him what had happened to the other child. “El Rubio” admitted something he had never declared in any Police reports, saying: “With the

other child, it got out of hand. He ran from me and I had to make him disappear.”

It is the first time Ojeda has ever implicated himself directly in the Yeremi mystery. So far, the only private confessions he has made to other prisoners have merely indicated some degree of collateral knowledge about what happened on 10th March 2007.

Guardia Civil reports states that Ojeda told conflicting stories to a cellmate in Algeciras Penitentiary Centre, Botafue go, Cadiz.

First, he said he saw a dark-haired woman drag the boy

by the a r m into a w h i t e S e a t Toledo car, driven by a man.

Days later, he changed his story and implicated an old neighbour of his, known by the nickname “Tani”, saying: “The boy did not suffer; the boy was dead when he arrived.”

He then said he had seen

the child’s lifeless body in his neighbour’s vehicle, and how he incinerated the corpse using wood and a mattress,.

But Tani made a declaration before a judge last week, relating the same testimony he told the Guardia Civil months before.

On the day of the events, he said he was working with his brother on a building site in Telde, Gran Canarias.

His alibi was checked by the Guardia Civil during their investigation, and the construction company owner also confirmed his alibi before the judge.

Among the remaining witnesses is Ojeda’s former partner, who told the Guardia Civil that she had “never seen anything that made her suspect that he was sexually attracted to children”.

Ojeda’s cellmate from the Botafuego Penitentiary Centre will declare by video conference when the court case resumes next month.

Spain wants to finish work at 6pm every day THE Spanish Government is proposing a crossparty pact to work towards ending the working day at 6pm. But it will almost certainly be given short-shrift by Socialist party PSOE.

Following an appearance before a Congressional commission, Employment Minister Fátima Báñez told reporters: “Somebody has to take the first step, so I am asking business associations and labour unions for their support.”

Her proposals, the latest instalment in a long-running, national discussion on working hours, which are seen by many as outdated and family-unfriendly, were outlined in the Popular Party’s election programme for the June 26th elections.

They would require the support of labour unions and employers: at present, collective-bargaining agreements mean that the country’s 40hour week is flexible in that

workers can put in more hours during a certain period, making up for them at a later date.

Báñez said the time had come to address the issue of improving the “quality” of employment.

The Employment Minister also said that rationalising Spain’s working day would also require addressing the issue of returning the country to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), as it previously was, before Franco changed it to fall in-line with Hitler’s Nazi Germany regime.

Curiously, although onethird of Spain’s land mass lies

within GMT, it is actually on Central European Time.

Báñez accepted that moving Spain toward a more compact working day would mean difficulties for smaller businesses.

“Companies in some sectors, and particularly small enterprises, would have to negotiate models to make this possible,” she said.

Many Spaniards still spend a long time in their workplace, compared with their European neighbours.

They arrive early and take a long, enforced, lunch-break, before returning to work until 8pm or beyond.

Báñez, apart from talking about rationalising the working day, also mentioned the need for more flexible working hours, which could also include working from home.

The pact, signed with emerging centre-right party Ciudadanos in the summer, also included proposals to extend paternity leave to four weeks.

But the PSOE (Socialist party) spokesman on the Congressional Employment Commission dismissed Báñez’s proposals as a “joke”.

“There is nothing wrong with talking about balance

between work and personal life,” he said.

But he stressed that Spain faced more pressing problems, such as the 4.9 million people without work, totalling 19% of the working population. And the country’s rate of temporary and shortterm working contracts, which is the highest in the EU. Temporary work has grown since 2006. Contracts lasting a week or less made up 14.7% of all those signed in 2006.

The following year, that proportion grew to 15.1%, and it has continued to rise ever since.

Last year, the figure for Social Security affiliations tied to contracts lasting less than a week was 24.4%.

But Báñez said there had been a 3.24% increase in the number of people signing up to the Social Security system.

She added that the time had come to address the issue of improving the “quality” of employment, which included job stability, “better salaries” after several years of lower wages in real terms, and work-life balance.

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Senior volunteers get a big pat on the back

THE first regional convention of senior volunteers in the Canaries has been staged over two days at Costa Adeje Tourism Development Centre (CDTCA).

Adeje Mayor José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga and Isabel Mena Alonso, Regional Deputy Minister for Social Politics, congratulated those present for their work.

They also helped to dish out certificates to the various voluntary associations in the

Canaries, together with the two provincial organisations, AMAVITE (Tenerife) and AVINGRAN (Gran Canaria).

Mayor Fraga said that one Adeje theme was that “you only get out of happiness what you put in”.

He added: “Here in Adeje, we are working to make this a place for everyone. We have to continue to work to improve the quality of life for all, and, of course, the senior citizens, who are living witnesses to our history.

“We are very happy at the results of this event, which have been the culmination of the work of representatives

from our seven islands. You are active, creative, senior citizens, who remind us of the importance of caring for each other.”.

Isabel Mena told the audience they were a fine example for the Canary Islands. She also mentioned the dedicated number for those suffering loneliness (900 707 020), as well as the intergenerational programmes.

“Other projects are designed to improve the quality of life of the archipelago’s older citizens,” she added. “It allows them present their ideas and interests in changing and improving things.”

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Angry owners fight back with denuncia

SIX apartment owners in the Las Americas Altamar complex have denounced the Community Administrator for, allegedly, getting their water and electricity supplies cut off.

The owners believe their maintenance man, said to be instructed by the Administrator has blocked their water meters with a cork bung on numerous occasions, and taken out electric fuses to their apartments.

Both utilities are stored in a private area, with access available to owners or the maintenance man only.

In a police report, one owner wrote that the maintenance man said: “You can reconnect the water and electric as many times as you want - I will just keep cutting it off.”

Ana Franchy, an Altamar property owner, says the Administrator is behaving in such a manner because various complex owners do not agree with her being their Administrator, or her husband being Community President.

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El Gordo fills ‘em up FANCY popping into a petrol station and picking up a big win in the world’s biggest lottery?

That has proved to be the winning formula for the fourth year running in Granadilla, where shares of the second prize on El Gordo, Spain’s Christmas Lottery, were sold.

A full series number of ticket 04536 carried a 1,250,000-euro prize from the mammoth pot - a total of 2.4 billion euros was spent on lottery tickets - and the lucky Granadilla de Abona filling station, at Km54, sold several of the decimos (part of 10 in a series) which each carry a 125,000 euros prize.

The number 66.613 was unveiled as the winning series, with the 10 tickets each worth 4m euros. And first indications are that a Madrid person has collected a whopping 40m euros!

When we went to press, Tenerife had eight winners

of 125,000 euros, including people in Las Galletas and Playa San Juan.

Much of Tenerife came to a standstill as everyone sought out a TV or radio to see if their lives were about to change.

All eyes were on Madrid yesterday (Thursday) morning from 8-11am, as the elaborate draw ceremony took place in the Teatro Real.

The winning numbers were

sung, as usual, by children from San Lidefonso School in a tradition that dates back to 1812, when El Gordo was born.

Every little advantage is sought to tweak the odds, and, naturally, the Granadilla petrol station is seen as a lucky place to buy tickets.

Another, in Arico, also dished out the love this year with portions of the fifth prize.

The big attraction of El Gordo is the sheer range of prizes. The first, second, and third prizes stem from one main number. After that, there are two big digits for fourth prize and eight for fifth.

This spreads out further down the lower range as winning shares decrease, but it does mean a large number of people get modest but handy cash gifts.

El Gordo is a finely-tuned machine, and organisers can tell within minutes where the winning 20-euro tickets were sold … and then it’s an anxious wait until the bubbly starts to flow.

Many groups and small communities pool their resources so outbreaks of wild street parties are

common across Spain.

If you want to take a punt next year, you won’t have long to wait because tickets start selling from July.

The El Gordo lottery actually began in 1812, raising money to buy bullets and cannons to fight Napoleon in Spain’s War of Independence Its roots were in Cadiz, Andalucia, said the University of Sevilla’s Manuel Moreno Alonso, a professor of history.

He added: “It appears that Captain General of Cádiz, Gervasio Gasca, proposed to establish the lottery with the object of raising funds to alleviate the situation of displaced people, and to reinforce the resistance.”

In 1812, the Spanish government ordered 25,000 numbered wooden balls to be given to the authorities between 15-20th December.

The lucky numbers that year were 03604, the winners bagging 8,000 Spanish dollars from their 40-dollar investment.

Dozens of winners this year will include many syndicates and entire villages, each collecting millions of euros to share around.

Old year out, new road in! the journey times DRIVERS will be across Tenerife. full of smiles when The new section will make the Fonsalia road it possible to drive from Santa Cruz to Los Gigantes link opens next in one hour and 15 minutes Friday (30th Dec) to - a 20-minute reduction. complete another Frantic, last-minute work has been underway at phase of the ring road, the new roundabout just and shrink further above Fonsalia, between

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Playa San Juan and Alcala, and all is set to click into place.

Jose Luis Delgado, the Canarian Government’s Director General of Infrastructure, predicts that the new link will absorb 8,000 vehicles a day from the TF47.

The new system is another step towards building a new

ferry port, from Fonsalia to La Gomera, at the closest crossing point.

It was first suggested 21 years ago, but it moved a step nearer in October when the Canarian Government approved a 300,000sq/m plot of land for the port site.

There is already a new desalination plant on that

part of the coast, which is scheduled to come online within months.

The tiny Fonsalia village will have to get used to being in the mainstream.

The population is officially 193 people, but, even among all this upgrading work, it retained its charm, with the small church and plaza at its heart.

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Christmas Greetings from our President

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The true spirit of Christmas!

AMIDST the news of war, disaster and devastation, there is always something at this time of year that pops up and puts your faith back in humanity.

It’s the kindness shown when making a collection, or buying a gift for one of the many children here in Tenerife’s orphanages, or, even more so, random acts of kindness for someone you’ve never met or even heard of.

Two weeks, we ran a short piece promoting a benefit gig for one of the island’s entertainers, and last week we published the result. And I wanted to give credit for the latest update to Dave Michaels, another entertainer and radio presenter on the island, who wrote the following piece: “Around two weeks ago, we found out that a fellow-entertainer was terminally ill with stage 3 colon cancer. We didn’t know. Nobody knew! He is a very quiet, proud man from a small town in Bulgaria.

“Most people wouldn’t really know him because he plays his guitar quietly in the corner of restaurants.

“At least he did, until his aggressive chemotherapy robbed him of the nerve-endings in his fingers, preventing him from doing what he has always loved to do, and how he has provided for his family, wife Desi and his two children, aged one and five.

“We found out, only when it was getting too late!

“His name is Greg Stetson and I decided on a simple plan: a sign to be placed in bars that simply read: “An entertainer and friend of the bar has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. If you are buying a round, get Greg one in … just a euro.”

“On the first night, we raised 78 euros. Nobody really knew Greg, a stranger to most people, but they bought him a drink, as did a few other bars.

“I published my results on Facebook, and a few more bars decided to help: three bars ac-

tually, who held fund-raisers at which other entertainers would sing for free.

“This sounds fairly unremarkable, except that, in 10 days, we raised 5,500 euros for a stranger. Through Facebook and mentioning Greg’s name, we received offers of food parcels and gifts from the residents of our island, and as far away as Germany, from a lady I am still in touch with. All for a stranger to most who donated.

“Surely this is what Christmas is supposed to be: a light in the dark for the people who need us most.

“Local charities, such as the Lions and F.A.C.T (Fighting Against Cancer in Tenerife), pitched in. And some local barowners offered money from their own pockets.

“But other than this generosity, everything was raised by common people, caring for a stranger; a man nobody really knew, who was to be evicted from his home because he couldn’t play his guitar any more.

“We didn’t know if he would see Christmas, so we decided that, whether or not he managed it, we would make sure his family had a Christmas to remember for very different reasons.

“A Christmas that his children would know their Dad was remembered by 1,000 strangers, who still believe Christmas wishes should come true.

“And when the inevitable arrives, to provide for their future; to be where their Dad knew their life would be better. Here in Tenerife! This was his Christmas wish, and it has been our pleasure to help it come true.

“A gofundme.com account has been set up in the name of Greg Stetson cancer fund, should anyone else wish to donate.”

All I can say is, wow … this really is the true spirit of Christmas!

Until our next issue on 6th January, have a fantastic Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Chris x

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THERE are inescapable dates on the calendar, which come around every year and make us change our daily routine: special moments that help us reflect on the truly-important things in life, such as the precious moments we spend with our family, friends and co-workers.

All of this is Christmas, celebrating the Nativity of Christ with our eyes fixed on those around us. As the principal public institution on the island, we share this spirit and take a moment to review the priorities that must mark the road our government takes in the New Year.

In 2017 we will have the highest budget in the Cabildo’s history, and our responsibility is to manage these investments in the most effective way, thinking only of improving the lives of everyone living on this island.

We will have the necessary funds to generate employment, to achieve a more-balanced island with investments all over Tenerife, and to serve our elders and families who are less fortunate. The Cabildo will improve the roads to make it easier to move around, and we will not give up when it comes to removing the obstacles that others may put in our way.

We are also thinking of our little ones and their future: in all those children who still believe in the magic of Christmas, and to whom we must offer a future filled with opportunities.

Without doubt, Tenerife 2030 is our star, guiding us today on the path to progress. To facilitate the learning of languages, to foster creativity, innovation, sports practice or entrepreneurship is to offer our young people the wings to fly high and follow their chosen course of life.

It ensures the horizon of those who will be the Island’s protagonists tomorrow. A future that is being designed today.

May the spirit of Christmas accompany you every day of the year to design, between all of us, a tomorrow full of opportunities.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Carlos Alonso President, Tenerife Government

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Cabildo’s 282m euros will add an enormous sparkle to our island

A TOTAL of 44 hotels and apartment complexes in Tenerife will have been remodelled at the end of the fouryear period between 2015 and 2018, together with eight new tourist complexes.

Cabildo President Carlos Alonso said the planned investment exceeded 420 million euros. Of this colossal sum, 282m euros corre-spond to renovation projects (67%

of the total), and 138m to new hotels (33%).

Alonso also highlighted the training projects encompassing the “Luxury Hotel” industry, which accounts for 21% of the renovation investment.

“This is excellent news because every room occupied in a five-star hotel generates twice as much employment as one in a four-star establishment,” he pointed out.

“So, in addition to improving accommodation quality, we are also creating more employment.”

The

President also requested that the Canarian Government and the State continue to invest in tourism, both through projects to improve public spaces and investments in reconditioning the coastline and beaches.

Jorge Marichal, President of the hotel management company Ashotel, added: “Co-ordination between public administrations and businessmen in the industry is decisive.

“Industry growth improves accommodation performance, and gives added

value to our customers.”

The renovations will concentrate mainly on older accommodation which has been on the market for a long time.

But it will also include accommodation owners who want to upgrade their facilities and adapt to the new tourism trends.

During this process, more than 21,000 rooms will be renovated. And the additional eight new hotels, comprising fivestar or Grand Luxury accommodation, will add a further 3,121 rooms.

Christmas, New Year and huge Reyes event YOU can never spend too much time with family and friends over the festive period. But a change of scenery may be just what you need, so here are some events to get out to enjoy.

Thursday (29th Dec), 8pm: Gala de Ballet, Auditorium Infanta Leonor, Los Cristianos, with performers from the Arona Ballet School. Tickets, 10 euros, from box office.

Friday (30th), 8.30pm: Navidad Flamenco, Auditorium Infanta Leonor.

Tickets, 12 euros, from box office.

Sat (31st), 11pm into New Year: Adeje Municipal Band, Plaza de España.

Sat (31st), 10.30pm: New Year’s Eve dance, outside Los Cristianos Cultural Centre, or join thousands to

see in the New Year on the old beach as fireworks light up the skies along the coast at midnight.

Sat (31st), from around 11pm: Xanadu Party, at Centro Hipico, Guargacho.

DJs and dance music on three stages: Latino, Urban and Underground, through the night. Transport from Los Cristianos runs until 6am. Tickets, from 45 euros. www.tomaticket.es Wed, 4th Jan, 8.30pm: Concierto Año Nuevo, Auditorio Infanta Leonor.

Free entry but be early!

Thur, 5th Jan, 7.30pm: Reyes Eve in Los Cristianos.

The Three Kings’ camelmounted procession arrives with a host of characters from cartoons and culture. Starts from the old port of Los Cristianos and finishes with the Kings giving out preordered presents from their thrones outside the Cultural Centre.

Easyjet to carry on spreading its wings BUDGET airline easyJet announced is planning to operate 10 new international routes to and from Spain, which will increase the number of seats available to the country by 11% to 16.4 million in 2017, compared with this year’s 14.7m.

The airline is opening a new base in Palma de Mallorca.

It will start operations in two new airports, in Granada and the Canarian Island of La Palma, and add a fourth plane to its fleet in Barcelona.

Javier Gándara, General Manager of easyJet Spain, said the expansion would create around 150 jobs.

He added that easyJet wouldn’t consider increasing routes to and from the Spanish capital, because a large number of flights from competing airlines were already taking off from Madrid-Barajas Adolfo Suárez Airport.

EasyJet also plans to protect itself against the possible effects of Brexit by applying for a licence in an EU country to continue operating its European routes. More than 50% of the company’s flights take off and land outside of the UK. The low-cost carrier also predicts that the cost of tickets will continue to decrease over the next year, despite the possibility of oilprice increases.

A mum-ofthree killed A POLISH mother of three, aged 39, died in a car crash at around 5am on Sunday on the road between Cabo Blanco and La Camella.

Her car flipped over in the collision and her passenger, a 44-year-old woman, suffered serious injuries and was taken by ambulance to Hospiten Sur, the green hospital. The deceased woman’s children, aged three, eight and nine, lived with their father in Arona.

Police sources say the two women had just left a night club in Verónicas. Firefighters had to rescue the injured woman from the vehicle, but the driver was killed instantly.

Local Police officers informed the father and requested psychological assistance for him and his three children from Arona’s Social Services department.

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Mayor of Icod: Let’s keep Butterfly Farm

The mayor of Icod de los Vinos, Francis González, wants closure on the never-ending conflict over the municipality’s Butterfly Farm, which began 20 years ago.

He is asking the owner, José Antonio Plaza, to reconsider moving the farm to Santiago del Teide and, instead, give the property a cosmetic upgrade, which says the Mayor, is “also requested by the Cabildo’s Historical Heritage Department”.

González added: “It would be much easier to upgrade the current building than to start

from scratch in another location.”

The Mayor also defends his actions regarding the Butterfly Farm saying: “We have insisted with the Canarian Government that the General Urban Management Plan should not affect the Butterfly Farm.

“If they agree with us, the Butterfly Farm would have to comply only with the cosmetic upgrade imposed by the Cabildo, such as changing the stone on the front of the building, changing the colour of the aluminium and fit clear glass to make the site a glass-encased garden.

But José Antonio Plaza is shocked with what the Icod Mayor

had to say about his Butterfly Farm. “The truth is, we have not been notified by the Cabildo’s Historical Heritage Department,” he insisted. “If someone tells me, in writing, what I have to do, I will do it.

“Initially, they said we had to knock down the building and build a new one, and now they want us to remodel the building with impossible changes.

“No butterfly farm in the world has clear glass, because the sun would create a magnifying effect and kill the insects.”

He added: “The Mayor doesn’t want to take any responsibility, and, absurdly, is accusing me of campaigning against Icod.”

Eviction notice is quashed, for now Christmas has come early for Yusnadia Hernandez and her 12 year old daughter, living in Altantic View, Costa del Silencia, as their eviction order has been suspended until the 1st of February next year.

It was supposed to take place on Wednesday (21st), but Arona Town Hall has intervened, paralyzing the eviction until the court case against her is clarified, because both the Court of Arona and the Provincial Court have

ruled the purchase of the apartment where she lives as null and void.

Yusnadia purchased the property for 25.000 euros and subrogated the existing mortgage from the elderly Italian gentleman who she looked after, but was later denounced by his

daughter a year after he passed away.

According to Arona Town Hall’s Minister of Housing, Fabiola Magdalena Garcia, they now looking of alternative rental accommodation for Yusnadia and her young daughter, to avoid her going under care of social services.

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Strictly squeals on wheels

TWO special Christmas markets will be setting out their stalls over the coming weeks. The first is in Alcala today (Friday) in Calle 1st Mayo from 6-10pm.

Then further along the coast, Playa San Juan will be welcoming customers on Thursday and Friday on the Paseo Maritimo, also from 6-10pm.

Burglar’s Lottery flop

The Local Police arrested a 65-year-old man in Santa Cruz early last Sunday for breaking into a barber’s shop.

He was caught, thanks to various witnesses who called the police and reported the burglary, which netted him five Christmas Lottery tickets, a brush and a comb!

The man, who did not resist arrest, has a long police record, committing several burglaries in commercial premises, using force to gain entry. He has also been guilty of various muggings.

NOT a tank-top or glitterball in sight, but El Medano spun its wheels and went back to the Seventies with a roller-disco extravaganza last Saturday.

The young audience had

no knowledge of the fashion crimes committed by the older generation. They just lapped up the musical treat, which was part of Granadilla de Abona’s “At Christmas” programme.

From 6pm to 10pm, the Magallenes Plaza was transformed into a dance hall, with skate hire for those not already equipped.

There were no mean judges, or wobbly celebrities … so it

was just good fun all the way, with the emphasis on sport, music, and health.

It was all well-supervised to ensure safety, thanks to Granadilla’s Employment and Promotions Department.

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Adeje’s massive business project ADEJE Council’s Economic Development and Job Creation Department, run by Councillor Manuel Luis Méndez Martin, has been developing the ImPyme Adeje project.

This new “geolocalisation” (geolocation) trend helps local businesses, of which there are many, become more visual on social networks and the World Wide Web. “What we are working towards is giving the

local commercial sector an extra tool to promote their businesses on the web,” said Cllr Martin.

“In so doing, we are galvanising the local economy, which is in a healthy state in Adeje.

“We are at phase one of the project and already, 500 local businesses are mapped on the internet.”

ImPyme Adeje has three phases: *Identify, localise and help build a business network *Innovate and train *Assess and invigorate, collaborate and promote The companies that already signed up are

A paradise for entrepreneurs

THE Cabildo has presented the available advantages when starting a business or investing on the island to more than 40 entrepreneurs.

The get-together took place at “Google Campus Madrid”, an entrepreneurial and innovation meeting point in Spain.

Antonio Garcia Marichal, Canarian Minister of Innovation, was part of the “Tenerife Start-up Paradise” event, in which various Canary Island companies spoke of tax benefits, financing and the resources available to Tenerife.

Marichal, also stressed that the Cabildo aimed to provide Tenerife with infrastructures and industries that will create employment.

He believes all these advantages, and the work being done by the Cabildo through the Science and Technology Park (PCTT) “make Tenerife one of the most attractive regions to start up a new business”.

in the centre of Adeje, including those in La Postura, Los Olivos, El Galeón and Las Torres.

Details of the businesses, contact names and numbers, the kind of commercial activity engaged in and their location, have been taken and uploaded.

Visits have been

made to find out, in more detail, about the services on offer, and how the Council can help improve them, etc.

The 500 companies now have a presence on Google Maps, which allows people to search for them and find out what they need to know.

Images from the

inside of the uploaded businesses will also be added shortly to enhance their online presence.

The scheme has come to fruition through Adeje Council’s partnership with Crea Solutions, a locally-based company which has undertaken the geolocalisation of

the businesses. During 2017, the next phases of the project will arrive. And, says Cllr Martin: “The project will be completed when all Adeje’s businesses are geolocalised, so we are asking them all to come on-board and contribute to this positive initiative.”

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I’m not Captain Calamity, insists calamitous captain NOT for the first time, a life on the ocean wave simply hasn’t suited “Captain Calamity” because, just 48 hours after setting off to row across the Atlantic Ocean, he and his crew had to be rescued again after he became ill.

The Captain, aka 48-yearold Roy Finlay, and the Orca II catamaran rowers, were airlifted to shore, just 95 miles south of their Gran Canaria departure point, after he complained of kidney problems.

But their misery didn’t end there because they left their passports in the abandoned boat and are now stuck in Spain.

It is the latest in a series of mishaps for Mr Finlay, who was accused of inciting a mutiny during his 1998 transAtlantic record attempt.

But he has always denied the crew’s claims that he was idle, that he was drinking … and that he had entertained a prostitute onboard their boat!

This time, the men were hoping to beat the world record for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic, set in 2011 by a six-man crew in 31 days

Cruise ships can’t stop in Los Gigantes … yet!

SANTA Cruz Port Authorities say they don’t have the power to authorise cruise ships to dock in Los Gigantes, which the company owners want to do.

And that’s a setback for Santiago del Teide Mayor Emilio Navarro, who says he is “working with the Harbour-master and the Spanish Navy” for a solution.

“First, we have to establish which administration holds the authority to authorise cruise ships docking in Los Gigantes,” said Navarro.

“And then we need a survey to determine the exact points in which this type of vessel can anchor safely.

This is a similar initiative carried out by other European countries, such as Greece. And Mayor Navarro adds: “Los Gigantes is one of the safest areas on the island for this type of operation.

And the Los Gigantes port has approved this project.”

23hrs 31mins, aboard a boat designed by Mr Finlay, Their latest mission began in Gran Canaria’s Puerto de Mogan last Wednesday, but the poor old rescue squad were out in force again on Friday morning.

The passport-less crew were airlifted back to the Canary island from their catamaran, and, said a crew spokesman: “Sadly, the expedition is over.

The crew were evacuated from the boat by helicopter and are all now safe on dry land.

“Our next big challenge is

working out how to get home without passports.”

Mark Agnew, one of the crew members, who were raising money for the Overcoming MS charity, added: “Safety is always the No.1 concern on expeditions.

“And with one crew member in a seriously-bad way, we had to order an emergency evacuation, barely a few days in. Obviously, I am devastated, but I’m glad everyone is okay.”

Earlier this week, Mr Finlay, a former Royal Navy diver from Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire,

1,000-job success for Cabildo plan

THE new “Neighbourhood employment: together we are stronger 2016” campaign, promoted by the Cabildo, has led to 647 people finding employment on the island this year.

In 2015, some 393 people found employment, thanks to the initial scheme, which means it has already helped put over 1,000 people in work.

It is also down to the Canary Islands’ Foundation for Training, Employment and Business Development (FIFEDE) entity, in charge of the vital campaign, which offers support to people who struggle to find work through lack of qualifications.

Cabildo President Carlos Alonso, delighted with the extra number of people now

working, and the project itself, now aims to attract more agents to this network, and have more co-ordination with local town halls.

Alonso admitted the campaign was part of a larger project, MEDI, which aims to promote economic and social development on the island, to which the Cabildo will allocate 10 million euros next year.

Tenerife’s governing body released a report saying the campaign offers individual advice and support to each participant, training tailored each person’s needs - and to the companies’ professional profiles.

This year, 1,535 people completed the campaign’s specifically-designed itinerary, which means that more than 40% of the candidates who participated actively in the programme found employment.

was understood to be resting after spending a few hours in a Gran Canaria hospital.

The 54-year-old was first dubbed “Captain Calamity” in 1998 after his first disastrous attempt to break the rowing record between the Canary Islands and the Caribbean.

That voyage appeared to be going smoothly at first, but when the Atlantic Endeavour crew docked at Cape Verde islands for urgent repairs, 700 miles off the west coast of Africa, the oarsmen called off the attempt following

disputes over the execution of the record-attempt.

“Captain Calamity” insisted his crew had, maliciously, concocted the story of his night with a call girl, describing it as lies.

The so-called “mutineers”, who had trained for a year and paid £5,000 of their own money to attempt the row, were accused by the hapless “Captain” of lacking the stomach for the voyage.

In November 2013, he and four crew had to be rescued by helicopter when their £50,000 boat Barracuda lost steering off Gran Canaria during another record-breaking attempt on the Atlantic.

But Mr Finlay hit back at his “Captain Calamity” tag in an interview shortly after the 2013 rescue, saying he missed out on the Atlantic rowing world record by just a day in 2007, and that a boat he designed in 2010 set the world record.

He said then: “I believe that what I did was stick with the original intention, and I kept trying to break this record.

He added: “When I hear this name ‘Captain Calamity’ being used, I think ‘For God’s sake, I designed and built the boat’.

“I also missed the record by a day. How the hell does calamity fit into that? That’s what p*****s me off.”

Drug-smugglers ripped apart by Guardia Civil MEMBERS of an international, growyour-own drug-smuggling ring, said to aiming at the sporting world, have been nabbed by Spain’s Guardia Civil.

Officers confirmed that the traffickers arrested, from the UK, France, Spain and Iran, were targeting those with “prestige and links to the sporting world”.

Officers held 21 people in connection with cultivation at homes in Estepona, Marbella and Mijas, on the Costa del Sol, and selling marijuana illegally.

The gang were responsible for at least three plantations where cannabis was grown, all well hidden, with high security to protect them.

But the Guardia Civil found

a way in and raided these premises, plus five others, in which they discovered a large amount of cash and a number of weapons.

Overall, the operation seized 69,857 euros, £7,855, five pistols, two revolvers, one shotgun, gold bullion, 17 expensive vehicles … and 1,250 cannabis plants, 191 grams of cocaine and 1,000 anabolic steroids.

One individual, hiding in the UK, was detained as he flew into Spain, and those involved will be charged with being members of a criminal organisation, drugtrafficking, possession of illegal firearms, carrying false identification and theft of electricity.

The arrests followed a seven-month investigation into the network, which, said the Guardia Civil, was a “complex hierarchy, with different roles assigned to each member”.

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Giant aquarium given green light by Council ADEJE Council has finally given the goahead for Europe’s biggest aquariums to be installed at Los Torres, following a two-month delay.

The 20m-euro project was put on hold because of the Council’s building ban on the derelict site there, which has now been lifted.

The aquarium will house one of the largest tanks in the world, and Asian owner Hai Rei SL plans to feature 10,000 fish of all shapes and sizes.

The installation will have a total of 70 aquariums with 950 species, both

marine and freshwater, and invertebrates, such as sharks and jellyfish, generating both regional and international aquatic systems.

It will take 17,733.974 litres of salt water and 300,000 litres of spring water to fill all the aquariums. The latter will be transported by road from Adeje’s desalination plant in Adeje, a process which will be carried out over 18 days with three tankers, making four trips daily.

The area, once used by Tropicana, has been at the centre of a tug-of-war involving ambitious projects by various companies.

Tropicana Atlantic SL, whose workmen had to down tools during a recent

Council-company dispute, are now clearing the entire 62,300sq/m area.

The land, just below Adeje old town, is a prime site and the Council has been keen to see it developed, balancing leisure and retail facilities sensitively, and, naturally, with the creation of new jobs.

Hai Rei Aquarium Tenerife, to give the construction its full name, will cover some 19,000sq/m of the 38,000sq/m plot.

The company estimates that 50,000cu/m of debris will have to be removed, and the work taking between 12-15 months.

There will be careful scrutiny of the land and ongoing work because it is in

the protected area of Teno Rasca Natura 2000.

It will be the first protected area in Spain to be administered by a business group.

Owner Hai Rei will be working closely with the territorial custody platform of the biodiversity foundation of Spain´s Environment Ministry, and conservation work will involve local and international groups.

Once open, it will be all about the fish, the range of which will give visitors a chance to see many species they would never be able to appreciate in the wild.

Locally, the development will create several jobs. At the current construction phase, there will be 200 direct

jobs, followed by 46 once it opens. A further 30 jobs would be created indirectly through the service and tourism industry.

The aquarium would take up just half of the site, and several large shopping groups have been mentioned as possible neighbours, including a few of the popular stores around Santa Cruz.

The big plan for the area is for the company to enhance the tourism value, and benefit the local community and economy.

Money for the aquarium’s basic construction has been raised from private sources, and the project is expected to be operating some time in 2018.

Female paedo who took part in a child sex ring Local port

boost

LOS Cristianos port is among 24 in the EU to be included in the TransEuropean Transport Network.

It opens up the door for European grants, such as those provided by the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Transport.

And that means the Tenerife port, which qualifies for admission because it has enough traffic coming and going, could be in line for new infrastructure, or at least an upgrade.

THE long, probing, Spanish arm of Crimestoppers has reached out and grabbed another villain on its “wanted” list.

Leila Kassam, a 32-yearold paedophile from Leytonstone, East London, was jailed for four years at Blackfriars Crown Court after fleeing to Spain while on bail.

She had been found guilty of taking part in a child sexring.

She admitted having sex with a 15-year-old girl, and arranging a child sex-offence in June this year before disappearing while on bail.

Kassam and ex-partner Paul Silverthorn, who disappeared at the same time, had sex with the girl after she was introduced to them by a “fixer” in 2014.

Silverthorn, 36, tied the

victim to a bed after she was given the legal high “5 NEO” at a party in Haymarket, before Kassam molested her.

The couple also sexuallyabused a second 15-yearold girl, while Silverthorn

took explicit photos of the teenager.

Kassam, who fled before being sentenced, worked on an Ibiza farm during the summer months. But the farm owner contacted police

after seeing Crimewatch appeals online.

A European Arrest Warrant was executed by the Guardia Civil in Spain and Kassam was flown back to the UK on 9th December.

But Silverthorn is still on the run following his nine-year prison sentence.

He is also wanted for administering a substance to a second 16-year-old victim, possessing prohibited images of a child and distributing indecent photographs of a child.

Faham Jaffer, 33, of Colliers Wood, and Daniel Trinnaman, 20, of Stanmore, Middlesex, were jailed in June for their parts in the plot.

Trinnaman was sentenced for sexual activity with a child and perverting the course of justice by sending threatening Facebook messages, while Jaffer was found guilty of having sex with a child.

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What to wa Sherlock

New Years Day, BBC1, 20.30 The Six Thatchers Sherlock waits to see where Moriarty will make his posthumous move. One mysterious case in particular baffles Scotland Yard, but Sherlock is more interested in a seemingly trivial detail.

Why is someone destroying images of the late prime minister Margaret Thatcher? Is there a madman on the loose? Or is there a much darker purpose at work? Something with its roots deep in Mary Watson’s past...

The Last Dragon Slayer

Christmas Day, Sky1, 17:45 A young girl embarks on an epic a dragonslayer. Based on the first of magic and medieval with the mo (Ellise Chappell) who reluctantly

Paul O’Grady: For the Lo Christmas Carols on ITV

Christmas Eve, ITV1, 23.45 Aled Jones joins the congregation of the historic St Chad’s church in Rochdale, Lancashire for a traditional candlelight Christmas Eve carol service.

The celebrations include performances from soul singer and award-winning West End stage performer Shaun Escoffery, Nathan Sykes, Paloma Faith’s singers the Faithettes and jazz singer Natalie Williams.

Along with everyone’s favourite carols, the service also features Christmas prayers and bible readings from Olympic champion Nicola White and Coronation Street star Rhea Bailey.

Christmas Day, ITV1, 18.45 Paul O’Grady returns to Batterse of Dogs at Christmas. Determine residents, Paul will again bring hi and strays of Battersea as he trie new home.

Top of Paul’s wish list to find a n on his luck due to his snaggle-to and spots the perfect opportunity

Top Of The Pops Christmas Special

Christmas Day, BBC1, 13.50 Top Of The Pops returns this Christmas for an hour-long celebration of all things pop.

The festive TV favourite will review 2016’s year in music with a line-up of some of the biggest musical names of the year, including Clean Bandit featuring Anne Marie, DNCE, Olly Murs, Skepta, Jonas Blue featuring Dakota, Zara Larsson, Calum Scott, Kungs, James Arthur, Craig David and Louisa Johnson.

Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates will host the hour-long special, which will conclude with the all-important Christmas Number 1.

Walliams And Friend Chr Special

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atch this Christmas Doctor Who Christmas Special - The Return of Doctor Mysterio

Christmas Day, BBC1, 17.45 This Christmas sees The Doctor join forces with a masked Superhero for an epic New York adventure.

With brain-swapping aliens poised to attack, the Doctor and Nardole link up with an investigative reporter and a mysterious figure known only as The Ghost. Can the Doctor save Manhattan?

And what will be revealed when we see behind the mask?

New Years Eve, ITV1, 20.00 Paddy McGuinness plays cupid for three famous, hot and single males tonight in this celebrity edition of the smash hit dating show.

Descending down the love lift are model and former rugby international Thom Evans, presenter Roman Kemp and Ritchie Neville from the boyband “Five”

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new home for is Henry, a dentally challenged shih tzu down oothed grin. So Paul sets to work trying to raise his profile y when Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall drops in to open a new building. Can Paul manage to win the Duchess over to Henry’s unique charms and get him the best Christmas present of all - the Royal seal of approval?

Another dog in need of help is mystery stray Holly, a pugcross who arrives with an unexpected Christmas present of her own when Paul spots she’s heavily pregnant. Paul immediately whisks her off to clinic where an ultrasound confirms the good news - there’s going to be puppies at Battersea this Christmas.

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Christmas Day, BBC2, 21.30 Victorian Bakers is back for Christmas. In this one-off special, our four professional bakers discover the role their trade played in creating Christmas as we know it today.

Historians Alex Langlands and Annie Gray are on hand to tell the fascinating story of how a riotous mid-winter break, stretching into January, became a more respectable familybased occasion on 25 December.

Long lost recipes include mammoth ‘twelfth cakes’, bread-based punch and the Queen Victoria’s mincemeat pies made from roast beef, (replaced with humble tripe for the masses).

Take Me Out Celebrity Special

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Dancing The Nutcracker - Inside The Royal Ballet

BBC2, 16.00 Created by legendary choreographer Sir Peter Wright, The Royal Ballet’s Production of The Nutcracker is the most lavish and best-loved Christmas ballet on the planet. This signature classic more than any other has come to define the scale, spectacle and technical prowess of the company.

For the first time in many years, the Royal Ballet gives access behind-the-scenes for a landmark 90-minute Christmas documentary, following the company as they prepare for the season’s production.

This year’s Nutcracker sees the debuts of numerous young dancers from the Royal Ballet School - from 11 year-old dancers at White Lodge to senior year students dancing as Snowflakes - as well as dancers most recently promoted to the company’s highest rank of Principal. The programme follows preparations for one of the most iconic and most technically challenging roles in the entire ballet repertoire: the Sugar Plum Fairy, a role danced by some of the greatest dancers ever to grace the stage - from Margot Fonteyn to Darcey Bussell.

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Diversity Presents Steal The Show

New Years Day, ITV1, 19.00 Ashley Banjo and Diversity, the nation’s favourite dance crew, host a brand new one off primetime dance entertainment show.

Diversity Presents Steal The Show will see the popular dance group unveil some unique collaborations and brand new routines, culminating in a show-stopping finale performance incorporating the most entertaining amateur dancers. Every element of the show will be choreographed by Ashley Banjo and one amateur dancer will Steal The Show and win a fantastic prize.

Special guests include The Vamps who will perform live in the studio, whilst the cast of the West End’s Motown Musical and Diversity will unleash a brand new and exclusive collaboration.

In the TV special, three unsuspected amateur dancers are surprised

by Ashley Banjo and offered the chance to perform with Diversity in the show finale – the dancers will not only get the chance to showcase their skills but the winner will also walk away with a fantastic holiday to Las Vegas.

Morecambe and Wise’s Funniest Moments

New Years Day, ITV1, 20.30 A celebration of the incomparable comedy duo as we take a look back at their top twenty greatest TV moments, ranked by the UK’s funniest people, comedy actors and comedians.

Stars share their memories and personal anecdotes of Eric and Ernie, including David Walliams, Glenda Jackson, Jonathan Ross, Jack and Michael Whitehall, Paddy McGuinness, Angela Rippon, Des O’Connor, Jimmy Tarbuck, Richard Ayoade, Sarah Hadland and Andrew Preview - sorry, Andre Previn.

Monday 2 January, BBC1, 15.45 The Hairy Bikers are back, and this time will be sharing their favourite home - cooked comfort food. In this new show to BBC One, Si and Dave give viewers ideas for delicious dishes that are easy to make and comforting to eat.

The series also looks at the stories behind some of our favourite dishes, those that have bonded families over generations.

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06:00 ...................... Breakfast

06:30............... Bargain Hunt

09:15 ............Christmas City

07:15...................Fern Britton Meets...

10:00 .... Christmas Kitchen 11:15 ...... Homes Under the Hammer 12:15 .............. Bargain Hunt 13:00 ...... BBC News at One 13:30 ....BBC London News 13:45...........Father Brown

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14:40......... On Angel Wings

15:10...... Oz: The Great and Powerful 17:15 .......................Pointless

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

10:00...................Robot Wars

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

11:00...................... Money for Nothing

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

12:00................... Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit 13:45.... Rick Stein’s Cornish Christmas 14:15........This Farming Life 15:15........World’s Sneakiest Animals

18:30.BBC London News

16:15.......Full Steam Ahead

19:00..............Strictly Len Goodman

17:15........................ Porridge

20:30.......... Citizen Khan 21:00...... Have I Got 2016 News for You 21:30.......... Walliams and Friend

18:00................ Inside the Christmas Factory 19:00............... University Challenge

15:00.................... Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00...............Tipping Point 17:00.....................The Chase 18:00................. ITV News London 18:30............ ITV Evening News 19:00............ Emmerdale

20:00......The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

22:30...... Mock the Week

00:25.......................Signs

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

20:30...Saving Mr. Banks 23:05................... Close to the Enemy

23:55........ The NFL Show

13:55...... ITV News London

19:30..............Coronation Street

22:25.BBC London News

23:25..Mrs. Brown’s Boys

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

19:30...... Wild Tales From the Village

22:00.... BBC News at Ten 22:35............ The Graham Norton Show

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

08:15......................The Prince and Me

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

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

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

00:05............And Now for Something Completely Different 01:30....... Darcey Bussell

06:10 .......... Everybody Loves Raymond 07:00............................... Frasier 07:55.. The Big Bang Theory 09:15 ............... The Simpsons 10:15 ............Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back 11:50 ......Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas 12:10............. Miracle on 34th Street 14:10 ....................Countdown 15:00 ........... Coast v Country 16:00 ........................Deal or No Deal on Tour 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 .... Food Unwrapped Does Christmas 21:00.............. The Last Leg Christmas Special 22:00 ........... The Windsors Christmas Special 23:05............ Alan Carr’s 12 Stars of Christmas 00:10........8 Out of 10 Cats

06:00................Children’s TV 09:50 ........................... World’s Strongest Man 2016 10:45.....Christmas Cookies 12:25................Snow Queen 14:00......................... Jack and the Beanstalk 15:45.................Five Children and It 17:25 ........A Christmas Star 18:55................... 5 News 19:00.................... World’s Strongest Man 2016 20:00....... Christmas with the Double Acts 21:00..... The Morecambe and Wise Story: Look Back in Laughter 23:05............ Morecambe and Wise Live! 1973 00:30..........The Peter Kay Story 01:15..........Super Casino

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

06:25 ....................... The Ellen DeGeneres Show 07:05...................... The Cube 08:00.................. Emmerdale 09:00 ................. You’ve Been Framed!

09:30.........Ninja Warrior UK 10:30...................Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure 12:25...................Emmerdale 13:20.................. You’ve Been Framed!

13:50 ..............All Star Family Fortunes 14:50................ Take Me Out 16:00.................. Snow Dogs 18:05............ You’ve Been Framed!

19:05............. Uncle Buck 21:00........ Casino Royale 23:55............. Family Guy 00:50.......American Dad!

06:00........................... Sinbad

07:10 ...... American Pickers

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

08:00 ................ The World of Stupid Criminals

06:00 ............. Football Gold 07:00....... WWE Main Event 08:00......... Barclays Premier League World 08:30........... Premier League Legends 09:00 ................Boxing Gold 10:00 ............. Football Gold 11:00 .........Barclays Premier League World 11:30.......... Premier League Match Pack 12:00 ......Sporting Greats II 12:30................ Joe Hart: The Italian Job 13:00......... Live World Darts Championship 2017 17:00 .........Game Changers 17:30........ Gareth Bale: Year of the Dragon 18:00 ........... The Fantasy Football Club 19:00.....Live World Darts Championship 2017 23:00.... Barclays Premier League Preview 23:30............ The Fantasy Football Club

23:00................ ITV News 23:35................ ITV News London 23:50........ Paul O’Grady’s Favourite Fairy Tales 00:45............ Jackpot247

09:00...... Festive Futurama 09:30...... Festive Futurama 10:00........... Modern Family 12:00..................... Futurama 12:30..................... Futurama 13:00...... Andre Rieu Home for Christmas 15:30.......... Moana: Special

09:20....................... Top Gear 10:20 .............. Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge 11:20....................... Top Gear

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

14:00....... Red Bull Soapbox Race

16:30 ...........Modern Family

15:00 ..... Jay Leno’s Garage

17:30........... Modern Family

16:00 .......................Top Gear

18:30........ The Simpsons 20:00...... Modern Family

19:00....... Dara O Briain’s Go 8 Bit

20:30...... Modern Family

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

21:00.... Stella Christmas

21:00.............. Coming to America

22:30........ Trollied Xmas 23:00............ A League of Their Own 00:00.................Don’t Tell the Bride

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08:25................ World’s Most Stupid Criminals

23:20.. Would I Lie to You? 00:40....................... QI XL 01:40.......Have I Got a Bit More News for You

Father Brown: The Star Of Jacob BBC1, 13.45

A mysterious stranger, a missing donkey, an outbreak of laryngitis in the church choir and a kidnapped baby threaten to spoil Kembleford’s Christmas festivities in Father Brown: The Star Of Jacob.

Distinctly lacking in Christmas cheer, Canon Fox (Roger May) pays a visit to Father Brown (Mark Williams) and Mrs McCarthy (Sorcha Cusack) to announce that premier Catholic duke - the Duke of Frome (Ray Coulthard) - will be staying with Lady Felicia (Nancy Carroll) at Montague and attending Christmas Mass at St Mary’s. Unlike in previous years, this year the Bishop wants everything done by the book and Canon Fox will be there to make sure his wishes are carried out.

There will be ‘the full biblical line-up’ including wholesome children, a proper choir and even snow, he demands. Daunted but undeterred Father Brown and Mrs McCarthy set about their task, but when the donkey goes missing, laryngitis hits the choir and a filthy down-and-out (Dean Andrews) is found sleeping in the confessional box, it looks like Canon Fox’s best laid plans are going to be thwarted.

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Christmas Eve

06:00 ...................... Breakfast

06:15 ....Mars Needs Moms

06:00................Children’s TV

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

07:40 ............ The NFL Show

08:25...................Weekend at Christmas

11:30..... A Christmas Carol

08:10............. Hans Christian Andersen

13:00.................... BBC News

10:00 ..................Robot Wars

09:25................Thunderbirds are Go

13:15 ............. Winter: Earth’s Seasonal Secrets

11:00...................Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave

09:50.................... The Chase 10:50.................. You’ve Been Framed!

11:30..... Nigella’s Christmas Kitchen

11:20............Despicable Me

16:30........... Shrek the Halls 16:50.......... The Penguins of Madagascar

12:00..............The Cook Who Changed Our Lives

18:15 .............. BBC News

13:00............................ Splash

13:30.................. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

18:25 .BBC London News

14:45.............. Snow Chick: A Penguin’s Tale

14:15 .......The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

18:30 ................Pointless 19:25................Michael W C Mcintyre’s Big choice Christmas Show 20:25............ EastEnders 21:00 ......David Walliams Celebrates Dame Shirley Bassey 22:05.............. Peter Kay’s Christmas Comedy Shuffle 22:50.The Vicar of Dibley 23:30............... BBC News 23:45........Midnight Mass From St Chad’s Catholic Cathedral 01:00................ Surviving Christmas

15:45............... Gorilla Family and Me

13:20 ...................... ITV News

16:20.......... 101 Dalmatians 18:00................. ITV News London 18:30...... Blankety Blank

16:45............... Gorilla Family and Me

19:30..............Coronation Street

17:45......Carols from King’s

20:00....................Birds of a Feather

19:00.............Dad’s Army 20:00........ Alan Bennett’s Diaries 21:00............. The Lady in the Van 22:40........... The National Lottery Live 22:50...................... Top of the Pops 2 00:20....... Viva Las Vegas 01:40.............Countryfile

21:00...........Grantchester Christmas Special 22:30............Through the Keyhole

06:15............. Olive, the Other Reindeer 07:05 ................. A Turtle’s Tale: Sammy’s Adventures 08:40 ......... Father Christmas 09:10.......... Painting the Bear Hunt 09:15........ Christmas Brunch 12:15 ............Jamie’s Ultimate Christmas 13:15 ............... The Simpsons 14:45 .........................Scrooged 16:40 ...........Channel 4 News 16:45 .............. The Snowman 17:15 ...... The Snowman and the Snowdog 17:50.................... The Muppet Christmas Carol 19:30...... We’re Going on a Bear Hunt 20:00........... Gogglesprogs Christmas Special 21:00.........8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 22:00..................Rude Tube Christmas Cracker 2016 23:00...........Trigger Happy Christmas Special

06:00................Children’s TV

06:00 ..............The Hot Desk 06:10................... Emmerdale Omnibus 08:45...... Coronation Street Omnibus 10:45............. All Star Family Fortunes 11:50.................. The Nation’s Favourite Disney Song 12:50....... Santa Paws II: The Santa Pups 14:35..............Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas 16:00.............. The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol 16:25.................. You’ve Been Framed!

17:30 ............... Catchphrase 18:30 ........... You’ve Been Framed!

18:55.. The Polar Express 21:00.................Quantum of Solace 23:15............. Family Guy 00:15.......American Dad!

09:05......... Doctor Zhivago 12:50 ..................The Vikings 15:05 ..............Jason and the Argonauts 16:05..... Five News Update 16:10.............. Jason and the Argonauts 17:10 ........................ Scrooge 18:10............... Five News Update 18:15 ................. Scrooge 18:55 .........Andre Rieu in London 20:00 .........The Yorkshire Vet at Christmas 21:00 ..................Eamonn and Ruth: A Million Pound Christmas 22:00.......... Greatest Ever Christmas Movies 00:55.................. Scrooge

23:30..........ITV News and Weather 23:45................Christmas Carols on ITV

06:00........................... Sinbad

07:00 .........Motorway Cops

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

00:40............... All Star Mr and Mrs Christmas Special

07:00...................... The Flash 08:00 ......................The Flash

08:05...The World of Stupid Criminals

07:00 ........................ Sporting Triumphs

08:35 .Storage Hunters UK

08:00 .........Game Changers

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

08:30 .......... Premier League Preview 2016/17

10:00 .............. Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge

09:00.................. The Fantasy Football Club

11:00..... Jay Leno’s Garage

10:00 ................. Soccer A.M.

16:00 ......... Star Wars Rogue One Special

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

11:30......... Gareth Bale: Year of the Dragon

16:30...... Star Wars Greatest Moments

14:00....... Red Bull Soapbox Race

18:30............. Yonderland Christmas

16:00....................... Top Gear

19:30........ The Simpsons

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

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

21:00 ..... Mock the Week

22:00.......... The Late Late Show

22:20 ..... Mock the Week

09:00 ......................The Flash 10:00 ................. Soccer A.M. 11:30..... Football’s Funniest Moments 12:00.......... Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather

23:00................... Carpool Karaoke 00:00....................Stealth

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13:00....................... Top Gear

18:40 ................Top Gear

21:40 ..... Mock the Week 23:00 ...................... QI XL 00:00....... Not Going Out 01:00....... Not Going Out

12:00 ........................ Football 15:00 ................Joe Hart: The Italian Job 15:30........................... NFL - A Football Life 16:30............................ NFL - A Football Life 17:30.........................Live NFL 21:00..................Live NFL 01:00.................Live NFL : Cincinnati @ Houston

Michael McIntyre’s Big Christmas Show BBC1, 19.25

Michael McIntyre has a treat for you this Christmas when his Big Show, filmed in front of a live audience at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, gets festive.

There is a merry performance from Michael Ball and Alfie Boe; Aled Jones is joined by a very special guest as he plays Celebrity Send To All; Unexpected Star reaches epic proportions when Michael surprised an entire choir and there are lots of yuletide games and celebrity guest appearances form Nan (Catherine Tate), Kevin the teenager (Harry Enfield) and more.

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Christmas DAY

06:00...................... Breakfast 09:00 .......... The Nutcracker 09:45 ........................Dragons: Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon 10:00 .............Christmas Day Service - Live From Bristol Cathedral 11:00 .......... Songs of Praise 11:40 .....................BBC News 11:50 ..................The Croods 13:20 T. he Farmer’s Llamas 13:50 ..........Top of the Pops 14:50.................... BBC News 15:00................. The Queen’s Christmas Broadcast 2016 15:10 ........................... Frozen 16:45...................... The Great Christmas Bake Off 17:45................ Doctor Who 18:45 ......... Strictly Come Dancing 20:00 ... Call the Midwife 21:30 ............ EastEnders 22:30 .Mrs. Brown’s Boys 23:00 ............. The Best of Tracey Ullman’s Show 23:30.............. BBC News 23:45 .........On Christmas Night 23:50.. Would I Lie to You? 00:20.......Have I Got a Bit More 2016 News for You

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06:40.................. Countryfile 07:35..... The Cat in the Hat 08:50 .................Tom Thumb 10:20.................... Bee Movie 11:40..... Carols from King’s 12:55 ...........Wild Tales From the Village 13:55 .............The Good Life 14:25 ..................... The Artist 16:00 ................. Dancing the Nutcracker Inside the Royal Ballet 17:30 ................. The Queen’s Christmas Broadcast 2016 17:40 .........Morecambe and Wise - Christmas Show 1976 18:45 .............. University Challenge 19:15.......... Blackadder’s Christmas Carol 20:00............ Dad’s Army 20:30. Gospel Christmas 21:30.... Victorian Bakers at Christmas 22:30 ...................... QI XL 23:15 ...................... Great Expectations 01:15..................... A Hard Day’s Night

06:00 ...........Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids 06:20 ..........Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures 06:45......................... Super 4 06:55............................. Sooty 07:10...................... Oddbods 07:20 ............. Almost Naked Animals 07:45 ...............Horrid Henry 08:25 ..................Weekend at Christmas 09:25 ............... Countrywise 09:55 ........Despicable Me 2 11:55 ................. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 15:00........HM the Queen CW cho ice 15:10............. The Lion King 16:55 ...................... ITV News 17:15 ................. You’ve Been Framed!

17:45 ..................Emmerdale 18:45.......... Paul O’Grady For the Love of Dogs at Christmas 19:45................ ITV News 20:00 .............Coronation Street 21:00...... Maigret’s Dead Man 23:00 ........ Love Actually 01:30 ............. King Kong

HM The Queen ITV1, 15.00 The Queen makes her annual address to the nation and the Commonwealth.

06:40 ...........................The Bear 07:10 ..........Painting the Bear Hunt 07:15 ............ Animals United 08:55................ The Simpsons 10:50......................... Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas 11:15 .....................Painting the Bear Hunt 11:20 ......... Father Christmas 11:50 .............. The Snowman 12:20 ...................The Sword in the Stone 14:05 ..............The Alternative Christmas Message 14:15 ...........Channel 4 News 14:20 ....It’s a Wonderful Life 16:55 ...... The Snowman and the Snowdog 17:25.......... We’re Going on a Bear Hunt 18:00............. Home Alone 20:00 ...............Travel Man 21:00..... Gogglebox 2016 22:30 ................ Alan Carr’s Christmas Chatty Man 00:35.....Four Christmases

06:00................Children’s TV

06:00 ..............The Hot Desk 06:10 ..................Emmerdale 06:30......Coronation Street 07:20................... Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas 08:20.............. The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol 08:45...................Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure 10:35 ................. You’ve Been Framed!

11:35.................. Emmerdale 12:00..... Coronation Street 13:05 ......The Polar Express 15:10 ................. You’ve Been Framed!

16:15 ............... Catchphrase 17:15 ........... Despicable Me: Minion Madness 17:30......... 101 Dalmatians 19:15... Mr Bean’s Holiday 21:00........ Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason 23:15............. Family Guy

07:40................ An American in Paris 09:55 ............................On the Town 11:55 ........................ Scrooge 14:10 ....................The Wizard of Oz 16:15........................ Singin’ in the Rain 18:20.................. Britain’s Favourite Christmas Songs 20:30.......................When Celebrities Go Pop 22:30...................... Dallas Buyers Club 00:45.......... Greatest Ever Christmas Songs 01:10..........Super Casino

06:00.... The Hour of Power 07:00 ................ News Swipe 07:30 ....Harry Hill’s Teatime Joey Essex 08:00 .................... WWE Raw 09:00 .... Football’s Funniest Moments 10:00..... Sky Comedy Xmas Shorts 10:15 .... Rod Stewart Merry Christmas Baby 11:30...... A Kylie Christmas 13:30.............. Pixar Greatest Moments 15:00 T. he Queen’s Speech 15:15..............The Simpsons 17:45 .........The Last Dragon Slayer 20:00 ........... Monkeys an Amazing Animal Family 21:00 ...Carpool Karaoke 22:00.... Stella Christmas 23:30.................. The Late Late Show

07:00.. The Indestructibles

06:00 .................................NFL

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

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

08:25................ The World of Stupid Criminals

09:00........... NFL Highlights

08:50.. Storage Hunters UK 09:20........Celebrity Storage Hunters 10:20 .............. Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge 11:20 .......................Top Gear 14:00 ......................... Red Bull Soapbox Race

10:00........... NFL Highlights 11:00 .................................NFL 12:00 .................................NFL 13:00 ...........NFL Highlights 14:00 ...........NFL Highlights 15:00........... NFL Highlights 16:00 .................................NFL

16:00 .......................Top Gear

17:00 .................................NFL

18:00.................. Red Bull Soapbox Race

18:00...... NFL Highlights

19:00 ................. Top Gea 20:00....................... QI XL 21:00.. Would I Lie to You? 23:00.......Have I Got a Bit More News for You 00:00....................... QI XL 01:00........ Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish

19:00 ......NFL Highlights 20:00 ..... NFL : Cincinnati @ Houston Hlts 21:30 ................Live NFL : Baltimore @ Pittsburgh 01:00 ................Live NFL : Denver @ Kansas

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Boxing Day

06:00 ...................... Breakfast

06:15 .............Natural World

09:00 ...................Pirate Fairy 10:10.............................Planes

07:15 .......Nature’s Weirdest Events

11:30 ...................... The Great Christmas Bake Off

08:15 ......Around the World in 80 Days

12:30.................... BBC News

11:00 .....The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

12:45.... BBC London News 12:50.................. Countryfile 13:50 .........The Moonstone

12:40 .................Dances with Wolves

14:40 ............................. Brave

15:30 ..........Victorian Bakers at Christmas

16:05................ The Gruffalo 16:30....... How to Train Your Dragon 2

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

18:05.............. BBC News 18:20... BBC London News 18:30... Revolting Rhymes 19:00............The Great Christmas Bake Off

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20:00 ............ EastEnders 20:30.......... Still Open All Hours 21:00 ......The Witness for the Prosecution 22:00........Outnumbered 22:40............... BBC News 22:55..................Match of the Day 00:25.................. Fleabag 01:25.......... Walliams and Friend

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17:20 ...................... West Side Stories - The Making of a Classic 18:20 .............. University Challenge 18:50............ Dad’s Army 19:30.................. Nature’s Weirdest Events 20:30....................Gordon Buchanan: Elephant Family and Me 21:30 ...............The Entire Universe 22:30...................... Pride 00:25.....................Gospel Christmas 01:25 .................. Tommy

06:00.......... Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures 06:25......................... Super 4 07:05 ........... Despicable Me: Minion Madness 07:20.. The Oddbods Show.

Alien Abduction 07:25 ..................... Max Steel 07:55......... Adventure Time 08:20.............. Share a Story 08:25............. Almost Naked Animals 08:55 ....................... Mr. Bean 09:25 .......... The Flintstones 11:05......................... Liar Liar 12:40 .....Hilda Ogden’s Last Ta-ra - A Tribute to Jean Alexander 13:40................. The Nation’s Favourite Disney Song 14:40 ........Sleeping Beauty 16:10 .........Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 18:45................ ITV News 19:00............ Emmerdale 19:30... Coronation Street 20:00............ You’ve Been Framed!

20:30..Coronation Street 21:00...... Captain Philips 23:35................ ITV News 23:55............Through the Keyhole

The Great Christmas Bake Off 19:00, BBC1

The tent has been decorated and the invitations have been sent out for two very special Christmas episodes of The Great British Bake Off, featuring returning contestants from previous years. A festive welcome awaits four more returning bakers, Chetna from series 5, Howard from series 4, James M from series 3 and and Janet from series 2.

The judges have set three festive challenges, starting with a savoury signature to get the Christmas party started. In the technical, Paul has a gifted them a bread challenge that’s not for the faint hearted.

The final challenge, the showstopper, is huge, as the judges lay the festive gauntlet and ask the bakers to make a trio of Christmas favourites. But who will hold their nerve, and produce the perfect desserts

06:25 ......................Planet 51 08:00 ..... The Morning Line 09:00..... Aliens in the Attic 10:40............. The Simpsons 11:35.................... Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World 13:15 ......Channel 4 Racing 15:45 .............The Simpsons 16:10..... Christmas Eve The Chronicles Of Narnia, The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe 18:50..... Channel 4 News 19:00.... The World’s Most Expensive Toys 20:00...............A Big Lego Christmas 21:00.............Big Fat Quiz of the Year 23:10.......... Pitch Perfect 01:20............. Travel Man

06:00 .Lily’s Driftwood Bay 06:05 .............. Fireman Sam 06:20 .....................Peppa Pig 06:25.......... Bob the Builder 06:35............. Little Princess 06:55.................... Milkshake!

Festive Fun! 07:00 .Thomas and Friends 07:25 .......... Noddy: Toyland Detective 07:45 .........Big Bash Cricket 11:20 .......World’s Strongest Man 2016 12:20.......... Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 14:20.......... West Side Story 17:20......... The Love Punch 19:00...World’s Strongest Man 2016 20:00...... Building the Ice Hotel 21:00..........Football on 5 22:30.. Britain’s Favourite Abba Songs 00:05...Muriel’s Wedding

06:00 ..............The Hot Desk 06:10.... I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

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

07:50.................. Emmerdale 08:55..... Coronation Street 09:55 ......................Yogi Bear 11:35 .................. The Smurfs 13:40 ..................Emmerdale 14:40..... Coronation Street 15:45............... Catchphrase 16:50 .................. Uncle Buck 18:50...... Despicable Me: Minion Madness 19:05 ...... Despicable Me 21:00........ Love Actually 23:40............ Family Guy 00:15............ Family Guy 00:45............ Family Guy 01:15............ Family Guy 01:45 .......American Dad

06:00........................... Sinbad 07:00.......................The Flash 09:00 .....Sky Comedy Xmas Shorts 09:15 ...........Modern Family 11:15 ...... Festive Futurama 11:45................... Yonderland Christmas Special 12:45 .........The Last Dragon Slayer 15:00 .............Gillette Soccer Special 17:00........... Modern Family 18:30.The Simpsons S.21 20:00 ............A League of Their Own 21:00......... Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 23:50............ A League of Their Own 00:40 ..........Duck Quacks Don’t Echo 01:40 ............. Harry Hill’s Teatime

07:05 .........Motorway Cops

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

08:05...The World of Stupid Criminals

07:00 ........................ Sporting Triumphs

08:30.. Storage Hunters UK

08:00 ............. Football Gold

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

09:00.................. Gareth Bale: Year of the Dragon

10:00............... Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge 11:00...... Jay Leno’s Garage 12:00........................Top Gear 14:00........Red Bull Soapbox Race 15:00....................... Top Gear

09:30........................ Joe Hart: Italian Job 10:00................. Soccer A.M. 11:30................. Gareth Bale: Year of the Dragon 12:00........................ Football

16:30 .......Red Bull Soapbox Race

15:00............. Gillette Soccer Special

18:00 ..... Best of Red Bull Soapbox Race

17:00 ........................ Football 19:30................. Football

19:00............ Taskmaster

22:00......... Nissan Match Choice

20:00...................... QI XL 21:00.............. Room 101 23:00 ......Have I Got a Bit More News for You 00:00...................... QI XL

23:00 .................Football 01:00.... Scottish Football Round Up 01:15..................Live NFL

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Tuesday 27th December

06:00 ...................... Breakfast 07:35...... Match of the Day 09:10... Gnomeo and Juliet 10:25............ The Furchester Hotel 10:50............................. Cars 2 12:30.................... BBC News 12:40.... BBC London News 12:50......... The Moonstone 13:35 .............. Raiders of the Lost Ark 15:25 .. The Gruffalo’s Child 15:50 .........Mr Peabody and Sherman 17:15....................... Pointless 18:00.............. BBC News 18:20 .BBC London News 18:30 .Revolting Rhymes 19:00................ Celebrity Mastermind 19:30............ EastEnders 20:00 ............. Holby City 21:00 ......The Witness for the Prosecution 22:00 ........ Walliams and Friend Christmas Special 22:40.............. BBC News 23:00 .Mrs. Brown’s Boys 23:35 .......Outnumbered 00:15.................. Fleabag

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06:50..Fern Britton Meets...

07:50....Herbie Rides Again 09:15........This Farming Life 10:15.. Money for Nothing 11:15 .......... The Password is Courage 13:05 ..............The Heroes of Telemark 15:15 .......Nature’s Weirdest Events 16:00..... Inside the Factory: How Our Favourite Foods are Made 17:00..........Tribes, Predators and Me 18:00..........New Zealand: Earths Mythical Islands 19:00 ............Dad’s Army 19:30 .............. University Challenge 20:00...Gordon Buchanan: Elephant Family and Me 21:00.................. The Real Marigold on Tour 22:00..........Inside No 9 CW cho ice 22:30 . Live at the Apollo 23:00 . Insert Name Here 23:30 ........................ NFL 00:20...... David Walliams Celebrates Dame Shirley Bassey 01:25........ Planet Earth II

06:00 ..........Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures 06:25......................... Super 4 07:05 ........... Despicable Me: Minion Madness 07:20. The Oddbods Show 07:25..................... Max Steel 07:55......... Adventure Time 08:15.............. Share a Story 08:20..Nerds and Monsters.

Molting Day 08:55........................ Mr. Bean 09:25 ...... The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 11:05.. This Time Next Year 12:05.............. Tipping Point 13:05...................... ITV News 13:10............ Puppy Secrets: The First Six Months 14:10 ..................Happy Feet 16:10 .......50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments 17:40 ........................Fantastic Beasts and JK Rowling’s Wizarding World 18:40 ............... ITV News 19:00 ........... Emmerdale 19:30 ... Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 22:30 ................ ITV News 22:45.......... Pompeii with Michael Buerk

05:20 .................................. Paws

06:00................Children’s TV

06:50............Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer

08:35 .............. Football on 5

08:30 ......Magic in the Water 10:30................ The Simpsons 11:30............ Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen 13:15........ Channel 4 Racing 16:15........... Channel 4 News 16:20..................... Stuart Little 18:00.......... The Simpsons

10:05 .................SpaceCamp 12:10..................... Teen Wolf 14:00............... Harry and the Hendersons 16:10..........Labyrinth: David Bowie Tribute 17:10 .....Five News Update 17:15 .........Labyrinth: David Bowie Tribute

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

18:15... Battlebots: World Championship

19:00 ............Posh Pawn at Christmas

19:00 ..World’s Strongest Man 2016

20:00....... Amazing Spaces Snow Special

20:00 .... There’s a Croc in My Kitchen

21:00 .................. This is Us

21:00 ....... Dirty Dancing

22:00..... Gogglebox 2016

22:30 ...................5 News

23:35........ 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

22:35 ....... Dirty Dancing

00:40 ...... The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

06:00.............. The Hot Desk 06:10................. The X Factor Winner’s Story 07:05 ...... Britain’s Got More Talent 07:55...................Emmerdale 08:25 .....Coronation Street 09:25 ................. You’ve Been Framed!

10:25............. Small Soldiers 12:40.................. Emmerdale 13:10..... Coronation Street 14:10 ................. You’ve Been Framed! Gold 14:40...... Inspector Gadget 16:25 ........Sleeping Beauty 18:05 ........The Lion King 20:00 ................... Skyfall 22:55............ Family Guy 00:45...... American Dad! 01:15...... American Dad! 01:45 ........The Cleveland Show

23:05 ...........Greatest 80s Movies 01:50..........Super Casino

06:00 ...........................Sinbad 07:00 ......................The Flash 08:00 ........................ The Flas 09:00... Futurama: Bender’s Big Score 11:00 ...... Festive Futurama 11:30........... Modern Family 13:00 .......................David Attenborough’s Galapagos 14:00........... Terry Pratchet’s Going Postal Pt 16:00............. The Simpsons 16:30 ...........Modern Family 18:30.The Simpsons S.21 20:00 ......... The Late Late Show 21:00...Aloto Us Road Trip 22:00... Aloto Xmas 2016 23:00.............A League of Their Own 00:00...........Duck Quacks Don’t Echo 01:00.............A League of Their Own

Inside No 9 - The Devil Of Christmas BBC2, 22.00

Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith return with a seasonally-twisted special of their anthology comedy, Inside No.9.

It is Austria, Krampusnacht, December 1977. Julian Devonshire (Steve Pemberton), his pregnant wife Kathy (Jessica Raine), their son Toby and mother-in-law Celia (Rula Lenska) arrive at the alpine chalet for a family holiday.

They are shown around by Klaus (Reece Shearsmith) who tells the family about the local legend of The Devil of Christmas. All the good children are given gifts by St. Nicholas, and all the bad ones are punished by the demonic Krampus. But who has been good, and who has been bad?

07:00 .. The Indestructibles 07:20......... Motorway Cops 08:05................ The World of Stupid Criminals 08:30.. Storage Hunters UK 08:55 .......Celebrity Storage Hunters 10:00............... Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge 11:00.. Storage Hunters UK 11:30............Best of Red Bull Soapbox Race 12:30........................Top Gear 14:00........Red Bull Soapbox Race 15:00........................Top Gear 17:00........Celebrity Storage Hunters 18:00... Celebrity Storage Hunters 19:00............ Taskmaster 20:00....................... QI XL 21:00...... Mock the Week 23:00.......Have I Got a Bit More News for You 00:00....................... QI XL

06:00............. Football Gold 06:15 ............. Football Gold 06:30 ............. Football Gold 06:45.............. Football Gold 07:00 ...WWE SmackDown!

08:00 ...........NFL Highlights 09:00 ........................ Football 09:30 ........................ Football 10:00 ........................ Football 10:30........................ Football 11:00 ........................ Football 11:30........................ Football 12:00 ........................ Football 14:45 ........................ Football 17:00 ........................ Football 20:00...............Live World Darts Championship 2017 00:00..................Football 00:30......... La Liga World 01:00...... Premier League Legends 01:30...... Premier League Legends

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Wednesday 28th December

06:00...................... Breakfast

06:40................ Coastal Path

09:00..... Tinker Bell and the Secret of the Wings

07:10 .................Great British Menu

10:10............. Justin’s House

07:40 ............Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

10:30 .. Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit

09:20 .......This Farming Life

11:50.............. Bargain Hunt

10:20 ..................... Money for Nothing

12:40.................... BBC News

11:20 ................... The Alamo

12:50.... BBC London News

13:25.............. Up Periscope

13:00......... The Moonstone

15:15....... Nature’s Weirdest Events

13:45 ..... Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

16:00..... Inside the Factory

15:35..............Muppets Most Wanted

17:00 .........Tribes, Predators and Me

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

18:00..........New Zealand: Earths Mythical Islands

18:00.............. BBC News 18:20.BBC London News

19:00........ The Good Life

18:30................. Antiques Roadshow 19:30 ... Ethel and Ernest 21:00.. Jonathan Creek

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22:30 .............. BBC News 22:40... BBC London News 22:50....Mrs. Brown’s Boys

23:25.............Sport Relief 2016: The Final Score 00:25.................. Fleabag 01:20..................Weather 01:25............... BBC News

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19:30 .............. University Challenge 20:00............ Robot Wars: Battle of the Stars 21:00......... Dragons’ Den 22:00............... Live at the Apollo 22:30.................. The Real Marigold on Tour 23:30.... Song for Marion 01:00........ Alan Bennett’s Diaries

06:00 ............ Good Morning Britain 08:30........................ Lorraine 09:25 .................. Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home 11:15............................... Bean 12:55............. ITV Lunchtime News 13:05....................... ITV News London 13:15 ............ Puppy Secrets: The First Six Months 14:20.........................Father of the Bride 16:25................ Paul O’Grady For the Love of Dogs at Christmas 17:30 ........... Blankety Blank 18:25 ................ ITV News London 18:40............ ITV Evening News

06:40 ............California Man 08:10... Dunston Checks In 09:50 .............The Simpsons 10:45 ................. The Muppet Movie 12:50......................Vice Versa 14:45.............. Stuart Little 2 16:15.................... A Big Lego Christmas 17:15........ Channel 4 News 17:30 .............The Simpsons 18:00........ The Simpsons 18:30.............. Hollyoaks 19:00 ..................Arrivals 20:00 .......... What Britain Bought in 2016 21:00 ............ 24 Hours in A and E 22:00.......... David Blaine 23:00.............Big Fat Quiz of the Year 01:00........... The Girl Who Played with Fire

06:00................Children’s TV 09:20................... SpongeBob Squarepants 09:38................... SpongeBob Squarepants 09:55 .......World’s Strongest Man 2016 10:55 ... The African Queen 13:00 .........The Glenn Miller Story 15:20 ............. Kelly’s Heroes 16:20 .....Five News Update 16:25............. Kelly’s Heroes 18:10... Battlebots: World Championship 19:00...World’s Strongest Man 2016 20:00...... Kitten Rescuers at Christmas 21:00........Most Shocking Celebrity Moments of 2016 00:05.......Pete Burns: The Last Interview

22:10................ ITV News 22:25....................... Jaws 00:40 ........... Jackpot247

Jonathan Creek BBC1, 21.00

According to legend, a 19th century sorcerer named Jacob Surtees would summon the powers of Hell to terrorise and subjugate his victims at his home, Daemons’ Roost. Contemporaneous accounts describe his impossible feats of telekinesis, which have remained unexplained to this day.

One hundred and fifty years after his death, the house is occupied by another, equally macabre, figure: veteran film director Nathan Clore (Ken Bones), whose output of horror movies in the 1970s generated its own brand of terror.

06:20............ Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 06:50 .......... Ultimate You’ve Been Framed!

07:40.................. Emmerdale 08:10 ...... Britain’s Got More Talent 09:05........ Ninja Warrior UK 10:05............... Catchphrase 10:50 ..............See Spot Run 12:45 ..................Emmerdale 13:20 ................. You’ve Been Framed!

14:20...................... Yogi Bear 16:00............... Catchphrase 17:05......... 101 Dalmatians 18:50..Kindergarten Cop 21:00 ....... Casino Royale 23:55 ............ Family Guy 01:25 ......American Dad!

19:00 ........... Emmerdale 19:30 ...........Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

06:00........ Planet’s Funniest Animals

06:00........................... Sinbad 07:00...................... The Flash 09:00 ..................... Futurama 11:00 ...........Modern Family 13:00 ..............................David Attenborough’s Galapagos 14:00 ........... Terry Pratchet’s Going Postal Pt 16:00 .............The Simpsons 16:30 ...........Modern Family 17:30 ...........Modern Family 18:30.. The Simpsons S.21 20:00......Carpool Karaoke 21:00...Aloto Us Road Trip 22:00....Rugby’s Funniest Moments 23:00.............A League of Their Own 00:00...........Duck Quacks Don’t Echo 01:00.............A League of Their Own

07:15 .........Motorway Cops 08:05...The World of Stupid Criminals 08:30.. Storage Hunters UK 08:55........Celebrity Storage Hunters 10:00............... Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge 11:00...... Jay Leno’s Garage 12:00.... Storage Hunters UK 13:00.... Storage Hunters UK 14:00.... Storage Hunters UK 15:00.... Storage Hunters UK 16:00 .......................Top Gear 17:00 .......Celebrity Storage Hunters 18:00... Celebrity Storage Hunters 19:00............ Taskmaster 20:00....................... QI XL 23:00.......Have I Got a Bit More News for You 00:00....................... QI XL

06:00 ............. Football Gold 07:00 .......WWE Experience 08:00 ........................ Football 08:30 .......... Premier League Legends 09:00................ Boxing Gold 09:30........................ Football 10:00.................. The Premier League Years 12:00 ......Sporting Records 12:30........................ Football 13:00......... Live World Darts Championship 2017 17:00........................ Football 17:30..................... Sky Sports Originals - Out of Contract 18:30....Gareth Bale: Year of the Dragon 19:00.... Barclays Premier League World 19:30..................Football 22:30.... Barclays Premier League World 23:00...... Premier League 100 Club 00:00..................Football

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Thursday 29th December

06:00...................... Breakfast 09:00............................. Turbo 10:25...................... Go Jetters Christmas Special : The North Pole 10:50............... Chicken Run 12:10 .............. Bargain Hunt 12:50 .....................BBC News 13:00 ....BBC London News 13:10 .........The Moonstone 13:55 ..... Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 15:55....................... Room on the Broom 16:20.......... Shrek The Third 17:45....................... Pointless 18:30 .............. BBC News 18:45.BBC London News 19:00................. Celebrity Mastermind 19:30............. EastEnders 20:00 ....Life in the Snow

21:00..To Walk Invisible CW cho ice 23:00 .............. BBC News 23:10.BBC London News 23:20.. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 01:15...... Weather for the Week Ahead 01:20............... BBC News

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06:45................ Coastal Path 07:15... Great British Menu 07:45 ................. Herbie Goes Bananas 09:15 .......This Farming Life 10:15 .. Money for Nothing 11:15 .... A Distant Trumpet 13:10 .........................Hidalgo 15:15 .......Nature’s Weirdest Events 16:00..... Inside the Factory 17:00......... Tribes, Predators and Me 18:00..........New Zealand: Earths Mythical Islands 19:00.......... To the Manor Born: 1979 Christmas Special 19:30............... University Challenge 20:00............ Robot Wars: Battle of the Stars 21:00....Charlie Brooker’s 2016 Wipe 22:00.. Cunk on Christmas 22:30..... Kevin Bridges: A Whole Different Story 23:30............. A Gert Lush Christmas 00:30......... Dragons’ Den 01:30................ The Great Christmas Bake Off

06:00 ............ Good Morning Britain 08:30 ........................ Lorraine 09:25 ..........Free Willy 3: The Rescue 11:10 .......................Mr Bean’s Holiday 12:50 .............ITV Lunchtime News 13:05....................... ITV News London 13:15 ......................Peter Pan 15:15 ..................... Midsomer Murders 17:15....................... ITV News London 17:30.................. ITV Evening News 17:50............... The Amazing Spider-Man 2 20:30 ........... Emmerdale 21:00 ...........Harry Potter and the HalfBlood Prince

07:15 ...............Short Circuit 2 09:20 ............... The Simpsons 10:50 ........The Great Muppet Caper 12:55 ............................ The Net 15:15 ....... A Place in the Sun 16:15 ..................Posh Pawn at Christmas 17:15........... Channel 4 News 17:30................ The Simpsons 18:00.......... The Simpsons 18:30................. Hollyoaks 19:00.. The Ballroom Boys 20:00...Location, Location, Location 21:00 ...............19 Kids and Counting 22:00...Bruce Springsteen 23:35.........It Was Alright in the 1970’s 00:35................ Father Ted 01:00 .............The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest

06:00................Children’s TV

11:05 ......... West Side Story 14:05 ......... The Family Man 16:25 ..................Serendipity 17:25......Five News Update 17:30................. Serendipity 18:10.............. Battlebots: World Championship 19:00.................... World’s Strongest Man 2016 20:00............Biggest Dog in the World 21:00..... The Adele Story 22:35.....World’s Greatest Divas 23:35...................Lip Sync Battle UK Xmas Special 00:00..........Super Casino

23:00................. ITV New 23:20........... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 00:20 ..............The Chase 01:05........... Jackpot247

To Walk Invisible BBC1, 21.00

To Walk Invisible takes a new look at the extraordinary Brontë family, telling the story of these remarkable women who, despite the obstacles they faced, came from obscurity to produce some of the greatest novels in the English language.

Written and directed by multi Bafta winner Sally Wainwright was filmed in and around Yorkshire, the BBC One original oneoff drama stars Jonathan Pryce, Chloe Pirrie, Finn Atkins, Charlie Murphy and Adam Nagaitis.

06:00 ........Planet’s Funniest Animals 06:20............ Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 06:50.................. You’ve Been Framed! Gold 07:40 ..................Emmerdale 08:10.................. Britain’s Got More Talent 09:05 ........Ninja Warrior UK 10:05............... Catchphrase 10:50............. Looney Tunes: Back in Action 12:40.................. Emmerdale 13:10.................. You’ve Been Framed!

14:15............. Hairspray Live!

16:55................ Catchphrase 17:55...................Happy Feet 20:00............ Quantum of Solace 22:15....... Celebrity Juice 23:20.... The Keith Lemon Sketch Show 23:50............. Family Guy 01:15.......American Dad!

10:05....... World’s Strongest Man 2016

06:00........................... Sinbad 07:00 ......................The Flash 09:00 ..................... Futurama 11:00 ...........Modern Family 13:00 ..............................David Attenborough’s Galapagos 14:00 ..........Terry Pratchett’s Colour of Magic Pt1 16:00 .............The Simpsons 16:30 ...........Modern Family 18:30........ The Simpsons 19:30........ Pixar Greatest Moments 21:00.Aloto Us Road Trip 22:00....... Golf’s Funniest Moments 23:00.............A League of Their Own 00:00...........Duck Quacks Don’t Echo 01:00.............A League of Their Own

07:00..........................Carpool 07:20 .........Motorway Cops 08:10................... Strongman Champions League 2016 09:00.................... Strongman Champions League 2016 10:00 .............. Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge 11:00 ..... Jay Leno’s Garage 12:00 .Storage Hunters UK 16:00........................Top Gear 17:00 ........................ Ultimate Strongman: Next Generation 19:00............ Taskmaster 20:00...................... QI XL 21:00 ......Have I Got a Bit More News for You 00:00....................... QI XL 01:00........ Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish

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

08:00 ........................ Football 08:30 .......... Premier League 100 Club 09:00..........Barclays Premier League World 09:30........................ Football 10:00.................. The Premier League Years 12:00 ...........................Cricket 13:00 .........Live World Darts Championship 2017 17:00........................ Football 17:30 ........ Gareth Bale: Year of the Dragon 18:00 ..... Premier League Review 19:00...... Premier League Match Pack 19:30 ....................Football 22:00 ....Sporting Records 23:00.. Football’s Greatest 23:30.... Barclays Premier League World 00:00...... Premier League Review

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Friday 30th December

06:00 ...................... Breakfast

06:25..............Natural World

09:00 .....................Shark Tale

07:25................. Great British Menu

10:20.. Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers 10:50............. Flushed Away

07:55 .................Great British Menu

12:10.............. Bargain Hunt

08:25................ Short Circuit

13:10.................... BBC News

10:00....... This Farming Life

13:25.... BBC London News

11:00..................... Money for Nothing

13:35 .........The Moonstone 14:20... Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom 15:40...................... Stick Man 16:10 ........... Wreck-it Ralph

12:00 ........84 Charing Cross Road 13:35........................ Ladies in Lavender

17:45 .......................Pointless

15:15....... Nature’s Weirdest Events

18:30 .............. BBC News

16:00......Inside the Factory

18:45.BBC London News

17:00............................Flog It!

19:00................. Celebrity Mastermind

17:30............ The Marvellous World of Roald Dahl

19:30..........A Question of Sport

18:30............Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot

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

20:00........Judi Dench: All the World’s Her Stage

20:30.....Captain America - The Winter Soldier

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22:40............... BBC News

21:00..............The Real Marigold on Tour

22:50.BBC London News

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

23:00...............Still Game

22:30.......... Dara O Briain Crowd Tickler Live

23:30..Mrs. Brown’s Boys 00:10........ The NFL Show 00:40.............. Hollywood Homicide

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23:30........................ Stag

06:00 ............ Good Morning Britain 08:30 ........................ Lorraine 09:25 ............Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore 11:00.................. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 13:05 ..............All Star Family Fortunes 13:50............. ITV Lunchtime News 14:00 ....................... ITV News London 14:05........................ The Dam Busters 16:30 ..................... Midsomer Murders 18:25................ ITV News London 18:40 ........... ITV Evening News 19:00............ Emmerdale 19:30..............Coronation Street 20:00............Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 22:40................ ITV News

00:30........................ Stag

23:05 .................... Jaws 2

01:30........................ Stag

01:10............ Jackpot247

06:20 ............ The Parent Trap 08:35................ The Simpsons 09:35 .....................A League of Their Own 12:05........... Cutthroat Island 14:30 .........Roald Dahl’s Most Marvellous Book 16:00 .......... The Secret Life of the Zoo at Christmas 17:00........... Channel 4 News 17:30 ............... The Simpsons 18:00 .................Hollyoaks 19:00 .............Noel’s Sell or Swap Live 20:00... Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast 21:00.........8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown New Year Special 22:00 ................Rude Tube 00:05 ........ Tattoo Fixers at Christmas 01:00.................... Celebrity First Dates

BBC2, 21.00

For the second part of their adventure the group go East to experience living like Japanese retirees.

Miriam Margolyes, Wayne Sleep, Bobby George and Rosemary Shrager travel to Japan, which in 2015 had the second-highest life expectancy in the world - in search of the secrets to longevity.

In the historic city of Kyoto, they move into a homestay with 73 year-old twin sisters, Setsu and Fumie. Struggling with Japanese etiquette, Miriam soon learns that being loud and breaking wind in public doesn’t go down well here.

Keen to live like locals the group start their day with an early morning keep fit class, called Radio Taiso. Broadcast nationwide, thousands of elderly residents take part in a free exercise class to keep everything ticking over.

06:00 ........Planet’s Funniest Animals 06:20............ Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 06:50.. Funniest Ever You’ve Been Framed! Gold 07:40 ..................Emmerdale 08:10 ..................Britain’s Got More Talent 09:05 ........Ninja Warrior UK 10:05 ............... Catchphrase 10:50 ......Inspector Gadget 12:30 ..................Emmerdale 13:00 ................. You’ve Been Framed! Gold 13:35.............. Looney Tunes: Back in Action 15:25 ........Sleeping Beauty 17:05 ............. The Lion King 18:55 ........Freaky Friday 21:00 ........ Love Actually 23:45 ............ Family Guy 01:15 ......American Dad!

06:00........................... Sinbad 07:00 ......................The Flash 08:00 ......................The Flash 09:00 ..................... Futurama 10:00..................... Futurama

The Real Marigold On Tour: Japan

06:00................Children’s TV 10:00 .......World’s Strongest Man 2016 11:00....Penguins Make You Laugh Out Loud 12:00......... Santa Makes You Laugh Out Loud 13:00.........Christmas Makes You Laugh Out Loud 14:00..........Labyrinth: David Bowie Tribute 16:00..... Planet of the Apes 17:00......Five News Update 17:05..... Planet of the Apes 18:15... Battlebots: World Championship 19:00...World’s Strongest Man 2016 20:00................... Britain’s Cleverest Dog 21:00...Flowers in the Attic 2: Petals on the Wind 22:00..Five News Update 22:05...Flowers in the Attic 2: Petals on the Wind 22:45........The Blind Side 01:05..........Super Casino

11:00........... Modern Family 12:00........... Modern Family 13:00.. Attenborough at 90 14:00.......... Terry Pratchett’s Colour of Magic Pt1 16:00 .............The Simpsons 16:30 ...........Modern Family

07:00......................... Ultimate Strongman: Next Generation 08:40..........Motorway Cops 10:00............... Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge 11:00...... Jay Leno’s Garage 12:00.... Storage Hunters UK 13:00.... Storage Hunters UK 14:00.... Storage Hunters UK 15:00.... Storage Hunters UK 16:00........................Top Gear

20:30...... Modern Family

17:00......................... Ultimate Strongman Championship

21:00................ Delicious

19:00............ Taskmaster

22:00...Aloto Us Road Trip

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

23:00.............A League of Their Own

21:00.. Would I Lie to You?

18:30.. The Simpsons S.21

00:00...........Duck Quacks Don’t Echo 01:00.............A League of Their Own

23:00.......Have I Got a Bit More News for You 00:00....................... QI XL 01:00........ Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish

06:00............. Football Gold 07:00....... WWE Main Event 08:00 .........Barclays Premier League World 08:30........... Premier League Legends 09:00 ................Boxing Gold 10:00 ..................The Premier League Years 12:00..........Barclays Premier League World 12:30........... Premier League Match Pack 13:00..........Live World Darts Championship 2017 17:00........... Premier League Match Pack 17:30..........Barclays Premier League Preview 18:00............ The Fantasy Football Club Special 19:00..................Football 22:45.............. Carling - In Off the Bar 23:15............ The Fantasy Football Club Special 00:15....... Great Sporting Moments

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New years Eve

06:00 ...................... Breakfast

06:30....... This Farming Life

10:00 ...... Saturday Kitchen

07:30 ............ The NFL Show

11:30 ..............James Martin: Home Comforts

08:00 ..................Robot Wars: Battle of the Stars

12:00 ............Football Focus

09:00.................. Robot Wars: Battle of the Stars

13:00 .....................BBC News 13:15 .......Sport Relief 2016: The Final Score 14:15 ...................... The Great Christmas Bake Off 15:15 ............Darcey Bussell 16:15 ...................Final Score 17:20 ..........Top of the Pops 18:20.............Peter Pan Goes Wrong

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19:25.............. BBC News 19:45 ................Pointless 20:35................ Casualty 21:25 .......... The National Lottery Live 21:35..Mrs. Brown’s Boys 22:05............... BBC News 22:25............ The Graham Norton Show 23:25..........Robbie Rocks Big Ben Live 00:00........ New Year’s Eve Fireworks 00:15..........Robbie Rocks Big Ben Live Continued

10:00.................... You Again 11:45.... Gordon Buchanan: Elephant Family and Me 12:45 .... Gordon Buchanan: Elephant Family and Me 13:45 .......We Dive at Dawn 15:20 ..............The Eagle Has Landed 17:30 ................ The Olympic Golden Ball 18:00 ......... What Women Want 20:00 ... Life in Polar Bear Town with Gordon Buchanan 21:00........ Dragons’ Den 22:00..................Match of the Day 23:20..................... Jools’s Annual Hootenanny 2016 01:25..................... Best of Glastonbury 2016

06:00 ...........Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids 06:20 ..........Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures 06:45 .............................Sooty 06:55 .............. Share a Story 07:00 ......................... Super 4 07:15. The Oddbods Show 07:20.Nerds and Monsters 07:35 ...............Horrid Henry 08:05......................... Looped 08:15 ......................... Looped 08:30 ......................... Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! Mystery 101 08:55 .........Adventure Time 09:25.Thunderbirds are Go 09:55.........Beethoven’s 2nd 11:30.................. Mannequin 13:15....................... ITV News 13:30... Midsomer Murders 15:30.....................The Chase 16:30...... ITV News London 16:45............... ITV News and Weather 17:00............. Wos Wrestling 19:00....Ninja Warrior UK 20:00...........Take Me Out 21:00.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 23:30......... ITV News and Weather 00:15...............The Chase 01:10......... Tipping Point

06:35 ....................Swiss Family Robinson 08:55 .The Big Bang Theory 09:50 ......................Big Miracle 12:00.......Hachi: A Dog’s Tale 13:50................ The Simpsons 14:45 .......... Muppet Treasure Island 16:50 ...........Channel 4 News 17:00 ........... Amazing Spaces Snow Special 18:00 ....Winnie-the-Pooh: The Most Famous Bear in the World 19:00 .............Britain’s Best Loved Sitcoms 20:00......... Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches 21:00.........Alan Carr’s New Year Specstacular 2016 23:05......Gogglebox 2016 00:35............... Big Fat Quiz of the Year

06:00................Children’s TV

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

08:40............. The Fairly Odd Parents

08:55....... Coronation Street Omnibus

09:15 ........................Ben-Hur

11:50 ................. You’ve Been Framed!

13:20 ...................Wyatt Earp 16:55 ........................... 5 News Weekend

12:50 ............... Catchphrase 13:50 ..................Grease Live

17:00 ......................... Another Audience with Ken Dodd

16:40.................. Happy Feet 18:45....Kindergarten Cop 19:50....Kindergarten Cop

18:00.........Ken Dodd... In My Own Words

21:00............. Family Guy 21:30............. Family Guy

20:00.................... World’s Strongest Man 2016

22:00............. Family Guy 22:30............. Family Guy

21:00...................Football on 5

23:00............. Family Guy

22:00...................Football on 5

23:55............. Family Guy

22:30............Pulp Fiction

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

01:20.................Reservoir Dogs

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

23:25............. Family Guy 00:25............. Family Guy

01:50....... Celebrity Juice

06:00........................... Sinbad 07:00...................... The Flash 08:00 ..................... Futurama 10:00 ................. Soccer A.M. 11:30..... Football’s Funniest Moments 12:00...................... Futurama 12:15............. The Big Movie Singalong 13:15............... Shania Twain 15:15.......................... Disney’s Broadway Hits 17:15..........The Last Dragon Slayer 19:30...... Modern Family 20:00 .The Simpsons S.21 21:00......... Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

07:10........................... Storage Hunters UK

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

07:35............Best of Red Bull Soapbox Race

07:00.... Sporting Triumphs

08:30.......................... Red Bull Soapbox Race 10:00....Ultimate Strongman Championship 12:00.. Storage Hunters UK 14:00......... Storage Hunters: Best Arguments 14:30.. Storage Hunters UK 16:00....... American Pickers

06:30.............. Football Gold 07:30..........Barclays Premier League Preview 08:00.................Joe Hart: The Italian Job 08:30............. Fnf Highlights 09:00...................The Fantasy Football Club 10:00.................. Soccer A.M. 11:30......................... Football

19:00................... Storage Hunters UK

14:30..............Gillette Soccer Saturday

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

17:15......................... Football

21:00.. Would I Lie to You?

20:00................EFL Goals

22:20...... Mock the Week

20:30...... Nissan Game of the Day

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

23:50................. New Year Fireworks Live

01:00.... Russell Howard’s Good News

22:30.......... Nissan Match Choice

00:10..........Queen Live at Wembley

01:40.... Russell Howard’s Good News

01:30..................Football

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

Peter Pan Goes Wrong BBC1, 18.20

As part of its commitment to community theatre, the BBC has commissioned The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society, an amateur dramatics group, to recreate the J. M. Barrie classic as part of their festive programming. But can they pull it off?

Narrated by David Suchet and filmed in front of a live audience, watching as Peter Pan flies through the air, Captain Hook and his pirates set adrift in the lagoon, and Tinkerbell is due to light up the stage in a stunning electrical costume… what can possibly go wrong?!

With their trademark comic mayhem expect brilliant stunts, chaos, technical hitches, flying mishaps and cast disputes on the way to Neverland with hilarious and disastrous results.

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New years Day

06:00 ...................... Breakfast

06:00 .................. Countryfile

08:15 ...... Match of the Day

06:55 ........................Camelot

09:40 ........ The Princess and the Frog

09:45 ........Saturday Kitchen Best Bites

11:10 ........The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

11:15............ New Year’s Day Concert Live From Vienna 2017

12:35 .... Revolting Rhymes

12:45..............Grand Tours of Scotland

13:35 .....................BBC News 13:50 .....The Archbishop of Canterbury’s New Year Message

12:55...... Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty 14:40 ......... Talking Pictures

13:55 .......... Songs of Praise

15:10...Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

14:30 .................. Countryfile 15:30 .............Planet Earth II

16:55......The Archbishop of Canterbury’s New Year Message

17:00...................... Monster’s University 18:35 .............. BBC News

17:00 ...........Wild Tales From the Village

18:50. BBC London News 19:00 ............ EastEnders

18:00......Croft and Perry: The Sitcoms

20:00 ..........Still Open All Hours

18:50 ............Dad’s Army

20:30 ................ Sherlock 22:00........Mrs. Brown’s CW Boys choice 22:35............... BBC News

19:25 ............Dad’s Army 20:00 ........ Dragons’ Den 21:00 ................ Thailand

23:00.. Match of the Day 2

22:00 .....What We Did on Our Holiday

00:05....... Peter Pan Goes Wrong

23:30.................. The Real Marigold on Tour

01:05...... Weather for the Week Ahead

00:30........Judi Dench: All the World’s Her Stage

01:10............... BBC News

01:30.................. Henry V

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06:00 ...........Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids 06:20...........Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures 06:45..............................Sooty 06:55.............. Share a Story 07:00 ......................... Super 4 07:20....Nerds and Monsters 07:35 ...............Horrid Henry 08:05 .............. A Grizzly New Year’s Tale 08:30.Thunderbirds are Go 08:55..........Adventure Time 09:25...............Carry on Cleo 11:10..........Chopping Block 12:10 ...................... ITV News 12:15 ..............All Star Family Fortunes 13:00.......... ITV Racing Live 15:30.........Ninja Warrior UK 16:30 ...........................E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 18:40................ ITV News 19:00.. Diversity Presents Steal the Show 20:00..Coronation Street 20:30..... Morecambe and Wise’s Funniest Moments 22:30 ............... ITV News 22:45 ..........Prince Harry 23:45 .................... Rugby 00:40 ........... Jackpot247

Mrs Brown’s Boys New Year Special: Chez Mammy BBC1, 22.00

Agnes Brown’s grandson Bono is being bullied by a boy at school.

And when Agnes makes matters worse, a mediation session is called.

Meanwhile Cathy has a new, French boyfriend. He doesn’t make the best first impression, which might be an issue if he is to survive meeting Mrs Brown.

Grandad is back from hospital. As well as a new stair-lift, he also has a prescription for medical marijuana. What could possibly go wrong?

06:40................. The Love Bug

06:00.... Milkshake Monkey

08:35............................... The Big Bang Theory

06:05 .....................Peppa Pig

10:00 ........................New Year’s Brunch

06:20 ........... Wanda and the Alien

12:55 ............... The Simpsons 13:25................ The Simpsons

06:00.......................... The Hot Desk 06:10 ...................Emmerdale Omnibus

06:10 ..........Bob the Builder

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

06:30 .Thomas and Friends

12:15 .......................Mr Bean’s Holiday

13:55................ The Simpsons

07:45 ...............Blaze and the Monster Machines

14:20.......... We’re Going on a Bear Hunt

08:10.............. Football on 5

14:00 .................. The Smurfs

09:45..........Big Bash Cricket

16:05.......... Nanny McPhee

14:50................. Gogglesprogs Christmas Special

13:25......... 101 Dalmatians

18:00............. Despicable Me

15:50........... Channel 4 News 15:55 ..................Mirror Mirror 18:00.......................... Rio 2 20:00....................... Titanic 21:00 .....................Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol 23:35.........8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown New Year Special 00:35.................Rude Tube

15:30 .............Dirty Dancing

20:00.................... Skyfall

16:30 .......................... 5 News

22:50 ............ Family Guy

16:35 .............Dirty Dancing 17:35......... The Adele Story

23:20 ............ Family Guy

19:00...World’s Strongest Man 2016

23:50 ............ Family Guy 00:20...... American Dad!

19:55... 5 News Weekend

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

20:00.......Legally Blonde 21:45..................Whitney

01:20 ........The Cleveland Show

23:30...Autopsy: Whitney Houston’s Last Hours

01:50........ The Cleveland Show

06:00 ... The Hour of Power 07:00 ....Animal Symphony 08:00...............................David Attenborough’s Micro Monsters 11:00 .................... WWE Raw 12:00 ...... Festive Futurama 12:30 ..................... Futurama 14:30 ...........Modern Family 17:00 ..............The Simpsons Celebrity

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

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

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

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

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

10:30 ........................ Goals on Sunday

11:00 ........................Celebrity Storage Hunters 12:00 ........................Celebrity Storage Hunters

12:30................... Live Nissan Super Sunday 15:30 ................... Live Nissan Super Sunday

15:10 .......................Top Gear

19:00 ..............Live World Darts Championship 2017

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

18:00.................. Red Bull Soapbox Race

22:30................. Sporting Records

22:00. NCIS: Los Angeles

19:00................ Top Gear

23:00...Bowie, Prince and Music Legends We Lost...

20:00 ................Top Gear

23:00................. Goals on Sunday

00:30............... The Force: Manchester

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

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

22:00 ............ Goodfellas

00:30 .................Football

00:55 ................Top Gear

01:00 ................. Goals on Sunday

18:00 ........ The Simpsons Celebrity 20:00........... Monkeys. An Amazing Animal Family

01:30............. Ross Kemp: Extreme World

13:00 ........................ Dragnet

01:55....................... Suits

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Monday 2nd January

06:00 ...................... Breakfast

06:50 .............Natural World

09:15 .............Rip Off Britain

07:50 .......Nature’s Weirdest Events

10:00...... Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 .............Wanted Down Under 11:45................... Caught Red Handed

08:50 .........Over the Hedge 10:05 ...................Megamind 11:35.. Wallace and Gromit: A Grand Day Out 12:00 ........... When in Rome

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

13:25 ............................. Coast

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

14:00 ............... Snow Babies

13:20 ..............Father Brown

15:00.................The Tropic of Cancer

14:10................... !Mpossible 14:55...................... Escape to the Country

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

15:30... Money for Nothing

17:45 ..........Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

16:15.......... The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food 17:00....Antiques Road Trip 17:45........................Pointless 18:30..... BBC News at Six 19:00 .......The One Show 19:30................. Celebrity Mastermind 20:00............. EastEnders 20:30 W . ould I Lie to You? 21:00........ Silent Witness

17:15..................... Eggheads

18:30 .......... Great British Railway Journeys 19:00.... Rick Stein’s Long Weekends 20:00............... University Challenge 20:30.....An Island Parish 21:00..... Britain’s Ancient Capital: Secrets of Orkney

22:00.... BBC News at Ten

22:00....Charlie Brooker’s 2016 Wipe

22:30 .. Match of the Day

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

23:50 ...............Eagle Eye

23:45......... Dragons’ Den

01:45 .............. BBC News

00:45.... Ethel and Ernest

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06:00 ..........Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures 06:25......................... Super 4 07:00. The Oddbods Show 07:05 .............. A Grizzly New Year’s Tale 07:35 ..................... Max Steel 08:00 .........................Ninjago 08:20 .............. Share a Story 08:25 ......................... Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! Mystery 101 08:55....................... Mr. Bean 09:25............. All Star Family Fortunes 10:10.................... Superman 13:00 I.TV Lunchtime News 13:10 .......Off Their Rockers 13:40 ...... Diversity Presents Steal the Show 14:40.............. Judge Rinder 15:45................... Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:45 ..............Tipping Point 17:45 ....................The Chase 18:45. ITV Evening News 19:00............ Emmerdale 19:30..Coronation Street 20:00............ You’ve Been Framed!

20:30..Coronation Street 21:00........ The Halcyon CW cho ice 22:00..... ITV News at Ten 22:15.......... Take Me Out 23:15.............. The Chase 00:10........... Jackpot247

The Halcyon ITV1, 21.00

Two of the UK’s most acclaimed actors, Steven Mackintosh (Luther, The Sweeney, Inside Men) and Olivia Williams (Anna Karenina, Hyde Park On Hudson, The Sixth Sense) join forces in a brand new ITV drama series, The Halcyon.

The Halcyon tells the story of a bustling and glamorous five star hotel at the centre of London society and a world at war. The eight-part drama series also features Kara Tointon (Mr Selfridge, Sound Of Music Live), Alex Jennings (The Lady In The Van, The Queen), Matt Ryan (Constantine, Arrow), Hermione Corfield (Knights Of The Roundtable: King Arthur, Pride and Prejudice And Zombies) and Mark Benton (Eddie The Eagle, Waterloo Road). The drama, set in 1940, shows London life through the prism of war and the impact it has on families, politics, relationships and work across every social strata with a soundtrack of music from the era.

Multi award-winning singer-songwriter Jamie Cullum.

07:25................... Lewis v Nico: F1 2016 08:55 .The Big Bang Theory 10:15 ........................Bandslam 12:20 ............... The Simpsons 13:25 ...... Parental Guidance 15:30................ Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters 17:30................ The Simpsons 18:00.......... The Simpsons 18:30................. Hollyoaks 19:00 ...... Channel 4 News 19:30 ....Supercommuters: How Far Would You Go? 20:00 .... Food Unwrapped Diet Special 21:00 .... The Undateables 22:00..... First Dates Hotel 23:05 ............Tattoo Fixers 00:10 ............. What Britain Bought in 2016 01:05.....................A Frozen Christmas

06:00 ...............Children’s TV

06:00 ..............The Hot Desk 06:10 ........... Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 06:35.......................The Cube 07:25.................. Emmerdale 07:55..... Coronation Street 08:55 ................. You’ve Been Framed! Gold 09:25....Best of You’ve Been Framed! Gold 10:25....... The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 12:10...................Emmerdale 12:40 .....Coronation Street 13:40 ....Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore 15:20 .............. Freaky Friday 17:25 ....................King Kong 21:00............ Family Guy 23:00 ......American Dad! 23:55 ........The Cleveland Show 00:25.........The Cleveland Show

09:00....... Battlebots: World Championship 09:55 ......... The Wright Stuff Review of the Year 12:50....... Battlebots: World Championship 13:30 .......World’s Strongest Man 2016 14:30.. Operation Crossbow 16:45 ............... The Bridge at Remagen 17:45 .......................... 5 News 17:50 ............... The Bridge at Remagen 19:00...Ken Dodd... In My Own Words 20:55................... 5 News 21:00......... Football on 5 22:30 .......Most Shocking Celebrity Moments of 2016 01:25..........Super Casino

06:00................ Monkey Life

07:15....................... Top Gear

07:00........... Modern Family

08:05........................Top Gear

09:00 ................Monkeys. An Amazing Animal Family

09:35......................... Red Bull Soapbox Race

10:00.................Monkeys. An Amazing Animal Family

13:10.................... Red Dwarf

11:00.................. Conquest of the Skies

10:35........................Top Gear 13:50 ....................Red Dwarf 14:30.................... Red Dwarf 15:10.................... Red Dwarf

14:00...............................David Attenborough’s Galapagos

15:50.....................Red Dwarf

17:00........... Attenborough’s Natural History Museum

20:00................ Top Gear

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

16:25 ....................Red Dwarf 17:00 ........ The Dirty Dozen 21:00 ....... Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish

20:00...... Late Late Show Special

22:00 ........... Taskmaster

21:00.................. S.W.A.T.

23:40 ..... Mock the Week

23:15.............A League of Their Own 00:15.................Don’t Tell the Bride

23:00..... Mock the Week 00:20 ..... Mock the Week 01:00 ....... Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish

06:00........................ Goals on Sunday Rpt 07:00 .................... WWE Raw 08:00 ....................Soccer AM: The Best Bits 2016/17 08:30 ........................ Football 09:30 ....................Soccer AM: The Best Bits 2016/17 10:00 ........................ Football 11:00........................ Goals on Sunday Rpt 12:00 ........................ Football 14:45 ........................ Football 17:00 ........................ Football 20:00.............. Live World Darts Championship 2017 23:30..................Football 00:00..................Football 00:30..................Football 01:00..................Football 01:30..................Football

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Tuesday 3rd January

06:00...................... Breakfast

06:00............. Rip Off Britain

09:15............. Rip Off Britain

06:45............. Wanted Down Under

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

07:30...Caught Red Handed

06:00 ............ Good Morning Britain 08:30........................ Lorraine 09:25 ......... The Jeremy Kyle Show

11:00 .............Wanted Down Under

08:00.............. Winter: Earth’s Seasonal Secrets

11:45.Caught Red Handed

09:00... Victoria Derbyshire

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

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

11:00..BBC Newsroom Live

13:30.ITV Lunchtime News

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

12:00.............................. Coast

13:55..... ITV News London

13:30.... BBC London News

12:10.......... Confessions of a Shopaholic

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

13:45 ..............Father Brown 14:30....................!Mpossible 15:15 ...............Escape to the Country 15:45 ......... The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food 16:30....Antiques Road Trip 17:15........................Pointless 18:00 .... BBC News at Six 18:30.BBC London News 19:00....... The One Show 19:30 ............ EastEnders

13:45.. Great Bear Stakeout

15:00.......... Dickinson’s Real Deal

14:45.The Tropic of Cancer

16:00 ..............Tipping Point

15:45.......................A Place to Call Home

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

17:15.......... Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

18:30..ITV Evening News

18:00............... Eggheads 18:30........... Great British Railway Journeys 19:00.... Rick Stein’s Long Weekends

20:00............. Holby City

20:00.. The Great Interior Design Challenge

21:00....... Silent Witness

21:00........... Yellowstone

22:00.... BBC News at Ten

22:00............... Revolting

22:30.BBC London News

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

22:45..Mrs. Brown’s Boys

23:15......................... NFL

23:20......... Little Fockers

00:05......... Dragons’ Den

00:55..................Weather

01:05.................. The Real Marigold on Tour

01:00............... BBC News

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

18:00.. ITV News London 19:00............ Emmerdale 19:30.................Britain as Seen on ITV 20:00....Paul O’grady: For the Love of Dogs New Year Special 21:00................Robson CW Crusoe: A Surprising choice Adventure

06:00.................... Countdown 06:45 .............King of Queens 08:00 .......... Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00................................ Frasier 10:00.......... Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 11:00 .............Supershoppers 11:30 ..................Four in a Bed 12:00 ............Channel 4 News Summary 12:05 ..................Four in a Bed 14:10 ....................Countdown 15:00.A New Life in the Sun 16:00 ....... A Place in the Sun 17:00....Come Dine with Me 18:00...........The Simpsons 18:30..................Hollyoaks 19:00....... Channel 4 News 20:00...............How to Lose Weight Well 21:00..24 Hours in A and E 22:00..............This is Us the Game Plan 22:55..... The Undateables 23:55.......... Bodyshockers

06:00................Children’s TV 09:15 ........ The Wright Stuff 11:15........ Cowboy Builders and Bodge Jobs 12:10.....5 News Lunchtime 12:15.......Kitten Rescuers at Christmas 13:15.. The Hotel Inspector 14:15................................ NCIS 15:20......................Abducted 17:00...................5 News at 5 17:30............ Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

18:30...... 5 News Tonight 19:00..... To B&B the Best 20:00.....A New Life in Oz 21:00...........Celebrity Big Brother 23:05...........Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side 00:05...........Celebrity Big Brother 01:00..........Super Casino

06:00 ........Planet’s Funniest Animals 06:20...................... The Cube 07:15 ....................... The Ellen DeGeneres Show 08:00...................Emmerdale 08:30 .....Coronation Street 09:35.............................. Psych 10:25 .......................Scorpion 11:25..........Who’s Doing the Dishes?

12:25 ..................Emmerdale 12:55..... Coronation Street 14:00 ....................... The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:50 ......... The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:00.............. Judge Rinder 18:00.......... The Guide to You’ve Been Framed!

19:00 ........... You’ve Been Framed! Gold 20:00 ..................Two and a Half Men 21:00............. The Bourne Identity 23:20............. Family Guy 00:50.......American Dad!

22:00...... ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:40... Wilderness Walks with Ray Mears 23:10.. Trawlermen Tales 00:10............ Jackpot247

Robson Crusoe: A Surprising Adventure ITV1, 21.00

Ever since he was an 11-year-old boy in rainy Northumberland, Robson Green has had one dream: to live on a desert island, like Robinson Crusoe. So 40 years later he gets his chance on a tiny desert island in the South China Sea. But will it be the island paradise that he’s imagined? Or will it be something else entirely? Find out on this joyful sun-kissed adventure with Britain’s most enthusiastic castaway.

06:00.......... Border Security: Canada’s Front Line 06:30...........Border Security: Canada’s Front Line 07:00................. Monkey Life 09:00...................Police Force Australia 10:00...........Border Security: Canada’s Front Line 11:00 ..........................Forever 12:00 ..... NCIS: Los Angeles 13:00.............. Hawaii Five-0 15:00 ...........Modern Family 16:00 ..................... Futurama 17:00............. The Simpsons 17:30..................... Futurama 18:30 ....... The Simpsons 21:00...... Karl Pilkington: The Moaning of Life 22:00......... Hawaii Five-0 23:00...... Sports Funniest Moments 00:00.............A League of Their Own

07:05 ....................... Flip Men 07:30 ......Ice Road Truckers 08:15...... American Pickers 09:00 .Storage Hunters UK 09:30 ........ Storage Hunters 10:00 ...... American Pickers 12:00 .......................Top Gear 13:00....................... Top Gear 14:00 .................... Room 101 14:40 ...Would I Lie to You? 15:20 .................................... QI 16:00....................... Top Gear 17:00....... Red Bull Soapbox Race 19:00...American Pickers 20:00....................... QI XL 21:00........ Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish 22:00............ Taskmaster 23:00...... Mock the Week 01:00........ Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish

06:00 ...........................Cricket 09:30........................ Football 12:30 ..Soccer AM: The Best Bits 2016/17 13:00......... Scottish Football Round Up 13:15............. Football Gold 13:30........................ Football 15:30........................ Football 17:30......................... Football 18:00.... Scottish Football Round Up 18:15.........Football Gold 18:30....... Soccer AM: The Best Bits 2016/17 19:00.........Football Gold 19:15.... Scottish Football Round Up 19:30..................Football 22:45................. Football 23:15........ La Liga World 23:45 .................. Spanish Football Gold 00:00..................Football

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23rd December 2016 - 5th January 2017

Wednesday 4th January

06:00...................... Breakfast

06:00 .............Rip Off Britain

09:15..........Rip Off Britain

06:45............. Wanted Down Under

CW cho ice

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

07:30.Caught Red Handed

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

11:00..............Wanted Down Under

08:00........................See Hear

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

08:30.... Great British Menu

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

11:45.Caught Red Handed

09:00... Victoria Derbyshire

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

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

11:00..BBC Newsroom Live

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

12:00...............Little Women

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

13:45.............. Father Brown

13:55 ............................. Coast

14:30................... !Mpossible

14:30....Great Bear Stakeout

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

15:30...The Tropic of Cancer

15:45 ......... The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food 16:30.........................Antiques Road Trip 17:15 .......................Pointless 18:00.... BBC News at Six 19:00....... The One Show 20:00...... The Sheriffs are Coming

16:30.......................A Place to Call Home 17:15...........Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:00............... Eggheads

17:00.................... The Chase 18:00................ ITV News London

19:30..............Coronation Street

20:00 . The Great Interior Design Challenge

20:00 ...............Midsomer Murders. Crime and Punishment

22:00.....Second Opinion

22:45..............A Question of Sport

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

W C c ho i c e

16:00 ..............Tipping Point

19:00.... Rick Stein’s Long Weekends

22:00.... BBC News at Ten

01:10............... BBC News

15:00.................... Dickinson’s Real Deal

18:30..ITV Evening News

21:00........... Yellowstone

01:05...... Weather for the Week Ahead

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

18:30........... Great British Railway Journeys

21:00........Italy’s Invisible Cities

23:15.............The Recruit

13:55..... ITV News London

23:15................ West Side Stories - The Making of a Classic 00:15.................See Hear 00:45.....Muslims Like Us

19:00 ........... Emmerdale

06:00 ....................Countdown 06:45 .............King of Queens 08:00 .......... Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00 ............................... Frasier 10:00 ..........Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 11:00 .............Supershoppers 11:30 ..................Four in a Bed 12:00............ Channel 4 News Summary 12:05 ..................Four in a Bed 14:10 ....................Countdown 15:00 .A New Life in the Sun 16:00 ....... A Place in the Sun 17:00... Come Dine with Me 18:00.......... The Simpsons 18:30................. Hollyoaks 19:00....... Channel 4 News 20:00 ..Location, Location, Location 21:00............... No Offence 22:00............ A Very British Brothel 23:05.24 Hours in A and E

06:00................Children’s TV 09:15 ........ The Wright Stuff 11:15 ................ Celebrity Big Brother 13:10 ........................... 5 News Lunchtime 13:15. The Hotel Inspector 14:15 ............................... NCIS 15:15 .........Heart of Murder 17:00 ..................5 News at 5 17:30 ........... Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

18:30 ..... 5 News Tonight 19:00 ...... The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 20:00............ GPs: Behind Closed Doors 21:00...........Celebrity Big Brother 22:00............. In Therapy 23:05.......... Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side 00:05 ................. Sex Pod 01:00 .........Super Casino

22:00...... ITV News at Ten and Weather 22:30................. ITV News London 22:40 ..... The Shawshank Redemption 01:15............ Jackpot247

Rip Off Britain: Holiday BBC1, 09.15

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville return with a new series of investigations into viewers’ travel and holiday disasters, with unmissable tips to keep your next trip on track and on budget, across the week.

Julia Somerville, Angela Rippon and Gloria Hunniford investigate more of the travel and holiday problems viewers have asked them to look into.

Today the team gets to the bottom of why if you suddenly have to cancel a holiday the travel company so often refuses to refund a penny - even if there may still be plenty of time to sell it to someone else. As a couple reveals how even the most devastating diagnosis didn’t allow them to cancel without losing out, a man who took on the industry and won explains how he did it.

Plus, why a family who spotted a mistake with their flights just minutes after booking still ended up being presented with a whopping charge to change them, and travel expert Simon Calder has tips for exploring the Greek Islands.

06:00........ Planet’s Funniest Animals 06:20 .........Who’s Doing the Dishes?

07:15 ....................... The Ellen DeGeneres Show 08:00 ..................Emmerdale 08:30 ......................The Cube 09:35 ............................. Psych 10:25 .......................Scorpion 11:25 .........Who’s Doing the Dishes?

12:25 ..................Emmerdale 12:55.. You’ve Been Framed and Famous!

14:00........................ The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:50.......... The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:00.............. Judge Rinder 18:00............ You’ve Been Framed! Gold 20:00............... Two and a Half Men 21:00 ............ The Bourne Supremacy 23:15............. Family Guy

06:00 ..............Hawaii Five-0 08:00 ................ Monkey Life 09:00 ..................Police Force Australia 10:00 ..........Border Security: Canada’s Front Line 10:30 ..........Border Security: Canada’s Front Line 11:00 ..........................Forever 12:00..... NCIS: Los Angeles 13:00.............. Hawaii Five-0 15:00........... Modern Family 16:00 ..................... Futurama 17:00 .............The Simpsons 17:30 ..................... Futurama 18:30 ....... The Simpsons 20:00............ A League of Their Own 21:00 ......... Don’t Tell the Bride 22:00..NCIS: Los Angeles 23:00......... Ross Kemp on Gangs

07:05 ....................... Flip Men 07:30.......Ice Road Truckers 08:15...... American Pickers 09:00 .Storage Hunters UK 09:30........ Storage Hunters 10:00...... American Pickers 12:00 .......................Top Gear 14:00.................... Room 101 14:40 ...Would I Lie to You? 15:20..................................... QI 16:00 .......................Top Gear 17:00 .......Red Bull Soapbox Race 19:00...American Pickers 20:00....James May’s Cars of the People 21:00........ Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish 22:00............ Taskmaster 23:00...... Mock the Week 01:00........ Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish

06:00 ............. Football Gold 07:00 .......WWE Experience 08:00 ........................ Football 09:30 .......... Premier League 100 Club 10:00 ..................The Premier League Years 12:00 ..............La Liga World 12:30 ........................ Football 14:00 ..............La Liga World 14:30 ........................ Football 16:00.............. La Liga World 16:30...............PL Highlights 17:00 ........................ Football 18:00.Football’s Greatest 18:30 ........ La Liga World 19:00.... Barclays Premier League World 19:30................. Football 22:30.... Barclays Premier League World 23:00.More Than a Game 23:30.................Sporting Mavericks

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35 CW

Thursday 5th January

06:00 ...................... Breakfast

06:00 .............Rip Off Britain

09:15............. Rip Off Britain

06:45 .............Wanted Down Under

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

07:30...Caught Red Handed

11:00 .............Wanted Down Under

08:00 .......Nature’s Weirdest Events

11:45 .................. Caught Red Handed

09:00 .. Victoria Derbyshire

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

12:00 ............................. Coast

11:00 .BBC Newsroom Live

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

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

13:30.....BBC London News

12:15 .... All Creatures Great and Small

13:45 ..............Father Brown

13:45.......... Talking Pictures

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

14:30 ...................!Mpossible

14:30.... Pets: Wild at Heart

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

15:30 .The Tropic of Cancer

15:00.................... Dickinson’s Real Deal

13:55 ..... ITV News London

16:30...................... A Place to Call Home

16:00 ..............Tipping Point

16:30 ...Antiques Road Trip

17:15 ..........Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

18:00.. ITV News London

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

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

18:00.... BBC News at Six 19:00....... The One Show

18:30 .......... Great British Railway Journeys

19:30......... A Question of Sport

19:00.... Rick Stein’s Long Weekends

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

20:00.. The Great Interior Design Challenge

15:45.......... The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food

21:00.Death in Paradise

CW cho ice

22:00.... BBC News at Ten

21:00 .......... Yellowstone

22:45.......Die Hard with a Vengeance

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

22:00..... Mock the Week

00:45...... Weather for the Week Ahead

23:15... The Last Kingdom

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

01:45.....Life in the Snow

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01:15...............Panorama

17:00.................... The Chase 18:30..ITV Evening News 19:00............ Emmerdale 20:00..The Money Saving Diet Show 21:00 ..........Unforgotten

06:00 ....................Countdown 06:45 .............King of Queens 08:00 .......... Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00............................... Frasier 10:00.......... Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 11:00 .............Supershoppers 11:30 ..................Four in a Bed 12:00 ............Channel 4 News Summary 12:05.................. Four in a Bed 14:10.................... Countdown 15:00.A New Life in the Sun 16:00........ A Place in the Sun 17:00... Come Dine with Me 18:00 ..........The Simpsons 18:30................. Hollyoaks 19:00....... Channel 4 News 20:00 ....... The Restoration Man 21:00..........................Spies 22:00...........60 Days in Jail 22:55.............A Very British Brothel 00:00................The World’s Greatest Spy Movies

06:00................Children’s TV 09:15 ........ The Wright Stuff 11:15 ........Cowboy Builders and Bodge Jobs 12:10... 5 News Lunchtime 12:15................ Celebrity Big Brother 13:15 .The Hotel Inspector 14:15 ............................... NCIS 15:15 .Til Death Do Us Part 17:00 ..................5 News at 5 17:30...................... Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

18:30..... 5 News Tonight 19:00...... Bloody Tales of the Tower 20:00....... Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun 21:00...........Celebrity Big Brother 22:00......... Get Your Tatts Out: Kavos Ink 23:05...........Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side

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

06:00........ Planet’s Funniest Animals 06:20......... Who’s Doing the Dishes?

07:15........................ The Ellen DeGeneres Show 08:00 ..................Emmerdale 08:30 .....Coronation Street 09:00 ................. You’ve Been Framed! Gold 09:35............................. Psych 10:25 .......................Scorpion 11:25......... Who’s Doing the Dishes?

12:25.................. Emmerdale 12:55 .....Coronation Street 13:30 ................. You’ve Been Framed! Gold 14:00........................ The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:50 ......... The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:00............... Judge Rinder 18:00 ........... You’ve Been Framed! Gold 19:00..........Funniest Ever You’ve Been Framed! Gold

22:30.. ITV News London 22:40....... Piers Morgan’s Life Stories 23:40 ........ Tipping Point 00:35........... Jackpot247

Death In Paradise BBC1, 21.00

Brightening up the winter months this January, BBC One returns to the Caribbean shores of Saint Marie for the sixth series of viewers’ favourite, Death In Paradise.

DI Humphrey Goodman and the team are left stumped when volcanologist Stephen Langham is found dead half way up a live volcano, after failing to return from a night shift.

With all evidence and the pathologist report pointing towards a heart attack, death by natural causes is suspected by all. Humphrey, however, is convinced that one of the observatory team had a part to play in Langham’s untimely demise. With the security swipe-card system providing each of the three other scientists with an alibi for the time of the murder, how could any of them have committed the crime?

Unable to find any physical evidence of murder, the team have a tough task ahead of them. Puzzled by some seemingly missing equipment at the scene of the crime and the timely presence of Saint Marie’s mayor, Humphrey soon discovers that Stephen and his colleagues, including his brother, didn’t always see eye to eye. With everyone hiding secrets, will the team be able to find out who killed Stephen and why?

Meanwhile Humphrey is excited by Martha’s return to the island for a summer holiday.

Is romance finally blooming for Humphrey? Elsewhere, JP is settling into married life while Dwayne risks angering the Commissioner when he lets his guard down with a local journalist.

06:00 ..............Hawaii Five-0 08:00................ Monkey Life 09:00 ..................Police Force Australia 10:00.......... Border Security: Canada’s Front Line 10:30.......... Border Security: Canada’s Front Line 11:00.......................... Forever 12:00 ..... NCIS: Los Angeles 13:00.............. Hawaii Five-0 15:00 ...........Modern Family 16:00 ..................... Futurama 17:00 .............The Simpsons 17:30 ..................... Futurama 18:30 ....... The Simpsons 20:00 ..........Duck Quacks Don’t Echo 21:00............ A League of Their Own 22:00 ............... Delicious 23:00 ...Micky Flanagan’s Detour De France 00:00.............A League of Their Own

07:05 ....................... Flip Men 07:30...... Ice Road Truckers 08:15 ...... American Pickers 09:00 .Storage Hunters UK 09:30 ........ Storage Hunters 10:00 ...... American Pickers 12:00....................... Top Gear 14:00.................... Room 101 14:40... Would I Lie to You? 15:20 .................................... QI 15:55 .......................Top Gear 17:30....... Red Bull Soapbox Race 19:00...American Pickers 20:00... Celebrity Storage Hunters 21:00........ Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish 22:00 ........... Taskmaster 23:00...... Mock the Week 01:00........ Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish

06:00 ............. Football Gold 08:00.......... Premier League Legends 09:00........................ Football 09:30......... Barclays Premier League World 10:00 ..................The Premier League Years 12:00...... Time of Our Lives 13:00 ........................ Football 13:30 ............ Great Sporting Moments 14:00.......... Premier League Legends 15:00.........Sporting Heroes 16:00 ... Sporting Triumphs 17:00 ........................ Football 17:30 .........Barclays Premier League World 18:00 ..... Premier League Review 19:00.... Barclays Premier League World 19:30..................Football 22:00.... Barclays Premier League World 22:30.. Sporting Triumphs

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What’s On

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This weekend

This weekend

Wine Fest

Christmas in Arona

Wine tasting, workshops, live music and tapas.

Come along to Magma between 27th - 30th December.

27th - 30th Dec Magma Centre, las americas www.winefest.es

December / January

PIT 2016 The PIT (Children and Young People’s Park) offers attractions, games, along with fun, educational and entertainment activities for kids and young people. On offer is a comprehensive range of attractions, games, and leisure and educational activities.

22nd Dec - 8th Jan Recinto ferial de Tenerife, Santa Cruz www.pit-tenerife.com

Dec / Jan

Mamma Mia The Musical

With its fabulous cast headed by Nina, MAMMA MIA! is a massive injection of positive energy that has turned into a global phenomenon. You will dance, sing and laugh as you journey to the most upbeat and reassuring side of life.

The musical created around ABBA’s catchy and unforgettable songs has captured the hearts of over 60 million spectators worldwide and, with a continuous run of over 18 years already behind it, remains a huge stage success in London’s West End. 27th Dec - 2nd jan Auditorium, Santa Cruz www.auditoriodetenerife.com

December

Friday 23rd 9am – Recreative area Las Lajas – 3rd Arona Youth meeting 5pm – Buzanada Children Park – Christmas with AlSur 5pm – Las Galletas commercial area – Waiting for Santa Clause 7pm - Los Cristianos Infanta Leonor Auditorium Extraordinary Concert by Arona Music Band

25th Dec, 21.00 Los Llanos Docks, port of Santa cruz www.sinfonicadetenerife.es

Thursday 29th 8.30pm - Los Cristianos, Infanta Leonor Auditorium

Tenerife’s Ballet presents: Ballet Gala

1st San Silvestre Golden Mile

Friday 30th 8.30pm - Los Cristianos, Infanta Leonor Auditorium Flamenco Christmas with the Cortes Family

Tuesday 3rd January 7pm – Las Galletas Pre 3 Kings Parade

Saturday 31st 3pm – Las Americas

Tuesday 27th 6pm – Valle San Lorenzo commercial area – Waiting for the Christmas Elves 7pm – Las Americas Football field – Charity

Weds 4th January 7.30pm - El Madrigal Square, Guaza An afternoon with the 3 Kings 7.30pm – La Paz, Square An afternoon with the 3 Kings 8.30pm - Los Cristianos, Infanta Leonor Auditorium The Latonius Góspel Choir and The Arona Music Band 5pm – Los Cristianos 3 Kings Parade

Granadilla de Abona during Christmas Friday 23rd 5pm -Atogo Sports centre In your Neighborhood.

Children Christmas activities.

5pm – San Isidro Cultural Square Musical Festival 8pm - San Isidro Civic Centre Theatre with

Christmas Day Concert

The Tenerife Symphony Orchestra offers a free openair concert for over 30,000 people in the Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The concert, shown live on TV and Internet, features a selection of popular classics performed by top international stars, and a tribute to the Los Sabandeños folk group, all of which is rounded off with a spectacular fireworks display.

football match Wednesday 28th 8pm – Finca del Lomo Guargacho Dinner with the communities Seniors Citizens

the play Heidi.

Monday 26th 5pm - Los Blanquitos Church Square Christmas in your Neighborhood.

Children Christmas activities.

Tuesday 27th

5pm – Cruz de Tea Sport Centre Christmas in your Neighborhood.

Children Christmas activities.

Wednesday 28th 5pm - Charco del Pino Sport Centre - Christmas in your

Neighborhood.

Children Christmas activities.

Thursday 29th 5pm - Chimiche Cooperative Christmas in your Neighborhood.

Children Christmas activities.

Christmas in Adeje Saturday 24th December 11.55pm – Calle Grande Christmas Carols by Santa Ursula Choir

3 Kings.

Wednesday 4th January 5pm till 7pm –Los Olivos and La Hoya Squares Children’s workshops, Bouncy Castles and post your letter to The 3 Kings.

Monday 26th December 7pm – Plaza de España Christmas Cinema, Screening of the film “The Good Dinosaur” Tuesday 27th December 7pm - Plaza de España – Christmas Cinema, Screening of the film “Mortadelo y Filemón contra Jimmy el Cachondo” Wednesday 28th December 6pm – Adeje Cultural Centre Children’s theater “The Fantastic Roulette” 8.30pm – Canarias Library, Calle Grande Adult Storyteller Oscar Bacallado

Thursday 29th December 8.30pm – Calle Grande Concert by “Alma de Bolero” Saturday 31st December 11pm – Plaza de España New Year with the Millenium Group and the Orchestras Maquinaria y Sensación Gomera Tuesday 3rd January 5pm till 7pm – Fañabe

and Armeñime Squares Children’s workshops, Bouncy Castles and post your letter to The

Thursday 5th January 5pm – Adeje municipal Football ground 3 Kings arrive by Helicopter.

7pm – Calle Grande, Adeje 3 Kings Parade.

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Food News

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BEWARE! Christmas dinner should be the happiest meal of the year, but festive foodpoisoning often rears its ugly head through under-cooked turkey meat.

It will almost certainly be contaminated with bugs such as campylobacter and salmonella.

And scoffing poorly-stored left-overs, or buffet food, is another common cause of infection.

Cooking for more people than usual, as well as preparing elaborate dishes, means you’ll probably have to juggle the defrosting and cooking times.

And making sure that large amounts of food are cooked and stored safely is vital to avoid giving your guests stomach cramps or diarrhoea!

Dr Kevin Hargin, head of Foodborne Disease Control, at the Food Standards Agency, said: “Every year, collectively, we throw away seven million tonnes of food and drink from our homes.

“Yet much of this waste is unnecessary, and a better understanding of how to freeze food safely could go a significant way towards tackling the problem.”

With a bit of forward planning, you might already have the bulk of your

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Don’t freeze turkey from festive season

Christmas cooking finished during this week and stored in the freezer, ready to be used over the festive weekend.

“The freezer is like a pause button, so you can freeze foods right up to the use-by date,” added Dr Hargin.

Festive freezing *Think about what could be cooked in advance and frozen to save time on the day. You can freeze pre-packaged Christmas food safely, right up to the use-by date *Cold temperatures means slow germ growth, so ensure your fridge is running at the correct temperature: below 5°C. Raw food *Your fridge is probably bursting at the seams with festive fare, so think about how you can use your freezer to store items to make way for fridge space for the turkey, like moving beer, wine and unopened jars to a shed or garage Defrost safely *If you’re using a frozen turkey, make sure you check how long it will take to defrost safely.

The most reliable way to check

whether it has been defrosted is with a meat thermometer.

Turkey should be cooked until it reaches 165°F and then removed from the oven. Test the temperature by inserting a thermometer into the thickest part of the thigh, without hitting the bone. *Remember, you must to check it is fully defrosted by looking in the cavity for ice crystals, checking that the wings and legs are mobile,

and pushing a skewer into the thickest part *Allow about 10-12 hours per kg, in a fridge at 4°C (39°F), but if you can’t defrost the turkey there, the next best alternative is in a cool room (below 17.5°C, 64°F). Allow approximately 3-4 hours per kg, or longer if the room is particularly cold *If your turkey won’t fit in your fridge without touching other products, and you don’t have a cool or outside room,

place it in a large dish. Cover it and leave in the coolest part of your kitchen *Don’t wash your raw turkey under the kitchen tap, or defrost it in a bowl of water, because this can splash germs, such as campylobacter, around the kitchen *Make sure you wash everything that has touched your raw turkey (including hands, utensils and work surfaces) with soap and hot water. *Ensure you allow enough time for your turkey to cook and check that it’s cooked thoroughly: no pink meat in the thickest parts, and it should be steaming hot with the juices running clear.

Those leftovers *Cool left-overs, cover them and ensure they go into the fridge or freezer within one to two hours *Left-overs should be eaten or frozen within two days (one day for rice dishes) *If you make a new meal such as curry or casserole from the leftovers, you can also freeze this, even using turkey originally frozen.

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Wine and Dine

Adeje Chicken in Buzanada 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!

Buzanada Roundabout, Buzanada.

Open: Tues-Sun 9.30am-10.30pm, kitchen closes 4pm-6pm. Closed Mondays.

Call: 922 728 290 / 629 331 124

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The Swan Fresh food served 7 days a week, all with good quality produce. We also cater for any special requirements.

Daily Specials. Friday: Cod and chips night. Sunday Lunch: 12noon - 8pm.

24hr notice for paella, lamb shank, fillet steak or ask us for anything you fancy.

Book your pre-christmas party with us! group bookings catered for and various menus available In front of Margarita Apartments, Los Cristianos

Open: 10am - Late. Food until 8pm

Call: 602 601 634

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!

La Caleta

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.

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

El Paso Looking for somewhere to go on Christmas Day with the family? We are offering a ‘No Frills’ Christmas dinner for all of you to take advantage of, at only 7.95 euros (dinner only). From 12noon on Christmas Day, dessert board available, pop in or call 922 750 949 to pre-book.

We are open every day with breakfasts, lunch and dinner. Come down and see our daily specials.

Castle Harbour, Los Cristianos Open: 9am - 10pm.

Tel: 922 750 949

Open: Everyday, 12 noon - 11pm

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Wine and Dine

23rd December 2016 - 5th January 2017

Farm shop has it all for Christmas FINCA Caldera, in San Eugenio Alto, has all the fruit and veg you’ll need for Christmas, including Brussels sprouts, parsnips, dried fruits - and dates as well.

The owners opened their farm shop so that they could sell directly to the customer, instead of being the middle man, and, obviously, at a cheaper price.

Apart from their wholesale service to restaurants, they provide home deliveries, comprising boxes of fresh fruit and veg, from 10 euros, with delivery charge included.

Finca Caldera is open daily from 9am to 5pm,

but will be closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. They also have stables where you can book riding lessons and

trekking, but you must call in advance on 648 650 441 To find the farm, take the road leading up to San Eugenio at the side

of Island Village, drive up the hills and follow the signs at the top.

Or just give them a call for instructions on 669 886 445

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Yim Siam Thai Food Original Thai food made by Thai chefs.

Lunch menu from 12noon - 6pm.

Starter and Main only 8.90 euros Calle La Paloma, Local 1.

Corner Fontana Square, Los Cristianos Open: Everyday, 12 noon - 11pm

Call: 616 372 940

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Lifestyle

23rd December 2016 - 5th January 2017

Deaf threat not hearsay

Don’t cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me?

By Carl from Robot

By Val Sainsbury

EVERY year, we announce this year’s winner of Best Hair and Best Dressed celebrity.

This year sees a first for Canarian Weekly, as the winner is the same for both categories.

IN times of pain or discomfort, we ladies often reach for the pain-killers. But a recent study has revealed that taking just two tablets a week of paracetamol or ibuprofen, for more than six years, can lead to our hearing being damaged, permanently.

Yes! This year’s winner is non other than our favourite X-Factor judge, Miss Nicole Sherzinger. From her rise to fame with top girl-band The Pussycat Dolls, in the early part of 2003, to her continued success in the UK’s X Factor, Nicole has achieved cult status all over the world.

Her fashion and styling have always attracted attention, from her amazing gowns to her chic day-wear. There’s no getting away from the fact that she’s a true fashion icon.

We all know that she has an army of stylists, and so will always look good. But without her ability to carry off the look, all that styling would be wasted.

Miss Sherzinger has designer labels thrown at her, and fashion houses pray that she steps out in one of their dresses. This girl can carry off high-street chic to high-fashion couture, rarely faltering in the fashion stakes.

Nicole was born in Hawaii, but raised in the US. She began as an actress as well as a

singer, taking her inspiration from her idol, Whitney Houston.

Rocketing to fame as the lead vocal in The Pussycat Dolls, followed by instant solo success, she’s been a household name for the last 13 years.

As far as her hair is concerned, there’s no look she hasn’t tried.

From her beginnings with her natural, black hair, to her golden, ombre blonde, she has rocked all the major colours.

She’s tried various lengths, with full fringes and side-swept ones.

From sleek, ironed tresses to manes of curls, she’s a girl who’s not scared to indulge herself with her stylist.

Yes - she’s made a few hair mistakes, but that’s what happens when you push the boundaries. She’s a girl who doesn’t like to play safe, hair-wise.

She’s an advocate of longer-length hair, and isn’t scared to swap and change her look, sometimes done to match a dress

for an evening out.

So this is why I’m awarding this year’s “Best Hair” and “Best Dressed” to Miss Sherzinger, the first person to win both.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of you, who pick up this newspaper every week, a very Merry Christmas and a fashionable and stylish New Year.

See you all in 2017, and thank you for reading!

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The drugs are thought to cut blood supply to the inner ear, and expose it to noise damage.

As many as one-in-20 women suffering partial deafness could blame her use of painkillers.

The findings back up similar research in men, suggesting that middle-aged women, who take paracetamol and ibuprofen for headaches and back pain commonly, should consider cutting down.

Senior author Dr Gary Curhan, from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the US, said: “Hearing loss is extremely common, and can have a profound impact on quality of life.

“Finding modifiable risk factors could help us identify ways to lower risk before hearing loss begins, and slow progression in those with hearing loss.”

As many as onein-12 women takes paracetamol on two

days of every week, the US study found, usually to ward off routine aches and pains. This could be just two pills over the two days, or a greater dose.

But paracetamol, ibuprofen and nonsteroidal, antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), taken this often for more than six years, raise the risk of developing hearing loss by 9%.

This trait was found by examining 55,850 women between the ages of 44-69, almost half of whom reported having a hearing problem.

Around one-in-six people in the UK have some hearing problems, which can leave people feeling cut off and lonely, and has been found to speed up memory loss and dementia.

The study suggests this could be down to paracetamols, which most people think little of swallowing routinely.

But evidence shows that they can reduce the blood supply to the cochlea, or inner ear.

Paracetamol is also believed to deplete antioxidants within the ear, making the cochlea more vulnerable to noise-induced damage.

Painkillers damage the tiny hairs within the ear, which help us hear and have been linked in younger and older women to a higher risk of hearing loss.

The study, published in the Journal of Epidemiology, states: “If this is a causal relation, it suggests that a substantial proportion of all hearing loss attributable to use of analgesics (painkillers) is potentially preventable.”

Dr Curhan added: “Although the magnitude of higher risk of hearing loss with analgesic use was modest, given how commonly these medications are used, even a small increase in risk could have important health implications.”

It is the first study of the duration of paracetamol use and hearing loss, taken as any damage to the ears after 1990 in the women from the US Nurses’ Health Study.

However, aspirin, which now tends to be taken in lower doses, was not associated with loss of hearing.

Sohaila Rastan, executive director of biomedical research at the Action on Hearing Loss charity, said: “This study suggests there may be a small, increased risk of hearing loss in women who take over-the-counter painkillers for a long period of time.

“However, more research is needed to establish whether painkillers are the actual cause of this hearing loss, or if other factors are involved.

“It would also be important to understand just how painkillers might be damaging the ear, if they are, indeed, the cause.”

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K9 News

Meet Lia

Hi, I’m Lia. I’m five months old, and I’m the best and brightest pup ever. That’s what my people at K9 tell me, and I’m sure they’re right!

I’m going to be medium-sized when I’m fully grown, smaller than everyone thought when I arrived at the refuge, two months ago.

My elderly owners had to take me to the refuge, as a change in circumstances meant they could not keep me.

I was very sad about that and I do miss them, but I’m hoping to find my new lovely home very soon.

I have made lots of friends at the refuge, and I’m learning about being a grown up and responsible dog from my best friend, Fred.

He’s an older lad who has been around, so knows what he is talking about. I love to learn new things, and know how to “sit” and “gimme five”. I even do “heel” a little bit.

I’m now learning not to jump up, but it’s quite difficult as I’m still a puppy, and love to leap around. I’ll get there though! I love my walks, and am very good off and on the lead.

My favourite game is running after my tennis ball. I even take it back … sometimes!

I’m wondering whether you have a place in your home and heart for me. I promise

to give you lots of love, fun and devotion in return. If you would like to meet me, please get in touch with my people at K9, in any of the ways mentioned below.

Festive Greetings All of us at K9 have only one wish this Christmas, and that is for Lia, and each of our beautiful dogs, to find their loving, safe and forever homes soon.

However, while they patiently wait for their day to come, we know and appreciate how much your support ensures they are as happy and healthy as can be.

From all at K9 - our pupsters and their people - we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a happy 2017.

Meet Our Dogs We have many dogs in all shapes and sizes - waiting patiently for their loving, safe and secure, forever homes.

You can see them all - their stories and pictures - on our website at www.k9tenerife.com Go to “K9 dogs/Dogs waiting for homes”.

Why not visit us at K9 Refuge on Calle Chimbesque between Las Chafiras and Las Zocas any day of the week between 10-2pm.

Alternatively, call us on 667 638 468 or e-mail info@k9tenerife.com You will also find stories of our dogs, their antics and heartwarming re-homings on Facebook, by following Diary of a K9 Tenerife Dogwalker and also K9 Tenerife.

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Accion del Sol news

A successful event!

We would like to say a very big thank you to Arona town hall and the Luther King College for collaborating with us to make our Christmas event such a huge success.

A great day was had by all, and the icing on the cake was Father Christmas paying a visit, with presents for the children. And, hopefully, Christmas came early for a lucky dog or two, in finding new homes.

With the year coming to a close, we would like to say a special thankyou to each and every person who, in the last year, has assisted in so many ways Without your help, support and donations it would have made the mammoth task of rescuing and helping so many dogs, to try to improve their lives, a lot more difficult.

We would like to wish our two and four-legged friends a very Merry Christmas and a Happy

New Year. Over the festive season, we will be closed on December 24th, 25th and 31st, and January 1st, 6th and 8th.

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 between 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.

Mascots Resort offers top-class care for pets MASCOTS Resort, an exclusive five-star pet hotel, has opened in Las Zocas, in the San Miguel district, thanks to a demand for topclass animal care.

The Lemaire family, from Belgium, who own the business, will ensure your pets are looked after in the best way possible.

Mascots Resort offers an exclusive and personal service for your canine and feline fourlegged friends. It has supervised play areas, grooming facilities, a spa and an inside swimming pool for rehabilitation and physiotherapy, plus much more.

If you have to get away, great care will be taken of your beloved pets, and they will have an enjoyable time.

There is limited space for up to 40 dogs.

They have their own wooden kennel, which is like their own little house, and the private lawn and garden are controlled by the welltrained staff.

Your choice of accommodation depends on the needs of each pet.

This varies from “cosy” to “active”, where your pet can take part in supervised games, or play in the swimming pool A membership card is available, and points can be accumulated to enable your pets to spend an hour a month enjoying themselves.

Various, exclusive items can be purchased in the Mascots’ Boutique, and petowners can relax in the Mascots’ coffee shop, while their animals enjoy the resort.

For more information visit the website on www.mascotsresort.com

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Cats Welfare news

Catnip toys at Christmas What is catnip?

IT is a member of the mint family, and was originally found growing, naturally, in Europe, Africa and Asia. It can now be discovered in household herb gardens, and, in some countries, growing in the wild as a weed.

How does it work?

The natural ingredient in the catnip plant is nepetalactone, an essential oil that has a hallucinogenic effect on felines who have reached a mature, sexual age.

Kittens aged six months or younger are not usually affected by the plant, and only about 50-60% of cats may be affected. If your cat isn’t affected by catnip, her kittens may not be either, as sensitivity is a genetic inheritance.

Your cat and catnip A cat who is around the herb will, more than likely, sniff it and then chew it. Some cats become sleepy, and lay about stretching, while others run around and become extremely active.

The high will last 5-10 minutes, and, once it has worn off, your cat will be immune to the herb for as long as two hours.

Try introducing catnip into play sessions, as a special treat for your cat.

Catnip toys and training Because cats do respond to catnip again and again, the herb can be a powerful

training aid. If you want to keep kitty from clawing furniture, rub a scratching post with catnip to make it more appealing.

If you’ve bought a new cat bed, sprinkle a little of the herb on it, to make it more attractive to your feline friend.

You can also provide enrichment for an indoor cat by buying, or creating, catnip toys.

Sprinkle a bit of the herb into an old sock, then knot the top.

Or put a big pinch of catnip in a small paper bag, and crush the bag into a tight ball.

Adoptions Please consider adopting an adult cat. When cared for properly, cats can live well into their late teens, and sometimes early twenties.

Misty is a young adult, perhaps one or two years old, and yet another abandoned, young pet.

She was found in San Blas, Golf del Sur, a few weeks ago, but has not been claimed.

For a day or so, she’s understandably a little nervous when she meets new people, but she soon comes round when she knows you won’t hurt her.

Let’s change her luck and find her a forever home. She’s spayed, and will be microchipped and vaccinated.

As usual, all cats go on trial so you can be sure you’ve made the right decision. We also ensure that they are neutered, microchipped, and have their first year’s injections.

All our adult cats awaiting adoption can

be seen on our website at www.cats-welfaretenerife.com/pets.

Whether it’s an adult or a kitten you are looking for, ring or Whatsapp Maria on 646 629 129 (seven days a week, 9-6pm), message us on Facebook or contact us on our website www. cats-welfare -tenerife. com.

Donations Items in good condition can be dropped into the shop on San Blas in Golf del Sur (behind Hiperdino). It is open seven days a week, 106pm, Saturdays 10-4pm.

If you don’t have transport, or have large, bulky items such as furniture and household effects to donate, please ring Mark on 636590557, and he will arrange collection from you.

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Tallula takes short-cut to help cancer charity LITTLE Tallulah Smith should be in tears, because she has just had her long hair chopped off. But, as you can see, the five-yearold is wearing a beautiful smile.

That’s because, for the past fortnight or so, the Adeje youngster, from Tijoco Bajo, has been raising money for the homeless organisation in Tenerife South called Arca de Noa (Noahs Ark) by having a sponsored hair-cut last Saturday.

And she is donating her long hair to the UK’s Little Princess Trust charity, to help make a wig for a child with

cancer, to the delight of her parents, HeidiLouise and Darren.

Tallula has so far raised around 600 euros, and people are still donating. She is presenting the money collected, on stage, during Callao Salvaje’s open-air Christmas Concert in the plaza tonight (Friday) from 7-9pm.

Cassie, from the Cocobeaux salon in El Madronal, Costa Adeje, who cut off her golden locks, also donated her fee to the charity.

Tallulah’s mother says: “We are so proud of Tallulah, even at a young age, she is always thinking of others and how she can help them. She’s such an inspirational, selfless little girl.”

Isla Sur Lions hospital treat Christmas Church services South Tenerife Christian Fellowship, Apolo Centre, Los Cristianos Sunday, Christmas Day, 11am: Family Service & mince pies. No evening Service Tuesday (27th), 7pm: Prayer, Praise and Pastries Sunday (1st Jan), 11am: New Year’s Day Service No evening Service San Blas Catholic Church Sunday, Christmas Day, 9.45am: Carol Service.

10am: Holy Mass Sunday (1st Jan), 10am: Holy Mass Sunday (8th Jan), 10am: Holy Mass Anglican Church of St Francis San Eugenio Friday (23rd), 6pm: Carol Service Saturday (24th), 11.30pm: Holy Eucharist.

Christmas Day, 10.15am: Holy Eucharist Espiritu Santa, Los Gigantes, Saturday (24th), 6pm: Holy Eucharist San Blas Saturday, 7pm: Carol Service Christmas Day, Noon: Holy Eucharist

TENERIFE Isla Sur Lions Club has handed out over 32 boxes of biscuits to the staff of Hospiten Sur (the Green Hospital), in Las Americas.

The staff include the doctors, translators, receptionists, cleaners, and nurses, all of whom do a fantastic job throughout the year, looking after both residents and visitors to Tenerife.

Isla Sur Lions also thank all the supporters for their unstinting time and devotion during this year, and look forward to having the same help, support and dedication during 2017.

President Norman Goodall said: “Thank you for making it possible for us to do the work with local children in our community to bring a smile to the under-privileged and provide ‘Dream Holidays’ for groups of children from distressed backgrounds.

“Please keep making your donations of unwanted items to our shops in the Apolo Centre, Los Cristianos and Los Gaviotas, Costa del Silencio.

“Our motto is, ‘We are the people that help people’, but we need your support.”

Norman added: “A Happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year to you, and to all those you care for and love.”

Iceland’s willing helpers THE 1st Los Cristianos Rainbows, Brownies and Guides were back in Iceland, Las Chafiras, last Saturday, lending a hand.

The girls were helping Christmas shoppers pack their festive goodies at lunch-time.

They also had a contest called ‘Guess The Brownie Doll’s Name’, which was won by Sarah

Hardman, who chose “Emily” correctly.

Overall, they raised a healthy 298.42 euros for the troupe’s funds.

The 1st Los Cristianos Rainbows, Brownies and Guides are recruiting for 2017, and if anybody would like to join, please call Rachel on 669 444 391.

All the girls would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a happy new year, and they hope to see you all on Friday, 17th January.

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Behind the mic

IT was the last thing in the world the middleaged lady expected to see, as she waited patiently for the lift, weighed down by her bags of shopping.

And, to be fair, a naked Dylan Tennant wasn’t expecting to see her, either, as the lift-doors opened.

“A few years ago,” said the smiling Oasis Fm DJ, “my friends and I were playing dares in our apartment, one of them being that we had to take our clothes off, and go all the way down the street and back.”

And Dylan had drawn the short straw! It was about eight o’clock in the morning, and he and his flatmates Grant, Aaron, James and Ben, had been out drinking all night.

“So I went down in the lift with all the lads, but, as I went to get out, I saw my landlord’s mother standing there!

“The boys pushed me, saying: ‘Go on, my son’, and I stumbled p a s t her

and ran all the way down the road and back up to the a p a r t ment.

“Luckily, s h e laughed about it … and her son didn’t boot us out!”

Born in Coventry, in the West Midlands, 32-year-old Dylan is the proud owner of the newly-refurbished

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Interview by Val Sainsbury

with

DJ Dylan

You going down, sir?

Dylan’s Bar, on the El Mirador Strip in Los Cristianos.

He opened it, initially, in January 2015.

He first came to Tenerife when he was 16, to join older brother Corey, who was already living here.

“He sings in the group Tempo 2000 (T2K) with Stuart Marlow, who’s like a brother to me,” he said, “and they won the Best Group award at the 2014 TEAs.” Looking back on a lively past, he said: “I got kicked out of school just before my G C S E s , because I was a bit of a menace on public transport. A gang of us used t o

draw on the bus windows, and chuck the seats about - the sort of thing kids do!

“The bus company had it all on film, and my teacher said he’d had enough, and told me I’d have to go.

“But I managed to take my GCSEs, and I also did work-based training for an NVQ in computing.

“My Dad used to be a part-time DJ, and, when I first came to island, that’s what I did, and then I worked as a singer at a couple of bars.”

Dylan formed singing duos with a couple of other guys, and was also resident DJ in Lineker’s Bar, for about three years.

“I then formed Loaded, with Scott Henderson,” he said, “and we won the Best Group award at the TEAs in 2012.

“Scott and I perform on Wednesdays and Sundays in my bar, and I have different cabaret acts on the other nights for about an hour. We’re open from 7pm ‘til 1am, and there are a couple of karaoke sessions as well.

“I get everybody inside at midnight, and tell them I’m closing the inside door,

because we have to soundproof the bar at that time.”

He added, mischievously: “I deliberately don’t stick anything on the glass to warn them, so I know people will walk into it. And it’s comedy gold when they do!”

As for his Oasis Fm show, he said: “I really enjoy it, and I especially like doing outside broadcasts, because I love meeting the public.

“I’m on air on Thursdays, from 3-6pm, and I make sure I put the show out there. I go on Snapchat and online, to tell everyone that I’m on the radio, and that I want them to contact me because I’ve got no-one to talk to!

“I get a lot of requests, and feel as though I’m talking to people, even though they’re not there. The listeners get in touch, and I read out what they’re up to.”

Music-wise, Dylan likes anything bouncy and happy that makes him want to dance. And during the summer months, as well as

his regular work, he hosts the crazy Utopia Boat Parties (formerly known as Insomnia) twice a week.

“We meet at the Southbeach bar in Puerto Colon at about 3pm and have a few drinks,” he said.

“About 80 of us then walk round to the boat, and we’re on board from 5-8pm. Unlimited drinks are included in the price of the ticket, and everybody’s happy!”

But during the winter, it’s a different story. “I have a lot of work to do in the bar,” said Dylan.

“We have to get ready for Hallowe’en and Bonfire Night, as well as Christmas. We also host charity events.”

Dylan’s parents, Jane and Danny, still live in Coventry.

“My Dad recently won about £200,000 on the Postcode Lottery,” he said, “so he’s bought himself a big, fancy caravan at Butlins in Skegness!

“But I don’t miss England at all. I don’t like the politics, and the way the country’s run. Life is so much easier here.”

A leg-up to the stars DYLAN recalls when he was invited to appear on Channel 4’s award-winning comedy and TV talk show, The Last Leg. “Three comedians chat about current affairs, and they have a guest on the show,” he said.

“They read out the texts that people send in.

“One day, I watched the recordings of each of the first season’s episodes, and the theme song got into my head. So I wrote a little rap about the presenters, and what they do on the show.

“I recorded it and Tweeted it to them, and thought it would be a laugh. About half-anhour later I got a message from the producer, saying that presenter Adam Hills really liked it.

“I was invited onto the show, so I went to London and was on TV!”

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Quick quiz CW crossword Which number replaces the question mark?

Godoku!

This week’s letters: A C E I L K Q U X This week’s mystery clue: Susan Moody’s first contemporary British mystery introduces this outspoken female sleuth (9 letters).

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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.

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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.

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19.- Courtroom event 21.- Physics, e.g. (abbr.)

22.- Deary 24.- Pimples 27.- Capital of Austria 28.- Brainstorm 29.- Pig’s sounds 32.- Capital of New Mexico (2 wds.)

33.- Before, poetically 34.- Caustic chemical 36.- Building cement 37.- Curved letters 38.- On the ball 39.- Settle a debt 43.- Let fall 44.- Roof edge 46.- Lamenting cry 48.- Lodge member 50.- Hollywood’s ____West 51.- Blunder

Face Mix

Can you name the three famous faces in this picture, linked by a ‘juicy’ TV programme?

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Quick Quiz Answer: 4

Adding up the digits in each oval shape, as you move down the column this total increases by 2 each time, from 12 to 22.

Answer

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Brain Training: Beginner: 24 Intermediate: 108 Advanced: 140

Godoku:

Face Mix:

Nicole Sherzinger Matt Terry Dermot O’Leary

Sudoku X:

9 3 7 4 1 6 8 2 5

6 8 5 3 2 9 7 1 4

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9 6 5 4 1 8 2 3 4

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Festive treat for Potters THE Direct Telecom Pool league is now taking a break until the New Year, but this week presents an opportunity for several catchup games to take place.

In Division One, there was a festive atmosphere in Los Abrigos as Phoenix Potters welcomed Tenerife Hammers A to town.

With Gaffers A headand-shoulders clear at the top, this clash was a shoot-out for second spot going into the Christmas break.

Los Abrigos old boys are difficult to beat at home, and, although the early frames were tight, they had a 5-3 lead going into the final four frames.

Resilient Hammers are more than capable of a fightback, but the home side were in fine form and it didn’t take long for them to add two more frames to their total to bag the points and the coveted second spot.

Dreamers A could have moved into third place with a win over Gaffers B, but a trip there is always difficult. It started well for the away team as Steve beat Wilson, but the home side then

put a decent run together and took the next five frames for a decent halfway lead.

This stung Dreamers, who replied with the next four frames, and it was game on at 5-5.

Who would blink first?

Nath was up against Gav and the latter can be a tough opponent with his mind games.

But Nath stood strong and gave the home side a slight lead. So it came down to Troy against Mark T, who was battling to get his team a draw. It was Gaffers B’s night, however, as Troy took the win and a welcome three points.

Bluebell A were hoping to give themselves a shot of confidence as they faced Palms Elite in what was a good battle. The away side started stronger and moved into a three-frame lead, only for Bluebell A to match them with the next three.

So, honours even at the halfway point.

Palms Elite again came back strongly and took

division 1 ResultS Bluebell A Gaffers B Phoenix Potters

5 - 7 Palms Elite 7 - 5 Dreamers A 8 - 4 Tenerife Hammers A

division 1 Table

division 2 ResultS Hoppys A James Hammers C

12 - 0 The Crown 8 - 4 Bluebell B

division 2 Table Table

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Table

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1 Picasso’s A

20 11

5

4 141

99

42 38

1 Gaffers A

19 15

4

0 155 73

82

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2 Yates Bar

19 11

4

4 133

95

38 37

2 Phoenix Potters

18 10

3

5 121 95

26

33

3 James Hammers C

20 11

4

5 131 109 22 37

3 Palms Bar A

17

9

5

3 105 99

6

32

4 Bluebell B

18

5

4 115 101 14 32

4 Tenerife Hammers A

17

9

3

5 119 85

34

30

5 The Crown

18 9 3 6 110 106 4 30

5 Dreamers A

19

9

3

7 121 107 14

30

6 Splash Bar

20

7

3

10 118 122

6 Palms Elite

19

8

4

7 121 107 14

28

7 Palms Rebels

20

7

3

10 105 135 -30 24

7 Rewind Rewired

18

6

7

5 106 110 -4

25

8 Exiles B

19

6

3

10 100 128 -28 21

8 Treehouse A

18

6

6

6 115 101 14

2

9 Hoppys A

18

4

2

12 98

9 Gaffers B

18

5

8

5 112 104

8

23

10 Treehouse B

20

2

6

12 101 139 -38 12

10 Terrace Bantams

18

7

2

9 107 109

-2

23

11 Exiles A

20

6

4

10 111 130 -19 22

12 Rewind A

19

5

3

11 101 128 -27 18

13 Terrace Roosters

19

3

3

13 75 153 -78 12

14 Bluebell A

19

1

5

13 80 148 -68

the next three. Bluebell A needed to repeat their early feat for a point, and Mick got the ball rolling with a win against Barry. Mucker was up next and really needed to keep the ball rolling to give Ralph a chance in the final

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frame. But Graeme had the edge, and, when he rolled in the black, it was heartbreak for Bluebell A and elation for Palms Elite.

The Division Two title race is going right to the wire, and the only league game this week saw two challengers go head-tohead: James Hammers C and Bluebell B. James gave the home side an early lead against Keith, but Bluebell hit back with three wins. Into the second session, Ken, James and Macaroni record wins, with Lee being the only loss for Hammers. At 4-4, with four to play, there was all to play for.

There must have been something in the beer because Hammers C found some extra energy and steamrollered their opponents for a great 8-4 victory, which cemented their thirdplace spot and moved them to within a point of the leaders.

Our Christmas Cash Knockout tournament for all league players took place last Sunday at The Terrace Bar, on Amarilla Golf.

There was an excellent turn-out, with 32 players from teams

across the two divisions forming a strong field, and round one turned up some heavyweight clashes. The Terrace Bar’s very own Marky P is a good player, but it still came as an early shock when he knocked out Neil, from Gaffers A. This opened the field up nicely, and there were more than one or two players now really fancying it.

Putting in a surprise appearance was former league stalwart Jambo, who now plays his pool for the league that shall not be named. But as he had made the required number of appearances in our league, he was in the starting line-up.

Jambo moved steadily through the early rounds and everybody was hoping to get him in the draw.

Elsewhere, Marky P was still going well, and so was his team-mate, Paul Blacka. And from a bookies’ point of view, there was nothing between the two.

But Marky P eventually fell by the wayside and, with the draw opening up, nobody could stop Paul or Jambo from moving into the final.

This promised to be a genuine best-of-three clash and it was cagey to start with, both players looking to tie each other up.

When Jambo found

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himself snookered, he couldn’t see a way out,and, having had a few beers, he hoped the ref wasn’t paying attention and played a shot that wasn’t his.

But the ref correctly saw it as a deliberate foul, with no argument from the player, and Paul was a frame up.

With his tail up, he took full control of frame two and left his opponent chasing shadows. And it wasn’t long before he was rolling in the black to be crowned champion.

It was a nice victory, sweetened with a 250euro prize, Jambo picking up 100 euros as runner-up.

A big thanks to Terrace Bar’s Andy for his hospitality, and for putting up the prize fund.

And as it proved so successful, he has invited everyone back for a repeat tournament at the end of the league season. Another big thanyou needs to go to all the players who turned up and made it a fantastic afternoon. It shows how strong our league really is.

Finally a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone involved in the Pool League, from the committee and our sponsors, Direct Telecom, PJ Electrical & Building Services and The Terrace Bar.

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Tree-topping Tavern!

NO Angels at the top of the Division 2 tree … it’s The Tavern! In their debut season in the Oasis FM darts league they showed that they have real baubles as they beat their nearest rivals 6-2 in a top-two showdown last Friday.

And with matches running out, they could go a long way towards sealing the title when they play Palms Pool Bar again on Friday, 13th January. Surely unlucky for some!

Emerald Lounge remain in the hunt for silverware after they held the trebles to beat Rood, who had Luc shooting in his third maximum.

Sundowners claimed six points at Ourplace semi-final Playgirls, while Bar 180 also put six past Naughty Nautas. Pas O Nadas B took the last rubber to claim victory over Marilyns B, and Nauta Nomads’ last-leg win earned them a draw with Legends.

Division One’s

festive Santas are Pas O Nadas A, despite a tough match at The Pub which they won 5-3. And “yule” not be surprised to learn that Richard, AKA Daddy Cool, fired in his 17th and 18th maximums in what is turning out to be a stellar campaign for him and his little helpers! Grizzly replied with his second 180 for The Pub. Six points behind, but still in with a shout, are Scruffy Macs, and their 6-2 win over Exiles did narrow the gap slightly.

Over at Gaffers, a really close match unfolded as they entertained Phoenix Bar, who had Dave Mac notching his second maximum. But Phoenix let Gaffers off the hook, somewhat, with a host of missed doubles. But eventually nailed the trebles leg to tie the match.

Elsewhere, Sandys Reborn had an early Christmas present, unwrapping their first win of the season as

division 1 ResultS

division 2 ResultS

Boothen Gaffers Palms Sports Bar Scruffy Macs The Pub

P-P Ourplace Playboys 4-4 Phoenix Bar 3-5 Sandys Reborn 6-2 Exiles 3-5 Pas O Nadas A

Table

P W D L F A +- PTS

Bar 180 Emerald Lounge Marilyns A Nauta Nomads Ourplace Playgirls Palms Pool Bar Pas O Nadas B

1 Pas O Nadas A

22 16

5

1 120 56 64

120

division 2 Table

2 Scruffy Macs

22 12 7

3 114 62 52

114

Table

P W D L F A +- PTS

105

1 The Tavern

23 18

division 1 Table

5 5 105 63 42

6-2 5-3 P-P 4-4 2-6 2-6 5-3

Naughty Nautas Rood Bar Leones Legends Sundowners Bar The Tavern Marilyns B

3

2 125 59 66

125

3 Phoenix Bar

21 11

4 Spear Chuckers

23 12 5

6 104 80

24

104

2 Palms Pool Bar

21 16 3

2 109 59

50 109

5 The Pub

23 12 3

8 103 81 22

103

3 Picassos

22 11 5

6 104 72

32 104

97

4 Emerald Lounge

23 11

6 Gaffers

20 12 3

5 97 63 34

7 Boothen

20 8

1 11 76

84 -8

76

5 Sundowners Bar 22 9

8 Exiles

20 6

2 12 64 96 -32

64

6 Waterfall B

22

8

23 8

5 7 101 83 18 7

101

6 97

79 18

97

8

6 94

82

12

94

8

7 93 91

2

93

9 Ourplace Playboys 18 2

3

97 -50

47

7 Rood

10 Palms Sports Bar 20

2 15 47 113 -66

47

8 Bar 180 B

21 11 5

5 92 76

16

92

2

35

9 Clouseaus

22 10 5

7 91 85

6

91

10 Bar Leones

22 6

7

9 85

91 -6

85

11 Marilyns B

23 7

5 11 84 100 -16

84

6

83

11 Sandys Reborn

3

19 1

they were taken to the trebles leg before beating Palms Sports Bar. The Oasis Fm Darts League wish all players, supporters and venues a very happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

We return on Friday, 6th January.

Looking slightly further ahead, we

13 47

16 35 117 -82

can thoroughly recommend you get your tickets for the exhibition night at Showtime on Saturday 21st January.

It really is a fantastic event and one which the darts league is fully behind.

To be able to see four world-class players on our doorstep is an opportunity not to be

12 Naughty Nautas 22

7

9 83 93 -10

13 Pas O Nadas B

22 8

3 11 81 95

-14

81

14 Legends

22 3

8 11 74 102 -28

74

15 Marilyns A

21 7

3 11 71 97 -26

71

16 Nauta Nomads

22

1

9 12 71 105 -34

71

17 Ourplace Playgirls 21 0

2 19 41 127 -86

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missed. Details of the amazing tickets-withmeal deal on offer can

be seen elsewhere in this issue. I will see you there!

Tenerife misfit Javi Tenerife’s chasing game wins glory in India

Basketball

Big strides forward made by Iberostar Tenerife in 2016 have raised their standards and expectations, which is why coach Txus Vidorreta was a bit downcast after Sunday’s 74-58 defeat at Valencia.

Top teams Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Valencia dominate the Liga Endesa, yet Tenerife would have hoped to make more of an impact on their latest journey.

The first two quarters gave them a mountain to climb after being eclipsed 21-11 and 17-8.

They did manage to edge the last two quarters, but the gap was too much to make up. Marius Grigonis, with 13 points, was the only player to show his usual form.

When captain Nico

Richotti is out injured, they miss so much more than the points he scores because he inspires his players. Even so, Tenerife remain in fourth spot, with over half a season to go.

The latest European Champions League visitors to be rolled over by Tenerife were Lithuania’s Juventus, 7957. The hosts won all four quarters, 21-14, 18-14, 21-15 and 19-14 without moving into top gear.

American Taqwa Pinero, their latest signing, showed what a useful addition he is, topscoring with 14 points.

But the most impressive display came from Mamadou Niang, with 12 points. The 22-year-old Senegalborn pivot is improving

fast and becoming a real crowd favourite.

Tenerife stand proud at the top of their group table, and, with four qualifying games left, they can start looking forward to the draw for the next stage.

While most Canarian sports rest at the time of the year, basketball players get less downtime, and Tenerife are at home next Friday (30th Dec) at 8.30pm at La Laguna against Andorra in the Liga Endesa.

Regular crowds of around 4,000 make for a great atmosphere, so check out the website www.cbcanarias.org if you fancy the Andorra game because TV television demands can cause changes to game times.

Javi Lara, a globetrotting footballer, squeezed CD Tenerife on to his CV in the second half of last season, between two spells with Atletico Kolkata in the Indian Super League.

Now, the Cordobaborn, 31 year old midfielder has added the Indian Super League Cup Final to his credits after a 4-3 penalty shoot out victory for Kolkata.

The league, just a couple of seasons old, is looking to emulate the incredible interest shown in the Indian Cricket Super League.

The beaten finalists were Kerala Blasters, coached by former Manchester United and England player

Steve Coppell. There is a sprinkling of familiar names throughout the league, and one of Javi´s team-mates is Stephen Pearson, a Scot who played for Celtic, Derby and Stoke.

Javi made a good impression at Tenerife (his 12th club). But he didn’t fit in with the club’s plans for the new season and was welcomed back to Kolkata.

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A gift-wrapped success from Amath and Aaron

By Colin Kirby

MUCH better than a pair of socks or a neverto-be-worn tie!

On a day of surprises, CD Tenerife gave their supporters the best Christmas present with home win over Alcorcon, sealed with classy goals.

CD Tenerife 2 Alcorcon 0

unusually shaky at right-back. He wrestled a visiting forward off the ball and then, to crown it all, keeper Dani Hernandez was forced off through a muscle strain, which had been restricting his mobility since the pre-match warm-up.

Ismael Falcon, who took over in goal, wass mainly a spectator for the rest of the half as Tenerife shrugged off the poor start and got stuck into Alcorcon.

The opening goal, after 25 minutes, was crafted beautifully. Suso cleared the ball from a deep position upfield

Two rainbows, heavy rain and fierce winds were the prelude to kick-off, but coach Pep Marti was even more unpredictable.

Vitolo was dropped to the bench, with Alberto moving into his midfield role and Jorge taking over at centre-back.

Maybe the coach had started on the party sherry... he even abandoned caution in favour of a four-man attacking force, Suso and Aaron running wide, and Cristo tucked behind Amath in the middle.

Early signs were a little worrying because Inaki had to make a timely, headed clearance, and Jorge just about got away with a clumsy tackle on Luque of Alcorcon.

Samual Camille looked

Marino back on track

By Colin Kirby

BREAKING up is hard to do, according to veteran singer Neil Sedaka.

Where football is concerned, though, it’s a lot easier with a win behind you.

And Marino can go into the festive break with a warm glow after halting their bad run with a hard-fought victory at Estrella, in Gran Canaria.

A shuffle of the pack by coach Toni Dumpierrez worked wonders, with big forwards Adan and Amed in the line-up. A clean-sheet will be a big boost as well for backup keeper Petar.

Estrella 0 CD Marino 1

to Aaron, who slipped it to Amath, the Senegal forward rounding the keeper with ease and popping the ball home.

It all started to click together, with Amath running rings around the visitors.

And Aaron was having his best game in Tenerife colours, while Inaki overlapped well down the left.

Vitolo came back into the mainstream, replacing Aitor Sanz on the half-hour. Falcon showed his worth by getting a touch to a cheeky chip from an Alcorcon player, and he showed his authority with a two-fisted clearance just before the break.

At half-time, the rain lashed across the pitch as the driving wind pinned supporters back to the covered part of the terrace.

The plus side was a nice, slippery surface for the visitors to contend with, and Dimitrovic had to slide out to take the ball off the advancing Amath with the first threat of the second half.

The Atletico Madrid loanee came back for more, beating two defenders before setting up Cristo, who skewed his shot wide.

There was an other golden chance for Tenerife to increase the lead from an Aaron free-kick on the edge of the box, but it beat the

keeper, only to hit the bar and bounce clear.

The Alcorcon bench were getting a little over-excited, and their physio got a red card for arguing with the officials.

With 20 minutes left, Tenerife swapped Cristo for Omar, and he added fresh ideas.

His first touch opened up a half-chance for Amath, and Suso went even closer, beating a defender only to fire straight at the keeper.

Inaki tried to pick his way through the opposition defence, but should have passed before losing the ball.

But Aaron had plenty more tricks in his locker, roasting two defenders before being stopped by a foul.

The best was yet to come because, with three minutes left, Aaron made his run, inter-changing with Amath to take out four defenders, and firing in the second goal. Now that’s what I call a cracker!

Falcon teased us by gifting a corner to Alcorcon, but when the ball came back in he redeemed himself with a strong, clearing punch.

The ref then squeezed a bit more drama out of the game, dismissing Dieguez for a bad foul on a Tenerife player.

But the final whistle set the home players up for a relaxing, two-week, festive break.

Last call for Golden Mile

It took Marino 59 minutes to make the breakthrough.

Adan has had plenty of near-misses in recent weeks, but made sure

of putting them ahead, and his team-mates all did their bit to ensure it stayed that way.

Marino are now back up to sixth place

in the league, and the two-week holiday will give some injured players time to be ready for selection again.

SAY goodbye to 2016 with a burst of energy. The first San Silvestre 5km Golden Mile run takes place next Saturday (Dec 31st) along the Avenida Las Americas. And you can still sign up until Wednesday.

There are different age categories as well as the main race. It all starts with the children’s races, from 3pm, and the main event follows one hour later.

Entry fee is 10 euros, and you get a commemorative running vest and an electronic chip, so your time is recorded automatically as you cross the finish line. The fee also includes a donation to local charities.

Online registration is at www.gesportcanarias. com - or you can call in to the boxing gym at Las Americas football stadium today (Friday), Monday or Tuesday, between 10am-8pm).

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