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redictions that Canarian PP leader José Manuel Soria would be rewarded for the party’s success in the islands in last month’s general election have proven accurate.

The new cabinet announced on December 21st following Mariano Rajoy’s election as Spain’s new leader saw the Gran Canarian given one of the 13 portfolios in the slim-line cabinet. The former mayor of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and president of the Gran Canaria Cabildo has been made Minister for Industry, Energy and Tourism, areas of key importance to the Canarian economy.

His appointment has been generally well received in political circles.

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Aid for Aaron

By Clio O’Flynn

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y first inclination, when they told me, was to get on a plane to go and talk to my sisters, but this is where we live”, admits Gwen Bannister when the tests finally confirmed what she and

husband Carl suspected – their precious six year old son Aaron had tested positive for Duchenne’s, a incurable form of muscular dystrophy.

UK, have lived in Los Abrigos for nine years, and have four other children – Kitty (seven), Carla (15), Penny (17) and Cassie (19).

Modify that – incurable at the moment – Carl says his motivation now is to “keep Aaron going until they find a cure”.

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When we spoke Cassie was due back from university in the UK for Christmas. “She’s had to cope with the news on her own”, says Gwen.

The news that her son has a condition, also referred to as DMD, that means his life expectancy doesn’t stretch into his 30’s, that his illness will progress at a rate that is unknown, and the only thing they can do is lessen the pain, is still sinking in.

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EDITION 659 :: 30/12/2011 - 12/01/2012 :: ISLAND CONNECTIONS

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Tensions take flight

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he decision by the European Court of Justice to back an EU law charging airlines for carbon emissions on flights to and from Europe could have far reaching affects, and is likely to escalate tensions with the United States and other trading partners. How this might impact on tourism within Europe and, for instance, the Canary Islands-USA links is yet to be seen.

Under the new law from January 1st 2012 all airlines flying to and from EU airports must buy permits under the European Union’s emissions trading scheme the court rules. “The directive including aviation activities in the EU’s emissions trading scheme is valid,” the court said in a statement.

In 2003, the EU decided to set up a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading, as a central element of European policy to combat climate change. Initially, the EU emissions trading scheme did not cover greenhouse gas emissions from air transport. However, according to the court, “under directive 2008/101 aviation activities will be included in that scheme from 1 January 2012. Accordingly, from that date all airlines – including those of third countries – will have to acquire and surrender emission allowances for their flights which depart from and arrive at European airports.”

A number of American and Canadian airlines and airline associations contested the measures transposing Direc-

tive 2008/101 in the United Kingdom. They alleged that, in adopting the directive, the EU infringed a number of principles of customar y international law and various international agreements.

According to them, the directive infringes, first, the Chicago Convention the Kyoto Protocol and the Open Skies Agreement in particular because it imposes a form of tax on fuel consumption, and second, certain principles of customary international law in that it seeks to apply the allowance trading scheme beyond the European Union’s territorial jurisdiction.

To clarify the matter, the High Court of Justice of England and Wales asked the European Court of Justice whether the directive was valid in the light of those rules of international law. In its judgment, delivered on December 22nd, the Court of Justice confirmed the validity of the directive that includes aviation activities in the emissions trading scheme.

It observes that the directive is not intended to apply as such to aircraft flying over the high seas or over the territory of the Member States of the EU or of third States. It is only if the operators of such aircraft choose to operate a commercial air route arriving at or departing from an airport situated in the EU that they are subject to the emissions trading scheme.

The court clarified the situation, stating the “application of the emissions trading scheme to aircraft operators infringes neither the principle of territoriality nor the sovereignty of

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third States, since the scheme is applicable to the operators only when their aircraft are physically in the territory of one of the Member States of the EU and are thus subject to the unlimited jurisdiction of the EU. Nor can such application of EU law affect the principle of freedom to fly over the high seas since an aircraft flying over the high seas is not subject, in so far as it does so, to the emissions trading scheme. “The Court also said that “only certain provisions of the Open Skies Agreement and three principles of customary international law (namely the sovereignty of States over their airspace, the illegitimacy of claims to sovereignty over the high seas and freedom to fly over the high seas) may be relied upon for the purposes of examination of the directive’s validity.”

Regarding the suggestion that the emissions trading scheme constituted a tax, fee or charge on fuel in breach of the Open Skies Agreement the Court held that the directive does not infringe the obligation to exempt fuel from taxes, duties, fees and charges. “The Court concludes by stating that the uniform application of the scheme to all flights which depart from or arrive at a European airport is consistent with the provisions of the Open Skies Agreement designed to prohibit discriminatory treatment between American and European operators.”

While emissions from most other sectors have been falling, those from airlines have

doubled since 1990 and could triple by 2020, Commission figures show.

Peter Liese, a Ger man Christian democrat who led discussions in the European parliament on the emissions law, said that including airlines was a modest proposal, which had won unanimous support from the European council of ministers.

“I cannot imagine a situation where the European parliament amends legislation just because of pressure from China or the United States,” he said. “We (in Europe) represent 500 million people and the biggest market in the world.” But the US, where environmental legislation has become a focus of disagreement between Democrats and the Republicans, has reacted angrily and there is already a proposal to introduce legislation that would make it illegal to comply with the EU law. A letter to EU officials from the US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, and the US secretary of transportation, Raymond LaHood, urged the EU to reconsider and re-engage with the rest of the world, adding, that without such “willingness on the part of the EU, we will be compelled to take appropriate action.” What that action will be remains to be seen.

Depending on decisions by airlines on how much to pass on to customers, the European Commission has calculated that costs per passenger could rise between €2 and €12, much less than the €100 per allowance penalty it would impose on airlines that do not comply.

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Children from a number of different Tenerife based orphanages were treated to a fun-filled Christmas party at the Beverly Hills Club in Los Cristianos courtesy of Silverpoint.

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The largest and most popular lottery of the year saw the third prize, a fourth and five fifth prizes fall into some lucky coffers in the islands for their €20 gambling investment.

Even those who don’t regularly bet will normally have a flutter on the two big Christmas time lotteries. For the first of those, drawn on December 22, one number is drawn for the first, second and third prizes, two for fourth and there are eight fifth place prizes with many smaller prizes of €100 per ticket or money back. This year part of the third, fourth and five fifth prizes were won in the Canaries, but the main prize called ‘el Gordo’, the biggest ever worth €400,000 per ticket, eluded us yet again and fell to Grañén, a town in Huesca,with the exception of 20 tickets bought on holiday by a resident of Chio, Guía de Isora.

Our first winner was a fourth prize, 66,832, paying out €20,000 per ticket to the lucky holders in La Guancha, who share their fortune with Spanish peninsula winners in Cartagena, Murcia. The next Canarian winners at 9.43am, were in Los Realejos and La Victoria with part of the third prize, 02,184, which was sold in many areas of the country.

Ticket holders will receive €50,000 per ticket. Following that all prizes which fell here were fifth prizes worth, €6,000 a ticket. The first was 03,643 which left smiling punters in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Tenerife as did 08,128.

Little El Hierro, also had something to smile about after a tough few months when 62,718 was drawn at 10.15am.

The next winning tickets here were on the number 57,038 which saw winners in Telde in Gran Canaria in the islands and the last winning ticket for the islands, 34,001 brought luck to Granadilla de Abona.

The average Canarian resident spent €42 on the Christmas lottery and thankfully there will be many who will be celebrating this Christmas. For those who didn’t win the next big date is on January 6 where the Lotería del Niño will have €840 million to share out amongst the lucky winners.

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The Torch’s triangular, gold-coloured form is perforated by 8,000 circles representing the 8,000 Torchbearers and their stories Front Page News>>

A Canarian in the cabinet

Debbie Bliss has been chosen as an Olympic Torch carrier

Debbie will carry the torch

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With all eyes on the economy portfolios, the department will be headed by Luis de Guindos, a former head of Lehman Brothers in Spain, and Cristobal Montoro was appointed Treasury Minister.

De Guindos, was in the last PP cabinet, under José María Aznar as deputy minister in the same department. Montoro is a party activist who helped develop the economic policies of the party while in opposition, and will work alongside him in the newly created Treasury ministry. He too has held cabinet office in the past, so as assumed, the new Spanish President is seen to be bringing economic as well as political experience to these two vital portfolios.

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e were delighted to hear from a long time friend of ours and Tenerife, Debbie Bliss, and even more thrilled when she told us that she has been chosen to be a torch bearer for the Olympic Games 2012, “I’m so over the moon”, she said.

Many of you will remember Debbie’s tireless ongoing campaign to raise funds Regeneration >>

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In Arona up to €645,000 will be spent improving and upgrading the parking and plaza in front of the City Centre commercial centre, along the busy Avenida Ragael Puig beside the Hotel La Siesta. There are only a few plazas along this busy thoroughfare and the upgrade will work to transform this one into a business axis which will also be used for cultural and

the last four years they have classed me as an extraordinary person. As you know I do not work hard raising funds for self gain but on this occasion I am so proud”. And we think that anyone who knows Debbie and the work she has done will also be proud of her.

Of course she isn’t resting on her laurels, and added, “I am also challenging myself with another charity event in Peru in Nov 2012 for BLISS - babies born to soon, too small, too sick (more on www.justgiving.com/Debbie-Bliss3) and she says she is also hoping to write a book helping others to recover after a serious illness with specific exercises.

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The three new inclusions are in Arona, Adeje and Puerto de la Cruz and will see an investment of over €4 million into renovating the areas. According to Carlos Alonso, Tenerife’s tourism chief, the money would be going to “three important zones in these tourist towns and would improve their image and help the competitive edge for the destination (Tenerife)”.

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In Adeje, the Avenida de Los Pueblos is the target area, between the Calles Eugenio Domínguez and the Avenida de España. Again it is planned to convert the zone into a commercial axis and attract new businesses into the area as well as creating an attractive pedestrian zone. This work should cost up to €1.8 million.

In Puerto de la Cruz, the work will be concentrated along the San Telmo pedestrian area from Plaza Reyes Católicos up to the Calle Santo Domingo parallel to Avenida de Colón.

This is one of the main draws of the city due to its commercial and gastronomic offerings.

This particular tourist zone regeneration plan is a Cabildo initiative and is being developed through the offices of Turismo de Tenerife and the councils of Adeje, Arona, Santiago del Teide and Puerto de la Cruz, as well as Ashotel, the federation representing hotels in the province of Tenerife. The overall plan spans the 2007-2013 time frame.

The plan seeks to improve areas in all the designated tourist boroughs, including beaches, walkways, green belt areas and main streets and motorways links.

The group will, according to the official communiqué, “carry the Olympic Flame as it journeys across the UK. Nominated by someone they know, it will be their moment to shine, inspiring millions of people watching in their community, in the UK and worldwide”.

The London 2012 Organising Committee (OCOG) nominations process for Torchbearers ran from May to June 2011 and selection panels were held around the UK in the autumn. Debbie told us “due to my own personal story and determination to get better after my illness in 2000 and having to learn to talk, walk and eat again to raising £70,000 for dif ferent charities over

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hree new zones have now been included by Turismo de Tenerife in their tourism renewal space ‘Convenio de Regeneración del Espacio Turístico’, under which funding is released to upgrade and modernise existing tourists areas.

self has suffered greatly with ill health and in 2000 was diagnosed dermatomyositis, a connective-tissue disease that is characterised by inflammation of the muscles and the skin. Its cause is unknown, but as Debbie told us “it means that your own immune system attacks the body”. She was in hospital in the UK for four months...“I couldn’t walk, talk or eat. I was told I would never do sports again, ride horses, live in the sun”, but showing what we now know as her characteristic strength and dogged determination she beat the odds and confounded her doctors and will now join the group of “inspirational people”, chosen by the Olympic torch committee to carry the flame.

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Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo is the new Foreign Minister, and the Employment Ministry is being headed up by economist and lawyer Fatíma Bañez, one of just four women in the new cabinet.

Very possibly one of the party’s future leaders, the outgoing mayor of Madrid, Alberto Ruiz Gallardon, takes over at the Justice Ministry (his mayoral chain passes to Ana Botella, the first woman to hold the post, and the wife of abovementioned José María Aznar), Jorge Fernández Díaz is the new Interior Minister and Pedro Morenes takes over Defence.

Soraya Sánez de Santamaría has become the deputy President as well as Government spokesperson, Ana Pastor takes over in Development, Education, Culture and Sports has José Ignacio Wert at the top table, Agriculture, Food and the Environment will be handled

by Miguel Arias Cañete; and Health, Social Services and Equality Ana Mato.

for Josh, her son’s half brother, who had a years’ long struggle with leukemia here in Tenerife.

His parents needed some financial back-up during the worst times, and Debbie was to the forefront in leading the struggle. Josh is now living a healthy and normal life, and in the meantime Debbie returned to the UK when her son Matthew started university.

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EU blow for fleet

he fishing fleet in the Canaries has been dealt a devastating blow with the decision by the European Parliament to veto the renewal of the EU’s fisheries agreement with Morocco.

MEPs voted by a narrow margin to block the deal which benefits Morocco to the tune of millions of euros every year in

return for allowing EU vessels to fish in the country’s waters.

Athough the main reason given by the Parliament was the impact on dwindling stocks, MEPs also cited Morocco’s inclusion of disputed waters belonging to the Western Sahara in its fishing grounds as a cause for blocking the agreement. The veto drew a furious reaction from the Moroccan government, which has

Street cleaner >> The decision could see up to 2000 Canarian fishing jobs lost

las Palmas mayor Juan José Cardona has vowed to do everything he can to minimise the impact of the strike called by city roadsweepers on 1 and 6 January.

threatened to increase its ties with fleets from the Far East as of now. Most of the EU fleet that has traditionally fished in the waters is from the Canaries and the sector says up to 2000

Kids’ murders

Custody debate

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he tragic deaths of the two Santa Cruz children killed by their mother and her partner before Christmas because they “did not want them to live in such a miserable world” has reopened the debate on the need for more flexible custody arrangements in case of divorce or separation.

Just hours after the father of one of the two youngsters

publicly condemned a local court for refusing to grant him custody of his daughter when his former wife had a known history of psychiatric problems, the Canarian Parliament passed a motion urging the regional government to amend custody legislation to allow both parents to share the raising of children caught up in marital conflict.

MPs heard that the current

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legislation, which invariably awards custody to the mother, is “out of touch with reality” and needs to be revisited. The grandmother of the dead girl has called for the judge who ignored her concerns at the mental health of her ex-daughter in law when awarding full custody to be prosecuted for indirectly causing the 11-yearold’s death.

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that each call cost 35 cents.

Although the government’s Emergencies Office says the charge is a flat rate irrespective of the duration of the call, the explanation has not satisfied the El Hierro residents who have used the number on countless occasions in recent months.

Some have started a protest movement on social networking sites to force the government

to refund the cost of the calls.

One Facebook site which was created to press the case says “we were encouraged to use the 012 number to report strange odours or movements that might indicate an increase in seismic activity and now, after thousands of calls have been made, we discover from our bills that the number is not free”.

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direct and indirect jobs will be lost.

Senior Canarian officials flew to Brussels immediately on learning of the veto to urge a rethink to save the livelihoods of the region’s fishermen.

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esidents of El Hierro who followed the advice of the authorities and used the 012 telephone number to be kept up to date on the ongoing earthquake/volcano crisis have discovered that the calls were not free.

Angr y locals say the reiterated messages to use the line should have underlined

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Cigarettes are likely to rise in price in the new Year following the surprise decision by the two parties who share power in the regional government to submit a proposal to increase the current duty on tobacco products. the unexpected motion was tabled as an amendment to the 2012 Budget and is likely to be carried given that the parties have the majority of seats in the Canarian Parliament. it will likely mean an increase of three percentage points (from 11.5 per cent to 14.5 per cent) on the duty applicable to all tobacco-based products.

Opposition MP Román Rodríguez said the hike could well be the “final nail in the coffin of the sector” here and asked why the government had not considered increasing fuel tax or imposing a wealth tax on high-earners instead.

The dates were chosen deliberately by the workers to ensure as much rubbish remains on the streets as possible after New Year’s Eve parties and the opening of presents on Reyes Day. “The strike is a dispute between the workers and their firm, FCC, but I will not allow it to disrupt the city. If necessary, the council will double the number of its own road-sweepers and cleanup teams on those days

to lend a hand” promised Cardona. The FCC workers voted to stage the strikes after learning that their salaries are to be frozen next year due to the economic crisis. Cardona said he hoped both sides could resolve the dispute through negotiation but he had ordered the contingency plans just in case.

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A device perfected by two Gran Canaria men could bring rich pickings for areas of the Canaries which have low rainfall but plenty of clouds and fog.

The pair, Theo Hernando Olmo and Ricardo Gil, have put the finishing touches to their technique for literally squeezing the water droplets from low clouds and which can produce up to 35 times more water than that which falls from the sky normally.

An experimental station in Gaitero in Tenerife harvested over 400 litres of pure cloud water in a period when virtually no rain fell and the inventors are convinced the device - a vertical mesh which ‘catches’ the clouds or mist as the pass through hilly parts and collects the droplets of moisture in a tank below - could resolve drought problems and even allow some areas to produce their own bottled water.

The successful experiment has led them to design a much larger production plant in Valleseco (Gran Canaria) which will have 25 4-metre high meshes and is expected to generate up to 1.5 million litres of water annually for irrigation and for a new brand of bottled water called Aliseos Mist Water.

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Two women died in separate drowning incidents on the Arucas coast in Gran Canaria in the week before Christmas.

In the first incident, a 77-year-old woman drowned while swimming in the sea at El Puertillo. She was pulled from the water by waiters from a seafront restaurant but died before an ambulance could reach the scene.

A short time later another woman, aged 61, died after falling off rocks and into the water in Punta Camello.

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Meanwhile in Tenerife a young Finnish tourist was found dead after a fall from his hotel balcony in Las Américas on the day before he and his group of friends were due to travel home. Reports stated that the 20 year old died instantly when he fell from the balcony around 10.30pm and landed in the pool area of the hotel in Avenida Rafael Puig.

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ISLAND CONNECTIONS :: EDITION 659 :: 30/12/2011 - 12/01/2012 Hans Erwin Tendam >>

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German resident of Tenerife looks to have reached the end of his long battle for compensation from Spain for his imprisonment back in the mid-1980s.

Hans Erwin Tendam has waited nearly 25 years for the money but it now seems that the final hurdle has been overcome with the confirmation of a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights ordering Spain to pay a total of almost €216,000 for the imprisonment and for damage caused to Tendam’s property and possessions confiscated at the time of his arrest. Tendam was remanded in 1986 on charges of theft and receiving stolen goods in a bizarre case, which was triggered when he was accused of stealing bee-hives for his honey business in Santa Ursula. While he was in prison, police raided his garage and confiscated a large number of expensive electronic items he was said to have stolen also.

Many of the items were returned to their alleged owners or put in storage.

However, when Tendam was eventually acquitted of the offences he applied repeatedly over many years to have the items returned, but to no avail. He filed a compensation claim both for the time spent on remand (135 days) and for the value of the confiscated property but it was denied by the Spanish government. In 2005 he launched proceedings before the European Court, which ruled last year that he was entitled to compensation for the time spent in prison (€15,600) and invited Spain to reach an agreement with him on the value of the lost or damaged property. Spain’s failure to resolve the issue subsequently led the Court to set a figure of €200,000 in a ruling which it ratified before Christmas.

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Mayor foregoes salary…or does he?

Güimar mayor Rafael Yanes earned unanimous applause from his townspeople and others in Tenerife with his announcement earlier in the month that he was foregoing his mayoral salary to ease the pressure on the council coffers.

However, critics say the move has a catch.

The office of Yanes issued a press release informing the world of the good news, which will save Güimar €40,000 a year, but eagle-eyed observers spotted that his earnings were not about to be slashed drastically. In fact, as a civil servant at the Department of Education, Yanes asked to avail himself of a little-known clause in public sector working conditions that obliges the normal employer, if requested, to pick up the tab for political jobs.

In effect, Yanes has applied for what amounts to full-time secondment to his town hall, for which the Department of Education foots the bill. Department insiders who posted comments on newspaper forums regarding the generous move hinted that the mayor might even come out better off thanks to the arrangement.

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he new Parque Central de Las Américas should be open to the public early next year – the council are hoping by February.

The Arona mayor, José Alberto González Reverón, paid a recent visit to the ongoing works on the green belt for

this very strategic part of the tourist zone accompanied by the councillors Ramón García y Marta Melo. The project is co-sponsored by the council, the island Cabildo and the regional government.

According to the mayor the work will cost in the region of one million euros and is part

of the council’s “un barrio, un parque/a neighbourhood, a park” philosophy by which they are working to ensure that every part of the borough has its own green zone where residents and visitors can relax, a place where children can play, where people can meet and talk, and which, in general, will contribute to the overall quality of life of those in Arona. The added advantage, the mayor said, was that this particular park will also add to the attractiveness of the

destination to tourists given its strategic location.

The new park is 21.690 m2 and has been developed in two phases in parallel with the park’s different uses. In the centre of the zone there is a small hill which will be a natural focus point, and this is ringed by flatter areas by the Las Madrigueras road and the Avenida Alfonso Domínguez. There will be pathways, playgrounds, an ornamental pond, public toilets and a terraced area.

Grand Hotel Mencey

No place like home!

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esidents and visitors to Santa Cruz on December 15th would have been forgiven for checking their calendars to confirm they really were still in 2011 if they happened to be near the Gran Hotel Mencey.

The doyenne of overnight stays in Tenerife’s capital was reopening her doors after a two year face lift…the press had already been along for a sneak preview a few weeks previously, but this was the social event, with 500 invited guests, including regional president Paulino Rivero, insular chief Ricardo Melchior and the city’s mayor, José Manuel Bermúdez. Throughout the day

bemused shoppers and commuters were surprised by ‘paperboys’ dressed in the garb of the 1950s screaming “extra, extra” as they pressed a newspaper into their hands and encouraged them to “read all about it”. And in the hotel itself a group of actors were ‘visiting’, dressed in finery from the fifties, the decade when the hotel first opened its doors. There was even a staged wedding party for the guests.

The Mencey, actually owned by the Tenerife Cabildo, and the only five star hotel in Santa Cruz, is now part of the Iberostar group, and their president Miguel Fluxá told the gathering that as a family group, “they strive for quality. A job well done is worth

waiting for, and that’s why we fully backed and invested in this destination, this city. We want to become part of Tenerife, and we want people from Tenerife to feel that the (newly refurbished) Iberostar Grand Hotel Mencey

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There were very many VIP guests at the hotel’s grand opening night

is their home””.

Entertaining guests were the internationally acclaimed Coral de Saint Marc de Lyon, the Trío Alma de Boler and a quartet from the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra.

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he swift inquir y ordered by the Canarian government into the collapse of the roof of the Santa Cruz Transport Interchange a few weeks ago hit problems as soon as it was announced.

The authorities identified as key figures in the investigation the workers who had built the

false roof and suspended it from the main structure using steel fittings. Interchange architect José Angel Domínguez blamed the faulty fittings for the 4am collapse, which would have had disastrous consequences if the cafeteria and waiting area of the Interchange had been open at the time. However, it emerged soon after the probe

was ordered that tracking the workers concerned could be a tough mission. Sources say the work was outsourced to a sub-contractor by the construction company that built the Interchange back in 1996.

“Many of the employees have either retired or are no longer with the firm and it will be hard to locate them to get them to a

hearing on what went wrong”, said the source.

The union representing the hundreds of bus drivers who walk through the area every day says it will make sure no corners are cut in the investigation. “We only escaped a major disaster by a matter of hours and this should not have happened in such a new building. We will be monitoring progress in the investigation to ensure those to blame are taken to task” said a spokesperson.

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Aaron Bannister :

Living with DMD

rely on others. There has already been one fundraiser, and the money raised added to by others’ donations, so there now some money in an account in Aaron’s name. The Iceland shop in Las Chafiras allowed their volunteers do charity check-out packing – they would have done more but still

By Clio O’Flynn (continued from front page) need more volunteers. “We would aron was born here, and also appreciate help from anyone for the first few years all who can advise us on registering was well, or well enough. as a legitimate charity”, says Gwen.

For a few years Gwen and Carl They don’t want to touch any of the thought he suffered from flat feet, money for now, but as Tina insists, and from a few psychological if there is news of a radical new cure problems caused by bullying from or some doctor doing research and another child in infant school. development into Duchenne’s in, for instance, Dallas, “Aaron is on a But recently they had begun plane tomorrow”. to suspect that all wasn’t as it Aaron as yet seems blissfully should be, despite what they say unaware of the nature of his conwas a lack of willingness from lodition, thought Carl says he asked cal doctors to explore the child’s him the other day why he had to get condition further. But Gwen says “a chair with wheels on it”. Gwen she finally said she was taking says the family have been incredAaron to the health centre, “and I ible. “God puts us all here for a wasn’t leaving until I had a referral reason, I firmly believe that”, she to (Nuestra Señora de) La Candesays, praising all her daughters in laria”. Her resolve was firm and how they have reacted and how they she got the referral she needed, are determined to help their baby and at least then the medical brother as much as they can. The landscape changed – she and her pair are also extremely grateful for husband have nothing but praise (L-R) Steve, Tina, Carl, Aaron and Gwen outside La Caña the way Aaron’s school, CEIP Los for the head of the NeurophysiolAbrigos, have treated them. From ogy department, Dr Duque, and her many fronts. First of all, as parents of team, who have been wonderful. other children with rare conditions have the first diagnosis they have been there Their first appointment with the spe- discovered, the Canary Islands do not for them, offering help, letting them know cialist was in April; Dr Duque agreed all have a huge range of specialised medi- that they assist and adapt Aaron’s school was not well – Aaron wasn’t growing as cal care facilities, “in fact a lot of people work to suit his needs, “they have been quickly as other children, he seemed to (professionals) here on the Canar y fantastic”.

Did you ever watch one of those fall down a lot, although he was quick to Islands don’t know what they’re talking get up again, the stairs were a problem. about”, say Gwen and Carl. So it would made-in-Hollywood films about apA doctor in the department immediately be a huge help for Aaron’s parents to talk parently ordinary people who, when noticed that there was some muscle to any other parents who are experienc- faced with a seemingly insurmountable waste, and the tests began. Indications ing the same thing. But there are also a problem, take it on the chin and fight now began to confirm Gwen and Carl’s few practical ways people can help. The back; sometimes they win, sometimes worst fears – that this was something physio has suggested that swimming is they lose, but they never give in. Well serious, and Dr Duque told them there one way that Aaron can exercise – and this is real life, and this is such a couple. was no muscle function in the legs at all. he loves it. The problem is that in the Gwen and Carl Bannister are taking She now ordered a genetic test, one which winter he needs an indoor heated pool the toughest thing that life can throw at would confirm the bad news. “They told and the regional government will only you – a threat to their child’s life – and us it would be 20 days, it took 76 for the fund two indoor swimming sessions fighting back as best they can. They are results to come back”, Gwen says. For a week – he could do with more. So if informing themselves, and you can see this kind of test doctors need to send there is a hotel or indoor owner facility it in their eyes and their body language samples to the Spanish peninsula…the reading this article who could offer the that they are quietly determined that they waiting was “horrific”.

Bannisters a few more free sessions a will fight to the end to see the best for There has been no family history of week they would be so grateful (transport their boy. All they want from the rest of Duchenne’s, but now, with the confirma- isn’t a problem). Gwen is in the midst of us is a little help.

If you can help with a swimming tion that Aaron does indeed have the dealing with social services in Granadilla, condition, most of the women in Gwen’s and waiting for responses. They want to pool offer, know of other parents who family are being tested, as Duchenne’s get on the list for council housing for the are experiencing a similar life challenge, is a latent gene that is carried by women future and may need a house that has no can assist legally in the setting up of an account, or would like to offer to help though the condition only actually mani- stairs if possible. fests in males.

It is at time like these that the ex-pat in fundraising events, “When we finally got the news I community in the Canary Islands can contact Tina at La was in a bit of a trance”, says Gwen, a come into its own, and this has been Caña, 922 170470, or small petite woman who exudes all the the case with the Bannisters. Tina and 662070597, Gwen determination of a superwoman when Steve Jones in La Caña bar in Los Abri- on 617688627 or talking about the ongoing fight she is gos have more or less allowed the bar to involved in to make sure her son gets become the HQ for fundraising. Tina all the help he can. “In one way it was a is happily taking on the role of chief bit of relief as we finally had something fundraiser/volunteer organiser to fight against”, the disease had a (more volunteers are needed) name. Gwen and Carl are aware that and main bottle-washer, and Aaron may have a shorter or longer life is quite obviously a tower than is predicted – the uncertain rate ot strength for Gwen and of progress of Duchenne’s is one of the Carl, reluctant as they are heart-breaking factors. And to look at the to accept help. “We’re lad you wouldn’t suspect a thing – he only proud people…we’ve alfell once during the interview, and got ways earned” says Gwen, right up again, insisting that he hadn’t but she knows that in the hurt himself… near future it could So what is the fight, and how can soon be a case of we, anyone, help? It’s a battle with simply having to

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The facts

Granadilla villagers

Duchenne muscular dystrophy

A burst reservoir brought a nasty shock for residents of a small village in Granadilla.

DMD

(DMD) is a recessive X-linked type of muscular dystrophy, which results in muscle degeneration, difficulty walking, breathing, and death.

The incidence is 1 in 3,000 boys. Females and males are affected, though females are rarely affected and are more often carriers.

The disorder is caused by a mutation in the dystrophin gene, located in humans on the X chromosome (Xp21).

The dystrophin gene codes for the protein dystrophin, an important structural component within muscle tissue. Dystrophin provides structural stability to the dystroglycan complex (DGC), located on the cell membrane.

Symptoms usually appear in male children before the age of five and may be visible in early infancy. Progressive proximal muscle weakness of the legs and pelvis associated with a loss of muscle mass is observed first.

Eventually this weakness spreads to the arms, neck, and other areas. Early signs may include pseudohypertrophy (enlargement of calf and deltoid muscles), low endurance, and difficulties in standing unaided or inability to ascend staircases.

As the condition progresses, muscle tissue experiences wasting and is eventually replaced by fat and fibrotic tissue (fibrosis). By age 10, braces may be required to aid in walking but most patients are wheelchair dependent by age 12. Later symptoms may include abnormal bone development that lead to skeletal deformities, including curvature of the spine. Due to progressive deterioration of muscle, loss of movement occurs, eventually leading to paralysis. Intellectual impairment may or may not be present but if present, does not progressively worsen as the child ages.

The average life expectancy for patients afflicted with DMD varies from late teens to early to mid 20s.

Reservoir scare

The walls of the reservoir gave way in the early hours of the morning, sending water rushing down the hill and straight for the cluster of houses. Two homes were virtually destroyed by the impact and five cars were washed away as the water carried everything in its path. One woman was injured although not seriously, according to Granadilla police.

“We heard a loud noise and then a rumbling sound seconds before the water and mud came crashing down on us” said one resident.

Emergency services arrived on the scene quickly and helped evacuate the villagers and begin the clean-up operation.

The small reservoir was privately-owned and provided irrigation water to farmland in the area.

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Ministry blamed

Tourist desk delay

The failure to launch a dedicated desk in Playa de Las Américas police station for tourists to report crimes has been blamed on feetdragging by the Spanish government.

Details of the Foreign Tourist Help Desk were announced amid great publicity back in May but the service has failed to materialise, despite constant pressure from Tenerife’s influential hoteliers’ association Ashotel, which has been one of the prime movers behind the initiative.

The desk is to be staffed by a specialised police officer experienced in dealing with tourists, assisted by an interpreter and a psychologist to help crime victims. “Nothing has been done by the Interior Ministry in Madrid to sign the approval, even though the cost of the interpreter and psychologist and all other expenses will be met locally”, complained senior Ashotel official Pablo González, during the recent conference on Tourism and Private Security held in Playa de Las Américas and Puerto de La Cruz. González added that he hoped “the Three Kings would bring him a present” in the form of news that the situation had been resolved in early January.

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pain continues to head the list of the number of unemployed in the countr y amongst the members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

The number of unemployed in the organisation overall increased by 0.1 per cent in October over the previous month to an average of 8.3 per cent, but the situation in Spain continues to cause concern as both here and in the Netherlands a strong increase of 0.3 per cent was registered in the month. However the Netherlands with an overall level of 4.8 per cent are in a much healthier position than Spain which leads the unemployment

table at 22.8 per cent. The eurozone also registered its highest level since the crisis began with 10.3 per cent.

Spain’s unemployment is now at 14.9 per cent over its lowest level of 7.9 per cent in July of 2008. Germany on the other hand registered a decrease in the number of unemployed to 5.5 per cent from the maximum of eight per cent in the middle of 2009.

Spain is followed by Ireland on 14.3 per cent, Slovakia on 13.6 per cent and Portugal on 12.9 per cent as the countries in the OCDE with the highest levels of people looking for work. Lowest levels were in Korea at 3.1 per cent and Austria

at 4.1 per cent. Spain is also the country which has seen the biggest increase in the number of unemployed since October last year with a rise of 2.3 per cent, followed by Slovenia at 0.6 per cent more and the Netherlands where unemployment has increased by 0.4 per cent. The job situation improved best in Belgium with 1.5 per cent less people on the dole and Germany and Hungary which both registered drops of 1.3 per cent.

The sad total of the number of unemployed in the OCDE countries has risen to 45.1 million and although that’s 1.5 million less than October last year it’s 14.1 million more than October 2007.

Technology >>

Hotel by iPhone

The tourist industry say the changes could damage the industry

The application can be downloaded absolutely free from the iPhone store and it contains a detailed description of the hotel, a map of Tenerife, a guide to points of interest for tourists in the island and suggestions for various excursions by car, public transport or on foot. What’s more the hotel is

over five hundred people found work in icod de los Vinos in nine projects, financed by national funds for local investment and local sustainability.

A total of €5,812,251 was invested in the area from national government funding, making a total of €282 million received in the 54 boroughs of the province for 926 projects in all.

Works in Icod included the improvement of a town square, the local sports centre, the construction of a multiple use centre in Santa Barbara, a bicycle lane between Las Manchas and La Centinela and sewage and drainage works in Cueva del Viento. Of the 514 people hired, 264 were new contracts and four are still employed.

SOCIAL SECURITY

foreiGn worKers

The number of non-Spanish workers contributing to the social security system here rose by 0.77 per cent on the same month last year.

There are now 1,751,297 foreign workers paying into the system, 81, 185 in the Canaries. By regions, the highest numbers of workers were registered in Catalonia, followed

by Madrid, Andalusia, Valencia and then the Canary Islands in fifth position.

taX fraUD

The tax office has managed to reclaim €10.4 million from fraudsters in 2011, 3.6 per cent more than last year.

he Tigaiga Hotel in Puerto de la Cruz is one of the first Canarian hotels to launch an application for iPhone.

This gem of a hotel already enjoys occupation levels superior to the average in the town and it doesn’t intend to be left behind by new technology or fail to use products which are favourable to the environment, one of their touchstones.

Job Creation

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Further products will soon be available for Smartphones with Android or Symbian operating systems.

A press release from the hotel underlines that by the introduction of this novelty way of spreading information they are continuing with their philosophy of respect for the environment, sustainability and efficiency.

pain’s new President, who was designated officially

by Parliament recently following the November elections, has announced a change in the public holiday system.

Mariano Rajoy has heeded pleas from industry to get rid of the popular ‘puentes’ which encourage millions of people to fall ‘sick’ on the days between a week-end and a public holiday. The new government says it will follow the British model and move as many holidays as possible to Mondays to ensure working days are not lost. The news has angered the tourist sector, which says it relies on short ‘puente’ breaks for much of its business.

The recent December bank holidays which fell on a Tuesday and Thursday proved a bonus for the Canaries with many Spanish holidaymakers visiting for seven to ten days using the weekends. Much of the region’s hotels experienced 85 per cent occupancy.

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The fight against fraud has put €55,833 million more into the public coffers since 2005 according to recent information from the Ministry for the Economy, over half of which has been recovered in the last three years. The average debt in 2011 for those inspected was €221,000 and up to the end of November 783 cases had been placed before the courts.

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one in three jobs in the Canaries is linked to tourism according to the latest report by exceltur and the Canarian Government.

The tourism sector represents 32.8 per cent of the total employment, provided work for over a quarter of a million people in 2010 and despite the crisis, tourism was responsible for €11,496 million of income into the islands’ coffers last year a growth of 2.6 per cent over the previous year and a total of 27.8 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product for the area.

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Disappointing news for many expatriates -

UK residence test delayed

By David Franks, Chief Executive, Blevins Franks

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statutory definition of tax residence is long overdue in the UK.

Expatriates have had to rely on guidance rather than law to determine where the line between being resident for tax purposes in the UK and being non resident is. A number of court cases demonstrate just how fine this line is. In October a Supreme Court judge, even while ruling in favour of HM Revenue & Customs in a tax residency appeal, criticised its guidance ‘HMRC 6’ for being “unclear” and “ambiguous”.

When the UK government announced in March that it would finally introduce a statutor y residence test the news was welcomed by both expatriates and tax professionals. The test was due to come into effect next April, but the Treasury has surprised ever yone by announcing that it has been postponed until April 2013.

In June the Treasury released a consultation paper on the

tax advisory firm like Blevins Franks if you need advice on your situation.

The tax rates, scope and reliefs may change. Any statements concerning taxation are based upon our understanding of current taxation laws and practices which are subject to change. Tax information has been summarised; an individual must take personalised advice.

statutory definition of tax residence to seek the views of the industry. The much anticipated legislation was expected to be included in the draft Finance Bill on 6th December.

However the residence test was missing from the Bill.

Exchequer secretar y David Gauke released a statement to explain that the consultation had raised a number of detailed issues which will “require careful consideration to ensure the legislation achieves its important aim of providing certainty for individuals and businesses”. He did at least say that it is “committed to the form of the statutory residence test outlined in the consultation”.

The government will publish its response to the consultation in March. The draft legislation should then be published in December 2012 as part of the 2013 Finance Bill, with the test coming into effect in April 2013.

There has been mixed response to the delay. On the one hand expatriates have waited long enough already to have certainty regarding their tax

There will be different rules for those leaving and arriving residence position. The delay is also disappointing and frustrating for tax advisers who have been seeking clarity on the UK residence tax position.

On other hand, some advisers say it would be better to wait and get a test which does not need to be changed after it has it come into effect.

Under the proposals, there are different rules for “leavers”

(individuals who were resident in one or more of the previous tax years) and “arrivers” (individuals who were not resident in all of the previous three tax years”).

In both categories, residence will be based on a combination of day counting and “connecting factors”. In most cases it will not be a simple matter of counting the number of days you spend in the UK..

There are separate rules for those carr ying out full time work abroad.

The proposed new rules, while still retaining some complexity for the non-tax specialist, would provide much more clarity than the current ‘HMRC 6’ guidance. However, until April 2013 UK tax residency will continue to be determined by current ambiguous guidance. Talk to an international

To keep in touch with the latest developments in the offshore world, check out the latest news on our website www.blevinsfranks.com You may also contact our partner Paul Montague on Tel: 922 716 079 or Email: paul. montague@blevinsfranks.com

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he’s funny and fabulous, chic and sexy, a star and a runaway success, but where did the mysterious Mrs T. come from before she opened her incredibly successful Music Hall Tavern show 17 years ago? We went along to the San Miguel Castle Annexe, her new venue in Tenerife, to find out.

A sharp eye may have noticed the blue plaque which announces that against all gynaecological probability, Titti Trollop was born half way up one of the walls at Manchester’s Victoria Station. Enamoured with the world of entertainment from an early age, she took professional singing classes,

but the teacher was less than encouraging and told her, “I wouldn’t give up your day job”.

Not to be daunted, the young lady continued to train on her own and after a period of time exploring her masculine side, singing on the circuit in the working men’s clubs of the north, she moved to the Canaries.

She arrived in Lanzarote 18 years ago, after a minor operation that left her with an eye to catch talent and a way with words that have made her a byword for quick wit and repartee, and after a two year rehab programme of regular exercise and Mojitos, the woman who is now known as Mrs T. decided that it was time to show her performing talents

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Her first show consisted in balancing a water melon whilst selling aloe vera tablets outside the local town hall every Tuesday for local fishermen and their friends. She attracted sailors and seamen alike and in particular caught the eye of a local 92 year old mackerel catching millionaire who unfortunately had a longstanding cardiac condition and didn’t survive the honeymoon. He had a heart attack when he realised that Mrs T. was not the ‘woman’ he had thought she was (she was so much more).

The wealthy sole heiress had a Lady Bracknell sized handbag full of cash and inspired by the life story of Heidi Fleiss (Hollywood’s Cynthia Payne), Mrs T.’s first foray into commerce was to open a, “little bed and breakfast for single and lonely men looking for a bit of company”. However she was shocked to find that they were attracted to more than just her personality and decided to return to show business. Denying the charge of being a gay widow, “I’m a rich widow, not a lesbian,” a futher marriage has been ruled out for Mrs T., “unless I can find another elderly man with a few fruit machines”.

A local club in Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote with seating for 130 caught her eye and she renamed it the Music Hall Tavern and so a star was born, “a volcanic rock star. There was nothing like that there. It was the birth of sequins, glitter balls and glamorous frocks.” The show was an instant success.

Offering dining and dancing, humour and top quality entertainment, the show is glitzy, exciting and always fresh.

The punters piled in and the tour operators asked her and her, “great team”, to expand to other islands.

Today, gone are the lush blonde locks, spandex boobtubes and hot pants of the 70s.

The lady now sports a much more conservative look, fitting her position as a Lanzarote legend and the stack heels of yesteryear are a thing of the past too, “we go for comfort these days” she chuckled.

The comedy was included in the show because, “I can’t see that anyone would look at me

and think I was a real woman.

I feel as though I’m me, playing a part, wearing a costume and I know I can get a giggle.” The club circuit – a hard public to play for – gave her an excellent grounding in entertaining a wide ranging audience, all ages and all backgrounds. It’s a family show, “it’s like clowning for grown ups, nothing’s of fensive, no bad language, it’s all innuendo really, she grinned

it’s as far as they want to take it in their minds”.

Mrs T took her time but eventually Fuerteventura was the next choice and they opened three years ago, (shades of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert given the landscape?), followed

by Gran Canaria in Januar y 2011 and Tenerife just a few weeks ago in an amazing venue at the San Miguel Castle annexe which holds 500 diners.

The island-hopping Mrs T. now lives in Gran Canaria, “well I actually live on Binter at the minute,” she laughed, “I live in a terminal build-

ing”. She has already received requests from other resorts to set up shows in Benidorm, Mallorca, Costa del Sol and Madeira amongst others. Could an MHT drag school be on the cards? “There are quite a few irons in the fire at the moment, it depends what happens,” she replied secretively, adding there are no plans to expand the areas they cover at the moment, although the shows themselves will expand, “I mean look at that stage it’s crying out for feathers, we’ll end up like a big Las Vegas extravaganza in the end.” Did she think she’d end up in a castle? “No, it’s great isn’t it. Although I’m not in the castle itself, I’m in the annexe, the servants’ quarters”.

Info::

Who: Landlady and

Mortgage payer of the Music Hall Tavern

Age: 21 (approx…give or take…)

Likes: Simon Cowell ,

Coronation Street and wine gums

Dislikes: Empty seats,

full glasses and Cheryl Cole – “she keeps copying my style!”

Where: Lanzarote

– Puerto del Carmen, Fuerteventura – Caleta de Fuste, Gran Canaria - Bahía Feliz, San Agustín, Tenerife – San Miguel

When: Lanzarote

–Friday, Saturday and Monday to Wednesday, Fuerteventura – Sunday and Tuesday, Tenerife, every Wednesday, Gran Canaria every Thursday

Reservations:

Major Tour Operators, Hotel Receptions and official ticket offices as well as online from their website. For more information, prices on the night, and resident and group discounts see www. musichalltavern.com call (0034) 928 514 701 or email them on musichalltavern@hotmail.com.

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CIT Sur loyalty awards

Forever young in Tenerife The loyal tourists and the authorities enjoyed a morning in La Bodega Reverón

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Micheál and Helen Kenefick agree there is something very special about Tenerife

ou are our best promotion” was how the mayor of Arona, José Alber to González Reverón, greeted the group of tourists who had been invited by the CIT Sur, the south Tenerife tourism initiative association to accept diplomas for their loyalty to the island as well as enjoying tapas and a glass of wine at the exceptionally lovely Bodega Reverón in La Escalona.

Every year CIT thanks those

tourists who have come back time and time again to Tenerife, and the president, Maria Nieves Rosales thanked them all for choosing to return here, some as many as 40 times, and all the local authorities present agreed that it was a very important promotion for the islands. Miguel Ángel Santos, Turismo de Tenerife, said that up to 50 per cent of our visitors are repeat vistors, making it a market which is vital to the island. The Arona mayor agreed adding that it was one of the

reasons it was so important to keep renovating the offer and the tourism infrastructure.

So why do they come back time after time? One of the CIT Sur reps suggested it was because the island “keeps you forever young”. Mar y Saunders, who has been here 39 times, told us, “I love it…my husband died last year, so this is my first time back after that, but I will keep returning”, adding that the island holds many special memories for her.

Micheál and Helen Kenefick hail from Whitegate in Co Cork and have notched up 30 visits so far, and say that there’s a lovely feel to the place, which is why they keep returning – often more than once a year.

And the Martins, who have both lived here and holidayed here 40 times adore the place, though do admit to occasional visits to France.

Whatever the reason, Tenerife enjoys a high rate of visitors who want to come back, and it’s up to us the make sure they and their friends keep returning. As we were going to press the debate over whether the new head of the Spanish government, Mariano Rajoy, was going to undermine the existing airline subsidies which have seen an increase in lowcost airlines to the islands was ongoing, and all those we spoke agreed they would oppose any move to cut the aid. “We will fight this together”, said Rafael Dolado, Adeje tourism councillor, with the Cabildo tourism chief Carlos Alonso Rodríguez stating that they would oppose any move to cut the subsidies, and that the Canaries had to continue to be “treated as a special case” in this regard.

Adeje education

Transport grants P

arents who wish to renew or sign up for cer tain grants for school transport in the Adeje borough have until Januar y 5th to do so.

According to the local department of education, under Andrés Pérez Ramos those eligible are students in 3rd and 4th year of secondary school in public institutions. The councillor said that “with the service we want to offer as much help as possible to these students without additional costs for their parents…we do tr y to offer as much assistance as we can annually, covering specific

Andrés Pérez Ramos

essentials when we can”: For more information and the necessary forms students/parents should go to the municipal web page, www.adeje.es and click on the education section.

For first time applicants, the grant is offered to those who fill in the necessar y forms and present it with a copy of the student’s DNI (residency certificate where appropriate) as well as the DNI or certificate of a parent or tutor and the matriculation documents for the 2011-2012 course.

For those renewing their application, fill in the relevant form and present it along with the matriculation documentation for the current academic year. All paperwork needs to be taken to the Adeje department of education, on Calle Principe Pelinor, which is open from 8am to 3pm, Monday to Friday.

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HouseCalls Dear Dr. De La Flor I have been told I have prediabetes, is it reversible? Can I stop the progression?

Thank you, Sean

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By Dr. De La Flor More physical activity is vital

Dear Sean, Benjamin Franklin, a great er udite with an unusual amount of common sense reminds us that, only two things are cer tain in life, death and taxes. Therefore, pre-diabetes is reversible.

Evidence of insulin resistance and changes in blood sugar linked to type II Diabetes can be measured more than a decade before the disease occurs. This sends a clear message to us: when it comes to type II Diabetes, we have a lot of control over it.

Healthy lifestyle choices make a significant impact.

There are distinct phases in the progression to diabetes, which may require different disease prevention strategies.

During the first phase, which occurs six or more years before diagnosis, glucose levels remain relatively stable but insulin resistance increases along with insulin secretion. Lifestyle changes, mainly increasing physical activity, changing diet, and reducing obesity, could have the biggest impact.

The second phase is characterised by increased beta-cell activity as the pancreas produces more insulin to compensate for insulin resistance. Lifestyle intervention along with bloodsugar regulating medications like metformin are normally necessary.

During the final phase toward progression, insulin

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production drops and blood glucose levels rise dramatically and rapidly.

Generally speaking, people who are considered to have pre-diabetes are in this final phase or close to it.

Early Inter vention Is Key. Dare to have a serious conversation with your GP, set goals and you’ll be amazed at how robust your health will be.

that occurs when a vicious fungus enters either a fingernail or toenail. Fungal infections occur in toenails more often than in fingernails.

Anyone can get nail fungus, but for those with diabetes or a weakened immune system, nail fungus can present serious risks. So my first question to consider is if there are other signs of a weakened immune system.

Dear Dr. De La Flor

Usually, nail fungus occurs when fungus enters the nail through a small trauma in the nail. A common misconception is thinking that nail fungus is caused by poor hygiene. Nail fungus can be spread from person to person.

Sometimes it is difficult to determine exactly where or how a fungal infection is contracted. However, a warm, wet place (for example, a locker room) is a good place for a fungus to thrive.

A nail fungus infection can

I started having a fungal infection on my toenails a few months ago. I’m a bit frustrated with the creams I’m using. Any tips?

Bill

Dear Bill, Nail fungus, or onychomycosis, is a condition

make your nails thick and discoloured. Uncommonly, you may feel pain in your toes or fingertips.

Your doctor may be able to tell if you have a nail fungus infection by looking carefully at your nails. He or she may scrape some tissue from under your nail and look at it under a microscope or send it to a lab in order to determine for certain what kind of infection you have.

Treatment for a nail fungus may include topical creams or oral medications. Since you don’t seem to see improvement with cream, speak to your doctor about more aggressive treatment options. Sometimes the removal of the infected nail has to be performed to permit direct application of a topical antifungal.

Toenail infections are more difficult to treat than fingernail infections because the toenail grows more slowly.

In addition, a damp, warm environment of a shoe or boot can encourage further fungal growth.

To prevent getting a nail fungus infection: Avoid walking barefoot in public areas, such as locker rooms; keep the inside of your shoes dry and change your socks frequently (100per cent cotton socks are recommended); wear proper fitting shoes (shoes with a wide toe area and ones that don’t press your toes); Use absorbent antifungal powder.

Best wishes for you … hope you get fresh, vibrant feet for the New Year!

Two of my patients passed away last week.

In both cases, their families were sad but serene since they both enjoyed fulfilling lives. In one case, when I arrived to the family home, I had the chance to kiss his still warm forehead.

It’s always an awkward but solemn, empowering moment. I was jealous too, he died at home and surrounded by loved ones.

Once I got back in the car, I could truly feel his presence in an ineffable manner. I don’t know about you, but I talk often with ones that have reached the ‘final destination’.

We all have so many allies up there, so many taking care of us, sending us strength and awaiting the moment of reunion …

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he recently deceased expresident of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Havel, was a frequent visitor to these waters.

Havel, who died on Sunday December 18th, was often here taking advantage of the excellent climate the Canaries offers to those who suffer from respiratory illnesses, such as the ex-president and playwright. After his first official visit to Spain, when he stayed in Barcelona and Madrid, in 1990, he and his wife Olga returned many times – although his stated dream of taking a private driving holiday through the country was impossible during his political life due to questions of protocol and security.

In recent years the Havels visited Lanzarote on a number of occasions, where they stayed at the official residence, La Mareta de Lanzarote, at the invitation of the Spanish royal family and where the climate was a great help to the ex-president’s poor health. In 1996 he had half of his right lung removed due to a malignant tumour, and made his first visit to the island during Christmas of 1997, and returned the following year.

ReSOLUTION For the next two weeks, let’s try to spend a bit of time considering our own mortality. It’s a highly effective exercise that helps us put things in perspective, re-think our priorities and focus on what’s really essential.

Happy New Year to all.

Best wishes for those enduring any illness or pain.

There followed a number of years of further illnesses and treatments, and Havel wasn’t to return to these islands until April 2002 when he stayed in the Anfi del Mar complex in the south of Gran Canaria.

By the way, feel free to add me as a friend on Facebook (Manuel De La Flor). Talk to you in a couple of weeks.

Dr. De La Flor, licensed G.P./Family Doctor. Holds cer tificates in coaching, nutrition and medical exercise from Berkeley University and the American Council on Exercise. His medical approach is highly influenced by Positive Psychology; an empowering, encompassing way of approaching patients through the study of their strengths and virtues to enable them to thrive and lead fulfilling lives, accept the past, find happiness in the present, and hope for the future.

You can reach the doctor at 0034-697.888.666 to schedule a consultation in his surgery or in your home/business.

Havel had, through visits to Spain and visits by members of the family to the Czech Republic, established friendships with the King and Queen and Prince Felipe, and he was a guest at the latter’s wedding in 2004, even though he was no longer active in political life.

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A frequent visitor to the Canary Islands, Vaclav Havel

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Health Directory :: Useful Vocabulary

Describing your SYMPTOMS

i have a pain (here) Tengo dolor (aquí) i have stomach ache Tengo dolor de estómago i have chest pain Tengo dolor en el pecho i have a sore throat Tengo dolor de garganta i feel sick Tengo nauseas i feel dizzy Tengo mareos i have a temperature Tengo fiebre i have diarrhoea Tengo diarrea i have cramps Tengo calambres i have sunburn Tengo quemaduras del sol i have something in my eye Tengo algo dentro del ojo i have difficulty breathing Tengo dificultad en respirar i am sick a lot Vomito mucho it itches Me pica i get pain when i pass urine Me duele cuando orino i have high blood pressure Tengo hipertensión i have low blood pressure Tengo hipotensión

Frequency & TYPE:

sometimes: A veces All the time: Todo el tiempo A lot: Mucho A little: Poco stabbing pain:Dolor punzante

Existing CONDITIONS

i am allergic / Soy alérgico(a) i’m diabetic / Soy diabético(a) Asthmatic / Asmático(a) epileptic/ Epiléptico(a) i’m pregnant Estoy embarazada i have anaemia/arthritis Tengo anaemia/artritis Looking for health care Buscando asistencia sanitaria I need a doctor / dentist / midwife necesito un médico / dentista / matrona Where is the nearest hospital/doctors’ surgery / dentist / out of hours chemist? ¿Dónde es el hospital / clínica / dentista / farmacia de guardia más cercano?

Can I get treatment on the national health here? ¿Puedo recibir atención aquí por la seguridad social?

Please call an ambulance.

Por favor llame a una ambulancia

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Counselling Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) South:

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday at 5.45pm, Friday at 11.45am.

1st Floor Apolo Centre, Los Cristianos (next to bus terminal).

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Hospitals

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anta Cruz’s best-known city vagrant died just before Christmas.

HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO Carretera Cuesta-Taco - La Laguna. Tenerife. 922 678 000 www.huc.es HOSPITEN SUR Playa de Las Américas AronaTenerife Tel.: 922 75 00 22 Fax: 922 79 36 18 HOSPITEN LA LAGUNA C/ Pescadores, Edf. Discovery, Carretera Gral. La Cuesta. Taco La Laguna Tel.: 922 626240 Fax: 922 614355 HOSPITEN BELLEVUE C/ Alemania, 6. Urb. San Fernando. Puerto de la Cruz Tel.: 922 38 35 51 Fax: 922 37 03 12 HOSPITEN TAMARAGUA C/ Agustín de Bethencourt, 30.

Puerto de la Cruz Tel.: 922 38 05 12 Fax: 922 38 08 50 HOSPITEN RAMBLA Address: Rambla General Franco, 115. 38001 Sta. Cruz de Tenerife. Tel.: 922 29 16 00.

Fax: 922 29 10 88 HOSPITAL SAN JUAN DE DIOS Ctra. Gral. del Norte, 53. Santa Cruz. Tel: 922 64 55 11 Fax: 922 64 93 52

Gran Canaria HOSPITAL DR. NEGRÍN C/. Barranco de la Ballena, s/n. 35020 Las Palmas.

Tel. 928 450 000 Fax: 928 449 100 HOSPITAL INSULAR Plaza Doctor Pasteur 35020 Las Palmas.

Tel. 928 313 033

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nicknamed the Legionnaire on account of his military cap, the tramp was a permanent fixture for years in doorways on Calle Castillo, despite efforts to persuade him to accept offers of care. He was found in a very weak condition due to respiratory problems and was rushed to the Candelaria Hospital, where he died a short time later. news of his death has prompted help groups to reiterate calls

for additional resources to provide for the capital’s vagrants. A spokesman for one local group said he feared that an italian woman with mental health problems who has spent years roaming the streets of santa Cruz may be the next to die if urgent action is not taken.

A number of deaths on the street of the capital have been reported this year. And with the economic crisis continuing to hit people of all ages, the numbers of homeless are expected to rise.

DIAL 112 Emergency single emergency line

Tel: 922 714 225 • Fax: 922 724 130

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he English Charity (Tenerife Excursions for Infirm and Disadvantaged Children Exchange ) are pleased to announce that Osteoporosis Screening sessions are to be held. these are generously carried out by Mr. Rex Mallett M.sc C eng. MiMeche, who is fully qualified in the use of the sahara ultra sound machine. the following are the dates when the screenings will take place:-equipo Hire, La Camella (opposite Rest. Biblioteca), tuesday 3rd January, wednesday 4th January, Friday 5th January. to make an appointment for this test, contact Jim Hunter on 669444617 or on 922720920. the test in england costs up to €300. through Rex’s kind auspices t.e.i.D.e can offer the test for only €20 per person ; all proceeds will go to t.e.i.D.e ´s Holiday Project. this Project hosts holidays for underprivileged Canarian children in england.

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Tel: 928 444 500 Fax 928 444 288

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Letters

Tout trouble Dear Editor

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y wife and I stayed in the marina suites, Puerto Rico for two weeks in September this year.

The hotel was lovely, the restaurants were excellent, the nightlife was good, the local people were very friendly but we will never go back to Gran Canaria or any other Canary island because of the constant harassment by the timeshare touts/reps.

Every single day we were harassed, pestered and at times insulted by these immoral low lifes. It got to the stage that I was agitated and angry if I had to walk to the shops. At one stage I had to threaten one of the scumbags. I told him, “if you don’t stop following me,

Pastimes

katykennedy@telefonica.net Tfe: 616 110 930

editorial@ic-news.com

I’ll punch your face in”. I didn’t spend £4000 on a holiday to get harassed and have to threaten people just to be free to walk down the street.

As I’ve said, Puerto Rico is a lovely place but I will never go back unless these people are outlawed and taken off the street. They are ruining the tourist industry.

Walter Scott

At risk Dear Editor

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am writing to report an incident that occurred outside the drive of Roque Villas where an elderly couple was attacked in an attempted mugging. Luckily the mugger ran off empty handed only because the woman being attacked refused to release her handbag which was

around her shoulder despite being pulled about by the mugger.

Her husband also fell to the floor in an attempt to keep hold of the handbag and stop the mugger. As you will appreciate this has caused a great deal of stress and upset to the victims. To make matters worse the couple then spent over four hours at the police station without any assistance or being interviewed or any explanation.

It would appear that this crime is of little or no interest to the police. Furthermore this is the second incident of a similar nature which has occurred within this area since February where an elderly gentleman was mugged for his watch at the side of Pinocchio\’s Pizza Resturant.

What is concerning is that both incidents were in daylight hours in the afternoon and a Saturday morning. As I have

been an owner of a property for nearly 30 years in Tenerife and love the island I am now ver y concer ned that the safety of my own family is at risk on our doorstep and the authorities do not seem to care.

I thought i would mention this to you to raise awareness of the problem.

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deje children have been ‘adopting’ plants in school and learning about their care and improving the environment. We were pleased to spot they are obviously readers of Island Connections, as they used old copies under the plants to protect their desks.

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ter mother in law. (I think that might be because I live 2,000 miles away). The other said he thinks I’m a saint – well, not in so many words; The Chinese New Year he said if I lived in India, I’d be starts on January 23rd 2012 sacred! when it will change from the Year of the Rabbit, to the The fifth day of the Chinese New Year’s celebration is Year of the Dragon. called Po Woo. On this parAs the Chinese celebrate ticular day everyone stays intheir New Year on the day doors to welcome the God of of the second new moon Wealth! No one visits during after the winter solstice this day as it will bring both (with some unusual excep- the guest and the host bad tions), the date can vary luck. from the end of January to mid February. New Year is From the sixth (to the 10th the most important time for day) of the Chinese New the Chinese people. They cel- Year’s celebration, relatives ebrate for fifteen days, and and friends are free to visit travel all over the country, as they please. The Chinese sometimes for many days, to also are encouraged to pray be with family and friends. in temples.

Gifts are exchanged and old The seventh day of the disputes and quarrels forgot- Chinese New Year’s celebraten. The New Year symbolis- tion is a day for farmers to es a new start to your life. display their vegetables and On Chinese New Year’s they produce seven different Eve, families will sit down to kinds of liquor to help celea very large meal, with dish- brate the occasion. The seves like Peking Duck, sweet enth day is also considered a pastries, dumplings or won- birthday for all humans. So tons, and Chow Mein. The tradition calls for the eating Chow Mein has long noodles of noodles and fish to proand this symbolises long life mote a long and successful for the family. Children will life. i everyone, I’d like to wish you all a very happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year.

typically receive gifts and lucky money at New Year.

Everything is decorated in red because it means good luck. So gifts will be tied with a red bow. Money will be put inside a red envelope, and this helps to bring more money into the lives of the people who receive it.. The 15 day celebration will end with the festival of lanterns, and paper lanterns will light up the streets at night.

Green Recycling

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Across 1 - duplicate copy (3) 3 - increase (3) 5 - mitre (anag) (5) 8 - role plays (4) 9 - communicator (8) 11 - lovingness (10) 13 - decline (6) 14 - wear off (6) 17 - they cut pencils (10) 21 - provoking (8) 22 - volcanic rock (4) 23 - dangers (5) 24 - diffident (3) 25 - slippery fish (3)

Down 1 - distributed (5) 2 - life scientist (8) 4 - colouring (6) 5 - protective coverings (5) 6 - floor covers (4) 7 - dish (7) 10 - colloids (4) 12 - called the same (8) 13 - stretching device (7) 15 - cattle; meat (4) 16 - lifting devices (6) 18 - dislikes intensely (5) 19 - tiny; modest (5) 20 - seabirds (4)

On the very last day, the families will set off fireworks. If they aren’t allowed to set off fireworks in their city, they use plastic noisemakers. The loud sounds are believed to scare off evil spirits. This time of year is also known as the Spring Festival and farmers will begin to prepare their fields for the spring plantings. So this time of year is very symbolic for new beginnings. All of these traditions are based on deep symbolism meant to bring wealth, happiness, joy, or long life.

Each of the 15 days they celebrate has its own special meaning. The 13th day is their New Years Eve, the 14th, the day itself, and the Of course, we westerners 15th, the last day of the an- have special New Year tranual celebrations. ditions too. We make New The first day of the Chinese Year resolutions on January New Year holiday and the the first and most of us break Lunar New Year is set aside them on January the second. to welcome and pay respect But maybe this year will be to the gods of the heavens different. and earth. On the second day of the Chinese New Year’s holiday, they pray to their ancestors, and are also extra kind to dogs which the dogs will surely appreciate, since boiled dog meat remains a delicacy in the Chinese and Korean cultures.

On the third and fourth days of the Chinese New Year, one’s in-laws are blessed and venerated. If the inlaws are deceased, they pray for them. I told my two sonin-laws this and they burst out laughing. One said he couldn’t possible have a bet-

Here are two of mine.

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I will not insult my editor Clio with the same silly excuses for being late in handing in my column. I will try to think of more imaginative ones.

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I will give up chocolates totally. 100 per cent give up chocolate! Completely give it up! Utterly….Honestly! ....well – probably… possibly… or even perhaps…….?

So until next time, a very Happy New Year, or as they say in China, ‘Chu Shen Tan’.

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All in a year!

2011

Looking back at the highs and lows of the last twelve months

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f there was one story that placed Tenerife firmly in the international spotlight, and, from a tourism point of view, for all the wrong reasons, it was the quite horrific death of British resident Jennifer MillsWestley in Los Cristianos.

On a sunny Friday morning a young man walked out of a Chinese shop in the busy resort area with what many people assumed was a joke body part – however within seconds passers-by realised the gruesome truth - Bulgarian Deyen Valentinov Deyanov had murdered and beheaded an innocent woman and was walking down the street with her head. Within minutes he was tackled and brought down

and subsequently arrested. It later emerged that he had a histor y of mental problems and had spent time in institutional care both here and in the UK, and in fact there was an outstanding warrant for his arrest that hadn’t been acted upon. He remains in custody.

That wasn’t the only death to make headlines during the year. Two children wer murdered in Santa Cr uz, and Tenerife said goodbye to tireless charity worker Padre Antonio, the man behind the Santa Rita elderly care centres in Tenerife. “Everybody loved him”, said Cabildo president Ricardo Melchior, “but we were also a bit in awe of him, because there was no doubt

that it was virtually impossible to say no to Padre Antonio”.

The world of music also said goodbye to Amy Winehouse just a few short months after her father was here; Mitch Winehouse gave a one of f concert in Siam Park, much to the delight of music fans.

Yet again the scourge of domestic violence was evident here as in the rest of Spain, and there was, finally for her family, a guilty verdict for the murdered of Titsa bus driver Isabel Camino. Salvador Morales, with whom she maintained a stormy relationship for 17 years, was convicted of her murder and faces at least 20 years in jail, after the jur y recommended the highest possible prison

tariff to take into account the anguish caused to her family at her 72-day disappearance and the fact that he coldly dumped her body in a septic tank in a bid to avoid discover y.

The verdicts in the case of a number of Britons however went in their favour. John (22) and David (19) Heyfron and their friend Cagkan ‘Chucky’ Guvener (20) were cleared on any wrong doing in the stabbing of a Nor thern Ireland teenager on holiday – the three spent 19 months on remand in Tenerife II prison despite ver y thin evidence against them and they are considering seeking compensation.

Sunderland businessman Stephen Johnson was acquitted of killing Moroccan

Ahmed Addy in a drunken fight during a holiday in Tenerife more than three years ago. Johnson had been held under house arrest since the killing. However this verdict may still be under appeal. All four defendants were less than complimentar y in comments about the Spanish judicial system and the time it took their respective cases to come to trail.

Tenerife hosted some top music stars this year. Michael Bolton and Kenny G played Costa Adeje Golf to great acclaim, Sponge Bob and friends packed them out in the Auditorio with a musical show that delighted thousands of young Tinerfeños, Sinead O’Connor sang to a smaller audience in Santa Cruz, Mexi-

can group Maná rocked the Heliodoro stadium, Juanes was in Adeje, and a host of top djs spun, including DJ Tiesto, the crème de la crème of spinners. Yet again the Tenerife Opera Festival proved that the Island has a rich and highly professional musical pedigree, with all the productions (including the excellent one for younger audiences) of the highest quality.

South Tenerife also had a star in the last edition of Operación Triunfo, Spain’s version of Pop Idol. Charlie Karlsen’s parents are British but he was raised here and has trained here. A great singer, he was one of the youngest on the programme but showed great talent and strength of

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We were also delighted to welcome the new British Consul, Maria Leng, to the Canar y Islands. From Scotland, she has brought a wealth of experience to the post and in a short time has become very involved in many aspects of life here, and is refreshingly direct and open to deal with.

Adeje hosted international 112 day, which saw representatives from Europe and the USA visit this corner of the world to underline how impor tant an international emergency number can be in saving lives. And from 112 to 110, drivers had to reduce

speed on motor ways all over Spain for a few months as part of a convoluted energy saving measure that probably cost more in road sign replacement than a reduction in petrol costs.

In the world of sports we also welcomed more than a few international teams. From the UK we saw both Everton FC and the Warrington Wolves Rugby teams use the excellent T3 Top training facilities in Adeje for some winter training. Tenerife Ladies champion Becky Brewerton and John Lowe played golf, and world class windsur fers were also in form in El Médano which was chosen by the Professional Wind-

sur fers Association – PWA – for one of the stages of the 2011 World Cup. The island of Tenerife also continues to increase its attraction as one of the top sports for beach volleyball with top national and international stars playing and winning here. CD Tenerife was relegated to the second division B, but is playing with some consistency now, and hope, as do their fans, that their stay in the lower divisions will be short-lived.

It’s not ever y Island that can boast visits from Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell, Bill Anders, Charlie Duke, Victor Gorbatko and Yuri Baturin, Dr Brian May (Queen musician, who also

gave a concer t) Jill Tar ter and Richard Dawkins and the young Kathryn Gray who discovered the supernova 2010lt, but all were here together as part of Starmus, a conference to pay homage to Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space.

The island also hosted BB, a lunar landscape rover, which was in Las Cañadas, designated as a Planetary Robotics Vision Ground Processing programme (PROVisG) testing site by a multinational team of scientists. Sporting pundit supreme and a favourite commentator of many football fans Michael Robinson was another notewor thy visitor – he was here taking part in the Guía de Isora MiradasDoc

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Welcome to Property Connections, a pull out supplement for professionals and those interested in buying, selling or rentals in the Canary Islands.If you wish to advertise or contribute to this section contact sales@ic-news.com

House insurance

Fire Safety

PREVENTING HEATING FIRES IN THE MONTHS AHEAD

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our heating system is an important part of your home. To ensure it’s ready to keep you and your family cozy when temperatures drop, proper maintenance is important.

a noncombustible container.

Store the container outside and away from combustible materials such as decks and wall siding.

At Liberty Seguros, we want the best for your family, so we’ve prepared this easy-touse checklist for getting the most from your home heat sources.

• Have vents, chimneys or flues inspected every year by a qualified service provider.

Fireplaces and wood stoves • Have your chimney or flue inspected by a certified professional at least once a year.

• Use a protective screen in front of open fireplaces.

• Keep combustible materials at least three feet away from fireplaces or wood stoves to prevent them catching on fire.

• Never throw liquid fuel, compressed gas canisters or batteries into a fireplace or wood-burning stove.

• Completely extinguish fires before leaving your home or going to bed.

• Place ashes (which can remain hot for several days) into

Stay warm, stay safe

For more information on home or other insurance or to find your nearest Liberty Seguros broker visit: http://www.libertyseguros. es/expatriates/en

Heaters

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• Inspect your heater for damage before starting it up for the first time each year.

• Use caution when extinguishing or relighting lights on gas heaters.

• If you smell gas, turn off the heater, immediately leave your home and from a safe place call both the gas company and the fire department.

• Always select a licensed and insured contractor to service, replace or install your gas or electric heater.

• Check with local building codes before making any changes to your heating system.

Space heaters • Always keep the heater at least three feet from furniture, walls and anything that could ignite from the heat.

• Use only the manufacturerrecommended fuel in your portable heater.

• Never add fuel or top up a liquid fuel space heater while it’s in use; always wait until it has cooled completely before refilling, and fill it outdoors.

• Check electric heaters for cord damage, other damage and missing parts before and after each use.

• Keep children and pets

away from space heaters at all times.

• Turn off space heaters, unplug them (if applicable) and wait for them to cool before going to bed or leaving the room.

Other tips • Never attempt to heat your home with a gas or electric range (oven).

• Use carbon monoxide (CO) detectors throughout your home.

• Test your smoke alarms before cool weather begins, and replace batteries annually.

Replace smoke alarms every ten years or immediately if defective.

Liberty Seguros has been in operation since 2001 and is one of the top 10 insurers in Spain with a total of 1.5 million customers. It is part of the Liberty Mutual Group of Companies, the 5th largest property and casualty insurance company in the US with more than 90 years experience in the sector.

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Mortgage

Home debt

Property advice from the British Embassy

Fraud

The biggest household debt for most families is paying the mortgage on a property, followed by personal loans, car loans and credit cards.

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licing and oversees the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB).

here are, unfortunately, those who would tr y and defraud you when it comes to buying a property here in Spain.

The following advice has been supplied by the British Embassy.

There are many different types of fraud which are explained in detail in the Serious Fraud Office’s Taxonomy of Fraud and on the Action Fraud website. Action Fraud is the UK’s national fraud reporting centre. They provide a central point of contact for information about fraud. Their online fraud reporting service is available 24 hours a day, enabling anyone to report a fraud and find help and support. They also provide help and advice over the phone through the Action Fraud contact centre (0300 123 2040).

If you believe you have been a victim of property related fraud in Spain you may want to contact the following Spanish/UK authorities depending on the issue and where the company/ individuals involved are based or were/are operating.

Spanish authorities You should report the fraud by registering a denuncia (complaint) with either the Police or your local Guardia Civil (Civil Guard).

Cuerpo Nacional de Policia (Spanish Police) Denuncias can made by phone (in Spanish or English) by calling 902 102 112, via the official Spanish Police’s website, or, they can be made in person at the nearest Comisaría de Policia (police station). If you register the denuncia online or on the phone you will usually then need to go to the police station to sign the statement.

Guardia Civil You can find the contact details of your nearest Guardia Civil, where you can register a denuncia, using the map on the Guardia Civil website.

Fiscalía Especial contra la Corrupción y la Criminalidad Organizada/(The Special Prosecutor’s Office for Corruption and Organised Crime) The Special Prosecutor’s

Financial Services Authority (FSA) The FSA has an online form for repor ting unauthorised overseas firms targeting UK consumers. It would be of assistance to the FSA if you would provide some information on your dealings with the firm involved, which may lead to them being added to the list of unauthorised individuals and firms operating in the UK. Please note that once submitted, the FSA will only contact you again if they require further information.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO)

Office for Corruption and Organised Crime coordinates the activities of the various public prosecutors across Spain involving economic crime. The Public Prosecutor for this Office is Antonio Salinas Casado, who can be contacted online or using the address/telephone number below.

Fiscal de Sala Jefe: Antonio Salinas Casado Teniente Fiscal: Belén Suárez Pantín.

Paseo de la Castellana, 147, Madrid 28071 Tel: 915717415 Fax: 915793846 You may also want to contact the public prosecutor (fiscal territorial) in your region/province. You can find contact details using the interactive map on the fiscal.es website.

UK authorities If the person who tried to defraud you is a UK national or you suspect they could also be operating in the UK you may also wish to report the fraud in the UK. There are a number of agencies you can contact.

Action Fraud Action Fraud is the UK’s national fraud reporting cen-

tre, run by the National Fraud Authority. You can report fraud cases to Action Fraud 24 hours a day, either through the online fraud reporting service or by speaking directly to a specialist fraud adviser by phoning 0300 123 2040.

When you report a fraud to Action Fraud, you are given a crime reference number and your case will be referred on to the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB), which is run by the police service. In some cases the police may want to contact you for further details. It is therefore important that you keep any relevant information about the fraud.

If you would like, you can also choose to have your details provided to Victim Support, a national charity that helps those affected by crime. If you take up this option, you will then be contacted by someone from the charity and offered free and confidential emotional support and practical help.

City of London Police The City of London Police is the national lead police force on fraud. It provides a central resource for counter-fraud po-

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is an independent Government department that investigates and prosecutes only serious or complex fraud, and corruption. As a first step you should read about how the SFO decides to take on a case and examples of non-SFO fraud crime.

If on reading this you decide the SFO is not the right place for you to report to then they can help you identify where to get the help you need. If you have information which you would like to give the SFO, please contact them on the Reporting a Fraud hotline at 0207 239 7388 or fill out their confidential reporting form.

You should note that cases should be repor ted to the authorities listed above and not to Interpol/Europol, who assist in coordinating crossborder investigations but do not directly investigate cases.

Are there

fraudulent clouds gathering over your property purchase?

Less than one in three of households are reneging on their mortgage loans as it is the last thing they cease paying when financial trouble strikes. The causes of debt are many.

Since 2007 over a quarter of a million home loans were issued, often without guarantees and sometimes for more than a property was worth. Often individuals didn’t stop to think what would happen if they had a reduced level of income in the future, or if the interest rates increased.

The financial collapse and subsequent consequences of reduced salaries, unemployment, sackings, falling in consumption and investment and the closure of the tap on easy credits, mean that many have faced and continue to face problems. The typical family in debt is curiously those who have all their family members working, around 60 per cent of the total, whilst debt only affects 10 per cent of those families where all the members are unemployed.

The Spanish mortgage law is particularly tough and forces the debtor not only to lose his or her home but also to repay the difference between the original valuation of the property and the sale price reached at public auction.

Possible solutions

Check that there is no insurance policy in force which guarantees the payments in case of unemployment or incapacity to pay.

Try and reach an agreement with the lender. More than ever now they are loath to have even more properties forced back at them. Try and renegotiate the ‘carencias’ which are the possibilities of leaving one or a number of payments without paying by increasing the term of the loan or the amount of the balance of the repayments. You can renegotiate the term of the loan, interest rate, possible reunification of debts or the ceding of a property to a third party who picks up the mortgage and pays you at least something. Once you leave a property, not only do you lose everything you have invested so far, but your debt will continue to increase with interest and legal costs etc.

Check any new offer very carefully.

Go to a consumer association for the best advice and legal help.

New ticketing system >>

Legal labels Changes in technology have meant that the EU have introduced a new labelling system to show the efficiency of fridges, washing machines and dishwashers etc.

The current colour code ticket scheme with seven colours and seven letters continues, but with new scales above the old ones rising to A+++ as the highest mark. The new design also includes pictograms to replace text and includes new parameters such as the amount of noise the machine emits and how much power it uses when on standby. Machines which were put on sale before December 1 may still have the old classification.

The colour code goes

from green to the most energy and water efficient to red for those which contaminate the most. The upper part of the ticket has the brand name and model number and underneath the energy class represented in letters and coloured arrows.

On the right in white letters on a black background is the qualification of the apparatus A, A+ etc. The annual consumption is shown and underneath the characteristics most important of the machine in pictograms.

The ticketing system is uniform for all 27 of the EU countries.

Initially the new tickets will be introduced on washing machines, dishwashers, fridges and freezers, incorporating the rest of the equipment at a later date.

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Figs through history

By Pat Malcolm

T

he fig tree, Ficus carica, possibly originated in Northern Asia according to archeological fossil records. Spanish missionaries brought it to the United States in 1520. Historical Sumerian tablets record the use and consumption of figs in 2500 BC. In Greek mythology, the fig figures prominently as a gift of Demeter to Dionysus and as having received the blessing and sanctity of the Greek Gods. Plato documented that Greek athletes at Olympia were fed diets of figs to increase their running speed and overall strength.

The figs contained up to 50 per cent concentration of sugar which was virtually like feeding the athlete an energy bar.

The most famous Biblical reference to figs is that, in which Jesus cursed a fig tree for not producing any fruit for him as he passed by, a curse that killed the fig tree, Matt 21:18.

Fig leaves were used in the early church to hide the genitalia of nude,

marble sculptures that adorned religious buildings. Fig trees were also used in ancient history as shade trees and to chop and use as quick start firewood. Cooked figs were

used as sweeteners in ancient times and this practice is still used in many third world countries in Asia Minor. Hybrid figs contain many hollow, tiny seeds on the interior of the fruit, similar in taste as those found in blueberries and strawberries. A fig fruit has a round tiny opening at the base of the fig called an ‘eye.’ A tiny wasp flies into the interior of the fig and pollinates the tiny flowers lining the interior walls of the fig. These tiny seed are not generally digested by the stomach and offer a great laxative effect to the elderly sedentary citizens.

Fig trees in Europe can grow to a tremendous height of 100 feet, but the fruit is very difficult to harvest

when the tree grows taller than 10 feet. In harvesting the figs, it is important to pick the fruit from the tree, when it is completely mature-usually when it sags, droops, and changes colour.

If the figs are taken from the tree prematurely, the sweetness declines, but more importantly, if the figs are removed in the juvenile developing state, a white milky fluid exudes from the stem, which is transferred to a person’s hands and then eyes or mouth, the fluid is very irritating and should be washed away as quickly as possible.

The first crop of figs that matures in the spring is called the breba crop and the next and tastiest crop matures in the fall. Usually figs are harvested from the trees from June till October, although some new cultivars will be ready for eating in April. The shelf life for freshly picked figs is short and fig generally last only about three days in refrigeration. A fig should not be picked from a tree if it is over ripe or mushy, since it will begin souring from fermentation. At this point figs will lose their roundness and begin

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to collapse inward. When a fig is harvested from a tree, it should be soft to the touch and a very firm fig will not ripen properly, if it is picked at this immature stage.

The beautiful leaves of the fig tree are used to make an odd scented perfume with the aroma of wood or musk. The white, milky latex from the tree can be used as a meat tenderiser or in making cheese, if the latex is dried and powdered.

Figs can be frozen whole or sliced in plastic bags or jars and expected to last satisfactorily for one year.

Dried figs can be soaked in warm water to restore their shape and softness. Fruit of figs is high in iron, calcium, potassium, and fibre, and they are used as a diuretic and a laxative. Dried figs are often used as a substitute for recipes calling for dried apricots, dates, or prunes.

Main article source: http://www. diyarticlelibrary.com

you will find figs growing wild in many parts of the Canary island

S.L.

ADMINISTRATION SERVICES FOR COMMUNITY OF OWNERS For more than a decade our company has specialised in Property Administration. In addition to the experience gained over the years, we have added all the technological advances, management methods and adaptations to the requirements of the times so that now we can offer an extensive and efficient service to our clients.

• Constitution of the community • Accounting and financial management • Budget administration • Administration of suppliers • Staff selection and control • Hiring and management of outside services.

Supervision of services rendered • Personalised attention for owners • Insurance administration & processing of claims • Other services

Universal Properties have been our administrators for 17 years and during this time they have carried out numerous upgrades and renovations within the community installations to maintain the highest standards within the complex.

Jacquie Parkes - President of Paloma Beach

UNIVERSAL PROPERTIES S.L.

Avda. General Franco, 8. Edif. Cristianos II, 1st floor. Los Cristianos • Tel. 922 753 512 • Fax 922 753 522 • www.universalproperties.es • info@universalproperties.es

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45.00m2. 2 rooms. 450€. Phone: 922737290

Land

for sale  Te n e r i f e S o u t h w e s t , Alcalá. Plot of land with building permission, 3,000 m2. Incredible unhindered views, 180m above sea level, water mains connection, tarmac driveway , private sale, €91,000.

Tel: 662 40 11 01

Property

for rent

 Studios, 1 and 2 bed apartments from 350€ for rent to mature-minded people in Tor viscas Alto. UK TV channels. For details, phone Nadine: 922 715 162  Studio San Fernando 30m2.

360€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment Urb. El Durazno 65m2. 1 Room. 800€. Phone: 922248514  Apartment Las Chafiras.

76.00m2. 2 rooms. 450€. Phone: 627 903 770  Apartment Los Cristianos.

Sea views. 60.00m2. 1 room.

550€. Tel. 637 390 199  Apartment El Médano. 1 room. 380€. Tel. 649 957 250  Apartment Taco. 65.00m2.

3 rooms. 350€. Tel. 689 695 634  Apartment Buzanada.

Central. V iews:mountain 70.00m2. 2 rooms. 390€. Phone: 618215904

 Apartment Los Cancajos.

Central. Views: sea. 50.00m2.

1 room. 350€. Phone: 670735822

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670242080  Apartment San Fernando 68m2. 2 Rooms. 550€. Phone: 670242080  Studio La Paz 40m2. 390€.

Phone: 670242080

 Apartment C/Lanzarote 60, San Isidro. Central. 1 room.

300€. Phone: 639689448

 Apartment La Paz 40m2.

1 Room. 450€. Phone: 670242080

 Apartment Puerto de la Cruz. Central. Views: sea.

45.00m2. 1 room. 400€. Phone: 617751398

 Apartment El Durazno 60m2. 1 Room. 550€. Tel. 922248514

 Apartment C/Lanzarote, 47, San Isidro. Central. 1 room.

285€. Phone: 639689448  Apartment San Cristóbal de la Laguna. Central.

40.00m2. 1 room. 485€. Phone: 649475565  Apartment Puerto de la Cruz. Central. Views:sea 50.00m2. 1 room. 400€. Phone: 617751398  Apartment La Punta del Hidalgo. Central. Views:sea 50.00m2. 1 room. 380€. Phone: 617751398  Terraced house Golf del Sur. 2 Rooms. 700€. Phone: 670242080  Double garage, Victoria Court; Los Cristianos, 14.500 euros, tel 663 571587  Apartment La Quinta 50m2. 1 Room. 500€. Phone: 670242080  Terraced house San Miguel Las Chafiras. 3 Rooms. 790€.

Phone: 670242080  Chalet Mesa del Mar 133m2. 2 Rooms. 1050€. Phone: 670242080  Terraced house Durazno 240m2. 3 Rooms. 1200€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment Playa Jardín 55m2. 1 Room. 500€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment Toscal 90m2.

3 Rooms. 450€. Phone: 922248514  A p a r t m e n t T a o r o 60m2. 2 Rooms. 550€. Tel. 922248514

 Apartment Amarilla Golf.

Sea views. 45.00m2. 2 rooms.

450€. Phone 922 737 290

 Apartment San Vicente 92m2. 3 Rooms. 550€. Phone: 922248514

 Apartment Los Cancajos.

50.00m2. 1 room. 350€. Phone 670 735 822

 Terraced House La Montaña 115m2. 3 Rooms. 650€. Tel. 922248514

 A p a r t m e n t A m a r i l l a Golf. Outskir ts.Views: sea.

 Apartment La Paz 66m2.

1 Room. 600€. Phone:

 Studio San Fernando 35m2.

350€. Phone: 922248514  Apartment San Agustín 70m2. 3 Rooms. 400€. Phone: 922248514  Apartment Puntillo del Sol 64m2. 1 Room. 470€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment Punta Brava 50m2. 2 Rooms. 500€. Phone: 922248514  Terraced house Durazno 150m2. 3 Rooms. 800€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment Punta Brava 36m2. 1 Room. 450€. Phone: 670242080  Terraced house La Montaña 90m2. 3 Rooms. 600€. Phone: 922248514  Apartment La Cuesta 88m2. 3 Rooms. 520€. Phone: 922248514  Chalet Mesa del Mar 180m2. 3 Rooms. 1000€. Phone: 670242080  Studio San Fernando 33m2.

400€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment Armeñime 77m2. 3 Rooms. 500€. Phone: 670242080  A p a r t m e n t M a r i t i m 80m2. 1 Room. 800€. Phone: 670242080  Duplex Maritim 80m2.

1 Room. 800€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment La Longuera 74m2. 2 Rooms. 650€. Phone: 670242080  Chalet San José 70m2.

2 Rooms. 450€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment El Amparo 50m2. 1 Room. 450€. Phone: 670242080  Terraced House Green Golf 135m2. 3 Rooms. 850€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment Puerto Viejo 54m2. 2 Rooms. 550€. Phone: 670242080

Property

for sale

 Great opportunity in San Eugenio Alto, apartment, 58m2, one double bedroom, reformed and furnished, living / dining area, American kitchen, large terrace, price 56.000 euros, tel 629 244958  To w n h o u s e i n S a n Sebastián de La Gomera, 180m2, 3 furnished apartments, good for tourist use, basis for negotiation, 295,000 euros, phone 922 141385  Opportunity, Los Cristianos, by the sea, one bedroom plus living area, garage, panoramic news, sun, quiet, 115.0000 euros, 3 bedroom, wheelchair friendly, 130.000 euros, (no agents), 922 752759 / 608 425426  Golf del Sur, Las Adelfas 1, lovely 2 bed, poolside, security, must sell quickly, 178.000 euros, tel 672 599411  Te r r a c e d h o u s e L o s Príncipes 180m2. 4 r ooms. 378000€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment Playa Jardin 70m2. 3 rooms. 225000€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment San Luis 115m2.

3 rooms. 188500€. Phone: 670242080  A p a r t m e n t S a n L u i s 105.51m2. 3 rooms. 176000€.

Phone: 670242080  Apartment San Luis 120m2.

3 rooms. 192500€. Phone: 670242080  Chalet La Primavera 200m2.

3 rooms. 525000€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment Romántica II 130m2. 3 rooms. 184000€.

Phone: 670242080  Apartment Playa Jardin 50m2. 1 room 260000€. Phone: 670242080  Chalet El Rincon 160m2.

3 rooms. 790650€. Phone: 670242080  Terraced house Green Golf 167m2. 3 rooms. 270000€.

Phone: 670242080  Apartment El Durazno 57m2. 1 room 198000€. Phone: 670242080

Residencial

La Duquesa Playa Fañabé

Great opportunity!

Los Abrigos, private sale

Buenavista del Norte: Traditional one-storey Canarian house with two bedrooms, large garden and fruit trees. Central. Garage.

Available from the end of May. €400 per month. Tel. 660 731913

3 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom, front and back garden, community pool. €455,000 Tel. 629 244 958

Apartment, excellent location 220 m2 + 15 m2 terrace, 4 bedrooms. 2 bathrooms with jacuzzi. Fully equipped kitchen.

Ironing room. Living room with two large windows and balcony access.

Large hallway. Sole occupant on second floor. Price negotiable €190,000

Monday to Friday 9am to 1.30pm Tel. (+ 34) 922 735 984

 Apartment Aguagarcía 41m2. 1 room 150000€. Phone: 670242080

 Duplex La Paz 48m2. 1 room 180000€. Phone: 670242080

 Apartment Barranco De Ruiz 96m2. 3 rooms. 170000€.

Phone: 670242080

 Apartment Los Abrigos 52m2. 1 room 112000€. Phone: 670242080

 Apartment San Antonio 119m2. 3 rooms. 258436€.

Phone: 670242080

 Apartment Realejo Bajo 84m2. 3 rooms. 145000€. Phone: 670242080

 C h a l e t L a P e r d o m a 80m2. 268830€. Phone: 670242080

 D u p l e x L a s A g u a s. 3 r ooms. 167000€. Phone: 670242080

 Apartment San Fernando 50m2. 1 room 149000€. Phone: 670242080

 Apartment El Toscal 64m2.

2 rooms. 145000€. Phone: 670242080

 Apartment Las Dehesas 78m2. 2 rooms. 305000€. Phone: 670242080

 Terraced house Tabaiba Alta 160m2. 3 rooms. 309521€.

Phone: 670242080

 Terraced house San Lázaro 52m2. 2 rooms. 152000€. Phone: 670242080

 Apartment Orotava Alta 79m2. 3 rooms. 139950€. Phone: 670242080

Urb. Oasis Dakota, Playa Fañabé 3 bed semi detached, toilet, complete bathroom, separate kitchen, totally equipped, furnished, 35m2 terrace, secure access to pool, infant park, good views, beside commercial centres, 800m from Playa Fañabé, community fees 30€/month,

165,000 € Tel 629 244958

Great opportunity new apartment in Llano del Camello

Canary Country house El Salto - Granadilla

325sqm, 15 rooms, indoor pool, car port, extra wooden house (22sqm) in the garden, patio with bar, billiards, TV, washhouse with machine and dryer, 440sqm grounds, perfect for private club or small pension. www.draguito-teneriffa.de Tel. (0034) 609 504 380

Opportunity in Costa del Silencio

Monday to Friday 9am to 1.30pm Tel. (+ 34) 922 735 984

Apartments, 55m2, one bed with American kitchen and terrace Community pool Excellent investment opportunity Price: €52,000 Tel: 629 244 958

El Camisón, 247.56m2, very quiet, close to the park and Hospiten, triplex and private garage with electric doors. Three bedroom with three complete bathrooms.

Independent kitchen, dining room with air conditioning, terrace with awning and BBQ. Independent water tank (750 litres). New electrical system. Own satellite system and community TV. Tel: 639 515154

Apartment 58m2, 1 double bedroom, furnished, ample terrace with sea views.

Shared pool, bar, 24 hour reception, supermarket, close to the commercial area and the beach at Puerto Colón.

Very good investment.

Price €95,000 Tel: 629 244 958

82 m2 + 40 m2 terrace + parking place.

3 bedrooms, 2 fitted bathrooms.

Furnished, excellent natural light. Fully equipped kitchen. Penthouse with only one neighbour, second floor, lift.

Price negotiable €165,000

14 DAY GUIDE

30th Dec 2011 - 12th Jan 2012 : BBC1 / BBC2 / ITV1 / Channel4 / Channel5 / Skysports1 / Skysports2

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wedding Planner

Eternal Law ITV1 / Drama / 5th January, 9.00pm

Zak

and Tom arrive on earth, they are angels with a mission – to put things right and help the community. They do this in the guise of lawyers, making sure justice is done. tom is young, naive and enthusiastic as he’s never been on this planet before, but zak is older and more cynical having visited numerous times over billions of years.

Well you would, wouldn’t you? A 6th soon-to-be wed couple hand over the Jan. complete organisation of their big day to Jedward.

Mr Mountjoy ‘god’ expects certain things from his angels, one of them being commitment to their task and any relationship with a human which could interfere with this is strictly forbidden. it seems a cruel coincidence that the first woman zak lays eyes on is Hannah, the woman he couldn’t help but fall in love with last time he was on earth. Mr Mountjoy tore them apart and now it seems zak’s commitment is being tested.

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Above suspicion ITV1 / Skating Competition /8th January, 6.30pm

Dancing on Ice S

kating legends Torvill and Dean unveil a stellar cast of celebrities ready to take on their biggest challenge in ITV1’s hit series Dancing On Ice.

the show that sprinkles a touch of glitz and glamour to the cold winter months, returns to our

screens and unwraps a bevy of well known stars, dazzling costumes and a host of twists and turns both on and off the ice. the new series will be filmed live at elstree studios and sees the skating stars compete each week to perform the specially choreographed routines

live in the studio. Phillip schofield and new co-host Christine Bleakley will be rink side to present the 7th series and unveil an all new ice Panel. Returning Head Judge Robin Cousins will be joined by double Olympic champion Katarina witt and acclaimed chorographer Louie spence who they will be ready and waiting to deliver their verdicts.

Head coach Karen Barber returns to offer her expertise and support to the show’s celebrity skaters.

Following in the footsteps of previous winners sam Attwater, Hayley tamaddon Ray Quinn,

suzanne shaw, Kyran Bracken and gaynor Faye, our skating stars will battle it out to win the approval of the all important judges, capture the hearts of the nation, and compete for the title of Dancing on ice Champion 2012.

the series that introduced spectacular moves including the headbanger, will see our famous novices hoping to impress the voting public with their skating skills but who will be the first to fall over? who will attempt some of the trickier manoeuvres and will anyone fall foul to injury?

9th Jan.

Kelly Reilly leads the cast as Detective Inspector Anna Travis, starring with Ciarán Hinds who reprises his role as Detective Chief Superintendent, James Langton.

FIVE / GAME SHOW/ 8.00pm

The Exit List

This is a spectacular new game show based on an epic challenge in which contestants can win up to £200,000.

10th Jan.

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/ Friday 30/12/11 CHANNEL 4 / COMEDY

30th December, 9:30pm Lee Evans: Access All Arenas

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National Treasure Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave BBC News at Six BBC London News Celebrity Mastermind England cricketer Matthew Hoggard, TV presenter Jules Hudson, Comedian Justin Moorhouse and actor Ray Fearon answer questions.

The One Show EastEnders Kat and Alfie throw a 1st birthday party for Tommy, but while Jean makes enough food to feed all of Walford, will the birthday celebrations bring the couple closer together?

Have I Got News for You Looking back at the big news of 2011.

New Tricks When the team reinvestigate the death of university professor Dr Richard Symes, Lane finds himself going undercover in his “spiritual home”, The London Library.

BBC News at Ten BBC London News The Graham Norton Show Compilation of the best moments.

John Bishop’s Britain This special episode includes Noddy Holder talking about Christmas songs.

The National Lottery Friday Night Draws Cold Creek Manor Tense thriller. A family relocates from the city to a dilapidated house in the country that was once a grand mansion.

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Young David’s happy childhood is blighted when his widowed mother remarries and his brutish stepfather dispatches him first to a grim school and then sets him to work in a warehouse.

The Life and Adven tures of Nicholas Nickleby Adaptation of Charles Dickens’s tale about a young man whose life is dogged by the machinations of his evil, money-grabbing uncle.

At a harsh boys’ school, Nicholas befriends a boy called Smike and the two run away to join a theatrical group.

A Tale of Two Cities Historical drama set during the French Revolution.

A young English lawyer falls for the wife of a French nobleman and finds himself caught up in one of history’s bloodiest uprisings.

Coast Flog It! Escape to the Country Antiques Road Trip The Good Life As Time Goes By The Many Faces of Dame Judi Dench Documentary tracing the career of Dame Judi Dench using excerpts from performances and interviews with friends and colleagues.

Mrs Dickens’ Family Christmas Looking at the marriage of Charles Dickens through the eyes of his wife Catherine, Sue Perkins exposes the lesser-known reality of the Dickens family Christmas.

QI XL In a special Christmas edition, Stephen Fry looks at ice.

Transsiberian Thriller.

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The Lakes at Christmas All Star Family Fortunes Pollyanna ITV News & Weather After They Were Famous Poirot Inspector Morse London Tonight ITV News & Weather Emmerdale Jai is adamant that Charity should stay away from Cain. Laurel thinks some time away might help.

Coronation Street Will Sophie lose Sian forever when the truth comes out? Peter comforts Carla after Anne’s shocking proposition.

That Was 2011: The ITV News Review of the Year Mark Austin presents the second of two programmes looking back what has been an extraordinary 12 months of news and events both home and abroad.

New You’ve Been Framed!

A Royal Year to Remember Alan Titchmarsh presents a documentary looking back at a year in the life of the royal family and revealing what went on behind the scenes.

ITV News & Weather The Holiday Seasonal romantic comedy about two single women who, depressed at their love lives in the run-up to Christmas, agree to swap houses for the season in a bid to give themselves the festive break they deserve.

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Wilde Stories Perfect Couples Everybody Loves Raymond Double bill.

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Clueless Cutthroat Island Deal or No Deal Coach Trip Celebrity Come Dine with Me Extra Portions The Simpsons Hollyoaks Mercedes finally prepares to let go of Riley, but when she realises just how much this will cost her, she’s not sure whether she can bring herself to go through with it.

Channel 4 News 4thought.tv Come Dine with Me Bear’s Wild Weekend with Miranda Bear Grylls takes comedy writer and actress Miranda Hart on a once-in-a-lifetime expedition to the spectacular Swiss Alps for an exhilarating new programme.

The Angelos Neil Epithemiou Show Lee Evans: Access All Arenas Lee Evans introduces a special night showcasing his incredible stand up shows and TV series.

Kicking off with Access All Arenas featuring all of the hilarious moments taken from the Lee Evans Arena Tours.

An Evening with Lee Evans 1993 Perrier Award-winner, Lee Evans Christmas special recorded at the Duke of York’s Theatre.

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Showdown at Abilene Thoughtful frontier drama about a Civil War veteran - with an aversion to violence - returning home to find that a former friend, now engaged to the returning man’s love, has become a ruthless scheming cattle baron, and whose villainy must be stopped.

Alice in Wonderland Adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s classic fantasy adventure in which young Alice stumbles down a rabbit hole and enters a world filled with eccentric characters. Magic potions and cakes change Alice’s size as she travels through Wonderland, before she is brought before the King and Queen in a trial that may determine her future in this weird and wonderful world Snow White The eponymous heroine and her seven diminutive sidekicks are all present and correct but Caroline Thompson’s creation presents a twist on the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale as Snow White and her father John embark on a fantastic rollercoaster adventure through a magical kingdom.

Fifth Gear In the final episode of this series of Fifth Gear, Jonny Smith reveals the most exciting cars at the glitzy LA motorshow, cricketing legend Ian Botham is taught how to master the legendary Nurburgring.

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Test Cricket Day five of the first Test between Australia and India at Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Test Cricket Day five of the second Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka at Durban.

World Darts Championship Day 13 of the World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace, London.

Football’s Greatest Managers Football League Weekend Barclays Premier League Preview Ford Football Special Liverpool v Newcastle United at Anfield.

Take it Like a Fan Barclays Premier League Preview Football League Weekend Ford Football Special

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WWE Raw Abu Dhabi Tennis The Rugby Club Michael Watson The People’s Champion NFL Get the latest news from around the National Football League.

Kings of the Snow PGA Championship 2011 Official Film The story of the 2011 PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club.

World Darts Championship Day 13 of the World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace, London.

Road to London A look ahead to the 2012 Olympic Games.

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31st December, 11:50pm New Year Live

Live from London, Jake Humphrey sees out the old year and rings in 2012

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A Question of Sport Final Score BBC News BBC London News Comic Relief 2011 Winter Wipeout Richard Hammond and Amanda Byram present another episode of Winter Wipeout, which sees 20 brave Brits travel halfway across the world to take on the world’s largest obstacle course, set in a world of South American snow and ice.

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End Action adventure sequel.

In the final instalment of the buccaneering trilogy, Jack Sparrow is trapped in Davy Jones’s Locker, and in his absence the East India Trading Company is taking over the seas.

BBC News Match of the Day Gary Lineker is joined by guests Alan Shearer and Mark Lawrenson for highlights and analysis of seven fixtures in the Premier League on New Year’s Eve. The National Lottery Saturday Night Draws New Year Live Live from London, Jake Humphrey sees out the old year and rings in 2012 with the chimes of Big Ben and the spectacular New Year’s fireworks display.

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Children’s Entertaonment Home on the Range When an idyllic farm’s cash-strapped owners are served with an eviction order, dairy cows Maggie, Mrs Caloway and Grace hatch an outrageous plot to capture an outlaw First Daughter The daughter of the President of the United States insists on being allowed to enjoy a ‘normal’ college life away from the spotlight in this teen romantic comedy.

Escape to the Country Viva Knievel!

Exhilarating action adventure. Ruthless drug smugglers plot the cold-blooded murder of celebrated motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel as he tours Mexico.

Springwatch The Guns of Navarone Explosive World War II action yarn in which a group of crack commandos are assembled for an apparently impossible mission.

Flog It! Morecambe and Wise: the Show What Paul Merton Did Paul Merton hosts a celebration of the great British comedy duo in this hour-long festive feast honouring the magic and genius of Morecambe and Wise.

Eric and Ernie Single drama telling the story of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise’s formative years, from child stars to national treasures.

Parkinson, Morecambe & Wise Michael Parkinson looks back at his 1972 interview with comedy duo Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, who he describes as “the funniest double act we ever produced”.

Jools’ Annual Hootenanny Jools Holland sees in the New Year with a star-filled line up featuring Cyndi Lauper.

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Coronation Street Omnibus ITV News & Weather Pride and Prejudice Period drama based on Jane Austen’s classic novel about five husband-hunting sisters. The arrival of the handsome Mr Bingley and his seemingly arrogant friend Mr Darcy shakes up the lives of the Bennet sisters.

The Queen After the death of Princess Diana, HRM Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.

London Tonight ITV News & Weather Harry Hill’s Best of Christmas TV Burp Westlife: For the Last Time Westlife appear in their last-ever TV special before they disband in 2012.

Christine Bleakley presents this incredible show in which the boys perform their greatest hits live in front of a studio audience The Cube Phillip Schofield presents the nerve-wracking game show. How will 22-yearold call centre manager Jamie from Edinburgh and project engineer Dean from Cardiff fare under the pressure.

It’ll be Alright on the Night ITV News & Weather The Nation’s Favourite Bee Gees Song Amanda Holden narrates a special programme celebrating the amazing catalogue of Bee Gees hits and counting down the top 20 to reveal the nation’s favourite.

ITV News & Weather That Was 2011: The ITV News Review of the Year

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The Treacle People The Hoobs Double bill.

GT Academy Extreme Sailing Series The Morning Line The Big Bang Theory Double bill.

Shipwrecked: The Island Carl asks the islanders to dress up in drag.

Beyonce Live at Roseland Coverage of Beyonc?’s recent gig at New York’s Roseland Ballroom.

3 Men and a Baby Leonard Nimoy’s classic comedy stars Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg and Ted Danson as Peter Mitchell, Michael Kellam and Jack Holden, three very determined bachelors who share an apartment.

Channel 4 Racing Newbury: 2.00 Betfred Goals Galore Novices’ Chase; 2.30 Betfred Mandarin H’cap Chase; 3.05 Bathwick Tyres Challow Novices’ Hurdle; 3.40 Totescoop6 Levy Board H’cap Hurdle.

Warwick: 2.15 Bet with Williamhill.com on Your Mobile H’cap Chase; 3.20 Best Odds Guaranteed with Williamhill.com Mobile H’cap Chase.

The Simpsons Come Dine with Me Channel 4 News 4thought.tv Porridge Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale and Fulton Mackay star in this spin-off feature from the much-loved TV sitcom.

Alan Carr’s New Year Specstacular Alan is joined by a host of special guests including Jonathan Ross, Micky Flanagan, Melanie Sykes, Gok Wan, Kirstie Allsopp, Alesha Dixon, Bruno Tonioli, Heston Blumenthal, Olly Murs, Paddy McGuinness, Rachel Riley and Shelley von Strunckel.

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Milkshake World’s Strongest Man 2011 Ice Road Truckers Ben-Hur Lavish biblical adventure of betrayal and revenge.

Two former friends are pitted against each other during the Roman occupation of Judea.

21 Thriller. A genius mathematician is recruited to join a crack team of students whose system of card counting is helping them to win millions from the casinos of Las Vegas.

However, their exploits soon attract the attention of one of the Strip’s security chiefs, who makes it his mission to bring an end to the boffins’ winning streak 5 News Weekend World’s Strongest Man 2011 Coverage of the contest that pits some of the world’s top strongmen against each other in a variety of challenges to prove both their physical fitness and technique, and their psychological strength. It’s the final heat of qualifying for the WSM Final, held in North Carolina, USA, and just two vacancies remain in the ultimate Strongman line-up TV’s 50 Greatest Magic Tricks A countdown of the greatest TV magic tricks of all time. From the astonishing set pieces of Penn and Teller to the mindbending of Derren Brown and the street magic of David Blane, be prepared to be amazed and mystified.

Up the Front The comic misadventures of a cowardly youth, employed as a boot-boy at Twithampton House, who is hypnotised into believing that he is the only man who can save England during World War I. On arrival in France, the hapless hero becomes embroiled in a farcical spy plot.

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Gillette Soccer Saturday Football Leyton Orient v Charlton Athletic.

Football’s Greatest Managers Sir Alex Ferguson.

Michael Watson - The People’s Champion A look at the courageous story of Michael Watson.

Fights of 2011 The Ringside team look back on some the biggest and best contests in 2011.

Sky Sports Years - 2011 Football’s Greatest Manager

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Warrington and Wigan set the pace during the regular season, but it would be Leeds Rhinos who would claim their fourth title in five seasons US Open Golf 2011 Official Film A chance to relive the 2011 US Open which was held at Congressional Country Club in Maryland.

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1st January, 8:00pm An Audience with Dame Edna

Dame edna holds court in the first-ever edition of the long-running An Audience with solo stage shows

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Breakfast Match of the Day Winter Wipeout Mousehunt BBC News The Archbishop of Canterbury’s New Year Message Songs of Praise Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit Oscar-winning claymation about the chase for a giant rabbit terrorising a town’s allotments and vegetable patches days before the annual vegetable-growing competition.

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian The Pevensie siblings return to Narnia, only to discover that an evil king prevents the true heir, Prince Caspian, from ruling the land.

BBC News BBC London News Bolt Animated adventure. The canine star of his own TV action series realises he does not really possess superhero powers when he is accidentally removed from the show.

EastEnders As residents of the Square gather round a bedridden Pat, which faces from her past and present will make an appearance, and what will they have to say?

Sherlock Contemporary crime drama, based on the stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. A case of blackmail threatens to topple the monarchy itself, but soon Sherlock and John discover there is even more to it than that.

Absolutely Fabulous BBC News BBC London News Adele Live at the Royal Albert Hall Cold Mountain Drama adaptation of Charles Frazier’s epic novel. Set during the American Civil War, a wounded soldier returns home to his sweetheart.

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Children’s Entertainment Gun Fury Wild west adventure about a rancher’s search for a ruthless and violent outlaw who has kidnapped his fiancee.

New Year’s Day Concert Live From Vienna 2012 Dean Spanley Period comedy drama. Horatio Fisk is a cantankerous old man who refuses to grieve over the death of his son in the Boer War. Force 10 from Navarone A motley crew of commandos is dropped behind enemy lines in the Balkans in an attempt to blow up a bridge vital to the Nazi war effort.

The Archbishop of Canterbury’s New Year Message The Eagle Has Landed All-action World War II adventure about a crack squad of Nazi paratroopers sent to England to kidnap Winston Churchill and transport him to Germany.

You Have Been Watching... David Croft Dad’s Army Great Barrier Reef Monty Halls explores Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, one of the natural wonders of the world and the largest living structure on our planet. The first film examines the complex structure of the coral reef itself and the wildlife that lives on it.

A History of Ancient Britain Special: Orkney’s Stone Age Temple Match of the Day 2 Latest football action.

QI XL Broken Flowers Comic drama about an ageing single man who receives an anonymous letter claiming that he has a 19-year-old son, courtesy of a past relationship.

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Children’s Entertainment Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase Animated fun with the crime-fighting kids from Mystery Inc. Beethoven Warm-hearted comedy about the all-American Newton family who adopt a loveable puppy, little realising that the creature will grow into a 185pound St Bernard.

Licence to Kill James Bond adventure in which 007 relinquishes his licence to kill, disobeys his orders and goes on a mission of revenge when his best friend’s wife is killed by a drug baron.

ITV News & Weather Inspector Morse Downton Abbey Christmas 1919. Downton Abbey is hosting a lavish Christmas party, yet despite it being the season of goodwill, tensions are rife and Bates’s arrest has cast a shadow over the festivities.

ITV News & Weather You’ve Been Framed!

Harry Hill presents a special episode featuring the top 100 animal clips from the You’ve Been Framed vault.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Sixth film in the fantasy series. Harry and the gang confront the terrifying truth that Lord Voldemort is back and Hogwarts is in danger.

The Unforgettable Programme paying tribute to the legendary actor John Thaw.

ITV News & Weather Analyze This Comedy about a Mafia don whose anxiety attacks force him to visit a psychiatrist.

Rugby Highlights Craig Doyle presents the best action from the New Year fixtures of the Aviva Premiership as clubs look to begin 2012 on a high.

The pick of the games include Exeter v Harlequins and Bath v London Irish.

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The Hoobs The Land Before Time While grieving the loss of their families, four orphan dinosaurs travel the ruins of their world, banding together to face the odds of survival.

Arctic Tale The Bridge on the River Kwai War drama about British prisoners of war who are forced to build a jungle railroad bridge in World War II Indochina, oblivious to a plan by the allies who are set to destroy it.

Channel 4 Racing True Grit John Wayne won his only Oscar for his portrayal of the one-eyed, whiskyloving Marshall Reuben J ‘Rooster’ Cogburn in Henry Hathaway’s classic muscular western.

Channel 4 News 4thought.tv Deal or No Deal Noel Edmonds asks the all-important question as contestants do battle with the Banker in their quest to win up to £250,000.

Come Dine with Me This brand new episode comes from Northern Ireland and the city of Londonderry/Derry.

The Hotel Smash hit comedy-documentary series The Hotel returns with a new seaside location, and new staff.

Bear’s Wild Weekend with Jonathan Ross Bear Grylls is helping presenter and chatshow host Jonathan Ross to discover his inner Tarzan.

Hacks Channel 4’s first phone hacking comedy.

Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2011 Another chance to see Jimmy Carr put a panel of A-list celebrities to the test as they battle it out to see who remembers most about the events of 2011.

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Milkshake Meals in Moments Meerkat Manor The Top 10 Aussie Soap Moments 2011 World’s Strongest Man 2011 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Effervescent musical in which seven brothers who live on a ranch decide to get married but set about finding suitable wives in an unusual way. Sidestepping the customary ritual of courtship, they kidnap available women from the next town, making the process of wooing a little more difficult than usual.

The Wizard of Oz Repeated viewings can never dull the magic of this now-legendary musical fantasy, in which Kansas farm-girl Judy Garland, Toto the dog and their oddball trio of pals take a trip over the rainbow to the Technicolor fantasy world of Oz. Return to Oz Sequel to The Wizard of Oz. Dorothy discovers she is back in the land of Oz, and finds the yellow brick road is now a pile of rubble, and the Emerald City is in ruins.

5 News World’s Strongest Man 2011 An Audience with Dame Edna Dame Edna Everage holds court in the first-ever edition of the long-running An Audience With solo stage shows. Always outrageous, the Australian housewife, mother and mega-star’s anarchic antipodean antics have the celebrity audience rolling in the aisles. Among the illustrious bums on seats, keep an eye out for Joanna Lumley, Julia McKenzie, and Monkees drummer Mickey Dolenz Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2011 Super Casino

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Aerobics: Oz Style Football First Match choice.

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The Sunday Supplement Goals on Sunday Ford Super Sunday West Bromwich Albion v Everton.

Ford Super Sunday Sunderland welcome Manchester City to the Stadium of Light.

Sky Sports Years - 2011 US Masters 2011 Official Film A chance to relive the 2011 Masters from Augusta.

World Darts Championship The semi-finals of the World Darts Championship from Alexandra Palace in London.

Ford Football Special West Brom entertained Everton at the Hawthorns Football’s Greatest Managers World Darts Championship

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Warrington and Wigan set the pace during the regular season, but it would be Leeds Rhinos who would claim their fourth title in five seasons.

Fights of 2011 The Ringisde team look back on 2011.

Premiership Rugby Sale Sharks head to Welford Road to take on the Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership.

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Caroline presents a new series which sees her travelling the length and breadth of Cornwall

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Breakfast Wanted Down Under Homes Under the Hammer Saints and Scroungers Britain’s Empty Homes Bargain Hunt BBC News BBC London News Race to Witch Mountain Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Final Score BBC News BBC London News Celebrity Mastermind Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Action adventure. In 1957, at the height of the Cold War, intrepid archaeologist Indiana Jones is called back into action when an old colleague is kidnapped.

EastEnders It is a dark day in Walford, and the whole Square is in shock as they come to terms with the loss of one of their own.

EastEnders Farewell Pat. The Royal Bodyguard A routine shopping trip in London turns into a dangerous situation after a misunderstanding between Hubble and another member of royal security.

Mrs. Brown’s Boys After faking Grandad’s death, the Brown family are still waiting for the insurance money to come through BBC News at Ten BBC London News Match of the Day Chelsea face a difficult trip to Molineux to take on Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Point Break Undercover cop Johnny Utah pursues of a gang of bank robbers known as the Ex-Presidents, leading him to the Los Angeles surfing scene and enigmatic adrenaline junkie Bodhi, who lives for thrills

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Win a Date with Tad Hamilton Romantic comedy. Checkout girl Rosalee is dazzled after winning a date with a Hollywood star.

EastEnders Omnibus Real Rescues Flog It! Perfection Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Eggheads Great British Railway Journeys Baking Made Easy A Question of Taste Kirsty Wark hosts the food quiz for foodies that don’t just know their onions, but grow and pickle them as well; for whom knowing the difference between Tahitian and Madagascan vanilla really matters.

University Challenge In the first of their quarter-final matches Balliol College, Oxford plays Pembroke College, Cambridge.

An Island Parish One year into the job and local parish priest Father John Paul has to face up to controversial issues threatening the future of his island parish. Shepherd Ronald Mackinnon and the other crofters try every way to eke out a living from the island.

Armando’s Tale of Charles Dickens Armando Iannucci examines the work of Charles Dickens. Through the prism of the author’s most autobiographical novel, David Copperfield, Armando looks beyond Dickens.

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Beethoven’s 2nd Family comedy sequel reuniting the grown-up St Bernard dog Beethoven with his reluctant owner, George Newton, and George’s family.

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You’ve Got Mail ITV News & Weather Poirot Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Big-screen adaptation of the best-selling novel by JK Rowling.

London Tonight ITV News & Weather Emmerdale Charity is alarmed to be questioned by the police.

Ashley considers a fresh start.

Coronation Street Will Carla’s hatred of Frank cloud her judgement? Amber’s visit upsets a dejected Sophie.

Cornwall with Caroline Quentin Caroline Quentin presents a new series which sees her travelling the length and breadth of Cornwall.

Coronation Street Will Sally respond to Frank’s advances? Eileen’s attempt at speed dating takes a disastrous turn.

Endeavour New. In 1965, young Detective Constable Endeavour Morse has become disillusioned with the job - but then the search for a missing schoolgirl draws him back to Oxford.

ITV News at Ten & Weather Die Another Day While on assignment in North Korea, James Bond is captured by government agents and imprisoned.

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Freshly Squeezed According to Jim Everybody Loves Raymond Double bill.

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Baby’s Day Out Von Ryan’s Express Deal or No Deal Channel 4 News 4thought.tv The Simpsons Hollyoaks Will Sam, Matt, Danny, Laurence and Louis actually move to London when a hot offer comes their way.

The Channel 4 Mash Up The Million Pound Drop She’s an amazing host but how will Davina fare when she has to play the game itself?

Come Dine with Me Location, Location, Location The Million Pound Drop Davina continues to face the drop, hosted by Phil Spencer.

Come Dine with Me River Cottage Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is joined at River Cottage by Channel 4 News presenters Jon Snow, Cathy Newman and Krishnan Guru-Murthy.

Countdown Jimmy Carr hosts the show while Sean Lock and Jon Richardson compete.

The Million Pound Drop The Bank Job The Bank Job is a weeklong, live game show which gives players the chance to pull off the ultimate heist.

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Magic Beyond Words: The JK Rowling Story A dramatised account of the woman whose imagination has enveloped the world. The Harry Potter phenomenon has taken millions of readers on literary journeys of magical adventures.

The Slipper and the Rose A modern, musical version of the Cinderella tale, in which a young servant girl wins the heart of the handsome yet unhappy Prince Edward The Hotel Inspector The hotel inspector checks in to Liz and Michael’s guesthouse in the Swiss Alps. The British couple emigrated a year ago - but their hopes of a restful retirement have been destroyed by an avalanche of work.

The Greatest Carry on Films Hitch Will Smith plays a professional “date doctor” - an emotional adviser who tries to help clients with their relationships. He’s usually very successful: only trouble is, his techniques don’t seem to work on the love of his life, NY tabloid gossip columnist Eva Mendes.

I Still Know what you Did Last Summer Chiller starring Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr about a girl on holiday in the Bahamas, trying to reshape her life after the horrific murder of her friends a year previously. Things turn nasty as it transpires that she is still in great danger.

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Sky Sports Years - 2011 Soccer A.M. The Best Bits Scottish Premier League Gillette Soccer Special Julian Warren presents coverage of the goals from up and down the country in tonight’s matches.

Ford Monday Night Football Fulham v Arsenal.

World Darts Championship The final of the World Darts Championship from Alexandra Palace in London.

Cricket Memories Waugh Time.

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Breakfast Wanted Down Under Homes Under the Hammer Saints and Scroungers Britain’s Empty Homes Bargain Hunt BBC News at One BBC London News Doctors Escape to the Country BBC News Deadly 360 Splatalot Roy Pixelface Newsround Pointless BBC News at Six BBC London News Celebrity Mastermind Chef Michel Roux Jr, actress Jessica Hynes, Politics Show presenter Jon Sopel and Divine Comedy frontman Neil Hannon try their luck answering questions on Auguste Escoffier’s Guide to Modern Cooking, Pam Ayres, Tony Blair and the sitcom Frasier.

EastEnders Denise takes a stand against Phil with a very public campaign, but what will Phil say when he finds out?

Holby City Eddi is fragile after a heavy New Year’s celebration, but Luc is not amused by her attitude.

Public Enemies Drama exploring the relationship between a convicted murderer and his probation officer. Eddie Mottram is leaving prison, having served his sentence for murder.

BBC News at Ten BBC Weather Lee Mack Going Out Live Stand-up comedy from comedian Lee Mack, writer and star of Not Going Out. The Graham Norton Show

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One man and his caravan To Buy or Not to Buy The Weakest Link Real Rescues Flog It! Perfection Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Eggheads Great British Railway Journeys Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw’s Victorian Railway Guidebook.

He travels the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways changed us, and what of Bradshaw’s Britain remains.

Hairy Bikers’ Best of British The bikers continue their culinary journey through time as they celebrate British food. There was a time when the British pub was pretty much a maleonly establishment and food, at best, was a bowl of nuts and some pork scratchings.

Nature’s Weirdest Events In the first programme of this two-part series, Chris Packham takes us around the world to the scene of some of the weirdest natural events on the planet.

King George and Queen Mary: The Roy als Who Rescued The Monarchy A two-part portrait of Elizabeth II’s grandparents, King George V and Queen Mary, which examines the lasting legacy of the couple who rescued the monarchy.

Have I Got Old News for You Newsnight Charlie Brooker’s 2011 Wipe BBC News

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River Monsters New series of the show in which biologist and extreme angler Jeremy Wade searches for some of the world’s most terrifying fish. In this episode, he travels to Papua New Guinea to investigate a spate of bizarre deaths on the Sepik River.

Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

Chris Tarrant presents a special New Year edition of the game show. Pairs of celebrity contestants step up to try to win money for their chosen charities by answering questions about events from the past year.

The Biggest Loser Davina McCall presents a brand new series of the weight-loss competition in which fourteen overweight contestants bid to lose weight and transform their health.

ITV News & Weather American Pie Presents Band Camp Teen comedy sequel.

When a college student takes a graduation day prank too far, he is sent to band camp as punishment.

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Frasier Everybody Loves Raymond The Big Bang Theory Undercover Boss Australia Dreamer Inspired by a true story, John Gatins’s heart-warming film stars Kurt Russell as Ben Crane, a racehorse trainer down on his luck, who loses his job when he refuses to put down a horse with a broken leg.

Casablanca Michael Curtiz’s classic drama stars Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine, who owns a shady bar in Second World War Casablanca.

Deal or No Deal Celebrity Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Cindy gets her comeuppances when the bailiffs show up to seize her assets, but will the McQueens let her get away without paying Carmel for all her hard work?

Channel 4 News 4thought.tv The Fat Fighters Accused: The 74 Stone Babysitter The story of one of the most incredible murder trials America has witnessed.

The Bank Job Felix and Murdo Ben Miller and Alexander Armstrong star in this one-off comedy, written

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5 News Lunchtime Apache Drums A western ‘Zulu’, about a group of settlers forced to defend their frontier town from a long and violent Apache attack Avenging Angel Western in which a preacher turns gunman in order to avenge the death of his wife and child.

Mystery Woman: Redemption Murder mystery sequel about the sleuthing owner of a crime bookshop.

While engaged in remodeling the shop, Samantha and Philby find clues to the murder of a mysterious visitor.

5 News at 5 Chinese Food in Minutes Eddie Stobart: Trucks, Trailers and Tinsel The festive season is the firm’s busiest time of year - and the weather is not always on its side.

As blizzards hit the UK, the trucks need to keep rolling.

5 News National and international news.

Charley Boorman’s Extreme Frontiers Travel show. Charley’s Canadian odyssey starts in the most easterly point of Newfoundland.

Cowboy Builders Dom Littlewood and Melinda Messenger track down the UK’s most terrible tradesmen.

XIII: The Conspiracy Tense thriller The True Story Documentary exploring the real-life CIA history that inspired the Jason Bourne movies.

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Test Cricket Football Asia Football’s Greatest Managers SPL Round-Up All the goals from this weekend’s Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier League fixtures.

Netbusters Sky Sports News Ford Football Special Manchester City take on Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium in the Barclays Premier League.

Ford Football Special Tottenham played host to West Brom.

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Football First Game of the day Soccer A.M. The Best Bits Scottish Premier League Football First Double bill.

Extra Time World Darts Championship The final of the World Darts Championship from Alexandra Palace in London Test Cricket Day one of the third Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka.

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/ Wednesday 04/01/12

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4th December, 8:00pm Mamma Mia!

exuberant musical based on the hit stage show featuring the music of ABBA

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BBC News at Six BBC London News Celebrity Mastermind Countdown’s Rachel Riley, designer Wayne Hemingway, comedian Miles Jupp and political correspondent Gary O’Donoghue take their places in the infamous chair to answer questions on Manchester United, 1970s disco music, former England cricket captain Michael Atherton, and Winston Churchill.

Fake Britain Dominic Littlewood investigates scams and counterfeit goods.

Countryfile Public Enemies Paula has to decide whose skin she is going to save: her own, or Eddie’s?

BBC News at Ten BBC London News The National Lottery Wednesday Night Draws Including Thunderball and Lotto.

Match of the Day Gabby Logan is joined by Alan Hansen and Mark Lawrenson for highlights of five Premier League games.

Tombstone Gripping, action-packed account of the battle for law and order in the Old West.

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One Man and his Campervan To Buy or Not to Buy The Weakest Link Real Rescues Flog It! Perfection Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Eggheads Great British Railway Journeys Following the route of the Great Eastern Line, Michael comes face to face with a medieval politician and takes a rail tour of Victorian freak show hot spots.

Hairy Bikers’ Best of British The bikers continue their culinary journey through time as they celebrate British food. The British have a knack for gardening and through good times and bad our skills at growing veg have inspired some amazing dishes.

Nature’s Weirdest Events The second in this twopart series about the weirdest natural events on the planet features the incredible sea foam which turns part of the Australian coast into what looks like the world’s biggest bubble bath.

King George and Queen Mary: The Royals Who Rescued The Monarchy Episode two focuses on Queen Mary, who came from a relatively humble royal background, but was picked as a future queen consort by Queen Victoria.

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ITV News & Weather Dickinson’s Real Deal Lewis When Andrew Crompton, amateur astronomer and Master of Gresham College, is found dead at the foot of the university observatory stairs, Lewis and Hathaway find that the finger of suspicion points at all the staff - from tutors right down to the head porter and the college scouts.

The Chase Quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh. Four contestants must pit their wits against the Chaser, a ruthless quiz genius determined to stop them winning the prize cash.

London Tonight ITV News & Weather Emmerdale Buoyed up by Charity’s support, Jai gives Cain a warning. Jimmy is suspicious about Carl giving Rodney a job. Ashley tries to make amends with Sandy Harry Hill’s TV Burp Strap in for another rollicking, rip-roaring ride through past TV Burps.

Mamma Mia! Exuberant musical based on the hit stage show featuring the music of ABBA. 10:10 ITV News at Ten and Weather Practical Magic Supernatural romantic comedy about two sisters from a long line of witches whose powers come at a price.

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Freshly Squeezed Perfect Couples According to Jim Everybody Loves Raymond Double bill.

Frasier The Big Bang Theory Undercover Boss Australia The Love Bug Robert Stevenson’s much-loved family film stars Dean Jones as Jim Douglas, a struggling racing driver.

Tobruk British commandos, German Jews and an American demolition expert must contend with the desert, German patrols and a traitor while on a mission to blow up Rommel’s fuel supplies in preparation for an amphibious landing on the North African coast.

Deal or No Deal Celebrity Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Banged up together in a cell, Jacqui, Carmel, Myra, Lynsey, Cheryl and Nancy blame Cindy.

Channel 4 News 4thought.tv How to Cook Like Heston The Fabulous Baker Brothers Viewers can beat the January gloom by immersing themselves in a delicious world of flour, fire and forearms with brand new series The Fabulous Baker Brothers.

One Born Every Minute The Bank Job Random Acts Channel 4’s nightly shortform arts strand.

Bear’s Wild Weekend with Jonathan Ross Bear Grylls is helping presenter and chat show host Jonathan Ross to discover his inner Tarzan.

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The Witches of Oz Paulie Rojas, Eliza Swenson, Lance Henriksen, Christopher Lloyd, Billy Boyd. The first part of an epic, modern-day retelling of the classic Wizard of Oz story.

A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story Drama based on the true story of a transgender teenager. With the support of his mother, the boy gradually adopts a female identity, only to meet a tragic end at the hands of a brutal gang.

Chinese Food in Minutes Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers 5 News Charley Boorman’s Extreme Frontiers Travel show. Charley gets on his bike and heads for the Big Muddy Badlands on his way to this week’s first stop, The True Story Documentary examining the shark attacks in New Jersey in 1916.

Beowulf Digitally rendered epic based on the Old English poem of the same name.

Scandinavian warrior Beowulf fights to protect the Danes from the ferocious beast Grendel.

Hollow Man II Science fiction thriller. A Seattle detective attempts to protect the life of a scientist from a rogue assassin. He learns that the scientist was involved in a secret programme to create an invisible solider - but the experiment went badly wrong and its subject is now seeking revenge.

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5th December, 10:35pm Absolutely Fabulous

in this special episode of the award-winning sitcom, edina tries to prove that she has still got it

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EastEnders Denise takes matters into her own hands, but how far is she prepared to go?

It seems there is still a spark between Carol and David, but could another resident of the Square get in their way?

Earthflight This episode takes flight across Africa, giving viewers the chance to see the most animal-packed continent with fresh eyes.

Public Enemies Drama series. Eddie wants to fight his miscarriage of justice and his probation officer, Paula, wants to help him.

BBC News at Ten BBC London News Absolutely Fabulous In this special episode of the award-winning sitcom, Edina tries to prove that she has still got it. And will a new client destroy her relationship with Saffy, or make it stronger?

Under the Tuscan Sun Bittersweet romance about a thirtysomething San Francisco divorcee who finds a new lease of life while restoring a dilapidated villa in Tuscany, and ends up falling in love with an Italian man.

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Children’s Entertainment Darby O’Gill and the Little People One Man and his Campervan To Buy or Not to Buy The Weakest Link Real Rescues Flog It! Perfection Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Eggheads Great British Railway Journeys Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw’s Victorian Railway Guidebook.

Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways changed us, and what of Bradshaw’s Britain remains.

Great British Food Revival In this episode, greengrocer cum MasterChef host Gregg Wallace makes a case for the revival of the humble spud. He tracks down some heritage varieties that are full of flavour, and whistles up three fabulous dishes including a definitive shepherd’s pie and his own favourite, dauphinoise potatoes Top Gear In the 2011 Top Gear special, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May set out to boost the British economy by embarking on a trade mission to India.

Meet Britain’s Chinese Tiger Mums: A Wonderland Film In Hannah Berryman’s film, we meet three British-based Chinese mothers doing their best to make sure their children don’t pick up the slack habits of their Western counterparts.

Never Mind the Buzzcocks Anarchic, award-winning pop quiz.

Newsnight Three Men Go to New England BBC News

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Rodney starts his new career at Emmerdale Haulage.

Tonight At a time when many people are embarking on a post-Christmas diet or renewing their gym membership in an attempt to shed excess festive pounds, Fiona Foster asks whether we are unwittingly damaging our children’s attitude to food.

Emmerdale Cain’s attacker is revealed.

Aaron’s urge for revenge has not cooled.

Coronation Street Sally’s loyalty takes Frank by surprise. Eileen puts her heart on the line - but will Paul respond?

Eternal Law New six-part drama series from Ashley Pharoah and Matthew Graham about two angels who are sent to Earth in the guise of lawyers in order to help humankind.

ITV News & Weather Tightrope Tense thriller in which a New Orleans detective is forced to confront the dark side of his own personality while hunting down a vicious sex killer operating in the French Quarter.

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Freshly Squeezed Perfect Couples According to Jim Everybody Loves Raymond Double bill.

Frasier The Big Bang Theory Undercover Boss Australia A Challenge for Robin Hood The Cruel Sea Deal or No Deal Celebrity Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks As Ruby eagerly anticipates her 16th birthday, Cheryl makes an announcement about her new direction in life. At her lowest ebb, Cindy gets an offer of help from exhusband Tony. George.

Channel 4 News 4thought.tv Location, Location, Location Kirstie and Phil return for a brand new series, tackling more property problems for two sets of house hunters desperately in need of support and a bit of hand holding. In the first episode two pairs of buyers hope to make south east London their happy home.

Restoration Man Architect George Clarke returns for a second series of Restoration Man with a wide range of families and brand new restoration projects. Each episode features a family taking on the emotional and financial rollercoaster of restoring an old building.

The Bank Job Random Acts Channel 4’s nightly shortform arts strand.

Accused: The 74 Stone Babysitter The story of one of the most incredible murder trials America has witnessed.

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The Witches of Oz Paulie Rojas, Eliza Swenson, Lance Henriksen, Christopher Lloyd, Billy Boyd. The second part of an epic, modern-day retelling of the classic Wizard of Oz story. Dorothy and her friends fight back against the Wicked Witch who plans to conquer the world.

Devil Winds Pete was a fanatical storm chaser until a cyclone devastated his family. Now he’s a cop, but his old buddy needs his help to prevent a gigantic tornado from hitting a biohazard facility. With eco-disaster looming, millions are depending on them.

Five News Chinese Food in Minutes Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers Charley Boorman’s Extreme Frontiers Building the Ice Hotel This film follows artistic director Ake Larson and architect Arne Bergh, as they turn 30,000 tons of snow and 10,000 tons of ice into the coolest place to stay on the planet: the ICEHOTEL at Jukkasj rvi, high up in the north of Sweden, well within the Arctic Circle. It’s a challenge of towering proportions. Anything can go wrong, and often does.

Celebrity Big Brother The launch of another exciting series of Celebrity Big Brother Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side Super Casino

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Test Cricket Hyundai A League Barclays Premier League World Barclays Premier League Review A comprehensive round-up of all the weekend’s action in the Barclays Premier League.

Time of Our Lives Rowing for Gold.

Time of Our Lives Grand Prix Greats.

Time of Our Lives Ryder Cup Special.

Time of Our Lives Racing Legends Barclays Premier League World Test Cricket Day four of the second Test between Australia and India from Sydney Cricket Ground.

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Euro Tour Weekly European Tour Golf Pga Tour Review Hyundai A League Ford Football Special European Tour Golf Pga Tour Review Extreme Carp NFL Kings of the Snow Puradiva Wave Classic From Cornwall.

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The Rugby Club Simon Lazenby, Stuart Barnes and Dewi Morris preview and review the latest rugby union action.ñ Barclays Premier League Review A comprehensive round-up of all the weekend’s action in the Barclays Premier League.

World Wrestling Entertainment Late Night Raw

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/ Friday 06/01/12

BBC1 / DRAMA

2nd January, 9:00pm Hustle Drama series about a group of con artists

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The One Lenny Henry Lenny Henry showcases brand new stand-up combined with characters reprised from his early career and some new sketches.

Hustle Drama series about a group of con artists. The grifters take on Dexter Gold, the greedy, smoothtalking owner of a corrupt gold exchange.

BBC News at Ten BBC London News The Graham Norton Show Among the guests on Graham’s sofa are Hollywood actor Gerard Butler, starring in the movie Coriolanus; Doctor Who companion Karen Gillan; and Britpop icon Noel Gallagher, who also performs If I Had a Gun. The National Lottery Friday Night Draws The Infidel Weatherview

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Sicily Unpacked In the first episode, Andrew Graham-Dixon and Giorgio Locatelli take viewers on a journey into the heart of Sicily and introduce one another to the things they love about the island. Their first stop takes them to Giorgio’s friend Vittorio and his restaurant near the seaside village of Porto Paolo.

QI Stephen Fry addresses inequality and injustice with Sandi Toksvig, Clive Anderson, Henning Wehn and Alan Davies.

Newsnight Fifty Dead Men Walking Tense thriller loosely based on Martin McGartland’s account of his time as an informer for the British security services during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Beaufort Drama. The Israeli occupation of Beaufort fort may be about to end. For the occupying soldiers, the tension mounts as they wait for the announcement, still manning their posts.

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Safari Vet School New series in which TV vet Steve Leonard acts as guide and mentor to students from the UK as they try to cope with the challenges and terrors of being a wildlife vet.

Coronation Street Rosie pleads with Sally - but will she listen? Stella grows suspicious of Peter and Carla.

Law and Order: UK A drive-by shooting outside the Old Bailey leaves one police officer dead and another wounded in what appears to be an attack on a witness giving evidence in an attempted murder trial.

ITV News & Weather It’ll be Alright on the Night Griff Rhys Jones presents a special edition of the wellloved outtakes show.

Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

Chris Tarrant presents a special New Year edition of the game show The Zone

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Freshly Squeezed Perfect Couples According to Jim Everybody Loves Raymond Double bill.

Frasier The Big Bang Theory Hello, Dolly!

Gene Kelly’s $20 million triple-Oscar-winning musical stars Barbra Streisand, in only her second major role, as Dolly Levi, a matchmaker in turn-of-the-century New York.

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Oscar-winning, superrealistic wartime drama portraying the bombing of Pearl Harbor from both the American and Japanese perspectives.

Deal or No Deal Popular game show.

Celebrity Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Ruby is desperate to interest the cool sixth form gang in coming to her 16th birthday party.

Channel 4 News 4thought.tv Come Dine with Me In this all new celebrity show four famous faces known for causing trouble fight it out for a charity.

New Girl This critically acclaimed US comedy starring Zooey Deschanel makes its UK premiere on Channel 4.

The Bank Job The penultimate show hosted by George Lamb.

Rude Tube Rude Tube welcomes the New Year with Rude Tube 2012 Big Trouble in Little China John Carpenter’s fun martial arts romp keeps its tongue firmly in its cheek. Kurt Russell plays Jack Burton, who agrees to pick up a friend’s girlfriend, Miao Yin, from the airport.

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Milkshake 5 News Lunchtime Celebrity Big Brother Magic Beyond Words: The Jk Rowling Story A dramatised account of the woman whose imagination has enveloped the world. The Harry Potter phenomenon has taken millions of readers on literary journeys of magical adventures. This film takes the viewer on another journey: that of his creator, the remarkable JK Rowling, from childhood to one of the most celebrated writers in the world.

Relative Stranger Drama in which a former American football star returns to his family after six years away to attend the funeral of his father.

5 News Chinese Food in Minutes Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers Charley Boorman’s Extreme Frontiers Last in the series.

World’s Toughest Trucker Eight experienced truck drivers compete to win a £100,000 prize and the title of ‘World’s Toughest Trucker’. The challenge is to navigate the most extreme routes across four continents.

Celebrity Big Brother Action from the BB house.

Celebrity Wedding Planner Documentary series in which a soon-to-be wed couple hand over the complete organisation of their big day to a celebrity.

It is only after burlesque dancer Beulah and her fianc James have signed up to go along with everything the planners decide that they find out that their celebrity is Jedward!

Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side More news and reviews on the Big Brother house.

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Football Wycombe Wanderers host Huddersfield Town at Adams Park in npower League One. Take it Like a Fan The Sky Sports football quiz filmed at Premier League, Football League and SPL grounds.

Football League Weekend A look ahead to the weekend’s games in the npower Football League.

Cricket Day five of the second Test between Australia and India from Sydney Cricket Ground.

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Barclays Premier League World European Tour Golf The Rugby Club Barclays Premier League World Barclays Premier League Review ATP Tour Uncovered European Tour Golf ATP Tour Uncovered Racemax NFL Pdc Awards Highlights Road to London A look ahead to the 2012 Olympic Games.

Elite League Ice Hockey The Sheffield Steelers travel to the Skydome Arena to meet Coventry Blaze.

World Wrestling Entertainment Late Night Smackdown

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7th January, 7:30 Take Me Out

Matchmaker Paddy McGuinness returns for the third series of the hit dating show

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Breakfast Saturday Kitchen Live Nigel Slater’s Simple Suppers BBC News BBC London News Football Focus Great Edinburgh Cross Country 2012 Sporting action. Set around Holyrood Park, the Great Edinburgh International Cross Country features three professional races - the men’s 9km long course, the men’s 4km short course, and the women’s 6km race Darts Colin Murray and Bobby George are at the Lakeside Country Club as the 2012 Lakeside World Professional Championships get underway.

Final Score Gabby Logan introduces the day’s football results BBC News BBC London News Winter Wipeout The Magicians The Magicians returns with a show-stopping live format and viewer vote.

The National Lottery: Who Dares Wins The National Lottery quiz where two teams of complete strangers compete to win 50,000 pounds by completing a series of lists.

Casualty The doors open at the brand new emergency department, but are the team ready to respond when an explosion rocks Holby?

BBC News Die Hard with a Vengeance Freshly expelled from the NYPD, John McClane encounters a number of threatening phone calls from a terrorist calling himself Simon.

A.W.O.L. Bruising action yarn about a tough French Foreign Legionnaire who deserts his post after hearing that his brother is mortally wounded.

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Children’s Entertainment MOTD Kickabout Nobody Runs Forever Cold War spy yarn in which an Australian detective arrives in London to arrest a top diplomat for the murder of his first wife.

Duel in the Sun Western melodrama about two men battling for the affections of a mixed-race Mexican girl who is fostered into the ranch-owning family of her father’s cousin.

Escape to the Country Darts Jason and the Argonauts Action adventure saga set in Ancient Greece.

Jason encounters many a mortal foe in his search for the magical Golden Fleece, which will restore his father’s throne to its rightful owner.

Flog It! John Howard Davies: A Life in Comedy Penelope Keith, John Cleese, Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis are among the stars who pay their respects to the late John Howard Davies, producer of some of the BBC’s most popular comedy programmes including Monty Python, The Good Life and Fawlty Towers. 8:00 The Good Life As Tom and Barbara’s savings dwindle, Tom sets about earning some extra money.

Steptoe and Son There’s no electricity, no gas, no food, no booze and no fags. On top of that, two unwelcome visitors drop by - and they seem strangely familiar Fawlty Towers Basil’s new chef tries to turn Fawlty Towers into a gourmet’s paradise.

Comedy Connections Big Hits: TOTP 1964 to 1975 Darts Darts

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This Morning Murder, She Wrote ITV News & Weather Catwoman Adventure spin-off from the Batman comic franchise. A shy graphic designer at a cosmetics company is murdered by her employer after stumbling on a corporate conspiracy Jurassic Park On a remote island where an amazing theme park with living cloned dinosaurs is located, five people must battle to survive among the prehistoric predators when the security system breaks down and the beasts are released from their enclosures.

London Tonight ITV News & Weather New You’ve Been Framed!

Harry Hill’s TV Burp Take Me Out Matchmaker Paddy McGuinness returns for the third series of the hit dating show.

Talent Show Story New five-part series which examines the history of the talent show on British TV. The Jonathan Ross Show In the first of a new series Jonathan meets Liverpudlian funny man John Bishop.

ITV News & Weather Celebrity Juice The FA Cup Highlights Matt Smith is joined by Gordon Strachan and Paul Ince The Zone

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Mobil 1 The Grid GT Academy The Morning Line Hollyoaks Best Bits 2011 The Big Bang Theory Double bill.

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New Girl California Man Comedy about two Californian high-school students who, having discovered a frozen neolithic caveman while digging a pit for a swimming pool, thaw out their find and introduce him to the 1990s.

Channel 4 Racing Sandown Park: 2.00 32Red H’cap Chase; 2.30 32Red Novices’ Hurdle; 3.05 32Red.com H’cap Chase; 3.40 32Red H’cap Hurdle. Wincanton: 2.45 Bathwick Tyres H’cap Chase; 3.20 Bathwick Tyres H’cap Hurdle.

Presenters: Alastair Down and Alice Plunkett Come Dine with Me Extra Portions Four back to back episodes.

Channel 4 News 4thought.tv ‘Tis the season to be sinful Big Momma’s House 2 Martin Lawrence hits the dressing-up box again as FBI agent and master of disguise Malcolm Turner, in John Whitesell’s comedy sequel.

The Bank Job Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story Unless he comes up with $50,000, Peter and his Average Joe’s Gym will be swallowed up by White Goodman’s bodybuilding empire.

L.A. Confidential Oscar winning dark, fast double-cross thriller about two very different cops drawn together by an obsession.

A Ninja is for Life, Not Just for Christmas

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Milkshake The Hotel Inspector Celebrity Big Brother The Slipper and the Rose A modern, musical version of the Cinderella tale, in which a young servant girl wins the heart of the handsome yet unhappy Prince Edward. Featuring songs by Richard and Robert Sherman.

From Here to Eternity The compelling story of US soldiers based on Hawaii in the months prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Based on the novel by James Jones, the film won a total of eight Academy Awards and features one of cinema’s most famous kisses.

While You Were Sleeping Old-fashioned romantic comedy about a subway ticket clerk whose life changes when she goes to the aid of a handsome commuter she has worshipped from afar. When he is knocked off the platform during a mugging, she drags him from the path of an oncoming train, and in the confusion is assumed to be his fiancee. And when she is embraced by the comatose man’s family, she finds herself carried along by unlikely events.

5 News Weekend NCIS New series of the drama following the US Navy’s dedicated federal agency.

The murder of a petty officer uncovers an internal plot to sell highly classified military information.

Celebrity Big Brother Philadelphia Oscar-winning drama about a gay lawyer’s fight against unlawful dismissal by his homophobic employers. Forced to lead a double life because of the bigoted views held by his law firm, he discovers he is HIV-positive during a routine medical examination, and soon afterwards is fired for ‘incompetence’.

The only man willing to take on his case is a sharp, unscrupulous lawyer.

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Ashes Memories Take it Like a Fan PGA Tour Golf European Tour Golf Premiership Rugby Gloucester visit Sixways to face Worcester in round 13 of the Aviva Premiership.

Jonny May and Tom Voyce scored tries when the visitors won 29-8 in the reverse fixture back in September.

Premiership Rugby Leicester Tigers welcome London Wasps to Welford Road in round 13 of the Aviva Premiership. Christian Wade bagged a hat-trick in a 35-29 win for Wasps when the sides met in September.

La Liga Two matches from the Spanish league.

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Cricket Day five of the third Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka in Cape Town.

NFL Get the latest news from around the National Football League, plus the hot topics in the NFL. NFL Wildcard Weekend NFL Wildcard Weekend

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In the first of a new series Jonathan meets Liverpudlian funny man John Bishop.

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8th January, 8:30pm Wild at Heart

Return of the drama series set on an South African nature reserve

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Breakfast The Andrew Marr Show The Big Questions Country Tracks BBC News EastEnders Omnibus Bargain Hunt Escape to the Country The Royal Bodyguard Comedy series about an ex-guardsman who, thanks to a terrible misunderstanding, is put in charge of royal security. Guy Hubble’s first assignment as the royal bodyguard is to investigate a planned assassination attempt on a member of the royal family at the Commonwealth Conference in Scotland.

The Royal Bodyguard A routine shopping trip in London turns into a dangerous situation after a misunderstanding between Hubble and another member of royal security.

Songs of Praise Celebrity Mastermind BBC News BBC London News Countryfile Antiques Roadshow Sherlock Contemporary crime drama, based on the stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Something terrible has happened to Henry Knight; Sherlock and John investigate the truth about the monstrous creature which apparently killed their client’s father. A hound from hell? What seems like fantasy in Baker Street is a very different prospect in the ultra-secret army base that looms over Dartmoor.

BBC News BBC London News The One Lenny Henry Lenny Henry showcases brand new stand-up combined with characters reprised from his early career and some new sketches.

Grumpy Old Men Two neighbours, who have been bitter rivals ever since a youthful feud over a woman

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Children’s Entertainment Friday Download Something for the Weekend One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing Disney yarn about a group of spirited British nannies who become involved in a race with the inscrutable Chinese intelligence service. The prize is a topsecret microfilm hidden in the skeleton of a dinosaur on display in the Natural History Museum.

Darts Colin Murray and Bobby George introduce live coverage from the opening round at Lakeside.

Among those in action this afternoon are the 2001 champion, John Walton, and the number two seed, Scott Waites.

Ski Sunday Flog It! How to Build...

Top Gear Jeremy Clarkson travels to Belfast to conduct a test of the Renaultsport Twingo 133.

Great Barrier Reef To Boldly Go In this first programme, about how to survive underwater, Dr Fong escapes from a sinking helicopter, walks through a tank of sharks in an antique diving suit and intentionally gives himself nitrogen narcosis.

Adventureland Comedy drama. A high school graduate spends the summer working at the local amusement park to save up money for college. His summer takes a turn for the better when he meets and falls for a co-worker.

Darts Colin Murray present highlights from day two of the 2012 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships. Matches are the best-of-five sets.

Darts World Championships - Extra.

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The Fa Cup 3rd Round Live Adrian Chiles and Matt Smith present a double bill of live FA Cup third-round action. In the early kick off, Manchester United make the short trip across town to face their noisy neighbours Manchester City, looking to gain revenge for last season’s semi-final defeat.

London Tonight ITV News & Weather Dancing on Ice Phillip Schofield and Christine Bleakley present a brand new series as 15 celebrities take to the ice in a bid to be crowned Dancing on Ice Champion 2012. Ice legends Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean return as mentors to put the celebrities through their paces, and the standard will be higher than ever with tougher and more spectacular routines to test them over the next 12 weeks Wild at Heart Return of the drama series set on an South African nature reserve. Danny, Alice, Caroline and Du Plessis have been forced to move out of Leopard’s Den. With the women back in the UK, Danny and Dup set out to find a new place for everyone to live.

Dancing on Ice That Sunday Night Show Adrian Chiles returns for a new series of the show in which he rounds up the week’s big news stories as well as some of the notso-big ones that may have slipped under the radar.

ITV News & Weather The FA Cup Highlights Rugby Highlights The Zone

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Freesports on 4 That Paralympic Show One Tree Hill Hollyoaks Omnibus The Big Bang Theory Shipwrecked: The Island Ever After Andy Tennant’s romantic comedy fantasy is set in 16th-century France, where, following the death of her father, Danielle de Barbarac is assigned kitchen duties in the castle by her stepmother Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent.

The Simpsons Double bill.

Deal or No Deal Channel 4 News 4thought.tv The Devil Wears Prada Anne Hathaway plays Andy Sachs, a would-be journalist from Ohio who lands a job as assistant to the assistant of Miranda Priestly, editor of the successful fashion magazine Runway and an egomaniac in immaculate clothing.

The Hotel It’s manager Mark’s first summer season at The Grosvenor Hotel.

(500) Days of Summer Director Marc Webbs’s feature debut is a romantic comedy, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel, which unconventionally focuses on the heartache of unrequited love. Tom Hansen is making a living writing soppy messages for greetings cards.

Employee of the Month Greg Coolidge’s comedy is set in a department store and stars Dane Cook as Zack, who works in the packing department, and Dax Shepard as Vince, one of the cashiers. Zack’s ambition in life is to perfect the art of slacking while Vince is the store’s biggest suck-up.

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Milkshake Grey’s Anatomy Celebrity Big Brother Return to Oz Sequel to The Wizard of Oz. Dorothy discovers she is back in the land of Oz, and finds the yellow brick road is now a pile of rubble, and the Emerald City is in ruins. Learning that the magical land is now under the control of an evil empire, she sets off to rescue the scarecrow, the tin man and the lion with the help of her new friends.

Candleshoe Children’s drama about two con men who try to relieve a rich widow of her money by passing off a young American tomboy as her long-lost heiress.

Once settled into Lady Edmund’s English country estate, the youngster sets out to discover the mystery of a long-lost will.

5 News at 5 Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Edgar Rice Burroughs’s tale of the wild man raised by apes in the African jungle after his explorer parents died in a shipwreck. Rediscovered by adventurers when he has grown to manhood, he is returned to the strange and unfamiliar world of the British aristocracy and discovers that despite a doting grandfather and a beautiful female admirer, civilisation can be a cruel place.

S.W.A.T. Action thriller. An elite policeman is demoted after refusing to betray his partner and is later assigned to guard a narcotics kingpin on his way to jail. But the druglord has offered a huge reward to anyone who can free him from custody.

Celebrity Big Brother Action from the BB house.

Reservoir Dogs A group of perfect strangers have been assembled to pull off the perfect heist. Meticulously planned, nothing can go wrong.

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Barclays Premier League World Premiership Rugby La Liga The Sunday Supplement Goals on Sunday Chris Kamara and Ben Shephard present a round-up of the latest football news and goals. With studio guests on hand to analyse all the main talking points.

Football Second Division Arbroath meet Premier League side Rangers at Gayfield Park in round four of the Scottish Cup. Football Celtic travel to third division Peterhead in round four of the Scottish Cup. This is a huge tie for the side struggling for form in Scottish football’s bottom tier.

La Liga Three matches from Spain’s La Liga.

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Aerobics: Oz Style Rugby Super League A chance to relive the Super League XVI season.

Warrington and Wigan set the pace during the regular season, but it would be Leeds Rhinos who would claim their fourth title in five seasons.

PGA Tour Golf Day two of the Hyundai Tournament of Champions from the Plantation Course at Kapalua in Hawaii. Luke Donald, Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke are among the 39-man field.

European Tour Golf Day four of the Africa Open from the East London Golf Club in South Africa. There Canter Banter Puradiva Wave Classic NFL NFL Wildcard Weekend NFL Wildcard Weekend A Wildcard play-off match from the NFL.

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9th January, 8:30pm The One Jasper Carrott

Legendary comedian Jasper Carrott returns to the BBC after thirteen years

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Breakfast Wanted Down Under Homes Under the Hammer Saints and Scroungers Britain’s Empty Homes Bargain Hunt BBC News at One BBC London News Doctors Escape to the Country BBC News Deadly 360 Splatalot Roy Dani’s House Newsround Pointless BBC News at Six BBC London News The One Show Inside Out EastEnders Pat’s family continue to struggle to deal with their loss, but more unexpected news reveals that their troubles are far from over.

Awkward questions from Morgan lead Whitney to go behind Bianca’s back and can Denise and Zainab’s friendship recover after the disastrous events of Christmas Day? The One Jasper Carrott Legendary comedian Jasper Carrott returns to the BBC after thirteen years for a comedy special of brand new stand-up material, together with a reprisal of The Detectives with Robert Powell; a sketch with his daughter, The Office star Lucy Davis; and a song from his house band, with Rick Wakeman and ELO drummer Bev Bevan.

The Royal Bodyguard Comedy series. Guy Hubble’s plans to protect the royal family are thrown into confusion when he is kidnapped by his old nemesis.

Mrs. Brown’s Boys BBC News at Ten BBC London News Have I Got a Bit More 2011 News for You Would I Lie to You? The Graham Norton

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Children’s Entertainment BBC World News The Daily Politics Darts Real Rescues Flog It! Perfection Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Eggheads Great British Railway Journeys Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw’s Victorian Railway Guidebook.

Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways changed us, and what of Bradshaw’s Britain remains.

Baking Made Easy Want stress-free ideas captains his team in a rather untraditional fashion during the local regatta and Caroline drops in to fisherwoman Lorna Bean for a Cornish cream tea.

A Question of Taste Kirsty Wark hosts the food quiz for foodies that don’t just know their onions.

University Challenge The quarter-final stage continues. To reach the semi-finals, teams must win two quarter-final matches. In the first of their quarter-finals, the students from Worcester College, Oxford play the University of Newcastle.

Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

An Island Parish Series following a year in the life of the most southerly islands of the Outer Hebrides, off the northwest coast of Scotland.

The Hunt for Higgs: A Horizon Special Rhod Gilbert’s Work Experience Newsnight Darts Colin Murray introduces highlights from tonight’s matches in Frimley Green.

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Daybreak Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning ITV News This Morning Loose Women ITV News & Weather Dickinson’s Real Deal Lewis The Chase London Tonight ITV News & Weather Emmerdale The ramifications sink home for Cain’s attacker.

Laurel worries about Sandy, but enjoys seeing Ashley so happy. Pollard proffers a solution to Amy’s worries about Val. Coronation Street Can Peter hold his nerve when he is confronted by Stella? Becky is too wound up by Steve to notice she has a new admirer. Carla discovers Sally’s secret.

Cornwall with Caroline Quentin In this episode, staff from Unique Home Stays pay a visit to the owners of a converted country barn to see if they have what it takes to join the portfolio, gig rower Justin Halliwell captains his team in a rather untraditional fashion during the local regatta and Caroline drops in to fisherwoman Lorna Bean for a Cornish cream tea.

Coronation Street Is Peter and Carla’s secret out? Tyrone is stunned as he catches Kirsty in the act. Becky cannot believe her luck when Danny asks her out.

Above Suspicion New three-part crime drama by Lynda La Plante.

Film star Amanda Delany has the world at her feet.

The tabloids cannot get enough of her and she in turn cannot get enough of the spotlight.

ITV News & Weather The FA Cup Highlights That Sunday Night Show River Monsters

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Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Undercover Boss Australia Vacation, Vacation, Vacation A Place in the Sun: Home or Away Channel 4 News Celebrity Five Go to...

Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not The Man Behind the Gun Felix E Feist’s western stars Randolph Scott as Major Ransome Callicutt, a US agent sent to Los Angeles to investigate rumours of Southern California seceding. Posing as a schoolteacher, he finds romance with fellow teacher Lora Roberts and in his rival in love, Roy Giles, an army officer, a possible lead to uncovering the plot. Edited for content.

Countdown Deal or No Deal Celebrity Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Declan’s arrival in the village poses some questions for all concerned Channel 4 News 4thought.tv The Great Train Robbery’s Missing Mastermind?

The Great Train Robbery of 8 August 1963 has passed into legend as the greatest heist of the 20th century. A gang of professional robbers made history when they held up a mail train, seizing a record-breaking haul of £2.6 million.

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PGA Tour Golf Day three of the Hyundai Tournament of Champions from the Plantation Course at Kapalua in Hawaii.

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Cain is determined to hide the truth from Debbieç

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Breakfast Wanted Down Under Homes Under the Hammer Saints and Scroungers Britain’s Empty Homes Bargain Hunt BBC News at One BBC London News Doctors Escape to the Country BBC News Deadly 360 Splatalot Roy Pixelface Newsround Pointless BBC News at Six BBC London News The One Show EastEnders When Derek continues with his threats against David, Michael seizes an opportunity to get one over on him. Fatboy and Tyler are there for Whitney as she prepares to meet Morgan’s dad but how will he react to finding out he has a son? Lauren turns to the bottle after feeling neglected by her friends and family.

Holby City Emotions run high when Greg thinks Sahira has been in a car accident, while Chantelle has to step up to the plate in the face of some demanding patients. Meanwhile, it is Frieda’s first day working with Luc, and things become fractious as they struggle to get along.

DIY SOS The Big Build Derbyshire is the destination for Nick Knowles and the DIY SOS team as they travel to Chesterfield to help Lisa and Richard Watson and their young family.

BBC News at Ten BBC London News Burglar in the House The League Cup Show Human Traffic Weatherview

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Whether freshwater or from the coast, Britain has an amazing natural larder. The hairy duo try their hand at fly fishing for trout.

The Great Sport Relief Bake Off The first heat of The Great Sport Relief Bake Off sees four well-known faces don their aprons in this charity special hosted by Mel Giedroyc. Baking for Sport Relief in this heat are Actress Sarah Hadland, TV Gardener Joe Swift, Botanist and Broadcaster James Wong and Actress Angela Griffin.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood A two-part period drama adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens. Opium addict and choirmaster John Jasper has vivid dreams of killing his beloved nephew Edwin Drood and stealing his fiancee Rosa. When two exotic strangers arrive in town, Jasper’s dark desires take shape and his life will never be the same again.

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Andy is left humiliated when Debbie cannot go through with the plan.

Laurel finds out the real reason for the romantic getaway.

River Monsters Biologist and extreme angler Jeremy Wade goes to New Zealand to search for a mysterious and dangerous eight-footlong creature described over 200 years ago by a famous explorer. Is the beast in question a mere legend or could it be the same flesh-and-blood creature that has attacked divers and even seized a child?

The Exit List Matt Allwright presents a new game show in which knowledge and a cool head are essential as contestants face a series of nerve-wracking challenges.

The Biggest Loser Davina McCall presents the weight-loss competition. This week, the contestants learn the shocking damage that they have done to their bodies and hear the possible consequences.

ITV News & Weather The Grudge An American student living in Tokyo finds work as a carer for an elderly patient with sleeping difficulties, unaware that the woman’s house is cursed by the evil spirit of a murderer. Remake of the Japanese chiller Ju-on.

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Channel 4 News 4thought.tv The Fat Fighters Overindulged this Christmas? Want to get fit once and for all with some of the most outrageous gym trainers known to man?

The Fat Fighters invites viewers into the cool, crazy world of fanatical personal trainers in one of London’s most extraordinary gyms.

Inside Nature’s Giants BAFTA Award-winning Inside Nature’s Giants returns, investigating natural history from the inside out. Mark Evans and Joy Reidenberg travel to South Africa to dissect the first primate in the series.

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5 News at 5 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 5 News Celebrity Wedding Planner Documentary series in which a soon-to-be wed couple hand over the complete organisation of their big day to a celebrity.

It is only after burlesque dancer Beulah and her fianc James have signed up to go along with everything the planners decide that they find out that their celebrity is Jedward!

Cowboy Builders Dom Littlewood and Melinda Messenger track down the UK’s most terrible tradesmen and put right their botched jobs. In one of their most challenging projects yet, they find walls stuffed with toilet paper when they go to the aid of a retired couple from Yorkshire, who rue the day they decided on a local builder to erect a large extension to the family home they have loved for 25 years.

Body of Proof US medical mystery series.

Meet Dr Megan Hunt, a former brain surgeon whose life was changed by a car crash. Her career begins again in Philadelphia as a medical examiner, using her incredible mind to track down killers with her forensics skills.

Celebrity Big Brother Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side When Paddy Met Sally

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/ Wednesday 11/01/12 ITV1 / DoCuMeNTARY

11th January, 7:30pm The Unforgettable

A tribute to Leslie Crowther - best known as the presenter of hit shows Crackerjack and The Price Is Right

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Breakfast Wanted Down Under Homes Under the Hammer Saints and Scroungers Britain’s Empty Homes Bargain Hunt BBC News at One BBC London News Doctors Escape to the Country BBC News Deadly 360 Wingin’ It Roy My Life Newsround Pointless BBC News at Six BBC London News The One Show Match of the Day Live Gary Lineker hosts live coverage from the Etihad Stadium of the first leg of the Carling Cup semi-final between Manchester City and Liverpool. Big-spending City have led the way in the Premier League so far this season, scoring goals for fun as their wealth of attacking talent has clicked into gear, with Spanish winger David Silva their bewitching conductor.

BBC News at Ten BBC London News The National Lottery Freddie Flintoff: Hidden Side of Sport Cricket star Andrew (Freddie) Flintoff talks to sporting professionals about the serious effects of depression. He confronts his own issues as captain of England - under pressure and under fire at the top of his game.

Film 2012 with Claudia Winkleman Their Eyes Were Watching God A tale of class, race and romance set in 1920s Florida. Headstrong Janie Starks doesn’t mind plunging into marriage after marriage, but others have a problem with her behaviour. Based on Zora Neale Hurston’s AfricanAmerican classic.

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Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways changed us, and what of Bradshaw’s Britain remains.

Hairy Bikers’ Best of British The bikers continue their culinary journey through time as they celebrate British food. Throughout history the British diet has evolved as recipes and ingredients from other countries were adopted, adapted and traded.

Nowadays British food is a celebration of many cultures.

The Great Sport Relief Bake Off Host Mel Giedroyc and Judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood are joined by renowned Choreographer and Dancer Arlene Phillips, Radio Four’s Fi Glover, The Apprentice runner-up and now Presenter Saira Khan and Art Historian Gus CaselyHayford.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood A two-part period drama adapted from the novel

by Charles Dickens. With Edwin Drood feared dead, Jasper tries desperately to remember events of the night before. to the cathedral crypt.

Mock the Week Newsnight Darts Colin Murray presents highlights from tonight’s matches Darts

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Daybreak Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning ITV News This Morning Loose Women ITV News & Weather Dickinson’s Real Deal Lewis Police drama series. Lewis and Hathaway enter the archaic world of St Gerard’s Hall when a visiting female bishop is found dead after drinking poisoned wine.

The Chase London Tonight ITV News & Weather Emmerdale Laurel mulls over the prospect of leaving the village.

Aaron learns the truth about Cain’s attacker.

Debbie is determined to make her plan with Andy work The Unforgettable A tribute to Leslie Crowther - best known as the presenter of hit shows Crackerjack and The Price Is Right and a household name for most of his life.

Midsomer Murders A row between keen birdwatchers in Midsomerin-the-Marsh turns nasty when their president is killed. Patrick Morgan met his death while hoping to sight a rare bird, but is his obsession with ornithology to blame - or something more sinister? Barnaby and Jones attempt to discover the truth.

ITV News & Weather Payback Tough action thriller in which a man is persuaded by an old friend to take part in a heist of laundered Triad drug money.

But the friend and the man’s wife have carefully planned the whole caper in order to double-cross him, and leave him for dead. However, he survives and when he realises what they have done, he sets out to exact his revenge.

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River Cottage Bites Merrill’s Marauders Countdown Deal or No Deal Celebrity Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Cheryl grows concerned when Declan begins portraying Brendan-like traits at the pub quiz.

Channel 4 News 4thought.tv How to Cook Like Heston This week Heston challenges the way we cook eggs - the most versatile ingredient in the kitchen.

First up he reveals that the secret to a great boiled egg is simple - don’t boil it!

The Fabulous Baker Brothers This week the brothers, Tom and Henry, are baking recipes that are fast and furious. There’s soda bread and homemade butter, ready to eat within 30 minutes.

One Born Every Minute The second episode of the new series follows the stories of women who approach the pain of childbirth in very different ways.

How to be a Good Mother with Sharon Horgan Random Acts London’s Burning Launched at Red Bull Studios

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5 News at 5 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Grissom is called to a murder of a 17-year-old in a casino penthouse, and is joined in his research

by Sophia Curtis, who normally works the day shift. The entire team becomes involved when it is discovered that a kidnapping took place along with the murder.

5 News Cowboy Builders Dom Littlewood and Melinda Messenger track down the UK’s most terrible tradesmen and put right their botched jobs.

Benidorm Documentary series.

We meet Stuart from Ellesmere Port - he is in Benidorm on a stag weekend with his friends.

Stuart slips by the pool and breaks his arm - and his mates are far from sympathetic.

Celebrity Big Brother Action from the BB house.

Kym Marsh Teen Mums and Me Former Hear’Say star and current Coronation Street cast member, Kym Marsh takes a candid look at the realities for teenage mothers in the UK today.

Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side With special guests, exclusive footage and behind the scenes treats.

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Carling Cup Football Crystal Palace play host to Cardiff City at Selhurst Park in the first leg of their Carling Cup semi-final. Both sides upset Premier League opposition in the previous round.

Football Asia Revista de la Liga Football’s Greatest Managers Cricket South Africa and Sri Lanka contest their first ODI at Boland Park in Paarl. The visitors won their last oneday encounter by 55 runs back in September 2009.

Copa Del Rey Football A second-leg from the fifth round of the Copa Del Rey. Ford Football Special Tottenham Hotspur take on Everton at White Hart Lane in the Barclays Premier League.

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Tina and Kirsty’s feud has disastrous consequences

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Breakfast Wanted Down Under Homes Under the Hammer Saints and Scroungers Britain’s Empty Homes Bargain Hunt BBC News at One BBC London News Doctors Escape to the Country BBC News Deadly 360 Wingin’ It Roy Leonardo Newsround Pointless BBC News at Six BBC London News The One Show EastEnders Michael and David’s plan to set Derek up backfires - what will Derek do when he finds out who was responsible? Cora issues Tyler with a savage warning when his lingering feelings for Whitney become clear.

Earthflight The documentary series giving a bird’s-eye view of some of the world’s greatest natural spectacles departs on its grand European tour, using a host of techniques including taking extraodinary footage from microlites as they fly alongside imprinted birds.

New Tricks Drama featuring an eccentric group of ex-police officers brought out of retirement to investigate unsolved crimes. UCOS reinvestigate the disappearance of five-year-old Yasser Blackledge 25 years ago when a recently released prisoner, John Davies, confesses to his abduction and murder.

BBC News at Ten BBC London News Question Time David Dimbleby chairs a debate on the big stories of the week with a panel and studio audience.

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Hairy Bikers’ Best of British The bikers continue their culinary journey through time as they celebrate British food. Brits certainly love a bit of stodge.

The Great Sport Relief Bake Off Stepping up to the hotplate to have their baking scrutinized is - TV Presenter Anita Rani, Singer, turned Fashion Designer Pearl Lowe, BBC Weatherman Alex Deakin, and TV Historian and Archaeologist Alex Langlands.

Unfinished Masterpieces with Alastair Sooke Alastair Sooke explores the mysterious appeal of unfinished works of art.

From Dickens’s unfinished The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Jane Austen’s Sanditon and Coleridge’s Kubla Khan, he talks to those who have attempted to finish these literary enigmas and those who believe that any such task is impossible.

Never Mind the Buzzcocks Newsnight Darts Colin Murray introduces highlights from tonight’s men’s best-ofnine set quarter-finals.

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Children’s Entertainment Daybreak Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning ITV News This Morning Loose Women ITV News & Weather Dickinson’s Real Deal Lewis The Chase London Tonight ITV News & Weather Emmerdale Debbie takes extreme measures to win Andy round. Ashley is adamant that Sandy will not spoil his plans. Aaron admits to Hazel that the pressure is getting to him.

Tonight As the level of household debt rises to over five billion pounds this year, the programme looks at how people are being forced to borrow money simply to fund their ordinary day-to-day expenses. With the cost of living and the level of unemployment also increasing, getting into debt is now an even bigger problem that it used to be.

Emmerdale Debbie starts to feel the consequences of her secret rendezvous. A determined Sandy looks for alternative accommodation. Aaron confides in Hazel.

Coronation Street Tina and Kirsty’s feud has disastrous consequences.

Frank hires a private investigator to catch Carla out. The Rovers gets a new barmaid when Dev pushes his luck.

Eternal Law Six-part drama series about two angels who are sent to Earth in the guise of lawyers in order to help humankind.

ITV News & Weather The Jonathan Ross Show Take Me Out The Zone

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Classic Second World War Ealing propaganda thriller, based on a story by Graham Greene, and directed

by Alberto Cavalcanti.

The storyline evokes with a convincing passion the determination of a nation that had to be defended against an invader.

Countdown Deal or No Deal Celebrity Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Callum’s determination to help improve George’s self-confidence doesn’t have the desired effect, while Jono and Ruby enjoy their first date.

Channel 4 News 4thought.tv Location, Location, Location Kirstie and Phil hit the pavements of Windsor and Maidenhead in a bid to find homes for Nicki and Damien, and Maria.

Restoration Man Andy Critchlow surprised his girlfriend Ana Perkins.

My Daughter the Teenage Nudist Random Acts Coppers Curated by Lyle and Scott

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Milkshake The Wright Stuff LIVE with Gabby 5 News Lunchtime Celebrity Big Brother The Hotel Inspector Law and Order Surrender Dorothy Emotional drama. When her daughter unexpectedly dies, a woman heads to the summer home they once visited. Spending time with old friends helps her deal with her loss.

Five News CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Five News Police Interceptors Documentary series profiling the work of a highspeed police interception unit in South Yorkshire.

The team tracks down a driver who has legged it from the cops. Ange stands up to a couple of heavyweights.

World’s Scariest Plane Landings A documentary featuring startling footage of the world’s most petrifying landings.From skilled to not-so-skilled pilots, adverse weather conditions and mechanical failure, this selection of sometimes petrifying moments, shot on home video, give as-it-happened views from the ground or inside the planes.

Celebrity Big Brother Action from the BB house.

Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side All the latest news and gossip from the world of Big Brother.

It’s All About Amy This week, Amy lends a hand at her family’s firework shop as 5th November approaches, attends the opening of Peter Andre’s cafe in West Sussex, checks on the preparations for the launch of her own beauty salon, goes indoor skydiving in Milton Keynes, promotes her calendar at Bluewater and watches West Ham at Upton Park.

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EDITION 659 :: 30/12/2011 - 12/01/2012 :: ISLAND CONNECTIONS

ISLAND CONNECTIONS PROPERTY GUIDE

ISLAND CONNECTIONS :: EDITION 659 :: 30/12/2011 - 12/01/2012  A pa r t ment Teg ue ste.

Views: sea. 3 rooms. 178000€.

Phone: 653237084

Property

for sale

 Terraced house Tabaiba.

Location: outskirts. Views: sea.

173.00m2. 4 rooms. 245000€.

Phone: 630708491  A p a r t m e n t B a r ra n c o Grande. Location: outskirts.

V iews: sea. 65.0 0 m 2. 2 rooms . 118 0 0 0 € . P hone: 647914254

 Apartment Vecindario.

3 rooms. 113000€. Phone: 629681111  Apartment S/C de Tenerife.

Location: central 94.00m2.

2 rooms. 2 0 0 €. Phone: 678454967

 Apartment El Sobradillo.

Location: outskirts. 69.00m2.

2 rooms. 120000€. Phone: 687744185

 A p a r t m e n t M i ra m a r.

Location: central. Views: sea.

95.00m2. 3 rooms. 129000€.

Phone: 636440278

 Rustic land Las Portelas.

Location: outskirts. Views: mountain. 50000€. Phone: 692151998  Apartment Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Location: central. Views: sea. 85.00m2.

4 rooms. 108000€. Phone: 635672824  A pa r t ment Teg ue ste.

Views: sea. 3 rooms. 178000€.

Phone: 653237083  Apartment Los Gigantes.

Location: central. Views: sea.

50.0 0m2. 1 room 980 0 0 €.

Phone: 687442028  Apartment El Cotillo.

Location: outskirts 50.00m2.

1 room 10 5 0 0 0 €. P hone: 677708562  Apartment Gracia- La Laguna. L ocation: central 70.0 0 m 2 . 2 rooms. 14 0 €.

Phone: 699471781  Terraced house Sardina, Vecindario. Location: central.

Views: mountain 190.00m2.

3 rooms. 8 4 0 0 0 €. Phone: 622303155  Chalet San Germán, U r b a n i z a c i ó n M a c - k a y.

Location: central. Views: sea.

600.00m2. 4 rooms. 790000€.

Phone: 638329239

Exclusive complex EL VERIL DEL DUQUE

 Urban land Santa Cruz Tenerife. Location: central 17 0 . 0 0 m 2 . 0 € . P ho n e : 636242851

 A pa r t ment Teg ue ste.

Location: central. Views: sea.

120.00m2. 3 rooms. 178000€.

Phone: 922317003

 Apartment La Gallega.

Location: central. Views: sea.

105.00m2. 3 rooms. 189000€.

Phone: 661608680

REDUCED BY €100,000

 Apartment Las Américas, Tor v iscas Bajo. L ocation: outskirts. Views: mountain 60.00m2. 1 room 119000€.

Phone: 615309268

 Terraced house Vecindario.

Location: central 186.00m2.

3 rooms. 220000€. Phone: 669432552

 Apartment Candelaria.

Location: central. Views: sea.

61.00m2. 2 rooms. 155000€.

Phone: 637405693  Terraced house Gracia.

L ocat ion: cent ral. V iews: m o u n t a i n 3 8 7. 0 0 m 2 . 5 rooms . 2 70 0 0 0 € . P hone: 633088807

DON’T MISS THIS EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY Apartments 58m2, 1 double bedroom.

Tel. 922 719 346 · Mob. 676 387 774

Renovated and furnished, living/dining room.

670242080

American kitchen and large terrace.

 Chalet Urbanización Puertito 720m2. 5 rooms . 8 0 0 0 0 0 €. P hone: 670242080

 Te r ra c e d h o u s e L a Corujera. 3 rooms. 330000€.

Phone: 670242080

Price €56,000

 Apartment Cuesta de La Villa. 1 room 168000€. Phone: 670242080

Tel. 629 244 958 70m2. 2 rooms. 146 0 45 €.

Phone: 670242080

204m2. 3 rooms. 450000€.

Phone: 670242080

 Apartment Ofra. 83.00m2.

3 rooms. 115000€. Phone: 636 567 823

 Apartment El Toscal 64m2.

2 rooms. 145000€. Phone: 670242080

 Apartment Cabo Blanco 6 8m2. 3 rooms. 139 0 0 0 €.

Phone: 670242080

 Chalet Los Blanquitos - Cruz de las Ánimas. Countryside, sea views. 93.00m2 2 rooms.

210000€. Tel. 659 569 750

 Terraced house Tabaiba  Terraced house San Antonio Alta 160m2. 3 rooms. 309521€. 195m2. 3 rooms. 300000€.

Phone: 670242080 Phone: 670242080  Duplex El Toscal 147m2.  Apartment Cabo Blanco 3 rooms. 225000€. Phone: 69m2. 2 rooms. 130550 €.

Phone: 670242080 670242080  Chalet Cruz del Teide  Apartment El Toscal 82m2.

262m2. 2 rooms. 495000€. 3 rooms. 180000€. Phone: Phone: 670242080 670242080  Apartment La Longuera  Apar tment La Quinta 74m2. 2 rooms. 2250 0 0 €. 55m2. 1 room 184000€. Phone: Phone: 670242080 670242080  Apar tment La Quinta  Chalet El Durazno 402m2.

8 3m2. 2 rooms. 1650 0 0 €. 6 rooms. 695000€. Phone: Phone: 670242080 670242080  Apartment Orotava Alta  Chalet San Juan del Reparo 79m2. 3 rooms. 150 0 0 0 €. 250m2. 5 rooms. 504000€.

Phone: 670242080 Phone: 670242080  Chalet San José 466m2.  Chalet El Rincón 160m2.

3 rooms. 420000€. Phone: 3 rooms. 790650€. Phone: 670242080 670242080  Apar tment La Cuesta  Chalet Puntillo del Sol

WANTED! APARTMENTS FOR LONG LETTING IN THE LOS CRISTIANOS, LAS AMÉRICAS AND ADEJE AREAS!

Close to beach, beautiful 3 bed house, 2 bathroom & cloakroom.

Fully furnished. Fully fitted kitchen, priced to sell separate laundry room, spacious living NOW AT & dining room, large communal pool.

Private double garage with direct access €499,999 to house. 125m2 + 60m2 terrace.

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 Terraced house La Florida.

Sea views. 130.00m2. 4 rooms.  Chalet Las Candias 398m2.

265000€. Phone: 630 760 8 rooms. 578000€. Phone: 021 670242080

REF: SPV2-0131 – REDUCED BY €200,000!!

2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Nr. El Médano.

Constructed 110m2 on a plot of 42,869m2 + garage. Situated in an elevated position with superb 360º views. Comes fully furnished and fully equipped kitchen, BBQ, Bar. Plenty of scope for extending! VIEWING HIGHLY RECOMENDED! Two options available for purchase: 1. Villa + 42,869m 2 of land for – 520,000 Euros 2. Villa + 15,000m 2 of land for - 395,000 Euros

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REF: SPA1-0117 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, + private parking space. Los Seres, Los Cristianos. Constructed 47m2 + 10m2 terrace.

149,500 Euros

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 Apartment Las Arenas 80.86m2. 3 rooms. 192000€.

Phone: 670242080  Chalet L a Montañeta 130m2. 3 rooms. 360000€.

Phone: 670242080  Apartment Piedra Hincada.

2 rooms. 244350€. Phone: 670242080  Apar tment La Quinta 59m2. 1 room 186000€. Phone: 670242080  Duplex Maritim 117m2.

2 rooms. 280350€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment San Antonio 87m2. 2 rooms. 19 950 0 €.

Phone: 670242080  Chalet Jardin del Sol 230m2. 3 rooms. 485000€.

Phone: 670242080  Terraced house Cruz del Teide. 3 rooms. 342577€.

Phone: 670242080  Te r ra c e d h o u s e G o l f C o s t a A d e j e 14 0 m 2 . 3 rooms . 78 9 5 0 0 € . P hone:

 Apartment Puertito de Güímar. Sea views. 70.00m2.

1 room. 165000€. Tel. 616 116 560  Apartment El Caletón. Sea views. 135.00m2. 4 rooms.

13 0 0 0 0 €. Tel. 6 0 9 9 5 0 124

 Apartment La Citrona 128m2. 4 rooms. 252000€.

Phone: 670242080  Apartment Las Aguas.

3 rooms. 167000€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment La Quinta.

2 rooms. 183909€. Phone: 670242080  Terraced house La Quinta.

3 rooms. 286081€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment El Mayorazgo 94m2. 3 rooms. 2120 0 0 €.

Phone: 670242080  Apartment Cuesta de La Villa. 2 rooms. 210000€. www.teneriffa-fincas.net

 Apartment Santa Cruz. Phone: 670242080 120.00m2. 3 rooms. 280000€.  A p a r t m e n t P u e r t o Phone: 678 856 377 Santiago 96m2. 3  A pa r t ment Valle Sa n rooms . 2 9 4 5 0 0 € . P hone: Lorenzo. Sea views. 62.00m2. 670242080 2 rooms. 120000€. Tel. 679  C ha let E l M ayo ra z g o 349 630 321m2. 6 rooms. 890000€.  Studio La Paz. 129000€.

Phone: 670242080 Phone: 670242080  Chalet La Palmita 216m2.  Apartment El Tope 58m2.

4 rooms. 650000€. Phone: 1 room 19 6 3 5 0 €. P hone: 670242080 670242080  Terraced house Tabaiba  Apartment Playa Jardin Alta 186m2. 4 rooms. 355000€. 50m2. 1 room 158000€. Phone: 670242080 Phone: 670242080  Terraced house Cruz Del  Apartment Los Abrigos Teide. 3 rooms. 342577€. 53m2. 2 rooms. 95000€. Phone: Phone: 670242080 670242080

LOCAL FOR RENT - ADEJE The Local is on the first floor facing the road, giving the advantage that yoursign can be seen from the main road and the TF1 Motorway. It also has sea views. The area of Adeje is a very busy commercial area which has grown in importance due to it's strategic location and the extention of the TF1 motorway. Local size:- 110m2. Balcony size: 8m2. Separate kitchen area with a fridge 2 Daikin Air-conditioning units 1 Toilet with sink 2 entrances (double and single doors). All mains services are connected. The local is currently subdivided into offices.

RENT: €1,200 PER MONTH + IGIC

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 Apartment La Paz 60m2.

1 room 16 9 0 0 0 €. P hone: 670242080

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ISLAND CONNECTIONS PROPERTY FOR SALE

EDITION 659 :: 30/12/2011 - 12/01/2012 :: ISLAND CONNECTIONS

 Terraced house. La Florida.

Central. Views: sea. 130.00m2.

4 rooms. 265000€. Phone: 630760021

Property

for sale

 Apartment San Luis 120m2.

3 rooms. 192500€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment San Luis 105.51m2. 3 rooms. 176000€.

Phone: 670242080  A pa r t ment . Ba rra nco Grande. Outskirts. Views: sea.

65.00m 2 . 2 rooms. 123000€.

Phone: 647914254  Apartment Puerto de la Cruz. Outskirts. Views: mou nt a i n . 15 5 . 0 0 m 2. 3 rooms . 2 3 5 0 0 0 € . P hone: 693772137  A pa r t ment Teg ueste.

Central. Views: sea. 120.00m2.

3 rooms. 190000€. Phone: 922317003  Apartment Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Central 140.00m 2 .

4 rooms. 255000€. Phone: 679437720  Chalet. Sitio Litre. Central.

V iews: s e a . 2 0 0 .0 0 m 2 . 3 rooms . 5 8 0 0 0 0 €. P hone: 679352074  Apartment Puertito de Güímar. Outskirts. Views: sea. 70.00m2. 1 room. 165000€.

Phone: 616116560

 Apartment El Caletón.

Outsk ir ts. V iews: sea.

135.00m 2. 4 rooms. 130000€.

Phone: 609950124

 Apartment . Valle San Lorenzo. Central. Views: sea.

62.00m 2 . 2 rooms. 120000€.

Phone: 679349630  Chalet El Rincon 160m2.

3 rooms. 790650€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment Playa Jardin 70m2. 3 rooms. 2250 0 0 €.

Phone: 670242080  Terraced house. Tabaiba.

Outsk ir ts. V iews: sea.

173.00m 2. 4 rooms. 259000€.

Phone: 630708491  Apartment Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Central. Views: mou nt a i n . 1 2 0 . 0 0 m 2. 3 rooms . 2 8 0 0 0 0 € . P hone: 678856377  Urban Land Guía de Isora. Outskirts. Views: sea.

1000.00m 2. 8 rooms. 140000€.

Phone: 690166806  U rba n L a n d . G u ía de Isora. Cent ra l 3 0 5.0 0 m 2 .

16 rooms. 250000€. Phone: 690166806  Industrial. Guía de Isora. Outskirts. 4400.00m 2.

1100000€.

Phone: 690166806  Rustic Land. Guía de Isora.

Countryside. Views: mountain.

2500.00m 2 . 1 room. 11000€.

Phone: 690166806

 Apartment . Valle San Lorenzo. Cent ral. V iews: m o u nt a i n . 8 0 . 0 0 m 2. 2 rooms . 118 0 0 0 € . P hone: 669604281

 Terraced house San Lázaro 52m2. 2 rooms. 1520 0 0 €.

Phone: 670242080

 Apartment San Luis 115m2.

3 rooms. 188500€. Phone: 670242080

 Duplex La Paz 48m2. 1 room 18 0 0 0 0 €. Phone: 670242080

 Apartment San Luis 105.51m2. 3 rooms. 176000€.

Phone: 670242080

Land 400 m 2, built 230 m 2, three bed, two bath, barbecue and wood burning stove, pool, garage for two cars, patio with planters, kitchen with pantry, fireplace, wood fitted ceilings, fitted wardrobes. €398,000.

Contact José Guadalupe Mobile 676 399 652 josejguadalupe@gmail.com

 Cristianos central, (Avda.

Suecia), one bedroom apartment, 64m2, furnished, 120.000 euros, 649 142612 sea views

 Apartment Realejo Bajo 8 4m2. 3 rooms. 1450 0 0 €.

Phone: 670242080

 Te r r a c e d h o u s e L o s Príncipes 180m2. 4 rooms . 3 78 0 0 0 € . P hone: 670242080

 Terraced house Tabaiba Alta 160m2. 3 rooms. 309521€.

Phone: 670242080

 Duplex Las Aguas. 3 rooms . 16 70 0 0 € . P hone: 670242080

 C h a l e t L a P r i m ave ra 200m2. 3 rooms. 525000€.

Phone: 670242080

 Apartment El Toscal 64m2.

2 rooms. 145000€. Phone: 670242080  Terraced house Tabaiba Alta 160m2. 3 rooms. 309521€.

Phone: 670242080  Apartment Orotava Alta 79m2. 3 rooms. 139 950 €.

Phone: 670242080  Terraced house Tabaiba Alta 160m2. 3 rooms. 309521€.

Phone: 670242080  Duplex El Toscal 147m2.

3 rooms. 225000€. Phone: 670242080

 Te r r a c e d h o u s e L o s Príncipes 180m2. 4 rooms . 3 78 0 0 0 € . P hone: 670242080

 Chalet Cruz del Teide 262m2. 2 rooms. 495000€.

Phone: 670242080  Apartment La Longuera 74m2. 2 rooms. 2250 0 0 €.

Phone: 670242080

 Apartment Playa Jardin 50m2. 1 room 260000€. Phone: 670242080

 Apar tment La Quinta 8 3m2. 2 rooms. 1650 0 0 €.

Phone: 670242080

 Terraced house Green Golf 167m2. 3 rooms. 270000€.

Phone: 670242080

 Apartment Orotava Alta 79m2. 3 rooms. 150 0 0 0 €.

Phone: 670242080

 Apartment El Durazno 57m2. 1 room 198000€. Phone: 670242080

 Chalet San José 466m2.

3 rooms. 420000€. Phone: 670242080

 Apartment Aguagarcia 41m2. 1 room 150000€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment Barranco De Ruiz 96m2. 3 rooms. 170000€.

Phone: 670242080

 Terraced house Tabaiba Alta 160m2. 3 rooms. 309521€.

Phone: 670242080  Apartment Orotava Alta 79m2. 3 rooms. 139 950 €.

Phone: 670242080

 Apartment San Luis 115m2.

3 rooms. 188500€. Phone: 670242080

 Apartment Romántica II 130m2. 3 rooms. 184000€.

Phone: 670242080

2 rooms. 145000€. Phone: 670242080

 Apartment San Luis 120m2.

3 rooms. 192500€. Phone: 670242080

 Apartment Los Abrigos 52m2. 1 room 112000€. Phone: 670242080

 C h a l e t L a P r i m ave ra 200m2. 3 rooms. 525000€.

Phone: 670242080

 Duplex. Callao Salvaje.

V iew s : s e a . 8 0 . 0 0 m 2. 2 rooms . 13 8 0 0 0 € . P hone: 699012178

Smallholding: 3,000m2 with 350m2 property In Playa de La Tejita (El Médano).

With permission to construct a further 20 per cent, practically on the beach front of the Playa de La Tejita (El Médano).

Unique opportunity in Tenerife. Price was €250,000, now €150,000 due to transfer.

Tel: 629 244 958

For Sale - Rural house in Aldea Blanca, San Miguel, Tenerife

 Apar tment La Cuesta 70m2. 2 rooms. 146 0 45 €.

Phone: 670242080  Apartment El Toscal 64m2.

2 rooms. 145000€. Phone: 670242080  Chalet Las Candias 398m2.

8 rooms. 578000€. Phone: 670242080

 Apar tment . Visvique.

142.00m 2. 3 rooms. 174000€.

Phone: 665979787

 Apartment San Antonio 119m2. 3 rooms. 258436€.

Phone: 670242080

 Rustic Land. Fuente de La Vega. Countryside. 14400€.

Phone: 687005301

 Chalet La Perdoma 8 0 m 2 . 2 6 8 8 3 0 € . P ho ne : 670242080

 Golf del Sur, villa, quick sale, lovely 2 bedroom villa with gardens overlooking pool, secure complex, 50 per cent discount, tel 672 599411

 Apartment San Fernando 50m2. 1 room 149000€. Phone: 670242080

 Cristianos central, (Avda.

Suecia), one bedroom apartment, 64m2, furnished, 120.000 euros, 649 142612 sea views

 Apartment Las Dehesas 78m2. 2 rooms. 3050 0 0 €.

Phone: 670242080

 Apartment Playa Jardin 70m2. 3 rooms. 2250 0 0 €.

Phone: 670242080

 Terraced house San Antonio 195m2. 3 rooms. 300000€.

Phone: 670242080

 Duplex El Toscal 147m2.

3 rooms. 225000€. Phone: 670242080

 Apartment Romántica II 130m2. 3 rooms. 184000€.

Phone: 670242080

 Chalet Cruz del Teide 262m2. 2 rooms. 495000€.

Phone: 670242080

 Apartment Playa Jardin 50m2. 1 room 260000€. Phone: 670242080

 Apartment La Longuera 74m2. 2 rooms. 2250 0 0 €.

Phone: 670242080

 Chalet El Rincon 160m2.

3 rooms. 790650€. Phone: 670242080

 Apar tment La Quinta 8 3m2. 2 rooms. 1650 0 0 €.

Phone: 670242080

 Terraced house Green Golf 167m2. 3 rooms. 270000€.

Phone: 670242080

 Apartment Orotava Alta 79m2. 3 rooms. 150 0 0 0 €.

Phone: 670242080  Golf del Sur, Las Adelfas 1, lovely 2 bed, poolside, security, must sell quickly, 178.000 euros, tel 672 599411  Te r r a c e d h o u s e L o s Príncipes 180m2. 4 r ooms. 378000€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment Playa Jardín 70m2. 3 rooms. 225000€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment San Luis 115m2.

3 rooms. 188500€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment San Luis 105.51m2. 3 rooms. 176000€.

Phone: 670242080  Apartment San Luis 120m2.

3 rooms. 192500€. Phone: 670242080  Chalet La Primavera 200m2.

3 rooms. 525000€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment Romántica II 130m2. 3 rooms. 184000€.

Phone: 670242080  Apartment Playa Jardin 50m2. 1 room 260000€. Phone: 670242080  Chalet El Rincon 160m2.

3 rooms. 790650€. Phone: 670242080  Terraced house Green Golf 167m2. 3 rooms. 270000€.

Phone: 670242080  Apartment El Durazno 57m2. 1 room 198000€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment Aguagarcia 41m2. 1 room 150000€. Phone: 670242080

 Apartment El Durazno 57m2. 1 room 198000€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment Aguagarcia 41m2. 1 room 150000€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment Barranco De Ruiz 96m2. 3 rooms. 170000€.

Phone: 670242080  Apartment San Antonio 119m2. 3 rooms. 258436€.

Phone: 670242080  Chalet La Perdoma 8 0 m 2 . 2 6 8 8 3 0 € . P ho n e : 670242080  Apartment San Fernando 50m2. 1 room 149000€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment Las Dehesas 78m2. 2 rooms. 3050 0 0 €.

Phone: 670242080  Terraced house San Lázaro 52m2. 2 rooms. 1520 0 0 €.

Phone: 670242080  Duplex La Paz 48m2. 1 room 18 0 0 0 0 €. Phone: 670242080  Apartment Los Abrigos 52m2. 1 room 112000€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment Realejo Bajo 8 4m2. 3 rooms. 1450 0 0 €.

Phone: 670242080  Duplex Las Aguas. 3 rooms . 16 70 0 0 € . P hone: 670242080  Apartment El Toscal 64m2.

Opportunity in Torviscas Alto (Playa Fañabé) Apartment, 60m2, one bed, furnished with terrace 8m2, views over the pool and La Gomera.

Quiet neighbourhood, near to commercial centres, Playa Fañabé , safe, communal zones.

Urb. La Tagora • San Eugenio Alto

New 3 bedroom luxury villa 650,000€ (0034) 634 072 328 (0034) 922 72 44 16

Community pool.

Community monthly fee, €49. Excellent investment.

Price €75,000.

Iñaky - Tel. 629.24.49.58 aska_tenis@hotmail.com

Opportunity in Playa de Las Américas

Apartment, 55m2, one bed, American kitchen, terrace. Excellent location, 2 minutes from the beach. Community pool, excellent investment opportunity.

Price: €85,000 Tel: 629 244 958

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ISLAND CONNECTIONS PROPERTY GUIDE

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safety Advice >>

Planning a children’s play area W

hen it comes to planning a children’s play area, safety must always be at the top of the priority list.

Here are some of the safety aspects you need to bear in mind.

Children love nothing more than having a great area specially dedicated to them which they can run around and play in. So, it’s hardly surprising that more and more adults are spending time working out just how they can fit that ideal play area into their garden or balcony and planning all aspects of safety is a big part of this. here are some safety tips to consider during the planning process and once the play area is in place:

safety surface –

important to make sure the area is well shaded.

As more than 70 per cent of all injuries within the children’s play area are caused by the children falling, it is important that you make the surface as safe as possible. Ensure that you install a shock-absorbing surface of about six inches deep. this should exceed the play area itself by about six foot. Consider using play bark, wood chippings or sand.

Location – Carefully consider the position of your play area. Avoid placing it near to greenhouses or fencing. For smaller children consider placing the play area where you will be easily able to keep an eye on them. here in the Canary Islands it is also

Children-friendly – the play area needs to be totally child-friendly, so check every part of the designated area for any potentially dangerous obstructions. Remove protruding tree roots, branches etc. Also think about small spaces when younger children might become stuck, such as climbing ladders etc.

If you live in an apartment that is not at ground level, make sure the play area isn’t too near the railing/wall of the balcony, and install a protective grid if there are railings to avoid the children climbing, getting limbs stuck, or throwing toys over the balcony onto the neighbours or passers-by below.

If your play area is on a balcony use a protective grid to protect the kids

Regular Maintenance Make sure that you regularly maintain the play area. this will entail raking through any loose material and removing any foreign objects. Check all the play equipment and replace or repair appropriately.

establish Play Area Rules – Children need to know how they should behave in the play area. this should include how they should use the toys and equipment and understanding the reasons why glasses or other objects shouldn’t be allowed in the area. Furthermore, adults will benefit from agreeing clear supervision rules.

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Prices in the private property sector fell by 7.4 per cent in the third quarter of 2011 in comparison with the previous year.

Whilst average property prices have been falling month by month, land prices remained steady until the third quarter of this year.

A new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers claims that electricity prices to the consumer should increase by 23 per cent in 2012 and 18 per cent in 2013.

he figures were recently published by the National Statistics Institute and represent 14 straight months of price decreases. New prices held their ground slightly better, showing a reduction of five per cent, but second hand homes went from 8.3 per cent down in the second quarter to 9.6 per cent in the third.

he drop registered between July and September was of 11.1 per cent in comparison with the same period in 2010 and 20.7 per cent less than the second quarter. The average urban land price per square metre finished at €169.6. It’s the first time this year the year on year price of land has fallen, it increased 3.7 per cent in the first quarter and 1.5 per cent in the second.

he firm also recommends the revision of tariffs in function of the ability to pay, the slowing down of the installation of renewable power sources, the renewal of nuclear plant permits and the study of alternative routes to finance green technologies. The limitation of the TUR, the only regulated tariff which is used by 19 million consumers, would, they claim reduce the increases to industrial clients to eight per cent next year and just four in 2013.

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Religious events were also to the fore; Tenerife’s bishop Bernardo Álvarez opened the long-awaited church in Callao Salvaje, the Right Reverend Doctor Geoffrey Rowell, the Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe paid a flying visit to the south of the island, and Bishop David, Archdeacon David Sutch, Dean Canon Hugh Broad and Bishop’s chaplain Deacon Frances Hiller were present as what was the first Anglican ordination in the Canar y Islands, of Jennifer Elliot de Riverol who was made deacon in All Saints Church, Puerto de la Cruz.

We celebrated a few weddings – Island Connections

photographer Gar y Hill married Blanche Chalk, Julie Hamill and Richard Sargent also tied the knot, and the world and his wife watched the royal wedding of the year, the UK’s Prince William and Kate Middelton’s nuptials, at parties and events ever ywhere.

The islands are no strangers to glitterati; for another year we had some incredible Carnaval Queens chosen to reign, and a new show hit town in the shape of the Music Hall Tavern, a ver y colourful drag show. And stars of stage and screen were also here during the shooting of Clash of the Titans II, which saw hundreds of locals hired

as extras and the waters and landscape of Tenerife once again destined for the Hollywood audiences. Residents in La Gomera could have been forgiven for assuming their waters were also being used for some fictional tale when they spotted the An Tiki boat being launched – but in fact this was the beginning of an attempt to sail from La Gomera to the island of Eleuthra in the Bahamas, led by 84 year old Anthony Smith, David Hildred, Dr. Andrew Bainbridge and John Russell.

The vessel was twelve by six metres, consisted of four polyethylene water pipes, each one and a quarter tons, forming the base, with fourteen

ding in Costa del Silencio 2. Titti Trollop and co.

3. Sponge Bob Square Pants during his visit to Tenerife 4. John and David Heyfron and Chucky Govener on their release 5. Justice at last for Isabel Camino 6. Police remove the body of the murdered British woman in Los Cristianos 7. Jennifer Mills-Westley 8. The An Tiki leaving La Gomera 9. Michael Bolton who performed in Costa Adeje 10. The speed limit dropped to 110 for a few months 11. International guests celebrated international 112 day in Adeje 12. Bishop Bernardo Álvarez blesses Callao Salvaje church 13. Bishop Geoffrey Rowell in Los Gigantes 14. DJ Tiesto 15. El Hierro residents 16. Windsurfers at El Médano 17. Reina de Carnaval, Las Palmas 18. Becky Brewerton winning the Tenerife Ladies Open 19. Buzz Aldrin (centre) at Starmus 20. Swimming with the turtles in Playa Paraíso 21. Jennifer Elliot de Riverol’s ordination 22. Everton chose Adeje’s T3 for winter training 23. Clash of the Titans II filming

in Tenerife 24. Gary Hill (our Gaz) and his bride Blanche Chalk 25. L-R, Bill Anders, Veronika Borovik, Viktor Gorbatko, Neil Amstrong greeting Kathryn Gray and Jim Lovell Credit: Max Alexander / Starmus Festival 26. Warrington Wolves joined Ñandu Rubgy for some training in T3 27. Cocktail shakers entertained during the XV Pan American Cocktail Competition 28. Julie Hamil and Richard Sargent 29. Sheep shearing in Adeje 30. Charlie Karlson and his singing teacher Alejandra Mereb de Toledo 31. BB, the scientific rover in Las Cañadas

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smaller cross pipes and wooden decking on top. And after 66 adventurous days at sea they made it. And at the start of December 18 teams of rowers have just set off, again from La Gomera, as part of the Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Challenge, including an all-female crew who are raising awarness of the horrors of human trafficking.

cern that there might be a volcanic explosion on the island itself. The residents of the small island are now also suffering the financial repercussions of the effects of the tremors on tourism and fishing, with many families in economic distress.

Animals to grace our pages included the turtles in the newly created marine reserve off El Puertito, Tiger the Bengal cat and a number of sheep who were sheared outside the Adeje cultural centre as part of wool week, much to the delight of local children who were assured that it was nothing more than a trip to the ovine hairdressers.

There were a few political eruptions. The municipal elections in May saw some indications of the sweeping victor y the Partido Popular would enjoy at national level in November, though not everywhere, with local concerns and loyalties taking precedence. New alliances were formed at insular and regional level seeing the Coalición Canaria’s Paulino Rivero retaining the regional presidency with the support of the socialists.

The smallest of the Canar y Islands, El Hierro, is rarely in the news, but in recent months it has had top billing given the thousands of earth tremors, and the spectacular pictures the under water eruptions have provided and the ongoing con-

As we bid farewell to 2011 let’s hope that the new gover nment taking over the national reins will be able to guarantee us some good economic news for 2012, and in that vein we wish everyone a prosperous and happy new year.

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A pet is for life Gizmo Life According to (IT’S A DOG’S LIFE)

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k, it’s that time of year when the humans make lists of all the things that they think they should do in the coming year, but deep down know that they probably won’t.

So, not wanting to be left out (and you know how much I like lists from my Christmas column), here’s my own suggestions for all you pooches to ponder ...

Gizmo’s New Years Resolutions:

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I’ll try not to chew Nikki’s slippers, watch, Yoga Dvd, or the book she’s currently reading - and I promise not to eat the last page before she has a chance to finish it.

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I’ll be kind to the stupid looking Moggy-with-no-tail down the road, and I won’t chase him (ah um, yes, well not that much). I’ll also try and be nicer to cats in general. It’s going to be difficult though: they really irritate me when they come into my garden and start prancing around with their noses in the air. A kind of red mist comes over me and I go all tom-&-Jerry on them.

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I won’t eat the toilet rolls in the bathroom - gave me bad indigestion last time anyhow!

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I won’t fart when there are human friends around (it’s a good way of getting them off the sofa though.

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I won’t slurp Nikki’s coffee in the morning, she doesn’t put enough sugar in it anyway (but if she will leave that last little bit lying around, what does she expect?).

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When I’m going to throw up I’ll aim for the tiles, instead of the last remaining bit of clean rug (even though the rug smells much more interesting when I’ve thrown up on it).

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I won’t roll around in horse poo and then jump on the sofa. Apparently horse poo smells bad to humans - I just don’t understand why ? ... Smells fantastic to me (much better than the sofa anyway).

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I won’t stick my head in the dishwasher and lick the plates. I got my collar stuck in there once, and it wasn’t a good place to spend a few hours.

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I’ll really try not to woof at the postman. on second thoughts, maybe that’s a bit too unrealistic. Let’s just say that I won’t woof so hard that I bounce up and down. Will that do ? I mean he’s there for us woofers to woof at - fact. Simple as that.

New Year’s eve I don’t remember much about last New Year’s Eve. I was very young, but what I do recall is that New Year’s Eve is very a noisy time with fireworks, and loud drunk people etc. So I think it’s important to make sure your pooch is in a quiet safe place, well away from the fireworks if that’s possible. here are a couple of tips to make your furry friend feel safer: make sure your pooch has somewhere to hide. this could be under a bed, under the stairs, or in an indoor kennel, but don’t lock your dog into one room, - he needs to feel free to move around and not feel trapped. It also helps to turn on the tV ( I quite like wildlife documentaries) or radio in the room he feels safe in. I’m ready for my schedule to be interrupted on New Years Day, and for my owners to be a bit less keen to take me out for a walk until later in the morning. I’m also expecting them to look a bit ‘ruff’. hasta luego mis amigos. have a very Wooftastic New Year.

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e have said it before, but it’s well worth repeating, especially at this time of the year - looking after a pet is one of the most educational and rewarding relationships a child or an adult can experience, but it requires time, money and dedication.

A pet cannot be pushed onto a back shelf when the novelty wears off, it’s a lifelong commitment. Just like us, animals need regular exercise and whilst a hamster will happily go round and round on its wheel alone, a dog needs the company of its owner for its daily constitutionals. Most pets need regular washing and grooming, some need their habitat cleaned frequently, some leave hairs in the home which can provoke allergies. All animals need daily feeding and fresh water, bowls and bedding have to be cleaned etc.

Possibly the highest expense is for the veterinary surgeon, but apart from the normal annual vaccinations and worming, the cost of spaying or castrating an animal has to be taken into consideration, or the possibility of congenital illnesses which would have to be treated for the animal’s lifetime. It is also obligatory in Spain to microchip all dogs and in some boroughs cats and other animals too. Whilst some responsible breeders will provide cheap lodging for ‘their’ offspring during vacations, if they don’t you’ll have to find an alternative or pay for a kennels, cattery or whatever. Weekly food bills can be quite high, depending on the size and type of animal chosen and they also require bedding,

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The committee of K9 would like to thank most sincerely, everyone who has supported the dogs and cats at the kennels over the past 12 months.

It would be most unfair to name specific individuals, as there is always the possibility, however unintentional, for some name to be forgotten and risk causing offence.

So, to all the red box collectors, to all who donate to the red boxes, and to the shop and bar owners who allow a box on their premises, many thanks. to all the bars and restaurants who have hosted an event and to the great act’s who have entertained, again many thanks. thanks to all our volunteers, whether assisting at the market stalls, cleaning and/ or walking dogs at the kennels, collecting, sorting or selling donations to our shops, a heart felt thanks on behalf of the fourlegged guys at the kennels. to the local newspapers who detail our fundraising events, publish the occasional animal related story, or highlight the plight of the neglected, abandoned and abused stray animals, thanks also to you. thanks to the local vets who provide us with their guidance and expertise in our attempts to do what’s right!

Compliments of the Season and best wishes for a prosperous 2012 to everyone of you.

Feliz Navidad. Apologies to any group of people not mentioned.

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toys and grooming equipment.

Many animals need to be house trained and dogs especially require much more time for overall training. It is unlikely that a child will have the knowledge to do this and the task would fall on the parents.

Year after year, the shelters fill with animals which have been bought with a lot of love but not enough forethought, dumped after a child, or often a capricious adult, has become bored with their new ‘toy’! If you have been lucky enough to have been given a pet this Christmas, do remember that this is a gift for life. You will both learn and grow no matter how old either of you are, so take the time to get to know your pet, and your life and theirs should change delightfully.

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s this one of these lovely animals just for you? There are many waiting for homes at the K9 kennels. If you would like to re-house one of the animals call K9 on 667 638 468 or visit the kennels between 11am and 2pm any day of the week.

Josephine:

is a Yorkshire terrier and around one/two years old. She is friendly and loves people. She would be best suited to a family with children over 10 years old.

Troy:

is a very affectionate pointer, he likes people and gets on with other dogs. he is around three years old.

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hile the cinema is open at Christmas most of us like to watch at least one of two ‘classics’, either with the kids or with a snuggle up on the sofa person… Here, from the Island Connections offices, are a few more of our favourites.

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he brain child of the then regional president Jeronimo Saavedra the Canary Islands Music festival is now in its 28th year.

The Polar Express

(2004) The Polar Express is

a computer-animated film based on the children’s book of the same title by Chris Van Allsburg. The movie is directed by Robert Zemeckis.

It is about a doubting boy looking for the true spirit of Christmas. The boy boards a magical train on Christmas Eve which takes him on a fantastic journey to the north pole and Santa’s home.

White Christmas

(1954) Are you dreaming of a

white Christmas? Well, you mightn’t see snow in South Tenerife or Lanzarote, but watching this classic, directed

by Michael Curtiz with Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye as a vaudeville duo helping out their second world war commander at his troubled New England hotel will bring you close.

the three primary goals of the festival are, to enrich the cultural programme of a region with a long tradition in music, to heighten the international profile of the Canary Islands through something other than the sunshine and beaches for which the islands are already well known and to attract more cultural tourism to the islands. the history of music in the region can be traced back to the beginning of the 19th century when European opera companies stopped over in the Canary Islands on their way to South America, making good use of their stay to offer the recitals and performances which helped create a significant musical tradition. today, “the promise of perfect organisation, the guaranteed public response and, of course, the pleasant climate (after all, it is the only festival in Europe held in winter), all goes to ensure that the Canary Islands Music Festival finds a place of honour in the diaries of all the musical greats”. this year there will be, as is now common, a host of

The Philharmonia Orchestra, acknowledged as one of the world’s best

strument orchestras. Founded in 1980 by Robert King, the King’s Consort and its equally renowned Choir of the King’s Consort have toured in five continents and appeared in almost every European country, in Japan, hong Kong and the Far East, as well as North and South America. With 95 CDs in the catalogue, and more than one million CD sales, the King’s Consort is one of the world’s most-recorded historical instrument orchestras.

During three decades the King’s Consort, under Robert King’s artistic direction, has presented an adventurous variety of repertoire, spanning from 1550 to the present day, in many of the greatest European concert halls. the orchestra is especially regarded for its many recordings of music by handel and Purcell, but its catalogue also includes instrumental and choral music by dozens of composers from Albinoni to Zelenka, including music by haydn, hummel, Bach, Rossini and Mozart. on the sliver screen the King’s Consort feature in the sound tracks of Ridley Scott’s epic the Kingdom of heaven, and in the Chronicles of Narnia, Pirates of the Caribbean, Flushed Away and the Da Vinci Code.

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excellent visiting orchestras and artists. here and in our next edition we detail just a few.

THe PHILHARMoNIA oRCHesTRA Acknowledged as the uK’s foremost musical pioneer, with an extraordinary recording legacy, the Philharmonia leads the field for its quality of playing, and with its Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor Esa-Pekka Salonen, the Philharmonia orchestra is at the heart of British musical life. today, the Philharmonia has the greatest claim of any orchestra to be the uK’s National orchestra. During its first six decades, the Philharmonia orchestra has collaborated with most of the great classical artists of the 20th century.

Conductors associated with the orchestra include Furtwängler, Richard Strauss, toscanini, Cantelli, Karajan and

giulini. otto Klemperer was the first of many outstanding Principal Conductors, and other great names have included Lorin ,Riccardo Muti, giuseppe Sinopoli) and Sir Charles Mackerras. the Philharmonia orchestra continues to pride itself on its long-term collaborations with the finest musicians of our day as well as supporting composers and since 1945 the Philharmonia orchestra has commissioned more than 100 new works from composers including Sir harrison Birtwistle, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Mark-Anthony turnage and James MacMillan.

The Philharmonia orchestra will perform in Las Palmas on January 12 and 13th and in santa Cruz on January 14th and 15th.

THe kING’s CoNsoRT the King’s Consort is one of the world’s leading period in-

The kings Consort will perform in Lanzarote on January 10th, Fuerteventura on January 11th, La Palma on January 12th, La Gomera on January 14th, el Hierro on January 15th, santa Cruz de Tenerife on January 16th and 17th and Las Palmas on January 19th and 20th..

(1995) Directed by Jeanot

Szwarc this family favourite stars Dudley Moore and John Lithgow, and explores the origins of that most important person Santa Claus and his little helpers.

New Year’s eve

Los GIGANTes Street dance in the Plaza Bouganvilla, Rock and

roll until the early hours with old Dogs New tricks and others.

The parade:

Three kings

5TH JANuARY

Look out for Three Kings’ parades all over the islands.

The mages arrive using a variety of forms of transport to bring the children their seasonal gifts.

Spain top 10 singles SouRCE: PROMUSICAE

Broadcasting >>

Radio Sur Adeje

14 years on air

1. Michel Telo Ai Se Eu te Pego 2. Rihanna/Calvin Harr We found love 3. Pablo Alborán Perdoname

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The Movie

The dance :

For more information on concerts and tickets visit the festival website, www.festivaldecanarias.com

he local radio station Radio Sur Adeje recently celebrated 14 years on the air, and was thanked for its excellent work by mayor José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga, saying that when it started out the main aim was to provide a communication point for residents and neighbours, something they had achieved, and more.

Santa Claus:

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With many radio stations closing due to funding or licencing reasons, the mayor, interviewed on that station to celebrate the anniversary, stated that “we will continue to support this station…because it is an important resource. We need the feedback from the people for Adeje, something the station allows us to receive”.

Nacho Palacio, the director of Radio Sur Adeje, said that coinciding with the 14 year celebrations the station was launching a new logo and public image, reflecting a modern station, adapted to the moving times. the new logo was already online, in Facebook and other social networks.

4. Serrat/Sabina Cuenta Conmigo 5. Adele Rolling in the Deep 6. Maroon 5/Christina Moves like Jagger 7. India Martinez Venecer el amor Adeje mayor being interviewed by Nacho Palacio on Radio Sur Adeje

Radio Sur Adeje, on 107.9 fm, offers a whole range of local programming to a listenership in South tenerife, with music, news, discussions and chats, not to mention regular interventions by members of IC media on what is of interest to the ex-pat community. We wish them a happy birthday and look forward to listening for many years to come.

8. Pitbull/Marc Anthony Rain over me 9. Paulino Rubio Me gustas tanto 10.Brian Cross Dream Alive

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Church SERVICES Living Spring Pentecostal Guaza Calle Almorejo 2, beside the guaza sports complex.

Rev. and Pastor (Mrs) Nelson olajide Tel: 609 505 915. livingspring75@hotmail.com The Anglican Parish of All Saints Puerto de la Cruz Sunday services 9.30am and 11am.

Carretera taoro 29.Chaplain.

Tel: 922 384 038 www.allsaintstenerife.com Christian Fellowship Los Cristianos 1st floor of Apolo Shopping Centre Pastor Adrian McBride.

Tel: 922 790 007 Costa del silencio Coral Mar. Sunday Services 11am-6pm. Mothers & toddlers group tue.10.30 to 12 noon.

Counselling and info: Pastor Bill Jeffrey Tel: 617291751. www. silenciochurch.com Calvary Assembly International Buzanada Sunday 11.00am, Wednesday 7.30pm. Nursery is provided during the Sunday morning service as well as Sunday School for children under 12. For more information, for counselling, or for information about the International Bible Institute, call: Missionary / Pastor Mark g. Baumgartner 628 107 316.

Catholic Mass Puerto de la Cruz International service Sundays (almost always in English) in the Nuestra Señora de la Peña de Francia parish church St. Sebastian’s Inclusive Church Mogán, Gran Canaria Sundays 7pm at Cordial Mogán Playa Chapel Anglican Chaplaincy of St. Francis Tenerife Playa de las Américas, san eugenio: Sunday 10.15am holy Eucharist, sung Wednesday 10.15am. holy Eucharist, said (Sept to June) Los Gigantes espiritu santo: Sunday 6.00pm holy Eucharist, sung thursday 10.30am holy Eucharist, said (Sept to June) Golf del sur (Sept to April) san Blas: Sunday 6pm holy Eucharist sung. September to June Los Cristianos (2nd and 4th Sundays. oct to March) Swedish Church: Sunday 10.30am holy Eucharist, sung Callao salvaje services: thursdays 6pm.

Please contact Chaplain, Father Keith gordon for further information regarding services, wedding blessings, baptisms, confessionals, renewal of vows, confirmations, counselling, pastoral care and funerals on 922.742045 or 679660277 North Tenerife Christian Fellowship evangelical Church meets every sunday with Services in English at the Scandinavian church behind the main post office, Puerto de la Cruz.

Everyone welcome. sunday service and sunday school 11.30am Bible sharing wednesdays 5.30pm. Ladies group meets one morning a month Tel: 922 351 011

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GRAN CANARIA CHRIsTMAs NATIVITY sCeNes

The Spanish tradition of creating nativity scenes is brought to a fine art in the islands. Many administrations, banks, cultural organisations, hospitals and even schools and supermarkets set up nativity scenes that are worth visiting. Check with your local town hall or tourist information centre. If you are in this eastern isle, don’t miss the amazing sand nativity scene in the Playa de las Canteras in the capital, made with 1,000 tons of sand.

FIesTAs

Music, dancing, street parties and processions - local banks and shops may be closed.

January 20: San Sebastián, Argüimes

MusIC & sCeNIC ARTs

Auditorio Alfredo kraus, Las Palmas: December 30: 9.00pm, classical, Grand New Year concert, Johann Strauss January 7: noon and 4.30pm, children’s theatre, El Ratón Pérez y La Brrújula Viajera January 7: 7.30pm and 10.30pm, musical, The World of Abba January 8: 10.30am and 12.45.00pm, children’s entertainment, El Ratón Pérez y La Brújula Viajera January 8: 5.00pm and 8.00pm, musical, The World of Abba January 10: 8.30pm, classical, Bamberger Symphoniker I, conductor Johnathan Nott, piano Jinsang Lee January 11: 8.30pm, classical, Bamberger Symphoniker I, conductor Johnathan Nott, soprano, Mojca Erdmann January 12: 8.30pm, classical, Philharmonica Orchestra II, conductor, Esa Pekka Salonen January 13: 8.30pm, classical, Philharmonica Orchestra II, conductor, Esa Pekka Salonen Plaza de la música, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria December 30: 11.30pm, DJ set, La Perra de Pavlov and Mr Paradise Teatro Cuyas January 13 and 14: 8.30: Latin, Casa Compay Segundo (Buenavista Social Club heirs) Teatro Pérez Galdos December 30: ballet, Swan Lake, Moscow national ballet company From January 6-29: various times, musical, The Sound of Music (Spanish)

CHILDReN:

January 2-4: 5.30pm and 7.00pm, El Árbol de los Cuentos, Teatro Cuyás, las

Palmas de Gran Canaria

exHIBITIoNs

until December 31: photography, La pìel de África

by Esther Azpeitia. Casa África, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria until January 8: Models, sculptures, photographs and videos, The future of the past, Yinka Shonibare, MBE, CAAM, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria until January 20: photographs, Fragments of a New History, Zanele Muholi, Casa África, Alfonso X111, 5, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

sPoRT & NATuRe

Trekking: Local councils in various areas of the island organise guided treks and other open-air activities. For more information, call UPNature, Guanarteme 928 270084 or 928 473265, Arucas 928 621754, Maspalomas 928 764201, Tablero 928 140640, Mogán 928 158805, Aldea de san Nicolás de Tolentino 928.891.252 or www. alberguelaaldea.com, or Valleseco 928 618740.

Archaeology Guided visits to the principal digs in the island: Bentayga (Tejeda), Cenobio de Valerón (Guía) etc. For more information 928 219 229..

Have you a local event or happening you would like to see listed in our Whats On guide? send the details to editorialc-news.com clearly marking it ‘whats on’ at least three weeks before the event. while we cannot guarantee all events will be listed we will include as many as we can.

January 17: Fiestas de San Antonio, Güímar January 17: Fiesta de San Antonio, La Laguna January 17: Fiesta de San Antonio, La Orotava January 17: Fiesta de San Antonio, Los Silos January 21: Fiestas de San Sebastian, Adeje January 22: Fiesta de San Sebastián, Garachico January 22: Fiesta de San Antonio Abad, Icod de Los Vinos January 22. Fiesta de San Sebastián, Los Realejos

MusIC & sCeNIC ARTs

Folk Music until the end of March 2012, every Thursday in Los Cristianos, Paseo Marítimo, and every Friday in Playa de Las Américas, city centre plaza, the best of the Canarian folk groups.

Auditorio de Tenerife Adán Martín: December 30 – January 2: various times, The Sound of Music (in Spanish), tickets from €30

Teatro Guimera January 3, 4, 6 and 8: various times, family musical, modern day Pinnochio (Spanish)

MARkeTs

Arguineguín: Tuesday Gáldar: Thursday Mogán: Sunday Puerto de Mogán: Friday Telde: Saturday Terór: Sunday Vecindario: Monday & Wednesday – all 8am to 2pm.

Playa del Inglés: Every day except Sunday, 7.30 to 11.30pm.

Las Palmas Rastro: Sunday 8am to 2pm, bus station.

TENERIFE CHRIsTMAs NATIVITY sCeNes

The Spanish tradition of creating nativity scenes is brought to a fine art in the islands. Many administrations, banks, cultural organisations, hospitals and even schools and supermarkets set up nativity scenes that are worth visiting.

Check with your local town hall or tourist information centre.

FIesTAs

Music, dancing, street parties and processions - local banks and shops may be closed.

January 17: Fiestas de San Antonio, Arona January 17: Fiestas de San Antonio, Buenavista del Norte

Santa Cruz until January 8: Holiday fun in the Recinto Ferial de Tenerife in santa Cruz.

Games, slides, rides and all the fun of an indoor fair.

House of horror, make up workshop, Sheriff’s saloon, Flintstone’s cars, Tattoo workshop, water circuit, climbing, train safari, pedal karts, Wii zone, modelling workshop, minigolf, basketball, Scalextric, skating, trampolines, chess, badminton, Disney, Big Bulls, Maxi Dance, Super Dragón, archery and much more. Daily from 10.00am to 8.00pm, except December 31 10.00am – 3.00pm, January 1st, 3.00pm – 8.00pm, January 6th closed. until January 8: Ice skating, Plaza de Europa until January 8: Mini children’s fair, Parque Bulevar

exHIBITIoNs

until December 31: paintings, Roberto Batista, Silence, Adeje cultural centre until January 8: sculpture, Páramo, Fernando Pérez, Museo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre, Santa Cruz de Tenerife La Laguna: until January 6: Merkarte, Casa Viña Norte. An exhibition and sale of modern art work from young Canarian artists. until May 29 2020: photographs: Sáhara. Casa Lercaro

GAsTRoNoMY

until December 31: Special wine tasting offer of 73 wines by the glass from the Tacoronte-Acentejo area in the Casa del Vino, El Sauzal.

A superb opportunity to try some of the best wines from the island.

sPoRT & NATuRe The Ennio Marchetto show

January 10 and 12: children’s theatre El Ratón Pérez y la Brújula Viajera (Spanish) January 13 and 14: The Ennio Marchetto show

Magma, Arte y Congresos, Adeje January 1: 0.30am, New Year’s Eve party, soul, Latin, pop, house and electronic, DJ Leo, DJ Moreno and DJ Jenny.

Promoted by some of the hippest bars in the south. VIP tickets available for a really special night January 17: 8.30pm, The King’s Consort as part of the Canary Islands Music Festival

CHILDReN:

December 31: 2.00pm – 6.00pm, children’s workshops, Calle La Noria,

Athletics December 31: 6.00pm, running – road race in La Laguna, 5,350 metres from the Plaza de la Concepción kayak routes Tours by kayak for all abilities which may be combined with snorkelling, hiking, climbing or potholing. More info on 922 127 938 or www.elcardon. com surfing: All 2011: La Laguna Big Sessions. Surfing enormous waves on La Laguna’s coast, for those specialising in TowIn. Information at www. lasantasurf.es Escuela de Surf y Body Board OAD La Laguna, for over 12s.

More information on 922 256 244 or wwwoadlaguna.com south: Escuela Oficial de la Federación Canaria de Surf K16 (Playa de las Américas).

Groups or individual training for over 7s. More information on 922 798 480 or www. k16surf.com Trekking: Delicatessen Tenerife On the fourth Sunday of each month, walks through Tenerife’s food, history and heritage. January 29: Almonds in flower. More information and bookings at El Cardón, 922 127938 or email info@elcardon.com.

Teno traditions route: January 3 and 10: www. elcardon.com Tourist routes 922 127 938 every Tuesday: Montes del Agua 1st saturday of each month: Teide National Park 2nd saturday: Masca ravine 3rd saturday: Volcanic tube at Cueva de San Marcos 4th saturday: Kayak trip off Los Gigantes cliffs, Punta de Teno Hiking: Adeje: Barranco del Infierno, temporarily closed.

Arona: More information about trekking routes on 922 725 180 or www.arona.org Los silos: All year round, guided walks for groups through the most emblematic buildings of this lovely northern town. Contact Oscar on 922 841 086.

Guided routes: The Cañadas National Park’s interpretation service offers guided tours free of charge.

You need to book in advance with the National Park Office (Tel. 922 290 129/922 290 183).

MIsCeLLANeous

LIoNs CLuB Arona, Las Galletas, Costa del silencio: second sunday of the month: barbecue with entertainment at Coral Mar Square.

Last sunday of the month: buffet and entertainment at Habla Habla, Las Galletas.

Call Cath 629 506 882.

The Lions shop in the Apolo Center is open Mon to Fri 11am to 3pm. The Costa del Silencio shop is open Mon to Fri 11am to 2pm. Donations of clothing, books, bric-a-brac etc welcome. Ken Sadler 670 647 765. san Miguel de Abona Monthly Meeting 2nd Monday of every month.

Auction 1st Friday of every month.

Charity shop open every weekday, Costa del Silencio (20 metres fro the Las Galletas branches shop) New Book shop open every weekday next door to our charity shop Many fun events throughout year. Information from Secretary Ralph Solomon, mobile 685542128 writers circle: Hazel Bennett is a published writer and runs a writers circle in Parque de la Reina. Published or unpublished, all welcome. hazel@hazelbennett.co.uk

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La Baranda wine Museum, promoting local quality wines. TF-5 motorway (El Sauzal exit). More information on 922 572 535 or www.tenerife.es/Casa-vino

11.45am.

Callao Salvaje, Living Sober Group: Local 4 CC Buena Azul, Sueño Azul, Sun 6.30pm For more information call 630 478 448 (24 hrs).

Castles Tours: Tenerife History Museum offers guided tours around the island’s castles for schools and groups. More information on 922 825 949 Masonic Meetings in the south of Tenerife. Visitors always welcome. Tenerife Craft, Chapter, Mark. For more information phone 922 794 502 or 922 732 386.

Ciudadanos europeos (european Citizens). Meet new friends, get help and advice on living in the Canary Islands and participation in Canarian culture. Social activities. Contact the President, Harry Davies on 922 781905 or Secretary, Chris Stanyer on 922 751507. E-Mail: eurocitizens@gmail.com The wednesday Club: The venue for the meeting of the Wednesday Club on the last Wednesday of each month has now changed from the Apolo Center in Los Cristianos to another meeting place close by. The British Consul, Maria Leng will be this month’s speaker. For further information please phone Edna on 629487090 to meet and socialise with new and old friends in welcoming surroundings.

The wednesday Group of Friends. The Group meeting and lunch is held at Bar Tapas Luis, Plaza Charco, Puerto de la Cruz on the second Wednesday of the month at 12.30pm. The Art and Social Group meets Wednesdays (Pam 922 368520). The Literary and Cultural Group meets Fridays (Suzi 922 368084). Other weekly meetings include Bridge and Whist. Residents and visitors are welcome - please contact Tony at wednesday.tenerife@ gmail.com. english Library, Calle Irlanda, Parque Taoro, Puerto de la Cruz: Mon 3pm to 5.30pm, Weds 10am to 12 noon, Fri from 4pm to 6.00pm and Sat 11am to 1pm. Information: 922 383098 during opening hours.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings in the south: 1st Floor Apolo Centre, Los Cristianos (next to bus terminal), Mon, Weds, Thurs and Sat: 5.45.00pm, Fri:

New Year’s Concert

CHRIsTMAs PRoGRAMMes

ADeJe: January 2 - 5: 10.00am, Paragliding competition, Taucho January 3: 5.00pm children’s’ football tournament with schools from Adeje, Guía de isora and Santiago del Teide, Fañabé football ground.

January 3: 6.00pm, kite building workshop and theatre, Plaza César Manrique January 5: 10.00am, charity flea market, Plaza Cruz del Llano January 5: 5.00pm, arrival of the Three kings by helicopter, Adeje football ground, El Galeón January 5: 7.30pm, Three kings parade with invited guests from childrens’ television and cinema, Calle Grande, Adeje town centre.

ARoNA: December 30: Valle de san Lorenzo shops open until 11.00pm 5.00pm – 11.00pm, Christmas train, shopping streets 5.00pm – 6.00pm, marching band, shopping streets 6.00pm – 10.00pm, children’s workshops, Carretera General 8.00pm – 9.00pm, local church choir, shopping streets 9.00pm – 11.00pm, Christmas parade, shopping streets 11.00pm – free hot chocolate, Carretera General December 31: 11.00pm, Grand New Years eve street party with the bands Sensación Gomera and Deliciosa, in front of the cultural centre in Los Cristianos January 2: 8.30pm, New Year

concert, with the Orquesta Divertimenti and the dance group from Ritmania, Auditorio Infanta Leonor, Los Cristianos, €10 January 3: 9.00am – 3.00pm, collecting in toys and the children’s cards for the Three kings, Plaza de la Iglesia, Los Cristianos

Angel Díaz Molina 4.30pm, Three kings Pageboy parade from the Avenida Archipiélago Canario de la Vera to Plaza de Europa 5.30pm, grand festival to collect toys for charity, Plaza de Europa

January 3: Cabo Blanco Late night shopping 5.00pm – 9.00pm, children’s workshops at the crossroads of Ctra Gral and San Martin de Porres 5.00pm – 7.30pm, the Three kings pages will collect the children’s cards, crossroads of Ctra Gral and San Martin de Porres 7.30pm – 8.30pm, Christmas parade, shopping streets, 8.30pm, hot chocolate, crossroads of Ctra Gral and San Martin de Porres January 4: La Camella Late night shopping 5.00pm – 9.00pm, children’s workshops, Ctra General 5.00pm – 7.30pm, the Three kings pages will collect the children’s cards, Ctra General 7.30pm – 8.30pm, Christmas parade, shopping streets, 8.30pm, hot chocolate, Carretera General January 4: Los Cristianos 5.00pm – 9.00pm, the Three kings pages will collect the children’s cards, Plaza de la Iglesia 5.00pm – 9.00pm, children’s activities, shopping streets

January 5: 8.00am – 3.00pm, Christmas Flea market, Plaza de Tajinaste 7.00pm, welcome festival in honour of their Majesties, the Three Kings at the Castillo Espacio Cultural, followed by a parade to the Plaza de Eurupa

January5: Los Cristianos 7.15pm, Three kings procession from the port to the cultural centre where the Three Kings will receive the children’s cards January 5 – 8: Christmas and Three kings fair, recinto ferial, Los Cristianos PueRTo De LA CRuZ: December 30 6.00pm, parade from Plaza de la Iglesia de la Vera 8.00pm, Christmas folklore in the streets, Punta del Viento 8.00pm, Christmas folklore in the streets, all over town 10.30pm, jazz, mansion Canaria Ábaco December 31: 10.00pm, New Years eve party with Son Sin Limite and fireworks, Plaza Charco 11.00pm, mobile disco, harbour/Casa de la Aduana Midnight, Bell ringing to bring in the New year, Plaza de la Iglesia January 2: 9.00am – 4.00pm, volleyball tournament, Pabellón Miguel

January 4: 8.00pm, folk music in the street, Punta del Viento

sANTIAGo DeL TeIDe: December 31: 9.00pm, New Year’s eve dance in the Plaza Bouganvilla, Los Gigantes with local band, Old Dogs New Tricks, plus Falo y Punto Tres and Argyayo band.

Dance until the early hours

January 3: from 4.30pm, children’s fiesta, Plaza de la Vigilia, Puerto de Santiago, bouncy castles, music, shows, workshops January 5: The Three kings and their court will visit the various neighbourhoods of the town.

5.30pm Arguayo 6.00pm Las Manchas 6.15pm santiago del Teide 6.15pm Valle de Arriba 6.30pm el Molledo, El Retamar 7.00pm Tamaimo and La Caldera 8.00pm Playa de La Arena, Puerto de Santiago and Los Gigantes

sANTA CRuZ De TeNeRIFe: December 30: 6.00pm – 8.00pm, Canarian musical group playing in the streets of Añaza and Ofra December 30: 6.00pm – 8.00pm, jazz, along the shopping area of the Rambla December 31: 2.00pm – 6.00pm, children’s workshops, Calle La Noria

December 31: 6.00pm – 8.00pm, Canarian musical group playing in the market, El Estadio, La Salle and Anaga

December 31: from 11.00pm, New Years eve party, Plaza de la Candelaria, DJ Nato, Son Iya, Moise González, Lion & Love and Los Cientificos The Three Kings pages will be wandering around the shopping areas giving out sweets and with more than 6,000 prizes to be won on scratch cards for those who shop in the Zona Centro.

MASONIC METINGS

Logia Ave Fenix Nº 73 Edificio Simón, Los Cristianos Meetings every Tuesday.

Regular meetings every 4th Tuesday starting Tuesday 25th October 2011 (Installation) through to April 2012

All Visitors welcome

Contact John Donaldson (Secretary):

(+34) 922 17 91 74 or donaldsonjh@yahoo.co.uk

January 2: 5.30pm – 8.30pm, Calles Castillo, Suárez Guerra, San Clemente, El Pilar, Teobaldo Power and Pérez Galdós January 3: 5.30pm – 8.30pm, Calles Castillo, Plaza de la Candelaria, Plaza del Alférez Provisional, Plaza del Principe, Valentín Sanz and Bethencourt Alfonso

January 4: 5.30pm – 8.30pm, Calles Imeldo Seris, Ángel Guimerá and Puerta Canseco January 4: 5.00pm, puppets, clowns, balloon modelling, Parque Bulevar

January 5: 6.30pm, Three kings parade leaving from the Heliodoro Rodríguez López stadium, down the street of the same name, Calle San Sebastián, Plaza de la Republica Dominicana, Avenida de la Asunción, Ramón y Cajal, Galcerán, Plaza de Wehler, Méndez Núñez, El Pilar, Villalba Hervás, La Marin and Plaza de la Candelaria.

CANARIAN MusIC FesTIVAL

January 10: 8.30pm, Bamberger symphoniker I, Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria January 10: 9.00pm, The king’s Consort, Teatro Insular de Lanzarote January 11: 8.30pm, Bamberger symphoniker I, Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria January 11: 8.30pm, The king’s Consort, Auditorio Insular Puerto del Rosario, Fuerteventura January 12: 8.30pm, Bamberger symphoniker I, Auditorio de Tenerife Adán Martín, Tenerife January 12: 8.30pm, The king’s Consort, Teatro Circo de Marte, La Palma January 13: 8.30pm, Philharmonia orchestra II, Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria January 13: 8.30pm Bamberger symphoniker II, Auditorio de Tenerife, Adán Martín

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K9 & FRIENDS OF THE ANIMALS & AKTION TIER k9 CAR BooT sALes • First Sunday of every month / 8am to 12 noon. Happy Days, Costa del silencio.

• Second Saturday of every month/ 9am to midday.

Nearly new sales, Outside Shimmers Bar, Callao salvaje • K9 also have a stall on the Playa san Juan market every Wednesday, and Alcalá every Monday, from 9am to 2pm.

• For more information call Pat the Cat on 608 121081.

THe FRIeNDs oF THe ANIMALs CAR BooT sALe • Last Sunday of every month at Tipsy Terrace, Los Gigantes from 8am to midday.

• shop next to the Medical Centre in Playa de la Arena, open 10am to 6 weekdays and 10am to 2 Saturdays.

• A constant supply of goods is needed. Any full collection boxes, call Hazel on 667 638468 or Pat the Cat on 608 121081. www.k9tenerife.com. Email: info@k9tenerife.com

AkTIoN TIeR: Polígono industrial de Granadilla-Parque Eólico del Iter Tel: 922 77 86 30 teneriffa@aktiontier.org

USEFUL NUMBERS :: Tenerife :: Auditorium Tenerife www.auditoriodetenerife. com Santa Cruztel.902 317 327 Guimerá Theatre www.teatroguimera.es Santa Cruz - tel.902 364 603 CajaCanarias Cultural Centre www.canarynet.com Santa Cruz - tel.922 471 000 Museum of Nature & Archaeology www. museosdetenerife.org Santa Cruz - tel.922 535 128 Tenerife History Museum www.museosdetenerife. org La Laguna -tel.922 825 949/43 Teatro Leal La Laguna -tel: 922 255 141 www.teatroleal.com Cine Victor Santa Cruz www.cinevictor.com TEA >Santa Cruz www.teatenerife.com El Cardón

Buenavista 922 127938 info@elcardon.com

Gran Canaria :: Cuyás Theatre www.teatrocuyas.com Pérez Galdós Theatre www.teatroperezgaldos.es Auditorio Alfredo Kraus auditorio-alfredokraus.com

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Shellfish

Something’s fishy

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esidents and visitors take pleasure in Spain’s rich and varied seafood offerings but many of them may be surprised to discover that a significant amount of the oceanic edibles consumed here come from distant places such as the British Isles, Scandinavia, North and South America, Africa and India.

Following an unhurried Sunday lunch, my Andalusian suegros (parents in law) were a bit taken aback to read Origen: Escocia (Scotland) printed on the box containing the Norwegian lobsters they had just bought from their local fishmonger’s.

What Spaniard would have dreamt that the succulent cigalas (scampi) come from the icy shores of the British Isles?

Expatriates and foreigners who are familiar with Spain likely know that the Spanish dictum of “all the fish and shellfish we eat are from Spanish coasts” has taken on the status of unquestionable verity. Pressed a tad more, it isn’t uncommon to hear a Spaniard say, “Well, if not from Spain, they’ll be from Morocco.” To which statement is often quickly added, “The shellfish in Morocco is very good too, eh, eh.”

So were my suegros’ British cigalas a mere anomaly, foreign crustaceans that hardly ever show their offensive shell in all the ‘made in Spain’ Spanish seafood market? Or does a true misconception about the origin of some of Spain’s seafood exist?

At the supermarket As Mercadona is the largest supermarket chain in Spain, I decided to pay a visit to its seafood counter in search of native fish and shellfish. Mercadona helpfully posts a diminutive placard next to all its seafood products which indicates the products’ origin. Since the sole had good colour and clear eyes, I peered more closely at the adjacent sign; it read: Capture area Northeast Atlantic/Por t of disembarkation: Holland. But sole isn’t as commonly eaten in Spain as other fish, and it thrives in colder waters such as those of the North Sea. Foreign sole, therefore, is quite explicable and not shocking. Next, my glance fell upon the sea bass, whose sign indicated that it was fished in Greece. This is likely another pardonable offence as Greece is the world’s largest exporter

sumption can be satisfied by fish and shellfish from European Union waters, which means that far less than two-thirds of the seafood eaten in Spain is domestic. In other words, annually Spain devours its share of EU-caught and raised marine victuals in four months. In 2007, a study by the New Economics Foundation (NEF) and Ocean2012 calculated that Spain imported 764,351 tons of seafood from countries outside the EU.

Calling all seafood connoisseurs of sea bass. And perhaps because Greece is a Mediterranean country with a celebrated cuisine of its own, Spaniards may accept the Greek fish as “very good too, eh, eh”.

Yet I was determined to find fish and shellfish from Spain.

Turning towards the mussels, I was nearly certain they’d be from Spain. True: the sign said, Product of Galicia.” Those shellfish are succulent indeed from Galicia, and mussels are, of course, regularly found on Spanish supper tables. Like the mussels, I was also pretty sure that the prawns and jumbo shrimp would come from Spanish coasts. But no, the stickers proclaimed, Product of Colombia and Product of Argentina.

How could the exalted prawns originate from anywhere else but Spain?

I immediately asked for the store manager, but he coyly suggested that I contact Mercadona’s department of public relations promising me that they would be happy to give me information.

As instructed, I sent an e-mail to Mercadona, asking why approximately half the fish and shellfish in their store did not hail from Spain. In less than an hour’s time, I received a phone call from Lucía Rivas, a representative of Mercadona. In an inquiring tone, Ms. Rivas provided what I felt was an unclear answer: “Our products follow commercial norms, company interests and company strategy.” Before I had a chance to respond, she quickly asked, “why does it concern you?” Despite Ms. Rivas’ ambiguous reply, the fact that company as large and successful as Mercadona responded to my online enquiry so quickly I feel is a testament to the importance given to seafood provenance.

The French company Carrefour

is the largest food retailer in Spain.

They, like Mercadona, place signs along side of its fish and shellfish which display product source.

But, differently from Mercadona, Carrefour’s do not show the country of origin; rather, using the standards of the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), they simply indicate the part of the ocean or sea from which the product was extracted.

FAO standards can be geographically vague. For example, the blue whitings’ sign said, Northeast Atlantic whereas the cuttlefish and the baby squid were natives of the Indian Ocean” and the sardines, a Spanish staple, hailed from the familiar Mediterranean Sea. Cartographically confused, I wrote to Carrefour.

In two days, I got an e-mail from Carrefour Customer Service, in which they guaranteed that “the percentage of foreign fish in our company is similar to our competitors”, and in so far as product origin, they were much more elucidating than Mercadona: “As far as country of origin is concerned, Carrefour complies with current legislation which states that the FAO area should be indicated in the case of fish extracted from the sea and the country of origin in the case of aquaculture.” So since all Carrefour’s signs show the FAO zone, not the country of origin, and Mercadona’s signs display the country of origin and the FAO zone, are all Carrefour’s seafood products wild caught and all Mercadona’s farm-raised, notwithstanding country of origin? It seems very improbable.

Local fishmongers Perhaps the big stores have made corporative, or at least,

internationalised, their seafood products, which may leave small, mom-and-pop fish mongers as the only remaining places to find exclusively national fish and shellfish.

Like Mercadona and Carrefour, local fishmongers’ containers and boxes nearly always display origin. But unlike larger retailers, they do not post signs which show the origin of their wares. However, many fishmongers at local markets are willing to openly discuss product provenance. My neighbourhood fishmonger, who wishes to remain anonymous, told me that, “before, the majority of fish and shellfish came from here, but now they come from all over the place.”

His prawns were from Ecuador, while the cod on display was Canadian and although he did have white baby clams and hake from the homeland, I once again eyed a box of those Norwegian lobsters from Scotland.

Fishy Numbers Carrefour’s e-mail was honest and correct in saying that “food consumption is increasingly internationalised, and the demand for certain products exceeds the national offer.” It is indeed a straightforward question of supply and demand: Spain’s demand for seafood exceeds its capacity to catch and farm certain fish and shellfish.

According to a recent article in La Vanguard i a newspap e r, “ S p a i n exhausts its fish reserves,” just a third of Spain’s domestic seafood con-

What remains unknown is whether domestic products taste better than imported ones. Is the seafood’s flavour inversely related to the distance it travels to the table? I am uncertain, to say the least. But I’ve since had those cigalas many a time with my Andalusian father-in-law and they’ve always been scrumptious.

Does a seafood critic equivalent to Robert Parker, a widely-known wine writer, exist? I am not sure, but, since the seafood market in Spain is now more internationalised than ever before, there does seem to be logic behind the Spanish misconception about the origin of much of their deep-sea munchies. In fact, my father-in-law, who is in his 60s, has said that when he was a boy, there weren’t red bell peppers, “only the green ones”. As red bell peppers are so commonplace in today’s Spanish cuisine, it’s nearly impossible to consider food in Spain without them.

In a world of rapidly mixing cultures, I suppose even something as sacred as Spanish cuisine isn’t impervious to change.

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Foodforthought

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Ferran Adriá

Family food

Indian Tandoori Restaurant

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2011

Bombay

Babu

Adriá and his team

Bollyw Danceood New Year’s Eve Appetisers

8pm

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Starters Mix Vegetable Pakora Cauliflower, Aubergine, Potatoes mixed in Gram Flour

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nother top chef, probably the most famous among gourmets in the world right now, Ferran Adriá had also brought out a home cook book.

Presenting the book, La Comida de la Familia, published by RBA in a television programme, Adriá remarked, “if we don’t eat well in the west it’s because we don’t want to”. the new recipe book contains some 30 plus menus at around €4 a head which have been prepared in the past for staff in his award winning, El Bulli restaurant. the per head price is more or less what you would expect to pay in a fast food outlet, he explained and the book is also designed to make us ask ourselves, ‘why don’t we cook at home?’

he reckons we don’t have the cookery DNA anymore.

“Previously it was the women, the wives and grandmothers who had this wisdom in their genes, but fortunately they are now in the employment market and from then there has been a period of uncertainty, because it’s difficult to start cooking when you get home late from work. Dishes that used to be every day are now only eaten on holidays he added.

Chefs however are now teaching grandmothers how to cook, because they have been too busy working outside the home to learn or dedicate themselves to the topic.

For those who don’t read Spanish there is an English version published by Phaidon and others in Norwegian, Dutch,

Danish, Russian, Portuguese, german and French.

Adriá underlines that it’s not a mere recipe book of formulas you could find in Internet, but a book of menus, for everyday eating where frozen foods are the rule, if you want to upgrade you can always use fresh. “Perhaps we’ve forgotten that even before the crises the average wage is €1,000 to €1,500 and we’ve only looked at a small segment of people who can allow themselves the luxury of paying more.” the book emphasises the importance of being organised. there is for example a menu of gazpacho soup, black rice and Crema Catalana custard cream which can be prepared in 40 minutes with the packets, tins and frozen foods available today.

Michelin chef

Home cooking B

ack to the roots seems to be a popular theme lately and neatly picked up in the latest recipe book (in Spanish) by Michelin chef Martín Berasategui.

Seven magical stars from the renowned gourmet reviewers, shine out in Martin’s personal galaxy. his new book is about everyday cooking, soup and stews, fish, fowl and meat, starters and exquisite puds, but with a Berasategui twist. over 150 recipes, explained step by step and he claims, despite the somewhat exotic touches that it is a homage to housewives and househusbands in Spain.

A salad of Japanese persimmon, avocados and prawns, mushroom soup with brandy, tandoori chicken with rice, but also some standard favourites, garlic prawns, salted cod ome-

Martín Berasategui

lette and milk curds dessert all can be found within the pages of Las Recetas Favoritas de Martín Berasategui, published

by El País Aguilar. the book

also contains tricks of a trained chef such as not putting the sugar in rice pudding till near the end of the cooking period so that it won’t stick and burn

Ron Aguere Caramelo

TENERIFE RUM SNAPPED UP BY HARVEY NICHOLLS

An unusual rum from Tenerife made its UK debut just before Christmas in one of the country’s most fashionable stores.

After chalking up sales of over 150,000 bottles of rum on the Canarian market, local producer Aguere has taken the plunge in Britain with a new brand combining the traditional rum flavour with caramel and a hint of coconut. the combination convinced top-end store harvey Nicholls to acquire exclusive distribution rights and the sweet liqueur is now on sale in seven Nicholls’ shops, including its flagship Knightsbridge store and its stores in Dublin and Edinburgh.

Nicholls, which hosted the uK launch recently, described the drink as a “strikingly packaged cult liqueur made in northwestern tenerife” or hints about adding a little ginger jam to a tuna fish tartare to give it a bit of zip and mysteriousness.

Amongst Martin’s other busy tasks, he oversees a restaurant in the Abama luxury five star hotel complex in guía de Isora.

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Lexus GS 250

Luxury saloons with power

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exus has revealed a further extension of its all-new GS luxury saloon range with the unveiling of the GS 250 at the Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition.

The GS 250 is powered by a 2.5-litre V6 petrol engine with D-4S direct port injection and Dual VVT-i intelligent valve timing. Maximum output is 206bhp at 6,400rpm and peak torque of 253Nm is de-

livered at 4,800rpm, giving the car nought to 62mph acceleration in 8.6 seconds and a top speed of 142mph. Combined cycle fuel consumption is 31.7mpg and CO2 emissions are 207g/km.

The engine is matched to Lexus’s Super ECT-i close-ratio intelligent six-speed automatic transmission, with a sequential manual shift function. The system has been engineered to deliver faster shift speeds, earlier torque converter lock-up

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and downshift throttle blips, complimenting a range of different drive modes available through the GS 250’s Drive Mode Select System.

Compared to the current GS, the new model has a more spacious interior, with notably more head and legroom for rear seat passengers. It will be offered with a range of new technology features, including a 12.3-inch multimedia screen – the largest on the market. It will be available with a new Sflow air conditioning system with nanoe air purifying technology, and a

If your new year resolution is to master the art of motorcycling, you can sign up for the 2012 Ducati Riding Experience (DRE) events, the excellent riding courses suitable for all levels, from absolute beginner to race track specialist.

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eld at some of Italy’s most famous circuits and offering the expertise of highly qualified professional instructors, the courses provide a complete fleet of Ducatis on which to perfect riding skills or simply take the very first steps into motorcycling in complete safety. Dare we say it, it’s the ideal thing for those with ‘vroom for improvement’.

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roy Bayliss, the three-times World Champion and global racing icon returns for 2012 for his advanced track courses aboard the brand new 1199 Panigale S. Ducati’s incredible new Superbike, which scooped the ‘Most Beautiful Bike of Show’ award when it was unveiled at the Milan show in November, is now awaited around the world.

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he circuits run from April to September 2012 and subscription are open now. Visit www.ducatiuk.com/ducati rider experience for further information

new Mark Levinson audio system with up to 17 speakers.

The new GS delivers improved driving dynamics thanks to a bodyshell that has been rendered 14 per cent more rigid; front and rear suspension revisions and an optimised seating position for the driver.

The driver can also adjust vehicle behaviour to suit road conditions and driving preferences using the Drive Mode Select.

This gives the option of Eco,

Normal and Sport S modes, while versions equipped with Adaptive Variable Suspension offer a further Sport S+ mode for even more dynamic performance.

Safety provisions will include Lexus’s advanced Pre-Crash Safety system, combined with Vehicle Dynamics Integrated Management, and a series of other systems designed to reduce the risk of an accident, including Lane Keep Assist,

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Blind Spot Monitor and Lexus Night View.

The new GS 250 will be launched in part of Europe at the same time as the full hybrid GS 450h in June 2012; the range will include a performance-themed F Sport version. Further details will be announced nearer the time of launch.

Motoring News >> Loeb in the 2004 rally

Volkswagen

Dakar Rally news

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles will return to the 2012 Dakar Rally as the event’s official supplier for the third year.

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fleet of nearly 40 vehicles, including 30 Amarok pick-ups, are being provided to the event’s organisation team, the Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.), as support vehicles. These will be used throughout the event, regarded as the toughest marathon rally in the world, which takes place from 1 to 15 January.

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he 2012 Dakar Rally will see competitors from across the world lining up at Mar del Plata, Argentina before the 9,000 kilometre course takes them on a journey through Chile and on to the finish at Lima in Peru.

The company will supply 30 Amarok vechiles to the organisers

FIA WRC

Loeb’s titles

Following official confirmation of his success in the 2011 WRC season, Sébastien Loeb is now the most titled racing driver ever.

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ith eight consecutive FIA World Rally Drivers’ titles to his name, Loeb has moved ahead of seven-time champions Michael Schumacher and Valentino Rossi in terms of major motorsport championships won – a feat never achieved before across all senior motorsport categories.

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22/12/2011

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Diesel Automatic with cruise control 30,000Kms only. Blue with leather interior. FSH 16000 euros Phone Roger on 686 699462  Lotus Elan M100 SE Spider Turbo 1.6 litres, petrol, year 1991, 100,000 kms. Colour BRG, all original and fully equipped, www.lotuselancentral.com. Tel: 661841562

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Cepsa, C/gral, Km 96

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€0.890

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86700kms. Year: 2001. Petrol.

Doors: 4. Price: 8995€. Tel: 609479148

 Volkswagen Golf GTI. 95000kms. Year: 2001. Petrol.

Doors: 4. Price: 6900€. Tel: 687968232

 Opel Astra. 1.6 litres.

60000kms. Year: 2004. Petrol.

Doors: 2. Price: 4500€. Tel: 686485000

 Citroën CX 25 GTI Turbo. 2.5 litres. 105000kms. Year: 1986.

Petrol. Doors: 4. Price: 1700€.

Tel: 676071705

 Mercedes-Benz SLK 230.

150000kms. Year: 2000. Petrol.

Convertible. Doors: 2. Price: 8800€. Tel: 600660077

 Honda Civic Sport. 1.6 litres.

90000kms. Year: 2005. Petrol.

Doors: 2 Tel: 669173610

 Toyota Land Cruiser. 3 litres.

300000kms. Year: 1997. Diesel.

Doors: 4. Price: 10000€. Tel: 619115779

 Seat Ibiza 1.4. 1.4 litres.

206000kms. Year: 1996. Petrol. Doors: 2. Price: 700€. Tel: 687005301

 Nissan Terrano II. 3 litres.

90000kms. Year: 2006. Diesel.

Sun Roof. Doors: 2. Price: 19000€. Tel: 690297819

 Volkswagen Polo. 1.4 litres.

130000kms. Year: 1999. Petrol.

Doors: 4. Price: 3000€. Tel: 696414309

 Ford Capri 1.600 S. 2 litres.

129000kms. Year: 1994. Petrol.

Sun Roof. Doors: 2. Price: 3600€. Tel: 922232265

 Hyundai H1 Minibus 7pl. 2.5 litres. 75000kms. Year: 2004.

Diesel. Doors: 4. Price: 8500€.

Tel: 637817030

 Mercedes-Benz Ml400 CDI. 4 litres. 120000kms. Year: 2004.

Diesel. Sun Roof. Doors: 4. Price: 27000€. Tel: 616491052  Honda Hornet 900.

30000kms. Year: 2004. Petrol.

Doors: 2. Price: 6500€. Tel: 685474490

 Ford Fiesta 1.4 l, Air Con., CD, Radio with Bluetooth, Year 2005, ITV 06.11, Price € 4500, Tel. 630 531 568

 Mercedes-Benz C200. 2 litres. 120000kms. Year: 1997.

Petrol. Doors: 4. Price: 5000€.

Tel: 660348671

 Citroën C3. 1.1 litres.

38000kms. Year: 2005. Petrol.

Doors: 4. Price: 4900€. Tel: 922309265

 Volvo S60 D5. 2.5 litres.

20000kms. Year: 2007. Diesel.

Doors: 4. Price: 22500€. Tel: 610738730

 Citroën Xsara. 1.6 litres.

140000kms. Year: 2000. Petrol.

Doors: 2. Price: 3200€. Tel: 679361452

 Audi Allroad A6. 2.5 litres.

98000kms. Year: 2003. Diesel.

Doors: 4. Price: 18750€. Tel: 611608000

Vroom for Santa

Harley bikers in hospital visit Credit: Sergio Gil de Arana

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the fearsome looking leatherjacketed members of the island’s harley Chapter made their annual ‘toy Run’ to the hospital to visit children and bring them an unusual festive greeting.

Several youngsters and their families were already lined up at the main entrance when the bikers roared in and parked along the front of the hospital, before taking some of the young patients for a quick ride on the back of their bikes. the bikers then went upstairs to the Paediatric Ward to distribute presents to the youngsters who were not allowed outdoors to see them arrive.

Chapter leader José Cortell said the visit had become a permanent fixture on its calendar and the bikers “would continue to make the trip for as long as they were welcome”.

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RUGBY ::

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Back on track ÑANDu RugBY

with pride-stung Las Palmas rallying and on 47 minutes they scored a unconverted try. the visitors continued to press and showed why they were last year’s champions with a converted try on 47 minutes. But that was the last score as Adeje stayed strong in defence, and ran out worthy winners.

The Ñandu junior teams were in winning form in La Laguna

Festival of rugby, La Laguna

Adeje Ñandu 15:12 Las Palmas (gran Canaria)

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n December 3rd Adeje took on last year’s league champions Las Palmas.

After just four minutes a drive by the forwards saw the ball fed to Pablo Bonar to crash over wide out for a great start and five Adeje points on the board.

interplay between forward and backs driving to the Las Palmas line won a penalty on the 22. A rehearsed move got the ball to Pablo again and the try was scored and converted by Nicolas Cortes on the 10th min. the game flowed back and forth with Adeje defending their line with some last ditch tackles. After a break out on 20 minutes only killing off the ball stopped another try. But from the penalty Nico slotted it home, so 15-0 at half ARMADA SUR :: time. the second half was a different story

Adeje Ñandu took over 50 children from 5 to 18 years of age to the festival of rugby in La Laguna, with the teams split into three age groups. the u-18s took on Mahoh (Fuerteventura) and right from the kick off some slick handling saw gaston McFurry slide through to score a try on five minutes.

Just 13 minutes later Nº 8 gonzalo Monteiro ran 60 meters leaving a trail of would be tacklers in his wake and a conversion made it 12:0. two minutes later the whole team drove forward with good inter- passing and again it was Monteiro who went over to make it 19:0.

Mahoh hit back on to score wide out, but Ñandu scrum half Rodrigo Paz garcia worked his magic not to let them back into the march and jinked his way over on 30 mins. In the second half gonzalo ran a weaving run to go in under the posts and then

Mahoh hit back with two late tries but a tired and happy Adeje Ñandu took the game, 33:19, man of the match gonzalo Monteiro.

Next Adeje took on the much bigger side from Lanzarote and showed everybody how to tackle bigger players. After just five minutes a move by the backs saw centre Michel Lushes go in under the post and convert his own try. the game swung back and forth until, on 20 minutes Michel kicked a penalty.

With the tackles flying in and Adeje forwards winning and driving the majority of possession the score remained at 10:0 at half time. In the second half a rare lapse in defence saw Lanzarote score and convert a try, and with the game on a knife edge gonzalo Monteiro gave Adeje breathing space with a try 15-7 to make it another Adeje victory, man of the match Michel Lushes. Mention also must be made of Nº10, captain gaston Mc Furry for leading his boys so well with all the team contributing to a fine display of rugby.

With the u14s and u10s all enjoying success it was a good day for Adeje Ñandu rugby. the club are still looking for people of all ages to come and join them for some fun days out, contact Peter Smith on 922775014 or 686006679.

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Diehard Tenerife fans from the south of the island would like to see the club do more to engage with its supporters from outside the Santa Cruz-La Laguna area.

The victorious Echeyde side

A victory in the pool for Acuasport Tenerife Echeyde recently against Molins de Rei, in the 18th match of the season. the island side won by six goals to one against the Catalans playing offensively, and particular mention must go to Juan Pablo Sánchez who added three goals to his personal tally. Praise was also forthcoming for the Echeyde goalie Yurismel who showed, yet again, why he is considered one of the best goalkeepers in the league, and who made some great saves in the fourth quarter to see off Molins de Rei.

the plea has appeared on one of the ex-pat forums, where a long-standing fan, who regularly helps organise the trips to home (and some away) games for the Armada Sur Supporters Club, recently opened a discussion on how things at tenerife - from the financial situation to PR and outreach activities - might be improved in future to prevent the current slide from continuing. the observations make very interesting reading!: “there is still hope for CDt [tenerife] to return to the big-time thanks to its loyal support. the Club says on its website it is proud of the number of fans at home games and away. Well, the fans are there despite the Club. It is annoying that it takes pride when it has done nothing to help attendances home or away. Lets not talk about the marketing/public relations of CDt, simply they are not good or bad – they don’t exist “Looking at the way clubs in the uK/germany are run, working with the local community, initiatives to put bums on seats etc. it is a great shame that they do not take a look outside their comfort zone of Santa Cruz. I say Santa Cruz/ La Laguna since, for the club, the whole world is based in this zone.

“Despite the south being the motor of the Island, and where roughly a third of the residents of tenerife live, they never venture down here for anything (it would be like going to the moon for most of them). When I quizzed one well known director about this his reply was “I go to the South once for a swim every summer”. that is what we have to put up with, small minded people”.

As anticipated, Spain’s Davis Cup captain Alberto Costa has opted to stand down while at the pinnacle of his coaching career.

Costa hinted he intended to step aside after leading Spain to a magnificent win against Argentina earlier in December. Winner as a player in 2000 and now holder of two Davis Cup medals as a coach, Costa is expected to fulfil another role in the Spanish tennis Federation, probably as the coordinator of the national teams at all levels.

Although he has received praise for his achievements as national coach, critics say he chose to resign only when he realised that Spain’s team for the 2012 Cup would be seriously under-strength, with Rafa Nadal and David Ferrer having already said they would not play and doubles pair Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano López likely to call an end to their long-standing partnership.

Megabowl Compiled by Doreen Lemm

Monday Pub League Week 17 Next Door Bar (2) Wigan Arms (6) Buccaneer Bar (2) the Nomads (6) First and Last (1) Atlantis (7) No team (0) tenerife Royale (8) Forfeit A fine 212 for Lee (First and Last) was still not sufficient to win a game as they were giving 48 pins each game to their opponents.

Thursday International League/special competition Partners drawn by lottery for this three week competition

Week 1 1st ueli and Jacquie 1269 pins Ros and Dave 1172 pins Franck and Rafa 1144 pins Sue and Jeff 1108 pins Avril and Michael 1096 pins Andy and José 1079 pins A superb 236 for Andy, standing in for Steve holt . good to seen Jacquie back on form after her eye operations, scored 201.

Week 2 ueli and Jacquie 1166 pins Ros and Dave 1234 pins Franck and Rafa 1211 pins Steve and José 1271 pins Sue and Jeff 1239 pins Avril and Michael 1137 pins An excellent 222 bowled by Sue and a fine 554 series for José

Final week

Winners: ueli and Jacquie Joint second Ros and Dave, Franck and Rafa

Fourth: Cat, Avril and Michael

Fifth: Jeff and Sue Sixth: Steve and José Cat holt, standing in for an injured Avril scored her highest score ever, 215, and 213 for partner Michael, lifting them into fourth in the mini tournament.

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soccer experience Tenerife International :

Tenerife Over 35s League play off

CDtenerife

By Chris Todd

New year resolution needed Second Division B 22/12/2011

18/12/2011 CD tenerife 2:2 Marino de Luanco

Tenerife simply threw away this important match against Asturian side Marino.

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he over 35s season was a close fought battle over two games right up till the last few minutes. LA Veterans won the first leg 8:4 but Toby Jug pulled it all even with only five minutes to go in the second leg, however Shaine, Paul, Lacey and the the rest of the LA Veterans boys had just a little extra to win the play off final. Well done to both teams.

Promoting tenerife and Spanish football in Asia Martin tierney of Soccer Experience who also has football projects in Asia was recentley working on Asian tV as a pundit for the El Classico between Real Madrid and Barcelona alongside ex-England and Man City legend Peter Barnes and regularly mentions the Soccer Experience tenerife leagues and footballers to the Asian tV audience and in particular during this past El Classico!

Happy and healthy Christmas and holiday period!

Soccer Experience will start playing again after the New Year to burn off the Christmas and New Year cheer! Just some of the weekly football provide is: the new 6–a-side Monday league which has just started and if any groups of amigos want to come together, they can also provide some players if need be and then you have a team that can

play in a fun, social and healthy weekly game of football. Just some of the things they now do at the new field are the usual Monday and Friday open age leagues along with the over 35s tuesday night 6/ a-side games. they are offering new types of games: e.g every thursday night at 7pm they are arranging a game for players aged 40 years old plus only which allows a more slow motion fun and social game of football.

Private bookings are also available on a thursday evening. Also kids pick-up football will be every Saturday 11.30am – 1.30pm so if any kids 7 – 14 years want to come along and just play games. If you want to play in the New Year Please call/ sms: 654200470.

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Without playing breathtaking football the blanquiazules went in to the break with a comfortable two goal cushion. goals by Kiko Ratón and Perona had put tenerife into a seemingly unassailable lead but the second half nerves were all too familiar. Pablo pulled a goal back on 50 minutes for the away side and with growing unrest on the terraces the visitors drew level with ten minutes remaining. this did spark the blanquiazules into action and they attacked with some sort of conviction. Why this was not done beforehand is why many are doubting whether coach Calderon is the man to take tenerife to promotion. the blanquiazules should have been awarded a penalty in the closing minutes when Victor Bravo had his legs kicked away as he was just about to score. A scandalous decision. the chants around the stadium moved from abuse towards the match officials to the deafening shouts of “Calderon. Dimisión!”

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the fans were angry not only with the result but with the general standard of play in recent weeks. however despite all the negativity CD tenerife moved up to third in the table with this draw and have been in the play-off positions all season. New signings are on the way as well as the return of key players from injury.

Manager Calderon has received the dreaded “vote of confidence” from President Miguel Concepción and will stay in his position for now.

After the short Christmas break tenerife have two away matches. First on January 8th against Alcala in Madrid and a week later on the island of gran Canaria against uD Vecindario. trip details for the match in gran Canaria are in disarray as the match has been set by tV Canaria for Sunday 15th January at 5pm.

With the last ferry back from Las Palmas at 7.30pm and the few flights sold out it makes what should be one of the easiest away trips of the season into one of the most difficult.

LA FUNDACIÓN EL LARGUERO

ARONA FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT

Teams in the XVI International youth football tournament in Arona were warming up as we went to press. The competition took place in the last days of December, and, as is now the norm, attracted many top young players from all over Europe. this year, youth wings from clubs taking part included Ath Club de Bilbao, Mallorca , Real Madrid, Paris Saint germain, Sevilla, Inter de Milan, Villarreal, Espanyol, Barcelona, Valencia, Borussia Dortmund and Atlético de Madrid, with matches played in the Estadio Antonio Domínguez in las Américas. the event is co-sponsored by the Fundación El Larguero, Radio Club tenerife/Cadena Ser, Arona council, the tenerife Cabildo, the regional government with financial backing from blueBBVA.

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Jakim Donaldson

By Karl McLaughlin

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nvariably, perhaps, the Christmas period brings extensive media coverage of the host of contributions by sporting figures to worthy causes, usually in the form of festive benefit games aimed at raising money for needy bodies or individuals.

Tenerife footballer Victor Añino (‘Vitolo’), currently playing at Panathinaikos in Greece, has returned home for a fifth successive year to organise his annual celebrity friendly in Santa Cruz, on this occasion to help four sick youngsters whose families are finding it hard to meet the cost of urgent medical treatment.

The world of basketball here has its equivalent in Iberostar Canarias player Jakim Donaldson, although you would be hard pushed to see or hear the quietly-spoken American in the media talking about his work to help underprivileged youngsters.

Despite the thousands of miles that separate him from his home city of Pittsburgh, the 28-year-old forward never loses sight of his duty to help those less fortunate than himself.

Donaldson’s permanent involvement back home with a non-profit foundation called PROMISE has a very tragic origin: his younger brother, Jehru, also a keen basketball player and an athletics all-rounder, was gunned down at the age of just 18 by twin brothers who decided they wanted the car he had borrowed from his father for the evening to take his girlfriend’s nephews to a Major League Baseball game.

The senseless killing of the popular teenager in early July 2007 proved the catalyst that, to the surprise of law enforcement agencies, not only prompted local residents to come forward with possible leads on the perpetrators but also helped create a groundswell of public opposition to juvenile crime in the Northside area of Pittsburgh.

Shortly afterwards, Jakim’s father, Jay, created a foundation to help the memory of Jehru live on in the form of organised assistance for local youths who might be tempted to stray off the proper path. Called PROMISE, its goal - as stated clearly

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on its website - is to “work to get kids off the streets and involved in after-school activities to keep them from becoming a victim or a perpetrator of crime”. PROMISE is run by a board of directors, including Jakim himself who is its sports director, and engages in a wide range of activities from funding individual scholarships for teenagers to a book club, city clean-up drives and sports camps.

Needless to say, the Canarias star is heavily involved in the latter. Every August he takes time out from his brief summer break from the professional game to organise a basketball camp at Oliver High School, where he and Jehru were students. Despite the distance, Jakim is in regular touch with the day to day activities of the foundation, corresponding by e-mail with fellow board members and talking through new ideas. He takes up the story for us. “Our goal is, to put it simply, to save lives. For example, we try and put kids through college with scholarships and help them stay on the straight and narrow. I stay in touch as much as I can with my family and board colleagues even from over here”.

The benefits for the Northside youngsters are obvious but what does involvement in PROMISE do personally for Jakim? At this point, the quietly-spoken American player’s eyes light up and he speaks with genuine warmth and feeling about

the two-way relationship: “It really does a lot for me. To tell the truth, it keeps my little brother’s memory alive for me in a very special way.

Working with these kids makes me see a lot of the things I saw in him.

Above all, it makes me want to be a better person, a role model, someone who gives something back to the community. You have no idea of the joy I get from seeing a kid buy in to what we are trying to do. The problem is that groups like us operate in a segregated way. The world would be a much better place to live in if we all came together to help ensure these kids get help rather than leave them to listen to the manipulation, brainwashing and other things that pull them and us apart”.

The acronym PROMISE was not chosen by accident: it stands for ‘Protecting and Restoring the Order of Mankind with the Initiative to Serving Elders’ and the last word of the title is of paramount importance, as Jakim explains: “My father, who is very much from the old school, has transmitted to us what he has always believed, namely, that to respect yourself you need to respect your elders. All of us, when we are older, want to be respected but you have got to give that respect first.

This world was founded by our forefathers and elders and we would not be here without them. I think we are losing some of that approach in younger generations, so what we are

doing is just a way of helping to get back to it. Our elders went through so much to give us a chance to get ahead in life and, if we build on that, we can help others get to where they want to be”.

Not surprisingly, among the initiatives being planned by the foundation is an Elder Companion Youth Program, which will provide young volunteers to “assist the elderly with a variety of daily non-medical functions including light house-keeping, light meal preparation, taking out the trash, shovelling snow and raking leaves, general recreation and various social activities”.

When Jakim Donaldson returns to his alma mater at Oliver High to speak to the pupils, particularly the gifted athletes, his message is a far cry from ’ the world is your oyster, go get it!’ one. “Although I do talk about how I have been doing in Spain, I stress that the first thing they should be thinking about is going to college: that is the main thing for kids in my area. I also tell them the world does not end at Northside, Pittsburgh or even the United States. There is a great big world out there and a lot of great experiences they could be seeing. I love what I do, I love travelling and I know I am blessed in that I have been given this opportunity. And I tell them just that”.

That opportunity may not ever have arisen if he had not benefit-

to go if people had not put up the couple of thousand dollars I needed to pay my way. I never forget that, which is why I am so keen to ensure that some of the money I earn from basketball goes back to youngsters coming behind me, to at least help pay for their education”.

There is no doubting the sincerity of Donaldson, a local idol in La Laguna now for several seasons. A glance at the advance information supplied for his Summer Basketball Camp shows clearly that his aim is much more than improving on-court skills. Indeed, the basketball appears to be just a means to a much more important end. Among the list of activities making up the programme are ‘Group discussions on youth related topics’, while the camp openly highlights that its objective is to promote ‘skills’ such as the following: Discipline, respect and manners; cultural diversity; social skills; increase frustration tolerance; improved impulse control; self-esteem/selfworth; and, last but by no means least ‘Encouraging Dreams’.

Which probably sums up better than anything else Donaldson’s role, one he performs very discreetly, with no camera-hogging or bragging. As Island Connections discovered during the interview, getting him to talk about the valuable work he and his family do for the benefit of Pittsburgh’s Northsiders is no easy task.