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Editorial

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I have started a new section in the Tenerife Weekly called “What to do if”. We are lucky that we have a very good relationship with consulate staff in Santa Cruz and thought it would be useful to build up a section for information about what to do in certain situations. I will be taking a different situation every week covering everything from accidents to lost or stolen passports and what to do if you are arrested. This week the section is what to do if you are a victim of crime and what exactly the consulate can do to help you. I know that you will find this information helpful; there are times where

people think they know what needs to be done, but more often than not, it is more like misinformation.

Many of you may remember that, back in June, Vivo held a street party in honour of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. We had the most amazing raffle and one of the prizes was a cruise, very kindly donated by Thomson Cruises. Friends of Vivo Kelly and Shabba, from Los Gigantes were the extremely happy winners.

They finally had their cruise and kept us all in stitches by posting photographs and comments on Facebook. Now you can read all about their antics on pages 30 and 31. Enjoy!

Christmas is literally just around

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The Duchess of Cambridge was discharged from hospital on Thursday after a stay of three days for treatment. Kate, who is less than 12 weeks pregnant, left King Edward VII Hospital, where she had been admitted after being diagnosed with hyperemesis gravidarum, sever morning sickness. She left with Prince William and was taken to their London home, Kensington Palace, to rest.

However her hospital stay was not without controversy, prank callers managed to trick hospital staff treating the Duchess

of Cambridge into revealing detailed information about her condition. Australian radio DJs impersonating the Queen and Prince of Wales and were given an update about Kate, who was admitted to London’s King Edward VII on Monday.

Mum Carole outside hospital

Mel Greig and Michael Christian called from Sydney’s 2Day FM radio station and were transferred to a duty nurse who divulged details of how doctors were treating the duchess. The hospital said it “deplored” the stunt and will be conducting a review of its phone system. St James’s Palace declined to comment on the incident.

A spokesman for the hospital said: “King Edward VII’s Hospital Sister Agnes can confirm that an Australian radio station made a hoax call to the hospital in the early hours of Tuesday morning. This call was transferred through to a ward and a short conversation was held with one of the nursing staff.

King Edward VII’s Hospital deeply regrets this incident.”

John Lofthouse, chief executive at King Edward VII’s Hos-

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the corner and many of us want to be able to join in the spectacular events that the various councils have organised. Due to space restrictions it is difficult to print absolutely everything that is going on, but this week I have covered both San Miguel and Arona events. If you know of anything going on and you want to let people know about it, drop me a line so I can print it for you.

I am particularly interested in anything with a charity angle, perhaps you have a carol concert you would like to publicise. Do let me know.

See you all next week,

Lorna Eade pital, said: “This was a foolish prank call that we all deplore.

We take patient confidentiality extremely seriously and we are now reviewing our telephone protocols.”

Michael Christian posted congratulatory Tweets and reports of the prank from around the world on his Twitter page. He tweeted: “Can’t believe we got put through!”

The DJs and their radio station have since apologised - saying the hosts had “the best intentions”. Mel Greig and Michael Christian said: “We were very surprised that our call was put through, we thought we’d be hung up on as soon as they heard our terrible accents. “We’re very sorry if we’ve caused any issues and we’re glad to hear that Kate is doing well.”

In a statement, 2Day FM said: “2Day FM sincerely apologises for any inconvenience caused by the inquiry to Kate’s hospital, the radio segment was done with the best intentions and we wish Kate and her family all the best.” Knowingly or recklessly obtaining personal information without consent is an offence under Section 55 of Data Protection Act 1998, punishable by a fine of up to £5,000.

The Duchess of Cambridge is “continuing to feel better” and she and the Duke are immensely grateful for the good wishes they have received, St James’s Palace has said. Prince William visited his wife every day during her hospital stay. The statement from the Palace came shortly after the Duke of Cambridge left the private hospital where Kate was being treated for a severe form of morning

The royal couple are likely to be cheered by news from the Government that legislation to ensure their baby becomes monarch - whether it is a boy or a girl - is to be introduced as “rapidly” as possible.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said it is “a wonderful coincidence” that the 15 nations where the Queen is head of state gave their final consent for the Government to press ahead with a landmark Bill to end the centuriesold discrimination against royal women at the same time as Kate’s pregnancy was announced. Mr Clegg tweeted: “Whether the Duke and Duchess’ baby is a boy or a girl, they will have an equal claim to the throne.”

Moves towards constitutional change gathered pace in the wake of the Duke and Duchess’s wedding in April 2011 in anticipation they would produce an offspring. The child will be third in line to the throne, after Prince Charles and Prince William.

While there remains concern for the royal couple, there is much excitement across the UK, indeed the world at the prospect of a royal baby.

Sister Pippa visits Kate sickness after revealing her pregnancy on Monday.

William spent most of this week at the bedside of his wife, who is likely to be on a drip so she can receive fluids intravenously to combat the effects of dehydration caused by the condition known as hyperemesis gravidarum. Her illness could indicate she is having twins as mothers carrying two babies have a greater chance of developing the severe morning sickness. Kate was admitted to hospital on Monday after developing the condition that can leave patients feeling tired, dizzy and suffering from headaches - all signs of

dehydration. It appears she responded well to treatment and is likely to be having less severe bouts of morning sickness.

The Queen’s former gynaecologist Marcus Setchell, who delivered the Countess of Wessex’s two children, is reported to be treating her.

Kate’s diary of engagements for this week has been cancelled to allow for the extensive rest she will need from now on. The prolonged vomiting could continue for much of her pregnancy - which is still below 12 weeks - and she may need to take anti-sickness medication for months to come.

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NEWS ON THE ROCK

Guardia Civil in Icod de los Vinos, arrested three people, aged 23, 31 and 36, all residents of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, accused of thirteen robberies committed in businesses in the town. The robberies took place in various companies and businesses including shops, sports shops, clothes, a pharmacy, and a dental clinic. The offenses began on 21 November, as the robberies escalated; cameras were set up to enable the police to identify the thieves.

Santiago del Teide is to allow residents in the area to pay their IBIs (rates) by instalments. Payments will be able to be made in months 2, 4, 7, and 10 of 2013, and the Ayuntamiento says that they will not charge interest. Those who want to take up the offer have to apply by the 15th of this month at the Consorcio de Tributos in Santiago del Teide: the office is at 3 Calle Caleta de Jurado, and is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 9am and 1pm October’s fall in unemployment figures appears to have been a blip. November’s figures show a further 1,212 out of work, leaving 289,032 unemployed in the Canary Islands as a whole. Of those, around 124,000 are beyond the end of their unemployment benefit, and indeed beyond the end of any additional help whatsoever. The figures mean that 43.04% of the unemployed are without any income at all.

The moratorium on tourist licences was renewed in April until 13 December in order to give the Government time to get the new Canarian Touristic Law into place. It was thought that there was insufficient time, and on Tuesday the Government acknowledged this by agreeing to extend the moratorium to 31 May next year, giving an extra five months for the new legislation to be studied and approved.

The new extension avoids the tourism regulation vacuum that would otherwise have existed between the end of the moratorium and the introduction of the new law. “helping hands in Tenerife” Children’s Charity are looking for volunteers to pack shopping bags at the Iceland Store in Las Chafiras every Friday and Saturday leading up to Christmas in the hope for donations from the grateful shoppers.

If you have a spare hour and would be interested in supporting a very worthy cause please call Elizabeth Montague on 661 274 281. Iceland have also agreed to collect presents for children. They have allocated shopping trolleys for the collection and ask that anyone with suitable gifts, deliver them, unwrapped at their shops in Los Cristianos, Las Americas and Las Chafiras on Saturday.

The best fiestas on Tenerife in December It’s no surprise to learn that the best fiestas on Tenerife in December have a Christmas theme. Christmas Eve itself is a bit of a non-event unless you’re part of a Canarian family.

The Spanish enjoy their big Christmas meal on Nochebuena (Christmas Eve) and as a result many restaurants (including those in hotels) close early. Those staying in one of the south of Tenerife’s purpose built resorts won’t really be affected but anyone staying in Puerto de la Cruz, Santa Cruz, La Orotava etc. should make sure they eat early.

New Year’s Eve (Nochevieja) is party night and the traditional north holds the best street parties and firework displays although there are places in the south of the island which hold decent Nochevieja shindigs as well. Tenerife’s Christmas Eve falls on the 5th of January when Los Reyes Magos ride into town bestowing gifts on well behaved children. There are parades in towns across Tenerife.

Christmas in Puerto de la Cruz As always, Puerto de la Cruz overdoses on the Christmas spirit at this time of year with classical, jazz and folklore concerts, an exhibition of belenes (from the 8th) and all sorts of activities throughout December including a beer festival (22nd) as well as the wonderful New Year’s Eve party at Plaza del Charco.

Loads of Information about what is going on, who is going to be where and all the information you need about Christmas and local fiestas, Check out www.theRealTenerife. com Page and get up to the minute info to make your arrangements.

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WHAT TO DO IF….

Welcome to a new series for Tenerife Weekly. We all, residents and tourists alike, get ourselves into various situations that require immediate attention. Whilst there are many, many, several do-gooders who think they know exactly what you need to do if certain events occur, we have Caroline Sproule, direct from the Consulates Office telling you exactly what it is you need to know and do.

If You Are A Victim Of A Crime

What the Consulate can do to help: • Give general information about local police and legal procedures • Point you in the right direction of where to get legal advice • If you need medical treatment, we can help you to contact a local doctor • If you want us to, we can contact your relatives and friends to let them know if something has happened to you.

You should consider appointing a local lawyer who can look after your interests in court, and follow any trial for you. We can give you a list of local English-speaking lawyers and interpreters. We would not normally attend a court case involving a British national.

What the Consulate cannot do: • Give you legal advice • Collect evidence or investigate crimes. In many countries investigating authorities and the courts may refuse to answer enquiries from other people

and organisations, including consular staff • Influence the outcome of any trial • Assist with travel costs if you are asked to attend a trial abroad as a victim or witness • Provide general financial help • Accept items of lost or recovered stolen property, with the exception of passports (which are cancelled and returned to the Identity & Passport Service) and driving licences (which are returned to DVLA).

If you are a victim of theft: • Report any incidences of theft to the local police. You will need a police statement to claim against your travel insurance • Remember to cancel any credit cards or travellers cheques.

We have also produced a leaflet called victims of crime abroad which is available from www.fco.gov.uk/resources/en/pdf/2855621/ victims-of-crime-abroad.pdf which offers more detailed information.

December 2012 “El aljibe” exhibitions room You will be able to enjoy the new exhibition “paintings collective of the students of granadilla de abona”. Until the 21st december Opening hours From Monday to Friday: 10:0014:00 Tuesday and Thursday: 17.0019:00 Display of Christmas cards, municipal library From 3rd December till 4th January Dreams party- delivery of the cards Thursday 27 th December From 10:00-12:00 in the cultural centre square from guargacho and llano del camello From 12:00-13:30 in the sports centre of Oroteanda and las chafiras Thursday 28th December From 10:00-12:00 in las zocas square and el frontón square From 12.00-13:30 El roque square and Aldea Blanca cultural centre.

Solidarity schools During the days 17th, 18th,

19th and 20th December Charity football tournament.

From 28th to 30th December Wednesday 5th December.

Museum “casa del capitán” –at 17:00 hrs. Opening of the traditional municipal nativity scene, this will be displayed till 11th January 2013.

Opening hours: From Monday to Friday: 09.0013:30 And 16:30-19:30 Thursday 6th December at 9:15 hrs. Ii popular race llano del camello. Registrations on www.

Triabona.Com Monday 10th December -cultural -sports centre , at 16:30 basketball championship Friday 14th December. From 10:00-18:00 hrs.Tourist office “el puente” Skin care and make up workshops. Reserve your place, ring 616 129 522 Children´s theatre Cultural centre Aldea Blanca.

Monday 17th December at 17:00 Cultural centre el frontón .

Tuesday 18th December at 17:00

SAN MIGuEL CHRISTMAS PROGRAMME Cultural centre guargacho.

Wednesday 19th December at 17:00 Cultural centre las chafiras.

Thursday 20th December at 17:00 Thursday 20th December adoration of the child with the participation of the folk groups of the municipality. From the church, “ parade of Christmas carols”, to el casino de San Miguel.

Thursday 20th December. Cultural -sports centre. Performance of rhythmic gymnastics Friday 21st December from 17:00-19:00. Cultural centre las zocas . Workshops for children.

Llano del camello square Friday 28th December -from

10:00-13:00 and from 16:0018:00. Llano del camello square.

The municipal children´s play centres wait for you in diverludo Friday 28th December 20:30.

Cultural -sports centre .San miguel band Christmas concert Saturday 29th December.-17:00. Cultural -sports centre red cross charity festival.

Come along and donate a toy.

January 2013 Cultural -sports centre . Diverludo .Wednesday 2nd, Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th January at 16:00 hrs.

Saturday 5th January. 18:00 Hrs. The big epiphany parade / three wise men parade

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Antiquities Tenerife – Not Just Furniture, A lifestyle

Antiquities Tenerife is an extraordinary furniture shop, not only has it been in the same place in Las Chafiras for the last 8 years, it still has the same original staff; even better you can speak to them in English, Spanish, French, German and Russian.

Not only that, when you decide what pieces you want from their incredibly extensive range, they can deliver. The Next Day. And it is free.

Antiquities Tenerife sells fabulous furniture for your bedroom, your children’s bedroom, your Lounge, even your garden. They specialise in locating pieces direct from the wholesaler and making sure they pass on the savings direct to you, so you can have signature pieces around your home for a fraction of the price you would expect to pay.

They have an extraordinary selection of furniture; in particular they have some stunning modern sofas featuring superbly soft leather or choose from a selection of gorgeous fabrics, with beautiful side and coffee tables, beautiful dining sets featuring glass and chrome with leather. They also have the most incredible selection of lighting that will make any home look funky, modern and warm.

Antiquities Tenerife has an incredible selection of the best sofa beds I have ever seen. Featuring beautiful fabrics and seriously easy to put

up and down. None of the dismantling trauma usually associated with sofa beds. They all have removable, washable covers, so making it ridiculously easy to keep clean.

Whilst there is a vast choice of beds available here, in both modern and traditional style, and they also sell memory foam mattresses that are on offer for 20% discount until 31st December, so you can have a beautiful night’s sleep, for a fraction of the usual price. Also available are matching bedside cabinets and drawers.

The children’s section is made up as individual rooms allowing you to see how the whole effect looks. The colours are amazing, both funky

and modern. There is a selection of bunk beds that can sleep up to 4 kids, great for sleep overs. The choice also includes wardrobes, drawers as well as desks. Antiquities Tenerife can make your children’s bedroom dream come true.

As so many of us are lucky enough to spend a huge amount of time outside, the garden furniture section is second to none. Feature dining sets, easy chairs with matching coffee table, hammocks, sun loungers, day beds and Bali Beds; they even have a selection of outside bars. All of the sets are made of extremely durable materials and they look fabulous.

Anyone of the sets will make

your garden something to be proud of.

Antiquities Tenerife can custom make your curtains and blinds, they have a pictures to hang on your walls,

and they have table lamps to die for.

There is yet another section featuring rustic style furniture all on offer at 20-50% discount.

All in all Antiquities Tenerife has got it all. If you haven’t been there yet, you are missing out. So get yourself down there and treat your home to a present for Christmas.

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MY Destination, a global network of destination sites including My Destination Tenerife, and used by 12 million visitors per year, was recently awarded top prize for ‘Going International’ in the euronews Business Awards with Google in London recently.

Accepting the award, co-founders James Street and Neil Waller dedicated the recognition to the 30-strong workforce as well as the 70-plus regional owners throughout the world, including Joe Cawley, owner of the Tenerife site.

My Destination Tenerife provides an innovative online platform using the latest in multimedia technology to showcase the best of the island to Tenerife’s huge number of British visitors, and has quickly becoming the number one online guide for all things Tenerife holiday-related. www.mydestination.com/ tenerife

RYAnAIR is threatening to cut flights to and from Spain because of the sky-high airport taxes, threatening thousands of jobs. Taxes make up around 40% of ticket costs for the airline’s Madrid and Barcelona flights, therefore making routes

unprofitable for the largest carrier in Spain.

The 14 aircraft it operates to the country will be reduced to ten, meaning far fewer cheap holiday flights available from the UK next summer. The cuts, which will save Ryanair £20million, will mean the loss of 4,500 jobs, more than doubling the forecast by Michael

O’Leary four months ago.

Most of the jobs will be lost in Spain where airport taxes are four times those elsewhere in Europe. Ryanair vice-president Michael Cawley criticised slammed Spain’s “totally unnecessary airport expansions”. He added: “We cannot operate these flight paths when it means our costs will double.”

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Murder Irishman To Appeal Conviction

Keith Burke , aged 21 faces at least 15 years in prison after being found guilty last week of stabbing Abraham Baez, aged 24 in the neck with a kitchen knife during a street brawl. His lawyer said the “devastated” Dubliner maintains his innocence and will appeal.

Mr Baez died from massive blood loss after being knifed during a 6am fight in Playa de las Americas on April 30, 2010. A jury unanimously found Burke guilty of murder.

Burkes lawyer, Avelino Miguez, pointed out none of the witnesses to the fight saw his client carrying a knife or stabbing Mr Baez.

Police found no traces of the Spaniard’s blood on Burke’s clothes; even though doctors said he would have lost at least half a litre of blood a minute after his carotid

artery was severed by the knife.

Crucially, the jury accepted prosecution claims Burke hid the knife in the palm of his hand, with the blade protruding between his fingers, as he attacked Mr Baez. That allowed them to convict the Irishman of murder rather than the lesser charge of manslaughter. But a pathologist told the court the wound to Mr Baez’s neck was caused by the knife being held in a normal, downward, stabbing motion.

The lawyer also hopes to employ a little-used law to have his client sentenced as a minor, even though he was 18 at the time of the killing.

Burke’s family say they fear for his safety at the prison in Tenerife where he is being held. During the one-week trial, his lawyers complained to the court after people in the public gallery were seen making a throat-slitting gesture at the defendant. A family friend said: “We’re ter-

rified what might happen to Keith while he’s in prison.”

His ex-girlfriend Sara Stuart aged 30, also from Dublin, was found guilty of wound-

ing the dead man’s girlfriend, Laura Negrin, during the same fight. She is expected to get a suspended sentence after being cleared of

the more serious charge of wounding her with a rock.

Outside court, Mr Baez’s family said they were satisfied justice had been done.

Mother Maria Teresa said: “Nothing will bring my beautiful son Abraham back, but we came here to see justice and justice has been done.

“The Garden Bar” Live Arico Pets Animal Welfare Raffle & Auction Supporters (PAWS) 2013 Calendars a huge success.

In fact, too much of a success, we are struggling to meet demand.

We are sorry if you still haven’t got yours, but we are now catching up and all three shops (listed below) now have stock. The ideal Xmas gift that won’t break the bank.

Get yours now.

Paul, Dawn and their son Matthew, of the “World Famous” Garden Bar, Sun Beach, Playa Fanabe, held their biggest ever Raffle and auction in On Monday 29th October. They raised nearly 6000 euros which was been divided between Tenerife Sur Lions Club and Help the Hero’s.

Paul and Dawn had been planning the event for months gathering in all sorts of sports memorabilia for the main auction night. Unfortunately, although it was planned for 31st. October, because of the bad weather

The photo shows Lions President Norman Goodall MBE presenting a “Thank you” for the generous on going support this bar provides to the local charities in the south of Tenerife. forecast, they brought the evening forward to the 29th October; even so, there was not a spare seat anywhere near.

Manchester United’s Paul Scholes could not be there as was planned, but he is sending a signed shirt to “Webby” in the near future, which will be auctioned and the money raised will be added to the total.

Paul, Dawn and son Matthew ran the whole evening, with raffles, auctions

and Paul his usual lively self, took command of the microphone and kept everyone entertained with his quick wit humour.

This was the third such night they had held, in 2010 they raised 4,500 Euros, in 2011 they raised 5,400 Euros and this time nearly 6,000 Euros.

Norman Goodall on behalf of the Lions thanked the “Team” and all the generous clients and assured them the money raised would be used wisely and for good local causes.

Would you like to have a say in how we do things at Live Arico P.A.W.S? Why not become a member for 2013. Come to our AGM and be involved in the decision making process. Subscription is 20 Euros per year payable January, along with a letter or email expressing an intention to be an active member. Mail sue@livearico.org for more information.

Come To Our Shops For The Best Xmas Bargains

We have raffles going on in Los Cristianos and San Eugenio shops, buy a ticket and win a fantastic hamper. Also, Siobhan is having a December sale, with designer clothes at knock down prices. Come and get your glitzy party frock before we sell out.

Los Cristianos, Churchill Square, opposite the play park by the harbour. Manager Kel opens from 10am to 4pm Monday to Saturday.

San Eugenio, opposite Hotel La Niña by Amandas Bar. Siobhan manages to stock up with some rather special bits and bobs for sale. Open Monday to Saturday 10 – 4pm.

Costa del Silencio, on the main road by Coral

Mar Square, next door to the Coral Bar. Julie opens 11 – 5pm Monday to Saturday.

We need volunteers to help out in our shop in costa del silencio. Please, if you can spare a few hours a week and enjoy meeting people please call siobhan on the number below.

IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS.

Adoption Hotline 682 517 045. Heidi speaks Spanish, English and German.

General Enquiries. Sue Havenhand 629 388102 Siobhan Fergusen 630 857 626

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Mencey Hotel Disability Failures

The Mencey Hotel, part of the Iberostar chain does not comply with disabled access laws, despite spending 45 million euros on a recent refurbishment and a reopening on November 11th. So says the Mobility Association. Drawbacks in the 5 star hotel include limited wheelchair access, reception counters at the wrong height, which makes it difficult for wheelchair users, corridors that are extremely long and without hand rails, making it difficult for disabled guests to enjoy their stay.

President of the association, Ana Mengibar says that of all the hotel bedrooms only five had larger doorways and bathrooms that had been adapted for disabled users. There were no cranes to be able to move people from beds to chairs, and vice versa, and the beds had not been adapted for wheelchair users with regards to height. There is also far too much furniture in the rooms

leaving little space for wheelchairs to turn about easily. The terrace for theses rooms also has a step making it impossible for wheelchair users to get out onto it.

Air conditioning units are the wrong height for wheelchair users, making it impossible to control the temperature of the room, and lockers had handles at the wrong height. The Association also criticised the alarm system as it only uses sound making it impossible to warn any deaf guests of the threat of fire. All of these shortcomings showed that the hotel “Did not have the slightest interest in ensuring accessibility in this hotel”.

The director of the hotel Mencey, Daniel Cañibano, said that of the many deficiencies “had already been remedied”, and had been when the President of the Association visited the facilities. He did not rule out redressing some other issues in relation to rooms and public areas and said he would submit a study in relation to the reception area. Solutions already implemented by Iberostar also included “A new elevator to avoid people with disabilities having to continue using a forklift from the kitchen, as they had done previ-

ously.

The Mobility Association indicated that disabled guests are very impor-

tant for the economy of the capital and the whole of the island; therefore it is important that routes are

maintained to maintain accessibility and to encourage hoteliers to adapt their establishments accordingly.

Christmas Events World Aids Day In Arona

Arona’s ChristmasNew Year 2012 programme has now been announced, and like Adeje and Guía de Isora, it all starts now! The programme is not easily viewed in list form, but is full of cultural events to appeal to residents and visitors alike: please go to www.arona. o r g / p o r t a l / Re c u r s o s We b / d o c u m e n tos/1/0_23964_1.pdf for the pdf version of the full leaflet.

The Ayuntamiento is also taking children’s Christmas events around its various areas throughout Christmas.

These will be held in Guaza, La Camella and Guargacho on Friday 7 December; in El Fraile, Las Galletas and Cabo Blanco on Friday 14 December; in Guargacho, Buzanada and Valle San Lorenzo on Friday 21 December; and in Los Cristianos, Arona town, and Parque de la Reina on Friday 28 December. There will also be a range of workshops with a Christmas theme, whether homemade greetings cards, Christmas table centrepieces, or Christmas decorations.

For more information on all these, please ring 010 if call-

ing from inside Arona, or 922 761 600 if outside.

A Christmas concert will be held on Saturday 22 December (they don’t say at what time) in the Plaza de la Pes-

cadora on the front near the harbour, and of course there will be the traditional and hugely popular parade of the three Kings from the ferry on 5 January.

Red Cross are helping 165 people with AIDS in Tenerife who do not have family or friends or the economic resources to support themselves.

Data revealed on World AIDS Day, December 1st, warns that the number of HIV infections amongst young Canarians is on the increase, mainly due to information about the disease being watered down and youngsters having unprotected sex.

To commemorate the day, Red Cross volunteers

took to the streets to deliver information to people. At a checkpoint in the Plaza de La Candelaria, the Red Cross and HIV positive workers (Pades) spent the morning informing passers-by the consequences of disease. Yazmina Caraballo, a social worker, explained that her work supporting the 165 patients includes accompanying and advising them during their visits to the doctor, and to tell them where to go to receive help. Some medications needed by her patients are not even included in the coverage of Social Security.”

Red Cross volunteers

also attend schools to deliver informative talks.

“This service reaches approximately 2,000 people across the province and about 1,500 have had unprotected sex”, warns Julio Castañeda, responsible for the programme for the Sexual Education in The Spanish Red Cross.

According to the latest figures available, there are around 2,500 new AIDS infections recorded every day throughout Spain. “This is not a problem that can be ignored, there is misinformation available and people have become overconfident”, warned the Red Cross spokesmen.

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Brother and Sister Fraudsters

SIBLInGS Lawrence Candlish and Melanie Batey from Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, wrongly thought they could outsmart investigators when they moved to Alicante in 2005 and 2007 respectively, and failed to notify benefit officials. Despite Candlish winning a £5.5 million lottery jackpot in 1997 and opening a bar and restaurant in the Santa Pola area of the Alicante region, they both continued to fraudulently claim benefits until December 2010 when their dishonest actions finally caught up with them.

Between them they had falsely claimed over £40,000 which they will now have to pay back to the UK government. Candlish appeared in court in October and was sentenced to nine months in prison, suspended for 18 months with supervision.

His sister Melanie Batey received the same sentence.

Frauds like these contin-

ue to happen. If you have heard someone boasting about ripping off the British taxpayer, if you know a neighbour who’s living off benefits they shouldn’t have, if you feel fed up and want something done about it, it’s easier than ever to report a suspected benefit thief. Work & Pensions investigators are asking anyone who suspects others of committing benefit fraud to call the free and confidential hotline in Spain on 900 554 440, or send in their concerns at https://secure. dwp.gov.uk/benefitfraud/.

In addition there is now an online form from the Department of Work and Pensions at www.dwp.gov.uk/ benefit-thieves-spain or https://secure.dwp.gov.uk/ benefitfraud/spain/ The only request from benefit investigators is that you provide as much information as you can. The more you give, no matter how insignificant it may seem, the easier it is to trace the fraudster and the more likely it is that they will be caught.

Details that are particularly useful include the suspect’s full name and addresses in

the UK and Spain. But just as useful are details of their spouse or partner, and information about any work they do. Remember that all the information you give will

be treated in strictest confidence. You do not have to give your own name and address if you do not wish to.

The new online form is just one way investigators are

closing in on benefit fraudsters in Spain. A dedicated team continues to work closely with the Spanish authorities, making it harder and harder for benefit

thieves to go undetected.

If you want more information on which benefits can and cannot be claimed whilst living in Spain, do visit www.gov.uk.

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Paralympians March Against Spending Cuts Spanish Paralympians joined over 15,000 disabled persons on crutches and in wheelchairs for a march against spending cuts which threaten the collapse of the social security system for them and their families. In the lead was the award-winning Olympic champion Teresa Perales.

The 15,000 took up the call for nation-wide protest on December 2 by the Spanish Committee of Representatives of Persons with Disabilities (CERMI), which gathered together over 7,000 associations. Under the slogan ‘’SOS Disabled - Save Inclusion and Health’’, it was the first mass protest to speak out against the ‘’unsustainable situation’’ which the crisis has sparked for one of society’s most vulnerable groups. At least 300 buses brought the disabled to Madrid for the march, which coincided with the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

There was also a march in

the Valencian Community, 15 social workers who work in the disabled sector marched for 200 km over nine days to protest the cuts and the non-payment of benefits.

The march ended in the Valencia Parliament, but protestors were evicted from the parliamentary chambers by the President of the Cortes, Juan Cotino. Regional administrations owe the sector at least 250 million euros and the local ones two years of arrears totalling 50 million euros, reported CERMI president Luis Cayo Perez Bueno.

The 300 million euros covers costs for subsidised services, subsidies and aid in the form of wages for special centres employing disabled workers, in which half of the minimum wage of every worker is paid for by the administration. In a meeting between CERMI representatives and the Finance and Healthcare Ministers, Cristobal Montoro and Ana Mato, the government pledged to include subsidies for assistance to the disabled in the financing of the Liquidity Fund for the Autonomous Communities (FLA), which re-

ceived 18 billion this year and which will receive 23 billion next year. ‘’Twenty per cent of centres which help the disabled are at risk of imminent clo-

in Cartagena. So far, experts have counted 574,553 silver coins and 212 gold coins, as well as other items. The metals were mined and the coins minted in the Andes, from places that are now in Bolivia, Chile and Peru.

Spanish officials say that they have no plans or ever intend to sell the treasure.

“It’s invaluable,” Elisa de Cabo, the culture ministry’s deputy director of national heritage, said according to the Associated Press. “How

would you put a price on the Mona Lisa?”

Obtaining the ship’s haul was the culmination of a long legal fight. Ms de Cabo said Spanish authorities are still trying to convince a US judge that the American company that found the wreck, Florida-based Odyssey Marine Exploration, should also pay Spain’s legal costs. The company has stated that it had spent $2.6m salvaging, transporting, storing and conserving the treasure.

sure,’’ said Perez Bueno. In part this is also an effect of the shutting down of the ‘’social works’’ department of Spain’s savings and loans institute, which accounted for

20% of funding to the sector.

The shutting down of centres for the disabled threatens to have a knock-on effect on jobs, which are already scarce for this community. In

Spain there are an estimated 3.8 million disabled, although those between the age of 16 and 64 whose disability has been officially certified number only 1.18 million.

Spanish Treasure Legal Win

The Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes galleon sank off Portugal’s coast near the straits of Gibraltar in 1804 with more than 500,000 silver coins.

And now Spain has won a five-year legal dispute to claim ownership for the treasures found by a US company.

Spanish authorities have revealed only a small portion of the treasure, estimated to be worth 385m euros has been displayed. A block of encrusted silver coins stuck together after centuries under water, two gold tobacco boxes and a bronze pulley were among some of the items shown.

When it has been fully catalogued, a process which began when the treasure arrived from Florida in February, the silver treasure will be displayed in Spain’s museum of underwater archaeology

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Pro Franco victims Finally Laid To Rest

FInALLY, after 76 years, 28 people who were executed by pro-Franco forces during Spain’s civil war have been laid to rest by their relatives after being thrown into a mass grave.

Associations for victims of the people executed in the village of Cortes de la Frontera in Andalucia, southern Spain, had exhumed them from the grave and laid their remains in boxes in a newly built cemetery. The 21 men and seven women were shot dead by the soldiers fighting for Francisco Franco, who went on to defeat the Republican side in the 1936-1939 war and set up a dictatorship in Spain.

They were the first bodies to be exhumed from what is estimated to be hundreds of people tortured and executed on the El Marrufo estate, where, say campaigners, hundreds of families had fled to as Franco’s troops advanced.

“It is not just about giving a proper grave to the 28 people whose remains we recovered,” said Andres Rebolledo, president of an as-

sociation representing local families of those killed by Franco’s side. “It is also an act of recognition of their struggle and of the democratic values for which they fought and died,” he said, in a statement. They are only 28 people, but they symbolise all the victims of the Francoist terror in Andalusia.”

Campaigners say about 114,000 bodies of people killed during the civil war and Franco’s ensuing fourdecade rule are believed to be in unidentified in mass graves around Spain.

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Spain Boiler Fraud Arrests Ten British nationals were among 22 people arrested in Spain as part of an investigation into an organised crime group believed to be responsible for defrauding hundreds of victims of over eight million Euros.

The multi-agency investigation led by the Spanish National Police and supported by the Serious Organised Crime Agency and City of London Police, also resulted in the seizure of four firearms, ammunition and 367,000 Euros.

Officers believe that members of the crime group operated a boiler room fraud in which intensive telephone campaigns were carried out to persuade over 200 members of the British public to put their savings into invest-

ment packages that did not exist.

During searches of addresses in Barcelona and other Catalan provinces, officers also recovered seven false UK passports, numerous computers, hard drives, USB sticks, mobile telephones, lists of potential clients and manuals on how to get people to part with their money.

Ian Milne, SOCA’s Head of Operations in Europe, said: “Working with partners to protect members of the public is a priority for SOCA. We believe this organised crime group was running a sophisticated and complex boiler room fraud. Shutting it down has put a stop to more members of the public being duped into parting with their hard earned cash.”

Det Supt Tony Crampton, from City of London Police, said: “Investment fraud is all too often a crime created

abroad to target people back here in the UK, with the vulnerable members of society being most at risk. In order to get to grips with this criminality and target the fraudsters who feel they are operating outside the law, it is necessary to develop international alliances between law enforcement and counter fraud agencies.

“This successful operation in Spain provides further evidence of how these partnerships are now delivering the sort of results that should make organised crime gangs think twice before starting their criminal enterprise.”

The Spanish National Police believe that the crime group was made up of various selfgoverning sub-groups, with each one specialising in an aspect of the defrauding process. They also believe that the head of each subgroup communicated solely

with the leader to avoid being traced to other members of the organisation.

Enquiries have revealed that the alleged perpetrators used false identification documents, travelled constantly,

changed addresses regularly, and used the name of a nonprofit making company to open current accounts with various banks.

The 22 people have been charged with being part of

an organised crime group, as well as with fraud offences.

Five of the British nationals were remanded in custody and the others were released on bail. As yet, no names or ages have been released.

Spain will not make the usual end-of-year review to adjust pensions for 2012 inflation, the government has reported in an effort to meet deficit goals that hits around 9 million retired people.

The government has broken an electoral campaign pledge which said it would instead raise pensions by 1 to 2% in 2013 and tap reserve funds to ease liquidity tensions around pension payments. Spain’s fiscal situation left no choice over the decision as meeting a 2012 deficit target of 6.3% of output was the top priority for Spanish authorities.

“It was a difficult, painful decision because it was the last thing we wanted to do, but we had no other choice,” Labour Minister Fatima Banez said at a news conference following the weekly cabinet meeting. The move was unexpected as Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy had said earlier this year that he would protect pensions, the only remaining campaign promise he had not been forced to break as Spain was dragged into the centre of the euro zone debt crisis.

When Reuters revealed the government was considering not applying the inflation-

linked review this year, Rajoy at first ruled it out, then said since September that it would be the last thing he would do to balance public finances.

Under Spanish law, pensions should be reviewed each year in line with inflation data, which came out at 2.9%. By not applying the rule, the government will save around 3.8 billion euros and keep its EUagreed deficit target within reach. “This responsible decision will enable Spain to meet its deficit target, an indispensable objective to make sure Spain can access funding, exit the crisis and come back to growth,” the government said in a statement.

As announced in September, all state pensions will rise by 1% in January 2013, while pensioners who receive less than 1,000 euros a month will get an extra 1% increase.

This will add just 1.5 billion euros to the 2013 budget. The

government has also passed a new law to unlock a pension’s reserve fund and increase by 4.3 billion euros the capital buffer available to pay pension cheques. The fund, which was set up in 1997, was used for the first time this year but the government has already tapped the maximum available amount allowed per year.

Ministers had been divided on whether or not to touch the pensions because of the blow to Spain’s around 9 million retired people. But by doing so, Spain will please its European Union partners and the European Central Bank, which is opposed to inflationlinked reviews of pensions and wages.

Spain is so far on-track to meet its year-end deficit target but analysts report that local finances and higher costs for the social security system could derail Spain’s efforts.

Expats living in Majorca will soon be able to enjoy cheap flights back to Heathrow as Spain’s second largest carrier, Vueling launches a new route. The low cost airline is launching the Palma Majorca to Heathrow in March 2013 in time for the summer season.

The last airline to offer this route was UK-based budget carrier Bmi in 2009. Not only will the new route from the UK’s largest airport make it easier for expats to reach their Majorcan homes but it will boost the local property market.

Vueling is also launching other routes between the UK and Spain. It plans to start low-cost flights between Gatwick and Barcelona, and from Cardiff

to Malaga, scheduled for next year.

Alex Cruz, the chief executive of Vueling, said: “The Heathrow route is going to be hugely welcomed by the strong expat community and together with the introduction of Gatwick-Barcelona flights, also commencing at the end of March, our expanded services from the UK capital form a key part of what will be a fourth consecutive year of growth.”

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OvERSEAS BuyERS ON THE uP

A STuDY conducted by hiFX Property hotspots has revealed that property buyers interested in buying are finding real estate in Spain worthy of investment for the first time in years. The current economic crisis is overlooked when potential buyers consider making a move for Spanish properties.

The report revealed that many first-time investors from the uK are interested in purchasing properties abroad despite the crisis in the eurozone.

Around 20 per cent of these investors have expressed their interest in Spain.

The director of HiFX Property Hotspots, Mark Bodega said that Spain still remains popular among the British nationals who are looking to make the most of quality properties at lower prices.

He added that the prime factor responsible for the rise in interest from foreign investors was the fact that

average property prices in Spain had dropped by more than 12 per cent during the past twelve months alone.

First-time investors have the opportunity to snap up properties in prime areas for discounted prices. The current state of Spain’s property market appeals mostly to first-time buyers as bargain hunters were left disappointed on many occasions in the past.

While investment opportunities are great in Central Spain, beach resort properties can also be purchased for reasonable prices. If conditions remain the same for the foreseeable future, it is estimated that UK will account for around 35 per cent of the foreign buyers within the next few years.

Properties in small cities and towns can be bought for bargain prices. But it is Spain’s capital Madrid that is in many investors’ sights.

People who are looking at capturing Spain’s mid-term potential for growth are considering buying real estate in Madrid. Although the current economic state of the city does not look great, it is still considered as a fine cultural haven. In

addition, some areas still attract a huge demand from overseas investors.

Property prices in Madrid have hit rock bottom. Daniel Talavera who works with Spanish Brick, a property firm, explained that if buyers are waiting for a fur-

ther fall in prices in prime locations, this is not likely to happen in a few locations in the capital. That apart, even Barcelona and Valencia may not see further price reductions. Madrid’s city districts of Retiro and Salamanca feature sta-

ble prices due to high demand. Steady investment is a guarantee if you consider property hunting in these areas, he says.

Property firms are advising buyers to up their budgets by around 20 per cent, should they seek proper-

ties in these locations. If you’re looking for low-price property, Spain’s coastal areas are the most attractive as great deals can be struck and a large number of tourists will ensure good investment through holiday rentals.

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Spain Bank Bailout Confirmed Spain has officially requested an EU bailout worth 39.5bn euro for four of its struggling banks. Almost all of the money will go to the nationalised Bankia, Catalunya Banc, NCG Banco and Banco de Valencia. The news comes as figures reveal that Spain now has 5 million unemployed residents.

The European Commission approved plans to release the capital to the beleaguered sector which suffered heavy losses on loans to home buy-

ers and property developers when its property bubble burst. In September official figures from the Bank of Spain showed that 10.7% of total banks’ balance sheets were made up of “doubtful debtors”, those whose loans may not be repaid.

From July to September 29.7% of all bankruptcies were companies in the construction sector. But as millions of homes lie empty or unfinished, more than 350,000 people have been evicted since the 2008 property crash.

Spain’s government and banking body, the Asociacion Espanola De Banca reacted

quickly announcing a moratorium on evictions for the most vulnerable. But campaigners fear foreclosures already under way will still go ahead. Ada Colau, a spokesperson for PAH, a pressure group for those affected told a local paper: “The moratorium will not help the hundreds of thousands of families who have foreclosure proceedings against them already under way.”

Halting repossessions is bad news for the already flailing banking sector. Last week ratings agency Moody’s said banks’ financial positions would be weakened by the concessions. And this

may continue to impact how much banks can support local businesses which are key to the country’s recovery, forcing them to borrow from

elsewhere.

Fernando Cara Ruiz, a hair salon owner in Granada told Sky News: “We have to put more and more on credit be-

cause the banks can’t give us money. Things are very slow so we have to reinvent ourselves and think to tomorrow, not to today.”

Oldest World’s Tallest Woman Dies Woman Dies Yao Defen, the world’s tallest woman has died at the age of 40 at her home in eastern China. She was officially given the title by the Guinness World Records in 2010 when she measured 7ft 8in.

Besse Cooper, listed as the world’s oldest person has died in a US nursing home at the age of 116. She died peacefully on Tuesday afternoon in Monroe, east of Atlanta, Georgia, according to her son Sidney Cooper.

He said his mother had been ill over the weekend with a stomach virus but felt better on Monday.

On Tuesday he said she had her hair set and watched a Christmas video but later had trouble breathing. He said she was put on oxygen in her room and died there about 2pm.

Her funeral is likely to be held this week, her son said.

Mrs Cooper was declared the world’s oldest person in January. She was born on August 26, 1896.

In May, though, Guinness World Records learned that Maria Gomes Valentin of Brazil was 48 days older.

She died on June 21.

The title of oldest living person now passes to 115-year-old Dina Manfredini from Johnston in Iowa. She was born in Italy in 1897 and moved to the

United States in 1920.

The oldest person ever recorded was Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 at the age of 122 years and 164 days.

“Yao Defen died in the middle of last month,” says a spokesman for the government of Shucha town, where Yao lived. Yao’s gigantism was reportedly due to a tumour in her pituitary gland but the cause of death is unclear, the spokesman explained.

An Anhui newspaper reported that Yao died on November 13, having reached a height of 7ft 9in, adding that she was already more than two metres tall at the age of 15. Yao is recorded as the third tallest woman in history, only five inches shorter than Zeng Jinlian the tallest woman ever who measured 8ft 1.75in.

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The End Of The World Prediction Aussie Style

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has predicted the end of the world in a spoof video for a radio station. The 50 second address shows the Prime Minister confirming doomsayers are right, and the apocalypse will hit this month. Looking serious and speaking directly into camera, she says: “My dear remaining fellow Australians, the end of the world is coming.”

In the tongue-in-cheek video she goes on to reference Korean pop music, the predicted crashing of computer systems at the turn of the millennium and also Australia’s recent controversial carbon tax legislation: “It wasn’t Y2K, it wasn’t even the carbon price. It turns out the Mayan calendar was true.” Ms Gillard says that while scientists can’t confirm the news, she is confident that alternative radio station Triple J’s prediction is correct.

“Whether the final blow comes from flesh-eating zombies, demonic hell beasts or from the total tri-

umph of K-Pop, if you know one thing about me, it’s this: I will always fight for you to the very end,” she says with a straight face, standing at a lectern and flanked by two Australian flags.

She ends the joke broadcast on a positive note, mentioning that the apocalypse means she can escape having to appear on a weekly Australian current affairs show: “... at least this means I won’t have to do Q&A again. “Good luck to you all,” she quips.

According to the Mayan calendar the world will end on December 21 which represents the end of a cycle in the Mayan long count calendar that began in the year 3114 before Christ.

A doomsday industry has boomed in Hollywood around the notion that the calendar’s end will bring the fiery end of human civilisation, with the blockbuster “2012” depicting Earth being swallowed by floods, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

The Mayan culture enjoyed a golden age between 250 AD and 900 AD in present-day Mexico and Central America, before its steady decline and the arrival of Spanish imperialists

in the 16th century.

It was not revealed how the radio station persuaded the Prime Minister to take part in the joke or whether she

contributed to its writing.

Reaction has been mixed.

Supporters of the joke like writer and broadcaster Paul Verhoeven took to Twitter

End Of An Era

The final printed edition of The Dandy has gone on sale as it marks its 75th anniversary.

The publication will now only be available as an online-only publication from now on.

Britain’s longest-running comic will now be available to download online, and as a smartphone and tablet app.

Dundee-based publisher DC Thompson announced in August that the weekly children’s comic would make the transition into cyberspace following dwindling sales in recent years.

During its peak circulation in the 1950s, the Dandy sold two million copies each week. This figure has dropped in recent years to around 8,000.

The last issue features a cameo from Sir Paul McCartney, who said in 1963 it was his ambition to appear in the comic, and a pull-out of the first issue from December 4, 1937.

The website will feature old favourites Desperate Dan, Bananaman and Korky the Cat in new animated strips, featuring voice overs and sound effects. Users will also be able to play interactive games, watch videos and create their very own virtual pet.

David Bain, the comic’s head of digital development, said: “The Dandy is alive and well, and it’s going to continue as usual. It’s just as of next week it’s going to be available online on a regular basis, with all the famous characters and scripts and storylines and humour, as

well as games, goodies and interactivity. It’s all about fun, humour and a bit of mischief, a bit of pranking.”

Ellis Watson, chief executive of DC Thompson, said: “I appreciate it’s almost a deliberately naive venture into the unknown for a publisher that’s been cutting down trees for 75 years, squishing them flat and smearing ink all over them.

We’re not super slick, we’re not Silicon Valley, but what we are is some pretty talented animators and storytellers that are really excited about seeing if we can introduce these wonderful characters to another couple of generations.”

The first online issue will be free of charge, with following issues being priced at £1.49.

A yearly subscription for the digital comic will be £29.99.

to say the video was “astoundingly wonderful”. Others however, like Australian radio host Neil Mitchell, asked: “Is it demeaning to

the office (of Prime Minister) to be doing something quite as silly as that, particularly when it’s presented in quite a serious fashion?”

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vIRGIN WIN BACk CONTRACT

Virgin Trains says it has reached an agreement to operate services on the West Coast Main Line for the next 23 months. It comes after an embarrassing u-turn by the Department for Transport (DfT), which admitted it got its sums wrong after initially awarding the franchise to rival FirstGroup.

Sir Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin, who had

described the bidding process as “insane” and mounted a legal challenge against the government, was delighted by the decision. He said: “It has been a long journey to get to this point but we won’t be resting on our laurels and intend to keep improving services for our loyal customers.

“Our lawyers said we had a less than 10% chance of winning after the Government originally awarded the franchise to FirstGroup. One of the key things we have learned from

this episode is to never give up if you think right is on your side. This is a perfect early Christmas present for our wonderful Virgin Trains staff and customers. Onwards and upwards in 2013 and beyond.”

Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said: “We are determined to ensure not only those passengers continue to experience the same levels of service they have in the past, but that services improve.

There will be a new hourly service linking Glasgow and

London and we will also work with Virgin Trains to explore other service improvements.”

Virgin have said there will be up to 28,000 more seats each day on the line because of the delivery of 106 new Pendolino carriages. The temporary deal will run from December 9 until November 9 2014, after which the West Coast line will be let under a long-term franchise.

DfT will be able to cut the 23-month period short “by up to six months if a subsequent franchise can be let on a shorter

timescale”, the Government added.

Three DfT officials were suspended after the bidding process was scrapped and Virgin was expected to be given the go-ahead to run the line for between nine and 13 months.

Those suspensions have now been lifted, the department said.

The new deal will see Virgin run the line on a temporary basis for far longer but does not involve an interim franchise as all existing bid processes were

suspended pending the findings of an independent inquiry into the franchise system ordered

by Mr McLoughlin.

The investigation, led by Centrica chief executive Sam Laidlaw, produced damning initial findings which listed a string of failings by the DfT. The full report was published on Thursday, which Mr McLoughlin said made “extremely uncomfortable reading” for the department. “I do not hide from the seriousness of its findings,” he added.

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The Earth Never Sleeps

Bogda Mountains China Scientists have revealed a spectacular set of images showing views of Earth at night showing the glow of natural and human-built phenomena in greater detail than ever before.

The new images were taken by a Nasa-NOAA satellite that was launched last year. Its sensor, the day-night band of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), is sensitive enough to detect the nocturnal glow produced by Earth’s atmosphere and the light from a single ship in the sea.

Unlike a camera that captures a picture in one exposure, the day-night band produces an image by repeatedly

scanning a scene and resolving it as millions of individual pixels. The day-night band observed Hurricane Sandy, illuminated by moonlight, making landfall over New Jersey on the evening of October 29.

Night images showed the widespread power outages that left millions in darkness in the wake of the storm. With its night view, VIIRS is able to detect a more complete view of storms and other weather conditions, such as fog.It also pictured the Nile River, a map of the US east coast and the lights from a line of fishing boats.

“For all the reasons that we need to see Earth during the day, we also need to see Earth at night,” said Steve Miller, a researcher at NOAA’s Colorado State University Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere.

“Unlike humans, the Earth never sleeps.”

Earth

Egypt and the Nile

R.I.P Dave Brubeck

World famous jazz composer and pianist Dave Brubeck has died at the age of 91. He died of heart failure after being taken ill while on his way to a cardiology appointment with his son Darius.

Brubeck had a career that spanned almost all American jazz since World War Two.

He formed The Dave Brubeck Quartet in 1951, and in November 1954 became the first modern jazz musician to be pictured on the cover of Time magazine.

Brubeck helped define the swinging, smoky rhythms of 1950s and ‘60s club jazz.

The album Time Out, which was released by the Quartet in 1959, was the first ever million-selling jazz LP, and is still among the best-selling jazz al-

bums of all time. It opens with Blue Rondo A La Turk in 9/8 time - nine beats to the measure instead of the customary two, three or four beats.

The album also features Take Five - in 5/4 time - which became the Quartet’s signature theme and even made the Billboard singles chart in 1961. It was composed by Brubeck’s long time saxophonist, Paul Desmond.

“When you start out with

goals - mine were to play polytonally and polyrhythmically - you never exhaust that,” Brubeck said in an interview in 1995. “I started doing that in the 1940s. It’s still a challenge to discover what can be done with just those two elements.”

Brubeck and his wife, Iola, had five sons and a daughter. Four of his sons - Chris on trombone and electric bass, Dan on drums, Darius on keyboards and Matthew on cello - played with the London Symphony Orchestra in a birthday tribute to Brubeck in December 2000. “We never had a rift,” Chris Brubeck once said of living and playing with his father. “I think music has always been a good communication tool, so we didn’t have a rift. We’ve always had music in common.”

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Not The One That We Want

JOhn Travolta and Olivia newton-John have recreated scenes from Grease in a video for their new Christmas album, but it hasn’t gone down well.

This time around their singing and dancing has been widely panned and even labelled “creepy” and “odd”. The pair, who starred as Danny and Sandy in the original musical hit, released This Christmas last month

honouring the Travolta’s late son Jett. It is the first time the stars have recorded together in more than 30 years.

TWO fishermen who survived three months lost in Siberia may have eaten their companion. A murder investigation has been launched following the men’s rescue by the River Sutam, 155 miles from the nearest town of neryungri in the federal republic of Yakutia.

The two men have fled the hospital where they were being treated for severe frostbite and are now on the run, according to a report on the lifenews.ru website. Russia has no article in the criminal code for cannibalism, but the state RIA Novosti news agency said the initial theory was that the two men had eaten one companion. It was not clear what happened to the fourth man. “What we found were chopped human bones, fragments of a skull and a blood stained chunk of ice,” an investigator, who was not named, told the Komsomolskaya Pravda tabloid daily. It’s clear that this person did not die of his own accord.”

The human remains have yet to be identified. The wife of one of the men, whose remains are missing, named as Andrei Kurochkin from Saratov, said she had not yet given up hope for her husband. Olga Kurochkina said: “The police said that they had found human remains.

But I believe that Andrei is alive. I am hoping other hunters have found him and he is

The first single from the album, I Think You Might Like It, was written by John Farrar, who wrote their famous 1978 pop duet You’re the One That I Want. But the Grease-inspired video for their new track has been ridiculed since its release earlier this week.

Guardian columnist Sali Hughes

said on Twitter: “This has blown my mind. Oddest video ever.” US radio host Kelly Collis tweeted: “This is the most awkward Christmas Song with Olivia Newton and John Travolta.” New York Magazine’s entertainment section Vulture has published a list called: “Ten Things That Creep Us Out About John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John’s New ‘Music Video”.

But the video does have its fans. Emily, who tweets as cpfcrox, said: “I can’t lie, I absolutely love the John Travolta &

Olivia N-J album. It is fantastic.

Camp, cheesy and Christmassy, all I need!”

Proceeds from the album, which also features Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett and James Taylor as guest artists, are going to charities The Jett Travolta Foundation and the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre in Melbourne.

Brian Anthony Hernandez who writes for Mashable said: “The pair’s dance moves in the new music video aren’t very reminiscent of the swagger they ex-

uded as Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsen in Grease, but the good thing is proceeds from This Christmas benefit charities.”

The Grease co-stars said they have remained close friends since the 1978 hit, and were delighted to be working together again. “My desire was to make This Christmas an intimate album, not something too ostentatious or showy,” Travolta said.

“From the moment we decided to do this, magic happened,” said the US star of Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty and Hairspray.

Newton-John said she was still surprised at the success of Grease, which is about the love affairs of 1950s high school students. “We still have little kids coming up to us who are discovering the movies. It’s like three generations who love the movie, who are going to be thrilled to see Danny and Sandy, as they think of us, together again,” the Australian said.

Jett Travolta died in 2009 aged 16 after suffering a seizure and his father said Christmas can be a difficult time for his family.

husband, named as Alexei Gorulenko, could have eaten human flesh - and refuted claims the group were actually gold prospecting. “The

information on the internet that my husband is a cannibal and was looking for gold is not true,” she told local news site wolsk.ru.

Fishermen In Cannibalism Claim

The two were amongst four fishermen who disappeared during an August river-fishing expedition in one of the world’s most remote and inhospitable locations.

They claimed their group had split up and the others were likely to still be alive, as they were used to living in the open. But the murder probe was opened after investigators found fragments of a human corpse near the spot where the pair were found.

The Yakutia branch of Russia’s Investigative Committee said signs of a violent death had been discovered. “A criminal case into suspected murder has been opened,” it said in a statement.

Rescued fishermen inside the rescue helicopter not alone.”

The rescued pair, reportedly aged 37 and 35, have denied any wrongdoing and said they had managed to

survive the sub-zero temperatures by sheltering in a wooden hut and foraging for wild food. Irina, the wife of one of the men, denied her

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Abortion Death Case to Sue

Praveen Halappanavar has instructed his lawyers to file an application in the European Court of Human Rights over his wife’s death after she was refused an abortion. His wife, Savita, was 17 weeks’ pregnant when she died in Galway University Hospital on October 28, one week after being admitted for severe pain during a miscarriage.

Her husband alleges that his wife, who was a dentist, pleaded with doctors to perform a medical termination. He claims doctors denied her requests because a foetal heartbeat was present, telling her: “This is a Catholic country.”

Mrs Halappanavar fell gravely ill after the dead foetus was removed; she then suffered gradual organ failure. A coroner ruled she died from blood poisoning and the contraction of e.coli bacteria.

It is understood that if the European Court of Human Rights agrees to hear the case, it would be the first of its kind against the Irish government. Solicitor for Mr Halappanavar’s, Gerard O’Donnell, says there

are issues because a public inquiry has not yet been carried out in Ireland. “The difficulty is that we are seeking a public inquiry and the European court will of course enquire whether we have exhausted remedies here in Ireland first,” he said.

The Halappanavar family had earlier warned they would file the application in the court if health minister James Reilly did not agree to hold a public inquiry into the circumstances of her death by the end of the week.

Dr Reilly said when he received the reports of two investigations into Mrs Halappanavar’s death he would take whatever action is needed. But Mr Halappanavar is refusing to cooperate with those investigations, and has reiterated his position that he will not settle for anything short of a public inquiry. “Praveen Halap-

panavar being a witness to everything that happened to his wife in hospital would be important for any report,” Mr O’Donnell said.

An inquest will also be held in Galway.

Mr O’Donnell said the case would

be brought under article two of the European Convention of Human Rights. Under article two a person is entitled to an inquiry that is independent, effective, prompt and open to public scrutiny. They are usually carried out when there is a

state connection to a death, as in a hospital or in custody. The case has reignited debates on abortion in Ireland with the government committed to reforming a limited ban in certain circumstances where there is a risk to the mother’s life.

Unicorn’s Dolphin Bite “Proved” Real

North Korea has stunned the world by announcing that researchers have proved the existence of unicorns.

The official state news agency says archaeologists have “reconfirmed” the existence of a “unicorn lair” in Pyongyang, once used by an ancient Korean king.

The Korean Central News Agency reported that archaeologists made the extraordinary discovery when they spotted a rectangular rock carved with the words “unicorn lair” 200m from the city’s Yongmyong temple. The report quotes Jo Hui Sung, director of North Korea’s history institute, explaining how the find tallies with information in history books from the 16th century. He said: “Korea’s history books deal with the unicorn, said to be ridden by King Tongmyong, and its lair. The temple served as a relief palace for King Tongmyong, in which there is the lair of his unicorn.”

There has been speculation that the report may be a spoof response to the On-

ion’s satirical article declaring that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is “the sexiest man alive for 2012”. That article attracted worldwide attention after China’s Communist Party newspaper failed to realise it was a joke and published it as fact.

Others have suggested the story has a political aim - to assert the supremacy of North Korea over its more prosperous southern neighbour. It claims that the unicorn discovery “proves” that Pyongyang in the north was “a capital city of Ancient Korea as well as Koguryo Kingdom”.

Official news from the totalitarian state, which often features dubious claims

about its scientific achievements, has been met with scepticism in the past. One report claimed that Kim Jong-il shot a 38 under par round of golf, including 11 holes-in-one, on his one and only attempt at the game.

The late leader’s official biography claimed that his birth in Baekdu Mountain was prophesied by a swallow and heralded with a double rainbow and a new star in the heavens. A North Korean newspaper also once reported that Kim had invented a new snack that could cure the nation’s hunger problems called “a double bread with meat” - although cynics said the product sounded very similar to a hamburger.

Eight-year-old Jillian Thomas had a lucky escape after a dolphin she was feeding bit her.. She was holding out fish to feed to dolphins at Orlando’s SeaWorld when she got an unexpected surprise. While she was feeding the usually friendly mammals, a dolphin lunged at her and nipped her hand.

The girl, whose parents posted the video on YouTube to make other people aware of the dangers, suffered three small puncture wounds. Her father, Jamie Thomas, told local media the family were angry at the theme park for not warning them of the dangers of dolphin feeding. “We felt powerless,” he said. “We thought, look, we’ve got this video, let’s make it public, and let’s try to put some pressure on SeaWorld to make some changes.”

A SeaWorld statement said: “Nothing is more important to us than the health and safety of our guests, employees and animals. Educators and animal care staff are always on-site at this area monitoring all interactions and are committed to guest safety.”

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NAPOLEON SECRET CODE AuCTIONED A DOCuMenT containing napoleon’s coded order to blow up the Kremlin has been auctioned in France for the extraordinary amount of 186,700 euros, over ten times more than was expected. The single line of numeric code, together with the date; October 20, 1812, and the signature of “nap” in the emperor’s hand, told Paris of his desperate attempt to win victory against the Russians. It reads: “At three o’clock in the morning, on the 22nd I am going to blow up the Kremlin.

My cavalry is in tatters, many horses are dying.”

By the time authorities in France received the letter three days later, the Russian Czar’s palace was in flames and the French army had retreated.

The Napoleon code; used for top-secret letters when the French emperor was away from home, aimed to stop enemies from intercepting French army orders. It

was regularly changed to prevent it from being cracked.

Jean-Christophe Chataignier, of Fontainebleau Auction House, said it was unique.

“Not only is it all in code, but it’s the first time we see this different Napoleon. He went into Moscow in 1812 at the

height of his power. He returned profoundly weakened.

In Moscow, the Russians had fled days before and burnt down the city. There was no victory for Napoleon, nor were there any provisions for his starving, dying army.

When he wrote this letter, he

thinks he will be victorious.”

In September this year, the Kremlin held huge celebrations 200 years after Russia’s victory over Napoleon, including a re-enactment of the Battle of Borodino, one of the most damaging clashes for Napoleon’s troops.

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College Teacher Shot By His Son

James Krumm, aged 56, was killed after his own son shot him in the head by a bow and arrow in front of his students.

The British born College teacher was taking a computer science class at Casper College, in Casper, Wyoming, when his son Christopher barged in and shot him using a high-powered bow.

The 25-year-old had already stabbed to death his father’s live-in girlfriend Heidi Arnold, a maths teacher aged 42, at their home two miles from the college, she died from multiple stab wounds and was found in the gutter outside her home.

Mr Krumm fought with his son during the attack, enabling his students in the classroom to escape to safety.

When police arrived at the scene, James Krumm was dead and his son was bleeding from self-inflicted knife wounds, Casper police chief

Chris Walsh said: “I can tell you the courage that was demonstrated by Mr Krumm was absolutely without equal.”

Authorities believe six students were in the classroom when the attack took place.

Mr Walsh said Christopher Krumm stabbed himself after shooting his father, and then fatally stabbed his father in the chest during a struggle.

Police believe he had smuggled the powerful compound bow on to the campus under a blanket, together with two knives. They subsequently carried out a search warrant at Christopher Krumm’s last

known address in Vernon, Connecticut.

Andra Charter, a 20-year-old student at the college, said she heard screams outside her biology class. “As we were walking out, there was a girl screaming ‘there’s somebody stabbing Mr Krumm!’”

James Krumm, who was born and grew up in the UK but is understood to have left the country by the time he was an adult, was head of the college’s computer science department.

The college held a candlelight vigil and memorial service on Tuesday.

Home Alone No More

A home that was left standing in the middle of a busy new road in China after its owners refused to leave has finally been demolished. The owners, duck farmer Luo Baogen and his wife, were the sole inhabitants after the rest of the neighbourhood had been demolished to make way for the road.

Builders built the road and the house ended up being surrounded by asphalt with

motorists having to drive around it. The five-storey building was bulldozed on Saturday after the couple finally accepted compensation of 260,000 yuan (30,800 Euros), officials said.

Pictures of their home had become an internet sensation in recent weeks and the building was a symbol of resistance by homeowners against officials accused of offering residents unfair compensation to move out. Officials said Mr Luo, tired of the media attention, had consented to the sale voluntarily. “Luo Baogen had dozens of peo-

ple from the media every day and his house stands in the centre of the road. So he decided to demolish the house,” Xiazhangyang village Chief Chen Xuecai said. Once complete, the highway through Xiazhangyang village, on China’s eastern coast, will lead to Wenling railway station, which is served by the country’s super-fast bullet trains.

Property has helped drive China’s growth in recent decades, but it has also raised objections from homeowners who have been forced out to make way for new constructions.

Japan Tunnel Disaster Nine people died after being trapped inside their burning vehicle after the Sasago Tunnel collapsed in Japan. Located on the Chuo Expressway, about 80 km west of Tokyo, the tunnel caved in just after 8am local time. CCTV footage from inside the tunnel shows large sections of the roof lying across the road. Several cars were crushed and a fire in the tunnel complicated the rescue effort.

Motorists described their narrow escape from falling debris and a long walk through the darkness after abandoning their cars. “When I was driving in the tunnel, concrete pieces fell down suddenly from the ceiling,” a man in his 30s told public broadcaster NHK. “I saw a crushed car catching fire. I left my car and walked for about an hour to get out of the tunnel.”

Aerial footage showed black smoke billowing from the 4.7-km tunnel in Yamanashi prefecture. The fire was extinguished about 11am local time but the rescue and recovery operation was delayed by concerns that there could be further collapses.

The cause of the collapse is unclear. There were no reports of earthquakes in the area although there had been suggestions that

a landslide could have contributed to the incident. As earthquakes are frequent in the region, the authorities had access to rescue equipment which proved helpful during the rescue operation.

NHK reporter Yoshio Goto, caught in Sunday’s accident, hit the accelerator and managed to drive out. “But it was a bit too late and pieces of ceiling fell on my car. I kept pressing the pedal and managed to get out,” he said. “Then when I looked around, I saw half of the car ceiling was crushed.”

It was the worst such accident in Japan since 1996, when a tunnel collapsed and falling rocks crushed cars and a bus, killing 20 people.

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Australia Bans Cigarette Branding

Australia is leading the field in anti-smoking laws by stripping all branding and logos from tobacco packaging. From today, Australia is the first country in the world to put all tobacco products in standardised packs which are a drab olive colour and have the manufacturer’s brand in a small, simple uniform font. The packets are also covered in graphic health warnings photographs showing dying cancer sufferers, diseased feet and sick babies.

The law bans the use of logos, brand imagery, symbols, other images, colours and any promotional text. Australia’s plain packaging laws are a potential watershed for the global industry, which serves one billion regular smokers, according to World Health Organisation statistics.

Australia’s government says the aim is to stop young people from smoking by stripping out all aspects of glamour. It is relying on studies that show that if people have not started smoking by the age of 26, there is a 99% chance they will never take it up.

There are a couple of potential hitches, experts say, one is the popularity of so-

cial media amongst the very people the plan is targeting.

After a series of Australian laws banning TV advertising and sports sponsorship and requiring most sellers to hide cigarettes from view, online is the final frontier for tobacco marketing. “If you are a tobacco marketer and you’ve only got this small window left to promote your products, online is the compel-

ling place for you to be in,” said Becky Freeman, a public health researcher at Sydney University. The tobacco industry recently lost a High Court bid to have the legislation stopped.

The second hitch is says Scott McIntyre of British American Tobacco Australia, the maker of Winfield cigarettes, the new packs are easier to fake and will boost

black market trade, leading to cheaper, more accessible cigarettes. “There will be serious unintended consequences from the legislation,” he said. “Counterfeiters from China and Indonesia will bring lots more of these products down to sell on the streets of Australia.”

Many smokers in Australia say the new packs won’t change their habit. “As a

14-year veteran smoker the packets make no difference to me,” said one. Another smoker said she may be more inclined to keep the packet, with its gruesome health warnings, hidden from view, but that it wouldn’t stop her smoking.

Australia aims to cut the number of people smoking from 15% of the population to just 10% in six years’ time.

Spamalot Court Missing Toilet Battle Rolls Returned Stars from The Monty Python are being sued by a film producer who claims he is entitled to as much as £1m in royalties from the musical Spamalot. Eric Idle, Michael Palin and Terry Jones are all due to give evidence to the High Court in a legal battle over the highly successful musical, a spin-off from Monty Python And The Holy Grail.

The case has been brought

by Mark Forstater, the producer of the 1975 film, who claims he is entitled to a larger slice of the royalties. The court heard how “for financial purposes” Mr Forstater should be treated as “the seventh Python”.

Mr Forstater is suing all five surviving Pythons, but John Cleese and Terry Gilliam, who live abroad, are not expected to give evidence. The sixth member of the team, Graham Chapman, died in 1989.

Monty Python’s Spamalot, created by Eric Idle, has been so successful, both on Broadway and in the West End; Palin reportedly refers to it as his “pension plan”. In 2005 it won a Tony award. It is described on posters as being a “new musical lovingly ripped off from the

motion picture” and as such it has generated a considerable amount of spin-off merchandising income.

Mr Forstater argues that under an agreement made with the Pythons in 1974, he is entitled to a great deal more of this income than he has received.

That amount could run to £1m, he claims. Tom Weisselberg, appearing for Mr Forstater, told the court the Pythons were “unjustifiably attempting to secure more money from Spamalot at the expense of Mr Forstater and his company”.

The dispute over how much Mr Forstater should receive started in 2005 and the two sides have been unable to resolve their issues since. In June of this year, the film producer was made bankrupt. Mr Weisselberg told the court: “Mr

Forstater is in difficult financial circumstances and has been forced to bring these proceedings.” He said the claim that he is entitled to a seventh of the income, rather than a fourteenth, is supported by the terms of the 1974 agreement.

In addition two solicitors initialy involved in drawing up that deal support Mr Forstater’s claim.

Mr Weisselberg said: “They understood that, for financial purposes, Mr Forstater was to be treated as the seventh Python.” He also told the court: “The outrage expressed by a number of Pythons in their witness statements as to the suggestion that Mr Forstater was to be treated as the seventh Python is, with respect to them, misguided.”

The Pythons’ legal team disputes the claim.

Eastern New Mexico University received a Christmas gift box this week along with a Christmas card and written apology. A university graduate, apparently feeling guilty over a student prank many years ago, sent a box of toilet paper as repayment for loot taken from a dormitory. The box contained five packages of 16 rolls of two-ply, septic-safe tissue - a total of 80 rolls. The anonymous student apologised for stealing bathroom tissue and said his new found Christian faith led to the repayment.

The handwritten message read: “Years ago when I was a young immature college student I took toilet paper from your dormitory as a prank. I apologise for that and offer this case. Jesus Christ has made such a difference in my life and has prompted me to repay for any sins I’ve done even from so long ago. God Bless and Merry Christmas.”

It was unclear whether the

gift itself was a prank. But university officials say “all is forgiven. We express our admiration to the anonymous donor for their integrity and character,” Wendel Sloan, director of the school’s media relations said. “We never even knew that the toilet tissue was missing, but thank our graduate for doing what they thought was right.”

The university said it is donating the tissue, which did not fit in the bathroom dispensers, to a Christian Children’s home.

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CAMPAIGneRS in London marked World Aids Day with an attempt to break an hIV testing record at the G-A-Y bar in London’s Soho, as new figures suggested a record number of people in the uK - nearly 100,000 - are living with hIV. Last December’s event officially broke a Guinness World Record for the number of hIV tests conducted in an eight-hour period. A total of 467 tests were done and around £13,000 was

raised for the elton John Aids Foundation.

Staff from 56 Dean Street, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital’s HIV and sexual health centre in Soho, repeated the challenge to promote HIV awareness and “make history” again. The international annual campaign, symbolised with a red ribbon, is about increasing awareness of Aids, celebrating breakthroughs in treatment and remembering those who have died.

The Prime Minister has said too many people are not educated about HIV and Aids, and almost 25,000 people who have the human immunodeficiency virus are not aware they have been infected. He

said such people were not benefiting from treatment and were increasing the risk of passing on the virus, adding: “This means up to 600 people a year could be dying from a preventable, treatable condition. People need to know that, diagnosed early; the outlook for most people with HIV in the UK today is a good one, thanks to the availability of effective treatment and the excellent care provided by the NHS. Above all, people need to know that it’s never been quicker or simpler to get tested.”

6,280 people were diagnosed with the virus last year, according to the Health Protection Agency.

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IT was meant to be private, but the new York policeman who bought a homeless man a £62 pair of boots has won international and official praise. Officer Larry DePrimo appeared before reporters and cameras after being awarded a pair of cufflinks by nYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly.

The 25-year-old explained that he had been inspired by his grandfather to buy the homeless barefoot man a pair of shoes, after finding him whilst he was on duty near Times Square.

“He told me when I was much younger, ‘If you are going to do something, do it 100%, or don’t do it at all,’” Officer DePrimo said. “I didn’t really think anything of it at the time,” he added.

“What sticks out in my mind is he was such a kind gentleman that I had to help him. I wanted to.”

Jennifer Foster posted the image to the NYPD’s Facebook Page and kicked off the internet phenomenon which has seen millions viewing the story and thousands of ‘likes’ and positive comments. However, there

has been inevitable cynicism and some concern for the unidentified man at the centre of the story. “I walked by this man in Union Square Wednesday, November 21,” wrote Melissa Gallaher-Smith. “And he was again barefoot. I remember very clearly because his pants were also hiked up and his feet were very large.”

Several others have reported seeing the same man, always without shoes.

One told how she had bought a pair for him on a previous occasion, leading to speculation among others that he may be working some kind of scam.

Homeless charities also

commented, praising Officer DePrimo’s actions but also pointing out it is not in line with the NYPD’s usual treatment of vagrants. Patrick Markee, from the Coalition for the Homeless told the LA Times that successive New York mayors had sought to clean the city’s streets of rough sleepers.

“It was a really moving photo and a moving story,” he said, “and a stark contrast to a mayor who has largely ignored the homeless crisis that has spiralled out of control on his watch.”

Whatever the truth of the situation, others argue; it does not take anything away from the officer’s caring gesture.

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Freddie A True All-Rounder

Former England cricketer Andrew (Freddie) Flintoff has defied critics and won his first heavyweight boxing match against Richard Dawson at the Manchester Arena. He narrowly beat Dawson on points by 3938 at the end of four two-minute rounds in front of a roaring crowd in his native North West.

The former England and Lancashire cricket star was given a hero’s welcome by the 5,000-strong crowd.

Flintoff entered the ring wearing his old Lancashire Lightning one-day top.

But after taking the first round he was floored by a punch from his American opponent early in the second. But Flintoff , who lost 20kg while training with

former world champion Barry McGuigan, came back as Dawson showed signs of tiredness.

The Ashes winner showed impressive composure to take a narrow one point win according to referee Phil Edwards’ scorecard. The win was the perfect response to critics including promoter Frank Maloney, who said the fight would “shame the fight game”.

Flintoff was over the moon to have made a winning return to the limelight.

“You mention the Ashes at international level, but as a personal achievement I think this is the best,” he told Box Nation. “It’s something that isn’t natural to me. I’ve had to work hard.”

The 34-year-old, who has only been training for four and a half months with McGuigan and his son Shane, added: “The feeling of be-

ing back in front of a crowd and winning at the end - I can’t describe it. I wanted to experience it. The people around Manchester, and the country, supported me so well playing cricket. It was a no brainer to have it up here.

The crowd made a massive difference. It’s been amazing - humbling, really.”

Flintoff’s progress was followed by a Sky television documentary, where his commitment and dedication to achieving prime physical condition were clearly evident. But doubts were raised by seasoned observers about the former all-rounder’s technical boxing skills.

More than three years on from his last outing as a professional sportsman, helping England regain the Ashes from Australia at The Oval in 2009 while battling a knee injury that would ultimately curtail his career.

The console launched in the US in November, but with concerns surrounding the amount of games that were available for the minimum £250 cost. The battery has also caused complaints described by customers as having a weak performance. Other complaints include a lack of stand-out launch games and frustrating menus and online services.

Nintendo UK marketing director Shelly Pearce says that the Wii U’s inbuilt screen “fundamentally changes the way you play video games”. She said all existing games can be played on the new console and it offers “a really deep gaming experience”. We can’t wait to get the Wii U into the hands of our fans in the UK.” Over the summer at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, Nintendo illustrated how New Super Mario Bros. U could be played on either a TV or the touchscreen controller. The latest

instalment in the franchise lets up to four people play simultaneously with traditional controllers, while another can join in with the touchscreen controller to join in. New Super Mario Bros. U and NintendoLand demonstrate what Nintendo calls “asymmetric gameplay” - where a group of people playing together are having very different play experiences on a single game.

And after taking on board criticism of the original Wii’s awkward online system, Nintendo has boosted the new console’s connected capabilities. “The system will know when you’re playing with your user account - everything that you’ve played in the past, what your preferences are,” said Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime. “So it will truly be an experience unique to you, if your wife or your children want different experiences; they really are tailored for each particular consumer.”

Wii U Launch H–BDAY 2U

The Wii U is the first major home console launch since 2006 and it is already a hit in the US. Fans queued in London’s Oxford Street, desperate to be amongst the first to own one, despite mixed press reviews.

There has already been a high demand in pre-sales orders.

The Wii U features the GamePad controller; a tabletstyle device which allows users to continue playing after the connected television has been turned off or switched to another channel. The controller has a 6.2in touchscreen display and a three to five-hour battery life.

Among the games expected to be best-sellers are ZombiU, which carries an 18 age restriction, NintendoLand - the Wii Sports for the new console - and New Super Mario Bros U.

Monday 3rd December was the 20th anniversary of the first ever text message sent to a mobile phone. The first SMS was sent on December 3, 1992, by 22-yearold British engineer Neil Papworth who worked for technology company Sema.

He used his computer to send the message “Merry Christmas” to an Orbitel 901 mobile phone.

Texting has now surpassed the traditional phone call as the most common method of staying in touch. Speaking to Sky News, Mr Papworth said he never envisaged that texting would be so popular.

“Back then I had no idea - I was just doing a day’s testing. It wasn’t until the 10th anniversary that I realised and thought ‘Wow that was a big thing’. And here we are

another 10 years later and text messaging has gone on to even bigger and better things now.”

According to figures released by Ofcom, more than 150 billion texts were sent in the UK last year, almost triple those sent five years ago. Its most prolific users are 12 to 15-year-olds, who send an average of 193 texts every week, almost four times as much as the UK average.

In fact, most of us are now more likely to text a friend than to pick up the phone or have a face-to-face conversation with them. But the first half of 2012 saw two

quarterly declines in the volume of SMS messages sent in the UK. The drop is being put down to the meteoric rise in free web-based communications available on smartphones and tablets such as WhatsApp, Blackberry Messenger (BBM), iMessenger, Google Talk and MSN Messenger.

An increase in communication through social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook is also thought to be having an impact. SMS stands for Short Messaging Service and a message is traditionally under 160 characters in length.

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n American businessman posing as a “secret Santa” is giving away $100,000 in $100 bills to survivors of Superstorm Sandy. The benefactor, from Kansas City, Missouri insists on not being named or photographed.

He spent a day in New Jersey and New York giving out crisp bills to stunned residents. “It’s about the random acts of kindness,” he said.

“I’m just setting an example, and if 10% of the people who see me emulate what I’m doing, anybody can be a Secret Santa.”

In Staten Island, he passed homes surrounded by debris before stopping at a rescue centre run by volunteers. Carol Hefty, a 72-year-old retiree living in a damaged home, could hardly believe it when she was handed one of the notes. “But this isn’t real money,” she said at first, glancing at the red “Secret Santa”

stamped onto the $100. “It is, and it’s for you,” the businessman told the woman, who broke down in tears and hugged him.

During the day, the man’s security entourage - police officers in uniform from New York and New Jersey, plus FBI agents and former agents kept a close watch over the cash hand outs. Some wore caps marked with the word “elf”. The Secret Santa himself wears an “elf” cap and a red top, plus blue jeans.

At a Staten Island Salvation Army store, Janice Ken-

nedy, 41, was delighted when she received four $100 bills.

Unemployed and with a twoyear-old daughter, she lost her home in the storm and now lives with her boyfriend.

The money will go toward Christmas presents and her toddler’s next birthday.

Secret Santa took up the holiday tradition from a close Kansas City friend, Larry Stewart, who for years handed out bills each December to unsuspecting strangers. Mr Stewart died in 2007 after giving away more than $1m to strangers, mostly in $100 bills.

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AVID Beckham’s LA Galaxy teammates have begged him to stay on for another year after they won their second successive Major League Soccer Cup. A chant of “one more year” rang out from the Galaxy locker room as the players celebrated their 3-1 victory over the houston Dynamo in

Beckham’s final game in MLS. Beckham celebrated in the Galaxy dressing room with his teammates, taking turns spraying each other with bottles of Champagne. “We were telling David that we wanted him for one more year,” said defender Todd Dunivant. “We said that last year too and we got it, so why not push our luck a little bit? We will see what happens.” While their pleas will go unanswered, their reaction

to his leaving shows the level of affection he has inspired.

Appearing both happy and relieved, Beckham paused at one point during the postmatch news conference, after losing his train of thought, before saying: “Too much champagne already.” “At the end of the day, winning a championship in my last game at Manchester United and winning a championship in my last game with Real Madrid and then winning championship here in my

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Next For Beckham?

st game it never gets old.”

Beckham is adamant that ow is the right time for him o end his time as a player in LS. But he deflected quesons about where his next

I came here six years ago my commitment was to the Galaxy, to the league and to the sport and that doesn’t change even though I am not playing here.”

But Beckham’s time in southern California has not been without controversy. He faced criticism for missing games and had run-ins with fans, especially when he first arrived.

His loans to European teams, which caused him to miss parts of MLS seasons, angered some Los Angeles fans who displayed their dislike with signs at games that said “Go home fraud” and “Part-time player.”

Galaxy also made mistakes in their handling of Beckham, in-

cluding giving the impression they were treating him the same as any other player despite paying him more money for one practice than several of his teammates made in a full season.

Controversies aside, Galaxy coach Bruce Arena said he was sure Beckham, who has won league titles in his homeland with Manchester United and in Spain with Real Madrid before two titles with Galaxy, would find success. “Many would think it is the last chapter, I think David thinks there is another chapter and if there is it is probably going to be another great championship,” he said.

Celebrating Final Galaxy Win with His Sons!

stop would be. “I have no idea,” Beckham said. “More important I am happy wearing this uniform ... I am happy I have been successful with this club.

Today is a special day for us to

win another championship in front of our fans at home. In front of our friends, family ... it was really special. Today’s a good day.”

His career is coming to a

close at age 37, but as yet, he has said he has no plans to retire. He is expected to make a decision on where he will end up playing next by the end of the year. Sources close to the player have confirmed an approach by Monaco. There have also been hints about a possible move to Ligue 1 highflyers Paris Saint-Germain. It is also rumoured that there have been offers from China, Russia and Brazil for the former Manchester United and Real Madrid player.

Beckham’s presence in the US has also helped the league achieve unprecedented growth. Since 2007 when he started with Galaxy, the league has grown from 12 to 19 teams and has more than doubled its attendance. “My impact will be down to what other people decide. But I think I have had a successful time here. When

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It was an amazing Jubilee Street Party at Vivo, Starco, Las Americas, a lavish 7 course buffet, with John Sharples and Barry Pugh.....or better known as ‘Bitter & Twisted as well as resident singer Marc Craig, entertaining the huge attendance. What a day it was for everyone who attended......especially for Kelly & I. You may remember the raffle, first prize being a Canary Island Cruise with Thomson aboard the newest ship to join their fleet the ‘Majesty’, and second prize a wonderful Diamond Pendant.

We as usual donated a trip for the raffle prize, as did the majority of our group who attended.

The Buffet was amazing, the entertainment spectacular, with the buzz of winning one of two incredible prizes, the atmosphere was electric.

John and Barry had the raffle tickets, they picked out a young holiday maker to pick the first prize...THE CRUISE!!!!!

Kelly & I had raffle ticket #54 The little angel........picked out #54...............NUMBER 54..........we had won the Cruise.

Hallelujah.....

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HM The Queens Kell and I were beside ourselves.......okay I was bouncing around like a little kid who met Santa, via the Polar Express on Christmas Eve, I still have the copy of the Tenerife Weekly with the centre spread and picture of my ‘Gappy Grin’.... over the moon does not even compare to it.

Fast forward to 12th November 2012.....we decided that we would pay the £400 for the drinks upgrade, we had so many recommendations to do this from lots of Tenerife ExPats.....

The only downside to our

experience was the Thomson Cruise Customer Services in Cardiff......it took a certain person, 18 days to respond to our emails, regarding the said ‘upgrade’ to be told we could not have it....Disaster......no wait...it’s all good.....eventually we paid for the ‘drinks package, and we even managed to get Kelly’s parents to join us on-board the ship whilst it was docked in Santa Cruz......

Friday 23rd November 2012 Sta Cruz de Tenerife Get this readers, its only £15 per person to bring your guests on-board on the day of

embarkation...they can enjoy all the perks of being an ‘All Inclusive’ guest up until the time of departure........we boarded at 13:00 with our guests and enjoyed our experience of al la carte dining and free drinks for the afternoon.

Sadly, Kelly’s parents had to leave at 4pm...Work commitments.....they could have stayed until 22:30.....All-Inclusive......any of our Tenerife Friends going on this cruise, text me....I’ll even drive you to the port!!!!

Being British Tenerifians.......it was shorts and flip flops as we investigated our home for the

week. 7 restaurants, bars and cafes.....SHABBA!!!

Our Cabin was a standard outside, meaning we had a picture window, albeit our cabin was small, we had the most comfy bed I have ever slept in.

We decided to have dinner at Seven Sea’s Restaurant........

Marvelous....... NOT...... We set the tone be wearing our Tenerife Battle Dress.....shorts and flip flops....the head waiter was not impressed to say the least.....we had no idea about protocol or dress on board a luxury liner...

I was quite happy to scarper

to the buffet on deck 10, but the head waiter offered us ‘partlet’.....and we had an incredible waiter service dinner and met a lovely couple, whom we nick-named professional cruiser’s.

We went to live show’s every evening and they were very good, the Casino didn’t seem overly popular during the early days of the cruise, I think the majority of cruisers were simply finding out where everything was on board.

Saturday 24th November gran Canaria I forgot to mention every even-

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Diamond Jubilee 2012...... ing the maids left you the daily news, what’s happening where and when on board, there are even two movie channels in your cabin, along with Sky News & Sports.....very impressive.

After a superb sleep, even though I was wide awake at 5:30am, I investigated the 24hr Buffet on Deck 10, you could literally eat and drink 24-7 if you wanted to.

The breakfast at the Seven Seas was very, very good.

We had been briefed up by Steve and Lorna Eade prior to setting sail to visit ‘Primarni’.....297 Euros and several shopping bags later we returned to the ‘Majesty’ As it was a Saturday, we decided to see the show’s and visit the nightclub, highlight being getting the DJ’s to play ‘The Killers - Are We Human’, we had a right laugh teaching the professional cruisers the ‘hamster dance’, along with the ‘shopping trolley’, ‘thumb dance’ and the ‘Mexican Gun-Slinger’.....by now I decided I was somewhat peckish....after several lifts, to several floors, and bouncing off walls, we found the 24hr buffet.

This when I got four members of the crew to dance to ‘Gang-

nam Style’ the video is on Facebook. One Chicken Curry and Chips, and a Cheeseburger and Chips, we were sorted.

Sunday 25th November 2012 - La Palma Typical it was light drizzle to greet us, no fear, we were off to find the shops, we had to continue our collection of Fridge Magnets....one thing we didn’t consider was getting wet feet, we still sporting our Tenerifian Battle Dress, and we got our feet soaked as the paving in Las Palmas was hiding a multitude of sins.....4 inch puddles under every flagstone.

After doing the touristy stuff, like wandering around taking photo’s etc etc. We deciding to go back on board the ship for lunch. Today’s theme being ‘British Pub Grub’......now this was something else.

Unbelievable Geoff, the Captain, announced that due to extreme conditions which he had been monitoring the previous 12 hours he decided in the interest of us lot, the cruisers safety he decided to not visit Madeira......

It was almost a Mutiny.....not kidding.....’I only came on this cruise for Madeira’ was all you could hear for the rest of the

afternoon...I mean what’s more important your own safety or visiting Madeira? The Captain decided that our next port of call would be Fuerteventura, I was more than happy, another Fridge Magnet for my collection.

The Captain decided to sail between La Gomera and Tenerife to Fuerteventura.....the mobile and Facebook was going bananas, one message from Hannah and Vicki (Deli on the Hill) said they could see a large ferry passing by. Funnier still was Kelly’s Mum, Christine telephoning us to say ‘she could see the ship’....we could make out San Miguel Marina and the airport, that was a surreal moment.

Monday 26th November 2012 - Puerto del Rosario, Fuerteventura Having never visited Fuerteventura, I had no idea what to expect, also having an outside cabin, we could see, well I could see the Port and even better there’s a huge shopping centre just outside of the Port, it was less than a 10 minute stroll, and in fairness the shopping was cool too. After a morning of retail therapy we decided to go and find ourselves a bottle of Dorada to celebrate our bargains.

No success per say as Fuerteventurians must be proper drinkers as we could only find Especial...NO, NO, NO, dos Carlsberg chuck, shouldn’t have said chuck, as the heavens opened an there was a torrential downpour...guess what...

Kelly & I were attired in our finest Tenerifian Battle Dress...... and flip flops......Fuerteventura is very similar to Las Palmas in that every flagstone was hiding its own puddle....soaked tootsies again.

Tuesday 27th November 2012 - Day at Sea As we said ‘Tar-rah’ to Fuerteventura the Sea became somewhat choppy, the ship seemed to be quieter as lots of people were feeling somewhat rough...and confined themselves too their cabins.

We booked ourselves to the visit to the Bridge and see what’s what. Our visit was a real eye opener; there is a system for a system that tells the

system who tells the captain or whoever is in charge of the Bridge to check the systems.

Now bearing in mind it’s 10am in the morning the ship is break-dancing its way to Agadir Morocco in a Gangnam Style.

We did manage to get the Captain to have his picture taken with Kelly and I whilst he was holding a copy of the Tenerife Weekly!

We agreed that we would like to do an excursion when we got to Agadir, so we went to the Excursion Meeting, the young lady was talking about the shore trips available to us, “Did you know that ‘Loro Parque is famous for Parrots

waiting for us. Problem was, we were absolutely stuffed from the meal earlier, but what an amazing gesture from him, chin chin Alan.

The weather was getting worse, Kelly and I found it rather amusing trying to get to sleep each night since Sunday evening, the pitch and yaw of the ship meant that we rolling around in synchronized harmony in our double bed........Chuckle Brothers we are not, but we had a laugh using their catchphrase ‘Too mee, tooo yoooo’ Wednesday 28th November 2012 - Agadir, Morocco Woke up to a beautiful morning in North Africa, as we were

Again this was a really good eye opener, you could buy pretty much anything here, and it was nowhere near as bad as other Souks if been to in the past. We got some gifts, and the haggling was amusing, all the vendor had to do if it was a stalemate, he had to have his photo taken with the Tenerife Weekly! All in all Agadir was a very good afternoon trip, we came, we saw, we bartered.

We thoroughly enjoyed the evening’s entertainment, and on our return to the cabin, Strawberry’s dipped in Chocolate...thanks again Alan. We could deffo get right into this cruising lark.

and has a dolphin show’, were my ears playing tricks on me?

Loro Parque is famous for Parrots, but excuse me, no mention of the Orca’s, Sea Lions or the Penguin Planet...

We treated ourselves and paid the supplement and dine on the ships only Al La Carte restaurant and for £19 per person, I think Kelly would agree the food was on another level.

Maria, Kelly’s Hairdresser, sent an email to Alan, the ships Executive Chef, saying we were on board, we thought nothing of it until we ate at the Bistro, 7 courses and wine.. SHABBTASTIC, we asked the waiter if we could meet Alan, if he was not too busy. Within minutes we met one of the most charming fella’s I’ve ever met.

Bearing in mind every single eating place on board was to an extremely high standard and the staff we impeccably turned out. I have never seen sooo many staff cleaning here, touching up paint, hoovering and polishing anything that had a shine.

We got back to our cabin to find that Alan, Executive Chef had arranged for a bottle of Champagne on Ice, and some delightful little cakes to be

not leaving the ship until the afternoon, we had a lovely breakfast at Cafe Royale. We were astonished at the amount of taxis parked outside, white taxis (similar to Tenerife) and little red taxis.....we heard that a massive fight broke out between the taxi drivers, we missed it, so we decided to stay up top and wait to see if it kicked off again.

We then head off for our coach, we met our guide, yep he was called ‘Mohammed’ and away we went to the Kasbah.....we were subsequently ambushed with little Moroccans, carrying Goats, Snakes and carved out rocks....we even had a guide who followed us around, We tried to escape unsuccessfully, so we gave him some loose change.

Back the safety of the coach, and onwards to ‘Fantasia’.... now this was very entertaining, 8 mad Moroccan’s on 8 mad Moroccan horse’s, and each of the 8 mad Moroccan’s only had a rifle each....what could possible go wrong.....nothing...whoohooooo.

In fairness, ‘Fantasia’ was a very good afternoon, so it was time to get your bartering head on.....off to the Souk!!

Thursday 29th November 2012 - KFC - Lanzarote Having recently visited in January, it was simply the task of getting a taxi to CC Deiland and KFC! One thing we started to notice when on land, we were still moving in motion of the ship.. How very, very odd.

We were having cocktails in the Rendezvous Bar when the Captain gave his update for our sailing back to Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Bearing in mind listening to a Greek man over a tanoy, whilst the ship is still dancing to ‘Gangnam Style’.. It was somewhat difficult to concentrate on his voice......he said that it was going to be......’ROUGH’ Say it like you mean it skipper.

Friday 30th November 2012 Sta Cruz de Tenerife We had our last breakfast on board the truly Majestic Majesty......it was a fabulous cruise, fabulous food and drink. Wonderful staff and crew.

We would like to thank VIVO Decades, Chris Miller, Lorna & Stephen Eade and especially Thomson Cruises, for giving Kelly and Me and incredible week on board the Thomson Majesty.

Ooh Ooh we will be booking again for November 2013.

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By Barry pugh

Count down to Christmas Your very own Three Bird Roast Well folks, it’s the run up to Christmas, and over the next few weeks we are going to be giving you some creative Christmas recipes that are quick, economical, and simply delicious.

‘Cut out’ and keep over the next few weeks for that extra special festive dinner! If you want something extra special to Share with our readers. Get in touch and I will see what we can do!

Let’s Get Stuffing!

Ingredients 1 Large Turkey Breast 1 Chicken Breast 1 duck breast Stuffing of your choice Streaky Bacon Seasoning

Method Start by opening up the Chicken and Turkey breast, and gently butterfly them (be careful not to cut a hole in them) Next lay the Turkey breast flat and add a layer of your choice of stuffing, spreading evenly across the meat. Lightly season.

Place the Chicken breast on top, and then the Duck breast. Add a final layer of stuffing if you wish.

Gently roll the meat and tie it with string. Layer the roast with the streaky bacon and then wrap it all up in foil. Gently roast the joint at 180°f until all the juices run clear. 20 Minutes before serving, remove the foil and allow the bacon on the top of the joint to become crispy.

Save all those beautiful juices to make a delicious gravy.

Tips / Hints Don’t be lazy and use paxo for the stuffing…. Look out for our special Christmas stuffing next week!

You don’t have to use Chicken and Duck, what’s wrong with Pheasant or Goose?

What’s wrong with a four bird, five bird or even six???

Why not make small individual ones?

Get in touch…..

We want to hear about your funny Christmas dinner disasters – Email us with your stories and we will publish them!

Christmas dinner around the world: Henry VIII was the first English king to enjoy turkey, although Edward VII made eating turkey

fashionable at Christmas. Indeed turkey was a luxury right up until the 1950’s when refrigerators became commonplace. However, traditions for many countries around the globe vary enormously where the centrepiece can range from pork chops to curried goat! norway: The big festive feast takes place on Christmas Eve. Most people around the coastal regions eat fish - concoctions of cod and haddock and a variety called lutefisk. Inland they go for pork chops, specially prepared sausages and occasionally lamb.

Sweden: The Christmas feast consists of a smorgasbord of caviar, shellfish, cooked and raw fish and cheeses. ukraine: The people here pre-

pare huge broths brimming with meat for Christmas Eve rather than Christmas day.

Czech Republic: Tradition dictates that the tree is not lit before Christmas Eve then they have a big dinner of fish soup, salads, eggs and carp. Scarily, the number of people at the table must be even or it is believed the person without a partner will die next year.

Germany: The Germans tend to have a game feast on Christmas day, usually wild boar or venison.

Jamaica: Christmas dinner usually consists of rice, gungo peas, chicken, ox tail and curried goat.

Italy: Christmas dinner in Italy can last for more than 4 hours.

Most families will have 7 or more courses including antipasti, a small portion of pasta, a roast meal, followed by 2 salads and 2 sweet puddings - then cheese fruit, brandy and chocolates.

Austria: A typical Christmas dinner would consist of braised carp served with gingerbread and beer sauce.

Poland: The traditional Christmas Eve supper consists of 12 non-meat dishes, representing the months of the year and featuring fish such as pike, herring and carp. Other typical Polish dishes are fish soup, sauerkraut with wild mushrooms or peas and Polish dumplings with various fillings.

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Sharples in Session

By John Sharples

Bacon Barmpot Recycle,

Re-Use …

Re-Think

A company has created a gift for the man who has everything - bacon flavoured shaving cream. It has been described as “high end, luxurious baconscented shaving cream” and it costs about £9.

The inventor said, “There is nothing more powerful than the smell of bacon, nothing. Bacon is the smell of champions. “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and bacon is the best part of breakfast. Why not smell like it and be the best?”

He has also come up with other porky products like bacon roses, bacon lip balm and bacon baby formula. For those people who “who love bacon to death”, he has created a £2,000 bacon-wrapped coffin. He said, “Bacon is delicious, people get excited when they smell it. When you walk into a room don’t you want people to be excited to see you?”

I’d rather have a sausage myself!

Recycling is thought of as the big new thing. I don’t believe that it is. Here is why!

THIS WEEK’S RANT

Why does football always seem to take over the TV screens? All year long, popular TV shows like Coronation Street generate millions and millions of pounds for TV companies in the form of advertising. The minute that a match appears, our favourite shows are shifted to a later or earlier time, often without very much warning.

I accept that there are millions of

football fans too, but I don’t count myself amongst that number. I hate the game. I can’t, for the life of me, see what all the fuss is about! All I see is a lot of overpaid, over-rated, self-important immature men running around and getting excited as their testosterone levels reach the same levels as their wages!

How is it that they are called national heroes? 29 million people tuned in to watch Hilda Ogden’s departure from Coronation Street, when she finally hung up her headscarf and packed

away her flying ducks! I know that footballers are famous and many of them are seen as a good example to the youth of today, but for me, the heroes in our lives are the Doctors, Firemen, Police and Forces who save people every day and protect us. They go out on a limb, putting their lives on the line for us. Maybe we should get them to kick a football at the fire instead of water, or have a penalty knockout to decide the result of a war. A lot less people would be killed and they would all then be seen as heroes.

When I was a child, there were no carrier bags in the shops. Everyone took a shopping bag with them to the shops. If you didn’t take one, you would just have to carry your shopping in your arms. The carrier bag really became very popular in the eighties, when plastic really began to take over the world.

We used to return bottles to the shops where we bought them when

I was young, now they all go in the bin. Why can’t we go back to this green way of living? Why can’t milk be put back into bottles and re-used again and again? The government could make this law in the shake of a lamb’s tail. Any companies that didn’t play the game could be taxed at a higher rate that would soon make them comply! The best way to get your own way is to kick them in the pocket There is far too much fannying about on this subject; It is way past time to do something about waste.

I am celebrating 11 years without a cigarette. I found giving up the bad habit as easy as falling off a log. I was lucky. We all know that smoking kills. But here are some facts about smoking that you may not be aware of!

1.

People on board Christopher Columbus’s ship brought smoking to Europe.

2.

A Cigarette contains approximately 4,800 chemicals, 69 of which have been proven to cause cancers, so why don’t they just remove the bad chemicals?

3.

In New York, a law was passed in 1908 banning women from smoking.

4.

Sir Walter Raleigh took his pipe with him to the scaffold when he was beheaded in 1618.

5.

The term smoking wasn’t introduced until the late seventeenth century, before that it was known as “Dry Drunkenness” 6.

Sugar and Cocoa are often added to cigarettes, a fact that many diabetics are unaware of.

7.

Renaissance painter, Ben Jonson, argued that smoking was the “Devil’s Fart!

8.

Cigarettes contain Hydrogen Cyanide, which was used in the poison gas chambers, Arsenic, Nail Polish Cleaner and embalming fluid!

9.

Urea, a major component of urine is used to flavour cigarettes.

10.

It is believed that 1 billion people will die from smoking related diseases in the 21st century.

FAG FACTS

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in The Spotlight By Barry Sparkle Calder Jon has been in agony for around 15 years! he pretty much stumbled into the job when he met Jeremy Kyle at Virgin Radio in London and started to work behind the scenes on “Jezza’s Confessions”.

This was the perfect starting point for a career in answering people’s dilemmas through agony columns, and on his radio show “Calder’s Confessions” which, of course is an offshoot of the version pioneered by Kyle who left radio to conquer daytime TV in 2006.

Continuing where Jeremy left off was a natural progression for Calder – he says “there are so many people with problems out there and all many of them need is a friendly ear to help them untangle their complex lives”.

At 44, Calder is no stranger to the issues that life can throw at you either. he’s a father to four grown up children and has three amazing grandchildren. he lives with his partner helen and her daughter nancy who suffers from a rare heart condition which essentially means that her little body has to function with half a heart. Calder says “watching this gorgeous four year old girl who has already endured three open heart surgeries in her life and seeing how she relishes and enjoys every day despite her condition, gives me immense inspiration. It kind of puts life into perspective for me and is often a reality check. After all, we all worry about things that pale into insignificance when you consider what nancy has been through”.

WHERE ARE YOU FROM? I was born in Guildford and spent most of my life growing up in London. Right now I prefer Island Life and am currently living on The Isle of Wight in the UK! WHEN’S YOUR BIRTHDAY? December 27th – nightmare as I always get Christmas/ Birthday presents combined.

DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF TO BE FAMOUS? No not at all which is quite odd when you consider my agony column is read by around 40,000 readers in various publications and my radio show airs on about 60 radio stations each week in Spain, the UK, USA and even Aruba!

ALTHOUGH YOU ARE IN THE LIMELIGHT, DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF TO BE SHY? I wouldn’t exactly say I’m shy but I don’t think I’m in the limelight either.

IF YOU HAD A DIFFERENT JOB, WHAT WOULD IT BE? Some people will find this odd but I have always wanted to be a long distance lorry driver! All that peace and quiet appeals to me.

WHO AND WHY IS YOUR IDOL? It’s a bit sad but Jeremy Kyle is my idol. When we worked together in radio we spent night after night together in the studio and I saw a side to him that others don’t see.

The compassion and the understanding he had for

the problems we heard on his version of Confessions was amazing.

WHAT IS THE BIGGEST DISASTER YOU HAVE EVER HAD WHILE WORKING? In my youth I was a messenger for a huge multinational company in London. I used to have to deliver bonds and stuff to banks. I’d walk around London with pieces of paper worth millions in my hand. One day I stopped off for a cuppa on my way to deliver a 300 million pound bond and that delay cost the company a few million. Well, I wasn’t to know was I? WHAT IS YOUR TIPPLE? Nothing too elaborate I’m afraid, plain old vodka and coke.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE SPORT? I’m not too sporty to be honest but if I had to choose something to watch it would be motor racing.

HOW MANY LANGUAGES DO YOU SPEAK? Just the one - English HOW MANY HOUSES DO YOU HAVE? Only one!

WHAT TIME DO YOU GET UP IN THE MORNING? Much to my partners disgust, I roll out of bed between 10 and 11 most mornings.

WHAT DO YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY ON? Mostly gadgets and gizmos WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST JOB? I was a drayman delivering

beer in London when I was 16.

DO YOU DO CHARITY WORK? I’ve worked with many charities over the years through working with Jeremy Kyle but recently, I’ve been concentrating on the radio show and agony column although I am in contact with a number of charities as a result.

WHY DID YOU BECOME AN AGONY UNCLE? I think you get hooked on listening to people’s problems and after a while, the answers to most of them just come to you. Over the years I must have spoken to close to 100,000 people and helped them with their troubles.

DO YOU HAVE A PRIVATE PLANE? No. DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS? No but I’m thinking about getting a dog.

WHAT DO YOU DO IN YOUR FREE TIME? Free time? What’s that?

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD? I adore a good curry!

WHERE WAS YOUR LAST HOLIDAY? Tenerife – Los Cristianos – it was lovely.

TELL US A SECRET ABOUT YOU! There aren’t many, I like to be an open book. I do however have some guilty pleasures like listening to S Club 7 for example!

DO YOU ENJOY YOUR CELEBRITY STATUS?

I just enjoy being me. I was once asked for my autograph and I felt so embarrassed. My belief is that we are all equal so, hopefully, despite what I do for a living, I come across as an ordinary bloke.

DO YOU WEAR BOXERS OR BRIEFS? Boxers – although I’m just as happy going commando.

IF YOU WERE A BISCUIT, WHICH WOULD YOU BE? Rich Tea I think, plain and straightforward.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE PLACE TO EAT? We have a lovely pub here on The Isle of Wight called The Dark Horse. The triple horse burger is my fave!

NAME ONE ACTRESS YOU WOULD LOVE TO GET NAUGHTY WITH? If I had a Tardis and could go back in time it would be Jenny Agutter. She was just poetry in motion to me.

WERE YOU BULLIED AS A KID? Yes I was although I had a big brother who soon sorted it out for me.

IF YOU WERE GIVEN A CHANCE, WOULD YOU ENTER BIG BROTHER? Like a shot! I think the BB house needs some reality!

WOMEN OR CARS? These days, cars.

HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE THE MOST DESIRABLE MAN ON THE EARTH? I would imagine it feels amazing – sadly I’m not that

man.

IF I CAME TO YOUR HOME AND LOOKED INSIDE THE FRIDGE, WHAT WOULD I FIND? Cheese, wine, ham and some coke for my vodka.

WHAT’S YOUR BAD QUALITY? I sleep way too much.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN THREE WORDS? Open, honest and thoughtful.

WHAT MAKES YOU ANGRY? People who take liberties.

WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE DO YOU DISLIKE? Those who think they are better than everybody else.

IF I GIVE YOU ONE MILLION EUROS HOW WOULD YOU SPEND IT? I’d keep half for myself to live on for a while and I’d give the rest to good causes.

WHAT´S THE MOST EMBARRASSING SITUATION YOU HAVE BEEN IN? Being asked for my autograph years ago. I just thought… ”why? I’m nobody!”

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By Marc Craig

Gaga Garage encounter

Pop goddess Lady Gaga has once again proved she’s one of the coolest celebrities to obsess over.

The kooky singer was staying at a house in Peru during the South American leg of her Born This Way Ball tour and had celebrated Thanksgiving with a dinner with family and friends. Waking up hungry in the night she decided to raid the fridge for leftovers-naked, a turkey and stuffing sandwich her midnight mission. however, upon hearing strange noises on a security monitor she was surprised to discover no less than 35 gaga fans or “monsters” as they’re known, had broken into the garage!!

Rather than alerting the authorities she shared her food with them!!

She later tweeted: “Thanksgiving story: woke up for leftovers in kitchen (naked) - stumbled on security camera revealing 35 monsters in my garage #why #iloveu, (sic)” She went on: “I should be mad I guess except I

tried to figure out how to slide stuffing under the door, but there’s no cat-flap. “#MONSTeRFACT when gaga is asleep try to break into the garage, sing loud as possible, + ring the doorbell repeatedly #happening now #bad kids, (sic).”

In another story of her generosity to her fans, earlier on the same tour in Brazil, she sent burgers fries and cokes down to masses of fans camped outside her hotel!!

Ri-Ri Reveals all....AGAIN!!

Bahamian beauty Rihanna has been photographed posing naked to promote her new single “pour it out”.

The songs artwork shows a topless Rihanna covering her breasts with her arms, holding a dollar note over her mouth, she tweeted the shot to her fans and exclusively revealed her choice of next single from her 7th studio album “ Unapologetic”. It’s the latest in a string of risqué shots tweeted by the star, others included her in bed, smoking a cigar in her underwear and topless in her dressing room after getting soaked during her Xfactor performance.

It makes me wonderwho’s taking these shots.... and does he need a break?

Only joking Mrs Craig xx

“DOWNTOWN” ABBEy?

Fans of period drama “Downton Abbey” rejoice!! There’s a spinoff on the way!!

Series creator Julian Fellowes is developing a prequel to his blockbuster period drama with American channel NBC. Set in New York City in the late 19th century, it’s to be called “The Gilded Age” and is a cash-in on the remarkable

success of the British drama across the Atlantic.

Set several decades before the period setting of “D.A” , the link seems vague at best, and as I’ve mentioned in previous issues, the total lack of zombies, radioactive spiders and galaxies far, far away means that it might not be at the top of my must watch list!!

Christmas Gift Ideas

With only 16 days ’til Santa returns I thought that I’d give you a few ideas for pressies if you have a movie buff to buy for, (there is also a gentle hint for any of my friends or family)!!!

1: Web shooting Spiderman action figureactually shoots webs (well White string) from his wrists!!!

2: Lego Lord Of The Ringsrecreate your favourite scenes from the epic trilogy will help build anticipation for the 1st “Hobbit” movie out this month, plus the Lego version of your favourite characters are very cute!

3: Doctor Who sonic screwdriver remote!!-This cool reproduction of the doctors handy gizmo

is a universal remote and will work with most devices!!

4: A Star Wars Lightsaber desk lamp!! Do I need to say more??

5: Smell like James Bond with 007 eau de toilette!

6: Make most teenage girl’s Christmas with a Twilight “Edward” stocking!!!

All of these are available to order online-act now and they might be here in time....that was another hint!!

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Aaron Taylor-Johnson - Ben Bella is enjoying her new life and new powers, after the birth of their daughter, entrepreneurs Ben, a peaceful and Renesmee. Soon, however, their family bliss charitable marijuana producer, andis threatened again, by a new menace. vampire friend Chon, a former Navy SeAL, run a irina believes that the Cullens have created lucrative, homegrown industry raising an immortal child and a threat to -revealing some of the best weed ever developed. the vampires existence to humans.

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ThroUGh The KeYhole By lynne leadbetter

Unique detached Villa

Tenerife Properties have been trading on the island for over 30 years. Their offices are located in San eugenio, in between the Santander and BBVA banks, opposite the car park entrance to the San eugenio shopping centre. Partners are Lynne Leadbetter and Mike Woodhouse along with Sales Director Rachel Rogers and Secretary Delia Rodriguez Boue.

Property purchase can be very stressful particularly if you are situated 2,000 miles away. Tenerife Properties aims to take that stress away from you. They assist in arranging mortgages, valuations, Spanish bank accounts, NIE numbers, contents and buildings insurance, Spanish Wills and even assist in obtaining discounted rates when transferring money. In short, they assist in every aspect of the purchasing and selling right through to and beyond the day of completion at the Notary, also offering an excellent after sales service.

We are happy to offer a unique detached Villa at a greatly reduced price. This property is situated in the well-established area of San Eugenio

shower and there is a separate WC off the main hallway. On the road level, it has a very large garage also with bathroom and parking for 6 cars which could be converted into a workshop or Gym. The original owners have installed a lift shaft from the garage to the main house and studio.

The beauty of this property is the spacious various outside areas which are essential for life on our sunshine island. The garden area is split level

Alto and is surrounded by large, detached properties, in a quiet location comprising local residents and luxury holiday villas. Many villas this size are a lot higher on the hillside of San Eugenio Alto so transport is essential whereas this property has the advantage of being only 10 minutes walk downhill to the seafront, shops, bars and restaurants and nightlife yet far enough away from the touristic lifestyle to benefit from the peace and quiet that the more residential areas enjoy. The Villa enjoys superb views to the ocean and island of La Gomera

This property is being sold with all the furniture and fittings in the 5 bedroom detached Villa at top of the Villa is a separate penthouse Studio which as the current owners never use, is a blank canvass for your own design and taste. There is a large fully fitted kitchen with ample storage and working space and an interconnecting doorway to the spacious living/diner, great for entertaining friends. A large family bathroom located between the 5 bedrooms and the master bedroom has a recently refurbished en-suite with a walk-in

with various terraces providing sun or shade as well as a large swimming pool. The level above the pool has a spacious BBQ area with an outside kitchen and an outside wine cellar complete with extra storage and beer fridge carved into the rock face.

This is a great opportunity to invest in a lovely family property with a perfect location, reduced from 995,000 Euros to 695,000 Euros for a quick sale.

This property can be viewed at www.tenerifeproperties.net Ref no: I884 Contact numbers – 922 724 119 (office) 608 573 443 (Rachel) 699 250 870 (Lynne)

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CalDerS ConFeSSionS

By Calder Jon

Calder spent twelve years working as PA and Co-presenter with Jeremy Kyle on various radio stations, he is now a Freelance Radio Presenter where he answers listeners´dilemmas each Sunday night on the airwaves.

We are also very grateful to have him here, answering your questions and queries as part of the Tenerife Weekly team.

I’M LOneLY AnD SAD

I’ve had a lot of sadness in my life. I lost my husband at 30 and was left with three small boys, then when my youngest was 26 he took his own life.

The rest of my family, including my two other sons, have moved to Australia, and I’m wondering how I can brighten up my life. Can you help me get over my sadness and loss?

Gaynor, 41

Its very difficult Sal as we all tend to deal with death, sadness and loneliness in our own way. You’ve suffered more than your fair share of losses and that obviously casts a huge shadow over the rest of your life.

Talking through your feelings with friends and just working hard

at coming to terms with things can really help. I know your other two boys have moved thousands of miles away but with modern technology like the internet, you can still be up to date and involved in their lives.

Have you explained to them how you feel? I suspect that you didn’t want to cause a fuss or hold them back in anyway so you’ve probably just kept your emotions bottled up. Try asking

them for some support and see how they respond. In the meantime, life really must go on for you.

Sitting at home alone will just make you feel more miserable so getting out and about and even making new friends is absolutely essential.

You’ve been through an awful past and that’s a perfect reason to do your best to make the most of the present and the future.

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Daughter Is Dating A The Wrong Type!!

I have a real problem with my daughter’s new boyfriend. He is a local lad that I know has been in trouble with the police in the past and I don’t trust him at all.

She’s totally besotted with him, but she’s only 16 and I worry that she doesn’t really know what she’s getting herself into.

How can I warn her without sounding like a nagging mother?

Marion, 46 You can jump up and down and have endless heart to hearts with your daughter Marion but you have to let her make her own choices in life.

I’m sure you mean well although I don’t

‘Worried for my son’

doubt that your opinion of this lad is based on fact. The fact is, it’s not your life and it’s not your relationship.

It’s fantastic that you care so much but trying to force things on someone else invariably leads

to them rebelling against you. Just make sure your daughter knows you will love and support her no matter what she wants to and you’ll probably be quite surprised at how quickly she works out this guy isn’t

‘Job woes’

I’m a masseuse and four weeks ago a client complained that I had been unprofessional at work. I’m so upset by this and my boss has suspended me until she investigates it.

I’m living close to the breadline already and can’t afford not to work.

Lynsey

My son was born with two clubfeet and has had lots of operations to correct this and he is also severely asthmatic. I think he might now be being bullied at school.

I’m so worried about him and wish that I could have given him a better start to life. I feel so guilty that he is not happy.

Paula

Letting your guilt consume you is only going to make matters worse for both you and your son Paula. I know the lad hasn’t had the best start in life but I think you underestimate the power a mothers love and support has.

You didn’t cause any of these problems

and your son knows that. Why waste time agonising over something you just can’t change? Do everything the doctors tell you to do and encourage your boy to socialise and make friends. You’ll be amazed at the difference a positive attitude makes, honestly.

As far the bullying goes, it’s completely unacceptable and you must talk to the school and let them know your concerns.

Bullying these days is seen, quite rightly, as a huge issue. Above all, try to stop worrying because right now, that’s becoming a far bigger problem than anything else. Good luck with this.

Aside from telling your side of the story and trusting your boss to see that you did no wrong, I don’t think you can do much about this Lynsey.

It’s a two-way street, isn’t it? You deserve a fair hearing and the client deserves to have their complaint investigated. I know your short of cash and can’t afford to lose your job but you can’t simply hurry this along. I assume that you’re being paid whilst on suspension?

If that’s not the case then it’s definitely time to seek legal advice to see where you stand. Your first port of call in the UK should be your local Citizens Advice Bureau where you’ll find masses of information and advice on employment law.

Hopefully, waiting this one out will prove to be the best option as the truth usually wins the day. Try not worry too much, whatever happens, it won’t be the end of the world.

perhaps Mr Right.

Being a parent is never easy, especially when you are dealing with a teenager but the key is to remember that your little angel is turning into an adult and has to be allowed to make mistakes.

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The SporTS SCene

By Colin Kirby

CD Tenerife Are Twitchy At The Top

For first against third this was no classic as a late defensive howler left CD Tenerife with a 1-1 draw at home to Real Oviedo. The recently bailed out visitors had little to offer but Tenerife were hardly rich with ideas, especially in a poor first half.

Suso hustled but the final touch was missing with Loro and Aridane looking blunt, Martinez was the main threat from Oviedo but home goalie Sergio was barely tested despite the Tenerife back four looking unsure. Aridane found the back of the net just before half time from a Chechu cross, the ref spotted the offside and ruled it out. Inspiration was needed for the second half, Yeray came off the bench and looked more purposeful, Loro was carried off clutching his ankle in agony after close attention from Cerrajeria, the sprain could mean

three weeks out of action, and Cristo Martin joined the action sparking a prolonged assault from Tenerife.

Suso and Cristo went close as the Oviedo keeper dithered; the best chance fell to Aridane who spurned an open goal. Yeray tried to force the pace but his weak shot was easily gathered by the goalie and a more

Division One Results - 18.11.12 LA Central

5-3

Tenerife Potters

Young Guns

5-3

Legends A

Target A

P-P

Cosy Wanderers

Chipeque Nomads

2-6

Target B

Rood

7-1

Beesnees

Division Two Results - 18.11.12 Apolo

6-2

Our Place B

Cosy Cabrons

P-P

Belgian Beer Bar

Palms Bar

5-3

El Candil de la Abuela

Summerlands Poolside

2-6

Summerlands Shooters

Beesnees Hunnies

3-5

Chipeque Coast FM

Legends B

6-2

Nifty Nauta

Division One 1 Rood 2 Target B 3 Young Guns 4 Chipeque Nomads 5 Target A 6 Los Halcones 7 Tenerife Potters 8 Legends A 9 LA Central 10 Beesnees 11 Cosy Wanderers

P 4 4 3 4 3 2 4 4 3 3 2

W D 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

We had plenty of close games in the Wild Bull CoastFM darts league this Sunday with “Chelsea Rob” getting his score prediction absolutely spot on in the Chipeque nomads and Target B game unfortunately for him he got the wrong side....

Despite the score line the games in the first Division went to the wire with the exception of Rood Bar who easily beat Beesnees. With Graham and Daniel from bar Rood throwing 180 each and Daniel finishing on 102.

In the second division it was a good day at Summerlands even if the Pool Side team lost!!! Chris Green still won his first game!!! Over at the beesnees the hunnies got beat 5-3 with Lol

L S 0 9 1 10 0 6 2 8 1 8 0 4 2 7 2 8 2 5 3 4 2 3

D 6 3 3 4 4 3 5 3 2 2 1

T 6 5 5 4 2 3 4 3 3 1 0

SD 21 18 14 16 14 10 16 14 10 7 4

PTS 8 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 3 0 0

Chipeque Coast FM finishing on a 127.

Its catch up week next Sunday in the League but all players not playing league games are invited

adventurous overhead effort brought the same response.

Guillem replaced Aridane to freshen up the attack; Suso never gives up and from a prod back by Cristo he scored the goal that at 78 minutes threatened to grab the win.

As the rain poured down on the rejoicing fans and the game ran into injury time, Oviedo had Division Two 1 Chipeque Coast FM 2 Apolo 3 Cosy Cabrons 4 Legends B 5 Our Place B 6 Palms Bar 7 Belgian Beer Bar 8 Beesnees Hunnies 9 Summerlands Shooters 10 Nifty Nauta 11 El Candil de la Abuela 12 Summerlands Poolside

P 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 3

a last raid, Llorente should have cut out the danger at the post but he was out jumped too easily and the ball fell to Cervero as Medina did his statue impression. With Real Aviles dropping home points Tenerife stayed top but the chasing pack is squeezing up with just three points separating third place from 10th.

W D 3 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1

to Chipeque Pool Bar los Cristianos for the qualifying heats for the “Chipeque World Championship “ the winners will face Celebrity Jungle Darts hero Eric Bris-

L S 0 12 0 12 0 10 1 9 1 6 1 6 1 9 3 4 2 3 3 5 3 4 2 4

D 5 4 5 3 5 4 3 4 3 2 3 1

T 4 4 5 3 2 3 4 4 3 5 3 2

SD 21 20 20 15 13 13 16 12 9 12 10 7

PTS 10 10 7 7 6 6 4 3 3 1 1 1

tow and Sky tvs Russ Bray. in January ..And maybe take our reigning champion Delboys crown??. Games start 4pm and it is free to enter...

See Ya there

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OuTGuNNED Sprinting Towards CB CANARIAS FOR AWAy DEFEAT The New year Another brave effort on the road from CB Canarias but this season they are not just up against great teams but also outstanding individual basketball players. Juventut of Barcelona ran out 92-81 winners despite a good team showing from the yellows.

Juventut dominated the first two quarters of play but CB Canarias fought back with a rousing 6-25 advantage in the third session before having to give second best. Richy Guillen led the away scoring with 18 points and was well backed by Saul Blanco with 15 and Jakim Donalson with 11 but they were all eclipsed by star player Corey Fisher with a stunning 29 points to drive the home side to victory.

Swoop Down To La Caleta For Paragliding Action

It’s time to limber up and sign up for the annual new Years eve run around La Laguna in the San Silvestre event. You will be in good company with a field of 3,000 competitors over two circuits of a city center course.

We’Ve all admired the multi coloured canopies slicing through the Tenerife skies, now the best 110 para gliders from 14 countries are descending on Costa Adeje for the Open Internacional de Parapente.

The competition will reach a climax on Sunday 9 December when they make the final runs from Taucho to Playa de la Enramada at La Caleta From the skies to the beach they will be turning on the style between noon and 6pm.

The total distance is 5,350 meters and the action starts at 6 pm from Plaza de la Concepcion. The entry fee of 8 euros includes a one euro donation to a selection of local charities and a commemorative vest. This is the 31st year and it always sets the tone for one of the best New Years Eve parties in Tenerife. Sign up at www.oadlaguna.com before 27 December.

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Lupain 8 V 2 Leones Lupain were the hosts against a very useful team from Leones Bar, but were put in their place by a determined and rejuvenated Lupain, Captain Mike was in superb form beating Simon in both singles matches, in the pairs Lupain were fortunate to win both rubbers , a whitewash looked on the cards, but thanks to Phil who gained revenge for the first defeat of the night against Frank and Dave to punish Eddie with a well-deserved victory to make the score a bit more acceptable thanks to the Summerland Bar for piping hot sausages & mash with thick gravy, much appreciated good night for all concerned.

Position 1 Trap Door 2 Bar Tasca A 3 Hoops 4 Clouseaus Diamonds 5 Legends A 6 Bar 180 Titans 7 Target Bar 8 Summerland Elite 9 Barracuda Bandits 10 Target Rangers 11 Britannia Inn 12 Treasure Island 13 Legends C 14 Oasis 15 Bar 180 B 16 Clouseaus Emeralds 17 Nauta B 18 Barracuda Hunters 19 Nauta A

P 17 15 16 18 17 18 18 18 17 17 18 17 17 17 16 18 18 18 18

Summerland elite 5 V 5 Trap Door Elite came fast out of the blocks, Paddys power stunning Micky to take the first, no said Dave and Marcus of the Trappers, to clinch the lead over Mark and John. Elite then dug in deep and took the next four. 5-2 down and the Trappers looked beat....don’t put your shirt on it, which is what Darrell did; the extra weight of the shirt clearly was a disadvantage, Micky taking the frame. Jamie pulled his finger out over John to make it 5-4, Marcus {the grinder} then ground Alan into defeat. 5-5 a fair result and a great match.

Lowrys 8 V 2 Penalty Sharks

W 13 13 13 12 11 10 8 8 9 6 7 7 6 5 4 2 2 1 0

D 2 1 1 0 3 4 6 4 1 7 4 2 1 3 2 4 3 2 4

L 2 1 2 6 3 4 4 6 7 4 7 8 10 9 10 12 13 15 14

F 114 106 103 111 100 109 93 100 94 88 86 88 73 78 60 62 67 53 55

A +/- PTS 56 58 41 44 62 40 57 46 40 69 42 36 70 30 36 71 38 34 87 6 30 80 20 28 76 18 28 82 6 25 94 -8 25 82 6 23 97 -24 19 92 -14 18 100 -40 14 118 -56 10 113 -46 9 127 -74 5 125 -70 4

A disappointing evening at Lowrys, Penalty Sharks were only able to field 2 players.

Sharks started brightly with Harry taking the first frame from Rab, but then Russ sealed an early victory with a win in his last game for Lowrys before leaving for the UK. Harry and Terry tried valiantly to keep the score line respectable, but Rab and Russ in the doubles and Paul in the singles ensured that Lowrys returned to winning form. Hopefully the return fixture next week will be a more competitive match.

Clouseaus Diamonds 8 V 2 Target Bar Rob put the visitors one up after the first frame, but it went downhill from there. Although

Position 1 Vivo 2 Bar 180 A 3 Bar 180 C 4 Lowrys 5 Penalty Sharks 6 Dos Hermanos 7 Fosters 8 Frosties 9 Atlantis Crew 10 Leones B 11 Legendary Jokers 12 Summerland Allstars 13 Bar Tasca B 14 Sloop Bar 15 Lupain 16 Welkom Wanderers 17 Leones 18 Grandee O’Donnell’s 19 Chipeque 20 Red Pride

P 19 19 18 19 18 19 18 19 17 16 16 19 19 18 19 19 19 18 19 18

A 3-2 defeat at Leganes gave new boss Almeida an insight into the task ahead as he tries to prise CD Marino off the foot of the Segunda B table. Familiar defensive slackness saw the game run away from them after taking a 12th minute lead through veteran striker noah.

each game could have gone either way, the home side were comfortably in control.

5-1 up after the doubles and bellies filled with pork chop in a Mexican Sauce with chips, meant one more point to claim a win for the Diamonds.

Raj managed the win after Roy missed a chance to clear up.

A little honour was restored to the Target Bar team when Mark beat Martin. The misery

W 16 13 14 10 10 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 5 6 4 4 3 1 0

D 2 5 1 3 2 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 6 2 6 4 2 5 4

L 1 1 3 6 6 6 7 8 6 4 4 7 9 7 11 9 11 13 13 14

F 139 122 109 101 109 102 98 99 82 90 86 96 93 88 83 74 84 57 60 56

A +/- PTS 51 88 50 68 54 44 71 38 43 89 12 33 71 38 32 88 14 31 82 16 27 91 8 27 88 -6 27 70 20 26 74 12 26 94 2 26 97 -4 22 90 -2 21 107 -24 20 114 -40 18 106 -22 16 123 -66 11 130 -70 8 124 -68 4

Batres nearly drew first blood for the home side clearing the crossbar before Noah nipped in but he came back strongly to level the scores. Victor built a home lead just prior to the break and Batres fed Vega to complete the turn around early in the second half. Noah offered some hope with a headed goal,

was compounded in the final frame when Rob went in-off on the Black after saying that it was in in-off shot. A friendly game all round, see you next week boys.

Very good team, although had the luck several times, Great bunch, smashing hospitality. nauta A 2 V 8 hoops Hoops got off to a quick start and were three up in no time until Simon pulled one back for the home side. Both doubles went the way of Hoops, and once John finished well to win the first single on the back half it was game over. Chris followed that up only for Simon, Nautas best player on the night was gifted the frame after Stevie hung the black. King Carlos won the tenth for a convincing 8-2 victory.

Barracuda Bandits 5 V 5 Bar 180 Titans A tightly fought game played in great spirits and humour.

Steve (Bandits) v Mark was the frame of the match with Steve finally potting the black.

Unfortunately the white rolled into the middle bag giving the game to Steve. Looking forward to the return match next week.

his 7th of the season but there was no way back.

Almeida has a chance to impress the home fans on Sunday when third from bottom Zamora come to Las Americas for an 11 am kick off. The revival has to start soon before reinforcements are brought in during the January transfer window.

Red Division Results - 4.12.12 Barracuda Bandits

5-5

Bar 180 Titans

Britannia Inn

5-5

Oasis

Clouseaus Diamonds

8-2

Target Bar

Nauta A

2-8

Hoops

Summerland Elite

5-5

Trap Door

Target Rangers

H-W

Clouseaus Emeralds

Treasure Island

7-3

Barracuda Hunters

Blue Division Results - 4.12.12 Bar 180 A

7-3

Bar Tasca B

Bar 180 C

6-4

Frosties

Chipeque

5-5

Sloop Bar

Leones B

5-5

Summerland Allstars

Lowrys

8-2

Penalty Sharks

Lupain

8-2

Leones

Red Pride

2-8

Dos Hermanos

Welkom Wanderers

2-8

Vivo

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Friday - TV

06:00 Breakfast 09:15 Heir Hunters 10:00 Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 Watchdog Daily 11:45 Cash in the Attic 12:15 Bargain Hunt 13:00 BBC News at One 13:45 Doctors 14:15 Escape to the Country 15:00 BBC News 15:05 School for Stars 2 15:35 Dennis and Gnasher 15:45 The League of

Super Evil 16:00 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated 16:30 Pet School 16:55 Ooglies 17:00 Newsround 17:15 Pointless 18:00 19:00 19:30

20:00

BBC News at Six The One Show Nigel Slater’s Dish of the Day EastEnders Still desperately craving Joey’s attention, Lauren is distraught when Joey makes a play for an old flame.

Alfie feels guilty for not trusting Kat but he soon makes a shocking discovery, sending his paranoia into overdrive.

20:30 Outnumbered 21:00 Have I Got News

for You 21:30 John Bishop’s Big Year 22:00 BBC News at Ten 22:35 The Graham

Norton Show 23:20 The National

Lottery Friday

Night Draws 23:30 Live at the Apollo 00:00 EastEnders Omnibus 01:55 Weatherview 02:00 Fake or Fortune?

06:00 Children’s TV 07:25 Bob the Builder:

Project Build It 07:35 Chuggington 07:45 Octonauts 08:00 Tilly and Friends 08:10 Woolly and Tig 08:15 Mike the Knight 08:30 Timmy Time 08:40 Tweenies 09:00 Numtums 09:05 Abadas 09:15 Alphablocks 09:20 The Rhyme Rocket 09:35 The Lingo Show 09:45 Something

Special: We’re All Friends 10:05 Show Me Show Me 10:35 Let’s Play 10:55 I Can Cook on the Go 11:10 Mister Maker

Comes to Town 11:30 BBC World News 12:00 The Daily Politics 13:00 Snooker: UK Championships 17:15 Flog It! 18:00

Eggheads General knowledge quiz in which teams from all over the UK battle to beat the formidable ‘Eggheads’, who have all been winners on other quiz shows.

18:30 Strictly Come

Dancing: It Takes Two 19:00 Snooker: UK Championships 20:00 Mastermind 20:30 An Island Parish 21:00 Westminster Abbey 22:00 QI 22:30 Newsnight 23:00 The Review Show 23:45 Weather 23:50 Snooker 00:40 Phantoms 02:10 BBC News

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06:00 Daybreak 08:30 Lorraine 09:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 10:30 This Morning 11:25 ITV News 11:30 This Morning 12:30 Loose Women 13:30 ITV News and Weather 14:00 Crime Stories 15:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00 Britain’s Best Bakery 17:00 The Chase 18:00 London Tonight 18:30 ITV News and Weather 19:00 Emmerdale Cameron resorts to desperate measures to help Chas. Declan shows his gratitude to Megan. Things take a turn for the worse for Edna.

19:30 Coronation Street Tommy lashes out.

Kylie reveals all to David. Leanne has to break some bad news to Simon.

20:00 Island Hospital 20:30 Coronation Street A drunken ex comes knocking on Tina’s door. Kylie is concerned for her marriage. Will Leanne come round to Nick’s idea?

21:00 100 Years of the

Royal Variety Performance Documentary marking the 100th anniversary of The Royal Variety Performance, a show that has entertained generations of the Royal Family and raised huge sums for charity.

22:30 ITV News 23:10 Basic Instinct

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06:05 Sali Mali 06:10 The Hoobs 07:00 Freshly Squeezed 07:30 According to Jim 07:55 Everybody Loves Raymond 08:25 Everybody Loves Raymond 08:55 Frasier 09:25 Frasier 09:55 Come Dine with Me 10:25 Come Dine with Me 11:00 Come Dine with Me 11:30 Come Dine with Me 12:00 Come Dine with Me 12:30 Channel 4 News 12:35 Superscrimpers:

Waste Not, Want Not 13:10 Comanche Station 14:40 Countdown 15:30 1001 Things You

Should Know 16:00 Deal or No Deal 17:00 Come Dine with Me 17:30 Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 18:00 The Simpsons 18:30 Hollyoaks 19:00 Channel 4 News 19:30 Unreported World 19:55 4thought.tv 20:00 Come Dine with Me 21:00 Peter Kay - In Conversation 22:00 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 23:05 4funnies: Brian Gittins 23:35 Full English 00:10 British Comedy Awards Nominations

Show 2012 01:05 The Ricky Gervais Show 01:35 My Name is Earl 02:00 My Name is Earl 02:20 Bob’s Burgers 02:45 Bob’s Burgers

Home and Away Emotions are fraught as the day of Rocco’s funeral dawns. April delivers a heartfelt eulogy.

18:30 5 News 19:00 Cowboy Builders 20:00 North Pole Ice Airport 21:00 The Mentalist 22:00 Castle 22:55 Law and Order:

Criminal Intent 23:55 Inside Hollywood

06:55 Life’s Funniest Moments 07:20 The Jeremy Kyle

Show US 08:10 Judge Judy 08:35 The Real

Housewives of

New York City 09:30 The Real

Housewives of DC 10:30 Judge Judy 12:00 Emmerdale 13:00 Emmerdale at 40 13:30 The Jeremy Kyle Show 15:40 The Real

Housewives of DC 17:30 You’ve Been Framed!

18:00 The Jeremy Kyle

Show US 19:00 I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of

Here Now! 21:00 The X Factor USA 22:00 2 Fast 2 Furious 00:10 I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of

Here Now!

19:00 Merlin 19:45 Doctor Who 20:30 Snog, Marry, Avoid?

Ellie discovers why Essex girls (and boys) love cosmetic surgery when she tries out a ‘trout pout’.

21:00 World’s Craziest Fools 21:30 Russell Howard’s Good News 22:00 Impractical Jokers 22:30 EastEnders 23:00 Some Girls 23:30 Family Guy 23:55 Family Guy 00:15 American Dad! 00:40 American Dad! 01:00 Impractical Jokers 01:30 Him and Her 02:00 Russell Howard’s Good News 02:30 Some Girls 03:00 World’s Craziest Fools

06:00 Heartbeat 06:55 The Royal 07:55 Upstairs, Downstairs 09:00 The Store 10:00 Man About the House 10:35 Monk 11:35 Kavanagh Q.C. 13:10 Heartbeat 14:15 The Royal 15:15 Murder, She Wrote 16:15 Barbara 16:50 Duty Free 17:20 Man About th House 17:55 Heartbeat 18:55 Murder, She Wrote 20:00 A Touch of Frost 22:00 Cold Blood 23:35 Law and Order: UK 00:35 Monk 01:30 Ruth Rendell Mysteries 02:25 Ruth Rendell Mysteries

06:00 Children’s TV 11:10 The Removal Men 12:10 5 News Lunchtime 12:15 Build a New Life in

the Country 13:15 Home and Away 13:45 Neighbours 14:15 The Mentalist 15:15 Road to Christmas 17:00 5 News at 5 17:30 Neighbours 18:00

100 Years of the Royal Variety Performance

ITV 1 - 21:00 - 22:30 To mark one hundred years since the first Royal Variety Performance in 1912 this 90-minute documentary looks back at a British institution that over the years has entertained generations of the Royal Family – and millions of viewers.

The Royal Variety Performance has featured the biggest names in showbusiness and reflected the changing face of British entertainment - from The Beatles to

the Spice Girls, Morecambe and Wise to Peter Kay. It’s also showcased the finest international stars - from Bob Hope and Liza Minelli to Barry Manilow and Lady Gaga.

Among those sharing their memories of performing for royalty are Sir Bruce Forsyth, Katherine Jenkins, Ronnie Corbett, Ken Dodd, Barry Manilow, Liza Minnelli, Jimmy Tarbuck, Jason Manford, Lord Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Lionel Blair, Dame Edna Everage and Cilla Black.

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S a t u r d ay - T V 06:00 Breakfast 10:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 11:30 Baking Made Easy 12:00 BBC News 12:15 Football Focus 13:00 Snooker UK Championship.

With one place in the final already confirmed, there’s all to play for on the penultimate day of the 2012 UK Championship.

16:30 Final Score 17:10 BBC News 17:30 A Question of Sport 18:00 Pointless 18:50 Strictly Come Dancing Sir Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly host the quarter-finals of Strictly Come Dancing 2012. The competition heats up as six couples dance to keep the glitter ball trophy in their sights.

19:55 Merlin Morgana leads a terrifying manhunt in pursuit her old foe Alator of the Catha, for she knows without doubt that he can tell her exactly where to find Emrys.

20:40 The National

Lottery Awards Show 21:20 Casualty Jeff decides to help Tamzin keep a secret but it pushes their friendship to the limit and makes life difficult for Dixie.

22:10 BBC News 22:30 Match of the Day 23:50 The Football

League Show 01:05 Weatherview 01:10 BBC News

06:00 Tikkabilla 06:30 Balamory 06:50 Charlie and Lola 07:05 Cloudbabies 07:15 Everything’s Rosie 07:25 Bob the Builder:

Ready, Steady, Build!

07:35 Chuggington 07:45 Octonauts 08:00 Tilly and Friends 08:10 Woolly and Tig 08:15 Mike the Knight 08:30 Timmy Time 08:40 Tweenies 09:00 Baby Jake 09:10 ZingZillas 09:25 Mr Bloom’s Nursery 09:45 Something Special 10:10 Let’s Play 10:30 Get Well Soon 10:45 Nina and the

Neurons: In the Lab 11:00 Justin’s House 11:25 I Can Cook on the Go 11:40 Mister Maker

Comes to Town 12:00 The Sky at Night 12:20 Coast 12:40 Carefree 14:05 Becket Powerful historical drama. When Henry II appoints his drinking and wenching companion Thomas Becket as Archbishop of Canterbury he hopes to lessen Church interference.

16:30 Snooker: UK Championships 17:30 Flog It! 18:30 Dad’s Army 19:00 Snooker: UK Championships 22:00 QI XL 22:45 Led Zeppelin

Live in London

2007: Celebration Day 23:45 Relic 01:30 Day of the Dead

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06:00 Babar and the

Adventures of Badou 06:10 Babar and the

Adventures of Badou 06:25 The Hive 06:50 Canimals 07:05 The Avengers 07:25 Almost Naked Animals 07:40 Almost Naked Animals 07:50 Horrid Henry 08:30 Fort Boyard 09:25 ITV News 09:30 The Jeremy Kyle

Show US 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle

Show US 11:20 Columbo 12:50 ITV News and Weather 13:05 All Star Family Fortunes 13:50 Holiday Home

Sweet Home 14:50 Holiday Home

Sweet Home 15:55 Back to the Future 18:00 London Tonight 18:15 ITV News and Weather 18:30 You’ve Been Framed!

19:00 The Mcfly Show Award-winning popsters McFly perform some of their greatest hits and are joined by celebrity friends including Al Murray, the Pub Landlord, and Coronation Street’s Michelle Keegan for fun and a few surprises.

20:00 The X Factor 22:00 The Invention of Lying 23:05 ITV News and Weather 23:20 The Invention of Lying 00:05 The Store

06:10 The Hoobs 07:00 Beach Volleyball 07:55 The Morning Line 08:55 According to Jim 09:25 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:35 Frasier 11:40 The Big Bang Theory 12:15 The Big Bang Theory 12:45 The Big Bang Theory 13:20 The Simpsons 13:50 Channel 4 Racing 15:55 The Simpsons 16:20 Come Dine with Me 16:55 Come Dine with Me 17:25 Come Dine with Me 17:55 Come Dine with Me 18:25 Come Dine with Me 18:55 Channel 4 News 19:25 4thought.tv 19:30 Heston’s

Fantastical Food 20:30 Stephen Fry: Gadget Man He meets up with Lord Sugar to road test some of the latest worksaving gizmos and has a play around with some of Lord Sugar’s early inventions.

21:00 Predators Adrien Brody, Alice Braga and Topher Grace star in this well-received addition to the Predator sci-fi action-adventure franchise, this time with Hungarian director Nimrod Antal at the helm.

23:15 30 Days of Night 01:20 The Girl Next Door

Predators Channel 4 - 21:00 - 23:15 Adrien Brody, Alice Braga and Topher Grace star in this well-received addition to the Predator sci-fi action-adventure franchise, this time with Hungarian director Nimród Antal (Kontroll) at the helm.

The action opens with Royce (Brody) waking in parachute above a jungle. When he reaches the ground he discovers he’s one of a small group of people, all mysteriously delivered to their current location. With the exception of Edwin (Grace), a doctor, their only common

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trait is that all are expert killers, whether from the military or the wrong side of the law.

It’s not long before they also realise, with a violent jolt, that they are no longer on planet Earth.

After being attacked by four-legged alien creatures they encounter Noland (Laurence Fishburne), a US Special Forces soldier, who explains that they are all now little more than prey for Predator aliens, who are out to kill every last one of them.

06:00 Children’s TV 09:15 Toby’s Travelling Circus 09:25 Roary the Racing Car 09:40 Jelly Jamm 10:00 Power Rangers:

Super Samurai 10:35 ThunderCats 11:10 The All New Gadget Show 12:10 Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways 13:10 Superman 2 15:40 Annie Claus is

Coming to Town 17:25 Single Santa

Seeks Mrs. Claus 19:10 A Grandpa for Christmas 20:50 5 News Weekend 20:55 Tommy Cooper’s Christmas 22:00 International

Boxing: James

DeGale v Kenny Anderson 00:00 Super Casino

06:00 All Star Family Fortunes 06:35 Gossip Girl 07:30 Coronation Street Omnibus 09:55 Emmerdale Omnibus 12:55 The X Factor USA 15:45 The Xtra Factor 18:45 The Xtra Factor 19:50 Kindergarten Cop Comedy. Tough cop John Kimble is forced to go undercover as a kindergarten teacher in a bid to track down the exwife of a notorious drug-dealer, as she is the only person who can help convict her former husband.

22:00 The Xtra Factor 23:20 Lemon La Vida Loca 00:50 The X Factor 02:30 Teleshopping

19:00 England’s Worst Ever Football Team A quest to reveal the worst England team of all time.

Through a mix of archive footage and talking heads, including Neil ‘Razor’ Ruddock and Mark Lawrenson.

20:00 Top Gear Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are dropped deep in the Bolivian rainforest armed only with three 4x4s, which they bought from the local small ads for a maximum of 3,500 pounds each.

21:15 Russell Howard’s Good News Extra 22:00 Die Hard with a Vengeance 00:05 Family Guy 00:45 American Dad! 01:30 Impractical Jokers

06:00 Film File 06:10 Flowers Uncut 06:30 Maigret 07:35 Agatha Christie’s

Thirteen at Dinner 09:20 The House of Eliott 10:30 The House of Eliott 11:45 Pie in the Sky 13:55 Hidden Treasure 15:55 A Touch of Frost 17:55 Murder, She Wrote 19:00 Rosemary and Thyme While in Baffington village to restore the churchyard to its former glory for a medieval fair.

20:00 Foyle’s War 22:00 Bomb Girls 23:00 A Touch of Frost 01:00 Maigret

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Sunday - TV

06:00 Breakfast 07:40 Match of the Day 09:00 The Andrew Marr Show 10:00 Fern Britton Meets...

11:00 Sunday Politics 12:20 Countryfile 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 Helicopter Heroes 14:30 Escape to the Country 15:30 Call the Midwife 16:30 Songs of Praise 17:05 Nigel Slater’s Dish

of the Day 17:35 BBC News 17:50 BBC London News 18:00

Countryfile Countryfile is deep in Gloucestershire exploring some woodland treasures.

Julia Bradbury is at the National Arboretum in Westonbirt.

19:00 Strictly Come Dancing 19:40 Antiques Roadshow 20:40 Rome’s Lost Empire Dan Snow attempts to use the latest satellite technology to reveal the secrets of the Roman Empire.

Together with space archaeologist Sarah Parcak, Dan sets out to identify and then track down lost cities, amphitheatres and forts.

22:00 BBC News 22:15 BBC London News 22:25 Match of the

Day 2 23:35 The Graham

Norton Show 00:20 Annapolis 01:55 Weatherview 02:00 Film 2012 02:30 Holby City

06:00 Tikkabilla 06:30 Balamory 06:50 Charlie and Lola 07:05 Cloudbabies 07:15 Everything’s Rosie 07:25 Bob the Builder:

Ready, Steady, Build!

07:35 Chuggington 07:45 Octonauts 08:00 Tilly and Friends 08:10 Woolly and Tig 08:15 Mike the Knight 08:30 Timmy Time 08:40 Tweenies 09:00 Baby Jake 09:10 ZingZillas 09:25 Mr Bloom’s Nursery 09:45 Something Special 10:00 Saturday Kitchen

Best Bites 11:30 Nigella’s

Christmas Kitchen 12:00 Athletics 13:45 Animal Park 14:15 Snooker: UK Championships 18:00 18:20

Flog It! Fawlty Towers When Basil organises a party to celebrate his wedding anniversary, he insists on keeping it a secret from Sybil, pretending instead that he has forgotten the date.

19:00 The Cockleshell Heroes Wartime drama which showcases incredible bravery, based on a true story. A small group of Royal Marines carry out a covert canoe raid on the docks of Bordeaux during World War II. 20:00 Snooker: UK Championships 23:00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks 23:30 Keeping Up with

the Steins 00:50 BBC News

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06:00 Engie Benjy 06:10 Babar and the

Adventures of Badou 06:25 Babar and the

Adventures of Badou 06:35 Signed Stories 06:45 Canimals 07:00 Fleabag Monkeyface 07:15 Fleabag Monkeyface 07:25 Almost Naked Animals 07:35 Almost Naked Animals 07:50 Almost Naked Animals 08:00 Big Time Rush 08:30 Fort Boyard 09:25 There’s No Taste

Like Home 10:25 Dinner Date 11:25 Dickinson’s Real Deal 12:25 ITV News 12:30 Carry on Up the Jungle 14:15 The X Factor 16:15 Midsomer Murders 18:15 London Tonight 18:25 ITV News and Weather 18:40 Celebrity Who

Wants to be a Millionaire?

19:40 The X Factor

Results Show 21:40 Rod Stewart’s Christmas Returning to his beloved Scotland, music legend Rod Stewart performs a selection of his favourite Christmas songs from the magnificent setting of Stirling Castle.

22:55 ITV News and Weather 23:15 Nutty Professor II:

The Klumps 01:05 The Store 02:55 Motorsport UK

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06:00 Sali Mali 06:05 The Treacle People 06:15 The Hoobs 07:10 The Great Ethiopian Run 08:05 Will and Grace 08:30 Frasier 09:30 Sunday Brunch 12:05 The Big Bang Theory 13:05 The Simpsons 13:40 Hugh’s 3 Good Things 14:10 Hugh’s 3 Good Things 14:45 Hugh’s 3 Good Things 15:20 Hugh’s 3 Good Things 15:55 Hugh’s 3 Good Things 16:25 Deal or No Deal 17:20 Elf 19:20 Channel 4 News 19:50 4thought.tv 19:55 The Political Slot 20:00 How the Bismarck

Sank Hms Hood The ‘mighty’ Hood was the pride of the British Navy for more than 20 years, revered around the world as the largest and most powerful warship afloat.

21:00 Homeland When Saul catches up with an old friend, he discovers evidence of covert activities by Estes.

22:00 Peep Show 22:30 G.I. Joe: The Rise

of Cobra When a devastatingly powerful new weapons system, designed by James McCullen, is attacked in transit by the evil Baroness.

00:45 American Football Live 05:40 Make Do and Mend

06:00 Children’s TV 09:15 Toby’s Travelling Circus 09:30 Roary the Racing Car 09:45 Jelly Jamm 10:00 Power Rangers:

Super Samurai 10:35 ThunderCats 11:10 Meals in Moments 11:20 Highland Emergency 11:50 Jack Frost 13:45 Grounded 15:30 Superman III 18:05 5 News Weekend 18:10 The Dirty Dozen Blockbusting war drama about a motley crew of death-row criminals who get the chance to redeem themselves in action in World War II. 21:00 The Expendables 23:05 Full Metal Jacket 01:25 Super Casino

06:00 Emmerdale Omnibus 08:25 Coronation Street Omnibus 10:55 The X Factor 13:00 The Xtra Factor 14:15 All Star Family Fortunes 15:00 The Little Vampire 16:55 Uncle Buck 18:55 Hulk Comic-book action adventure. When an experiment goes wrong, a geneticist is accidentally exposed to radiation, causing him to transform into a powerful giant green brute when placed under emotional stress.

21:40 The Xtra Factor 23:00 Hot Fuzz 01:25 Celebrity Juice 02:05 The Vampire Diaries

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06:00 Flowers Uncut 06:25 Flowers Uncut 06:45 Cadfael 08:25 Heartbeat 09:25 Heartbeat 10:25 Foyle’s War 12:30 The Darling Buds

of May 13:40 The Darling Buds

of May 14:50 The Nun’s Story 17:50 The Return of

Sherlock Holmes

Top Gear Jeremy Clarkson celebrates the 50th birthday of the Jaguar E-type by driving a modern, half a million pound interpretation of this classic sports car before putting on a typically low key birthday party involving live music.

20:00 The Premier

League’s Most Amazing Moments 21:00 Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents 22:00 Him and Her 22:30 American Dad! 23:15 Family Guy 00:00 Some Girls 00:30 Him and Her 01:00 Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents

19:00

Lewis On Halloween night, a university friend of pathologist Laura Hobson is found staked through the heart.

21:00 Midsomer Murders 23:00 Ghostboat 00:30 Maigret 01:30 Wycliffe 02:45 The Return of

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Monday - TV 06:00 Breakfast 09:15 Heir Hunters 10:00 Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 You’ve Been Scammed 11:30 Cash in the Attic 12:15 Bargain Hunt 13:00 BBC News at One 13:30 BBC London News 13:45 Doctors 14:15 Escape to the Country 15:00 BBC News 15:05 School for Stars 2 15:35 Dennis and Gnasher 15:45 The League of

Super Evil 16:00 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated 16:30 Pet School 17:00 Newsround 17:15 Pointless 18:00 BBC News at Six 18:30 BBC London News 19:00 The One Show 19:30 Inside Out 20:00 EastEnders Still struggling to contain his suspicions about Kat following his shock discovery last week, Alfie decides to confront his fears head on. Phil and Sharon are thrown into a panic when they realise Lola has disappeared.

20:30 Panorama 21:00 New Tricks 22:00 BBC News at Ten 22:25 BBC London News 22:35 Have I Got a Bit

More News for You 23:20 Hart’s War 01:20 Weatherview 01:25 Richard Hammond’s

Miracles of Nature 02:25 Dara O Briain’s

Science Club

06:00 Children’s TV 07:25 Bob the Builder:

Project Build It 07:35 Chuggington 07:45 Octonauts 08:00 Tilly and Friends 08:10 Woolly and Tig 08:15 Mike the Knight 08:30 Timmy Time 08:40 Tweenies 09:00 Numtums 09:05 Abadas 09:15 Alphablocks 09:20 The Rhyme Rocket 09:35 The Lingo Show 09:45 Something

Special: We’re All Friends 10:05 Show Me Show Me 10:35 Let’s Play 10:55 I Can Cook on the Go 11:10 Mister Maker

Comes to Town 11:30 BBC World News 12:00 The Daily Politics 13:00 Royal Upstairs Downstairs 13:30 To Buy or Not to Buy 14:15 The Weakest Link 15:00 Real Rescues 15:45 Flog It! 16:30 Breakaway 17:15 Put Your Money

Where Your

Mouth Is 18:00 Celebrity Eggheads 18:30 Strictly Come

Dancing: It Takes Two 19:00 Hairy Bakers’

Christmas Special 20:00 University Challenge 20:30 MasterChef: The Professionals 21:00 Inside Claridge’s 22:00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks 22:30 Newsnight 23:20 Westminster Abbey 00:20 BBC News

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06:00 Daybreak 08:30 Lorraine 09:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 10:30 This Morning 11:25 ITV News 11:30 This Morning 12:30 Let’s Do Christmas

With Gino and Mel 13:30 ITV News and Weather 14:00 Storage Hoarders 15:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00 Britain’s Best Bakery 17:00 The Chase 18:00 London Tonight 18:30 ITV News and Weather 19:00 Emmerdale Edna is financially and emotionally devastated by a heartbreaking diagnosis. Gennie is taken aback when Katie confides her true feelings about Declan.

19:30 Coronation Street An unexpected arrival disrupts Nick and Leanne’s wedding plans. Kylie and Tommy jump to conclusions. Tyrone’s filled with dread when Kirsty plans a night out.

20:00 Little England 20:30 Coronation Street Peter’s suggestion pushes Carla to hit the bottle. Leanne’s thrilled when Nick announces the wedding is back on.

Rita stands by her man.

21:00 The Poison Tree 22:00 ITV News at Ten

and Weather 22:35 Mercury Rising 00:35 Jackpot247 03:00 UEFA Champions

League Weekly

06:05 Sali Mali 06:10 The Hoobs 07:00 Freshly Squeezed 07:30 According to Jim 07:55 Everybody Loves Raymond 08:25 Everybody Loves Raymond 08:55 Frasier 09:25 Frasier 09:55 Come Dine with Me 10:30 Come Dine with Me 11:00 Come Dine with Me 11:30 Come Dine with Me 12:00 Channel 4 News 12:05 Kirstie’s Handmade Treasures 12:20 Major Dundee 14:40 Countdown 15:30 1001 Things You

Should Know 16:00 Deal or No Deal 17:00 Come Dine with Me 17:30 Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 18:00

The Simpsons Expect political incorrectness aplenty in this socially aware closer to season 20. Prejudices are stirred when Springfield is swamped by Norwegian immigrants.

18:30 Hollyoaks 19:00 Channel 4 News 19:55 4thought.tv 20:00 Dispatches 20:30 Stephen Fry: Gadget Man 21:00 The Real Man’s

Road Trip: Sean

and Jon Go West 22:00 8 Out of 10 Cats 22:50 Full English 23:25 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 00:30 The Good Wife

The Poison Tree ITV 1 - 21:00 - 22:00 Based on the dark and captivating novel by Erin Kelly, THE POISON TREE is a drama of human desires, betrayal and deception. The 2 x 60 minute episodes have been written by Emilia di Girolamo (EastEnders,Law & Order UK) and directed by Marek Losey.

Karen Clarke (MyAnna Buring) has spent twelve years waiting for her partner Rex (Matthew Goode) to be released from prison. Now he is free, she is looking forward to settling down to normal family life in their remote seaside cottage with their 11 year old daughter Alice (Hebe Johnson). But then Karen starts to receive silent phone calls and

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anonymous text messages and she can’t shake the feeling that she and her family are constantly being watched. It seems that despite her best efforts to keep their past a secret, someone somewhere knows the truth about what she and Rex did.

Flash backs to the long, hot summer of 1999, when Karen was a student and first met Rex and his impossibly glamorous sister Biba (Ophelia Lovibond), gradually reveal Karen, Rex and Biba’s shared history in the crumbling Highgate mansion that they share – their intense, almost incestuous relationships, and the hedonistic party lifestyle that culminates in the tragic events that leave two people dead.

06:00 Children’s TV 09:15 The Wright Stuff 11:10 The Removal Men 12:10 5 News Lunchtime 12:15 Build a New Life in

the Country 13:15 Home and Away 13:45 Neighbours 14:15 CSI: NY 15:10 Boyfriend for Christmas 17:00 5 News at 5 17:30 Neighbours 18:00

Home and Away Heath and Bianca react to Rocco’s death in very different ways.

Casey realises that he has to find Kyle.

18:30 5 News 19:00 North Pole Ice Airport 20:00 The All New Gadget Show 21:00 Mr. & Mrs. Smith 23:25 Catwoman

19:00

Junior Doctors One Year Check Up. One year on and about to start new placements, the Junior Doctors from BBC Three’s hit series look back at the past twelve months.

20:00 Don’t Tell the Bride 21:00 Snog, Marry, Avoid?

22:00 Russell Howard’s Good News 22:30 EastEnders 23:00 Family Guy 23:45 American Dad! 00:10 American Dad! 00:30 Snog, Marry, Avoid?

01:25 Inside the Body Beautiful 02:25 Russell Howard’s Good News 02:55 Don’t Tell the Bride

06:00 Emmerdale 06:25 Coronation Street 06:50 Coronation Street 07:20 The Jeremy Kyle

Show US 08:10 Judge Judy 08:35 The Real

Housewives of DC 09:30 The Real

Housewives of DC 10:30 Judge Judy 11:00 Judge Judy 11:30 Judge Judy 12:00 Emmerdale 12:30 Coronation Street 13:00 Coronation Street 13:30 The Jeremy Kyle Show 15:40 The Real

Housewives of DC 17:30 Judge Judy 18:00 The X Factor 20:00 The Xtra Factor 21:00 The Vampire Diaries 22:00 Wanted 00:10 The Xtra Factor 01:10 Coronation Street

06:00 Heartbeat 06:55 The Royal 07:55 Upstairs, Downstairs 09:00 The Store 10:00 Man About the House 10:35 Monk 11:35 Kavanagh Q.C. 13:05 Heartbeat 14:05 The Royal 15:10 Murder, She Wrote 16:15 Barbara 16:45 Duty Free 17:15 Man About the House 17:50 Heartbeat 18:55 Murder, She Wrote 19:55 The Memoirs of

Sherlock Holmes 21:00 Supersleuths 22:00 Scott and Bailey 23:00 Law and Order: UK 00:00 Bomb Girls 01:00 NUMB3RS 01:50 Drama Trails

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06:00 Breakfast 09:15 Heir Hunters 10:00 Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 You’ve Been Scammed 11:30 Cash in the Attic 12:15 Bargain Hunt 13:00 BBC News at One 13:30 BBC London News 13:45 Doctors 14:15 Escape to the Country 15:00 BBC News 15:05 School for Stars 2 15:35 Dennis and Gnasher 15:45 The League of

Super Evil 16:00 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated 16:30 Pet School 17:00 Newsround 17:15 Pointless 18:00 18:30 19:00 19:30

BBC News at Six BBC London News The One Show EastEnders It is Alfie’s big night as he prepares to switch on Walford’s Christmas lights. Yet with his paranoia about Kat escalating, he turns to Michael for advice.

20:00 Holby City The atmosphere is strained between Ric and Lilah because of their kiss. When Imelda gets involved, she only serves to antagonise an already fragile situation.

21:00 Last Tango in Halifax 22:00 BBC News at Ten 22:25 BBC London News 22:35 Imagine...

23:50 A Simple Plan 01:45 Weatherview 01:50 Vikings 02:50 Natural World

06:00 Children’s TV 07:25 Bob the Builder:

Project Build It 07:35 Chuggington 07:45 Octonauts 08:00 Tilly and Friends 08:10 Woolly and Tig 08:15 Mike the Knight 08:30 Timmy Time 08:40 Tweenies 09:00 Numtums 09:05 Abadas 09:15 Alphablocks 09:20 The Rhyme Rocket 09:35 The Lingo Show 09:45 Something

Special: We’re All Friends 10:05 Show Me Show Me 10:35 Let’s Play 10:55 I Can Cook on the Go 11:10 Mister Maker

Comes to Town 11:30 BBC World News 12:00 The Daily Politics 13:00 Royal Upstairs Downstairs 13:30 To Buy or Not to Buy 14:15 The Weakest Link 15:00 Real Rescues 15:45 Flog It! 16:30 Breakaway 17:15 Put Your Money

Where Your

Mouth Is 18:00 Celebrity Eggheads 18:30 Strictly Come

Dancing: It Takes Two 19:00 Lorraine’s Last

Minute Christmas 20:00 MasterChef: The Professionals 21:00 Cuba with Simon Reeve 22:00 The Sarah Millican Television Programme 22:30 Newsnight 23:20 Inside Claridge’s 00:20 BBC News

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08:30 Lorraine 09:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 10:30 This Morning 11:25 ITV News 11:30 This Morning 12:30 Let’s Do Christmas

with Gino and Mel 13:30 ITV News 14:00 Storage Hoarders 15:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00 Britain’s Best Bakery 17:00 The Chase 18:00 London Tonight 18:30 ITV News 19:00 Emmerdale Megan confides in Robbie her plan to get what she is owed by Declan.

Edna goes to worrying lengths to cover the cost of treatment. Gennie is hurt when Debbie refuses her olive branch.

19:30 The Martin Lewis

Money Show 20:00 Inside Guinness

World Records First of a two-part journey across the globe, meeting the extraordinary people who can call themselves Guinness World Record holders. From Chandra Dangi, the world’s new smallest man, to Sultan Kosen, the tallest.

21:00 On the Run A special investigation by Nicky Campbell and former police detective Mark Williams-Thomas to see just how wanted criminals evade the police.

22:00 ITV News at Ten 22:35 100 Years of the

Royal Variety Performance

06:10 The Hoobs 06:35 The Hoobs 07:00 Freshly Squeezed 07:30 According to Jim 07:55 Everybody Loves Raymond 08:25 Everybody Loves Raymond 08:55 Frasier 09:25 Frasier 09:55 Come Dine with Me 10:25 Come Dine with Me 11:00 Come Dine with Me 11:30 Come Dine with Me 12:00 Come Dine with Me 12:30 Channel 4 News 12:35 Kirstie’s Handmade Treasures 12:50 Went The Day Well?

14:40 Countdown 15:30 1001 Things You

Should Know 16:00 Deal or No Deal 17:00 Come Dine with Me 17:30 Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 18:00 The Simpsons 18:30 Hollyoaks 19:00 Channel 4 News 19:55 4thought.tv 20:00 Is Our Weather Getting Worse?

21:00 Heston’s

Fantastical Food 22:00 Ramsay’s Kitchen

Nightmares USA 23:05 Homeland 00:10 Pokerstars.Co.UK

and Monte-Carlo

Casino Ept Grand Final 01:10 KOTV Boxing Weekly 01:40 Sailing 02:05 Beach Volleyball 03:00 The Great Ethiopian Run 05:15 Deal or No Deal

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06:00 Children’s TV 09:00 Tickety Toc 09:15 The Wright Stuff 11:10 The Removal Men 12:10 5 News Lunchtime 12:15 Build a New Life in

the Country 13:15 Home and Away 13:45 Neighbours 14:15 CSI: NY 15:15 Mr. St. Nick 17:00 5 News at 5 17:30 Neighbours 18:00 Home and Away 18:30 5 News 19:00 Highland Emergency 19:30 Highland Emergency 20:00 Murder Files: The

Sketchbook Killer 21:00 Body of Proof 22:00 CSI: NY 22:55 CSI: NY 23:55 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 00:50 Super Casino

19:00 All New Celebrity

Total Wipeout 20:00 Snog, Marry, Avoid?

In the climax to POD’s work over the last year, fakery and natural beauty go head to head in the first ever Snog Marry Avoid beauty pageant.

21:00 Don’t Tell the Bride The most put-upon brides from series six are given the chance to seek revenge on their hapless grooms.

22:00 Some Girls 22:30 EastEnders 23:00 Family Guy 23:45 American Dad! 00:30 Some Girls 01:00 Don’t Tell the Bride 02:00 Him and Her

06:00 Emmerdale 06:25 Coronation Street 07:20 The Jeremy Kyle

Show US 08:10 Judge Judy 08:35 The Real

Housewives of DC 09:30 The Real

Housewives of DC 10:30 Judge Judy 12:00 Emmerdale 12:30 Coronation Street 13:30 The Jeremy Kyle Show 15:40 The Real

Housewives of DC 17:30 Judge Judy 18:00 The Jeremy Kyle

Show US 19:00 You’ve Been Framed!

20:00 The Xtra Factor 21:00 Sleepy Hollow 23:05 Celebrity Juice 23:50 Keith Lemon’s Very Brilliant

World Tour 00:20 The X Factor

06:00 Heartbeat 06:55 The Royal 07:55 Upstairs, Downstairs 09:00 The Store 10:00 Man About the House 10:35 Monk 11:35 Kavanagh Q.C. 13:15 Heartbeat 14:15 The Royal 15:15 Murder, She Wrote 16:20 Barbara 16:50 Duty Free 17:20 Man About the House 18:00 Heartbeat 19:00 Murder, She Wrote 20:00 Midsomer Murders 22:00 Trial and Retribution 23:35 Law and Order: UK 00:40 NUMB3RS 01:30 Flowers Uncut

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Wednesday - TV 06:00 Breakfast 09:15 Heir Hunters 10:00 Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 You’ve Been Scammed 11:30 Cash in the Attic 12:15 Bargain Hunt 13:00 BBC News at One 13:45 Doctors 14:15 Escape to the Country 15:00 BBC News 15:05 School for Stars 2 15:35 Dennis and Gnasher 15:45 The League of

Super Evil 16:00 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated 16:30 Pet School 17:00 Newsround 17:15 Pointless 18:00 18:30 19:00 20:00

BBC News at Six BBC London News The One Show Miniature Britain Biologist George McGavin goes on a journey around the British Isles to show us the extraordinary little things that are vital to our land.

With a revolutionary new microscope camera seven thousand times more powerful than the human eye , George reveals the surprising beauty of Britain close-up.

21:00 Traffic Cops 22:00 BBC News at Ten 22:25 BBC London News 22:35 The National Lottery

Wednesday Night Draws 22:45 Film 2012 23:15 The League Cup Show 00:00 Heist 01:40 Weatherview 01:45 See Hear 02:15 DIY SOS

06:00 Tikkabilla 06:30 Balamory 06:50 Charlie and Lola 07:05 Cloudbabies 07:15 Everything’s Rosie 07:25 Bob the Builder:

Project Build It 07:35 Chuggington 07:45 Octonauts 08:00 Tilly and Friends 08:10 Woolly and Tig 08:15 Mike the Knight 08:30 Timmy Time 08:40 Tweenies 09:00 Numtums 09:05 Abadas 09:15 Alphablocks 09:20 The Rhyme Rocket 09:35 The Lingo Show 09:45 Something

Special: We’re All Friends 10:05 Show Me Show Me 10:35 Let’s Play 10:55 I Can Cook on the Go 11:10 Mister Maker

Comes to Town 11:30 The Daily Politics 13:00 See Hear 13:30 To Buy or Not to Buy 14:15 The Weakest Link 15:00 Real Rescues 15:45 Flog It! 16:30 Breakaway 17:15 Put Your Money

Where Your

Mouth Is 18:00 Celebrity Eggheads 18:30 Strictly Come

Dancing: It Takes Two 19:00 Hairy Bikers

Christmas Party 20:00 MasterChef: The Professionals 21:00 The Hour 22:00 The Culture Show 22:30 Newsnight 23:20 Great Continental

Railway Journeys 00:20 BBC News

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06:00 Daybreak 08:30 Lorraine 09:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 10:30 This Morning 11:25 ITV News 11:30 This Morning 12:30 Let’s Do Christmas

with Gino and Mel 13:30 ITV News and Weather 14:00 Storage Hoarders 15:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00 Britain’s Best Bakery 17:00 The Chase 18:00 London Tonight 18:30 ITV News and Weather 19:00 Emmerdale The Dingles celebrate as Sarah returns home from hospital. Gennie is delighted when Nikhil helps end hostilities with Debbie. David is gutted that Priya breaks up with him for Jacob’s sake.

19:30 Coronation Street Carla and Leanne fight it out. Dennis resigns when Brian sides with Steve.

Stella goes on a blind date.

20:00 Weight Loss Ward One of the UK’s biggest and busiest obesity units opens its doors to allow an exclusive insight into the battle with the bulge.

21:00 The Town The Nicholas family is struggling financially, so Mark gets temp work at the council.

22:00 ITV News at Ten

and Weather 22:35 The Fugitive 01:00 Jackpot247 03:00 Columbo

06:10 The Hoobs 07:00 Freshly Squeezed 07:30 According to Jim 07:55 Everybody Loves Raymond 08:25 Everybody Loves Raymond 08:55 Frasier 09:25 Frasier 09:55 Come Dine with Me 10:30 Come Dine with Me 11:00 Come Dine with Me 11:30 Come Dine with Me 12:00 Come Dine with Me 12:30 Channel 4 News 12:35 Superscrimpers:

Waste Not, Want Not 13:05 The Tall T 14:40 Countdown 15:30 1001 Things You

Should Know 16:00 Deal or No Deal 17:00 Come Dine with Me 17:30 Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 18:00

The Simpsons While signing books at a book fair, Krusty discovers that he has a daughter named Sophie as a result from a one night stand during the Gulf War. 18:30 Hollyoaks 19:00 Channel 4 News 19:55 4thought.tv 20:00 Sarah Beeny’s

Selling Houses 21:00 British Comedy

Awards 2012 23:05 Micky Flanagan’s

Out Out Tour 00:10 Abbey Road

Studios: In Session

with VW Beetle 00:40 Mr Jack’s Birthday 00:55 The Killers 01:20 Angel 01:35 Spotlight

06:00 Children’s TV 08:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 09:00 Tickety Toc 09:15 The Wright Stuff 11:10 The Removal Men 12:10 5 News Lunchtime 12:15 Build a New Life in

the Country 13:15 Home and Away 13:45 Neighbours 14:15 Shark 15:15 Hitched for the Holidays 17:00 5 News at 5 17:30 Neighbours 18:00 Home and Away 18:30 5 News 19:00 World’s Strongest

Man 2012 20:00 Did We Land on

the Moon?

21:00 Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways 22:00 The Expendables 00:00 The True Story 01:00 Super Casino

19:00 Young Apprentice 20:00 The Chronicles

of Narnia: The

Lion, The Witch

and The Wardrobe An antique wardrobe proves the perfect hiding place for Lucy, the youngest of four Pevensie children evacuated during WWII. But the hideyhole has a secret... it is the entrance to a wintry wonderland.

22:10 Russell Howard’s Good News Extra 22:55 Family Guy 23:40 American Dad! 00:05 American Dad! 00:25 Impractical Jokers 00:55 Snog, Marry, Avoid?

01:55 Don’t Tell the Bride 02:55 Him and Her

06:00 Emmerdale 06:25 Nanny 911 07:20 The Jeremy Kyle

Show US 08:10 Judge Judy 08:35 The Real

Housewives of DC 10:30 Judge Judy 12:00 Emmerdale 12:30 Nanny 911 13:30 The Jeremy Kyle Show 14:35 The Jeremy Kyle Show 15:40 The Real

Housewives of DC 17:30 Judge Judy 18:00 The Jeremy Kyle

Show US 19:00 Gossip Girl 20:00 The Xtra Factor 21:00 Peter Andre: My Life 22:00 Gladiator 01:10 Winners and Losers 02:05 Coronation Street

07:55 Upstairs, Downstairs 09:00 The Store 10:00 Man About the House 10:35 Monk 11:35 Kavanagh Q.C. 13:05 Heartbeat 14:05 The Royal 15:10 Murder, She Wrote 16:15 Barbara 16:40 Duty Free 17:15 Man About the House 17:50 Heartbeat 18:55 Murder, She Wrote 19:55 The Memoirs of

Sherlock Holmes 21:00 The Best of the

Royal Variety Show 22:00 Trial and Retribution 23:35 Law and Order: UK 00:35 Murder, She Wrote

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treasure island tv guide

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06:00 Breakfast 09:15 Heir Hunters 10:00 Homes Under the Hammer 11:00 You’ve Been Scammed 11:30 Cash in the Attic 12:15 Bargain Hunt 13:00 BBC News at One 13:30 BBC London News 13:45 Doctors 14:15 Escape to the Country 15:00 BBC News 15:05 School for Stars 2 15:35 Dennis and Gnasher 15:45 The League of

Super Evil 16:00 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated 16:30 Pet School 17:00 Newsround 17:15 Pointless 18:00 18:30 19:00 19:30

BBC News at Six BBC London News The One Show EastEnders Lola and Phil brace themselves for their day in court as Lexi’s fate hangs in the balance. When Derek lets slip Sharon’s secret, the pressure mounts on Phil as he worries it could jeopardise the whole case.

20:00 Young Apprentice Festival. The six remaining candidates battle it out for a place in the final and the chance to win Lord Sugar’s 25,000 pound investment.

21:00 Britain’s Hidden

Housing Crisis 22:00 BBC News at Ten 22:25 BBC London News 22:35 Question Time 23:35 This Week 00:20 Skiing Weatherview 00:25 Panorama

06:00 Children’s TV 08:00 Tilly and Friends 08:10 Woolly and Tig 08:15 Mike the Knight 08:30 Timmy Time 08:40 Tweenies 09:00 Numtums 09:05 Abadas 09:15 Alphablocks 09:20 The Rhyme Rocket 09:35 The Lingo Show 09:45 Something

Special: We’re All Friends 10:05 Show Me Show Me 10:35 Let’s Play 10:55 I Can Cook on the Go 11:10 Mister Maker

Comes to Town 11:30 BBC World News 12:00 The Daily Politics 13:00 Royal Upstairs Downstairs 13:30 To Buy or Not to Buy 14:15 The Weakest Link 15:00 Real Rescues 15:45 Flog It! 16:30 Breakaway 17:15 Put Your Money

Where Your

Mouth Is 18:00 Celebrity Eggheads 18:30 Strictly Come

Dancing: It Takes Two 19:00 A Perfectly

French Christmas

with Raymond Blanc 20:00 MasterChef: The Professionals 21:00 The Hour 22:00 Rhod Gilbert’s

Work Experience 22:30 Newsnight 23:20 The Boss is Back 23:50 Rolling Stones -Crossfire Hurricane 00:50 The Culture Show 01:20 An Island Parish 01:50 BBC News

13 D e c e m b e r th

06:00 Daybreak 08:30 Lorraine 09:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 10:30 This Morning 11:25 ITV News 11:30 This Morning 12:30 Let’s Do Christmas

with Gino and Mel 13:30 ITV News and Weather 14:00 Storage Hoarders 15:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00 Britain’s Best Bakery 17:00 The Chase 18:00 London Tonight 18:30 ITV News and Weather 19:00 Emmerdale Jai is unable to cover his panic when Rachel is rushed to hospital. Determined to see Chas sent down, Debbie takes matters into her own hands.

19:30 Tonight 20:00 Emmerdale As his son fights for survival, Jai’s anguish turns to anger as he rounds on his family. Charity is concerned for Debbie’s state of mind as she puts her plan into action. Sam and the Spencers rally as Rachel’s son’s life hangs by a thread.

20:30 Coronation Street Simon is left devastated by Peter’s decision. Is romance finally on the cards for Stella?

Dennis decides to fight fire with fire.

21:00 Pensioners Behind Bars 22:00 ITV News at Ten

and Weather 22:35 The River Wild 00:35 Jackpot247

06:10 The Hoobs 06:35 The Hoobs 07:00 Freshly Squeezed 07:30 According to Jim 07:55 Everybody Loves Raymond 08:25 Everybody Loves Raymond 08:55 Frasier 09:25 Frasier 09:55 Come Dine with Me 10:25 Come Dine with Me 11:00 Come Dine with Me 11:30 Come Dine with Me 12:00 Come Dine with Me 12:30 Channel 4 News 12:35 Superscrimpers:

Waste Not, Want Not 13:05 The Bounty Hunter 14:40 Countdown 15:30 1001 Things You

Should Know 16:00 Deal or No Deal 17:30 Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 18:00

The Simpsons To earn money for a new video game console Bart gets a job delivering Thai menus.

18:30 Hollyoaks 19:00 Channel 4 News 19:55 4thought.tv 20:00 Kirstie’s Vintage Home 21:00 Jamie and

Jimmy’s Food

Fight Club 22:00 The 15-Stone Babies 23:05 8 Out of 10 Cats 23:55 Ramsay’s Kitchen

Nightmares USA 00:50 The Aristocrats 01:45 How the Bismarck

Sank Hms Hood 02:40 Time Team 05:25 Countdown

06:00 Children’s TV 08:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 09:00 Tickety Toc 09:15 The Wright Stuff 11:10 Build a New Life in

the Country 12:10 5 News Lunchtime 12:15 Build a New Life in

the Country 13:15 Home and Away 13:45 Neighbours 14:15 Shark 15:15 Annie Claus is

Coming to Town 17:00 5 News at 5 17:30 Neighbours 18:00 Home and Away 18:30 5 News 19:00 Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways 20:00 World’s Strongest

Man 2012 21:00 Cowboy Builders 22:00 Constantine 00:30 Super Casino

19:00 Snog, Marry, Avoid?

20:00 Don’t Tell the Bride 21:00 Russell Howard’s Good News 21:30 Impractical Jokers Hidden camera show where four friends - Joel Dommet, Roisin Conaty, Paul McCaffrey and Marek Larwood - compete to embarrass each another in everyday situations.

22:00 World’s Craziest Fools 22:30 EastEnders 23:00 Family Guy 23:45 American Dad! 00:30 Russell Howard’s Good News 01:00 Impractical Jokers 01:30 World’s Craziest Fools 02:00 Some Girls

06:00 Emmerdale 06:25 Coronation Street 06:55 Life’s Funniest Moments 07:20 The Jeremy Kyle

Show US 08:10 Judge Judy 08:35 The Real

Housewives of DC 10:30 Judge Judy 12:00 Emmerdale 12:30 Coronation Street 13:00 Judge Judy 13:30 The Jeremy Kyle Show 15:40 The Real

Housewives of DC 17:30 Judge Judy 18:00 The Jeremy Kyle

Show US 19:00 The Xtra Factor 20:00 The X Factor USA 22:00 A Celebrity

Juicemas Carol 23:00 Uncle Buck 01:00 Winners and Losers 01:50 Coronation Street

06:00 Heartbeat 06:55 The Royal 07:55 Upstairs, Downstairs 09:00 The Store 10:00 Man About the House 10:35 Monk 11:35 Kavanagh Q.C. 13:05 Heartbeat 14:05 The Royal 15:10 Murder, She Wrote 16:15 Barbara 16:45 Duty Free 17:15 Man About the House 17:50 Heartbeat 18:50 Murder, She Wrote 19:55 The Memoirs of

Sherlock Holmes 21:00 Wycliffe 22:00 Taggart 23:05 Law and Order: UK 00:05 Kavanagh Q.C. 01:40 Flowers Uncut

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1. Hades 5. Waste material 10. Stable morsels 14. Locale 15. Kind of number 16. Farm yield 17. Criminal mastermind 19. Eye drop 20. Domestic animal 21. Go inside 22. Sight or smell 23. Chess term 24. Copy 26. Falcon’s claw 29. Professional speedster 31. Parched 32. Site of Napoleon’s defeat 37. Citrus fruits 39. ____ Francisco 40. Feats 41. San Francisco vehicle (2 wds.)

Sudoku Tanto

Solve a Sudoku Tanto puzzle in the same way as you would solve a standard Sudoku puzzle. The numbers 1 to 9 must appear once in every row, column & box of 9. The difference in a Sudoku Tanto is that the shaded cells show the locations of all the even numbers (2, 4, 6 & 8) An easy one

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The Pub Quiz

COMMOnYMS

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What’s a commonym you ask?

A commonyms is group of words that have a common trait in the three words/ items listed.

For example: the words; A car - A tree - An elephant..

They all have trunks.

These will make you think!

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43. Banana skin 44. ____ Gras (Fat Tuesday) 46. Trunk 47. Endurance 51. Converse 53. Rabbits’ kin 54. Aspen visitor 56. Invite 59. Tiny particle 60. Immaculate ____ 62. Audition tape 63. Lagoon’s boundary 64. Unoccupied 65. Epochs 66. Palm fruits 67. Hand over

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33. Plant again 34. Sly look 35. Poems of praise 36. Norwegian port 38. Truckers’ vehicles 39. Florida city 42. Tuna container 45. Eave hanger 46. Canvas cover 47. Window blind 48. Starchy tuber (sl.)

49. Scent 50. Office notes 52. Shoe parts 55. Tie 56. Staff officer 57. Auctioned off 58. Leg joint 60. Rogue 61. ____-tac-toe

1. A Ball - A Fish - A Cold _________________________________________ 2. A Ball - A Salad - A Coin ________________________________________ 3. A Cork - A Question - A Balloon _________________________________ 4. A Bottle - A Baseball Player - A Mushroom _________________________ 5. A Bell - Mouth - A Shoe ________________________________________ 6. A Tug of War - The Nightly News - A Boat _________________________ 7. Seventeen - Time - People _____________________________________ 8. A Basketball Court - A Highway - A Bowling Alley ___________________ 9. Fog - A Jack - A Body Builder ___________________________________ 10. A Hockey Game - A Restaurant - A Bank _________________________

Word search

Find and circle all of the Earth words that are hidden in the grid. The words may be hidden in any direction.

CONTiNeNT DeSeRT eARTHQuAKe FOReST gOLD gRASS iCeBeRg LAKe LAvA MAgMA MOuNTAiN OCeAN RAiN RiveR ROCK SOiL TRee vOLCANO WATeR WORLD

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Question One: What band asked ‘’Do you really want to hurt me?’’ in 1982?

Question Two: Who made his fortune in the US with nickel-and-dime stores?

Question Three: Which is the fastest of all ball games?

Question Four: How many degrees’ difference is there between zero degrees centigrade and zero degrees kelvin, to the nearest 10 degrees?

Question Five: In the past, carrots were white, purple and yellow, but not orange - true or false?

Question Six: What is unusual about the meat served in steak tartare?

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1. Angelic instrument 2. A Great Lake 3. Pre-Easter period 4. Dally 5. Depleted 6. Moon feature 7. Go by taxi 8. U.S. citizen 9. According to 10. Group of eight 11. Amphitheater 12. Browned bread 13. Shopping frenzy 18. Thin 22. Fathered 23. Cindy Crawford, e.g.

25. Came across 26. Bath powder 27. Diva’s offering 28. Tree branch 30. Prize

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astro-barilina’s twisted horoscopes Aquarius 20 January - 18 February

Something will happen this week that will make you sit up and believe that you are here for a purpose. Then a swift rejection will make you crash to the ground quicker than you could ever hope to regain your confidence again.

Pisces 19 February - 20 March

A week of rest may be all you need for your broken leg to recover. Doctors may be stunned by a random discovery they make whilst examining you. Friends have always tried to convince you of your madness, but never more so will that be true than this coming weekend. All that you are may be called into question today when someone calls you a “Nancy”.

Aries 21 March - 19 April

The partner of your dreams will realise you are unworthy of attention. Stock up on junk food and alcohol. The medical degrees you claim you possess were not worth the 70 euros you paid for them through PayPal. Find yourself someone to settle down with. Don’t be choosy - just pick at random...

Taurus 20 April - 20 May

Show a loved one you care. In the grand scheme of things, this week rates as a 0.001.

Jail sentences between 5 and 10 years may be applicable to your situation at some point of the week.

Gemini 21 May - 21 June

Gibberish may possibly occur to you at some point during the next 12 days as you attempt to do something new, or possibly old. Hoping to find love in a chippy just shows how optimistic you are.

Cancer 22 June - 22 July

A hairy back may trouble you this week, especially if it’s not your hairy back that’s in question. Although danger is never far away, you may have an exhilarating time in the coming days.

Leo 23 July - 22 August

Many of your feelings can be expressed in the form of a haggis. However, you’ll be lucky if you can find anyone who gives a flying hoot, or who actually finds them impressive in any way. Don’t believe anything you read. The media will try to control your life today. Many congratulations!

Virgo 23 August - 22 September

Your ideals are starting to shape the way you’re living, so congratulations. This week will be fraught with exciting wonderment and thrills for at least somebody you know. By agreeing to read this horoscope you may be bringing on yourself several levels of suffering and/or pleasure.

Libra 23 September - 23 October

It may become apparent this week that you are gradually becoming what you always hated.

Phone your family to seek attention, they may tell you to bugger off, but it’s worth a try! The colour blue will give you cause for resentment today.

Scorpio 24 October - 21 November

You have been warned before, so don’t let this week catch you out. You don’t have the right to tell anyone what to do, no matter how much you’ve lived through or how much you earn.

Sagittarius 22 November - 21 December

Love does hide in strange places and could be waiting for you at some of the strangest places you’ve ever heard of. Or it could be hidden in a larder or an allotment, there are some strange things that go on in larders and allotments. Well where I come it does!

Capricorn 22 December - 19 January

During the week things will suddenly seem brighter, more vivid and happier. People you meet will see the difference in you, wondering “Have you had a haircut?” “Facelift?” “Liposuction?”. The truth will be much simpler and more exciting than they could possibly understand. Crazy people have been known to fantasize about people out of their league before committing heinous acts.

Make sure that if you’re going to fantasize that it’s about someone who is as desperate as you before committing those heinous acts.

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Candy Top Loading tumble dryer for sale. 4 years old, hardly used. Can deliver...

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Sammic meat slicer, excellent condition....

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Surround Sound System

Underwater Camera

Townhouse San Isidro Ren

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Year 2002, 170k km. ITV & tax til May 2013. CD/radio, drivers airbag & good tyres all round.

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5 JBL Speakers on Stands 1 ONKYO TX-DS595 Amplifier/Receiver with remote 1 KEF PSW2000 Powered Subwoofer...

Nikonos Underwater Camera and strobe ( to 50 mts), Macro Lens and strobe. Complete with camera bag....

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Kids Bedroom Bunk Set

Beige leather very condition corner sofa, gigantes. Can deliver....

good in los

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Custom seat, very well maintained after every use. Very little us...

Modern 3 bedroom house, with new kitchen, Lounge, Dining area, 2 bathrooms,integral garage with electric door. Full roof terrace, and balcony from lounge, ...

Well presented cafe bar on a complex in the Golf del Sur, low overheads, 2 terraces and a pergola. Photos and more info available....

Childrens bunk beds with built in wardrobe, shelves, large drawers & desk with drawer unit. Mattresses & chair not included. 295€ O.N.O...

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922 850 087

922 736 113

629 014 669

3,800 €

155,000 €

35,000 €

295 €

Bikes

Boat Trailer

Sofas for sale

Portofino coffee machine

Baby Cot

I have a selection of second hand bikes and lots of parts for quick sale...

For Sale I am selling my SBS R4/3500 Boat Trailer.

Full specification can be found at:-ht tp://sbstrailers.com/product_disp lay.asp?m=12&c=7&ProductDis play...

Beige three and two seater sofas. Three seater is a sofabed.

200 euros. Will consider selling separately. Palm Mar. Buyer to collect....

Coffee machine with 2 brew groups, 2 steam arms and boiling water tap. Very good condition....

Pine wooden baby cot, complete with Mattress.

Very good condition. ...

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3,200 €

200 €

1,850 €

35 €

Entertainment Center

More Ketchup than Salsa

BMW 745i 2003 E65

Motor Cycle leathers

Brio Train & Farm Set

Entertainment Center in silver with 2 front glass doors, stands on rollers and plenty of space for DVD or other electronics...big and sturdy enough to pl...

Stuck for a Christmas present?

How about a personally signed copy of More Ketchup than Salsa: Confessions of a Tenerife Barman, direct from the author. €...

BMW 745 (E65) Perfect condition Good leather condition Everything is working ...

For sale a nice Hein Gericke 2 piece motorcycle leathers in blue and white with removeable lining, all zips work free and easy, and no scuffs not sure of t...

Brio wooden train set, tracks, trains, bridges and much more.

ELC wooden farm set. Both VGC make great Xmas gifts...

605 414 052

922 857 002

675 977 555

922 715 171

922 725 655

30 €

15 €

13,200 €

90 €

35 €

Wheelchair

Baby Blue Lobsters

Rent Parking Santiago 2

Range Rover Sport D HSE

Leather relax sofas

Lightweight, foldable wheelchair. Good condition....

we have about 40 baby lobsters for sale, just starting to go blue now, so cant see yet if they are male or female. They are anything from 2 to 3 1/2 cm lon...

For rent parking in parque santiago 2 in center of playa las americas at 90€ month...

Range rover hse 3.6 v8 super full opcional-national -100.000 km-control book--harmann kardonn sound system-dvd-sun roof-connolly leather etc.etc (same new...

All Modulars are 3 and 2 seat sofas with relax option in beige leather. As new for 350€ no transport included. Area of las chafiras. The photo in not the...

622 416 322

664 427 979

653 471 088

653 471 088

693 727 683

150 €

3€

Kawasaki ZX12R Ninja

MG ZS CAR

For Sale Kawasaki ZX12R Ninja, very nice looking bike in metalic black, with silver decor, black screen, the wheels are spayed metalic grey and trancfers o...

2 Litre Diesel. First Reg 2007.

Mileage 24000k. Air Con, half leather seats, low profile tyres.

Price 10,000euro....

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922 857 231

3,000 €

10,000 €

90 €

44,000 €

350 €

Mercedes 560SEL

Motorola

Audi A4 3.0L 2003 year. ITV until 2013 Perfect condition...

Electric windows & seats. Air con. Automatic. leather seats. engine V8 5.6 ltr Lovely car....

Motorola mobile, in original box and as new. tri band, One for the collector! With leather case and car charger etc Tenerife south, Adeje...

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666 248 656

Audi A4 3,0L

7,200 €

5,000 €

11 €

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Mercedes 500 SL Cabrio

Boogy Board/Body board

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Baby carseat/carrier

Mercedes w107 mod. 500sl / like new-perfect-92.000 original km.-automatic-full opcional-29.000€...

Boogy Board to float and enjoy the waves for kids, very light weight and fun to enjoy with "CARS" design....

Detached canarian house 400sqm plot fully rebuilt & modernised.

In cheguergue village just past guia de isora 2 double bedrooms both with ensuite bathrooms...

Chicco rear facing baby carseat/carrier with Auto-Fix base, fixes with adult lap and diagonal strap, carrier can be lifted out easily, leaving base in the ...

Mixed bag of mens golf clubs...

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922 708 204

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175,000 €

30 €

Golf clubs Gents

25 €

FM Perfumes

2 toy houses

Boat-Cabin Cruiser

Children´s Rucksack

Female Room mate

We offer a range of scented products for men, such as Cologne, aftershave lotions, shower gels and deodorant roll-on. With high quality and low price, FM m...

Great value and will make your little one busy for a long time. 7 euros only...

2006 Bayliner Cruiser 245 With private mid-cabin berth and forward V-berth provides sleeping for 4 persons. Head with shower cubicle and sink.

Galley wi...

Toddler's rucksacks, Ben Ten, Princess, Cars, 4 euros each New, ...

Seeking to share my furnished Bungalow in San Eugenio area with a peaceful NONE partying female, bright big windows , perfect lighting for quiet study ti...

605 236 286

617 733 999

922 717 877

620 697 885

605 414 052

15 €

7€

29,995 €

4€

250 €

Behringer ddm 4000 mixer

boots

Table with bar and chess

Miraverde Bungalow

Baby & Toddler Clothes

Behringer ddm 400 new in box.... €325.00, open to offers or part ex... on other studio gear only used and tested in studio for a short while no longer re...

Here are an astonishing pair of new genuine snake skin boots in bronze-brown directly from the Spanish designers. The exterior is of genuine python skin wi...

Table with an inside bar and chess nowadays not on market, from the 1950 years, has to be restaurated high 63cm length 125cm bride 64cm ...

Big bungalow with 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms private parking and extra apartment for guests.

Beautiful garden with fruit trees nice sea view and very quie...

Baby & toddler clothes, shorts, t shirts, long pants, long sleeve tops, boys shoes, girls sandals, socks, dresses, swimwear, sun hats, sun glasses, soft to...

680859315

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922 868 496

690 644 322

620 697 885

toy houses

325 €

various toy houses...

617 733 999

10 €

150 €

130 €

330,000 €

2€

ipad3 bluetooth keyboard

Nails

AMD x2 desktop computer

brand new bluetooth keyboard & case, white...

Nails with zoe, who is available on monday,thursday and friday morning or all day saturday. zoe is cloud nines junior technician and is now doing some bea...

AMD x2, 80gb hdd, 1 gb ram, onboard graphics and sound card, keyboard + mouse included...

Los Girasoles, Fase2, beautiful and extremely spacious, south facing, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom and cloakroom villa, as new, ready to live in.

Totally prepared...

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922 753 286

922176592

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15 €

100 €

Villa 3 Bedrooms

379,000 €

Aquarium 160 ltr

Walking frame

Zeiss icon slide project

Sequin Evening Dress

Cash Register

Juwel aquarium, with cabinet, and all pumps,filters, etc. cost over 500 euros...

Walking frame, with basket, & seat, Plus material cover...

Zeiss icon autofocus slide projector with remote control and slide holders....

STUNNING like new (worn one time), light purple sequin evening dress (size 36) that makes you shine like a STAR, knee length for sale....new 300 euro..ask...

Olivetti ecr 5900 - cash register for sale no longer required ...

922 730 367

922 166 144

632258926

605 414 052

680859315

195 €

150 €

19 €

120 €

50 €

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8,000m2

FOR RENT Commercial unit available in central Las Americas.

Available in part or complete.

Ideal for storage units or private and public parking with licence.

922 790 388

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local Markets Time

Monday Monday

Alcalá Torviscas

9:00 am to 4:00 pm 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Tuesday

Los Abrigos

5:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Wednesday Thursday Friday Friday Saturday Saturday Sunday

Playa San Juan Fañabé Golf del Sur San Isidro Fañabé El Médano Los Cristianos

9:00 am to 2:00 pm 9:00 am to 2:00 pm 9:00 am to 2:00 pm 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm 9:00 am to 2:00 pm 9:00 am to 2:00 pm 9:00 am to 2:00 pm

Markets information numbers: 922 716 867 / 610 464 841

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emergencies Emergency services (all) 112 National Police 091 Local police 092 Ambulance 061 Fire Brigade 080 Guardia Civil 062 Red Cross 922 281 800 Pharmacy 922 282 424 Citizen information 010 Lost property 092 Postal services 902 197 197 International operator 11825 Local operator 11818 Tour operators Cosmos 922 793 802 Thomas Cook 922 757 409 Thomson 922 798 607 TUI 922 777 720

Transport Buses TITSA 922 531 300 The “Bono-Bus” discount card can be purchased from all TITSA stations and terminals and reduces the cost of transport by up to 30% TFS - Tenerife Sur Airport Flight info 902 404 704 Airport info 922 759 000 TFn - Tenerife north Airport Flight info 902 404 704 General info 922 635 800 national Ferry Services Armas 902 456 500 Fred Olsen 922 628 252 Tourist offices Costa Adeje 922 750 633

Solutions to this week’s puzzles

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Silvana Straccia Sir Old Golfer Alan Nichols

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Janet Anscombe Lynne Leadbetter Colin Kirby

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Marc Craig Barry Sparkle Calder Hughes

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Lorna Eade John Sharples Barry Pugh

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Los Cristianos 922 757 137 Las Américas 922 796 668 Multi-lingual police Central office 902 102 112 Call this number and ask for an English operator to make an official report or complaint.

Local police 922 757 006 hospitals 094 Hospital Las Américas, 922 750 022 Centro Médicos Del Sur 922 791 000 Candelaria Hospital 922 602 000 British Consulate 922 286 863 Mon-Fri: 8:30am - 1:30pm

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