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Major boost for Playa Paraiso with 20 million euro scheme

LAYA Paraiso is to receive a major tourism and residential boost in 2016, with a luxury apartment block leading the

way.

The ambitious plan for “Ocean Garden” will transform the present building in calle Aljibe and will begin in the second quarter of this year, Adeje council has revealed. There will be 151 one, two and three bedroom apartments, with the work taking between a year to 18 months to complete. When the sales office opened, 15 were sold within the first five days! Adeje council says Playa Paraiso will see a new lease of life as a result of this and other projectw which include the new Hard Rock Hotel, also a refurbishment. Councillor for urban planning, José María Álvarez Acosta said a tremendous amount of confidence was being shown in Adeje by the construction industry which has kickstarted following the long years of the economic recession. The calle Ajibe building was built some time ago and has long awaited renovation and restoration. Sr. Acosta said the council was intent on doing only the best for Adeje and scrutinised each and every proposal. “Ocean Garden” is promoted by the company Nuevo 2012 SL which is based in the south of Tenerife and plans to invest 20 million euros in the completion of one of the first buildings started in Adeje. Nuevo 2012 SL says the announcement of the Hard Rock Hotel in Playa Paraiso had bouyed their confidence about the future of the municipality of Adeje and acted as “a springboard for investment”. The plot for the new apartment block stands on 7,600 square metres and the apartments range from 60 to 100 and 120 square metres. Most have large terraces with sea views and the ground floor ones have gardens. There will also be a community pool, solarium, gardens and 156 parking places on three underground levels, plus a shop of more than 500 square metres. The sales office is located in the building and has a scale model to show what the completed scene will look like.

Big clear-up after bad weather

tains.

Mount Teide once again HE north of Tenerife once again took the brunt of bad weather which saw heavy rain, plum- became one of the most photographed sites on the meting temperatures and snow on the moun- island as it was covered with

snow. Very pretty it might have been but it caused a lot of traffic problems and access was at times prohibited because of the dangerous conditions. At one stage, weather experts recorded minus 12 degrees on Teide with about four centimetres of snow. The wind was also very strong at up to 129 kilometres an hour in some locations. Firefighters were kept busy with a number of call-outs, mostly fallen trees, flooding and uprooted signs. La Orotava council said there were no serious incidents in the municipality but staff worked throughout the day and night to keep roads open as there were a few small landslides.

Taxi in ravine plunge

HIS the dramatic scene firefighters faced when called out to an accident in Santa Cruz.

A taxi had plunged down a ravine in calle Pedro Suárez Hernández just after 10am and the driver was trapped inside. The vehicle ended up on the rocks in a place very difficult to access and the fire crew had to cut away barriers at the top of the road to help with the rescue of the man and recovery of the vehicle.

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NEW CONTRACT?

Guía confident of “Cueva del Polvo” blackspot solution soon G UÍA de Isora is once again pleading with Tenerife Cabildo to help unlock the construction of the “Cueva del Polvo” footbridge.

The Mayor, Pedro Martín has made the plea to Cabildo president, Carlos Alonso and says it is a “pressing demand” on behalf of local residents. This project was paralysed a few months after its inception in January 2015 because of problems with the company that won the council’s tender. Sr. Martin said it was essential to see the work finished to provide a safe area to cross the road linking Varadero with Cueva del Polvo. He said he had been told by Carlos Alonso that the authority was about to start a new bidding process so that a new contract could be awarded to finish the bridge. He expressed confidence that the work would be completed in the coming months and would apease the great disappointment of local people who could not understand the delay,

describing it as “incomprehensible”. The original agreement to do the work was in December 2013, with the contract being awarded on January 21st, 2015. Guia de Isora council made land available on both sides of the road to build two pedestrian pathways between Varadero and Cueva del Polvo, together with lighting. The project had a total

budget of 497,000 euros, of which 391,000 euros was contributed by the Cabildo and the council 106,000 euros with an implementation time of six months up until July 2015. Part of the work was completed but following delays by the contractor, the council requested termination of the contract but a further delay ensued because the company lodged an appeal.

The project seeks to permanently solve a historical problem of safety at the main entrance of Cueva del Polvo on the edge the TF-47. The road is used by thousands of cars every day but the visibility on exiting the Cueva del Polvo is caused by the curve. Residents have long advocated that an island and crossing is the only solution.

Firemen carry out complicated rescue

IREFIGHTERS were faced with a very difficult task after a fisherman fell and hurt himself on rocks in the north of Tenerife.

They described his rescue as “very complicated” because of the location on a footpath in the Barranco Hondo in Santa Ursula. The special rescue unit was called in to help the man who

landed in a very precarious position on a ledge overlooking the ocean. However, he was successfully stretchered to safety and on to hospital. Police and emergency medics also attended.

New dates for Los Gigantes carnival

OS Gigantes has had to postpone its annual carnival celebrations due to bad weather.

The celebrations were due to take place over the weekend of February 20/21st as well as on Monday, February 22nd. However, organisers took the decision to call it off because of the rain, wind and atrocious coastal conditions. The good news is that the carnival events had been rescheduled and will now take place on March 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th. The council and carnival committee says it hopes people will understand why they took the decision. All the same events will be held.

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ANTI-TOWER CAMPAIGN

FIVE TOPICS

Education El Rincon wins Endesa’s help to lectures in Puerto try and bury electricity lines 20

ROM February 25th until April 28th, Puerto de la Cruz is offering five educational talks under the “family education” programme.

This is a training programme aimed at parents of the municipality on family education which aims to help improve the current relationship of these with respect to their children and also addresses the issues which arise when the husband spends more time away from home for work. The topics include the relationship children have with new technology, indepen-

dence and helping your offspring to study. They are in Spanish. These will be taught by psychologists and engineers working daily with issues of this nature, as well as teachers and expert advisors on issues of social equality, political and opportunity. Councillor for education. Diana Morá said the talks were free and they anticipated a large turnout.

British man killed in road accident

41-year-old British man has been killed in a road accident in Fuerteventura.

It is understood he was hit by a car or several vehicles as he walked along a road from the airport. The tragedy happened at 11.40pm on February 27th so it was dark at the time. The 1-1-2 emergency service said it had received several calls from motorists reporting the accident and that the man had been hit and was not moving. Medics went to the scene but could only confirm his death due to the severity of the injuries he received.

years on

NELCO and Endesa have both promised to work together with La Orotava in the municipality’s bid to eliminate high-voltage towers in the area of El Rincon.

Both have agreed to carry out a survey and will look at ways of burying the lines, which serve Puerto de la Cruz, underground. This action would not be without severe difficulties because of the terrain and the need to have access in the event of any mishaps or loss of power. The Mayor, Francisco Linares recently met with representatives of Unelco and Endesa and said he appreciated their willingness to carry out an immediate study. The call for elimination of the towers is being led by the Consortium of El Rincón which was relaunched in 2014 after 13 years of being dormant. Getting rid of the pylons was one of its first aims because they feel they are a blot of the landscape and in the middle of protected agricultural land. They received the full backing of La Orotava council. The pylons were installed in 1996 at the request of Puerto council as an urgent solution to the power problems the town was experiencing. La Orotava was happy to help on a provisional basis with the understanding that the lines would be buried underground later. However, 20 years later, nothing has been done, mainly due to the complexity of the terrain. El Rincón has a Special Protection Plan since 1999 and will be taking further steps to improve the area, to create jobs and boost the local economy. It will also work to achieve a special irrigation plan for the area, continue to improve access to the beaches and fitness trails. Other objective is the bypass to ensure road safety. The Mayor said he welcomed the positive input of all groups and organisations, as well as the Cabildo. “It’s time to stop the abandonment of this area and encourage their development,” he said.

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Puerto signs Anger as landslides block access three year to important natural tourism site friendship deal with Dusseldorf COMPLAINT LODGED

ENERIFE Cabildo is being urged to carry out immediate rehabilitation works at the Barranco de Ruiz in Los Realejos.

The local council says landslides which have occurred at this natural site of scientific interest are preventing access and

therefore thwarting active tourism. The barranco is alonside the T-42 but the access from Icod de Alto is permanently closed.

The Mayor, Manuel Domínguez says there is a real demand to visit the site from people who like to study the floral and fauna of the islands and for those who love nature and walking. He said a draft plan for action had been drawn up by

the Cabildo in February 2015 so a delay of one year was not acceptable. He stressed, however, that the work needed was not just on restoring the footpath but also attention for the flowers and improved signage. This Site of Scientific Interest is located between the municipalities of Los Realejos and San Juan de la Rambla. It is within a Special Area of Conservation and Special Protection Area and is also recognised by the European Union as a Site of Community importance. Councillor for the environment for Los Realejos, also stressed the vital importance of action “to prevent further deterioration and progressive impoverishment of the botanical wealth”. The Mayor said there a number of people, residents and visitors alike, who realised the importance of this rich environment and had asked the council to do something about the blocked access.

Puerto puts money into children’s education centres

UERTO de la Cruz council is to make investments in children’s education centres, including the Jacaranda infants’ school.

Various projects are contained within the municipal budget to ensure the development of such establishments and their proper functioning. Jacaranda will benefit from extended enrolment to allow admission of children aged between four months and two years as for eleven years, this has not proved possible. A further 2,000 euros has been allocated for dining support and pharmacy. A “Phone Friend” project is also to be introduced which will allow parents to call in and raise any questions they might have related to children at the centres, with particular attention to the psychological and emotional side. This will also provide for the care of a psychologist who will be available to parents and families.

The service will be completely free of charge. The children’s municipal plan will incorporate a budget of 10,000 euros for future projects, such as a dedicated children’s toy library for 60 children a day. Councillor for Social Welfare, Victor Manuel Cabo said the work provided by these centres adds value to the social policies of the council and to help with the needs of residents.

UERTO de la Cruz has agreed to renew and strengthen its ties with its “twin” in Düsseldorf.

A local delegation has just returned from an enjoyable and successful trip to Germany where the official friendship was renewed for the next three years. The representatives made the journey on behalf of Puerto’s Carnival and spent seven days promoting the event in Mönchengladbach, Duisburg and Düsseldorf. The twinning arrangement has lasted for 44 years and a new agreement was signed

during the trip. Both sides pledged to further deepen relations between the two cities, through the exchange of experiences and information not just relating to the carnivals but to traditions and shared interests. The Mayor of Puerto, Lope Afonso said he was sure the arrangement would have positive repercussions and bring more German visitors to Puerto.

Agreement signed over famous Camino

formal agreement has now been signed for Tenerife and Guatemala to jointly study the famous Camino del Hermano Pedro in Granadilla.

A ceremony was held at the Franciscan Convent with representatives from the municipalities of Granadilla and Vilaflor, together with historians and cultural leaders. It is also being signed by the International Centre for Heritage Conservation. The historic route is enjoyed by thousands of people every year and follows the path to Hermano Pedro’s cave. He became Tenerife’s first Saint after starting life as a lowly shepherd but then going on to do lasting charitable work in Guatemala in the 17th century. Granadilla’s councillor for culture, Óscar Delgado Melo said the agreement formally established a bond of collaboration and research between the two sides.

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Action plan to tackle prostitution and street vending issues in Arona

Crazy high heel race sets a record

POLICE CO-ORDINATION

N action plan is being drawn up by Arona council and the local police to tackle various issues in the municipality, incluing street vending and prostitution. New councillor for the police, Carolina Reverón Ramos said she was ver y aware that both parties had a lack of resources but they had to pull together and do the best they could. “ We are talking about issues that directly affect citizens and are a priority for this government,” she pledged. Complaints about prostitution are regularly received, particularly from traders in

areas such as Playa de las Americas. They have consistently asked for action about the presence of prostitutes on the streets, something they feel gives the area a very bad image and should be controlled. In some cases, there have been reports of prostitutes using pimps to approach men and some instances of robberies. Street vending too has been

a source of complaints, including the so-called “lucky men” who constantly approach holiday-makers in bars and restaurants. The new councillor for the police held a first meeting with representatives of the Civil Guard station in Playa de las Americas and the south police station when the various co-ordinated actions were discussed. It was agreed to set up a number of working groups which would deal with the individual problems.

Arona’s Municipal Drug Addiction Plan also came under the spotlight and discussions held about the need for police to continue their work outside schools in the municipality. Schools would continue to meet with representatives of the Plan and soon a Local Safety Board would be set up. “This will enable us to foster co-operation and co-ordination between all the law enforcement bodies,” said Carolina Reverón Ramos.

NE of the most unusual traditions held in Tenerife has notched up a record.

More than 20,000 people gathered in the Plaza del Charco in Puerto de la Cruz for the “Mascarita Ponte Tacón”, a crazy race in which men dressed in drag and wearing outrageously high heels take part in a race. An amazing 443 competitors took part, a record for this event which has now seen 22 editions. The high heels or platforms have to measure at least eight centimetres so it is no easy task tackling the various obstacles but provides a great deal of fun for the crowd!

Santiago del Teide orders more recycling containers

ECOEMBES AGREEMENT

ANTIAGO del Teide has signed an agreement with Ecoembes to give the municipality more collection containers for light packaging, paper and cardboard.

Fourteen containers for selective collection of light packaging will be arriving soon, together with 15 containers for separate collection of paper and cardboard. The council recently signed an agreement with the company Ecoembes (the organisation that cares for the environment through recycling and eco-design of household packaging in Spain). The authority says this will meet an increasing demand in the municipality, especially in the coastal zone, as well as raising awareness about the importance of recycling collection points as close as possible to numerous residential points.

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NORTH BENEFIT

FREE SCHEME

Dental care Pool sessions renewed to under spotlight help breast cancer sufferers for youngsters T HE Spanish Association against Cancer and Los Realejos council have renewed their agreement to provide aquatic therapy for women affected by breast cancer.

Twenty women from the north of the island benefit from this initiative in the municipal pool. The agreement was signed by the Mayor, Manuel Domínguez and AECC provincial president, Juan Julio Fernández. The AECC helps with this initiative by providing grant aid and the Mayor said they were always happy to continue to give their support to the great work carried out by the organisation. Councillor for citizen participation, Sandra Pérez praised the positive nature of the women who were using this therapy. She also stressed the benefits of the therapy and an exercise routine to avoid lymphedema or accumulation of fluid. For more information on these and other initiatives related to the fight against cancer or to help with them, contact can be made with the AECC on 922.27.69.12 or email tenerife@aecc.es.

OUNGSTERS in San Juan de la Rambla are being offered free dental advice as a way of promoting healthy habits for the future.

The campaign was proposed by the Mayoress Fidela Velázquez and will eventually be extended to members of other groups such as pensioners and pregnant women. The new service involves no cost to the children or the local authority as it has been arranged through the NGO “Luis Séiquer Social Orthodontics Foundation” and the San Juan de la Rambla Dental Medical Centre. Around 250 children under

six will benefit with advice and help on improving their oral health and prevention of decay. Other plans include promoting food and hygiene habits, the correct use of fluoride in childhood, constant monitoring of oral health, dental cleaning and so on. Parents or guardians interested should initially make their free appointment for their child at the dental centre in San Jose.

Police praised as long service medals presented

RANADILLA council has paid tribute to the career of 12 officers with the local police force.

The Mayor, Jaime González Cejas and councillor for security, Nicolás Jorge Hernández presided over a ceremony during which long service medals for 35, 30, 25 and 20 years were presented. They went to Manuel Ángel Oramas Morales, Roberto Sánchez Sánchez, Manuel Cabrera Rodríguez, León Noé Delgado González, Isidro Jesús Estévez Alonso, Hilario Cabrera Rodríguez, José Damián Castro Sánchez, Jorge Luis Casanova Garía, Jesús Flores Rodríguez, Pedro Antonio Donate Rodríguez, Francisco Jesús González Luis and Miguel Ángel Cabrera Galindo. The Mayor said it was an honour to have a police force of such strength and experience in Granadilla. “They are the real stars and the cornerstone of service to the population,” he said.

Woman rescued from Masca barranco

IRE crews from Icod de los Vinos and La Orotava, together with volunteers from Ycoden-Daute, were called in to help with a rescue from the barranco in Masca. A 23-year-old woman from the Netherlands was out walking in the popular area when she suffered health problems and fainted. Firemen and police went to the scene and moved the woman to a location where she could be air-lifted by the emergency helicopter. She was taken to the heliport in Adeje and then on to hospital. Her condition was not serious.

BAD HABITS

Beware how you park in La Laguna! Bad parking in La Laguna is by far the biggest traffic violation, new figures have revealed

N total, nearly 20,000 offences were committed during the year and of these 82 per cent related to bad parking.

More than 400 saw motorists wrongly parking in areas allocated only for the disabled and 2,313 fines were for parking across a zebra crossing. A further 2,842 were for parking in hatches allocated for loading and unloading. There were 1,300 violations for parking in a lane or part of a road reserved exclusively for certain service users. Another 3,769 tickets were handed out for parking on the pavement and 977 for crossing a solid yellow line. Users also committed 209 violations when parking the vehicle obstructing traffic, creating danger to others or pose a threat or severely hampering traffic pedestrians, vehicles or animals. Eight drivers were penalised for parking in such a way that other cars could not get out and another nine for choosing a spot which totally obscured traffic wrning signs.

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NEW ARRIVALS

More yellow containers for Los Realejos

Loro Parque gets into the Carnival spirit with German visitors

HIS year, as has already become a tradition, Loro Parque opened its doors to welcome the German carnivals that come from the cities of Dusseldorf, Duisburg, Eschborn, as well as from Neuss and Vechta.

WENTY new yellow containers have arrived in Los Realejos to improve the collection of packaging in the municipality.

They were unloaded by the municipal market but are now being moved to various new locations. It means Los Realejos now has 125 yellown containers which take items such as cans of toiletries and cleaning products, bags, cups, disposable plastic plates and cutlery, carton packaging and so on. The Mayor, Manuel Domínguez said local residents had become increasingly aware of the environment and the need to recycle. The municipality also has containers for paper and cardboard, domestic oil, glass, clothing and footwear and organic waste.

The Prince and Princess in the company of their guards of honour visited Tenerife specifically to participate in these festive days, an encounter that has been taking place for 44 years now. Over 100 representatives of different carnival committees have visited and enjoyed the installation of the park thanks to the

TRADITIONAL WELCOME existing twinning programme between Puerto de la Cruz and the city of Dusseldorf. Thus, it enables such interchanges that promote one of the busiest carnivals in Europe in the Canary Islands. The carnival representatives, all dressed in the characteristic costumes full of sparkle and colour, enjoyed a tour of the park and visited the new exhibitions Aqua Viva, Animal Embassy and the red pandas, as well as the presentation of the magnificent orcas. After a festive lunch, the royal members of the German carnivals have handed out the medals to the visitors of the park, surrounded by the rhythm of the music offered by the carnival music band.

Adeje shows solidarity with Lions organisation SYMBOLIC PLAQUE

HE Mayor of Adeje, José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga, received a delegation of “Lions International” headed by District Governor 116B of the “Lions Club Spain”, Cristóbal Herrero García together with president and area head of Tenerife Sur Lions, Norman Goodall and Prakash Udhawani. The aim of the visit was focused on deepening a link between Adeje and the organisation which aims to provide humanitarian assistance and to promote peace and understanding in the world. The delegation went to Costa Adeje for the unveiling of a commemorative plaque to show the commitment of both parties. “With this symbolic act, we show our commitment to the people, solidarity and understanding. We understand that if we want to build a peaceful world we need help, dialogue and empathy, fundamental values ??in improving the quality of life, “ said the Mayor.

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FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS

EXTENDED HOURS PLEDGE

Library use booming in Granadilla and San Isidro

RANADILLA council is planning to extend the opening hours of its libraries and is encouraging people to use the facilities.

Visitor numbers at Granadilla and San Isidro are already booming but it is hoped extra hours will help those who find the times more convenient. In 2015, the public libraries in the municipality recorded a total of 22,015 users. The facilities are located n the Franciscan convent and the new San Isidro civic space (SIEC). Both recorded increases in terms of the influx of people coming mostly to take out books, use the study rooms or the internet. Of the total number of

visitors, 13,789 corresponded to Granadilla and 8,226 to San Isidro. The highest number of visitors corresponded to book borrowing: 1,953 (Granadilla) and 2,133 (San Isidro). The use of computers and new technologies has also proved a great draw, with a total of 5,760 using the internet at Granadilla and 5,343 in San Isidro. In Granadilla, 5,535 people went there specifically to study and 251 in San Isidro. Councillor for culture, Óscar Delgado Melo said: “We will continue supporting these resources as de-

manded by the population and carry out a fundamental role in the formation of the people.” Granadilla is open 8am to 8pm and from 9am to 2pm on a Saturday whilst San Isidro’s

hours are 9.30am to 1pm and 4pm to 8pm. The council has also announced the imminent completion of the study room in El Medano, adjacent to the the SAC (Citizen’s Service)

PIONEERING SCHEME

American idea adopted by Arona to help the homeless

RONA council wants to follow the example of the United States and other European countries by providing special care for the home-

less.

A meeting recently took place with the organisers behind the home, Casa Bodega which explained how the scheme worked. Arona intends to be the

driving force behind the new scheme for the south of Tenerife and provide rental housing and therapeutic services to the homeless. This is already happening in

Spain. Area councillor, Elena Cabello outlined the plan to a number of guests, including representatives of the Cabildo and other Mayors from the south. The plan will include a study of the needs of homeless people in Arona, estimated at around 100. However, many others are still at risk because of having no job, unsafe housing and so on. Four projects are planned, including an intervention team and temporary housing. The cost is more than 380,000 euros but objectives will be explained to the business community and their help sought. The main strategy, under the banner of Housing First, will be aimed at 15 homeless people, specifically those

Varadero facelift complete but more to come

with mental health conditions, disabilities or addictions who voluntarily decide to take part in the project. The cost, estimated at 150,000 euros, is the same as that of a group home, but less than a hostel and experiments around the world show that is most effective in the short and long term. The initiative seeks to give the person access to rental housing without a time limit where the tenant pays not more than a third of their income. Elena Cabello said the traditional method was to put the homeless person through a series of tests and interviews before they could access permanent housing. This scheme put housing first, hence its name and had been shown to provide a 90 per cent success rate. “Problems can be tackled more effectively if the person has stable housing,” she said. Housing First works on the principle that people make all the decisions that affect them, so that professional teams are there to assist in this process and to help people to implement their decisions. The idea was developed in the 1990s by a psychologist. According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the US, the number of chronically homeless on the streets was reduced by 30% between 2005 and 2007 due directly attributable to the Housing First model.

URTHER work has been pledged to improve the old tourist area of Varadero in the coastal area of Guia de Isora.

The Mayor, Pedro Martín recently toured the area to see the work currently being carried out and was accompanied by Tenerife Cabildo president, Carlos Alonso, together with insular councillor for tourism, Alberto Bernabé and Guia de Isora’s councillor for urbanism and tourist development, José Miguel Mesa. The project, now virtually completed, has involved complete renovation of the pavements, sidewalks, lighting, greenery, management of the car-parks, new street furniture, areas for waste containers and more. Varadero was the first tourist area of the municipality but needed comprehensive updating.

Priority has also been given to pedestrians alongside the beach front because the previous design was considered dangerous, with traffic travelling too fast. The project has received an investment of 1,110,000 euros, of which the council has contributed 660,000 euros (60 per cent) and the Cabildo the other 40 per cent. The Mayor said improvements would continue in the future by creating new green areas, remodelling different streets in Urbanisation Varadero and also connecting the core to Alcalá through a pedestrian walkway along the coast. This work is expected to start in the coming months.

Major work for footpaths

AN Juan de Rambla has embarked on intensive cleaning of its footpath network.

Improvement and cleaning is taking place over the next few weeks and once completed, will be followed up by continous checking. This will be stepped up once the busy tourist season arrives. The local council says more and more people are taking advantage of the lovely walks available in the area as an alternative leisure attraction.

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Puerto budget will be “a more social one” but sting in the tail for Socialists

UERTO de la Cruz is “moving along the path of economic recovery”, the local council has announced.

The authority last week announced a “more social budget” than in previous years. The initial difference between revenues and expenditures shows a surplus of 1,017,719.14 euros, with spending of 31,983,427.50 euros and earnings of 33,001,146.64 euros. The council says it is delighted, given the background of having to comply with the State adjustment plan, especially with regard to the rule of spending, a balanced budget and debt repayment. The budget includes a 20

per cent increase in social welfare, rising from 546,600 euros from last year to almost 658,000 euros planned, allowing the home help allocation to reach 190,000 euros for 80 elderly people. The opening of the nursery school Jacaranda is not only maintained but its scope of services is expanded, facilitating the enrolment of children aged between 12 weeks and three years. Assistance for the Centre of the Third Age also increases, as does emergency aid for families in need. The new budget will also

Little girl saved from drowning

HERE was a terrible scare for the parents of a ittle girl who nearly drowned in a pool in Playa Paraíso.

Fortunately, she was rescued in time and was taken to hospital in a less serious condition. The 1-1-2 service was alerted to the lunch-time emergency and sent police and doctors to the scene in Avenida de Adeje. Rescuers had already pulled the child, about three years of age, from the water. Medics continued to give her health care and she was stabilised before going off to hospital.

Lucky escape for swimmer

HE emergency rescue helicopter and boat were both sent out after a man was seen to be in distress in the sea.

The 41-year-old got into difficulties in the area of Bocacangrejo in El Rosario in the mid-afternoon. The alert prompted a full-scale rescue which also included the police and Civil Guard. He was picked up by the rescue boat and taken back to land where he was then transferred to hospital in Santa Cruz. Barring complications, he was said to have suffered only slight injuries.

enable the opening of two new Social Work Units (UTS) in the neighborhoods of San Antonio and Punta Brava. The municipal budget will also see improvements in the budgets for celebrations, culture and new technology. To this end, it is hoped to incorporate Puerto into the Smart City network. There will also be more money for the services section for maintenance and garden cleaning. Cash will also be guaranteed for the completion of works in calle Tegueste, together with big increases in tourism and culture. There will be more equipment for the Costa Martiánez complex, the full allocation for the Consortium for the

Rehabilitation of Puerto de la Cruz and the allocation of more resources to the development of the cultural strategy of the municipality. The areas of sport and trade will also benefit from an increased contribution. Adoption of the budget has not been without controversy, however. Councillor for economic management, Sandra Rodríguez criticised “the performance of the Socialist Party in the discussion of these budgets”, describing it as “unfortunate”. She said the council technicians had been given a third degree with constant questioning which, they felt, had challenged their professionalism and work.

Adeje pledges to create more jobs and training in 2016

DEJE is to spend one and a half million euros this year on projects which create jobs, despite having one of the lowest unemployment rates at just seven per cent.

Councillor for economic development, Manuel Luis Méndez Martín said they would be aimed specifically at those at risk of social exclusion. “Despite our low unemployment rate, we will not stop working to lower the figures,” he pledged. “There are people who for various reasons are outside the system and we must help them with training so they can join the workforce.” Various projects will be developed during 2016, some financed by the Canary Employment Service and others solely by the council. They will include specific training for 15 young people aged between 16 and 15 to obtain a certificate in the basics of bar and restaurant operations. Another scheme will help 15 unemployed people over the age of 40 with no education to develop their training with the Adeje cleaning company, Ascan-Torrabonaf. At the moment, 60 people are taking a beauty and image course and there will be others in the sectors of the hospitality trade, bakeries, kitchen, bar, cafes. Personalised plans will also be drawn up for 400 people to point them in the right direction and others will help those at risk of social exclusion to integrate with others. These include young people with no previous work experience or education and the long-term unemployed over the age of 45.

Work begins on business centre in Las Galletas and new civic centre takes shape

ORK to create a new business support centre in Las Galletas is to begin in March.

The 480,000 euros project will involve the transformation of the present cultural centre and has a deadline of five months. The services currently provided here will transfer to a new civic centre being constructed in calle Luis Álvarez Cruz. “This centre will be a major boost for business not only in this important commercial

area but throughout the municipality,” said the Mayor of Arona, José Julián Mena. The idea is to support entrepreneurship and encourage job creation in an environment offering many opportunities for development, with all the latest technology at hand to help with this. He pointed out that this was the second major project being carried out in Las Galletas in the coming months and it “will not be the last”.

The budget for the new civic centre is 1.6 million euros and the work is expected to be complete in 2017. The new Business Support Centre will provide SMEs and entrepreneurs with the physical, technological and human resources required for development and classroom training. There will also be a virtual business centre with all the information and services available online to

promote the development of the business of the area covering the cores of Costa del Silencio, Las Galletas and El Fraile. Councillor for economic development, Dácil León said they were also hoping to streamline business administrative procedures. The project is 85 per cent funded by Europe with the rest of the money coming from Arona council and Tenerife Cabildo.

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Oldest tourist area of Guía de Isora gets 1.1m euro modern facelift

Los Realejos welcomes Tenerife dog training club

VARADERO PROJECT

Gaviota from the link with calle Alpispa, right up to the border of the neighbouring municipality of Santiago del Teide in Playa de la Arena. The initiative has trans-

formed the main avenue which connects Varadero with Playa de la Arena with a slower road, giving priority to pedestrians and eliminating architectural barriers such as kerbs. Sr. Mesa said the previous design had been dangerous for pedestrians because of the speed at which cars travelled. The council had spent money in the area before on aspects such as road resurfacing and lights but it had needed a complete design change. Initially, it was thought car parking spaces would be lost but in the end, 60 extra ones had been created. Work began in February 2015 and initially had a lead time of ten months although this went over-schedule by two extra months because of unforeseen difficulties such as in relation to sanitation and rainwater pipes.

OS Realejos has welcomed the Tenerife Agility Club to its new dog training camp.

The facilities are located in Los Príncipes, the former baseball training headquarters. An agreement was reached with the departments of sport and health, led by Benito Dévora and Carolina Toste, who recently visited the site with the Mayor, Manuel Domínguez. The council says it is very aware that the area is used for the May Fiestas including the spectacular firework display on the “Dia de la Cruz” but this has been taken into account. Training will not be allowed during such festivities. The Agility Club of Tenerife has more than 20 partners, of which nearly a dozen are from Los Realejos. It also co-organises different competitions at local, regional and national level. The next event is on February 28th at the club’s new location.

Adeje encourages young people to take up hiking

DEJE council is urging young people in the municipality to take up hiking as a hobby and reap many benefits.

HE tourist area of Varadero between Puerto de Santiago and Playa de la Arena has a brand new look, thanks to a 1.1 million euro renovation project. Guia de Isora council is delighted that the extensive work is now complete after investing 60 per cent in the costs, with the rest coming from Tenerife Cabildo. The roads have been resurfaced, pavements replaced, parking areas rearranged and new street furniture installed. There has also been extensive landscaping and the replacement

of lights with LED. Councillor for urban planning and tourist development, José Miguel Mesa said Varadero had been the first tourist resort of the municipality in the early 80s but had become dated and needed to move with the times. The focus of the project had been to improve and adapt the stretch from Avenida La

Through its youth department, the programme ““Ponte las botas” (“Put on your boots”) is offering a full and varied programme for the rest of 2016. There will be a walk and a visit to a bodega in Tegueste, a trip to Anaga and walking and kayaking in Masca. July will introduce people to the whales and dolphins with a walk in Santiago del Teide whilst in August, there will be stargazing in the Cañadas del Teide. The treks will include a look at Canary traditions, such as stick fighting and jumping and in December, the famous stories of Los Silos will come under the spotlight in Erjos. Local councillor Zebenzui Chinea Linares said the project was introduced some years ago and had proved extremely popular. “We want to offer healthy leisure alternatives among our youth and believe that such initiatives are very suitable and also help socialising with other people with similar hobbies besides having the opportunity to discover places of our islands that otherwise might be unknown,” he explained. The activities are designed to be suitable for those over the age of 16 although younger children may be accepted if accompanied by an adult. As always, they are reminded to wear suitable clothing for all weather conditions and take along sunscreen, water and food. Detailed information is posted on the municipal website www.adeje.es/juventud

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Acción de Sol plans next round of events

FTER the great success of our last event where we asked people to give the dogs a day of fun, we have decided to organise a walk down to the sea with our refuge dogs . Please call or email the refuge to request a small, medium or large dog and to register yourself for the walk. The dogs have a great time and if you are unable to have a dog of your own but would like to volunteer, then please do come and join us and make a dog very happy.

SUMMER CAMP With summer fast approaching, we are planning our summer camp which runs from Monday the 15th - to Friday the 18th of August 2016 8am until 4pm . The age groups are 8-15 year olds. The children will learn about animal care and welfare as well as various excursions, games, and much more. This is a very special and unique opportunity for the children. Please contact us by phone or email for more information and to enrol your

child.

YOUR DONATIONS

Please do call the refuge on 922778630 if you can help in any way. We are always in need of tinned dog food for our older dogs blankets, towels, sheets, dog toys, and collars and leads. If you have any of the above to spare, they would be very much appreciated at the refuge, or visit Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons from 14.00-17.00pm and Saturdays 13.00- 16.00. We are situated directly under the Eolica Parque exit 52 on the TF1 north bound which is after the after the El Medano junction . Head for the giant windmills on the coast and we are the buildings on the right hand side or email the refuge at teneriffa@aktiontier.org or visit our Facebook page ,action tier Acción del SOL.

Cats’ Welfare League Tenerife

HERE are a lot of great reasons to adopt a cat, rather than a kitten. Adopting a cat from Cats Welfare not only supports our work and gives an abandoned cat a home, it will be neutered, given its vaccinations and will also come with a microchip and health book. Apart from all the obvious benefits, do you know there are many health benefits to having a cat? The simple act of stroking a cat for a few minutes has been shown to release “feel good” endorphins in the brain that are excellent for heart health, for instance. Living with a cat from birth actually lowers the risk for developing allergies and strengthens the immune system; this protective benefit increases in homes with both cats and dog. Having a life to care for gives purpose to the day and something to look forward to and having a non-judgemental companion can be a relief for the anxiety prone and disabled. Research also suggests that the purring vibration we all love is actually beneficial to our bodies as well as for the cat’s. The frequency of a cat’s purr is the same frequency that encourages bone and tendon healing in rehabilitative

therapy. Cats are the most popular pets in the world. They’re soft, adorable, affectionate, easygoing companions that are capable of bringing great joy (and health!) into your home. So what are you waiting for? Log onto our website and look at the cats and kittens currently waiting for homes www.catswelfare-tenerife/pets. It’s updated daily so always has the latest availability and all cats go on a weeks trial to make sure they are your “Purfect” companion before you commit. If you would like to know more ring or Whatsapp Theresa on 680475500 (9.00 – 18.00 7 days a week).

Can you spare 1 euro a month? For just 1euro a month you can join our group of “Teamers”. Sign up to this group and just 1euro a month will be donated from your designated account at the beginning of each month. We are hoping

that this small amount will attract more people who may not be in a position to donate more but still want to help our cause. It’s simple to do, secure and only takes a couple of minutes. Please join, it will give us a regular income and mean that we can plan more effectively the work we can commit too each month. http:/ /teaming.net/catswelfaretenerife

Do you have something to donate? We always require old towels and blankets as bedding for the cats and

kittens. We also need pet carriers, pet beds, scratch posts etc (all in good condition please). Plus donations of good condition/quality clothes for our charity shop. If you have anything for donation including as new furniture and household effects ring Mark on 636590557 and he will arrange collection from you. Our shop is on San Blas in Golf del Sur (Behind Hiperdino). It is open 7 days a week 10.00 until 18.00 but Saturdays is 11.00 until 16.00. Pop in for a browse and help us raise much needed funds to continue our work.

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All Saints church news A LL Saints Church is a delightful traditional English Church tucked away in the picturesque Parque Taoro Puerto de la Cruz.

Services are held weekly as follows: Wednesdays:10 am- Service of Holy Communion. Sundays: 9.30am. Traditional Book of Common Prayer. Sundays: 11am Sung Eucharist. There is a Bible Study

Course running at the moment until 16th March on Wednesdays at 11am in the Parsonage entitled “Experiencing patterns of Bible Reading, Study, Discussions and Prayer” using the Lectio Divinia and based on the Sunday Readings. Everybody

ESTA news

FTER our Annual General Meeting, we are now well into rehearsals for our spring show, which will be in the form of a variety show, entitled “ESTA’s Got Talent!” This will take place on Friday 18th and Saturday 19th March, , in the Auditorio El Sauzal, beginning at 8.00pm. As usual we will be running a bus from Puerto de la Cruz. The show will be a mixed bag of music, sketches and comedy, and features several members new to ESTA. We look forward to welcoming you. Looking forwards, we shall be holding one of our popular “Murder Mystery” Dinners in April, at the well-known restaurant Petit Los Angeles in Puerto de la Cruz. We shall be confirming the date shortly, so watch this space. Our last one was a great success, though the murderer would have escaped if the verdict had been left to most of the diners! We also expect to be having a barbecue during the summer months. Due to popular request, our autumn production will be a pantomime in the best traditions of British humour. The actual choice will be made in the next few weeks - “oh yes it will!” We hope to be combining once again with the youth theatre group “Estrellas”, and, as on previous occasions we will be performing a special matinée for schools. For more information on our “ESTA’s Got Talent” show, and our other events, contact either secretary Sheila Perrin on 922 332340 or president Colin Price on 922 572104.

welcome to come along and join with us all. Our next Car Boot is on Saturday March 5th at 11 am in the church grounds. If you haven’t been to one of these you are missing a treat . Lots of stalls to tempt the eye and the purse!, the Bistro will be open selling hot burgers or hot dogs , soup, sandwiches , quiche so plenty of time to sit and have a bite to eat after the frenzy of shopping. Tuesday March 8th in the church grounds at 7pm sees hopefully the start of this year’s season of Inter Quizzes. The first one will be hosted by ESTA. ( English Speaking Theatrical Association ) Come along and pick your wits against our local teams The Gospel Choir hold their rehearsals in the Parsonage on a Thursday evening. For more details contact Rayco on 699649454. On Sunday 13th March there will be a visit by the Right Reverend Bishop David Hamid, Suffragan Bishop of Gibraltar firstly to

celebrate along with us all the Anniversary of 125 years since the first Service was held here in All Saints and also to Rededicate All Saints Church after several months of closure for repairs and renovations. He will also do a dedication of the new church organ which has been donated to All Saints by a member of our Congregation in memory of a loved one. Exciting times ahead for us all at All Saints. Details of the Service time will be in the next issue of Tenerife News. As All Saints Church is currently in an Interregnum our Locum Priest is the Reverend Robin Lee who will be with us until April 13th. Reverend Robin and his wife Anita have spent several months in our sister churches in Tenerife South, and we are now delighted to have them both with us in Tenerife North. Reverend Robin can be contacted at the Parsonage on 922384038 or mobile 609559755

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Dog of the Week – Jude

Look at Jude, she is so gorgeous. This German Shepherd Husky cross is crying out for a home of her own, look how she just wants to cuddle. Please, give her a chance to cuddle you. Call Sue for more information on 629 388102.

Upcoming Events TICKETS SELLING FAST! Come join us on the MustCat the following Saturday the 27th February, sailing from las Galletas port at 10am on a three hour trip out to watch the whales and dolphins. For the heavily discounted price of 25 euros you even get free drinkies... Happy days. Call Sue to reserve your tickets before they all go. GOOD FRIDAY EASTER EGG HUNT! Following on from last year´s success, we are doing it all again. Join us on the Top Square San Blas from 8pm, kids can seek and find Easter Eggs, and there will be a night full of entertainment hosted by Suzy q and Colin Stevens. Come on down and enjoy the night.

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Live Arico Shops – Charity Shop Chic At It´s Best Come and bag a bargain at :San Eugenio, opposite Hotel La Nina, at las Carabelas near Amandas Bar. Open Monday to Saturday 10 to 4pm Los Cristianos, Calle Revron, near Thistle and Dragon Bar and playpark. Open daily 10 to 4pm Golf del Sur, Golf Park, just before the lottery kiosk, open Monday to Friday 10 to 6pm, Saturday 10 to 4pm, Sunday 10:30 to 3:30pm. And don’t forget our first birthday party, details above DON’T THROW THINGS AWAY! Call us on 629 388102, we can sell it to help the dogs.

Dogs of Tierra Blanca

HIS month we are looking for a loving home for Alba

She is an American Staffordshire mix of around 5-6 years old of lovely temperament. She has tons of energy so would need a bit of space or someone who likes walking and the outdoors. She adores water and is great with children and other dogs.

Alba can be found at the Centro de Proteccion Animal de Tierra Blanca. The refuge do not ask for adoption fees, only a donation of food and photos to let them know how the dog is getting on in her new home. Call them on 606 500 171 or for English call Rachel no 629 031 273. The refuge is located off junction 15 of the TF1 motorway by the restaurant Los Chasneros, just 200m above the motorway.

HE Canary Islands have started 2106 with another record-breaking performance when it comes to visitor numbers.

Figures just released show the arrival of 1,117,763 foreign passengers during January, up 8.9 per cent over the same month of 2015. All of the islands, with the exception of La Palma, saw a growth in visitors and tourism chiefs are delighted. It means that during January, according to AENA, the airports authority, there were 83,619 more foreign passengers than the same month a year ago. The Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sports of the Canary Government, Maria Teresa Lorenzo said she was very pleased with the figures which were “fruits of the good work that had been done by the government and the private sector.” It also showed the good momentum of Canary tourism and represented another record. The figures show Tenerife

received 407,701 foreign passengers in Januar y, representing an increase of 8.65 per cent compared to January 2015, with 32,473 more foreign passengers. Gran Canaria received 365,540 foreign passengers in Januar y, representing an increase of 7.51 per cent, with 25,549 foreign passengers over the same month of 2015. Fuerteventura welcomed 157,557 foreign passengers in January, an increase of 14,103 foreign passengers, ie 9.83 per cent more than in the same month of 2015. Lanzarote received 174,269 foreign passengers, which translates into 11,725 ??more passengers than in January last year, an increase of 7.21 per cent. The January figure for La Palma was down but just 1.79 per cent over the same month last year, with 231 foreign fewer passengers.

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Canaries furious at “unjust” Trio arrested bluefin tuna quota and will for theft after watching PIN protest to Brussels number

HE Canary Government has warned it will take its campaign for a greater quota of bluefin tuna catches to Brussels if the call for action is not heeded. The warning was sounded by president, Fernando Clavijo who says their next port of call after Madrid will be the EU. He says the fishing quota given to the Canaries is unjust and that so far, talks have failed to get any response. Sr. Clavijo also warned that all sections of the industry intend to pull together to form a campaign group which will oppose the Royal Decree on fishing quotas. “Clearly the text approved by Madrid is against the spirit of the EU fisheries’ policy,” he said. If necessar y, a legal challenge will be put forward against the Royal Decree, though the first aim is to open up discussions. “If there is no progress, we will not hesitate to denounce,” he warned. The president made his

comments following a meeting with representatives of the fishing industr y in Fuerteventura. They analysed the consequences for the Canary fleet of the quota of bluefin tuna fishing by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment for this year. President of Fuerteventura Cabildo, Marcial Morales said the situation was causing great unrest in the fishing fraternity and also described the quota as “unfair”. Spain’s proposal would give the Canary Islands an extra quota of 40 tons of bluefish tuna which, said Sr. Clavio, was “totally inadequate”. “This amount for the whole of the archìpelago is the same as for just one boat in waters of the peninsula,” he pointed out. For 2016, the total allocation for Spain is 3,534

T tons of bluefin tuna which is 577 tons more than the previous year. Last year, the limit for the Canaries was 100 tons so even an increase to 140 tons would only represent 1.1 per cent of the Spanish total. The Canaries want the whole increase of 577 tons allocated to the Canaries instead to offset the disadvantages it had faced since 2007. Sr. Clavijo also pointed out that the number of boats in the

archipelago had been cut from 247 to 108 which directly affected 1,200 families who lived off the tuna industry. “This not only does not resolve the historic grievance, it multiplies it, “ he said. He also pointed out that the fishing in the Canaries was done by hand at artesan level and was one of the few in the EU which advised they should be given priority. Meetings are to be held with the EU and Spain to try and resolve the claim.

Health legislation at the moment requires all airports having more than eight million passengers to have a permanent medical service. Despite this figure, the Canary Government believes Fuerteventura needs this facility because of its location and busy nature. The official request for reinstatement has been made

by the Ministr y of Public Works and Transport to AENA. It says the new facility, with a medical kit and nurses, in an open area next to arrivals in the terminal building isn’t enough. Since 2011, the airport has got heart machines or defibrillators positioned in six different places.

OURISTS have been urged to be on their guard after three pickpockets used a stolen cash card at a bank in Gran Canaria.

Police say the trio, aged 21, 23 and 37, deliberately pinpointed their victim after standing by her at a cash machine and memorising her pin number. They then followed her to a local market and stole her handbag which contained the cash card. Later, they used this to withdraw 750 euros from her bank. This incident happened in Arguineguín and the Civil Guard says they are aware that gangs of pickpockets are at work in the area, with tourists being their main target. They usually home in on markets or

other locations where there are a lot of people. In this case, CCTV cameras showed how the trio loitered near the woman as she put in her pin. They often use distraction techniques or pretend to want to help you if you are not Spanish and perhaps might not understand the banking system or instructions. The woman was wearing a backpack and her purse was later stolen from this as she walked around a market. The suspects were arrested after police set up surveilance in Puerto de Mogan.

Unique study looks at links Fuerteventura airport calls between for better medical station Lanzarote and Mars

“ INADEQUATE SERVICE”

UERTEVENTURA is calling for reinstating of a proper medical service at the airport because of the great number of people who use it.

The campaign is being led by the Canary Government which has asked the airport authority AENA to intervene as a matter of priority. They regard the present new nursing station as inadequate and say they have

been cases of people being taken ill and dying at the airport since the full medical facility was withdrawn in 2013. During 2015, some five million passengers passed through Fuerteventura airport.

Rescue on La Gomera

N emergency helicopter was called in to rescue a woman who fell whilst out walking in La Gomera.

The 51-year-old German woman suffered a lower leg injur y on the path of the Chipude fortress in Vallehermoso. Because she was unable to walk, rescue crews were called in and she was winched to safety before being taken on to hospital. Her condition was not serious.

GEOTOURISM HELP

ARTS of Lanzarote might well look like an other planet and now the link between the island and Mars is to be officially investigated.

The Cabildo has teamed up with the Institute of Geosciences for a unique and pioneering project which is expected to have implications at regional, national and international level. Experts believe there are any similarities between Lanzarote and Mars from a geological point of view and in-depth studies might even suggest how someone might one day live on the famous

planet. Previous studies have already shown the importance of certain areas in Spain and the Canary Islands. The Cabildo’s councillor for the environment, Echedey Eugenio said the results would help towards geo-tourism and complement the investigations already being carried out by the UNESCO Geopark network, of which Lanzarote is part, and the Chinijo archipelago.

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Sharing the secrets of the caves of light in Gran Canaria

HERE was an unexpected welcome for passengers on board the first Jet2.com flight from Edinburgh to Lanzarote.

Tourism chiefs organised a simple ceremony with traditional refreshments and entertainment. The 189 passengers were greeted by CEO of the Society of External Promotion of Lanzarote, Hector Fernandez and airport director Manuel Vinagre. Jet2.com will operate the route between the capital of Scotland and Lanzarote every Sunday until next June and on Thursdays and Sundays from that month. The route is the seventh operated by Jet2.com to the island, adding to the services from Belfast, East Midlands,

Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle. President of Lanzarote Cabildo, Echedey Eugenio stressed the “enormous importance” of the opening of this new route as it increased the island’s connectivity and allowed it to grow in the strategic UK market which continued to show posiive figures despite its maturity. The airline expects to bring more than 10,000 tourists from Edinburgh during 2016. For Lanzarote as a whole, Jet2.com anticipates a high growth rate of 40 per cent in the passengers it transports.

major project has been unveiled to transform an amazing archaeological discovery in Gran Canaria into a World Heritage site and

major tourist attraction.

The island’s Cabildo is to spend 550,000 euros on the Risco Caido aboriginal sanctuar y which was discovered in the mountains in 1996. It is considered a unique and exceptional archaeological complex that was of religious and astronomical significance to the early

settlers on the island. The troglodyte settlement consists of 29 artificial caves which have carvings and were designed to allow the sunlight to come in at spectacular angles and shines on the various figures, depending on what time of the year. Experts believe this served as a type of astronomical calendar.

Vital cash aid for Canary honey producers

RODUCERS of black bee honey in the Canary Islands have won financial aid from the Canary Government through the EU.

The European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) has forwarded 540,000 euros in aid to the Canary Government. The money will benefit a total of 1,097 beekeepers. The black bee or “abeja negra” is a native breed to the Canary Islands. The aid comes under the Community Support Programme for Canary Agricultural Production for 2015 but the funds have only now been released. The grants will go to 20 associations of beekeepers and cover 32,999 hives, of which 10,014 are located in the province of Las Palmas and 22,985 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The honey produced in the Canaries has various varieties with unique aroma and flavours. Particularly prized is the honey called “Retama del Teide”, made from the nectar of endemic species found in the area of the National Park of Las Canadas del Teide. Tenerife is the only island which counts on a European Protected Designation of Origin seal for its honey.

One of the biggest caves has 77 pictures and a floor with cups constructed in it and there is still tar on the walls, the residue of burning torches. The Risco Caído has now been nominated to become a World Heritage site and the Cabildo wants to do all it can to win the designation, as well as unveiling its secrets to more people. It is hoped to win this highest recognition from UNESCO in 2019. Cabildo president, Antonio Morales said these caves of light, together with other archaeological and cultural riches nearby, gave the area undeniable cultural, science and tourism potential.

The Risco is half an hour from the road and at the moment, is only accessible thanks to the use of mules. The projects planned make a firm commitment to sustainability and a heritag which can be enjoyed by the many visitors who choose to spend time in Gran Canaria each year. Work has already been provided for about 50 people and more are envisaged, with even the possibility of renting out a cave amongst the ideas being considered. It is hoped to open an interpretation centre later this year or in 2017 and to improve the access, road, signage and environment. A special co-ordinating committee will also be set up to oversee the World Heritage bid.

ROCKFALL FEARS

Popular road needs urgent meshing

A Palma’s Cabildo has had to act with urgency and put up meshing on a busy island road.

They are concerned there could be rockfalls alongside the LP-209, a route used by farmers, fishermen and beach users. A surface area of 500 square metres has been meshed in the area of Las Indias in Fuencaliente. Councillor for infrastructure, Jorge González said Punta Banco had occasionally experienced some landslides and it was necessary for safety reasons to put the protective measures into force. The work is costing 36,000 euros.

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Terri the turtle recuperates in Canaries after winning hearts in the UK

HIS is Terri, a very lucky turtle flown to the Canar y Islands in pop legend Bruce Dickinson’s private jet, who is now as famous as her guardian angel! The cheeky chappy, who even has his own Facebook page, is bouncing back to health in the sunshine after hundreds of people, including the famous rock musician, helped to save him. Experts on Gran Canaria are expecting Terri to be released back into the wild some time in the next few weeks and she is said to be doing really well, enjoying a diet of sardines and squids and gaining back her strength. Terri shot to fame after she was discovered washed up on a Jersey beach with a damaged shell and serious infection just a month ago. It is believed she was swept back

to shore during the heavy storms and was unable to fight against the tide. She was taken in a very poor condition to the New Era Veterinary Hospital on Jersey where she was looked after day and night by the dedicated team. It was no easy task. At one stage, stubborn Terri flatly refused to let barium into her system so the vets could check if her digestion system had been damaged. Luckily it wasn’t but they did discover that she had eaten some fishing net material, suggesting she might have been trapped at some stage. After being brought in, she

was also reluctant to eat but eventually got her appetite back. To help Terri, a crowfunding appeal was set up to get her sent out to a specialist turtle centre in the Canaries - which is where Bruce Dickinson stepped in. He provided his private plane, through the company Aeris Aviation, to make the five-hour journey. This wasn’t just a

generous gesture. The conditions of her flight had to be exactly right or she could have died or her shell might have exploded. Now, Terri has beaten all the odds and is looking forward to a long life. An update on Terri’s Facebook site says: “She is eating more and will hopefully be strong enough to be released in the next few

weeks. We couldn’t have got her to this point with a massive amount of help from everyone and for that we are so very grateful. We would like to thank everyone for their very

kind donations and fund raising.” Iron Maiden frontman, Bruce is a qualified pilot and is part of the private jet company, Aeris Aviation.

Ten arrested for drug trafficking between Canaries and Morocco

criminal organisation dedicated to drug trafficking in the Canary Islands was so violent that it even ordered the abduction and assault of one of its members. Police revealed the details following the arrest of ten people under the umbrella of an operation codenamed “Corraliza” carried out on Gran Canaria, Tenerife and Lanzarote. During the operation, nine properties were searched and 370 kilograms of hashish seized, together with three boats, a car, cash, documents, a phone and audio-visual equipment. A lorry was also impounded and more drugs found in a false compartment. The ten people arrested are all of Spanish nationality and specialised in the introduction and distribution of narcotics in the Canar y Islands. The detainees are charged with

crimes against public health, illegal detention, money laundering and belonging to a criminal organisation. Police said all ten lived in Tenerife and Lanzarote and were part of “a perfectly structured and hierarchical organisation” which whitened profits through the cover of the hospitality industry. At one stage, one of its members is alleged to have diverted 800 kilos of hashish. He was subsequently abducted and assaulted but managed to escape. Officers also discovered a plot to introduce a significant amount of hashish from Morocco into the Canaries via a boat.

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CHALLENGE THWARTED

Two adventurers trying to row Atlantic in pedalo rescued off El Hierro

Attempt by four British women also fails as tiny boat overturns and oars lost

OUR British female rowers were also dramatically rescued from the Atlantic during a world record attempt after their tiny boat overturned and they lost their oars.

British adventurer has told of his great disappointment after he and another sailor had to abandon a unique Atlantic crossing attempt in a specially-constructed pedalo. Everest climber, James Ketchell and Anthony Ward Thomas were attempting to pedal 2,930 miles across the ocean in the “Kitty Rouge” from the Canary Islands to Antigua. They were expecting their marathon journey to take at least a month and a half but had to be rescued on the ninth day when Anthony was taken ill with a suspected heart problem. James, aged 32, and former jockey, Anthony , 57, had to abandon their attempt and set off their emergency beacon in an urgent call for help. They had set off from Gran Canaria on February 1st and were making good progress despite atrocious sea conditions when Anthony became ill. The Spanish Maritime rescue service said the merchant ship Angele N picked the two men up about 447 miles south west of El Hierro. The emergency was coordinated by the national centre in Madrid and Falmouth who found that the merchant ship was the nearest

to them. They were taken on board but because of the distance from the Canaries, the Angele N was asked to sail closer to El Hierro. It therefore travelled to a distance of 188 miles from the island overnight. An emergency helicopter picked the men up and they were taken back to Tenerife. Anthony was taken to hospital. The challenge had never been undertaken before and was involving a gruelling combination of pedalling, rowing and kiting in the unique boat. All the proceeds were due to go to Naomi House, a hospice for terminally ill children in Hampshire. They had hoped to raise 100,000 pounds. Their route was to mirror that taken by Sir Christopher Columbus when he discovered the Americas in the 15th century in a boat which was a one-off experiment. In a statement, James, who goes under the name of Captain Ketch, said: “ It’s with great sadness that I have to

report that myself and Anthony were rescued 48 hours ago. “We were 600 miles into our Atlantic crossing when Anthony became extremely unwell and needed urgent medical attention.” “Thanks to the fast response from the UK Maritime Agency, a 200 metre long bulk carrier called “Angele N” was diverted to make the evacuation. After 20 hours on board the commercial vessel, the Spanish coastguard extracted us via helicopter back to Tenerife for medical treatment. Anthony is now recovering.” “We want to thank the Spanish and UK maritime authorities who co-ordinated the rescue.” “Those people who know me will be aware that this is the second time I have been rescued at sea, and as one would imagine, I am extremely disappointed, but

safety must always come first.” “I want to thank everyone for the continued support and I will be in touch with those who would expect to hear from me soon.” In 2014, James became the first and only person to have rowed across the Atlantic Ocean, successfully climbed to the summit of Mount Everest and cycled 18,000 miles around the world. However, seven years prior to this, he was recovering from a serious motorcycle accident and was told by doctors that his walking would probably be affected for ever. Anthony, a father of five, has cycled cross the Continent twice, walked across the island of Pappua New Guinea, raced 1,000 miles across the Mongolian Steppe on horse back and twice negotiated the fearsome Grand National fences. For him, the Atlantic crossing was a new challenge.

They were picked up by a large container ship on its way to Canada. Gemma Chalk, 33, Clare Lanyon, 45, Jane McIntosh, 36, and Olivia Wilson, 27, set off from Gran Canaria on January 26th with the aim of reaching Barbados - nearly 3,000 miles away - within 45 days. They would have become the first female crew to row the Atlantic unaided and raise 30,000 pounds for the Barnardo’s & Forces Children’s Trust The crew sent a distress signal when they were 400 nautical miles from Cape Verde, off the west coast of Africa. They were rescued eleven hours later after night had drawn in and the temperatures were beginning to plummet. The coastguard said the women had capsized several times and lost equipment including the GPS and oars “leaving them with no way of navigating or manoeuvring”. The merchant boat was originally 90 miles away but immediately changed course to come to the rescue. Their rowing boat was only 8.5 metres in length and had already fought against ten metre high waves, storms, gales, ferocious conditions and sweltering day-time heat. Despite their disappointment, the women have been

praised for their heroic efforts. One Twitter follower: “Few people know what you are all going through now and have been through to get that far! You are among an elite bunch and it’s amazing to have achieved what you have done! Amazing.” And another said: “Your guardian angels were working overtime ladies! What a blessing you are safe but a roller coaster of emotions! You accomplished ALOT and learned tons and now the adventure continues all the way to Canada.” The women sent a message of thanks to all of their supporters and say they were ver y grateful to Falmouth Coastguard for coordinating their safe transfer to the ship. The team was brought together by a shared dream of conquering the Atlantic by rowing boat, ready to face the most challenging and thrilling adventure of their lives. Before the off, Army officer Olivia said: “Although we all have very personal reasons for taking on such a huge challenge, it is my desire to push myself to my mental and physical limits.” Clare Lanyon is a mother of two from Cornwall and Jane McIntosh, an RAF Sergeant who has attempted The Atlantic row once before.

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Gran Canaria sees Another opening of first Princelandia major step for in the islands El Hierro’s 100 per cent efficiency bid ELECTRICITY INDEPENDENCE

TWENTY JOBS

RINCELANDIA, a space for personal and educational development of girls, has started its expansion in the Canary Islands.

This franchise, which has received several awards for innovation, will employ about

20 people and has opened its doors in Agüímes in Gran Canaria. It is located on the

trading estate of Arinaga. The philosophy is to offer girls, accompanied by their mothers and grandmothers, a unique space where they can realise their dreams while learning coexistence, human values and personal hygiene.

Princelandia was born in 2010 and has achieved successful expansion on the Spanish mainland. It has already been recognised as one of the best franchises in Europe at an Italian event and the most innovative in a fair in Galicia. The establishment in Agüímes has 400 square metres and employs 20 people. According to the founder and director of Expansion Princelandia, Miguel Angel Parra: “Our goal is to bring children into a world where they feel comfortable learning coexistence with other people and habits that lead them to have more self-esteem and better training. “ “But this isn’t a shop nor just a place to relax. Princelandia is a magic and different place where girls can learn to be a princess without giving up anything.” The launch event was attended by numerous special guests, including the CEO of Princelandia, Reyes Rodríguez Gómez.

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More foreign workers registered with Spanish social security system

HE average number of foreign citizens registered with the Social Se-curity system stood at 1,627,838 in December, up 0.39 per cent on the previous month (6,381 workers). The number of foreign workers contributing to the system has risen by 4.84 per cent year-onyear, with 75,199 more workers than in 2014. The highest figures for foreign workers contributing to the Social Security system correspond to Romania (288,815), Morocco (204,809), China (94,695), Italy (72,842) and Ecuador (68,051). These countries are followed by the United Kingdom (56,286), Bolivia (54,778), Colombia (51,169) and Bulgaria (51,505). When compared with the previous month, the number of foreign NI contributors rose in Andalusia, Aragon, the Canary Islands, Castile La Mancha, the Region of Valencia, the Region of Madrid, La Rioja and Melilla. When compared with last year, the number of foreign workers increased in all autonomous regions.

The figures posted for December show that 961,707 of the total foreign citizens registered with the Spanish Social Security system are from countries outside of the European Union, while the remaining 666,132 are from EU countries. The majority of foreign citizens are registered under the General Regime: 1,362,610 in total, a figure that includes the Special System for Agricultural Workers (207,839) and the Special System for Domestic Workers (202,168). This is followed by the Special Regime for Self-Employed Workers (261,613), the Special Regime for Seamen (3,370) and the Special Regime for Coal Workers (245). Of the total foreign citizens in the system in December, 899,372 are men and 728,466 are women

L Hierro has struck up an amazing first as it strives to become a 100 per cent energy efficient island.

For at least two successive days, thanks to the strong winds, the recentlyopened hydro-wind plant, Gorona del Viento, provided ALL the electricity needed. This is a major milestone as the longest period so far had been 16 hours on January 31st. It means the island was not dependent on any outside sources for its electricity supply, a situation it aims to maintain for as long as possible and eventually permanently. “ We’re in luck, both Gorona del Viento and El Hierro,” said company president and Cabildo leader, Belén Allende. “Every step we take with Central hydro-wind power is an important step in our commitment to clean energy and a boost to renewable. We have demonstrated that on our island, we have an unstoppable source, such as wind, which can be a massive advantage for an insular island if combined

with a hydraulic circuit.” El Hierro’s system is already causing great interest in the renewable energy industr y and from other regions interested in following its example. Gorona councillor, Juan Pedro Sánchez said both the wind and the sun were “unstoppable sources” although they were still at the mercy of the weather which could pose a risk if they were used as the main source of energy. However, coupled with water, it was a different matter. The experts say that for every hour El Hierro doesn’t use the conventional methods of power, the island saves 1.5 tons of fossil fuels, resulting in environmental benefits (3.4 tonnes of CO2 / hour), as well as economic savings. “This is a new step new step in our desire to minimise dependence on the outside,” said Belén Allende.

Police arrest 13 in narco drug trafficking operation

band of so-called narco drug traffickers has been detected by police on the Spanish mainland.

The gang specialised in bringing in drugs from Morocco by boat and landing the drugs on the shores via small inflatables. Thirteen people have been arrested in the provinces of Malaga, Cádiz and Huelva. Firearms were seized, together with 1,310 kilograms of hashish, inflatable boats, four vehicles, 1,500 euros in cash, forged registration plates, numerous mobile phones and extensive documents. The operation began in October last year when agents

detected a suspicious vessel that could be introducing drugs from the Moroccan coast to Spain. Later, they watched as 33 bales of hashish (1,310 kilograms) were transported to the beach of Getares (Algeciras) in a semi-rigid boat and unloaded. The Civil Guard says the people arrested include the ringleaders, as well as those responsible for organising the logistics of the operations. All are Spanish.

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STORM DAMAGE?

Six hurt as cinema ceiling collapses A

T least six people were injured, including a woman and child, after the roof of a cinema collapsed as they were watching award-winning movie “The Revenant” on Valentine’s Day.

Another 36 escaped unhurt as fire crews helped them out to safety from the debris amid scenes of panic over what might have caused the incident. Four of the six people struck by falling plaster were taken to hospital whilst the woman and child were treated by medics at the scene. About half of the ceiling collapsed, bringing down huge chunks of plasterboard and wood. The freak accident happened at the Megarama de Vallsur complex in Valladolid. The area was being hit by bad weather and one of the theories is that strong wind might have caused the structural damage. Firefighters said it was lucky there had only been around 45 people watching the film as the room had a much greater capacity and the outcome could have been even more serious if there had been more people sitting directly under the collapse.

ILLEGAL BREEDING

TORTILLA BLAMED

Bad hygiene in Gang netted one million euros kitchen led to for smuggling falcons for food poisoning for races in United Arab Emirates 114 customers

EALTH chiefs closed down a bar after a tortilla gave food poisoning to more than 110 customers.

A detailed investigation has revealed the dish became “highly contaminated” due to bad hygiene in the kitchens. At first, it was thought that the eggs used were off but salmonella was ruled out. Officials say the same batch of eggs were delivered to other establishments in 15 different areas and no problems had been reported. The mass outbreak happened in a restaurant in Cadiz during the carnival celebrations. The diners affected came from around Spain, including Cadiz itself, Magala, Granada and Jaen. In total, 114 people were struck down with food poisoning symptoms and at least 30 were taken to hospital. Following tests, the Cadiz

health authority said the tortilla was “highly contaminated by handling and hygiene.” It is claimed it was made several hours in advance of being served on a day when the temperature in the kitchens hit more than 30 degrees. Cadiz government spokesman, Manuel Herrera said the tortilla, served sliced in sandwiches, was so infected that some people who only took a small bite became ill. Two of the waiters on duty, one behind the bar, the other serving customers, have also been tested positive for salmonella. The restaurant owners are now facing prosecution for an alleged crime against public health.

N international gang which bred and smuggled valuable FALCONS to the United Arab Emirates for racing is believed to have netted more than a million euros from the scam.

The birds, which could fetch 3,500 euros a pair, were bred in Spain and encouraged to fly around a special round cage to develop their strength. Police believe at least 500 peregrins were illegally exported over the last few years for so-called hawk races which have increased in popularity on the Arabian peninsula. Large amounts of money are up for grabs for the winners but the hot conditions are not suitable for breeding and they are purchased from abroad instead. Spain’s Civil Guard says it has smashed an international ring with the arrest of 49 people and 38 raids on breeding centres. Twenty young falcons were also seized which had been bred from one pair of adult birds.

Peregrine falcons have been recorded diving at speeds of 200 miles per hour, making them the fastest-moving creatures on Earth. They are considered a flagship species in Spain and are on the special protection list. Police launched an investigation after suspecting that the birds were being illegally bred in an aviary in Asturias and then exported to the United Arab Emirates. “ When the specimens reached 40 or 45 days old, they were collected from breeding centres and transferred to circular cages of large dimensions to encourage them to fly and develop muscles, thus getting better for the trip to the Emirates and presenting a better appearance on arrival,”

said a spokesman. Nine birds were seized at Madrid airport just before

being flown out when their paperwork did not tally with the norm.

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ACCESS DENIED

Blind organisation ONCE condemns attack on woman with guide dog lation allowed blind people and their dogs the right to enter public spaces, such as a shop. “Guide dogs for the blind provide greater mobility, autonomy and security,” said a spokesman. “They are the eyes of people who cannot see.” The organisation says it is particularly disappointed about the attack because they have been campaigning for years

and have distributed thousands of leaflets to explain the law. Supporters say they too are shocked at the attack but have praised the woman for standing up for her rights and those of others. The woman, who suffered severe bruising, was later treated by medics and is now recuperating.

INDUSTRY LEADER

AMPAIGNERS have condemned a brutal attack on a blind woman who was barred from a corner shop because of her guide dog.

The 48-year-old victim wanted to go into a grocery store but was set upon by the female owner wielding a baseball bat when she insisted both of them were allowed in as a matter of law. She was struck in the arms, head and chest as she phoned the police for help and is now recovering in hospital. The shocking incident happened in Madrid and according to Spain’s National Organisation for the Blind, is the first such case to be reported “for years”. It was made even more frightening because the blind woman was accompanied by

her son and her grandchild. Police said the shopkeeper insisted she was not allowed into the store unless she left her dog outside. The woman explained it was an official blind dog and that assistant was not within her rights to bar them. The irate shop-keeper was also stopped by officers and members of the public who intervened. A spokesman for Spain’s ONCE organisation said they condemned the attack and wished the victim, named as María de las Viñas Iglesias, a speedy recovery. They confirmed legis-

Rajoy praises Spain’s car industry for bouncing back

PAIN’S acting Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy has praised the country’s automotive industry which, he says, has had a strong impact on the economy. Speaking at the presentation of the ABC Best Car of the Year 2016 Award, he said: “The automotive industry is key for Spain and was one of the first industries to help the recovery take off and, with its smooth progress, it has had a strong impact on the economy as a whole.” The figures, specified Mariano Rajoy, confirm this: “We are the eighth leading car manufacturer worldwide, we have enjoyed 29 months in a row of growth in the number of vehicles registered, exports

grew by 18 per last year, production increased with 2.7 million units manufactured, the components sector is also growing and within the manufacturing industry, one in every three jobs lies in the automotive sector”. He also stressed that these figures “have their correlation in industrial production in general, which enjoyed a 3.2 per cent rise over the course of 2015.” The best car award went to the Hyundai Tucson.

MASSIVE HAUL

Burglary gang included 16-year-old

UNDREDS of items were stolen as a result of more than 150 robberies in Spain com mitted by the same culprits.

They specialised in house burglaries, mostly in the northwest of Madrid, and used the proceeds to finance a high lifestyle involving gambling in casinos and holidays in luxury hotels. The eight people arrested are of various nationalities, including South American, Moroccan, Bulgarian and Spanish origin. The youngest was just 16. The operation began in September last year after an increase in complaints of burglary in ground or first floor flats in Madrid. The gang at first only broke into empty properties but then progressed to cases where families were inside whom they threatened. They would often steal bicycles to make a quick escape.

Renewed police alert after kidnap scam resurfaces

PANISH police have issued a warning about a new surge of calls about kidnapping which are completely false.

In the last few weeks, there have been at least 50 victims of the scam. They have all received telephone calls asking for amounts ranging from 1,000 euros to 10,000 euros for the so-called release of a family member said to have been captured by them. “In fact, there is no real kidnapping but the scam seeks to pressure the victims by threatening them to pay a ransom before hanging up,” said a police spokesman. This new wave of calls follows the same pattern as detected almost a year ago when the Spanish National Police tracked down the culprits to Santiago de Chile. Most of the calls have been received by people in Madrid but there have been reports elsewhere in Spain

too. Police say the gang uses the same method and pick on random numbers to landlines. They tend to use the same starting numbers ie 91...which explains why various areas tend to get a barrage of calls. They keep on ringing until they strike lucky with a family who might not know where there relative is at that particular time so they believe the kidnap claims. They tell the person to make an urgent bank transfer and claim they are watching them. Fortunately, only one person so far has paid an amount of 1,100 euros. Police are asking people to be aware of this scam and advise anyone receiving such a call to make immediate contact with them.

Prices fall whilst inflation remains stable in January

HE Consumer Price Index fell by 0.3 per cent in January year-on-year, according to figures published by the National Institute of Statistics.

This was mainly due to a reduction in the cost ofenergy products and the falling rate of electricity in particular. In January, energy product prices were down year-onyear by 10.3 per cent, almost three points higher than the previous month (down 7.5%). This increased reduction was due to electricity prices, which fell by 13 per cent on a year ago following an increase of 0.8 per cent last month. Solid and liquid fuels continue to moderate the rate of decline by almost one and a half points to -9.2 per, in line with oil price trends. The year-on-year rate of change in unprocessed food prices grew by 0.8 per cent in January, to 3.3 per cent. To a great extent, this acceleration

stems from fresh fruit prices. Core inflation (which excludes the most volatile components of the CPI, such as fresh foodstuffs and energy) remained at 0.9 per cent in January, the same level as in the previous month. Three major components contributed to this stabilisation. Specifically, processed foods and services, which maintained their year-on-year rate unchanged from December at 1.4 per cent and one per cent, respectively, and non-energy industrial goods, the year-onyear rate of which fell 0.1 per cent to 0.5 per cent. The slight deceleration in non-energy industrial goods prices is due to lower medicine and pharmaceutical product prices and, to a lesser degree, motor vehicles and clothing and footwear.

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French actress Brigitte Spain says search for Bardot sends SOS to Spain’s terrorists goes King over greyhound deaths on after seven Jihadi arrested DAESH LINKS

“HORRIFIC SPORT”

RENCH actress Brigitte Bardot has called on the King of Spain to ban the “ancient tradition” of hunting with greyhounds which she has slammed as “sadistic” and “barbacric”.

OLICE who arrested seven Jihadi terrorists for sending aid to terrorist groups have revealed the extent of the gang’s international network. A string of co-ordinated raids were carried out in towns and villages in the provinces of Alicante and Valencia, as well as in Ceuta. The seven were arrested for their alleged relationship with the terrorist groups Jabhat alNusra and DAESH. Police say the cell was engaged in sending logistics material to Syria and Iraq and would hide items like weapons, money and electronic equipment in containers which were delivering huminatarian aid. In total, twelve search warrants were executed in the properties of the detainees, as well as two business premises and warehouses where they carried on their illegal activities. The investigations, which started back in 2014, confirmed that this international network carried out support and maintenance work for the logistics and operational structures of the terrorist groups Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN) and DAESH/Islamic State. Their activities also includ-ed funding and money laundering. According to the Spanish government, the group was led

by one leader through a business complex to avoid suspicions. He would send the supplies in containers from Spanish ports. “The military pressure being exercised in the conflict zone on terrorist groups has forced them to increase their supply needs, not only of fighters, but also of technological supplies, weapons and militar y equipment,” a spokesman explined. “The main aim of the network dismantled was to cover these needs.” In parallel to these illegal business activities, the leader of the network maintained ongoing relations with a member of the terrorist group DAESH, who asked him on several occasions to recruit women to travel to Syria in order to marry Jihadi terrorists fighting under its command, following the guidelines established by its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The government has pledged to continue its bid to capture terrorists, prevent recruitment and cut off funding. The police operation also involved officers from Valencia, Alicante and Ceuta.

In an open letter which she describes as an impassioned SOS to “the whole of Spain”, the actress-turned-animal rights campaigner says she cannot believe such an horrific “sport” is still practised in the 21st century. She is pleading with King Felipe V1 and the Spanish Government to take urgent action and says she is heartbroken that dogs not needed at the end of the hunting season are cruelly killed. They are frequently hung but she says the degree of cruelty in the way they die is dictated by their performance in hunting. If they have done a good job, they are hung high so their death comes quicker; if not, they are hung low, with their hind legs just touching the ground. In this case, it is a particularly slow and excruciating death. In her letter, the actress says the greyhounds are sometimes dragged behind cars, burned alive, mutilated, abandoned in forests with broken legs or dumped down wells. On the website of the Brigitte Bardot Foundation, she writes: “It is unworthy of a country like Spain. It is unworthy of a human being. It is unworthy for humanity as a whole.” And she continues: “I beg you all to be aware of these atrocious acts of barbarism and to take steps to stop it immediately, immediately, immediately.” The dogs used in hunting are greyhounds or “polencos” who are set free to chase rabbits. Bardot, who is president of the Foundation, says they are being used as “mere tools” and estimates that around

Pensioners stage protest

group of angry OAPs caused a major commotion in a popular holiday resort after staging a three-hour sit-in on a coach.

Police had to be called to the Coral Beach in Ibiza when the furious pensioners point blank refused to get off because of an unexpected change. A spokesman said the Civil Guard were on the scene for about 15 minutes but left when even they couldn’t pacify the group of 30 holiday-makers. The “siege” only ended because one of the passengers was diabetic and desperately needed to have something to eat and drink. The pensioners erupted in fury when their coach pulled up outside the three-star Coral Beach in Canar instead of the four-star Tres Torres which they had booked. They said no-one was informed about the change at the airport and they only realised what was happening when they arrived outside the wrong hotel.

50,000 dogs are killed when the season ends. She describes her letter as “a cry, a call, an urgent SOS” not just to the King and Prime Minister but to the media and the Spanish people. She says the practice is cruel, babaric, sadistic, and involves “obscene tortures worthy of jihadists”. The actress also reveals that she has been inundated with complaints from animal lovers who have likened the situation to the slaughter of baby seals in Canada. They have “begged” her to use her fame to “explode this scandal”. Without an adequate response, she warns, this is exactly what she intends to do.

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Campaign to Spain draws up advice on encourage bone Zika virus before Rio Games

marrow donors hits target

PAIN’S Ministries of Health and Sports have dra wn up recommendation on the Zika virus in advance of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

The guide is designed to offer a response to the main doubts raised by athletes based on the advice to travellers, as prepared by the Ministr y of Health, Social Services and Equality. Secretar y-General for Health and Consumption, Javier Castrodeza, met with the State Secretary for Sport and the President of the National Sports Council, Miguel Cardenal, the UnderSecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cristóbal González Aller and the Director-General of Civil Protection, under the umbrella of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Juan Antonio Díaz Cruz, to step up coordinated action on the Zika virus in light of the upcoming Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Given the travel plans of many athletes and fans, the

Ministries of Health and Sport have agreed to jointly draft a recommendation guide based on the current recommendations made by the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality. The vast majority of those infected by the Zika virus do not suffer from any disease, while those who are sick generally only suffer minor symptoms, and hence the virus should not be grounds for concern for the majority of those attending the upcoming Olympic Games. The public health concern is due to the detection of classes of certain deformities in newborns whose mothers were apparently infected with the Zika virus during their pregnancy, although this relationship is still being studied. For this reason, the

PAIN registered 100 new bone marrow donors per day in the last three years, representing an increase of 3,000 per month.

recommendations include advising pregnant women and women who are trying to become pregnant to postpone their trip to those areas of indigenous transmission, unless essential, and fostering precautionary measures to avoid mosquito bites for other travellers. As well as drawing up a specific guide, the National Sports Council will offer a link on its web page to the recommendations of the Ministry of Health.

The representatives of the Ministries of Health, Sport and Foreign Affairs, and Civil Protection also agreed to step up internal coordination and coordination with international organisations, such as the Pan American Health Organization, the International Olympic Committee and the World Health Organization, and enquire after the measures being adopted at the Olympic venues and, in particular, at the Olympic Village.

It means the National Bone Marrow Donation Plan has met its targets one year ahead of schedule, with a total of 207,572 donors at the close of 2015. The figures were announced by the Director of the Spanish National Transplant Organisation, Rafael Matesanz, at a press briefing where he presented the results from the 2015 National Bone Marrow Plan at which he was accompanied by José María Moraleda, Chairman of the Spanish Association of Haematology and Haemo-therapy. In his speech, Rafael Matesanz highlighted the “great involvement from

Spanish society, patient associations, the professionals who make up the bone marrow donation network and the Carreras Foundation”, who have once again demonstrated their ability to overcome difficulty with a monthly rate of growth that has far exceeded initial expectations during a time of enormous economic and social hardship. Specifically, the total number of donors last year rose from 169,955 at 1 January 2015, to a total of 207,572 at 1 January 2016, an increase of 22%. Eleven autonomous regions equal or exceed this increase.

New alert over Toledo cottage becomes front for massive couterfeiting of 50 euro notes tax returns email scam

HE Guardia Civil is urging people who make their rental tax returns online to make sure they are doing so in the safest way possible.

The Telematics Crimes Group of the Civil Guard has detected a campaign of emails launched by cyber criminals in order to obtain online banking credentials of potential victims. They say extreme vigilance should be observed as the annual campaign gets underway as people are posing as tax officials. The police are using their social network sites, including Twitter, to raise awareness of this problem and have launched an information campaign. This is on the portal COLABORA (https:// www.gdt.guardiacivil.es/webgdt/colabora.php) and explains more about the criminal activity of “phishing”. This time, the cyber criminals are sending out emails which allege to come from the Spanish Tax Agency. They claim that after various investigations, the recipient has some money to come back to them. However, in order to proceed with the reminbursement, they have to connect to another site which says it is the Agency and which asks for all financial details, including credit card numbers. This is bogus. Police say anyone receiving this email - and thousands have apparently been sent out - should not respond. The Tax Agency or bank never asks for such details and would certainly not send out an email. If your computer or mobile phone has the relevant programme, you should receive an alert about a phishing scam.

major counterfeiting laboratory has been discovered in an isolated cottage in Spain which may have turned out as much as two million euros in fake 50 euro notes. Spanish police says such counterfeiting operations are rife at the moment but this was considered to be the largest one of its kind in the country in terms of quantity and quality. It was located in an isolated cottage and had different rooms for each stage

of the forgeries, including printing, drying, cutting and putting on the holograms. Police have seized 195,000 euros in banknotes under development, together with scanners, ink, paper, industrial presses and an industrial heat gun to dry large quantities of bank notes.

The investigation began after fake copies of the new 50 euro note were found in the Toledo area. The fake notes have been particularly used to defraud the National Organisation for the Blind, ONCE as the gang members would travel from town to town to buy lottery tickets, sometimes as many as 30 a day. However, this helped to track down the gang, one of whom had designed the fake

notes. They also changed their production location on several occasions, using false details to rent premises but they did not realise police were keeping watch on the Toledo cottage and one of the carriers was arrested as he left the property with a bag of notes. It was also revealed that the gang had already started work on producing fake 20 euro notes.

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Pets World

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WEIGHT-WATCHING ADVICE

Don’t kill your podgy pet with “kindness”

EOPLE are getting fatter and it is affecting our pet’s health as well.

We love our pets and like to give them the little indulgences that we enjoy, so pets are gaining weight too. And we like our pets to be “well-rounded” – most pet dogs have considerably more body fat than dogs in the wild but wild and feral dogs are often closer to the way a fit dog should look. Being overweight can have lasting consequences and can even be fatal. Studies have shown that overweight dogs do not live as long and are more prone to illnesses that spoil their quality of life, such as arthritis, breathing difficulties, heart problems and diabetes. There is a genuine risk of killing your pet with kindness. The way the body works changes considerably in overweight animals. Once an animal is overweight, the working speed of the body slows and they are less active so they do not need to eat much to maintain their weight. It is rare for medical problems to cause obesity in dogs. The high cost of snacking... A slice of buttered toast to a cocker spaniel provides about a sixth of the daily calorie requirement or two bags of crisps for a person. A sausage to a Staffie is the equivalent of one and a half chocolate bars to a person. A chocolate digestive to a Jack Russell is almost the same as a portion of chips to a person.

My dog always seems hungry... Fortunately dogs cannot buy chocolate on the way home from work, nor do they have to recover from “bad hair days” with chocolate bars at tea break! Responsible owners should learn to resist soulful eyes. Dogs are scavengers in the wild and it is natural for them

to eat everything they find – whether they are hungry or not. Begging for food is a trick that they quickly learn to exploit and it is our fault for giving them treats when we are eating. Only giving them treats “now and then” makes things worse. The scientific name for this is “variable reinforcement”

appetite. If you are concerned about your dog’s weight, consult your vet.

Start young There is evidence that chubby puppies become fat adults. Breeds likely to get joint problems such as poor hips (hip dysplasia) are more likely to develop these problems with overfeeding. Feed your puppy the minimum amount

exercise is not enough on its own, it is helpful, although your pet will need a check-up for medical conditions that could interfere. Using a special calorie-controlled food from the vet is usually the most effective way of losing weight and well worth considering. Many vets run weight control clinics providing regular check-ups. They are often free of charge, and help to ensure

and feeding three-quarters of what is recommended on the packet for your dog’s “target” (ie the right, slim) weight. This is usually about 15 per cent less than the current weight, but if you are unsure, check with your vet. However, many of these diets are designed to avoid weight gain, but they are not “reducing” diets to promote weight loss. If your pet is not losing weight after two

may be six kilogram(s) (13.25 pounds) overweight, and a 12 kilogram(s) (26.5 pounds) dog may be 1.8 kilogram(s) (four pounds) over. A safe rate of weight loss is one per cent weekly. In the example above the larger dog should be shedding 1.6 kilogram(s) (3.5 pounds) over a month, and the smaller 0.48 kilogram(s) (one pound). Confused? Look for a vet with a weight clinic! When your dog reaches the target weight, take another look. Is your pet “in shape”, with a waist and a slender tummy? Can you feel the ribs easily? If not, continue with the diet. If the dog is now perfect, do not slip back into old habits, even though your pet may now be more active. You can increase feeding a little – say by ten per cent – and weigh your pet every fortnight to check that the weight is not creeping back. Diets are available that are reduced in calories, but not restricted enough to reduce weight, but which – correctly fed – will stop it creeping back on. Ask your vet for advice.

The diet isn’t working...

and it is why people play fruit machines – the occasional win makes up for all the losses. The cure is for all the people in the house to learn never to give treats when eating, or to shut the dog in another room at mealtimes. And do not let your dog follow small children who are snacking and “hoover up”. There is a lot of variation in the energy that different individuals require daily and feeding packets tend to recommend an over-generous daily amount. Do not be alarmed if your dog generally seems to have quite a small appetite but do consult your vet if there is a sudden loss of

for the body weight recommended on the packet, and monitor body shape as your dog grows. Ask the vet to check at vaccination time. If an otherwise healthy, happy dog seems reluctant to eat do not be tempted to offer different foods or human foods to coax his or her appetite. You may cause your pet to become a fussy eater. Dogs fed human foods often over eat and become overweight, even on foods relatively low in fat, such as chicken. However, if your dog eats nothing at all for more than 24 hours, contact your vet for advice.

Is my dog overweight? You cannot tell by weighing a dog and looking at tables of “right weight for breed” because all individuals are different. The only way is to look at body shape and assess body fat. Does your pet have a potbelly? Viewed from above, does your dog have a waist – that is, does the body taper after the rib cage? Can you easily feel your dog’s ribs? No waist, a bit of a paunch, and a well-cushioned ribcage means it is time to take action. The average “chubby” pet is usually at least 15 per cent overweight.

The next step

It is best to start with a trip to the vet. Although increasing

that the diet is working, and that weight loss is not occurring too rapidly.

A food diary Make a record of everything – including table scraps and treats – that your dog eats for a few days. This is often valuable in highlighting “extras” that your pet is getting. A dog that does not seem to eat much dog food probably still has an appetite for sausages and chocolate biscuits!

Weight watchers! With calorie-controlled food from the vet, you will be advised how much to feed daily. This will be for the target weight – not the current weight – of your dog. It is best to weigh food out daily, at least to start with. Many dry diets come with calibrated scoops but it is easy to overfill these. You can reduce hunger by feeding two or three times a day, so long as you don’t go above the daily recommended amount. If you must feed treats, either take these out of the daily ration, or choose low calorie items, such as a piece of carrot, apple, or rice cake. If you are not using one of the recommended “caloriecontrol” foods, but just reducing the amount of normal food, the diet is less likely to be successful. You can try buying a “light” (or “lite”) diet

months, you should consider changing to a diet from the vet. Remember non-fattening treats too, such as going for a walk, playing a game or simply stroking and giving attention. They last longer than food, help to strengthen your relationship more – and are good for your health too!

Going to the gym? Don’t expect to walk or run off the calories; dogs are very active creatures, so achieving the equivalent of a “human gym workout” is practically impossible! Increasing exercise alone is not enough, although it is helpful. Start gradually, and be especially careful with elderly pets, particularly in hot weather. Older pets should see the vet first. Little and often is the safest way to start. Try to take your dog out at least twice a day, and start to introduce active games – ambling down the road on a lead is not going to burn off many calories. Increase the activity level at home as well. Buy toys in which you can hide food, such as buster cubes, but remember to deduct the “treat” from the daily food allowance.

How long will it take? Most dogs that look overweight are at least 15 per cent overweight. So a dog of 40 kilogram(s) (88 pounds)

Drugs to help with weight loss are now available from vets. However, they are an aid to slimming and cannot be used indefinitely, so lifestyle changes are still essential. There may be mild side effects (such as diarrhoea) but they could be especially useful where weight loss is essential to help a medical problem. All dogs are different, so if yours is not losing weight on the diet, it may be that your dog burns calories slowly. The daily food intake is above your dog’s energy needs and needs to be reduced further. Consult your vet for advice – but first, check that everybody in the house is sticking to the diet. It only takes one person who “feels sorry” for the dog and is cheating to ruin the whole diet! Explain that they are putting the dog’s health at risk and may be reducing life expectancy.

Treats you can give Giving treats, other than for training, is not essential – and for any dog, they do not have to be large! A “treat” should always be given in portions no bigger than the nail of your first finger! Many dogs like crunchy, raw vegetables, such as a piece of carrot or cucumber, or even a piece of rice cake. If you are feeding a dry food, when you weigh out the daily “ration”, set aside a few biscuits from this and give throughout the day.

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25TH FEBRUARY 14:15 MOVING ON (DRAMA)

GUIDE

INVICTUS (FILM)

Contemporary drama series. Angela loves her boyfriend Danny, but the worst thing he could do is ask her to marry him as she feels she’d have to say no. Angela cares for her alcoholic dad Mick, and since he’s the only parent she has since her mother passed away, what else can she do? But their relationship is dysfunctional. When an accident leads to Mick needing to live with her, and faced with the prospect of losing a heartbroken Danny, she has to confront her father’s problems and her own. Director: Paul McGann Starring: Paul Copley, Eve Myles, Chris Reilly, Samuel Bottomley, Joe McGann, Lydia Poole

4TH MARCH 23:05

THE INSPECTORS ARE COMING (DOCUMENTARY)

CATHERINE TATE´S NAN (COMEDY)

1ST MARCH 19:30

Documentary series following law enforcement teams up and down the country as they combat misbehaving miscreants across Britain. In this edition, Tara has to deal with two volatile roofers and needs to call for police backup, while in Cleethorpes, a man who has got his car stuck on the beach could be facing a fine of several thousand pounds. (STEREO, NEW EPISODE, WIDESCREEN, SUBTITLES, EPISODE 2)

3RD MARCH 20:00 UGLY HOUSE TO LOVELY HOUSE WITH GEORGE CLARKE (FILM)

In this new Channel 4 series, George Clarke shows that even the ugliest house can be transformed into a home to be proud of. Rachel and James bought their Berkshire home nine years ago for £220,000 - but with two young sons, they’re fast outgrowing the property and can’t afford to move. What’s more, the classic 60s kitchen diner layout doesn’t work for family living and there’s no direct access from the hallway to the kitchen, meaning the living room has become a corridor. The couple tried to rectify the situation by extending to the side of the house but this addition failed to alleviate their problems.

Comedy. When the freehold on Nan’s block of flats in London’s newly fashionable East End is bought up by some ruthless property developers, all the residents join together to fight for their survival. All except Nan, that is, who, having bought her own flat in the 1980s, finds herself holding a unique position of power over the developers and their oily representative, the unfortunate Charles Wilmott. Starring: Catherine Tate, Matthew Horne, Adam James, Evan Davis, Niky Wardley, Joan Hodges

27TH FEBRUARY 23:05

Stirring drama based on real events. After his 27-year imprisonment and subsequent election as South African president, Nelson Mandela tries to unite a racially divided country by championing the national rugby team. Only months since the end of apartheid, South Africa remains segregated. Enlisting the help of rugby captain Francois Pienaar, Mandela encourages black South Africans to support the hated, predominantly white Springboks, South Africa’s national rugby team, in the run-up to the 1995 Rugby World Cup. If the Springboks put in a good performance, Mandela believes it will inspire the entire population to support the team as one. Director: Clint Eastwood Starring: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Tony Kgoroge, Patrick Mofokeng, Matt Stern, Julian Lewis Jones

(STEREO, WIDESCREEN, SUBTITLES, AUDIO DESCRIBED, 2009, 12, 4 STAR)

Action thriller. Reeling from a traumatic tour of duty in Afghanistan, Joey, a former special forces soldier, returns to London to face another kind of war: life on the streets as a damaged, homeless veteran. In an attempt to rehabilitate himself, Joey assumes another man’s identity and seeks the aid of Sister Cristina, a young nun who works at an inner-city parish. But Joey’s expert training as a soldier marks him as a valuable asset, and he soon finds himself caught in the dark web of London’s criminal underworld. Struggling to keep hold of his integrity, Joey offers his profits to those who need it most. But when he learns his missing girlfriend was brutally murdered by a ruthless kingpin, he risks everything for bloody revenge, hurtling down a deadly path that promises to destroy him completely, or be his last and only hope at redemption.

2ND MARCH 21:00 INSIDE BUCKINGHAM PALACE (DOCUMENTARY)

29TH FEBRUARY 23:00 HUMMINGBIRD (FILM)

This two-part series explores one of the most famous buildings in the world, and its roles as a family home, the official office of the Queen as Head of State and a stage for pomp and ceremony. With the help of previously unseen documents including secret letters to the former Edward VIII, personal memoirs and first-hand accounts from people such as Margaret Rhodes, the Queen’s cousin, this episode looks at some of the stormier years experienced at the Palace including the war years.

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WEDNESDAY 24TH FEBRUARY 2016

Breakfast Food: Truth or Scare Homes Under the Hammer Wanted Down Under Revisited Claimed and Shamed Bargain Hunt BBC News at One BBC London News Doctors Moving On Escape to the Country Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman Flog It! Pointless BBC News at Six BBC London News The One Show The Great Sport Relief Bake Off Tomorrow’s Food BBC News at Ten BBC London News A Question of Sport Film 2016 Film The Lookout Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News

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Wanted Down Under Revisited Claimed and Shamed Great British Menu Mary Berry’s Foolproof Cooking Victoria Derbyshire BBC News The Daily Politics Lifeline The Pallisers Who Do You Think You Are? A Place to Call Home The Best Dishes Ever The Life of Mammals Bargain Hunt Eggheads Great British Railway Journeys The Great Interior Design Challenge £100k House: Tricks of the Trade One Child Live From the BBC Newsnight Russell Howard’s Good News Who’s the Boss? The Great Sport Relief Bake Off

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TV GUIDE I TENERIFE NEWS 545

Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News Jeremy Kyle’s Emergency Room Masterpiece with Alan Titchmarsh Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London Party Political Broadcast by the Liberal Democrats ITV Evening News Emmerdale Coronation Street The Brit Awards 2016 ITV News UEFA Champions League Highlights Richard Wilson on the Road Jackpot247 ITV Nightscreen

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Countdown King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Car S.O.S Undercover Boss USA Channel 4 News Summary The Supervet Deal or No Deal Countdown A New Life in the Sun Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Posh Pawn 24 Hours in A and E Keeping Up with the Khans Royal Navy School Murder Rap Undercover Boss USA Film Earthquake

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Bob the Builder Thomas and Friends Noddy in Toyland Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom Peppa Pig Paw Patrol Bananas in Pajamas Toot the Tiny Tugboat The Wright Stuff Cowboy Builders 5 News Lunchtime Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! Home and Away Neighbours NCIS Film The Girl He Met Online 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door GPs: Behind Closed Doors Inside Buckingham Palace Person of Interest NCIS True Crimes: The First 72 Hours Super Casino

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Test Cricket Cricket’s Greatest Sporting Heroes Test Cricket Sporting Greats Test Cricket Sporting Heroes Cricket Classics Cricket’s Greatest Test Cricket Pre-Season with the Hurricanes Cricket’s Greatest

THURSDAY 25TH FEBRUARY 2016

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Breakfast Food: Truth or Scare Homes Under the Hammer Wanted Down Under Revisited Claimed and Shamed Bargain Hunt BBC News at One Regional News and Weather Doctors Moving On Escape to the Country Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman Flog It! Pointless BBC News at Six Regional News and Weather The One Show EastEnders Room 101 EastEnders Death in Paradise BBC News at Ten Regional News and Weather Question Time This Week Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News

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Claimed and Shamed The Great Interior Design Challenge Victoria Derbyshire BBC News The Daily Politics Coast The Pallisers Who Do You Think You Are? A Place to Call Home The Best Dishes Ever The Life of Mammals Bargain Hunt Eggheads Great British Railway Journeys Rick Stein’s Taste of Shanghai Big Dreams Small Spaces The Story of China The Clare Balding Show Newsnight The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story The Story of China Earth’s Greatest Spectacles

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Countdown King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Car S.O.S Undercover Boss USA Channel 4 News Summary The Supervet Deal or No Deal Countdown A New Life in the Sun Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Ugly House to Lovely House with George Clarke 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown The Great British Sex Survey Sex Party Secrets Secrets of the Living Dolls The Secret Millionaire Embarrassing Bodies Dispatches Ultimate Dealer

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Pip Ahoy! Little Princess Bob the Builder Thomas and Friends Noddy in Toyland Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom Peppa Pig Paw Patrol Bananas in Pajamas Toot the Tiny Tugboat The Wright Stuff Cowboy Builders 5 News Lunchtime Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! Home and Away Neighbours NCIS Film Stolen From the Womb 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Snow Winter Road Rescue Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons The Best of Bad TV The Great British Benefits Handout Super Casino

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Football: Race for the Title Fight Night Countdown Boxing Gold Sky Sports Boxing Gold Fight Night Countdown Boxing Gold Sky Sports Boxing Gold Soccer AM: The Best Bits Barclays Premier League World

Darts Gold

Phil Taylor v Michael van Gerwen. Highlights of the 2013 Premier League final at the O2 in London 08:30 11:00 19:00 19:30 22:30 23:30

Ricky Ponting Masterclass Live ATP Tennis Ricky Ponting Masterclass Live First Utility Super League Pro Kabaddi League La Liga Show

FRIDAY 26TH FEBRUARY 2016

TENERIFE NEWS 545 I TV GUIDE

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Breakfast Food: Truth or Scare Homes Under the Hammer Wanted Down Under Revisited Claimed and Shamed Bargain Hunt BBC News at One Regional News and Weather Doctors Moving On Escape to the Country Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman Flog It! Pointless BBC News at Six Regional News and Weather The One Show Six Nations Rugby Union BBC News at Ten Regional News and Weather Hospital People Catherine Tate’s Nan The Celebrity Apprentice USA Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News

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Food: Truth or Scare Wanted Down Under Revisited Claimed and Shamed MasterChef: The Professionals Victoria Derbyshire BBC News The Daily Politics Coast The Pallisers Who Do You Think You Are? A Place to Call Home The Best Dishes Ever The Life of Mammals Bargain Hunt Eggheads Great British Railway Journeys Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Mastermind Canals: The Making of a Nation Film Philomena Newsnight Artsnight Film The Disappearance of Alice Creed Question Time

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Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News Jeremy Kyle’s Emergency Room Masterpiece with Alan Titchmarsh Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale Coronation Street Best Walks with a View with Julia Bradbury Coronation Street Mr Selfridge ITV News at Ten and Weather Birds of a Feather Film Live and Let Die Jackpot247 Murder, She Wrote ITV Nightscreen

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Countdown King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Car S.O.S Undercover Boss USA Channel 4 News Summary The Supervet Deal or No Deal Countdown A New Life in the Sun

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Peppa Pig Pip Ahoy! Little Princess Bob the Builder Thomas and Friends Noddy in Toyland Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom Peppa Pig Paw Patrol Bananas in Pajamas Toot the Tiny Tugboat The Wright Stuff Cowboy Builders 5 News Lunchtime Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! Home and Away Neighbours NCIS Film Black Friday 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight The Gadget Show That’s So... 1981 NCIS: New Orleans NCIS NCIS: Los Angeles True Crimes: The First 72 Hours Super Casino

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Financial market turmoil driving private investors towards property Low interest rates and financial market turmoil is driving private investors towards property, explains Rosa Salvador in the Spanish daily La Vanguardia, reporting a new study by the Tecnocasa franchise chain of estate agents, published in collaboration with Catalonia’s Pompeu Fabra University (UPF). are investments that require a lot of management, as rental client churn is high, but they tend to be people with time on their hands who can deal directly with their clients, and even collect the rent,” explains Cubero. Salvador writes that private investors may even have an advantage over institutional operations when it comes to risk assessment in Catalonia, where legal uncertainty makes it difficult to evict nonpayers. “Many large investors have halted their investment in residential assets for this reason,” says José GarcíaMontalvo, leading the research team at the UPF. Private investors operate locally, and are in a better position to choose their tenants based on personal knowledge, he says.

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HERE do small investors turn when interest rates on savings are almost zero, and global turmoil makes financial markets look like a minefield? The perennial favourite asset class for private investors the world over – property. Small investors like pensioners are now responsible for one in four Spanish property purchases says the report by the UPF using Tecnocasa data based on 7,443 home sales handled by the company last year. 25% of their sales involved an investor, and 27% of those investors were over the age of 55. This is a relatively new trend for Spain, explains Salvador, in a recent La Vanguardia article. Professional investors like funds and family offices have always included property in their portfolios, but small investors used to stick to savings accounts and pension plans based on Government bonds. “They are elderly people, who have their life’s savings in the bank, typically around 120,000 euros, earning practically zero interest,” says Lázaro Cubero,

head of research at Tecnocasa, quoted in the article. Small-time investors are well placed to understand their local property market, and can see that house prices are down by more than 55% in many areas. “They are after small flats with 2 bedrooms, generally speaking in a building without a lift as they are the cheapest; properties that don’t need much work and can be rented out quickly,” explains Salvador. “They are looking for cheap flats, which don’t appeal to people looking to buy primary homes who want to invest in better quality,” says Paolo Boarini, head of the Tecnocasa Group. In a city like Barcelona there is a wide choice of cheap flats for investment costing 120,000 euros or less in working-class districts like Hospitalet de Llobregat, whilst in provincial cities like Zaragoza, the capital of Aragon, similar flats cost between 70,000 euros and 80,000 euros, says Boarini. Private investors with the most limited budgets go for parking spaces, which in some areas cost as little as 15,000 euros. “These

Smalltime investors are responding to growing demand for rental housing in Spain, say Tecnocasa. 34% of clients are looking for a home to rent, rising to 48% in Barcelona’s L’Hospitalet de Llobregat district, and 44% in Valencia City. Gross rental yields are 6% in Barcelona and 7.7% in Madrid (on average), with higher yields for 2-bed flats, claim Tecnocasa. However, there is a problem. “It’s not a very transparent market,” concedes Cubero.

CHEAPER TO BUY THAN RENT With property prices down 55% or more from the 2007 peak, and Euribor interest rates nudging into negative territory, reducing average mortgage repayments by a third (from 976 euros per month in 2007 to 358 euros per month now, according to Tecnocasa data), it’s cheaper to buy than rent if you can get a mortgage. The problem is that “banks have practically stopped giving mortgages to people with temporary work contracts,” says Boarini. That shuts most young adults out of the market; just 2.6% of buyers have temporary work contracts, and just 3% of buyers are under the age of 25, all according to Tecnocasa. They have no option but to rent if they want to fly the nest, driving up demand and rental prices by 6% in Barcelona ,and 4.6% in Madrid last year.

Written by Mark Stücklin Mark Stücklin is a Barcelona-based property market analyst and consultant, and author of the 'Spanish Property Doctor' column in the Sunday Times (2005 - 2008). He can be reached by email on ms@spanishpropertyinsight.com.

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World Cup Cricket Classics Cricket’s Greatest World Cup Cricket Classics Cricket’s Greatest World Cup Cricket Classics Cricket’s Greatest World Cup Cricket Classics Cricket’s Greatest World Cup Cricket Classics Cricket’s Greatest

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Breakfast Heir Hunters Homes Under the Hammer Countryside 999 Claimed and Shamed Bargain Hunt BBC News at One Regional News and Weather Doctors Moving On Escape to the Country Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman Flog It! Pointless BBC News at Six Regional News and Weather The One Show Traffic Cops DIY SOS The Big Build BBC News at Ten Regional News and Weather Match of the Day Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News

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Heir Hunters Countryside 999 Claimed and Shamed See Hear Great British Menu Victoria Derbyshire BBC News The Daily Politics Coast The Pallisers Who Do You Think You Are? A Place to Call Home The Life of Mammals Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip Bargain Hunt Eggheads Too Much TV The Great Interior Design Challenge £100k House: Tricks of the Trade One Child Live From the BBC Newsnight The Story of China See Hear The Great Sport Relief Bake Off Nature’s Miracle Orphans This is BBC Two

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Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News Jeremy Kyle’s Emergency Room Masterpiece with Alan Titchmarsh Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London Party Political Broadcast by the UK Independence Party ITV Evening News Emmerdale Coronation Street Big Star’s Little Star Grantchester ITV News at Ten and Weather When Ant and Dec Met the Prince Richard Wilson on the Road Jackpot247 ITV Nightscreen The Jeremy Kyle Show

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Countdown King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Car S.O.S Undercover Boss USA Channel 4 News Summary A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun Deal or No Deal Countdown A New Life in the Sun Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Posh Pawn 24 Hours in A and E Raised by Wolves Secrets of the Sauna How to Get a Council House Music on 4 Film All About Steve Location, Location, Location

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Little Princess Bob the Builder Thomas and Friends Noddy in Toyland Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom Peppa Pig Paw Patrol Bananas in Pajamas Toot the Tiny Tugboat The Wright Stuff Cowboy Builders 5 News Lunchtime Police Interceptors Home and Away Neighbours NCIS: Los Angeles Film Hit and Run 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door GPs: Behind Closed Doors Inside Buckingham Palace Person of Interest NCIS True Crimes: The First 72 Hours Super Casino

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SNF - Match Choice Football Gold Soccer AM: The Best Bits La Liga World Fantasy Football Club - The Highlights SNF - Match Choice La Liga World Soccer AM: The Best Bits Sporting Triumphs Football Gold The Mavericks

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THURSDAY 3RD MARCH 2016

Breakfast Heir Hunters Homes Under the Hammer Countryside 999 Claimed and Shamed Bargain Hunt BBC News at One BBC London News Doctors Moving On Escape to the Country Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman Flog It! Pointless BBC News at Six BBC London News The One Show EastEnders Room 101 Would I Lie to You? Pompeii: New Secrets Revealed with Mary Beard BBC News at Ten BBC London News Question Time This Week Women’s Football Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News

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Heir Hunters Countryside 999 Claimed and Shamed The Great Interior Design Challenge Victoria Derbyshire BBC News The Daily Politics Coast The Pallisers Who Do You Think You Are? A Place to Call Home The Life of Mammals Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip Bargain Hunt Eggheads Too Much TV Cycling Murder Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle Newsnight The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story Panorama The Story of China Earth’s Greatest Spectacles This is BBC Two

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Peppa Pig Pip Ahoy! Little Princess Bob the Builder Thomas and Friends Noddy in Toyland Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom Peppa Pig Paw Patrol Bananas in Pajamas Toot the Tiny Tugboat The Wright Stuff Cowboy Builders 5 News Lunchtime Britain’s Horror Homes Home and Away Neighbours NCIS Film Dangerous Lessons 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild The Secret Life of the Family Film Olympus Has Fallen Can’t Pay? Final Demand Special Super Casino

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Breakfast Heir Hunters Homes Under the Hammer Countryside 999 Claimed and Shamed Bargain Hunt BBC News at One Regional News and Weather Doctors Moving On Escape to the Country Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman Flog It! Pointless BBC News at Six Regional News and Weather The One Show A Question of Sport EastEnders Celebrity Mastermind Shetland BBC News at Ten Regional News and Weather Comedy Playhouse Catherine Tate’s Nan The Celebrity Apprentice USA Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News

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Heir Hunters Countryside 999 Claimed and Shamed MasterChef: The Professionals Victoria Derbyshire BBC News The Daily Politics Tennis Eggheads

Jeremy Vine hosts the show where every day a new team of challengers take on probably the greatest quiz team in Britain. Can the challengers triumph or will the cash prize roll over to the next show? 18:30 19:00 20:30 21:00

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Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News Jeremy Kyle’s Emergency Room Masterpiece with Alan Titchmarsh Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale Coronation Street Best Walks with a View with Julia Bradbury Coronation Street Mr Selfridge ITV News at Ten and Weather Benidorm Film The Man with the Golden Gun Jackpot247 Murder, She Wrote ITV Nightscreen

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Countdown King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Car S.O.S Channel 4 News Summary A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun Deal or No Deal Countdown A New Life in the Sun Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast Food Unwrapped Gogglebox The Last Leg Raised by Wolves Rude Tube Virtually Famous Film Coming to America Location, Location, Location

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Barclays Premier League World Darts Prem. Leag. Years La Liga Show PL 100 Club Barclays Premier League Legends Game Changers Barclays Premier League World The Fantasy Football Club FL72 Live A League of Their Own

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Breakfast Saturday Kitchen Mary Berry’s Foolproof Cooking BBC News Football Focus Saturday Sportsday Bargain Hunt TBA Final Score Dynamo: Magician Impossible BBC News Regional News and Weather The Getaway Car

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Drama in which a meek school teacher joins his future brotherin-law and friends for a deer stalking expedition in the Highlands. As the hunting party realise they themselves are the prey, sordid secrets begin to emerge and old friendships are tested to the limits in a ruthless battle for survival. 22:00

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Scrambled! Mr. Bean Horrid Henry Nerds and Monsters Jessie The Tom and Jerry Show ITV News Murder, She Wrote The Jeremy Kyle Show USA The Jeremy Kyle Show ITV News and Weather Judge Rinder Tipping Point Film The Spy Who Loved Me Regional News and Weather ITV News and Weather You’ve Been Framed! Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway Take Me Out The Jonathan Ross Show ITV News and Weather Film Never Say Never Again Jackpot247

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King of Queens Mobil Everybody Loves Raymond Morning Line The Big Bang Theory The Superhumans Show The Simpsons Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Channel 4 Racing Come Dine with Me Channel 4 News Great Canal Journeys

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The Saturday Show Live TBA Now That’s Funny! Criminally Funny: Caught in the Act Cats Make You Laugh Out Loud Grannies Make You Laugh Out Loud TBA World War II in Colour The Gadget Show 5 News The Championship Goal Rush Law and Order: Special Victims Unit Super Casino I Want That Wedding!

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Sporting Triumphs Barclays Premier League World Game Changers Nick Kicks The Fantasy Football Club Soccer AM FL72 Live Live PRO12 Rugby Union Live Ford Saturday Night Football Live Fight Night Sporting Triumphs

Live Super Rugby TBA Live Scottish Cup Football Sky Sports Boxing Gold Football Gold NFL - A Football Life Sporting Greats Live La Liga Football Sky Sports Boxing Gold SNF - Game of the Day

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Breakfast Match of the Day The Andrew Marr Show The Big Questions Sunday Politics BBC News Bargain Hunt TBA Songs of Praise Nature’s Miracle Orphans BBC News BBC London News Countryfile Call the Midwife

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Great British Garden Revival Gardeners’ World An Island Parish Countryfile Saturday Kitchen Best Bites TBA The Best Dishes Ever MOTD2 Extra Triathlon Cycling: World Track Championships Flog It!

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The Night Manager BBC News BBC London News Match of the Day 2 Women’s Football Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News

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TBA Let’s Play Darts for Sports Relief 2016 TBA Countryfile Holby City This is BBC Two

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Super 4 Looped Scrambled! Mr. Bean Horrid Henry Nerds and Monsters Bear Grylls Survival School The Tom and Jerry Show ITV News Murder, She Wrote The Jeremy Kyle Show ITV News and Weather The Jeremy Kyle Show Judge Rinder Big Star’s Little Star Off Their Rockers Film Moonraker Regional News and Weather ITV News and Weather Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands TBA ITV News and Weather Brits Behind Bars Rugby Highlights Jackpot247

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Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Sunday Brunch George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces

In this special episode of George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces, George joins forces with up-cycling expert Max McMurdo. Max dreams of becoming mortgage-free by selling his house and using the £50,000 profit to build a custom designed floating home in a 40foot shipping container. Max then plans to moor his new house in a marina and start his idyllic new life on the water. George gets a taste of the luxury floating home lifestyle when he visits a cuttingedge, wrap-around glass house near Canary Wharf in Docklands, London. George also travels to Denmark, a nation responsible for some of the most ingenious floating homes in Europe, to see an incredible hand-made house built for just £10,000. 13:35 15:30 16:55 18:40 19:00 20:00

TBA The Simpsons TBA Channel 4 News The Secret Life of the Zoo The Jump

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Milkshake! The Fairly Odd Parents

Childrens cartoon about a 10-year old boy named Timmy who has Fairy Godparents, that grant Timmy’s wishes often with problematic consequences. 10:30 11:30

The Championship Goal Rush

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TBA 5 News TBA Super Casino TBA Wildlife SOS

Documentary series about the work of dedicated animal lovers who save injured and orphaned wild animals brought into their sanctuary. 04:50 05:20

The Great Artists Great Scientists

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Barclays Premier League Legends SNF:Match Choice The Sunday Supplement Goals on Sunday Live Ford Super Sunday Football Gold Live MLS: Chicago Fire v NY City Sporting Triumphs

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MONDAY 7TH MARCH 2016

Breakfast Heir Hunters Homes Under the Hammer Countryside 999 Claimed and Shamed Bargain Hunt BBC News at One Regional News and Weather Doctors TBA Escape to the Country TBA Flog It! Pointless BBC News at Six Regional News and Weather The One Show Inside Out BBC News and Regional News EastEnders Panorama TBA BBC News at Ten Regional News and Weather BBC Weather Cuckoo Have I Got News for You TBA Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News

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Heir Hunters Countryside 999 Claimed and Shamed Emergency Rescue Down Under Mary Berry’s Foolproof Cooking Victoria Derbyshire BBC News The Daily Politics The Chef’s Protege Portillo’s State Secrets Who Do You Think You Are? A Place to Call Home Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip The Life of Mammals Bargain Hunt Eggheads TBA University Challenge Mary Berry’s Foolproof Cooking The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story QI XL Newsnight TBA Phone Shop Idol The Celebrity Apprentice USA This is BBC Two

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Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News Jeremy Kyle’s Emergency Room Masterpiece with Alan Titchmarsh Tipping Point The Chase Regional News and Weather ITV Evening News Emmerdale Coronation Street Further Tales from Northumberland with Robson Green Coronation Street Davina Mccall: Life at the Extreme ITV News at Ten and Weather The Agenda The Jonathan Ross Show Jackpot247 The Jeremy Kyle Show ITV Nightscreen The Jeremy Kyle Show

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Countdown King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Car S.O.S

Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend head to Berkshire to give some TLC to a forgotten 1960s sports classic; a Daimler SP250, known as the Dart, which has been gathering dust in a shed for over 10 years. 11:00 12:00 12:05 14:10 15:10 16:00 17:00 18:00 18:30 19:00 19:55 20:00 20:30 21:00 22:00 22:50 23:55 00:50 01:45 02:40 03:35

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Milkshake! The Wright Stuff Cowboy Builders 5 News TBA Home and Away Neighbours NCIS: New Orleans Film Smokescreen

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Two FBI agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained while hidden forces work to impede their efforts. 22:00 23:00 01:00 03:10 04:00

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Join in a guided walk through Love kicks off new cycle of Teide National Park organ recitals

L Rosario is inviting people to take part in a guided walk through the Teide National Park.

The event on Sunday, February 28th is part of the “Paten2016” programme organised by the local council’s departments of sport and youth.

The route is entitled “Arena Negras - Parque Nacional del Teide” and will take a circular path from the car-park at the Portillo visitor centre and then along the Siete Cañadas in the direction of the Parador. The route is of medium difficulty and will take about two hours over eight kilometres. The price of all scheduled routes is five euros for those registered in El Rosario and six euros for those not registered in the municipality. The price includes the presence of a monitor, guide, transport by bus and travel insurance. Part of the route is steep downhill but affords spectacular views of the National Park and its famous peaks. The next scheduled routes will be held on March 20th (Chanajiga-Los Realejos), April 24th (Baracán-Teno-El Palmar) and May 28th (Vueltas de Taganana). Hiking and excursions are one of the most sought-after events by young people of El Rosario to enrich their free time in a healthy way. As always it is recommended to wear a coat, comfortable shoes and a small backpack. Those interested can call the youth department on 922 01 01 60 Ext. 1004/1008, or the Youth House of El Chorrillo on 922 68 46 99. Registration for the February 28th walk closes on February 25th.

Two new art additions join incredible moving sculpture park

LOS CARDONES

HE incredible sculpture park in San Isidro has added two new more attractions to its fascinating site.

The “Parque de Esculturas de Los Cardones” is run by the Gernot Huber Foundation and during the winter, is open every second Sunday from November through to April.

This wonderful location has more than 100 sculptures dotted around its grounds from where visitors can enjoy a vista over the ocean below. Now, there are two more

installations to see, following their recent inauguration. “Vuelo” and “Génova” have both been created by local artists and give residents and tourists alike more reasons to make a visit. “Vuelo” (“Flight”) is the work of Guillermo Batista Díaz whilst Jaime Alonso Fernández is the

creator behind “Génova” . They were officially unveiled during a ceremony attended by councillors for culture and urbanism, Óscar Delgado and Juan Rodríguez, as well as founders Gernot and Ina Huber and other artists. The sculptures in the park are made in all sorts of mediums, including stone, glass, steel and wood and offer a symbiosis between art, nature, architecture and respect for the environment. There is more than 80,000 square metres of landscape with all the artwork interconnected by a pathway of more than 2,000 metres in length. Anyone who would like to tour the park can make an appointment by ringing 922772331 and donations will be accepted. Gernot Huber, himself a sculptor,h as another unique park in Europe in terms of moving sculptures in Hamburg.

HE best organists in Europe are about to take to the stage of the Alfredo Kraus auditorium in Las Palmas as the new cycle of Organ Recitals begin. All the concerts have the co-operation of the Philharmonic Society of Las Palmas and have the unique feature of a spectacular backdrop to the ocean. This is because the wall behind the stage of the Gran Canaria venue will be left open for the day-time performances. The environment is therefore like no other in the world and is of course one of the advantages of islands which enjoy magnificent scener y and weather to

match. French organist, Christophe Guida opened the new cycle on Valentine’s Day with a programme dedicated to love. Sunday, April 10th will be the turn of the Italian Simone Vebber who participates in the festival for the second consecutive year. Then the Frenchman of Lebanese origin, Naji Hakim shows his mastery on May 8th and Catalan Aarón Ribas closes the programme on June 19th.

All the concerts start at 12.30pm. Tickets are available from various sources, including www.auditorioteatrolaspalmasgc.es, www.auditorioalfredokraus.com and www.entradas.com or telephone 902 488 488.

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Try your expertise in El Hierro’s 20th underwater photography contest

Get ready for the Dragon Battle in Los Realejos

HIS fantastic picture has scooped a top award in El Hierro’s online underwater photographic competition.

It was taken by Francisco José Van Baumberghen Rodríguez and was judged to be the best photograph of January in the Open Fotosub Online contest. He managed to capture the brilliance of an anemone with the bright sunshine on the surface of the water. The author lives in La Palma and has already taken part in previous editions of the competition. On this occasion, he went diving in January in La Restinga in collaboration with the El Hierro diving centre. The Open Fotosub Online is one of the most important and longest events of its kind in the Canaries in the exciting world of underwater imagery. In fact, this year it is celebrating its 20th anniversary and has been rated by many experts as the best underwater photography event in Europe. However, this was the first time the images had been featured online and also the

first for a category of underwater video. Participants can capture their images in the waters of El Hierro between January 1st and August 31st, 2016, under the supervision of an authorised diver. The pictures and videos will then be entered into the competition for the month they were taken and will be voted on via www.online.openfotosub.es. One will be chosen for the photo of the month during 2016. Each month, you can submit up to five photos in each of the five photo categories set out in the competition: Best Photography Underwater Landscape, Best Cinematography Vertebrate, Best Cinematography Invertebrate, Best Cinematography Algae and best picture with compact cameras. In the category of Short Videos, you can submit one work in each month. In September, a jury will get together to award points to the monthly winners and this will determine the overall winner. El Hierro Cabildo is providing prize money of 9,000 euros. In addition, eight winners of the photo of the month will be invited to take part in a Challenge Fotosub to be held between October 19th and 22nd in La Restinga to coincide with the announcement of the overall winner and the 20th anniversary of the competition.

RE you ready for the “Dragon Battle”? Los Realejos is planning the next edition of this great event on April 2nd and it’s as spectacular for the contestants as it is for spectators

This great sporting battle over obstacles is to be held in the vicinity of Realejo Alto with the Finca El Lano as the main stage. The tournament is organised and promoted by Oceanbox C. B. headed up by José Roger who visited Los Realejos to sign the agreement with the Mayor, Manuel Domínguez and councillor for sport, Benito Dévora so that promoting and preparations for the competition could begin. In 2015, the Dragon Battle was held in the south of Tenerife, specifically in El Medano and attracted some 600 entries. It is aimed at all sporting fans who are in good physical condition and can cope with a variety of obstacles put in their way. These are no ordinary obstacles, however, and will test the competitor to the limit! The cost of taking part in this unique battle is 30.25 euros for individuals. However, you can also take part as a member of a team. A team can consist of up to a maximum of five people and at least one of them must be a man or a woman ie not a single sex team. The price for this is 141.25 euros for the team. The third mode is for children who will tackle the “Dragon Kids” with a price of 6.25 euros. Registration can be done through the website of www.dragonbattlerace.com as well as in different parts of the island. These include Roctrail de Los Realejos, Intersport in Centro Comercial El Trompo of La Orotava and Las Chafiras in San Miguel de Abona or the Oceanbox training centre in El Médano.

“Dance Up” arrives in Tenerife with new launch pad competition

A Orotava is to host the urban dance championship DANCE UP.

The event will be held in the Auditorio Teobaldo Power on March 6th from 5pm. This is the very first edition of DANCE UP to be held in Tenerife and is aimed at all young Canarians who want to express themselves through

dance. The purpose of this initiative is to create a space that serves as a launching pad for artists who want to make themselves known and to demonstrate the daily work performed in several dance schools across

the island. The artistic direction and organisation of the event will be overseen by a committee formed by Loreto Méndez, Cristian Martín and Alejandra Córdoba. There will be cash prizes and trophies for the winners of three categories: freestyle, junior and absolute. Registration will take place via email (danceuptenerife@gmail.com) and the deadline is March 1st. The jury will consist of BBoy René, Erika Rodríguez and Mer y Carrillo, three professional dancers with a well-known group who will provide a free masterclass for all participants. Tickets will be sold at the box office at the price of five euros. There will be no advance ticket sales and seating is limited.

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All the fun of the carnival and there’s still more to come!

ARNIVAL time is proving a huge hit across Tenerife with Santa Cruz being described as the best ever and there is more to come!

Hundreds of thousands of people have been enjoying the festivities, with the capital leading the way with its famous carnival, second only to the one in Rio. But there are still later carnivals to come, including in Los Cristianos between March 4th and 14th. The Mayor of Santa Cruz, José Manuel Bermúdez said the capital’s 2016 carnival had been one of the best ever. In a press conference to take stock, he congratulated all those who participated in the celebrations recently

Puerto de La Cruz carnival

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completed “of which we can say, without falling into triumphalism, have been a success from all points of view” . He said more people than ever before had joined in with numbers estimated at one million. Despite this huge influx, no problems had been encountered, adding to its reputation of being one of the safest in the world. Just one of the spin-off effects was high occupancy in the hotels at around 90 per cent. “Carnival, day and night,

have been a success, a success that belongs to the people because the people do Carnival,” he said. The Mayor also praised the massive clean-up operation which had swung into action with great efficiency. Despite these great results, he said they remained vigilant about the future and always strived for improvements. One of the aspects would be to ask people to help with the clean-up afterwards. He said the carnival was an ever-evolving fiesta and a pride for the city. In Puerto de la Cruz, more than 350,000 people flocked in for the main carnival day. The Coso was as colourful as

always, with a histor y stretching back 106 years. More than two dozen floats, decked cars, and thousands of people took to the streets in their costumes. Around 20,000 people were also thrilled with the main Coso of the carnival in La Orotava. The parade was full of rhythm, fantasy and colour and took nearly three hours to meander around the town. More than 50 dance and musical groups took part,

Free hike for Arona youth

OUNG people in Arona are being encouraged to take part in a free hike on Saturday, February 28th.

The youth hike is from Chanajiga - El Asomadero (Los Realejos) and is organised by the council’s youth department. To take part, you have to be registered in Arona and aged between 18 and 35. To put your name down, pop in to any youth unit or email juventud@arona.org. The start time is 9am. Places are limited but there is no charge.

Santa Cruz carnival photo courtesy of Jesús D’Sousa including street musicians and brass bands. As elsewhere, a major safety operation was launched

and events went off without a hitch. Granadilla’s carnival is still ongoing, with the programme

ending on February 28th (see www.granadilladeabona.org and for details on Los Cristianos, see www.arona.org

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A CAMPAIGN New Volcanic Route adds to WITH attractions at Güímar Pyramids GREAT SUCCESS

HE Pyramids of Güímar Ethnographic Park has started the new year with the opening of a new open-air path called Volcanic Route.

This new permanent exhibition explains the volcanic origin of the archipelago, showing the geological formation of the Canary Islands over millions of years, as well as its volcanic activity in historical times. It also turns the spotlight on the typical rocks and materials found in Tenerife and reveals how volcanic geology affects and shapes the climatology of the islands. With this new exhibition, there are now four outdoor routes which visitors to this park, spread over more than

20,000 square metres, can enjoy. The other routes are focus on Canary botany, exported products and culture. There are very informative panels, interactive exhibits, old photographs and examples of the endemic flora of the Canary Islands. The Volcanic Route also aims to join the tourism effort being developing island-wide to give a deserved importance to the volcanic origin of the islands and teach people more about the unique Canar y geology.

Palmitos Park continues to be a record-breaker

ALMITOS Park in Gran Canaria has broken its own visitor record for the sixth consecutive year.

The attraction has seen a growth of more than five per cent every year and has now been enjoyed by more than 15 million people. The Nordic market has grown by 36 per cent over the last five years whilst numbers from the Spanish mainland have soared 20 per cent in the last 12 months alone. The zoological and theme park is delighted with its success and with visitor satisfaction levels indicated by regular surveys.

Palmitos Park each year also participates in the training and education of 18,000 students from different schools on the island for which it has designed a plan of environmental education activities, focusing on a direct relationship with nature. The objective of this proposal is to teach children the importance of biodiversity to achieve its conservation. Among the different workshops offered include Palmitos Park called “The Dolphin”,

“Environmental enrichment”, “Blue World-Aquarius” and “The World of Plants”. As part of this educational proposal, Palmitos Park each year invites children and adults who are sick, disabled or involved in some kind of social conflict to visit as a way to help improve their quality of life.

In the same vein, Palmitos Park has an active collaboration with different research departments of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) and other institutions in order to advance knowledge of animal life. The park will be celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2018.

New subjects expand artistic courses in Los Realejos

HE artistic schools of Los Realejos are offer ing three new courses to continue the great success story.

At the moment, there are more than 25 different disciplines enjoyed by more than 550 students who have enrolled for the academic year of 2015-2016. The three new disciplines are in comics, especially Japanese manga, graphic design and jewellery. Councillor for culture, Isabel Socorro highlighted the increasing number of Los Realejos residents interested in courses and their growing popularity across the region. “Cómic y Manga” will be taken by José Francisco Estévez over 72 hours and will look at all elements of the comic book or graphic novel, including those of America, Japan and Europe. It will be presented in a fun and informative way, with humour

and featuring lots of practice. The same professor will take “Graphic Design” which would also help those who would like to try and gain a job in this sector. The course on jewellery is led by jeweller and gemologist, Cristóbal Borges García. It will include an introduction to different materials, metals and stones, as well as the many techniques used. Those on the course will be able to make their own small pieces after acquiring the skills needed. It is aimed at people interested in discovering the jewellery techniques applied to artistic creation. These new courses add to the programme of fine arts, ballroom, traditional embroidery, musical comedy, film

and television, patchwork, poetry, yoga, modern dance, theatre, ceramics and many more. More information and re-

gistration can be directed to the Casa de La Parra or through the web www.escuelasmunicipales.com or phone 922.35.35.93.

Lions Club to hold solidarity gala

HE Lions Club of Santiago del Teide has organised a fundraising Solidarity Gala.

It will be held from 7.30pm on February 26th in the Santiago Sporting Club in Urbanisación Las Rozas. The event is a three-course dinner featuring live music, raffles and various surprises and is priced at 27.50 euros per person. Those interested in giving their support to the Lions can purchase tickets from the

NGOs on the lower floor of the health centre La Vigilia, in the reception of the complex of El Marqués or direct from any member of the club. The fundraising night will bring in money so the Lions can continue their good work which includes helping those in most need in the municipality and other charitable causes.

EART-felt thanks were extended when Carol Salisbury Chappell held a press conference with the AECC (National Association Against Cancer) at The Paradise Park Hotel.

The event was called to celebrate the success of her campaign, officially titled "K M Solidario" and to thank everyone for their donations and support. Carol started the campaign over two years ago to buy a bus to take cancer patients from the south to Candelaria Hospital for their necessary, regular treatment. Those who attended included representative members of Los Cristianos Swallows, F.A.S.T., Rotary, Masonic Lodges, Golf Clubs, Bowling Clubs, Darts Clubs, Lions International, San Blas Cultural Centre, Wingate School, as well as many individuals, all of whom had donated to the purchase of the bus. There was a congratulatory message from British Vice Consul, Helen Keating. Total figures of fonations and expenses of the previous years were discussed. New plans were outlined although not officially confirmed yet – of the same bus making two journeys a day instead of one, thus enabling twice as many patients to attend the Hospital for their treatment. This would entail a further cost of approximately 10,000 euros in addition to the normal annual running costs of some 36,000 euros. Further donations were presented by San Miguel Lions Club; Early Birds Bowling Club at Happy Days; Wingate School’s very young children who had made cakes to raise money and also individual donations. At the end of the meeting there was an overwhelming donation of a further 5,000 euros from Carole & Mike Hart of LOS CRISTIANOS SWALLOWS and after the meeting Carol received news of yet another donation of 5,000 euros from the San Miguel Lions Club – in addition to money they had donated during the meeting – both of these groups donating particularly to enable the new plan of two daily journeys to take place. However, Carol expressed that the campaign had been

to purchase a bus and the first donations also covered two years’ running costs, with which she was more than delighted but she confessed that, at this stage, she had thought that “the authorities” might have taken over the campaign by now: perhaps the five ayuntamientos sharing the transport costs between them since patients from all areas in the south are able to use the bus although some of the councils have made contributions already. It is obvious that Carol is well supported by the British people in the south and she really appreciates every euro they have donated. But she admits that she is tired now and feels that she has “done her bit” and is looking for someone to replace her. She would seriously welcome anyone with ideas who wants to run events to raise the necessary funds or anyone who has the energy to approach banks or businesses (most of which each have “charity funds just sitting there”) and she will be happy to advise. Carol is organising another Bring & Buy Charity Market with new & nearly new clothes, shoes, bags, household items, bric-a-brac etc. – she already has golf clubs, TV digi-boxes, telephones, baby’s travel cot, baby walker and play-mat, bar stools, roller-boots, a George Foreman grill, power tools, etc. This is to be held on Friday 4 March 2016 10:00 am – 3:00 pm at La Pepa Food Hall Terrace (above Dial Prix & Santander), Pasarella Oasis Bdg. (Nr Paradise Park Hotel), Los Cristianos. Carol wants any items that you no longer need: these can be brought to the Tejar Bar, Apollo Centre, Los Cristianos on Monday 29 February after 10:30, or directly to the La Pepa Food Hall Terrace after 8.30 am on the day of the Market – Friday 4 March. She is still needing to borrow clothes' hanging rails and coathangers and help with transporting small car loads. All help appreciated!

Please ring Carol on – 639 069 862 or 922 781 783.

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Stunning Scenery in the North of Tenerife

couple of weeks ago, I went for a lovely 11.4km hike in the north of Tenerife with Andy Tenerife Walker and two very good friends, Lisa Allard and her husband Carlos, the founder members of “En Pie”, the Canarian Mental Health Foundation. This walk began near to Agua Garcia in the municipality of Tacoronte which took us through lush Laurel and Pine forest. Even the drive to our starting point was beautiful. In El Rosario and Agua Garcia, small houses are dotted along the roadside and roses and poinsettias were in full bloom which is a contradiction of the seasons in itself. Oranges and lemons dangled on branches in profusion, and many of the fields had been cleared ready for the spring crops to be planted. Our walk began with a steady climb into the forest. Huge Laurel trees laurisilva presented themselves like guards of honour along very good paths. The forest was particularly dense in places and it was noticeable that the Ayuntamiento are keeping their word and are tidying some of the paths to keep them clear for fellow hikers and ramblers. They were trimming some of the trees and chopping others down; huge logs lay everywhere. The clean smell of Pine prevailed in the air and added to the ambiance and my mood. We then descended some trickier ground but once again found ourselves on very good and pretty paths through the forest. Flowers were in abundance, especially the Canarian version of the English buttercup and I smiled to myself as a thought crossed my mind; the bright yellow flowers looked like smiley suns bobbing their little heads up to say hello. Nearing the end of our walk we encountered two shrines in small clearings as this walk forms part of the pilgrimage trail that takes place every August to pay homage to our Patron Saint, the Virgin of Candelaria known as the Black Madonna. Many pilgrims still camp out in the forests overnight, a ritual that has been taking place for hundreds of years. Her feast days are the 2nd of February

and 15th August. According to local legend, a statue of the Virgin Mary bearing a child in one hand and a green candle in the other (hence “Candelaria”), was discovered in Gúímar by two Guanches in 1392. The statue was later moved to Acaymo and then later to Lanzarote but then it was returned to Tenerife after an outbreak of plague which

occurred in Lanzarote sometime in the C19. The statue (which is copy because a tsunami carried the original out to sea in 1826) is now housed in the Basilica of Candelaria which was first constructed in 1668, however, it was destroyed by fire and the current magnificent Basilica was built in 1959. Many of us who have lived in the south for a long time

don’t realise just how beautiful the real Tenerife is. It’s not all about beaches, sand and swimming pools, albeit these are ver y nice, but rather Tenerife is actually steeped in history and culture and once you get inside it and explore, there are many wondrous sights to see and there is always something new to be learned about our enchanting island.

For further information regarding Tenerife’s great outdoors, please see: www.tenerife-guided-walks.com

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FORMER Library president Ken Fisher has spent more hours then he cares to remember down the years researching the history of The English Library in Puerto de la Cruz in particular and more generally the British community in Tenerife. He kicks off what will be a series of regular articles by introducing you to the founders of the library back in the 19th century.

How one woman’s generosity with books led to the creation of a very special facility “THE BOREHAMS” HAD A MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF THOUSANDS OF BOOKS

ALTER AND MARY Boreham arrived in Tenerife in 1890. Walter was an English law yer terminally ill with tuberculosis. Wife Mary nee Dabney was the niece of a former US Consul to the island. They had arrived in the Orotava Valley at an exciting time as the Grand Hotel Taoro was under construction, designed especially for health tourism and boasting that the sanitary arrangements were carried out by certificated English plumbers. The Borehams wasted no time in taking possession of a large finca house with its own small chapel situated immediately outside the boundary of the Taoro Park. It was known – and still is – as the Finca San Antonio. They modernised the house and created landscaped gardens and lawns, some of which were dedicated to outdoor games such as tennis and croquet. They had brought with them their prized possession – a magnificent collection of thousands of books. Sadly, Walter Boreham lost his battle with the disease and, after his death in 1891 at the age of 41 his widow Mary not only remained in San Antonio but became a generous benefactor to the British community. She donated specific items to the church, such as the beautiful stained-glass windows which add such glor y to the services. Mrs Boreham also personally defrayed the cost of the vicarage erected behind the church. In return for her great generosity all she asked,

being a Unitarian, was that all Christian denominations could use the church. When the first stone was laid it was written that the church was dedicated to the memory of Walter Boreham. After Walter’s death, Mary had an open house for friends and visitors alike. Her library was the talk of the island and she lent books to all and sundry, including visitors to the hotel. Over the years she must have lost hundreds of books and her friends decided to take steps to put a stop to her generosity being abused. In 1900, at a meeting in the vicarage, someone suggested that it was high time a Subscription Library was formed. The suggestion was enthusiastically received. A special meeting was held at San Antonio and the Rev Arthur Humphreys offered one of the rooms in the vicarage as temporar y accommodation. The gallant Mrs Boreham, oblivious to the main purpose of the formation of the Subscription Librar y, promised a good number of her own books to set the ball rolling. She was held in such high esteem that Mr Humphreys suggested the librar y be called the Boreham-Dabney Library. Luckily, Mar y Boreham refused this honour and

The Rev Humphreys suggested that the Orotava Librar y would be quite sufficient. This was approved unanimously, maybe with a sigh of relief, as The Boreham Library would have been a ver y unfortunate name indeed. Mr Humphreys was voted in as the first chairman. In January 1901, maybe to appease the vicar, the Library Committee voted to raise enough money to purchase a site, create a building fund and to reach their goal as quickly as possible. The committee had already inspected a tract of land adjacent to the San Antonio estate which had been offered to the fledgling Library by the owner, Don Manuel Corvo, for £125. The committee had unanimously agreed to purchase it once they had raised the money. Then, in July, 1901 the

library committee received a surprising letter from Colonel Owen Peel Wethered, the exChairman of the Wethered Brewery, in Marlow, Bucks. The Colonel had built a colonial mansion alongside Taoro Park and named the house after the land he had purchased – El Robado. During the period taken to build his house, Colonel Wethered had become a regular visitor to the Hotel Taoro and had bought shares in the company. When he learned that the librar y committee were in negotiations for Corvo’s tract of land both he and the hotel company agreed that it would be to their joint advantage if the library was within the boundaries of the park, close to the church and hotel – and El Robado. The Colonel swiftly bought the whole of the Corvo finca

Mary Boreham

Colonel Owen Peel Wethered

in San Antonio, including the tract put aside for the library. Señor Corvo was made an offer he couldn’t refuse. The Colonel then made a generous offer to the committee – for ever y £5 received as a donation towards the new librar y building he would donate the same amount. His proviso was that the library must be erected in the Taoro Park grounds. There must have been quite an argument over this proposal, which resulted in the resignation of the chairman of the committee, Mr Humphreys. There were quite a few rumblings of dissatisfaction among the committee. Colonel Wethered then played his trump card. In library terms, taking a leaf out of Mrs Boreham’s book, he said he would also personally defray the cost of the Librar y building – another offer that couldn’t be refused. The committee chose the land where the Library stands today. In the book, The Power and the Brewery written by Anthony Wethered, the author and descendant, makes the point that OPW, as he was referred to by the family, “was a man who liked his own way”. Closer to home, Mrs Annette Reid comments in her 1976 booklet on the Library that: “When Colonel Wethered died of tuberculosis in 1908, the Church of All Saints, the British Games Club and the Library lost a warm friend and supporter. His reputation for perhaps exerting his own

will too strongly on occasions was more than offset by his open-handed generosity and constant and liberal kindness. The Library owes him a great debt.” The meetings of the building sub-committee were attended by Mr Bovill, a retired architect who had built his own house in La Vera. He was the only professional available and his plans for the library were excellent and required little modification. Of course, the Colonel had a few suggestions which were taken on board. It is interesting to see that the committee decided to purchase the roof tiles from France, the joiner y by employing local tradesmen and the ironmongery from England. There are no anecdotes in circulation about the building work but we do know that the Orotava Library was finished in 1903 and by 1904 all the books had been removed from the vicarage and placed in their new home. Mrs Boreham added 2,000 more books from her own collection. When she died in 1919, her daughter donated the 4,000 books that Mrs Boreham still owned, to the Library. Since its inception, the Orotava Library has had its high and low moments but throughout its histor y whenever a job needed doing or a disaster seemed imminent we have had a procession of officers and volunteers who have risen to the occasion. “Cometh the hour: Cometh the man – or woman”. The work continues.

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Sook

Mamma Rosa

Restaurante Magnolia

Santa Cruz

Playa de las Américas

Puerto de la Cruz

Seek out the ultra-modern Silken Atlántida hotel in Santa Cruz and you will discover a fantastic place to eat. This striking hotel in Avda. 3 de Mayo has just reinvented its restaurant which is now called “SOOK”. The expert team here believes in moving with the times and presents the diner with a young and fresh approach in its beautifully-designed bistro. The ambitious project has been created by the Silken School of Food and Beverage (ESAB) and chaired by award-winning Michelin star chef Martín Berasategui. The main objective was to refresh the previous concept, to innovate it and make it much more personal, blending the traditional harmony with the modern in a natural way. The traditional mixes with haute cuisine at prices you can afford with the emphasis on fresh premium produce.

Mamma Rosa is one of the longest established restaurants in the south of Tenerife and has an extensive menu and a modern ambiance which appeals to all ages. For more than 22 years, it has offered elegance, top-class cuisine, an excellent varied wine list and, of course, the service you would expect. The cuisine is described as classical Italian and Scandinavian with Spanish and French influences, blended together and cooked in a modern style. Part of the new approach is to offer a very extensive fish menu. As with the meat, the restaurant tries where possible to buy local produce and support the islands’ agriculture.

Restaurante Magnolia has come a long way, starting life as a small intimate restaurant with an outdoor terrace to the finished article we see today, with the terrace now covered and well spaced tables inside. The kitchen is open plan and creates the most wonderful national and international dishes with an extensive menu of fish, shellfish, lamb, steaks, pastas. This venue is always busy and customers are full of praise for the Restaurante Magnolia as one of the finest places to eat on the island. The quality and service certainly stands out and the cost is very reasonable indeed. They are open every day from 13:00 - 16:00 and 19:00 to 23.30.

Avda. 3 de Mayo, 3 Santa Cruz Tel.: 922 294 500 www.hote-les-silken.com

For reservations call 922 794 819 Avda. Santiago Puig, Apartamentos Colón 2 Playa de la Américas www.mammarosa.com / mammarosa@mammarosa.com

For reservations call 922 385 614 Avda. Marqués de Villanueva del Prado s/n Puerto de la Cruz www.restaurantemaganolia.com

Restaurante El Cine

El Teatro del Puerto

Restaurante Gom

Los Cristianos

Los Cristianos port

Santa Cruz

The regular sight of people queuing for a table will give you the best clue ever about this restaurant. The alley-way where people queue has been described as the most famous on the island and no-one seems to mind having to wait for a table. This is very much a fresh fish restaurant, the only meat you will find are chicken. The menu, in extense: grilled cuttle fish, grilled hake fillet, fresh sardines, the fish of the day, grilled fresh herrings, all seven euros each. Tomato and onion salad, chips or Canary potatoes for 2.50 euros a bowl. Fried octopus, nine euros. Grilled prawns, eight euros. Fried chicken wings, seven euros. There is one hour free parking at the dock for restaurant visitors. Just request a ticket and this will be stamped at El Cine.

If you love a location with a lot of atmosphere, head down to the busy port of Los Cristianos. There is always something to see here and it’s great to watch all the ferries coming in and out as you enjoy a coffee or meal amidst all the action. Whether you are travelling to another island or not, seek out the cafeteria in the port terminal. “El Teatro del Puerto” in the Estacion Maritima specialises in bread rolls, cakes and some really first-class coffees.You will also find a great selection of tapas, typical Canary products, ice-creams and more. One great option is their daily menu which offer a first and second course, plus a dessert, with drinks paid separately. A real bonus is that it is open early in the morning, from 7am every day, closing at 8pm.

This iconic restaurant in the heart of Santa Cruz is definitely a place to head for if you enjoy stunning decor and high-end cuisine but at prices you can still afford. The food here is best described as a slice of home-made cooking with the taste and touch of nouvelle cuisine. The emphasis is on quality, freshness and naturalness where the raw product is the star, depending on what is available that day in the market. They offers a special menu for celiac and can help create food for anyone with a specific allergy. Weddings, etc are also catered for and there is always a dish of the day. You will find GOM within the Hotel Taburiente, located in front of Parque García Sanabria. Their opening times are Tuesday to Saturday from 13:00 to 16:00 and 20:00 to 23:00.

For reservations call 609 107 758 Calle Juan Bariajo, nº8 Los Cristianos www.barelcine.es / barelcine@gmail.com

For reservations call 609 107 758 Estación Marítima, Los Cristianos Port Arona

For reservations call 922 276 058 Calle Dr. Guigou,29 Santa Cruz www.hoteltaburiente.com

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The “Picoteo” triangle

Donde Mario

El Calderito de la Abuela

La Bodeguita de Enfrente

Cuesta de la Villa

A great part of the fun of wining and dining in Tenerife is finding somewhere different and it’s well worth a trip out to Santa Ursula to the warm and inviting Donde Mario. Though from the outside you might easily pass by it, the inside is elegant and captivating. Restaurateur Mario Torres surpises us every day with his extensive use of produce in season, and his unbeatable experience with wines and cookery. Just try his Cherne warm salad, a super-healthy Canarian fish soup, or his Lomo de Vaca Morucha. You will be surprised.

Why not try a touch of “picoteo”, the Spanish-style of eating where, as the name suggests, you pick a selection of dishes and share with your companions. You will find “El Calderito de la Abuela” in Santa Úrsula and it offers a unique and homely atmosphere combining Canary cuisine with modern creativity. This is already an award-winning restaurant and it’s not surprising that this year, it has again scooped a TripAdvisor accolade. The exterior of this property belies what you will find inside as it is full of charm and carácter and there is an incredible view of La Orotava valley. “A gem” is how it is described.

Set in a series of old Canary houses, this restaurant is made up of a labyrinth of inter-connecting rooms leading off from the bar area in the centre. The atmosphere is reminiscent of an English country pub with its low ceilings with wooden beams and warm décor. The food is fundamentally Canarian. They grow most of their own produce at their allotment and only use olive oil to cook with. Their ethos is a simple one, only use the best, fresh produce and cook it with thought and care. The menu is described as Picoteo, slightly more than tapas without reaching the full-blown three-course meal status. It’s delicious and affordable.

For reservations call 922 304 585 Exit 31 TF-5, Carretera Provincial, 119 Cuesta de la Villa, Santa Úrsula www.dondemario.net

For reservations call 922 301 918 Exit 31 TF-5, Carretera Provincial, 130 Cuesta de la Villa, Santa Úrsula www.elcalderitodelaabuela.net

For reservations call 922 302 760 Exit 31 TF-5, Carretera Provincial, 205 Cuesta de la Villa, Santa Úrsula www.labodeguitadeenfrente.net

The Oyster Catcher

Tacoa Restaurant & Brewery

Sabor Canario

Los Cristianos

El Sauzal

La Orotava

It’s always nice to try a new experience when in Tenerife so pop along to the Oyster Catcher in Los Cristianos and enjoy some spectacular flambé. The restaurant, on the thriving El Mirador strip, offers an extensive menu of British cuisine, using only the best of fresh ingredients at affordable prices, including homemade soups, daily roasts served with classic Yorkshire pudding and stock gravy, pastas, fish and fresh salads. All the main courses are served with a choice of fresh vegetables and potatoes. You can sit indoors or on the undercover terrace. Flambés are the speciality of the house, with the steaks, king prawns , pork or chicken cooked right in front of you with delicious sauces. Follow up with a flambéed dessert such as crêpe suzette and banana flambé. Delicious!

For reservations call 922 788 038 Open daily C.C. El Mirador, Local 5 Avenida San Francisco, Los Cristianos www.oystercatcher.es - info@oystercatcher.es

Different types of craft beers can be enjoyed here. At the moment, for instance, they have ten! Two are the most recent, namely “Winter Porter” and a “Tajinaste”, with Teide floral honey. Specialities: a wide range of snacks, delicious salads, smoked food, various types of sausages, Geman grills and roasted knuckle of pork. Also home-made desserts. And new on the menu: vegan cuisine. This super brewery/restaurant is even more popular because it sells its bottled beer to the public who can walk here just like they can to other bars and restaurants! In the picture, we preview our involvement in the coveted Barcelona Beer Festival taking place soon. For the second consecutive year, we have been selected to represent the Canary craft beers. This year, we participate with our delicious “El Teide National Park”, made with tajinaste honey

Carretera General del Norte, 122, El Sauzal Open daily from 12:30 to 23:00, Frid. & Sat. until 12:30am Wednesday Closed. Tel: 922 56 41 73

If you haven’t yet discovered La Orotava, you must do so as it is the most wonderful town full of charm, character and Canary architecture. This restaurant is located in one of the oldest buildings in the centre of La Orotava in a two-floor house of 800 square metres and two patios. Here you can taste the best of traditional Canary food with flair and innovation and wines from La Orotava. Its style is home-made Canary food, with both conventional and creative dishes, always inspired by the best produce from the town. Prices suit all pockets.

For reservations call 922 322 793 Calle Carrera 17 La Orotava info@saborcanario.es

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Your dining experience around our restaurants

Harriet’s

Tressardi

English Tea Room

Restaurante Algarrobo

Puerto de la Cruz

Los Cristianos (new) & Fañabé

La Orotava

If you want to seek out a really good Italian restaurant at an affordable price with a lovely terrace, look no further than Tressardi. It offers a very varied menu including traditional Italian dishes, pizza and pasta with gorgeous fillings and sauces, meat dishes, fresh fish and crunchy salads. The desserts like tiramisu and panna cota are to die for! So if you want a good Italian restaurant for a family meal, a romantic dinner, a quick lunch when working or take away, Tressardi is your restaurant. A friendly and homely restaurant that has quality products combining fast food and well elaborated dishes for kids and grown ups. Depending on your choices the price can go higher but an average 15-16 Euros per person is what you can expect.

Very much a Tenerife success story, Harriets have opened a second Tea Room (with bar) in the heart of Los Cristianos. With a big sunny terrace and beautifully designed interior, it is just a stone’s throw from the bus station at the San Marino building (ie turn left at the bottom of the bus station and it is 100 yards or so on your left, in premises formerly occupied by the Heritage bar). You will find the most gorgeous food, all home-made and great British cooking, including all day breakfasts, mouthwatering cakes, salads, jacket potatoes, sandwiches and rolls, home-made burgers, pancakes, ice-creams, evening meals and numerous varieties of teas and coffees served in china pots and cups. There are also many gluten-free and diabetic options. Simply mouth-watering and a venue set to be a firm favourite with residents and locals alike.

Winter times: Monday to Friday: 15:00 -11:00 pm / Wednesday closed Saturday & Sunday: 15:00 - 12:00 pm For reservations call 922 382 056 Calle Aceviños, La Paz, Puerto de la Cruz

Bobby’s Indian Tandoori Puerto Santiago, Costa del Silencio & Playa de las Américas If you love Indian food, you will find the very best at Bobbys Tandoori, now at three locations. The food served here is absolutely superb which is why Bobbys is a firm favourite with local residents and visitors alike. The Costal del Silencio restaurant is in the unusual octagonalshaped building on the corner of the main road through Silencio with Las Galletas. The restaurant in Puerto Santiago is on Avenida Maritima, about 50 yards from the Los Dragos Hotel. The Playa de las Americas restaurant is near the seafront on the second floor of CC Puebo Canario. The food is great and affordable, as are the drinks. Bobby's Playa Santiago (922 868 690) Open: 1pm-4pm, 6pm-11pm. Mondays evening only Bobby's Costal del Silencio (922 072 177 /610 864 241) Avenida Jose Antonio Tavio Open every day 2pm-11pm Bobby's Playa de las Americas (922 796 816) CC Pueblo Canario, second floor, local 204 Open 2pm to 11pm (Monday from 6pm)

For reservations call 922 712 791 Los Cristianos, San Marino building. Open daily from 9am to 11pm. Playa Fañabé,56 Central Commercial. Open 9am to 10pm, closes 5pm Saturday and Sunday

How long has it been since you last ate at Restaurante Algarrobo?

OFFERS ON MENUS FOR 2

They now have a selection of four new tasting menus: 1st MENU: Cherne croquettes, homemade dumplings, “Stamped” eggs and range chicken stuffed with Mozarella and red peppers. 2nd MENU: Iberic ham croquettes, grilled cheese with Mojo sauces, homemade dumplings and garlic pork tenderloin 3rd MENU: Iberic ham croquettes, “Stamped” eggs, homemade dumplings and beef tenderloin with onions and apples 4th MENU: Sauteed sausages and mushrooms, Cherne croquettes, “Stamped” eggs and grilled cuttlefish with Canarian potatoes. The prices range from 15,90 to 21 euros. They also include a homemade dessert but drinks are not included. These offers are not available on Sundays.

Tel.: 922 332 305 / 647 600 784 Carretera La Luz, Las Candias Urbanizacion Pedro Martin 9

Meson El Drago

Bistro Bolle

Tegueste

Costa del Silencio

Distinguished chef, Carlos Gamonal is passionate about food and he and his team aim to give the diner an experience to remember. Restaurant Mesón el Drago looks beautiful but it is still affordable to all as you can tailor your choices to fit your budget. Carlos is a pioneer of modernist cuisine, using only the freshest of products grown in the region and cleverly combining ingredients to produce a unique taste. Customers love his Canary dishes but they also offers an international menu and dishes of the day. The wine cellar is very extensive and the desserts are simply exquisite. This is a lovely location for special celebrations, parties, weddings etc or just to eat an exiting meal. It is only open Friday, Saturdays and Sundays.

Bistro Bolle is one of those lovely friendly restaurants which also offers great food at affordable prices and a very special atmosphere. What also makes it so special is the good location with stunning views and easy parking. There is no formal menu, you simply choose from the blackboard or specials. Bolle’s chef Michel has added lots of new dishes to the menu and loves to be innovative so you will find many new suggestions and some delicious surprises. All this makes Bolle Bistro a must place to visit as there is always something fresh to delight you whilst retaining its aim of keeping prices very affordable. As Patrick says, you will always find quality at a good price and always done with a smile.

For reservations call 922 543 001 Calle Marqués de Celada nº2 Tegueste www.mesoneldrago.com

For reservations call 699 351 694 Parque Don José, Calle Hercules 7-8, Costa del Silencio Bistro BOLLE Closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays

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Bodeguita Algarrobo

Tipsy Terrace

Terrazas del Mar

Puerto de la Cruz

Los Gigantes

Puerto de la Cruz

A family-run business with a long history of restaurateurs. The cuisine served here is local Canary food with some surprisingly original features and the most exquisite flavours. Piquillo peppers stuffed with mushrooms and prawns, hake mounted on a tower of perfectly cooked, seasonally fresh veg, Canary “wrinkled” potatoes with a twist, lamb estofado, an inside-out pie without the pastry, fig biscuit with chocolate sauce, pork steak with caramelised onions open sandwiches, stuffed leak with cheese and belly of pork fritters, piquillo peppers stuffed with mushrooms and prawns. These are just some of the dishes which have enchanted diners of all nationalities throughout the day and night.

For reservations call 922 373 513 / 647 600 784 Carretera General del Botánico Puerto de la Cruz bodeguitaalgarrobo@gmail.com

Tipsy Terrace in Los Gigantes is described as one of the friendliest places around and you will see why when you visit. You will find great home cooking and dishes to suit all tastes, from breakfast through to evening meals and everything in between. Tap into their menu on www.tipsy-terrace.net and you can see all the choices for yourself, from Tipsy’s Ploughman’s and Rise and Shine sandwiches to wraps, jacket potatoes, burgers, crunchy salads, light lunches and much, much more. Tipsy Terrace also has a swimming pool, tennis, mini-golf and lovely gardens. It is easy to find as it is just by the coach and bus stops.

How about a fabulous dinner complete with a sunset, gentle waves, palm trees, grassy verge, flowers and exceptional service? That´s what the Terraza del Mar delivers. The restaurant has traditional Canary food with a sensitive touch. It consists of an indoor terrace and two outside terraces that overlook the “Garden Beach”. The setting is heavenly, with landscaped walkways down to the black sand beach. Parking is usually quite easy, especially in the evenings, but Playa Jardin is only a five to ten minute walk from Puerto´s main bus station. The location, the food and the service speak for them-selves. Giovanni the owner says he´ll feed you on ANY budget - just tell him how little you “wanna” spend.

For reservations call 922 868 432 Los Gigantes Sports & Gardens Calle Hibisco 4, Los Gigantes www.tipsyterrace.net

For reservations call 922 371 518 Avda. Francisco Afonso Carrillo s/n Playa Jardin, Puerto de la Cruz terrazadelmar@gmail.com

Brunch every Sunday from 10:30am to 13:30pm

Rendezvous

Bar El Pincho

Dula y Pipa

Restaurant/Bar & Bistro

Las Vistas, Los Cristianos

La Orotava

Golf del Sur

At Bar El Pincho you can enjoy good prices, good food, good service and a fantastic view of the ocean. They are winning fans because of the friendly staff you encounter and the delicious Spanish tapas. They have a great offer, a combination of tapas for two for only 9.50 euros. There is also a wide selection of main plates, such as steak, chicken and fish, all cooked with love and the best ingredients they can find. Do try their fantastic cocktails which they always try to improve. Try also the special dishes from the north of the island and the drinks. Reservations can be done between 10:30 to 20:00pm

This lovely new restaurant is a commitment to quality local produce and somewhere you must head for to sample a very different concept in wining and dining, “Farm to table”. It forms part of the new project known as “La Granja Verde” or “The Green Farm” and centres around fresh, locally-grown produce” and a commitment to the local wines of the island. It runs with the expert gastronomic advice of Juan Carlos Clemente. Wednesday to Sunday, from 13:00 to 16:00 and also from 18.30 to 23.00 Friday and Saturday. Sunday Brunch from 10:30 to 13:30.

The Rendezvous in Golf del Sur offers diners a double delight. By day and in the evening, you can enjoy a full menu with great prices and big portions at the Rendezvous Bar and Bistro, overlooking the bowling green at the Winter Gardens. In the evening, you might opt for the Rendezvous Restaurant which is just above it and offers an extensive à la carte menu, fine wines and a relaxing night out to enjoy excellent cuisine at a leisurely pace. The Rendezvous Restaurant has a lovely ambience and it’s a restaurant where you can sit back and enjoy. Booking is advised at the main restaurant because it is extremely popular.

For reservations call 649 431 110 Paseo Las Vistas, Los Cristianos www.barelpincho.com

For reservations call 922 333 509 Exit 33 - TF-5. Back street of Camino del Torreón 2 La Orotava www.lagranjaverde.es / info@lagranjaverde.es

For reservations call 922 738 683 / 922 738 602 Winter Gardens Complex Golf del Sur San Miguel de Abona

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Susan Duddy 4th Aniversary In loving memory of Wife, Mum, and Sister Susan Who passed away on the 2nd of March 2012 “Death is a heartache no one can heal Memories are somethjng no one can steal” Loved and missed always Michael, Mikey, and Sister Linda

Visit to Puerto de La Cruz “It cannot be true?!” My horrified reply to my grandad last week when he told me what he had observed visiting Puerto de la Cruz. “They are the most polluted waters I have ever seen in my life raw sewage in the harbour. Brown sludge ‘slicks’ bobbing about on the surface as a creamy discustings throth, containing goodness knows what bacteria and diseases.” When you look you can see them. Are you aware if the waters are tested or do you know if they are safe to swim? Children swim and paddle in those waters along with daily snorkelers. My grandad showed me a photo of the ‘slick’ by the harbour of Puerto and I must admit it is easy to be unawares and blissfully

ignorant but surly he is incorrect? A town so reliant on tourism wouldn’t allow people to swim alongside waste? Amanda Louise

Pickpockets on Tenerife To the Editor: My wife and I were walking on a circular route from La Caldera near Aguamansa. When walking up the road to see the Trout Hatchery, at 12 noon, two young woman about 25 years old approached us to ask directions and asked us to show then the way on the map they had. We obliged. Later that afternoon I noticed my wallet was missing and

thinking I must have lost it retraced our steps to quickly realise that it had been lifted from my velcro’ed pocket on my shorts by the two young women. Returning to our apartment in El Valadero I stopped all the cards but one had been accessed and two sums of money removed before it was declined. We reported this to the Guardia Civil in San Juan the following morning with the best possible descriptions. two Days later we were returning from Los Gigantes and noticed some suspicious behaviour from four individuals on the road leading to the Barcelo Hotel. The had a black VW hatchback and had targeted a couple with same map in hand scam. We quickly recognised them and they recognised us and made a hasty departure. We returned to the Guardia Civil with all the details we had of age, size clothes etc., a gang of two men and two women. We include the fact that it was a rental car and gave them the name of the company. We hope they have been captured but the reason for the mail is that they are ver y slick and people need to be on their guard. It can ruin your holiday and cost you a lot of grief. Nowhere is safe. The police confirmed it was a serious problem. Hope this helps Steve Fowkes

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Warning over card scam Dear Editor As we are planning soon to come to Tenerife, a friend recently sent me a Facebook posting warning about an alleged scam at a shop in Los Cristianos. I won’t name the business as we don’t know if it is true, of course, but I do recall that your paper has had other similar letters or stories. This particular Facebook posting said they had been scammed out of money because they went into this shop and bought a product. Apparently, the assistant tried to run their card through the automatic machine. They typed in the amount and then asked the customer to put in their four digit pin number which they did. He then said he couldn’t complete the transaction because the machine appeared to be on a go-slow or was broken. However, he told them not to worr y because the transaction would go through later. I suppose the people in question had no worries about potentially being ripped off and left the shop with their purchase (obviously not with their receipt!). It wasn’t until they got back home to the UK and checked their bank account that they realised they had been charged a much higher amount than quoted for the

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product. They did complain to trading standards who said there wasn’t anything they could do as they had authorised the transaction by putting their code in the machine. So, true or not, this has to serve as a warning to others. If it is true, shame on the shop for doing this and giving a bad image of Tenerife. You should never, ever leave a shop without seeing what has gone through the automatic teller and that it is the right

amount. Never ever put your pin in the machine and leave. Similarly, take very special care when putting your pin into bank machines because scams are happening all over the place as well, not necessarily Tenerife. A person could be stood by you and quickly grab the cash in seconds. So, true or not, this is a cautionary tale. Name and address supplied, Ex-banker, UK

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INTENSE PAIN

DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS

Should you cut Heel pain: just what is causing it? H out bread to stop bloating? EEL pain is a common foot condition. It’s usually felt as an intense pain when using the affected heel.

S eating bread giving you bloating and other digestive symptoms? If so, you could be “sensitive” to wheat. Cutting out bread or changing the type you eat may help. More and more of us claim to suffer from a wheat allergy, so we shun bread and other wheat-based foods like pasta and cereals. Genuine food allergy is, in fact, rarely to blame, say experts. But wheat sensitivity (also known as wheat intolerance) or simply trouble digesting wheat is increasingly common. There are three key health problems caused by wheat: Wheat allergy – reactions usually begin within minutes and include itching, sneezing and wheezing. See your GP for referral to an NHS allergy clinic. Coeliac disease – is a condition where the intestine lining can’t absorb and is damaged by gluten-containing foods including wheat, barley, oats and rye. See your GP for a blood test. Wheat sensitivity – symptoms like bloating, cramps, diarrhoea and sickness come on quite slowly, usually hours after eating wheat. There’s no diagnostic test.

What to do if wheat triggers digestive symptoms If your symptoms are severe and long-lasting, especially if

you have blood in your stools (poo), vomiting or painful stomach cramps, see your doctor to rule out a medical condition. If you have bloating or other minor symptoms after eating bread, tr y an elimination diet. This is where you completely cut out wheat from your diet for four weeks, then bring it back in gradually to see if symptoms reappear. If your symptoms return, it confirms you’re sensitive to wheat and will also show you which foods are especially troublesome. Some people may only have problems with pasta, for example, while others are fine until they eat bread. If you are sensitive to wheat, or you have trouble digesting it, the main way to relieve your symptoms is to embark on a wheat-free or partially wheat-free diet. Some people with wheat sensitivity have no problems when they eat toast (cooked wheat tends to be easier to digest), sourdough bread, bread cooked with flour made from French wheat, or any bread from a specialist baker y, rather than a supermarket.

This pain usually builds up gradually and gets worse over time. It is often severe and occurs when you place weight on your heel. In most cases, only one heel is affected, although estimates suggest that around a third of people have pain in both heels. The pain is usually worse first thing in the morning, or when you first take a step after a period of inactivity. Walking usually improves the pain, but it often gets worse again after walking or standing for a long time. Some people may limp or develop an abnormal walking style as they try to avoid placing weight on the affected heel.

What causes heel pain? Most cases of heel pain are caused when a band of tissue in the foot, known as the plantar fascia, becomes damaged and thickens. Plantar fasciitis is the medical term for the thickening of the plantar fascia.

The plantar fascia The plantar fascia is a tough and flexible band of tissue that runs under the sole of the foot. It connects the heel bone with the bones of the foot, and acts as a kind of shock absorber to the foot. Sudden damage, or damage that occurs over many months or years, can cause tiny tears (microtears) to develop inside the tissue of the plantar fascia. This can cause the plantar fascia to thicken, resulting in heel pain. The surrounding tissue and the heel bone can also sometimes become inflamed.

When to see your GP See your GP or a podiatrist (foot problems specialist) if you’ve had persistent heel pain for a number of weeks and it hasn’t cleared up. They should be able to diagnose the cause of your heel pain by asking about your symptoms and medical history and examining your heel and foot.

Further tests will only usually be needed if you have additional symptoms that suggest the cause of your heel pain isn’t inflammation, such as: Numbness or a tingling sensation in your foot, which could be a sign of nerve damage in your feet and legs (peripheral neuropathy). Your foot feels hot and you have a high temperature (fever) of 38°C (100.4°F) or above, which could be a sign of a bone infection. Your heel is stiff and swollen, which could be a sign of arthritis. Possible further tests that may be recommended include blood tests, X-rays, a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan or an ultrasound scan. Around four out of five cases of heel pain resolve within a year. However, having heel pain for this length of time can often be frustrating and painful. In about one in 20 cases, the above treatments aren’t enough and surgery may be needed to release the plantar fascia.

“NOISE DIET”

Top tips to protect your hearing

HE key to keeping your hearing healthy is knowing how much loud sound you’re exposed to. A ‘noise diet’ can protect your hearing from future problems.

Most cases of deafness are caused by damage to the tiny hair cells in the inner ear. This damage can be caused by too much noise, and it’s permanent. Noise-related hearing loss is usually irreversible. It is important that we all take steps to prevent noise-related damage. The key to keeping your hearing intact is to avoid loud noise. The louder the sound, the less time you can safely listen to it. Just because a sound isn’t annoying doesn’t make it safe. Noisy occupations, such as working in factories or on roadworks, used to be the most common cause of hearing problems. But with the tightening of health and safety rules, working in a noisy industry should be less hazardous to your hearing, provided you wear the correct ear protection. Nowadays it’s recreational loud noise that’s the main problem, especially from MP3 players, such as iPods, as well as noisy clubs and music gigs. That’s thought to be why hearing loss is increasingly affecting younger people. You can lose some hearing after being exposed to loud noises for too long, for example by standing close to speakers at a nightclub. Or hearing can be damaged after a short burst of explosive noise, such as gunshots or fireworks. If you work or frequently spend time in a noisy place or listen to loud music a lot, you could be losing your hearing without even realising it. The best way to avoid developing noise-induced hearing loss is to keep away from loud noise as much as you can.

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AN AFFORDABLE ALTERNATIVE TO TEMPORARY DENTURES

How Artedental challenged the norm to find a new solution tually patented. This ArtOn4® prosthesis is from the outset a definitive solution, aesthetic, functional, hygienic and affordable. They use composite, a very resistant material consisting of nanoparticles of glass and ceramic, and with uses ranging from aeronautics to civil engineering. The composite allows, after integration of the implants into the bone, the prosthesis to be tweaked to produce the final solution , without having to make a second one.

N 2010, the team of the Artedental clinic in Tenerife embarked on the adventure of achieving an alternative to the established prosthetic process, seeking the greatest benefit for the patient. In any scientific community, and this can be applied to any field of knowledge, there are individuals who risk more than others. Questioning what is considered right and to find anomalies in what is supposed to be unquestionable. They seek alternatives whilst facing the establishment which will always oppose change. In cases of success, they achieve what the historian of science Thomas Kuhn called the paradigm shift in his “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions”. This is the story of how a team in a small region such as the Canaries decided to confront an accepted technique and practised by much of the community of implant dentistry to create an alternative, improving what was regarded as established. In 1993, the Luso-Angola dentist Paulo Maló and his team developed the technique “All on 4”. The name refers to a prosthesis of an entire maxilla or mandible that is subject only about four implants. It made a great difference in respect to previous techniques in which the dentist implanted into the patient’s mouth as many implants as teeth lost or various bridges held in place thanks to one or more implants attached to each. The patient ended up having an enormous amount of artificial roots in their mouth and having to ensure the surgical procedure that involves placing 15 or more implants. Maló’s treatment has now been recognised by the

medical community as one of the most significant of dentistry. The Artedental team, developing at that time their clinic in Puerto de la Cruz, decided to incorporate Malo´s processes into their daily work but found a number of anomalies in the technique procedure. They discovered that the immediate prosthesis in question suffered constant fractures and the aesthetics and volume did not meet expectations. After implants placement, the patient had to wait for four to six months with a provisional acrylic prosthesis, while the implants were integrated into the bone. Such material is fragile and not very resistant even if reinforced with metal, so it was quite common to see cracks appearing. Moreover, failure to wear a permanent prosthesis from the start made the process substantially more expensive, to the point of being almost unaffordable for much of the population. Some of the Artedental team decided to travel to Portugal to the clinic of Dr. Maló to discuss their concerns. The answer obtained is the same: all techniques have their pros and cons and one of the drawbacks of “All on 4™” is the immediate provisional. Being temporary makes them inconvenient, plus at the end of the six months, they are discarded. Not satisfied with the response, the aim of Artedental was to invest resources in improving this technique to achieve what is now called ArtOn4®, which they even-

The ArtOn4® is designed prior to surgery but is made from scratch after the intervention. This preliminar y design helps the development of the whole process, from aesthetics to bite and functionality. ArtOn4® has inside a titanium structure that distributes the load of the chewing implants and in turn allows the micromovement of the patient’s own bone. Because of this, the success rate of the implant rises. The Artedental team had finally achieved no fractures

or cracks in the structure that could jeopardise the stability. The strength of the structure also minimises the volume needed for the prosthesis. Finally, the repair of possible fractures caused by over-chewing, means these long-lasting prostheses are repairable very quickly, easily and effectively. Artedental have created individual prosthetics, aesthetic with a volume even lower than natural teeth as well as being reasonable and affordable by the patient.

So much so in fact that the elite of European dentistry has visited Tenerife in recent months to study their use and many of them have acquired the patent and are implementing the system. Perhaps not all implantologist teams and technicians have achieved the paradigm shift that Kuhn spoke of, but if there is a way to achieve this, it is likely to be on the right track.

CHEAP TREATMENT

How to cure those smelly feet once and for all! S MELLY feet aren’t fun for anyone but there is an effective, simple and cheap treatment that you can use at home which will banish foot odour within a week. Medically known as bromodosis, stinky feet are a common year-round problem. The main cause is sweaty feet combined with wearing the same shoes every day. Anyone can get sweaty feet, regardless of the temperature or time of year. But teenagers and pregnant women are especially prone because hormonal changes make them sweat more. You’re also more likely to have foot perspiration if you’re on your feet all day, if you’re under a lot of stress or if you have a medical condition called hyperhidrosis, which makes you sweat more than usual. Fungal infections, such as athlete’s foot, can also lead to bad foot odour. Feet become smelly if sweat soaks into shoes and they don’t dr y before you

wear them again. Bacteria on the skin break down sweat as it comes from the pores. A cheesy odour is released as the sweat decomposes. The good news is that there’s a simple, quick, surefire solution to smelly feet. Wash your feet with an anti-bacterial soap called Hibiscrub. There are lots of over-the-counter foot hygiene products at your local chemist, but Hibiscrub is the best one. Leave on the Hibiscrub for a couple of minutes, then wash it off. If you do this twice a day, you’ll definitely see - and smell! - the results.

PREVENTING SMELLY FEET Keeping feet fresh and

sweet smelling is all down to good personal hygiene and changing your shoes regularly. To keep feet fresh: Never wear the same pair of shoes two days in a row. Instead, wear different shoes on successive days so they have at least 24 hours to dry out. Make sure teenage boys have two pairs of trainers so that they don’t have to wear the same pair for two or more consecutive days. Wash and dry your feet every day and change your socks (ideally wool or cotton, not nylon) at least once a day. Keep your toenails short

and clean and remove any hard skin with a foot file. Hard skin can become soggy when damp, which provides an ideal home for bacteria See your GP if simple measures to reduce your foot odour don’t help, or if you’re worried that your level of sweating is abnormally high. Your doctor can offer you a strong prescription antiperspirant or refer you for a treatment called iontophoresis, which delivers a mild electric current through water to your feet to combat excessive sweating.

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URRAH ! It is raining as I write - very welcome to us , as we have had virtually no rain in Puerto for many. many months.

I’m sorry for the tourists, and this almost always seems to happen at carnival time, but we needed this ! Sorry, but the Pig Roast to be held in the library on Saturday 12th March is now fully booked. However, you may place your name on the waiting list in the event of any cancellations. On Thursday 17th March, a talk will be given by Derek Winterbottom - ‘From Mohammed, the Crusaders and Infidels to Isis ‘ This is a historical look at how Islam burst upon the Christian world, and its subsequent consequences. This commences at 12 noon, and will be followed at 1.00p.m. by a buffet lunch for the price of 7 euros including drinks. A new addition to our thousands of DVDs available is ‘The Downton Abbey - Final series’. We also have a book titled ‘The World Of Downton Abbey’ The foreward is by Julian Fellowes and the author is Jessica Fellowes. This has photographs galore and is a superb volume for afficionados of Downton Abbey - and there many. Also available are two autobiographies by the well-loved Terry Wogan . He will be sadly missed. The library is situated in the Parque Taoro in Puerto de la Cruz, next to the British School. Our opening times are on Mondays and Fridays from 15.00 to 17.30 hours, and on Wednesday and Saturdays from 10.00 a.m. to 13.00 hours. You can find us on website ‘theenglishlibrary.es’, or on Facebook or TripAdvisor.

Where My Heart Used To Beat by Sebastian Faulks

flights are booked and there is only one car left to hire. Dash is in a hurry. Newly demobbed from the army, he has an interview to attend, and he is determined to get the job. If getting there means sharing a car with the extremely talkative Ashley, then that is what he’ll have to do. The last thing that either of them expected was that they may begin to like each other...

The Lady In The Van A true story by Alan Bennett

On a small island off the south coast of France, Robert Hendricks, an English doctor who has seen the best and the worst that the twentieth century h a d t o o f f e r, i s f o r c e d t o confront the events that made up his life. His host, and antagonist, is Alexander Pereira, a man whose time is running out, but who seems to know more about his guest than Hendricks himself does. The search for sanity takes us through the war in Italy in1944, a passionate love that seems to hold out hope, the great days of idealistic work in the 1960’s and finally - unforgettably - back into the trenches of the Western Front.

This relates the life of Teddy Todd - would be poet, heroic World War 11 bomber pilot, father and grandfather as he navegates the perils and progress of the 20th century. For all Teddy endures in battle, his greatest challenge will be to face

Your tendency to overreact could get you into trouble. You may be frazzled today. You may find that your anger stems from lending or borrowing money. TAURUS (Apr. 21- may 21) Pamper yourself; you deserve it. Groups you belong to will not only enjoy your company, but they will also share your interests. Trying to deal with your mate will be unproductive and possibly hur tful. GEMINI (May 22-June 21) You will have difficulties spreading yourself between your work and your home. Don’t let your personal dilemmas interfere with your goals. Be sure to pay attention to your bank account.

CANCER (June 22-July 22) Your creative talent will prove to be lucrative if put to proper use. You can win if you’re open and up front with your boss. You will have opportunities to advance, but you may have to be willing to make some changes and possibly a residential move. LEO (July 23-Aug 22) Travel will be fun, but expect it to cost you. You may have a problem dealing with elders. Do not get involved with individuals who are already committed to others.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) You can win points if you present your ideas today. Upheavals may occupy your day. Opportunities for new partnerships will develop through the organizations you encounter.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) Be extra careful with your valuables; loss and theft are evident today. The key to feeling good about yourself will be to do something about it. You will be quite excitable today.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) You could have a change of heart if an old flame waltzes back into your life. Put your thoughts on paper. Take care when dealing with older relatives.

In 1974, the homeless Miss Shepherd moved her brokendown van into Alan Bennett’s garden. Deeply eccentric and stubborn to her bones, Miss Shepherd was not an easy tennant. And Bennett, despite inviting her in the first place, was a reluctant landlord. And yet she lived there for 15 years.

All that Ashley wants for Christmas is to get home to surprise her widdowed mother. But all the

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Your communication skills will bring you popularity and increased self esteem. You will be your usual charming self and the partners you attract may be the adventurous type. Try to keep an open mind.

living in a future he never expected to have. This gripping, often deliriously funny yet emotionally devastating book looks at war and the effect it has, not only on those who live through it, but on the lives of the subsequent generation.

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(The account of those years was first published in 1989 in the London Review of Books. The play premiered in 1999, and is now a major film starring Dame Maggie Smith. Shot on location at what was then Bennett’s house, Alex Jennings plays the author alongside Frances de la Tour, Jim Broadbent and Dominic Cooper)

CAPRICORN (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) Efforts made to improve yourself will turn out to your satisfaction. Try to deal with the problems of those less fortunate; however, don’t allow them to make unreasonable demands. Do your own thing without drawing attention to it. AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) You will have the stamina and the know how to raise your earning power. Don’t lend or borrow money or belongings. You should make sure that your personal papers are in order. PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) Think before you act. Real estate investments will be profitable. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.

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HR-V ticks all the boxes for Honda

Bad habits that can incur fines

E are all aware that having passed our tests and having been driving for some time we often fall into bad habits when driving. Whilst some are not serious others potentially are.

FAILING TO INDICATE When you are approaching a junction or are passing through one and are caught not providing the appropriate signal i.e. indication of a left of right hand turn then this is an offence that carries a fine of 200 euros. The reason for indicators are quite obvious to most people, they are to be used to advise other road users of what we are intending to do. If you fail to use your indicators then you are potentially posing a risk to other road users who are unaware of your intentions.

FAILING TO RESPECT THE PRIORITY OF PEDESTRIANS If you fail to respect the priority of a pedestrian then you are run the risk of a fine of 200 euros and a potential loss of four points from your licence, dependant on the potential risk to those involved. It is very interesting to note that in the eyes of the law pedestrians take preference over drivers something that will I am sure come as a surprise to many drivers. Pedestrians are apparently the most vulnerable of all road users. In the event of an accident or incident it will almost always be the pedestrian that will come off worse as they will have no protection, hence the need for this law.

FAILURE OF ALLOWING AN OVERTAKING VEHICLE TO RETURN TO THEIR LANE

HONDA newcomer has a lot to live up if it is to match how it is described by the company.

The HR-V arrived on the scene last summer as a “subcompact SUV – spacious and flexible like a compact MPV, tough like an SUV, charismatic and dynamic like a coupe.” There is plenty of competition in this crossover sector but my first drive in this model gave me the impression that it can easily muscle in on the sales. It scores high marks on styling with its bold, curvy, sporty and coupe-like appearance, complemented by the ‘hidden’ rear door handles. There are three trim levels – S, SE and EX – with the choice of 1.5-litre petrol or 1.6-litre diesel engines. Prices start at £17,995, rising to the £24,945 top-ofthe-range EX which was the test model I sampled. I liked the Morpho Blue colour of this gleaming car and was also well impressed with the quality finish inside and out. The HR-V boasts classleading interior space with plenty of room up front and also for three adults in the rear. And with Honda’s Magic Seat system it offers lots of

versatility for seating and carrying luggage. The wide and low tailgate opening allows easy access to the boot, which has hidden under floor storage, and holds a classleading 470 litres up to the parcel shelf –increasing to 1,533 litres with rear seats down. And the folding seat system enables you to carry long and high loads, offering 1,240mm from floor to ceiling and 2,445mm long. The smart cabin features include brushed chrome highlights and the dashboard design has a pianoblack feature panel. Quality touches are impressive and entry-level S spec includes cruise control with speed limiter, CD/DAB radio, steering wheel audio controls and Bluetooth hands-free phone. Move up to SE and you get a whole lot more, including front and rear parking sensors, 17-inch alloys, dual zone climate control, leather steering wheel and gear knob, driver assistance safety pack, Honda Connect

infotainment system with six speakers and seven-inch touchscreen. EX additions include keyless smart entry and start, black leather interior with front heated seats, a huge panoramic glass roof, rear view camera, LED headlights and daytime running lights, rear privacy glass, satin finish exterior door handles and roof rails. It also comes with a super Garmin satnav system, packed with pre-loaded maps and features real-time traffic avoidance, speed limit notifications as well as 3D building and terrain views. The test model was powered by the 1.6-litre iDTEC engine that had plenty of punch. This 118bhp diesel supplies enough power to make the zero to 62mph sprint in 10 seconds and boasts a top speed of 119mph. The six-speed manual transmission was slick and smooth and allowed easy movements up and down the gears. And thanks to a huge amount of work on noise insulation it is a quiet performer when cruising on the motorway. Ride comfort was good,

Driving very close behind a vehicle and/or not allowing sufficient safety gaps can result in a fine and loss of points if caught. We are all too aware that many drivers provide safety gaps for such circumstances, only to find another driver pull into them and close any safety gap that had been allowed. Again this carries a fine of 200 euros and a loss of four points from your licence. The reasoning behind this is that overtaking is considered one of the most dangerous of manoeuvres which any vehicle can carry out. When we move into the path of oncoming vehicles and a collision occurs, depending on the speed of both vehicles, for example should it be in a 50 kilometres per hour road and both were travelling in opposite directions at that speed the overall impact would be the same as hitting a solid object such as a brick wall at 100 kilometres per hour. It is therefore imperative that when overtaking you take into account the speed you are travelling and potentially any oncoming traffic and that you make this manoeuvre in the shortest possible time. Thus we can see quite clearly that preventing an overtaking vehicle from returning to the right side of the road can put many lives at risk.

UNNECESSARILY LANE CHANGING Changing lanes without respecting a vehicle that is already in that lane carries a fine of 200 euros. Zigzagging between lanes (seen quite often here in Tenerife) will result in a fine of, again 200 euros but may be considered as reckless driving and then would incur a fine of 500 euros and a loss of 6 points from ones licence. In normal circumstances traffic will run smoothly until such time as a road becomes congested or an accident has occurred further along in front of the said traffic. We all know that constantly changing lanes impedes the flow of traffic, causes delays and of course can be dangerous depending on the situation. When you cause another vehicle to deviate from its normal course, speed or direction means that YOU have become a hazard to other road users, which in itself is a danger. even over some rough surfaces, and the HR-V was pretty nimble on some winding roads with good handling characteristics and responsive steering. It also delivers top fuel economy and emissions with the test model capable of achieving 54.2mpg urban, 72.4mpg extra urban and 68.9mpg combined with a CO2 of 108g/km.

The HR-V comes with a stack of safety features which include city brake system on entry models. Grades above this get Honda’s advanced driver assist system which includes forward collision warning, traffic sign recognition, intelligent speed limiter, lane departure warning and highbeam support. And motorists who need to be connected on the go will

love the high-tech infotainment system on SE and EX models. It allows fast access to the Internet and comes with preinstalled apps with others available to download. Honda’s small crossover is a model that’s good for every day driving, offering lots of space and versatility when needed – and doesn’t fall short of Honda’s description.

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LA LAGUNA SCHEMES

Nearly 3 million euros for improving sports facilities

AJOR investments costing 2.9 million euros to improve sport in La Laguna will be carried out during 2016, the local council has pledged.

The municipality counts on more than 100 sporting facilities and many are due to benefit from upgrades. The biggest amount of 426,958 euros will be covering the courts at Las Canteras and replacing the turf of the annexe at Francisco Peraza (La Manzanilla, 378.000 euros). At the same site, 230,000 euros has been earmarked to purchase land for future investment, replacement of the running track (298,526 euros) and other improvement works amounting to 134,000 euros. In total, 1,0490,526 euros will be invested in this facility during the year. The budget also includes 57,000 euros for electrical work at the sports centre Juan Ríos Tejera and 109,804 euros for waterproofing and security at both this building and the annex Alberto Delgado. One of the objectives of the sports department is to upgrade the dozens of sports fields scattered across the municipality. To this end, 270,000 euros has been allocated. The tennis courts in Antigua Filia in El Cardonal will be upgraded for 141.858 euros and there will be new ramps and improved safety features in the skate park at La Vega for 186,000 euros. Other schemes will include waterproofing at various installations, energy efficiency measures and the installation of solar panels. Fencing will also be improved at the Montaña Pacho centre (28.906 euros) and 50,000 euros for putting in CCTV cameras in different sports facilities.

All set for sixth Night Race I BIG CROWD

T’S all systems go for La Laguna’s sixth Night Race on Saturday, February 27th from 8pm.

This popular event is as much a spectacular to watch and cheer on as it is for the hundreds of competitors to take part. Organisers are therefore expecting a big crowd for the two distances of 5,000 and 10,000 metres. The place to gather for both the start and finish of the race is the Plaza del Adelantado an the route goes through the old quarter of Aguere. Entries have now closed but further details may be found on www.oadlaguna.com

GRASSROOTS BACKING

Adeje pledges more fair play and commitment to youth football

DEJE has once again pledged to do all it can to back sport in the municipality, in this particular case, specifically football.

Clubs and the local council met recently to review the needs of young people and issues such as fair play, financial assistance and the level of collaboration between the parties for the remainder of the season. The council stressed the importance of continuing to invest in initiatives and campaigns, to promote values and to eradicate violence in sport. “We all agree that playing football in a club is not only a sport but also an important part of the education of children and the young people involved,” said sports councillor, Adolfo Alonso. In this regard, the presidents of all clubs present expressed their commitment to continue supporting these campaigns and others proposed the council with the involvement of coaches and players, who are aware of the importance of minimising situations that may occur on the pitch. The fair play message has

involved advertising, fair play pleas over the public address systems and the collaboration of families and spectators to help ensure a happy atmosphere and good behaviour. During the meeting, the council presented its new resources, such as the availability of a professional to provide psychologist who will help in schools but also be available to parents, coaches and players. Councillors also pledged to do all they can to keep up their financial aid and the opportunity was taken to present some new equipment. “From the mayor until the last municipal councillor in Adeje, we are convinced that sport is training and education, so we are committed to all children and youth in the municipality having access to sport, in this case football, where the number of federated players significantly increases every year,” said Adolfo Alonso.

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EL ROSARIO SHINES

Tenerife successes in third regional badminton test

No age limit to enjoy sport, say older folk

OU are never too old to enjoy sport, as these members of the older generation in Granadilla are showing.

L Rosario’s municipal school of badminton put in an outstanding performance in the third regional test held in La Palma.

The Tenzul club won four first places and a second in the competition which took place in the Breña Alta sports pavilion. The third round of the regional Canary badminton circuit attracted some of the best players from the archipelago, with 65 of them, men and women. Tenzul fielded 14 players in this latest phase of the circuit which is held in Tenerife, Fuerteventura and then La Palma. This final phase also involved other clubs from Tenerife, namely the University Badminton Club, Santa Ursula Badnor, Tenzul and Granadilla Badsur. There were also teams from Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and La Palma as the host. The winners in the various tests were: Individual Men (IM): 1º Ángel Iglesias, CB Universitario. 2º Francisco Javier Caraballo (Lanzarote Raqueta Club). Individual Women (IF): 1ª Lucia Socas, Granadilla Basdur. 2ª Tamara Rodríguez (Tiguaneje). Doubles Men (DM): 1º Ángel Cristo Álvarez – David García (Santa Úrsula Badnor-Tenzul El Rosario). 2º Alberto Y.

Cabrera-Francisco Javier Caraballo (Lanzarote Raqueta Club). Doubles Women (DF): 1ª María Guerrero – Lucia Socas (Granadilla Basdur). 2ª Sara Perdomo – Tamara Rodríguez (Tiguaneje). Doubles Mixed (DX): 1º Elías García – Victoria Castro (Tenzul El Rosario). 2º Oscar Díaz – Sandra Flores (Granadilla Basdur). Individual Men’s sub.13 (IM-13): 1º Sergio Alonso, Granadilla Basdur. 2º Yeray Mesa (Granadilla Basdur). Individual Women sub.13 (IF-13): 1ª Ayla Marrero, Granadilla Basdur. 2ª Carla Castillo (Tenzul El Rosario). Doubles Men sub.13 (DM13): 1º Darío Dámaso – Jaime Zarzo (Tenzul El Rosario). 2º Alejandro Khalil – Eber Jesús Sánchez (Bádminton La Palma). Doubles Men sub-13 (DX13): 1º Sergio Alonso – Ayla Marrero (Granadilla Basdur). 2º Yeray Mesa – Daniela Socas (Granadilla Basdur). Individual Men’s sub.17 (IM-17): 1º Alejandro Antonio Flores del Tiguaneje. 2º Oscar Díaz (Granadilla Basdur). Individual Women.17 (IF17): 1ª Victoria Castro del

Tenzul El Rosario. 2ª Zayra Aguiar (Tiguaneje). Individual Men Senior A2 (IM-Senior A2): 1º Elías García, Tenzul El Rosario. 2º Jonathan Dorta (Santa

Úrsula Badnor). Individual Women Senior A2 (IF-Senior A2): 1ª Carmen Delia Alonso del Granadilla Basdur. 2ª Mikal Rodríguez (Bádminton La Palma).

About 45 residents of the more advanced years from San Miguel de Abona went along to watch a basketball match between Iberostar Tenerife and Unicaja Malaga. For many, it was a first-time experience but a very enjoyable one. The initiative was organised by ANSINA, the social dynamisation arm of Tenerife Cabildo. One of the next ambitions is to make a similar visit to watch CD Tenerife in their Santa Cruz stadium. The Mayor, Arturo González said such activities were designed so that older folk could enjoy their free time and sport was part of it.

Santa Cruz carnival tennis attracts 80 players

ILVIA Fernández and Álvaro Arce triumphed in the sixth Carnival Youth Tennis Tournament in Santa Cruz.

The winners in the junior section were Sara Janssen and Juan Pérez. The event is organised by the sports authority of the city council and the Tennis Pavilion Club. Its president, Alfonso Martínez attended the awards ceremony, together with the tournament referee, Yeray Perdomo. About 80 players took part in this tournament, in which Alvaro Arce retained the title won last year after beating Damian Lopez 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 in a close game. Silvia Fernandez, meanwhile, won the championship after beating Daniela Martin 6-1, 6-4. In the junior category, Sara Janssen beat local player Laura Guerra 6-4, 6-0, while Juan Pérez defeated Pablo Pérez 6-3, 6-4. The winners of the consolation phase were Tony Sanchez and Ines Gonzalez in the junior category after winning respectively against José Pascual (6-1, 6-1) and Patricia Ruano (6-2, 3-6, 11-9) . The winners of the consolation phase for children were Laura Martin and Hugo Padrón, after beating Elena Gonzalez (6-1, 6-4) and David Sanchez (7-6, 3-6, 10-7), respectively.

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Binter and Santa Cruz reveal Farmers’ Market teams details of first-ever city up with sports NightRun in May ANTA Cruz has announced it is to hold the first edition of the Binter NightRun on May 21st.

The tests of five and ten kilometres will run at night along a street circuit starting and finishing in the avenida Francisco La Roche. The outputs of both races have been set for 20:30 and 21:30, respectively. The Binter Nightrun was presented in the city of Santa Cruz by the councillor for sports, Verónica Meseguer; the head of Institutional Relations and Communication Binter, Noelia Curbelo; and the head of DG Events, Daniel González. The entry fee for the race will be subsidized until March 21st so until this date, it is ten euros for the 5K and 15 euros for the 10K. Once this period

has elapsed, it will be 15 and 20 euros respectively. Entries close on May 15th or until the 2,000 places have been filled up. See www.binternightrun.com Noelia Curbelo said: “Santa Cruz is committed to the development of a test that has already been successful in other cities and is another example of the commitment of our airline to the world of sport in the Canary Islands.” The council said the route has been designed to take the competitor through some of the emblematic areas of Santa Cruz, a bonus for the crowd as well. The Binter Nightrun invites

athletes of any nationality who are 16 years old on the day of the test. Minors must attach a parental consent which can be downloaded from the website. There will be trophies and gifts for the first three home, male and female, and for

various other age groups and categories including veterans of varying ages. Top finishes in the 10K will receive 300 euros, 200 euros and 100 euros respectively. The timing of the test will be by chip.

“Vamos de Pateo” launched in San Miguel de Abona

WALKING INVITE

HE local council of San Miguel de Abona is inviting people to discover the “wonder land” of Tenerife.

It has just started the new season of its popular programme “Vamos de Pateo 2016” which introduces people to the most charasmatic places on the island. Seven trails will be held up until November. They include iconic routes like the “Ruta de Las Lecheras”, “Ruta de Los Tajinates en Flor”, “Ruta a Montaña de Guajara” and the “Ruta de Vilaflor” among others. The council says it is committed to activities that result in the improved quality of life of residents of the municipality. All those interested can register at the department of sports at the San Miguel de Abona council headquarters.

La Orotava offers free sports sessions HEALTHY LIFESTYLES

REE sports sessions are being offered in La Orotava as part of a campaign to encourage a healthy lifestyle away from drug addiction.

Sports instructors will take the classes on February 25th and March 22nd in the Casa de la Juventud and the Jardines del Marquesado de la Quinta Roja. This follows the success of previous sports initiatives promoted by the Department of Drug Addiction directed by María Eugenia Mesa. The course is free for attendees but places are limited so it is advisable to register early. Two groups will be created and the training will be an hour and a half each day (17:30 to 19:00). For more information or to register, contact the Department of Drug Addiction on 922324444 ext 209 or send and email to drogodependencias@villadelaorotava.org

HE Farmers’ Market in La Orotava is always committed to different projects and themes and on this latest occasion, it is turning its attention to sport. Following on from its updated image, a series of actions are to be carried out to encourage healthy living and diet. To this end, the market has joined the Sports Complex Mayorazgo in its clear commitment to sport and health. Councillor for agriculture, Alexis Pacheco said they were very keen to promote sports nutrition, eating healthy and fresh food for vitamins and nutrients and practising sport. The new campaign will encourage people who renew their membership to take part in a weekly draw for a basket of fresh fruit and vegetables valued at least 50 euros. They

can put their entry into a special box and the draw will take place every Saturday. The market will continue generally to carry out activities of this nature and others. both through its website of mercadillolaorotava.com and the social networks. There will be information campaigns, raising awareness, especially the quality of its products, facilities and dealing directly with farmers who are getting involved in the promotions. The Farmer’s Market offers a variety of fresh produce and seasonal cheeses, artisan baker y and pastr y, eggs, flowers, honey wine, in addition to craft stalls, fish and meat.

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