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SECRETARY OF STATE APPROVES RETURN OF LICENSING POWERS TO ROTHERHAM Rotherham Council has welcomed the Communities Secretary Sajid Javid’s decision to hand back licensing powers to the authority, with immediate effect. This allows the authority to resume all decision making on licensing matters, including for hackney carriage and private hire taxi services,

for the ﬁrst time since February 2015 without the consent of Governmentappointed Commissioners. The Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP earlier in the month wrote to Chief Executive Sharon Kemp to conﬁrm the return of the service to the Council. This followed the submission

of evidence from Commissioners, setting out the improvements made to the Council’s licensing function and that elected members have the skills and capability to take on the decision making role. Rotherham Council’s Commissioner Mary Ney, Commissioner with responsibility for licensing, will

continue to maintain an overview of decisions and sit in an advisory capacity with members, in the few cases which were deferred from the Commissioners previous hearing and on a sample basis and at the request of the Chair. Commissioner Ney said: “The Council has worked hard to implement a range of

improvements to its Licensing Function and I welcome the decision to return these powers to the Council as a result. “Public safety and conﬁdence is now at the heart of the Council’s licensing service and the new Hackney Carriage and Taxi Licensing Policy, the beneﬁts of which we know passengers are already

experiencing. “Whilst we understand that the Council is still on its improvement journey and we are focused on this and rebuilding trust and conﬁdence in the way services are managed and delivered, this is another signiﬁcant step forward in that journey.” Leader of the Council, Cllr Chris

Read said: “This is welcome news and is testament to the strength of the work undertaken by the Council over the last 20 months, alongside Commissioners, to deliver necessary improvements. We’ve lots more to do but it’s a big step in the right direction, for the Council and for Rotherham.” Rotherham Council’s

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The visit from friendly pooch Autumn, along with volunteers from RAIN Rescue animal charity, was the last in a varied programme of activities held in council-run sheltered housing schemes. Lauren Sanderson, Deputy Manager at RAIN Rescue, said: “We are delighted to work with Shefﬁeld Council to bring dogs back into people’s lives.

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It’s important for us to remember that whatever we say should be a reﬂection of how we really feel. The fast paced world that we inhabit sometimes makes it hard to avoid responding quickly. The change of the years can be a chance to be joyful, but profound conversations are possible too. Call for more…

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paintings and sketches there are informative notes plus opinions from many of Manchester's famous celebrities which add interest if like me you're more Before 2010 you'd have probably not given Brian Connolly than Brian Sewell. Salford a second thought. The Quays area, Away from the exhibitions The Lowry also primarily used as part of Manchester Docks houses two theatres hosting much like Sheffield's from the end of the 1800s, has been home to the Lyceum and Crucible a wide scope of shows and Imperial War Museum since 2002 and cultural performances ranging from stand up comedy and centre The Lowry since back in 1996 but it was former X-Factor winners to Ballet and Shakespeare. the BBC’s choice to relocate North to the new Many shows sell-out quickly due to the venues Media City complex that brought the area to the attention of people from outside the North West of popularity though and this was the case on the night we visited so we headed out in search of food and England. just a couple of drinks. Located just to the West of Manchester City Centre The Quay's offers many options for you to unwind The Quays is hidden from view when approaching and indulge yourself and we decided on one of the from our side of the Pennines but it's fully worth persevering with a couple more junctions of the M60 larger venues, Lime. to visit the complex of cultural, leisure and shopping Dominated by ribbons of polished brass and feature lighting displays Limes sits somewhere between a opportunities it has to offer. sophisticated cocktail bar and a social eatery with Our base for the weekend was situated just on the couples in their glad rags drinking exotic concoctions outer edge of the Quays at the 4 Star AC Hotel, a by the bar whilst large and small groups chat away modern yet welcoming hotel that is not only of a high standard and ideally situated for the Quays, Old surrounded by a selection of sumptuous dishes. As I like to sample as much variety as I can, plus Trafford plus a visit to Manchester itself but is also I have a far healthier appetite than my girlfriend rated as the best value place to stay in Manchester. I persuaded her that we should order the Oriental When staying at a hotel that offers great value, Platter, a selection of Thai spiced fishcakes, Hoi Sin especially in a large City, you'd expect to have to duck spring rolls, ribs, calamari and more, all of put up with a few shortcomings in standards but the which was delicious. And although she probably only AC Hotel's facilities easily hold their own against most premium hotels costing several times more. The managed to claim 20% of the platter for herself my rooms were extremely clean, fresh and modern with Girlfriend was in full agreement. Although we had planned to only eat a light meal extra detailing including a personal coffee machine, as we'd have liked to gone out into town later the an extra comfortable bed and an impressive view starter had fired up our appetite and we abandoned over the Quays where you could easily pick out the all hope of resistance by both ordering huge burgers striking facades of The Lowry and IWM North a for mains. Limes offers a wide range of main meals short distance away. including seafood, slow roasted pork belly and other We set off out in the early evening, enjoying a stroll more flamboyant creations but after spotting the alongside the canal side which is illuminated by the impressive glow from the famous Manchester United Chilli burger that had been served to our neighboring neon sign on the back of Old Trafford's North stand. table my decision had been subconsciously made for me. Eight ounces of prime beef with homemade chilli Of course depending on your preference you might and relish my burger lived up to expectations and in find this sight slightly nauseating but it's only a ten minute walk to the Quays complex so don't look left my commitment to it’s consumption I had managed to add a sheen of it to the front of my shirt destroying and try to compose yourself for a little while. the last hope of Michelle being seen with me up town When you arrive at The Quays you'll be greeted later. She went for the far less messy option of the by the striking architecture of The Lowry. A huge perforated steel canopy stretches out over the square plain house burger which after my domination of the starter platter I was denied a sample of, but judging and makes you feel like one of the matchstick men by the ferocity in which she defended it I assume she that Manchester's most celebrated painter is famous was as impressed as I was. for. Inside the complex there is a gallery with a As we finished our meal the mood of Limes was permanent exhibition of Lowry's body of work and changing as office parties and candlelit couples were as you quietly meander through the timeline of his

slowly being replaced by Mojito swigging Saturday night revellers and if I hadn't over faced myself and somehow managed to end up wearing a noticeable percentage of my meal I'd have happily joined them and indulged in the tempting cocktail potions and variety of beers and ales that were about to fuel the bustling bar area. However for once I decided it was probably best to retire back to comfort of the hotel. Fully rested and more than happy at the decision to make it an early night we headed back out to The Quays complex in the morning to do a spot of shopping in The Lowry Outlet and visit the Imperial War Museum North, both situated in close proximity to where we had been the night before. The Lowry Outlet is a similar idea to Doncaster’s Yorkshire Outlet with a whole host of famous brands and stores offering discounted items all day, every day. Next, M&S, Gap and H.M Samuel are amongst the many high street names on offer whilst brands ranging from Cadbury to Tefal offer their own outlet stores so you can grab a bargain direct from the manufacturer. The outlet offers a great alternative to the hustle and bustle of the Trafford Centre or Manchester City Centre. After a brief stroll around the outlet we moved onto the Imperial War Museum North, a strikingly impressive building situation a short distance away across the Manchester Ship Canal. Opened in 2002 the IWM North is the only war museum situated in the North and offers a huge archive of exhibitions, item and displays exploring the impact of war on modern society. Admission is free to the museum which is amazing considering the scale of the complex and how much is on offer. From exhibitions chronologically showing conﬂict throughout the 21st Century and large display items including wreckage from the September 11th attack to authentic Soviet tanks and interactive displays the IWM is a treasure trove of History that winds through it’s dramatic and cavernous interior.

Even if you aren’t the keenest of History buffs or you think you know all there is to know about modern conﬂict I assure you there still will be something to enthrall you at IWM North, even if it’s just for the award winning building itself. The only thing I previously knew about Salford Quays before my visit was that it’s where Match of the Day was ﬁlmed and where Alex Jones talked about re-introducing otters to the waterways of Surrey or something on The One Show. However after last weekend I’ve come to realise that it doesn’t deserve to sit in the shadow of nearby Manchester as it offers a huge scope of high quality attractions, dining, shopping and more all in close proximity to each other and offering great value. More information regarding The Quays can be found at: www.thequays.org.uk

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CHANGES TO HYPER ACUTE STROKE SERVICES People living in Barnsley, Bassetlaw, Chesterfield, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield and Wakefield are being invited to share their thoughts on proposals to change our region’s services for Hyper acute stroke, where patients are treated and given care for up to the first 72 hours after having a stroke. Depending on where you live, some patients have better experiences and access to services than others – and doctors, nurses and healthcare experts all agreed that this shouldn’t happen – and have come together to change it.

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6.00 Good Morning Britain 8.30 Lorraine 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 10.30 This Morning 12.30 Loose Women 1.30 ITV News; Weather 1.55 ITV News London; Weather 2.00 Judge Rinder 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 3.59 ITV London Weather 4.00 Tipping Point 5.00 The Chase 6.00 ITV News London; Weather 6.30 ITV News; Weather 7.00 Emmerdale 7.30 Coronation Street 8.00 FILM: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) 11.00 ITV News; Weather 11.35 ITV News London; Weather 11.50 Paul O’Grady’s Favourite Fairy Tales 12.45 Jackpot247 3.00 ITV Nightscreen

Channel 4

6.10 Everybody Loves Raymond 7.00 Frasier 7.55 The Big Bang Theory 9.15 The Simpsons 10.15 FILM: Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back (2010) 11.50 Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas 12.10 FILM: Miracle on 34th Street (1947) 2.10 Countdown 3.00 Coast vs Country 4.00 Deal or No Deal on Tour 5.00 Four in a Bed 5.30 Come Dine with Me Christmas 6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Hollyoaks 7.00 Channel 4 News 8.00 Food Unwrapped Does Christmas 9.00 The Last Leg Christmas Special 10.00 The Windsors Christmas Special 11.05 Alan Carr’s 12 Stars of Christmas 12.10 8 Out of 10 Cats Christmas Special 12.55 Celebrity First Dates 1.50 FILM: The Best Man Holiday (2013) 3.50 The Restoration Man 4.50 Best of Food Unwrapped 5.15 Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas 5.30 Countdown

Channel 5

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6.00 Milkshake! 9.15 SpongeBob SquarePants 9.50 World’s Strongest Man 2016 10.45 FILM: Christmas Cookies (2016) 12.25 FILM: Snow Queen (2012) 2.00 FILM: Jack and the Beanstalk (2010) 3.45 FILM: Five Children and It (2004) 5.25 FILM: A Christmas Star (2015) 6.55 5 News 7.00 World’s Strongest Man 2016 8.00 Christmas with the Double Acts; 5 News Update 9.00 The Morecambe and Wise Story: Look Back in Laughter. Documentary making use of old performances, chat-show appearances and archive interviews to shed light on the successful comedy careers of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. 10.35 Morecambe & Wise Live! 1973 11.55 The Peter Kay Story 1.15 SuperCasino 3.10 The Funny Thing About Christmas 4.00 Michael Buble at Christmas 4.45 Divine Designs 5.10 House Doctor

BBC1

6.00 Breakfast 10.00 Saturday Kitchen 11.30 FILM: A Christmas Carol. (2009) Animated fantasy, starring Jim Carrey. 1.00 BBC News; Weather 1.15 Winter: Earth’s Seasonal Secrets 2.15 FILM: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. (2008) Fantasy adventure sequel. 4.30 Shrek the Halls 4.50 FILM: Penguins of Madagascar. (2014) Premiere. Animated comedy, with the voice of Benedict Cumberbatch. 6.15 BBC News 6.25 Regional Programme 6.30 Pointless Celebrities A Christmas special of the general knowledge quiz. 7.25 Michael McIntyre’s Big Christmas Show Michael hosts a special live edition of his variety entertainment show. 8.25 EastEnders Phil is given some tough love by both Shirley and Denise. 9.00 David Walliams Celebrates Dame Shirley Bassey The comedy actor hosts this special evening of entertainment in which the veteran singer performs some of her best-loved songs and looks back on her 60 years in showbusiness. 10.05 Peter Kay’s Christmas Comedy Shuffle Including a singalong with Paul McCartney. 10.50 The Vicar of Dibley Alice suggests an unconventional nativity play. 11.45 Midnight Mass: from St Chad’s Birmingham Midnight Mass, broadcast live from St Chad’s Cathedral in Birmingham. 1.00 FILM: Surviving Christmas. (2004) 2.25 Weather for the Week Ahead 2.30 BBC News

ITV

6.00 CITV: Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids 6.10 Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids 6.20 Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures 6.35 Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures 6.45 Super 4 6.55 Signed Stories 7.05 Sooty 7.10 Oddbods 7.15 Oddbods 7.25 Nerds & Monsters 7.40 Nerds & Monsters 7.55 Horrid Henry 8.10 Horrid Henry 8.25 Weekend at Christmas 9.25 Thunderbirds Are Go 9.50 The Chase 10.50 You’ve Been Framed! With Bells On 11.20 FILM: Despicable Me. (2010) Animated comedy, with the voice of Steve Carell. 1.20 ITV News; Weather 1.30 FILM: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. (2001) Fantasy adventure, starring Daniel Radcliffe. 4.20 FILM: One Hundred and One Dalmatians. (1961) Disney animated adventure, with the voice of Betty Lou Gerson. 6.00 Regional Programmes 6.15 ITV News; Weather 6.30 Blankety Blank Revival of the game show, hosted by David Walliams. 7.30 Coronation Street Aidan admits to Johnny he is in love with Maria. 8.00 Birds of a Feather Sharon, Tracey and Dorien head to Morocco to track down a missing Travis. 9.00 Grantchester Christmas Special Sidney and Geordie are drawn into a case with echoes of an unsolved murder from nine years ago. 10.30 Through the Keyhole Christmas special of the classic game show. 11.30 ITV News; Weather 11.45 Christmas Carols on ITV 12.40 All Star Mr & Mrs Christmas Special 1.30 FILM: Carry On Loving. (1970) Comedy, starring Sid James. 3.05 ITV Nightscreen

Grantchester Christmas Special, ITV, 9pm

BBC2

6.15 FILM: Mars Needs Moms. (2011) Animated sci-fi adventure, with the voice of Seth Robert Dusky. 7.40 The NFL Show 8.10 FILM: Hans Christian Andersen. (1952) Musical, starring Danny Kaye. 10.00 Robot Wars 11.00 Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave 11.30 Nigella’s Christmas Kitchen 12.00 The Cook Who Changed Our Lives 1.00 FILM: Splash! (1984) Romantic fantasy comedy, with Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah. 2.45 Snow Chick: A Penguin’s Tale 3.45 Gorilla Family and Me 4.45 Gorilla Family and Me 5.45 Carols from King’s 7.00 Dad’s Army Mainwaring’s men take on a rival platoon. 8.00 Alan Bennett’s Diaries 9.00 FILM: The Lady in the Van (2015) Premiere. Comedy-drama, starring Maggie Smith. 10.40 The National Lottery Live 10.50 Christmas TOTP2 Special 12.20 FILM: Viva Las Vegas. (1964) Musical, starring Elvis Presley. 1.40 Sign Zone: Countryfile 2.40 Holby City 3.40 This Is BBC Two

SUNDAY

BBC1

6.00 Breakfast 9.00 CBeebies: The Nutcracker 9.45 Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon 10.00 Christmas Day Service – Live from Bristol Cathedral 11.00 The Christmas Big Sing 11.40 BBC News; Weather 11.50 FILM: The Croods. (2013) Animated comedy, with the voice of Nicolas Cage. 1.20 Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer’s Llamas 1.50 Top of the Pops Christmas 2.50 BBC News; Weather 3.00 The Queen’s Christmas Broadcast 3.10 FILM: Frozen. (2013) Premiere. Disney animated fantasy adventure, with the voice of Kristen Bell. 4.45 The Great Christmas Bake Off 5.45 Doctor Who 6.45 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special Six previous contestants return to the dance floor for the festive special. 8.00 Call the Midwife Christmas special. The nurses come to the aid of a clinic in South Africa. 9.30 EastEnders Max Branning returns to the Square. 10.30 Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas Special A fire at the salon leaves Rory and Dino with nowhere to work. 11.00 The Best of Tracey Ullman’s Show Highlights from the first series of the comedy sketch show. 11.30 BBC News; Weather 11.45 On Christmas Night 11.50 Would I Lie to You? At Christmas 12.20 Have I Got a Bit More 2016 News for You 1.05 Citizen Khan 1.35 FILM: While You Were Sleeping. (1995) Romantic comedy, starring Sandra Bullock and Bill Pullman. 3.10 Weather for the Week Ahead 3.15 BBC News

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ITV

6.00 CITV: Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids 6.10 Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids 6.20 Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures 6.35 Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures 6.45 Super 4 6.55 Sooty 7.10 Oddbods 7.15 Oddbods 7.20 Almost Naked Animals 7.30 Almost Naked Animals 7.45 Horrid Henry 8.00 Horrid Henry 8.15 Horrid Henry 8.25 Weekend at Christmas 9.25 Countrywise: Guide to Britain 9.55 FILM: Despicable Me 2. (2013) Animated comedy sequel, with the voice of Steve Carell. 11.55 FILM: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. (2002) Fantasy adventure sequel, starring Daniel Radcliffe. 3.00 The Queen’s Christmas Broadcast 3.10 FILM: The Lion King. (1994) Disney animated musical, with the voice of Matthew Broderick. 4.55 ITV News; Weather 5.15 You’ve Been Framed! Harry’s Naughty List 5.45 Emmerdale 6.45 Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs at Christmas The comedian visits Battersea Dogs & Cats Home at Christmas, where he comes to the aid of a pregnant pug and tries to get a snaggle-toothed shih tzu the royal seal of approval. 7.45 ITV News; Weather 8.00 Coronation Street Toyah returns to the cobbles. 9.00 Maigret’s Dead Man Rowan Atkinson stars as the Parisian detective in the second in a run of adaptations of Georges Simenon’s books. A series of anonymous phone calls is linked to a mysterious corpse. 11.00 FILM: Love Actually (2003) 1.30 FILM: King Kong. (2005) Fantasy adventure remake, starring Naomi Watts. 4.25 ITV Nightscreen

Doctor Who, BBC1, 5.45pm

BBC2

6.40 Countryfile 7.35 FILM: The Cat in the Hat. (2003) Comedy fantasy, starring Mike Myers. 8.50 FILM: Tom Thumb. (1958) Children’s musical fantasy, starring Russ Tamblyn. 10.20 FILM: Bee Movie. (2007) Animated comedy, with the voice of Jerry Seinfeld. 11.40 Carols from King’s 12.55 Wild Tales From the Village 1.55 The Good Life 2.25 FILM: The Artist. (2011) Oscarwinning silent drama, starring Jean Dujardin. 4.00 Dancing the Nutcracker – Inside the Royal Ballet 5.30 Sign Zone: The Queen’s Christmas Broadcast 5.40 The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show – 1976 6.45 Christmas University Challenge 7.15 Blackadder’s Christmas Carol 8.00 Dad’s Army 8.30 Gospel Christmas 9.30 Victorian Bakers at Christmas 10.30 QI XL 11.15 FILM: Great Expectations (2012) Period drama. 1.15 FILM: A Hard Day’s Night. (1964) Musical comedy, starring the Beatles. 2.40 This Is BBC Two

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Channel 4

6.15 Olive, the Other Reindeer 7.05 FILM: A Turtle’s Tale: Sammy’s Adventures. (2010) Animated adventure, with the voice of Dominic Cooper. 8.40 Father Christmas 9.10 Painting the Bear Hunt 9.15 Christmas Brunch 12.15 Jamie’s Ultimate Christmas 1.15 The Simpsons 1.45 The Simpsons 2.15 The Simpsons 2.45 FILM: Scrooged. (1988) Christmas comedy, starring Bill Murray. 4.40 Channel 4 News 4.45 The Snowman 5.15 The Snowman and the Snowdog 5.50 FILM: The Muppet Christmas Carol. (1992) Puppet comedy, starring Michael Caine. 7.30 We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Animated adventure, based on Michael Rosen’s book of the same name. 8.00 Gogglesprogs Christmas Special Young TV viewers appraise the year’s television programmes in this festive edition, from big news stories about the American Presidential election to TV’s most popular hits. 9.00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Christmas Special Festive edition, with guests Kathy Burke and Russell Howard. 10.00 Rude Tube Christmas Cracker 2016 Some of the most popular Christmasthemed internet videos of all time. 11.00 Trigger Happy Christmas Special Dom Joly returns with a festive edition of the hidden-camera show. 11.30 The Inbetweeners 12.05 The Inbetweeners 1.30 Friday Night Dinner 2.25 The Last Leg Christmas Special 3.20 My Crazy Christmas Lights 4.10 Location, Location, Location

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Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake! 8.30 SpongeBob SquarePants 9.05 FILM: Doctor Zhivago. (1965) Epic drama, starring Omar Sharif and Julie Christie. 12.50 FILM: The Vikings. (1958) Historical adventure, starring Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis. 3.05 FILM: Jason and the Argonauts. (1963) Fantasy adventure, starring Todd Armstrong. 5.10 FILM: Scrooge – A Christmas Carol. (1951) Charles Dickens’ fantasy, starring Alastair Sim. 6.55 Andre Rieu: Christmas in London A festive concert by the Dutch violinist. 8.00 The Yorkshire Vet at Christmas 9.00 Eamonn & Ruth: A Million Pound Christmas 10.00 Greatest Ever Christmas Movies Countdown of festive films. 12.55 FILM: Scrooge – A Christmas Carol. (1951) Charles Dickens’ fantasy, starring Alastair Sim. 2.25 SuperCasino 4.00 The Trafford Centre: Countdown to Christmas 4.50 House Doctor 5.20 Angels of Jarm 5.25 Roary the Racing Car 5.35 Milkshake! Bop Box 5.40 Peppa Pig 5.45 Paw Patrol

Channel 4

6.20 Prep & Landing: Naughty v Nice 6.40 The Bear 7.10 Painting the Bear Hunt 7.15 FILM: Animals United. (2010) Animated comedy with the voices of James Corden and Stephen Fry. 8.55 The Simpsons 9.20 The Simpsons 9.50 The Simpsons 10.20 The Simpsons 10.50 Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas 11.15 Painting the Bear Hunt 11.20 Father Christmas 11.50 The Snowman 12.20 FILM: The Sword in the Stone. (1963) Disney animated adventure, with the voice of Rickie Sorenson. 2.05 The Alternative Christmas Message 2.15 Channel 4 News 2.20 FILM: It’s a Wonderful Life. (1946) Fantasy drama, starring James Stewart. 4.55 The Snowman and the Snowdog 5.25 We’re Going on a Bear Hunt 6.00 FILM: Home Alone (1990) A boy is left to defend his home from burglars when his family jets off to Paris and accidentally leaves him behind. Comedy, starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern. 8.00 Travel Man: 48 Hours in Florence Rebel Wilson joins Richard Ayoade on a tour of the Italian city. 9.00 Gogglebox 2016 A look back at some of the highlights of this year’s series, featuring regular armchair presenters Leon and June, Christopher and Stephen, and the Michaels family. 10.30 Alan Carr’s Christmas Chatty Man The host is joined by guests including Tom Daley, Gary Barlow and Martin Kemp. 12.35 FILM: Four Christmases. (2008) 2.05 Rude Tube Christmas Cracker 2016 3.05 Very British Problems at Christmas

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Channel 5

6.10 Milkshake! 7.35 FILM: An American in Paris. (1951) Romantic musical, starring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron. 9.50 FILM: On the Town. (1949) Musical, starring Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Jules Munshin. 11.50 FILM: Scrooge. (1970) Musical fantasy, starring Albert Finney. 2.10 FILM: The Wizard of Oz. (1939) Musical fantasy, starring Judy Garland. 4.10 FILM: Singin’ in the Rain. (1952) Musical comedy, starring Gene Kelly. 6.15 Britain’s Favourite Xmas Songs A countdown of songs guaranteed to make any Christmas party go with a swing, including classics by the Jackson 5, Jona Lewie, Band Aid, the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, and Slade. 8.30 When Celebrities Go Pop Memorable records by celebrities. 10.30 FILM: Dallas Buyers Club (2013) Premiere. Fact-based drama, starring Matthew McConaughey. 12.45 Greatest Ever Christmas Songs 1.10 SuperCasino 3.10 Chris Tarrant: On the Xmas Express

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MONDAY BBC1

6.00 Breakfast 9.00 FILM: Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy (2014) 10.10 FILM: Planes (2013) 11.30 The Great Christmas Bake Off 12.30 BBC News; Weather 12.45 BBC Regional News; Weather 12.50 Countryfile 1.50 The Moonstone 2.40 FILM: Brave (2012) 4.05 The Gruffalo 4.30 FILM: How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) 6.05 BBC News 6.20 BBC Regional News; Weather 6.30 Revolting Rhymes 7.00 The Great Christmas Bake Off 8.00 EastEnders 8.30 Still Open All Hours 9.00 The Witness for the Prosecution 10.00 Outnumbered 10.40 BBC News; Weather 10.55 Match of the Day 12.25 Fleabag 1.25 Walliams & Friend 1.55 Weather for the Week Ahead 2.00 BBC News

BBC2

6.15 Natural World: Honey Badgers – Masters of Mayhem 7.15 Sign Zone: Nature’s Weirdest Events 8.15 FILM: Around the World in 80 Days (1956) 11.00 FILM: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011) 12.40 FILM: Dances with Wolves (1990) 3.30 Victorian Bakers at Christmas 4.30 Final Score 5.20 West Side Stories – The Making of a Classic 6.20 Christmas University Challenge 6.50 Dad’s Army 7.30 Nature’s Weirdest Events 8.30 Gordon Buchanan: Elephant Family and Me 9.30 The Entire Universe 10.30 FILM: Pride (2014) 12.25 Gospel Christmas 1.25 FILM: Tommy (1975) 3.10 Sign Zone: Inside the Christmas Factory 4.10 This Is BBC Two 5.50 Jungle Animal Hospital: Natural World

ITV

6.00 CITV: Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures 6.25 Super 4 7.05 Minion Madness 7.20 Oddbods 7.25 Max Steel 7.55 Adventure Time 8.20 Signed Stories 8.25 Almost Naked Animals 8.55 Mr Bean: The Animated Series 9.25 FILM: The Flintstones (1994) 11.05 FILM: Liar Liar (1997) 12.40 Hilda Ogden’s Last Ta-ra – A Tribute to Jean Alexander 1.40 The Nation’s Favourite Disney Song 2.40 FILM: Sleeping Beauty (1959) 4.10 FILM: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) 6.45 ITV News; Weather 7.00 Emmerdale 7.30 Coronation Street 8.00 You’ve Been Framed! Harry’s Naughty List 8.30 Coronation Street 9.00 FILM: Captain Phillips (2013) 11.35 ITV News; Weather 11.55 Through the Keyhole 12.50 Jackpot247 3.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show 3.55 ITV Nightscreen 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show

Channel 4

6.25 FILM: Planet 51 (2009) 8.00 The Morning Line 9.00 FILM: Aliens in the Attic (2009) 10.40 The Simpsons 11.35 FILM: Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World (2011) 1.15 Channel 4 Racing 3.45 The Simpsons 4.10 FILM: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) 6.50 Channel 4 News 7.00 The World’s Most Expensive Toys 8.00 Lego’s Big Christmas 9.00 The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2016 11.10 FILM: Pitch Perfect (2012) 1.20 Travel Man: 48 Hours in Florence 2.20 Celebrity First Dates 3.15 Hollyoaks 5.20 FILM: Paws (1997)

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake! 7.45 Big Bash Cricket 11.15 World’s Strongest Man 2016 12.20 FILM: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) 2.15 FILM: West Side Story (1961) 5.20 FILM: The Love Punch (2013) 7.00 World’s Strongest Man 2016 8.00 Building the Ice Hotel. The construction of an establishment built every year in a Swedish village. 9.00 Football on 5: The Championship. George Riley and Lynsey Hipgrave introduce action from the Boxing Day fixtures, which included Aston Villa v Burton Albion and Newcastle United v Sheffield Wednesday. 10.00 Football on 5: Goal Rush. Goals from the Boxing Day matches in Leagues One and Two. 10.30 Britain’s Favourite Abba Songs 12.05 FILM: Muriel’s Wedding (1994) 1.55 SuperCasino 3.10 Penguins Make You Laugh Out Loud 4.00 Tattoo Disasters UK 4.25 Criminals: Caught on Camera 4.45 Great Artists

TUESDAY BBC1

6.00 Breakfast 7.35 Match of the Day 9.10 FILM: Gnomeo & Juliet (2011) 10.25 The Furchester Hotel: A Furchester Christmas 10.50 FILM: Cars 2 (2011) 12.30 BBC News; Weather 12.40 BBC Regional News; Weather 12.50 The Moonstone 1.35 FILM: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 3.25 The Gruffalo’s Child 3.50 FILM: Mr Peabody & Sherman (2014) 5.15 Pointless 6.00 BBC News at Six; Weather 6.20 BBC Regional News; Weather 6.30 Revolting Rhymes 7.00 Celebrity Mastermind 7.30 EastEnders 8.00 Holby City 9.00 The Witness for the Prosecution 10.00 Walliams & Friend Christmas Special 10.40 BBC News 10.55 BBC Regional News; Weather; National Lottery Update 11.00 Mrs Brown’s Boys 11.35 Outnumbered 12.15 Fleabag 1.15 Weather for the Week Ahead 1.20 BBC News

BBC2

6.50 Sign Zone: Fern Britton Meets Rebecca Ferguson 7.50 FILM: Herbie Rides Again (1974) 9.15 This Farming Life 10.15 Money for Nothing 11.15 FILM: The Password Is Courage (1962) 1.05 FILM: The Heroes of Telemark (1965) 3.15 Nature’s Weirdest Events 4.00 Inside the Factory: Chocolate 5.00 Tribes, Predators & Me 6.00 New Zealand: Earth’s Mythical Islands 7.00 Dad’s Army 7.30 Christmas University Challenge 8.00 Gordon Buchanan: Elephant Family and Me 9.00 The Real Marigold on Tour: Florida 10.00 Inside No 9 – The Devil of Christmas 10.30 Live at the Apollo Christmas Special 2015 11.00 Insert Name Here: Christmas Special 11.30 NFL This Week 12.20 Sign Zone: David Walliams Celebrates Dame Shirley Bassey 1.25 Planet Earth II 2.25 Who Do You Think You Are? 3.25 This Is BBC Two 5.40 Natural World: The Monkey-Eating Eagle of the Orinoco

ITV

6.00 CITV: Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures 6.25 Super 4 7.05 Minion Madness 7.20 Oddbods 7.25 Max Steel 7.55 Adventure Time 8.15 Signed Stories: Share a Story 8.20 Nerds & Monsters 8.55 Mr Bean: The Animated Series 9.25 FILM: The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000) 11.05 This Time Next Year 12.05 Tipping Point 1.05 ITV News; Weather 1.10 Puppy Secrets: The First Six Months 2.10 FILM: Happy Feet (2006) 4.10 50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments 5.40 Fantastic Beasts and JK Rowling’s Wizarding World 6.40 ITV News; Weather 7.00 Emmerdale 7.30 FILM: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) 10.30 ITV News; Weather 10.45 Pompeii with Michael Buerk 11.45 Premiership Rugby Union 12.35 Jackpot247 3.00 ITV Nightscreen 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show

Channel 4

6.50 FILM: Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (2011) 8.30 FILM: Magic in the Water (1995) 10.30 The Simpsons 11.30 FILM: Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004) 1.15 Channel 4 Racing 4.15 Channel 4 News Summary 4.20 FILM: Stuart Little (1999) 6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Hollyoaks 7.00 Posh Pawn at Christmas 8.00 Amazing Spaces Snow Special 9.00 This Is Us 10.00 Gogglebox 2016 11.35 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Christmas Special 12.40 FILM: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) 3.20 Food Unwrapped at Christmas 4.15 Couples Come Dine with Me

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake! 8.35 Football on 5: The Championship 9.35 Football on 5: Goal Rush 10.05 FILM: Space Camp (1986) 12.10 FILM: Teen Wolf (1985) 2.00 FILM: Harry and the Hendersons (1987) 4.10 FILM: Labyrinth (1986) 6.15 BattleBots: World Championship 7.00 World’s Strongest Man 2016; 5 News Update 8.00 There’s a Croc in My Kitchen; 5 News Update 9.00 FILM: Dirty Dancing (1987) 11.05 Greatest 80s Movies 1.50 SuperCasino 3.10 The Dog Rescuers at Christmas 4.00 Tattoo Disasters UK 4.25 Criminals: Caught on Camera 4.45 Great Artists

WEDNESDAY BBC1

6.00 Breakfast 9.00 FILM: Tinker Bell and the Secret of the Wings (2012) 10.10 Justin’s House: Cat’s First Christmas 10.30 FILM: Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) 11.50 Bargain Hunt 12.40 BBC News at One; Weather 12.50 BBC Regional News; Weather 1.00 The Moonstone 1.45 FILM: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) 3.35 FILM: Muppets Most Wanted (2014) 5.15 Pointless 6.00 BBC News at Six; Weather 6.20 BBC Regional News Programmes 6.30 Antiques Roadshow 7.30 FILM: Ethel & Ernest (2016) 9.00 Jonathan Creek 10.30 BBC News 10.40 BBC Regional News; Weather; National Lottery Update 10.50 Mrs Brown’s Boys 11.25 Sport Relief 2016: The Final Score 12.25 Fleabag 1.20 Weather for the Week Ahead 1.25 BBC News

BBC2

6.40 Sign Zone: Coastal Path 7.10 Great British Menu 7.40 FILM: Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977) 9.20 This Farming Life 10.20 Money for Nothing 11.20 FILM: The Alamo (2004) 1.25 FILM: Up Periscope (1959) 3.15 Nature’s Weirdest Events 4.00 Inside the Factory: Sweets 5.00 Tribes, Predators & Me 6.00 New Zealand: Earth’s Mythical Islands 7.00 The Good Life 7.30 Christmas University Challenge 8.00 Robot Wars: Battle of the Stars 9.00 Dragons’ Den 10.00 Live at the Apollo Christmas Special 10.30 The Real Marigold on Tour 11.30 FILM: Song for Marion (2012) 1.00 Sign Zone: Alan Bennett’s Diaries 2.00 FILM: The Lady in the Van (2015) 3.40 This Is BBC Two 5.45 Natural World: Tiger Dynasty

ITV

6.00 Good Morning Britain 8.30 Lorraine 9.25 FILM: Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995) 11.15 FILM: Bean (1997) 12.55 ITV News; Weather 1.05 ITV News London; Weather 1.15 Puppy Secrets: The First Six Months 2.20 FILM: Father of the Bride (1991) 4.25 Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs at Christmas 5.30 Blankety Blank 6.25 ITV News London; Weather 6.40 ITV News; Weather 7.00 Emmerdale 7.30 FILM: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) 10.10 ITV News; Weather 10.24 ITV London Weather 10.25 FILM: Jaws (1975) 12.40 Jackpot247 3.00 ITV Nightscreen 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show

Channel 4

6.40 FILM: California Man (1992) 8.10 FILM: Dunston Checks In (1996) 9.50 The Simpsons 10.45 FILM: The Muppet Movie (1979) 12.50 FILM: Vice Versa (1988) 2.45 FILM: Stuart Little 2 (2002) 4.15 Lego’s Big Christmas 5.15 Channel 4 News 5.30 The Simpsons 6.30 Hollyoaks 7.00 The Arrivals 8.00 What Britain Bought in 2016 9.00 24 Hours in A&E 10.00 David Blaine: Beyond Magic 11.00 The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2016 1.00 FILM: The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009) 3.10 Gillette World Sport 3.40 Location, Location, Location 4.35 The Restoration Man

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake! 9.20 SpongeBob SquarePants 9.55 World’s Strongest Man 2016 10.55 FILM: The African Queen (1951) 1.00 FILM: The Glenn Miller Story (1954) 3.20 FILM: Kelly’s Heroes (1970) 6.10 BattleBots: World Championship 7.00 World’s Strongest Man 2016. Action from the second heat of the competition at Chobe National Park in Botswana. Britain’s Eddie Hall took part in this group, alongside Americans Nick Best and Jon Lane; 5 News Update 8.00 Kitten Rescuers. Following the day-to-day work of RSPCA inspectors, vets and volunteers as they strive to keep Britain’s felines out of harm’s way. Part of the Animal Magic season; 5 News Update 9.00 The Most Shocking Celebrity Moments of 2016. Louis Walsh, Michelle Visage, Darren Day, Bobby Norris, Chloe Kahn, Eamonn Holmes, Kerry Katona, Stefan Dennis and Len Goodman recall the year’s memorable events. 12.05 Pete Burns: The Last Interview 1.05 SuperCasino 3.10 Santa Makes You LOL

THURSDAY BBC1

6.00 Breakfast 9.00 FILM: Turbo (2013) 10.25 Go Jetters Christmas Special: The North Pole 10.50 FILM: Chicken Run (2000) 12.10 Bargain Hunt 12.50 BBC News 1.00 BBC Regional News; Weather 1.10 The Moonstone 1.55 FILM: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 3.55 Room on the Broom 4.20 FILM: Shrek the Third (2007) 5.45 Pointless 6.30 BBC News 6.45 BBC Regional News; Weather 7.00 Celebrity Mastermind 7.30 EastEnders 8.00 Life in the Snow 9.00 To Walk Invisible 11.00 BBC News 11.10 BBC Regional News; Weather 11.20 FILM: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) 1.15 Weather for the Week Ahead 1.20 BBC News

BBC2

6.45 Sign Zone: Coastal Path 7.15 Great British Menu 7.45 FILM: Herbie Goes Bananas (1980) 9.15 This Farming Life 10.15 Money for Nothing 11.15 FILM: A Distant Trumpet (1964) 1.10 FILM: Hidalgo (2004) 3.15 Nature’s Weirdest Events 4.00 Inside the Factory: Crisps 5.00 Tribes, Predators & Me 6.00 New Zealand: Earth’s Mythical Islands 7.00 To the Manor Born: 1979 Christmas Special 7.30 Christmas University Challenge 8.00 Robot Wars: Battle of the Stars 9.00 Charlie Brooker’s 2016 Wipe 10.00 Cunk on Christmas 10.30 Kevin Bridges: A Whole Different Story 11.30 A Gert Lush Christmas 12.30 Dragons’ Den 1.30 Sign Zone: The Great Christmas Bake Off 2.30 Doctor Who 3.30 This Is BBC Two

ITV

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7 DAY SOAPWATCH Coronation Street Sun: Nick and Peter’s ding-dong is far from merry. Bethany’s secret is out. Billy brings home a waif and stray. Mon: Peter prepares to break some news. Bethany jumps from frying pan to fire. Mary gets an offer. Peter’s secret is outed by a spy in the sky. Kevin gets an unexpected bill. Sarah puts Bethany first. Fri: It is a new year from hell for Anna. Mary needs to decide. Is Peter busted? Emmerdale Sun: Joanie has a realisation. It is bittersweet for Laurel. Cain wonders if there is still hope with Moira. Mon: Joanie makes a decision. Chrissie grows suspicious. Jimmy is mystified. Tues: Will Lisa talk Joanie round? Jimmy learns the truth. Chrissie interferes. Wed: Nicola and Jimmy are forced to reconcile. Kerry flashes the cash. Cain’s patience wears thin. Thurs: Joanie defends her friend. Emma intervenes. Chrissie is left seething. Fri: Finn makes a grand gesture. Joanie makes a bad decision. Rebecca takes her revenge. Eastenders Sat: Phil is left to contemplate his actions. Linda receives some devastating news. It is the end of an era for one resident. Sun: The residents of Albert Square are determined to have a peaceful Christmas this year. But with secrets festering, families fractured and pressure building, will they all get the Christmas they asked Santa for? Mon: With past events hanging heavily over Lee, he finds himself in an impossible situation - will the truth come out? The Brannings receive a shock. Ronnie gives Roxy some home truths. Tues: Roxy drops a bombshell on Ronnie. Max attempts to build bridges with his family, but is all as it seems? Thurs: As Ronnie’s big day approaches, the sisters secretly make plans. Lee struggles to come to terms with recent events. Fri: Lee reaches breaking point. Loyalties and motives in the square are questioned.

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BEER FESTIVAL RAISES £2,000 FOR MEADOWHALL HELPS SERVE UP A SUMPTUOUS SHEFFIELD CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL MEAL FOR SHEFFIELD’S “HOME ALONE” Beer Festival raises £2,000 for Sheffield Children’s Hospital. Visitors to the recent Sheffield Beer Festival proved just as generous as they were thirsty, as a combination of cash collections, donations of unused beer tickets, and a contribution from Sheffield branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) saw this year’s charity total reach £2,000. Press Officer Paul Crofts said “It’s a fantastic sum to raise for such a good charity. It was far more than we anticipated, and shows how much local

people think of the Sheffield Children’s Hospital” The 4-day festival took place at Kelham Island Museum in October, and featured over 300 different beers and ciders, as well as live music and an array of street food vendors. Community Fundraiser for The Children’s Hospital Charity, Cheryl Davidson said, “We want to say a massive thank you to everyone who donated at Sheffield Beer Festival. To raise so much at the event really will make a difference to all of our patients and their families at Sheffield Children’s Hospital.”

More than 400 guests enjoyed a VIP Christmas lunch this week after Meadowhall teamed up with Sheffield’s very own “Home Alone” champion Gloria Stewart. Centre staff, led by Head of Operations Dawn Osborne, were on hand at the Niagara South Yorkshire Police Sports and Social Club in Hillsborough to help serve up a delicious Christmas dinner for hundreds of people who normally would be home alone on December 25th. Celebrating its 10th successful year, Home Alone also received £2,000 from Meadowhall owners British Land to put towards the food and drinks bill for the festive feast after a funding shortfall threatened the popular lunch. As well as the funding, hundreds of gifts and raffle prizes were also donated by Meadowhall retailers so every guest went home with a present, as well as homemade Christmas cards made by Sheffield schoolchildren. The meal itself was topped off with more entertainment and a disco. Said Dawn: “This is a wonderful way to bring people together of all ages from across Sheffield that perhaps don’t have that much company over the Christmas period through circumstance or ill health. “Our team were kept very busy wrapping and boxing presents collected from across the Centre, as well as giving up

their time to help organise and then serve the guests on this amazing day that really sums up what Christmas is all about.” Gloria added: “Without the help of volunteers such as Dawn and her team I wouldn’t be able to do what I do. Christmas is a time which a lot of people take for granted but there are so many out there who are lonely. Just a visit, a

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With 30.9 million registered cars on the road, this means that up to 6.5 million vehicles could be driven on long Christmas journeys while potentially unsafe and requiring immediate attention. And the consequences are very real – nearly a quarter of motorists (23%) say they have previously broken down over Christmas. And more worryingly, failing to look after a vehicle could lead to an accident, as the research demonstrated that nearly one in ten (8%) drivers have been in an accident due to a car not being properly maintained. Of those who have broken down over Christmas, 22% said it meant that they couldn’t deliver presents to loved ones while for 17% it meant that at least one member of the family was reduced to tears. It is therefore perhaps not surprising that in total, 72% of drivers say they ﬁnd driving over Christmas stressful. The research – of more than 1,500 British adults with a full driving licence – found that British motorists will take to the roads this Christmas without having done many of the basic checks that are advised ahead of a long journey:

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Within minutes, my bobbins started to dance like a drunken uncle at the Christmas party, as bream attacked the method ball, and with Clint Walker started to mop up the stick mix. As expected, After a very trying week, with two day both resulted in classic bream takes, the line sessions in search of carp, I’ve had to pulling tight, then slackening as the slimy admit defeat. I’ve fished two different slabs tried to shake the hook, but to no avail; venues too, both renowned winter runs both were landed and the baited rigs reset. It waters, but to no avail. I have in fact happened again. A few minutes passed, and caught nothing this week aside from the bobbins were off on their merry dance as bream, and lots of them! more bream came in. Deliberately, I hadn’t My first trip was to Staffordshire venue put out a great deal of bait, but I also forgot Baden Hall Fisheries, where I settled into a the cardinal rule at Baden Hall; add pellet, swim on Middle Pool, the main day ticket get bream! For the next two hours, I landed a water on this large complex. I know the steady stream of bream, most around the 3lb pool well, having fished here many times in mark, before things quietened. I still hadn’t the past, but it still didn’t stop me making a had so much of a sniff of a carp, but then I fundamental error when choosing where to hadn’t seen the angler behind me catch any set up. An easterly wind can make fishing either. very difficult, and for once, I went against The lunchtime lull over, the bream returned, and once again, it became a ‘breamfest’ as my better judgement, purely to try and stay the slippy critters continued to climb the warm, by fishing off the back of the wind, lines. If I had been after the bream, using a in the deeper water. I’d spent half an hour quivertip with a little more finesse, I would watching the water, and hadn’t seen many signs of fish, but the other end had a ripple on have been confident of well over 100lb of the surface as the wind howled down the lake, fish, they were feeding that hard, but it wasn’t what I wanted! As the sun set, I reeled in and making it impossible to see anything there wandered around to my fellow angler, and either, so I opted for comfort; my mistake… was amazed to find that he hadn’t registered Two rods out, one on ‘the method’ wrapping a mix of specialist method mix and Mainline a single bite all day! Now that was a surprise at Baden Hall, and he admitted to being pellets around a frame feeder, the other rod, more usual lead clip tactics, but this time with perplexed, as the previous week, he had the hooklink pulled through a pva mesh stick. caught a netful from the very same spot; very strange… Both were cast towards the channel which As I retired, I noted other anglers arrive to runs down the centre of this part of the lake, begin their night sessions, but all of them and left to await a visit from a hungry carp. were sited further down the lake. As the wind I noted an angler floatfishing the deeper bay dropped and conditions calmed, I could see behind me, using maggots, so I kept an eye on him too, to see what he was catching, just carp cruising the upper layers, and it became obvious I’d spent the day in the wrong area; in case a change of plan was required. so much for my excellent watercraft… It didn’t help when one of those anglers hooked into a carp before he had even finished setting Frampton Lane, Hubberts Bridge, Boston, Lincs PE20 3QU up his basecamp. Pah! Tel:01205 290328 I was determined to catch a carp this week, or 01205 290368 so my second session was on a club water, Fax:01205 290247 where, in truth, I’ve caught so many double figure carp this year, that I’ve lost count. I Situated 5 Mins drive from the historic town of Boston Two 9 Hole Golf Courses in the vicinity think it’s probably around three hundred fish, maybe more, so success was guaranteed; Fishing lake on the park surely? This venue has a ‘one rod’ rule, and Caters for holiday static and tourers if you had fished it in summer, you’d think it Shop and Licensed Bar on site entirely reasonable, as it can be like shooting Log Cabins For Sale by the Side of the Lake fish in a barrel once you get them feeding, and to use two rods would be folly… but not Restaurant with 30 seats, Meals served all day CARAVAN SALES & TRANSPORT today. I chose to use an inline lead, wrapping groundbait around it, with a short hook link, STATIC & TOURING CARAVAN PARK and corn on the hair; nothing complicated,

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but it has worked superbly well for me this year on the odd occasion that bites have been hard to come by. Four hours in, and I’d had a single bite, and landed another bream… My fishing partner was also struggling, although after five hours, he had caught a carp, so I changed to the ‘tip, with corn on the hook, but still couldn’t buy a bite, landing only crayfish (in December?) so after a few more hours fruitless fishing, I packed up, defeated again. Andy managed to pick off

a trio of carp, the last fish as darkness fell around us and I was on my way back to the car park. He stuck rigidly to his boilies tactics, and on the day, in a freezing wind, it paid off, and I learned a valuable lesson; If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it… Stick to what you know, and don’t try to be clever. Next week, I shall mostly be targeting goldfish, from my son’s bedroom windowsill, I might have a chance then!

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Shefﬁeld Bankers, as they beat Brinsworth Whitehill 3-1 at the Phoenix Sports Club. Mikey Rusell and Miles Ridall were also on target for the Bankers. Dom Ayton scored the only goal at Grange Park Football Club, as High Green Villa beat Millmoor Juniors Reserves 1-0.

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Last weekend saw the last fixtures of 2017. 17 fixtures took place on Saturday across the league’s four divisions. The league now takes a two week Christmas/New Year break before returning on Saturday 7th January. Division Two North League leaders Stocksbridge Park Steels Premier Division Development Squad signed-off 2016 in style, Swallownest FC remain top of the Premier with a 7-0 home win over South Kirkby Division over the Winter break despite not Colliery Reserves. Stocksbridge have a nine playing on the weekend. However, their lead point lead going into the break. was cut to six points by Stocksbridge Park Euroglaze FC also scored seven, as they beat Steels Reserves, who beat Denaby United Worsbrough Bridge Athletic Reserves 7-0, 3-2 at Balby Carr Community Academy. with goals from Haydn Musgrave (4), Daniel Defending champions Frecheville sit just Henighan, Aaron Moore and Leigh Copping. a point further back, after a 4-2 home win Goals from Luke Salisbury (2) and Warren against Wombwell Main. Bird, plus an own goal helped Houghton Main Jubilee Sports leapfrogged North Gawber Reserves to a 4-1 win over Bawtry Town at Colliery into fifth position after they beat them Middlecliffe Lane. 3-2 at Woolley Miners Welfare Ground. Danny Barnsley starred for Jubilee, scoring twice. Division Two South Athersley Recreation Reserves registered a League leaders Kiveton Park’s eight game vital three points, with a 2-1 away win over winning run was halted, as they were held 2-2 bottom side Denaby Main. The win puts a five away against Caribbean Sports Reserves. Davy point gap between themselves and the bottom FC Reserves went on to cut Kiveton’s lead at three. the top to four points, after they beat Sheffield Handsworth Parramore Reserves and Lane Top 2-1 at the Civil Service Ground. It Houghton Main both stretched their winless is worth noting that Kiveton have played two runs to three games, as they drew 1-1 at games fewer than Davy and New Bohemians Oliver’s Mount. in third, who also ahve the same amount of points. New Bohemians were also victorious Division One on the weekend, beating Millmoor Juniors Goals from Dan Robinson (2), Ross Brown Development Squad 1-0 at Grange Park and Chas Tunnard gave Oughtibridge WMFC Football Club. a 4-1 win over AFC Dronfield. The win takes Sheffield Medics claimed their fifth Oughtibridge joint on points with league consecutive win in fine fashion, with a leaders Wickersley, who remain top on goal resounding 6-1 win over Maltby Main difference. Reserves at Norton Playing Fields. The Medics Ecclesfield Red Rose 1915 moved into third climb into fourth position. place, with a 5-1 home win over Grimethorpe Sheffield Bankers Reserves climbed out of the Sports at Chaucer School. Ecclesfield are just bottom two, with their third win in four games. two points off the lead, with two games in The Bankers were 3-1 victors on Saturday at hand. Muglet Lane against bottom side Maltby Main Joe Ellard scored in under 10 seconds for Reserves.

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WARNE PROUD OF UNLUCKY MILLERS Rotherham United interim boss Paul Warne says he will go home from Saturday’s South Yorkshire derby against Sheffield Wednesday a proud man, despite the Millers going down to a late goal at Hillsborough. The Millers were cruelly defeated in S6 by Steven Fletcher’s stoppage time penalty, which also saw Richard Wood dismissed in the aftermath, but Warne’s side battled bravely and left him proud of their display. “I feel guilty to be the only manager to come and lose here in 20-odd years, but with this group of players we’ve come here and I will go home hugely proud,” he told www.themillers. co.uk. “It was a cruel way. It was a tight game and a game of few chances. I thought we had a couple of good chances first half and a couple in the second and it was a game of set pieces really. “It’s difficult for me because I go in the changing rooms after and they’re all absolutely devastated and the worst I’ve ever seen them. “I just said to them I’m really proud of them and the last four games they have given me everything they’ve got, so as the leader of that group of men, I’m a proud man.” The Millers thought they had taken the lead in the first half when Tom Adeyemi crashed home a header from Joe Newell’s cross but it was chalked off, before they were dealt another blow as Lucas Joao was deemed to have been fouled in the box minutes from the end in what would prove to supply to winner for the hosts. Warne admitted that his side had to be patient at

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times during the encounter at Hillsborough but was pleased to see them still in the game as it entered the ﬁnal stages. “I’ve never been in a game where there are so many free kicks and it was non-contact football for both teams,” he continued. “We got a bit frustrated with the whole way the game was going and we were happy to slow it down away from home. I kept saying to the lads if you go into it and you’re still in the game at 60 or 70 minutes we’d have a good chance. “I don’t know why the goal was ruled out and I’ve watched it back and I’ve tried to do that with neutral eyes and I can not see what it is he’s blown for. That’s hugely disappointing because it would have been nice to go in 1-0 up obviously. “The penalty late on there is contact, but he has won the penalty, as opposed to Woody fouling him. I know what football is like and any contact it this game today would have been

awarded a free kick.” The popular ﬁtness coach, who has now taken charge of four matches, continued to admit that the players need to take heart from recent displays as they enter the busy Christmas period. “I think in all these four games, we’ve won one and lost three, which I don’t think is a good record, but we’ve never lost by more than one goal,” Warne added. “We’ve always been really competitive and I told them that I knew they’d be disappointed by the defeat but not to be disappointed with their effort or performances. “They have to take pride in that going into the next few home games.” The Millers did forge a number of good openings in the match at S6 and explained that he never felt his side were in danger from the conﬁnes of the technical area. “I don’t know if we were the better team but we

had pockets of play, especially with Joe Newell in the ﬁrst half. “The clear cut chances I think we had the better of, but it wasn’t a game with a lot of them. “They had a few which Pricey saved, but I can honestly say stood at the side of the pitch I was not stressed at all and I didn’t think we were going to concede.”

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FERGUSON POST MARINERS Rovers manager Darren Ferguson was impressed with the atmosphere inside the Keepmoat Stadium on Saturday. Liam Mandeville’s third-minute free-kick

was enough to secure all three points. “It was ﬁtting that was the winning goal. Ferguson’s team were ready for a battle It was a wonderful strike from a player in form.” against Marcus Bignot’s side and did not disappoint the 10,084 people in the stadium. “It was always going to be a hard fought game, it was scrappy at times but they Morley Road, Doncaster, DN1 2TN are the sort of games that I like, it was Telephone 01302 360984 a deserved victory and a really good performance,” he said. ALL FOOTBALL MATCHES SHOWN “In many ways the result and the elements that won the game, we were better than the THREE SCREENS INCLUDING past two league games where we’ve had LARGE EPROJECTOR SCREEN really ﬂowing football, and those games are the games you have to win, you have to scrap and you have to battle. “A lot of the time this season we have had to create our own atmosphere in the terms of the way that we play, the tempo that we have to play at but that was on the case, so CAMRA PUB OF THE SEASON I am pleased for our fans, they were really COME & SUPPORT ROVERS good.” IN DONCASTER’S BEST PUB The form of 19-year-old Mandeville has helped Rovers to stretch the gap from fourth place to seven points in recent weeks. “It was fantastic execution, I thought he FIND US ON FACEBOOK & TWITTER was going to get another in the second 145 ST. SEPULCHRE GATE WEST DN1 • 01302 340670 half,” added Ferguson.

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Liam Mandeville revealed his stunning free-kick on Saturday was down to a moment of inspiration. Mandeville scored the winner against the Mariners in the third minute, curling in a right-footed free-kick into the top left corner of James McKeown’s goal. “The free-kick wasn’t planned, I think I was supposed to slip the ball into Tommy Rowe and he would have a shot, but he said if the pass was not on just to have a go,” he said. “So from that moment I was always going to have a shot and thankfully it went in and it gave us a great start to the game.” It was a perfect start to the game for Darren Ferguson’s men who were looking to bounce back from the disappointment of losing to title rivals Plymouth Argyle last time Mandeville struck a penalty against the foot of a post in the ﬁnal moments of the game at Home Park, but the 19-year-old is not concerned about stepping up to the spot in the future. “It was not really on my mind, I think it would have been different if the keeper would have saved it but it was my mistake to be honest and I am still conﬁdent that I can score penalties,” he said. “Promotion is everything to the team and we are on course for that, we have hit our target of two points a game.” The academy graduate, who won the EFL Young Player of the Month award for November, has seven goals in his last six appearances in Sky Bet League Two, which included a double against Leyton Orient.

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WILDER’S COVENTRY VERDICT 2016/17 Chris Wilder was delighted with the three points the Blades secured on testing night against Coventry City at the Ricoh Arena on Thursday. A goal in each half from skipper Billy Sharp saw United move back up to second in Sky Bet EFL League One, on an evening where the manager admitted his side weren’t at the races in a game that was regularly disrupted by the home supporters protesting against their owners. Wilder remarked: “We didn’t play well, the game was stop start

throughout, but we’ve shown a sign of a successful team, by winning a game late on despite not being anywhere near out best. “We managed to ﬁnd a way to get that decisive goal to get over the line, but Coventry can count themselves very unfortunate not to get a result. “We’ve been outstanding for a number of weeks, even when results haven’t quite gone our way and this was by far and away our least impressive performance, but these things happen.

“The heart and desire to win the game has been immense and we are fortunate to have someone like Billy (Sharp) up top.” On the pitch protests by the Coventry supporters that saw the game halted on numerous occasions, the Blades boss added: “I didn’t enjoy the night, that’s twice that’s happened to us now in a matter of weeks. “It was virtually guaranteed something would happen of that nature, the stage was set for it to happen and it did.”

UNDER 23s CUT FOREST DOWN TO SIZE United’s U23 produced an excellent performance to deservedly win a nine-goal thriller against Nottingham Forest at the Look Local Stadium on Monday afternoon. Ironically, the visitors, through Rob Worrall went in front at Stocksbridge, but an owngoal followed by efforts from Sam Graham, substitute Graham Kelly, David Brooks and Jake Wright gave the Blades a four-goal advantage at the break and despite Forest scoring twice after the interval, another from the impressive Brooks and a penalty save by Aaron Ramsdale kept a ﬁne day’s work in front of onlooking boss Chris Wilder. Skipper James Wilson also completed 90 minutes as he continues his comeback from injury, as United made it back-to-back victories in the Professional Development League.

It could have been a totally different story though when WORRALL slotted past Ramsdale in just the fourth minute, but United’s response came seven minutes later as a Forest defender appeared to get the final touch to the ball from Whiteman’s cross after Hussey had been fouled in the build-up. Kelly replaced the Hussey shortly afterwards and the Blades took the lead just after the half hour as GRAHAM capitalised following a goalmouth scramble. In the 38th minute, KELLY produced an excellent finish to add a third, before BROOKS netted a fourth with a neat turn and finish. The scoring wasn’t finished though, as before the break, Brooks was again the architect, running purposefully at the Forest defence before leaving WRIGHT the simplest of

finishes from close-range. The second-half wasn’t as action packed as the first, yet still yielded three goals and a saved penalty. Firstly, BRERETON reduced the arears for Forest, only for BROOKS to get his second and United’s sixth, with the midfielder producing an excellent individual strike. Substitute WALTERS got Forest another goal back towards the end and Brereton then had the opportunity to reduce the deficit to two goals from the spot, only for Ramsdale to make an excellent save to ensure a comprehensive win for the Blades. Blades: Ramsdale, Brown, Hussey (Kelly 16), Graham, Wilson, Semple, Reed (Gordon 76), Whiteman, Wright (K. Smith 62), Brooks, Skapetis. Unused: Warhurst, Slater.

STADIUM TOUR ON BOXING DAY The Club’s popular pre-match stadium tour will return ahead of the Boxing Day clash against Oldham Athletic at Bramall Lane. The event starts in Legends of the Lane at 12.50pm prompt, before you are taken behind the scenes, down the players’ tunnel and out into the technical area and

home dugout. You will then take a seat in the Directors Box as you find out several fantastic facts and figures of our historic home. The tour, conducted by Club Liaison Officer John Garrett, will end back in the museum, giving supporters plenty of time to take in our unique collection of

memorabilia. Tickets, priced at £6 adults and £4 concessions, can now be purchased from the Box Ofﬁce, both in person or over the phone on 0114 253 7200 (option 1).

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St Luke’s Hospice, Weston Park Hospital and Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice, where they delivered gifts and met patients and their families, as well as staff and volunteers. The gifts were funded by generous donations from the players, management, academy coaches, admin staff and kit manufacturers Adidas, as well as Shefﬁeld City Region-based partner organisations Westﬁeld Health, Redtooth and HR Media Ltd.

Shefﬁeld United defender Jake Wright, who visited Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice, where he is an ambassador, said: “It’s such an amazing place. You come here where there are families who have been put in very difﬁcult positions but they all just get on with it, they don’t complain. “The families are so positive and it’s such a humbling place. The staff are all brilliant and what they do for children throughout the year is brilliant. “It’s just a pleasure to be

Shefﬁeld United Football Club helped spread Christmas cheer across South Yorkshire with visits to a number of local charities. Blades players, management, coaches, staff and Club partners took part in the Blades’ annual visits to Shefﬁeld Children’s Hospital,

Please note this isn’t a meet the players event and not suitable for particularly young Blades fans. here and put a smile on people’s faces, as well as bring in a few gifts. It’s just good to do anything we can to try and help here.” John Somers, Chief Executive of Shefﬁeld Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, said: “I think that’s the most gifts we’ve seen during a visit, with gifts for patients of every age. “It’s also one of the longest visits we’ve ever escorted, so we appreciate the club’s generosity on both counts.”

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BREAKING DOWN THE WALLS Carlos Carvalhal said the Owls deserved the late, late reward that sent his side back into the top six. A dogged and determined Rotherham were ﬁnally undone in stoppage time when Steven Fletcher decided a dour South Yorkshire derby from the penalty spot. And Carvalhal said: “We were very

patient today and we deserved the victory. “We changed the way we played, we pushed more men forward, and when this happens you normally get rewards. “With Rotherham, we have not beaten them at home for a long time, they do well here and that can get into players’ minds. “They played strong and compact, they are ﬁghting for their lives,

so we broke down the walls in many ways today.” The head coach issued an injury update as the Owls head into a nine-day period without a game before heading to tabletoppers Newcastle on Boxing Day. He said: “Almen Abdi had to come off with a shoulder injury so we will see how he is. “Kieran Lee had a problem so we

Tom Lees says Wednesday have plenty more gears to climb into as we head into the second half of the Championship campaign. The Owls emerged victorious from a frustrating clash against strugglers Rotherham on Saturday with Steven Fletcher’s 94th minute penalty the difference. The defender believes that win will give extra conﬁdence to the team, who sit sixth in the table around the halfway stage. “We were very relieved because it was obviously

a ﬁxture we were expected to win, the onus was on us to take the game to them. “It was a great penalty, we know Pricey is good at penalties from his time here but Fletch hit it so sweet and into the side-netting, so it was fantastic. celebrates late penalty “Realistically, we need to win these games so it is job done in that respect but now we have a really tough game on Boxing Day, so we get ready for that.” Wednesday are back in action next Monday, in the televised Boxing Day

clash with league leaders Newcastle at St James’ Park. In what will be one of the Owls’ biggest tests of the season against the in-form Magpies, who have won their last three league games on the spin, Lees says

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decided to keep him off the pitch for the second half. “Barry Bannan has been playing with some pain so he was not in the squad today. “So we have players coming back to help make us stronger – Fernando Forestieri, Gary Hooper, Jack Hunt, Will Buckley, Almen, Barry, Kieran….we will get continue to get better.”

MUCH MORE TO COME Wednesday will travel north with conﬁdence, adding: “There is a feeling around the place that there is so much more to come from us. We just have to keep improving each week and every win will give us conﬁdence.”

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POSTHUMOUS AWARDS FOR SHEFFIELD ORGAN DONORS A total of 8 people who saved lives through organ donation have been posthumously honoured at an award ceremony. They received the Order of St John award for Organ Donation, run in conjunction with NHS Blood and Transplant, was which was given to their families and loved ones on their behalf. The private award ceremony was held at Barnsley Town Hall recently with the awards presented by the Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire, Andrew Coombe. Hundreds of families are receiving the award at regional ceremonies held across the UK between September and December. The awards recognise the 1,364 people who donated their organs after death last year, leading to thousands of patients' lives being saved or transformed. People recognised at the Barnsley ceremony included: Linda Roberts from Sheffield who received the award on behalf of her husband Richard Roberts Angela Marie Jenkinson from Sheffield who received the award on behalf of her husband John Paul Jenkinson Nichola Baxter from Sheffield who received the award on behalf of her

partner Dean Armitage During 2015/16, thanks to the generosity of these donors and the support of their families, the number of deceased donors in the UK went up from 1,282 to 1,364, a rise of six per cent. However, there are still around 6,500 people on the UK transplant waiting list and around three people die each day in need of an organ. NHS Blood and Transplant is calling for people in Greater Manchester to be inspired by the actions of these donors. Everyone in the UK is urged to discuss organ donation with their families and join the Organ Donor Register. One day it could be someone you love, or even you, in need of a transplant.

Gordon Tollesfon, Chair of the local County Priory Group of the Order of St John, said: “We're delighted to be able to work with NHS Blood and Transplant to run the Organ Donor Awards for a fourth year and to meet the inspirational families attending today's ceremony. Organ donation can clearly save lives and it is a genuine privilege to be able to say thank you to these families, whose loved ones have already donated their organs to assist others. “In 2016 around three people still die every day due to the shortage of organ donors. We hope the example set by the organ donors whose lives we are honouring today encourages many others to join the NHS Organ Donor

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