Canarian Weekly Issue 667

THE Tenerife govern-ment is going flat-outto entice UK holiday-makers, with the helpof a new YouTubesite.

Those who want a taste ofthe Island, or want to recalltheir happy memories here,can now do so on the site,which has been specificallycreated for them.

The series of destination

videos has been commis-sioned by the TenerifeTourism Corporation.

It is designed to illustrateTenerife’s surprising diversity,and focuses on aspects of theIsland not generally well-known to Brits.

Tenerife Tourism MinisterJose Manuel Bermudez, whois also Vice-President of theCabildo, says: “The internet isan important place toresearch travel, so we arekeen to ensure that Tenerife’s

voice is heard on social mediaplatforms.”

The newly-uploaded videoscan be viewed online at:http://www.youtube.com/user/WebtenerifeEn.

Each video focuses on a dif-ferent highlight of Tenerife,including: • Year-round events, festivalsand lively celebrations • Variety of adventure expe-riences on the island, bothoverland and under the sea• Highlights of what makes

Tenerife such a popular andimpressive holiday destinationfor families • A look at the wealth ofexperiences for all types oftravellers, from beautifulsecluded beaches and moun-tainous areas, to exciting cul-tural events and the livelynightlife scene • A focus on Tenerife’sdiverse offerings, and why itmakes the perfect break forthose looking for rejuvena-tion or to live life to thefullest • An insight into the variety,beauty and expanse of coun-tryside, which allows visitorsto have a holiday in real con-tact with nature

The site also encouragesviewers to become friends of

Tenerife, and to submit com-ments on the videos, as wellas their experiences here.

It is the latest push by theTenerife TourismCorporation, using socialmedia platforms to promotethe Island with potential andreturning travellers.

Consumers can also findout further information, andask questions on theTenerife Facebook fan page:http://www.facebook.com/tenerife.travel

Burmudez added: “Socialmedia presents us with theperfect opportunity to reachpotential holiday-makers, andto engage in dialogue withthose who know our Island,and those who may not.

“With numbers of wide-

open spaces, mountainousareas - including Spain’stallest peak - as well as beau-tiful beaches, many nationalparks that make up almosthalf of the island’s area, avibrant cultural arts sceneand a whole host of excitingevents and activities for allages, we want to highlightTenerife’s beauty.

“We also want to showexactly what it has to offeras a destination for all typesof travellers.”

It is perfect timing by theCabildo (government)because figures released thisweek show the influx of visi-tors to the Island rose bynearly 9% last month againstthe corresponding 2009 total(see page 3).

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Tourists figures onthe rise, especiallyin the 5star sector

TENERIFE has seen asurprise rise in pettytheft over the lastfortnight, the policehave confirmed.

National Police, GuardiaCivil and Local Police haveall seen a steady rise in thenumber of crimes beingreported.

Most of the reportscover property crime,mainly robberies, andsome of them have takenplace while people havebeen sleeping in theirhomes, which has causedpolice the most concern.There has also been amarked increase in vehicletheft.

Last week, various policeforces made a number ofarrests, and one day alonesaw 13 people arrested injust 24 hours. Despite this,the number of theftscommitted daily has con-tinued to soar.

The Arico area, inAbades, has been badly hit.The small settlement onthe east coast, has beentargeted by thieves andresidents are understand-ably worried.

According to preliminaryforensic investigations, a

band of young child-ren have robbed 12 housesin just ten days, and even more alarming is thatall the robberies werecommitted in the samestreet.

The last thefts tookplace at dawn lastWednesday, when intrud-ers entered a home andleft with a stash of jewelsand money.

The offenders ransackedall the rooms in the house,left cabinet doors open,destroyed mattresses,emptied drawers and scat-tered the owners’ belong-ings across the floor.

They even taunted thepolice by leaving a note onthe kitchen table thatread: “Look and see whatwe do.”

Special Guardia Civilagents are investigatingthese crimes, but noarrests have so far beenmade.

Police sources indicatethat they believe the chiefcause of this crimewave isthe economic crisis, whichhas left many peopleunemployed.

They believe it has alsoled to a “drop in the blackmoney that had been cir-culating in the streets.”

Police battlingto halt a waveof petty crimes

TENERIFE’S upmarkethotels attracted morethan 10% extra visi-tors in July against thecorresponding monthlast year.

In fact, there was anotherray of sunshine all roundfor the Island this weekwhen overall figuresreleased by theGovernment’s ResearchDepartment of Tourism forthat period rose by nearly9% to 450 554, in compari-son with last July.

It is no coincidence that the

euro against the pound hasrisen by some 15% from thesame period last year. That, ineffect, means that hotels arethat much cheaper now forBritish holiday-makers.

And the news is even bet-ter for Tenerife when meas-ured against the Icelandicash-cloud controversy earli-er in the year, which causedhavoc in the airline industryfor weeks and dissuadedmany people from travellingabroad.

Add that to the recentthreat of strikes by airlinecrews, which would againhave put people off flying,

and the tourism figures lookeven rosier.

Happily, those disputeswere either settled recently,or put aside until theautumn, which means weshould be able to look for-ward to even better figuresfor August.

The hotel trade improvedby 2.89% to 262,789tourists, while the other sec-tors enjoyed an increase of5.02%, attracting 187 765visitors.

In the main holiday-makerareas, the south accountedfor 364 189 visitors - 7.14%more than last year - with the

north hosting 72 923, repre-senting an 8.70% decrease.Overall, for the first sevenmonths of 2010, Teneriferecorded a total of 2,765,488 tourists, whichis an improvement of 1.35% on that period last year.

Of great importance wasthe fact that Britain andGermany, the two main mar-kets, had increases of 14.79%and 9.31% respectively.

Other countries, especiallyFrance (up 37.42%), Russia(26%), Italy (9.85%) andBelgium (9.38%), also madebig contributions to thetourism growth.

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RIGHT NOW, some-where in deepest,darkest Bristol, oureditor Ruth will besinking a pint of cider.Or three. She will beresting her hard-worked bones after abusy summer editingthis fine weekly paper.A week in Bristol is afine decision. Leavingme to look after thepaper... Well that's foryou to judge.

So there I was on Thursdayafternoon going throughthe pages happy as Larrywhen I stumbled across JoeFerguson's column on page36. Who is that guy holding ababy as though it's a bomb?Then it hit me. It's me!Cheeky git. He swore on hislife that he would never,ever show anyone that pic. Iwill get him back for that.

But with my editor’s haton, I wondered if anyonewould realise it was actually

me? The joy of working inradio is the fact that on thewhole you remain anony-mous. Radio stars can walkdown the street safe in theknowledge that they will onlyget the looks from the publicif we open our mouths.

But the problem with 'that'baby picture is it's clearlyme. I cannot blag it and denyby saying it's someone else. Ilook like nobody else! I amunique. Joe looks like a mil-lion people including Kiffrom Futurama for example.I look like....grr!

Maybe it's just me. Forexample one of our dj's DaveTappin. He is going throughanother one of his mid-lifecrisis. He has recently dyedhis hair blonde, got it nicelygelled up and is ready foraction. The problem is, asthe pictures on this pageshow, he looks like localentertainment legend PaulStone. Or The Academy Barowner Mark.

So bring it on. Yes, that'sme holding a baby. No it isn'tmine. Yes I look terrified. Andno I'm not getting broody.

Enjoy the issue...

OFFICIALS and players fromCD Tenerife this week main-tained their traditional visit toCandelaria.

The whole playing squad,coaches and directors visitedthe chapel of the patron saintof the Canary Islands, and

captain Marc Bertran made anoffering of a bouquet offlowers. Club PresidentMiguel Concepción said: “This

visit is always very importantto us. It helps us leave with awinning mentality - and withluck.”

Players and prayersfor a winning season

IT’S not just theBritish who are doglovers, and a majorcampaign in theIsland’s capital provesthis.

More than 3,000 Santa Cruzresidents have signed a peti-tion aimed at forcing theauthorities to create a dog-friendly beach. At themoment, there are no officialrecreation facilities for dog-walkers in Tenerife.

Since the campaign launchedin May, organiser Abigail Perezhas collected thousands of sig-natures. They hope to be ableto turn the beach behind

Parque Marítimo in Santa Cruzinto one where owners canwalk their pets without risk ofa fine.

Abigail, spokesperson forthe group Dog Owners ofSanta Cruz, said: “Our inten-tion is to enjoy a stroll on thebeach with our animals.Nowhere in the Canary Islandsis there a beach where we canenjoy this.

“We understand the issuesraised by bathers, but all weare asking for is one safearea. We have chosen theParque Marítimo Beachbecause it is now virtuallyobsolete, and of no obviousinterest to sunbathers.”

The campaign has snow-

balled in the last few weeks,and many supporters do notown dogs.

It’s an historic campaign andAbigail added: “Nobody hastried to get these rightsbefore. Sometimes, manyowners are forced to go withtheir animals at night or earlymorning to enjoy walks on thebeach, and we are fined fordoing it.

“It seems so unfair. Our dogsare fully trained, wormed andvaccinated and have all thedocumentation required tomake them legal. All theirdroppings are collected inplastic bags on the beach. Weare careful”

Next Wednesday (1st Sept),

the group face a make-or-break moment. They will pres-ent the petition to City Hall,and there cause has beenbacked by canine experts.

Livia Bernardi, a professionaldog trainer, said there weremany benefits from beachwalking: “There are lots ofpositives for dogs being onthe sands,” he added. “As wellas the dog enjoying a differ-ent environment, it would beso much fun for the pet.

“People forget that dogsare essentially children inbehaviour. They enjoy thebeach as much as a child does,and can interact with otheranimals. It becomes an enrich-ing experience for them.”

We want a beach forour dogs to walk on

Mark Paul Stone and Dave Tappin


LOS CRISTIANOS har-bour was rocking lastweekend as theextremely popularNoche de Bolerosconcert wowed themasses.

The annual event goes fromstrength to strength, and it isa real example of what thesouth of the island can dowhen all the local authoritieswork together.

The organisation was excel-lent for the free concert,which ran on both Friday andSaturday. There was hardly afree seat, and hundreds saton the beach to catch aglimpse of the two-hourevent.

Full credit must go to theexcellent musical ensemble.They were magnificent sup-port for the vocalists, whoare all from the CanaryIslands.

They included: José ManuelRamos, Chago Melian, Sergio

Nunez, Nauzet (pictured),Pepe Barrios, Beatriz Alonso,Alexis Miranda, María JoséChamber, Alma de Bolero and15-year-old Alba, who wasamazing.

The event was organised bythe Association of ‘ShirellesXXI’, and the collaboration ofthe Municipality of Arona,through the Board of Culture,Tenerife Cabildo and the PortAuthority.

It will definitely be back nextyear to delight the LosCristianos crowd again..

Another brilliantNoche de Boleros

THE crowning of the15th Miss Norte takesplace tonight (Friday)at La Victoria, in thenorth.

The well-established beautypageant is one of the high-lights of the social calender intha part of the Island, and

this year’s competition isbeing billed as the best yet.

There are 20 finalists com-peting for the title, and theevent is being broadcast liveon local television.

Last year, nearly 200,000people watched on TV as TaliaMaría Delgado was crownedMiss Norte 2009.

A beauty Norteto be missed

Photo: Manfred Funk

TENERIFE facesanother boiling hotweekend, with tem-peratures up to 100f,and the Island hasbeen placed on aYellow Alert by theM e t e o r o l o g i c a lAgency.

It will be even hotter onGran Canaria, Lanzarote andFuerteventura, which couldall be hit by a calima, andtemperatures hitting 103f.

They are all on Orange Alert.

The hot weather will con-tinue into next week, when

Tenerife fire warnings areexpected to be in place inthe National Park and moun-tain barbecue areas.

Help! We’ll all be sweltering again!




CD TENERIFE smashedthrough the 10,000season-ticket barrierthis week for the firsttime as a SecondDivision side.

After relegation from La Ligalast season, the club were hopingto sell around 8,000 tickets - butthe response has been breath-taking. Delighted club presidentMiguel Concepcion said: “Thisgoes to show how great our fansare. It’s a great number and we

hope to get some more.” As youcan read in our full preview onpage 47, Tenerife’s first homematch is not until next Sunday(5th September), when they hostSalamanca, so the sale of a fewthousand more is not inconceiv-able. Tenerife’s early sales make

them the third best-supportedclub in the division, behind sleep-ing giants Real Betis andRecreativo Huelva. Tenerife areexpected to mount a seriouschallenge for promotion aftermaking some big-name signingsthis summer.

Record season-ticketsales for CD Tenerife

BRITISH tourists wereamong the hundredsevacuated from apopular beach in Ibizaas a forest firethreasteend toengulf them..

Up to 1,500 people, gath-ered in Benirras for a sun-set party, were evacuatedby boat and overland lastSunday evening as theyrisked being stranded bythe blaze.

Every firefighter on theisland was mobilised, andreinforcements weredrafted in from the neigh-bouring island of Majorcaas the blaze movedtowards the pine forest surrounding thebeach, spreading to thecar park on Sunday andsetting alight dozens ofvehicles.

Several of those evacuat-ed had light injuries, includ-ing smoke inhalation, burnsand panic attacks.

Benirras beach, a secludedbay in the north of theSpanish island, is popularwith celebrity holiday-mak-ers, and has hosted KateMoss, Sadie Frost andSienna Miller.

Londoner Patti Smith fledby sea with her husbandand young daugher andson,, six and three respec-tively. “It was pandemoniumand we could hardlybreathe,” she said. “But wemanaged to get out on oneof the boats moored off-shore.”

Rob Saunders, a 26-year-old from Brighton, said:“There was smoke and asheverywhere. Cars near thebeach were gutted, andthere were bangs as tyresexpolode d in the heat ofthe flames.”

Local reports suggest theblazde was sparked by abarbecue, which got out ofcontrol in he pine trees.Two pople needed trate-ment for smoke inhalationand burns.

Britons savedfrom Ibizabeach fire


A SQUELCHING timewas had by all onWednesday at theannual La Tomatinafestival in Buñol, atown in the Valenciaregion.

If you took part in theincredible event, you willdefinitely have beensquashed or squelchedbecause tens of metric tonsof over-ripe tomatoes -some 150,000 weighingaround 90,000lbs - werehurled in the streets in onehour of madness..

The Tomatina takes placeon the last Wednesday ofAugust each year, and sup-porters travel from all overthe world to take part inwhat must be regarded asthe most unusual fiesta ofall.

It forms part of a week-long festival featuringmusic, parades, dancing, andfireworks and on the eve ofthe great tomato bash, par-ticipants of the festival com-pete in a paella-cooking con-test.

This fantasic festival,designed to give everyonethe pip, started in a casualway in 1945 but wasn’trecognised officially until1952.

Between 20,000 and50,000 tourists from all overthe globe either return tocontinue “hostilities” eachyear, or are first-timers, bid-ding to find out more aboutthe great tomato fight.

Buñol’s population is justover 9,000, which meansthere is limited accommoda-tion for tourists.

The town can squash somany in, but most partici-pants stay in Valencia andtravel by bus or train toBuñol, about 38km outsidethe city.

In preparation for thealmighty mess to come,shopkeepers use huge plas-tic covers on their shopfronts to protect them.

No one really knows howthe event originated, butpossible theories include alocal food fight amongfriends which got out ofhand, a volley of tomatoesfrom bystanders at a carni-val parade, a practical jokeon a bad musician, and eventhe aftermath of an acci-dental lorry spillage.

One of the most popularbeliefs is that disgruntledtownspeople attacked citycouncillors with tomatoesduring a town celebration.

However the traditionbegan, it was enjoyed somuch that townsfolk repeat-ed it the following next year,

and the year after that, andso on.

The holiday was bannedduring the Spanish Stateperiod under FranciscoFranco for having no reli-gious significance, but itquickly returned in the1970s after his demise.

Any tomatosauce left?


IT seems our tastesare always changing,and the major foodchains are alwayslooking for new ideas.

But this is more like a merg-er, as Burger King have con-firmed they will be trialling anew product at their flagshipNew York outlet in TimesSquare.

The brand new Pizza Burger,comprising beef burger, pep-peroni, mozzarella, pesto andmarinara sauce, will belaunched next month,

It will be about the size offour Burger King Whoppersand will be served sliced intosix pieces to resemble a pizza.

John Schaufelberger,Burger King’s vice presidentof global marketing, said themeal was intended as a hom-age to New York.

“It’s designed to be shared,”he added. “It demonstratesthe type of menu offeringsour customers can expect.”

The Pizza Burger will cost$13 (10.31 euros, £8.44) and,if successful, could be soldaround the world.

New pizza burgeris a real mouthful

THERE was moregood news for theTenerife travel indus-try this week whenSpanish airline AirEuropa includedflights to Paris in theirwinter schedules.

From November, they willbe starting a direct serviceto Orly airport from theSouth airport (Reina Sofia).

The new route will see twoweekly flights, on Thursdaysand Sundays, which will beserviced by Air Europa’sfleet of 189-seat Boeing737-800s.

An Air Europa spokesmensaid: “The importance of thisnew connection is massive.At the moment, the onlydirect flights from Tenerifeto Paris are via charterflights.

“The other alternative is totake flights that stop in thePeninsula. This new servicefills the void and will helpeveryone concerned.

“Another advantage is thatAir Europa will operate thisservice. We are known in theFrench market and well-regarded by both the publicand the tourism sector as amember of Sky Teamalliance, which is also AirFrance.”

Paris, my love?



FUND-RAISERS atThomas Cook’sHoliday Division office,in Playa de LasAmerica, completedtheir 12km walk forthe company’sChildren’s Charity onMonday - with a littlehelp from theirfriends.

Staff from PAL (pureauthentic lambs wool blankettrip) joined them on the stroll

along the front, from AronaGran Hotel in Los Cristianos tothe Costa Adeje Palace, in LaCaleta.

In all, the walkers raised agrand total of over 320 eurosfor the kids, and completedthe course much quicker thanexpected.

Rebecca Bennett, ofThomas Cook, said: “We start-ed just after 5pm andexpected to arrive around7.30pm. But some of thewalkers finished in 1hr 30minsand the rest of us 27 minuteslater.

“We all had sore feet after-wards, and some of us weresuffering with blisters thenext day. But our ‘slow-motion’ run was worth it andwe are all really pleased withthe result.”

The gallant foot-sloggerswho gave up their time forthe charity were: ThomasCook - Rebecca Bennett,Marie Fowler, Sean Edwards,Kassy Lissenden and SaraHook; PAL - Jayne Carfoot,Kat Thomson, JeanetteWhittington, Sarah Mawbyand Ally Morris.

A blisteringfeat of feet!

Schools are sprucedup around the clock

ALMOST every schoolin Santiago del Teide isbeing spruced up bythe Town Hall aheadof the new academicyear.

The funding is comingfrom the Department ofEducation and Work, and

work is going on around theclock following a late deci-sion to make the upgrades.

It was sanctioned onlyafter members of the schoolcouncils met with the man-agement teams of differentschools in order to identifyareas that needed work.

It is a large job, and the workincludes the installation of

security fencing and patios,and extra wall conditioning.Inside, extensive painting andpolishing will be carried out,while many schools will havereplacement flooring, an elec-trical overhaul, and a fullplumbing review.

Work is also being carriedout on school sports fieldsand locker rooms.



A HUGE gang of volun-teers removed 370kilos (815lbs) of rub-bish from the coastand sea bed atCandelaria lastSaturday.

It was the second opera-tion instigated by theCabildo in its great sea andbeach clean-up campaign,and the third “La mar delimpia 2010” will take placenext week.

The 150-strong grouppicked the coast clean of lit-ter and garbage weighing70kilos (154lbs), while diversfrom Quimera Sub collected300 kilos (661lbs)of rubbishfrom the sea bed.

And, thanks to the workcarried out by the FundaciónNeotrópico and the Cabildo’sCentro de Recuperación deFauna Silvestre La Tahonilla,some sea turtles werereleased into the wild.

A variety of children’s

workshops themed on theenvironment were alsostaged during the day.

In addition, there was a dis-play by the Town & CountryPlanning Department’sGestos por el Paisaje, a cam-paign which aims to raisepublic awareness about theneed to cherish our Island.

The La mar de limpia cam-paign is being staged to makelocals and visitors aware ofthe importance of protectingand conserving our marine

biodiversity, as well as helpingto conserve the sea.

Another goal is to give fish-ermen a nudge to makethem more sensitive to theissue of sustaining a healthymarine ecosystem.

The campaign’s main aim isnot just to collect rubbísh,but also to raise awarenessand create better habitsconcerning the problem ofpollution, which affects thebeaches and the coast, andto help preserve our marine

biodiversity. The Cabildowould like to thank the fol-lowing for their help:Ayuntamiento de Candelaria,Cruz Roja, CooperativaAgrícola FAST, VSK Sport,Grupo Hara and the Cabildo’sdept. for Livestock &Fisheries.

The La mar de limpia cam-paign began in Güímar on17th July and ends nextSaturday (4th Sept) at SanMarcos Beach, in the munici-pality of Icod de los Vinos.

Clean as a whistle!Cabildo beach campaign shifts 815lbs of rubbish

SPAIN has its firstApple shop, followingmonths of specula-tion, and it will open inBarcelona nextmonth.

Until now, Apple had operat-ed on the mainland only,

through authorised dealer-ships such as K-tuin, FNAC anddepartment store El CorteIngles.

The US technology giant isopening a huge shop in the LaMaquinista shopping mall, andit hoped that another Applestore will follow in Madrid inthe next few months.

Barcelona hasbite of Apple

A BOOZED-UP Britonwas rescued at seaafter trying to rowfrom Minorca toMallorca in a stolendinghy.

He spent nearly 24 hoursdrifting without food andwater after stealing theinflatable Zodiac from outsidea restaurant in the port ofCiutadella on the west of theisland.

A fisherman spotted 20-year-old Zirian Kamarin Tahirlisunbathing eight miles out tosea, using a sail made from anoar and a piece of cloth.

He begged to be left alone,saying in broken Spanish thathe was heading to Mallorca tovisit a friend.

Coastguards rescued himafter the fisherman toldpolice he suspected the boatwas stolen from a Spanishcouple who had moored in

Ciutadella for lunch. Aspokesman for the rescueservice said: “He was lucky hewas spotted. The winds werechanging, and without foodand water, he could havecome to a very sticky end.”

Fisherman Josep Angladasaid: “The Zodiac was stolenaround lunchtime lastThursday and I spotted it at11.30 the following morning.

“At first, I couldn’t see any-one in it but then my son sawan ankle poking up over theside and then a man layingdown inside, sunbathing withjust a pair of shorts on.

“He looked very disorientat-ed and he’d put himself in avery dangerous situation.”

A worker at the marineclub in Ciutadella, said:“We’ve heard the man had afew too many drinks atlunchtime, saw the moun-tains of Mallorca and decid-ed to take someone else’sboat to get him there.”

Boozed-up Brit isfound oar-struckin a stolen boat

TENERIFE RuralFederation’s recentHoney Tour to TeideNational Park was sosuccessful that similarwalking excursions arein the pipeline.

The “Bee’s Eye View ofTeide”, which attracted 40people, was staged in associa-tion with the Teide NationalPark and Tenerife’s Casa de laMiel (Honey Centre in ElSauzal), run by the Cabildo.

The walkers, accompaniedby beekeepers from the Casade la Miel, were taken on a

tour of the history of theflora and scenery linked tohoney production.

They also got to know thehives, which produce a vari-ety of honey that cannot befound anywhere else in theworld.

The hikers took the routecalled Volcán de Fasnia, whichleads to the observatory atIzaña, and descended to theNational Park’s Visitors CentroCentre to see the redTajinastes in bloom.

Honey made from TeideBroom is produced in latespring and early summer, andthe hives are up in the moun-tains, over 1,500 metres

above sea level, a habitatwhich is unique in the world.

Tenerife honey is a verylight amber colour with slight-ly golden shades. It takes along time to crystalise andhas a delicate plant scent..

José Joaquín Bethencourt,Island Councillor forAgriculture, Livestock andFisheries, said: “The tour isvery interesting. You learn allabout the intensive work theIsland’s beekeepers have beendoing for centuries, which hasresulted in local honey vari-eties that boast extraordi-nary quality.”

Tenerife Rural Federation isfunded by the Cabildo.



ONE of the world’sbest-ever swimmerscould be making areturn to the pool,thanks to her extend-ed stay in Santa Cruz.

Inge de Bruijn was in thecapital recently as coach tothe Netherlands swimmingteam, ahead of the EuropeanChampionships in Hungary.

It is believed that her spellworking with the swimmershas given her the zest tomake a return to action.

De Bruijn won three goldmedals at the SydneyOlympics in 2000, in the 50mand 100m freestyle, plus the100m butterfly, smashingthe world record in eachevent.

She won gold again in 2004in the 50m freestyle beforeretiring in 2007. Since then,

she has been busy modellingand doing media work, beforehelping out the Dutch team inSanta Cruz.

Her expertise was praisedby the squad and she is seri-ously considering comingback. “Swimming is so conta-gious,” she said. “I enjoyed thetraining camp and I definitelyhave the itch back.

“The standard is much bet-ter now than when I was lastin the pool. But the expertssay I can still do it at the high-est level, so maybe.”

The obvious comeback tar-get for de Bruijin would bethe London Olympics in 2012,but she will have to reveal herhand very soon.

Under swimming rules, any-one making a comeback hasto give a year’s notice so thathe/she can be drug-tested intraining and out of competi-tion.

Tenerife triptempts Inga Tenerife honey's

success so sweet

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C O N F E C T I O N E R Ygroup Mars says it iscertain the new,lower-fat versions ofits iconic chocolatebars will go down atreat with consumers.

The company will launchMars, Snickers, Milky Wayand Topic bars containing15% less saturated fat thantheir previous recipes, nextmonth.

The company said it hadtaken £9m and five years to

achieve its "technical break-through". It said the resultwas a lower-fat product itclaimed tasted exactly thesame as the original.

Fiona Dawson, managingdirector of Mars ChocolateUK, told Sky News: "We'vegot every confidence con-sumers will love the newMars - we've got every confi-dence it's going to continuebeing the best-selling bar inthe future.

"With a product like Marsthey don't have to buy itevery day - they don't haveto buy it at all if they don't

want to - so giving them thetaste they want is absolutelyimperative to us."

The move follows newguidelines from the FoodStandards Agency earlierthis year recommendingmanufacturers reduce thesaturated fat in chocolateconfectionery by at least10% by the end of 2012.

Mars said the new rangewill remove more than 600tons of saturated fat a yearfrom the UK diet - butaccepted that it was still along way from representinga healthy option.

Mars attacksthe healthyfood market

THE CABILDO hasauthorised improve-ment works to thepopular MercadoNuestra Señora deÁfrica, in Santa Cruz.

The market area willundergo renovations cost-

ing nearly 82,000 euros,including the the replacement of pavements,new tiles and a generalsprucing-up of the commonareas.

Some new walls will beerected, and older work willsee a lick of paint. There willalso be new rubbish bins

and better general facili-ties, as well as a new escala-tor, ice-making facilities and improved cleaning facil-ities.

The new funding bringsthe total Cabildo spendingto over 320,000 euros inthe area around the arch-way in the Tenerife capital

A bit more sheento the capital now

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A HUGE fuss wasmade last week aboutthe sale of a rareBugatti Type 51,which was expectedto be auctioned offfor a record $4.5 mil-lion (3.4m euros).

Unfortunately for the mys-tery English seller, the bid-ding reached only $2.7m, sothe Grand Prix racer, one ofthe finest specimens of theType 51 remaining, was with-drawn.

It must be a sign of the timesbecause the private collector,who had set a world recordtwo years ago when his Type35 Bugatti was sold for awhopping $3.9 million (3meuros), was confident hisBugatti would top that figureeasily. And so were officials atthe famed RM Auctions in aspectacular sale of classiccars at Monterey, California.

Curiously, for the all the pre-auction fuss, there was not aword to be read about theBugatti for days, until I foundout about the no-sale in theBugatti Page, a splendid web-site devoted to the renownedcar-maker, celebrating a cen-

tury in the business but nowowned by Volkswagon.

Historian David Sewellseemed in no doubt aboutthe Type 51, noting that itwas a “remarkably completeand original car and thatthere was no doubt to itsauthenticity”. It even has theoriginal bodywork.

The vintage car raced in 17European Grands Prix, fittedwith a 185 hp, 2,262 cc DOHCsuper-charged inline eight-cylinder engine, Zenith carbu-retor, four-speed manualtransmission, front semi-ellip-tic springs, rear quarter-ellip-tic inverted springs, live axleand four-wheel mechanicalbrakes.

As if we weren’t aware ofthose facts anyway!

Along with other alternativeinvestments, the collector carmarket has been boostedover the past 18 months asthe wealthy move towardsmore tangible assets in thewake of the credit crunch.

The last time a Bugatti Type51 came to auction, in 2001,it made in excess of £1m, soexpectations were high. DanWarrener, car specialist at RMAuctions, said beforehand:“Rare collector cars, like fineart, have increased in valuedramatically in the pastdecade.

“Many price records havebeen broken in the past twoyears, while more traditionalinvestments have gonedown.”

Not this time, buster!

It beggars belief aboutthis bewitching Bugatti

A TOWN has beenthrown into panicafter three teenagersnamed on a Facebookhit list were murderedin the past 10 days.

Police are investigating thedeaths in Puerto Asis,Colombia, after the listappeared on the web warning69 boys to leave the area inthree days or be executed.

Officers at first thought itwas a hoax until they discov-ered two youths, who hadbeen shot dead two days ear-lier, were on the list.

Diego Jaramillo, 16, andEibart Munoz, 17, weregunned down while travellingon a motorbike betweenPuerto Asis and the nearbytown of Puerto Caicedo.

Another name was NorbeyVargas, 19, who was killed fivedays later.

More anonymous threatshave appeared on leaflets fly-posted on cars in the town.

“Please, as relatives, askthem to leave town in lessthan three days, or we’ll seeourselves forced to carry outmore acts,” it read.

Another list was publishedon Facebook on Monday, thistime naming 31 girls in thetown.

Detectives have brought ininternet experts from theColombian capital Bogota tohelp them track down thekillers.

There is speculation that acriminal gang known as LosRastrojos as well as Marxistguerrilla group FARC may beinvolved.

Mr Perez said Los Rastrojoshad stepped up operations inthe area.

He said the gang was knownfor “intimidating and metingpunishment against...drugsellers and consumers, sexworkers, people with criminaland unlawful histories, andthreatening social leaders,business people and taxi driv-ers.”

Local official AndresGerardo Verdugo said there is“panic and anxiety” in thetown, with reports that somefamilies have already fled.

Some have taken to Twitterto voice their concerns.

“Panic in Puerto Asis,Putumayo, because ofthreats against young peo-ple,” said a blogger calledJuanSepulvedah. “Our youthmust be protected.”

The Facebookmurder riddle

NINE CHILDREN havebeen killed after aminibus driver takingpupils to schoolswerved around aclosed railway cross-ing gate into anoncoming train.

Grieving families cried atthe scene as they stoodnear the completelydestroyed van.

It is thought 13 childrenaged between eight and 11were on the school runthrough the Blackheatharea of Cape Town.

Police are investigating acase of murder against the

van driver, Cape Town policeconfirmed.

He was taken to hospital ina serious condition.

Two of the injured chil-dren had to be cut from thewreckage, said emergencyER24 spokesman AndreVisser.

“When (rescue workers)arrived it was chaos,” he said.

An investigation showedall precautionary measureswere correctly in place atthe crossing, railway offi-cials said.

“The crossing is protectedby road signs, flashing lightsand booms, which were con-firmed to be in workingorder,” the officials said in a

statement. “Preliminaryindications point towardspossible negligent vehicledriver behaviour at thecrossing point.”

There were no reports ofinjuries among those on thetrain.

President Jacob Zuma andTransport Minister SibusisoNdebele, who are currentlyon a state visit to China,conveyed their condolencesto the families of the chil-dren.

South Africa’s privatelyowned minibus taxi industryprovides the bulk of publictransport in the countrybut is plagued by poor driv-ing and safety standards.

Nine kids dead inSchoolbus tragedy


A SCOTTISH lorry driv-er has been arrestedin Romania accused ofsexually assaultingyoung boys.

James Connor was held onSunday after police hadsearched for a missing nineyear-old boy.

The youngster was found inthe back of a truck beingdriven by Connor, along withanother child.

Romanian police say Connorfilmed himself abusing thechildren.

Connor, who is 33, is

accused of luring youngstersinto his lorry with offers ofchocolate and sweets.

According to reports up toten children aged betweennine and 13 could be involved.

Connor was driving inRomania for RossInternational Haulage, whoare based in Bellshill inLanarkshire, the paper said.

Police sources claim hespent four days preying onboys in the area between thetowns of Brasov and Vaslui.

Connor has appeared incourt and is being held in cus-tody while a police investiga-tion continues.

ONE OF Britain’s mostwanted men has beenarrested by Spanishpolice after a four-year manhunt.

James Tomkins was locatedin Marbella, on the southerncoast, by officers working onbehalf of the Met Police.

The 61-year-old is suspect-ed of being involved in adrive-by shooting in May2006.

Rocky Dawson, 24, was killedoutside his parents’ home inHornchurch, Essex, after agunman drove past andopened fire.

Mr Dawson, who had beenputting his two children intohis car at the time of theattack, died shortly after in

the arms of his mother. A MetPolice spokesman saidTomkins will appear in aMadrid court when extradi-tion proceedings will begin.

Contract killer ChristopherPearman, of Waltham Abbey,was jailed for life in January2007 after pleading guilty tothe murder of Mr Dawson.

Police allege Tomkins drovethe stolen Land RoverFreelander used in the shoot-ing and helped to destroy evi-dence.

At one point, investigatorssuspected he was in PuertoBanus, but the trail went cold.

Tomkins used several alias-es, including Raymond JohnFarmer and the surnameO’Flynn, and was also knownas “Jimbles”.

Most-wantedfugative isheld in Spain


THE AUSTRALIANactor Paul Hogan hasbeen banned fromleaving the countrybecause of claims heowes millions ofpounds in unpaid tax.

The 70-year-old star of theCrocodile Dundee films hasbeen under investigation forfive years, with the taxauthorities claiming he owesmore than £21.3m.

Hogan now lives in LosAngeles with his wife LindaKozlowski and their 12-year-old son, but he returned toAustralia to attend his moth-er's funeral. She died lastweek aged 101.

Hogan's lawyer told the

Sydney Daily Telegraph offi-cers served a notice on theeve of the funeral.

"It was served on Paul'sdaughter at her Sydneyhome on Friday night withthe funeral on Saturdaymorning," he said.

"Imagine on the nightbefore you bury your moth-er for this to happen.

"The process of detainingPaul in Australia away fromhis wife and child in LosAngeles has devastated himand he hopes that discus-sions between us and theAustralian Tax Office (ATO)will lead to a prompt resolu-tion allowing him to return tohis family."

"Following five years ofintrusive investigations bythe Australian Crime

Commission and the ATO, nocharges have been laid."

The investigation is centredon earnings made a decadeago when Hogan was in theprocess of moving toAmerica.

The bill has risen because ofinterest and penaltiesthrough non-payment.

Hogan has repeatedlydenied any wrongdoing inseveral interviews in recentyears.

"I'm insulted to be called atax cheat. My financial advis-er and my manager are nottax cheats either, nor havethey done any cheating onmy behalf.

"I've paid my tax. Go away.Stop sticking your nose inabout what money I've gothere or where, or what I'm

going to do with it, or how Igot it. Am I going to getarrested? Bring it on."

The Federal Court was toldlast week the CrimeCommission was gettingready to lay criminal chargesagainst Hogan, and two busi-ness partners John Cornelland Anthony Stewart.

Hogan and Cornell arebelieved to have madeupwards of £97m from theirsuccessful partnership butthe tax office alleges thatsome of the income was sentoffshore to hide it.

Hogan used to be the faceof Australian tourism,fronting a number of television ads, famouslytelling viewers he'd "slipanother shrimp on the bar-bie for ya".

Not a G'day for Hogan

BRITAIN'S biggestindependent privatehealth company hasopened the country'splushest-ever hospi-tal.

The BMI WeymouthHospital in London has oakfloors, mahogany furnitureand the finest cotton linen.

Each of the 17 luxury

rooms has a designerensuite bathroom, originalartwork and a surroundsound Hi-Fi.

There's even a chef who'llcook to order. From lambshanks to beluga caviar.

Jonathan Thalayasingamhad a minor operationthere. He told Sky News: "Iwas very surprised.Normally when you go intoa hospital room you expect

everything to be bland andboring. But this was excep-tional.

"It looked like it had beendone by an interior designer."

In the operating theatrespatients even get theirchoice of music as they goto sleep.

BMI is hoping to attractcelebrities and millionaires.But anyone with privateinsurance can get treat-

ment. Regional DirectorElizabeth Sharp said there'sstill a market for luxuryhealthcare, despite thenational mood of austerity.

"Our patients are lookingfor a differentiated service.They want top of therange.

"If people are paying forcare their expectations arehigher than if they gothrough an NHS facility."

If Heineken did hospitals...

Lorry driveris held oversex attack



HIV Pop staravoids prisonAN HIV-positiveGerman pop staraccused of infectingan ex-boyfriend hasbeen given a two-yearsuspended sentence.

Nadja Benaissa, 28, who is amember of Germany’s mostsuccessful girl band, NoAngels, was convicted on onecount of grievous bodilyharm and two counts ofattempted bodily harm.

The singer had admitted tohaving unprotected sex andkeeping her virus a secret butdenied deliberately infectinganyone.

Prosecutors and thedefence argued for a sus-pended sentence as she hadconfessed to the crime andsaid sorry.

During the trial’s closingarguments, Ms Benaissamade an emotional apology.

“I am sorry from the bot-tom of my heart. I would loveto turn back the clock, but Ican’t.”

Medical experts determinedshe had almost certainlyinfected one of her ex-boyfriends with the HIV virus,as they both had a strain of

the virus that is relatively rarein Germany.

Ms Benaissa told the courtthat she had kept her diseasea secret because she wasafraid of the consequencesfor her career.

She admitted it was a “cow-ardly act”.

Ms Benaissa was arrested inFrankfurt last year, shortlybefore she was due to per-form a solo concert.

She spent ten days in cus-tody.

The singer was diagnosedwith the disease when shewas 17 during a routinescreening after she becamepregnant.

No Angels formed on theTV talent show Popstars in2000 and went on to sellmore than 5 million albums.

A SOARING addition toNew York's iconic sky-line has beenapproved, despite theowner of the EmpireState Building claimingit is "an assault" on thecity.

The 67-storey skyscraper,known as 15 Penn Plaza, willrise from Manhattan'sstreets, just two blocks awayfrom the city's tallest build-ing.

At 1,190ft (363m), it will bejust short of the EmpireState Building - which standsat 1,454ft (443m) and hasbeen largely unobstructedsince it was built in 1931.

But the owner had raisedobjections, claiming the newbuilding would ruin "the veryuniqueness of the New YorkCity skyline".

Lobbying to cut 15 PennPlaza's proposed height by athird, Anthony Malkin called

it "an assault on New YorkCity and its iconography".

He added his skyscraper "isthe defining building on thecity's skyline and its singlemost important landmark".

However, the city council

evidently disagreed andvoted in favour of construc-tion by a margin of 47 toone.

Mayor Michael Bloombergsaid: "Anybody that builds abuilding in New York City

changes its skyline. We don'thave to run around to everyother owner and apologise.

"One guy owns a buildingand he'd like to have it be theonly tall building. I'm sorrythat's not the real world."

New York buildingleaves the Empireowner in a State



HEALTH CONSCIOUSsalad eaters could beunwittingly consum-ing more than half therecommended dailyintake of salt, a newsurvey has found.

A shocking one in 10 ready-made salads on sale containsmore salt than a Big Mac,according to the ConsensusAction on Salt (Cash) research.

Out of the 270 salad andpasta bowls surveyed, only sixcontained less salt than apacket of crisps and a tenthhad more than the 2.1g con-tained in a Big Mac burger.

The worst offender wasfound to be a spicy crayfishnoodles salad from Eat, con-taining 3.51g of salt - morethan 17 times saltier than aPret A Manger No BreadTricolore with 0.2g of salt.

The Food Standards Agency(FSA) recommends adults eatno more than 6g of salt a day- about a teaspoonful - tominimise the risk of highblood pressure, stroke andheart disease.

Among the supermarkets,Marks & Spencer sell seven ofthe 10 saltiest salads, theworst being its Taste of Asiasalad (2.83g), containingalmost as much salt as sixpackets of crisps, Cash said.

Just 22% of the saladsbranded as “healthy” wouldget a green traffic light label,

the study revealed. Cash cam-paign manager KatharineJenner said: “Many womenchoose salad as a healthy andconvenient lunch, particularlywhen watching their waistline.

“Rather than feeling healthy,however, they often feelbloated and sluggish, symp-

toms of water retentionwhich can be caused by thehidden salt in these salads.

“In the long-term the healthproblems are more serious, assalt intake is linked to osteo-porosis and high blood pres-sure.

Given the healthy image of

salads it’s surprising to findthat they contain such highlevels of unnecessary salt.”

But the study did find theaverage salt content insupermarket salads hadreduced by 23% comparedwith 2005.

Cash chairman Professor

Graham MacGregor, from theWolfson Institute ofPreventive Medicine, said: “Itis absurd that only six saladscontain less salt than a packetof crisps.

“Clearly the manufacturersstill have a long way to go ifwe are to reduce our salt

intake to 6g a day and savethe maximum number oflives.

“Every gram of saltremoved from our diet is esti-mated to prevent 6,000deaths from heart attacks,heart disease and strokes peryear, creating potentialhealthcare savings of £1.5bnper year.”

M&S nutritionist ClaireHughes insisted Cash’s surveylooked at different pack sizes,making comparison of saltlevels in salads “very confus-ing” for consumers.

“We want to make it aseasy as possible for our cus-tomers to eat a healthy dietand we meet all of the FSAsalt targets for salads,” sheadded.

“We always provide frontof pack colour-codedlabelling on our salads andare committed to continuingto review the salt in ourproducts whilst still offeringa broad range of cuisines forour customers to enjoy.”

Salads may justleave sour taste



FORMER HappyMondays star Bez hasbeen jailed for fourweeks after assaultinghis ex-girlfriend dur-ing a row over money.The star, real name MarkBerry, accused the mother ofhis two-year-old son of steal-ing money from him beforeflying into a rage and throt-tling her.Bez was originally given acommunity order atManchester Magistratescourt and asked to pay £450in costs.But he told the chair of themagistrates’ bench he wouldnot obey the sentence, andprotested his innocence.“I’m not doing it. Bothered. I’mgoing to appeal and take thisto a real court,” he said.In response, Ms Cash told theformer Celebrity Big Brotherwinner he was going to jail forone month.Bez, who represented him-self, shouted, “Victory is in mygrasp” as he was handcuffedand taken to the cells.The argrument between the

former couple broke out attheir flat in Manchester inMay when Bez could not findthe takings from a concertthe night before.Ms Ward is the lead singer inBez’s band Domino Bones.She previously told the courthe was “looking insane” as hesqueezed her neck and kickeddown a door.Bez claimed he was acting inself-defence but was convict-ed of the assault earlier thismonth.

He was also convicted ofusing unlawful violence togain entry into their home.Bez found fame for his freakydancing in the HappyMondays during the 1980s.Following the sentence, heinstructed a solicitor who wasin court for another case tomake a bail application on hisbehalf.He was also issued with arestraining order preventinghis from contacting his for-mer partner for two years.

There’s no HappyMondays for Bez

Robbie andGary - Backfor Good?

ROBBIE Williams’ firstsingle with GaryBarlow since leavingTake That has beenaired for the firsttime.

The duet, called Shame, fea-tures on the Williams greatesthits album In and Out ofConsciousness.

It is the first time the pairhave collaborated in 15 years.

They fell out after Williamsleft the boyband in 1995. Butall is now forgiven betweenthe former bandmates and, in

June, it was announced thatWilliams was returning to TakeThat.

Williams and Barlow detailthe troubles they have over-come in the new track abouttheir strained relationship.

Told in an upbeat, tongue-in-cheek style, the lyricsinclude: “Out of some senti-mental gain, I wanted you tofeel my pain. But it came backreturn to sender”.

The video is a spoff of gaycowboy movie BrokebackMountain.

As the pair sit in a saloonthey sing to each other: “I

don’t recall the reasons why. Imust have meant them at thetime. Is this the sound ofsweet surrender?”

In the chorus, they muse:“What a shame we never lis-tened. Told you through thetelevision”.

The track, released on October 4, marks thebeginning of the reconcilia-tion of Take That as a fivepiece.

Williams has confirmed hewill tour with the group.

They are already working ona new album due out laterthis year.

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A MASS grave con-taining the bodies of72 people has beenfound in northeastMexico after a gunbattle between sus-pected drug cartelmembers and thecountry’s military.

The bodies of 58 men and14 women were found at aranch south of the bordertown of Matamoros, close tothe US state of Texas.

The grave appears to be thelargest drug cartel bodydumping ground found inMexico since President FelipeCalderon began his fightagainst drug trafficking inlate 2006.

“The federal governmentcategorically condemns thebarbarous acts committed bycriminal organisations,” thenavy said in a statement.

“Society as a whole shouldcondemn these type of acts,which illustrate the absolutenecessity to continue fight-ing crime with all rigour.”

Mexican drug cartels oftenuse empty building sites,ranches or mine shafts todump the bodies of executedrivals or kidnap victims.

The discovery of the bodies

came after security officersmanning a checkpoint on amotorway were approachedby a wounded man who saidhe had been attacked by car-tel gunmen at a nearbyranch.

Navy aircraft sent to thescene were fired on by gun-men who tried to escape in aconvoy of vehicles.

The gun battle left onemarine and three suspectedgunmen dead. Numerousweapons were later seized.

The area has been at thecentre of turf wars betweenthe Gulf drug cartel and theirone-time allies, the Zetasdrug gang.

Authorities have made anumber of grisly finds overthe summer, including the dis-covery in May of 55 bodies inan abandoned mine nearTaxco, a city popular withinternational tourists and, inJuly, 51 bodies dumped near arubbish tip outside the city ofMonterrey.

Many of those found arebelieved to have been dealersfrom a rival gang, althoughcartels often get rid of thebodies of kidnap victims inthe same way.

More than 28,000 peoplehave been killed in violencetied to Mexico’s drug warsince the offensive began.

Mexican drugwar worriesare intensified

DESPITE hostile condi-tions and intense envi-ronmental opposition,the Arctic is set tobecome a key globaloil supplier as demandfor fossil fuels contin-ues to rise, analystshave said this week.

Edinbugh-based CairnEnergy has found “early indi-cations of a working hydro-carbon system” with its firstwell in Greenland.

But while the indicationslook positive for locating oiland gas, retrieving it will pres-ent huge difficulties for oiland gas producers.

“In terms of reserves, the

Arctic has plenty. It is aboutbeing able to find it at levelwhich don’t involve too muchcost and too much risk,” saidAmrita Sen, commoditiesresearcher at Barclays Capital.

“You’re looking at 10 or 20years at least [before itbecomes a big supplier]because it’s not just aboutthe finds, it’s about buildingthe pipelines an the infra-structure to be able to getthat oil out into the world.

“Potentially by that time theeasily accessible fields ofNorway, the UK and Mexicoare dwindling quite fast, sothe Arctic may make up a sig-nificant proportion - even upto 10% - of global supplies.”

Manouchehr Takin, anexpert from Centre for Global

Energy Studies, added thatthe sheer size of potentialreserves hidden below the icywaters meant the regionwould not be overlooked.

He said estimates for theamount of oil remaining to bediscovered in the Arcticranged from 100 to 200 bil-lion barrels, while between1,000 and 2,000 trillion cubicfeet of gas could be foundthere.

“Even if you take the lowerpart of the estimated range,the resources look very sig-nificant indeed,” he told SkyNews.

However, Mr Takin said thedangers and difficulties ofaccessing the supplies werenumerous.

Icebergs pose a threat,

exploration and productionlimited to the summer andthere is no opportunity tohave a base nearby - so all thebasic necessities for thedrilling and the workers wouldhave to be prepared inadvance. Then, when oilbegins to be produced, firmshave to make a decision overwhere and how to station theinfrastructure and transportetc.

Even so, technologicaladvances, experience gainedthrough other deepwateroperations and the anticipa-tion that the Arctic willbecome more navigable forstrategic and commercial pur-poses mean energy firms arelikely to pursue their intereststhere.

Oil companiesto look North

POP superstar Lionel Richie isteaming up with Gary Linekerin his first TV advert for 30years.

The US singer teams up withthe Match of the Day host forthe new Walkers crisps cam-paign in which he sings arevamped version of his hitsong, ‘Say You, Say Me’.

To fit the advert, which airsfor the first time this weekend,the lyrics have been changedto ‘Share You, Share Me’.

“When I saw the script forthis ad, I just wanted to flyover straight away to Londonto start filming,” said Richie.

“I like to surprise people andtry new things and I think peo-ple will be quite surprised whenthey see this, particularly whenI come flying through a win-dow.” In the advertisementRichie is seen pursuing Lineker,desperately hoping to share hisbag of snacks.

Lineker is seen dangling from

a parachute in his efforts toget away and sends Richiehurtling through a glass win-dow. It is the latest in the high-ly successful series of advertsfor Walkers crisps starring theformer England footballer.

Lineker, who has appeared inmore than 90 Walkers ads, said:“Lionel was wonderful to workwith. “He’s a lovely guy and hereally got into the role quickly.He made us all laugh a lot onset.”

Lionel says Helloto Lineker advert




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K9 Car boot sales take placeat Happy Days, Costa delSilencio on the first Sunday ofevery month(08.00hrs until mid-day)Sunday 5th September Sunday 3rd OctoberSunday 7th NovemberSunday 5th DecemberK9 SALES at Shimmers Bar,Callao Salvaje take place onthe second Saturday of everymonth (09.00hrs until mid-day)Saturday 11th September Saturday 9th OctoberSaturday 13th November Saturday 11th DecemberFRIENDS OF THE ANIMALSCAR BOOT SALES take placeat Tipsy Terrace, Los Giganteson the first Sunday of everymonth (08.00hrs until mid-day)Sunday 29th AugustSunday 26th September Sunday 31st October Sunday 28th November Sunday 26th DecemberK9 also have a Stall at ALCALAMARKET every Monday and

at Playa San Juan everyWednesday. K9 and FRIENDS OF THE ANI-MALS need a constant sup-ply of clothes, bedding, cur-tains, books, Bric a Brac, pic-tures, handbags and shoesto enable us to provide thepublic with the quality ofgoods they wish to buy.Goods may be left at theKennels near Las Chafiras(667 638 468) or deliveredto us at any of the abovemarkets, or call Pat on 608121 081 or Kenny on 686141 003 to arrange for col-lection. FRIENDS OF THE ANIMALSnow have a shop in Playa de laArena (next to the MedicalCentre) which is open week-days 10am until 6pm,Saturday 10am until 2pm andclosed on Sundays. Any full collection boxesplease contact either Hazel atthe Kennels (667 638 468 orPat the Cat (608 121 081)[email protected]

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Procedure for found/aban-doned dogsBecause of financial con-straints, we have to insistthat the public do not visitthe refuge out of hours (3-6pm). We do not have themanpower to deal with boththe dogs and visitors at thesame time. If you find an abandoneddog, please take it toHospivet Sur in Las Chafiras.They will check the dog for amicrochip and, in mostcases, contact his owner. Ifthe dog is truly abandoned,then we’ll be informed andwill collect the dog fromthere. Many thanks.Holiday raffle bonanzaDetails of a fantastic, fund-raising raffle, run byThomson Holidays and FirstChoice in aid of Live Aricoand the Family HolidayAssociation, were printedlast week. If you missed thestory, please contact Suzy Qon the number below formore details about yourchance to win a fabulous hol-iday by buying some tickets,and helping our dogs (andthe FHA) in the process.Tired of boot sales?Sell your unwanted items in amore tranquil environmentevery Sunday at the TerraceBar, Amarilla Golf, from 11-3pm. At just five euros pertable and proceeds goingdirectly to Live Arico, we areexpecting these events tobe a huge success. Call Ruthon 636 306 397 to reserve

your table. Upcoming eventsThis Sunday (29th Aug)there will be a benefit nightat Legends Bar, near LosCristianos Market, from 9pm.It will be hosted by Suzy Q,with guests includingMichaela as Tina Turner,Wingate School pupils JJGibson, Matthew, and Alfie B,plus many more. Come andjoin us.On Sunday,19th September,we are staging a benefit atLa Guagua, Fañabe Beachfront. Details to be con-firmed next week.The following Wednesday(22nd Sept), we have a fund-raiser at the Ocean View Bar,Hotel Comodoro, LosCristianos. Tickets are justsix euros and include liveentertainment, plus a deli-cious pie-and-pea supper.Call Suzy on 629 388 102 toget your tickets, or pop intothe bar.Revised adoption proce-duresA minimum 50-euro dona-tion for an adopted maledog, and 75 euros for afemale, is now required byLive Arico. This is paid directto Hospivet Sur on collectionof your new pet, which willbe chipped, neutered, vacci-nated and wormed.South Tenerife RescueCentreWe have sold 509 squaremetres of land up to now,making a total of 2,545euros, which is a magnificent

achievement. The plan to buy our own plotof land remains, possiblyeven where we are nowrenting, so are you preparedto buy a square metre ofland for Live Arico? At just five euros, you willreceive a certificate fromLive Arico for now, and yourname, address and numberof square metres purchasedwill be on a Roll of Honour atthe new refuge.Live Arico Flight LineAnyone booking flights toand from the UK with theLive Arico Flight Line will getthem at competitive prices,and will also help our dogs.Call now on 922 794 918 andplease quote Live AricoFlightline.Dog-groomingClaire is now offering 10% ofher fee to Live Arico. She has18 years of experience, socall her on 660 862 910 foran appointment, and quoteLive Arico so we can receiveour donation. Live Arico Shop news (inassociation with TenerifeNursing and Care)As you probably know bynow, the shop is now on thefrontline of Coral Mar, atground level, next door tothe Coral Bar. This makes life far easier foreveryone: cars unloading canpark right outside, and ourelderly and disabled cus-tomers no longer have tonegotiate the stairs. We now have a fantastic

range of hand-made cardsfor all occasions. They aredecorated beautifully andcost from two euros. We are also grateful foritems of furniture as we areworking in conjunction withFish for Furniture, at LosAbrigos, and Idea, in Adeje.Call Rick to arrange pick-ups.We are also grateful toreceive any donations of catand dog food at the shop. Through popular demand,the shop is now open at thefollowing times: Mon-Fri: 10-4pm. Sat: 10-2. Sunday:Closed. The shop will also beopen when there’s an eventon in Coral Mar Square, Live Arico hot linesFor any questions about theshop, the dogs or Live Arico,or if you would like to make adonation and need some-body to pick it up, call Debbieon the number below. Important telephone num-bersEugenio: 649 001 907 (call ifyou find an animal aban-doned or in distress)Suzy Q: 629 388 102 (fund-raising, press releases, prizedonations, etc.)Pete Holland: 661 099 365(Poochies Pet Hotel forboarding your dog)Rick: 639 207 064 (shopdonations and collections)Debbie Gibson: 637 918 158You can also read about usat www.livearico.orghttp://twitter.com/tener-ifedogs or http://tenerife-dogs.blogspot.com

Live Arico Update

A MEMORIAL service in theform of a celebration of herlife was held for MaxineMichaela in her home town ofSt John’s, in Worcester, lastSaturday.

Friends and family gatheredto pay tribute to the popularteacher’s assistant fromTijoco, who died recently

from an aggressive strain ofALS, which affected her mus-cles.

Maxine, who was 41, leavesa partner, Fran, and her five-year-old daughter Jessie. Shewas attached to the SpanishSchool at El Medano beforeher illness took a grip 15months ago.

Maxine’s givenfond farewell

EVEN the Aktiontierdogs are counting thedays to their next agili-ty fun meeting, to beheld on 5thSeptember.

Owners and staff at the dogrefuge, based at the AccionDel Sol centre in Granadilla, willstart with a gentle stroll to thebeach with the animals at 4pm.

That will be followed byafternoon tea and cakes at therefuge, and a guided tour byMarion, who runs the sanctu-ary. Then comes the entertain-ment with the dog agility class.It’s great fun for the ownersand even more so for the dogsas they strut their stuff.

There is no charge for thisevent, but a few euros in the

pot would be welcomed by thestaff - and dogs - towards thenew quiet area which is beingbuilt.

Please contact Karen on 687905 511 for more informa-tion, and any other detailsyou may want about therefuge.

It is open from Monday toFriday (3-6pm) and staff arealways looking for walkers tohelp with the 170-plus dogs intheir care. So if you have afew hours to spare, thenplease lend a hand.

The centre is situated atITER Windmill Farm, on theGranadilla Industrial Estate.Turn off at junction 51 on theTF1 and just head for thewindmills, where you will findAccion Del Sol, directly under-neath them.

Refuge dogs can’twait to show offtheir slick agility

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MATTHEW VICKERS,British Consul to theCanary Islands andDave Thomas, BritishConsul General forIberia, paid a visit thisweek to the LionsCharity Shop at theApolo Centre in LosCristianos.

They were there to have alook at the work the Lionsare doing in the local com-munity, and how it fits inwith that of the Consulate.

The visitors were wel-comed by Tenerife SurPresident Norman GoodallMBE, who gave them a tourof the facility, which openedjust under a year ago.

It includes an extensiveladies’ section, a library and ageneral area where men’sand children’s clothing, elec-trical goods, toys and gener-al bric-a-brac are displayed.

The shop is one of twooperated by Tenerife SurLions; the other is located inCosta del Silencio and hasbeen running successfullyfor 10 years.

All items in the shops arepriced very competitivelyand, in today’s economic cli-mate, represent excellentvalue for money. They haveall been generously donatedby members of the publicand local businesses.

The Lions do need yoursupport to continue withtheir valuable work, soremember: DON’T DUMP IT,DONATE IT.

Norman Goodall then wenton to explain how the cashgenerated from the shops,and other traditional fund-raising activities, had beenused since the branch wasformed over 25 years ago.

Projects included the sup-ply of a deep-sea lifeboat, aquick-response ambulance,children’s holidays, furniture,bedding, food, repatriation,disaster funds; help withaccommodation, plus mort-gage or rent payments.

Medically the Lions havesupplied hearing aids, eye-glasses, supported osteo-porosis and prostate cancertesting. They have also helpedarrange funerals and haveloaned out wheelchairs,crutches and frames fromthe shop at Costa del Silencio.

By far the biggest projectsof recent years have beenthe annual children’s holi-

days. With the continuoushelp of Lions Clubs in the UK,more than 500 handicappedand under-privileged youngpeople and their carers havebeen brought to Tenerifefor holidays of a lifetime.

Similarly Tenerife Sur Lionshave organised and financedholidays in the UK for localunder-privileged young peo-ple from schools andorphanages across Tenerife.

The latest took place lastmonth, when a 31-strong

party enjoyed a holiday atPontins, Prestatyn SandsHoliday Park, in North Wales.

Tenerife Sur Lions also runa bi-lingual “Helpline” service,enabling those in difficultyto contact the club directlyfor assistance. Because theLions work closely with thelocal government, councilsand the British Consulate,they can often respondquickly without the delays ofbureaucracy.

The British Consulate in

Tenerife are based in SantaCruz and can be contactedon 922 286 863. To find outmore details of how theymay be able to help you, visittheir websites at eitherwww.fco.gov.uk orwww.ukinspain.fco.gov.ukfor information.

The big question iswhether or not the visitorspurchased anything fromthe Lions shop on their visit.The answer is, of course, noone can resist a bargain!

British Consuls see howthe Lions are still doing roaring trade for locals

A STRAY cat calledKalle somehow foundhis way back to thebase he called homeafter an incredible 10-kilometre journey.

Kalle is one of several straysneutered by K9, who all livewithin the Laguna Park 2 holi-day complex at Torviscas.

Rauni, a cat-loving Finnishlady who spends her holidaysthere each year, keeps K9informed of any concernsabout the animals.

In 2009 she took home oneof the stray cats and, duringher holiday here last March,decided to take Kalle back toFinland with her.

However, Kalle had a prob-lem with one of his ears, soK9’s Hazel took the animal tothe vet, who prescribedantibiotics.

Kalle was returned to Rauni,who cared for him until shereturned home on 13thMarch. But the cat was stillnot well enough to travel, sohe came into the K9 catteryto continue his treatment.

After that, and before histravel documents hadarrived, Kalle escaped fromthe cattery on 2nd April. Ashe had been there for threeweeks, it was assumed hewould return when hungry,but he didn’t.

Rauni was given the badnews and was, understand-ably, upset. She returned foranother holiday in June and,happily, found Kalle after asearch of the complex.

He had lost weight, havingsomehow found his way backto Laguna Park from the K9kennels at San Miguel. But acheck-up revealed he wasnone the worse for his ordeal.

Some holiday-makers andstaff at the complex contin-ue to feed him, and he hasregained weight. But he won’tbe travelling to Finland.

It has been decided that hewill be allowed to spend hisremaining years at LagunaPark 2, which is obviouslywhere his heart lies.

Laguna Park 2 is one of anumber of responsible com-plexes which co-operate fullywith K9 and other animal wel-fare organisations in theirquest to neuter the stray andferal cats living on their prop-erties, thus preventing fur-ther breeding.

Kalle the cat makeincredible journey

THE Cabildo’s IslandTennis Centre in SantaCruz, managed by thepublic company Ideco,is staging its ninthChildren’s Tourn-ament, “Isla deTenerife”, from nextFriday.

As ever, the following cate-gories will be contested:Newcomer, Novice, Youth,Cadet and Junior for boys andgirls, and some 200 playersare expected to take part.

The event runs from 3rd-12th September and inter-ested players should call 922640 868. Deadline for regis-tration is 1pm on 2ndSeptember.

The Tennis youngstersare all set


Tenerife Sur Lions President Norman Goodall (third left) welcomes Matthew Vickers (left)), Vice-ConsulHelen Diaz de Arcaya Keating, and Dave Thomas




Television GuideFULL LISTINGS FOR 10 CHANNELS INCLUDING BBC, ITV, CHANNEL 4,

CHANNEL FIVE SKY & SPORTS CHANNELS.

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Would I Lie to You? 10:35pm - 11:05pm, BBC1Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, protector of poultry, guardian ofgourds and foragers’ friend, only gets picked for panel showsbecause he doesn’t kick up a stink when comedians tease himfor being a wet hedge-muncher. Here, though, his sense ofself-humour is tested to the max when he reads out the line,“Occasionally, I put Marmite on my face and let my dog lick itoff.” If Hugh’s telling the truth, he’s an even better sport thanwe’ve given him credit for. But, all angles considered, wewatched hoping it was a fib. The alternative is just too creepy.Also guesting is Miranda Hart who, thankfully, gets throughthe half-hour without once referencing her boringly self-dep-recating belief that she looks like a man. Best in show is DavidMitchell’s fight with Rhod Gilbert over the aforementionedyeast-based spread.

SATU

RDAY

The X Factor 7:30pm - 8:45pm, ITV1The auditions for the annual musical contest contin-ue in Birmingham as the many genuinely talentedvocalists attempt to be heard above the hilariousdin of the delusional caterwaulers. Faced with anytuneless wannabes, regular panellists Simon Cowell,Louis Walsh and Cheryl Cole will no doubt have theirshocked, but (usually) supportive, expressions at theready, while guest judge Natalie Imbruglia maystruggle to keep a straight face. Dermot O’Learypresents.

SUN

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The Very Last of the SummerWine 8:00pm - 8:30pm, BBC1How Not to Cry at WeddingsIn the final episode of the long-running com-edy, everyone is getting ready for the wed-ding - prompting Howard and Pearl to lookback at their relationship. Meanwhile, Alvinflirts with Stella, Toby tries to smarten him-self up in a bid to win back Monica, and Cleggworries that he has forgotten somethingimportant. Last in the series.

MON

DAY Who Do You Think You Are?

9:00pm - 10:00pm, BBC1Actor and singer Jason Donovan investigates his moth-er’s family line, in the hope of finding out about hisAustralian heritage and understanding the reason whyshe went missing from his life as a child. Starting inMelbourne, Jason discovers that the showbusinessroots in his family go deeper than he thinks. As hisjourney continues, he uncovers a possible convict con-nection and sets off to Tasmania to investigate howhis ancestors ended up there, before ending his questin Sydney, where he traces his family back to one ofthe earliest Australian settlers.

TUES

DAY

Nature Shock: Killer Squid 8:00pm - 9:00pm, Channel FiveNew series. Documentary exploring the spreadof the Humboldt squid, giant predators thatare swarming across the Pacific Ocean, con-suming everything in their path. Former USSpecial Forces diver Scott Cassell uses hi-techgadgets to determine whether the creaturesare working together to colonise new territory,while marine scientists William Gilly and DannaStaaf detail the Humboldt’s remarkable repro-ductive capabilities.

WED

NES

DAY Waterloo Road

8:00pm - 9:00pm, BBC1The arrival of dynamic new head teacher KarenFisher heralds a fresh start for the school.Determined and ambitious, she is keen to meetnew challenges, such as teenage brother and sis-ter Johan and Ruth, who are experiencing main-stream education for the first time followingyears of home-schooling by their father. Butwhen Ruth runs away and a search party isformed to find her, it is a painful reminder toKaren of a recent tragedy in her own family.

THUR

SDAY

Ultimate Big Brother, 10:00pm- 11:10pm, Channel 4Highlights from the past 24hours in the house, as some ofthe most loved and hated con-testants from the reality showbattle it out to be crownedthe ultimate housemate.

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The Bourne Supremacy Saturday 28 August, 9:45pm - 11:45pm, ITV1British film-maker Paul Greengrass (Bloody Sunday, United 93) took over the directing duties from Doug Liman for this sequel toThe Bourne Identity and manages the rare feat of improving (if only slightly) on the original. Two years after ex-CIA operativeJason Bourne (Matt Damon) apparently escaped the attentions of his spymasters, a corrupt Russian businessman frames him fora double assassination, which drags Bourne back into the murky world of international espionage. Greengrass uses his drama-doc-umentary background to good effect, delivering consistently exciting action without ever pushing the bounds of credibility. AsBourne, Damon continues to impress in a role that goes against his wholesome, all-American image - moving slickly and almostsilently through the film like a small, angry black hole.

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6:00am Breakfast 9:15am Heir

Hunters 10:00am BBC News;

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the Hammer 11:00am To Buy or

Not to Buy 11:30am BBC News;

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12:15pm Bargain Hunt 1:00pm

BBC News; Weather 1:30pm

Regional News and Weather

1:45pm Doctors 2:15pm Murder,

She Wrote 3:00pm BBC News;

Weather; Regional News 3:05pm

Green Balloon Goes on Holiday

3:30pm World of Happy 3:30pm

Frankenstein’s Cat 3:40pm

Wingin’ It 4:05pm Trapped 4:35pm

Hounded 5:00pm Newsround

5:15pm Weakest Link

6:00pm Weather

6:00pm BBC News

6:30pm BBC London News

7:00pm The One Show

7:30pm BBC News: Regional

News

7:30pm A Question of Sport

8:00pm EastEnders

8:30pm QI

9:00pm My Family

9:30pm Outnumbered

10:00pm BBC News

10:25pm Regional News and

Weather

10:35pm Would I Lie to You?

11:05pm The National Lottery

Draws

6:00am Wibbly Pig 6:10am Bob the

Builder: Ready, Steady, Build! 6:20am

Postman Pat: SDS 6:35am Guess

with Jess 6:50am Yoko! Jakamoko!

Toto! 6:50am Pingu 7:00am

Everything’s Rosie 7:10am Bob the

Builder 7:10am Garth and Bev

7:25am Jollywobbles 7:35am Buzz

and Tell 7:40am Timmy Time 7:50am

Charlie and Lola 8:00am Barney’s

Latin America 8:30am Ed and

Oucho’s Excellent Inventions 9:00am

Roar 9:30am Leon 9:30am Gimme a

Break 10:00am Copycats 10:30am

Deadly 60 11:00am Holiday 12:30pm

His Girl Friday 2:00pm Wanted Down

Under 3:00pm Diagnosis Murder

3:45pm Flog It! 4:30pm Cash in the

Celebrity Attic 5:15pm Escape to the

Country

6:00pm Eggheads

6:30pm Restoration

Roadshow

7:00pm Who Do You Think

You Are?

8:00pm Mastermind

8:30pm Gardeners’ World

9:00pm Home Movie

Roadshow

10:00pm Roger and Val Have

Just Got In

10:30pm Newsnight

11:00pm The Review Show at

the Edinburgh

Festival

6:00am GMTV 9:25am The

Jeremy Kyle Show 10:30am This

Morning 12:30pm Dinner Date

1:30pm ITV News and Weather

1:55pm London News and

Weather 2:00pm Dickinson’s Real

Deal 3:00pm The Michael Ball

Show 3:59pm London Weather

4:00pm Inspector Morse 5:00pm

Britain’s Best Dish

6:00pm London Tonight

6:30pm ITV News and

Weather

7:00pm Emmerdale

7:30pm Coronation Street

8:00pm Dickinson’s Real

Deal


9:00pm Doc Martin

10:00pm ITV News at Ten and

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Weather

10:35pm UEFA Super Cup

Highlights

11:35pm Cops with Cameras

6:10am The Hoobs 6:35am The

Hoobs 7:00am Big Brother’s Little

Brother 7:30am Ultimate Big

Brother 8:40am Frasier 9:05am

Scissor Sisters Special: Under the

Skin 10:05am Privileged 11:00am

Friends 11:30am Friends 12:00pm

Channel 4 News Summary

12:05pm Brothers & Sisters

12:55pm Come Dine with Me





3:25pm Countdown 4:10pm Deal

or No Deal 5:00pm A Place in the

Sun: Home or Away

6:00pm The Simpsons

6:30pm Hollyoaks

7:00pm Channel 4 News

7:25pm 4thought.tv

7:30pm The Incubator

8:00pm A Place in the Sun:

Home or Away

9:00pm Ultimate Big Brother

10:00pm Pete Versus Life


11:25pm Stand Up for the

Week Best Bits

12:15am Katy Perry: T4 Special

12:45am CTRL Student Tour

1:00am Ultimate Big Brother: Live

2:50am This Week’s 4Music Top

20 4:40am Beauty and the Geek

6:00am Children’s TV 9:00am

Little Princess 9:15am The Wright

Stuff 10:45am Trisha Goddard

11:45am CSI: Crime Scene

Investigation 12:40pm Five News

12:45pm The Hotel Inspector

1:45pm Neighbours 2:15pm CSI:

Crime Scene Investigation 3:05pm

A Step toward Tomorrow 5:00pm

Weather 5:00pm Five News

5:30pm Neighbours

6:00pm The Boss Is Coming

to Dinner

6:25pm Live from Studio Five

7:00pm Five News at 7

7:15pm Cricket on Five

8:00pm Police Interceptors

9:00pm The Mentalist

10:00pm Law & Order: Special

Victims Unit

11:00pm CSI: NY

11:55pm Cops in Crisis

6:00am Good Morning Sports Fans

9:00am Carling Cup Football

10:30am Live Test Cricket

7:00pm Sky Sports News

7:30pm Live UEFA Super

Cup Football

10:00pm Take It Like a Fan

10:30pm Premier League

Preview

11:00pm Football League

Weekend

6:00am The Real A&E 7:00am

Brainiac’s Test Tube Baby 8:00am

Brainiac: Science Abuse 9:00am

Oops TV 9:30am Grease: The

School Musical 10:00am Grease:

The School Musical 11:00am

Wedding SOS 11:30am New

Parent Nightmares 12:00pm The

Real A&E 1:00pm Malcolm in the

Middle 1:30pm Malcolm in the

Middle 2:00pm Liza and Huey’s Pet

Nation 3:00pm Stargate SG-1

4:00pm Stargate SG-1 5:00pm

WWE Superstars

6:00pm Oops TV

6:30pm The Simpsons

8:00pm Must Be the Music



11:00pm Lie to Me

7:00am Radical Highs 7:10am The

Best of Top Gear 8:00am The Best

of Top Gear 9:00am Robot Wars

Extreme 10:00am The Gadget

Show 10:30am Fifth Gear 11:00am

Dragons’ Den: On Tour 12:00pm

The Best of Top Gear 1:00pm The

Best of Top Gear 2:00pm Robot

Wars Extreme 3:00pm The Gadget

Show 3:30pm Fifth Gear 4:00pm

The Best of Top Gear 5:00pm The

Best of Top Gear

6:00pm Robot Wars Extreme

7:00pm The Gadget Show

7:30pm Seaside Rescue

8:00pm Dragons’ Den: On

Tour

9:00pm QI

9:40pm QI

10:20pm Little Britain

11:00pm ittle Britain

6:00am Home Shopping 6:30am

Home Shopping 7:00am The Jerry

Springer Show 7:25am The Jerry

Springer Show 7:50am Celebs

24/7 8:00am Maury 8:55am Celebs

24/7 9:00am America’s Next Top

Model 10:00am Shortland Street

10:30am Shortland Street 11:00am

Nothing to Declare 11:30am

Nothing to Declare 12:00pm Four

Weddings 1:00pm CSI: Crime

Scene Investigation 2:00pm CSI:

Crime Scene Investigation 3:00pm

Shortland Street 3:30pm Shortland

Street 4:00pm Charmed

6:00pm America’s Next Top

Model

7:00pm Four Weddings

8:00pm Passport Patrol

9:00pm Medium

10:00pm CSI: Miami

6:05am Scream if You Know the

Answer! 6:30am Scream if You

Know the Answer! 7:00am Animal

Park: Wild in Africa 8:00am

Casualty 9:00am The Bill 10:00am

The Bill 11:00am Casualty

12:00pm Animal Park: Wild in

Africa 1:00pm Scream if You Know

the Answer! 1:30pm Scream if You

Know the Answer! 2:00pm Outtake

TV 2:40pm My Family 3:20pm My

Family 4:00pm Animal Park: Wild in

Africa 5:00pm Scream if You Know

the Answer!

6:00pm Outtake TV

6:40pm My Family

7:20pm My Family

8:00pm Look Who’s Talking

Now!

10:00pm Die Hard with a

Vengeance

Friday 27 August



6:00am Breakfast 10:00am

Saturday Kitchen Live 11:30am

Football Focus 12:00pm BBC

News; Regional News and

Weather 12:10pm Formula 1: The

Belgian Grand Prix - Qualifying

2:05pm Live Rugby League:

Challenge Cup Final 4:30pm Final

Score 5:15pm BBC News;


5:35pm Over the Hedge

6:50pm 101 Ways to Leave a

Gameshow

7:50pm Tonight’s the Night


Saturday Night

Draws

8:50pm John Bishop’s Britain

9:20pm Michael McIntyre’s

Comedy Roadshow

10:05pm BBC News; Weather

10:25pm National Lottery

Update

10:25pm Match of the Day

11:45pm Weatherview

11:45pm The Football League

Show

1:10am BBC News 1:30am Our

World 2:00am BBC News 2:30am

HARDtalk 3:00am BBC News

3:30am Our World 4:00am BBC

News 4:30am Click 5:00am BBC

News 5:30am Our World

6:00am Wibbly Pig 6:10am Bob

the Builder: Ready, Steady, Build!

6:20am Postman Pat: SDS

6:35am Guess with Jess 6:50am

Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! 6:50am

Pingu 7:00am Everything’s Rosie

7:10am Bob the Builder 7:10am

Garth and Bev 7:25am

Sportsround 7:40am Wolverine

and the X-Men 8:00am Escape

from Scorpion Island 9:00am

Paradise Cafe 9:30am The Owl

9:30am Animals at Work 10:00am

Horrible Histories 10:30am Deadly

60 11:00am Richard Hammond’s

Blast Lab 11:30am Evacuation to

the Manor House 12:00pm

Degrassi: The Next Generation

12:25pm Scene Stealers 12:55pm

The Cut 1:20pm The 5:19 Show

1:35pm The Almost Perfect Guide

to Life 2:00pm Coast 2:20pm

Oklahoma! 4:35pm The Eagle Has

Landed

6:45pm BBC Proms 2010

8:30pm Dad’s Army

9:00pm Have I Got a Bit

More News for You

9:45pm Vexed

10:45pm Grandma’s House

11:15pm Russell Howard’s

Good News

11:45pm interMission

1:25am Close

6:00am The Fluffy Club 7:25am

Toonattik 9:25am The Crocodile

Hunter Diaries 10:25am Children’s

Hospital 10:55am Monk 11:50am

This Morning: Saturday 12:50pm

News and Weather 12:59pm

London Weather 1:00pm The

Planet’s Funniest Animals 1:30pm

The Spy Who Loved Me 3:50pm

Midsomer Murders 5:50pm

Weather 5:50pm London Tonight

6:00pm ITV News and

Weather

6:15pm You’ve Been

Framed!

6:45pm Odd One In

7:30pm The X Factor

8:45pm Magic Numbers

9:45pm The Bourne

Supremacy

11:45pm ITV News and

Weather

11:59pm London Weather

12:00am Dating the Enemy

12:30am ITV News Headlines

12:30am The Zone 2:30am

October Road 3:20am Raines

4:05am ITV Nightscreen 5:30am

ITV Morning News


Hoobs 7:00am World Sport

7:30am The Grid 8:00am The

Morning Line 9:00am Katy Perry:

T4 Special 9:30am Ugly Betty

10:30am The Ting Tings: Video

Exclusive 10:35am Ultimate Big


Brother 12:25pm The Hollyoaks

Music Show 12:55pm Scrubs

1:25pm That Paralympic Show

1:55pm Channel 4 Racing 3:55pm

Come Dine with Me 4:25pm Come

Dine with Me 4:55pm Come Dine

with Me 5:25pm Come Dine with

Me 5:55pm Channel 4 News

6:20pm 4thought.tv

6:25pm Battle of Britain


10:00pm In Bruges

12:05am Stand by Me 1:40am

Ultimate Big Brother: Live 3:10am

What About Brian 3:50am Wreck

Detectives 4:45am Beauty and the

Geek 5:25am Countdown

6:00am Peppa Pig 6:05am Roary

the Racing Car 6:15am Fifi and the

Flowertots 6:30am Castle Farm

6:35am The Milkshake! Show

7:00am Ben and Holly’s Little

Kingdom 7:10am Mio Mao 7:15am

Pocoyo 7:25am Milkshake Monkey

7:30am Harry and His Bucket Full

of Dinosaurs 7:45am Noddy in

Toyland 8:00am Mist: Sheepdog

Tales 8:10am Little Princess

8:25am The Adventures of Bottle

Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky

8:45am Igam Ogam 9:00am Olivia

9:15am The Mr Men Show 9:30am

Gerald McBoing Boing 10:00am

How Do They Do It? 10:30am The

Gadget Show 11:30am Great

Railway Adventures with Dan

Cruickshank 12:30pm The Sword

and the Rose 2:15pm The

Odyssey 5:15pm Jason and the

Argonauts

7:10pm Five News


8:00pm NCIS

9:00pm CSI: Crime Scene

Investigation


Investigation

11:00pm CSI: Miami


12:15am SuperCasino 4:05am

European Seniors Tour Golf

6:00am Aerobics Oz Style 6:30am

Live ITM Cup Rugby Union

8:30am Live ITM Cup Rugby

Union 10:30am Live Test Cricket:

England v Pakistan

6:55pm Live Spanish

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9:00pm Live Spanish

Football

11:00pm Challenge Cup Final

12:00am Women’s Rugby Union

World Cup 1:00am Tri-Nations

International Rugby Union 2:00am

Spanish Football 3:30am Test

Cricket 5:30am Champions

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6:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse

7:00am Guinness World Records

Smashed! 8:00am Oops TV

9:00am Football’s Next Star

10:00am Soccer AM 12:00pm Fat

Families 1:00pm Pineapple Dance

Studios 2:00pm Project Runway

3:00pm Bill Bailey’s Birdwatching

Bonanza 4:00pm Liza and Huey’s

Pet Nation 5:00pm Vet Adventures

6:00pm The Simpsons

6:30pm The Simpsons

7:00pm The Simpsons

7:30pm Glenn Martin, DDS

8:00pm Oops TV

9:00pm The Fast and the

Furious

11:05pm Classic Albums

12:25am UK Border Force 1:25am

Black Friday 3:05am Road Wars

7:10am Top Gear 8:00am Top Gear

9:00am World Rally 10:00am Top

Gear 11:00am Top Gear 12:00pm

Top Gear 1:00pm Top Gear 2:00pm

World Rally 3:00pm Top Gear

4:00pm Top Gear 5:00pm Top Gear

6:00pm Trawlermen

7:00pm Trawlermen

7:40pm Ray Mears’ Extreme

Survival

8:20pm I’m Alan Partridge

9:00pm QI XL

10:00pm QI

10:40pm QI

11:20pm QI

12:00am QI XL 1:00am QI 1:40am

QI 2:15am The League of

Gentlemen 2:45am Radical Highs

3:00am Close




Springer Show 7:50am Celebs 24/7

8:00am Maury 9:00am Dating in

the Dark 10:00am Australia’s Next

Top Model 11:00am Britain’s Next

Top Model 12:00pm Ghost

Whisperer 1:00pm Ghost



Whisperer 4:00pm The Birdcage

6:30pm 16 and Pregnant

7:25pm Celebs 24/7

7:30pm Nothing to Declare



9:00pm Criminal Minds



6:05am A Life of Grime 6:30am A

Life of Grime 7:00am Cash in the

Celebrity Attic 8:00am Heir Hunters

9:00am Animal Park: Wild in Africa

10:00am Total Wipeout USA

1:00pm Scream if You Know the

Answer! 1:30pm Scream if You

Know the Answer! 2:00pm Scream

if You Know the Answer! 2:30pm

Scream if You Know the Answer!

3:00pm Total Wipeout USA 4:00pm

Total Wipeout USA 5:00pm Total

Wipeout USA

6:00pm Look Who’s Talking

Now!

8:00pm Doctor Who

9:00pm Die Hard with a

Vengeance

11:25pm Motorway Cops: A

Traffic Cops Special -

Fatal Consequences

Saturday 28 August



6:00am Breakfast 7:40am Match

of the Day 9:00am Breakfast

10:00am Sunday Morning Live

11:00am Country Tracks 12:00pm

BBC News 12:05pm Formula 1:

The Belgian Grand Prix Live

3:10pm EastEnders 5:05pm

Songs of Praise 5:40pm Halcyon

River Diaries

6:40pm BBC News; Regional

News and Weather

7:00pm Countryfile

8:00pm The Very Last of the

Summer Wine

8:30pm Antiques Roadshow

9:00pm Secret Britain


News and Weather

10:25pm Trackers

11:15pm Weatherview

11:15pm Bandits

1:20am Holby City 2:20am

Between Life and Death 3:10am A

Band for Britain 4:10am BBC

News 4:30am HARDtalk 5:00am

The World Today 5:30am World

Business Report

6:00am Wibbly Pig 6:10am Bob

the Builder: Ready, Steady, Build!

6:20am Postman Pat: SDS

6:35am Guess with Jess 6:50am

Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! 6:50am

Pingu 7:00am Everything’s Rosie

7:10am Bob the Builder 7:10am

Garth and Bev 7:25am Dennis and

Gnasher 7:35am Bear Behaving

Badly 8:00am Escape from

Scorpion Island 9:00am Deadly 60

9:30am Gastronuts 10:00am

Something for the Weekend

11:30am The Youth Olympics

12:00pm Bargain Hunt Famous

Finds 12:30pm Flog It! 1:15pm

Escape to the Country 2:00pm

South Pacific 4:25pm Finding

Neverland

6:00pm The Great British

Bake Off

7:00pm Dragons’ Den

8:00pm Mountain Gorilla

9:00pm Vexed

10:00pm Match of the Day 2

11:10pm Mad Men

11:55pm Mad Men

12:45am MotoGP 2:00am BBC

News 2:30am Dateline London

3:00am BBC News 3:30am

Reporters 4:00am BBC News

4:10am Close 6:00am Bob the

Builder

6:00am The Fluffy Club 7:25am

Toonattik 9:25am Coronation

Street 11:45am This Morning:

Sunday 12:45pm Dinner Date

1:45pm News and Weather

1:54pm London Weather 1:55pm

The Planet’s Funniest Animals

2:25pm The X Factor 3:40pm

Moonraker

6:00pm Weather


6:15pm ITV News and

Weather

6:30pm Stephen

Tompkinson’s

Australian Balloon

Adventure


8:00pm Heartbeat

9:00pm Martin Clunes -

Horsepower


Weather


10:15pm Drama Trails

11:15pm Comedy Classics:

Duty Free

12:15am Nightwatch with Steve

Scott: Crime 1:05am ITV News

Headlines 1:05am The Zone

2:30am Motorsport UK 3:20am ITV

Nightscreen 5:30am ITV Morning

News

6:10am The Hoobs 6:35am British

GT Championship 7:00am Rat

Race Urban Adventure Edinburgh

7:30am Basketball 8:25am Friends

8:55am Friends 9:30am Hollyoaks

12:00pm Big Brother’s Little

Brother 1:05pm Friends 1:40pm

The Simpsons 2:15pm The

Simpsons 2:45pm Ugly Betty

3:45pm Three in a Bed 4:15pm

Three in a Bed 4:50pm Three in a

Bed 5:20pm Deal or No Deal

6:10pm Stormbreaker


7:55pm 4thought.tv


9:00pm Inside Incredible

Athletes

10:30pm Alan Carr: Chatty

Man with Whoopi

Goldberg

11:20pm The Seeker: The

Dark Is Rising

1:10am Ultimate Big Brother: Live

4:35am Countdown 5:20am Hill

Street Blues

6:00am Peppa Pig 6:05am Roary

the Racing Car 6:15am Fifi and the

Flowertots 6:25am Bert and

Ernie’s Great Adventures 6:30am

Castle Farm 6:35am The

Milkshake! Show 7:00am Ben and

Holly’s Little Kingdom 7:10am Mio

Mao 7:20am Pocoyo 7:30am

Milkshake Monkey 7:35am Harry

and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs

7:45am Noddy in Toyland 7:55am

Milkshake! Bop Box 8:00am Mist:

Sheepdog Tales 8:10am Little

Princess 8:25am The Adventures

of Bottle Top Bill and His Best

Friend Corky 8:45am Igam Ogam

9:00am Olivia 9:15am The Mr Men

Show 9:30am Gerald McBoing

Boing 10:00am iCarly 10:35am

True Jackson, VP 11:10am

Michaela’s Wild Challenge

11:40am The Family Recipe

11:45am The Hotel Inspector

12:45pm Egypt’s Lost Queen

1:50pm The Law and Jake Wade

3:30pm Free Willy 2: the

Adventure Home 5:20pm Yours,

Mine & Ours

7:10pm Five News


8:00pm White Chicks

10:15pm Panic Room

12:25am UFC 91: Main Event

1:25am SuperCasino

6:00am Aerobics Oz Style 6:30am

Football First 8:00am Football First

9:30am The Sunday Supplement

11:00am Goals on Sunday 1:00pm

Live Super Sunday 3:30pm Live

Super Sunday

6:30pm Live Spanish Football

8:00pm Live Spanish Football

10:00pm Football First

11:30pm Football First

1:00am Football First 2:30am

Football First 4:00am Champions

League Weekly 4:30am US Open

Tennis 5:30am FIFA Futbol Mundial

6:00am Hour of Power 7:00am

Guinness World Records

Smashed! 8:00am Oops TV

8:30am Oops TV 9:00am Road

Wars 10:00am WWE Superstars

11:00am WWE: Experience

12:00pm Futurama 12:30pm

Futurama 1:00pm Must Be the

Music 2:00pm Must Be the Music

3:15pm Must Be the Music 4:00pm

Oops TV 5:00pm Futurama

6:00pm The Simpsons

6:30pm The Middle


8:15pm Must Be the Music -

Meet the Semi-

Finalists

9:00pm Michael Jackson’s

This Is It

11:10pm Martina Cole’s The

Take

7:00am Radical Highs 7:15am

Dragons’ Den 9:00am Have I Got

News for You 9:40am Have I Got




News for You 12:20pm Have I Got








News for You

6:20pm Have I Got News for

You


You


You






24/7 9:00am Four Weddings

9:30am Four Weddings 10:00am

Four Weddings 10:30am Four

Weddings 11:00am Four Weddings

11:30am Bulging Brides 12:00pm

The Birdcage 2:30pm Changing

Faces 3:25pm Celebs 24/7 3:30pm

Nothing to Declare 4:00pm

Passport Patrol 4:30pm Passport

Patrol 5:00pm Teen Mom

6:00pm Dating in the Dark

7:00pm Four Weddings US

8:00pm Ghost Whisperer



Investigation

6:10am Bargain Hunt 7:00am Cash

in the Celebrity Attic 8:00am Heir

Hunters 9:00am Animal Park: Wild

in Africa 10:00am Scream if You

Know the Answer! 10:30am




Know the Answer! 12:00pm Total

Wipeout USA 1:00pm Total

Wipeout USA 2:00pm Scream if

You Know the Answer! 2:30pm


3:00pm Scream if You Know the

Answer! 3:30pm Scream if You

Know the Answer! 4:00pm Doctor

Who 5:00pm Ghostbusters II

7:10pm Daddy Day Care

9:00pm Bruce Almighty

11:00pm Scream if You Know

the Answer!

Sunday 29 August




Hunters 9:45am Homes Under the

Hammer 10:45am To Buy or Not to

Buy 11:15am Cash in the Attic




1:15pm Sky High 2:50pm

Superman Returns 5:15pm

Weakest Link 6:00pm Weather

6:00pm BBC News

6:20pm Weather


6:30pm The One Show

7:00pm Edinburgh Military

Tattoo 2010

8:00pm EastEnders

8:30pm Panorama


You Are?

10:00pm BBC News


Weather

10:25pm Cars, Cops and

Criminals

11:25pm Weatherview

11:25pm Churchill: the

Hollywood Years

12:50am Tribal Wives 1:50am

Holby City 2:50am Ben Fogle’s

Escape in Time 3:35am Our World

4:00am BBC News 4:30am

HARDtalk 5:00am The World

Today

6:00am Bob the Builder: Ready,

Steady, Build! 6:10am Bob the

Builder 7:00am Bob the Builder

7:25am Jollywobbles 7:35am Buzz

and Tell 7:40am Timmy Time

7:50am Charlie and Lola 8:00am

Barney’s Latin America 8:30am Ed

and Oucho’s Excellent Inventions

9:00am Sam & Mark’s Guide to

Dodging Disaster 9:30am Leon

9:30am Gimme a Break 10:00am

Copycats 10:30am Deadly 60

11:00am Richard Hammond’s

Blast Lab 11:30am OOglies

11:45am Legend 1:10pm An

American in Paris 3:00pm Put Your

Money Where Your Mouth Is

3:45pm Flog It! 4:30pm Pointless

5:15pm Escape to the Country

6:00pm Eggheads

6:30pm Restoration

Roadshow

7:00pm Dan Snow’s Norman

Walks


Just Got In

8:00pm University Challenge

8:30pm Antiques Master

9:00pm Dragons’ Den

10:00pm Grandma’s House

10:30pm Dara O Briain: Live

at the Theatre Royal

11:30pm The Life and Death

of Peter Sellers


Jeremy Kyle Show 10:30am 60

Minute Makeover 11:30am House

Gift 12:30pm Dinner Date 1:30pm

ITV News and Weather 1:55pm

London News and Weather

2:00pm Dickinson’s Real Deal

3:00pm The Michael Ball Show


Britain’s Best Dish

6:00pm Weather


6:15pm ITV News and

Weather

6:30pm You’ve Been

Framed!

7:00pm Emmerdale


8:00pm Countrywise


9:00pm Agatha Christie’s

Marple


Weather


11:15pm Stephen

Tompkinson’s African

Balloon Adventure


12:15am The Zone 2:15am UEFA

Champions League Weekly

2:40am The Jeremy Kyle Show


ITV Morning News




Brother 8:55am Hollyoaks Music

Show 9:25am Privileged 10:20am

Scrubs 10:50am Friends 11:20am

Friends 11:50am IPC World

Swimming Championships

12:45pm Tora! Tora! Tora! 3:25pm

Countdown 4:10pm Deal or No

Deal 5:00pm Come Dine with Me

5:30pm Coach Trip

6:00pm The Simpsons

6:30pm Hollyoaks


7:25pm 4thought.tv

7:30pm Dispatches: Britain’s

Secret Slaves

8:30pm I Am Slave


11:10pm Alan Carr: Chatty

Man

11:55pm Ultimate Big Brother:

Live

2:35am The Anniversary Party

4:30am The Lady Wants Mink

6:00am Pocoyo 6:05am Roary the

Racing Car 6:15am Thomas &

Friends 6:30am Chiro 6:35am

Elmo’s World 6:50am Peppa Pig

6:55am Milkshake Monkey 7:00am

The WotWots 7:10am Rupert Bear

7:20am Bert and Ernie’s Great

Adventures 7:30am Roary the

Racing Car 7:45am Make Way for

Noddy 8:00am Fifi and the

Flowertots 8:15am Peppa Pig

8:20am Peppa Pig 8:25am

Thomas & Friends 8:35am Olivia


The Wright Stuff 10:30am Trisha

Goddard 11:30am CSI: NY

12:25pm CSI: NY 1:15pm

Neighbours 1:50pm Ambush at

Tomahawk Gap 3:20pm Torpedo

Run 5:10pm Weather 5:10pm Five

News 5:30pm Neighbours

6:00pm Zoo Days

6:00pm Panda Week with

Nigel Marven

6:30pm Michaela’s Zoo

Babies





9:00pm Jerry Maguire

11:45pm Down and Out in

Beverly Hills

1:45am SuperCasino


9:00am Soccer Extra 10:30am Live

Test Cricket: England V Pakistan

6:00pm Champions League

Weekly

6:30pm Netbusters

7:00pm Sky Sports News

7:30pm Live Speedway

9:30pm Netbusters

10:00pm SPL Round-Up

10:30pm Soccer AM: The Best

Bits

11:30pm Test Cricket

1:30am Netbusters 2:00am SPL

Round-Up 2:30am FIFA Futbol

Mundial 3:00am Soccer AM: The

Best Bits 4:00am Netbusters

4:30am Max Power 5:30am FIFA

Futbol Mundial


Crash Test Dummies 8:00am


Oops TV 9:30am Grease: The

School Musical 10:00am Grease:

The School Musical 10:30am Oops

TV 11:00am Wedding SOS

11:30am The Secret Guide to

Women’s Health 12:00pm The

Real A&E 1:00pm Malcolm in the

Middle 1:30pm Malcolm in the

Middle 2:00pm Liza and Huey’s Pet

Nation 3:00pm Stargate SG-1


Malcolm in the Middle

6:00pm Oops TV

6:30pm The Simpsons

8:00pm The Biggest Loser

US

10:00pm Law & Order

11:00pm Bones

7:10am Cooking in the Danger

Zone 7:35am Cooking in the

Danger Zone 8:00am Crash

8:30am Crash 9:00am QI 9:40am

QI 10:20am QI 11:00am QI

11:40am QI 12:20pm QI 1:00pm QI

1:40pm QI 2:20pm QI 3:00pm QI

3:40pm QI 4:20pm QI 5:00pm QI

5:40pm QI

6:20pm QI


You


You

10:20pm Mock the Week



You

11:40pm Have I Got News for You

12:20am Have I Got News for You




Springer Show 7:50am Celebs 24/7

8:00am Four Weddings 9:00am

America’s Next Top Model


Shortland Street 11:00am Four

Weddings 12:00pm Four Weddings

1:00pm Four Weddings 2:00pm

Four Weddings 3:00pm Shortland

Street 3:30pm Shortland Street

4:00pm Celebrity Four Weddings


Model



9:00pm Britain’s Next Top

Model



6:00am Bargain Hunt 7:00am

Animal Park: Wild in Africa 8:00am

Casualty 9:00am The Bill 10:00am

The Bill 11:00am Casualty

12:00pm Total Wipeout USA

1:00pm Total Wipeout USA 2:05pm

Ghostbusters II 4:20pm Superman

IV: the Quest for Peace

6:00pm Daddy Day Care

8:00pm Bruce Almighty

10:00pm Superman IV: the

Quest for Peace

11:45pm Jonathan Creek



Know the Answer! 1:55am Prison

Break 3:00am Close

Bank Holiday Monday 30 August
















1:45pm Doctors 2:15pm Diagnosis

Murder 3:00pm BBC News;


Green Balloon Scrapbook 3:30pm

Eliot Kid 3:40pm Winging It

4:05pm Horrible Histories 4:35pm

Leon 4:35pm Blue Peter 5:00pm

Newsround 5:15pm Weakest Link

6:00pm Weather

6:00pm BBC News

6:30pm Weather


7:00pm The One Show


News

7:30pm EastEnders

8:00pm Holby City

9:00pm The Deep

10:00pm BBC News


Weather

10:35pm Gears and Tears

11:05pm Weatherview

11:05pm In the Bedroom

1:15am Five Days That Changed

Britain


Builder: Ready, Steady, Build!

6:20am Postman Pat: SDS 6:35am

Guess with Jess 6:50am Yoko!

Jakamoko! Toto! 6:50am Pingu

7:00am Everything’s Rosie 7:10am

Bob the Builder 7:10am Garth and

Bev 7:25am Jollywobbles 7:35am

Buzz and Tell 7:40am Timmy Time


Barney’s Latin America 8:30am Ed

and Oucho’s Excellent Inventions





11:00am Richard Hammond’s Blast

Lab 11:30am Sam & Mark’s Guide

to Dodging Disaster 11:40am The

Boatniks 1:15pm Ready Steady

Cook 2:00pm Wanted Down Under

3:00pm Put Your Money Where

Your Mouth Is 3:45pm Flog It!

4:30pm Pointless 5:15pm Escape to

the Country

6:00pm Eggheads

6:30pm Restoration

Roadshow

7:00pm Coast

8:00pm The Great British

Bake Off

9:00pm Zimbabwe’s

Forgotten Children

10:30pm Weather

10:30pm Newsnight










Britain’s Best Dish 6:00pm

Weather


6:30pm ITV News and

Weather

7:00pm Emmerdale

7:30pm Grimefighters

8:00pm New Who Wants to

Be a Millionaire?

9:00pm The Bill


Weather


Weather

10:35pm Farewell The Bill

11:35pm Ladette to Lady

11:35pm Ladette to Lady 12:30am

ITV News Headlines 12:30am The

Zone 2:30am The Jeremy Kyle

Show 3:25am ITV Nightscreen

5:30am ITV Morning News

6:05am Sali Mali 6:10am The

Hoobs 6:35am The Hoobs 7:00am

Big Brother’s Little Brother 7:30am

Ultimate Big Brother 8:40am

Frasier 9:05am Hollyoaks Music

Show 9:35am Privileged 10:30am


Friends 12:00pm Channel 4 News

Summary 12:05pm Brothers &

Sisters 1:00pm Jamie at Home

1:30pm Three Came Home

3:25pm Countdown 4:10pm Deal

or No Deal 5:00pm Come Dine

with Me 5:30pm Coach Trip

6:00pm The Simpsons

6:30pm Hollyoaks


7:55pm 4thought.tv

8:00pm Help! My House Is

Falling Down

9:00pm The Hunt for Britain’s

Sex Traffickers


11:10pm The Inbetweeners


12:15am Late Night Poker 1:15am

Ultimate Big Brother: Live 2:30am

The Hunt for Britain’s Sex

Traffickers 3:25am KOTV Boxing

Weekly 3:55am British GT

Championship 4:20am The Grid

4:50am World Sport 5:15am ITU

Triathlon World Cup Magazine



Friends 6:30am Chiro 6:35am Elmo’s

World 6:50am Peppa Pig 6:55am

Milkshake Monkey 7:00am The

WotWots 7:10am Rupert Bear




Noddy 8:00am Fifi and the Flowertots

8:15am Peppa Pig 8:20am Peppa

Pig 8:25am Thomas & Friends

8:35am Olivia 8:50am The Mr Men

Show 9:00am Little Princess 9:15am

The Wright Stuff 10:45am Trisha

Goddard 11:45am CSI: Crime Scene


12:45pm The Hotel Inspector 1:45pm

Neighbours 2:15pm CSI: NY 3:05pm

Back to You and Me 5:00pm Weather

5:00pm Five News 5:30pm

Neighbours


Nigel Marven



7:30pm Five News Update

7:30pm Chris Barrie’s

Massive Speed


8:00pm Nature Shock: Killer

Squid

9:00pm CSI: Miami

10:00pm Five News Update

10:00pm CSI: NY


9:00am Netbusters 9:30am Test

Cricket 11:30am Netbusters

12:00pm Soccer AM: The Best Bits

1:00pm Test Cricket 3:00pm SPL

Round-Up 3:30pm Netbusters

4:00pm Live ECB 40 League

Cricket

10:00pm Countdown to the

2010 Ryder Cup

10:30pm Revista De La Liga

11:30pm Football Asia

12:00am A-League 12:30am

Revista De La Liga 1:30am

Football Asia 2:00am Countdown

to the 2010 Ryder Cup 2:30am

European Challenge Tour Golf

3:30am Revista De La Liga 4:30am

Football Asia 5:00am A-League




Oops TV 9:30am Oops TV

10:00am Missing Mums: Lorraine

Kelly Investigates 11:00am

Wedding SOS 11:30am Brain

Doctors 12:00pm The Real A&E

1:00pm Malcolm in the Middle


2:00pm Liza and Huey’s Pet Nation


Stargate SG-1 5:00pm Malcolm in

the Middle 5:30pm Malcolm in the

Middle

6:00pm Oops TV

6:30pm The Simpsons

8:00pm UK Border Force

9:00pm Michael Jackson’s

This Is It

11:10pm House

7:05am Top Gear 8:00am Top Gear

9:00am Robot Wars Extreme

10:00am The Gadget Show

10:30am Fifth Gear 11:00am Full

Circle with Michael Palin 12:00pm

Top Gear 1:00pm Top Gear 2:00pm

Robot Wars Extreme 3:00pm The

Gadget Show 3:30pm Fifth Gear

4:00pm Top Gear 5:00pm Top Gear




8:00pm Full Circle with

Michael Palin

9:00pm QI XL

10:00pm QI



12:00am QI XL 1:00am QI 1:40am

Would I Lie to You?









Four Weddings 12:00pm Bulging

Brides 12:30pm Bulging Brides


Investigation 2:00pm Criminal

Minds 3:00pm Shortland Street

4:00pm Charmed


Model


8:00pm Britain’s Next Top

Model


10:00pm Teen Mom

6:20am Funniest Pets and People



8:00am Casualty 9:00am The Bill

10:00am The Bill 11:00am

Casualty 12:00pm Fantasy Homes

by the Sea 1:00pm Funniest Pets

and People 1:30pm Funniest Pets

and People 2:00pm Outtake TV

2:40pm My Family 3:20pm My


Africa 5:00pm Funniest Pets and

People

6:00pm Outtake TV

6:40pm My Family

7:20pm My Family

8:00pm Fantasy Homes by

the Sea

9:00pm Jonathan Creek


You Are?

Tuesday 31 August







the Hammer 11:00am To Buy or Not

to Buy 11:30am BBC News;


12:15pm Bargain Hunt 1:00pm BBC

News; Weather 1:30pm Regional

News and Weather 1:45pm Doctors

2:15pm Diagnosis Murder 3:00pm

BBC News; Weather; Regional

News 3:05pm Green Balloon

Scrapbook 3:30pm Eliot Kid 3:40pm

Wingin’ It 4:05pm Little Howard’s

Big Question 4:35pm Leon 4:35pm

Blue Peter 5:00pm Newsround

5:15pm Weakest Link

6:00pm BBC News

6:30pm Weather


7:00pm The One Show


News

7:30pm Tales from the Blitz

8:00pm Waterloo Road

9:00pm Crimewatch Solved

10:00pm BBC News


Weather


Draws

10:45pm Reggie Perrin

11:15pm National Lottery

Update and

Weatherview











Prank Patrol 8:30am Ed and

Oucho’s Excellent Inventions






Lab 11:30am Blackbeard’s Ghost

1:15pm Ready Steady Cook

2:00pm Wanted Down Under




the Country

6:00pm Eggheads

6:30pm Restoration

Roadshow

7:00pm The Tony Blair

Interview with

Andrew Marr

8:00pm Coast

9:00pm Alex Higgins: The

People’s Champion

10:00pm Grumpy Old Men

10:30pm Newsnight











Weather


6:30pm ITV News and

Weather

7:00pm Emmerdale

7:30pm The Lakes

8:00pm Agatha Christie’s

Poirot


Weather


Weather

10:35pm Send in the Dogs

11:35pm Celebrity Juice

11:35pm Celebrity Juice 12:20am

ITV News Headlines 12:20am The

Zone 2:20am Blues Brothers 2000

4:20am The Jeremy Kyle Show


ITV Morning News





The Hollyoaks Music Show

9:35am Privileged 10:30am


Friends 12:00pm Channel 4 News



1:35pm On the Town 3:25pm



5:30pm Coach Trip

6:00pm The Simpsons

6:30pm Hollyoaks


7:55pm 4thought.tv

8:00pm How to Look Good

Naked


Sex Traffickers


11:10pm School of Comedy

11:40pm School of Comedy

12:10am Student Tour 12:25am

Tinie Tempah at RockCorps 2010

12:55am Ultimate Big Brother:

Live 2:15am The Hunt for Britain’s

Sex Traffickers 3:10am Beach

Volleyball 4:05am Basketball

4:55am Rat Race Urban

Adventure 5:25am Countdown

















11:45am CSI: Crime Scene


12:45pm The Hotel Inspector

1:45pm Neighbours 2:15pm CSI:

NY 3:05pm Love Comes Softly

5:00pm Weather 5:00pm Five

News 5:30pm Neighbours


Nigel Marven



7:30pm Michaela’s Zoo

Babies

8:00pm Emergency Bikers

9:00pm NCIS

10:00pm Law & Order:

Criminal Intent

10:55pm K-Ville

11:55pm Poker


9:00am Countdown to the 2010

Ryder Cup 9:30am Revista De La

Liga 10:30am Football Asia

11:00am European Challenge Tour

Golf 12:00pm Revista De La Liga

1:00pm Football Asia 1:30pm A-

League 2:00pm Revista De La Liga

3:00pm Countdown to the 2010

Ryder Cup 3:30pm Live ECB 40

League Cricket

9:30pm FIFA Futbol Mundial

10:00pm Boots ‘n’ All

11:00pm Transworld Sport


World Cup 2:00am FIFA Futbol

Mundial 2:30am Boots ‘n’ All


World Cup 5:30am FIFA Futbol

Mundial







Wedding SOS 11:30am Babies at

Risk 12:00pm First Love 1:00pm

Malcolm in the Middle 1:30pm

Malcolm in the Middle 2:00pm Liza

and Huey’s Pet Nation 3:00pm

Stargate SG-1 4:00pm Stargate

SG-1 5:00pm Malcolm in the

Middle

6:00pm Oops TV

6:30pm The Simpsons

8:00pm Vet Adventures



Meet the Semi-

Finalists

7:00am Airport 7:30am Airport

8:00am The Gadget Show 8:30am

Trawlermen 9:00am Top Gear

10:00am Top Gear 11:00am The

Gadget Show 11:30am Fifth Gear

12:00pm Top Gear 1:00pm Top

Gear 2:00pm Robot Wars Extreme

3:00pm The Gadget Show 3:30pm

Trawlermen 4:00pm Top Gear

5:00pm Top Gear



7:30pm Fifth Gear

8:00pm Fifth Gear




10:20pm Argumental

11:00pm Argumental


7:00am The Jerry Springer Show

7:25am The Jerry Springer Show

7:50am Celebs 24/7 8:00am Maury

8:55am Celebs 24/7 9:00am

America’s Next Top Model


Shortland Street 11:00am Four

Weddings 12:00pm Bulging Brides

12:30pm Bulging Brides 1:00pm

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2:00pm Criminal Minds 3:00pm

Shortland Street 3:30pm Shortland

Street 4:00pm Charmed


Model

7:00pm Celebrity Four

Weddings


9:00pm Ghost Whisperer

10:00pm CSI: Miami










2:40pm Outtake TV 3:20pm My



People

6:00pm Outtake TV

7:20pm My Family


the Sea

9:00pm Dawn Gets Her Man

10:00pm Neighbourhood

Watched

10:55pm Medical Emergency

11:55pm Waking the Dead

Wednesday 01 September
















Eliot Kid 3:40pm Wingin’ It 4:05pm

Animals at Work 4:35pm Deadly

60 5:00pm Newsround 5:15pm

Weakest Link 6:00pm Weather

6:00pm BBC News

6:30pm Weather


7:00pm The One Show


News

7:30pm EastEnders

8:00pm Waterloo Road

9:00pm Motorway Cops

10:00pm BBC News


Weather

10:35pm 10 Things You Need

to Know About Sleep

11:35pm Holiday Weatherview

11:35pm The Abduction Club

1:15am Panorama


















Lab 11:30am All the King’s Men






the Country

6:00pm Eggheads

6:30pm Restoration

Roadshow

7:00pm Natural World

7:50pm Coast

8:00pm E Numbers: An

Edible Adventure

9:00pm Digging for Britain

10:00pm Have I Got Old News

for You

10:30pm Weather











Weather


6:30pm ITV News and

Weather

7:00pm Emmerdale

7:30pm Community Dis-

Service: Tonight

8:00pm Emmerdale


9:00pm Real Crime with

Mark Austin: Yvonne

Fletcher - Justice

Betrayed


Weather


Weather

10:35pm City Slickers


12:40am The Zone 2:40am The

Jeremy Kyle Show 3:35am

Community Dis-Service: Tonight


ITV Morning News





The Hollyoaks Music Show

9:35am Garfield Gets Real

11:00am Friends 11:30am Friends




1:30pm Broken Lance 3:25pm



5:30pm Coach Trip

6:00pm The Simpsons

6:30pm Hollyoaks


7:55pm 4thought.tv

8:00pm Location, Location,

Location


Sex Traffickers


11:10pm Cha’Mone - Mo’fo

Selecta! A Tribute to

Michael Jackson

12:15am Coming Up: Boy

12:45am The Album Chart Show

Spotlight 1:00am Ultimate Big

Brother: Live 3:05am The Hunt for

Britain’s Sex Traffickers 4:00am

When Hell Freezes 5:25am

Countdown

















11:45am CSI: Miami 12:40pm Five

News 12:45pm The Hotel

Inspector 1:45pm Neighbours

2:15pm CSI: NY 3:10pm The

Family Recipe 3:15pm Sex and

Lies in Sin City 5:00pm Weather

5:00pm Five News 5:30pm

Neighbours


Nigel Marven



7:30pm Escape from

Alcatraz


8:00pm Egypt’s Lost Queen

9:00pm The Shepherd

11:00pm Britain’s Ugliest

Models


9:00am FIFA Futbol Mundial

9:30am Total Rugby 10:00am

Women’s Rugby Union World Cup

12:00pm Boots ‘n’ All 1:00pm

Transworld Sport 2:00pm Total

Rugby 2:30pm Women’s Rugby

Union World Cup 4:30pm Live ECB

40 League Cricket

10:00pm Time of Our Lives


World

11:30pm The Rugby Club

12:30am Premier League Snooker

4:00am Time of Our Lives 5:00am

Premier League World 5:30am

IAAF Athletix Weekly







Wedding SOS 11:30am Adoption

Diaries 12:00pm The Real A&E



2:00pm Liza and Huey’s Pet Nation


Stargate SG-1 5:00pm Malcolm in

the Middle 5:30pm Malcolm in the

Middle

6:00pm Oops TV

6:30pm The Simpsons

8:00pm The Real A&E

8:30pm Real Filth Fighters

9:00pm Lie to Me

10:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles


8:00am The Gadget Show 8:30am

Speeders 9:00am Top Gear 10:00am

Top Gear 11:00am The Gadget Show

11:30am Speeders 12:00pm Top

Gear 1:00pm Top Gear 2:00pm Robot

Wars Extreme 3:00pm The Gadget

Show 3:30pm James May’s 20th

Century 4:00pm Top Gear



7:30pm James May’s 20th

Century

8:00pm The World’s Most

Stupid Criminals

9:00pm Never Mind the

Buzzcocks


You

11:45pm Never Mind the

Buzzcocks














4:00pm Charmed


Model


8:00pm Private Practice














2:40pm My Family 4:00pm Animal

Park: Wild in Africa 4:30pm Animal

Park: Wild in Africa 5:00pm

Funniest Pets and People

6:00pm Outtake TV

6:40pm My Family


the Sea

9:00pm Car Wars

9:30pm Car Wars

10:00pm Waking the Dead

Thursday 02 September















Eliot Kid 3:40pm Wingin’ It 4:05pm

Trapped 4:35pm Hounded 5:00pm

Newsround 5:15pm Weakest Link

6:00pm Weather

6:00pm BBC News

6:30pm Weather


7:00pm The One Show


News

7:30pm Animal 24:7

8:00pm EastEnders

8:30pm The Inspector Lynley

Mysteries

10:00pm BBC News


Weather



Draws

11:15pm Weatherview

11:15pm Grosse Pointe Blank

6:00am Children’s TV 7:10am











11:00am What’s New Scooby-

Doo? 11:25am Odd Man Out





4:30pm Pointless 5:15pm Escape

to the Country

6:00pm Eggheads

6:30pm Restoration

Roadshow


You Are?

8:00pm Mastermind

8:30pm Gardeners’ World

9:00pm Home Movie

Roadshow


Just Got In

10:30pm Newsnight

11:00pm Weather

11:00pm The Review Show

11:50pm Reading Festival

2010









4:00pm Inspector Morse

5:00pm Britain’s Best Dish 6:00pm

Weather


6:30pm ITV News and

Weather

7:00pm Emmerdale

7:30pm Live International

Football


Weather


Weather

10:45pm International Football

Highlights

11:45pm Cops with Cameras

6:10am Sali Mali 6:15am The

Hoobs 6:40am The Hoobs 7:05am

Big Brother’s Little Brother 7:35am

Ultimate Big Brother 8:45am

Frasier 9:15am Hoot 11:00am

Friends 11:30am Friends 12:00pm

Channel 4 News Summary

12:05pm Brothers & Sisters

1:00pm Jamie at Home 1:35pm

Big Business 3:25pm Countdown

4:10pm Deal or No Deal


5:30pm Coach Trip

6:00pm The Simpsons

6:30pm Hollyoaks


7:25pm 4thought.tv


You Were?

8:00pm A Place in the Sun:

Home or Away




11:25pm Tim Minchin: Live

















11:45am CSI: Miami 12:40pm Five

News 12:45pm The Hotel

Inspector 1:45pm Neighbours

2:15pm CSI: NY 3:05pm Expecting

a Miracle 5:00pm Weather 5:00pm

Five News 5:30pm Neighbours


Nigel Marven



7:30pm Zoo Days


8:00pm Police Interceptors

9:00pm The Mentalist

10:00pm Law & Order: Special

Victims Unit

11:00pm CSI: NY



9:00am The Rugby Club 10:00am

NRL Fulltime 10:30am

Championship Rugby League

12:30pm The Rugby Club 1:30pm

Premier League World 2:00pm

Transworld Sport 3:00pm The

Rugby Club 3:55pm Live

International Football

6:00pm Football League

Weekend


World

7:30pm Live International

Football

10:00pm Take It Like a Fan

10:30pm International Football




Oops TV 9:30am Oops TV 10:00am

Missing Mums: Lorraine Kelly

Investigates 11:00am Wedding SOS

11:30am New Parent Nightmares

12:00pm The Real A&E 1:00pm

Malcolm in the Middle 1:30pm

Malcolm in the Middle 2:00pm Liza

and Huey’s Pet Nation 3:00pm

Stargate SG-1 4:00pm Stargate SG-

1 5:00pm WWE Superstars

6:00pm Oops TV

6:30pm The Simpsons

8:00pm The Middle



Meet the Semi-

Finalists

10:30pm Lie to Me


8:00am Dragons’ Den: On Tour

9:00am Top Gear 10:00am Top

Gear 11:00am The Gadget Show

11:30am Speeders 12:00pm Top

Gear 1:00pm Top Gear 2:00pm

Robot Wars Extreme 3:00pm The

Gadget Show 3:30pm James

May’s 20th Century 4:00pm Top

Gear 5:00pm Top Gear



7:30pm James May’s 20th

Century

8:00pm Dragons’ Den: On

Tour

9:00pm QI

9:40pm QI



11:45pm QI














3:30pm Shortland Street 4:00pm

Charmed 5:00pm Charmed


Model


8:00pm Passport Patrol

9:00pm Medium

10:00pm CSI: Miami










2:40pm My Family 3:20pm My


Africa 4:30pm Animal Park: Wild in


People

6:00pm Outtake TV

6:40pm My Family


the Sea

9:00pm 50 Greatest Magic

Tricks

11:15pm Street Fighter

Friday 03 September






Weekly Update

JOE ‘IN MY OPINION’ FERGUSONEmail: [email protected]


Entertainment www.canarianweekly.com

I HAVE deliberatelywaited a month towrite this as I didn’twant to come over asa gushing father. Andam so glad I did.

Never again will I look intothe eyes of a brand-new dadand believe a word he says. Ifyou are a mother reading thisand thinking, “Oh, you have iteasy”, please let me finishbefore passing judgement.

The life I once had has nowbeen banished and never toreturn. It’s there alongsidethat first kiss, first beer andfirst base!

I knew it was not going to beeasy but never, in a millionyears, did I think it was goingto be this hard.

The first week was brilliant:all the presents from familyand friends - even perfectstrangers. The good wishesand cards were all lovely, and Iwas enjoying the start offamily life.

I even thanked everyonewho said my son was beauti-ful. I am not stupid: he hadbuggy eyes, wrinkly skin andwhat I can only describe asgammon steaks for ears.

But naturally, I fell in lovewith him and even convincedmyself he was a good-lookingkid.

Mrs Ferguson’s family wereover for the first week-and-a-half of his life, and they allcarried on with some kind ofnormality as the child waspassed from person to per-son while the bonding processbegan.

Then, as the group becamethree, I felt as though I waslooking on at my life throughsomeone else’s eyes. It waslike an episode of The TwilightZone as what I was so used tobecame a life I did not recog-nise.

I thought the only pain Iwould experience was on apersonal level was that ofwatching the person you arein love with going throughcontractions, without anykind of pain relief, and feeling

helpless as there was not athing I could do.

But I now feel the pain in myears of the highest soundlevel in the world. The piercingshriek of this noise has nowgiven me a permanentheadache.

I have tried every tabletknown to man to relieve this,but to no avail. My sense ofsmell has gone completelyawol because of the strengthof baby pooh. Why is it sostrong?

I watch the History Channeland have seen many years ofprogrammes about the FirstWorld War and the witnessreports of Mustard Gas.

No disrespect, but I’m surethat if our side had fired

filled-up nappies at theenemy, the conflict wouldhave all ended a lot quicker.

When thinking of babies,

you are supposed to think ofrainbows. Sorry, but I have yetto see the multitude ofcolours I have witnessed fromhis nappy in a rainbow.

I love my sleep. If I don’t getat least nine hours a night, Iam a psycho ready to burst atthe seams. Ask anyone whoknows me - if I am moodygoing into Oasis Fm, the staffknow my sleep pattern hasgone.

I was on the nightshift for aweek and was the worsthuman being in the world. Idon’t get it. They spend ninemonths in the dark and allthey do is sleep until they popout.

So you’d think they wouldbe in check with what hap-

pens at night. But no, whenvisitors are around at ours,and he sits there cooing away,they all think he is an angel.

I have news for you. Fromnow on, I am accepting visi-tors during the early hoursonly, and I am consideringchanging his name to Damien.

He has the look of the Devilin him as he looks around tosee if I notice that he is awake.I swear he does it in badness,giving me a false sense ofsecurity and, as my eyes startto close, that’s when the wail-ing begins again.

Feeding time is for me tak-ing the biscuit. How much milkcan one person drink? IGoogled, asked friends whoare midwives and they all saidthe same thing: “A baby has astomach only the size of awalnut.”

Okay then, let’s save timeand give him a walnut! It’s awin-win situation. I can finishthe job within a matter ofseconds to get some sleep,and the kid has a full stomach.

That’s maybe me being a lit-tle harsh there, but it’s agood idea come the nextepisode of evolution.

This week has been theworst, though. I am seriouslyconsidering contacting theGuinness Book of WorldRecords as I seem to have hada cold for the longest periodin history.

My throat kills, I have thesniffles and my chest feelslike it belongs to an 80-year-old. It’s driving me mental andI have now passed this on toTaylor. Talk about attentionseeking- this kid has turnedinto a right little diva.

His Mum cleans the bogiesfrom his nose, and he is a lit-tle wheezy. So every ten min-utes, he lulls us again intothinking he is sleeping, andthen we hear the dummybeing spat out and thefoghorn voice starting again.

We pick him up, his eyesclose, and we then lay him inthe Moses basket. By thistime, the area where I livegoes into blackout and all thepeople living there take to

their underground bunkers ashe cries like a 1940s warningsiren.

And it goes on and on andon. I am well freaked out withall this going on. When I start-ed to court Mrs Ferguson, Inever thought I would see thebeautiful woman I fell in lovewith sitting on the couch witha breast pump going full blast!

This is simply from a male’spoint of view and I know for afact that you ladies readingthis right now are fuming.And I also know what’s goingon in your mind and exactlywhat you are going say.

So let me stop you thereand let me find cap lock onmy keyboard: BEING A MOTH-ER IS THE HARDEST JOB INTHE WORLD!

No matter what career inlife down the millions ofyears, not one job can be likethat of being a mother. I canwrite a little column and letoff steam about how frus-trating it all is.

But that’s only a small per-centage of what his Mumgoes through. She is with him24 hours a day. I can go towork, make an excuse to popout for a bit of quiet and yes,I do feel a little guilty afterthe fifth pint, knowing thetwo of them are alone.

So whatever I and everyother male feel on the planetabout being a new father, it’sNOTHING to what yourwife/girlfriend goes through,from conception to the endof their days.

Final note. When he looksinto my eyes as I give him acuddle, or just makes strangenoises at me, my heart melts.I know at that very instant Iwould do anything for him.

He was planned and Kateand I have never been happier.I am deeply in love with a boyand would not change a thing… not even his gammon-steakears!

For Taylor:When you are old enough to

read this, I will have lost countthe times I have said that Ilove you .Dad xx

What a differencea month makes...



DRESSING your win-dows is one of themost important fac-tors of your home,and one that willdraw attentionimmediately.

The curtains are probablyone of the first things yousee when you walk into aroom. If you moved toTenerife for the sunshine andthat fabulous view from yourlounge window, why frame itwith a pale rag hanging oneither side?

Having said that, there aremany ready-made curtainsand blinds available, and youmay be lucky and get some-thing that fits your windowsperfectly. If not, though,made-to-measure curtainsare not that expensive, andyou can definitely tell the dif-ference!

Window dressings need asense of proportion and theeye responds better to polesthat are midway between thetop of the window and the

ceiling, for example. Curtainsfitted right to the top of thewall can be overpowering, andmake the room look smallerand the ceiling lower.

Maybe you like the idea ofwhite voiles blowing in thebreeze, but also need someprivacy at night? No problem,you can choose your fresh,white voile, but back it withwhite sun curtain behind it ona separate pole. That willenable you to use them ontheir own during the day, andtogether at night.

Sun curtain is somethingwhich has been used here inTenerife for many years,because of the intense sunand heat. However, they have

now been developed so thatthey bear no relation to theplastic ones which are whiteon one side and silver on theother.

They now come in a widevariety of vibrant and mutedcolours, so you can use themon their own if you need tokeep the cost down, or toback other curtains or voilesin white.

Apart from their obvioususe - to keep the sun out ofrooms - they also have theadded advantage of prevent-ing fading to furniture, andare ideal for people who leavetheir properties shut up forlong periods.

The bedroom is one area

where sun curtain is a realasset. In fact, I don’t knowwhy it isn’t more in use in theUK!

After all, whether you areon holiday, or just like theoccasional lie-in or afternoonsiesta, sun curtain will ensurethat your bedroom stays cooland dark at any time of day.

This is also a real bonus

when you are trying to getthe kids to sleep early on ourlong summer evenings!

If you have a window withdirect sunlight that causesyou a problem (when you arewatching TV, say), but youdon’t want to make the roomcompletely dark, why notconsider vertical blinds in suncurtain material?

The slats can be angled tokeep the sun away from cer-tain areas, while allowing lightinto the rest of the room.

Whatever your reasons, dodress your window to makethe most of it!

All of the above items areavailable from Deco Nuevo,next to Ofipapel in LosCristianos.

Common Sense Furnishings

SUE MCDONALDEmail: [email protected]


Home www.canarianweekly.com

Made to measure,...on or off the peg?

OLDER couples hopingto down-size their UKproperties are findingit far more difficultthan they thoughtthey would.

Yet they perform an inte-gral role in the marketbecause they are cash buyers,so they don't need mort-gages.

They move when theywant to, rather thanbecause of economic condi-tions, and they have all

looked a recession in theeyes before. RichardDonnell, director of proper-ty analysts Hometrack, says:“The over-65s own £1,100billion of housing equity inthis country, which meansthey constitute 25% of thevalue of the housing market.

“We spend huge amounts oftime and effort getting peo-ple on to the housing ladder,but very little time helpingpeople down-size at the otherend.

“They are effectively block-ing beds in family houses

because we are not supplyingenough retirement homes.

“We need to free up thisvery valuable tier of housingfor families, and cater for asection of society which isgrowing faster than anyother.”

Mr Donnell calculates thatbuilders have producedbetween 1,300 and 2,200retirement homes in each ofthe past five years, whilearound 26,000 seniors eachyear have gone to claim theirpensions abroad. “It is crazy,”he adds.

Golden oldies whojust can’t get away

Getting to the root of your gardening problems!

DAVID HUDGELLEmail: [email protected]

www.canarianweekly.com Gardening


AS most of you mustknow by now, herbscan be grown inTenerife all yearround, and not just toflavour food.

But were you also awarethat many plants in the gar-den that we consider flowersare actually herbs as well?Take nasturtiums andmarigolds - both extremelycolourful flowers.

They are also used as alter-native medicine remedies,and thegood thing is that youcan grow a variety of them incontainers on your patio or inyour garden.

There is so much more toboth these plant/herb-typeflowers. Nasturtiums haveorange, yellow and red flow-ers, and can be used in hang-ing baskets, or simply tum-bling down the side of a wall.

They spread like mad oncethey get a hold, and pop upeverywhere in the garden inthe most unexpected ofplaces,maing a fabulous showwhere you least expect it,thanks to the seeds beingblown around by the wind.

Did you know that nastur-tiums can be used to addcolour and a hot pepperyflavour to salads. You can alsopickle the seeds to provide asubstitute for capers.

On the medical side, theyare also high in vitamin C (thesunshine vitamin) and can beused to prevent scurvy.

The Pot Marigold (Calendulaofficinalis) is recognised asherb now widely used formany purposes - as a medi-cine, food colourant and cos-metic ingredient.

Amazingly (if you weren’taware), it is effective formost minor skin complaints,and even helps to alleviatenappy rash.

The other side of the coin isthat just looking at the sunnyorange flowers cheers thespirit, and it is also an excel-lent companion plant in anorganic garden.

This happy flower, known asthe “merrybuds” of

Shakespeare, was first used inIndian and Arabic culturesbefore being discovered bythe ancient Egyptians, whovalued marigold as a rejuve-nating herb.

The marigold’s uses aremanifold. In the kitchen, theflower petals make a verygood culinary dye. They haveeven been used for butterand cheese, and as a poor

man’s saffron to colour rice. They are also an attractive

addition to salads andomelettes (young leaves canbe added to salads) and,believe it or not, they make aninteresting cup of tea.

As for the medical factor,marigold flowers contain anti-septic, anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties, whichpromote healing, and you can

make a compress or a poul-tice of the flowers for burns,scalds and stings.

They are also useful in thetreatment of varicose veins,chilblains and impetigo. A coldinfusion may be used as eye-wash for conjunctivitis, andcan be a help in the treat-ment of thrush.

The sap from the stem isknown for removing warts,

corns and calluses, whilethere are many skin and cos-metic preparations whichcontain marigold.

Infuse the flowers and useas a skin lotion to reduce largepores, nourish and clear theskin, and clear up spots andpimples. Blimey, who needsthe chemist?

As well as the popular, culi-nary herbs such as mint, basilthyme, parsley, and rosemary,which all thrive out here,lavender is a wonderfulsource of scent, as well as oil.Oh, and don’t forget, it canalso be used for pest controland cooking.

It is one of the most popu-lar medicinal plants, used bymany past civilisations, andthe Romans are credited withhelping to spread the wideuse of the plant/herb today.

Judging by the number ofspecies available, lavendernever seems to have fallenout of popularity throughoutthousands of years of histo-ry.

It is one of the most-used

medicinal plants, perhapsbecause of its versatile abili-ty to heal a wide number ofhealth problems.

Although there are manyspecies of lavender, truelavender (Lavandula angusti-folia) and, to some extent,spike lavender (Lavandula lat-ifolia) were the most com-monly-used medicinal vari-eties used in ancient times. Itwas used both as a herb andas an oil to treat ancient ail-ments.

In fact, these two varietieshave been used medicinally ina number of ways through-out history. That’s becauselavender embraces a com-plex chemical make-up, whichis capable of treating manyproblems.

Dispersing dried lavenderpetals around the bed andapplying a few drops of laven-der oil on pillows and bedsheets helps reduce sleep dis-orders and calms the nerves,acting as a sedative to inducedeep slumber.

Lighting scented lavendercandles can also be conduciveto relaxation and meditation,besides adding lavenderpetals to bath water.

Also, using lavender per-fume keeps the nervessoothed throughout the day,and leaves you feeling freshand positive

Some of the most commonmedicinal uses of lavenderare:· Insect repellent· Eases cramps· Eases muscular aches andpain· Treats coughs and colds· Mends headaches· Helps you relax

Several records indicate thatlavender was even used bythe ancient Egyptians as oneof the ancient oils in themummification process.

Records also indicate thatthey used many other herbsand plants medicinally and forcosmetic purposes. The listgoes on and on, and it is nowonder that lavender, espe-cially, seems to have beenused forever, one way oranother

Some colourful curesfor so many ailments

DEAR CHRISTINEYour resident Agony AuntEmail: [email protected]

CARL PATTISON

Email: [email protected]

from Robot, answers your hair questions

Health & Beauty www.canarianweekly.com

THIS month’s men’ssection is all aboutcleaning …no, not thehouse or apartment.You!

I think some of you guys outthere are still stuck in the 70swhen it comes to grooming. Ibet you all still use soap or,even worse, shower gel towash your face.

Things have changed, andit’s now so easy to care foryour skin without changingyour routine or spendingmore time in the bathroom.

Most toiletries contain twomain ingredients: water andsalt. Yes salt, which is used tothicken products like sham-poo, shower gel, bubble bath,etc.

Okay, a little is not so bad,but look on the back of theproduct. If it says sodium(salt), then you can safely saythat this product could bedrying you out, or making askin condition worse.

When washing your face,try to look for a gentle facecleanser, which comes in atube normally or, sometimes,in the form of a bar (likesoap).

These products aredesigned for your face areaonly. They are much milderand don’t have the harshnessthat soap does. Never washyour face in shower gel.

When using a face cleanser,choose one that is designedfor your skin type. Choosefrom normal, normal to dryor normal to greasy. Othertypes are available, usuallyfrom a perfumerie.

I can’t mention brands, buttry to choose a non-super-

market brand, usually around£10-15. With daily use, thesewill last around 3-4 months.

Start by wetting face withwarm (not hot) water, thenapply a small amount of yourchosen product and work intoa lather in your hands.

Apply to your face in a cir-cular movement, not forget-ting your nose and neck area,too. Be particularly carefularound the eye area as thisskin is much thinner.

Massage in well for around30 seconds, then rinse well incool water - or cold if you canstand it. This cooler water willclose your pores, helpingguard against spots, tighten-ing up your skin and making itappear brighter.

If you really want to lookafter your face, then apply atoner (usually in liquid form),which will seal the skin andcalm down any irritations(usually from shaving).

If used after shaving, bewarned that it could stingslightly, but don’t be alarmedbecause this is normal.

Next, the most importantstep: moisturising. It was once

thought of as not a “manthing”, but is now consideredan everyday, essential proce-dure.

Getting your moisturiserright is very important - toomuch, and you could getspots or overly greasy skin;too little, and your skin canfeel tight and even dehydrat-ed.

Depending on your skintype, you should be using aquantity around the size of aeuro to moisturise your faceand neck area.

Massage well into the skin,using circular movements butin an upward direction, espe-cially on the neck.

Never apply aftershave toyour face area because itcontains alcohol, which driesthe face. Instead, use overbody and clothes.

Yes, having a new routinejust to wash your face mayseem like a chore, but you willget used to it, and it takesonly a few minutes.

You will see the results aftera few weeks, and the benefitsin years to come!

Carl

Let’s face facts Dear Christine,With my help, my daughter

and her husband bought a love-ly apartment 18 months ago -their first real home togetherafter sharing with me. Theyhave a four-year-old daughterand I thought, for her sake, theywould keep it clean.

But it’s horribly dirty and get-ting worse by the day. I’m sleep-ing badly because of it and myrelationship with my daughterhas become very strained. I findit impossible to keep my mouthshut, so we often end up argu-ing. How do I deal with this as it’smaking me depressed and it’sthe only thing I can thinkabout? Shirley

Dear Shirley,It’s lovely that you helped your

daughter to buy a nicehome. Now, though, you needto let go - with love. Yourdaughter’s a wife and mother;she’s an adult who’s allowed todecide how she’ll live - and that’snot according to your rules.

Getting angry and upset withher is certainly not going tomake her change. It’s even pos-sible that your criticisms, how-ever well-meaning, are makingher rebel and be messier thanshe would otherwise be. It’s nother job in life to please you,remember.

For the moment, why notmeet your daughter only forpleasure trips, such as going tothe beach, shopping or out forlunch or coffee? You don’t haveto go to her home. Treat herwith respect and give her somegenuine praise, even if it’s onlyabout her nice smile, her shinyhair or how lovely her daughteris.

Once you’ve had a few non-contentious outings, you mightask her if there’s anything she’dlike a hand with. If there is, great!But if she sees your help as

unnecessary or critical, acceptthat and let her do things herown way.

Who knows, without feelingcriticised, she might be suffi-ciently relieved and energised todo more housework. She alsomay not, because it’s her choice.

As you’ve been feelingdepressed, I hope you’ll talkthings through with your doc-tor, and seek counselling, too,such as with AndreaGreenhalgh, in Las Americaswww.andreagreenhalghcoun-selling.co.uk (659 054 745).

You might also like to try hyp-notherapy with Malcolm Dobsonwww.hypnotherapysociety.com(922 729 687). Malcolm can pro-vide quick and effective help forpeople with emotional and psy-chological issues.

All in all, it’s time for you toconcentrate on yourself now,Shirley. It’s not selfish but sensi-ble. Set yourself some pleasantgoals, like learning a new skill andhaving regular relaxing treat-ments such as aromatherapy,reflexology or even facials. Allthe very best,Christine

Dear Christine,I started a new job three

weeks ago driving a fork-lifttruck. The guy who was to trainme (who had done the job forsix months) turned out to bethe guy I ended up sharing ahouse with ten years ago whenI first came to Tenerife.

It was brilliant! He showed meall there was to the job, we havea good laugh together, chatabout the good old days andplan on meeting up regularlyagain. He’s a great guy andspends most of his money help-ing his two daughters, whorecently moved out here. I real-ly admire him for this. All I payfor are things for myself.

My big problem is that a newfork-lift isn’t coming for me to

use, like I’d thought. Instead I’llbe replacing my old buddy. He’llbe losing his job for some rea-son that’s beyond me, and hehas no idea at all. I was told by aboss who asked me not to tellhim, that it should come fromsomeone in authority. Help! Idon’t know what to do! It tookme ages to find a job.Brian

Dear Brian,You’re in a difficult position

through no fault of your ownand I truly sympathise. What nei-ther of us knows is why yourfriend is to be replaced. Thebosses must have some reasonfor this.

Maybe very recent problemshave arisen within the companyso they can no longer affordtwo fork-lift truck drivers;maybe he’s done something toput him at odds with the man-agement, or maybe they cansave money by employing youfor less money than they payhim.

I don’t know how your friendwill react when they give himthe boot, but I don’t supposehe’ll be very happy about it. Hemay even try to blame you,which would be totally unfairbecause you haven’t chosenthe management’s action andwouldn’t have taken yourfriend’s job deliberately.Hopefully, they’ll decide theycan move him to some otherposition.

What can you do aboutthis? I’d advise you to keepquiet. After all, you’re in noway responsible for the situa-tion. If you did tell yourfriend, (a) there’s nothing hecan do about it and (b), you’dbe doing yourself a disservicewith the management. Sowhen he finds out, it’s proba-bly best if you don’t let onthat you knew.

I hope he’ll continue to beyour friend, because you’ll beable to support him in lookingfor a better job. If he falls outwith you, it would be throughno fault of your own. I’d befairly wary of this particularcompany, though. Good luck.Christine

Christine Craggs-Hinton is theauthor of 17 self-help books,including ‘How to Lower yourBlood Pressure’, ‘Living withFibromyalgia’, and‘Overcoming Anorexia’. Herbooks are available from allgood UK bookshops as well as‘The Paper Shop’, ApoloCentre and ‘Bookswop’,Edificio Cristianos 1, both ofwhich are in Los Cristianos.


IT IS the news millionsof sweet-toothedwomen have beenwaiting to hear - asmall chocolate treathelps lower the risk ofheart failure.

A study of middle-aged andelderly women who ate asmall amount of chocolate nomore than twice a weekfound they had a lower risk ofheart failure.

Unfortunately, eating evena little chocolate every daydid not have the same healthbenefits.

The nine-year study, involv-ing 31,823 Swedish women,looked at the relationshipbetween the amount of high-quality chocolate the womenate and their risk of heart fail-ure.

The quality of chocolateeaten by the women had ahigher-density cocoa content.

And the researchers foundthat women who ate an aver-age of one to two servings ofthe high-quality chocolate perweek had a 32% lower risk ofdeveloping heart failure.

Those who had one to threeservings per month had a26% lower risk, but those whoate at least one serving dailydid not appear to benefitfrom the protective effectagainst heart failure.

Lead researcher Dr MurrayMittleman said the lack of apositive effect amongwomen eating chocolateevery day was probablythrough the additional calo-ries consumed.

Dr Mittleman, director ofthe CardiovascularEpidemiology Research Unit in

Boston, said: “You can’t ignorethat chocolate is a relativelycalorie-dense food, and largeamounts of habitual con-sumption will raise your risksfor weight gain.

“But if you’re going to havea treat, dark chocolate isprobably a good choice, aslong as it’s in moderation.”

High concentration of com-pounds called “flavonoids” inchocolate may lower bloodpressure, among other bene-fits, according to mostlyshort-term studies.

However, this is the firstresearch to show long-termoutcomes related specifical-ly to heart failure, which canresult from ongoing,untreated, high blood pres-sure.

Dr Mittleman added:“Anything that helps todecrease heart failure is an

important issue worth exam-ining.” But Dr Linda Van Horn,former chair of the AmericanHeart Association NutritionCommittee, said: “This is notan ‘eat all you want’, take-home message. It’s actuallythat eating a little darkchocolate can be healthful, aslong as other adverse behav-iours do not occur, such asweight gain.”

Keeping her finger on the pulse

VAL SAINSBURYEmail: [email protected]


www.canarianweekly.com Health & Beauty

Heart-lifting delightfor chocolate lovers

THOSE who still wor-ship sunbeds havebeen warned thatthey are risking theireyesight by failing towear protective gog-gles or shades.

The UV damage caused bybright sunbed lamps cancause long-term problemsand growths in the eyes,according to the College ofOptometrists.

Merely closing the eyeswhile on the sunbed does notoffer full protection, becausethe skin there is so thin that itcould burn.

The College recommendsthat people wear the gog-gles or “winkies” provided by

tanning salons. Dr SusanBlakeney, optometric adviserto the College, said: “ Theskin on the eyelid is very thinand delicate, so it’s vital toprotect this area from UVrays.

“While we do not advocatethe use of sunbeds, if you douse them it is important toensure that you always useprotective eye wear - as youwould wear sunglasses whenoutside - to safeguard youreyes from UV rays.

“Avoiding wearing gogglesor ‘winkies’ whilst using asunbed can lead to benign eyegrowths called pterygium.”

Tanning beds use ultravioletlight that produce both UVAand UVB rays, which can bemore powerful than sunlight

as it is directed straight at theface, stressed Dr Blakeney.

“Repeated exposure to UVmay cause long-term dam-age, which could affect sightin later life. We have only onepair of eyes, so if you want tosafeguard your sight, alwaysensure you wear the properprotection whether on thesunbed or in the sun.”

The news comes on top ofthe warning to sunbed-usersabout the risks of skin cancer.

Sunbeds have been linked tomalignant melanoma, andincidence rates of this deadlytype of skin cancer have risendramatically among bothsexes since the 1970s.

More than 10,400 cases arenow diagnosed each year inthe UK.

Goggle-eyed tanningis the only safe way

HOW do you makethe perfect paella?Easy - just marry aSpanish girl who loveshome cooking.

Actually, you don’t have tomake that connection toenjoy what is acknowledgedas the most famous andpopular Spanish dish aroundthe world.

Yet there are as many ver-sions of paella as there arecooks in Spain! It originatedin Valencia, on theMediterranean coast ofSpain between Barcelonaand Murcia, which is wellknown for its rice dishes.

This region still has exten-sive rice fields and rich soil,and its coastal position addsan abundance of seafoodand shellfish to make up a

wonderful seafood paella. And if you add the

flavourable olive oil pro-duced in Spain, you haveeverything necessary tomake the paella or yourchoice: meat and vegetable,or seafood.

It will take 45 minutes toprepare, and another 60minutes of cooking time toproduce the tastiest, mosttraditional dish of all. Ingredients(This seafood paella recipemakes approximately 12servings)1 yellow onion, diced 2 medium tomatoes, diced 1 whole chicken or 8 chickendrumsticks1½lbs pork loin (fattrimmed), cut into ¾-inchpieces ½lb calamari (squid) cleanedand sliced into rings

Medium grain or pearl rice(the exact quantity dependson the size of the pan, sohave at least 1lb on hand)4-6 cups chicken broth 1 large pinch Saffron 1½lbs raw mussels in shell(frozen or fresh) 1lb small clams (frozen orfresh) 1½lbs raw shrimp, mediumor large - shell on 1 red pepper seeded andsliced 10oz pkt frozen peas Olive oil, salt to taste Equipment(Before you start, make sureyou have all the ingredientsand gather all the equipmentyou’ll need)17in (144cm) paella pan Round charcoal BBQ Medium saucepan Meat cleaverSharp knife for choppingmeat and vegetables Aluminum foil or large teatowel to cover paella Preparation:

Cut the chicken and porkinto serving-size pieces –You’ll need one whole chick-en, cut into serving-sizepieces, or 8 chicken drum-sticks.

If you use a whole chicken,use a meat cleaver to cutthe chicken into pieces smallenough to mix easily whilesautéing. Cut the pork into¾in pieces.

Clean the squid and removethe tentacles. Make sure toremove the innards and the“spine” and discard. Then,cut the squid into rings.

A good tip is to buy freshsquid whenever possible. Iffresh squid is not available,look for packages of squidin the frozen-food section.The squid should NOT havebatter or coating on them,since that type is used forfrying.

Slice red pepper and choponions and tomatoes, setaside, and that’s the ingre-dients cleaned and chopped.Now it’s time to start theBBQ and begin cooking. But

do make sure the barbecuecoals are covered in whiteash, before you start cook-ing.

Assemble all the ingredi-ents on a table near the BBQ,so that you can stay in thearea and monitor the cook-ing.

Place the paella pan on thegrate and add enough oliveoil to coat the bottom andallow the pan to heat up.When hot enough, sauté theonions and tomatoes in theolive oil. Add olive oil as andwhen needed to preventsticking.

Once the onions aretranslucent, add the chicken

and cook, stirring constantlyfor about 15 minutes. Addpork and squid and cook,stirring often.

Add the rice, sprinkling inthe form of a large cross onthe pan. Stir for 2-3 minutesto coat the rice thoroughlywith oil and mix with theother ingredients.

Add saffron threads to thechicken broth and stir. Slowlypour broth into pan until thecontents are covered.Spread ingredients evenlyover bottom of pan.

Arrange mussels aroundoutside edge of pan, point-ing up. Place clams andshrimp in pan, distributing

them evenly around, thenadd slices of pepper on top.

Allow to simmer, cookingrice. Add more broth if nec-essary. When rice is almostcooked, sprinkle peas overthe pan.

When rice is cooked,remove from heat and coverwith aluminium foil or largetea towel, allowing paella to“rest” for 5-10 minutesbefore serving with lemonwedges.

This is just one of manypaella recipes. Some featurerabbit, bacon or chorizo, butthe end product alwaysturns out the same: deli-cious!

Food News www.canarianweekly.com

CALLING all chefs!Tenerife Tourisminvites you to takepart in a culinaryevening concerninglocal fish varieties andshellfish next month.

Experts will explain whenthey are in season, and howto prepare them, as part ofa quality drive under the

Island’s “Gastronomy Plan”. There is no admission fee,

and the local course takesplace on 27th September,hosted by the HotelConquistador, in LosCristianos.

Two earlier evenings will bestaged on 13th Sept, atHotel Contemporáneo, SantaCruz, and 20th Sept, at HotelLas Águilas, Puerto de laCruz.


Fish and chefs’ night

The perfect paella!


www.canarianweekly.com Puzzle

Libra Sept 24-Oct 23This will not be thebest week to try topush your ideas orconcerns. Be careful

not to let friends or peers make youlook bad. Your doubts could lead to inse-curity. Unpleasant situations concerningfamily members may be unnerving. Yetyour boss could surprise you with adecent rise. And not before time!

Scorpio Oct 24-Nov 2You can make extramoney. Rewards willbe yours if you putin the overtimerequired. You will

find your personal partner taxing thismonth. Don’t make a move; your con-fusion has caused this dilemma and itis best to back away and reassess thesituation. You’ll find love and you’ll getinto tip-top shape at the same time.

Sagittarius Nov 23-Dec 21Take advantage ofmoney-making ven-tures. Your loved

ones could set you off. Expectchanges at your work place. Your rela-tionship is also undergoing somechanges, so be strong and resolve notto be pushed around and bullied again.You are worth more, as your friendsare always telling you.

Capricorn Dec 22-Jan 20You’re in the moodto do things such ascompetitive sports,

or perhaps enjoy a night on the town.Ideas may sound good, but be carefulif people are just looking for hand-outs. Changes at home will be neces-sary, but give everything a good dealof consideration first before you act.

Aquarius Jan 21-Feb19You must take carenot to over exertyourself if involved

in sports. If you act with anger, youmay blow the relationship. You mayfind that your emotional partner willnot be too eager to accommodateyou. Don’t let your work and your per-sonal life interfere with each other,and try to stay on the sunny side.

Pisces Feb 20-Mar 2You can ask forfavours or run yourideas by those whowill be able to sup-

port your objectives. You may divulgeprivate information without realising itthis month. Prove your worth; concen-trate on getting the job done andsteer clear of office politics and gos-sip. Trips will be more than adventur-ous.

Aries Mar 21-April20Your ability to fer-ret out secretinformation will

lead you to an inside scoop on anamazing financial deal. Don’t allowpersonal problems to conflict withprofessional duties. Be tactful if yousee flaws in someone else’s work.

Take care of any pressing medicalproblems that you or one of yourparents may be suffering from.

Taurus April 21-May 21New love connec-tions can be madethrough group

associations. Don’t be afraid to pushyour beliefs and attitudes. You won’tbe well received by superiors, or byyour partner. Romance is likely if youparticipate in unusual forms ofentertainment.

Gemini May 22-June 21Go out shoppingthis month. Youmay come down

with minor infections if you haveallowed yourself to get rundown.Things may not be as they sound.You should get into some of thosecreative hobbies that you always saidyou wanted to do. Your luckiestevents this month will occur on aMonday.

Cancer June 22-July 23Difficulties may beencountered whiletravelling abroad.

You can get phenomenal returns ifyou present your ideas to those whocan back your interests. Your persua-sive nature will win the heart of some-one you’ve had your eye on. If you’rein the mood, go out and socialise, orget involved in sports activities.

Leo July 24-August23Get involved inactivities that willbe fun for the

whole family. This will not be thetime to start new business venturesor make drastic changes in yourcareer. Don’t be too critical. You mayfind that female colleagues will bemore help than you anticipated.

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The rules of sudoku X are simple - just enter the numbers 1 - 9 once in each row, col-

umn and 3 x 3 square within the sudoku X puzzle grid. In addition to standard sudoku,

the numbers must only occur once in each side of the 'X' that is marked on the grid.

Use logic alone to deduce where each of these numbers must be placed in every cell

of a puzzle.

Don’t worry! We´ve kept in two original sudokus for you on the right.

Weekly Quiz 30-Second Brain Training

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Puzzle Rating: Quite hard

BEGINNER

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General Knowledge

1. What is the Secret Agent num-ber allocated to James Bond?

2. Equated with the RomanGoddess Venus, who was theGreek Goddess of Love andBeauty?

3. What is the name of the prin-cipal index of share prices on WallStreet?

4. What did the Romans call theisland of Ireland?

5. In which county is Bakewell,home of the Bakewell Tart?

6. Excepting the Sun, what is thenearest star to Earth?

7. What imaginary line roughlyfollows the 180º line of longi-tude?

8. Sigmund Freud’s grandsonLucien is a noted figure in whichfield?

9. Launched in 2002, which inter-national organisation has itsheadquarters in Addis Ababa?

10. What are sold by the auctionfirm of Tattersall’s?

Last Week’s Answers:

VirgoAug-24-Sept-23 Don’t moan to a friend about any grievanceregarding your soul mate, or it may be hard torectify your relationship. You will be able to getyour own way if you use your intellectual charmand know-how. Be careful when using machinery

or electrical equipment. Beware of individuals who are not that reliable or wellknown to you.

Moderate

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Quiz:1. Betty Williams (previously BettyTurpin) 2. Water polo 3. The Saint 4. Matt Damon 5. (Vitaly) Petrov 6. Jodie Foster 7. Upstairs Downstairs (played byJohn Alderton) 8. Sails 9.Quentin Wilson 10. Casey Jones

Puzzle Rating: Very hard

New! Sudoku - X

Horoscopes of the weekPuzzle Rating: Easy

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What better way to train your brain. Starting at the left with the num-

ber provided, work across each of these lines applying the mathe-

matical instructions to your running total. Don´t reach for the calcu-

lator - that´s cheating! Write your final answer in the last box of the

line. Aim to complete each round in about 30 seconds. Good Luck!

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Brain Training:Beginer: 25Intermediate: 6Advanced: 63

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Sudoku: Quite Easy

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DAVID PENNYEmail: [email protected]


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THE start of thetourist movement inthe islands was deter-mined by many fac-tors, including thepromotion of passen-ger travel by steamships, which werebringing in manufac-tured goods and tak-ing out agriculturalproduce.

In 1895, Mr Alfred L Jones(the Freddy Laker of his day),of the Elder Dempster Line,managed to reduce the priceof a return ticket fromLiverpool to Las Palmas frombetween £15-25 in anattempt to secure a greaternumber of visitors to GranCanaria.

The increase in the influx ofvisitors was also linked toimprovements in the availableaccommodation, with hotelslike the Grand Hotel Orotava,Camacho’s Hotel, The GrandHotel Taoro, or Quisiana Hotelin Tenerife, and Quiney Hotel,Bellavista Hotel, SantaCatalina Hotel or theMetropole Hotel in GranCanaria.

Their increasing demandsbrought about the opening ofnumerous establishments inall sectors: clothing stores,hat shops, bars, restaurants,photo studios, shops withEnglish goods, and evenestablished banks which, until1885, were unknown in theislands.

It is noteworthy that theseestablishments all acceptedsterling as the currency ofpreference, and that greatsteps were taken to ensurethat all assistants and clerkswere able to converse to ahigh level in English.

The resident British popula-tion, together with the now

sizable influx of visitors at thisperiod, created a need forservices provided by the vari-ous British Institutionsformed around this time:

Las Palmas Golf Club: this isthe oldest golf club in Spain.Founded on December 17th1891, it had its first head-quarters in Altavista andamong many other trophies isthe Palmer Cup, which is theoldest sporting trophy in allof Spain.

Las Palmas Lawn Tennis Club:this was founded in 1895 andits courts were located in thegardens of the MetropoleHotel. It held numerous tour-naments, including American,doubles, and mixed, all ofwhich enjoyed great populari-ty among the islanders. One

of the most famous playerswas Mr Sydney Head, whowon the All-Spain champi-onship in 1907 and receivedthe trophy, in Madrid, fromHis Majesty King Alfonso XIII.

Las Palmas Football Club: thepitch for this club was to befound within Puerto de la Luz,outside the offices of WilsonSons & Co, near to SantaCatalina Pier. It was a Britishinstitution in which theCanary islanders themselvessoon changed from beingspectators to becoming play-ers, and it enjoyed great pop-ularity over a number ofyears.

Las Palmas Cricket Club: thiswas formed around the sametime and was situatedbetween Santa Catalina Clinic

and La Casa del Caminero.Matches were playedbetween every combinationof teams, including

Married v Single, Male vFemale, Metropolie guests vSta Catalina guests, and evenresidents against the crews ofvisiting British warships.

It caused a Mr Seddon tocomment, in 1903, that thecapital of Gran Canaria couldbe proud of itself as it’s “theonly port where you couldfind golf clubs, cricket, lawntennis and football, not tomention croquet and poker”.

El Club Español: it wasfounded in 1909 in Tenerifeand was located at No9 CalleConstitucion. Cultural andrecreational events wereoften organised, as well asmany charitable functions.According to the statutes,only British members wereaccepted, but this wasextended, in 1916, to includeany English-speaking mem-bers, because of low mem-bership numbers as a resultof the First World War.

Orotava Bowling andRecreation Club: founded in

1902, and soon saw its mem-bership boom. It practisedvarious sporting activities,most notably, golf, croquet,tennis and badminton.

British Orotava Out-of-doors Games Club: this clubdeveloped during theTwenties. All manner of ballgames and other outdooractivities took place here. Thebuilding had been extendedand modernised over theyears, and was famous for itscard room and bridge champi-onships. It also had a terracebar and a tea pavilion.

One area in which Tenerifedid lead was with its Englishlanguage library. It started lifein 1831 as the Tenerife BookSociety, and was a sort ofmobile library situated in whatis now called Sitio Litre, in LaOrotava. It was started by aMr Charles Smith, who camehere for health reasons.

In 1904, the library openedin its current location withinthe Taoro Park, next to TheBritish Yeoward School. It isreputed to hold the largestselection of English books inany library, in a non-English-

speaking country, in theworld.

There was also the BritishClub of Las Palmas, but thisestablishment warrants itsown article, as it is such aninstitution and is, in fact, stilloperating to this day.

It is interesting to note thatmore seemed to be going onin Las Palmas than in SantaCruz at this time, and this wasindeed the case; if we look atthe British resident popula-tion figures for this period wecan see that in 1890, Tenerifehad 71 and Gran Canaria 189.In the 20 years to 1910,Tenerife had 79 while GranCanaria had grown to 437.

According to Ruiz Benetiz deLugo, writing in 1904, this wasdown to: “In Tenerife, a cer-tain politician owned the coalstores, within the port facili-ties, and hampered the instal-lation of British companies,which he saw as a threat tohis monopoly.”

It’s nice to see that nothingchanges.

Next week, David Pennycontinues his look at theislands in days gone by.

This sporting lifein days gone byTHIS WEEK, David Penny takes a look at the early days of tourism and the various institutionscreated by the British community of the day to cater for both resident and visitor alike

China is brimful ofnew millionaires -870,000, in fact - andmany of them appearto be looking to investin luxury cars, bothmodern and classic.

To say that Mercedes Benzare overjoyed is to under-state their mood. Theyreport increased sales andDieter Zetsche, of the par-ent company, Daimler, said:“China is almost exploding asfar as the market is con-cerned.”

Mercedes have seenincreasing numbers ofwealthy Chinese individualspaying up to £100,000 fortheir luxury cars, and thecar-makers are not alone

The largest luxury-carmanufacturer in the world,BMW, saw sales figures rise9.1% in July, with much ofthis attributed to thegrowth of demand fromChina.

According to published fig-ures, BMW sales in ThePeople’s Republic surged82% to 13,852 last month.Audi also reported a 7.7%increase, thanks to recorddeliveries in China.

Zetsche forecast: “Chinahas become the biggestautomotive market but forus, as a company, it will beanother 3-4 years beforeChina becomes our largestmarket as well.”

These results look set torise further in the next fiveyears, despite the significanttaxes charged on high pow-ered foreign vehicles in thecountry.

Status symbols like luxurycars are now a major part ofChinese culture. This increas-ing interest is sure to filterthrough to investment-grade classic cars, whichoffer the perfect blend ofstatus symbol and invest-ment opportunity.

And with the huge dispos-able wealth available inChina, investors are alreadylooking at the future impactthe Chinese will have on theclassic-car market. In partic-ular, the effect they willhave on prices.

The four cars featuredhere are just the tip of theiceberg because recentmonths have seen world-record prices for classic cars,despite the global recession.

In three to four years, wewill witness increasing domi-nance from Chinese classic-

car collectors. However, theycould soon be joined byinvestors from other BRICdeveloping nations, such asRussia and India.

Today, Chinese collectorsand investors are starting tosee the beauty of classiccars as the perfect combina-tion of status symbol andinvestment.

With prices ranging from£6,000-£100,000 (7,200 –121,000 euros), and the nextten years offering excitingchanges, the value of aninvestment in the classic carmarket cannot be underesti-mated.

Here are four Classic Carinvestments for Chineseenthusiasts to consider: Lotus Elite Type 14

In recent weeks, the LotusType 15 sports car hasattracted much attentionfrom collectors. Yet theLotus Elite Type 14 willimpress new Easterninvestors more.

The Type 14, introduced in1957, had the distinctive fea-ture of an innovative, light-weight, fibreglass mono-coque construction.

This featured a uniquestressed-skin unibody andglass-reinforced plasticmaterial for the entire load-bearing structure of the car.

Add to this an aluminiumCoventry climax 1200cc75bhp engine and you have aclassic car that is light-weight, fast and with excel-lent handling.

There are thought to beonly 988 of these rare mod-els in existence. And while itslaunch price was £1,951(2,360 euros), well-condi-tioned models of this classicare still available for just£35,000 42,369 euros).The Jaguar E-TypeNew collectors are sure to

turn to Jaguar, one of thesymbols of the Western clas-sic car scene. The E-Typeemerged in 1961, and effec-tively changed the face ofsports-car production.It combined a powerful 3.8litre Xk engine with innova-tive aerodynamic bodydesign from Malcolm Sayer.He was one of the first touse aerodynamics in sports-car design, with the legacyof his work still present inthe shape of Jaguar cars oftoday.This classic orginally costjust £2,098 (2,539 euros),and a good speciman willfetch around £37,000(44,790 euros) today.BMW 503 Coupe

With BMW sales up in China,car classics like BMW 503Coupe will prove increasinglypopular at auction.

Initially created by AlbrechtGoertz in 1955, the 503 sawa new era of modernisationushered into BMW’s designwork.

It had a top speed of120mph and, with only 412built between 1956 and

1959, it remains a rare andsought-after classic caramong collectors.

The model, featuring astrikingly-modern exteriordesign, was launched with aprice tag of £4,801 (4,940euros) attached. Today, amint-condition model isworth up to £100,000(121,000 euros).Mercedes Benz 300 SL

RoadsterWith only 1,856 made, this

Mercedes was designed toreplace the 300 SL Gullwingmodel.

It featured a revised spaceframe chassis for moreroom, original 1961 discbrakes and a light aluminumblock engine.

The SL Roadster was one ofa generation of cars pro-

duced that changed theimage of Mercedes in the USfrom solid and reliable auto-mobiles to exciting sportscars.

When launched in the early1960s, the 300 SL roadstercost £4,393 (5,318euros) Today, a model inexcellent condition can sellfor £325,000 (393,000euros).

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THE disappointment ofrelegation for CDTenerife fans on thelast day of the seasonhas faded. Well, slightly.

All the talk of “If only RealMadrid had won at Malaga, wewould have held on at Valencia…” It’s gone, and tomorrow,(Saturday), the campaign toget us back to La Liga starts.

And make no bones about it,Tenerife are ready.

History will judge whether itwas the right thing to firecoach Jose Luis Oltra. He hadhis faults but boy, did he have ago. His five-man attacking linewill long stay in the memory.

He got the best out of Nino,Aragoneses, Omar and, in theend, Ayoze. But he never gotto grips with the defence,which is not something thatcan be levelled at new managerGonzalo Arconada.

Where he failed at Numancia,he must succeed in Santa Cruz.It’s a bold appointmentbecause there were strongercandidates. But the board needbacking since they got it rightwith Oltra

The new manager has beenhanded what looks like thestrongest squad in a decade.Well, on paper anyway.

The aforementioned Ayozehas gone to Sporting Gijon,Manolo Martinez to Recreativoand Culebras to Numancia.Angel pitches up at Elche, Richimoves back to Real Murcia ,while Hector and Dinei have dis-appeared. So there has been araft of new blood, and thesignings look rock-solid.

None more so than centre-back Melli, who has joined fromReal Betis. This is a real coup.The 26-year-old has 21 SpanishUnder-21 caps, and his signingon a free could be the best ofthe season.

He made over 180 appear-ances for Betis and was theclub captain. But he had amajor bust-up with the direc-tors and was told he couldleave.

Twenty-four hours later, hewas at the Heliodoro on athree-year contract, and hecannot wait to start his careerthere.

“I have settled in very well,”he said. “The players have beenbrilliant and I can feel the pas-sion of the fans. It’s importantto start well, and if we can,then we have a massive chanceof going up.”

He will be partnered by DavidPrieto at the back. Prieto joinsfrom Sevilla, who have excel-lent links with Tenerife.Following the two-year successof Alfaro in Santa Cruz, anoth-er Sevilla player was alwaysgoing to join, and the 6ft 1inchdefender is here for the wholeseason.

He has played the last twoseasons at Xerez and was oneof their best players in La Ligalast campaign.

At left-back will be GerardBeranger, and his capture isanother coup. He was 2009-2010 player of the season forLas Palmas, but Tenerifeswooped to sign him on a freeto move him to the west of theCanary Islands!

It has not gone down well inGran Canaria, I can tell you. LikeMelli and Prieto, he is the rightage at 28. He likes to get for-ward and has pace. Throw incaptain Marc Betran at right-back and you can see wherethe improvement is.

In midfield,Antonio Hidalgo isback after a five-year hiatus.He played 91 games forTenerife before spells atMalaga, Zaragoza, Osasuna andAlbacete.

He has already looked sharpin pre-season and should bol-ster the midfield in place ofRoman Martinez. The depar-ture of Ayoze means thatOmar should have more gametime, as will Iriome, back after ayear’s loan at Huesca.

Dani Kome and Juanlu haveresigned and Natalio is the manto replace Alfaro. He comes infrom Almeria and takes a stepdown, despite having offersfrom La Liga clubs.

He has big boots to fill, but heis a different sort of player andwill offer a physical hand toNino. The partnership looks tohave started well.

Tenerife are still promising

one more signing, and that willsurely be a striker - ideally,someone with a bit of height!

The big “signing” of the sum-mer has been the retention ofNino. The striker had offersfrom many clubs, but none ofthem came close to Tenerife’svaluation. Also, Nino is very set-tled here.

He recently became a dad,and he was very happy to signa massive new four-year con-tract. It is rumoured to beworth 800,000 euros a yearand makes him one of thehighest-paid players in theleague.

Talking of re-signings,Tenerife did well to hang on tonew wonderkid JosmarZambrano. Fans have beenwaiting a few years for him tomature, and this is the seasonhe gets a chance to shine.

Last week, Barcelona andValancia offered him a con-tract, but he has shown loyaltyby inking a new four-year deal.

There is a buy-out clause of12 million euros, and he willstart with the B team in thethird tier of Spanish football.But unlike Airam, he has stayed.

The squad looks balanced,the fans have bought a recordnumber of season tickets - sowhat can go wrong?

Well this is Tenerife. Thingshappen. Often!

It can be argued that we aredue a run of injuries, that weare now a big team and will beseen as a scalp. Our away formis still horrific. All are true.

But we have a very deepsquad and this is not thestrongest division. Over thelast few seasons, a few provin-cial sides have gone up andthere are now two B teams aswell.

Some traditionally-strongsides have money worries, andthe league is there for the tak-ing. Tenerife should battle RealBetis for the title, with Elche,Xerez, Valladolid and Recerativoall chasing hard.

Of the outsiders, Albacetehave strengthened well andAlcorcon, who beat Real Madridin the cup last season, mayclaim a few scalps.

Over in Gran Canaria, LasPalmas will do well to simplysurvive. They are skint, almostPortsmouth-style, and theybarely have a working squad.Shame!

The season starts tomorrowand Tenerife travel to Girona,where they secured promotion15 months ago.

It’s the perfect start and,hopefully, Dani Kome can leavethe field fully clothed this time!The first home match seesSalamanca visit Santa Cruz aweek on Sunday.

High hopes for apromotion push

New signing Melli

David Prieto

Natalio Beranger

President Conception and Manager Arconada

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Division 2Amigos Bad Girls 4-4 Our Place Playgirls

Bar 180 B 2-6 The TavernBarracuda Hunters 3-5 Our Place Naturals

Marilyns 2-6 GaffersNaughty Nautas B 5-3 Woodys BNautas Nutters C 7-1 Yelas BarRood B 3-5 Barracudarts Boys

Tenerife Sun 5-3 La Caña LancersThe Knights B 6-2 Phoenix Flames

Division 1Exiles 6-2 Toscales Ensecan

Heroes Sports Bar 2-6 Tenerife SonsOur Place Flukers 2-6 Rood A

Strikers Bar 4-4 X-MenSundowners 3-5 Target Bar A

Target Bar B 0-8 Bar 180 AToscales Allsorts 4-4 Silver Surfers

Woody´s A 1-7 Bar Nauta A

Division 2

POS Pld Sing Dbles Treb 180’s PTS1 Barracudarts Boys 96 48 21 8 0 772 Nautas Nutters C 96 46 18 8 2 723 Gaffers 96 40 20 7 1 674 Yelas Bar 96 36 13 9 1 585 Bar 180 B 96 37 12 8 2 576 Tenerife Sun 96 35 17 4 1 567 The Tavern 96 31 16 8 0 558 Ourplace Naturals 96 33 18 3 0 549 Naughty Nautas B 96 34 9 4 1 47 10 The Knights B 96 27 10 6 1 4311 Barracuda Hunters 88 24 9 6 0 3912 Rood B 88 21 11 7 0 3913 La Caña Lancers 88 24 6 3 0 3314 Woody´s B 96 18 7 8 0 3315 Amigos Bad Girls 96 20 7 5 0 3216 Marilyns 96 19 11 1 0 3117 Phoenix Flames 96 20 3 5 0 2818 Ourplace Playgirls 88 18 5 4 0 27

Division 1

POS Pld Sing Dbles Treb 180’s PTS1 Exiles Bar 88 44 17 9 5 702 Bar Nauta A 88 44 13 10 2 673 Tenerife Sons 96 40 17 9 5 664 Bar 180 88 39 17 9 3 655 Phoenix Bar 88 37 16 9 4 626 Target Bar A 88 32 14 7 0 537 Toscales Allsorts 88 31 11 5 1 478 Woody´s A 88 29 10 5 1 449 X-Men 88 27 9 4 1 4010 Toscales Ensecan 96 22 12 6 0 4011 Silver Surfers 88 22 13 4 2 3912 Rood A 88 22 11 5 4 3813 Sundowners 96 23 9 3 0 3514 Heroes Sports Bar 96 20 8 4 0 3215 Strikers Bar 96 23 4 3 0 3016 Target Bar B 88 15 7 2 2 2417 Ourplace Flukers 88 10 4 2 0 16

OASIS Fm darts leagueplayers took a breakfrom normal procee-dings last Friday tobattle it out for aplace on the big dou-bles stage on FinalsNight.

The competition was spre-ad between five venues,with 32 pairs entering thegeneral event and 12 pairs inthe ladies-only show.

At Sundowners, the matchof the night proved to be ahigh-scoring semi-final bet-ween Tam and John of theSuns and X-Men’s Grahamand Alex, who forced them-selves into a pulsating finalagainst Gary and Wayne, ofBar 180.

The 180 boys, at 2-1 up,came flying out with threetons on the trot and seemedto be home and dry. But Alexthen hit back with a 140 andGraham checked out.

With the match evenlybalanced at 2-2, it was anyo-ne’s game. However, the Golf

del Sur lads showed theirmettle and booked theirplace in the last four.

At Tenerife Sun, anothereight pairs fought out agood night of darts, endingwith Big Al and London, ofNauta Bar, getting the bet-ter of Duncan and Geoff,from Toscales, in the final.

And at Toscales Bar (wherethe curry is hot!), Sergio andDave, of the Suns, earned aFinals’ spot by beatingGraham and Roly fromHeroes 3-2 in the decider.

The Heroes Bar draw threwup some real league heavy-weights all at the samevenue. Game of the nightwas a scintillating semi-finalbetween Steve and Bubbles,of the Phoenix and Luc andJorge, of Cafe Rood.

Steve’s 180 was matchedimmediately by Luc, andthen Bubbles joined in thefun with one of his own!

However, an unorthodox95 check-out by Steve sentthe Los Abrigos boys into afinal against Mitch and Daleof the Nauta Bar. A closegame saw the first four legs

Double celebrations all round!

Division One

POS P W D L F A +- PTS 1 Palms Bar A 4 4 0 0 31 9 22 12 2 Summerlands Superstars 4 4 0 0 31 9 22 12 3 Tenerife Hammers A 4 4 0 0 28 12 16 12 4 Rat Pack 4 3 1 0 25 15 10 10 5 Bar 180 B 4 3 0 1 25 15 10 9 6 Terrace Bar A 4 2 1 1 23 17 6 7 7 Atlantis Sharks 4 2 1 1 21 19 2 7 8 Phoenix Knights 4 2 1 1 21 19 2 7 9 Bar 180 A 4 2 1 1 18 22 -4 7 10 8 Ball Massive 4 2 0 2 19 21 -2 6 11 Nauta A 4 2 0 2 19 21 -2 6 12 Target Bar 4 2 0 2 16 24 -8 6 13 Summerlands Allstars 4 1 1 2 19 21 -2 4 14 Hoops Bar 4 1 0 3 18 22 -4 3 15 Men Of Atlantis 4 1 0 3 17 23 -6 316 Trap Door 4 1 0 3 16 24 -8 3 17 Bar La Cana 3 0 0 3 11 19 -8 0 18 Toscales Old Boys 4 0 0 4 14 26 -12 0 19 Legends A 4 0 0 4 13 27 -14 0 20 Dreamers Bar 3 0 0 3 5 25 -20 0

Division Two

POS P W D L F A +- PTS 1 Legends B 4 4 0 0 29 11 18 12 2 Target Rangers 4 4 0 0 28 12 16 12 3 Lupain 4 3 0 1 23 17 6 9 4 Phoenix Potters 4 3 0 1 22 18 4 9 5 Bar 180 C 4 3 0 1 21 19 2 9 6 Gaffers 4 2 1 1 23 17 6 7 7 Barracuda Bandits 4 2 1 1 22 18 4 7 8 Tenerife Hammers B 3 2 0 1 19 11 8 6 9 Inn The Pink 4 2 0 2 18 22 -4 6 10 Nauta B 4 2 0 2 18 22 -4 6 11 Bar Tasca 3 1 2 0 20 10 10 5 12 Summerland Elite 3 1 2 0 19 11 8 5 13 Terrace Bar B 2 1 0 1 10 10 0 3 14 Toscales Tangos 4 1 0 3 19 21 -2 3 15 Woodys 3 0 0 3 12 18 -6 0 16 Tenerife Hammers C 4 0 0 4 15 25 -10 0 17 Barracuda Hunters 4 0 0 4 12 28 -16 0 18 Connors 4 0 0 4 10 30 -20 0 19 Palms Bar B 2 0 0 2 0 20 -20 0

shared, Bubbles hitting yetanother maximum.

The last leg proved to be areal squeaky-bum affair, andthe Phoenix lads were leftkicking themselves as theymissed four darts at double-top, enabling Mitch to checkout 70. Wild celebrationsensued!

Some of the league’s love-liest ladies, comprising 12pairs, met up at Strikers Barin Silencio with their arrowsfully sharpened and ready todo battle.

Girls from Bar 180,Naughty Nautas, Amigos BadGirls, Ourplace Playgirls, CafeRood, Tavern, PhoenixFlames and Woodys were alldetermined to earn theirglory under the glare of thespotlight on Finals Night.

The players’ perseverancereally shone through as they

fought out some toughmatches, most of whichwere won on the decidingleg.

Laura and Anna, fromWoodys, faced up to theTavern’s Julie and Sue in thefirst of two hard-foughtsemi-finals. The San BlasSquare pair proved toostrong and won through tothe finals, representing theTavern for the first timeever on the big night.

Next up were Betty andConny, of Cafe Rood B, whowere in full flight againstShar and Shanny, fromOurplace. And a one-sidedmatch saw the Rood girls infine form as they cruised toa 2-0 victory.

Congratulations to allFinals Night qualifiers. Seeyou all at the Nauta Bar onFriday, 24th September.


Division 1Atlantis Sharks 5 - 5 Summerlands Allstars

Bar 180 B 6 - 4 Legends A Nauta A 4 - 6 Target Bar

Palms Bar A 7 - 3 Trap Door Rat Pack 6 - 4 Hoops Bar

Summerlands Superstars 8 - 2 Men Of Atlantis Tenerife Hammers A 7 - 3 Phoenix Knights

Terrace Bar A 4 - 6 Bar 180 A Toscales Old Boys 3 - 7 8 Ball Massive

Division 2Barracuda Hunters 1 - 9 Summerland Elite

Gaffers 10 - 0 Palms Bar B Inn The Pink 7 - 3 Connors

Legends B 6 - 4 Tenerife Hammers C Lupain 3 - 7 Barracuda Bandits

Phoenix Potters 6 - 4 Toscales Tangos Target Rangers 8 - 2 Nauta B

Woodys 4 - 6 Bar 180 C Lupain 3 - 7 Barracuda Bandits

Woodys 4 - 6 Bar 180 C

THERE are three sidesstill with 100% recordsin Division 1 afterweek four of the OasisFm Pool League.

But Palms A, last year’s run-ners-up, had to come backfrom an early setback againstTrap Door last Tuesday.

The Los Cristianos chaps led2-0 after rare losses forBungalow and Johnny, but thePalms regrouped and took thespoils 7-3.

A few yards away, TenerifeHammers A stayed unbeatenas they got the better ofPhoenix Knights by the samescoreline.

Summerlands Superstarsalso have 12 points. Theywould have whitewashed Menof Atlantis had Ket not lostboth his singles matches!

Rat Pack continued their finestart. They did Hoops 6-4 tomake it just one win from fourfor last season’s SecondDivision champs.

Bar 180 B are fifth afteredging past Legends A, whileBar 180 A also won 6-4 atTerrace Bar A. 8 Ball Massivegot their second win of the

season at Toscales, whileAtlantis Sharks fought backfrom 5-2 down to draw withSummerlands Allstars.

The top three sides inDivision Two are all from LosCristianos, with Legends B set-ting the pace.

They crept past Hammers C,who have now lost all their

matches this season and aremaking Tony Macaroni smokelike Dot Cotton.

Target Rangers are also fourfrom four, following a routine8-2 win at Nauta B.

Summerland Elite spankedBarracuda Hunters 9-1 andthey would have got thewhitewash but for a gallant

stand by the “Saga Squadron”of Smudge and Roger.

Inn The Pink were tickledpink with their 7-3 victoryover Connors Bar, which gavethem back-to-back threepointers.

Palms stay perfect

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AVOID the obvious -that’s the secret tochoosing a special dayout for your loved one,or the whole family.

Okay, it can be a bit hit andmiss, but dodging the crowdsand keeping clear of well-trod-den tourist trails can add atouch of magic to your trip.

So, if you’re are going back tothe UK from Tenerife to see oldfriends and family, or you’reheading home from a holidayand want some fresh plans forthe future, here are someexcellent ideas to keep every-one entertained.

The most popular and unpop-ular trips have been uncoveredby a survey conducted by theLonely Planet travel guide book,which questioned 3,500 trav-ellers.

Despite millions of holiday-makers enjoying “staycations” inBritain this year, mainly becauseof financial restraints followingthe recession, researchersfound some of country’s mostbeautiful locations were beingignored.

The most “under-rated” expe-rience in Britain is walking alongScotland’s “wild beaches”, suchas those in Sandwood Bay, onthe north-west tip of the coun-try.

Other under-valued adven-tures include hunting for fossilsalong the 95-mile Jurassic Coastin Dorset, a World Heritage site,

and walking along thePembrokeshire coast in Wales.

Don’t fancy those choices?Then why not try boating onthe River Thames, eating fishand chips in the wilds ofNorthumberland, or swimmingin the ponds of HampsteadHeath, north London?

Tom Hall, the Lonely Planet'stravel editor, says: “Capturingthe magic of Britain sometimesinvolves getting away from thecrowds, getting off the manytried and well-trodden pathsand finding other great placesto visit.

“It really highlights how worth-while it is to venture away fromsome of the best known placesand sights to discover what elseis on offer.”

An all-inclusive resort inBenidorm at the height of theschool summer holidays wasconsidered the worst idea for25% of travellers, who say theywould refuse the trip, “even ifyou paid me”.

Other “hated” experiences

included drinking at a bar in SanAntonio, Ibiza, late on aSaturday night, or visitingMadame Tussauds in London ona bank holiday Monday.

Staying at the Butlins holidaypark in Bognor Regis, WestSussex, and even flying fromHeathrow Terminal 3 at 7pm ona Friday night were also giventhe thumbs-down.

And 25% of holiday-makers,when asked what would maketheir holiday a better experi-ence - excluding “more sun-

shine” - wanted cheaper traintravel. The categories, rangingfrom food and culture to jour-neys and activities, were basedon experiences featured inLonely Planet magazines, as wellas incidents involving staff.

Mr Hall said the results showed“people continue to be sur-prised at finding some incredi-bly beautiful and varied placesin Britain”. And he urged trav-ellers to have more “imagina-tion” when it came to holidays.

He added: “Many people are

aware of the big-ticket items inthis country, but these placesdo not always sum up what is agreat thing to do.”

The online poll also found thatthe greatest journey forBritons would be the Trans-Siberian Railway from Russia toBeijing, while the best culturalexperience would be attendingthe mighty, magical Rio Carnivalin Brazil, rated the world’s best..

Watching motor-racing’sMonaco Formula One Grand Prixlive was voted the best sportingexperience, while a Thai beachwould be the best place to relax.

Actor and travel documen-tary-maker Michael Palin, theformer Monty Python star, wasviewed as the ideal travellingcompanion.

“We are better travelled thanever before, and betterinformed about the world - andthat, in turn, inspires us toexplore farther and wider,” saidMr Hall.

Lonely Planet top 10- for better or worse

The most ‘under-rated’ Britishday out

1. Walking Scotland’s wildbeaches

2. Exploring the UK’s big citiesin August, when many workersare away on holiday

3. Fossil-foraging on theJurassic Coast, Dorset

4. Boating on the Thames 5. Seal-spotting on the Gower

Peninsula, Wales 6. Visiting a gastropub in the

Cotswolds 7. Trying out Northumber-

land’s seaside fish & chip restau-rants

8 Taking the walk toBarafundle Bay on thePembrokeshire Coast

9. Cycling in Suffolk 10. Swimming in the ponds on

Hampstead Heath I wouldn’t go there if you paid

me1. All-inclusive resort in

Benidorm in August 2. Saturday/Sunday at 3am in

Bar Street, San Antonio, Ibiza 3. Madame Tussauds on a

bank-holiday Monday 4. Butlins, Bognor Regis at any

time 5. Disney World, Orlando, dur-

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port, 7pm on a Friday 7. The French autoroute from

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8. Siberia 9. Thai beach during a full-

moon party 10. All or most of the above.

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More than 1.1 million faceddisappointment, with unreal-istic prices cited as a majorfactor, compared with725,000 successful propertytransactions.

The findings are based onLand Registry and Registerof Scotland data and opinionpolls conducted among over2,000 adults in June thisyear for the bank Santander.

Phil Cliff, Santander’s direc-tor of mortgages, said: “Ourresearch shows that it’s notjust sellers who are having ahard time. Many buyers saythey are unable to secure agood mortgage deal, oftenbecause they find it difficultto save a sufficient deposit.

“Our advice to buyers is touse the time to keep addingto their deposit, and focuson finding a competitivemortgage.”

Of those who failed to sell,12% said they had beenunable to get an acceptable

offer, while 17% of potentialbuyers were unable to find asuitable home in the rightarea.

Mr Cliff added: “The hous-ing market has slowed downin the last few years, but it’snot all bad. Recently, we’veseen record-low interestrates and, as a result, a sig-nificant drop in annual mort-gage costs.”

Meanwhile, the number ofhomes sold by middle-classfamilies following divorcehas almost doubled in thelast year.

One in ten property salesfor houses worth £500,000to £1 million in the first sixmonths of 2010 was theresult of families and relation-ships splitting up, accordingto a new survey.

The rate is almost twicethat for the same period in2009, when 6% of house saleswere put down to divorce.

Property experts said it wasbecause of rising house pricesin the mid-range of the mar-ket, allowing couples whowere hampered by the lowerprices last year to considersplitting up.

Lucian Cook, director ofSavills residential research,who commissioned the sur-vey, said: “Greater fluidity inthe lower tiers of prime mar-ket has allowed divorces toproceed.

“Regrettably, at this level, ahouse sale can often beinevitable; hence, theincrease in divorce-relatedsales, from 6% of this mar-

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Ruaraidh Adams-Cairns,head of litigation support atSavills, said: “At the veryupper end of the market, adivorce rarely triggers thesale of a property, particu-larly where a family home isinvolved.

“That said, prime properties

are considered a significantasset, and their value can bekeenly debated in a disputeddivorce. The timing of adivorce, therefore, in relationto the property market cycle,is not insignificant.”

David Adams, ChestertonHumberts’ head of residen-tial, said that economic uncer-tainty had preventedestranged couples from phys-ically separating in the previ-ous year. But he felt therecent rises in house priceshad made division of assetsmore possible.

He added: “Many coupleswere prevented from sepa-rating by the recession, as thecosts of splitting their prop-erty assets at the bottom ofthe market were even moreunbearable than remaining inthe same home together.

“As house prices havestarted to recover, though,these ex-couples are sellingtheir properties and buyingseparately.”

Divorce is the third-most-common reason for peopleentering the housing market,after downsizing and upsiz-ing, according to a report byWinkworth property carriedout in May.

The price is wrongHome-owners are stuck in housing-market rut

Red clowns musical cot mobile, suitable for girls and boys, 10 euros.Blue playmat, 7 euros. Winnie the Pooh, music box for cot, 15 euros.Pink pop up tent, 10 euros. Blue and white igloo tent, 5 euros. Winniethe pooh, musical ride on, can be changed to a rocker, 20 euros.Brand new Adidas winter jacket, XL, 20 euros. Childrens swim jacket,11-18kgs, 5 euros. Babyliss short hair dryer/straightner, only used afew times, 15 euros. Tel: 637 206 026

Brevi playpen, immaculate condition, includes musical toys, 40 euros.Single bed, 190 X 70cm, excellent condition, 20 euros. Tel 659 756793

Aiwa Stereo System multi disc CD with two speakers has capability ofsix channel surround sound with additional speakers, 75 euros. JVCProfessional Karaoke Triple deck CD/VCD player, 50 euros. KodakInstant camera (Polaroid type) 20 euros. Sharp CCTV Camera b/w, 5euros. Sony Stereo with record player and radio and speakers 30euros. Medical nebulizer, 80 euros. Desktop Fan, 10 euros. 16 InchTower Fan, 15 euros. Deep fat fryer, 20 euros. Tel 666 200 104

Diving equipment, Diving bag, BCD Mares, regulators, depth console,flippers size 40-41, 150 euros. Fridge/freezer, 70L 50 euros.Inflatable boat, 4 people, 2 oars 15 euros. Girls bicycle, 8-14 years 30euros. 4-7 years, 20 euros. Double bunk bed, 50 euros. British Lionsrugby shirt, XXL, Lions tour to South Africa 2009, 25 euros. TorviscasAlto area Tel 661 185 854.

Set of 4 Uniroyal tires, Size 215/65HR15 very good condition, 50 euroeach ono. Tel 922 362 496.

Robot swimming pool cleaner Dolphin Caddy (Maytronic) automatical-ly, sweeps, vacuums, filters dirt into self contained filter bag. Lowvoltage transformer, 200 euros. Tel 922 794 495

Large Samsonite suitcase, combination lock 65 euros. Tel 661 181 820

Classic Pine table and 4 chairs, 40 euros. Coffee table 15 euros. Sidetable 10 euros. Sofa/bed and 2 armchairs 50 euros. Or 100 euros thelot. Various lamps 4 euros to 10 euros. Boom sofa bed (single) stillwith plastic on 80 euros. Laminator 10 euros. 4 silver/black diningchairs 50 euros. Tel 630 954 412.

Nike Football Trainers - lime green, size 8, 20 euros. Addidas PreditorFootball boots, black/red, size 7, excellent condition, 15 euros.Lacoste Trainers - white/velcrose fastening, size 7, excellent condi-tion, 25 euros. DC Trainers, black/electric blue, size 6, good condition,15 euros. Inline skates, white, size 5.5, excellent condition, 25 euros. Tel 680 491 102

Cleo Q, well known micro impulse facial toning unit, strengthens andtones your facial muscles, 170 euros ono. Tel 606 218 798

Pair of Electra Fit Flops, size 6 never worn, 45 euros. Tel 922 738 378

Car battery, 45 euros. Battery charger, jump leads and a Jack, 25euros. Tel 619 546 173

2 seater red settee with matching armchair, 120 euros. Buyer col-lects. Tel 629 528 331

Razor Trick Scooter, 50 euros. Epson Stylus CX6400 -printer/scan-ner/photocopier – black, excellent condition, 20 euros. Golf clubsDonay, adults/left hand, excellent condition, 50 euros. Golf clubs,child’s right hand, assorted clubs, excellent condition, 10 euros. 2 xtyres, low profile, 205/40/17, excellent condition, 15 euros each.Adult bike, Decathlon, black/white, good condition, 30 euros. Childbike (8-12 yrs) BMX (Halfords UK), red, good condition, 15 euros. Hi-fisystem Grundig, silver, excellent condition, 20 euros. Tel 660 458 864.

55 gallon oil drum BBQ made with thick steel and has 2 grills, detach-able legs and lid, 180 euros. Xbox 360 games 5 euros. Tel 660 169820.

Home entertainment system comprising of amplifier and 6 speakers.1 large and 5 smaller, 150 euros. Tel 610 182 771

Nintendo Wii Console, balance board & Wii Fit game, original sports,sports resort & motion plus remote and new Super Mario Bros Wiigame, 2 x hand remotes and covers, 1 x Nunchuk. All in original boxes.Excellent Condition, 200 euros ono. Original ‘Lost’ DVD’s, series 1-5 20euros per series or 90 euros ono for all five. Tel 616 256 045 Golf DelSur.

Push chair and car seat Peg Perego, suitable from birth, pink andblack, includes rain cover, and leg cover, 12 months old, excellent con-dition 120 euros. Tel 922 717 219 or 619 667 722.

600+ coloured plastic balls for ball pool, 25 euros. Highchair, 30 euros.Long length wide width curtains cream 10 euros. 2 large bags carboot items, mostly kids toys 20 euros. 2 matching white headboards20 euros. McLaren XLR coffee & pink, all accessories, immaculate 80euros. Tel 922 735 013 or 662 150 854

Powakaddy electric golf trolley complete with battery & charger, 250euros. Pull golf trolley, 28 euros. Taylormade burner rescue wood, 19degres, 50 euros. Callaway Big Berthy fairway woods 3 and 5, 45euros each. Ping G10 irons 5-S/W, regular graphite shaft, 300 euros.Odysey 2 ball putter, 50 euros. Taylormaid monza putter, 45 euros. Ram Zebra 111 putter, 45 euros. Tel 696 113 136

Books from baby board books to all school areas, to novels from 50cents each. Toys and games for children 3 - 11yrs. Yellow checkdresses 1 euro. Black lightweight PE shorts, 1 euro. School furniture,tables, bookcases, chairs from 3 euros. Large settee, tweedy materi-al 30 euros. Ikea bed 30 euros. Incidental furniture from 3 euros, Tel648 770 265 or 922 765 217

Guitar, 35 euros ono. Snake board, 20 euros. Tel 669 948 660

Chicco” Living 4 me “ limited edition travel system silvery grey, car-rycot, carseat and stand, pushchair with hood, mosquito net & cosy-toes, reversible seat & 360 degree wheels, immaculate, 220 euros.Bebeconfort baby bath lounger, freestanding for baby or main bath8 euros. White baby bath with drainage plug 5 euros. Girls clothing0-6 months, dresses, cardigans, tops, babygrows etc, all immaculate1 euro per item. Chicco baby bottles 2 x new physio design for anglefeeding & 1 x gold design anti colic, 15 euros. 4 standard chicco bot-tles, one with teat & 3 with airtight lids for storing milk in fridge 15euros or 20 euros for all. Microwave steriliser, 10 euros. Tel 646 488109

6ft Ikea bed base, 30 euros. Safe, 35 euros. Smirnoff ice sign, 35euros. Sofa bed, clean mattress, 145 euros. Guest bed with cleanmattresses, 150 euros. 2 child’s booster seats, 10 euros. Tel 630842 978

Chicco 3 in 1 baby pushchair, carrycot and car seat, comes with suncanopy and changing bag, 50 euros. Baby bouncer, 10 euros.Tigger door bouncer, 10 euros. Baby (cloth bath support, 5 euros.Baby boy clothes newborn (50 items) 25 euros. 0-3 months (45items), 25 euros, 3-6 months (36 items), 15 euros. 6-9 months (15items) 10 euros. Large bag of girls clothes, 7-9 years (over 50items), 30 euros. Tel 619 712 002

Full set of patriot men’s golf clubs and all accessories 200 euros.Large glass cabinet 80 euros. Archos 7 inch hd mp4 player 40euros. Mini fridge 10 euros. Computer keyboard 5 euros. Tel 620328 462

Satellite system Astra 1, 2 Nilesat, 350 euros can be seen working.Las Galletas. Tel 616 677 540

Golf balls (used) 50 cents each. JVC cinema surround system canbe seen working., 50 euros. Tel 662 028 039

Wall mounting bracket for small to medium satellite dish, 5 euros.Seat Ibiza & Cordoba Haynes manual Oct 93 to Oct 99. Petrol anddiesel models as new condition, 10 euros. Gents mountain bike, lit-tle used, in great condition, 100 euros. Tel 600 700 521

Aluminium gents mountain bike, Nacamura Sx Series 700s, Shimanogearing, 21 speed, alloy pedals, front suspension, great condition,175 euros. Microwave, white Ignis, nearly new, 20 euros. Tel 608653 260

Ladies mountain bike, 18 speed, twist grip gears, back rack, nearlynew, 80 euros. Beatles boxed collection of 24 singles in mint con-dition, 75 euros. French over mantle antique mirror, 125 euros.Small French Cabriol legged side cabinet, bow fronted, 150 euros.Tel 697 746 885

Ariston mini boiler 15 litre, 40 euros inc 2mtrs of cable. Baby sitin walker musical orange colour 15 euros. 2 piece suit “Occasion”suit size 16, pale green, sleeveless lined fitted dress with longsleeve unlined jacket edge to edge, 40 euros. 4 qualitycurtains plain pink, suit patio doors length each 234 x 295 all 40

euros. Leather trousers black size 12, standard (length) like new20 euros. Large pouffe /bedding storage box/on short legs medblue small cream motif 70cm x 70cm 40 euros. Computer towersee thru panels changing lights windows XP 224mg ram, recentlyreplaced parts & serviced monitor + hp deskjet printer qualityprints, cartridge needed all 200 euros. Los Cristianos. Tel 699 199392 or 922 794 790.

Dark wood, garden bench good condition, 20 euros. Tel 610 930484 or 922 740 780

Vinyl Cutter/plotter Roland 24”vinyl, 500 euros. Guitar electricStratocaster with case and stand 150 euros. Set of 5 stacking stor-age boxes sizes from 16cm to 31 cm cubed, suede and leather out-side, burberry check inside 30 euros. 72pce cutlery set by Berghoffin blue leather briefcase, 100 euros. Approx 15 corrugated plasticsheets suitable for signs 60 x 120cm 50 euros. 4 sheets 120 x 150 asnew still with protector film in place 50 euros. Beautiful J G DurandCrystal Water Jug 30 euros and decanters for wine, whiskey and sher-ry, 40 euros each. Tel 922 738 924 or 634 315 170.

Double bed, base and mattress 80 euros. 3 and 2 seater blue sofawith removable covers 80 euros. Double size mattress 40 euros.Tel 629 958 624

JVC 14” TV with remote control, silver colour in excellent condition,30 euros. Tel 659 036 393.

Air conditioning unit for general interior and exterior with remo-controller use, 5300 frigories done with maintenance service andworking perfectly, 250 euros. Guitar case with academy, 100euros. LG home theater, DVD 5 +1 with remocontroller speakers,440 watts150 euros. Blind for balcony or garden in blue by 2.5meters 4 metres 195 euros. Pizza oven pizzas which fits 4 ideal fora house or a bar, very little used, 225 euros. Sofa bed (not thewooden ones ) 130 euros. Goodmans karaoke machine with approx-imately 100 cds to sing along, 40 euros. Tel 600 761 011 or 662954 400

Selection of watches, i.e. men’s, ladies & child’s, approx 70 (justneed batteries), ideal for car boot 50 euros ono. Selection offramed prints for all tastes and sizes, approx 50, 60 euros ono.Bedside lamps and wall lights, various shapes and sizes, 30 eurosono. 2 Domestic silver gas bottles, 35 euro each. Tel 922 170 201or 679 884 888 Los Abrigos.

Dark solid wood furniture: Contemporary modern style. 4 matchingpieces, coffee table with engraved wood and small glass middleinsert, large TV unit with 2 glass fronted cupboards and 3 large mag-netic closing drawers. Hi-fi unit with shelf space and 2 magneticdrawers and a tall narrow display shelf unit, 300 euros. Large red 3seater sofa with leg lounge on one side, 2 matching cushions, verycomfortable and splits in 2 pieces for easy removal, 250 euros. Fishtank with hood and fitted twin lighting.31 * 16 * 14 inches, with inter-nal filter, external pump, thermometer and 2 inch of natural gravel170 euros. Pine bunkbeds without matresses. Good condtion 75euros call 664468364 Buyer collects. Tel 664 468 364

Barbie bike aged 3-5 years with stabilisers, 20 euros. Barbie bikeaged 5-7 years with stabilisers, 20 euro. Barbie Rollerblades 10euros. Fondue Set 10 euros. 2 x DVD players 10 euros each. Tel 616807 507

Office Furniture, all furniture must go. Desk with 5 drawers 40euros. L shaped desk with movable drawers 20 euros. 3 storagecupboards 20 - 50 euros. 2 leather chairs 20 euros each. Leatherdirector seat 25 euros. A4 files 100 for 15 euros. Tel 615 397 913

Shop fittings for sale. Fitted wall racking with shelving, drawers andclothing racks. Very versatile and good quality, pictures avail-able 500 euros. Large glass and metal counter desk 80 euros.Children’s size half shell dummies 6 available 10 euros each. Adultsize half shell dummies 6 available 12 euros each. Buyer collects. Tel610 625 619 after 8pm

2 x professional salon nail stations, 4 drawers on one side. Not suit-able for mobile use. 80 euros or 150 euros for both. Tel 922 795 426

Fruit press, 21” TV, Wall unit, Pc monitor, sunbed, Sub-woofer,Video Player, Water cooler, Large parasol, 10 euros each. Ironingboard, patio table & chairs, sandwich toaster, toaster, stool, bedside table, lamps, Iron, Hair dryer, Speakers, Kettle, Cat travel bag,Single mattresses, Headboards,14” TV, from 3 to 5 euros each. 4rings electric hob, 20 euros each. JVC DX25E Camcorder, boxed,Washing machine, 50 euros each. Fridge, Chest freezer, 40 euroseach. Tel 646 615 794.

Morphy Richards drop down toaster grill 15 euros. 18 stainlesssteel gravy boats, 30 euros. 10 dessert bowls, 5 bowls, 32 stainlesssteel food dividers, 60 euros. 23 stainless steel small platters, 30euros. 12 tapas bowls, 10 euros. Liquidiser blender, 10 euros.Single ring electric hob 10 euros. Tel 635 193 886

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Detached Villa 4 bed,

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MG ZR 1.8

ITV until April 2012, 16

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2004, 86,000km, 17”

alloys, all extras, air con,

elec sun roof, etc. Full

service history. 1 owner

from new, 5,500 euros.

Tel 669 626 840

GOING BACK TO THE

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panel van twin side door &

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2,999 euros

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smart and professional. Full training provided. For a confi-

dential interview, call Kinder Singh on 659 067 438

Bright enthusiastic and professional outbound call centre

reps are required. Full and part time positions available. Full

contract and fantastic earning potential based in Los

Cristianos. Training course being held on the 11th

September. Either email [email protected] or call 630 869

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A Waiter and a delivery driver are required for Roy’s Pizza.

Applicants must speak Spanish and be over 26 years of age.

A contract will be offered. Please call 922 715 242 after

5pm.

A Marketing Company in the South of Tenerife urgently

require the follow speaking staff; Croatian, Serbian,

Slovenian, Polish, Czech and Russian with some spoken

English. Basic wage paid, plus commission. Working hours

9.30 to 5pm Monday to Friday. Call Sue between these

hours on 922 713 070 or 686 154 066 anytime.

A global company based in Los Cristianos require a

Scandinavian & Finnish speaking compliance officer.

Excellent communication skills, written and spoken

English and Swedish with Finnish an advantage and expe-

rience in after sales processes or contracts. Would suit

resort sales or real estate sales background. Duplicate

opportunity also available in Malta.

Email [email protected] or call 630 869 173

Highly motivated British sales people are required to join a

successful Marketing office. The position would suit success-

ful reps looking for high earning potential. If you are want a

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basic wage paid weekly call Lee on 608 698 719.

Experienced closers are required for an In-house Luxury

Vacations sales team. UK and Scandi languages pre-

ferred. Training course held at the end of September in

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630 869 173

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condition

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Tel: 609 587 155

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T-SHIRT PRINTING & EMBROIDERY

SPANISH LESSONS

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Colin PeelTiling SpecialistFor All Your Tiling Needs:

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Most Aspects of Building Work Undertaken

Tel: 679 736 409

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TAROT READING / ASTROLOGY

TRAVEL

TRANSLATION

Professional Psychic, Tarot and Rune reader. Advice about

past, present and future financial and personal guidance.. Tel

Amy on 657 302 428.

International Psychic Tarot Card Reader. Confidential, reli-

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Tel : Anna 678 236 803

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ship, health. One hour reading. Specific, accurate, guaran-

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For these and many more call Tracey on 666 857 991

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