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English Time Adeje Blog

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By Colin KirbyPaddle boats, fishing trawlers, and pleas-ure craft still bobbed on the sparkling sea but the cruise ship al-batros dominated the views from las Vistas beach with its sleek lines and stately pres-ence.

The 177 metre long visi-tor was in its Sunday best as it moored just off shore

on the way through from Bremerhaven, Germany on a circular tour taking in Ports-mouth, Vigo, Agadir, Funchal and Portugal as well as calls at Lanzarote, La Palma and Tenerife. It was the first of the traditional cruise liners to call in the south after the small sailing cruiser Sea Cloud paved the way last year. Al-batros is quite a different animal, 10 decks high and ca-pable of 21 knots it has been majestically sailing since be-

ing built in Finland in 1973, a major facelift in 2006 added more features including its own hospital complete with operating theatre.

The sheer size of Alba-tros and many other hoped for cruise ships means the offshore option is the best way to welcome them but the 600 passengers and 300 crew brought in a welcome trade boost as they shuttled to shore in the busy little or-ange ferry boats.

Well done to the adeje social services department. While many homes are suffering the effects of the crisis and struggling to feed their fami-lies, it’s not just food that is needed to keep people healthy. Good hy-giene is important too, but to often this side of the needs of those on the bread-line might be ignored.

editorialFirst and foremost, huge thanks

to everyone who came to our Help For Heroes Fund Raiser last Saturday. The total we helped to raise is currently 2,650 Euros, smashing last year’s total, and still rising. Your contributions are very much appreciated. Full coverage can be found on pages 28-29.

So the Queen of The Netherlands has abdicated and in turn, made her son, now King Willem Alexander, the youngest king in Europe, see page

30. I would love to hear what our own Queen Elizabeth says about all this. I bet Prince Charles has a few views of his own too!

Finding things to do that doesn’t necessarily mean beaches and booze can be difficult, if you don’t know where to look and there is a lot of culture just waiting to be discovered on our beautiful Island. Have a look at page 7 where you will find a full round up of events, fiestas and exhibitions, there is literally something for everyone during May.

How many of you saw the gunboat in Los Cristianos this week? Apparently

it has been searched several times as it is suspected to be a mercenary ship on its way to Senegal try and stop pirate activity, even though the captain strongly denies the claims, see page 4. It has now been taken to port in Santa Cruz awaiting the results of investigations. Whatever the outcome, I bet a few people nearly choked on their ice creams, wondering in Tenerife was about to be invaded.

See you all next week.

Lorna Eade

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Monday Evening Dance Fever Hits Los Cristianos

Missingantonio Muñoz Romero is 32 years old, originally from the south of the mainland but pres-ently living in la laguna study-ing for a Master’s degree in as-trophysics. He has been missing since 16th april.

Colleagues at ULL say he has vanished as though the earth had swallowed him. His par-ents and sister, who is a doctor of medicine, are all in Tenerife helping with the search. Antonio was recently at home in Cádiz for a family wedding and keeps in regular contact with his family. It appears that he had just popped out, with only his door key taken: documents, wallet and all of his personal be-longing are still in his room. His family fears the worst; police have discounted any con-nection with the body recently found off the Guía de Isora coast. Family and police are

appealing for anyone who has information to contact them on any of these numbers:-

112 (emergencies), 091 (Police)663 300 946 or 617 665 679.

More Than Just Food

Councillor Amada Trujillo Bencomo and her team along with members of the Red Cross have just distributed 80 boxes of home hygienic products for families in need in Adeje. Amada also praised the solidarity shown throughout the borough with neighbour helping neighbour.

english time adeje blog

By Colin KirbyeVeRyone loves a dance, you can’t click on the internet these days without a face full of Harlem Shake or switch on the goggle box without a pack of celebs bombing around the ballroom or gliding around the ice rink. So when international dance day came to los Cristianos on Monday, people of all ages were getting down at every opportunity.

Small stage areas were set up between Plaza del Pescadora and the church with demonstrations of all dance forms including tango, zumba, salsa, and even ballet. Passersby were encouraged to shake a leg, it’s hoped that this will encourage a few more people to take up regular dancing for fun, exercise, or both.


FoRMeR lieutenant Chris enmarch has dismissed claims that he was heading to So-malia to fight pirates as ‘nonsense’ the ex-Royal navy officer’s decommissioned gun-boat defender raised suspicions among Spanish authorities last week after he was forced to stop off in tenerife for re-pairs.

Civil Guard officers carried out five inspections of the ship and have refused to al-low the heavily armoured converted warship to sail. However, Mr Enmarch, 53, of Penryn, Cornwall, said the Spanish authorities were making a ‘fuss about nothing’ and said the cannons on his boat were ‘just for show and totally unusable’.

Following background checks on Mr Enmarsh, the Spanish authorities are be-lieved to have been con-cerned by comments he made to a local newspaper, the Maldon Chronicle, in Es-sex in 2011 that he intended to arm it for shipping and oil rig protection: “Defender’s task will be to deter any pi-rates intent on boarding the many ships that pass the East African coastline. One look at her should be enough to send them looking for easier targets. She will be manned by handpicked ex-Royal Ma-rine Commandos and run as a professional naval ship, obey-

ing the rules of engagement. Our primary task will be to protect oil platforms which are towed close to the coast of East Africa, and a number of oil companies want to hire Defender to look after their interests. We are not merce-naries; this is strictly a busi-ness venture similar to other British private protection firms which operate in Iraq and Afghanistan.’

Following investigations by authorities, Mr Enmarsh maintains it is all a ‘fuss about nothing’ and said the Span-ish authorities had gone ‘to-tally overboard over nothing whatsoever.’ He said: “The reports of us heading to Somalia are nonsense. We would not have come down this way if our destination was the Horn of Africa. There are quicker routes to get there. We are on our way from England to Senegal to discuss with the authorities there the possible use of the Defender as a deterrent against illegal fishing boats. The idea is that one look at us and anyone who should not be fishing there will think twice about staying. We have been searched from top to bottom and nothing improp-er has been found. The only reason we have to stay is be-cause the inspectors say our on-board safety equipment is not up to standard. We need to get new fire extinguishers and some other items before we are cleared to depart. The crew have not been detained in any way.’

The 127ft boat, which

weighs 135 tons, was built in Lowestoft, Suffolk, dur-ing the1970’s as a fast at-tack craft for the Sultan of Oman’s navy in the Gulf. The ship was decommissioned in 2002. Mr Enmarch is thought to have bought it two years ago.

Local maritime officials im-pounded the vessel last week after an inspection found ‘administrative irregularities’ and security issues relating to life-saving equipment.

The drama began on Tues-day, April 23 when the De-fender made an unplanned stopover in Los Cristianos af-

ter blowing a gasket. Spanish Civil Guard officers boarded the ship and refused it per-mission to stay there. The vessel was then escorted to a berth in Santa Cruz by a Spanish navy warship..

The boat has been inspect-ed five times but officials have refused the skipper per-mission to sail. Mr Enmarch and his five-man crew have not been held. The Span-ish ministry of defence said inspections had revealed ‘ir-regularities in the paperwork of the boat and its crew, as well as deficiencies in safety equipment’.

Ex-gun Boat Held Over Mercenary Claims

the new “europa series” notes, were introduced into cir-culation by the Central European Bank on Thursday 2nd May, starting with the new 5 Euros. They are easily distinguishable from the old style as they are emerald green. Existing Euro notes will remain valid indefinitely.

unions have called for a general strike in the Canaries in protest of the Canarian Government’s policies which, they say, has resulted in the appalling unemployment statistics in the islands. Secretario general of the Canarian UGT, Gustavo Santana, said that the blame cannot be laid at Madrid’s door alone because the regions had control over health, educa-tion, social protection, and employment policies. Sr Santana said that the Canarian Government is blind to the social real-ity in the islands, as demonstrated by their continuation with policies which have been shown to be total failures over the last five years. The Unions involved are the UGT, CCOO, FSOC, STPA Canarias, STEC, COBAS, USO, Sindicato de la Elevación, and the Colectivo Independiente Guaguas, between them representing some 93% of syndicated union membership in the archipelago.

Mafia acts in tenerife. A nightclub and the home of the owners were set alight in Playa Paraiso, Adeje, last Friday night. The owner says he was asleep at the time with his wife and 2 daughters. He says it was a classic Mafia act. The Italian businessman says he had already been `warned´ that he had to pay a fee to guarantee his protection. The fire was started exactly a year and a half after the Guardia Civil arrested 13 members of an alleged mafia group in a complex in Costa Adeje and another in Playa Paraiso. The second complex is only 3metres from the nightclub, La Cueva, where this latest fire took place.

the basic income tax rate was raised in December 2011 from 24% to 24.75% as a result of the new Government’s austerity measures. When it was announced, the govern-ment said that the increased rate would be in place for 2012 and 2013. Ministro de Hacienda y Administraciones Públicas Cristóbal Montoro has announced that it will remain in force throughout 2014. Sr Montoro said that the continuation of the increased income tax rate through 2014 as it is not fea-sible to bring it back down to its former level before 2015. The minister also announced the introduction of new “green taxes” and the removal of some corporation tax deductions for large companies. He ruled out increases in IVA (equivalent to VAT on the mainland – the Canaries has its own IGIC), but announced rises in “special taxes”: he did not specify which ones would bear the brunt of the increases, but said they would not be oil taxes, nor taxes relating to the hotel and catering industry.

Puerto de la Cruz ayuntamiento has unanimously giv-en initial approval to a new bylaw to enforce street cleanli-ness, which will see fines of between 100 and 750 Euros for a range of activities in the street. These activities include using them as a public toilet, throwing cigarette ends, feed-ing animals, car washing, not picking up animal mess, writing graffiti, placing publicity leaflets, spitting, and shaking car-pets or other fabrics. Even watering plants on the outside of buildings is now forbidden unless between midnight and 8am. Further offences, to incur fines of between 751 and 1,500 Euros for throwing rubbish in any public areas, empty-ing buckets of water in the street, throwing anything out of a moving vehicle, leaving rubbish outside bins, burying animals’ bodies on private land without prior authorization, or abandoning vehicles. The highest fines, of between 1,501 and 3,000 Euros will be for transporting without adequate protection materials which could scatter on the public high-way, the abandonment or spilling of dangerous substances, or burying animals’ bodies in public spaces. There will now be a month’s public exposition of the regulations before it is finally approved.

the crew of an excursion boat found the badly decom-posed body of a man off the coast of Guía de Isora this week. It has not been possible to identify the man due to the state of his body, and he was been transferred to the Instituto Anatómico Forense for an autopsy to be carried out to find out how he died, and to attempt an identification. All that can be said at present is that he was wearing mountain walk-ing boots.

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Photo By Colin Kirby


This mythical beast or “cryptid” has been a regular source of mys-tery for many years, especially in the Latin American communities of the United States, Mexico and Pu-erto Rico, where the beast was first sighted.

The earliest reports of the crea-ture occurred in Puerto Rico back in 1995, when, over a period of months, up to 150 animals, includ-ing livestock and domestic pets were found drained of blood from 3 puncture wounds, which led to Pu-erto Rican comedian Silverio Pérez coining the term goatsucker.

But did you know Tenerife has its very own Chupacabra mystery, which predates the Puerto Rican sightings by over 15 years?

Though reports of its appearance can vary wildly, here’s an idea (as de-scribed by Wikipedia) of what to look out for!

“The most common description of Chupacabras is a reptile-like crea-

ture, appearing to have leathery or scaly greenish-grey skin and sharp spines or quills running down its back. This form stands approximate-ly 3 to 4 feet (1 to 1.2 m) high, and stands and hops in a similar fashion to a kangaroo. In at least one sight-ing, the creature was reported to hop 20 feet (6 m). This variety is said to have a dog or panther-like nose and face, a forked tongue, and large fangs. It is said to hiss and screech when alarmed, as well as leave be-hind a sulphuric stench. When it screeches, some reports assert that the Chupacabras’ eyes glow an unu-sual red which gives the witnesses nausea.”

El Chupacabra de lasMontañas de Taco

In 1979, the municipality of La La-guna, specifically the Taco area, was plagued by a series of attacks on sheep and goats in the area around the banana plantations, which left the carcasses in such an alarming

condition, it prompted “members of the Higher Echelons of Police and Security” to seek the advice of Dr Jimenez Del Oso, writer, TV pre-senter and an expert in mysterious phenomena. His description of the dead livestock is as follows; “They appeared totally bloodless, with not a single drop of blood in the bod-ies. But, surprisingly, there were no signs of any blood either around or on the bodies - as though they had been sucked clean.

Nor were there any signs of vio-lence.

And another inexplicable detail was that the skins of the animals ap-peared to be soaked through with water without having been any rain, and with the terrain immediately around bone-dry.

And finally, the sole sign left by the attacker was a small and per-fectly circular orifice some 30 cms. in diameter at the surface and suf-ficiently deep to affect the immedi-ately adjacent internal organs. The position of the orifice was different in all the animals.”

The professor added later that: “The two agents informed me in confidence that in the same area sightings of luminous objects were occurring, for which reason there was the possibility of a link between the killings and the UFO Phenom-enon.”

As far as my research can tell, the events of that year were never explained, however, in recent years

several academics have put forward theories that may or may not ex-plain the mystery of El Chupacabra1. Research into the original wit-

nesse’s description revealed startling similarities to the alien being “Sil”, from the sci-fi hor-ror “Species”, a film she had just seen,which “seriously under-mines the credibility of the chu-pacabra as a real animal.

2. In October 2010,biologist Barry O’ Connor concluded that US sightings were; “ simply coyotes infected with the parasite Sar-coptes scabiei, the symptoms of which would explain most of the features of the chupacabras:

they would be left with little fur, thickened skin, and rank odour. O’Connor theorized the attacks on goats occurred “because these animals are greatly weak-ened, they’re going to have a hard time hunting. So they may be forced into attacking live-stock because it’s easier than running down a rabbit or a deer.”

So, the imaginative fantasies of a horror movie fan, infected or ge-netically mutated coyotes or some-thing much stranger? Whatever you think, the Chupacabra is yet another example of the weird and wonderful here in Tenerife, a truly mysterious island.

The Tenerife ChupacabraBy Marc Craig

anyone who has the slight-est interest in the unex-plained will probably have heard of the Chupacabra or “el Chupacabras”- literally “goatsucker” in Spanish.

email Marc: [email protected]


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Cats Welfare, k9 And Live Arico p.A.W.s. Have Another

great Afternoon Of Fundraising!!anotHeR rip roaring success, which is what the event at our Place, Costa del Silencio was last Sunday!!! the second joint fundraiser stages by the three animal welfare associations, was extremely well attended and a great time was had by all.

The afternoon included the fabulous vocal talents of:- Alaya Shonyata - heat winner of Tenerife Loves Karaoke, the lovely Vicky Denton, Tenerife favourite Martin McCall, Mark from the Irish Times giving us one last gig before returning to Ireland, teen guitar vocalist Alfie B, Welsh favourite Mr Steve Delsey, the ever en-tertaining Storm Duo and Mickey Glamz who had the dance floor full! Our thanks go to Aidy Evans for keeping things on track for the event and filling in with some songs, a true professional and al-ways there for us.

There was a raffle, and Wendy from Cats Welfare made sure no one was missed when selling the tickets. Many thanks to Superior Foods, Our Place, and everyone who donated the prizes for both the raffle and the tombola. The fi-nal 100 Euros was raised in 10 minutes by Wendy and Live Arico’s Sharon Edens – well done girls on the team work. The quiz went ahead inside, maybe next time it would be good for those outside to be

told it had started!!! But nobody minded really it all made for a fun and fab af-ternoon.

There were plenty of furry friends there receiving cuddles from everyone, including Luci one of the Guaza mountain pups who has grown into a fantastic dog who is, through no fault of her own, still

looking for her forever home. She was the star out on the terrace!

A total of 545 Euros was raised which will be split equally between the three charities. Thanks to all who attended, supported, and of course the hard work-ing volunteers and bar staff. Here’s to the next one.

Adopt A Live Arico DogaS a result of last week’s article about giving dogs a second chance, Popov the labrador was adopt-ed!!! We are so happy, as is he. His new name is Raggy, and we wish him and his new own-er Sam all the best.

This week’s featured dog is Misty, a 13 week old pup, who will be medium sized when fully grown. She is fully vac-cinated and chipped, and is a very playful pup. A 70 Euros adoption fee will be payable at Hospivet Sur, to cover the cost of the vaccinations, and the changing of the micro-chip details into your name. Call Sue on 629 388 102 for more information about our dogs for adoption.

Pool And DartsKnockout Competition

Live Arico PAWS will be staging their first Pool and Darts knockout competition on Sunday the 26th May at the Terrace Bar, Amarilla Golf. Registrations will take place from 12 noon or alternatively you can pre register by calling Sharon Edens on 671 783 117.

So polish off your cue, sharpen your darts and get down for a great afternoon of fun, just 5 Euros entry for each competition with the

winners and runners up re-ceiving cash prizes.

Look forward to seeing you there.

Bargains GaloreTo be found in our char-

ity shops this month. Come and browse in Los Cristianos, Calle Reveron, near the chil-dren’s play park, where Kel, Jackie and the lovely volun-teers open between 10 and 4pm daily. Alternatively, have a look at Siobhan’s Aladdin’s Cave in San Eugenio, near Amandas Bar and opposite Hotel La Nina. Both shops are closed Sundays. Come and see, you will be surprised at the high quality goods at knock down prices. Happy shopping.

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While tenerife is an all year round holiday destination, May is usually quiet in terms of visitors. So much so that some places close for a few weeks towards the end of the month for their annual holidays. the weather is perfect with temperatures staying around mid 20’s and nights get-ting warmer as the month progresses.

May HighlightsThere are lots of fiestas

during the month but prob-ably the most spectacular is Fiestas de la Cruz every May 3rd during the Festivities of the Cross, Los Realejos, in the north of the island, puts on an amazing firework display it is an absolute must-see - the largest fireworks exhibition of the Canary Islands.

2nd and 3rd May Granadilla - Crosses of May

Up to May 6th Celebrations in honour of the Holy Cross in Lomo de Mena. Activities include sports tournaments, exhibitions, workshops, dances, performances, etc. The most anticipated day is the “Taifa Prom IV and Can-dle”, which will take place on Saturday May 4, with per-formances by various folk groups, plus an “Arts & Crafts Fair” and a chance to sample typical food of the earth. As

a finale to the festivities on May 6, the Town Square will host the traditional “Canvas Dance”, with the participa-tion of “San Juanito Clubbing Mena Loin”.

Other Celebrations in May are:

2nd and 3rd: Fiestas de la Cruz (Festival of the Cross) in Los Realejos, Puerto de la Cruz and Granadilla de Abona

3rd Founding Celebrations in Puerto de la Cruz

11th Pilgrimage of El Pico in Tejina, La Laguna

12th San Isidro Pilgrimage

in Arguayo, Santiago del Teide13th – 15th Romería de la

Virgen de Fátima in Arona.15th Fiestas de San Isidro in

Granadilla, San Isidro, Valle de San Lorenzo.

17th – 19th Fiestas de San Isidro in Guía de Isora

19th Pilgrimage of San Isidro and Santa María de la Cabeza in Valle de Guerra, La Laguna

24th Pilgrimage of San Isidro in La Corujera, Santa Ursula

26th Pilgrimage Volcano in Santiago del Teide .

26th Pilgrimage of San Isidro Labrador and Santa María de la Cabeza in Los Realejos, Las Mercedes, La Laguna

30th “El dia de Canarias”, Bank holiday in the Canaries.

30th 10:00 Canary Day Celebration, Plaza del Llano (Alcala) with dance, song, cos-tumes and a Craft Fair.

Events around the Island

Ethnographic Park Pinolere is a cultural and educational project unique in the Canary Islands which offer numerous activities such as agriculture, trails and ancient crafts that enhance and preserve popu-lar culture in the Orotava Val-ley. For 2013 there is an ex-tensive program aimed at all audiences.

May Programme 3rd – 8:30pm CONCERT

Convent of San Francisco –

Garachico4th XII Hiking Day National

Meeting – Visit the Ethno-graphic Museum and taste lo-cal gastronomic products

4th – 8:30pm Garachico Chamber Choir Edificio de Usos Múltiples Federico Pérez Hernández – El Tanque

11th – 8:30pm Montserrat and Manel Cabero Voice and Piano Recital Convent of San Sebastian – Los Silos

11th – 12th I Tenerife For-est Fair

12th – 12:30pm musical group New Union Los Silos Square Nuestra Señora de la Luz, Los Silos

18th – 8.30pm Pilates and Music Edificio de Usos Múlti-ples Federico Pérez Hernán-dez, El Tanque

20th – 24th Music, games and handicrafts – Aimed at nursery to secondary schools

24th – 8:30pm Mar’a – Folk Fusion Edificio de Usos Múltiples Federico Pérez Hernández,El Tanque

3rd - Salsa Open Canarias - at the Event Centre La Cas-cada, alongside the Parque Marítimo in Santa Cruz from 10:00 pm. The best dancers will compete in the islands Ca-nary Salsa Open 2013 and the winning team will represent Canaries in the final played in Puerto Rico in July.

4th And who pays for this now? “The Suppository” a group of well-known comedi-ans and writers from the TV program “Chigüesque TV” re-turn with a show “absurd and crazy, like life itself.” 20.30 Cultural Centre Theatre Ade-je. Tickets: 10 Euros. At the box office.

4th Mini Cross Country – Pueblo Chico, La Orotava

1st - 4th International Jazz Festival – La Laguna

1st Celebrating Blue Note – Ruiman Fran Martin Rod-riguez + JM Augusto Baez Churchi - Plaza Doctor Olivera Time: 8:00pm

2nd The Cloudmakers Trio - Plaza Doctor Olivera Time: 7:00

3rd Jazz on the Square - Miguel Marcos Manescau Asunçao + Quartet + Tripha-sic – Plaza de la Concepción Time: 9:00pm

4th Dixie Jazz Parade Time: 1:00 – 14:00pm From Carrera by Plazas Doctor Olivera and back to the Teatro Leal.

4th Closure of the Jazz Week – Big Band de Canarias Concert Teatro Leal

28th April - 9th May: 50th

Anniversary The Beatles in Tenerife, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, three members of one of the best pop groups in the history of contemporary mu-sic, had their first holiday in Tenerife between 28th April and 9th May 1963, after re-cording their first LP Please, Please Me. In 2013 Puerto de la Cruz celebrates the unre-peatable event. Programme including:

4th“Almas de Goma” first part: early songs, second part: later songs. Keep the number of your admission ticket as this will allow you to participate in the draw to win a “Paul McCartney” type guitar.

5th Band of the Puerto de la Cruz, Songs of the Beatles

- Plaza del Charco Time: 12:0010th – 12th MUECA Festi-

val Puerto de la Cruz which sees local artists and theat-rical performers take to the streets to show off their skills and talents.

9th – 13th Exposaldo Sum-mer Sale, Recinto Ferial, San-ta Cruz - you will find all kinds of products textiles, acces-sories, footwear, appliances, toys, decoration, furniture, cars for sale, etc. at greatly reduced prices for more in-formation go to http://www.pacholloelmio.com/expos-aldo.php

11th - The Latino Festival La Laguna arrives in May - Plaza del Cristo the legend-ary Gilberto Rosa Santana The Gentleman of Salsa and three exceptional orchestras that keep the Latin rhythms going Maracaibo Orchestra, Orchestra and Orquesta Sa-brosa Guava.

12th Mencey Romántico – Boleros Cycle – Plaza de la Concepción La Laguna.

16th U.S. BRASS American Music – Ermita de San Cristo-bal, The Laguna Time: 20:30. Free entrance

17th Lava Sound Tenerife presents the international artist “General Levy” 23:00 in SALA JUNQUITO (Carretera de la Esperanza, Tenerife). For more information go to Lava Sound on Facebook

18th Jazz Festival Church Plaza, Los Cristianos - Now in its 6th year the Jazz Festival is a popular free event that attracts top local perform-ers. This year, the Enrique Valdivieso Band, with Edith B, are headlining. Starts at 9.30pm.

18th at 9:30 am Athletics in Tenerife. Calle del Campo, Guia de Isora

18th and 19th Adeje Crafts Fair Plaza de España and Calle Grande Adeje

24th and 25th Second Clas-sical South Tenerife reaches

the region of Granadilla de Abona. During the first edi-tion a total of 28 teams took part.

24th Live performance Sativa Indica. House of Cul-ture - Güímar The purpose is to promote concerts and mobilize local groups, help-ing those in need with their funding.

26th Canary Championship Mountain Bike in Tenerife from 10:00h circuit Sibora, Los Silos. An ideal event for bike lovers, and followers of this dynamic sport, to enjoy an exciting championship.

29th Impro 30 – Free Con-cert – Equipo PARA, El Clavel, 10 Santa Cruz

To 20th July Isla Baja Musi-cal Whims 2013 Once again ‘Caprichos Musicales de Isla Baja’ will enliven different cul-tural spaces in Garachico, Los Silos, Buenavista del Norte and El Tanque. A perfect ex-cuse to visit one of the most beautiful areas of the island during the spring and sum-mer. For more information http://www.consorcioisla-baja.com/los-caprichos-mu-sicales/venta-de-entradas/

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FRoM the 3-7th of July the world famous mu-sical Grease will be shown in the auditorio adan Martin in Santa Cruz de tenerife. Cho-reographed by Coco Comin, the Spanish version of this show conceived in 1971 by Jim Jacobs and War-ren Casey, who gained world fame thanks to the 1979 film starring John travolta and ol-ivia newton-John.

Prices range from 25 to 50 euros, available by calling 902-317-327 or from ticket-master and halcon viajes and auditoriodetenerife.com, and

there will be a total of seven shows. On 3 and 4 July the shows will start at 8.30pm, on the 5th and 6th, there will

be two shows, at 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. and on July 7 Grease will say goodbye with a finale from 6.00pm.

grease The Musical Comes

To Tenerife

May Madness at Aladdin’s Cave

aladdin’S Cave in los toscales is planning a discount “Red SPot” day on Saturday 11th May. they will be open from 9.00am till 2.00 pm and all items marked with a red spot will carry a whopping 30% reduc-tion in price.

This will apply to all second hand furniture and other decorative items while antiques and artwork will attract a discount of between 10 and 20%.

So for the bargain that you’ve been waiting for, pop along for a browse to what has be-come known as the islands most unique shop. Find us on the main road between Buzanada and Valley San Lorenzo. Tel 922 720 493.

As David Dickenson would say see you there “Bargain Hunters”!

Corpus Christi

tHiS year’s Corpus Christi in la orotava is set for 6 June, with Faith as the theme for this year’s carpet display. the end result will be primarily red and white, and use some 1,250 kilos of coloured soil divided into five sec-tions.

Two will be floral, and the three main sections of the triptych will illustrate the resurrection, the doubt of St Thomas, and the ascension, as in the drawing above, presented recently by La Orotava Ayuntamiento.

dear editorHi my name is R Railton. i don´t know if you can help with this matter as it seems to be very underhand, and wants looking into. We have an apartment in a block, with twelve stories, in las americas. as probably a lot of complexes do in tenerife, we have owners who haven´t paid their community fees for quite a long time.

So our administration has taken some of them to court. Apparently if they don´t come up with the money, at some stage they can have their apartment taken off them and sold at the auction,

It seems that two apartments had mort-gages on them and the bank took those,

and we heard sold them for 50,000 Euros. At least one other apartment that was paid for, so we have heard, was taken to court and put up for auction.

Now as far as we have been told by our administration, someone at the court of-fered 10,000 EUR´s as we think that´s what owed, and someone else offered 11,000, Euro´s, and that was accepted. The thing is if that is true surely it should be seen to be done correctly and advertised properly, be-cause if that´s the case and someone at the court bought it, does that mean every time an apartment comes up like this, people at the court get first bite of the cherry.

The owners of the apartments in our complex are hoping mad, there are a lot of us who would have paid quite a lot more than they have gone for. Our administration is supposedly going to appeal against this,

ReadeRs letteRs

DJ Jocks Tenerife Reunion 2013

BaCK for the second year, las americas is preparing for

the onslaught of par-ty goers for dJ Jocks tenerife Reunion.

If you wanted to know what happened to your fa-vourite DJ from the 1990’s, then look no further. They are back. And they are back to party. Hard. The reunion itinerary is hectic to say the least!! While the actual reun-ion wasn’t scheduled to start until Friday, but many of the guests arrived in Tenerife and started warming up on Tues-day.

On Friday it´s Tony Walsh´s Flip Flop Friday this begins when you get out your bed put your flip flops, shorts and reunion t shirt. Then meet up at O’Neill for 11pm with Ken-ny Cuddles, Fat Rab, Robbie Hannah and Carl Mattox tear-ing it up with the old skool!!

On Saturday 4th, the par-ty starts at 8.oopm at Vivo, Treasure Island, with live mu-sic from Marc Craig from the Wild Boys then everyone will

head over to O´Neills with Fat Rab warming up then the Mrs T´s residents Dave Scott, Robbie Hannah and Robbie Miller side by side

Super Sunday 5th again at O´Neills bar with live mu-sic from the Dubliner Band, Diddy´s Ska revival show, Ga-

reth from Outrun hosted by Roscoe from Oasis fm. Kenny Cuddles and Butch will be paying homage to the shows of Bonkers and The Reunion DJ’S´s will be playing till late

DJ Line ups may vary due to very poor excuses! You have been warned.

but what can be done I don´t know, espe-cially as they have already started to refur-bish them. Surely if an apartment is coming up for auction it should be advertised to let everyone have chance.

So someone is going to make a lot of money out of this, and we don´t think it´s fair. Is it a case of someone getting a back-

hander? I´m writing to you but I know you won´t be able to do anything, but I thought I would bring it to your attention and hope this isn´t happening all over the island. We are going back in a week’s time so we won´t know what the outcome is with the appeal.

Thanks R RailtonVia Email

Tenerife Weekly - 3rd May - 9th May 2013 Facebook.com/TenerifeWeekly10 The Dorada – ingane Yami golf Tournament 2013

At Costa Adeje golf Course

SatuRday 27th april 2013 was the date for the 4th annual ingane yami char-

ity golf tournament.this year’s event was made possible with the help of our principle sponsor do-

rada, tenerife’s very own brewery whose history can be traced back to 1895 when the SaB brewery was founded in Johannesburg, South africa.

Months of preparation had pre-ceded the event and the admin

team at Pearly Grey have been very busy behind the scenes, negotiat-ing with sponsors, collaborators, promoters and suppliers to ensure that everything would be in place to make the event a success.

Media coverage was provided by local radio station CoastFM who did a live broadcast throughout the


day with Ray Wilde, Phil West and Gordon Slayney keeping everyone entertained with updates and mu-sic. Tenerife Weekly newspaper published regular promotional ar-ticles and a centre page spread in the weeks leading up to the event.

108 players registered making up 27 teams and Tee off time was 10am for the shotgun start for-mat and the excitement was al-ready building.

Promptly at 10am the horns sounded to signal the start of the golf competition, the teams scattered around the Costa Adeje Golf Course and took their first shots of the day, the planning had worked to perfection as all 108 players drove and putted their way around the 18 hole course.

Teams of Pearly Grey helpers together with the course marshals made sure that refreshments were on hand at various locations around the course. Four and a half hours would pass before the teams would be putting their final

holes of the day and making their way back to the clubhouse.

Once we had got all the teams fed and watered in the clubhouse bar/restaurant it was then time for the first of the afternoon’s entertainment. A local cheerlead-

ing troupe ‘Tenerife Tigers’ from Callao Salvaje performed a dance routine to Shakira’s Waka Waka song. Next on stage was the very talented female vocalist ‘Bleu Travelle’ who sang a medley of old and new songs.

The stage was then set for speeches and prize giving. Resort developer and the driving force behind Ingane Yami charity ‘James Beckley’ thanked all those present and gave an overview and update and the various projects under-way at the village.

The announcing of the winners is always the most anticipated part of the day, host James Fos-ter to revealed the winners and presented the trophies and prizes;• Longest Drive (ladies) – Fran-

cisca Reyes Martin Colchero, who won a jewel (donated by Tenerife Pearl) and a box of golf balls (donated by Golf Costa Adeje)

• Longest Drive (men) – Gavin Harris, who won a Taylor-made Driver (donated by Golf Shop Tenerife)

• Nearest the pin – Ernesto Garcia, who won a Taylor-made Putter (donated by

golf shop Tenerife)• Second placed team – Royal

Palm (Paddy Davies, Ray Simpson, Rob Mark, John Wil-mott), who each got a box of Callaway golf balls (donated by Golf Shop Tenerife)

• First placed team – Dorada (Antonio Gross, Mark Tindall, Gareth Tyler, Feliz Fernan-dez Claverie), who each got a Taylormade golf bag (do-nated by Golf Shop Tenerife)

All the winners were warmly congratulated before we moved on to the auction event where some great prizes had been donat-ed, our sincere thanks to all those who donated prizes;• 4.5L Jamesons Whiskey (do-

nated by Irish team)• 16 piece golf set (donated

by El Corte Ingles)• Iberostar – 2 nights x 2

adults with breakfast (do-nated by Iberostar)

• iPhone5 (donated by Pearly Grey)

• Authographed golf frame, signed by the winning team of the 2006 Ryder Cup (Do-nation via Steve Moore)

• Hotel Jardin Tecina Golf, La gomera – 2 nights x 2 with breakfast + 2 green fees (do-nated by Hotel Jardin Tecina)

WE also had a great prize raf-fle event with a host of prizes up for grabs, thanks to the fol-lowing companies who kindly donated prizes;

Renault – Motor Arisa, Coca Cola, Fuente Alta, Hotel Jardín Tecina , Iberostar, Submarine Safaris S.L., Buenavista Golf, Sheraton La Caleta Resort & Spa, Fairways Club, Vitanova Spa, Royal Delfin, Golf del Sur Tenerife, Tenerife Pearl, Res-taurante La Brasa, Jungle Park & Aqualand, Rosso sul Mare Res-taurante, Hairitorium, El Corte Ingles, Adidas, Thai Botanico Gourmet Thai Restaurant, Kart-ing Las Américas, Piramides de Güimar, ACG, Imarca, Panifica-dora de Tenerife, Fruvesur, Vivo Decades Dinner Show, Jamon, Jamon Restaurant , Origins Well-ness Tenerife & The Irish team.

The afternoon came to a close with local comedian Steve Salter sending the tired golfers home with a smile on their faces.

It was a great day it was for all those involved, which managed to raise over 11,000 Euros for Ingane Yami Children’s Village. - Together we can make a difference.

Tenerife Weekly - 3rd May - 9th May 2013 Facebook.com/TenerifeWeekly12 Fake insurance

Claims On The RisetHe recession in Spain has

made people re-sort to extreme measures to

make money.A report by the Investigation

Co-operative of Insurance Com-panies revealed false claims have rocketed by 50% in the past five years, reaching 146,792 in 2012. Chairman, José Antonio Sánchez, said: ‘This rise matches the economic crisis situation which we are in.’ The report said the Spanish insurance industry spent 10 million Euros each year investigating possible fraud.

Two Spanish men were caught red handed after they muti-lated themselves in an ef-fort to claim a two mil-lion pounds insurance claim. The insur-ance company refused to pay out a s

t h e i r i n j u r i e s

were obvi-ous and done

“too well”.Two claimants

pulled off fake accidents stories and try to fool the

insurance company. The first man chopped off his finger with an

electric saw and claimed that he

l o s t

h i s f i n -

ger in a freak car

accident. He went on to make 11

claims to various insurance com-panies demanding £2million in compensa-tion. However, the official charged with in-vestigating the claim said the cut was “too clean” for a car crash.

The second claimant chopped off his arm above the elbow and tried to claim 600,000 Euros from insurance companies.

Criminal gangs are faking car accidents to win insurance cover for their vehicles, often described as “Oscar winning perfor-mances”, by the insurance company offi-cials.

Woman Refused Treatment

Found DeadoFFiCialS in Spain are investigating the death of a woman in Valencia who alleg-

edly had been refused medical care five times in five days.

A Bolivian national identi-fied as Soledad, was found dead in the doorway of her home in February. Multiple organizations called for the investigation into her death amid reports she was turned away for treatment for a persistent cough, possibly because of racism.

Soledad had initially vis-ited a local clinic on Febru-ary 15th, but was allegedly denied treatment after be-ing told her state health-care card was invalid. Two days later, she was seen by staff at a local hospital but allegedly was told there was nothing urgently wrong and advised to see her general practitioner. She failed to obtain treatment despite three more stops at health-

care facilities and follow-up phone calls by her husband.

On February 20th, the husband was ignored when he called for an ambulance to take his wife to hospital and he asked a friend for help. The friend also called for an ambulance but was al-legedly refused, so he called police. Officers who showed up at their home called for

an ambulance but it was a further two hours before paramedics arrived and by then the woman was dead.

The cause of the woman’s death had yet to be deter-mined. Investigations were to be conducted to deter-mine whether there had been negligence on the part of medical staff at the vari-ous facilities.


tHe el Celler de Can Roca Res-taurant in Girona, Spain, has been named the number one eatery in the world in Restau-rant magazine’s annual rank-ing of the world’s 50 best restaurants. Rene Redzepi’s innovative danish restaurant noma had previously held the honour for the past three years, after ousting renowned Spanish restaurant elBulli from the top spot in 2010.

The three Michelin-starred El Celler is run by three brothers, Josep, Jordi and Joan Roca. It had been ranked No. 2 for the past two years. Opened in 1986, El Celler is well known for dishes that blend innovative cooking techniques with tra-ditional ingredients, such as lobster par-mentier with black trumpets and Iberian suckling pig with pepper sauce and garlic and quince terrine.

Noma, which focuses on indigenous in-gredients, fell to No. 2 on this year’s list. In third place is Osteria Francescana, in Modena, Italy, which has been placed in the top 10 restaurants since 2010.

Six U.S. restaurants made the list, but only one broke into the top 10, Dan-iel Humm’s Eleven Madison Park in New York was No. 5, up from 10th place last year. Thomas Keller’s Per Se in New York fell from sixth place to 11th, and his Yountville, California restaurant, The French Laundry, came in at No. 47, down from 43rd. The French Laundry has held the top spot in 2003 and 2004.

Grant Achatz’ ultra-modernist Alinea in Chicago fell from seventh to 15th this year. It had been in the top 10 since

2009. Eric Ripert’s seafood-focused Le Bernardin in New York held fast at No. 19, while Daniel Boulud’s Daniel in New York slipped from 25th to 29th.

spanish Restaurant named Best in The World

Spain’s Banco Santander says net profit for the first quarter fell 26% compared with the same period last year owing to slower economic growth in Brazil and Britain as well as the recession. The biggest bank by market value in the 17-country Eurozone reported it made a net profit of 1.21 billion euros, down from the 1.63 billion euros in 2012. Gross income for the first three months was 10.29 billion euros, down 8.8% from the 11.29 billion euros in 2012. Non-performing loan ratio in the first quarter was 4.76%, up from 3.98% for the same period in 2012. Banco Santander SA shares were down 3.2%, 5.44 euros in Ma-drid trading. Santander’s Chief Executive Alfredo Saenz, 70, had stepped down after a prolonged legal battle over whether he should be barred from banking due to a crimi-nal conviction. The Bank of Spain opened new proceed-ings earlier this month to decide Saenz’s future after the government passed a law that could have helped him re-tain his post. Santander has named Javier Marin, who has been the bank’s managing director, as new CEO.

French football pundit Eric di Meco has eaten a rat after losing an on-air bet about a player. Three years ago, when Spanish full back Cesar Azpilicueta joined di Meco’s old club Marseille, the club’s then president Jean-Claude Dessier described the player as “Spain’s future right back”. But di Meco, a former defender himself, scoffed at the suggestion and told listeners to radio station RMC: “If that happens I’ll eat a rat.” Now Azpilicueta is established as Chelsea’s number one full back, and recently made his de-but for Spain. To his credit, di Meco did not renege on his promise and duly devoured a coypu, a species of river rat, live on air....

Spain’s King Juan Carlos has discussed the political situation in the Middle East with Jordan’s King Abdullah II during their meeting at Zarzuela Palace in Madrid. The Spanish monarch, who continues to recover from the surgery he underwent a month-and-a-half ago, received the Jordanian king at the door of the palace with a warm and prolonged embrace. In a brief statement, the Spanish head of state thanked Abdullah for his visit and the pair posed for media photographs at the palace entrance be-fore heading off to breakfast. For about 90 minutes, the two monarchs spoke about the Middle Eastern situation, officials at the Royal Palace confirmed, but they also dis-cussed personal matters since they have a very friendly relationship.

according to a report called ‘Noise and Health‘, Spain is the second noisiest country in the world, beaten by Japan in first place., Spain has the highest rate of popu-lation exposed to excessively loud noise: it currently af-fects more than 9 million people, 20% of the population. The study is the most complete collection of research on the population’s exposure to sound and the effect this has on health. Traffic, transport and some forms of en-tertainment mainly from concerts and clubs, are the main causes of the problem in Spain. The study underlines the direct relationship between noise and the appearance or increase of some diseases, including hearing problems, an increase in cardiovascular disease, insomnia, psychological problems and problems with slower cognitive develop-ment in children. It is a question that affects all parts of society, which is both the victim and, at the same time, the creator of excessive noise. Experts are therefore rec-ommending a ‘low-noise diet’. By changing some habits, it is possible to considerably reduce one’s exposure to loud noise. By limiting the volume on music players, the TV and radio, by avoiding noisy places, respecting the hours of rest and by using public transport or more efficient cars, it is possible to reduce exposure to excessively loud deci-bels.

Mainland news in

BRief

The World’s Top 10 Restaurants:1. el Celler de Can Roca, Girona,

Spain2. noma, Copenhagen, Denmark3. osteria Francescana,

Modena, Italy4. Mugaritz, San Sebastian,

Spain5. eleven Madison Park, New

York, United States6. d.o.M., Sao Paulo, Brazil7. dinner by Heston

Blumenthal, London, Britain8. arzak, San Sebastian, Spain9. Steirereck, Vienna, Austria

10. Vendome, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany

spanish Workers

search For Work in Oz

SPaniSH workers are moving to australia in an effort to es-cape the nation’s deepening economic woes, as youth un-employment reaches 60%.

The Spanish-Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry says it has noticed an increase in enquiries from Spanish job hunters, but is unable to provide exact fig-ures on the number of arriv-als. Some of those enquiring into Australian employment are in Europe, says the cham-ber, but others have already made the move to Australia and are looking for work there.

The chamber’s New South Wales president Lillian Aju-ria says Spanish companies setting up in Australia, and rather than taking jobs from Australian citizens, they are creating them: “A lot of jobs are being created in Australia for Australian citizens be-cause of the Spanish compa-nies coming here and sitting up operations,” she said.

Many of those who are making the move are em-ployed on 457 visas in indus-tries where there are skills shortages in Australia. Ac-cording to the chamber there are skill shortages in renewa-ble energy requiring workers to be brought in from Spain.

Young Spaniards, however,

cannot get working holiday visas, there is no reciprocal arrangement between Spain and Australia. Instead they enrol in a course at a univer-sity or college and apply for a student visa, which allows them to work 20 hours per week.

Juan Gutierrez, who is a qualified engineer, could not find an engineering role in Australia or Spain.

He is now studying a mas-ter’s degree ‘in engineering and works part-time in a Syd-ney delicatessen: “The situa-tion is pretty difficult back in Spain.” Mr Gutierrez said. “I’m

looking for a job as an engi-neer but working here helps me to live, helps me to pay my bills, helps me to live here in Australia.”

Juan Gutierrez’s employer Eduardo Perlo has hired doz-ens of young Europeans and expects many more to come knocking on his door: “They’re coming. Obviously, the Euro-pean situation is a bit difficult for young people, so they’re looking for a lot of coming to Australia,” Mr Perlo said.

Ms Aljuria says discussions are underway about launch-ing a working holiday visa program for Spaniards.


In the first three months of 2013, aggregate spending amounted to 9.31 billion euros; an increase of 8.4% on the first quar-ter of 2012.

The three main markets in the first quarter of the year were Ger-many, with spending of 1.56 billion euros and a year-on-year increase of 3.8%; the United Kingdom, whose tourists spent 1.53 billion euros in Spain with an increase of 3.5% on 2012; and the Nordic countries that, with 1.37 billion euros spent and a significant in-crease of 19.1%, posted better

results than France in the period.The Canary Islands posted the

largest volume of tourist spending between January and March, at 3.16 billion euros (up 7%), followed by Catalonia, with 1.99 billion euros and an increase of 14.2% on the same period in the previous year. In third place, Andalucia posted a figure of 1.25 billion euros in the first three months of the year from tourist spending, an increase of 10.5%.

In March, Germany was the top market in terms of spending (up 13.4%) and Andalucia benefited

most from this result, as did the Balearic Islands and the Canary Is-lands.

Tourists from the United King-dom spent a total of 632 million euros (up 2.2% on March 2012), the focus for this increase being the regions of Andalucia and Cata-lonia. The spend per British tourist rose while their average spend per day remained stable.

Third place on the list was held by the Nordic countries, which spent a total of 558 million euros in Spain in March (up 25.7%). The Canary Islands, the main destina-

Tourism spending increases

tHe tourist expenditure Survey (eGatuR), ordered by the institute for tourism Studies of the Ministry of industry, energy and tourism, reports that tourist spending in Spain in March amounted to 3.28 billion euros, up 13.7% on the same month in 2012. the aver-age person spent 963 euros, on average 110 euros per day, indicating a growth of 5.4% and 5.1%, respectively.

tHe village of los Giles is celebrating after a woman recently gave birth to the first child born there in 45 years.

First-time parents Beatriz and Iker gave birth to Ainara in the village in Spain’s Almeria province three weeks ago. The couple have lived all over Spain but settled in Los Giles so their child could grow up close to her maternal grandparents and “grow up close to nature,” the cou-

ple said.Los Giles, which has a predomi-

nantly older population of around 60 people, there has not been a single birth since 1968. Ainara’s par-ents take her on daily walks in the village so the older residents can meet her. “Everyone’s really pleased -- this is a celebration,” one Los Giles resident said.

Ainara has been held by every sin-gle villager and visited by many at her home.

Village Celebrates First Baby for 45 Years

tion for these tourists, benefited the most from this growth.

However, the largest increase in tourist spending in Spain over the last month was posted by those

tourists visiting from France. With a total figure of 400 million euros spent, the French market record-ed tourist expenditure growth of 43.5%, mostly in Catalonia.

www.tenerife-weekly.com Tenerife Weekly - 3rd May - 9th May 2013 15 aMBaSSadoR alan Sol-omont had only just checked into to his hotel room in Valencia, Spain, on april 15th when his daugh-ter called from Boston to say she was oK.

A life-long Bostonian who’s now the U.S. ambassador to Spain, Solo-mont began tracking the events in his hometown. As he dedicated a new “American Space” at the Va-lencia Polytechnic University the next day, Solomont experienced an outpouring of solidarity from Span-iards toward Americans that he says was all the more intense because of Spain’s recent experience with ter-ror.

Spanish officials dedicated last Sunday’s Rock and Roll Marathon in Madrid to Boston and handed out black ribbons with runners’ race numbers alongside a minute of si-lence at the start in honour of Bos-ton.

While in Boston this week, to give a speech to students at Tufts Uni-versity at an event scheduled be-fore the bombings, Solomont said his first reaction to the blasts was dismay: “We were shocked, horri-fied, angry. It was clear early this was a terrorist attack,” said Solo-mont, who is chairman of a Boston health care investment firm and founder of a Boston-based home care company.

But then he was enveloped by a heart-warming embrace from all across Spain, which had sent 100 runners to participate in the Boston race. Senior members of the Span-ish government called to express

their condolences. The parliament passed a resolution expressing sym-pathy with the Boston victims. At the university, the day after the at-tack where Solomont was present-ing an “American Space” to expand cooperation between the two coun-

tries, American flags flew at half-staff, adorned with black sashes, and every event started with an ex-pression of concern, Solomont said: “There was an enormous sense of solidarity, of feeling sympathy and concern for our city,” he said. “This

is something that galvanized people around the world.”

Solomont says the reason has to do with what the Boston Marathon symbolizes and the culture of free and democratic nations: “The (Bos-ton) marathon is a celebration that

brings people together from all over the world,” he said. “Runners come together with their families, and it’s a holiday in the city of Boston. The best antidote (to terror) is to be true to our values and be normal.”

Spain has seen its own fair share of violence, including a brutal civil war followed by decades of mili-tary dictatorship and poverty in the 20th century, and a massive terrorist attack on March 11, 2004, when extremists linked to al-Qaeda launched a coordinated bombing of commuter trains, killing 191 people and injuring 1,800.

Yet Madrid, where those attacks occurred, is still vibrant, with a lively nightlife, beautiful restaurants with almost 60 million visitors each year, Solomont said. In general elections four days later, Spaniards ousted their incumbent government and installed a leader who promised to withdraw troops from the war in Iraq. “You’d never know they went through this. It’s an open city,” he said. “Spain is a great example of the resilience of society.” Extremists who attack Western targets should take note “that our commitment to our values is solid even in the trag-edies they can create,” he said.

Driving through Boston’s con-gested traffic on a spring after-noon this week after speaking to students at Tufts University, Solomont said the same sentiment came to mind: “People are walk-ing in the streets. The flowers are blooming. You wouldn’t know what happened,” he said. “The antidote is to live lives freely in a democracy where people are free to express themselves.”

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aniMalS are the lat-est victims of Spain’s economic crisis. Budg-et cuts and shrinking revenues have forced the Comunidad of Catalonia to sell or give away hundreds of wild animals includ-ing lions, bears and antelopes housed at the natural reserve of aqua leon in albyni-ana, tarragona.

Catalonia is Spain’s most indebted regional commu-nity, with an estimated debt of around 8 billion euros. This year the region will fail in its efforts in limiting its deficit in spite of a 5,7 billion euro loan from the liquidity fund for autonomies, and unpopular measures which have exasperated citizens already dealing with auster-ity measures passed by the central government.

So after imposing a one euro ticket on every medical prescription and increasing highway tolls, the local gov-ernment is cutting on ex-penses it considers unnec-essary. Amongst them is the

management of the natural reserve of Aqua Leon which costs the state half a million euros every year. The re-gional economy ministry had tried to cut down costs to 250,000 euros but the sum was considered insufficient to preserve the animals.

The animals were original-ly given to the Comunidad ten years ago by a judge after the ‘Rioleon safari Al-byniana’ company managing the zoo, which included a water park, went bankrupt. The judge ruled that the Co-munidad had to provide for

its maintenance.In 2005 the local gov-

ernment tried to sell it but there were no bidders. The animals will now be donated, first to the zoos of Madrid and Alicante which will get about 50 antelopes. ‘It is important to find suitable accommodation for them’, said Jordi Ruiz, who is in charge of the animals’ wel-fare on behalf of the region-al government. It is thought that by giving the animals away as presents it will be easier to find a home for all of them.

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Police found around 200 bags of frozen blood and plasma when they raided Fuentes’ offices in 2006. The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) and Spain’s domes-tic authorities had wanted access to the blood, to test whether athletes from other sports were involved in the doping ring. But Judge Julia Patricia Santamaria declined to grant them access and ordered that the bags be de-stroyed.

The Operation Puerto dop-ing trial focused on cycling and dozens of cyclists were implicated.

As well as giving Fuentes a one year suspended sen-tence, the court in Madrid struck him off as a medical doctor for four years and fined 4,650 euros.

Fuentes said he had worked with athletes, foot-ballers and boxers, as well as cyclists, though he did not say whether he had helped

them dope. He maintained that the aim of the blood transfusions was to protect athletes’ health and improve their performance during training.

The bags of blood found in Fuentes’ offices were labelled with codenames, which were believed to re-late to well-known cyclists

and possibly other athletes. But the judge’s ruling means authorities will not be able to establish this.

Spain has passed anti-doping legislation since 2006, and parliament is expected to vote on an anti-doping bill later this year that would bring Spanish law into line with Wada’s guidelines.

Doping Doctor sentencedeuFeMiano Fuentes, accused of running one of the world’s largest sports doping rings has received a one-year suspended sentence for endanger-ing public health. the Spanish doctor was convicted over his role in sup-plying blood transfusions to professional cyclists. He was charged under public health laws because doping was not illegal in Spain at the time. ignacio labarta, a former official in the Kelme cycling team, was sen-tenced to four months in prison. Former cycling team officials, Manolo Saiz and Vicente Belda, were cleared, as was Fuentes’ sister and fellow doctor yolanda.


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So-Called ‘tax havens’ have agreed to disclose the bank details of British taxpayers as part of the crackdown on tax evasion. the deal signed on thursday commits anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin islands, Montserrat and the turks and Caicos islands to au-tomatically share information with the uK.

The British Overseas Territories will pass on names, addresses, dates of birth, account numbers, account bal-ances and payment details and the move also extends to some accounts held by trusts. They will also share infor-mation with Spain - as part of an inter-national pilot to clamp down on wealthy banking clients who escape paying taxes by hiding their money overseas.

According to the Treasury, the Isle of Man, which was the first non-US juris-diction to agree to greater exchange of information with the UK, will also extend information to France, Germany

and Italy which are also involved in the scheme.

The move was announced ahead of the UK’s presidency of the G8, which Prime Minister David Cameron vowed would see tax transparency as a top priority. Chancellor George Osborne said the agreement marked a turning point in the fight against tax evasion:

“This represents a significant step for-ward in tackling illicit finance and sets the global standard in the fight against tax evasion. I now hope others follow these governments’ lead and enter into similar commitments to this new level of transparency, removing the hiding places for those who seek to evade tax and hide their assets.”

Tax Haven Clamp Down king Juan Carlos Watches Real Lose

KinG Juan Carlos left Zarzuela Palace for the first time since his back operation to attend tuesday’s Champions league semi-final be-tween Real Madrid and German club Borussia dortmund.

The monarch will go to Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in hopes of see-ing the Spanish club mount a comeback from the 4-1 loss they suffered last week in the first leg of the semi-final. He may have wished he stayed at home as Dortmund

beat the Madrid team 4-3 on aggregate.

It was the first time the monarch was be seen in pub-lic outside his residence near Madrid since undergoing a herniated disc operation on March 3rd.

After that operation and the subsequent process of recovery, Juan Carlos reap-peared before television cameras for the first time last week when he received in his office the Spanish writer Jose Manuel Caballero Bonald, winner of this year’s Cervantes Prize.

a SPaniSH court re-manded in custody a dutchman suspected of disrupting internet services in a massive cyber-attack alleg-edly launched from his hi-tech bunker in Spain. a judge in Madrid ordered the suspect to be held in custody pending a decision on wheth-er to extradite him to the netherlands, said a judicial source who asked not to be named.

Authorities are calling the attack, the biggest cyber-at-tack in internet history. Police say the 35-year-old suspect - identified only by his initials S and K - had a van capable of hacking into networks any-where in the country as well his bunker in northeast Spain

He is accused of attacking the Swiss-British anti-spam watchdog group Spamhaus, whose main task is to halt adverts for counterfeit Via-gra and fake weight-loss pills reaching the world’s inboxes.

The unprecedented attack last month led to cyberspace congestion, and the slowing

down of the internet.Spain’s Interior Ministry

said the man travelled in Spain using his van “as a mobile computing office, equipped with various antennas to scan frequencies”.

He was arrested last week in Granollers, 35km (22 miles) north of Barcelona, and was questioned at the weekend in the National Court in Madrid.

The man, whose birthplace has been given as the west-ern Dutch city of Alkmaar, is expected to be handed back over to the Netherlands within 10 days, where he will face justice. He is said to have called himself a diplomat be-longing to the “Telecommu-nications and Foreign Affairs Ministry of the Republic of Cyberbunker”.

Dutch authorities alerted Spanish police in March of large denial-of-service at-tacks being launched from Spain that were affecting internet servers in the Neth-erlands, UK and US. These at-tacks culminated in a major onslaught on Spamhaus.

Denial-of-service attacks overwhelm a server with traffic, jamming it with in-coming messages.

Recent cyberattacks - such as the ones that caused out-ages at US banking sites last year - have tended to peak at 100 billion bits per second. The attack on Spamhaus was three times that size.

Police from the Nether-lands, Germany, Britain, Spain and the US took part in the investigation.

The 17-year-old St Mary’s College student will combine his studies by correspondence while training and playing in Spain: “It was a big decision to move out to Spain but the condi-tions were one of the big factors. Moving out to Spain means I can train outdoors in the warmth and on the clay courts which can only help improve my game. It is something Andy Murray did when he was younger so hopefully it will work for me as well.”

Jordan says he is already feeling the ben-efits of moving to the Costa del Sol with his family just a few weeks ago: “I have only been out here for three weeks but my game is al-ready improving,” he said. “That is the reason I came out here so hopefully I will continue to get better.”

For Jordan, who is studying the Cambridge Technical in Sport level three, this is the sec-ond big decision he has had to make, previ-ously he had to choose between football and tennis. The talented left-sided midfield player was on the books at Manchester United and

Blackburn Rovers: “I played football and I was at Manchester United’s Academy then at Black-burn Rovers when I was younger,” he said. “My dad suggested that I should take up another sport so I decided to give tennis a go and really enjoyed it. It came to the stage when I had to concentrate on one of them so I decided to carry on with tennis.”

Jordan has competed in national and inter-national men’s and junior tournaments. He is currently taking part in the Future’s Tour-nament against players older than him: “It is not really about winning tournaments at this stage, it is more about playing against players who are older than me and trying to improve.”

While Jordan’s short term future continues to improve, his long term aim is to break in to the world’s top 100 players: “I know how dif-ficult it will be but that is my ultimate aim,” he said. “Training and playing every day in Spain can only help improve me as a player so hope-fully one day I could fulfil my aim of breaking in to the top 100 players in the world.

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Brit Lad Follows Murray

JoRdan Bury has exchanged cold east lancashire for warm southern Spain in his attempt to follow in the footsteps of his hero andy Murray. the promising youngster from Simonstone has joined the Sototennis academy to try and become a top class tennis player.


tHe family of 18-year-old Chloe drury, who died from a rare form of bone cancer, is calling for the relaxation of rules governing who is eligible to take part in po-tentially life-saving drugs trials. despite the pleas of her parents, doctors and politicians, Chloe was re-fused access to treatment being trialled by american pharmaceutical company BioMarin.

Her family says she was told last September, when she was 17, that she was too young to take part, and that her participation could “jeop-ardise [her] safety and the integrity of the trial data”.

Chloe, from Purley in Surrey, died in February, a month after her birth-day. She had finally been allowed on the course to treat her Ewing’s Sarcoma, but the cancer had pro-gressed aggressively and it was too late.

Her mother, Debbie Binner, says she felt totally impotent: “We were just sitting there watching our beautiful 17-year-old daughter get weaker and weaker, knowing there is something out there she could have had and it just seems totally wrong to me, and not a world that I want to live in that treats young people like that.”

BioMarin said in a statement: “Our deepest sympathy goes out to the parents who are grieving the loss of their child. It is precisely because of patients who suffer from dev-astating rare genetic diseases that BioMarin develops therapies where there are few, if any, options. Ew-ings Sarcoma is a terrible, aggressive disease, and we hope to make a dif-ference in this type of outcome. We

are conducting a Phase 1/2 trial in several genetically defined cancers. Not only is this an early stage trial, but it is the first clinical trial that we have ever done with this therapy. It is premature to know if it is safe or effective.”

The family wants age restric-tions for clinical trials to be lifted. Currently fewer than 20% of 15 to 24-year-olds who have cancer are

on one.Cancer Research UK’s clinical re-

search director Kate Law admits the criteria, which sometimes stop teenagers taking part, are not al-ways logical: “Actually for many tri-als I think there is no good reason. They could either go down, and join the children’s trial, or they could go up and join an adult trial. And in fact the committee that I’m responsi-

ble for specifically looks at the age range for each new application. So I think we’ve taken on board some of the concerns that pre-dated even this sad case.”

Concerns about the potential compromising of the integrity of a trial is one of the reasons drugs companies are reluctant to bend the rules, as is the fear of being sued if something goes wrong.

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SuFFeReRS of Hay fe-ver could be set for the worst spring and summer in decades as scientists predict a possible pollen surge in the coming weeks. trees, crops and even the grass are playing catch-up after a long and extremely cold winter. it is feared the delayed growing sea-son could cause them to release pollen si-multaneously, making hay fever symptoms much worse than usu-al.

Beverley Adams-Groom, a pollen forecaster at the Uni-versity of Worcester’s Na-tional Pollen and Aerobiology Research Unit, said: “We’ve got a late start to the birch pollen season which means people have had a little bit of relief initially. But what that means is the birch pollen sea-son is going to run into the beginning of the grass pol-len season. People who are allergic to both those types won’t get any relief - they won’t have a gap. And then if we get good weather in June we’ll get some very high grass pollen levels - so it could be a long period of time for

people to suffer.”One in five people in the

UK suffers from Hay fever, caused by an allergic reaction to the fine powder released by plants as part of their re-productive cycle.

Dr John Chapman, is a pae-diatric consultant who runs an allergy clinic at the James Paget Hospital in Gorleston, Norfolk, says he expects to see many new patients, par-ticularly teenagers, suffering

from hay fever for the first time, once they have been referred by their GP: “It blocks their noses, which means they can’t sleep properly, which means they can’t think properly in the day, which is particularly bad at this time of year when children are do-ing exams and studying.”

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sUFFERERsSCientiStS claim they are a step closer to creating more effec-tive treatments after discovering a genetic fault that causes mi-graine. a team of re-searchers made the breakthrough during a study of two fami-lies of migraine suf-ferers. they found a common genetic mu-tation which, when tested on mice, low-ered pain thresholds significantly.

It is hoped the findings will lead to a better understand-ing of what causes the crip-pling headaches, which af-fect one in four women and one in 12 men in the UK. Louis Ptacek, lead researcher and professor of neurology at the University of California said: “It’s our initial glimpse into a black box that we don’t yet understand,” said “(The research) put us one step closer to understanding the molecular pathway to pain in migraine. As we come

to a clearer understanding, we can start thinking about better therapies. Certain molecules might be targets for new drugs.”

In the study, scientists found the mutation affects the production of an en-zyme that carries out vital functions in the brain and body. As well as lowering the pain threshold, the mutant mice were more susceptible to cortical spreading depres-sion. This “wave of silence” in the brain is thought to cause the visual sensations that sometimes come before a migraine, such as flickering lights and jagged lines.

Mr Ptacek said that al-though several drugs can ease the pain felt by suffer-ers, “they only help some of the patients, some of the time”. “The need for bet-ter treatments is huge,” he added.

Migraines usually begin in young adults, with 90% of sufferers experiencing the condition before their 40th birthday. They cause a pul-sating or throbbing pain on one side of the head that can last for up to three days, and can also lead to nausea, vomiting and extreme sensi-tivity to bright light and loud sounds.

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an eu ban on pesti-cides believed to kill bees will mean “signif-icant costs” for Brit-ish farmers, the Gov-ernment has warned. environment Minister lord de Mauley issued the warning after the european Com-mission decided to go ahead with a two year ban on a type of pesticides called neo-nicotinoids in a bid

to save bees: “Having a healthy bee popula-tion is a top priority for us but we did not support the proposal for a ban because our scientific evidence doesn’t support it. Significant countries agree with us that a ban is not the right action to take and we will work with them to get much better evidence. We will now

work with farmers to cope with the conse-quences as a ban will carry significant costs for them.”

Earlier EU countries had failed to reach agreement on a ban as some countries believe there is not enough evidence to justify it. The UK, which was one of those opposing the ban, insists bet-ter scientific evidence of the link between pesticides and a huge decline in the bee population is needed before

taking such action.Some 15 countries backed

a ban on neonicotinoids, with Britain among eight opposing it and another four members abstaining. With no overall majority achieved, the Euro-pean Commission is using its right to make the final deci-sion; now two votes have failed to clear the hurdle. It means the use of three of the world’s most widely-used pesticides will be restricted.

The decision is a major victory for environmental campaigners who had raised concerns about the dramatic decline in bee populations. Bees are essential for the growing of fruit and some other produce as they pol-lenate flowers and allow plants to reproduce.

However, the ban is a blow to chemical companies who make billions from selling neonicotinoids, and to British ministers who have fought a ban. EU health and consumer commissioner Tonio Borg said: “Since our proposal is based on a number of risks to bee health identified by the European Food Safety

Authority, the commission will go ahead with its text in the coming weeks. I pledge to do my utmost to ensure that our bees, which are so vital to our ecosystem and contribute over 22bn euros (£18.5bn) annually to Euro-pean agriculture, are pro-tected.”

In Britain, the coalition has fiercely resisted any ban on “neonicotinoids” because it argues that the science about the damage to bee levels is inconclusive.

Friends of the Earth said the vote was a “significant victory for bees and com-mon sense”. Head of cam-paigns Andrew Pendleton said: “Restricting the use of these pesticides could be an historic milestone on the road to recovery for these crucial pollinators.”

Bee numbers have been devastated across Europe in recent years, with a sub-sequent steep rise in honey prices for consumers. Major fears have also been raised about pollination problems for trees if bee populations continue to slide.

Last Friday beekeepers and their supporters staged a demonstration in London, urging Britain to support

the pesticide ban but it still voted against it. The pesti-cides suspected of harming bees are chiefly produced by two firms, Bayer of Germany and Sygenta in Switzerland, which is the top player in the global agrichemical market. The companies have reject-ed claims that their products are at fault and say studies behind the suggested ban are based on flawed science.

Celebrities including fash-ion designers Dame Vivienne Westwood and Katharine Hamnett and artist Rachel Whiteread were amongst those who protested at Westminster.

Ahead of the march, Ms Hamnett said: “The European Food Safety Agency - who are usually very right wing and on the side of business - are saying we definitely need this ban, and if they are say-ing it we really are in trouble. We have a huge problem with the British Government failing to support it and it’s quite hard to understand when you have got the Pesti-cide Action Network, the Soil Association, the Beekeepers Association (and) all the sci-entists saying this group of pesticides, neonicotinoids, kills bees.”


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a FiVe-yeaR-old shot dead his two-year-old sister as he played with his own rifle. the tragedy happened on tuesday afternoon at their home in south-ern Kentucky. the boy had picked up the .22-calibre Crickett gun, which he was giv-en as a birthday pre-sent last year, when it went off. the child was pronounced dead at Cumberland Coun-ty Hospital from a sin-gle gunshot wound to the chest. doctors worked on reviving her for about an hour without success.

The children are not being identified because of their ages.

Police said the family did not realise it was loaded. The children’s mother was at home at the time but had just stepped away: “She was actually cleaning her house, and she had went out on the porch,” the coroner said. “She

said no more than three min-utes had went by and she ac-tually heard the rifle go off. She ran back in and found the little girl.”

Cumberland County coro-ner Gary White told the Lex-ington Herald-Leader it was “just one of those crazy ac-cidents.” He said the shoot-ing would likely be ruled as accidental, but Kentucky State Police spokesman Billy Gregory said it was unclear if any charges would be filed: “Down in Kentucky where we’re from, you know, guns are passed down from gener-ation to generation. You start at a young age with guns for hunting and everything,” Mr White said. “Accidents hap-pen with guns.”

Keystone Sporting Arms make and sell Crickett and Chipmunk rifles especially for children. They come in vari-ous colours, including blue and pink. The company’s slo-gan is “my first rifle”, and its website features a section showing children on bird and deer hunts.


Madeleine McCann’s par-ents say a police review into their daughter’s dis-appearance is making “ex-cellent progress” as they mark the sixth anniversary since she went missing. in an interview, Kate and Gerry McCann asked the public to remain vigilant about possible sightings and talked about adapting to life without Madeleine.

Madeleine was nearly four when she vanished from her family’s holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in Portugal on May 3, 2007 as her parents dined at a nearby tapas restaurant with friends. Today

(Friday) marks the six-year anni-versary of her disappearance.

“With the review the Met have been doing over the last two years I think we are closer to finding out what happened,” Gerry McCann said. “But for Kate and I, until we find Madeleine or the person re-sponsible, then we’re still miles away.” He also said of the review: “We certainly feel they’re making excellent progress”.

The couple will mark the an-niversary with a service in their village, said that although they struggle with various occasions, including Madeleine’s birthday, they are coping with her ab-sence: “It’s a horrible, confusing, uncomfortable situation to be in. As times gone on we’ve obviously

got stronger and you do adapt to living in that situation,” said Kate. She said their home is full of photos and other memories of Madeleine. “She should be here and we should celebrate with her but we still celebrate her and her being part of our lives.”

Gerry McCann said that seen from a distance his family is like any other. The couple, from Roth-ley, Leicestershire, also have twins: “Twins do everything that other eight-year-olds do, and they’ve been a tremendous source of pleasure and joy for us,” he said. “They’re so adaptable and it’s a matter of fact to them that they’ve grown up with their older sister missing.”

The couple thanked the public

for their “tremendous support”, and urged people travelling abroad to keep vigilant about possible sightings of Madeleine: “Some-one knows - not just the people involved in the crime. Other people

will know as well, or will be strongly suspicious,” said Kate.

Her husband added: “The key message is - if someone thinks they’ve seen Madeleine, contact police straight away.”

tHe family of student Mer-edith Kercher have no in-terest in reading amanda Knox’s book, Waiting to Be Heard. Stephanie Kercher’s comments came after Miss Knox appeared in her first television interview since being freed from an ital-ian prison to promote her memoir.

In the interview Miss Knox said she would like to visit Miss Kercher’s grave, but only with the permission of the Kercher family. Stephanie Kercher said in a statement: ‘’We are not interested in this book, as well as all the others regarding the case and we will not be reading it. The Italian legal system still has an appeal procedure underway and as a result a new trial will be heard. The sentence can still be overturned. I have no doubts that even on the other side there is a story of pain and loss and of enormous lack of trust, but on the other side there is also one of hope and an opportunity of life. Something that Meredith will never have, and something that we will never share with her. Meredith is the victim in this tragic case.”

Miss Knox has always denied the accusation made by Italian pros-ecutors that she and her then-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, killed Miss Kercher, 21, in a drug-fuelled

sex game along with another man in 2007. Her murder conviction was overturned in October 2011, but in March an Italian court ordered a re-trial for both her and Mr Sollecito, 29.

Miss Knox says she is consider-ing a return to Italy for the retrial, against her lawyer’s advice: “My law-yers have said that I don’t have to and that I don’t need to. I’m still con-sidering it, to be honest. It’s scary, the thought. But it’s also important for me to say, ‘This is not just hap-pening far away from and doesn’t matter to me. So, somehow, I feel it’s important for me to convey that. And if my presence is what is necessary to convey that, then I’ll go.”

Miss Knox’s alibi rests on her claim that she was at Mr Sollecito’s house on the night of the murder, and not at the Perugia flat she shared with Miss Kercher. But during a police in-terrogation she revealed she was at home with Miss Kercher.

In the interview with ABC News, she insisted that initial claim was the result of her “breaking down”. “I didn’t confess. I was interrogated. (The police) acted like my answers were wrong, they told me I was wrong, that I didn’t remember cor-rectly, that I had to remember cor-rectly, and that if I didn’t I would never see my family. I can only de-scribe it as breaking down; I didn’t

know what I remembered and what I didn’t remember anymore. I was incredibly vulnerable at that time.”

As she expressed her desire to visit Miss Kercher’s grave, she said: “Eventually I can have their permis-sion to pay my respects at her grave and I would also like them to know that she talked about them to me.”

Miss Knox insists in the interview that she did not leave Mr Sollecito’s home: “We stayed in, had dinner, we watched a movie, we smoked, we had sex, we were together. We just hung out together, we talked, we talked about his mum, we made silly faces at each other. We stayed in the whole night.”

The 25-year-old said she returned to the home she shared with Miss Kercher the next morning, but de-spite the front door being wide-open and spotting blood on the sink she took a shower: “At the sink when I was taking out my earrings I noticed there were speckles of blood. But speckles, a few drops.” She said that when she got out of the shower she noticed a bloodied bath mat, adding: “I thought it was strange.”

She says returned to Mr Sol-lecito’s home, and told him of her concerns after breakfast. He called police, who discovered Miss Kerch-er’s body. “It never occurred to me that I would ever be considered a suspect. Ever.”

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The 43-year-old actress suffers from bipo-lar II disorder, a milder form of the illness that is marked by sharp mood swings and erratic behaviour.

Her publicist Cece Yorke said: “Catherine has pro-actively checked into a health care facility. Catherine has said that she is committed to periodic care in order to manage her health in an optimum manner.”

The Welsh star, who won an Oscar for her role in the 2002 musical Chicago, underwent treatment two years ago after her husband, actor Michael Douglas, developed throat can-cer. Aides said it was to help her deal with the stress of coping with his illness and treatment, which was successful.

No specific reason has been given for her decision to seek help this time.

Bipolar II is marked by “less manic moods but more depressive episodes” than bipolar disor-der, according to medical experts. It can be

treated with medication or therapy.Zeta-Jones was last production was seen in

the crime thriller Side Effects, which received warm critical acclaim.

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Health Check in an australian hockey player has died af-ter being bitten by a snake - a rare fatality despite the country being home to the ma-jority of the planet’s deadliest species. Karl Berry, 26, is believed to have picked up the snake to remove it from a hockey pitch in darwin which chil-dren were using. He then went for a run but later collapsed.

St John Ambulance opera-tions manager Craig Garra-way told the Northern Ter-ritory News: “For 10 to 15 minutes we tried to figure out what he had been doing and he mentioned he had re-moved a snake and put it into bushes: “I think he thought it was a python.”

He said that when para-medics looked at the bite mark, it was more consistent with a bite from a venom-ous species, possibly a brown snake: “After some discussion

and investigation we became aware he had picked up a snake off the hockey field and it had actually bitten him on the finger.”

Mr Berry later died in the Royal Darwin Hospital.

Australia is home to 20 of the world’s 25 most venom-ous snakes and according to official estimates, there are about 3,000 snake bite

cases in Australia every year, with 300 to 500 requiring anti-venom treatment. Only an average of two per year prove fatal.

Brown snakes are easily alarmed and will bite if han-dled or threatened. If bitten, symptoms can include ab-dominal pain, breathing diffi-culties, convulsions and renal failure leading to death.

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www.tenerife-weekly.com Tenerife Weekly - 3rd May - 9th May 2013 23 tHe Ministry of Justice has confirmed that television cameras will be allowed in-side court rooms later this year. the first cases at the Court of appeal will be tel-evised from october. the news follows a campaign calling for the restrictions on television cameras in courts to be lifted.

Under previous legislation, no cameras were allowed to be used within the ‘precincts’ of a court. Campaigners said that showing trials on television would help im-prove awareness and understand-ing of the judicial process.

The move was originally outlined in the Queen’s Speech, which sets out Government plans, in 2012. Ministers said at the time they want to “demystify” the justice system and providing limited ac-cess for television cameras would help.

Photography was originally banned from court rooms in 1925. Film and video cameras were add-ed to the ban later. Opponents say that filming proceedings can lead to those participating in trials changing their behaviour or testi-mony. There are also fears about the effects that filming would have on a jury if Crown Court pro-

ceedings are shown.The Court of Appeal, presided

over by highly experienced judges, is thought to be less at risk of be-ing affected by TV cameras.

Some hearings in Scotland have already been shown on television, including the sentencing of David Gilroy who received 18 years for the 2010 killing of book keeper Su-zanne Pilley in April last year. Judge Lord Bracadale was recorded at the High Court in Edinburgh and the footage was then transmitted.

Simon Bucks, Sky News’ Asso-ciate Editor, said: “It’s a very im-portant moment in the campaign to fully open up the courts to the public. We will start showing pooled coverage of hearings in the Court of Appeal from October and very much hope that it won’t be long before we can also show some parts of Crown Court trials.”

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BRuno Coutinho has miraculously avoid-ed brain damage af-ter shooting himself through the eye with a six-inch harpoon.

The Brazilian was cleaning his harpoon gun at his home in Petropolis when he acci-dentally triggered the appa-ratus, sending the harpoon straight through his left eye and into his cranium. X-rays showed the harpoon speared through his eye straight through to the back of his skull. It took doctors four hours to successfully remove the metal harpoon.

Incredibly, Mr Coutinho was able to call for help after the accident, and was taken to Santa Teresa hospital. Sur-geons carried out two opera-tions to remove the harpoon, which had been stuck inside his head for more than 10 hours.

Dr Orlando Maria, chief of neurosurgery at the hospital, said the harpoon came within millimetres of piercing a ma-jor artery in Mr Coutinho’s head: “The object, it seems, took a path where it didn’t damage any vital structures, any vascular structures and was taken out.”

Amazingly, Mr Coutinho has not suffered any brain damage, although he has lost the sight in his left eye.

A neighbour said: “There were people who saw it and got frightened. A thing like this you only see in a movie.”

CHAngEs TO pRisOn REgiMEGoVeRnMent clamp-downs now mean that prisoners will be made to earn perks such as televisions in their cells and the ability to wear their own clothes. Violent and sexually explicit 18-rated movies will also be banned from jails in england and Wales under changes to the incentives and earned Privileges (ieP) scheme.

The current scheme allows inmates to earn privileges such as a televisions in their cells and gym access for good behaviour. But the Gov-ernment wants inmates to take part in work and educa-tion programmes to earn the perks instead.

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said: “It is not right that some prisoners appear to be spending hours lan-guishing in their cells and watching daytime television, while the rest of the country goes out to work. For too long there has been an ex-pectation that privileges are an automatic right, given as a reward for staying out of trouble. This cannot contin-ue. There will be a new entry level for all prisoners in the first two weeks of sentence

where perks, including pri-vate cash will be restricted. All male prisoners will be made to wear prison uniform while on entry level. Regula-tions for women prisoners are under review. All prison-ers could find themselves working a longer day and will not be allowed to watch tel-evision when they should be working.”

Mr Grayling added: “Only by tackling bad behaviour and taking part in education or work programmes as well as addressing any alcohol or drug issues can we cut reof-fending.”

The changes will see sub-scription channels removed from private prisons and inmates will have to earn the right to wear their own clothes. The new scheme al-lows prisoners to work up specific levels of privileges through good behaviour and, in turn, lose perks if

they do not reach the re-quired standards.

With the new privileges entry any inmates who have not co-operated with the regime will drop to basic level while those who do will progress to standard. Prison regimes changes will change meaning inmates work a longer day and will not be allowed to watch television when they should be work-ing.

Frances Crook, from the penal reform group the How-ard League, disagrees with the changes: “There have been numerous inspectorate reports published recently which have found prisons struggling to offer any pur-poseful activity within their walls, this problem will only get worse. It is bizarre then to introduce new layers of red tape which will only add to the cost of prison and de-mands on staff time.”

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tHe duke and duchess of Cambridge and Prince Har-ry have been getting some practise lessons in wizard-ry. the young royals offi-cially opened the Warner Bros studios in Hertford-shire where the Harry Pot-ter movies were made.

The studio is home to the popu-lar Making Of Harry Potter tour that has proved a huge attraction. Props, costumes and models from the movies that tell the stories of the teenage wizard’s adventures were on display for the royal guests.

Futuristic vehicles from the Dark Knight Batman trilogy, made by

Warner Bros and starring Christian Bale in the lead role, were also on display as well as the caped crusad-ers’ Batmobile and his bike the Bat-pod. William could not resist jump-ing on the Batpod and he leaned forward and gripped the handlebars of the vehicle as Harry and Kate looked on.

The Duke joked “Where’s the start button?” adding “It’s awe-some, absolutely incredible” while his younger brother put his fingers beside his head for Batman’s ears and said “You need the ears”.

The fun continued with the boys’ toys continued as William smiled and clambered inside the nearby Batmobile, Harry stuck his fingers

in his ears as the vehicle, which has a 5.7-litre engine with 350bhp, was revved hard.

The royal visitors were then in-troduced to Harry Potter author JK Rowling ahead of viewing set-pieces from the movie series and a speech by William to mark the opening of

the film facility in Leavesden.The £100m studios were the

production home of all eight Harry Potter films, the James Bond movie Goldeneye starring Pierce Brosnan, the first of the Star Wars prequel films, and director Tim Burton’s gothic horror Sleepy Hollow.

Kate, who is around six months pregnant, wore a black jacket and a £38 polka dot dress from Topshop that showed off her famous baby bump and she, William and Harry were introduced to local dignitaries and senior executives from the film studio.

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In his movie - which will be called Shaun The Sheep - Shaun and his farmyard friends have to venture into the city to rescue their farmer after he is taken away as a result of their mischief.

Aardman executive chair-man David Sproxton said: “Shaun and his friends have a massive global following and we are very excited about being able to put

them into a bigger adven-ture for the big screen.”

Shaun The Sheep has also inspired its own spin-off show, Timmy Time, which is aimed at younger viewers. The show features a lamb called Timmy, who, along with his school friends, has to learn to share, make friends and accept his mis-takes. Timmy, who is aged three in sheep years, but turns four when his birth-

day features in one of the episodes, also makes an ap-pearance in the Shaun The Sheep series.

Wallace and Gromit have so far featured in four ani-mated short films and a fea-ture-length film by Nick Park of Aardman Animations. The characters are made from moulded plasticine model-ling clay on metal arma-tures, and are filmed with stop motion clay animation.

sean The sheep Hits The Big screenSHaun the Sheep is to star in his own movie. the animated aardman creation has his own series on CBBC which has been seen in more than 170 countries Shaun was first seen as one of the characters in the oscar-winning Wallace and Gromit film a Close Shave. the tV show features the voices of children’s tV star Justin Fletcher, with a theme tune sung by Vic Reeves.

SailendRa nath Roy, an indian man who holds the Guinness World Record for covering the longest distance on a zip-line while hanging by his hair has died while performing a stunt. the 49-year-old police officer was attempting to cross the River teesta in the state of West Bengal on Sunday on a 180m (594ft) wire above the water.

Mr Roy attached his shoulder-length hair to a pulley on the wire and completed around half the distance but then became entangled and found he was unable to move. Hundreds of spectators started to cheer him on, but then began screaming in horror when they saw he was making increasingly desperate attempts to move forward.

Senior police officer K Jayaraman said: “Roy

tried frantically to get hold of a second rope to reach the finishing point.”

After several minutes, Mr Roy stopped moving and was eventually rescued. No ambulance or doctor was present during the stunt. He was admitted to hospital in nearby Siliguri, but was declared dead by doctors after a suspected heart attack.

Mr Roy achieved the Guinness World Record after covering 82.5m (271ft) on a zip-line while attached by his hair in 2011 at the Neemrana Fort, a heritage hotel in the desert state of Rajasthan. Last year he used his hair to drag a train and four coaches on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.

His younger brother Benoy, who was witnessing his brother’s stunt for the first time, said: “We were proud of his bravery. He was sure to win but destiny has taken his life and the most beloved member of our family as well.”

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aSiF Kapadia , the direc-tor of the award-winning film Senna is making a documentary about the late amy Winehouse. the Winehouse family have confirmed they have been approached with many proposals for a film about the soul singer.

But the family said that Kapadia, and producer James Gay-Rees, had presented a vision that would “look at Amy’s story sensitively, honestly and without sensationalising her”.

The movie will use unseen archive footage to tell the story of the art and life of the musician, who died at the age of 27 in London in 2011 from accidental alcohol poisoning. The five-time Grammy award-win-ning singer had suffered years of drug and alcohol addiction.

Senna, Kapadia’s acclaimed film from 2010, focused on the life of Brazilian Formula One driver Ayrton Senna. The film featured a mix of home videos and interviews to tell the driver’s story. The champion racing driver also died young - the 34-year-old was killed in an accident while leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.

Kapadia and Gay-Rees, who won two Baftas for Senna, said Wine-

house was a “once-in-a-generation talent who captured everyone’s attention”. They explained: “She wrote and sung from the heart and everyone fell under her spell. But tragically Amy seemed to fall apart under the relentless media atten-tion, her troubled relationships, her global success and precarious life-style.”

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RevealedAmy Winehouse Film premiers At Cannes

doWninG Street has con-firmed Baroness thatcher’s funeral cost the taxpayer an estimated £3.6m.

The amount revealed by the Government includes some £2m “opportunity costs” for police who would have been on other duties on the day. Ceremonial costs, including the service at St Paul’s, the recep-tion at the Mansion House and the printing and circulation of invita-tions, came to around £500,000 and an estimated £1.1m went on ad-ditional security and policing.

The final costs are due to be pub-

lished in due course, although the Prime Minister’s spokesman said he expected they would be close to the estimated totals.

Thousands of invited mourners attended the funeral at St Paul’s Cathedral, including dignitaries from around the world and all Lady Thatcher’s prime ministerial succes-sors.

The presence of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh raised it to a state event. It was the first time the monarch had attended the funeral service of a former prime minister since Sir Winston Churchill’s state ceremony in 1965.


a PieCe from one of the commercial planes that

was deliberately flown into the twin towers on 9/11 has been found lodged in between two buildings. Paul Browne, a spokes-man for the new york Police depart-ment said the piece of landing gear was discovered wedged between a mosque site and another lower Manhat-tan building, has a clearly legible Boe-ing identification number.

The twisted and rusted equipment features cables, levers and giant bolts. It measures 5ft high, 3ft wide and 1.5ft deep: “The odds of this being wedged between there is amazing. It had to have fallen just the right way to make it into that space,” Browne said. He added that other wreckage has been found nearby in the years since the terrorist attack.

The part was found by surveyors hired to inspect the site of a planned Islamic community centre at 51 Park Place, about three blocks from ground zero. They spotted the debris as they looked down between the buildings from the roof and called emergency services. The scene was secured and police documented the findings with photographs.

The National Transportation Safety Board and police will work to determine whether the wreckage belongs to American Airlines Flight 11, which struck the North Tower, or to United Airlines Flight 175, which crashed into the South Tower. Both planes were Boeings.

Police are awaiting a determination from a medical examiner on whether to sift the soil around the building to search for human remains. The medical examiner’s office is in the middle of a 10-week sifting operation as it attempts to identify

additional human remains in debris unearthed at the World Trade Center site during construction of a new skyscraper.

If the landing gear’s origin is authenticated, it would mean it sat undisturbed for nearly a dozen years.

More than 2,750 people were killed at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, when terrorists

hijacked the two commercial passenger planes and flew them into the upper floors of the Twin Towers, then the tallest buildings in the world.

Hijackers also took over two other planes that day, crashing one into the Pentagon in Washington DC. The fourth plane went down in a field in rural Pennsylvania.

dRinKeRS hoping for a quiet night at their local had their evening in-terrupted by an impromptu gig from former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell. the 40-year-old walked into the bar and burst into song in front of an audience of somewhat bewildered men.

The former Ginger Spice got through a cho-rus of the band’s 1996 hit single Say You’ll Be There before she was stopped in her tracks by a punter who called out, “come on, how much do you

want?”The live performance appears to be the

latest in a line of challenges between members of the Spice Girls who

have been keeping in touch via Twitter.

A few hours after Geri post-ed her video on YouTube, her ex-bandmate Mel B tweeted:

“@GeriHalliwell just saw your video; only ginger spice

could do this. And that why I love you!!! Xxxxx.”

Geri indicated the game of dare would

continue, turning to the camera at the end of her song and saying to the camera,

“I’ve done it! Melanie, it’s

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Buble hugged the group after the performance and said it was “the coolest thing ever”. “Singing in the New York subway is something that’s been done for years and years and years and I feel like it’s the most au-thentic, organic way to make music. You see some of the greatest musicians in the world come down here and play.”

His new album, To Be Loved, was recently released and he is currently on a pro-motional tour: “Out of all the press I had to do, out of everything that I’m gonna do - Europe and America - this was the thing I was most ex-cited about,” said Buble.

The singer’s clean-cut im-age and traditional, big band songs helped him sell millions of albums around the world

and pick up several Grammy awards. He also has a big fol-lowing in the UK and is play-ing 10 dates at London’s O2 arena this summer.

The crooner is not the only singer to take their musical talents on to public transport. Kim Wilde scored nearly two million YouTube clicks at Christmas for an impromptu performance on a London Underground train.

MiCHael Buble surprised new york commuters with an impromptu con-cert on the subway. the singer sang a rendition of the Jackson 5 clas-sic Who’s lovin’ you on the platform at the 66th Street lincoln Centre stop. He was joined by the group naturally 7 on backing vocals as a small crowd looked on, many filming on smartphones.


SatuRday was a real Red letter day at Vivo decades. We support an extremely limited number of charities, but one of our favourites

is Help For Heroes in conjunction with the Royal Marines Help our Wounded.

We were hoping for a grand turn out, and we weren’t disappointed. Firstly the “Yompers”, ladies and gents of all ages took part in the 10km trek from the El Rancho Restaurant, Palm Mar over the foothills of Guaza Mountain, down through los Cristianos to the Market Tavern. They were welcomed with open arms and fed beer and pies, purely for medicinal reasons you understand. The end stage was Vivo, Treasure Island in las Americas, arriving to a great applause from everyone gathered to greet them.

Indianna Mcdonough opened the entertainment and was the compere for the early part of the afternoon; she introduced the first act, our very own Marc Craig who sang, amongst others, Bring Him Home from the musical Les Miserables. There was more than one tear spotted in the audience. Marc was followed by a fabulous Elvis, better known as Leslie Elvis Moore who, complete in a white and silver jumpsuit, was spectacular.

Next up were Storm Duo who were incredible

and had the venue up and dancing, both on and off stage! Our very own Bitter and Twisted provided an hilarious break from the usual, with their special guests for the afternoon, one half of the Senile Sisters, as well as Mike, their mystery guest. They all had the audience in hysterics and brought the house down! The Decades Dancers provided great talent and spectacular costumes and brought the whole mix together beautifully.

Well known, and loved local singer, albeit extremely pregnant Vanessa Pindoria gave us some fabulous show renditions with here quirky twists and had the audience singing and clapping enthusiastically along with her.

Luke Towler sang alongside his father and gave everyone a glimpse of this very young, but very talented singer, who by all accounts, will be making his mark in the very near future. The excellent Timelordz were on in full swing, taking everyone down memory lane with our absolute, nearly forgotten fave tunes. They had everyone in the

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venue up, dancing and singing along.Tenerife favourite, Vicky Denton was superb

with her choice Emile Sande’s songs and other top ranking favourites was a hit, swiftly followed by Luke Carey who gave the crowds exactly what they wanted from Michael Buble and Brat Pack sing-alongs. To close the guest entertainers, Cara Cher Madonna brought tears to most people’s eyes for her costumes alone!

The venue had been decorated in red and white and Magic Moments, Gifts by Design kindly donated a balloon arch and some balloon pillars to bring the whole thing together. We had some famous guests

show up to help the children really enjoy their day. Mickey and Minnie Mouse danced along with various partners, both young and old and posed for pictures with just about everyone, and Russ Myers provided balloon sculptures and some table top magic tricks, astounding everyone who was watching.

Rene’s Make-up stall put together a very successful Tombola and sold make up – all for the Help For Heroes cause.

Through sponsorship for the Yomp and money raised during the day, the sum of 2,650 Euros (with more to come in) was raised. This eclipsed last year. Many, many thanks to everyone involved.

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We would like to thank the following organisationsfor donating prizes

•A week’s holiday for four from Pearly Grey

•Seed pearl necklace from Tenerife Pearl

•100 Euros voucher and a set of Bamboo Towels from Antiquities Tenerife

•Tickets for Loro Parque•Horse Treking for two from Asocia-

cion Ecuestre Juan Martin•The gentleman who donated his

Boozers Paradise Basket which he won at the Decades Show

•A cut, wash and blow dry and a full set of nails from Cloud Nine Los Cristianos

•Meal for two from Olivers With A

Twist, los Cristianos•Two Submarine Safari tickets•Decades Silver tickets for two•Sunday lunch for two at Garden City

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Queen Beatrix signed the official act of abdication in am-

sterdam on tuesday, mak-ing her eldest son, Crown Prince Willem-alexander, the first dutch king in more than 100 years. He is also europe’s youngest monarch.

On her abdication, she became Princess Beatrix and her son as-cends the throne as King Willem-Alexander. He is the first Dutch king since Willem III died in 1890. The 46-year-old father of three’s popular Argentine-born wife be-comes Queen Maxima and their eldest daughter, Catharina-Amalia, becomes Princess Orange and first in line to the throne.

Willem-Alexander gripped his vis-ibly emotional mother’s hand after they both signed the abdication document. The two then appeared together on a balcony of the Royal Palace on the city’s famous Dam Square and addressed the crowd. They were then joined by the new queen and their three children.

The 75-year-old Queen ended her 33-year-reign as thousands of peo-ple dressed in orange cheered out-side the Royal Palace in the Dutch capital and millions more watched on television.

Beatrix, 75, announced her de-cision to relinquish the crown in January to make way for a new gen-eration. On Monday night Queen Be-

atrix thanked the Dutch people in a televised address, where she urged them to support her son, whose wife Princess Maxima will be queen: “Now that my oldest son is to take over this fine and responsible job, it is my deep wish that the new royal couple will feel themselves sup-ported by your loving trust. I am convinced that Willem-Alexander will apply himself with true devo-tion for everything a good king is obliged to do.”

She also praised her late husband, Prince Claus, who died in 2002, for teaching their children to be in tune with changes in society: “Prince Claus brought our House (Of Or-ange) closer to this time,” she said. “Possibly history will show that the choice of this husband was my best decision.”

The Dutch government allowed six protests to be staged around the city by anti-monarchist groups, and those who believe such an ex-pensive ceremony is unjustifiable when the country’s economy is in recession. The king receives a sti-pend of 850,000 euros (£718,000) a year and an online petition to see that reduced has now reached over 20,000 signatures, half the number required to trigger a parliamentary debate. Organiser Anjo Clement said: “The monarchy is not demo-cratic. It costs a lot of money. They pay no taxes and have free housing and enormous staff. And they have a hidden political power.”

The Prince of Wales and the

Duchess of Cornwall were among those in the audience as the new king swore to be faithful to the con-stitution and faithfully discharge the duties of his office.

President Obama sent a message of support: “On behalf of the Amer-ican people, Michelle and I congrat-ulate His Majesty Willem-Alexander on the occasion of his investiture as King of the Netherlands, and we wish the very best to him and

Queen Maxima as they assume their new roles.”

Supporters argue Queen Beatrix has presided over a decline in the monarchy’s influence over the day-to-day running of the country, but her son has courted controversy for living an openly privileged life. At university, Willem-Alexander was nicknamed Prince Pils for his party antics and caused consternation when he married the daughter of

an Argentinian politician who had a leading role in the military junta of Jorge Rafael Videla. The prince tried to defend Maxima by issuing a letter proving her father had only played a minor role in the regime, which later proved to be written by Videla himself.

Maxima later apologised for her husband’s actions telling reporters, in fluent Dutch, that he had been “a little bit dumb”.

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XFaCtoR finalists JlS shocked and devastated fans last Friday when they announced they will split af-ter 5 years together during an in-terview with alan Carr on his talk show “Chatty Man”.

The boys became very emotional and shed a few tears after they told Carr they would call it quits after a farewell tour and greatest hits album titled “Goodbye”.

Oritsé Williams seemed to be struggling to cope and had to be comforted by bandmate Marvin Humes as he choked back tears.

Humes went on to say: ‘We never wanted to overstay our welcome.

We never wanted to be that band where peo-ple said, “Oh, bloody hell. It’s JLS again”.

‘We wanted to finish on a high. We’re finish-ing with an arena tour — our third arena tour — and that is a massive achievement. The last five or so years have been nothing short of incredible. It has been an incredible journey.’

However in typical celeb “never say never”

style, the group have hinted that we may not have seen the last of them; Oritsé Williams ad-mitted: ‘We may have reached the end of the JLS legacy.’

But Marvin Humes chipped in: ‘But this is not the end.’

Erm....... Farewell tour? Goodbye -the Great-est Hits? It either is or it isn’t boys!!!!

CaStinG is moving ahead quickly for the upcoming new Marvel movie “Guardians of the Galaxy”, due for release by disney on august 1st 2014.

It’s by no means the only, or even the next Marvel su-perhero franchise to hit the big screen but as the rest are sequels (Iron Man 3,Thor-The Dark World, Captain Amer-ica-The Winter Soldier, The Amazing Spiderman 2, Wol-verine and X-men -Days of Future Past) there is a great deal of interest in the casting of the lead characters.

GOTG is a lesser known Marvel property; it’s the sto-ry of Peter Quill or Star Lord, a human/alien hybrid who becomes an interplanetary spacecop and leader of the titular group.

Casting announcements so far are, Chris Pratt (Zero Dark Thirty) as Star Lord, Zoe Saldana (Star Trek,Avatar) as alien goddess Gamora, WWE wrestler Dave Bautista as super-strong alien warrior Drax the Destroyer, Michael Rooker (The Walking Dead) as primitive hunter Yondu and most recently cast, Lee Pace (The Hobbit, Pushing Daisies)

in an as yet, unnamed villain-ous role.

GOTG is to play a large role in the much talked about “ phase 2” of Marvel’s big screen master-plan -phase 1 consisted of solo outings for the 4 main Avengers, culminating in the 1.5 billion dollar monster hit Avengers Assemble. Phase 2 sees an interwoven plot of no less than 6 Marvel properties with crossovers galore!!

Rumours already abound that the Guardian’s quirkiest character Rocket Raccoon is to make an appearance at the end of Iron Man 3 and that the Big Bad of both GOTG and Avengers 2 could be the deadly Alien Thanos (who al-ready appeared post credits

at the end of Avengers)!Confused??? It might also

be worth mentioning that in the comic world at least, Iron Man is currently a member of the Guardians and with pics of Tony Stark’s Iron Man space armour featuring in pre-publicity for Iron Man 3, it’s highly unlikely that Rob-ert Downey JR is heading to a scrap metal dealer anytime soon and may instead be making the jump to space!

One thing’s for sure, comic book fans have plenty to look forward to and whatever you do-don’t leave the theatre ‘til you’re sure you’ve not missed a post credit revelation.

PS: Iron Man 3 is currently showing in English at Gran Sur....woop woop!!

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WeS Craven’s 16 year old horror franchise “Scream”, is the latest big screen outing to be given a small screen makeover.

The movie franchise was created by screen-writer Kevin Williamson, who also wrote the screenplays of all but one of the 3 sequels. It’s not yet known if he’ll be involved in the TV series but original director, horror maestro Wes Craven (Nightmare on Elm Street, The Hills have Eyes) has been asked to oversee the reboot’s pilot episode which, if well received would then be made into a full series, to air summer 2014.

This will actually be the 2nd of his movie franchises to get a TV series-at the height of the Nightmare on Elm Street’s film series popularity in the late 80’s, a horror anthology series was launched under the name Freddy’s Nightmares - the series, which lasted for 2 seasons (44 episodes) had very little to do with the demonic child killer with the razor claws, he only introduced each episode, a la “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” or “Tales from the Crypt”.

Other notable movies that are being made into TV shows include “Hannibal”, based on the Thomas Harris books turned movie fran-chise about Hannibal “the cannibal” Lecter and “Bates Motel” which explores the relationship of Mrs Bates and her son Norman of “Psycho” fame.

A spinoff of the massive Avengers movie, S.H.I.E.LD, is also in production by Joss Whe-don, director of the Avengers film and creator

of another famous film (bad), turned TV series (excellent), Buffy The Vampire Slayer. All these are, or were fairly high profile but here are a few not so well known adaptations you may have missed!!!1. Uncle Buck

The John Candy hit got its own series but replaced comedy legend Candy with seriously unfunny Kevin Meaney as the titular character.2. Ferris Bueller

Starring an unknown Jennifer Aniston re-placing Jennifer Grey as Ferris’s sister, it was cancelled after only a couple of months3. Working Girl

A very young Sandra Bullock replaced Mela-nie Griffith as the lead character Tess McGill 4. L.A Confidential

If this prequel pilot had been picked up as a series, we may have never seen Keifer Suther-land as Jack Bauer in 24- he took on Kevin Spacey’s role in this TV adaptation5. Baby Talk

Based on the Look Who’s Talking movies, featured George Clooney as a love interest and replaced Bruce Willis as the voice of baby Mikey with Tony Danza (Taxi, Who’s the Boss?)

With almost every TV series ever made get-ting big screen makeovers (The Lone Ranger next) it will be interesting to see how these new movies turned TV series fare- will they take advantage of the character development episodic TV allows, or will they fade into obscu-rity as quickly as the above list? Only time and ratings will tell!


iTunes launched with just 200,000 songs, and has since built up a catalogue of more than 35 million songs and has around 435 mil-lion active account-holders across the world.

More than 15,000 songs are downloaded every minute, on average, and ac-cording to the technology website Pocket-lint, it would take more than 140,000 years to listen to every sin-gle music download available.

Gennaro Castaldo, of HMV, said the music store - along with the iPod - had “un-doubtedly” played a major part in changing the way consumers discover and listen to music: “Between them, they’ve helped to re-shape the music landscape - in the process creating a commercially viable model for digital technology in much the same way the gramophone did for record-ings some 100 years ago,” he said. “The challenge for Ap-

ple now is that digital con-sumers appear to be moving away from owned downloads to streaming, and there are now a growing number of competitors all looking to challenge their market domi-nance.” He added: “Demand for physical product also remains surprisingly resil-ient and there’s even been a mini-resurgence for formats like vinyl as some fans look for a more authentic music experience.”

The anniversary comes as Apple’s arch-rival Samsung brings out its new Galaxy S4 smartphone in a bid to expand its presence in the high-end US market against the iPhone.

Cameron Farrelly, a music specialist at the advertising agency pd3, said iTunes had “given us unrestricted and portable access to music’s extensive back catalogue and taught the masses the art of a perfect playlist. iTunes have pioneered a lis-

tening revolution”.Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior

vice president of internet software and services, said the company took “great pride” in exposing music fans to new and emerging artists: “We thought if consumers had a great, legal way to download music they would embrace it - did they ever. Apple was floored, as were the labels, when custom-ers bought over one million songs during the first week.”

Geoff Taylor, CEO of the UK’s music industry body BPI, said: “I think we can credit iTunes with the resur-gence of the singles market, which was in the doldrums in the early 2000s but has now hit a record high.”

The iTunes store is avail-able in 119 countries around the world. As well its vast collection of music tracks, it holds more than 190,000 episodes of television pro-grammes and more than 45,000 films.

iTunes Celebrates A Decade Of success

MAY 2013Friday 3rd May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bitter & Twisted ExperienceSaturday 4th May . . . . . . . . . . . Saturday GALA NightSunday 5th May . . . . . . . . . . . . . ViVO Sunday CarveryMonday 6th May . . . . . . . . . . . . Decades SpectacularThursday 9th May . . . . . . . . . . . Decades SpectacularFriday 10th May . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bitter & Twisted ExperienceSaturday 11th May . . . . . . . . . . . Saturday GALA NightSunday 12th May . . . . . . . . . . . . . ViVO Sunday CarveryMonday 13th May . . . . . . . . . . . . Decades SpectacularThursday 16th May . . . . . . . . . . . Decades SpectacularFriday 17th May . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bitter & Twisted ExperienceSaturday 18th May . . . . . . . . . . . Bitter & Twisted BirthdaySunday 19th May . . . . . . . . . . . . . ViVO Sunday CarveryMonday 20th May . . . . . . . . . . . . Decades SpectacularThursday 23rd May . . . . . . . . . . . Decades SpectacularFriday 24th May . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bitter & Twisted ExperienceSaturday 25th May . . . . . . . . . . . Saturday GALA NightSunday 26th May . . . . . . . . . . . . . ViVO Sunday CarveryMonday 27th May . . . . . . . . . . . . Decades SpectacularThursday 30th May . . . . . . . . . . . Decades SpectacularFriday 31st May . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bitter & Twisted Experience

JUnE 2013Saturday 1st June . . . . . . . . . . . . Saturday GALA Night

Sunday 2nd June . . . . . . . . . . . . . ViVO Sunday CarveryMonday 3rd June . . . . . . . . . . . . Decades SpectacularThursday 6th June . . . . . . . . . . . Decades SpectacularFriday 7th June . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bitter & Twisted ExperienceSaturday 8th June . . . . . . . . . . . . Saturday GALA NightSunday 9th June . . . . . . . . . . . . . ViVO Sunday CarveryMonday 10th June . . . . . . . . . . . . Decades SpectacularThursday 13th June . . . . . . . . . . . Decades SpectacularFriday 14th June . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bitter & Twisted ExperienceSaturday 15th June . . . . . . . . . . Saturday GALA Night

aPPle is celebrating a decade of itunes, the digital music store that has seen more than 25 billion songs downloaded since its launch it april 2003.


i, FoR one, am de-lighted that the new five pound note is going to feature Win-ston Churchill. at last, someone who is known by everyone in Britain and not just by the select few. the great man is quoted as saying, “Money is like manure, it’s only good if you spread it around”. Well, now he can keep an eye on it as it spreads around the uK with his face on it!

The last time that someone who was a true inspiration

to millions appeared on the notes was when Shakespeare adorned the fiver. I think that Shakespeare should be on the notes still. I know that they have to change them every now and then for vari-ous reasons including the

battle against forgery, but Shakespeare and Dickens are so deeply entrenched in the British Psyche that they de-serve a place in our everyday life. I suppose it would be too much to ask to put Bitter and Twisted on the tenner?

MiRiaM tucker, from Florida won a diamond worth 3,000 pounds. She had won it at a charity bash and someone had put it into her drink glass, God knows why?

Anyway, surprise, surprise, the 80 year old woman drank it along with her champagne.

The dopey organizers of the event filled each of the 400 champagne glasses with cubic zirconia, except for the winning one which had

the real diamond which had been given to the event by a local business.

She had an x-ray to see if it could be found, but the doctors had to carry out a colonos-copy before they managed to locate it. She then had to “Sit and wait” for it to come out naturally.

It gets worse....... Once it came out, she took it for authentication without even cleaning it first. Honestly, you couldn’t make things like this up. What an idiotic way to run a raffle!

SharpleS in SeSSionBy John Sharples

i’ll Have A Fiver On it

What A gem

oH dear. taxes are rising again in Spain as the government is forced to make further cutbacks and rake in cash from its people. these measures won’t be popular, but the country is in a terrible state at the moment. they have promised not to affect the catering and ho-tel industry, but there will be an inevitable knock on effect.

Those of us in Spain who have jobs are the lucky ones. Unemployment has risen to over 1 in 4 people. The younger workers are in an even worse position. It is so sad that over 57 percent of people aged 16 to 25 are out of work. What chance do these youngsters have to start a life and buy a home?

It is all very sad. The people that are respon-

sible for this dreadful economic crisis will sail through it and we will be put in a similar posi-tion again in the future. Hopefully, I won’t be around to see it. We never seem to learn do we?

You’ve got To pick A pocket Or Two

nO MORE WAR!

tHe Syrian civil war is causing consterna-tion in the uSa and Britain. it looks like they have been using chemical weapons apparently. Hmmmm. We have heard all this before haven’t we? Remember iraq?

I just can’t help feeling that we should be concen-trating on what is going on in our own countries just at the moment and putting all our efforts into getting people back to work, seeing to it that the sick are seen promptly and that the old and infirm are well looked after.

We had our civil wars cen-turies ago and the Ameri-cans have had theirs. No one else got involved as we dragged ourselves through

the mud and killed our own countrymen. We have had our share of tyrants in our history and we fought our way out of the mess into freedom and democracy.

Freedom comes at a price, usually war and bloodshed. We can only appreciate it and adapt into a society by fighting for our own causes. Why do we always have to go wading in to other peo-ple’s conflicts and put the lives of our own young peo-ple at risk? Isn’t it time that some other country did it, do we really have to act like the head of the world.

What’s up with China do-ing something about it, or how about the super-rich Arabs getting together and dealing with the issues that are going on in their own re-gion of the world.

We simply can’t afford to

keep fighting other people’s battles for them. Isn’t it about time that we said that we are not getting involved instead of shooting our big mouths off and having a go at the way that other coun-tries run their business?

The British have no room to criticize others. We raped, pillaged and robbed countries in the past and made them part of the Brit-ish Empire. Just because we don’t do it anymore, it doesn’t give us the right, with big brother America, to tell others what to do. It is time for others to pay in cash and blood; we’ve done more than enough. Now, Mr Cameron, get back behind your desk and out of that pulpit and start balancing the figures please. That’s what we pay you for! RANT OVER.


Question one: According to the traditional rhyme a child born on what day is loving and giving?

Question two: From which country does mulligatawny soup originate?

Question three: In the financial world what do the letters IMF stand for?

Question Four: Who was Lord Protector of England from 1653 to 1658?

Question Five: How many triple score squares are there on a Scrabble board?

Question Six: Which sport was banned by the Scottish parliament in 1457?

Question Seven: Which singer had a backing group called The Wailers?

Question eight: Which musical features the song “Oh, What A Beautiful Morning”?

Question nine: Which Chelsea player scored a goal after only 42 seconds in the 1997 FA Cup Final against Middlesbrough?

Question ten: What was the name of Charles Darwin’s survey ship in 1831?

Question eleven: By what other name are the inert gases known?

Question twelve: The name of which make of car means “car for the people”?

ReSeaRCH has shown that whales pass on good ideas to each other in the

same way as humans do. Researchers found that a new way to fish invented by a humpback whale was spread through all those living in one area of ocean. the hunting technique was developed after the whales, which are highly intelligent, were hit by a food crisis. after nearly 30 years, the technique had spread to 40% of the humpback population off new england in the uS.

The whales were forced to find new prey after stocks of their preferred food, herring, were de-pleted in the early 1980s. Normally, humpback whales forage for food by blowing bubbles under water to confuse shoals of fish and herd them together. The bubbles force the fish to congregate in one place, making them easier for the whales to catch.

But in 1980, as the herring stocks reached rock bottom, one whale was spotted feeding in a completely new manner. The whale slapped the water’s surface a few times with the end of its tail and only then dived down to bubble feed.

Scientists believe it was devised to target Sand lances, which often live on the sea bed. Although they are plentiful, they do not swim constantly in shoals like herring. It is believed that slapping the water could make the fish leave the sea bed, leaving them vulnerable to the whales.

By 2007, the technique, chris-tened ’lobtail’ feeding, had caught on among a significant number of humpback whales in the Gulf of Maine, off the coast of Boston. Scientists think that the whales are able to show or somehow describe to other whales how to exploit the new technique. Use of the tech-

nique is now concentrated at Stell-wagen Bank, where the fish spawn and are especially abundant.

Dr Luke Rendell, one of the re-searchers from the University of St Andrews in Scotland, said: “Our study really shows how vital cul-tural transmission is in humpback populations. Not only do they

learn their famous songs from each other, they also learn feed-ing techniques that allow them to buffer the effects of changing ecology.”

The study, which follows 30 years of observations, is published in the latest edition of the journal Science.

Whales Teach new Fishing Techniques


tHe dragon tree (dracaena draco) adds its own exotic charm to tenerife with its strange appearance, and the “drago Milenario” in icod de los Vinos has become a real tourist attraction. this ancient specimen is said to be 1,000-3,000-years-old al-though more realistic esti-mates say it is more likely around 650 years in age.

However old the Drago Milenario is, it has its own park known as the Parque del Drago and it is a real mira-cle of the vegetable kingdom with its huge head of twisting branches that fan outward from its massive trunk. It is easy to imagine all sorts of things as we gaze in wonder at it. This is a tree that wouldn’t look at all out of place in

a Lord of the Rings film!The Dragon Tree was declared as an

official plant symbol of Tenerife back in 1991 by virtue of a Regional Act and I think it well deserved this status. Af-ter all it is a tree that people actually travel to see when they come to Icod to see the famous Drago Milenario, which is said to be the biggest and old-est Dragon Tree in the world.

The Dragon Tree gets its name because with its head of many small branches, it has been likened to a 100-headed dragon in Greek mythol-ogy that was said to guard the Garden of the Hesperides. The hero Hercules killed this mighty beast and when its blood hit the ground small trees be-gan to sprout. Also aerial roots are produced that hang downward like a dragon’s beard, and if you cut the

trunk it bleeds a sap that goes a dark red as it is exposed to the air and is known as Dragon’s Blood.

Dragon Trees are very distinc-tive with their crowning rosettes of long pointed and leathery leaves and scarred trunks that often become a silvery-grey colour. They are very slow growing and do not branch until after they have flowered for the first time. This could take as much as 10 years. Strangely some trees keep growing and do not flower or branch. Why some flower at a lot shorter heights and others don’t is part of the mys-tery of the Dragon Tree.

The small white flowers are pro-duced in large numbers on flower-stalks and they turn into orange-red pea-sized berries with a single hard stone inside. These seeds are almost round and are surrounded by a small amount of edible flesh.

It is said that the Guanches, who lived in the Canary Islands before the Spanish Conquest, used to use the Dragon Tree as a food source and also to make shields from its bark. The mencey or king of the Icod area is believed to have held meetings with his noblemen and advisors under the spreading branches of the Drago Mile-nario. It is very tempting to think that this ancient tree listened in to the plans of these people all those years ago but whether it is true or not is an-other matter.

It isn’t a proper tree because it doesn’t have rings in the trunk if cut and so it is impossible to work out ex-actly how old individual specimens are except by estimating how long sec-tions of the trunk and the branches took to grow.

Dragon Trees are very drought re-sistant and in the wild can be found on cliffs and mountain slopes although they are now very rare in their natural habitat and are a protected species.

Most towns and villages have their own Dragon Trees standing in some public spot and also they are common-ly planted in gardens and parks around the island. They are easy enough to grow from seed and many gardening centres and tourist shops sell small trees. The seeds are sold in packets for the extortionate price of 1 Euro

or more for just a couple of seeds and why people buy them I never have been able to understand when you can easily find the berries on the ground under large Dragon Trees where they usually go to waste.

It is a good idea to soak the seeds for a day before planting and be pre-pared to wait for them to sprout be-cause Dragon Tree seeds usually take around a month before they germi-nate. You will see a tiny green spike poking through the compost. It is very rewarding though to grow your own Dragon Tree and they make interest-ing house plants in places like the UK where it is too cold for them to sur-vive the winters.

As we have already seen, Dragon Trees can live for a very long time and in ideal conditions much longer than humans, and I always think it is a won-derful idea to plant something that could still be around hundreds of years in the future!

gardening and natureBy Steve andrews - aka green Bard

THE DRAgOn TREE is A pLAnT sYMBOL OF TEnERiFE

Also known as the Bard of Ely, the Green Bard has a Green Beard, as can be seen in the photo.He is an expert on nature and loves to write about wildlife and conservation.

He has a very wide knowledge of edible plants, foraging and herbs.He was quoted as a “Weed expert” in The Ecologist. The Green Bard, though originally from Cardiff in Wales,

is currently based in Tenerife where he has successfully reared many Monarch butterflies on plants grown on his apartment balcony. In May, 2012, at the English Library in Puerto de la Cruz he gave a talk on the Flora and

Fauna of Tenerife to a full house and has been invited back to be a guest speaker again. Keep up to date with him at: http://greenbard.hubpages.com/

dragon’s Blood is collect-ed by making shallow cuts in the trunk and then let-ting the resin that oozes out harden as it dries. it has astringent properties and chewing it is said to be good for the gums.

Made into a tincture with alcohol, dragon’s Blood has been also used as a rem-edy for coughs. its medici-nal properties were known about by the ancient Ro-mans, and ground into a powder the dried resin has

been employed as a treat-ment for dysentery, ulcers and haemorrhages.

dragon’s Blood has been an ingredient in various dyes, lacquers and varnish-es.

the Guanches made shields from the dragon tree bark. these people practised mummifica-tion of their dead and it is thought that the dragon’s Blood resin was one of the herbal ingredients used in the embalming process.

Dragon Tree uses

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dragon tree grown from seed

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While the Sarkozys gave the Obamas the most valuable gifts in 2011, they were not the only lavish givers. The governor of the Mexi-can state of Oaxaca presented the First Family with $13,200 worth of artwork, and former Chinese President Hu Jintao presented them with a 48-inch bronze statue of Abraham Lin-coln valued at $9,800.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel gave Mr Obama a golf putter, and Canadian Prime Min-ister presented him with a basketball signed by the Toronto Raptors. Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard gave Mr Obama an iPod shuffle and Australian football jerseys.

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Situated inLas Chafi ras

aquarius 20 January to 18 FebruaryMuch as you’d like to relax at home, career issues may take up a lot of time and energy. Monday could be frustrating in this respect, but don’t get uptight. Do the best you can and the situation may resolve itself. Meanwhile, adjust your schedule so you can recharge your batteries, eat well, and get more rest. Use this as a time of reflection in which you connect with your heart and rethink your priorities. You might get an impulse that could take you in a new direction.

One thing you may learn this week is to not argue with the powers that be. Someone may have you tied up in red tape that wastes your time and energy. Do the best you can and focus on what is working in your life. These issues should soon resolve themselves. They’re only temporary. Meanwhile, equally powerful energies may encourage you to connect with friends or business associates to collaborate on plans or projects. It could involve a financial incentive.

Pisces 19 February to 20 March

Despite your recent soaring successes, you may feel frustrated by a lack of progress on Monday. Perhaps financial issues aren’t moving quickly enough for you and are causing angst. You’ll soon develop a practical plan that enables you to move ahead. You might be busy working on a new contract or lucrative deal that could be perfect for you, but once again, patience may be needed when formulating the details. You’ll eventually get to a place where it all comes together.

aries 21 March to 19 April

You seem to be in your element, although you might feel blocked by someone’s refusal to cooperate or see your viewpoint. Monday could be difficult in this respect, but it isn’t worth forcing the issue. Focus on what you can achieve, which may mean organizing your finances in order to study or travel. Use your current resources as a springboard to greater things. You may encounter more resistance from someone later in the week. Sidestep it and concentrate on the positive. It will melt away.

taurus 20 April to 20 May

You might need to get a health issue checked earlier in the week, especially if you feel tired and generally lacking in energy. You need to pace yourself in general and not try to take on more than you can easily accomplish. Desires may be strong and should be linked to important goals as a way to channel potent energies. Notice where your passions and heartfelt needs lie, as this may give a clue to the next step on your path.

Gemini 21 May to 21 June

Your social life looks promising and very upbeat, which is great for dating, networking, and having a good time. Don’t be so caught up in yourself and your moods that you refuse an invitation, especially early in the week. Be willing get over your problem and get out of your own way. Something special may happen as a result. If you’re in a committed relationship, there is plenty of potential to enjoy life. Singles could get involved in intense situations with promising romantic outcomes.

Cancer 22 June to 22 July

Home and career matters may need equal amounts of attention, which could take your focus off your primary goals. You may feel deeply frustrated on Monday as attempts to get ahead could be offset by additional responsibilities at home. It helps to go with the flow and do as much you can without worrying about it. There are possibilities for getting ahead at work and showing just how capable you really are. Attention to detail may earn you praise or even a future promotion.

Leo 23 July to 22 August

You could be suspicious of someone’s motives when the person may be trying to help you. Reconsider your opinions on Monday. You could be sabotaging your own success by stubbornly blocking out someone’s suggestions. Meanwhile, your strength of mind may bring you additional bonuses in the form of fresh ideas and inspiration. You may be thinking of travel or study as a way to expand your horizons. You may make a decision to purposely move outside your comfort zone to see what you can accomplish.

Virgo 23 August to 22 September

Your finances may have been stretched lately. You could feel particularly frustrated on Monday when a financial transaction doesn’t work out as expected or if you have less cash than you thought. Try not to worry about it since this transit is temporary. You may also be thinking about investing in your home or property as a way to make your money work harder for you. Meanwhile, the desire to travel may also be on your mind. Why not go for it?

libra 23 September to 23 October

A stubborn mood could cause problems when you don’t see eye to eye with another. However, you may be shooting yourself in the foot by being disagreeable. Try to be positive and open-minded and the week can get off to a good start. However, partnerships are important, especially as your partner may have so many sensual delights to offer you. Get together for a gourmet meal with your latest love interest and enjoy feeling loved and cherished.

Scorpio 24 October to 21 November

It seems like you’ve been enjoying yourself lately, as you may have a built-in resistance to your routines. You might feel unnecessarily tired for no real reason other than they’re too much trouble. On the other hand, if you can focus, you may be able to close a lucrative deal, negotiate a pay raise, or find a way to increase your earnings and improve your lifestyle. Just a little effort could yield big results. As health issues are also in focus, don’t ignore these either.

Sagittarius 22 November to 21 December

There is a lot of activity in your romance zone, which you may be very happy about. If you’re single, you’ll enjoy flirting and chatting with positive, optimistic people. Those who love success as much as you do may be the ones you gravitate toward. Don’t let friends criticize your choice of dates. Ignore them and listen to your heart. You may be eager for one particular association to work out, but don’t try to manipulate things to your advantage. It’s best to go with the flow.

Capricorn 22 december to 19 January

tHe uS State department has released a list of gifts given to top gov-ernment officials during 2011, revealing the generosity of many foreign dignitaries.

www.tenerife-weekly.com Tenerife Weekly - 3rd May - 9th May 2013 37 pugh´S pantry

By Barry pugh

Pugh’s Tips/Hints:When taking the cakes out of the oven, expect the cakes to still

appear a little bit wet on the top and be a bit wobbly. So take care when running the knife around the edge of the cakes.

There will be quite a lot of the melted part in the middle. If you’d prefer more cake and less sauce in the middle, cook for an extra 2 to 3 minutes.

If you’re not going to serve it straight away, I use a silicon muffin mould, place it straight in the freezer when it has cooled slightly and let it freeze. Then you can easily remove them from the silicon when frozen and microwave for about 30 seconds when you need them.

Try it with white chocolate, the results are really good and tasty, then serve it with a warm black cherry sauce!

Why not make them in a cup and serve them to your diners on a saucer?

Chocolate fondant pudding, chocolate moelleux, chocolate lava cake or basically melt in the middle chocolate puddings. i first started making these when i worked in liverpool with a great kitchen team. the hotel menu always featured a variation of these on the table d’hôte menu, sometimes white chocolate, cinnamon, chocolate and toffee and even chocolate orange! there were so many different ways we used to make them. Many people cheat with them by quickly cooking them in the microwave, but the conventional way is always best to get that slight cake/muffin texture on the top of the cake. Here’s how to make that scrumptious pudding!

Melt in the middle Chocolate puddings

Ingredients:

100g chocolate,minimum 70%

cacao100g unsalted

butter,plus extra to grease

2 eggs2 egg yolks

120g caster sugar4 tablespoons cocoa powder

100g plain flourMethod:

Heat oven to 160°c Break the chocolate into squares and melt it

with the butter in a bowl over a saucepan of hot water. Take off the heat and leave to cool. Whisk the egg, egg yolk and sugar with an elec-tric mixer until well mixed. Butter 4 ramekins, about 75mm in diameter. Dust well with the co-coa powder, then shake off any excess. Whisk the cooled chocolate mixture into the eggs and sugar mixture.

Sift the flour over the mixture, and then fold in. Divide between the 4 ramekins. Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Run a knife around the edge of each cake and turn out onto plates. Serve straight away!

Jelly FruitI came across this great fun idea to make.

Simply take some large or-anges, cut them in half and scoop out the centre leaving just the orange peel. Make your fa-vourite jelly, pour it into the centre and allow it to set. Then cut it into segments!

You can even try this with a melon or any other fruit that has a good skin. Why not even fill it with a selection of your favourite fruits then pour in the jelly for the ultimate fruit cocktail!!!


HinK PinKSHink Pinks are fun rhyming word riddles.

The answer to the riddle is a pair of words that rhyme with each other. For example: Large Feline would be Fat Cat.

What’s a Hink Pink you ask?

1. a fragile end of the finger _____________________________________________2. a green mineral made into a cutting device _____________________________3. a happy post high school student ______________________________________4. a keen eyed bird’s discussion ___________________________________________5. a large branch _________________________________________________________6. a literary thief ________________________________________________________7. a naked sitting device __________________________________________________

8. a literature hiding place __________________________________________________________________9. an uncooked animals foot ________________________________________________________________10. a pig meat rip off _______________________________________________________________________11. a prison for Moby ________________________________________________________________________12. a promise to grow _______________________________________________________________________13. a quick explosion ________________________________________________________________________14. a run for the money _____________________________________________________________________15. a sack for holding old Glory ______________________________________________________________

www.tenerife-weekly.com Tenerife Weekly - 3rd May - 9th May 2013 39 motoring newS

By lingy

new Volkswagen Up! special Editions

nEW BEnTLEY 4x4

VolKSWaGen is introducing two new spe-cial edition

versions of the award winning Volkswagen up! called the Groove up! and the Rock up!

The Volkswagen up! city car has won numerous acco-lades since its launch in late 2011, winning special praise for its combination of small footprint, big interior space and innovative City Emer-gency Braking system. It is popular as it is the perfect car for beginner drivers who need simplicity and safety and it boasts a class leading 1E group insurance rating which will again appeal to the younger generation as insur-ance premiums are so high. The car is available with two 1.0 litre three cylinder petrol engine options as well as a BlueMotion technology ver-sion. It has three doors and three trim levels Take up!, Move up! and High up! plus a special edition the up! black and up! white.

The two new special edi-tions are based on the High up! model which is the top spec model and each has its own unique twist. The Groove up! is available as either a three door or a five door model it fea-tures heated front seats, a leather-trimmed steering wheel, gear lever and hand-brake with orange stitching,

bespoke black seats with orange edging, dark-tinted glass from the B-pillar back, 16-inch ‘Upsilon’ alloy wheels and black gloss door mirror caps. It really is ‘groovy’ and it is also fitted with a pump-ing Fender sound system, complete with six speakers, a subwoofer and a 300-Watt amplifier so you need to like your music loud! Other standard spec includes Maps & More personal infotain-ment device, which along with touchscreen satellite navigation provides Blue-tooth phone connectivity and music streaming, making it a cinch to synch with your tunes.

The Rock up! comes only as a three-door model and it is minus the Fender sound system, the distinctive styl-ing includes an anthracite stripe running the length of the bonnet, roof and tailgate and a full body kit, consisting of gloss black front spoiler, side skirts, rear diffuser and

rear spoiler. The door mir-ror caps are also gloss black, apart from on vehicles or-dered with Deep Black Pearl paintwork, in which case they are chrome, the fabu-lous 16-inch ‘Upsilon’ alloy wheels complete the look. The interior includes the same standard equipment as the high air conditioning, heated front seats, the Maps & More infotainment system and a six-speaker audio sys-tem are all standard, as is re-mote central locking.

optional equipment

There is more too on offer, optional equipment includes City Emergency Braking sys-tem a sensor pack that in-cludes rear parking sensors, cruise control and a multi-function computer and for the five-door Groove up!, a forward-folding front pas-senger seat to accommodate long loads. The Groove up! is also available with a panoram-ic glass sunroof.

Bentley pro-duce the ulti-mate luxury tourers and

now they have decid-ed to go ‘off road’ and launch their first 4x4 vehicle which will no doubt rival the Range Rover and the Porsche Cayenne. on sale from 2015 priced at approx-imately £140,000 this luxury 4x4 will be on the shopping list of many a premiership footballer and it is hoped that the Royal Family who already have a number of bespoke Bentleys in their fleet, will invest in the ultimate ‘Chel-sea tractor’.

Every Bentley is extremely luxurious and the new 4x4

takes it to another level as the very finest materials have been used. Bentley is using harder saddle leather for the first time in areas that may be subject to hard-er wear, this is a 4x4 after all the softer leather is where customers are more likely to touch it. Emerging from the traditional walnut dash is a hi-tech infotainment screen that seems to float above a panel with controls for the climate, navigation and en-tertainment systems. Full connectivity and Internet ac-cess with downloadable apps will keep the system up-to-date. Other new features include major controls larger than usual so the driver can used them with gloves on plus the displays change de-pending on the driving mode and also show the view of ex-terior cameras. There is also full length panoramic sun-roof with a central metal bar

running its full length and featuring grab handles.

The size of the Bentley 4x4 is taller and wider than the Porsche Cayenne and lower and narrower than a Range Rover but longer than both!! The exterior boasts a wide matrix mesh grille flanked by large Mulsanne-style circular lights. Under the headlamps sit similarly-sized circular air intakes, surrounded by LED daytime running lights. Chunky twin exhausts are integrated into metal under the bumper, which also features at the front and sides of the car. The traditional Bentley ‘cat-walk’ bonnet crease runs from the outside of the grille to the edges of the wide, upright windscreen. Further styling lines are fed from the headlights, wrap-ping around the side of the car with side vents inspired by the Bentley flying B. It has a muscular and strong pres-ence that will most certainly turn heads. The boot fea-tures a powered split tailgate and two fabulous hampers swing out from panels above the wheel arches great for the champagne picnic! The 23-inch turbine-style alloys with 800mm diameter tyres are clearly performance ori-entated Bentley engineer-ing Chief Rolf Frech said “we have to show we can be good off road. If we build an SUV, it’ll be a real SUV, not a fake.”

Under the bonnet of this new Bentley masterpiece is a twin-turbo six-litre W12 engine with an eight-speed transmission which is capable of 0 to 60mph in less than five seconds.

PoliCe in dubai have been showing off their brand new patrol car – a Ferrari. the vehicle arrives hot on the heels of a lamborghini that is already part of the city state’s crime-fighting team.

The car, which carries the green and white of Dubai Police, was unveiled at the foot of the Burj al-Khalifa, the world’s tallest building. It will be used by women police to patrol tourist areas.

The introduction of luxury Italian cars to the police force is being seen as a sign of economic recovery in the Gulf emirate where a housing bubble burst in 2008. In Dubai, petrol is cheaper than drinking water, and authorities face significant challenges to curb road accidents caused by speeding.

Last year, official figures put road deaths at 122, with 2,161 injuries, many of which occurred on the emirate’s notorious Sheikh Zayed highway.

DUBAi pOLiCE LUxURY CARs

Tenerife Weekly - 3rd May - 9th May 201340 TREASURE ISLAND TV GUIDE

06:00 Breakfast09:15 Fake Britain10:00 Homes Under

the Hammer11:00 Don’t Get Done,

Get Dom11:45 Animal Frontline12:15 Bargain Hunt13:00 BBC News at One13:45 Doctors14:15 Escape to the

Country15:00 Perfection15:45 The Hairy Bikers’

Food Tour of Britain16:30 Antiques Road Trip17:15 Pointless18:00 BBC News at Six19:00 The One Show19:30 A Question of Sport20:00 EastEnders20:30 Would I Lie to You?21:00 Have I Got News

for You21:30 Not Going Out22:00 BBC News at Ten22:35 Graham Norton Show23:20 The Wright Way23:50 Dark Water

06:00 Homes Underthe Hammer

07:00 Don’t Get Done,Get Dom

07:45 Animal Frontline08:15 Saints and

Scroungers09:00 Great British Menu10:00 World Championship

Snooker12:00 Vote 201315:00 World Championship

Snooker17:00 Vote 2013

18:00 Eggheads18:30 Flog It!19:00 World Championship

Snooker21:00 The Genius of Marie

Curie -The WomanWho Lit Up the World

22:00 QI22:30 Newsnight23:05 Later... with

Jools Holland00:10 World Championship

Snooker Highlights

06:00 Daybreak08:30 Lorraine09:25 The Jeremy

Kyle Show10:30 This Morning11:25 ITV News11:30 This Morning12:30 Loose Women13:30 ITV News and

Weather14:00 Rory Bremner’s

Great British Views15:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal16:00 Tipping Point17:00 The Chase

18:00 ITV News19:00 Emmerdale19:30 Coronation Street20:00 The Martin Lewis

Money Show20:30 Coronation Street21:00 The Ice Cream Girls22:00 ITV News at Ten22:35 The Fast and the

Furious: Tokyo Drift00:35 Jackpot24703:00 The War Wagon

11:00 Sea of Sand12:55 The Four Feathers15:10 The Anderson Tapes

17:05 PorridgeFletch and Godber find themselves on the wrong side of the bars.

18:55 Never Been Kissed21:00 Eclipse23:20 Animal Kingdom01:30 The Conversation

06:00 Children’s TV08:50 Bananas in Pyjamas09:00 Tickety Toc09:15 The Wright Stuff11:10 Nature Shock12:10 5 News Lunchtime12:15 Iceland: Ashcloud

Apocalypse13:15 Home and Away13:45 Neighbours14:15 CSI: NY15:10 My Neighbour’s

Keeper17:00 5 News at 517:30 Neighbours

18:00 Home and Away18:30 5 News at 6.3019:00 The Removal Men20:00 Eddie Stobart:

Trucks and Trailers21:00 The Mentalist22:00 CSI: Crime Scene

Investigation22:55 CSI: Crime Scene

Investigation23:55 Inside Hollywood00:00 Super Casino

19:00 Great Movie Mistakes 2: The Sequel

19:15 Doctor Who20:00 World’s Craziest

Fools20:30 Snog, Marry, Avoid?21:00 Sun, Sex and

Suspicious Parents22:00 Impractical Jokers22:30 EastEnders23:00 Family Guy23:45 American Dad!

06:10 The Hoobs07:05 According to Jim07:30 Everybody Loves

Raymond08:25 Frasier10:00 The Secret

Millionaire11:00 Location, Location,

Location12:05 Come Dine with Me12:35 What’s Cooking?13:45 Four Rooms14:45 Countdown15:30 1001 Things You

Should Know16:00 Deal or No Deal17:00 Five Minutes

to a Fortune18:00 The Simpsons18:30 Hollyoaks19:00 Channel 4 News19:30 Unreported World20:00 Come Dine with Me21:00 Ben Earl: Trick Artist22:00 Alan Carr:

Chatty Man23:05 10 O’Clock Live00:05 Random Acts00:10 New Girl

06:00 Emmerdale06:55 Planet’s Funniest

Animals07:25 Jeremy Kyle Show08:10 You’ve Been Framed!08:40 Judge Judy09:05 The Only Way

is Essex10:35 Real Housewives

of Atlanta11:35 The Millionaire

Matchmaker12:30 Emmerdale13:30 Judge Judy14:00 Jeremy Kyle Show16:10 Real Housewives


Matchmaker

18:00 Jeremy Kyle Show19:00 You’ve Been Framed!20:00 Totally You’ve

Been Framed!21:00 Hot Fuzz23:25 Van Helsing01:55 All Star Family

Fortunes

06:00 Heartbeat06:55 The Royal08:00 Father Dowling

Investigates09:00 Ideal World10:00 On the Buses10:30 Film File10:45 Inspector Morse13:00 Heartbeat14:00 The Royal15:05 The Return of

Sherlock Holmes16:15 Home to Roost16:50 On the Buses17:20 George and Mildred

17:50 Heartbeat18:55 Murder, She Wrote19:55 Agatha Christie’s

Poirot21:00 Supersleuths22:00 Taggart23:05 Law and Order: UK00:05 afterlife01:05 Wycliffe02:30 On the Buses03:00 Drama Trails

06:00 Film File06:10 The Professionals06:55 Police, Camera,

Action!07:55 World’s Wildest

Police Videos08:50 Minder09:50 The Saint10:50 Police, Camera,

Action!11:55 The Professionals12:55 Minder13:55 The Saint15:00 Cricket

19:30 UEFA EuropaLeague Highlights

20:00 Motorway Patrol20:30 Motorway Patrol21:00 Manhunter23:30 Dakar Rally00:30 Dakar Rally01:30 Police, Camera,

Action!02:00 Minder02:50 ITV4 Nightscreen03:00 The Store

06:30 European Tour Golf10:30 Asian Tour Golf12:30 Football League

Semi-Final Play-Off14:00 European Tour Golf

18:00 NBA Action18:30 Barclays Premier

League19:00 Pro Contract -The

Football Dream19:30 Football League

Semi-Final Play-Off22:00 The Fantasy

Football Club23:00 Barclays Premier


Football Dream00:00 Football League

Semi-Final Play-Off01:30 The Fantasy

Football Club02:30 Barclays Premier


Football Dream

06:00 Home Shopping07:00 Carpool07:10 Dragons’ Den08:10 Fifth Gear09:00 The Gadget Show09:30 The Gadget Show10:00 Top Gear11:00 Top Gear12:00 Massive Moves12:30 Massive Moves13:00 Top Gear14:00 Top Gear15:00 Traffic Cops16:00 Massive Moves16:30 Massive Moves17:00 Top Gear

18:00 Top Gear19:00 Traffic Cops20:00 Suits21:00 QI XL22:00 Extras22:40 Mock the Week23:20 Mongrels00:00 Suits00:55 QI XL01:55 Extras02:25 Mock the Week

06:00 Good Morning Sports Fans

07:00 Good MorningSports Fans

08:00 Super League Superstars

08:30 Super Rugby Union10:30 Super Rugby Union12:30 The Rugby Club14:00 Footballers’

Football Show15:30 Super Rugby Union

17:30 Super Rugby UnionMelbourne Rebels host the Chiefs at AAMI Park.

19:30 Rugby League22:00 World Wrestling

Entertainment LateNight Smackdown

00:00 World Wrestling Entertainment Late

Night Bottom Line01:00 Rugby Super

League03:00 Super League

Superstars

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Following one of its most successful runs in 2012, the nation’s favourite entertainment series Britain’s Got talent is back, with the four formidable judges – Simon Cowell, amanda Holden, alesha dixon and david Walliams – once more on a mission to find the most original and exciting talent around.

The undisputed kings of British TV Ant and Dec return as hosts to guide viewers through the action from an amazing array of acts. Simon Cowell and his fellow judges provide entertainment in equal measure with laughter, tears, bickering and bromance as they decide

if each performer has what it takes to make it through the auditions for a coveted spot in the live semi-finals and the chance to perform at The Royal Variety Performance.

The competition is open to all performers of any age and with any talent. This year’s Britain’s Got Talent is packed full of more variety than ever before with comedians and contortionists, dancers and drag acts and acrobats and animals all set to shine. All the acts need is the skill that they believe will both impress the judges and entertain the nation.

For the latest Britain’s Got Talent news follow @GotTalent and @BGTpress and #BGT on Twitter.

Britain’s Got TalentITV 1 - 19:15 - 20:15

06:00 Breakfast10:00 Saturday Kitchen

Live11:30 Nigel Slater’s

Simple Suppers12:00 BBC News12:10 BBC London News12:15 Football Focus13:00 World Championship

Snooker16:30 Final Score17:20 Pointless

18:10 BBC News18:20 BBC London News18:30 Doctor Who

Something ghastly is afoot in Victorian Yorkshire.

19:15 National Lottery: Who Dares Wins

20:05 The Voice UK21:25 Casualty22:15 BBC News22:30 Match of the Day00:00 The Football

League Show01:10 Weatherview

06:55 Up in the World08:25 The Early Bird10:00 World Championship

Snooker12:00 University Challenge12:30 Just a Minute13:00 MotoGP14:00 EastEnders

Omnibus15:50 Coast16:30 World Championship

Snooker17:30 Flog It!18:30 Dad’s Army19:00 World Championship

SnookerLive action is introduced by Jason Mohammad from the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

21:30 QI XL22:15 The United States

of Television:America

in Primetime23:15 Sin City01:10 This is BBC Two

06:00 CITV07:35 Ultimate Spider-Man08:00 Jessie08:25 ITV News08:30 Saturday Farm09:25 Jeremy Kyle Show10:20 My Tasty Travels

with LyndaBellingham

11:20 Murder, She Wrote12:20 ITV News12:35 Fool Britannia13:05 All Star Mr and Mrs14:05 River Monsters15:10 The Chase16:10 Midsomer Murders17:45 ITV News

18:15 You’ve BeenFramed! Top

100 Weddings19:15 Britain’s Got Talent20:15 The Cube21:20 The Jonathan Ross

Show22:20 ITV News22:35 Basic Instinct00:50 Jackpot247

11:00 Cat Ballou13:00 Fool’s Gold15:10 Home Alone17:10 She’s the Man

19:10 Legend21:00 Dogma23:30 Star Trek Into

Darkness InterviewSpecial

23:40 30 Days of Night01:50 Tiny Furniture

06:00 Children’s TV08:45 Rupert Bear09:15 Toby’s Travelling

Circus09:30 Roary the Racing Car09:45 Jelly Jamm10:00 The Mr Men Show10:15 Power Rangers:

Super Samurai10:50 Batman: The Brave

and the Bold11:15 Inside Hollywood11:20 Frontline Police12:20 Emergency Bikers13:20 Ben Fogle: New

Lives in the Wild14:25 Avalanche Express16:10 Breakheart Pass18:05 Jesse Stone:

Stone Cold19:30 NCIS21:20 Law and Order:

Criminal Intent22:15 Law and Order:

Special Victims Unit23:10 Law and Order:

Special Victims Unit00:10 Super Casino

19:00 Pop’s GreatestDance Crazes

19:05 Animal Antics19:35 G-Force21:00 Sweat the

Small Stuff21:30 Russell Howard’s

Good News22:00 Family Guy22:45 American Dad!23:30 Old School00:55 Russell Howard’s

Good News

06:10 The Hoobs06:35 Caterham

Motorsport07:00 FIM Superbike World

Championship07:25 Mobil 1 The Grid07:55 The Morning Line09:00 Everybody Loves

Raymond10:00 Frasier11:00 Big Bang Theory12:05 The Simpsons12:35 Heston’s

Titanic Feast13:40 Channel 4 Racing16:10 Come Dine with Me16:40 Come Dine with Me17:10 Come Dine with Me17:40 Come Dine with Me18:10 Come Dine with Me18:40 Channel 4 News19:00 Sarah Beeny’s

Selling Houses20:00 Grand Designs21:00 Star Trek23:25 Premonition01:20 The Big City:

Mahanagar

06:00 Coronation Street08:15 Emmerdale11:15 Britain’s Got

More Talent12:20 The Hot Desk12:35 King Ralph14:35 The Flintstones in

Viva Rock Vegas16:20 You’ve Been Framed!16:50 You’ve Been Framed!17:25 You’ve Been Framed!

18:00 Twister20:15 Britain’s Got

More Talent21:20 Totally You’ve Been

Framed!22:15 Celebrity Juice23:05 Totally Bonkers

Guinness WorldRecords

23:35 Britain’s Got Talent00:35 Britain’s Got More

Talent01:35 You’ve Been Framed!02:00 Funniest Ever

You’ve Been Framed!02:50 Teleshopping

06:10 Home to Roost06:35 Murder, She Wrote08:35 The Return of

Sherlock Holmes09:40 The Royal10:45 The Royal11:50 Pie in the Sky12:55 Agatha Christie’s

Poirot14:00 A Touch of Frost16:00 Watership Down

17:55 Agatha Christie’s Marple

The Murder at the Vicarage. In the sleepy English village of St Mary Mead, one man - Colonel Protheroe - is intensely disliked by everyone.

20:00 Doc Martin21:00 Lewis23:00 Taggart00:00 Taggart01:00 Pie in the Sky01:50 Drama Trails

06:00 World of Sport06:10 The Professionals07:05 Minder08:05 The Big Match

Revisited09:05 Bundesliga10:00 UEFA Champions

League Weekly10:35 Motorsport UK11:35 Motorway Patrol12:10 Dunkirk15:00 Cricket19:30 Indian Premier

League GreatestHitters

Simon Hughes presents a selection of some of the best moments from IPL’s biggest hitting batsmen.

20:30 River Monsters21:35 Jaws 223:55 Sweeney!02:00 Richard Bacon’s

Beer and Pizza Club02:40 Film File02:45 ITV4 Nightscreen

06:00 European Tour GolfDay three of the Volvo China Open from Binhai Lake Golf Club.

10:00 Sky Sports Classics10:15 IRB Sevens World

Series RugbyDay one of the Glasgow Sevens from Scotstoun Stadium.

14:00 Premiership Rugby

17:00 Rugby LeagueWakefield Wildcats welcome Catalan Dragons to the Rapid Solicitors Stadium.

18:55 Football21:00 Football23:00 Football League00:00 Football League

Semi-Final Play-Off01:00 Scottish Football


Football Dream02:00 La Liga

07:00 Bush Pilots07:45 Carpool08:10 Top Gear10:00 Storage Hunters11:00 Lizard Lick Towing11:30 Man v Food Presents12:00 Red Dwarf12:35 Red Dwarf13:15 Red Dwarf13:50 Red Dwarf14:25 Red Dwarf15:00 Red Dwarf15:35 Red Dwarf16:15 Red Dwarf16:50 Red Dwarf17:30 Red Dwarf

18:10 Red Dwarf18:50 Red Dwarf19:30 QI20:10 Dara O’Briain:

School of Hard Sums21:00 Red Dwarf22:30 Red Dwarf23:10 Red Dwarf23:50 Red Dwarf00:30 Red Dwarf01:10 Red Dwarf

06:00 FIFA FutbolMundial

06:30 Ringside07:30 Barclays Premier

League08:00 Champions League

Weekly08:30 Pro Contract -The

Football Dream09:00 The Fantasy

Football Club10:00 Soccer A.M.12:00 Championship

Football15:15 Football Gold15:30 Ringside16:30 NBA Action17:00 Football League

Semi-Final Play-Off

19:55 Pro Contract -The Football Dream

20:25 Football First22:15 Football First23:45 Football First01:15 Football First02:45 Football First

Saturday - T V 4 th May


S u n d a y - T V 5 th May06:00 Breakfast07:30 Match of the Day09:00 The Andrew

Marr Show10:00 The Big Questions11:00 Sunday Politics12:20 Countryfile13:15 Bargain Hunt14:15 Helicopter Heroes14:45 Points of View15:00 Escape to

the Country16:00 Songs of Praise16:35 Great Bear Stakeout17:35 The Diamond Queen

18:35 BBC News18:50 BBC London News19:00 Countryfile20:00 Antiques Roadshow21:00 The Village22:00 BBC News22:15 BBC London News22:25 Match of the Day 223:35 Late Kick Off00:05 The Sky at Night00:25 A Boy Called Dad01:40 Weatherview

06:00 This is BBC Two06:10 Experiment

Perilous07:40 The White Tower09:15 A to Z of TV

Gardening10:00 Saturday Kitchen

Best Bites11:30 Beechgrove Garden12:00 Gardeners’ World12:30 MotoGP14:00 World Championship

Snooker18:00 Coast

The Secret Life of Sea Cliffs. Nick Crane explores some of the most spectacular and scary sea cliffs in Britain.

19:00 World Championship Snooker

23:00 Dave Allen: God’s Own Comedian

00:00 Romance and Cigarettes

01:40 Countryfile02:35 Holby City

06:00 CITV06:40 Dino Dan07:05 Canimals07:20 Almost Naked

Animals07:30 Teenage Mutant

Ninja Turtles08:00 Sonny with a Chance08:25 ITV News08:30 Country House

Sunday09:25 Jeremy Kyle Show10:20 Murder, She Wrote11:20 Dickinson’s Real Deal12:20 ITV News12:30 Love Your Garden13:30 Britain’s Got Talent14:30 Fletch16:25 Midsomer Murders

18:15 ITV News18:45 Catchphrase19:30 Off Their Rockers20:00 Endeavour22:00 Perspectives22:55 ITV News23:15 Rugby Highlights00:10 The Store

11:00 Calamity Jane13:00 Jungle 2 Jungle15:05 Five Children and It16:50 Inkheart

18:55 Another StakeoutJohn Badham’s comedy thriller stars Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez.

21:00 True Lies23:45 Predator01:50 Bad Education

06:00 Children’s TV08:45 Rupert Bear09:00 Ben and Holly’s

Little Kingdom09:15 Toby’s Travelling

Circus09:30 Roary the Racing Car09:45 Jelly Jamm10:00 Bert and Ernie’s

Great Adventures10:10 Power Rangers:

Super Samurai10:40 Batman: The Brave

and the Bold11:05 Climbing the Giants11:35 The Hotel Inspector12:35 Thunderpants14:20 Along Came Polly16:00 What a Girl Wants

18:00 Dirty Dancing20:05 Once Upon a Time21:00 The Truth About

Travellers21:55 5 News Weekend22:00 London Boulevard23:55 Soho Blues00:55 Super Casino

19:00 Great TV Mistakes19:10 Snog, Marry, Avoid?19:40 The Voice UK21:00 Russell Howard’s

Good News Extra21:45 Sweat the

Small Stuff22:30 Barely Legal Drivers23:30 Family Guy00:15 American Dad!01:00 Russell Howard’s

Good News Extra

06:10 The Hoobs07:05 Freesports on 407:30 Everybody Loves

Raymond08:25 Frasier08:55 Frasier09:30 Sunday Brunch12:00 Big Bang Theory12:25 Big Bang Theory12:50 The Simpsons13:20 The Simpsons13:50 Channel 4 Racing16:10 Deal or No Deal17:10 Five Minutes to a

Fortune

18:10 Channel 4 News18:30 Come Dine with Me19:25 Gulliver’s Travels21:00 Peter Kay Live: The

Tour That Didn’tTour -Tour

22:55 The Waterboy00:40 Charulata: The

Lonely Wife02:45 Coming Up05:50 Baking Mad with

Eric Lanlard

06:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals

06:20 EmmerdaleOmnibus

09:10 Coronation Street Omnibus

11:40 The Borrowers13:25 Happy Feet15:30 You’ve Been

Framed!16:00 You’ve Been

Framed!16:35 Britain’s Got Talent17:40 Britain’s Got More

Talent18:45 Peter Pan

Peter Pan flies into the lives of the Darling children and whisks them off to the magical world of Neverland.

21:00 30023:20 Celebrity Juice00:10 The Invention of

Lying02:00 666 Park Avenue02:50 Teleshopping

06:00 Drama Trails06:10 World Kitchen06:35 Murder, She Wrote07:40 Watership Down09:30 Heartbeat10:30 Heartbeat11:35 A Touch of Frost13:30 Wycliffe14:35 The Return of

Sherlock Holmes15:50 The Secret of

My Succe$s17:55 Agatha Christie’s

Poirot

20:00 SeabiscuitStirring real-life drama in which a jockey, a trainer and a grieving entrepreneur buy and train an undersized thoroughbred.

22:45 A Touch of Frost00:30 Wycliffe01:25 Murder, She Wrote02:15 Agatha Christie’s

Partners in Crime

06:00 World of Sport06:10 World’s Wildest

Police Videos06:55 The Big Match

Revisited07:55 Police, Camera,

Action!08:20 Police, Camera,

Action!08:50 The Saint09:50 World’s Wildest

Police Videos10:45 MSA British Touring

Car Championship

18:00 BRDC Formula 4 Championship

19:00 World of Sport20:00 Rugby Highlights21:00 Cricket22:00 Burn after Reading00:00 Police, Camera,


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Police Videos01:55 Minder

06:00 Football First07:30 Football First09:00 Pro Contract -

The Football Dream09:30 The Sunday

Supplement11:00 Goals on Sunday13:00 Football15:30 Football

Manchester United take on Chelsea at Old Trafford.

18:30 Football League Semi-Final Play-OffThe second leg of an npower League Two play-off semi-final.

21:00 Scottish Premier League

22:00 Ford FootballSpecial

23:30 Football League00:30 La Liga02:00 Scottish Premier

League03:00 Ford Football

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07:00 Bush Pilots07:45 Carpool08:10 Man v Food Presents08:35 Storage Hunters09:00 Storage Hunters09:30 Storage Hunters09:55 Storage Hunters10:25 Storage Hunters11:20 Storage Hunters12:20 Storage Hunters12:50 Storage Hunters13:15 QI13:50 QI14:30 QI15:10 QI15:50 QI16:30 QI17:00 QI17:40 QI

18:20 QI19:00 QI XL20:00 QI XL21:00 QI XL22:00 QI XL23:00 Dara O’Briain:

School of Hard Sums23:50 QI XL

06:00 European Tour Golf10:00 Asian Tour Golf11:55 Football League

Play-OffThe second leg of a npower League Two play-off semi-final.

14:30 FootballKilmarnock host Hibernian at Rugby Park.

17:00 WWE Experience17:55 Football

Sevilla host Espanyol at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.

20:00 FootballBarcelona take on Real Betis at the Nou Camp.

22:00 Giro D’italia CyclingThe second stage of the 2013 Giro d’Italia.

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On the West Coast we meet Oyster farmer Diarmuid Kelly and local restaurateur Michael Moran, who is visiting Diarmuid’s farm. Michael is in training for the world oyster opening championships, which

are being held at the Galway oyster festival. His father and uncle were both world champion twice and as this year’s Irish entrant, Michael carries the hopes of the nation, and his family, on his shoulders. Michael says: “It’s the start of the season and I’m so excited. Oysters are my life. I eat, drink and sleep oysters.”

The seas around the Irish coast have shaped both the cliffs and also the lives of the Irish people for thousands of years. Former pro-surfer John McCarthy spent twenty years chasing waves all over the world. But Ireland is now a top surf destination which enticed him to Lahinch, in County Clare where he runs his own surf school.

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Monday - T V 6 th May06:00 Breakfast09:00 Fake Britain09:45 Homes Under

the Hammer10:45 Animal Frontline11:15 Don’t Get Done,

Get Dom12:00 Bargain Hunt13:00 BBC News at One13:30 Escape to the

Country14:30 Perfection15:15 Put Your Money

Where Your Mouth Is16:00 Planet Earth17:30 Wallace and Gromit:

A Close Shave18:00 BBC News at Six18:30 The One Show19:10 Pointless20:00 EastEnders20:30 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse

of the Black Pearl22:40 BBC News at Ten23:00 Have I Got a Bit

More News for You23:45 The Graham

Norton Show

06:20 Homes Underthe Hammer

07:20 Don’t Get Done,Get Dom

08:05 Animal Frontline08:35 Animal Park09:20 The Prince of Egypt10:50 Tintin and the

Golden Fleece12:30 Badminton

Horse Trials14:30 World Championship

Snooker18:00 Eggheads18:30 Flog It!19:00 World Championship

SnookerThe snooker season reaches its climax as a possible ten frames decide the 2013 World Championship.

23:00 The Many Faces of Michael Crawford

00:00 For Your Consideration

01:20 Keeping Britain Alive: The NHS in a Day

06:00 Daybreak08:30 Lorraine09:25 Jeremy Kyle Show10:30 Tipping Point11:30 You’ve Been Framed!11:55 ITV News12:15 K-914:00 Rory Bremner’s

Great British Views15:00 Our Queen17:00 The Chase

18:00 ITV News18:30 You’ve Been Framed!19:00 Emmerdale19:30 Coronation Street20:00 James Nesbitt’s

Ireland20:30 Coronation Street21:00 Vicious21:30 The Job Lot22:00 ITV News at Ten22:15 The Jonathan Ross

Show23:15 Monk00:05 Jackpot24703:00 UEFA Champions

League Weekly

11:00 High Noon12:45 Anastasia14:35 Star Trek II: The

Wrath of Khan16:45 Night at the

Museum

18:55 Night at theMuseum 2: Battle

of the Smithsonian21:00 Die Hard 4.023:30 Midnight Express01:50 I Killed My Mother

06:00 Children’s TV08:30 Milkshake Monkey08:35 Roary the Racing Car08:45 Bananas in Pyjamas09:00 Tickety Toc09:15 The Wright Stuff11:10 Trauma Doctors12:10 5 News Lunchtime12:15 Benidorm ER13:15 Home and Away13:45 Neighbours14:20 The Poseidon

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18:00 Home and Away18:30 5 News at 6.3018:35 Ultimate Police

Interceptors19:00 Building the London

Underground20:00 Motor Morphers21:00 Ben Fogle: New

Lives in the Wild22:00 The Bone Collector00:20 CSI: Miami

19:00 Great TV Mistakes19:10 G-Force20:30 World’s Craziest

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Before Time08:25 Frasier10:00 The Secret

Millionaire11:00 Come Dine with Me11:30 What’s Cooking?12:40 Sarah Beeny’s

Selling Houses13:45 Four Rooms14:45 Countdown15:30 1001 Things You

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Nightmares USA23:05 Alan Carr:

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06:00 Emmerdale06:25 Coronation Street07:25 The Hot Desk07:35 You’ve Been Framed!08:35 Flipper10:25 The Borrowers12:15 Emmerdale12:50 Coronation Street13:20 Coronation Street13:50 The Jeremy Kyle

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17:00 Happy Feet19:00 You’ve Been Framed!19:30 You’ve Been Framed!20:00 Britain’s Got Talent21:00 Hellboy II: The

Golden Army23:20 The Grudge01:15 Britain’s Got

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Moments02:30 Teleshopping

06:00 Heartbeat06:55 The Royal08:00 Murder, She Wrote09:00 Ideal World10:00 Film File10:05 George and Mildred10:40 The Sign of Four13:00 Heartbeat14:00 The Royal15:00 Pie in the Sky16:05 Home to Roost16:40 On the Buses17:15 George and Mildred17:50 Heartbeat

Maggie goes to the police when her suspicions are aroused about the death of an elderly patient.

18:50 Murder, She Wrote19:55 Agatha Christie’s

Marple22:00 afterlife23:00 Law and Order: UK00:00 Murder in Suburbia01:00 Ruth Rendell

Mysteries

06:00 World of Sport06:20 The Professionals07:10 The Saint08:10 The Big Match

Revisited09:10 Minder10:10 Police, Camera,


Action!11:10 The Professionals12:10 Dunkirk15:00 Cricket

Adam Gilchrist’s Kings XI Punjab have made a steady start but will have their work cut out against the high flying Royal Challengers Bangalore.

19:30 Rugby Highlights20:30 Motorway Patrol21:00 Sweeney!23:05 Bundesliga00:05 Freddie Flintoff

Versus the World01:05 The Professionals




09:00 Golden Moments of European Football

10:00 Soccer A.M. -The Best Bits

11:00 Soccer Extra Bank Holiday Special

13:00 Football League: Play-off (Semi Final)

16:15 Football League: Play-off (Semi Final)

19:00 FootballSunderland host Stoke City at the Stadium of Light in the Barclays Premier League.

23:00 Netbusters23:30 SPL Round-Up00:00 Soccer A.M. -The

Best Bits01:00 Ford Monday Night

Football

06:00 Home Shopping07:10 Top Gear08:20 Top Gear09:50 Storage Hunters10:20 Storage Hunters10:50 Storage Hunters11:20 Storage Hunters11:50 Storage Hunters12:20 Storage Hunters12:45 Storage Hunters13:15 Storage Hunters13:45 Top Gear14:45 Top Gear15:50 Top Gear17:20 Top Gear

19:00 Have I Got a BitMore News for You

20:00 Top Gear22:40 Russell Howard’s

Good News23:35 Never Mind the

Buzzcocks00:15 Have I Got a Bit

More News for You01:15 Argumental01:55 Al Murray’s Compete

for the Meat

06:00 Aerobics: Oz Style06:30 Thrillseekers: Dirt07:00 WWE Bottom Line08:00 PGA Tour Golf11:00 European Tour Golf13:00 Super Rugby13:30 YB40 Cricket

Middlesex Panthers face the Welsh Dragons at Lord’s.

19:30 IRB Sevens World Series Rugby

The IRB Sevens World Series continues with the Scotland Sevens from Glasgow.

21:30 ChampionshipRugby Union

The first leg of an RFU Championship play-off semi-final.

23:00 Footballers’Football Show

00:30 Thrillseekers: Dirt01:00 Championship

Rugby Union02:30 European Tour Golf


T u e s d a y - T V 7 th May06:00 Breakfast09:15 Fake Britain10:00 Homes Under


Get Dom12:15 Bargain Hunt13:00 BBC News at One13:45 Doctors14:15 Escape to the


Food Tour of Britain16:30 Put Your Money

Where Your Mouth Is17:15 Pointless

18:00 BBC News at Six19:00 The One Show19:30 EastEnders20:00 Holby City21:00 The Apprentice22:00 BBC News at Ten22:35 The Wright Way23:05 Live at the Apollo23:35 What Just Happened

09:05 Watchdog10:05 Paul Hollywood’s

Bread10:35 HARDtalk11:00 BBC News12:00 The Daily Politics13:00 Britain’s First

Photo Album13:30 Super League Show14:15 Mastermind14:45 My Life in Books15:15 Rewind the 60s16:00 Life in the

Undergrowth17:00 The Great British

Bake Off Masterclass18:00 Eggheads18:30 Flog It!19:00 Nature’s Weirdest

Events20:00 Alex Polizzi - The

Fixer Returns21:00 Keeping Britain Alive:

The NHS in a Day22:00 The Apprentice:

You’re Fired!22:30 Newsnight23:20 Toughest Place to

be a Binman - The Return


Kyle Show10:30 This Morning11:25 ITV News11:30 This Morning12:30 Loose Women13:30 ITV News14:00 Rory Bremner’s


18:00 ITV News19:00 Emmerdale19:30 River Monsters20:00 Caroline Quentin’s

National Parks21:00 Who Wants to be a

Millionaire?22:00 ITV News at Ten

and Weather22:35 The Zoo23:35 In Plain Sight00:25 Jackpot24703:00 Loose Women

11:00 Waterloo Road12:40 The Moonraker14:20 Blood Alley16:50 Winchester ‘7318:40 Fool’s Gold20:50 Star Trek Into

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21:00 Transformers: Revenge of

the Fallen23:50 The Limey01:35 Age of Consent

06:00 Children’s TV08:45 Bananas in Pyjamas09:00 Tickety Toc09:15 The Wright Stuff11:10 Emergency Bikers12:10 5 News Lunchtime12:15 Eddie Stobart:

Trucks and Trailers13:15 Home and Away13:45 Neighbours14:15 NCIS15:15 The Mystery of

Natalie Wood17:00 5 News at 517:30 Neighbours18:00 Home and Away18:30 5 News at 6.3019:00 Inside Hollywood19:05 The Truth About

Travellers20:00 Big Body Squad21:00 CSI: Crime Scene

Investigation22:00 Body of Proof22:55 Dallas23:55 CSI: NY00:50 True Crimes:

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19:00 Don’t Tell the Bride20:00 Joined for Life:

Abby and Brittany21:00 Barely Legal Drivers22:00 Sweat the

Small Stuff22:30 EastEnders23:00 Family Guy23:45 American Dad!00:30 Sweat the

Small Stuff01:00 Barely Legal Drivers




Selling Houses13:45 Four Rooms14:45 Countdown15:30 1001 Things You

Should Know16:00 Deal or No Deal17:00 Come Dine with Me18:00 The Simpsons18:30 Hollyoaks19:00 Channel 4 News20:00 Embarrassing Bodies21:00 Mary Queen of

the High Street22:00 Shameless23:05 Random Acts23:10 Ben Earl: Trick Artist00:15 Pokerstars.Co.UK

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06:00 Emmerdale06:25 Coronation Street07:25 Jeremy Kyle Show08:10 You’ve Been Framed!08:40 Judge Judy09:05 The Only Way

is Essex10:35 Real Housewives


Matchmaker12:30 Emmerdale13:00 Coronation Street14:00 Jeremy Kyle Show16:10 Real Housewives


Matchmaker18:00 Jeremy Kyle Show19:00 You’ve Been Framed!20:00 Peter Andre: My Life21:00 The Vampire Diaries22:00 666 Park Avenue23:00 Celebrity Juice23:45 Totally Bonkers


00:15 The Vampire Diaries

06:00 Heartbeat06:55 The Royal08:00 Murder, She Wrote09:00 Ideal World10:00 Drama Trails10:05 George and Mildred10:40 Sherlock Holmes13:00 Heartbeat14:00 The Royal15:00 Pie in the Sky16:05 Home to Roost16:40 On the Buses17:15 George and Mildred17:50 Heartbeat

Mike and Jackie are ordered to provide a safe house for a dangerous police informer.

18:55 Murder, She Wrote19:55 Midsomer Murders22:00 Wire in the Blood23:00 Law and Order: UK00:00 Pie in the Sky01:05 The Blackheath

Poisonings02:05 ITV3 Nightscreen02:30 Teleshopping

06:00 The Professionals06:55 The Big Match

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Double bill of IPL action as Rajasthan Royals host the Delhi Daredevils in the first match of the day, followed by Sachin Tendukar’s Mumbai Indians against the Kolkata Knight Riders.

20:00 World Rally Championship

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11:30 Football League: Play-off

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Night Football16:30 Netbusters17:00 Barclays Premier

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18:00 Revista de la Liga19:00 Football23:00 Football Gold23:15 Football Gold23:30 Revista de la Liga00:30 Football Asia01:00 Football02:30 Football Asia03:00 Revista de la Liga

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in the five years since the crash that brought the world’s economy to its knees, bankers have lurched from one crisis to another. Scandal after scandal has raised questions about their pay, their values and their judgement, and after the industry received billions in tax-payer bail outs, the public is in no mood to forgive and forget.

In this new three-part series for BBC Two, in part-nership with The Open University, asks two funda-mentally important questions: can we ever trust

bankers again and what do we really want from our banks?

In the first episode, Bankers: Fixing the System, bank bosses, regulators and politicians give frank first-hand accounts of how the balance of power has finally started to shift away from the masters of the universe. Ironically, this game-changing crisis erupted over the widespread rigging of an obscure rate-setting mechanism, Libor, rather than over the tumult of the financial crash. Some say it took this latest scandal to expose a profit-at-all-costs cyni-cism at the heart of our banking system; all agree things need to change.

Bankers: Fixing The SystemBBC 2 - 21:00 - 22:00

Wednesday - T V 8 th May06:00 Breakfast09:15 Fake Britain10:00 Animal Frontline10:30 State Opening of

Parliament12:15 Bargain Hunt13:00 BBC News at One13:45 Doctors14:15 Escape to

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18:00 BBC News at Six18:30 BBC London News19:00 The One Show20:00 Watchdog21:00 The Apprentice22:00 BBC News at Ten22:25 BBC London News22:35 A Question of Sport23:05 Surrogates00:30 Weatherview00:35 BBC News

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Sewing Bee10:00 Deadly 60 on

a Mission10:30 See Hear11:00 Tiger Bay12:45 Animal Park13:30 The Weakest Link14:15 Mastermind14:45 My Life in Books15:15 Rewind the 60s16:00 Life in the


Bake Off Masterclass18:00 Eggheads18:30 Flog It!19:00 Nature’s Weirdest

Events20:00 Coast21:00 Bankers: Fixing

the System22:00 The Apprentice:

You’re Fired!22:30 Newsnight23:20 A Culture

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Great British Views15:00 Dickinson’s

Real Deal16:00 Tipping Point17:00 The Chase

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21:00 Red Cliff23:50 Another 48 Hrs

06:00 Children’s TV08:45 Bananas in Pyjamas09:00 Tickety Toc09:15 The Wright Stuff11:10 Ben Fogle: New

Lives in the Wild12:10 5 News Lunchtime12:15 Frontline Police13:15 Home and Away13:45 Neighbours14:15 NCIS15:15 The Mystery of

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Poker Championship00:50 Super Casino

19:00 The Apprentice20:00 Traffic Cops21:00 Old School22:30 Sweat the

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Selling Houses13:30 Channel 4 Racing15:30 1001 Things You

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Secret Agent21:00 24 Hours in A and E22:00 10 O’Clock Live22:55 Random Acts23:00 Secrets of the

Shoplifters00:00 The Repo Man

08:10 You’ve Been Framed!08:40 Judge Judy09:00 The Only Way is

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Matchmaker12:30 Emmerdale13:00 Britain’s Got More

Talent14:00 Jeremy Kyle Show16:10 Real Housewives


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Get the Munchies23:55 Totally Bonkers


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06:00 World of Sport06:10 The Professionals07:00 The Sweeney07:50 The Big Match

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Action!11:50 The Professionals12:55 Minder13:55 The Saint15:00 Cricket

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20:00 British Superbike Championship

Highlights21:00 The Unrideables22:00 Soldier00:00 Motorway Patrol00:30 Police, Camera,

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09:00 Football10:30 Revista de la Liga11:30 Football Asia12:00 Football’s Greatest12:30 Football14:00 Football Asia14:30 Revista de la Liga15:30 Football17:00 Inside the

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School of Hard Sums20:50 Have I Got a Bit

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Get Dom12:15 Bargain Hunt13:00 BBC News at One13:45 Doctors14:15 Escape to the




18:00 BBC News at Six19:00 The One Show19:30 EastEnders20:00 Waterloo Road21:00 Britain’s Biggest

Hoarders22:00 BBC News at Ten22:35 Question Time23:35 This Week

07:10 Coast07:50 Animal Frontline09:05 Italy Unpacked10:05 Great British

Railway Journeys10:35 HARDtalk11:00 BBC News12:00 The Daily Politics13:00 Britain’s First

Photo Album13:30 The Weakest Link14:15 Mastermind14:45 My Life in Books15:15 Rewind the 60s16:00 Life in the


Bake Off18:00 Eggheads18:30 Flog It!19:00 Nature’s Weirdest

Events20:00 City of Dreams21:00 The Politician’s

Husband22:00 Watson and Oliver22:30 Newsnight23:20 Keeping Britain Alive:

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06:00 Daybreak08:30 Lorraine09:25 Jeremy Kyle Show10:30 This Morning11:25 ITV News11:30 This Morning12:30 Loose Women13:30 ITV News and

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18:00 ITV News19:00 Emmerdale19:30 Tonight20:00 Emmerdale20:30 Paul O’Grady: For

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Home Front22:00 ITV News at Ten22:35 Vicious23:05 The Job Lot23:35 All You Can Eat00:35 Jackpot247

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12:55 Cat Ballou14:45 The Anderson

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18:55 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

21:00 True Lies23:45 30 Days of Night01:55 Vinyan

06:00 Children’s TV08:00 Fifi and the

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GolF’S governing bod-ies have confirmed that Masters officials were right not to dis-qualify tiger Woods at augusta. tournament officials were alert-ed to the fact that Woods may have tak-en an incorrect drop on the 15th hole of his second round by a television viewer, but cleared the world no 1 of any wrongdoing and crucially failed to even inform him that there had been con-cerns.

Woods therefore signed for a 71 before saying in a post-round interview that he had gone “two yards fur-ther back” from where he hit his original shot after seeing it clatter into the pin and bounce back into the water.

Under rule 26-1a, he was obliged to drop “as nearly as possible” to where his original ball had been played.

That would normally mean a two-shot penalty for play-ing from the wrong place and disqualification for sign-ing an incorrect scorecard, but under rule 33-7 the rules committee waived that sanc-tion and penalised Woods two shots before his third round on Saturday.

In an 1,867-word state-ment on the issue, the R&A and USGA stated that: “Given the unusual combination of facts - as well as the fact that nothing in the existing Rules or Decisions (on the Rules of Golf) specifically ad-dressed such circumstances of simultaneous competitor error and Committee error - the Committee reasonably exercised its discretion under Rule 33-7 to waive the pen-alty of disqualification under

Rule 6-6d, while still penalis-ing Woods two strokes under Rules 26-1a and 20-7c for playing from a wrong place.

“In deciding to waive the disqualification penalty, the Committee recognised that had it talked to Woods - be-fore he returned his score card - about his drop on the 15th hole and about the Committee’s ruling, the Committee likely would have corrected that ruling and concluded that Woods had dropped in and played from a wrong place.

“In that case, he would have returned a correct score of eight for the 15th hole and the issue of dis-qualification would not have arisen.”

Despite concluding that the committee were right not to disqualify Woods, the R&A and USGA also stressed that the incident should not lessen the obligation on play-ers to understand the rules and sign for a correct score.

The statement added: “The Woods ruling was based on exceptional facts, as required by Rule 33-7, and should not be viewed as a general prec-edent for relaxing or ignor-ing a competitor’s essential obligation under the Rules to return a correct score card.

“Further, although a Com-mittee should do its best to alert competitors to poten-tial Rules issues that may come to its attention, it has no general obligation to do so; and the fact that a Com-mittee may be aware of such a potential issue before the competitor returns his score card should not, in and of itself, be a basis for waiving a penalty of disqualification under Rule 6-6d.

“Only a rare set of facts, akin to the exceptional facts at the 2013 Masters Tourna-ment as summarised in the

previous paragraphs, would justify a Committee’s use of its discretion to waive a pen-alty of disqualification for returning an incorrect score card.

“In recent years, the R&A and the USGA have been as-sessing the Rules that relate to scorecards and disqualifi-cation. As part of this ongo-ing assessment, and in keep-ing with this regular practice, the Rules of Golf Committees of The R&A and the USGA will review the exceptional situation that occurred at the 2013 Masters Tourna-ment, assess the potential implications for other types of situations, and determine whether any adjustment to the Rules and/or the Deci-sions is appropriate.”

The statement also clari-fies that rule 33-7/4.5 was not a factor as had been originally thought in some quarters.

It added: “The decision...was not and could not have been based on Decision 33-7/4.5, a 2011 Decision that permits waiver of disqualifi-cation where ‘the competitor could not reasonably have known or discovered the facts resulting in his breach of the Rules’.

“That extremely narrow exception, which relates gen-erally to use of high-defini-tion or slow-motion video to identify facts not reasonably visible to the naked eye, was not applicable here and had no bearing on the Commit-tee’s decision.”

The so-called ‘Harrington rule’ was brought in after Ire-land’s Padraig Harrington was disqualified from an event in Abu Dhabi in January 2011. He had already signed his scorecard when a television viewer raised the issue of his ball moving as he marked it on a green.

Tiger Woods Cleared daVid Haye is looking

forward to putting on a performance when he faces Manuel Charr in Manchester on June 29.

Haye will fight for the first time in almost a year when he takes on Charr, having stopped Dereck Chisora in five rounds last summer.

But Haye is expecting a sterner test this time around.

“He’s a genuine heavy-weight, he’s a guy with a lot of heart and he’ll fight until he’s dead,” he told Sky Sports. “He’s a serious guy and people are excited about that.

“He’s going to be in my face. He’s not a slick boxer or try and be clever, he’s going to get in my face and try and hurt me so I need to be pre-pared for that.

“Manchester Arena’s go-ing to be buzzing and my two successful world title de-fences were there. It’s going to be a great night.”

Haye is taking a more tra-ditional route to get to the Klitschko brothers, who hold all the heavyweight titles be-tween them, hoping to make it impossible for them to not fight him.

“I have to get to number one and they can only duck me for so long,” he added. “They verbally agreed that if I beat Dereck Chisora they’ll fight me next.

“We haven’t heard any contact whatsoever from team Klitschko since then so you’ve got to assume they’re not interested and going down another route.

“It’s one of those things. I’ve just got to train hard and make sure my fights are ex-citing.

“It’s a great opportunity. He’s a big strong guy, but

Dereck Chisora was a durable guy who had not been on the floor once, and I knocked him out in five rounds.

“I want to do a similar thing. If you put on spectac-ular performances the world looks up and takes note and that’s what I’m looking to do.”

Promoter Eddie Hearn is delighted to be a part of Haye’s journey as he bids to regain a portion of the heav-yweight title.

“He’s the most entertain-

ing heavyweight on the plan-et bar none, boxing needs him back, and he is back and it’s great news,” he said.

“He’s a great fighter, a huge personality and I for one am delighted that he’s back and I’m pleased to be part of this journey.

“The Fury fight is a mas-sive domestic fight and the Klitschko fight lingers around, but this is a tough fight to come straight back to and I know Charr fancies his chances.”

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SPaniSH coach Vi-cente del Bosque has confirmed on that his successful reign as leader of his coun-try’s national side will conclude at the end of the 2014 FiFa World Cup.

Former Real Madrid coach, Del Bosque is one of the most successful coach-es in history, leading Spain to their first ever World Cup in 2010 and then master-minding the defence of the European Championship in 2012, making Spain the first country to ever win a Euro-pean Championship (2008), then win the World Cup and then defend its European crown.

His 70 games in charge af-ter replacing Luis Aragones, have brought about 58 vic-tories, while Spain’s passing

game is admired all over the world. However, all good things must come to an end and the 62-year-old an-nounced that he will step down after the next World Cup in Brazil: “My last re-sponsibility as Spain coach will be the World Cup in Bra-zil,” he confirmed, although he confessed that could not be the end of his role in football. “Maybe afterwards I will continue with a link to the Spanish Federation, car-rying out a role as a repre-sentative,” he said.

Del Bosque was asked about the 4-0 and 4-1 de-feats suffered by FC Barce-lona and Real Madrid in their Champions League semi-finals against Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, but denied they meant an end to Spanish hegemony and a rise of German power.

“They added their tradi-

tional power to possession football and that it what we saw in Bayern and Borussia,” said Del Bosque, who admit-ted that the Germany would be “a good candidate to win the next World Cup”.

Del Bosque also discussed Brazil, who will be the 2014 hosts, as well as the hosts of the 2013 Confederations Cup, which Spain will play as European Champions. He said it was hard to draw conclusions about Brazil’s potential given that they had only played friendly matches over the last year rather than qualification games.

Del Bosque, who will name the Spain squad for the Confederations Cup May 27, said he had long admired the Brazilian style of football, adding that as hosts they would be the favourites for the World Cup crown.

By declaring their inten-tion host a race in 2015, thailand has become the latest country looking for a place on the F1 calendar in the near future.

Even before Thailand’s introduc-tion, F1 is already poised to fea-ture at least one, if not two, debut races. Despite failing to complete construction work in time for this year, which was cut to 19 races as a result, Grand Prix of America is set for a mid-year inclusion in 2014. Next season could also include F1’s first Russian race - World Cham-pion Sebastian Vettel inspected it recently, although this may be de-layed until 2015 due to preparations for the Winter Olympics. A contract has been signed between Bernie Ec-clestone and Vladimir Putin, so it is only a matter of time.

Negotiations for a race in Mexico City were also held two months ago with Bernie subsequently talking up a return to the Autodromo Herma-nos Rodriguez circuit which hosted the last Mexico GP in 1992. “I’m all for the race in Mexico,” enthused F1’s main man.

Argentina is yet another con-tender looking to return to F1, along with Turkey and Portugal. F1 would love to race in Africa, but a race in Cape Town is still just a pipe-dream.

F1 has more than enough pro-

spective new races on the horizon to keep its appetite for new markets sated, but the question is events in the calendar will lose their place to accommodate the new entries.

F1 reached saturation point in 2012 with a 20-race schedule. If Russia, New Jersey and Thailand are all brought in then F1 is looking at a 22-race season unless some of this year’s events are dropped over the next two years. Despite their mis-givings last season, the teams could probably be persuaded to commit to 21 races, but 22 seem unlikely.

Monaco is a protected species. As is Monza. Silverstone should be but has taken out the extra insurance of a long-term deal. Singapore is the jewel in F1’s crown. India and China are too lucrative to turn back on. America will not be lost again and Austin has a contract until 2021. Abu Dhabi’s seven-year deal started in 2009 while Hungary extended for another five years in 2011. Malay-sia’s contract runs until 2015 but wants it extended, and Korea GP will remain an annual event until at least 2016, when Barcelona’s cur-rent deal will also expire - although it may rotate with Valencia. And like it or lump it, Bahrain is here to stay, with Ecclestone ready to commit for another five years.

The new French government is lukewarm to the possibility of F1’s return, but there are reports of France and Belgium alternating for

2015, stripping the calendar of the legendary Spa circuit.

Canada was dropped from the calendar in 2009 and is reputed to pay ‘only’ $15m for hosting rights. Its deal expires next year and calls for improvements to the Gilles Vil-leneuve Circuit have caused alarm at the cost of renovation. Canada’s value to the F1 brand may suffer a sharp regression if the sport takes a foothold in American market.

Australia cannot be categorised as ‘vulnerable’ but the cost of stag-ing the race is a topic of discontent in Melbourne and a few alarm bells rung last week when Bahrain was mentioned as a potential 2014 cur-tain-raiser. Only fourteen months ago, Ecclestone described Australia as “probably the least viable of all the races we have”.

Brazil’s deal expires in 2015 and Bernie’s summary of a letter from city mayor Fernando Haddad prom-ising upgrades of the Interlagos circuit was as much a warning as a reassurance: “If Sao Paulo do what they say they’re going to do then we don’t need to move.”

The only certainty is that, having made a few tweaks here and there to the calendar in the decades lead-ing up to the then-ground-breaking advance into Malaysia, F1 will once again be relocating across the globe in the next few years, and that some tough decisions will have to be made.

All Change For Formula 1 Calendar

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Rigo Baltasar is the latest player to shine after being plucked from the shadows; he followed up a steady debut with a composed performance of well drilled passes, strong defence, and powerful attacking sup-port that saw him seal the

win with a header. It wasn’t a gradual blossoming; Rigo put in a great shot after 6 minutes but was denied by Basilio in goal. If we thought it was going to be easy we hadn’t counted on a dull negative Fuenlabrada side that sat back and tried to contain Tenerife.

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plan that holds no fears for Cervera, and picking off the opposition in the second half suits him.

Chechu opened the sec-ond half with a couple of sniffs at goal but the visi-tors weren’t ready to fold yet. Rigo fancied his chanc-es from long range, his blast lifted our hopes but Basilio was alert and got both hands to the sizzling ball. With just over 20 min-utes to break the stale mate it was time for the boss to flex his tactical muscles, on came midfield playmaker Cristo Martin for defender Bruno and the reaction was instant. The sub found Loro and his ball was dribbled in-side the box by Aridane be-fore banging in his 21st goal of the season. The whole stadium roared and the sun burst through the grey driz-zle – and it was going to get even better.

Two minutes later Loro swung in a corner and Rigo was the man on the spot to head in the killer blow. It was party time on the ter-races; the noise level rose and despite the score board relaying rival Leganes own 2-0 win it was a huge leap towards nailing the top spot. Loro was unlucky not to add a third, he swung a foot as the ball came towards him but couldn’t connect, even late sub Carlos tried to get in on the action but the ball outran him as he prepared for a dig at goal. Suso and Bruno will miss this Sunday’s game through suspension but Cervera will shuffle the pack knowing Tenerife have plenty of aces.

Coach With The golden Touchthe SportS SCene

By Colin Kirby

Cd tenerife congratulate aridane

aridane on the prowl


BuildinG for next sea-son starts now for rel-egated Cd Marino, a hard earned 0-0 draw at Zamora showed their pride is still in-tact. escape is still a possibility for Zamora and they were keen to pick the bones of their visitors but the las americas side stood firm.

Matias replaced Alberto in goal but he had a quiet first half as Zamora struggled to make an impact. Garcia was the main home threat but the best he could muster was

a shot that deflected wide. Marino made changes in the second half and had three clear chances with Sanchez denying Rafa Hernandez, Bal-duino and Sandro before the final whistle. This Sunday Real Madrid C come to Las Ameri-cas for an 11 am kick off.

In a week of bad headlines for football, Marino defender Aaron Darias showed there is still decency in the game by appearing in the pre game warm up wearing the shirt of Zamora player Agustin, cur-rently fighting testicular can-cer. A much appreciated show of solidarity and compassion from the Marino player.

CD Marino spirit survives Relegation

Well on course for their highest ever fin-ish CB Canarias came back from Manresa with a 86-93 win. that moves the la laguna basketball team up to 11th place in Spain’s aCB league and in-creases their chances of getting into the end of season champi-onship play offs.

There’s no weak links in the yellows, all departments played their part in defence and attack. Nico Richotti continued his inspired form with 21 points and Blagota Sekulic added 14 points, he now has the most hauls of 10 points or more this season. Greek player Fotios Lampro-poulos was again a tower of strength as Canarias stamped their authority on the game in the middle quarters with scores of 18-27 and 22-26.

This Sunday at noon anoth-er 4,000 plus crowd is expect-ed at the Pabellon Deportes in La Laguna for a noon start against Fuenlabrada.

Victory On The Road For CB Canarias

Wiggins Could Win

SiR dave Brailsford believes team Sky leader Sir Bradley Wig-gins has all the tools in place to claim a sec-ond Grand tour victo-ry at this month’s Giro d’italia.

Wiggins goes into the race, which starts in Naples on Sat-urday and ends in Brescia on May 26, as one of the favour-ites for overall victory and with ambitions to add to the Tour de France title he won last summer.

While that historic victory came on the back of wins in build-up races such as Paris-Nice and the Criterium du Dauphine, Wiggins’s prepara-

tions for the Giro have been a lot more low-key.

Specific climbing training has taken prominence over spring stage-race triumphs, while emphasis has also been put on surrounding Wiggins with a team of climbers suit-ed to the Giro’s route.

Brailsford insists the team’s meticulous planning will give Wiggins a strong chance of victory.

“I think we’ve had a good run into it,” he said on the Team Sky podcast. “We’ve got a strong squad here and I think everything is looking good. The preparation has gone well, the final touches were put in place and we are all set to go.

aaron darias

new Venue, same Target For Debbie

Good luck to debbie Gilbey the only Brit competing in the aeFF Canarian Body Build-ing Championships this Saturday 4 May in the Bikini class.

There’s been a late move for the event from Arafo to

the Aguamarina Hotel in Golf del Sur from 5pm. At least it reduces the traveling a little for Los Cristianos based Deb-bie but there’s plenty more to think about including bulk-ing up after being told she needs to put on another 2 kg to compete.


QUiCk CROssWORD vivo.7936

1. Cobbler’s concern5. Watering place8. Manner of walking12. Identical sibling13. Beach color14. Paddy product15. Prince Charles’s sister16. Involved18. ____ Ryan of “You’ve Got Mail”19. Felt dizzy20. Airplane feature22. Atlas chart25. Wall-climbing vine26. Actor ____ De Niro

28. Test for flavor31. Christmas visitor32. Communion tables34. Deep35. Pod vegetable36. Baby carriages41. Pester42. Perjure oneself43. Out-of-date46. Icicle’s spot47. Color changer48. Polite address49. Stride50. School official51. Rescue me!52. Cherished animals

ACROSS DOWN1. Postage mark2. Proprietor3. Jargon4. Compass dir.5. Rock band ____ Dan6. Discussion group7. Moose’s horn8. Crossword diagram9. Feel pain10. Cold cubes11. Danson or Koppel17. Spray cans19. About-face21. Mideast bread22. Chess pieces23. Picasso’s field

24. “Harper Valley ____”27. Cry loudly28. Spigot29. Beer’s kin30. Train stop (abbr.)33. Tension34. Defeated ones37. Math proportion38. Make joyful39. Metal bolt40. Leaks slowly41. Trumpet, e.g.43. Bizarre44. Farewell!45. Caribbean ____46. Psychic ability (abbr.)

Av Rafael Puig 7, Playa De Las AmericasArona ( In Front Of Hotel Tenerife Sol) Answers to the QUICK CROSSWORD are on page 2

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