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B a r g a i n - h u n t e r s queued overnight in preparation for stores opening on Boxing Day, with thousands pouring through the doors from as early as 6am, breaking all previous Boxing Day shopping records. Forecasters predicted that more than £50m would have been spent in London’s West End at Bond Street, Regent Street and Oxford Street by closing time. Shoppers increased by 31.3% on Box-ing Day last year, with sales fuelled by tourists eager to

spend. The UK average foot-fall was up by 21.6%, the re-tailers’ body said. Flagship Selfridges reported its most successful first hour of trade ever, with £1.5 mil-lion melting the tills. Selfridg-es director of operations, Sue West, said handbags and menswear were among the items flying off the shelves. “Online sales have been great, but year-on-year people still want to experience the Box-ing Day sales,” she said. Department store John Lewis also announced a re-cord start to its online sale which began on Christmas Eve with hourly orders up

70% year on year. Pre-Christ-mas trading for the store saw sales of £157.8m, up 26.5% on the same period last year and breaking the £150m bar-rier for the first time. Man-aging director, Andy Street,

said: “To be announcing an-other record-breaking pre-Christmas week along with such a fantastic start to our online clearance is marvellous news.” The same story was being

told across the country, at Birmingham’s Bullring Shop-ping Centre, thousands were queuing from 12:30am with 350,000 shoppers passing through the doors over the next 24 hours. Manchester’s Trafford Centre had its big-gest Boxing Day sale in its history and drafted police in to help manage the crowds, over 20,000 waiting for the stores to open by 8am. The centre’s Gordon McKinnon said: “Many retailers have kept stock levels much tighter this year, so the sales will not be stretching on into January.” Bluewater shopping cen-tre in Kent reported 120,000 shoppers visited and queues

started forming at 1am. Retailers slashed prices and began trading early in a bid to entice shoppers and com-pete with online rivals offer-ing huge discounts. A strike by London tube drivers about bank holiday pay did not im-pact on the sales. Extra buses were drafted in to take shop-pers to the West End, as well as the Westfield shopping centres in Stratford, east London, and White City, west London, according to Trans-port for London. Jason Tyr-rell from the New West End Company said: “We were pre-pared for this strike and had coaches for staff. The shop-pers were out in force.”

editorialSo as 2012 draws to a close and we all prepare to make those New Year Resolutions that we may, or may not carry through to the second week of the New Year, we have taken some time to reflect on the big, mad and sad stories of the year. Such a lot can happen in one year and so much of it gets forgotten so I hope that John Sharples round up brings you some smiles and brings back some memories. The tragic shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school has

certainly started a war of words in America, starring our very own Piers Morgan. Our American cousins are calling for his deportation following his remarks during a recent interview. Love him or hate him, does he have a point? If guns and ammunition were not so freely available across the pond, would it lessen the atrocities we have become all too familiar with? Even celebrities are getting involved, filming a video calling on President Obama for some sort of gun control. Something must be done, but as many American citizens consider

it their constitutional right to “bear arms” it could be a long time before anything is resolved. I would like to take a further moment of your time and thank those of you who have written, emailed and telephoned over the past few months. I hope you are pleased with the way the paper has developed recently and thank you for your positive feedback. I look forward to hearing from, and meeting with you all in 2013, in the meantime, I wish you all a very happy and peaceful New Year. Lorna Eade

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the shops may have been closed on Christmas Day but online retailers announced massive price cuts ahead of an expected onslaught of shoppers hitting the traditional Boxing Day sales. amazon’s uK website said it has seen sales on Christmas Day increase by 263% over the last five years. it expected this to be its busiest Christmas Day ever to date, partly due to the growth in home broadband and the popularity of tablets and smartphones. the retailer launched its traditional Boxing Day sale a day early, including clearance of-fers and “lightning deals” for a limited time and quantity of stock. trends seen on past Christmas Days on amazon include an 11am rush for last-minute gift cards, the spending of gift cards at midday and sofa surfing at 8.15pm. Amazon’s vice president of EU retail, Xavier Garambois, said: “The digital revolution has certainly played a part in this growth and Christmas Day is our biggest day of the year for

MP3 and Kindle book downloads, as many people are buying content from new devices that they have just received. It’s not just digital items though; we are seeing purchases of everything from baby products to women’s clothing rapidly growing on Christmas Day. Many customers are shopping on Christmas Day in a way that has previously only been seen in the retail industry on Boxing Day.” Furniture Village reported visits to its website on Christmas Day last year peaked at 25,000 at 4pm, with that figure in-creasing to 50,000 on Boxing Day, suggesting that the major-ity of customers researched products online before buying from their high street stores. Chris Webster, a spokesman for technology analyst Capgem-ini, said: “Online tills will be ringing all the way from Christmas Eve to Boxing Day, including a massive £300m spent on Christ-mas morning itself. Christmas Day will see a surge in online sales as new tablets and smartphones are put through their paces and vouchers are cashed in for virtual goods such as movies and music.” Meanwhile, high street spending was “acceptable but not exceptional” during the Christmas period, according to the British Retail Consortium. No doubt the Boxing Day Frenzy will have improved the figures.

Christmas Day Online Shopping Bonanza


mayor Bermúdez, is threatening BBVA that Santa Cruz Ayuntamiento close the municipality’s official accounts with the bank unless it stops eight threatened evictions. The mayor, and finance councillor, Alberto Bernabé, have also demanded explanations from the bank as to why it has not complied with agreements adopted in November to resolve another three such cases of mortgage defaults due to un-employment. The mayor’s action comes as tents have been pitched outside both Bankia and BBVA in the capital, with the Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca de Tenerife accus-ing the banks of deception in the case particularly of two of those affected who are trying to negotiate their way out of their situation. The action group say they won’t be mov-ing their camp even if it means seeing in the New Year on the street. Meanwhile, only one bank, Cajasiete Caja Rural has joined the mayor’s Mortgage Mediation Service.

Landslides in la Calzada, mud and roads flooded with water, this is the situation that residents of the area in the North of Tenerife had to dela with on Christmas Day. The in-tense overnight rains in La Orotava, Los Realejos and the Pu-erto de la Cruz, caused landslides forcing the partial closure of some roads. The TF-342, linking Los Realejos with la Guan-cha, had to be cut off to traffic overnight. The TF-333 be-tween la Orotava and Tigaiga was also closed. Several vehicles were trapped in mud overnight in San Felipe and Martianez.

more than 130 musicians gathered together at the Cine-Teatro Municipal de Santa Úrsula on December 21st and 22nd for the traditional Christmas concert. The extraordi-nary Christmas concert featured appearances from mem-bers of the Academy of music under the direction of Ernesto Beteta A.M.C. and Miguel Ángel Expósito Marrero. Pianos, violins, Clarinets, flutes, oboes, and guitars, amongst others played traditional Christmas songs. And both the youth and adult bands merged with the voices of the choir. More than 300 people were able to enjoy this spectacular concert.

gran hotel Bahia del Duque resort in Tenerife, has won 2013 Condé Nast Johansens Europe & Mediterranean Awards for Excellence. The hotel has been awarded for its ‘EMEA Annual Executive Meeting Proposal’. Conde Nast Johansens commented on Bahia del Duque’s “inspiration from tradi-tional turn of the 20th century Canarian architecture, be-ing that it is an exclusive complex comprising Corinthian col-umns, bell towers and vast blue pools – a real oasis of luxury.” The awards are based on responses from guest nomination forms, guest survey reports and regional inspector reports drawn from the hotels featured in Condé Nast Johansens most recent guides.

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at this time of year most of us are accus-tomed to giving, even if we struggle a little and cut back on a few luxuries in order to make the Christmas season special for our loved ones. yet due to the current ‘crisis’ many spanish fami-lies find themselves in a predicament which is unbelievably shocking to those of us used to the uK Benefit system. With spain’s poor social

system, the only way for many local fami-lies can survive whilst they continue to bat-tle against the failing economy is to hand their children into care albeit temporar-ily. When The Traveller Blues Band learnt of this awful situation, they decided to take action and raise mon-ey for the local children’s homes in Tenerife by do-nating money from their album sales and making col-lections at their gigs. “We felt we just had to

do something to help these kids and their parents. It is it hard to believe that it’s the only option left for them,” said Whiskey, front man of the band. “It’s a cra-zy world we live in, but this just shows how badly work-ing class families have been hit by the corruption of the banks and governments of this so called EU zone…” The band, alongside Help-ing Hands a registered charity in Tenerife, or-ganised a trip to the Pre-mier Bar in Amarilla Golf, where they had arranged a Christmas dinner and a visit from Santa Claus. The

children received a bag of presents from Santa, a de-licious, hot and filling meal and entertainment from the band. The band then handed over the money to Miriam of Helping Hands and explained how they had raised it. She sobbed as she received just short of 1000 Euros. Seeing the joy on the chil-dren’s faces was enough to know that ‘Every Little Does Count’ and if you would like to help in anyway, you can contact Helping Hands or the Traveller Blues Band di-rectly by visiting www.trav-ellerbluesband.com

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Green UniverSity

the university of La Laguna (uLL) recycled 80 tons of light pack-aging, paper and car-tons in the past year thanks to the signing of an agreement with the company ecoem-bes, who are in charge of waste collection.

Since the start of the campaign the university has collected 68.10 tons of paper and cardboard and 12 tons of lightweight waste by placing 460 blue bins for paper and 414 yellow lightweight waste around various points on 5 campuses. To help man-

age the material collected two compactors have been located in the Campus de Guajara, and another pair in the Anchieta, to reduce the number of trips to trans-port the waste to the plant. The campaign has been developed in two phases. The first was initiated in

July 2011 on the Campus of Anchieta, Guajara, Santa Cruz and Rector. The sec-ond began in September 2011 with the placement of the containers at the Cen-tral Campus. The results highlights the effectiveness of sys-tem, because 72,71% of

material found in the yel-low bins was deposited by users of the University, a percentage which is above the average for Spain. As part of this continuous re-cycling program, a direct marketing campaign has been launched in which two actors are integrated with

students to explain the process and the correct way of recycling. The Uni-versity also held a confer-ence entitled ‘Waste Is Not Trash. Why it is so impor-tant to recycle?’ given by the environmental writer and journalist José Luis Gal-lego.

tenerife Sunshine And Carols

Christmas carols re-sounded round the Coral mar square on sunday 23rd December, accompanied by Chris on the organ. two sing-ers Liz and Catriona led the filled square send-

ing the joyful songs out over the surround-ing area. the congre-gation filled the lower square and spilled over into the upper level too. Pastor Bill was ably helped by the Sunday school children

in telling the Christmas story. Big Chris, a locally known en-tertainer, gave his testimony saying how Christ had come into his life. Pastor Bill wel-comed everyone to go into the church for mince pies, tea and coffee after the service. There was a church ser-

vice on Christmas Day and an invitation was extended to anyone who spent Christmas alone to join the church in a Christmas lunch. In the evening Silencio church goers joined the Inter-national Carol Service in Callao Salvaje to support the Callao

church. Translations and car-ols were in Spanish, French, German and Italian under the stars near the sea. From January the Silencio church congregation will be meeting at 10 am not 11am as exciting new things are happening in January con-

cerning planting a church in Playa de las Americas. Bill will be doing two services not one in the morning. It is good to see the church expanding to help fill the needs of both communities in Silencio and Las Americas. Pastor Bill’s con-tact number is 609 565 528

Tenerife Weekly - 28th December - 3rd January 2013 Facebook.com/TenerifeWeekly6 GOOGle BUSineSS phOtOS tenerifegoogLe has recently introduced Business Photos. it uses the same technology as street View, it allows shops, restaurants and other business-es to provide virtual tours of their prem-ises. these tours are then shown in google maps and local results, providing offline busi-nesses with an op-portunity to drive footfall into their lo-cations. Francis Ortiz, a Spanish Photographer is the Google Trusted Photographer for the Canary Islands. The Eng-lish-speaking Photographer explained to Tenerife Weekly the benefits of having a Vir-tual Tour for your business on Google, the largest and most popular Search Engine in the world. On average, Ortiz can get a big location done in 90 min-utes, and a small, cafe-sized location in 30 minutes. Pro-viding that the business is well laid out, he can capture 30 to 40 panoramas per hour while on-site. A typical shoot starts with a few panoramas outside the location, to help bridge them

with the existing Street View nodes. From there, the pho-tographer will walk through the business, “keeping in mind how a human would move in the same space. We don’t jump through walls or hop over furniture (for the most part). The panoramic tour images are key to this product, and as such I put most of my effort into plan-ning and shooting them,” he said. He has had published over 100 businesses for Google Street View, Google

Maps and Google Plus locally around Tenerife, La Gomera and Lanzarote. The pricing is not ridicu-lous either from 120 Euros you can have a small bar or restaurant Virtual Tour, with several 360º Interactive pan-oramic images, connected to Google Street View Car where available, plus 10 or more high resolution photo-graphs which can be freely used for printing, advertising or websites. Google has established a

maximum price tag at 450 Euros per floor (up to 30 panoramic images or 300 sq metres) so anyone can af-ford to have a virtual tour for their business, also Ortiz emphasises that there are no recurrent charges or month-ly costs hidden, once done, it is there for ever. The virtual tours can be updated whenever you want, at a fraction of the original cost, making updating tours easy and reasonable, some shops and stores update

their tours every season as stock changes, these are only examples of thousands of marketing possibilities this new Google Service offer businesses in Tenerife. So now it is possible to bring your business to life with Street View technology: create a 360-degree, inter-active tour. Showcase all the details that your customers love, perfect for restaurants, shops, gyms and salons. With Business Photos, your customers can walk around,

explore, and interact with your business like never be-fore. Customers will be able to truly experience your busi-ness - just like being there! Even better news is that not only will these images appear on Google searches, Google Maps, and Google+ Local, but you can easily em-bed Street View on your own website and on social media pages. For more information con-tact Francis Ortiz Ocaña on 615 684 195


the Civil guard has dismantled an un-derground armoury in tenerife that pro-vided guns to an or-ganization dedicated to trafficking drugs between morocco and the Canary islands, in an operation in which its 18 members have been arrested. According to the direc-torate general of the Civil Guard, agents have been involved in six searches and retrieved 24 kilos of hashish, 16,000 euros, and 73 guns, some with the serial number erased. The operation began last September after the Guardia Civil discovered criminal ac-tivity of an organisation that regularly brought inflatable boats loaded with hashish to Tenerife. After monitoring the group, researchers un-covered a plan for a major stash of hashish to be deliv-ered to the northern coast of Tenerife. 15 members of the gang were arrested whist unloading 1,200 kilograms of hashish drugs off the boat. During the arrests, agents also seized two pistols which

were carried by two people responsible for transporting hashish to the distribution point. It was customary for mem-bers of the organisation to carry firearms for personal protection against possible theft of drugs by rival organi-zations. The weapons were purchased through a person who performed the func-tions of a gunsmith but with-out the proper administrative authorisation. The weapons were on occasion modified unused guns that could be used at a later date without leaving a trace. At the gunsmiths home, agents found 69 guns, si-lencers for revolvers, large amounts of ammunition of different calibre’s, lathes and steel tubes cut into cylinders all of which were destined for repair and modification. A large number of spent cartridges and metal plates showing signs impact were found in the basement of the house. The operation was devel-oped by specialists in the fight against organized crime by the Civil Guard (UCO), sup-ported by other units with the headquarters based in Tenerife.

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the XXiii tacoronte marathon, the oldest Canarian marathon, took place again on sunday 23 December 2012, with around 700 athletes taking part. around 400 of the athletes managed the 21.097 meters full marathon, some 400 managed to complete the half marathon, whilst others com-peted in the new dis-tance of 9,500 meters. The winner of the full mara-thon was French runner, Se-bastián Beltran with a time of 1 hour, 9 mins and 31seconds. He was joined on the podium by cowboy Miguel Angel who was 2nd and Martín Fiz, a marathon veteran, still in shape, who came third. In the ladies section Sonia Prieto Tinerfena finished her race in 1 hour, 27 minutes and

36 seconds beating Raquel Lora who came in second and Realejera Tere Linares who came third. The Board of Directors sent their sincere congratulations

to all the athletes for another fantastic marathon, the most prestigious and oldest Canar-ian achievement which is still rated as first class.

XXIII Tacoronte Marathon

hot on the heels of hull Kingston rovers, tenerife is playing host to yet another training rugby League super team. this time it is the Warrington Wolves who are head-ing to their tenerife training base in Janu-ary.

They will spend a week here before the start of the 2013 Super League season as part of their final prepa-rations. After last year’s Australian adventure Wolves’ pre-sea-son preparations will have a familiar feel to them, as Tony Smith and his players return to the Canary Island base they have visited twice

before in 2010 and 2011. “We go from the 14th to the 21st to our usual camp in Tenerife,” said Smith. “They have first class facili-ties and we have had a num-ber of good pre-seasons there. We are familiar with it and feel at home there, so it has been good for our prep in the past and I expect it to be the same this year.”

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www.tenerife-weekly.com Tenerife Weekly - 28th December - 3rd January 2013 9 Gone To The Stage In The SkyBy John sharplesso many famous names left us in 2012. there must be some great entertainment going on in heaven. Can you imagine the scramble for top billing?

British character actor Harry Fowler left us in January. He was 85 when he died. He was one of those faces that popped up on TV and film everywhere. He had played in 200 movies dur-ing his 60 year career and was in the Movies “Doctor in Clover” and “George and Mildred”. He was awarded an MBE. Bob Holness will be playing Blockbusters with the angels. Bob, who was born in South Africa, had presented on both radio one and radio two and had been the host of the game show “Take a letter”. He became something of a cult figure when blockbusters took off and many urban myths sprung up about him, including that he was the man who played saxophone on Gerry Rafferty’s Baker. The best show in heaven this year will be one “Hell” of a live concert. with names such as Donna Summer, Whitney Houston, Davy Jones and Robin Gibb headlining. Etta James will bring

a touch of class to the proceedings along with Andy Williams. All great artistes in their own right. Now that would be a great show to see, although, I’ll pass on tickets if you don’t mind! I still find it hard to accept that a giant talent like Whitney Houston has passed on. Although her lifestyle had been so erratic over the last

few years, we were given the impression that she was get-ting it together at last. The saddest moment for me was seeing Bobby Brown hanging around outside the church. What a sorry state of affairs. Can you imagine the concert though? I will always love you by Whitney and Enough is Enough with Donna Summer as a duet. Great classic songs from Etta and Andy and some Bee Gee magic from Robin Gibb.

Joe South, who had hits in in the 1960s and 1970s with ‘Games People Play’ and ‘Walk

A Mile In My Shoes,’ passed away after suffer-ing a heart attack in Georgia on Sept. 5, 2012. His real name was Joseph Alfred Souter. He had worked as a session musician for Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan and Simon & Garfunkel and also wrote tracks for several artists. Clive Dunn will be keeping everyone in fits of laughter as he stands at the Gates of St Pe-ter telling everyone ..... “Don’t Panic” and “They don’t like it, up ‘em”. Clive served in World War II and spent four years as a German prisoner. He said that his role in ‘Dad’s Army’ was his revenge. Dad’s army was a big hit from ‘68 until ‘77. The bumbling Home Guard platoon was supposed to be protecting the village of Walmington-on-Sea from German attack, al-though, the village would probably have been safer with no protection at all! If Clive isn’t your comedy cup of tea, then what about comic legend Eric Sykes who most

recently played a part in the Harry Potter se-ries. Many actors climbed the stairway to the stars over the year. Oscar winner Ernest Bor-gnine, Larry Hagman, Andy Griffiths, Herbert Lom and Geoffrey Hughes to name just a few. Of particular sadness to me was Bill Tarmey who played the part of Jack Duckworth in Cor-onation Street. Jack and Vera were the comic element of the street for a number of years and his departure from the street was one of the most memorable scenes in recent years. Nobody could have played John Coffey in The Green Mile like actor Michael Clarke Dun-can. He was born in 1957 in Chicago and Raised by his single mother on Chicago’s South Side, He grew up against drugs and booze and worked hard at school. His dream was to be-come a famous actor. When he finally landed a small role, he was working as a bodyguard. His part in the movie Armageddon led to his breakthrough perfor-mance in The Green Mile. Bruce Willis called director Frank Darabont, suggesting Michael for the part of convict John Coffey. He got the role, and garnered critical acclaim as well as Awards and Nominations, including an Acad-emy Award Nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He suffered a heart attack on July 13 and died aged 54. No doubt, Neil Armstrong and Patrick Moore will be discussing the mysteries of the earth as they look at us from that great place in the sky through a giant celestial telescope. What a shame they can’t build a rocket and send these talented people back to us!

Bob holness

Whitney houston

Joe south

Larry hagman

neil armstrong & Patrick moore


By John sharplesthe weird and strange were out in force in 2012. news headlines around the world were lightened up a little with news stories that were a little out of the ordinary.

Wanna Fight?

John Pacella of Illinois, USA ended up in a jam when he picked a fight with a policeman. John actually called up the emergency services at four in the morning and said that he wanted a fight with the police. The police were sent around to him at home as the call sounded odd to the operator. When they got there John started pushing the po-lice and ended up on a charge of aggravated battery. Looking at his mug shot, he was obviously

quite pleased with himself.i’LL BLoW your house DoWn

Betty Russell, a 76 year old woman from Alabama in USA, slept through a tornado that damaged most of her home. The tornado cre-ated a massive hole right above her bed, but that night, she had fallen asleep whilst watch-ing television on the sofa. Betty collects statues of angels and she believes that they kept her safe through the storm. She only woke up from her slumbers when she heard the emergency services sirens as they came to her rescue. “I didn’t know I was that heavy a sleeper,” she said. “It had caved in the south side of my house and honestly I didn’t hear it. I cannot believe I didn’t hear it but I didn’t.”

emu on the run An Emu decided to make a break for free-dom. It was seen running up and down the street, trying to get into people’s houses be-fore it was caught. Local residents of the street assisted police with the arrest of the bird by trying to catch it in their homes. It finally surrendered to ar-rest at 8am.

The police thought that the emergency call was a wind up, but on arrival they could see the bird trying to break into the houses. When it couldn’t get into one house, it would move on to the next!

WhiCh Way to turn A Belgian man call Jan, who married an au pair called Monica from Indonesia, 19 years ago, found out that his wife was in fact a man who had had a sex change operation. He said that he had found out this year that his wife had originally been a man. He told the local newspaper that he felt as though he had been assaulted. It wasn’t easy for him to get her into Belgium as the Belgian courts had doubts about the authenticity of her paperwork, but she managed to get in nevertheless. He said that she was an attractive woman and had no male traits at all. He is in the pro-cess of annulling the marriage.

inFLight Fast FooD A group of students from Harvard university decided to send a hamburger where no fast food has gone before ..... Into space. They de-cided to attach it to a giant helium balloon. A video of the burger’s flight has been uploaded onto YouTube. The burger was sprayed with lacquer to protect it during its journey and it was then attached to the balloon along with a video camera It made it to an altitude of almost 19 miles before the balloon burst and the burger hur-tled back to Earth. The burger was found 130 miles away, up a tree just outside Boston. Both were still intact.

LaZy DaD Lazy Dad, Colin Furze from Lincolnshire built the world’s fastest pram so he didn’t

have to push it! The engine on his son’s silver metal push-chair enables it to reach a speed of 50mph, although he never takes it up to top speeds when his son Jake is inside. The pram has a 125cc motorbike engine and took him four weeks to design. He built the pram so that he could be considered for the Guinness book of records. He had to make it go faster than 30mph, which he did easily.

going BaCKWarDs In May, 33-year-old Gerrard Doherty defend-ed his title at the UK backwards running cham-pionship. He won by over a minute. He said that he was thrilled to keep hold of his title and chuffed to have beaten his per-sonal best. Gerrard started running backwards when out jogging on a Sunday morning and he turned around to avoid the glare of the sun. He said that people usually take a second look at him as he runs past. “I’ve only fallen over three times since I started running back-wards”.

Strange And Weird news review 2012

www.tenerife-weekly.com Tenerife Weekly - 28th December - 3rd January 2013 11 the Biggest And Best Of 2012

By John sharplesFiFty shades of grey was a mas-sive selling novel. although it was released in 2011, it became a major seller throughout 2012 and sold more copies than harry Potter and the Deathly hallows. many felt that it was a poorly written book and the critics gave very mixed reviews for it. however….. almost every woman managed to find time to dip into the world of Chris-tian grey. Figures so far suggest that the novel has sold over 5.2 million copies in the uK alone and well over 65 million copies world-wide.

The Vauxhall Ampera/Chevrolet Volt won the 2012 European Car of the Year award. The car won the award by a clear 49 votes ahead of second place, the Volkswagen Up. Third placed was the Ford Focus. The Ampera is a stylish way to save on fuel and cut emissions and still enjoy performance driving. It brings clean, eco-motoring to the road. It is free of the usual restrictions of bat-teries and offers a lively electric performance and a range of up to 360 miles. As John Travol-ta would say… “It’s electrifying!” Prices start at around 30,000 pounds. The biggest selling mobile phone of 2012 in the UK was the Apple iPhone 4S. It is prob-ably fastest smartphone on the market at the moment. Samsung’s Galaxy is in second place and many are growing to prefer the Samsung phones. Time will tell when new models appear in 2013. MTV have published their list of the most watched pop videos of 2012. Gotye with “Somebody That I Used To Know” came out as top of the charts with Cheryl Cole and” Call My Name” in second place and third place was Jes-sie J with “Domino” The Rich List, which is published by the Sun-day Times put Lakshmi Mittal at the top of the list with a fortune of £12.7 Billion. He and his family have their roots in the steel indus-try. In second place with 12.3 billion pounds was Alisher Usmanov whose business is also steel. It looks like steel is the way to a fortune! Third place on the list was Roman Abramovich

whose business is the oil industry. He also owns Chelsea football club. He has approximately 9.5 billion pounds. Richard Branson came in at 16th place with 3.4 billion. They are all well ahead of the Queen, whose personal fortune is estimated at 350 million pounds. The biggest grossing movies of the year man-aged to make sure that action stays firmly on the map. The Bond movie “Skyfall” was top of the box office in 2012, completely outselling “The Dark Knight Rises” which came in second place. The third biggest selling movie of the year was America’s top seller, Disney studio’s “The Avengers”. Also in the top ten movies of the year were “The Amazing Spiderman” and “Ice Age: Continental Drift. Look out for “The

Impossible in 2013, a great movie, based on a true story of a family involved in the great tsunami disaster. The rankings for the top universities in the world 2012, place the California institute for technology in first place. The top British Uni-versity is Oxford, with Cambridge in second place and in third place is the Imperial College of London. All the top 10 rated universities in the world are either in the United States or United Kingdom.

The Oscars of 2012 saw a silent movie win the Best Picture award. “The Artist” was a real throwback to the past and was one of the few movies that non Spanish speaking people could go to see at the cinema here in Spain. Best actor was Jean Dujardin for his leading role in “The Artist” and the best actress award went to the amazing Meryl Streep for her por-trayal of Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady”. Other Oscar winners included best support-ing actor for Christopher Plummer and Best screenplay award went to Woody Allen. In music, The Brits awarded Adele with the best female vocalist award and Ed Sheeran with best male. The winner of the interna-tional artist award was Bruno Mars. Over at the Grammy’s in the States, Adele walked away with six awards, proving that the British music scene is still very much alive and well.

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antonio Banderas is spending Christmas with his family skiing in Colarado. the actor, the voice of Puss in Boots in the movie ‘shrek’ did not hesitate to put on his own show on the slopes. Aspen, famous for its qual-ity skiing, was an ideal showcase for Banderas and he did not disappoint, executing a series of moves which left onlookers open mouthed. It was not only his skiing that impressed eve-ryone, he was dressed for the occasion in an extraordinary bright orange mono ski suit, unfortunately making him look like a prison detainee rather than anything else. But no-one ever just goes ski-ing in Aspen, not when there are some serious shopping op-portunities available. Banderas was seen leaving Ralph Lauren and Loro Piana laden with bags, no doubt relieved that he got his last minute pressies in time. While the actor enjoyed some quiet time, he was later joined by wife, actress Melanie Griffith and daughters, Dakota Johnson and Stela de el Carmen who opted to enjoy après ski rather than the real thing.


By John sharples

the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the olympic games managed to lift the spirits of an otherwise bedraggled Britain. From gold painted post boxes to olympic gold medals, smiling faces ruled the summer months. however, the news is rarely good and here are some of the things that will also define 2012.

January The Costa Concordia Cruise Ship ran aground with 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 32 people are missing or dead. The Captain is charged with responsibility as it is alleged that he took the ship too close to land. Although the ship’s sinking was gradual, its complete loss of power, and its closeness to the shore in calm sea, an order to abandon ship wasn’t issued until an hour after impact. International maritime law states that all passengers should be evacuated within 30 minutes of an order to abandon ship. The evacuation of Costa Concordia took more than six hours and not all the people were evacuated.

February As 2012 is a leap year; February had an extra day of news. It was a cold month for Europe. Heavy snow fell across most of the United Kingdom. This led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights at Heathrow and the closure Luton Airport’s runway. More than 250 people died because of the cold weather in Europe and Russia was forced to reduce supplies of natural gas. Bosnia declares a state of emergency as a result of the cold weather.

march Vladimir Putin won the presidential election in Russia, he managed to get 64% of the vote. The election was challenged by some, saying

that Putin won because he had no competition and government spending was at his disposal. The US and EU called for an investigation into fraud allegations. There were demonstrations in Moscow ... the slogan was “Russia without Putin.”

april Two earthquakes off the coast of Indonesia set off tsunami warnings. The first quake was 8.6 on the Richter scale, and sent tremors as far as India, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. The second quake, had a magnitude of 8.2, but there was no tsunami or serious damage.

may Facebook became a public company. $14 billion was raised in the first public offering, at $38 a share, which gave the company a value of $104 billion. Facebook shares started selling at $42.05, but closed at $38.23, a disappointing start to going public.

June The Centre-right New Democracy party wins in Greece’s parliamentary elections, winning 29.7 per cent of the vote.

July 80,000 people in Olympic Stadium and

billions all over the world watched as Britain celebrated its achievements, from the Industrial Revolution to the NHS and Harry Potter. It was a high-tech ceremony directed by filmmaker Danny Boyle. Michael Phelps won his 19th Olympic medal, becoming the record holder for the most Olympic medals of all time.

august After 19 years of talks, Russia finally becomes a member of the World Trade Organization. They cut tariffs on imports and set limits on export duties as part of a series of reforms brought in to being to qualify for entry.

september Armed gunmen stormed the American consulate in Benghazi and shot and killed U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other officials. Stevens was a supporter of the opposition in Libya.

october Hurricane Sandy devastated parts of the Caribbean United States during late October, Sandy became the largest Atlantic hurricane on record (as measured by diameter, with winds spanning 1,100 miles (1,800 km). First estimates of losses due to damage and lost work time were estimated at $65.6 billion, which would make it the second-costliest Atlantic hurricane, behind only Hurricane Katrina. At least 253 people were killed in seven countries.

november The Leveson report was published in the UK. This report was said to be over 2000 pages long and was commissioned to deal with the problems in the British Press regarding privacy rights and laws. We wait to see what will actually come of the report, but one thing is certain. The British Press will never be the same again! Hopefully!

December This month will be remembered for the disastrous and senseless shooting at the school in Sandy hook, USA. President Obama was unable to control his feelings as he spoke to the people of the United States. He said, “We’ve endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years. And each time I learn the news I react not as a President, but as anybody else would - as a parent. And that was especially true today. I know there’s not a parent in America who doesn’t feel the same overwhelming grief that I do”.

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in a small town near madrid, 130 people are celebrating win-ning spain’s famous lottery, el gordo, this year celebrat-ing its 200th anniver-sary. the cava flowed for those who had grouped together and picked “the Fat one”, worth a total of four million euros, many of whom are workers at the same factory in alcalá de henares. It is a working-class neighbourhood with many immigrants, those who had the winning number on their typical $26 ticket get a return of $528,000. Local media reported that one man bought ten of the $26 tickets and gave them to his family, which is now $5.2 million richer. One of the winners strug-gled to take the news in: “200 000 euros: a tenth!,” he said. “We did not know we won until this morning. I don’t know what to say.” The shopkeeper who sold the winning ticket, failed to buy one for himself

said he was happy for his friends anyway. “My wife told me I did not get it. Next time. The fact that people I know won, for me, it is already a triumph,” he said.

El Gordo winners also could be found in 15 prov-inces across Spain. Spain’s cash-strapped government pocketed a billion euros from ticket sales. A change in the law

means that from next year lottery winners will pay 20% in tax. The annual lottery, nick-named The Fat One is billed as the world’s richest lot-tery. One in nine Span-

iards is estimated to have bought a ticket. In the deep economic crisis with 25% unemployment, Span-iards spent 8% less on lot-tery tickets this year.The draw, which took place

in Madrid’s opera house, was televised live across Spain because so many people play. Every Spaniard knows the tune the chil-dren sing when pulling out the winning number.

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an essex girl who moved to mainland spain to run a bar is to be featured on Primetime tV in the new year. Originally from Waltham Cross, Claire Tyson, aged 40, couldn’t speak a word of Spanish when she moved to Alicante five years ago, to live her dream: “I have always lived in Waltham Abbey, since I was born,” said Miss Tyson. “My mum and dad were having a house built in Spain and Dad said my boyfriend and I could have the house to live in, rent free. So I rented out my house in Waltham Cross and we moved over there.” After only a year, Miss Tyson and her boyfriend were given the chance to take over Rayz bar, a popular expat bar in the heart of a busy community in Guardamar. They couple took the plunge, but they split up after only two

months and Miss Tyson was left alone to manage the business. Not easy as her only previous bar experience was a short stint pulling pints in a local pub back home: “I don’t know how I did it. I think it was because I’d split up with him. Everyone was expecting me to crumble. I think I totally shocked every-one.” For the next four years the business went from strength to strength, the restaurant was catering for 100 covers a night. “It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done,” she admits, “It was just get-ting busier and busier.” In March Miss Tyson was asked to take part in Trouble Abroad, a documentary programme which follows the lives of British ex-pats living and working in Eu-rope. She agreed, hoping it would boost her business, the television crew then spent nine days following every aspect

of her daily life. However by June the stress of running Rayz took its toll and she returned back to the U.K. “I left without saying goodbye to anyone. I had so many customers. It would have broken my heart, they were like my family,” she said. “If I’m totally honest I probably should have gone back home after 18 months, it’s not the dream people think it is.” The programme, Trouble Abroad will be shown on ITV1 on Thursday January 10 at 9pm. and features Miss Tyson on her return to Waltham Abbey where, after six months off, she now wants to start a new life again: “I’m single and I’ve come back and I’ve got to start my life again,” she said. “Basically it’s just the sunshine, that’s all it is. I could have been living in Waltham Abbey - but with sunshine. “I did well in my bar, but there’s no place like home.”

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300 PeoPLe had to be evacuated from a megabrothel in La Jonquera, north east spain after a car bomb was left in the car park. A masked man got out of a vehicle at Paradise, one of Spain’s largest legal brothels. He was brandishing a weapon and shouted that he was leav-

ing behind a car with a bomb in the back. He then sped off with four other people, also wearing masks, in another vehicle. According to a regional ministry spokesman, it took members of a bomb squad several hours to deactivate the device. He spoke on con-dition of anonymity in keep-ing with ministry rules. Many of the town’s residents be-

lieve those responsible for the bomb were gang mem-bers involved in a turf war. A previous attack earlier this month was reported by local media; two small explo-sive devices, one of which in fact exploded, were thrown at the brothel from a car, and many of the town’s 3,000 residents think the bombs are more evidence of gang turf wars.

teLeFoniCa, Voda-fone and orange have been fined 120 million euros for al-leged abuse of their dominant position in the text messag-es market. the fine has been imposed by the spanish national Competence Commis-sion (CnC). telefonica

alone must shell out 46.5 million euros; Vodafone has been fined 43.5 million eu-rosand orange 30 mil-lion euros. This is the second biggest fine imposed by authorities in Spain; the highest fine was in 2009, when the Span-ish antitrust body fined six insurance companies.

According to CNC, all of these mobile operators hold a monopoly on the short message’s service on their own network. Prices of voice calls have been controlled and dropped over the years, SMS have not been regulat-ed between 2000 and 2009. Mobile operators have over-priced services termination rates with very high charges for text messages.

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JeWiSh heritAGe pArtnerShipthe spanish network of Jewish Quarters (red de las Juderías), working with google, this week announced a joint project to pro-mote the lost Jewish heritage of 24 span-ish cities, from Ávila to tudela. 15 years of work by the network of Jewish Quarters, promoting the long-dormant Jewish his-tory that saturates spain was presented at Centro sefarad- is-rael in madrid by the Pathways of sefarad (Caminos de sefarad) project. Until recently, all that was left of Sephardi Spain were old street names; now these neighbourhoods are alive with museums, guided walks, restored synagogues and rediscovered, long lost docu-ments. The partnership between Google and the Networks provides Internet visits to once-Jewish cities, with vir-tual guided walks and history lessons via the Caminos de Sefarad website, which com-bines Red de las Juderías re-search and up to the minute Google technology. Google Free Expression manager William Echikson visit to Segovia provided the impetus for the project: “I saw signs in Segovia pointing to the synagogue and mu-seum. I didn’t realize Spain had so much Jewish history; I thought it was just Granada

and Toledo,” Echikson said during the inauguration at Centro Sefarad-Israel. “I im-mediately got in touch with Red de las Juderías and two weeks later Assumpció Hosta Rebés (secretary general of the network) was in Brussels to work on a common project with Google,” he said. “We have had the best partners,” said Echikson, about Hosta Rebés and her team. “They have used Google’s tools, even better than many Goog-le engineers. They have done an unbelievably great job.” Google technology, using maps and layers, lets Red de las Juderías to organize his-torical content, some of it dating back to the third cen-tury CE . The website, www.redjuderias.org, visits Span-ish cities including Barcelona, Girona, Segovia and Oviedo. With Google’s Street View visitors can travel down the alleyways of yesteryear and today. A lot of the documen-tation online relives medi-eval Jews, what they bought, what they sold, even if they were evicted from their homes. The Spanish government has been welcomed the pro-ject by fitting into the new branding of Spain as a cultural and historical treasure trove, which, with Google’s technical support, will be able to reach a much larger market than ever before. It also fits in with the latest trends in Spanish public diplomacy. José Angel Lopez Orrin from the Span-ish Foreign Ministry, in charge of “branding” for Spain, said at the ceremony that it was

“a magnificent contribution” the brand. “It opens panora-mas of knowledge, and we all know knowledge is the cornerstone of tolerance and living together,” he said. “To recover part of Spain, to complete the image of Spain. Not only for Jews. To rehabilitate, or recompose in a way, some sort of historic mistake.” Hosta Rebés said the group was “very excited” about the joint project. “It combines heritage, tolerance, univer-sality and shared work,” she said. “Spain is a county that,

having lived through a dicta-torship, has had little respect for those who are different. We are not used to sharing public spaces. We who live day to day in these Jewish herit-age cities understand the need for more information. We have begun to program conferences, concerts and courses to introduce our var-ied culture.” Bárbara Navarro, director of Public Policies and Institu-tional Affairs of Google Spain, Italy, Portugal and Greece, praised the partnership and said it would contribute

greatly to people’s under-standing of “what happened years ago,” to “piquing peo-ple’s curiosity” and toward the “democratization of the access to culture” and the re-newal of “past connections.” Luis Casado, chairman of Red de las Juderías and mayor of Tudela, spoke of the added value of rediscovering “our abandoned Jewish heritage and culture. We have taken on the aim of teaching it, of making it a reference point for Spain,” Casado said. “To teach people who their neigh-bours were.” He also called

the project a “tipping point.” “Many Sephardim left Spain. Now with hi-tech they can come back, visit their cities, their histories, the person-alities of yore,” he explained. “Anyone from anywhere can learn about their roots or sim-ply learn history.” He added that Google had been “very philanthropic” regarding the project. “It has allowed us to present our past as we have never before been able to do. We open a window through which Jews can get to know about the recovery of this chapter in history.”

CyCliSt WinS piGleta British cyclist has won a live piglet as a trophy for winning a race. Chris Bartlett, from ipswich, was competing in a race in huercal overa, spain. the 26-year-old pro-fessional cyclist was using the race as part of his winter training schedule and had no idea what the win-ner’s prize would be until he stepped up onto the podium. “There’s nothing like a com-petitive race to keep your fitness levels up, so when I saw the race advertised, I entered. I had no idea what

the prize would be. After I’d won and the official handed me the pig, I said, ‘What am I supposed to do with it?’ He said: ‘Eat it!’” The prize is given tradition-ally to serve as part of the winners Christmas meal, but Bartlett decided to save the animal. He persuaded Ollie Watts, English owner of his training camp Kinetic PB, to keep the pig as a mascot, and she has been given the name ‘Lucky Rapha’. Watts said: “Lucky is already a big hit with the athletes staying at the camp, they touch her for luck every morning. She has to be the luckiest piglet alive, and we are delighted to have helped save her from the chop.”

QUeen SOfiA visits londonQueen sofia has been taking advantage of the luxury shopping availabilities in London, by spending some time there doing her Christ-mas shopping. she has been potted spending several hours in har-rods, choosing gifts for her grandchildren and enjoying a meal at one of the in-house restau-rants. The Queen has been criticised in the past for not spending her cash on home grown soil, it is thought she went abroad in an effort to shop unnoticed

while making her choices The Queen has also been criticised for staying at Clar-idges in Mayfair for the ridicu-lous cost of 2,000 Euros per night, so she chose to slum it on this visit and stayed in the cheap and cheerful 380 Euros per night Melia White House, just off Regent’s Park.

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MArrieS AGAinaCtress Kate Winslet has wed for the third time, according to her publicist; she mar-ried ned rocknroll at a private ceremony in new york. the titanic star, 37, tied the knot attended by her two children from previous marriages and “a very few friends and family”. she was reportedly giv-en away by titanic co-star Leonardo DiCaprio. Ned RocknRoll, 34, is a nephew of Sir Richard Branson and re-portedly changed his name by deed poll from Abel Smith a few years ago. “The couple had been engaged since the summer,” Winslet’s spokeswoman said. Apparently it was so secret that even the couple’s parents did not know about it. Winslet’s first marriage was to Jim Threapleton, it lasted from 1998 to 2001, she then married Sam Mendes in 2003, and they met as he directed her in the film Revolutionary Road. They divorced after seven years.

the spanish roy-al household has launched its Casar-ealtV channel on you-tube so that users can access videos and information about the official activities of King Juan Carlos, Queen sofia, Prince Felipe and princess Letizia. You can also view every King’s Christmas mes-sage since 1975. So far the speeches have been viewed 42,000 times. It also attract-

ed hundreds of subscribers, and according to data the selection of cuts from the king’s messages through the years has had more than 12,000 visits. Overall, the Christmas mes-sages have attracted far more interest than other videos of official activities of the king and the royal family, the only other popular video, with one with 536 viewers, is the December 12th, the celebration of the Spanish Olympic Committee’s 100th anniversary presided over by Crown Prince Felipe.

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2012 LooKs set to be the wettest on re-cord with around 100 flood warnings cur-rently in place. home-owners in the south West and north West of the country who have already cleaned up after recent flood-ing have been warned to expect heavy rain over the weekend. The start of the year proved to be the driest since the infa-mous summer of 1976 follow-ing three dry winters. Some reservoirs were less than half-full and ground water levels were unusually low. However, Isobel Lang, Sky News weath-er forecaster, said: “Condi-tions changed rather unbe-lievably through April, with a switch to significantly wetter weather as the jet stream

was positioned further south than usual, driving in a suc-cession of Atlantic fronts and depressions.” The wet summer that fol-lowed was the wettest re-corded for a century, and although ground water and river levels recovered, the Environment Agency and the Met Office raised concerns that flooding was increasingly likely later in the year. It took very little to tip the balance and late September and No-vember saw significant flood-ing. More followed in the run up to Christmas as mild, south westerly winds from the At-lantic brought both warmth and torrential downpours. The wettest year on record so far is 2000 which saw more than 1,300mm of rain. In 2012, rainfall has already ex-ceeded the 1981-2010 annual average of around 1,150mm, and is far greater than the

950mm seen in 2010. With the wet weather set to continue, National Rail warned train passengers to expect

further disruption, while First Great Western warned people not to travel because of line problems in Devon and Corn-wall. Late-running engineer-ing work added to the misery, with no trains between Lon-don Paddington, Heathrow Airport and Reading, delays at Birmingham New Street and hold-ups between East Mid-lands Parkway, Leicester and Peterborough. Meanwhile, a monkey sanc-tuary in Looe, Cornwall, ap-pealed for help after its premises were wrecked by wet and windy weather. A large tree was felled, and ex-perts believe the death of a 10-month-old capuchin at the centre from tetanus may be linked to the floods. “We’re hoping (next year) doesn’t get any worse,” said Claire Turnbull, education officer at Looe Monkey Sanctuary.

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thunDerBirDs crea-tor gerry anderson has died at the age of 83. anderson who also created Captain scar-let, stingray, Joe 90 and space:1999 died peacefully in his sleep on Boxing Day, he had suffered from demen-tia for many years. Chairman of the Fanderson fan club, Nick Williams said: “To those who met him Gerry was a quiet, unassuming but determined man. His desire to make the best films he could drove him and his talented teams to innovate, take risks, and do everything necessary to produce quite inspirational works. Gerry’s legacy is that he inspired so many people and continues to bring so much joy to so many millions of people around the world.” Fanderson is planning to pay a full tribute to him at the FAB 74 event in March 2013. Anderson had been diag-nosed with mixed dementia two years ago and his condi-

tion had worsened over the past six months. He moved into a care home in Octo-ber, having spent time with his family choosing the right place for him to spend his fi-nal years. He remained inter-ested and involved in the film industry, until recently, and he was always keen to re-visit some of his earlier successes using the latest technology available. His last credit as a producer was in 2005 on New Captain Scarlet, a CGI-animated re-im-agining of his 1967 Superma-rionation series, which pre-miered on in the UK. Recently he worked as a consultant on a Hollywood remake of his 1969 series UFO, which was directed by Matthew Gratzner. He also worked as a ce-lebrity ambassador for The Alzheimer’s Society, helping to raise awareness of the dis-ease and funds for the soci-ety. He leaves three children from former marriages, Joy, Linda and Gerry Junior, his son Jamie and Widow Mary.

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Extra Special Christmas

partythere was plenty of cause for celebration at the southmead hospital centre for a special Christmas party. the uK’s “best iVF centre in the nhs” is celebrating as 750 babies, con-ceived at the centre, enjoy their very first Christmas. The Bristol Centre for Re-productive Medicine (BCRM) produced 450 live babies in 2012 using IVF treatment and another 300 babies with the use of other fertility treatments, either surgery or hormone therapy. New parents Steven and Natasha Watts had tried for a baby for six years, describ-ing the process as “heart-breaking”, as those around them had successful preg-nancies. “We both so badly wanted to be parents - it was really hard.” They were offered a new fertility treatment known as ICSI (intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection). This more delicate and accurate form

of IVF was successful and Natasha gave birth to healthy pair of twins, Olivia and Matthew. “This is our family now - it’s complete. What more could you ask for?” Lee Booth and Marie Black were left feeling “devas-tated” after discovering their chances of conceiving were unlikely. They spent 18 months receiving help from the centre which resulted in their daughter, Grace. Lee explained: “We conceived on a frozen cycle and the chances of that are quite slim so we just thought get it out the way and we could focus on the next cycle. So it was quite a surprise when we found out it had worked.” Marie admitted she had been up in the night to take a pregnancy test. “I did a test, expecting it to be neg-ative. I said to Lee ‘Are there two lines on that?’ I just couldn’t believe it. I think I did 10 tests in one week!” The couple are now consid-ering donating some of Ma-rie’s eggs as a gift to other hopeful-mothers-to-be that can spend up to five years

waiting for a donor. Valentine Akande, centre director and head consult-ant for fertility services at the BCRM, has seen the chances for couples with fertility problems increase over the years and believes there is good cause to be optimistic about further developments in the field. He said: “At the centre we offer blastocyst transfer when we grow the embryo in the lab beyond what is normally possible and this has improved success rates remarkably. Success rates can only get better. We’re not yet at perfection but hopefully at some stage in the future we’ll be in excess of 70%. I’m very proud of the team here. We are the best NHS IVF hospital in the UK and there’s virtually no category of infertility that we’re not able to approach or treat.” Mr Akande said: “At this time of year, which is all about loved ones; it is great to know that we’re helping parents start a longed-for family. It’s a wonderful privi-lege.”

Shark Tank Explodes In Shopping CentreuP to 16 people were hurt after a 33-ton aquarium containing sharks exploded at a shopping centre in the Chinese city of shang-hai. CCtV pictures cap-tured the moment the giant tank burst, sending shards of bro-ken glass and fish fly-ing into the crowd. a man, who was taking photographs of the aquarium when it ex-ploded, was swept away by debris. shop-pers, store assistants and security staff were also hurt as they were hit by pieces of 15cm-thick acrylic glass. Three lemon sharks and dozens of small fishes and turtles, also in the tank were killed, according to reports.

Police have begun an inves-tigation after the tank burst without warning. “I was just walking by and heard the explosion of this water tank. I heard a bang, and then water flushed out,” said an unnamed passer-by. “A cosmetics counter collapsed. The shop assistant was pulled out by other people,” said an-other unidentified witness. “According to experts’ pre-

liminary investigation, the main cause of the incident was that the material used to make the aquarium ruptured under low temperatures af-ter long-time use.” Aid a safe-ty expert. The Orient shopping cen-tre says it has no plans to rebuild the aquarium which had become a popular attrac-tion since being installed two years ago.


BeiJing has a new club; it is owned by a scottish whisky house and is selling the spirit for a staggering £200,000 a bottle. Johnnie Walker house is described by Diageo, who is backing the new venture, as “the world’s largest embassy for luxury scotch whisky, providing consumers with bespoke experiences to immerse themselves into the world of whisky and Johnnie Walker”. it is even designed to look like a London club with whisky bottles lining the walls and copper covered floors. The opening night of the four-storey emporium to Scotch was an epic affair. It featured everything Scottish, and then some; bagpipes, kilts and the occasional Scotsman mixing with Beijing’s mega-rich and A-list celebrities just a stone’s throw from the infamous Tiananmen Square. Apparently, the Chinese love whisky and a wealthy Chinese

will pay anything for it. “The starting price for a bottle of Johnnie Walker Scotch through the Johnnie Walker House is $3000,” Gilberte Ghostine, Diageo’s Asia-Pacific President. “It starts at $3000 a bottle and goes up to $300,000 a bottle. And people are paying that.” The guests can even have their own bespoke blend made. Diageo’s investment in China makes perfect sense: “80% of Chinese millionaires are below 45 years old. It’s a younger profile than in the States, where only 35% of their millionaires are below 45,” Mr Ghostine explains. He added: “The Chinese have an interest in brands with real heritage, history, provenance, craftsmanship and real substance. And that is exactly what we have.” Jim Beveridge, is Johnnie Walker’s master blender, a Scottish chemist turned whisky connoisseur who does the blending for the millionaires. “The whiskies used for Johnnie Walker Black Label were distilled 12 years ago and I wouldn’t have dreamed back then that they would now be consumed in this way in this kind of market,” he said. Scotch whisky makes up

40% of international spirit imports into China. Combined with the fact that they have the money to buy the best, and the result for the Scottish and UK economy

is extremely positive. Mr Ghostine said: “It is definitely great for Scotland. Today the Scotch whisky industry is very important for the UK. “Every second £134 is being

generated by Scotch whisky for the UK and the potential is huge.” There is a big correlation between Gross Domestic Product growth in emerging markets and

Scotch whisky. “The Scotch whisky category is 50% of international spirits market in the whole Asia-Pacific region, and so the potential is very big.”

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www.tenerife-weekly.com Tenerife Weekly - 28th December - 3rd January 2013 23 ChriStMAS in AfGhAniStAn9,000 troops celebrated the festive sea-son in afghanistan with a santa sleigh race at Camp Bastion, as they tried to make the most of a Christmas spent away from their families. an incredible logistical effort saw two-and-a-half tons of turkey, 850kg of Brussels sprouts and 350kgs of Christ-mas pudding flown in for the troops. Carol services, pantomime and sporting com-petitions were also held at many of the bases. At Lashkar Gah the main operating base, soldiers took part in the Lash Dash, a Christmas Day fun run with priz-es for the best costumes. Senior-ranking officers kept up with up with Army tradition by serving squaddies tea and coffee on Christmas morning.Thousands of balloons, crackers, party poppers and hats had been ordered and around 130 tons of Christmas post was been delivered to Camp Bastion in the week be-fore Christmas ready to be given out among the bases. Troops will also share the 23,500 mince pies and 40,000 After Eight mints flown in for the day. Major Mark Yates, 40, from Manchester, who serves with The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment, 1st Battalion, (1 Lancs), had a cameo role in the pantomime production of Aladdin in Lashkar Gah. “We’re all away from our families but we want to make sure we remember Christmas as it is a link with home,” he said. “Many of us have young chil-dren and would probably have gone to see a pantomime at this time of year. It’s been a bit of fun between work, but not at the cost of any of our operations.”

British troops stationed at Camp Bastion in afghanistan have sent Christmas mes-sages back home to their loved ones. Soldiers serving with the 21 Engineer Regiment wished family and friends a happy festive sea-son, before celebrating with a traditional Christ-mas lunch and dinner. Lance Corporal Kane Hollings said: “Big shout out to all my family, my friends, my little dog Bella. I’m sorry I can’t be home for Christmas, but I hope you have a good time without me.” Corporal David Allan said: “I’d just like to say Merry Christmas to all my friends and family back home. My mum, my dad, and especially my beautiful wife Cheryl, I miss you and love you and I can’t wait to see you in January.”



mariano rajoy, Prime minister of spain made a surprise visit to afghanistan to meet President hamid Karzai and visit nato headquarters ahead of the Christmas cel-ebrations. Accompanied by Defense Minister Pedro Morenes, they arrived in Kabul on Sat-urday for talks with Karzai and to celebrate Christmas celebrations with the Span-ish forces. This is the Prime Ministers first visit to the war-torn country since he

came to power a year ago. After visiting NATO headquarters in Kabul and meeting the Spanish forc-es stationed there, Rajoy headed to Herat in eastern Afghanistan, where there is a Spanish logistics base, be-fore heading on to the Qala i Naw base in the northeast. British Prime Minister David Cameron also made a surprise visit to British troops in Afghanistan, hav-ing breakfast with them be-fore flying to Oman. Camer-on announced earlier in the week that he would cut the number of the forces in Af-

ghanistan by almost a half of the present 9,000 by the next year. The United States have claimed that the war in Af-ghanistan will end in 2014. The US-led foreign forces will, reportedly, prepare for

a full handover of security affairs to Afghan forces by the end of 2014. How-ever, US President Barack Obama and Karzai signed a strategic deal in May, which provides a framework for a post-2014 USA role in

Afghanistan. The deal provides aid, advisers, and support for Afghan forces for 10 years after the ex-pected departure of for-eign forces. The United States and its allies invaded Afghanistan

in 2001 as part of the “war on terror.” The invasion subsequently removed the Taliban from power. Inse-curity still rages across the country, despite the pres-ence of thousands of US-led forces.

the hillsborough disaster tribute sin-gle has become the Christmas number one. The Justice Collective’s version of He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother, known as the Hillsborough disaster tribute, sold more than 269,000 copies, far outsell-ing X Factor winner James Arthur’s debut single, Im-possible, by 45,000, accord-ing to figures from the Of-ficial Charts Company. Earlier in the week, Arthur had posted to Twitter urg-ing his followers to make the Hillsborough tribute song this year’s festive number one. He tweeted: “Platinum single baby! Not a bad start :) thanks to all who bought it now make sure the Hills-borough tune is number 1!! #LOVE” After the chart was offi-cially announced, he tweet-ed: “He ain’t heavy he’s my brother the deserved Xmas number 1. Beautiful song and a very worthy cause. Bless all affected by the dis-aster #LOVE” The Hillsborough track, featuring, amongst others, Robbie Williams, Sir Paul Mc-Cartney and Spice Girl Mel C, is being sold to help pay for the legal costs of the fami-

lies of the 96 victims of the 1989 stadium disaster. The Government has waived VAT on the charity single. Chairwoman of the Hills-borough Families Support Group (HFSG), Margaret As-pinall, said it was “brilliant news” adding: “The families will be delighted. We haven’t had very good Christmases for a long time, so this is an extra gift. It’s obvious that it’s got a lot of support and they’ve got the message across to everybody. It’s tru-ly amazing. I’d like to thank everybody who participated in making the record and the people who bought it.” As well as the Justice Col-lective and James Arthur’s singles, there were several other songs in the running for this year’s Christmas top spot. Those included Psy’s international smash hit Gangnam Style and another internet hit, One Pound Fish by East End market trader Shahid Nazir, which went vi-ral last summer. The video of his One Pound Fish has been watched more than 6.5 mil-lion times on YouTube and charted at 29, while Gang-nam Style reached number six. The Pogues’ and Kirsty Mc-Coll’s hit Fairytale Of New York has re-entered the Of-ficial Christmas Singles Chart

Top 20 every year for the past seven years, this year it reached number 12. The seasonal number one spot has been dominated by reality TV contestants since

2002, the competitions end in time for the winner to release a single. The trend began with Popstars: The Rivals, but since 2005 win-ners of The X Factor have

topped the Christmas chart five times. The pattern was finally broken in 2009 when an internet campaign saw Rage Against The Machine’s single Killing In The Name

outselling Joe McElderry. X Factor winner Matt Cardle topped the charts again in 2010, however in 2011 The Choir winners Military Wives were number one.

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a Dog that the fam-ily raised from an animal-shelter puppy went miss-ing during a snowstorm in alaska on December 13. the family never expected to see it again, but it has been returned home, safe and sound. Blind and alone in Alaska winter temperatures that dipped 40 de-grees below zero, the lost eight-year-old dog didn’t really stand a chance, but after walking 10 miles to the edge of a local dog yard, Abby the brown-and-white mixed breed was found and returned to her owners, a family that includes two boys and one girl, all under the age of 10. “It’s a miracle, there are no other words to describe it,” said owner McKenzie Grapengeter, emotion choking her voice and tears coming

to her eyes. “We never expected to have her to be returned safe and alive.” Local vet Mark May had come across the dog while running his own dog team but did not stop to pick her up: “It ran with us for about a mile on the way home before she fell off the pace, but I had a big dog team so I couldn’t grab it,” he said. “I said, ‘boy I hope it finds somebody’s house’.” The next day, the dog turned up at Mr May’s house. “Eve-rybody just assumed it was some kind of scaredy-cat, but there it was in front of the door in our dog lot and it was blind,” Mr May said. “It was sitting there, so I picked it up and brought it in.” To his surprise, the dog had no signs of frostbite: “No frozen ears, no frozen toes, she’ll probably go back home and it’ll be business as usual. She’s no worse for wear but has had quite an adven-ture,” he said.


it is going to be the best Christmas ever for Westley grey, who lives near greenock in inverclyde. the 50-year-old is looking forward to speak-ing to his father on Christmas Day for the very first time. he had never met his father Westley moorehead until october this year when he flew to the united states. Mr Grey and his twin broth-er David started searching for Mr Moorehead after their mother Thomasina died. All they knew was that he had served in the US Navy. In the

early 1960s Mr Moorehead had been stationed at Holy Loch in Argyll and Bute, which was a US nuclear submarine base during the Cold War. He met Thomasina while stationed there, but was sent to the Caribbean during the Cuban missile crisis, and then onto Vietnam. However, af-ter he had left, Thomasina discovered she was pregnant with twins, and had no way of contacting Mr Moorehead, who had no idea he had fa-thered the boys until they made contact with him. David Grey travelled alone to Texas to meet his father, now aged 84, and discov-ered that he and his brother have three stepsisters and a stepbrother they had known

nothing about. Westley Grey, who has learning difficulties and lives in sheltered accom-modation, held fundraisers to pay for his flight to the US, that money, along with a donation from the Quarriers charity allowed him to travel to the US to see his father, who lives in Tennessee, for

the first time. He has now scheduled a Skype call on Christmas Day. “It’s been the best year of my life and now I can’t wait to see my dad for the first time in my life on Christmas Day when I Skype him,” he said. “That’s the best Christmas present I could ever want.”

Mr Grey said when he first met his father: “It was the most amazing moment in my life to have finally met my dad for the first time. I wait-ed 50 years for to see him and was completely lost for words when I first saw him. I just gave him a big hug.”

Piers morgan has re-newed his call for a ban on assault rifles as more than 63,000 americans signed a petition to get him out of the country. morgan, famous for his sharp tongue and straight talk-ing, has answered critics back on twit-ter, saying: “merry Christmas! even to those who want me deported.” he re-peated his view that assault rifles should be banned in the us following the latest shooting in which two volunteer fire fighters were shot dead in new york state. the pair were killed, and a further two others injured, by a gunman who set fire to a car and a house as a trap and ambushed them when they arrived at the scene.

The CNN host and former Daily Mirror editor tweeted: “Americans murdered with assault weapons in movie theatres, temples, schools, shopping malls - now, as they put out fires. Where does it end? Come on America, ENOUGH: Ban as-sault weapons & high-capac-ity magazines, and enforce background checks on 100% of gun sales. Do it now.”The former Daily Mirror edi-tor had, days before, called for tighter gun control

measures after the massa-cre at Sandy Hook elemen-tary school in Newtown, Connecticut. He interviewed Larry Pratt, Gun Owners of America executive director, and appeared incredulous when Mr Pratt suggested more weapons were a cred-ible solution. “You’re an un-believably stupid man, aren’t you?” Morgan asked during the heated debate. “You have absolutely no coherent argument. You don’t actual-ly give a damn about the gun

murder rate in America.” A Texas journalist posted a petition on the White House website after the interview alleging outspoken Morgan “is engaged in a hostile at-tack against the US Con-stitution by targeting the Second Amendment. We demand that Mr Morgan be deported immediately for his effort to undermine the Bill of Rights and for exploit-ing his position as a national network television host to stage attacks against the

rights of American citizens,” the petition says. Many Americans follow to the letter their interpreta-tion of the Second Amend-ment, which enshrines the “right to bear arms” in the US Constitution. Mr Morgan insists America can outlaw military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines without infringing on people’s con-stitutional rights, and says he has no quarrel with the Second Amendment.

Morgan refused to back down from his position. “Ironic US gun rights cam-paign to deport me for ‘attacking Second Amend-ment rights’ - is my opinion not protected under 1st Amendment rights?” he posted earlier on his Twit-ter feed, referring to free-dom of speech provisions. “If I do get deported from America for wanting fewer gun murders, are there any other countries that will have me?”

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this year, the Queen used her annual Christ-mas broadcast to the nation to express her gratitude for the out-pouring of enthusiasm for her Diamond Jubi-lee celebrations this year. Delivering the broadcast for the first time in 3D, Her Maj-

esty said she was struck by the “strength of fellowship and friendship” shown by well-wishers to mark her 60 years on the throne. “People of all ages took the trouble to take part in various ways and in many nations,” she said. The Queen paid tribute to the armed forces “whose sense of duty takes them away from family and friends”

over the holidays. She also spoke about UK’s hosting of the Olympics, praising the “skill, dedication, training and teamwork of our athletes” and singling out the volunteers who devoted themselves “to keeping oth-ers safe, supported and com-forted.” Earlier on Christmas Day, the Queen was joined by

other members of the royal family for a church service in Sandringham. But there were some notable absen-tees from the festivities this year. The Duke and Duch-ess of Cambridge spent the day with Kate’s family, while Prince Harry is serving as an Apache pilot in Afghanistan. Traditionally, the whole family gather at the Queen’s estate

home over the festive period, but this year Prince Harry is serving in Afghanistan, so is celebrating Christmas with troops. Meanwhile, William and Kate attended a service at Englefield Church in Engle-field, Berkshire. The Duke and Duchess are expected to visit to Sandringham at some point over the festive period. The Queen was wished a

merry Christmas by about 1,000 people who had been waiting for hours to see her at St Mary Magdalene. Wear-ing a turquoise coat dress and matching hat, she was given a variety of bouquets of flow-ers by around 50 young chil-dren who queued up meet her. She was also handed a bag of doggie treats for her corgis by a girl in the crowd.

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the pOpe AppeAlS fOr peACethe Pope marked Christmas with a mass in the Vatican and asked if people still have room for children, the poor and god in their technology-driven lives. the pontiff also prayed for israelis and Pal-estinians to be able to live in peace and freedom, and asked the faithful to pray for strife-torn syria as well as Lebanon and iraq. The ceremony began at 10pm local time on Christmas Eve with a sound of trumpets, symbolis-ing Christian joy over the news of Christ’s birth in Bethlehem. At mid-night, church bells tolled through-out Rome, while inside the basilica, the voices of the Vatican boys’ choir sounded gloriously. Christmas Eve Mass at the Vatican traditionally begins at midnight, but the start time was brought forward years ago to give the pontiff time to rest before his Christmas Day speech. A smiling 85-year-old Ben-edict, dressed in gold vestments, waved to applauding church-goers as he was guided by aides wearing white gloves, on wheeled platform up the aisle in St Peter’s Basilica to-wards the ornate main altar. In his homily, Benedict urged peo-ple to reflect upon what they find time for in their busy lives: “The great moral question of our atti-tude toward the homeless, toward refugees and migrants takes on a deeper dimension. Do we really have room for God when he seeks to enter under our roof? Do we have time and space for him? The faster we can move the more ef-ficient our time-saving appliances become, the less time we have. And God? The question of God never seems urgent.” He continued: “Let us pray that Israelis and Palestinians be able to live their lives in the peace of the one God and in freedom.” Benedict also spoke of his hope for progress in Syria, Lebanon and Iraq. “There is hope in the world ... even at the most difficult times and in the most difficult situations,” he said, praying that “peace spring up for the peo-ple of Syria.” He added: “Once again I appeal for an end to the blood-shed, easier access for the relief of refugees and the displaced, and dialogue in the pursuit of a political solution to the conflict.” Hours before the basilica Mass, Pope Benedict lit a Christmas peace candle at his studio window over-looking St Peter’s Square to mark the end of a service for the unveil-ing of the Vatican’s crib.

King Juan Carlos of spain used his annual Christmas eve message to the nation to appeal for national unity to overcome the economic cri-sis devastating his country. his message was broadcast on television and on you-tube, for the first time. The head of state called on his politicians to work together to avoid “unnecessary confronta-tions,” a reference which will be interpreted as being aimed at political parties seeking a referendum on whether Catalo-nia should split from Spain. The 74-year-old king added that it was time to “do everything pos-sible to close the open wounds” which had led to separatist de-sires. Juan Carlos didn’t mention personal troubles that have plagued him this year which include an highly criticised el-ephant hunt in Africa during which he fractured his hip, and a fraud investigation into son-in-law Inaki Urdangarin’s business affairs.

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foie Gras Banned in house Of lords

it may ruin their Christmas Dinner at the house of Lords, and many celebrated dinners in the future, but Foie gras is being cut from the menu after a series of com-plaints from animal rights campaigners. Lords catering chiefs have been highly crit-icised for serving the delicacy, controver-sial due to the way geese and ducks are treated in produc-tion, in the spectacu-lar Barry room res-taurant. The luxury pate will no longer be served when peers return in the New Year from their Christmas break. “It will not feature on menus from January,” said a spokesman. The dish, which

is made by force-feeding geese and ducks with grain before killing them for their swollen livers, has already been banned in the House of Commons. Food produc-ers are banned from force-feeding animals to make the pate in the UK, but it is still available from fine food spe-cialists and in specialist res-taurants. Campaign group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) called for the pate to be banned from Lords restaurants and won support from a number of peers. “We are delighted that the House of Lords will join the House of Commons in taking a stand against cruelty and removing this most un-British of products from its menus,” said Mimi Bekhechi, Peta’s associate director. David Heath, Agriculture minister has urged consum-

ers not to buy foie gras because of the inhumane method of producing it and Labour MP Chris Williamson has campaigned against the

consumption of foie gras and says peers should be setting an example to oth-ers. “It’s very good news that they have decided to yield to

the popular view of the vast majority of British people that it’s a totally cruel and unnecessary foodstuff,” he said. “It’s highly appropriate

that it should not be served anywhere in Parliament as parliamentarians ought to be setting a better example to the wider public.”


With the staging of 2 massive events this summer, all eyes were on england’s capital city. On 5th June 1 million well-wishers filled the Mall below the balcony of Buckingham Palace to celebrate The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth the 2nd, with 16.9 mil-lion (almost 60% of viewing public) in Britain alone. 6 weeks later the world’s eyes turned to London again for the Olympics, a truly

amazing TV event and a triumph for the or-ganisers and athletes who scored 3rd high-est medal count of 65!! 2012 also saw Dallas return, and sadly the death of JR actor Larry Hagman, I’m A Ce-lebrity smashed XFactor’s ratings and global success for period drama Downton Abbey’s 3rd series. Homeland, The Walking Dead and Modern Family were some of the most watched US shows and Doctor Who said goodbye to Amy and Rory Pond.

entertainmentBy marc Craig

Well, as we reach the end of another year, i’m going to take a look back at what we munched on popcorn to, downloaded on itunes and recorded or tuned in to. i celebrated 3 years at Vivo and reu-nited with so many friends and fam-ily at my and Becky’s blessing as well as performing once again with all the Wildboyz including my brother and

best man mea Deen!! i’d like to thank Christopher miller for giving me the chance to perform at a great venue that i’m very proud to be part of!! Finally thanks to everyone who reads this page and everyone’s sup-port in making me best male vocalist at the teas!! merry Xmas and happy new year!!!!

a genre, until recently a geek only zone, is now hollywood’s biggest money-maker and this year one movie was the culmination of a build-up of no less than 5 movies over the past few years, all pre-quels to the biggest, most ambi-tious superhero movie of all time... ”Avengers Assemble” wouldn’t have been pos-sible without Mickey Mouse, but once Disney purchased the rights to Marvel, the chance to make the biggest superhero ensemble movie ever became a reality-2 “Ironman” movies, a “Hulk” ,”Thor” and “Captain America” movie were basically feature length trailers for a spectac-ular that was exciting, dramatic and also very funny, mainly thanks to a guy, whose last movie was a flop and last 3 TV series were cancelled!! Buffy creator and the genius director behind

the Avengers, Joss Whedon is now a force to be reckoned with. Can’t wait for Avengers 2!! 2012 also saw the end of Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy, huge box office, global criti-cal acclaim, at last all bad memories of the tacky mega dud Batman and Robin were finally gone forever!! Many people considered rebooting the Spider-man franchise this soon a mistake, but good re-views and profit margins mean we have Spidey as well as many more superhero movies to look forward to in the next few years!!!!

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the amazing adele has had an absolute-ly amazing year, not only did she scoop up 6 grammys including best album for her 2nd album 21, as well as 2 Brits and 3 amer-ican music awards, her success is liter-ally record break-ing making it into the guinness World records too many times to list here! As well as all this she man-aged to record the theme tune to “best bond film

ever”, Skyfall, falling in love with charity entrepreneur Simon Konecki and giving birth to their son on 19th October. What a year Adele!!! Even with this year’s drop in ratings, XFactor winners and losers still dominate the charts with pretty much all of them flooding the charts with singles and albums, Leona Lewis, Olly Murs, JLS, Matt Cardle, Little Mix, some band called One Direction and many, many more all charted big, bet Cowells bank balance is running out of zeros!!! Anyone pre-or-dered Rylan or Chris Balo-ney’s album yet??

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hAppy BirthDAy COlOCoLo, a western low-land gorilla, the first gorilla to be born in a zoo, has been par-tying hard, celebrat-ing her 56th Birthday. she opened a pile of presents at her home in Columbus Zoo and aquarium, ohio, where she was born. guests sang happy Birthday to her, as she demolished a cake specially prepared by zookeepers, and a side order of her favourite food - tomatoes. Colo, born in 1956, is named after the city in which she lives, is a moth-er of three and has more than twenty four descend-ants living at various zoos across the United States. Western lowland gorillas are listed as a critically en-dangered species on the In-ternational Union for Con-servation of Nature and Natural Resource’s Red List.

scientists estimate that their numbers decreased by more than 80% between 1980 and 2046, with poaching and loss of their natural habitat partly to blame. in the wild, west-ern lowland gorillas can be found in an-gola, Cameroon, Cen-tral african republic, Congo, equatorial guinea, gabon and nigeria.


i can’t see what all the fuss is about gay marriage. the arch-bishop of wherever has spluttered on about it this week. he is against it, which is no real surprise. if two people love each other, why should it be a problem? The church is only alienat-ing itself once again from an ever changing and learning society. I personally wouldn’t want to get married in a church anyway. I don’t go to

church. On the odd occasion that I have been to church, a man in a dress has talked about things that I didn’t understand. I can’t be do-ing with blokes who wear dresses! I can see that marriage is important for some people and I respect that. For many gay people, it is the only way that they can ensure that their lifetime partners are not thrown out into the cold when the other dies. With-out that certificate, greedy families can stop them from having anything to do with

the funeral and take com-plete control of the estate. The church is a slow moving old steam driven machine that is grinding to a halt as it makes little or no move to keep with the times. Doesn’t the bible say that people were created equal in the eyes of God? Why can’t they practice what they preach? Why can a woman be a vicar but not a bishop? Why are so many gay people working in the church? What a hypocritical bunch they are!

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Why are people so ob-sessed with the end of the world? the world will end for us all, one day, but not all at once. nasa had thought that an as-teroid was due to hit the planet in 2040. it is approximately 130 metres wide. Further studies of the rock now show that it will miss us by a distance equal to twice the dis-tance of the moon. Can’t they find something better to do with their time and money? Why would any-one want to know when the world is going to end?

Can you imagine the panic? I predict that the end of the human race will be a slow and painful one as we continue to poison the planet. Our greedy lust for more and more will eventually become too much

for our little rock! The seas and skies will be-come too acid to grow food and we will all eventually starve to death. Happy New Year Everybody!

See you next week xx

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and so we reach the end of 2012. it has been a funny old year for me. the year began with the loss of my fa-ther. it was a difficult time, but throwing myself into my work helped for a while. the grief however, caught up with me later in the

year. it was probably six months later when i really felt the pain of losing him as i drove to work from the north of the island. the tears turned on and contin-ued to flow all the way to Las americas. i had heard about delayed grief but i had always

thought that it was an imagined thing. since that day, i haven’t felt the grief or loss of my dad in an intense way. i still think of him of course, but with a smile on my face now. 2012 has been a year of fun on the whole. Working with Bitter and Twisted has reunit-ed me with many people who

I have met before and it has enabled me to make many new friends too. We are quite a close knit bunch at Vivo and we have plenty of laughs at work. My cabaret partner Barry is great fun to work with. It’s great to see one of your best friends almost every day. Working with him is a treat and usually manage to fit a few laughs into our work time. I made a couple of trips to England during the year. I managed to take in York, Cheshire, Devon and parts of Lancashire, including my favourite town Blackpool. Each time I go back to the UK, I feel more and more like

a foreigner. I enjoy shopping for things that I can’t get in Tenerife for a couple of days, but once that is over, I want to come home again. People look so serious and generally miserable in Britain. I don’t know whether it is the weath-er or the fact that they are being taxed left, right and centre on everything they do. One of the things that re-ally winds me up about Britain these days, is the way that every cashier in every shop tries to sell you something else when you are at the till. It can be anything from a bar of chocolate to a credit card. It drives me to distrac-tion. Everybody wants your

money, they always have, but at least it wasn’t in your face a few years ago. I end the year in my for-ties, but on January 1st, I will say goodbye to them. There won’t be a tear in my eye. I will embrace 50 with a big smile on my face. Being 50 will make little difference to me. I comfort myself with the fact that I have lived longer than James Dean, Princess Diana, Marilyn Monroe and many more. Every day will be as precious at it has always been. I will continue to try to better myself and to de-velop the show and my own education as we hurtle at top speed through 2013.

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Why doesn’t Piers morgan count him-self lucky to be in the position he is and stop telling the american people what they should do. i am sure that they don’t need this pompous ass spout-ing on about gun control. For me, he is a man of limited talent, whose manner and personality have no place on popular

television. As a journa l -ist, I would h a v e t h o u g h t that his q u e s -tions in interviews would be a little more probing and i n -

te r e s t i n g . W a t c h i n g him is like w a t c h -ing Night Nurse! The only

redeeming thing about

him is that he was nice to Susan Boyle.

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Tenerife Weekly - 28th December - 3rd January 2013 Facebook.com/TenerifeWeekly34 JACk klUGMAn DieS AGeD 90JaCK Klugman, famous for his television roles as Quincy m.me and the odd Couple has died in Los angeles. his son adam said: “he had a great life and he enjoyed every moment of it and he would encourage oth-ers to do the same,” he said. In the 1970s sitcom The Odd Couple, Klugman played lazy sports writer Oscar to co-star Tony Randall’s Felix, a control freak photographer. In Quin-cy, M.E., on air from 1976 to 1983, Klugman played an ide-alistic, tough-minded medical examiner. He suffered from throat cancer in the 1980s, losing his voice, but trained himself to speak again: “The only re-ally stupid thing I ever did in my life was to start smok-ing,” he said in 1996. He said of watching people smoking in television and films: “It dis-gusts me, it makes me so an-gry. Kids are watching.” The 1993 Broadway revival of Three Men On A Horse marked his return to acting. Klugman then split his time between TV, movies and the New York stage.

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Christmas Dinner Disasters

you’ve been writing in, telling us about your Christmas dinner nightmares. the best have been published over the past two weeks.our favourite, which was a majority vote from our team at Vivo, has to go to ‘hazel Price’ from adeje. you can find her story in last week’s edition. Congratulations, you have won a 3 course carvery at Vivo for 2 people on a sunday of your choice. you have a notification in your inbox hazel; i look for-ward to meeting you at Vivo.

ingredients:2 small or 1 large onions chopped2 garlic cloves, crushed3 tbsp. olive oil2 tsp. dried oregano3 x cans chopped toma-toes or cherry tomatoes1 tbsp. sugarLittle splash vinegarLeftover turkey, shred-ded or into chunks1 x 125g ball mozzarella2 good handfuls fresh breadcrumbs

method: Fry the onion and gar-lic in the oil until sof-tened. Add the toma-toes and sugar, a little

splash of vinegar and some seasoning, then simmer for 20 mins until really thick. Stir in the turkey and transfer to a bak-ing dish. Heat oven to 200°C.Tear the moz-zarella in chunks, then scatter them with the breadcrumbs over the dish with a bit more ground pepper. Bake for 20 mins un-til turkey is piping hot through, and the top is golden and bubbling. Eat with mash, jackets, rice or pasta! Simply de-licious!

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ok, so it happens every year. When i was younger, we lived off turkey sandwiches, tur-key curry and sometimes the odd roast turkey dinner again on Boxing Day! there are loads of things you can do with your leftover tur-key from your Christmas dinner, why slap it in between two pieces of buttered bread for a quick snack? through the years i have seen some interesting things being done with the remaining festive bird – the most memorable one watching a Chef turn in into an eye water-ing Boxing Day “turkey and ham soup” – Buuur-rrrgggghhh!!! here’s a great italian Cacciatore with a twist!

Tenerife Weekly - 28th December - 3rd January 2013 Facebook.com/TenerifeWeekly36 Celebs Call for Gun “plan”

Beyonce, Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Foxx, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jes-sica Alba, Reese Wither-spoon, Jeremy Renner, Jon Hamm, Chris Rock, Sarah Silverman, Will Fer-rell and Julianne Moore all appear in the black and white video, which begins with the celebri-ties recalling shootings including Columbine in 1999, virginia Tech in 2007 and Aurora this year. Each of the celebrities say a few words each: “How many more? How many more colleges? How many more class-

rooms? How many more movie theatres?” they ask, saying a few words each. Enough.” They urge their fellow citizens to “Demand a Plan, As An American, as a human being, for the children of Sandy Hook. It’s time for our leaders to act.” The video was released hours after the National Rifle Association called for armed security of-ficers at every school in the US. President Barack Obama has vowed to press for tighter gun laws early next year.

a minute-and-a-half-long Public service an-nouncement has been released with many celebrities making an appearance demanding that american leaders stop gun violence in the aftermath of the sandy hook elementary school shooting.


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Tenerife Weekly - 28th December - 3rd January 2013 Facebook.com/TenerifeWeekly38 Apple SUper yACht iMpOUnDeDthe super yacht Ve-nus, built for ap-ple’s late co-founder steve Jobs has been impounded in am-sterdam because of a row about an unpaid bill owed to designer Philippe starck. mr Jobs, who died last year, never got to use the vessel, but had commissioned French designer, starck, to work on the yacht, which cost more than 100m euros. A lawyer representing Mr Starck’s company Ubik told reporters his client was owed 3million Euros from a 9millions Euro com-mission for his work on the minimalist yacht and now wanted the rest he is owed. The yacht will remain in Amsterdam port pend-ing payment by lawyers representing Mr Jobs’ estate. “The project has been going since 2007 and there had been a lot of de-tailed talk between Jobs and Starck,” said lawyer, Roelant Klaassen. “These guys trusted each other,

so there wasn’t a very de-tailed contract.” There has been no comment from lawyers representing Mr Jobs’ estate. The 256ft (78-metre)

vessel, built by shipbuild-ers Feadship, was launched at the firm’s yard in Aals-meer, just south of Am-sterdam, in October, a year after Mr Jobs’ death.

According to Mr Jobs’ bi-ographer Walter Isaacson, the vessel, which is made of exceptionally long alu-minium panels, was exactly as Mr Jobs had imagined.

Gemini21 May - 21 June

A loved one could be out of sorts on Monday. Expend some tender, loving care on this person. You’ll shine

with a special glow when the Moon in Gemini conjuncts Jupiter on Tuesday. All eyes will be turned in your direction. A financial venture may hit a downturn on Friday. It might be time to pull out of this economic enterprise. Concentration will be difficult for you on Sunday. Try to focus while you’re doing tasks this weekend.

Cancer22 June - 22 July

Lady Luck will be at your side on Tuesday. All of your efforts will meet with success. A lover will shower you with affection on Wednesday. If you’re

single, someone special may appear as if by magic! You’ll be in a melodramatic mood when the Full Moon takes place in Cancer on Friday. Try to maintain the proper perspective in all circumstances. Reflect on your priorities on Sunday. It’s possible that you’re not spending enough time with family and friends.

Leo23 July - 22 August

You could interact with someone you don’t like on Tuesday. Smile and just walk away. Your creative juices will flow on Thursday. Consider channeling your

artistic talents into a moneymaking venture. Sell homemade items online or at a craft show. Don’t make any important decisions on Friday. Your logic may be off. You’ll exude self-confidence when the Moon enters Leo on Sunday. You’ll be eager to climb the highest mountain you can find.

Virgo23 August - 22 September

An associate could lie to you on Monday. Check the facts before falling for untrue statements. You’ll

want to make the world a better place on Tuesday. Volunteer your services to a worthy cause. Careless behavior will get you in trouble when the Moon opposes your ruler Mercury on Thursday. Look both ways before crossing busy streets. Issues with someone in authority may erupt on Saturday. This person has more power than you do. Choose your battles carefully this weekend.

Weekly horoscopesAquarius

20 January - 18 FebruaryYou’ll exude dynamic charm when Mars enters your sector of self on Tuesday. Get ready to dazzle the

world! An estranged friend may ask to reconcile on Thursday. Think carefully before accepting this person back in your life. Know your limits on Saturday. Don’t promise others more than you can deliver. You’ll have to make a difficult choice on Sunday. It’s possible that you’ll feel pulled in two different directions.

Pisces19 February - 20 March

A friend may feel unappreciated on Monday. Let this person know just how much you care. Trust your gut instincts on Thursday. Don’t allow anyone to influence

you regarding a certain matter. An unhealthy relationship might come to an end when the Full Moon takes place in your love zone on Friday. Remember, one door closes so that a new one can open. You’ll be in a cheerful mood on Sunday. Life’s possibilities will seem endless this weekend!

Aries21 March - 19 April

Your energy will shift when your ruler Mars enters Aquarius on Tuesday. You’ll be able to make friends everywhere you go! You’ll possess a new sense of

determination on Wednesday. No obstacle will be allowed to stand in your way. A family member will ask you for advice on Friday. If you aren’t comfortable offering this person guidance, say so. Enjoy yourself on Sunday. Put your cares and worries on hold and take part in a fun activity.

Taurus20 April - 20 May

You’ll have lots of errands to run when the Moon in Taurus is quincunx Mercury on Monday. Remember to take a deep breath if you feel stressed out. A

cherished wish may finally come true on Tuesday. You’ll be in the mood to celebrate! A partner will discuss ideas for the future on Wednesday. Try to keep an open mind during the discussion. Travel arrangements might need to be altered on Saturday. Have some options handy.

Libra23 September - 23 October

You’ll be ready to revitalize your life on Monday. Take steps to make yourself happy. A loved one will demand

your undivided attention on Tuesday. Remind this person that you have needs of your own. Search for some quiet moments on Friday. Don’t let life’s frustrations throw you off. Domestic matters will take center stage when the Sun conjuncts Pluto in your home zone on Sunday. You could decide to clean the house from top to bottom!

Scorpio24 October - 21 November

A loved one’s behavior might disappoint you on Monday. Strive to forgive the mistakes of others. No

one’s perfect! You may undergo a life-changing event when Saturn in Scorpio sextiles Pluto on Wednesday. This experience will set your feet on a different path. Money matters will be on your mind on Thursday. Do your homework before investing in a business deal. Surprising news could reach your ears on Sunday.

Sagittarius22 November - 21 December

An unexpected blessing will come your way on Tuesday. This piece of good fortune will make you

smile! Think before speaking on Thursday. A friend will take offense if you criticize his or her decisions. Revamp your career goals on Saturday. Remember, you’ve evolved over the past year. Don’t waste time pursuing outdated ambitions. You’ll be tempted to go on a shopping spree when the Moon sextiles your ruler Jupiter on Sunday. Count the cost before making a large purchase.

Capricorn22 December - 19 January

You’ll be in a nostalgic mood on Monday. Get together with an old friend and reminisce. You’ll be tempted

to throw caution to the wind when the Sun in Capricorn squares Uranus on Tuesday. Obey the rules, especially if you’re driving. Control issues will erupt in a relationship on Friday. It might be time to set new boundaries with a partner. Your sense of personal power will kick up a notch on Sunday. Take charge of your life!

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By Calder Jon

A while ago my son slept with his cousin and weeks later she announced she was pregnant. I’m convinced the baby is his. She had a boyfriend at the time but they’d briefly split up before she fell pregnant. He asked her and said if the

baby was his he’d stand by her but she swore it wasn’t. But I can’t ignore the fact my niece might be carrying my grandchild. His cousin’s baby would need a DNA test to see who the Dad is, but if my son’s not bothered about getting one done, should I just forget about it?Yvonne Ultimately Yvonne, I don’t think you can do much other than go along with whatever your son wants. It’s quite worrying to know that yet another child is coming in to the world with, potentially, no father but unless either your niece or your son feel a DNA test is necessary, you’re pretty much powerless. Talk to your boy again and explain how important it is for him as well as you to make absolutely sure that this child isn’t his Be careful not to push too hard because you’ll just end up creating a rift but if I were you, I’d certainly make it clear that I was concerned. Hopefully, one of these two will see sense and do the right thing at the end of the day. All you can do is make your point and give them some space to think about the situation.

I’ve been having an affair with a work colleague – my boss, in fact – for six months. I’m not proud of it but I love him so much. The Christmas party is approaching and I’m worried that someone will guess what’s going on. I have no idea how to act around him. I know you’ll just tell me to stop seeing him but I can’t.Yvonne If the pair of you are in loveless relationships then you need to deal with that before hopping into bed together don’t you? Running around in secrecy causes all sorts of problems as you’ve discovered and somewhere along the line, I’m sure it will all end in tears! Right now, all you two have is a sexual relationship; don’t kid yourself that’s its anything more. Snatching the odd moments here and there, hiding your feelings and deceiving everybody around you!

Don’t you think you owe it to yourself to insist on more from this little arrangement? I can’t help you with the Christmas party, what you’re doing is just plain wrong and the awkwardness is the price you’re always going to have to pay. The longer you let things go on the way they are, the unhappier and more uncomfortable you’ll be.

Sit down with your lover and see how the land lies, tell him how you feel and see what his reaction is. Be prepared for a shock though Yvonne as it’s entirely possible that this guy sees you as nothing more than a bit on the side. Whatever the case, you know what you’re doing isn’t right don’t you? It’s time to change that.

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My family has been invited to spend Christmas in Spain with my husband’s parents. The kids are so excited about going but I’m dreading it. The problem is that I’m so scared of flying. We’ve always gone on holiday in England as the thought of getting on a plane fills me with fear. I know my kids deserve this but I’m so scared. What can I tell them?Lisa Rather than having to disappoint the family, why not use this opportunity to

overcome your fear? Speak to the customer services department of the airline you’re meant to be travelling with and they’ll either put you in touch with an in-house team dedicated to helping people like you they’ll suggest an outside organisation. You know you’re not alone with this phobia Lisa so don’t be ashamed. Personally, I’m petrified of spiders but, over the years, because I’ve had to face my fears, I’ve improved a great deal! Essentially, in your case,

this is exactly what you need to do - face your fear! I won’t rattle off the statistics about how safe air travel is because I know that probably does nothing to allay your fears. What I will say though is that you can get over this if you work at it. Just imagine how much it will mean to your family to be able to go out to Spain and have an amazing Christmas with you? Pick up the phone and give it a shot. You’ve got everything to gain and nothing to lose.

I’ve been living in council accommoda-tion since I left my parents four years ago. I’ve moved round a lot but never found anywhere that I feel happy. All I want in life is a place of my own – even just a tiny little flat, but I don’t know how to go about it. I don’t earn enough to start saving for a deposit and I feel hopeless and miserable. Do you have any advice on how I can fulfil my dreams and be happy?Leanne You can sit and feel sorry for your-self and your seemingly unattainable dreams forever and a day Leanne but

that’s not going to get you anywhere is it? I have to admit that the current economic climate isn’t working in your favour but at the end of the day, if you want something as badly as you appear to, you’re going to have to work hard to get it. You say you don’t earn enough now so surely your first priority should be retraining for a better paid job? Your local college should be able to advise you on the courses and options avail-able to you; all you have to do is ask them. I’m not pretending that this is go-ing to happen overnight, it could take you years to get where you want to be. Provided you knuckle down though and take positive steps to im-prove your income, eventually, you’ll be able to scrape together a deposit and buy your dream home. Alternatively, you can just carry on moping about this and, in ten years’ time when you’re still in the same boat, you can blame yourself.

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06:00 Babar and the Adventures of Badou06:10 Babar and the Adventures of Badou06:25 The Hive06:30 The Hive06:40 The Hive06:50 Canimals07:00 Fleabag Monkeyface07:15 Fleabag Monkeyface07:35 The Perfect Man09:25 Tipping Point10:25 May the Best House Win11:20 Dinner Date12:25 ITv News and Weather12:45 Doc Hollywood14:45 Babe 2: Pig in the City16:30 Peter Pan

18:35 London Tonight18:45 ITv News and Weather19:00 Emmerdale

Declan fears that Katie’s news could mean the end of their marriage. Cain accuses Moira of trying to make him jealous when Dom asks her on a date.

19:30 Coronation StreetAn emotional Kylie plans a fresh start away from David. Jenna’s declaration disappoints Sophie. Fiz is forced to cancel her holiday when struck down by illness.

20:00 You’ve Been Framed!20:30 The Corrie Years21:00 All New It’ll be Alright on the Night22:00 ITv News at Ten22:15 Gremlins00:15 Jackpot24703:00 Dave

06:00 World Kitchen06:25 Dancing on Ice Live Tour 201207:30 Pillow Talk09:30 A Touch of Frost11:30 The History of Mr Polly13:25 Agatha Christie’s Marple15:35 The Sign of Four17:50 Paul O’Grady: For The Love of Dogs

18:55 Agatha Christie’s Marple

Lymstock is a town with more than its share of shameful secrets - a town where even a sudden outbreak of anonymous hate mail causes only a minor stir.

21:00 Come Rain Come Shine22:55 A Touch of Frost02:00 Monk

06:00 Emmerdale06:55 The Cube07:40 No Reservations09:50 Small Soldiers12:00 Emmerdale12:30 Emmerdale13:00 Christmas Bonkers Guinness World Records13:30 I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now!15:30 You’ve Been Framed!17:00 The McFly Show18:00 Mr Bean’s Holiday19:50 The Incredible Hulk22:00 Utterly Outrageous Reality Tv Moments 201223:00 Knocked Up01:40 Utterly Outrageous Reality Tv Moments 201202:35 Lemon La vida Loca

06:00 Breakfast09:00 The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement10:45 102 Dalmatians12:20 BBC News12:35 BBC London News12:45 My Family13:35 Race to Witch Mountain15:10 Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon15:30 The Sorcerer’s Apprentice17:10 Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers17:40 Pointless

18:30 BBC News18:45 BBC London News19:00 Celebrity Mastermind19:30 The One Show20:00 Holby City

Can Ric really leave Holby City behind? With Imelda on his case, is it too late anyway? Jac finds her Christmas spirit tested, with surprising results. And can Sacha face up to a visit from Ma Levy?

21:00 RestlessAdaptation of William Boyd’s spy thriller. When a crucial mission collapses in the USA and Eva Delectorskaya finds herself in terrible, fatal jeopardy , she knows she has no option but to run and hide - forever.

22:30 BBC News22:45 BBC London News22:55 The National Lottery Friday Night Draws23:00 Take That00:20 Weatherview00:25 Tamara Drewe

06:00 Pingu06:05 Timmy Time06:15 Rastamouse06:30 The Large Family06:40 Andy’s Wild Adventures07:00 Naomi’s Nightmares of Nature07:30 Four O’Clock Club08:00 M.I. High08:30 Hero Squad08:55 Deadly 60 Bites09:05 The Bear Family and Me10:05 Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild11:05 The Lady vanishes12:40 The 39 Steps14:05 Notorious15:45 Flog It!16:30 The Four Feathers

18:30 Nature’s Weirdest Events

The second in this two-part series about the weirdest natural events on the planet features the incredible sea foam which turns part of the Australian coast into what looks like the world’s biggest bubble bath.

19:30 Blackadder the Third

The prince is challenged to a duel by the fearsome Duke of Wellington. Edmund volunteers to take his place, hoping that his cousin MacAdder will step in for him.

20:00 Racing Legends: Jackie Stewart21:00 World’s Most Dangerous Roads22:00 QI22:30 Andy Parsons Gruntled Live23:30 Never Mind the Buzzcocks00:00 Hebburn00:30 Twenty Twelve

F r i d a y - T v 28 th December

06:00 Good Morning Sports Fans09:00 World Championship Darts13:00 SPL Round-Up13:30 T20 Cricket - The Big Bash17:05 Ashes Memories17:30 Cricket18:30 T20 Cricket - The Big Bash19:00 Team Sky-British Cycling:Rd to Glory20:00 Tight Lines22:00 The Fantasy Football Club23:00 Barclays Premier League23:30 Great Matches of Euro Football00:00 Elite League Ice Hockey01:00 The Fantasy Football Club02:00 World Championship Darts

06:00 Children’s Tv09:00 Tickety Toc09:10 Bert and Ernie’s Great Adventures09:25 Mist: Sheepdog Tales09:40 Chinese Food in Minutes09:55 Dallas10:55 Rolf’s Animal Christmas11:55 World’s Biggest Pets12:55 Once Upon a Time13:50 Mrs Miracle 2: Miracle in Manhattan15:40 A Carol Christmas17:20 Santa, Junior.

19:05 Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers20:00 World’s Strongest Man 201221:00 The Mentalist22:00 Castle23:55 Inside Hollywood

06:00 Cricket06:55 T20 Cricket - The Big Bash10:30 Cricket11:30 Living the Dream12:00 Magic of Messi12:30 Lions Legends Welsh Wizards13:00 Sporting Heroes14:00 World Championship Darts

18:00 Magic of MessiA celebration of Barcelona and Argentina forward Lionel Messi.

18:30 Barclays Premier League19:00 World Championship Darts22:30 Lions Legends Welsh Wizards23:00 Super League Super Tries23:25 Cricket

06:25 Children’s Tv07:35 Everybody Loves Raymond08:00 Frasier09:05 The Big Bang Theory10:05 The Simpsons11:05 Planet 5112:45 Zulu15:30 Deal or No Deal’s Big Christmas Dinner16:30 The Simpsons17:25 Hollyoaks18:30 Channel 4 News18:55 4thought.tv19:00 My Big Fat Gypsy Christmas20:00 Jamie and Jimmy’s Food Fight Club21:00 The 50 Funniest Moments of 201223:05 Friday Night Dinner23:40 2012: Mashed00:45 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest

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06:00 Babar and the Adventures of Badou06:10 Babar and the Adventures of Badou06:25 The Hive06:35 The Hive06:45 The Hive06:50 Canimals07:00 Canimals07:05 Fleabag Monkeyface07:15 Fleabag Monkeyface07:25 Almost Naked Animals07:40 Almost Naked Animals07:50 Horrid Henry08:05 Horrid Henry08:15 Horrid Henry08:30 Fort Boyard09:25 ITv News09:30 Dinner Date10:30 Dickinson’s Real Deal11:30 The Unforgettable...12:00 ITv News and Weather12:10 Holiday Home Sweet Home13:10 Holiday Home Sweet Home14:10 Carry on Screaming16:00 Midsomer Murders

18:00 London Tonight18:15 ITv News and Weather18:30 30 Years of CITv19:30 I Love You’ve Been Framed20:30 Dale’s Great Getaway21:30 Love Actually

Romantic comedy drama from the writer of Notting Hill and Four Weddings and a Funeral.

22:30 ITv News and Weather22:45 Love Actually00:20 Parenthood

06:00 Breakfast10:00 Saturday Kitchen11:30 Nigel Slater’s New Year Suppers12:00 BBC News12:10 BBC London News12:15 Football Focus13:00 F1 2012 - What a Year14:00 Olympics 201215:00 Olympics 201215:30 Sport Relief 201216:30 Final Score17:25 BBC News17:35 BBC London News17:45 Celebrity Mastermind

18:15 A Question of Sport

Christmas Holiday Special. Sue Barker hosts a festive edition of the sports quiz with regular team captains Matt Dawson and Phil Tufnell.

18:45 Superstars 2012Gabby Logan, Denise Lewis and Iwan Thomas present the spectacle of 16 of London 2012’s British Olympic heroes (eight men, eight women) competing against their Team GB teammates in a competition to be crowned the two best all-round Superstars.

20:15 The National Lottery: Secret Fortune21:10 BBC News21:30 Mrs. Brown’s Boys

It may be a time for peace and goodwill, but there is trouble brewing in the Brown household this Christmas.

22:00 Mrs. Brown’s Boys22:30 Match of the Day00:00 The Football League Show

06:00 Children’s Tv07:00 Naomi’s Nightmares of Nature07:30 Four O’Clock Club08:00 M.I. High08:30 Hero Squad09:00 Deadly Art09:15 Copycats09:40 12 Again10:10 The Ministry of Curious Stuff10:40 Sorry, I’ve Got No Head11:10 Diddy Movies11:35 Horrible Histories12:05 Shaun the Sheep12:15 Flight of the Navigator13:40 Flubber15:05 Escape to the Country16:05 Flog It!17:05 John Le Mesurier: It’s All Been Rather Lovely18:05 Clive Dunn: A Tribute

From Dad’s Army’s Corporal Jones to “Grandad”, Clive Dunn created some of Britain’s most memorable old men. Family, colleagues and friends pay tribute to this much loved actor who died in November 2012.

18:45 Dad’s ArmyIn 1940, with a German invasion looming, the defence of Walmington-on-Sea is in the hands of local bank manager Captain Mainwaring and a motley collection of volunteers.

20:15 Climbed Every Mountain - The Story Behind The Sound of Music21:15 The Duchess23:00 QI XL23:45 God Bless Ozzy Osbourne01:20 Carry on England

Saturday - T v 29 th December

06:00 Drama Trails06:05 Terry and June07:10 Murder, She Wrote08:15 The Nun’s Story11:15 Carry on Follow That Camel13:10 A Touch of Frost15:20 Mutiny on the Buses17:10 Carry on Camping19:00 Agatha Christie’s Marple

When Tommy and Tuppence visit an elderly aunt in her nursing home, Tuppence is concerned by some odd behaviour of the staff and residents.

21:00 Midsomer Murders23:05 Fierce Creatures00:55 Maigret02:00 Agatha Christie’s Marple

06:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals06:25 Coronation Street09:00 Emmerdale12:30 The Xtra Factor13:35 Britain’s Got More Talent14:35 Britain’s Got More Talent15:35 Britain’s Got More Talent16:35 Britain’s Got More Talent17:30 Beethoven’s 2nd

19:20 Mamma Mia!Exuberant musical based on the hit stage show featuring the music of ABBA. 20-year-old Sophie lives on an idyllic Greek island with her free-spirited mother Donna.

21:30 van Helsing00:05 Fast and Furious

06:00 Aerobics: Oz Style06:30 Transworld Sport07:30 Sporting Heroes08:30 Barclays Premier League09:00 The Fantasy Football Club10:00 Soccer A.M.12:00 Barclays Premier League12:30 Football15:15 Sky Sports Classic15:30 T20 Cricket - The Big Bash16:00 NFL17:00 Football19:55 Scottish Football League

Queen’s Park take on Rangers at Hampden Park.

20:25 Football First22:15 Football First23:45 Football First01:15 Football First02:45 Sky Sports Classic03:00 Scottish Football League

06:00 Children’s Tv08:45 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom09:00 Toby’s Travelling Circus09:10 Roary the Racing Car09:25 Jelly Jamm09:40 Chinese Food in Minutes10:00 Meerkat Manor10:30 Dallas11:25 Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers12:25 Once Upon a Time13:25 It’s a very Merry Muppet Christmas15:10 Grounded16:55 Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish18:30 Snow White20:10 5 News Weekend20:15 World’s Strongest Man 201221:15 Stephen King’s Bag of Bones00:20 Super Casino

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22:30 Scottish Football League22:55 Rugby Union Super Tries23:25 Cricket

06:00 Children’s Tv07:55 The Morning Line08:45 Space Chimps10:35 Garfield 2: A Tail of Two Kitties12:20 The Simpsons13:30 Channel 4 Racing15:30 Deal or No Deal’s Big Christmas Dinner16:25 Celebrity Come Dine with Me17:00 Celebrity Come Dine with Me17:30 Celebrity Come Dine with Me18:05 Celebrity Come Dine with Me18:35 Channel 4 News18:45 4thought.tv18:50 Stephen Fry: Gadget Man19:20 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King23:10 Wuthering Heights01:35 Chocolat


S u n d a y - T v 30 th December06:00 Engie Benjy06:10 Babar and the Adventures of Badou06:35 Signed Stories06:45 Monk06:50 Canimals07:00 Canimals07:05 Fleabag Monkeyface07:15 Fleabag Monkeyface07:30 Almost Naked Animals07:40 Almost Naked Animals07:50 Almost Naked Animals08:00 Big Time Rush08:30 Fort Boyard09:25 There’s No Taste Like Home10:25 Dinner Date11:25 Dickinson’s Real Deal12:25 All Star Family Fortunes13:10 ITv News and Weather13:15 Carry on Girls15:00 Tea with Mussolini17:15 Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah’s Ark

18:35 London Tonight18:45 ITv News and Weather19:00 Super Famous Animals20:00 Wild at Heart

Last ever episode. New Year at Leopard’s Den does not bring good news for Du Plessis when he visits his doctor.

22:00 ITv News at Ten and Weather22:15 A Night with Beyonce

Global superstar Beyonce performs some of her best-known hits.

23:30 Rugby Highlights00:25 Jackpot24703:00 River Monsters

06:20 Little Shop of Horrors08:10 Carry on Cleo10:00 Carry on Up the Jungle11:50 Agatha Christie’s Marple13:50 A Touch of Frost16:05 Holiday on the Buses17:50 Agatha Christie’s Marple

19:55 By Royal Appointment

Documentary, narrated by Hugh Bonneville, which offers an exclusive glimpse into the world of official suppliers to the royal family.

21:00 Elizabeth: The Golden Age23:20 Evil Under the Sun01:40 Maigret02:35 Flowers Uncut

06:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals06:20 Emmerdale09:40 Coronation Street12:50 You’ve Been Framed! Kids Special13:50 Kangaroo Jack15:45 Mamma Mia!

18:00 Nanny McPheeFamily drama. A widowed father struggles to manage his seven children, whose spectacularly bad behaviour has already driven away 17 nannies.

20:00 I Love You’ve Been Framed21:00 The Holiday23:40 Gremlins01:50 A Celebrity Juicemas Carol02:40 Utterly Outrageous Reality Tv Moments 2012

06:00 Breakfast08:05 Match of the Day09:40 Eight Below11:30 Snow Babies12:30 BBC News12:40 Countryfile13:40 Bedknobs and Broomsticks15:30 Call the Midwife16:50 Songs of Praise17:30 Wild Weather in 2012: London

18:00 BBC News18:20 BBC London News18:30 Celebrity Mastermind

Celebrity edition of the quiz, hosted by John Humphrys. Radio 2 DJ Ken Bruce, CBeebies presenter Sid Sloane, musician Paul Young and comedian Holly Walsh take their place in the infamous black chair.

19:00 CountryfileEllie Harrison is on the Yorkshire Moors for a special edition of Countryfile, looking back at the men and women who have been inspired by the British countryside.

20:00 Antiques Roadshow21:00 Ripper Street

Crime drama set in Victorian London. A young woman is found brutally murdered, the hallmark signs of the Ripper upon her.

22:00 BBC News22:15 BBC London News22:25 Match of the Day 223:25 Sport Relief 201200:25 Open Range02:40 Weatherview02:45 Climbed Every Mountain - The Story Behind The Sound of Music

06:00 Pingu06:05 Timmy Time06:15 Rastamouse06:30 The Large Family06:40 Andy’s Wild Adventures07:00 Naomi’s Nightmares of Nature07:30 Four O’Clock Club08:00 M.I. High08:30 Hero Squad09:00 Copycats09:30 12 Again10:00 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites11:30 The Great British Bake Off Masterclass12:30 EastEnders Omnibus15:30 Space Dive17:00 Force 10 from Navarone

19:00 James May’s Toy Stories

In this Toy Stories Christmas special, James May gets to the heart of the nation’s childhood love affair with the model plane.

20:00 Dara O Briain’s Science Club21:00 Neil Armstrong First Man on the Moon

Biopic of Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon. Drawing on unbroadcasted archive material and interviews with those closest to him.

22:00 MoonPsychological thriller about a lone lunar miner counting down the days until he is reunited with his family.

23:30 Blade Runner01:20 Dangerous Days: On the Edge of Blade Runner

06:00 CricketThe first one-day international between India and Pakistan from the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

12:00 Racemax13:00 World Championship Darts16:30 Living the Dream17:00 T20 Cricket - The Big Bash17:30 NFL

21:15 NFL00:45 Andy Murray: Us Open Champion

A look at Andy Murray’s historic victory at the 2012 US Open. The Scot defeated Novak Djokovic to become the first British man since Fred Perry in 1936 to win a grand slam singles title.

06:00 Children’s Tv09:25 Jelly Jamm09:40 Chinese Food in Minutes09:50 Meerkat Manor10:20 Dallas11:15 Eddie Stobart’s Christmas Cracker12:20 Once Upon a Time13:15 Lost Holiday: The Jim and Suzanne Shemwell Story15:05 Ivanhoe17:05 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

19:05 Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers19:55 5 News Weekend20:00 World’s Strongest Man 201221:00 An Audience with Ken Dodd23:00 The Man Who Sued God01:00 Super Casino

06:00 Cricket07:30 Scottish Football League08:00 Football First09:30 The Sunday Supplement11:00 Goals on Sunday13:00 Football

Everton v Chelsea.15:30 Football

Queens Park Rangers v Liverpool.

19:00 World Championship Darts

(Day 13) - Semi-Finals. The semi-finals of the PDC World Darts Championship from London’s Alexandra Palace.

23:00 Ford Football Special00:30 2012 - The Greatest Sporting Year

06:20 Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts07:45 Doctor Dolittle 309:30 Sunday Brunch11:40 The Big Bang Theory12:10 The Simpsons12:40 Clash of the Titans14:55 Edward Scissorhands17:00 Channel 4 News17:25 4thought.tv17:30 The Art of the Snowman and the Snowdog17:35 The Snowman and the Snowdog18:05 How the Snowman Came Back to Life19:00 Come Dine with Me20:00 The Hotel21:00 Big Fat Quiz of the Year 201223:05 The Last Leg of the Year


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Joining Jools for his 20th annual hootenanny - and the last to be filmed at BBC television Centre - will be a host of stars from all walks of British life and a variety of guest singers sitting in with Jools’ rhythm & Blues orches-tra, and some of the star turns over the dec-ades and the last 12 months. British musical icon and recording artist for over 50 years Petula Clark performs two of her biggest songs along with a surprising cover of Gnarls Barkley’s ‘Crazy’ from her upcoming album; the biggest selling act of 2012, singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé will perform num-bers from her million-selling ‘Our Version Of Events’, including her No 1 single ‘Read All About It’, where she

will be joined by Professor Green. Also in the studio will be Soul legend Bobby Womack with a track from his recent album ‘The Bravest Man In The Universe’ along with a number or two from his vast back catalogue; one of the UK breakout stars of the year Lianne La Havas will perform her ode to going out with an older man in ‘Age’ plus an Ella Fitzgerald number; King of the charts in the early Eighties, Adam Ant will perform some of his classic pop tunes along with a number from his upcoming album with his new group The Good, The Mad & The Lovely Posse. East London’s own Paloma Faith will perform an Etta James number along with ‘Just Be’ from her big-selling 2012 album.

Jools’ Annual HootenannyBBC 2 - 23:05 - 01:40

06:00 Babar and the Adventures of Badou06:10 Babar and the Adventures of Badou06:25 The Hive06:40 The Hive06:50 Fleabag Monkeyface07:05 Fleabag Monkeyface07:20 Almost Naked Animals07:35 From Time to Time09:25 Dinner Date10:25 WarGames12:30 ITv News and Weather12:40 Midsomer Murders14:35 The Unforgettable...15:35 Just Henry17:35 London Tonight17:45 ITv News and Weather

18:00 Wild at Heart Filming with Animals

Documentary narrated by Stephen Tompkinson, going behind the scenes of Wild at Heart as he introduces us to the animals and their handlers and gives an insider’s view as to how some of the series biggest animal stunts are achieved

19:00 Emmerdale19:30 Coronation Street20:00 You’ve Been Framed!20:30 Coronation Street21:00 2012: A Funny Old Year22:00 Bridget Jones’s Diary23:45 ITv News and Weather00:05 Fletch01:40 Pushing Daisies

06:00 Breakfast09:00 Muppet Treasure Island10:30 G-Force11:50 Kung Fu Panda Holiday12:15 BBC News12:30 BBC London News12:40 Total Wipeout13:40 Bedtime Stories15:10 The Sound of Music

18:00 BBC News at Six18:15 BBC London News18:30 Celebrity Mastermind19:00 Top Of The Pops New Year’s Eve

Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates present a celebration of the big hits of the year, get you in the mood to celebrate New Year’s Eve 2012 and showcase the first number 1 of 2013.

20:00 EastEndersWith the help of AJ’s meddling, the Masoods’ New Year’s Eve party goes off with a bang and Ayesha is left worse for wear.

20:30 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

After his father, the king of Persia, is killed, Prince Dastan discovers the secret of a magic dagger which can rewind time. He must then protect it from an evil villain who intends to make himself king.

22:15 BBC News at Ten22:30 The Graham Norton Show23:40 New Year Live00:15 John Bishop: The Sunshine Tour01:25 Scary Movie 402:40 Weatherview02:45 BBC News

06:00 Children’s Tv06:40 Andy’s Wild Adventures07:00 Naomi’s Nightmares of Nature07:30 Four O’Clock Club08:00 M.I. High08:30 Hero Squad09:00 Operation Iceberg10:00 Operation Iceberg11:00 The Great British Bake Off12:00 The Great British Bake Off13:00 Escape to the Country13:45 Flog It!14:50 The Red Baron16:30 Great Continental Railway Journeys17:30 University Challenge

18:00 Climbed Every Mountain - The Story Behind The Sound of Music

Sue Perkins travels to Salzburg, Ellis Island and Vermont to discover how the family made a living in America as the Trapp Family Singers and they eventually bought an estate in Vermont which looks uncannily like Austria.

19:00 Catch Me If You Can

True crime story about teenage con man Frank Abagnale Jr -who cashed fake cheques worth over 2.5 million dollars while disguised as a pilot, a doctor and a lawyer.

21:10 Julie and Julia23:05 Jools’ Annual Hootenanny01:40 Best Bits @ Hackney 201202:40 Reading Festival 2012 - Highlights

06:00 World Kitchen06:20 Flowers Uncut07:10 On the Buses07:40 On the Buses08:15 Emma10:25 Housewife 4912:25 Mutiny on the Buses14:15 On the Buses16:05 Carry on Matron17:55 Murder, She Wrote


Miss Marple investigates when her holiday at an old school friend’s coastal villa is interrupted by the mysterious death of one of her fellow guests.

21:00 Lewis23:00 A Touch of Frost00:40 Maigret02:20 The Nun’s Story

06:00 Emmerdale06:25 Coronation Street06:50 Free Willy 3: The Rescue08:35 The Xtra Factor12:45 Emmerdale13:20 Coronation Street13:50 You’ve Been Framed!14:20 E.T. The Extra- Terrestrial16:35 How the Grinch Stole Christmas

18:35 Jurassic ParkOn a remote island where an amazing theme park with living cloned dinosaurs is located, five people must battle to survive.

21:00 The Bourne Identity23:20 Celebrity Juice00:05 Celebrity Juice01:00 Celebrity Juice02:00 Celebrity Juice

06:00 Aerobics: Oz Style06:30 Thrillseekers Snow07:00 WWE Bottom Line08:00 World Championship Darts12:00 Britain’s Next F1 Star12:30 Speedway - Season Review14:30 NFL16:30 Formula One 2012: A Season to Remember

18:30 Britain’s Next F1 Star19:00 The Masters - 2012 Official Film20:00 Super League Season Review22:00 Speedway - Season Review00:00 Barclays Premier League Review01:00 Britain’s Next F1 Star

06:00 Children’s Tv09:00 Tickety Toc09:15 Mist: Sheepdog Tales09:35 Dallas10:30 Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers11:35 Eddie Stobart: Christmas Delivery12:35 Once Upon a Time13:30 The Man From the Alamo15:10 Cheyenne Autumn18:00 The All New Gadget Show19:05 Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers20:00 World’s Strongest Man 201221:00 Britain’s Funniest Comedy Characters23:55 NCIS00:55 Super Casino

06:00 Good Morning Sports Fans09:00 Ford Football Special10:30 2012 - The Greatest Sporting Year12:30 Ford Football Special14:00 2012 - The Greatest Sporting Year16:00 Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits17:00 SPL Round-Up17:30 Netbusters

18:00 Gary Neville’s Half- Time Team Talk20:00 Ringside: Fights of 201222:00 Gary Neville’s Half- Time Team Talk00:00 Ringside: Fights of 201202:00 Gary Neville’s Half- Time Team Talk

06:20 The Treacle People06:35 Happily Never After07:55 Everybody Loves Raymond08:55 Frasier09:30 Frasier10:00 The Big Bang Theory10:30 The Big Bang Theory11:00 The Simpsons11:30 The Simpsons12:00 Son of the Mask13:45 Entrapment16:00 Deal or No Deal17:00 The Simpsons17:25 Hollyoaks18:00 Hollyoaks18:30 Channel 4 News18:55 4thought.tv19:00 Come Dine with Me21:00 Alan Carr’s New Year Specstacular23:05 8 Out of 10 Cats23:50 House Party


1 st Januar yTuesday - New Years Day - Tv06:00 Babar and the Adventures of Badou06:25 The Hive06:30 The Hive06:40 The Hive06:50 Canimals07:00 Fleabag Monkeyface07:15 Fleabag Monkeyface07:30 Almost Naked Animals07:45 Almost Naked Animals08:00 Horrid Henry08:15 Horrid Henry08:30 victorious09:00 Share a Story09:25 Dragonheart11:15 Dancing on Ice Goes Gold13:10 ITv News and Weather13:25 Pride and Prejudice15:45 Elizabeth: Queen, Wife, Mother16:50 Les Miserables Movie Special17:45 ITv News and Weather

18:00 River MonstersPack of Teeth. New series with extreme angler Jeremy Wade as he travels around the globe in search of fresh water monsters.

18:30 EmmerdaleKatie is left hurt when Megan reveals Declan’s true feelings. Concerned for Moira, Zak confronts Cain about his intentions.

19:00 Royal Babies20:00 Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire?21:00 Gary Barlow and Friends22:15 ITv News and Weather22:30 King Kong01:40 Jackpot247

06:00 Film File06:10 Flowers Uncut06:30 On the Buses07:30 Are You Being Served?09:25 The Sign of Four11:45 The Railway Children13:45 Agatha Christie’s Poirot15:50 A Touch of Frost17:55 Agatha Christie’s Poirot

20:00 Midsomer Murders

DI Tom Barnaby realises that there is more to a case than first appears when the father of a young poacher jailed for killing a tramp is himself brutally murdered.

22:00 Titanic23:00 A Touch of Frost00:40 Maigret01:40 On the Buses

06:00 Emmerdale06:25 Coronation Street07:15 The Corrie Years07:45 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records08:15 Small Soldiers10:30 The Xtra Factor11:30 You’ve Been Framed!12:00 You’ve Been Framed!12:30 The Mighty Ducks14:35 Peter Pan16:45 Emmerdale17:15 Coronation Street17:45 Coronation Street18:15 I Love You’ve Been Framed19:15 Jurassic Park III21:00 Terminator 2: Judgment Day23:45 Celebrity Juice00:30 Lemon La vida Loca01:15 Lemon La vida Loca01:55 Lemon La vida Loca

06:00 Breakfast09:00 Hotel for Dogs10:35 3 Men and a Little Lady12:15 The Archbishop of Canterbury’s New Year Message12:20 BBC News12:35 BBC London News12:45 Frozen Planet13:45 Mary Poppins16:00 The Princess and the Frog17:35 BBC News17:50 BBC London News

18:00 Celebrity Mastermind

Flog It presenter Paul Martin, gold medal-winning Olympian Pete Reed, actress Jaye Griffiths and magician Pete Firman all take television’s toughest test.

18:30 UpAnimation telling the story of 78-year-old Carl, who ties thousands of balloons to his house and floats off to South America to fulfil his lifelong dream.

20:00 EastEndersIt is Lexi’s christening, and the Mitchells congregate to celebrate her special day. However, Lola is horrified when she sees what Phil has been secretly planning. Alfie does his best to move on from Kat, but is he moving too soon?

21:00 Miranda21:30 Mrs. Brown’s Boys22:00 BBC News at Ten22:15 BBC London News22:25 Match of the Day23:45 The Graham Norton Show

06:00 Children’s Tv06:15 Rastamouse06:30 The Large Family06:40 Andy’s Wild Adventures07:00 Naomi’s Nightmares of Nature07:30 Four O’Clock Club08:00 M.I. High08:30 Hero Squad08:55 Deadly Art09:15 The Great British Bake Off10:15 The Great British Bake Off11:15 New Year’s Day Concert 201312:45 Dances with Wolves15:35 Great Continental Railway Journeys16:30 Final Score17:25 The Archbishop of Canterbury’s New Year Message17:30 Goodbye to Canterbury

18:30 University Challenge

In the last of the first-round matches guests from University of Birmingham and University of East Anglia fight it out in a bid to reach the semi-finals.

19:00 Hairy Dieters: How to Love Food and Lose Weight20:00 Nature’s Weirdest Events21:00 Queen victoria’s Children

The Best Laid Plans.... Queen Victoria and Prince Albert shared a passionate marriage.

22:00 Charlie Brooker’s 2012 Wipe Out23:00 QI23:30 I’m in a Boy Band00:30 Hebburn01:00 Twenty Twelve

06:00 Aerobics: Oz Style06:30 Thrillseekers Snow07:00 WWE Afterburn08:00 T20 Cricket - The Big Bash11:30 Britain’s Next F1 Star12:00 Super League Season Review14:00 T20 Cricket - The Big Bash14:30 Speedway - Season Review16:30 Ringside: Fights of 2012

18:30 Britain’s Next F1 Star19:00 Us Open Golf 2012 Official Film19:55 T20 Cricket - The Big Bash20:25 Football First22:15 Football First23:45 Football First01:15 Football First02:45 Football First

06:00 Children’s Tv08:20 Roary the Racing Car08:35 Bananas in Pyjamas08:55 Tickety Toc09:10 Thomas and Friends10:30 Dallas11:25 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers13:30 Ben-Hur17:40 The Dam Busters

20:00 World’s Strongest Man 2012

The 35th running of the international strongman competition from the grounds of the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles.

21:00 50 Shocking Facts About Diet and Exercise23:05 The Craft01:05 Super Casino

06:00 Britain’s Next F1 Star06:30 Lions Legends Welsh Wizards07:00 Good Morning Sports Fans08:00 Good Morning Sports Fans09:00 Magic of Messi09:30 Sky Sports Years 201210:30 Gary Neville’s Half Time Team Talk12:30 Football15:00 Gillette Soccer Special17:15 Football20:00 World Championship Darts23:00 Sky Sports Years 201200:00 Football’s Greatest00:30 Football Asia01:00 World Championship Darts

06:00 The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter07:20 Everybody Loves Raymond08:25 Frasier09:25 The Big Bang Theory09:55 The Big Bang Theory10:30 Oliver Twist13:00 Channel 4 Racing15:30 Deal or No Deal16:30 The Wizard of Oz

18:25 Channel 4 News18:30 Deal or No Deal19:30 Frankie Howerd21:00 Robin Hood

Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett and Mark Strong star in director Ridley Scott’s retelling of one of Britain’s most enduring myths.

23:45 Rude Tube00:50 The Last Leg of the Year

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the murder of a journalist has chilling echoes of a 1960s horror film starring midsomer’s own stella harris. When stella’s more famous sister returns after a 40-year family rift, the killings escalate, each reminiscent of a movie plot. is life – and death – imitating art? Journalist Eve Lomax is murdered as she watches a cult 60s horror film starring Midsomer’s own Stella Harris. Colin Yule opens the inaugural Midsomer Lang-ley film festival by showing the same film. But Stella’s evening is eclipsed by the dramatic arrival of her sis-ter Diana Davenport, a Hollywood superstar. Diana and her producer husband Cy are reunited with their son Scott, who fled the family home to live in Midsomer. He is not pleased to see them.

Eve’s landlord Patrick Tilman tells Barnaby that Eve was writing a book on the sisters. Barnaby is suspicious of Patrick, as is his wife Juliet, who runs an organic vegetable delivery business. Meanwhile Kate discovers Eve had two puncture wounds in her neck, as if she was killed by a vampire, just like the film. Stella’s daughter Emma is having a relationship with toyboy Perry Stevens, a delivery driver for Ju-liet. Emma’s unimpressed by Diana’s arrival, unlike her own star-struck daughter Rosie. Meanwhile Diana begs Stella to end their 40-year rift. Colin reveals that he’d helped Emma with her book but things turned sour when she refused his request for a consultancy fee and a treasured rare photograph from his collection went missing.

Midsomer MurdersITV 1 - 20:00 - 22:00

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 Dinner Date15:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal16:00 Tipping Point17:00 The Chase


Katie wonders if she should leave Declan. Zak and Lisa are worried by Belle’s behaviour.

19:30 Coronation StreetTommy makes a sacrifice to protect Tyrone. An emotional Chesney waits anxiously by Fiz’s bedside. Gail is left speechless as she and Lewis grow closer.

20:00 Midsomer Murders

The murder of a journalist has chilling echoes of a 1960s horror film starring Midsomer’s own Stella Harris.

22:00 ITv News at Ten and Weather22:35 2012: A Funny Old Year

Jason Manford is joined by an all-star cast of stand up comics to discuss the events of past the year.

23:35 Safari vet SchoolIn this episode, the students get their first taste of life on the game reserve.

00:05 Jackpot247

06:00 Breakfast09:15 Wanted Down Under10:00 Homes Under the Hammer11:00 Saints and Scroungers11:45 Cowboy Trap12:15 Bargain Hunt13:00 BBC News at One13:30 BBC London News13:45 Doctors14:15 The Two Ronnies Sketchbook14:45 Escape to the Country15:45 Perfection16:30 Flog It!17:15 Pointless

18:00 BBC News at Six18:30 BBC London News19:00 Celebrity Mastermind19:30 Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death

Wallace and Gromit have opened a new bakery business, Top Bun, but local bakers are being targeted by a mysterious assassin.

20:00 Holby CityAs Luc finds a breakthrough in his research, a patient’s tattoo unexpectedly becomes the gateway to his darker side.

21:00 AfricaKalahari. David Attenborough takes a breathtaking journey through the vast and diverse continent of Africa as it has never been seen before.

22:00 BBC News at Ten22:25 BBC London News22:35 A Question of Sport23:05 Match of the Day00:10 Disturbia01:45 Weatherview01:50 Rome’s Lost Empire

06:00 Pingu06:05 Timmy Time06:15 Rastamouse06:30 The Large Family06:40 Andy’s Wild Adventures07:00 Naomi’s Nightmares of Nature07:30 Four O’Clock Club08:00 M.I. High08:30 Hero Squad09:00 Underdog10:15 Coast10:45 The Great British Bake Off11:45 The Great British Bake Off12:45 Great British Food Revival13:15 The Weakest Link14:15 Inside Claridge’s15:15 The Cheyenne Social Club17:00 Great Continental Railway Journeys

18:00 Eggheads18:30 University Challenge19:00 Hairy Dieters: How to Love Food and Lose Weight20:00 Nature’s Weirdest Events

Documentary series exploring bizarre and extraordinary natural events on the planet.

21:00 Queen victoria’s Children

A Domestic Tyrant. In a 60-year family saga this three-part series explores the reign of Queen Victoria through her personal relationships with her husband and her nine children.

22:00 Mock the Week23:00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks23:30 I’m in a Girl Group!00:30 Hebburn01:00 Twenty Twelve01:30 The Big Steal

08:35 The Nun’s Story11:35 Goodbye, Mr. Chips13:35 Agatha Christie’s Poirot15:45 A Touch of Frost17:45 Agatha Christie’s Poirot19:50 Dave

Warmhearted comedy about a regular guy who, being a dead ringer for the American president, is employed as a stand-in when the leader is taken ill.

22:00 TitanicPart two of an epic four-part drama. Political strife in Belfast interferes with the construction of the new liner Titanic.

23:00 A Touch of Frost00:40 Maigret01:40 On the Buses

07:55 You’ve Been Framed!08:55 The ITv2 Panto10:30 A Little Princess12:30 Emmerdale13:00 Holiday Airport14:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show15:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show16:10 The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills17:05 The Real Housewives of Orange County18:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show US19:00 You’ve Been Framed!20:00 30 Years of CITv21:00 Peter Andre: My Life22:00 Knocked Up00:40 Utterly Outrageous Reality Tv Moments 2012

08:00 T20 Cricket - The Big Bash11:30 Britain’s Next F1 Star12:00 Darts14:00 Football Asia14:30 T20 Cricket - The Big Bash15:00 World Cup of Pool16:00 Pga Tour Review17:00 Hyundai A League17:30 vendée Globe18:00 T20 Cricket - The Big Bash18:30 Britain’s Next F1 Star19:00 PGA Championship 2012 Official Film20:00 Test Cricket21:00 T20 Cricket - The Big Bash21:30 Britain’s Next F1 Star22:00 Champions Tour Golf Review23:00 A League of Their Own

06:00 Children’s Tv08:55 Tickety Toc09:10 Bert and Ernie’s Great Adventures09:15 Castle Farm09:25 Mist: Sheepdog Tales09:45 Chinese Food in Minutes09:50 Meerkat Manor10:20 Emergency Bikers11:25 CSI: Miami12:25 5 News Lunchtime12:30 The Mentalist13:25 Chinese Food in Minutes13:35 Reversible Errors17:00 5 News at 517:30 Emergency Bikers18:30 5 News19:00 Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers20:00 World’s Craziest Police Pursuits21:00 Elektra23:00 Wind Chill00:45 Forensic Files

06:00 Good Morning Sports Fans08:00 Lions Legends Welsh Wizards08:25 Cricket16:00 T20 Cricket - The Big Bash16:30 World Championship Darts

18:30 Sky Sports Years 2012

A look back at the programmes, events and stories that made the headlines on Sky Sports throughout 2012.

19:30 FootballNewcastle United host Everton at St James’ Park in the Barclays Premier League.

23:00 FIFA Futbol Mundial23:30 Cricket

06:00 Children’s Tv07:05 Will and Grace07:30 According to Jim07:55 Everybody Loves Raymond08:55 Frasier10:00 The Big Bang Theory10:55 The Simpsons11:25 The Seventh voyage of Sinbad13:10 Doctor Dolittle16:00 Deal or No Deal17:00 Come Dine with Me18:00 The Simpsons18:30 Hollyoaks19:00 Channel 4 News20:00 Gok’s Style Secrets21:00 One Born Every Minute22:00 Secrets of a Good Marriage with Sharon Horgan23:05 The 50 Funniest Moments of 201201:05 Rosemary’s Baby

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Thursday - Tv 3 rd January06:00 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 Dinner Date15:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal16:00 Tipping Point17:00 The Chase


Rachel and Rishi worry that Jai is struggling to cope with not seeing Archie. Cameron is irked when a stranger arrives asking difficult questions.

19:30 TonightIs Britain Overcrowded? In 2013 as Britain approaches its biggest baby boom for 40 years.

20:00 EmmerdaleCharity’s hand is forced when an argument between Jai and Rishi explodes. Sickened by his actions, Cameron considers leaving the village.

20:30 Nursing the Nation

A new series which looks at the work of the District Nurses who travel around the country caring for their patients in their own homes.

21:00 Trouble Abroad22:00 ITv News at Ten and Weather22:35 Gary Barlow and Friends23:50 The Golden Rules of Tv

06:00 Drama Trails06:10 Flowers Uncut06:35 On the Buses07:00 On the Buses07:40 Agatha Christie’s Poirot09:40 Agatha Christie’s Marple11:45 Northanger Abbey13:45 Agatha Christie’s Poirot15:45 A Touch of Frost17:55 Agatha Christie’s Poirot


A murder is announced in the personal columns of the Chipping Cleghorn Gazette - is it just a game?

22:00 Titanic23:00 A Touch of Frost00:40 Dave02:35 ITv3 Nightscreen

08:45 The ITv2 Panto10:25 The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills11:25 The Real Housewives of Orange County12:30 Emmerdale13:00 Coronation Street13:30 Life’s Funniest Moments14:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show16:10 The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills17:05 The Real Housewives of Orange County18:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show US19:00 You’ve Been Framed!20:00 Evan Almighty22:00 Fake Reaction22:45 40 Days and 40 Nights00:40 Fake Reaction01:25 The Xtra Factor

06:00 Breakfast09:15 Wanted Down Under10:00 Homes Under the Hammer11:00 Saints and Scroungers11:45 Cowboy Trap12:15 Bargain Hunt13:00 BBC News at One13:30 BBC London News13:45 Doctors14:15 The Two Ronnies Sketchbook14:45 Escape to the Country15:45 Perfection16:30 Flog It!17:15 Pointless

18:00 BBC News at Six18:30 BBC London News19:00 Celebrity Mastermind19:30 EastEnders

Joey returns to Albert Square to support Alice after the death of their father, and when Lauren hears he is back in Walford she races to find him.

20:00 Waterloo RoadSparks fly as the notorious Barry family join the school, and Barry Barry immediately causes trouble as his affair with another pupil’s mother is exposed.

21:00 DIY SOS The Big Build22:00 BBC News at Ten22:25 BBC London News22:35 Summer in Blackpool23:35 Have I Got a Bit More News for You00:20 Skiing Weatherview00:25 Natural World01:25 Countryfile02:25 Antiques Roadshow

06:00 Pingu06:05 Timmy Time06:15 Rastamouse06:30 The Large Family06:40 Andy’s Wild Adventures07:00 Naomi’s Nightmares of Nature07:30 Four O’Clock Club08:00 M.I. High08:30 Hero Squad09:00 The Sword in the Stone10:15 Coast10:45 The Great British Bake Off11:45 The Great British Bake Off12:45 Great British Food Revival13:15 The Weakest Link14:15 Inside Claridge’s15:20 Confessions of a Shopaholic17:00 Great Continental Railway Journeys

18:00 Eggheads18:30 University Challenge19:00 Hairy Dieters: How to Love Food and Lose Weight

Si and Dave try to redesign the pie, one of the nation’s favourite comfort foods and one of their fellow big eaters’ favourite treat.

20:00 Nature’s Weirdest Events

Chris looks at some of the most extraordinary behaviours and extreme adaptations that animals have developed to survive.

21:00 Queen victoria’s Children22:00 Mrs Brown23:40 I’m a Pop Star!00:40 Hebburn01:10 Twenty Twelve01:40 BBC News

06:00 Good Morning Sports Fans08:00 vendée Globe Sailing08:30 T20 Cricket - The Big Bash12:00 Test Cricket13:00 Britain’s Next F1 Star13:30 Ford Football Special15:00 Hyundai A League15:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial16:00 Ford Football Special17:30 NFL18:30 Britain’s Next F1 Star19:00 Racemax20:00 The Rugby Club21:00 Golf Skills Challenge23:00 Ringside-Sugar Ray Leonard Special00:00 Scottish Premier League

06:00 Children’s Tv09:10 Castle Farm09:25 Mist: Sheepdog Tales09:40 Looney Tunes09:50 Meerkat Manor10:20 Emergency Bikers11:25 CSI: Miami12:25 5 News Lunchtime12:30 The Mentalist13:25 Meals in Moments13:35 Jane Doe: Ties That Bind15:15 Out of the Woods17:00 5 News at 517:30 Emergency Bikers18:30 5 News at 519:00 Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers20:00 Great Northern Cookbook21:00 Celebrity Big Brother23:00 Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side00:00 Super Casino

06:00 Cricket15:00 Sky Sports Years-201216:00 Test Cricket17:00 Ashes Memories17:30 T20 Cricket - The Big Bash

18:00 Ringside-Sugar Ray Leonard Special

We speak to Sugar Ray Leonard. A former five-weight world champion and Olympic gold medallist.

19:00 Barclays Premier League World19:30 Football

Scottish Premier League - Hearts v Hibernian. Hearts host cross-town rivals Hibernian at Tynecastle Stadium.

22:00 The Footballer’s Football Show23:30 Cricket

07:20 According to Jim07:45 Everybody Loves Raymond08:50 Frasier09:50 The Big Bang Theory10:50 The Simpsons11:50 The Last Mimzy13:40 von Ryan’s Express16:00 Deal or No Deal17:00 Come Dine with Me18:00 The Simpsons18:30 Hollyoaks19:00 Channel 4 News19:55 4thought.tv20:00 Location, Location, Location21:00 The Restoration Man22:00 Millionaire Boy Racers23:05 The 15-Stone Babies00:05 Catfish01:45 Frankenstein: A Modern Myth


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Division one resultsYoung Guns 3 - 5 Target B

Target A 8 - 0 Beesnees

Chipeque Nomads 7 - 1 Los Halcones

Tenerife Potters 4 - 4 Legends A

Division two resultsPalms Bar 4 - 4 Our Place B

Summerlands Poolside 0 - 8 Belgian Beer Bar

Beesnees Hunnies 6 - 2 El Candil de la Abuela

Legends B 2 - 6 Summerlands Shooters

Apolo 3 - 5 Chipeque Coast FM

Cosy Cabrons 6 - 2 Nifty Nauta

Division One P W D L S D T SD PTS1 Target A 5 4 0 1 12 6 4 22 122 Rood 5 3 2 0 13 7 7 27 113 Target B 6 3 1 2 12 5 6 23 10 4 Chipeque Nomads 5 3 0 2 12 6 5 23 95 Young Guns 4 2 1 1 8 3 6 17 76 Legends A 6 1 3 2 13 6 4 23 67 Los Halcones 4 2 0 2 4 4 5 13 68 Tenerife Potters 5 1 2 2 8 6 6 20 59 LA Central 4 1 1 2 7 4 4 15 410 Beesnees 4 0 0 4 4 2 1 7 011 Cosy Wanderers 2 0 0 2 3 1 0 4 0

Division Two P W D L S D T SD PTS1 Cosy Cabrons 5 4 1 0 15 9 7 31 132 Apolo 6 4 1 1 15 8 6 29 133 Chipeque Coast FM 6 4 1 1 17 5 7 29 13 4 Palms Bar 6 4 1 1 13 9 5 27 135 Legends B 6 3 1 2 12 5 5 22 106 Beesnees Hunnies 6 3 0 3 10 7 7 24 97 Belgian Beer Bar 6 2 1 3 15 5 10 30 78 Our Place B 4 2 1 1 8 5 4 17 79 Summerlands Shooters 6 2 0 4 9 7 4 20 610 El Candil de la Abuela 6 1 1 4 8 5 6 19 411 Nifty Nauta 6 0 1 5 9 2 5 16 112 Summerlands Poolside 5 0 1 4 5 1 2 8 1

another full day of qual-ity darts in the Wild Bull Coast Fm darts league with a few reported hangovers across the south of the island on the monday! Rob Target B: reported “A close game that could of went either way, great hospitality and a good laugh with the boys and old timer Andy, thanx for a great day Our Place”. Nathan from Young Guns placed himself in the list of 180s for the first time this season but in spite of this Young Guns lost to Target B. Target A won all the games and did not lose 1 leg with Brian also hitting a 180................ Rhiannon told us about Palms Bar and Our Place B game “Singles 2-2 captains head to head but Rhian-non won. Doubles 2-0 to Palms and 901 doubles 2-0 to Our Place B! 4 each in the end, close game. Nuala checked out on 108”! ......... and Ten-erife Potters just scrapped a draw, crap darts but great food......! Chi-peque Nomads played with the pre

festive spirit and captain Chelsea Rob added” great atmosphere we must try and play again fully load-ed we seemed to play better! “Raf told us the last match of the season was a success for Belgian Beer Bar although he played one of his worst games ever my team managed to defeat Summerland Poolside Bar with 8-0, with Jorge finishing on a 113. Great atmos-phere and very nice people at Summerlands! Many thanks guys!” If you are interested to join our league you could take Cosy Wan-derers’ place in 1st Div, who quit the league because they were struggling to get a full team to-gether. The new team doesn’t have to pay registration fee + it will take Cosy Wanderers’ place in 1st di-vision + its ranking points in the league. “HAPPY 2013 to Tenerife Week-ly, Coast FM, Starmaker and Bar Nauta as sponsors of our league but of course to all the players, committee members, friends and family of the Wild Bull Coast FM Darts League and to everybody we might have forgotten”.

Beesnees hunnies 6 - 2 el Candil de la abuela

summerlands Pool Bar 0 - 8 Belgian Beer Bar

Sunderland a 1-0 victory over Manchester CitysunDerLanD beat cham-pions manchester City 1-0 at the stadium of Light with adam John-son scoring against his former club. The winner came just eight minutes into the second half when Johnson cut inside from the right past David Silva and unleashed a left-footed shot which squirmed under Joe Hart and into the bottom corner. However, the winner was not without controversy with the visitors adamant they should have been awarded a free-kick for a foul on Pablo Zabaleta by Craig Gardner during the build-up.Sunderland turned in one of their best displays of the sea-son on a day when City played only in patches, and Hart had to turn away Steven Fletcher’s skidding effort and keep out Stephane Sessegnon 10 min-utes from time. However, if Johnson was the hero in front of a delighted Boxing Day crowd of 42,190, keeper Simon Mignolet de-served equal praise. The Belgian denied Yaya Toure and Silva before the break and Sergio Aguero after it to claim a precious clean sheet and make a huge contribution to-wards the win. City arrived determined not to complete an unwanted hat-trick of 1-0 league defeats on

Wearside but they could not as they slipped seven points adrift of league leaders Manchester United. They might have been ahead with just eight minutes gone, but Vincent Kompany’s header came back off the crossbar and Yaya Toure’s goalbound follow-up was hacked away by Mignolet.

City boss Roberto Mancini and Zabaleta were then left appealing in vain for a free-kick for Gardner’s challenge on the full-back, as Johnson picked up possession and cut inside be-fore firing home. Sessegnon might have dou-bled his side’s advantage within two minutes, but pulled his effort across the face of goal

with City in disarray. The visitors were almost breached once again on the hour when James McClean picked out Sessegnon in front of goal, but the Benin interna-tional could not take the ball in his stride.Kompany, who had already been booked, was fortunate to escape a second yellow card

for a block on McClean as City struggled to contain a Black Cats side growing in confi-dence by the minute. Belgium international Mignolet excelled himself once again two minutes later to deny Aguero one on one, but it was Hart in the firing line with 10 minutes remaining when Sessegnon was played in by substitute Fraizer

Campbell with the keeper com-ing out on top. City battered away at their hosts as time ran down, but with Sunderland defending deep and with tenacity, they simply could not find a way through and McClean almost served up the perfect fin-ish with an 88th-minute shot which flew just wide.


there won’t be much of a festive feet up for CD marino coach Jose Juan almeida, ending 2012 with a 0-2 home loss to atletico madrid B will have sharpened his resolve to add new players to the squad. Marino showed plenty of spirit and created some de-cent chances but their op-ponents were able to shift up a gear when it mattered and they were fairly comfortable winners. Noah, and to a lesser extent his strike partner Bal-duino, didn’t adapt to the well drilled offside trap of Madrid and too often their progress was halted by the refs whistle. Both strikers had chances in the first 10 minutes, Noah run-ning on too far and Balduino firing wide of the goal. Noah was just a touch short with another effort and visiting keeper Gil was able to mop up a loose ball. Madrid came more into the game, Alberto was strong and decisive with a two fisted clear-ance and the defence did well to snuff out another attack on the half hour. Balduino blasted wide again and Javi Marchena carved out an opening on the left but no one in blue was waiting at the end of his fine cross. Madrid grabbed the lead just before half time; Ivan was on the end of a break away to flick the ball over Alberto.

Peraza fired a shot over the Atletico bar and Adan arrived from the bench and started to cause problems with his height. Peraza had another chance but this time found the side netting and Noah got up well for a free ball which was punched away by the Madrid goalie. When Noah was pulled down in the penalty area the referee ignored his pleas but within a minute he awarded a

spot kick at the other end as Rayco brought down Manquil-lo, Cidoncha gratefully made it 2-0. The defeat leaves Marino four points adrift at the foot of the table with another five point gap to the third from bottom side. Bookings for Barcos and Maikel mean they will miss the next game away to Guijuelo on 6 January – it doesn’t get any easier.

CD MArinO AWAit the neW yeAr CAvAlry

the spOrts sCeneBy Colin Kirby

www.tenerife-weekly.com Tenerife Weekly - 28th December - 3rd January 2013 55 FuLL marks for am-bition, but just one point for the 0-0 draw at lowly rsD alcala. Coach alvaro Cervera started ari-dane and guillem as a twin strike force but both had poor games due at least in part to a lack of service from a weakened midfield as Cristo martin was left on the bench. Suso forced an early cor-ner and Julio put a cross over the bar at the other end as the sides settled in on a cold, boggy pitch. Moy-ano was caught out at right back and was relieved to see Biendi put his shot wide. Suso made some openings for Tenerife but the strik-ers weren’t alert enough to capitalize and it took an impressive diving save from Sergio Aragoneses to stop Nana from taking the lead. Portilla and Carlos were

always a danger up front for the home team but a lit-tle luck and some good de-fending kept them at bay. Tarantino knew little about a Carlos shot that bounced off his arm but going for-ward Raul Llorente curled the ball over the Alcala bar and Guillem ran straight at the keeper when a chip would have been the bet-ter option. Guillem drew an-other notable blank early in the second half after Suso picked him out. Cristo came on and restored some nor-mality to the midfield but it was still pretty even, Ari-dane hit another soft try at the goalie and home sub Del Moral came off second best as Sergio punched a high ball clear. Youth team scor-ing sensation Ayoze Perez got a 20 minute run out and despite fitting in well he couldn’t add to a scoring reputation that has alerted QPR. It was heading for a draw, Tenerife survived late scares, a great top cor-

ner save from Sergio and a Llorente race back and clearance ensured a draw.

The next day second placed Aviles also drew making CD Tenerife the Christmas

chart topper. A couple of new faces may well grace the squad in time for the

next game, at home to Sala-manca on Kings Day, 6th January.

CD tenerife Get AWAy With it tO StAy tOp

CB Canarias Braced for vital Game

it was a busy run up to Christmas for CB Canarias with two away defeats in a week. on Wednesday 19 December they went down to unica-ja 88-67 and followed up a few days later losing at Caja Laboral 81-62. Despite that the yellows remain 14th of 18 teams in the elite aCB League.

The first defeat in Mal-aga was down to a punish-ing last quarter when they were brushed aside by 31 points to 18. Levi Rost was again on top form with 18 points but the depth wasn’t there to mount a strong finish. Then at sec-ond placed Caja Laboral in Vitoria they only com-peted on equal terms when they took the third quar-ter 9-10.Nicolas Richotti led the resistance with 17

points, not bad given that injuries made it difficult for him to train in the previous days. Tomorrow (Sat 29th ) there is a golden opportu-nity to consolidate as they host second from bottom Manresa at 7pm in La La-guna. Survival is the aim in this first season back in Spain’s top league and a win over their direct rivals would strike a major blow in that battle.

more famous for wind and kite surfing, el medano will be the fo-cus of new years eve attention as the san silvestre run welcomes runners of all ages and abilities on 31st December. Some 500 runners will pound a circuit start-ing and finishing near the main plaza, just off the beach. The childrens categories get under-way from 3.30pm and range from 300 metres

for 3 to 5 year olds all the way up to 2,500 metres for the 14 to 15 age group. The adults set off from 5pm with a 5,000 metre test split into groups for men and women in different age groups. There are prizes for best fancy dress outfit and the top three finishers in each category. Places are all full but it will be a fun spectacle to watch and a healthy warm up for the music and dancing to mark the turn of the year.

hit the neW yeAr rUnninG in el MeDAnO


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